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NEWS / THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of 10 people couldn't start a conversation."
— Kin Hubbard (1868-1930)
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FACT OF THE DAY
Under windless conditions air provides an invisible blanket around the skin. As wind speed increases, this layer of heated air is carried away from the body at an accelerated rate, forcing the body either to work harder to generate more heat or cool down.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Parkinson: No cuts to higher education
Gov. Mark Parkinson proposed to increase cigarette or sales taxes instead of making cuts to higher education.
WHILE YOU WERE GONE
Jan. 5
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
Watson Library evacuated
Smoke from a broken elevator motor filled the building about 1 p.m. Jan. 5.
Dec.17
Regents approve increase in student housing costs
Tanner Grubbs/KANSAN
The Board of Regents voted to increase student housing costs by 2.65 percent starting in August 2010.
Welcome back to a snowy campus! For several cities in the area, December broke records for the most snowfall in history. Lawrence has a long-standing December snowfall record of 11 inches in one day.
ON CAMPUS: TODAY
Ken Jezek of the Byrd Polar Research Center will present the CRESi All-Hands Presentation, "Melting Ice Sheets: What's Happening at the Top and Bottom and Why We are Interested" at 1 p.m. in the Mercury Room of Nichols Hall.
Sarah LeGresley, of the physics and astronomy department will present the Astrobiophysics student seminar. "An Upper Limit for Solar Proton Events from Geological Data" at 2:30 p.m. in 1089 Malott Hall.
Student Union Activities will offer free tea and cookies at 3 p.m. during the "Tea at Three" event in the Traditions Area on the third floor of the Kansas Union.
SATURDAY
FRIDAY Jan.15
Dr. Paul Olsen, of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, will present the lecture, "Empirical Mapping and the Chaotic Behavior of the Solar System and its Implications" as part of the KU Geology Colloquium Series at 4 p.m. in 103 Lindley Hall.
Student Union Activities will screen the movie, "Where the Wild Things Are" at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium. Tickets are $2 for KU students and $3 for the general public.
The KU Center for Sustainability will host a meeting with student organizations focusing on sustainability at the University in Alcove B on the Kansas Union's third floor.
Jan. 16
■ KU Opera will present "The Sorrows of Young Werther" from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for adults.
The Ecumenical Fellowship, Inc., will host a Martin Luther King Jr. Day banquet from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Student Union.
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Jan.17
Jan.18
TUESDAY
Martin Luther King Jr. Day. No classes.
(We're taking the day off too.)
Day two of a three day weekend.
Jan. 19
- Karl Brooks, associate professor of history and environmental studies, will present the lecture "Topic: Green Light, Red Light: Steering Your Environmental Career Toward an Unknowable Future" from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Marvin厅, Room 308.
■ KU Opera will present "The Sorrows of Young Werther" from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $5 for students.
WEDNESDAY Jan. 20
Student Health Services will host an Employee Wellness Fair from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center.
The Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire, will host "Unwrapping the Past: A solo exhibition by Lynda Andrus" from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is free.
What do you think?
BY LISA ANDERSEN
ABBY SECHRIST
Have you kept up with your New Year's resolutions?
ABBY SECHRIST Overland Park sophomore "No, I decided not to make one because I never keep up with them."
CARLY WEIS
CARLY WEIS St. Louis, Mo., senior "Yes, I keep up with them by working out."
VALERIE WHITE
Kansas City, Kan., junior "Yes, it was to brush my teeth two times a day and floss everyday — I made it easy so I could do it."
PATRICK WATKINS Holton junior
Honor junior
"No, I didn't make any because I'm sick of all the people who make them and take up the machines at the Rec."
CRIME REPORT
A 21-year-old KU student reported the theft of his laptop computer and a printer sometime during the day onDec. 27. on West 24th street.The pieces were valued at a total of more than $2,000.
A 20-year-old Lawrence man reported criminal battery about 3 p.m. Monday near Seventh and Ash streets.
Dempsey's Irish Pub, 623 Vermont St., reported disorderly conduct around 1 a.m. on Sunday.
A 22-year-old Haskell University student reported the theft of his notebook computer, his cellphone and his wallet last Wednesday between 4 and 6 p.m. The items were valued at more than $1,000.
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