Editorial on sports impact on colleges and program effects
The piece weighs whether big time athletics help or hurt schools amid a commercial sports era. It highlights St Joseph’s gain from basketball star Jameer Nelson, KU and Kansas State experiences, and notes how athletic success boosts admissions, giving cash, merch, and fundraising boosts while sparking wider reputational value.
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USA Today
Little St. Joseph’s
Philadelphia
Jameer Nelson
St. Joseph's
St. Joe’s
Kansas
Jayhawk
Roy Williams
Bill Self
St. Joseph’s
Jon Wefald
Kansas State University
Bill Snyder
Sports Illustrated
Kansas State
America
Wefald
Manhattan
Werald
KSU
Sharon's killing of Yassin tests US Bush strategy
Jim Hoagland argues Ariel Sharon's assassination of Sheik Ahmed Yassin highlights the clash between Israel's frontier justice and broad American aims in the Middle East. The piece warns that such actions jeopardize Bush's Greater Middle East plan, Iraq reforms, and regional stability, complicating alliances and crisis management.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Ariel Sharon
Israel
Sharon
Bush
Middle Eastern
Sheik Ahmed Yassin
U.S
United States
United Nations
Iraq
al Qaida
Tel Aviv
Manhattan
Sheik Yassin
Osama bin Laden
Europe
Middle East
Ghassan Khanafani
Beirut
Yusuf Najsar
Kamal Adnan
Kamal Nasser
Ehud Barak
Yasser Arafat
Syria
Egypt
Gaza
John Kerry
Jim Hoagland
Washington Post Writers Group
Old Home Town: Lawrence Police Chief Plans Retirement
Lawrence Police Chief Bill Cox announced retirement on May 1 after a long service since 1938. The Lawrence Daily World piece from March 26, 1904 highlights W R Stubbs reorganizing the Republican State Central Committee, efforts to unite the party, and Lawrence headquarters. It notes bicycle riding revival and improved bicycles aiding faster travel.
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Lawrence
Bill Cox
Wheeling
Public note thanks KU Chandler lecture benefactor
Daniel Ward of Oskaloosa expresses gratitude to Anderson Chandler for funding the Kansas University Chandler lecture series. He praises the March 17 David Broder talk, urges greater student attendance, and asks faculty to integrate lectures into coursework while thanking KU School of Business for organizing the event.
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Anderson Chandler
Kansas University
Chandler
KU School of Business
Daniel Ward
Oskaloosa
Public Forum letters touch taxes education and jail reform
Letters argue education funding should start with better pay and restored arts. They urge jail health care reform to aid rehabilitation and criticize prison costs on the poor. Readers also question St Patrick parade timing during school hours and discuss tax code impacts on work ethic and policy.
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Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Rob Curley
New Media
Richard Brack
Bil Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
al Bonner
Joe Lewis
Ed Ciambrone
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Journal-World
P.O
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Ralph Gage
Jimhoagland
Washpost
Old Home Town
Science
FUNDA
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Topeka
Richard Heckler
County Commission
Wesley Teal
Benjamin E. Berlin
Hatcher
Shaffer
Tony Miller
Ijworld.com
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