Big Eight to Big 12 reshapes college sports power balance
Dolph C. Simons Jr. notes the shift as four Texas schools Texas Texas A&M Baylor and Texas Tech join the Big 12. He argues leadership failures and rivalries erode the Big Eight family while predicting moves of conference offices and the basketball tournament. He cautions fans to expect a different, likely less cohesive era.
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Texas
Texas A&m
Baylor
Texas Tech
Big Eight
Southwest Conference
Big 12
Colorado
Oklahoma
Missouri
Steve Hatchell
Bob Frederick
Hatchell
Kansas City
Dallas
Kemper Arena
Kemper
Kansas University
Local history hooks fifth graders at Broken Arrow School
Teacher John Jewell uses Maggie Herringtons diary entry from 1867 to spark discussion on women's suffrage and Civil War era conflicts. He joins 17 other Kansas teachers at the 1995 History Seminar in Topeka to enrich lessons with primary sources from Lawrence and the border wars, linking local history to today.
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Maggie Herrington
Lawrence
John Jewell
Broken Arrow School
Maggie
Jewell
Broken Arrow
Topeka
Kansas
Lawrence School Board
Lawrence Free State High
Virgil Dean
The
Kansas State Historical Society
Molly
Watkins Community Museum of History
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Dean Smith
Eleasia Grant
Tamara Bolden
Matthew Sharon
Katie Cannon
Stacie Burns
Latiesha Holiweell
Boys and Girls Club
Haskell Ave
Kelly Glentz
John Alesch
Alesch
Allen Turner
Phoro
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