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"I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track."
Bill Watterson
FACT OF THE DAY
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Forty billion songs are downloaded illegally every year, that's some 90 percent of all music downloads.
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THURSDAY February 10
FRIDAY
February,11
The International Law Society, Islamic Law Students Association and the Public Interest Law Society will co-sponsor a symposium on human rights. The symposium will be all day in Green Hall, room 203.
- SUA will host an Open Mic Night at The Studio at Hashinger Hall from 7 to 9 p.m. The event is free.
MONDAY
February 14
Presentation by San Francisco Critic David Thomson. Thomson is the author of "The Moment of Psycho" "The Biographical Dictionary of Film," and other film biographies including those of Hitchcock, Orson Welles and David Selznick. A book signing will follow in the Big 12 Room. Hosted by The Hall Center for the Humanities, Student Union Activities and The Department of Film and Media Studies.
SATURDAY February 12
- SUA will host free Cosmic Bowling at the Jaybowl on level one of the Kansas Union from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
TUESDAY February 15
The Dole Institute of Politics will host a talk by former Congressman Dennis Moore at 4 p.m. at the Institute.
The Theatre Department will present "Black Box," an undergraduate play, at 7:30 p.m. at the William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall.
SUNDAY February 13
A series of plays created by undergraduates will be presented from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at the William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall.
WEDNESDAY February 16
John Sullivan, a volunteer and recruiter for the Peace Corps will talk about his recent trip to Guatemala and life in Latin America from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union.
Amanda Kistner
LAWRENCE
Open house for chief of police
Former McDonald's vice president Walt Riker will discuss corporate responsibility from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
Lawrence citizens and students now have an opportunity to meet the candidates for the new chief of police position. An open house will be held from 6 to 7 tonight at the Carnegie Building, located at 9th and Vermont. Visitors will be able to have one-on-one conversations with the new candidates, who will be discussing their interest in the position.The four candidates running will all be attending the open house, and include: Brian Jackson, Lincoln, Neb. Police Department, Captain; Mark Kessler.
Overland Park Police Department, Deputy Chief of Police; Tarik Khatib, Lawrence Police Department, Interim Chief of Police; and Clark Morrow, Olathe Police Department, Captain. The city manager, David L. Corliss, encourages the visiting residents to email him their confidential comments concerning the candidates after attending the open house. He requests that name, contact information, and comments be sent to dcorliss@ lawrenceks.org. Corliss expects to announce his final decision for the new chief of police later in February.
Racial profiling bill proposes changes
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA — Kansas law enforcement officials urged a Senate panel Wednesday to consider the due process of officers if the Legislature makes any changes to a 2004 law aimed at protecting residents from racial profiling.
racial prowling. Ed Kump, lobbyist for Kansas sheriffs, chiefs of police and peace officers, said the groups weren't unhappy with the current statute, but recognized there were gaps between the law's provisions and perception among concerned groups
"We have attempted to present
a bill that is not particularly high on our wish list, but one we feel addresses the concerns in a comprehensive and thorough manner with balance between our desires and those of concerned citizens," said Klump, who helped write one of the two bills before the committee.
gender and religious dress in combination with other factors as part of a specific description as grounds for taking law enforcement action.
Among the proposed changes to the 2004 law are the name itself. Rather than referring to racial profiling it would be labeled biased policing, a term used by courts and law enforcement. The new definition includes the unreasonable use of race, ethnicity, national origin,
for taking law enforcement Other changes would require community boards to work with law enforcement to prevent biased policing, including training and data collection. Law enforcement agencies also would be required to have a comprehensive plan for training officers and handling allegations of bias.
legations of bias
The bill would require biased policing complaints be investigated by the Kansas Human Rights Commission or the Kansas Commission
for Police Standards and Training, the latter of which has the authority to revoke law enforcement licenses of officers.
Steve Bukaty, attorney for the Kansas Fraternal Order of Police, the new proposals must be a balance struck between protecting the rights of Kansas residents with the due process of law enforcement officers alleged to commit biased policing.
poicing.
Hearings on the bill were scheduled to continue Thursday.
NATIONAL
Giffords recovers ability to speak
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is able to speak: She asked for toast at breakfast one recent morning.
morning.
Her ability to say even just a word, a month after being shot in the head, pleased her family, friends and doctors. It may also provide valuable clues about the condition of her injured brain.
Few details have emerged about her recovery since she began intensive rehabilitation at TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital last month. But doctors not involved in her care said her simple request for toast could indicate higher level cognition.
"We're elated at this," said her spokesman C.J. Karamargin. "We always knew Gabby is a fighter and that she's not going to let this thing win. And you know, every day is proof of that."
cognition. Brain injury patients who regain speech typically begin to do so about four to six weeks after the incident, Riggs said.
speak despite the tube. It would not necessarily have to be removed or have a valve inserted to make speech possible, he said.
Since Riggs has not seen or treated Giffords, he could not say how her speech might develop and progress. Depending on the extent of the injury, its position in the brain and the patient, that can vary greatly, he said.
"That's what's so mysterious and great about this, because she is recovering and no one can really give you the goal line and when it will be finished because it's really unknown," Riggs said.
In rehabilitation, a patient would progress from saying one word, to possibly a few and finally to a full sentence, said Sullivan, also a neuroscientist at the University of Southern California.
In this case, Sullivan pierced the left hemisphere of Giffords' brain, Sullivan noted, the side that is associated with language, which includes three crucial elements: hearing.
"We're beginning to see what her true abilities will be," he said. "We'll also see her impairments."
"So it might be one word, 'toast,' in this case, Sullivan said.
"There's nothing surprising about the plasticity of the brain especially in a young healthy person and that's the good news," Sullivan said. "I have seen the most miraculous things so I can't say I'm surprised."
Doctors said in late January that they planned to insert a speaking valve into her tracheostomy — a tube inserted into Gifford's throat to assist her breathing immediately after the shooting in Tucson, Ariz.
comprehending and responding.
pried.
"I can say she has a long road left on her recovery because of the very serious injury," she said.
Six people, including a 9-yearold girl and a federal judge, were killed in the attack outside a grocery store where Giffords was meeting with constituents. Thirteen people, including Giffords, were injured.
All three are needed for communication and, based on the reports, Giffords can do this, Sullivan said.
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Her doctors have not said whether that procedure took place or whether the tube was removed since she no longer needs it.
Riggs said some patients can
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