Education by tours offers living history with Smith
Richard Norton Smith, KU Dole Institute director and presidential scholar, offers two noncredit history tours. The eight day Gettysburg tour in June visits Civil War sites, while the nine day New York Hudson Valley tour in October visits Hyde Park, Albany, Dartmouth, Concord and Boston. Both aim to illuminate American history beyond classrooms.
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Richard Norton Smith
Kansas University
Dole Institute of Politics
Smith
Gettysburg
New York
New England
Hudson Valley
Hyde Park
Albany
N.Y
Bennington
Plymouth Notch
Dartmouth College
Concord
N.H
Lexington Green
Boston
Mass
German Class Reconnects On the University Lawn in 1913
Lawrence Daily Journal World reports that 1913 German conversation under Professor Fritz Kellerman moved from Fraser Hall to the shady lawn by the building due to heat. The outdoor recitations, begun by Professor Carruth, continued for comfort and success on the green campus. Mrs Barker distributes government seeds including 500 packages of flower seeds and 500 of garden seeds, to be planted immediately.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Fraser
Fritz Kellerman
W. H. Carruth
Geo. J. Barker
Taggart
Nation united and defiant after Boston marathon blasts
After explosions at the Boston Marathon, a Globe video shows runners finishing amid cheers. A sudden orange fireball near a ring of flags triggers panic as police, runners, and bystanders surge toward the epicenter. A videographer repeats Oh my God, while chaos unfolds and aid is sought.
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The
Boston Globe
We Stand With Boston in Our Shared Grief
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr reflects on the Boston Marathon bombing toll. He honors the victims including an 8 year old boy, notes the need to gather as a community, and urges unity against fear, stressing that together we endure and stand with Boston.
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Allan Kaufman
Kaufman
Martin Richard
Boston
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Miami- Herald.com
Community colleges prove their pivotal role in U S higher education
Gene Budig discusses how two year colleges evolved from perceived second class status to central to America’s workforce. He notes 1655 colleges nationwide, strong transfer rates to four year schools, and Boeing’s impact at Trident Technical College. Emphasis remains on open access, completion, and sustained funding.
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Community Colleges
America
Joliet
United States
Obama
Trident Technical College
South Carolina
Boeing
Mary Thornley
California
Texas
North Carolina
Illinois
New York
Gene Budig
Kansas University
Call for Academic Spotlight in Journal World Opinion Page
A reader urges the Lawrence Journal-World to balance news coverage by creating an Academics section parallel to Sports. The letter proposes interviewing faculty and students, naming a columnist, and adopting open submission rules for letters to Public Forum with standard identifying details.
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Lawrence Journal-World
Mount Oread
Kansas University
Keegan
Journal-World
Bill Duellman
Lawrence
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