CALENDAR
THURS | FEB 17TH
THEOLOGY ON TAP
Henry's on Eighth,
5:30 p.m.
THE JUNKYARD
JAZZ BAND
American Legion, 7 p.m., free
SCARY LARRY KANSAS
BIKE POLO
BIKE FIELD
Edgewood Park, 7
p.m., free, all ages
JAZZ QUINTET Ingredient, 7 p.m., free, all ages
CAMPHONY ORCHESTRA Lied Center, 7:30 p.m., $5-$7
TENNIS, HOLIDAY SHORES, SOFT REEDS Jackpot Music Hall, 8 p.m.
CAMPUS MOVIE-
TANGLED
WANDEL
Wooldruff Auditorium,
8 p.m., free-$3,
all ages
FRI | FEB 18TH
THE GLEANERS,
MEATFLOWER
Replay Lounge,
6 p.m.
OPEN MIC AND JAM
Cross Town Tavern, 7
p.m., free, 21+
JOSH RITTER WITH
SCOTT HUTCHISON
(FRIGHTENED RABBIT)
Liberty Hall Cinema, 7
p.m., $19-$21, all ages
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE KINO: "OKNO V PARIZH" (WINDOW TO PARIS)
Jayhavk Boulevard, 7 p.m., 18+
LOADED FOR BEAR
LOADED FOR BEAR
Lawrence Arts Center,
8 p.m., $6, 18+
VIDEO JERRYDJ JOHN
Slow Ride Roadhouse,
9 p.m., 21+
FREE COSMIC BOWLING Kansas Union, 10 p.m. free
SAT | FEB 19TH
BUS STOP
Lied Center, 7:30
p.m., $10-$28, all
ages
WILLIAM INGE'S BUS STOP
LAWRENCE JEWISH
FILM FESTIVAL
"BLESSED IS THE
MATCH: THE LIFE AND
DEATH OF HANNAH
SENNESH"
SENNESH
Lawrence Jewish Community Center,
7:30 p.m.
KPR JAZZ CONCERT
Pachamama's, 8 p.m.
$10, 21+
LOADED FOR BEAR
LOADED FOR BEAR
Lawrence Arts
Center, 8 p.m., $6,
18+
GOLD LABEL SOUL
1234 SAIL SOUL
Eighth Street Tap
Room, 9:30 p.m., $3,
21+
CAMPUS MOVIE TANGLED
ANGLED
Woodruff Auditorium,
8 p.m., free-$3
SUN | FEB 20TH
GHOST TOURS OF
KANSAS LLC, PSYCHIC
FUN AND FEAST
Blind Tiger, 5 p.m.
$50, 12+
SCARY LARRY KANSAS BIKE POLO
Edgewood Park, 7 p.m., free, all ages
SMACKDOWN!
Bottleneck, 7:30 p.m.
free-$5, 18+
VENUES
THE BOTTLENECK 737 NEW HAMPSHIRE ST.
THE JAZZHAUS
MON | FEB 21ST
THE JACKPOT MUSIC HALL 943 MASSACHUSETTS ST.
THE REPLAY LOUNGE
946 MASSACHUSETTS ST.
BACKUS LECTURE:
"FROM DISBELIEF TO
DENIAL; WESTERN
RESPONSE TO SOVIET
COMMUNIST CRIMES,"
DARIUSZ TO
THE JAZZHAUS
926 1/2 MASSACHUSETTS
ST.
THE EIGHTH ST. TAPROOM 801 NEW HAMPSHIRE ST.
Kansas Union, 7 p.m.
FREE ARGENTINE
FREE ARGENTINE
TANGO OPEN PRÁCTICA
(PRACTICE)
LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER
940 NEW HAMPSHIRE ST.
Signs of Life, 8 p.m., free, all ages
THE GRANADA
1020 MASSACHUSETTS
ST.
THE GRANADA
THE POOL ROOM
925 IOWA ST.
DUFFY'S
2222 W. 6TH ST.
WILDE'S CHATEAU 24
2412 IDWA ST.
CONROY'S PUB
3115 W. 6TH ST., STE. D .
LONNIE RAY
OPEN JAM
Slow Ride
Roadhouse, 6 p.m.
TUES | FEB 22ND
SCARY LARRY KANSAS BIKE POLO
Edgewood Park, 7 p.m., free, all ages
FANTASTIC SLOW COOKER RECIPES Bayleaf Culinary Center, 6:30 p.m. $45
TUESDAY NITE SWING
Kansas Union, 8
p.m., free, all ages
HENRY'S ON EIGHTH 11 E. EIGHTH ST.
LIVE JAZZ @ THE CASBAH
MILLIONYOUNG
Replay Lounge, 10
p.m.
Burger Stand at the Casbah, 9 p.m., free,
21+
MILLIONYOUNG
WED | FEB 23RD
BRADEN R. ALLENBY:
THE AMERICANA MUSIC ACADEMY BEGINNERS JAM Americana Music Academy, 7 p.m., free, all ages
AUDEN R. ALLENBY,
"MIND, BODY,
MACHINE: HUMAN
DESIGN SPACE 2"
The Commons,
Spooner Hall, KU,
7 p.m., free, all ages
AGE VIGODA/WILD
NOTHING/CVLTS
Jackpot Music Hall, 8
p.m., all ages
DOLLAR BOWLING Royal Crest Bowling Lanes, 9 p.m., $1, all ages
Bottleneck, 9 p.m.
