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2010 homecoming theme announced
The KU Homecoming Steering Committee announced Wednesday the 2010 homecoming theme will be "Rock Chalk Roadtrip."
Kris Nielsen, a senior from Leawood and publicity co-chair of the steering committee, said the group started off with more than 60 ideas for the homecoming theme and eventually narrowed it down to the road trip theme, which Nielsen said the group was very excited about.
"We wanted to involve alumni too — people from all over are coming to celebrate homecoming together," he said.
Homecoming has been a tradition at the University since 1912, according to the Homecoming Steering Committee's website. Student groups are encouraged to make floats corresponding with the theme and participate in the campus-wide homecoming parade.
"This has the potential to be the biggest homecoming ever," Nielsen said. "Our group is really on the ball. We can accomplish great things because of it."
Updates and news about homecoming are available through the steering committee's Facebook and Twitter accounts @ku_homecoming, as well as on the KU Homecoming website.
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LAWRENCE
Brady Roberts, an intern with Campus Christians, talks with Ali Edwards, a junior from Meade, about Lawrence Rocks of Haiti, a benefit concert for the American Red Cross. The show begins at 8:30 p.m. tonight at The Granada. The show will feature local acts including Lloyd Likes Mike, The Snuggle Bugs and Afro United Ent.
Local bands perform for Haiti funds
BY KIRSTEN KWON kkwon@kansan.com
Several student organizations are putting on a "Lawrence Rocks 4 Hati" benefit concert tonight at The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the American Red Cross for Haiti relief. Maria Beg, a senior from St. Louis and Lawrence Rocks 4 organizer, said the group hoped to make this the first of many humanitarian concerts.
Edited by Kate Larrabee
LAWRENCE ROCKS
4 HAITI INFO
STUDENT SPONSOR
STUDENT SPONSOR GROUPS: Delta Force, Campus Christians, Engineers Without Borders, Amnesty International at KU, Young Democrats at KU and 90.7 KJHK FM.
WHERE AND WHEN:
8 tonight at The Granada.
COST: Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door or from the Lawrence Rocks 4 Haiti tables, which will be set up in the Kansas Union and Wescoe Hall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
PERFORMERS: Andrew Frederick, Snuggle Bugs, Afro United Ent., Tyler Gregory, Panda Circus, DJ Godzilla and Lloyd Likes Mike
WHERE AND WHEN:
A pose for empowerment .
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Emily Wishall, a junior from Pittsburgh, takes part in a stress-releiving exercise called "The Lion Wednesday evening as part of the Yoga Empowerment service group hosted by Ecumenical Christian Ministry, 1204 Dread Ave." Wishall, who began taking yoga just two months ago, said the classes help her stay focused and keep her stress levels down.
NATIONAL
Online predator sentenced to jail
WAUKESHA, Wis. — A Wisconsin teen convicted of using Facebook to blackmail dozens of classmates into sex has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Nineteen-year-old Anthony Stancl of New Berlin showed no emotion as the sentence was handed down Wednesday.
Stancl pleaded no contest in December to two felonies.
including repeated sexual assault of a child.
He apologized during sentencing, saying he has learned to understand what his victims went through.
He had faced a maximum 30-year sentence.
Stancl is accused of posing as a girl on Facebook and tricking more than 30 male classmates into sending him naked photos of themselves and then using the photos to blackmail them for sex.
STATE
Associated Press
O'Neal urged to end conflict of interest
TOPEKA — Democrats in the Kansas House have formally demanded that its Republican speaker remove himself and his law firm from a lawsuit against the state.
House Minority Leader Paul Davis, of Lawrence, and five other Democratic lawmakers sent O'Neal a letter Wednesday making the demand. They said they are prepared to take formal action if he does not comply.
They didn't specify what the action would be, though Davis said one possibility is forcing the House to investigate the matter.
O'Neal, a Hutchinson Republican, said Democrats can't cite any rule or law that he's violated. He calls the attacks on him "very partisan."
The speaker is representing businesses, trade groups and insurance funds in a lawsuit in Shawnee over a financial maneuver used to help balance the state budget last year.
Associated Press
HEALTH
Swine flu claims another Kansan
TOPEKA — Swine flu has claimed its 28th victim in Kansas.
The state Department of Health and Environment says a 60-year-old man from the Topeka area has died after contracting the H1N1 virus.
The department said the man had an underlying health condition that increased his risk of complications from swine flu.
Swine flu cases have been reported in 91 of the state's 105 counties since late April 2009.
Health officials didn't release other details, citing privacy concerns. The department says the man's swine flu was confirmed earlier this month and that his death was reported to the agenvc Monday.
Associated Press
THE LANGSTON HUGHES VISITING PROFESSORSHIP COMMITTEE
& the ...
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST invite you to
"REMEMORY, REMIXED: REIMAGINING AFRICAN-AMERICAN RHETORIC FOR A DIGITAL AGE"
ADAM J. BANKS, SPRING 2010 LANGSTON HUGHES VISITING PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
A lecture presented by
Mia Iverson / KANSAN
Thursday, February 25, 2010
One pint at a time
3:30 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union A reception in the Malott Room will immediately follow
Chris Allin, a junior from Lenexa, donates blood in the Kansas Union Wednesday. Carter Blood Care will be on campus for the remainder of the week.
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