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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."
— Oscar Wilde
FACT OF THE DAY
In the 18th century, fashionconscious women plucked their eyebrows and glued on strips of mouse-skin instead.
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This Saturday is Kansas' 150th Birthday. Kansas became a state in 1861 and created the coolest university in Kansas four years later.
TUESDAY
January 25
The KU School of Music Visiting Artist Series: KC Continuum will be at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.
The University Career Center will hold a workshop called "Get Ready to Attend the Career Fair" from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in room 149 of the Burge Union.
What's going on?
WEDNESDAY January 26
The Communication Studies Colloquium Series lecture will present Dr. Charlene Muehlenhard from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union.The event is free.
- The Get Your Resume Ready for the Career Fair workshop is at 3:30 p.m. in the Burge Union, room 149. This workshop will help you with the basics of constructing a résumé.
SATURDAY January 29
THURSDAY January 27
The Children's Class: Lemons and Limes workshop is Spencer Museum of Art Children's art appreciation classes for ages 5-14, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will present the State of the University Address at 4 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union. The event is free.
A Painting Demonstration with artist, Louis Copt, will be held at the Spencer Museum of Art at 4:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
January 30
- Join Richard Norton Smith and former Reagan Political Director, Bill Lacy, as they reminisce about our 40th president at the Presidential Lecture Series: 20th Century Mt. Rushmore, Reagan at 3 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
FRIDAY
January 29
- The KU School of Music, KU Opera "Ruddigore" is from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Robert Baustian Theatre, Murphy Hall.
MONDAY January 31
The Kansas African Studies Center will host a lecture titled "Stereotypes and the Social Psychology of Repression" from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union.
LOCAL
Bands big and small rock Lawrence music halls
NIKKI WENTLING
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Jackpot Saloon and Music Hall attracts live-music lovers to Lawrence. It is one of many venues featuring local and national acts.
Lawrence is home to more than 10 live music venues, ranging from the University's Lied Center at 1600 Stewart Drive, to the Replay Lounge, a small bar located downtown at 946 Massachusetts St. These venues are known for showcasing local bands that bring in large crowds.
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The Jackpot Saloon and Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts St., hosts live shows throughout the week. With a capacity of 260, this venue is balanced between a quaint setting and a site large enough for major shows. Brad Shanks, the manager and promoter of the Jackpot, realizes the need to bring in larger shows while keeping a local feel.
"We are a middle-of-the-road venue for the more underground and independent bands. We do our own promoting for touring bands, but we like a good mix," Shanks said.
The Jackpot will be hosting the band Tapes 'N Tapes on Friday, March 4. The band was signed to XL Recordings in 2006, and performed on "The Late Show with David Letterman" later that year. Thei group's
single "Insistor" was played in the movie "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist."
Shanks said that Lawrence was becoming a regular stop for bands on tour like Tapes 'N Tapes.
"Lawrence is good for touring for musicians, it's in the middle of the country, it's a college town, and it's on the way to major cities like Denver, Dallas, and St. Louis," he said.
The Jackpot is not the only venue supporting touring bands. The Granada, which can also be found downtown at 1020 Massachusetts St., was originally built in the 1930s as a movie theater. The Granada will host The Cold War Kids on Wed., March 9. The Cold War Kids are signed with Downtown Records. They spent the majority of 2008 and 2009 touring and also did a national tour with the band Death Cab for Cutie.
"I am beyond stoked to see The Cold War Kids," Connor Creighton, a freshman from Kansas City, Kan., said. "I will definitely be attending when they come here. I have never seen them in concert before, but I'm a huge fan of their music."
This will not be the first major show for the Granada, which has
"It's a great venue for any type of music; it's always a plus when everybody who works there knows what they're doing, and I think a lot of bands respect and appreciate the Granada and its employees for that reason,"
a capacity of 800 and has hosted performances by Matchbox 20, Weezer, and John Mayer.
Creighton said.
While some students seem to be more excited by these performances by touring bands, others, like Maxwell McFarland, a freshman from Kansas City, Kan., find that local musicians put on the best shows.
college experience," McFarland said. "I see local music as a snapshot of the time in which it was created. Local music defines an era of a city's history."
"Local bands can add flavor to a college town, enriching the
Edited by Dave Boyd
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Authorities have charged a South Carolina woman with felony animal cruelty, saying she hanged her nephew's pit bull from a tree with an electrical cord and burned its body because the dog chewed on her Bible.
Animal control officers said Monday that 65-year-old Miriam Smith told them she killed a female dog named Diamond because it was a "devil dog" and she worried it could harm neighborhood children. Authorities said bond wasn't immediately set for Smith, who remains jailed in Spartanburg County after her weekend arrest.
She faces 180 days to five years in prison if convicted. Associated Press
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ODD NEWS
CLARIFICATION
Evil is as evil does
The Q&A with athletic director Sheahon Zenger which was scheduled to run Monday, Jan. 24 has been postponed because of the reporter becoming ill. Check back for the story later this week.
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