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Thursday, December 2, 2010
On this day in 1901, Gillette patented the first disposable razor.
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THURSDAY December 2
Student Union Activities is hosting a holiday open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the fourth floor lobby of the Kansas Union.
The KU Libraries' department of instructional services is presenting a workshop on making charts and graphics with Excel 2007 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Anschutz Library instruction center.
FRIDAY December 3
The KU Department of Dance will present "New Dance Concert" at 7:30 p.m. in Robinson Center, Elizabeth Sherbon Dance Theatre, Studio 240.
Student Union Activities will host a showing of the movie "Eat, Pray, Love" from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Kansas University, Woodruff Auditorium, level 5.
MONDAY
SATURDAY
December 4
December 6
There will be an informational session about the Peace Corps from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
- The KU School of Music will present a Percussion Ensemble from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Swarthout Recital Hall at Murphy Hall.
The Department of Visual Art will host an open drawing workshop from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Art and Design Building room 405.
Student Union Activities will host free cosmic bowling from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. in Jaybowl, first floor of the Kansas Union.
TUESDAY December 7
■ Elle Woods makes her way to Lawrence as the popular "Legally Blonde" film moves to the stage at the Lied Center. The show is from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Student tickets range from $21 to $24, available by calling 785-864-2787.
Examine the Stages of Stress, the dangers of it in our daily lives and how to easily reduce it. The session, held from 9 a.m. to noon in room 204 at Joseph R. Pearson Hall, will help show methods to lower stress levels while enforcing a healthy lifestyle.
SUNDAY December 5
KU School of Music will present a Holiday Vespers concert from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Lied Center.
WEDNESDAY December 8
The Department of Visual Arts clubs will be holding a holiday art sale from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
The Chancellor's holiday reception will be from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Adams Alumni Center.
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Kansan is hiring for the spring semester
The University Daily Kansan is now hiring the remainder of its positions for the spring semester. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 7.
Available paid positions, which are posted on Jobs.ku.edu, include senior reporters, news designers, Jayplay designers, photographers, entertainment page cartoonists and editorial page cartoonists.
Available unpaid positions include correspondents, sports writers, columnists and editorial
writers. Applicants for these positions should send cover letters, resumes or work samples to the spring editor-in-chief, Nick Gerik, at ngerik@kansan.com.
Previous experience with Kansan media is not required.
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Copy chief applications, which were not posted previously with the other section editor positions, are also posted on jobs.ku.edu. Applications for those positions are due by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 5.
Google considers acquiring coupon site
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Faced with a growing challenge from Facebook and other rivals, Google is reportedly considering the biggest acquisition in its history, with an offer to pay nearly $6 billion for the online coupon service Groupon.
The deal would help Google expand its role in local advertising — and plant its flag at the intersection between social media and consumer spending,
analysts said Tuesday.
Google dominates the market for advertising tied to Internet searches. But hugely popular social media sites like Facebook, with their ability to target ads to users' preferences and network of friends, have emerged as a growing threat.
Google and Facebook are waging a war for "Web supremacy," said Wedbush Securities analyst Lou Kerner, who added in a research report that online local
ads are likely to be the next big battleground in that contest.
Since its launch just two years ago, Chicago-based Groupon has signed up more than 33 million subscribers looking for daily bargains in their hometowns — from massages in New York to restaurant meals in Boston and even guided tours of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf.
Groupon subscribers receive alerts when a merchant agrees to offer a product or service at a
discount, which typically becomes available when a certain number of shoppers opt in to the deal. The discounts help merchants bring in extra business, while Groupon keeps up to half the new revenue that its partners garner from each coupon.
A number of startups offer similar access to local discounts, but Groupon is the market leader in what analysts say is a fast-growing new category of Internet business.
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