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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train."
— Charles Barkley
Weather forecast
Highs will reach 53 degrees with winds between 10 and 15 miles per hour gusting to 25. Showers possible especially before noon.
THURSDAY:
URSDAY NIGHT: Temperatures will be in the low 30s with clearing skies and light westerly winds between five and 10 miles per hour.
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Warming temperatures will approach 64 degrees with gusty winds out of the south.
FACT OF THE DAY
FRIDAY:
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The earliest railway in Great Britain was built between October 1603 and October 1604.
FRIDAY NIGHT:
Clear skies are expected and a low of 36.
There are more than 600 registered student organizations at the University of Kansas. Surely there is one for you! Check out silcku.edu.
TURDAY: Another mild day with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s
SUNDAY: The high is 82 and the low is 52. Slight chance for thunderstorms.
Information from forecasters Adam Smith, Garrett Black and Yukka Honzawa, KU atmospheric science students, and weather.com
THURSDAY
What's going on?
FRIDAY
March 31
April 1
The Center for Global and International Studies is hosting "The Saga of Elephants and Humans" by Indian photojournalist DK Bhaskar. The event is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 100 Smith Hall.
The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies is hosting a conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union.
MONDAY
SATURDAY
April 2
April 4
Lia Southern will perform on the bassoon as a part of the School of Music's Student Recital Series.The event will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The Department of Dance will hold a celebration of Professor Janet Hamburg's life from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium.
TUESDAY
April 5
SUNDAY
April 3
The Hall Center for the Humanities will host a program in Jewish studies from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the conference hall of the Hall Center.
- Come show your creativity for the first Campus Mural Project, students will have the opportunity to decorate blank canvases from noon to 2 p.m. on Monday, April 4, to Friday, April 8, in the Traditions Area of the Kansas Union. The finished canvases will be displayed on campus.
WEDNESDAY
April 6
ATHLETICS
The department of human resources and equal opportunity will host a workshop to help discover your strengths and weaknesses. The workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in 204 Pearson Hall.
turn over her 2008 Toyota Camry to authorities.
Former employee gets prison time
Liebsch pleaded guilty, along with six other codefendants in the case, personally admitting to receiving $100,000. In addition to time in prison, Liebsch was ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution to the University of Kansas and $79,000 to the Internal Revenue Service as well as
A federal judge in Wichita sentenced former Kansas Athletics employee Kassie Liebsch to 37 months in prison for her part in a conspiracy for the illegal sale for tickets, a spokesman confirmed Wednesday.
Alex Garrison
Liebsch began working for Kansas Athletics as a freshman in 2001. She was hired full-time as a systems analyst in the tickets office by fellow codefendant Charlotte Blubaugh in 2005.
According to prosecutors, Liebsch gave tickets to codefendants Rodney Dale Jones and Ben Kirtland under Blubaugh's direction, knowing Jones and Kirtland were giving them to third parties and converting the profits to money orders to pocket personally without detection. In a media release from Jim Cross, public affairs officer for the U.S. Attorney
Jones is set for sentencing tomorrow. He is expected to receive 46 months in federal prison. Blubaugh and her husband, Tom are set for sentencing April 14 and Kirtland May 12.
in the District of Kansas, prosecutors also said the parties involved hid money and interaction with third parties from the University and the NCAA.
Two more former employees, Brandon Simmons and Jason Jeffries, have been sentenced to probation and several thousand dollars in resitition each for failing to report the felonies of the other codefendants.
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