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NEWS WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 3,2010 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
George Orwell
FACT OF THE DAY
The pop music duo Hall & Oates originally planned to call themselves "Dreamboat."
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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NEW REGULATIONS FOR LAWRENCE BOARDING HOUSES CONSIDERED
City commissioners are meeting tonight to discuss new regulations involving converting large, old homes in the Oread section of Lawrence into boarding houses occupied by five or more people.
- Video by Courtney Gartman
CURBSIDE RECYCLING COULD GET BOOST
City officials will consider a proposal to advertise and promote private curbside recycling companies in Lawrence.
Video by Jay Trump
One hundred eleven years ago today, KU played its first ever men's basketball game, sustaining a 16-5 defeat at the hands of the Kansas City YMCA team.
What's going on today?
Summer Study Abroad Fair from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Kansas Union on the 4th Floor. Gather information about 2010 summer and 2010-2011 semester and year programs. Speak with past participants, program coordinators and final aid officers about study abroad. Contact: 785-864-3742; osa@ku.edu
KU professor, Stephen Fawcett, will present "Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity" from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Hall Center. Tickets are free.
If you would like to submit an event to be included on our weekly calendar, send us an e-mail at news@ksansan.com with the subject "Calendar."
THURSDAY
Feb.4
Former boxer George Foreman will present in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Screening of "Fantastic Mr. Fox" from 8 to 11 p.m. at Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 with a KU student ID, $3 for general public and FREE with Student Saver card.
FRIDAY Feb.5
SUNDAY
Pilobolus Dance Theatre will perform in the Lied Center at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for students and $30 for adults.
The play. "KU Confidential!" will show in the William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Feb.7
The play, "KU Confidential," will show in the William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
NFL Superbow, Indianapolis Colts v. New Orleans Saints, 5:30 p.m.
MONDAY
Feb.8
The Commission on the Status of Women will present the "Vagina Monologues" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Lobby T1 of the Kansas Union.
SATURDAY
Robert Tyler will present the lecture, "The Maintenance of Culture: The Welsh Language in a Nineteenth Century Australian Gold Town," from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Hall Center.
Feb. 6
- Screening of "Fantastic Mr. Fox" from 8 to 11 p.m. at Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 with a KU student ID, $3 for general public and FREE with Student Saver card.
- The play, "KU Confidential," will show in the William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall from 9 to 10.30 p.m.
TUESDAY
Feb.9
Home network and computer security workshop 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Budig PC Lab
Help Wanted: Landing that Job in Washington seminar 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM at the Dole Institute of Politics
POLITICS
Military officials call for end to 'don't ask, don't tell' policy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — It's time to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and allow gay troops to serve openly for the first time in history, the nation's top defense officials declared Tuesday, with the chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff proclaiming that service members should not be forced to "lie about who they are."
However, both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen asked for a year to study the impact before Congress would lift the controversial policy.
Reversing the Pentagon's 17-year-old policy toward gays "comes down to integrity," for the military as an institution as well as the service members themselves,
Mullen told a Senate hearing, Unpersuaded, several Republican senators said they would oppose any congressional effort to repeal the policy.
The Pentagon announced an 11-month review of how the ban could be lifted, as President Barack Obama has said he will work to do. But there is no deadline for ending the policy that dates to President Bill Clinton's tenure and that gay rights advocates are pressing to overturn.
In the meantime, Gates announced plans to loosen enforcement rules for the policy, which says, in essence, that gays may serve so long as they keep their sexuality private.
Obama has called for repeal but has done little in his first year in office to advance that goal. If he
succeeds, it would mark the biggest shake-up to military personnel policies since President Harry S. Truman's 1948 executive order integrating the services.
Homosexuality has never been openly tolerated in the American military, and the 1993 policy was intended to be a compromise that let gay men and women serve so long as they stayed silent about their sexuality. Clinton had wanted to repeal the ban entirely, but the military and many in Congress argued that doing so would dangerously disrupt order.
Repealing the ban would take an act of Congress, something that does not appear close to happening.
Since "don't ask, don't tell" was established, much has changed. Five states and the District of Columbia
have adopted laws permitting marriage of gay couples, while nine other states have granted similar rights to gay domestic partners.
The public's attitude toward gays and lesbians also has undergone a significant shift. A Pew poll last year indicated that 59 percent of Americans favor allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military, up from 52 percent in 1994.
On Tuesday, several Democratic senators praised Mullen and Gates for what they said was a courageous stance, but a number of Republicans spoke strongly against the idea of a repeal.
Gates drew unusually pointed criticism from Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee for saying the review would examine how, not whether, to repeal the ban.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the military's "don't ask, don't tell" ban against gay men and women serving in the military openly. Mullen advocated repealing the policy.
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