Design fosters togetherness at Oswald Self halls
Kansas University's new residence halls Oswald and Self on Daisy Hill aim to build community across floors and halls. Connected by the two story Daisy Hill Commons the $48.6 million bond funded project targets first year students with housing director Diana Robertson citing academic success and campus engagement. Move in day is Thursday with some RAs already on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Krug
Journal-World
Daisy Hill Commons
Kansas University
New Self
Oswald Halls
Ljworld.com
Newdorms
Oswald
Daisy Hill
Self
Diana Robertson
Five Things to Know for the New School Year
The new school year starts for students in first through ninth grades today with older grades returning Thursday. Dismissal times shift later for elementary and high schools by five minutes, while middle schools begin eight minutes earlier and end five minutes earlier. Late start and early dismissal times also change. See SCHOOL, page 5A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Amyx named mayor of Lawrence in unanimous vote
Lawrence City Commissioner Mike Amyx was chosen unanimously to serve as mayor, his sixth term in a career dating to the 1980s. He succeeds former Mayor Jeremy Farmer, who resigned after failing to remit federal payroll taxes at the Just Food nonprofit. Leslie Soden will remain vice mayor as commissioners emphasized experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Mike Amyx
Amyx
Jeremy Farmer
Food Bank
Just Food
Leslie Soden
Kansas
Farmer
Soden
East Lawrence bistro plan stalls amid commissioner deadlock
Lawrence city commissioners failed to agree on a proposal by local developer Tom Larkin to open a bistro in the Warehouse Arts District. The plan seeks a special-use permit for 804 Pennsylvania St to lease to a restaurant operator with food trucks serving front of building patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larkin
Ex-chief justice Kay McFarland dies at 80
Kay McFarland former Kansas Supreme Court chief justice and first woman in that role died Tuesday at age 80. Her career included landmark rulings and decades of service on the state bench. The death was reported on page 3A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Supreme Court
Kay McFarland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sara Shepherd
Saramarieshop
Rochelle Valverde
RochelleVerde
Facebook.com
Ljworld
Twitter.com
USA Today
Amyx Takes
E. Lawrence Bistro
Limbo
Mainstree
Credit Uni
Mainstreetcu.org
NCUA
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!