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Casino flavorings draw students to Jazz Night
BY BETHANY BUNCH
The Kansas Ballroom was all jazzed up Wednesday night as students played casino-style games, munched on hors doeuvres and listened to live jazz music in a dimly lit room.
Last night was the first "jazz Gala," presented by Student Union Activities. Tanner Burns, Wichita junior, and SUAs live music coordinator, said he wanted the event to become an annual affair.
"It was really fun. Especially to beat Jennifer." Osborne said of a friend of hers.
Students crowded around roulette, craps and Texas Hold'em tables. Guests were given $1,100 in poker chips as they arrived.
At the end of the evening, students with the most chips were given prizes. Burns said the first place winner received tickets to "Ada," a broadway musical coming to the Led Center in mid April. The second place winner got a gift certificate for free dance lessons from a local dance studio.
Mollie Osborne, Tonganoxie freshman, even learned how to play craps at the event.
SUAs Web site said jazz "is one genre of music that does not get enough play in the Lawrence area," and that they planned the event to give jazz a venue.
The soulful style of local band Afro-Jazz Experiment played and sang to set the mood. Afro-Jazz Experiment is made up of a drummer, guitarist, bass guitarist or cellist and a trumpet player who doubles as singer.
"This is a little less than we were expecting." Burns said. "But the weather was bad and this is the first year for the event."
Amy Bradshaw, Lawrence freshman, was in the union to watch "Little Miss Sunshine," but followed her ears into the ballroom.
"Anyone who plays this well is worth listening to." Bradshaw said.
Kansan staff writer Bethany Bunch can be contacted at bbunchek kansan.com.
Burns said SUA began planning the event in November.
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STRATEGY (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Jonathan Epstein, national democratic political strategist, left, David Yepsen, leading authority on the Iowa caucuses and reporter on state and national politics for the Des Moines Register, middle, and Tom Rath, national republican political strategist, right, discuss the 2008 presidential campaign at the Dole Institute of Politics on Wednesday evening. The panel of experts on presidential primaries wrapped up this year's Presidential Lecture Series.
primary.
"New Hampshire tells you what the score is and it tells you very early" he said.
Rath, who is the former attorney general of New Hampshire, said the two campaign battlegrounds are important because the press continually tries to cover presidential elections much like it does a baseball game.
Yepson said that no candidate who had ever placed lower than third in an Iowa caucus had gone on to win his party's ticket.
Epstein said he remembered working for John Kerry's campaign in 2004 when he and other campaign workers made thousands of calls a night to voters in Iowa, trying to establish relationships with them.
"We tried to build as large a net as possible." Epstein said.
The panelists also discussed what they called the compression of the presidential election calendar. Because
"New Hampshire tells you what the score is and it tells you very early."
TOM RATH
Republican political
strategist
Another topic was the amount of money presidential hopefuls need to even get their campaigns in motion
Yepsen and Epstein estimated it will take $20 million to even enter and have a chance in the presidential race this year, while Rath said he thinks it would take more than $60 million to have a shot at winning the White House.
Governor Kathleen Sebelius attended the discussion. She said she has known Rath for 40 years and her son once worked with Epstein on a campaign.
Kansan staff writer Tyler Harbert can be contacted at tharbert@ kansan.com.
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International Business Education and Research for the School of Business, said studying abroad helped ready business graduates to do business on an international level.
"Companies will have more reasons to hire these students," she said.
Horner, a 1956 University graduate, played football at the University and majored in accounting. After graduation, he worked as the chief executive officer for an international auditing, tax and advisory service. He also served on the board of directors for ConocoPhillips.
Birch said he came to the University in 2004 as an international executive in residence. He spoke
with students about escalating gas prices and the importance of China as a market for US business.
The Horners, who live in Mexico most of the year and travel often, could not be reached for comment.
Kansan staff writer Brian Lewis-Jones can be contacted at bljones.kansan.com.
"It's a very valuable thing for students to have somebody who can give you some perspective." Birch said.
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'Smarter Than a Fifth Grader' debuts to record audience
TELEVISION
BY DAVID BAUDER ASSOCIATED PRESS
The new game had an 88 percent retention rate after "American Idol" on Tuesday, meaning nearly 9 of 10 people who watched "Idol" kept the TV on for "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader," or specifically tuned in for it. No other Fox show has ever held so much of the "American Idol" audience, the network said.
NEW YORK — Fox may have found a family-friendly hit to accompany "American Idol" after its new game "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" debuted to record numbers on Tuesday.
HAWK
The show was seen by 26.5 million viewers, making it the most watched series debut in Fox network history and the most popular debut of any series since 1998, according to Nielsen Media Research.
It's an almost irresistible television concept: quizzing adults on knowledge found in elementary-school textbooks, with real-life fifth graders standing by to offer help and serve up embarrassment.
Fox is airing the game directly after television's biggest hit, "American Idol," on three days this week. It will settle March 15 into a more difficult time slot, thursdays at 8 p.m. ET. That will force series creator Mark Burnett to compete against himself, since Burnett's show "Survivor" airs on CBS at the same time.
were included in the price of the drink.
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"You look over, and you see someone sticking them into a pocket or a purse." Loentel said. "I don't know if they don't realize they paid for it or not."
Both Loentel and Simon agreed that it was rare for anything major to turn up missing, and Simon said attentive bartenders could make the difference
"They want to say, 'Hey, look what I stole in college', Simon said. "We just keep an eye out, and that's usually enough."
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Kansan staff writer Erick R. Schmidt can be contacted at eschmidt@kansan.com.
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ability to deal with stress diminished. Besides sleep, breaking up study schedules could help the brain retain more information.
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"Students feel like they must make every moment of studying count, but it's more effective to take short breaks to let your memory grow." Wade said.
Bridget Monahan, wellness director of student health services, said students should get good amounts of sleep and physical activity to help them succeed.
"Don't procrastinate. Make a calendar of all your exams, so you have plenty of time to prepare," Monahan said.
Kansan staff writer Danae DeShazer can be contacted at ddeshazer@ kansan.com.
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