$16, all ages
CASBAH KARAOKEI
Burger Stand at the
Casbah, 10:30 p.m.,
free, 21+
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS
I was at a bar several weeks ago talking with a group of people when a friend of mine after spotting a buddy of ours in need stopped the conversation we were having to rush to his aid.
The problem that needed to be resolved?
Our friend was standing aimlessly in the middle of a dance floor filled with beautiful girls, none of whom he would talk to or dance with on his own.
The girls in our group looked puzzled. One of them asked, "What's the role of a wingman?"
"It's wingman time," my friend announced as he put out his cigarette and took a swig of whiskey with the red-faced swagger of Winston Churchill at a Sunday brunch. He then disappeared into the crowd of gyrating hips, dancing to the R&B classics that have brought men and women together since R. Kelly discovered there was nothing wrong with a little "bump n' grind."
It was a simple enough question. We tried our best to explain the importance of the wingman in situations like these:
"A wingman is like the Samwise Gamgee of breaking the ice. Frodo may have the power of the Ring, but he cannot make the trek to Mordor alone..."
In all honesty, attraction and seduction are hard games to play. The wingman, or woman, helps create an opening for the friend to start a conversation with the person in whom they are interested.
The history of the wingman probably goes as far back as ancient Greece when Hermes strapped on his wing-tipped shoes to inform mortal women that Zeus would be paying them a visit. Don't quote me on that though. All I know is that Icarus was a terrible wingman.
My friend, however, offers proof that — if done right — a wingman can be a useful tool to help you break the ice with a potential new date. It took him less than 15 minutes to swing in, save the night and then back out so our buddy could dance with the girl he just met. By the time the bar closed, our friend had a new number in his phone.
Becca Harsch's feature, "The Art of Seduction," starting on page 8, gives helpful advice and insight on how to act when introducing yourself to that crush you've had your eye on for awhile.
And if you see your friend struggling to talk with someone he or she is interested in, finish that drink and strap on those wings.
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HEALTH
Watkins prepared to treat flu symptoms
BY IAN CUMMINGS icummings@kansan.com
Patricia Denning, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, has a message for students who are feeling sick with symptoms of the flu: she and her staff are there to help, but they aren't handing out doctor's notes for getting out of class. Denning said such notes were not necessary unless the student missed three days of class.
Student Health Services' policy is that students can request documentation when two conditions have been met. One is that the student was treated at Watkins or has documentation of treatment elsewhere. The second condition is that he or she has been absent from school for three or more consecutive days because of illness or injury.
Megan Hardy, a junior from Manhattan, made an appointment at Watkins to be examined for strep throat. Hardy said the staff provided her with a record of her appointment, which she delivered to her employer the next day.
"Sometimes we feel like we have appointments scheduled, not for medical reasons, but for documentation," Denning said.
"They just printed it out", Hardy said. "And everything was fine."
Marta Caminero-Santangelo, chair of the English department, said her department followvs the guidelines of the Office of the Provost. She said faculty has been advised against requiring doctor's notes since last year's arrival of the H1N1 virus.
WATKINS MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER
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Barbara Romzek, interim vice provost for academic affairs, sent a memo to university staff advising them to accommodate students missing class because of illness. The memo also said that faculty were not obligated to excuse students from class.
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Denning said the flur arrived on campus Feb. 1, far later and less severe than usual.
"What we've seen looks quite mild?" Denning said.
Denning said students reporting to Watkins with flu symptoms would not necessarily be tested for influenza or be prescribed medication. She said the health center had been distributing relatively little Tamiflu, the preferred prescription drug for influenza.
Treatment is available for those requiring it, but the medical staff at Watkins is
SEE FLU ON PAGE 3A
TECHNOLOGY
Software developer creates new apps for regular phones
BY IAN CUMMINGS icummings@kansan.com
For those students who don't have a smartphone yet, don't worry
- there's an app for that. Some software developers are in the business of making apps for regular cellular phones.
David Valdiviezo, a sophomore from Mission Hills, likes Apple products but still carries a simple cellular phone.
"It's a lot cheaper," he said. "The plans for iPhones are too expensive. They're cool, but it's not worth the money."
Valdiviezo isn't alone. In March 2010, the Nielsen Company showed that up to 79 percent of U.S. consumers weren't using smartphones — phones that run third-party software such as apps and use the most advanced operating systems. Simpler models are known as feature phones. The Nielsen study projected that in 2011 the number of smartphones in use would equal and then surpass that of feature phones.
But that doesn't mean feature phone users don't have access to mobile Internet. App makers are designing their software to operate on all types of phones. Facebook, for example, just released an app free of data charges for feature phones, specifically for overseas markets.
Paul Nnaphta, a spokesperson for the company, said Nuptu apps
Facebook worked with software developer Snaptu on its latest overseas app. Snaptu offers apps for Facebook, Twitter, Picasa and others that depend on Java software.
2011 PROJECTIONS OF CELLPHONE MARKET
SEE PHONES ON PAGE 3A
Dates listed in red are estimates
Source:The Nielsen Company