Minnesota's hiring turmoil leaves questions for campus leaders
Local focus followed Glen Mason's move to Minnesota and the president search that trimmed 58 applicants to one. Mark Yudof emerged as president with a reported 225000 salary while Mason's package hovered near 500000. Gov. Carlson urged caution and closer oversight of university affairs amid the upheaval.
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University of Minnesota
Glen Mason
Kansas University
Minnesota
Mason
Mark Yudof
Judith Ramaley
Portland State University
Oregon
Ramaley
Kansas State University
Bill Snyder
William Muse
Auburn University
Yudof
Arne Carlson
University of Texas
Nils Hasselmo
Gov. Carlson
Carlson
Notable historical milestones across years and people
Timeline of events from 1814 treaty ending the War of 1812 to 1980 hostage remembrance. Includes the Treaty of Ghent, Library of Congress fire, Ku Klux Klan founding, Fessenden radio broadcast, Eisenhower’s WWII appointment, Apollo 8 Genesis reading, and Iran hostage crisis candlelight vigil.
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United States
Britain
Ghent
Belgium
Library of Congress
Washington D.C
Pulaski
Tenn
Ku Klux Klan
Reginald A. Fessenden
Brant Rock
Mass
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Iran
Journal-World imprint and contact details from Lawrence newspaper
Published daily by the World Company in Lawrence Kansas the notice lists address Sixth and New Hampshire streets subscription rates by carrier motor carrier and mail for various regions. It also names staff editors managers and the postmaster with mailing address and periodicals information.
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the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas County
Kansas Counties
Kansas City
United States
First African chosen as UN secretary-general
Claude Lewis notes Kofi Annan of Ghana becoming the United Nations seventh secretary-general, marking a rise of Africans in global leadership amid Africa’s ongoing challenges and reforms. The piece praises Annan’s finances expertise and highlights U.S. funding tensions while urging support for the UN’s role in peace and justice.
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United Nations
Kofi Annan
U.N
Ghana
Egypt
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
United States
Boutros-Ghali
Annan
Africa
Malcolm Rifkind
Britain
Asia
Rwanda
Zaire
International Herald Tribune
Washington
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Bosnia
Europe
Ethiopia
Eritrea
South Africa
Nigeria
West Africa
Macalester College
St. Paul, Minn
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Abibi
Congo
Algiers
Cape Town
Praia
Mombasa
New York
Boutros- Ghali
Not Buying Into Christmas in Hot Springs Va
Cal Thomas argues against the secularizing of Christmas citing Barna research and Stephen Nissenbaum's The Battle for Christmas. He recalls personal actions to avoid material excess, noting grandchildren’ gifts to a church angel tree and the focus on giving of oneself to others and to Jesus.
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Hot Springs
George Barna
Lutheran Hour Ministries
Jesus
Christ
Stephen Nissenbaum
Nissenbaum
Saturn
Frances Stead Sellers
New York Times
Vance
Sellers
Virginia Mountains
Public Forum urges flexible thinking on school buildings
Vincent A. Muirhead questions why closures of grade schools are proposed while temporary facilities remain in use across grade schools, junior highs, and the high school. He cites ongoing construction, past bond issues, and cost studies favoring permanent buildings, urging the school board to rethink plans and consider eliminating temporary structures.
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South Junior High
Broken Arrow School
Broken Arrow
Butler
Journal- World
Vincent A. Muirhead
Park Hill
Ter
Christmas cease fire and wartime recalls in Lawrence
The Lawrence Journal-World lists about 75 area Americans in the Vietnam conflict for holiday remembrance. A coal mining note from 1896 reports first-class bituminous coal near Deer Creek, with plans to sink a shaft near Big Springs.
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Vietnam War
The
Journal-World
Douglas County
Lawrence Journal
Big Springs
Deer Creek
Lawrence
Watkins Community Museum
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Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
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Ralph Gage
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Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
P.O
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Bill
Claude Lewis
Philadelphia Inquirer
Cal Thomas
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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