KU Core Curriculum Aims to Reform Undergraduate Education
Kansas University moves to implement a universitywide EU Core Curriculum for all undergraduates. The plan expands course options beyond a single required class, ties each course to core goals, and may shift department recruitment and funding. Critics fear dumbing down standards while proponents cite broader critical thinking, culture, ethics, and breadth. Chancellor Gray-Little calls it a profound, necessary change for progress.
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Kansas University
Bernadette Gray-Little
Football and academia collide in college sports power shift
George Will surveys how college football wealth reshapes universities from Notre Dame to Alabama. He notes TV contracts, beer sponsorships, and recruitment limits driving revenue and altering traditions while Hesburgh guides Notre Dame toward academic emphasis.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Chicago Bears
Notre Dame
Alabama
Eric M. Leifer
America
Harvard University Press
Maroons
Pottsville
New York Giants
Gotham
Yale
Myles Brand
Indiana University
Indiana
NCAA
Theodore Hesburgh
Northwestern
Hesburgh
Babe Ruth
Red Grange
Jack Dempsey
Bill Tilden
Knute Rockne
Frank Leahy
University
Harvard
Midwest
Leahy
Dwight Eisenhower
Jesus
William Corby
Snow Closes Streets as Hometown Feels Real Winter
Lawrence Daily Journal World reports heavy snowfall overnight and into January 7 1913 with temperatures dipping and more snow expected. The town mobilizes snow shovellers and sweepers to clear sidewalks while residents endure a stern winter that shows no sign of leaving.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Plan for Transition in Syria Aims At Justice and Reconciliation
A Syrian opposition plan drafted by the Syrian Support Group proposes a transitional justice system to punish core Assad insiders while offering amnesty to most Alawite supporters. It envisions safe passage for non insiders, a compensation fund for war victims, and tribunals modeled on traditional Syrian law to prevent chaos as areas fall under rebel control. The idea, backed in principle by the US and UK, urges swift international endorsement at the Friends of Syria meeting in Italy.
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Washington
Bashar al- Assad
Syria
Assad
U.S
Free Syrian Army
Friends of Syria
Italy
South Africa
Rwanda
Northern
Ireland
McCue & Partners
London
Damascus
Suhair al-Atassi
Haitham al-Malek
Anwar al-Bunni
Free
Aleppo
David Ignatius
Washington Post Writers Group
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Mike Countryman
Ann Gardner
Caroline Trowbridge
the World Company
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Suzanne Schlicht
Ralph Gage
Karl Marx
George Will
Atlanta
Sarah St. John
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