2A
/ NEWS / WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards."
— Lewis Caroll,
Alice in Wonderland
FACT OF THE DAY
If you yelled for eight years, seven months and six days,you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
dysan.net
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011
Men's basketball photo gallery
Featured content kansan.com
The Jayhawks gave the Cowboys a beatdown Monday night, winning 92-65.
KU Dance Marathon photo gallery
More than 400 people danced, raced and "raved" Saturday night to raise $37,000 for KU Pediatrics.
On this day in 1948, Franklin Murphy became the dean of the KU School of Medicine at only 32 years of age. Three years later, he replaced Deane Malott as KU's ninth (and certainly youngest) chancellor.
What's going on?
WEDNESDAY February 23
THURSDAY
- Maya Tuylieva, on piano, and Lukas Lagun, on violin, will give a concert from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as a part of the KU School of Music Student Recital Series.
February 24
SUA will present KU's Dancing With the Stars starting at 7 p.m. in the Kansas Ballroom in the Kansas Union. Ten couples, comprised of highlyrecognized individuals in the KU community, will display their dancing skills. Find a complete list of stars on suaevents.com.
FRIDAY
Amir Khosrowpour will perform on the piano from 7:30-8:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as a part of the KU School of Music Visiting Artist Series.
February 25
■ "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Part 1" will show as a part of the Campus Movies Series. It will start at 8 p.m. in woodrud Auditorium, Kansas Union, level five. Tickets are free with aStudent Saver Card, $2 with a valid KUID and $3 for the general public.
SUNDAY February 27
For more events, see calendar.ku.edu
KU Theatre for Young People will present H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" at 10:30 a.m. in William Inge Memorial Theatre at Murphy Hall. Tickets are $10 for the public, $9 for senior citizens and KU faculty and staff and $5 for KU students.
SATURDAY
february 27
February 26
Dr. Berghout will perform on World War II Memorial Campanile's 53 bronze bells from 5-5:30 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be canceled.
MONDAY
February 28
Stacy Nadeau, an original Dove Evolution model, will talk about true beauty and how it is not dependent upon skin color or size. Nadeau will speak at 7 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium on level five of the Kansas Union.
TUESDAY
March 1
Geographer Lee Schwartz will discuss the importance of geography in the formulation of foreign policy at 7:30 p.m. at the Dole Institute of Politics.
AWARDS
Music students take first and third place
Stanton Nelson, a sophomore from Long Island, Kan., won the $1,000 first place prize for his per
Two piano students from the School of Music won first and third place prizes in a music performance competition at Fort Hays University on Feb.12.
formance of the first movement from Schumann's "Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54." Andrew Petraccca, a freshman from La Habra, Calif., placed third with his performance of Liszt's "Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, S. 124" and collected a prize of $400.
Scott McBride Smith, Cordella Brown Murphy professor of piano pedagogy, has worked with both students and said they went
into the competition as relative underdogs.
"They're both really super talents," McBride Smith said. "It's a big lift for both of them."
Stanton is the son of Terry and Sara Nelson and a graduate of Northern Valley High School. Petracca, the son of Michael and Teresa Petracca, is a graduate of Mother of Divine Grace School, Ojai, Calif.
The competition was the seventh annual Hays Symphony Orchestra Young Artists' Competition. Past first-place winners of the competition have included pianov student Connie Mak in 2009, clarinet student Christopher Nichols in 2008 and flute student Emma Casey in 2007.
— Ian Cummings
The KU chapter of NORML, the National Organization for the Reformation of Marijuana Laws, is hosting John Hauxwell, M.D., to discuss the medical benefits of cannabis at 6 p.m. in room 100 of Stauffer-Flint Hall.
"I think it's a good opportunity to learn about marijuana," said Jacob Fox, president of KU NORML. "What do doctors have to say about it? People who are involved with human well-being?
Doctor to discuss medical marijuana
Learn the facts. That's something I really encourage people to do."
The event takes place just eight days after legislation to legalize medical marijuana was submitted to the Kansas House of Representatives. Hauxwell submitted written testimony for the bill that the House committee viewed. Hauxwell said he will specifically discuss dosages, side effects, standardization, genetic diversity and types of disorders that would require the drug at the talk. He said he would not discuss making marijuana available for recreational use.
CAMPUS
"We're going to discuss the scientific context, and a little bit of the social and political context of the rationale of medicinal applications of cannabis," Hauxwell said. "I want people to understand why there is a sound scientific and physiological basis for cannabis activity in humans. While science and reason alone in and of themselves may not be sufficient to convince the legislators, whose help we need, we certainly can't convince them without it."
