Water Quality Buffer Initiative Aims to Protect Kansas Rivers
Kansas Senate Agriculture Committee pushed a bill for Gov. Bill Graves to fund a Water Quality Buffer Initiative. The program offers incentives to convert cropland along rivers into riparian vegetation to curb chemical runoff, starting as a pilot in the Upper Black Vermillion and Grasshopper Creek watersheds across several counties. Graves said the effort pairs government with farmers and organizations to safeguard water resources.
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TorEna
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bill Graves
Kansas
Dialogue on Racism panel at KU Lied Center Feb 6
Yosef ben-Jochannan will headline a Black History Month series at the KU Lied Center with three events on February 6. The program runs 1 p.m. musical entertainment featuring Robert Owens and Dark Complexion and Quiet Fire, 3 p.m. play by Antonio Shepherd, and 6 p.m. Dialogue on Racism. Organizers include KU Multicultural Resource Center and African American studies, Black Student Union, Student Senate, history department, the chancellor's office, and KU Bookstores.
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Yosef ben-Jochannan
Kansas University
Lied Center
America
Antonio Shepherd
Kprs-Fm
Kansas City
Robert Owens
Dark Complexion
Quiet Fire
Shepherd
KU Multicultural Resource Center
Department of African and African-American Studies
Black Student Union
Department of History
Chancellor
Distinguished prof sets inaugural lecture at KU
Victor Frost, distinguished professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Kansas University, will deliver his inaugural lecture as a distinguished professor at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union. The free talk, titled Information Technologies Potential Choices and Problems, covers telecommunications network growth, customer expectations, and research advances. Frost also directs KU's Information and Telecommunication Technology Center.
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Victor Frost
Danservey
Kansas University
Frost
Alderson Auditorium
Kansas Union
Information and ‘Telecommunication Technology Center
Shared KU Haskell exchange program grows with cooperation
The KU Haskell exchange began with seven students in 1995 and has expanded to 15, with a goal to host up to 16 from each school. The Inter Institutional Task Force discussed the EU mentoring plan for Haskell transfer students, shared science facilities, and an indigenous studies program at KU, aiming to boost cross campus opportunities and credit transfer.
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Kansas University
Haskell Indian Nations University
Ku-Haskell
Haskell-Ku Inter Institutional Task Force
Haskell
Bob Martin
Martin
David Shhulenturger
Shulenburger
KU debaters claim top three at Baylor tournament
Two Kansas University teams placed in the top three at Baylor University invitation debate, with Hajir Arcebili and Grant McKeehan winning the tournament 8 0 in prelims and defeating Emory in the final. Michael Eber and Amy Miller earned third with a 6 2 record. Fifty four teams from 27 schools participated. Donald DiPaulo will speak at 2 pm in the Kansas Union Ballroom on Greek systems goal setting and pledge training.
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Kansas University
Baylor University
Hajir Arcebili
Grant McKeehan
Emory University of Atlanta
Michael Eber
Amy Miller
Ardebili
McKeehan
Donald DiPaulo
Kansas Union
DiPaulo
University of Michigan
EBL Consulting
Michigan
Perkins loans face funding uncertainty amid Clinton budget cut fear
The Perkins Student Loan program, born from a 1958 space race response and now 5 percent loans for needy students, may lose federal support under President Clinton's 1999 budget. Officials stress the program’s efficiency and that some funding could remain via campus-based aid, with 900 KU students receiving an average $2,224 this year.
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Eisenhower
National Defense
Barmak Nassirian
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Washington, D.C
Clinton
Perkins
Nassirian
Diane del Buono
EU Office of
del Buono
Judge orders recall of juror in Kleypas case
Judge Noland denies a new trial in the Gary Kleypas capital murder case but orders a recall hearing for juror Angela Garrison on February 20 in Girard County. Garrison allegedly cited the Kansas Criminal Code handbook during deliberations over the 1996 death of Carrie Williams, Pittsburg State University student.
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Giram
Gary Kleypas
Angela Garrison
Garrison
Girard County
Kleypas
Carrie Williams
Pittsburg State University
Wyandotte County
Accused sheriff can stay in office during his trial
Cherokee County Sheriff Pat Collins may remain in office while criminal charges against him are resolved. He is accused of abusing inmates and signing fraudulent state tax forms. A suspension and ouster hearing was postponed, with another to be scheduled after criminal cases conclude.
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Kan
Cherokee County
Pat Collins
Collins
Kansas
Carla Stovall
Cherokee County District Court
Jack Lively
Kurt Kerns
Wichita
Kerns
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