photo by: John Young

Richard Norton Smith speaks to the crowd at the Dole Institute of Politics on Sunday. Smith spoke about what separates successful presidents from those deemed failures. The lecture was the first of the 2012 Presidential Lecture Series.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Actor Armin Shimerman, lower left, waits to film a scene with first assistant cameraman Tony Ontiveros, center, and cinematographer Lyn Moncrief, right, during fliming of the movie "The Sublime and Beautiful" on Jan. 20 at Mr. Goodcents on 23rd Street.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Blake Robbins, actor, director and writer of the movie "The Sublime and Beautiful," left, and Jess Shuler, assistant director, review scenes to be filmed Jan. 20 at Mr. Goodcents on 23rd Street. The movie is being shot in and around Lawrence in a two-week period.

photo by: Morgan Miller-Cornerstone Photography

Writer/director Blake Robbins, center, reviews a scene starring his daughters Molly, center left, and Emma, on the set of “The Sublime and Beautiful.”

photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas University senior Kelly Heimen, Lawrence, thumbs through documents relative to the South Lawrence Trafficway for an undergraduate thesis project in the newly-renovated reading room at the Spencer Research Library on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.