KU leaders oppose concealed carry on campus
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and 70 KU distinguished professors publicly oppose concealed carry on university campuses. In a message to faculty and staff, she states she is not in favor of concealed carry while acknowledging mixed opinions and urging dialogue with state lawmakers. The KU statement follows a similar stance from Kansas State University professors.
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Boy Soprano Prepares Solo at Civic Choir Holiday Show
13-year-old boy soprano Matthew Surmaczewicz loves to sing whether before 20,000 at the International Choral Festival in Missoula or at home in Eudora. He will perform Saturday night at Lawrence Free Methodist Church as the Lawrence Civic Choir stages its first annual holiday concert titled Make We Joy. Choir president David Ice calls the event a joyous season celebration.
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Lawrence Civic Choir concert honors season with Chichester Psalms
The Lawrence Civic Choir will present a 7:30 p m concert at Lawrence Free Methodist Church featuring Make We Joy and Leonard Bernstein s Chichester Psalms. Guest soloist Matthew a seventh grader from Raintree Montessori School will perform the Hebrew piece. Tickets cost 15 and are sold at the door or through choir members.
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Shelter's finances under audit after 2012 move costs
A performance audit presented to the Lawrence City Commission details the Lawrence Community Shelter's revenue shortfall this year caused by moving costs in 2012 and a slow fundraising climate. City Auditor Michael Eglinski began investigating after the shelter drew over $100,000 in emergency funds from Lawrence and Douglas County.
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Designs Soon For Douglas County Jail Expansion
Preliminary designs and cost estimates for the county’s potential jail expansion and mental health crisis intervention center projects may be ready early next year. The information emerged at a town hall in the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St, with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and county officials present.
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KU Campus Named Most Instagrammed Spot in Kansas
Time magazine analyzed geo-tag data to rank the state’s most photographed locations. Kansas leads with Allen Fieldhouse at the University of Kansas, noted for campus scenes and student selfies, as Time reports in Sara Shepherd’s Heard on the Hill column.
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Kansas Chief Justice Recuses in Chief Judge Selection Suit
Kansas Chief Justice Lawton Nuss has recused himself from a suit challenging the method used to select chief judges. The case raises questions about eligibility and selection procedures, with the parties seeking a ruling on whether current practices comply with state law and constitutional provisions.
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