Washburn to Build $40 Million Law School Expansion
Editorial argues the Washburn University plan for a 152600 square foot law school, financed by a 20 million fundraising drive plus 10 million from reserves and 10 million in bonds, will shape Kansas higher education. It questions duplication with KU, calls for fiscal restraint, and urges prioritizing efficiency for taxpayer dollars and regional leadership.
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Ashburn University
Washburn
Jerry Farley
Farley
School of Law
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas University
KU Law School
Kansas Board of Regents
Regents
Kansas State
Wichita
Maine Independent runs against system Bripcton
Maine profile of Angus King, the 68 year old former governor and potential Senate candidate, as an Independent challenger to Olympia Snowe. The piece notes Maine’s rugged independence, King’s stance against partisan grids, and the looming impact of big ads and party dynamics on his bid. It highlights Maine’s political history with independent figures and questions how King would navigate Senate power if elected.
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Bripcton
Maine
Canada
Quebec
New Brunswick
Kenneth Roberts
Winslow Homer
Stephen King
Angus King
King
Bates’ Ladd Library
Bowdoin
Hawthorne-Longfellow
Colin Woodard
Massachusetts
Washington
Senate
Olympia Snowe
House
Lowell Weicker
Capitol
Connecticut
Margaret Chase Smith
Snowe
Susan
May Sarton
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
David M. Shribman
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
Old Home Town honors Bryan surrender to Wilson
Lawrence Daily Journal World July 24 1912 reports William Jennings Bryan relinquishing Democratic leadership to Woodrow Wilson. Bryan says he is out of politics and will devote himself to other subjects, as he addressed Lawrence residents yesterday afternoon.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Lawrence
Right to marry debated in reader letter
A reader argues there is no explicit right to marry in the Declaration or Constitution or founders writings. The letter questions the existence of a constitutional or natural right to marriage and frames the issue as a researched, opinion-based inquiry.
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Larry Miller
Lawrence
Village aging in place program backed by Independence Inc.
Readers urged collaboration with Independence Inc. as the local social service agency. Independence Inc. nonprofit provides advocacy, peer support, training, personal care attendants and transportation for people with disabilities.
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Independence Inc
Public Forum 1978 on Aging and Independent Living
Stacey Hunter Schwartz of Independence Inc. outlines a community driven plan to aid people with disabilities in aging in place. The Lawrence Douglas County Advocacy Council on Aging coordinates city and county efforts with Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging and Visiting Nurses, while Independence Inc. supports planning with Roger Hill Volunteer Center and Retiree and Retention Task Force.
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Lawrence Douglas County
Advocacy Council On Aging
Jayhawk
Independence Inc
Roger Hill
Stacey Hunter Schwartz
Monarchs house split noted in religious communal history
A reader letter corrects a July 9 article on Spencer Research Library’s Kansas City Monarchs collection. It clarifies that the House of David was not Jewish, that a 1920s split created Mary's City of David led by Mary Purnell, and that both groups practice celibacy vegetarianism pacifism and Nazarite law. Ron Taylor and Deborah Altus contributed details.
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Spencer Research Library
Kansas City Monarchs
House of David
Deborah Altus
Lawrence
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Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Suzanne Schlicht
Ralph Gage
Maine Independent
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