Regents center hookup would link western Kansas colleges
State officials plan a Tuesday announcement linking community colleges with Regents universities to offer internet and interactive television courses via a virtual center. Garden City Col and others in Colby Pratt Great Bend Liberal would participate, with some face to face classes. The move aims to widen access and cut costs for families in western Kansas.
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Outhwest Kansas
Regents Universities
Regents Center
Kansas
Dodge City Community College Union
Garden City Community College
Colby
Pratt
Great Bend
Liberal
Friends University
Topeka
Washburn University
Iras President IS 7 Speaks on Duty and Route Ahead
Ibrahim al Jaafari says he does not fear responsibility or feel hopeless though path is hard. Mohammed Dauda notes looting by peacekeeping troops and willingness to endure to restore peace. The Rev V Gene Robinson comments on messages to the mother church as first openly elected gay bishop.
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Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Iraq
Monrovia Businessma
Mohammed Dauda
V. Gene Robinson
U.S. Episcopal Church
Mother Church of
England
Telegram readers invited to send feedback
The Telegram publishes contact options for readers including email and fax. It invites letters to the editor and provides a postal address in Garden City Kansas for Attn. Editor at 310 N. Severway Ext. 201.
First Amendment Text Excerpt Cites Key Freedoms
The passage references the core protections of the First Amendment including religion speech press assembly and petition for redress of grievances. It highlights prohibitions on government interference with religious practice and free expression as fundamental rights.
Reader Mail Reflects Race Labels and Confederate Flags
A reader letters column discusses public figures racist remarks, Hispanic labeling as minority, and Confederate flag controversy. It cites Dusty Baker, Hispanic English uptake, and Ambrosio Gonzales with corrections about Cuban service in Civil War units. The writer defends Hispanic identity history and notes earlier work on Cubans in America.
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Dusty Baker
Chicago Cubs
Hernandez
U.S. Census Bureau
United States
South
Ambrosio Gonzales
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Honey Hill
United States Colored Troops
America
Kensington
Federico Fernandez Cavada
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Adolfo
A.A. Humphries
Racial data debate on colorblind policy and college fairness
Wilson, UCLA professor emeritus, argues against California’s Racial Privacy Initiative while noting its potential to obscure college demographics and affect affirmative action. He warns it could hide race in public education and hiring, complicating policy analysis and civil rights progress.
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Supreme Court
University of California
Ward Connerly
California
Britain
London
Updike quotes and reflections on books and wealth
A collage of quotes and excerpts on books as furniture, the IRS and bureaucracy, boomer culture, and the super rich. Notable lines include John Updike on "the charming little clothy box" of a book, Will Rogers on reading, and a reflection by Dave Sweley on long phone holds. An excerpt from Updike's Slum Lords critiques luxury living and presence.
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John Updike
D. T Max
Louisburg Square
Boston
Bel Air
L.A
Wall Street
Tombstone
American Scholar
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Wilson
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Pepperdine University
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New York Times
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The
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