Questions linger over Fresno State ties to KU search
Editorial notes 61 dollar figure and asks if the KU search committee failed to probe Fresno State and potential NCAA issues with Athletic Director Al Bohl. It cites NCAA inquiries, defense from Chancellor Robert Hemenway, and concerns about a clean, above board athletics program at Kansas. It warns about others using the oversight to gain competitive advantage.
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al Bohl
Fresno State University
California
NCAA
Fresno State
Bohl
Robert Hemenway
Jayhawk
Kansas
Kansas Universi
World shifts from laissez faire to social responsibility in wake of crises
Jim Hoagland notes a global pivot away from self centered business values toward responsibility to society and nation after Sept 11 and corporate frauds. He cites European pushback against global mediaposts led by Middelhoff and Messier, with Bertelsmann and Vivendi ousting their leaders. The piece foresees ongoing globalization yet warns against overreaching, stressing enduring ethnic and national boundaries.
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Washington
U.S
Thomas Middelhoff
Germany
Bertelsmann
Jean-Marie Messier
France
Vivendi
Europe
China
America
Middelhoff
Reinhard Mohn
Mohn
United States
Messier
New York
Universal Studios
France Inc
Vivendi France
Claude Bebear
Paris
Hollywood
Jim Hoagland
Washington Post Writers Group
Reader Letters Critique Bombing Debate and Community Action
A reader condemns Cal Thomas for linking Palestinian attitudes to Hamas and calls for accountability in Israel’s actions at the Hebrew University siege. Other letters discuss Dumpster-diving ethics during student moveouts, and praise Topeka’s Sunflower State Games volunteers while urging broader Lawrence support.
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Cal Thomas
Hebrew University
Israel
Salah Shehadeh
Hamas
United States
Student Senate
Lawrence
Old hometown years ago in 1977 recall and concerns
A composite recap notes 1977 events: farmers hopeful on a 3 to 3.05 dollar wheat target for 1978, Kansas Farm Bureau president John Armstrong urging farm breaks, city labor impasse over salaries, a $5,000 housing study prioritizing east and north Lawrence housing aid, KU ombudsman appointment for William Balfour, low anticipated voter turnout for a primary, parallel downtown parking talk, Feldman suit over petroleum seepage damages, Capitol Ambulance subsidy rejection, FDA expert Frances Kelsey alert on thalidomide dangers, and a 1902 Lawrence Journal commentary on women’s drinking rights in Denver.
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Congress
Kansas
John Junior Armstrong
Kansas Farm Bureau
Armstrong
City Hall
East
North Lawrence
William Balfour
Kansas University
Minnesota
Sidney
Rachel Feldman
Highland Drive
Ninth
Iowa Streets
Capitol Ambulance Service
Frances Kelsey
FDA
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Dolph Simons Sr
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Ralph Gage
Richard Brack
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
al Bonner
Joe Lewis
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
H.R
Tom Hornbaker
Dallas Dolan
Ed Ciambrone
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Kan
Douglas County
P.O
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Hoaglands
Washpost.com
Arnee
Palestinian Authority
Sharon
Alexander Tsatsoulis
Josey Legler
Sunflower Support
Woodling
Topeka
Johnson County
Missouri
Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau
John L. Glinka
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