Free speech versus political correctness in OU fraternity incident
An editorial questions whether freedom of speech or political correctness should prevail after Oklahoma University fraternity members led a racially offensive song. It notes the suspension of the fraternity and two students while urging equal application of standards to all hate speech and public behavior.
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United States
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Lawrence Journal-World
Lawrence St Patrick’s Day Parade fuels local charity drive
The annual Lawrence event closes a fundraising series started with a charity golf tournament last September and ends with a Luck-of-the-Irish Motorcycle Poker Run. In 27 years the parade committee has raised over $750000 for toys for Tots Just Food and Centro Hispano supporting children and the Latino community.
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Douglas County Toys For Tots
Just Food
Centro Hispano
Lawrence
DARPA as a model for risk taking in government
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius argues that DARPA, led by Arati Prabhakar, operates like a Silicon Valley startup. The piece praises its willingness to take risks with controversial and powerful technologies while noting privacy and misuse concerns and urging broader government adoption of its bold approach.
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Silicon Valley
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State Department
Arati Prabhakar
Washington Post
Prabhakar
Memex
Soviet Union
Space
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Arpanet
National Security Agency
Edward Snowden
India
Moore
U.S
David Ignatius
Washington Post Writers Group
Old Home Town Milk Grading Plan Proposed in Kansas City
Mrs. George H. Hoxie of the Consumers' League of Kansas City urges a four grade milk system in Kansas City. She spoke on The City Milk Problem to University student chemical engineers and audience of professors and housewives, promoting scoring used in eastern cities.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
George H. Hoxie
Consumers’ League of
Kansas City
All-out politics to the editor in Lawrence letter
Lawrence reader Paul Enos urges opposition to a 47 senator Republican letter he calls counter-diplomacy. He warns it could derail delicate talks and spark a new arms race in the Middle East, arguing politics should stop at the water's edge.
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Kansas
Roberts
Moran
Mideast
New York Daily News
Paul Enos
Lawrence
Senate Bill 56 Adds Criminal Liability For Educator Access
The March 7 report states SB 56 would amend K.S.A. 21-6402 to hold teachers criminally responsible for exposing students to sexually inappropriate material and would remove an exemption for teachers. It notes current law already allows school, library, and museum employees to be charged with promoting harmful materials to minors.
Public Forum Raises Defense Changes Under SB 56
The text argues SB 56 eliminates the competent evidence defense for school employees, while preserving defenses for college staff and five other groups. It expands coverage to public venues, suggesting potential prosecutions of public entity employees with limited defenses, and contrasts with Kansas immunity for self defense claims. Jennifer Roth.
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Kansas
Jennifer Roth
Lawrence
Exotic animals bill risks public safety and welfare
Midge Grinstead of Lawrence, Kansas State Director for the Humane Society of the United States argues against SB97, saying the bill would weaken animal welfare, endanger the public, and encourage keeping dangerous wild animals as pets. She notes captive bred animals retain instincts, baby animals are often discarded, and roadside facilities may abuse them.
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Journal-World
Midge Grinstead
Lawrence
Kansas
Humane Society of the United States
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