KU Receives 3.5 Million Donation From Lied Foundation
The Lied Foundation pledges 3.5 million to KU for biomedical research and performing arts. One million funds an endowed research fund at KU Medical Center, another supports Lied Center arts programming, and 100 thousand yearly for five years will bolster the Lied performance fund.
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Lied Performance Fund
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Ernst F. Lied
Lied Center
Omaha
Las Vegas
Medical Center
KU to Buy Classroom Equipment With Campus Fee
About $515,000 from a universitywide equipment fee will fund instructional gear at KU. Bailey Hall receives $30,000 in VCRs projectors and monitors, Fraser Hall $28,000, Wescoe Hall $28,000, plus a $300,000 campuswide tech upgrade. Remaining funds distribute to Liberal Arts $170,000, fine arts $20,000, journalism $25,000.
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Fraser Hall
Wescoe Hall
Humanities
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Lindy Eakin
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Fine Arts
Journalism
Eakin
Law, Engineering and Pharmacy
Kassebaum backs deeper cuts in arts funds
Overland Park Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum a longtime supporter of federal arts funding voiced doubts about recent grant recipients and urged funding that appeals to the broadest audience. She signaled willingness to deepen NEA cuts and said the panel would act on her NEA reauthorization bill next week.
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Arts and Humanities Association
Johnson County
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National Endowment For the Arts
National Endowment For the Humanities
Kassebaum
James Jeffords
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NEA
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Labor and Human Resources Committee
Question period stirs talk of Highways art site in LA
Audience members name Highways in Los Angeles as a controversial performance space. A comedy routine there features a lesbian relationship involving the mother of House Speaker Newt Gingrich. NEA spokeswomen Cheria Simon said Highways provides an artistic outlet for underserved populations such as Asians and gays.
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Los Angeles
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Des ride Reopens Amid Pickets and Fliers
A local business marked reopening with pickets and flyers present. Activists gathered nearby to protest the move while supporters expressed cautious optimism about renewed activity and job prospects in the area.
Baldwin High Cheerleaders Sweep All American Honors
Baldwin High School earned top All-American spots with eight students named among 15 national honorees at an NCA camp in Emporia. The team dominated, placing first among 20 to 25 high schools, with seven seniors and one sophomore named to the All-American squad.
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Brooke Crossley
Brook Howard
Jessica Gillespie
Dina Dillon
Tiffany Mad
Lisa Hewitt
Amber Rhea
Jenny Cook
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