Outside eyes urged to chair KU athletics board
Editorial argues appointing a KU faculty chair to the Kansas Athletics board improves accountability but may not suffice. It notes differences with K State, including a student member at KU, ongoing confidentiality concerns, and calls for input from both universities to add non payroll outsiders for oversight while stressing integrity over secrecy.
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Kansas University
Kansas Athletics Board of Directors
Bernadette Gray-Little
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas Athletics Board
Regents
Gary Sherrer
Kansas State University
Sherrer
Gray Little
KSU
Kirk Schulz
Schulz
K-State
Debate over Ground Zero mosque tests American values
Trudy Rubin argues the uproar over a near Ground Zero mosque reflects fear, not facts, urging defense of constitutional rights. She notes Feisal Abdul Rauf’s community center plan, the lack of terrorism links, and the political exploitation by Gingrich Palin and others. She cites Obama and Bloomberg supporting religious freedom.
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Didate Carl Paladino
Sarah Palin
al-Qaida
America
Gingrich
Palin
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Temecula
Calif
Senate
Harry Reid
Europe
U.S
Rauf
New York
David Paterson
Obama
Michael Bloomberg
Trudy Rubin
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
I Like Mike Huckabee Despite Dividing Issues
Leonard Pitts Jr. writes that Mike Huckabee, beyond disagreements on reproductive rights guns and HIV AIDS education, shows genuine thought and a willingness to seek common ground. Huckabee’s approach contrasts with hostile partisan discourse and earns cautious respect. Pitts notes Huckabee’s flexibility on immigration and past stances while praising his conscience driven leadership.
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Mike Huckabee
Mike
Michael Dale Huckabee
Arkansas
Fox News
Daily Show
Arizona
Jeremiah Wright
Huckabee
John McCain
Yore
Jon Stewart
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
MiamiHerald.com
Public forum on paratransit delays at Lawrence
Alice Fowler writes to the editor from Lawrence opposing stalled paratransit upgrades. She notes weeks of extreme heat with failing or missing air conditioning, late pickups, route delays, a driver still in training, a malfunctioning wheelchair ramp, and a long wait since the transit tax increase promised new buses.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Alice Fowler
Lawrence
Moderate Muslims and the Ground Zero mosque debate
A reader letters section discusses post 9/11 strategies, endorsing efforts by Bush and Obama administrations to support moderate Muslims and interfaith harmony. It highlights Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and the Ground Zero Mosque project as a message of inclusion, plus a separate critique urging constructive policy over obstruction. It includes instructions for submitting letters to The Journal World and its editorial policy.
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Feisal Abdul Rauf
State Department
Arab Emirates
United States
Rauf
U.S
Ground Zero
Mideast
Newt Gingrich
New York
America
Bush
Obama
New York City
Park 5
the Times
Chris Orlando
Lawrence
Journal-World
Journal- World
Ijworld.com
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Ed Ciambrone
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
P.O
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Electronics
Patrick Knorr
Dan Cox
Mediapharmedia
Ralph Gage
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Trubinévnews.com
Anet
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Scott Rothschild
William Brownback
Kansas
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