Basketball boycott risks and hopes in NCAA debate
The piece analyzes a possible boycott promoted by Black Coaches Assn members amid calls for more scholarships and tighter academic standards. It weighs public opinion against boycotts, questions about student athlete academics, the balance between winning and academics, and the potential exposure of hypocrisy in college sports. It notes presidents’ control debates, gender equity effects, and the difficulty of reconciling fan, booster, and institutional priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Coaches Assn
NCAA
Kansas
Roy Williams
Treaty ratified ending Revolutionary War on January 14 1784
The United States ratified the peace treaty with England on January 14 1784, officially ending the Revolutionary War after years of conflict between the two nations. The event marked a critical turning point in American independence and international relations.
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United States
England
Rome
Ford Motor Co
Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslavia
Postmaster notice for address changes pending Journal-World
The notice instructs readers to send address changes to the Journal-World in Lawrence Kansas with a P O Box 888 66044 0088 and notes USPS and circulation affiliations including Audit Bureau and Associated Press membership.
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Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence, Kan
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
War not a universal theme in gender clash commentary
The piece argues the Lorena Bobbitt case sparked sensational coverage and framed gender conflict as a war. It contends this view overstates female violence as a trend, notes prior media narratives like Thelma and Louise, and urges seeing peace between sexes as gradual and nonviolent.
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Boston
Paul Ebert
Lorena
John Bobbitt
Manassas
John
Thelma and
Louise
Supreme Court
Michael Crichton
Nationalism rises in Russia amid Zhirinovsky influence
Yair Tairov a longtime peace leader asserts Zhirinovsky embodies Russia's nationalist turn not German Nazi roots. He warns of a future where nationalist currents could fragment Russia into Yugoslavia like factions, with no Western intervention likely as economic decline fuels tension.
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Moscow
Zhirinovsky
Hitler
Germany
Yair Tairov
Russia
Jakrov
Yakrov
International Peace Bureau
Amnesty International
Nazi Germany
Tairov
Gorbachev
Soviet Union
U.S
Canada
Yeltsin
Yugoslavia
Europe
Public Forum Basketball boost to the editor
Lawrence resident praises Kansas University basketball at Allen Fieldhouse and in events over a week. KU men reach 16-1 and rank third. Lady Jayhawks reach 11-1 and eighth. Notable reunions honor former coach Dick Harp. crowds approach 13 500 for women’s win over Colorado plus a Big Eight victory for the men.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Roy Williams
UNC
Asheville
Allen Fieldhouse
Marian Washington
Missouri Tigers
Williams
Kansas
Holidome
Alumni Center
Dick Harp
Kansas Jayhawks
Southern Methodist Mustangs
Paul Endacott
Tusten Ackerman
Ted Owens
Jayhawks
Clyde Lovellette
Lady Jayhawks
Colorado
Associated Press
Kansas Jayhawk
University of North Carolina
Bob Nelson
Dam closing ceremony planned for Perry Reservoir
In 1969 the Perry Reservoir dam closing ceremony was set for January 15, 16 miles northwest of Lawrence. Kansas Governor Robert Docking, a former Lawrence banker, was sworn in for his second two-year term and pledged a government of quality rather than quantity.
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Perry Reservoir
Lawrence
Kansas
Robert Docking
Kansas football hires Chuck Mather as coach in 1954
The 38-year-old Charles V. Mather leaves Massillon high school coaching to take over at Kansas after Jules Sikes resigns amid controversy. The note recalls a 1894 Lawrence World editorial on self-government and the limits of populist power, signaling enduring debate over governance and liberty.
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Charles V
Chuck” Mather
Massillon
Ohio
Kansas University
Jules Sikes
Sikes
East Texas
Lawrence World
Topeka
Kansas
Watkins Community Museum
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