KU's Hawk Week Aims for Inclusive Campus Fun
KU officials rename Country Club Week Hawk Week to reflect practical campus life prep and social learning. Events through Aug 24 include Playfair on the Allen Fieldhouse lawn and Traditions Night at Memorial Stadium with about 4,000 attendees. Dennis Dailey leads a talk on sexuality, while An Eversole emphasizes balancing tradition with responsible fun. See KU's Hawk, page 13A.
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Mount Oread
Kretschmer
Playfair
Allen Fieldhouse
Memorial Stadium
Haskell College Wins Green Light for Four Year Degree
Haskell Indian Junior College gains accreditation from North Central Association to offer a new bachelor’s degree in elementary education this fall. The program marks the school’s first four year degree in 109 years and will require a student teaching semester, with initial enrollment this fall and a five year accreditation window. The Kansas State Board of Education will review the program in October to approve certification for teaching K through eighth grade.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Haskell
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
George Tiger
Board of
Regents
Tiger
Kansas State Board of Education
Hannes Combest
Bob Martin
Combest
North Central
Kansas University KU Edition welcomes new fall students
Thousands of students flood Lawrence as Kansas University prepares for fall semester. The Journal World presents a KU Edition covering student life research traditions the university today sports and the arts to help new arrivals learn about the campus and update alumni.
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Kathryn Kretschmer
Kansas University
Kretschmer
Lawrence
Journal-World
Sec
Kansas to spend 10 million on flood recovery jobs
Kansas will receive 10 million from the federal government to fund about 1,900 jobs for flood damaged areas. The money backs a 9.5 million approval after an initial 500,000 grant, with work including debris cleanup demolition repair and renovation of public facilities. Shawnee County townships qualify. Topeka city excludes. Gun Graves offers replacement corporate documents and penalties waivers for flood affected firms.
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Topeka
Kansas
Joan Finney
Clinton
Congress
Shawnee County
Bill Graves
Serbs retreat from Igman under pressure and in hope
Bosnian Serbs retreat from Mount Igman amid threats of air strikes and lure of peace talks. U.N. forces posted on Igman and Mount Bjelasnica to patrol abandoned areas as Briquemont announced the withdrawal nearly complete and urged all forces to finish by 4 p.m. Local officials cited a shift toward resuming Geneva negotiations as Serbs seek favorable terms.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Mount Igman
Igman
Mount Bjelasnica
U.N
Francis Briquemont
Belgium
Bosnia
Alija Izetbegovic
Geneva
Bjelasnica
Briquemont
Vere Hayes
Peter Kessler
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Panel calls for safer shuttle engines after near miss
NASA safety panel says the space shuttle main engines are unreliable and require rapid improvement to boost reliability and safety. A Thursday failure halted Discovery just seconds before liftoff, and risk estimates rose from 1 in 171 to about 1 in 120, though NASA precautions may reduce danger.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Police warn of asphalt scam in Lawrence area
Lawrence police warn residents to beware of mobile asphalt crews soliciting driveways. With a Texas-plate dump truck and a three man crew, they apply cold winter asphalt by hand and leave shoddy work. Bernie Kennedy of Lawrence Asphalt Co notes several affected homes near Haskell Avenue and Anderson Road.
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East Lawrence
Bernie Kennedy
Lawrence Asphalt Co
Haskell Avenue
Anderson Road
Texas
Kennedy
Haskell
Bill Wingfield
Dunbar Asphalt
31St
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