Break the cycle at Kansas University hazing woes
An editorial calls out Kansas University's hazing culture as dangerous and degrading. It cites a paralyzed freshman after a Phi Gamma Delta party and two-year probations for the fraternity and Interfraternity Council. It urges leadership, new conduct officer Nick Kehrwald, and an anti hazing task force to drive real change.
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Phi Gamma Delta
Interfraternity Council
IFC
Kansas University
Nick Kehrwald
Old Home Town 1911 excerpt from Lawrence Journal-World
A 1911 Lawrence Journal-World item recalls a linotype operator saving magazines and matrices during a recent fire. He misplaced them with another, who may be identified by calls to the newspaper office. Helpers who safeguarded other materials are urged to come forward.
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Lawrence Daily Journal- World
Journal
Journal-World
Lawrence
Ijworld.com
Lara Logan assault prompts call for compassion
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr urges readers to offer compassion and empathy after the assault on CBS reporter Lara Logan in Egypt. He condemns online vitriol and bigotry that dehumanize victims, noting one in six American women have faced rape and stressing respect for real people enduring trauma.
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Lara Logan
CBS News
Egypt
Jim Hoff
Gateway
Tahrir Square
Debbie Schlussel
Schlussel
Lara
Nir Rosen
New York University
Logan
Iraq
Afghanistan
Tony Snow
Robert Novak
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
MiamiHerald.com
Public Forum: Morris brothers praised by reader
A Lawrence reader commends Marcus and Markieff Morris for their intense basketball, kindness, and character, calling them epitomes of great players and urging them to keep it up with a Roger Rock Chalk cheer.
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Marcus
Markieff Morris
Amy Hassig Vestal
Lawrence
Obama health care reform cost concerns raise debate
Brett Williams argues that government interference drives health care problems and claims Obama's reform would force a 12 percent income share for coverage without federal subsidies, highlighting heavy personal costs amid varying incomes.
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Obama
Brett Williams
Lawrence
Education funding debate in Kansas sparks national critique
Bruce W. Johanning argues that cutting education funding and favoring foreign or externally sourced talent undermines youth preparation for a technical future. He questions support for music art and second language programs and suggests reversing corporate and high income tax breaks to fund public education.
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Kansas
United States
State of Kansas
U.S. of A
Bruce W. Johanning
Lawrence
Education is price of not going to college
As Kansas first university president I warn against cutting federal aid for low income students. Reducing Pell SEOG and LEAP risks limiting access to higher education, lowering enrollments and delaying workforce needs. Education strengthens society, tax revenue, health outcomes, and civic life, with 22 million degrees needed by 2018 per Georgetown projections.
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Kansas’ First University
Congress
Georgetown University Center On Education
United States
Pell
SEOG
LEAP
Federal
Advisory Committee On
Baker
Baker University
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