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"I'm not going to betray a private conversation with anybody. That's none of your business." Presidential candidate John Kerry, responding to questions about which leaders of foreign nations he said would rather see him defeat Bush.
news in brief
2A the university daily kansan
monday, march 15, 2004
CORRECTION
STATE
Friday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article "Caucus to decide county's delegates," stated that Tom Keating, Marysville junior, said that some of the KU Young Democrats weren't interested because Kansas sends only 41 delegates to the national convention. This statement was incorrectly attributed and the information was incorrect.
Police chief says report misrepresents Topeka
TOPEKA—A report that cited FBI statistics identifying Topeka as the nation's worst small metropolitan area for crime paints an inaccurate picture of the state's capital city, Police Chief Ed Klumpp said.
Klumpp acknowledged that Topeka had a crime problem, but said Saturday that a report by Sperling's BestPlaces failed to consider differences in the way people and law enforcement agencies report crimes.
Klumpp stressed that since 1997, Topeka had seen a 31.3 percent decrease in crimes that law enforcement agencies reported to the FBI. Agencies don't have to file the reports, and some fail to do so.
Sperling's, a research firm, used statistics from the FBI's 2002 Uniform Crime Reports to pinpoint the nation's best and worst metropolitan areas for crime in its report last week.
The Associated Press
Amanda Kim Stairrett/Kansan
Dodge City, Salina districts say school funding lacking
Brett Ramey, Lawrence resident, demonstrated how to make rope using doggale and stinging nettle plants yesterday at the Haskell-Baker Wetlands. Ecumenical Christian Ministries sponsored a Haskell-Baker Wetlands Immersion Trip where Ramey and Sharon Ashworth, environmental studies instructor, taught participants about history, political issues, plants and wildlife of the Wetlands.
TOPEKA—Passing a school finance plan would be difficult enough for legislators if the only question were how many more millions of dollars elementary and secondary schools need.
But the debate encompasses another huge issue — whether the formula in Kansas law for distributing state aid to school districts is fair.
Addressing only one of the two big issues will not be enough to satisfy the Salina and Dodge City school districts, which sued the state in 1999 over school finance — and it might not be enough to satisfy the Kansas Supreme Court.
Careful construction
Meanwhile, legislators seem overwhelmed in trying to deal with both big problems at once.
The current budget provides $2.6 billion in aid to the 302 school districts, but the Dodge City and Salina districts argued in their lawsuit that the amount was too little. They have suggested that an increase of $1.03 billion was necessary.
The Associated Press
100TH ANNIVERSARY
FROM THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN ARCHIVES
MARCH 15
Ten years ago
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 club held its first meeting.
The Kansan reported that 25 fans, who called themselves "misties," attended the meeting.
The club discussed the show's college tour, which would stop at the University of Kansas on April 23 that year.
Fifty years ago
The Kansan reported the start of the annual "Mr. Formal" contest at the University of Kansas. The contest determined the best formaldressed man on campus from a pool of applicants. It was sponsored by After Six Formal Wear. Prizes included a complete formal summer outfit from After Six, a lighter or a white briar pipe.
Ninety years ago
The Kansan reported an interpretation of the Board of Administration's order to ban smoking on approach to a building could effectively "banish lady nicotine from the campus." A judicial interpretation of the word "approach" would refer to sidewalks on the campus, "at least from the point where they lead exclusively to some particular building."
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The School of Fine Arts is sponsoring a Hallmark Symposium Series featuring Jean Orlebeke at 6 p.m. at the Spencer Museum of Art. Free. Contact Art and Design at 864-4401.
The School of Fine Arts is sponsoring Master Singers featuring the Oread Singers with Henry Smith conducting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Trinity Episcopal Church. Free. Contact the Music and Dance Office at 864-3436.
Question of the Day
Ecumenical Christian Ministries is sponsoring Faith Forum: A Liberating Take on Christianity from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. tomorrow at the ECM, 1204 Oread. Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
University Christian Fellowship is sponsoring a Bible Study at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Rick Clock at 841-3148 or www.ucf4u.org.
On KJHK, 90.7 FM, listen to the news at 7 a.m.,8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Then again at 6 p.m.
Is there a theater life here at KU and in Lawrence?
The Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Multicultural Resource Center are sponsoring Diversity in the Workplace at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Multicultural Resource Center. Contact the University Career and Employment Services (UCES) at 864-3624.
The School of Fine Arts is having its Brown Bag Classics featuring Kevin Gosa, sax, and Holly Beneventi, piano, from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Contact the Music and Dance Office.
The School of Fine Arts is sponsoring a Visiting Artist Series featuring Tony Baker, trombone, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Swarthout Hall. Free. Contact the Music and Dance Office at 864-3436.
■ The KU Ballroom Dance Club is sponsoring dance practice from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and Friday in the Hashinger dance room. Ballroom, salsa and swing practice offered. Contact kubdc@ku.edu.
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You bet. The Theatre Department has plays, musicals, and experimental theater. Events are in the Crafton-Preyer Theater or the Inge Theatre, both in Murphy Hall. The Lied Center also brings theatrical groups and musicals to the University. There is also local theatre at Lawrence Community Theatre; see community.lawrence.com/community/theatre.
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The University of Kansas Department of Theatre & Film and The University Theatre
Director & Scenic, Costume & Sound Designer * Delores Ringer
Lighting Designer * Nicholas C. Mosher
Voice and Dialect Coach * Paul Meier
by Timberlake Wertenhaker Based on the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally
I ask you to keep in mind the play, to cling to the play as the thing which will give you your spirit back.
Lt. Ralph Clark
7:30 p.m., March 12 - 13 &
March 16 - 18, 2004
2:30 p.m., March 14, 2004
Crafton-Preyer Theatre
Please join us for PITT (fridays in the Theatre) at 12:30 p.m.
Friday, March 12, in the Crutton-Preyer Theater
Reserved seat tickets are on sale in the KU ticket offices: University Theatre, 864-3982; Lied Center, 864-ARTS; SUA Office, 864-7469; and on-line at kutheatre.com; public $16, all students $10, senior citizens $15, KU faculty & staff $14; both VISA and Mastercard are accepted for phone and on-line orders. The University Theatre is partially funded by the KU Student Senate Activity Fee. This program is presented in part by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Photography by Matt Jacobson.
This production deals with adult subject matter and contains strong language. Gun shots are used in this production.
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