The day in photos, April 14, 2011

photo by: Patrick Semansky | AP Photo

Louisiana State University students Mark Nehlig, left, and Brian Sain lift a coffin representing education after a rally to protest against cuts to higher education at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 10, 2010. Louisiana and a handful of other states with billions of dollars in "rainy-day" funds set aside for troubled financial times are discovering that they can't use that money to offset their budget cuts. Instead, in an attempt to ease the state's deficit, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and state lawmakers are expected to make another round of deep cuts to public colleges.

photo by: Submitted photo

With the Lincoln Memorial in the background, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole speaks Tuesday at the World War II Memorial in Washington during a WWII Plaque Dedication ceremony in his honor at the memorial.

photo by: Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman | AP Photo

Republican State Representatives Van Taylor, left, and Jim Pitts discuss the state budget in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, March 15, 2011. Gov. Rick Perry and his fellow Republicans, who have talked tough about weathering the state's $27 billion budget crisis solely by cutting spending, relented Tuesday and endorsed a plan to take money out of the state's rainy day fund to fix one part of the Texas budget shortfall.

photo by: Matt Rourke | AP Photo

The rotunda at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., is shown in this Tuesday, April 5, 2011 photo. Gov. Tom Corbett's $27.3 billion spending proposal for next year has deep cuts in education and health care to fill a $4 billion budget gap, including a $4.3 million, or 1.4 percent, reduction for the General Assembly, to $297 million.

photo by: Nick Krug

Former Kansas University football player and current Miami Dolphins linebacker Mike Rivera, left, sits with Boys and Girls Club member Frida Danburno as the two work on a crochet project. Rivera volunteered his time to city youths on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at Hillcrest Elementary.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Students at St. John Catholic School, 1208 Ky., had a smashing good time Wednesday at the annual Hunger Car Bash. Groups of students took turns with mallets and sledge hammers to an old Toyota to raise awareness and money for local food pantries. Sixth-graders Megan Towle, foreground, and Emily Walthall took a swing at the car.

photo by: Nick Krug

R.J. Stephenson sits on the south bank of the Kansas River Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Stephenson was selected as the 2011 Friends of the Kaw Inc.'s United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center Volunteer of the Year for Leadership/Board Service.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Phen Van, of Kansas City, Kan., performs with the group K.I.O.S. Wednesday during the Student Union Activities event KU’s Best Dance crew at the Kansas Union Ballroom. Four groups vied for $500 in cash.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Jim Margolis, a senior partner and president of advertising agency GMMA, speaks at the Dole Institute of Politics on Wednesday. Margolis played a key role in President Barack Obama’s advertising effort in 2008 and said he plans to work for Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.