KU liberal arts diversity requirement voted down at KU
The liberal arts faculty rejected a proposed diversity course requirement 273 to 129 in a mail ballot with two thirds turnout. Dean Sally Frost Mason says 80 percent of students already meet the aim through current courses, arguing diversity can be taught via choice courses rather than a mandated list, while critic Richard De George calls the plan a public relations tool.
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Lawrence
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Today in History April 11 1899 treaty ends Spanish American War
On April 11 1899 the treaty ending the Spanish American War took effect. Centuries earlier in 1814 Napoleon abdicated as emperor of France and was banished to Elba.
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France
Island
Elba
Rubin to Step Down Remembered For Quiet Strength
Washington speculation centers on Robert Rubin resigning this year to let Lawrence Summers seek the top job. Rubin, praised for fiscal discipline and growth, credits private and public sectors for prosperity and notes pivotal Clinton policy decisions.
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Henry Morgenthau Jr
Andrew Mellon
Alexander Hamilton
Godfrey Sperling Jr
The
Christian Science Monitor
Sperling
Federal Reserve Board
Alan Greenspan
Mexico
Greenspan
Fed
Senate
David Broder
Washington Post Wrilers Group
Car crash culture and the lure of reality TV
Leonard Pitts argues that modern audiences crave voyeurism and spectacle. He cites Edtv and real life media excess as proof that fame, scandal, and private pain are consumed as entertainment. The piece reflects on how viewers and media feed a culture of watchful shores, where lives are broadcast nonstop.
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Fox
Ivory Tower
Leonard Pitts
The
Miami Herald
Periodicals Postage and AP Affiliation Note
USPS 306 920 imprint states periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kansas. Affiliation includes Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press membership reflecting standard newspaper branding and distribution practices.
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Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Boredom survey outlines Americans coping strategies
A CyberDialogue survey finds 63 percent rarely bored and 16 percent never bored. The restless seek TV, food, drives, drinks, trips, or even affairs to chase dull moments. A third abandon relationships over boredom. Sunday is deemed least intriguing by 13 percent, while 1.6 percent find Saturday time dull.
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New York
KU opens Pearson Hall as KU history recalls medical school founder
In 1959 Kansas University held an open house for the new Joseph R. Pearson Hall on West Campus Road. Dr. George H. Hoxie, aged 87, died in Berkeley, California. He joined KU in 1905 and organized the KU Medical School.
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Joseph R. Pearson
West Campus
Kansas University Medical School
George H. Hoxie
Berkeley
Calif
Lawrence Welcomes Twenty Third Kansas Troops Return
The Lawrence Journal of April 11, 1899, reports the Lawrence company of the Twenty third Kansas arriving in the afternoon to a large depot crowd. The seasoned black soldiers, just mustered out after service in Cuba, resisted marching in and instead hurried to greet friends and relatives amid festive crowds.
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Lawrence Company
Twentythird Kansas
Journal Bulletin Board
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Cuba
Lawrence
Watkins Community Museum
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