Lied Center expands free performances to all Lawrence students
The Lied Center and Lawrence Schools Foundation expand the schools only program to include elementary through high school students. The initiative brings plays like Big Bad Wolf Mistatim Out of Bounds and Black Violin to students with supporting study guides and teacher workshops. Donors and events, including an upcoming Nov 2 fundraiser, aim to permanentize access across socioeconomic levels and extend statewide outreach.
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Lawrence
Lied Center
Lawrence Schools Foundation
Christina Hixson
Adina Morse
Schools Foundation
Broaden violence discussion on police brutality across boundaries
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues that focusing solely on race narrows the issue of police violence. He cites cases from Texas to Atlantic City to show heavy armed policing and canine attacks reflect a wider human rights problem. Public discourse should include all who feel unsafe from police power and recognize systemic issues beyond race.
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Sandra Bland
Texas
Chuck
Tracy
David Connor Castellani
Castellani
Atlantic City
Big Sur
Prise
Jennifer Bonjean
Bonjean
David Castellani
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Voluntary compliance on highway lane merge observed
In a stretch north of St Louis several drivers orderly merged from two lanes to one ahead of a construction zone. An Illinois state trooper sat nearby, raising questions about sanctions. After a delay, truckers coordinated a counter blockage to prevent jumpers, restoring flow and prompting praise from a law professor.
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New York
St. Louis
Illinois
U.S
Mike Hoeflich
Kansas University School of Law
Journal- World
Public Forum defense of recruiting center critics
The writer praises or questions local recruiting center defenders wearing shorts and AR-15s. He pleads veterans, notes his son in Afghanistan, and cites Nietzsche about not becoming a monster. He suggests joining military or police to protect the country. Ray Finch, Lawrence.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Ijworld.com
Kansas
Journal- World
Afghanistan
Ray Finch
On guard editor criticizes gun policy outside center
Alan P. Miller of Baldwin City criticizes armed guards at the recruiting center and Gov Brownback while praising Moran's gun control stance. He argues guns are a problem, laments Second Amendment views, and sarcastically thanks lawmakers for bans on gun free zones. He cites political figures Kris Kobach and Brownback.
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Gov. Brownback
Sen
Jerry Moran
Department of Defense
Military Department
Kris Kobach
Buddy Brownback
Governor’s
Alan P. Miller
Baldwin City
New University area apartment rushed to finish in 1915
Work on the corner of Oread avenue and Twelfth streets apartment house proceeds quickly to be ready for the upcoming university school year. Exterior brick walls are up and interior work will begin soon. The building will house several apartments likely for teachers and students needing light housekeeping, following Kansas City styles.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Oread Avenue
Twelfth Streets
University
Kansas City
Sarah St. John
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Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
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Suzanne Schlicht
Scott Stanford
Miamiherald.com
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