Higher tuition hikes loom for Kansas state universities
The Kansas Board of Regents will review requests for 7.4 to 8.2 percent tuition increases at KU, KSU, and WSU as state funding declines. Since 1985 the state’s university funding share fell from 49 percent to 27 percent, pressuring families and increasing student debt. The piece warns of rising costs and asks if fall 2010 marks a new affordability threshold.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas State University
Wichita State University
University of Kansas
Bernadette Gray-Little
WSU
Donald Beggs
KSU
Kirk Schulz
Eagle
Sam Brownback
R-Kan
KU Law School
Scientists cautious as Gulf oil cap slows spill
Ed Overton warns it is too soon to claim success as the Gulf oil cap may be capturing up to 500,000 gallons daily. Barack Obama says he is coordinating with Gulf fishermen and BP experts while a Louisiana State University environmental scientist notes uncertainty over progress.
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Ed Overton
Louisiana State University
Gulf
Barack Obama
Gulf Coast
Telegram letter policy and contact details
The Telegram invites signed letters to the editor with writer address and phone, noting all letters are confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Letters should be under 500 words, thank you notes are general, and form letters or testimonials will not be printed. Include Attn Editor at 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846, phone, fax, and email.
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Busin
N. Seventh St
Garden City
Sones on Establishment Clause and Free Speech
The text cites the First Amendment limits on government action, prohibiting establishment of religion and protecting free exercise of religion, freedom of the press, and the rights to assemble and petition. It summarizes core constitutional guarantees without commentary.
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Sones
Palin stalker controversy surrounds Wasilla neighbor rented by author
Leonard Pitts argues that journalist Joe McGinniss moving next door to Sarah Palin to write a book overstays invasion of privacy. He notes Palin’s mixed Facebook reaction, calls for basic decency, and criticizes media intrusion into private lives of public figures while defending rights to residence and journalistic pursuit.
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Sarah Palin
Wasilla
Alaska
Palin
Joe McGinniss
McGinniss
Slate.com
Creepy
NBC
Brad Pitt
Sandra Bullock
Tom Cruise
Pitt
Bullock
Cruise
Carter Moment Ahead for Obama in Gulf Crisis
In a May 2010 opinion piece, the author compares Barack Obama’s handling of the Deepwater Horizon spill to Jimmy Carter’s 1979 hostage crisis, arguing Obama has not yet become a doomed symbol but risks ending like Carter if the crisis drags on. The column notes public nerves, slow signaling, and the need for engineers to stop the gusher.
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Gulf of Mexico
Jimmy Carter
U.S
Tehran
United States
America
ABC News
Ted Koppel
Nightline
Gulf
Barack Obama
Obama
White House
Carter
Coast Guard
John Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt
Community letter opposes religious cemetery section
Douglas Laubach of Garden City objects to a Telegram article proposing a Muslim section of the public cemetery. He cites separation of church and state, potential legal and societal consequences, and argues burial grounds should be shared by all Americans without sectarian divisions.
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America
Douglas Laubach
Garden City
Tim Huelskamp Veto and Political Stand Fast
The author criticizes Tim Huelskamp's decisive style on policy. They credit Rob Wasinger and others for influencing the governor to veto a May 27 budget resolution opposed by Sunflower Electric and Westar Energy. The piece argues Huelskamp dislikes being challenged with facts and questions the value of such confrontational representation in Congress.
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Tim
Sunflower Electric
Westar Energy
EPA
Tim Huelskamp
Rob Wasinger
Huelskamp
Congress
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