Hauxwell said he hoped that both skeptics and supporters attended his talk tonight.
"Anyone who is seriously interested in the scientific basis and socio-scientific context in which this discussion is carried on might find some interesting details they were not aware of," he said.
For more information, stop by the NORMAL table in front of Wescoe Hall today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
CAMPUS
—Pat Mueller
Homecoming uses theme with love
The Homecoming Steering Committee announced the official theme for the 2011 homecoming on Monday afternoon.
coming on Monday. The theme "From Lawrence with Love" was one of nearly 30 themes the steering committee had to choose from. Other popular themes the members of the steering committee proposed included "Jayhawk Jackpot," "Masquerade on Mass. Street" and "Jayhawks of the Future."
In the end, "From Lawrence with Love" proved to be the committee's favorite, in large part because of its versatility.
"People can take it a lot of different ways, and it has a lot of potential for floats," said Andy Kriegh, publicity co-chair and a junior from Lawrence. "It was a theme idea that came up last year but that just didn't make the cut."
Homecoming Week is scheduled to begin on Sept. 24 and end with the football game against Texas Tech on Oct. 1.
— Michael Holtz
TELEVISION
Rachel Maddow comes to Lawrence
"The Rachel Maddow Show on MSBNC will broadcast from Lawrence at 8 p.m. today, a MSNBC spokesperson said.
MSNBC spokesperson The show will follow up on its coverage of the 2009 murder of George Tiller, a Wichita obstetrician. Reporters and producers for the show have been in Kansas this week conducting
interviews.
reviews. "(The Rachel Maddow Show) has been following why no doctor has been able to provide abortions since Tiller's assassination and also the disciplinary hearing of former Kansas Attorney General and anti-abortion zealot Phill Kline," MSNBC spokeswoman Lauren Skowronski said.
-Jonathan Shorman
ET CETERA
STAYING CONNECTED WITH THE KANSAN
Get the latest news and give us your feedback by following The Kansan on Twitter @ TheKansan_News, or become a fan of The University Daily Kansan on Facebook.
The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of the Kansan are 50 cents. Subscriptions can be purchased at the Kansan business office, 2051A Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Dr., Lawrence, Kan., 66045.
The University Daily Kansan (ISSN 0746-4967) is published daily during the school year except Saturday, Sunday, fall break, spring break and exams and weekly during the summer session excluding holidays. Annual subscriptions by mail are $250 plus tax. Student subscriptions are paid through the student activity fee. Send address changes to The University Daily Kansan, 2051A Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Dr., Lawrence, Kan., 66045.
SUA 2011-2012 Leadership Applications now available online at www.suaevents.com
facebook.com/SUaEvents twitter.com/SUaEvents 785-864-SHOW SUaevents.com
Thursday, February 24, Tea @ Three
3pm-4pm, Kansas Union Lobby, level 4
FREE tea and cookies
Thursday, February 24. KU's Dancing with the Stars
7pm, Kansas Union Ballroom, level 5
FREE, Vouchers available at the SUA Box Office, Kansas Union, level 4
Thursday, February 24, KU's Dancing with the Stars
8pm. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, level 5 KU students $2, General public $3, Student Saver Card FREE
Thursday, March 3-5, Campus Movie: Tron
Friday, March 4-5, Cosmic Bowling Prize Night
10pm-1am Jaybowl, Kansas Union, level 1
FREE KU Students
MEDIA PARTNERS
Check out Kansan.
com or KUJH-TV
on Knology of
Kansas City in Lawrence for more on what you've read in today's Kansan and other news. Updates from the newsroom air at noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. The student-produced news air live at 4 p.m. and again at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., every Monday through Friday. Also see KUJH's website at tv.ku.edu.
KJHK is the student voice in radio. Each day there is music, music, sports, talk shows and other content made for students, by
made for students, by students. Whether it's rock 'n' roll or reggae, sports or special events, KJHK 90.7 is for you.
CONTACT US
Tell us your news.
Contact Nick Gerik, Alex Garrison,
Kelly Stroda, Courtney Bullis, Janene
Gier, Michael Holtz or Aleeese Kofff
at (785) 864-4810 or editor@kansan.
com. Follow The Kansan on Twitter at
The Kansan. News
TheKansan_News.
Kansai newsroom
2000 Dole Human Development Center
1000 Sunnyside Ave.
Lawrence, Kan., 66045
(785) 864-4810