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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Drugs? Everyone has a choice and I choose not to do drugs."
Leonardo DiCaprio
FACT OF THE DAY
Marijuana is the most common illegal drug used in the United States. Approximately 100 million Americans have tried marijuana at least once.
— facts.randomhistory.com
Forty-three years ago tomorrow, classes were cancelled so that students might see Robert F. Kennedy speak at Allen Fieldhouse. He opened his presidential campaign on the KU campus, and was tragically assassinated just weeks later.
Early clouds give way to mostly clear skies during the day. Strong southwest winds between 20 and 25 mph will help push our high temperature to 82 degrees.Happy St.Patrick's Day!
Weather forecast
THURSDAY:
THURSDAY NIGHT:
A cold front will push Its way through switching the winds around to the north at around 5 mph. Lows will drop to about 52 degrees. There is a slight chance of rain in the early morning of Friday but it will be scattered at best.
Call the KU Weather Line anytime:
(785) 864-3300
Not as warm. Partly cloudy skies with a high near 60 and a stiff northeast wind.
FRIDAY:
FRIDAY NIGHT:
Lows dip into the upper 30s with clouds increasing overnight. Winds out of the east at 5-10 mph.
SATURDAY: 60 percent chance of thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening with highs near 60. Lows near 50
SUNDAY: 40 percent chance of storms,some of these could be severe.High near 70. Lows in the low-mid 50s.
Forecasters Adam Smith, Carrett Black and Yuka Honzawa, KU atmospheric science students
What's going on?
THURSDAY March 17
FRIDAY
The first round of games of the NCAA Tournament will be shown in the lobby of the Kansas Union. Food will be provided when KU plays in the tournament.
March 18
SATURDAY March 19
- The department of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity is hosting a workshop titled "Everyday Creativity."The event challenges participants to change their perspectives and "reframe problems into opportunities."The free event is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m in the Centennial Room of the Kansas Union.
SUNDAY March 20
The baseball team will play Oklahoma State at 1 p.m. in Hoglund Ballpark. General admission is $8.
MONDAY March 21
■ Elizabeth Berghout will perform on the 53 bronze bells housed in the World War II Memorial Campanile from 5 to 5:30 p.m.
Spring break. No class.
TUESDAY March 22
Spring break. No class.
WEDNESDAY March 23
Spring break. No class.
STATE
Unemployment increases in Kansas, decreases in U.S.
Labor report shows Kansas lost 35,500 jobs from Dec. 2010 to Jan. 2011
BY LAURA SATHER lsather@kansan.com
The Kansas Department of Labor published its January 2011 labor report this week. The report showed a decrease in jobs in the state over the last year and a slight decrease in the unemployment rate. However, over the past month, the report showed an increase in the unemployment rate in Kansas. Meanwhile the national unemployment rate is going down and the number of jobs is going up, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Between December 2010 and January 2011, Kansas' unadjusted unemployment rate went from 6.4 percent to 7.4 percent, losing 35,500 jobs in the private sector in that time. Matt Manda, director of media and communications at the labor department, said these figures are due to the loss of seasonal jobs.
"But that's not the full picture because they're picked right back up around the summer time," Manda said. "Job losses in the private sector is somewhat common after the winter holidays."
winter holidays. According to the labor report, six out of 11 major industries in Kansas reported job losses over the year. Those major industries include information services jobs, construction and financial services. The other five industries, including education and government, reported an increase in jobs over the year.
The report also said that the number of unemployment claims in Kansas went up from December 2010 to January 2011 from 27,889 to 32,089. Manda said the best way for those on unemployment to find a job is to keep searching for work while continuing to file for unemployment assistance.
tion process, given your application and your situation." Manda said. "You're ruled and judged on each claim you file to get on unemployment based on background and in certain situations. It's really just a matter of staying involved and watching and seeing how things turn around."
turn around.
February 2011's labor report will come out on March 25, but Manda said even though he thinks the rate will remain the same for the next month, there's no real way to tell what the unemployment rate will do in an economy like this.
pment assistance. There's obviously a determina
"I think every state in a delicate area right now," Manda said. "If's just a wait-and-see. I would have no idea what to speculate. We obviously remain positive."
Edited by Danielle Packer
OBITUARY
Professor emeritus Jim Seaver dies at 92
Jim Seaver, professor emeritus at the University of Kansas and host of one of the longestrunning radio shows in history, died on Monday, March 14 at the age of 92.
Seaver taught western civilization and ancient history at the University for decades until retiring in the late 1980s. He continued to teach after his retirement.
"On behalf of the entire KU
community, I thank Jim Seaver for his dedication to illuminating culture for generations of people who listened on the radio and who worked with him in classrooms studying western civilization and ancient history," said chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little in a press release.
In addition to his career as an educator, Seaver was an opera expert and the founder of the Kansas Public Radio show, "Opera is My Hobby."The show began just days after KPR, then KANU-FM, hit the airwaves. The
show is still on the air 58 years after its creation, and up until last week, Seaver continued to produce the show.
"Seaver was the epitome of a gentleman, with a passion for life like I have never seen," said Janet Campbell, director of KPR. "When talking with him, even if you weren't an opera fan, you walked away a devotee as he just exuded with joy when talking opera."
Funeral arrangements are still pending.
Chris Hong
ODD NEWS
Woman gives drunken advice on DUIs to police
DENVER — Police in a Denver suburb said a woman was arrested for drunken driving after she complained to officers about how they parked their patrol cars as they were investigating a DUI-related crash
Trevor Materasso of Westminster police told KMGH-TV that 49-year-old Katherine Morse was taken into custody after she walked up to police trying to move a car in the crash Sunday.
Materasso says police had parked their cars to prevent a suspected drunk driver in the crash from leaving the scene.
He says officers told Morse to return to her car and she became "belligerent with them, telling them it was a stupid place" for a traffic stop.
Materasso says that's when officers realized "she too was drunk."
Morse also faces obstructing police charges.
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