Haskell speaker urges grads to back indigenous image
Amanda Blackhorse, noted nationally for challenging the Washington Redskins name, urged Haskell graduates to push American Indian schools to question whether their mascots reflect how they want to be seen. She spoke in Lawrence, urging thoughtful rebranding and representation.
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Haskell Indian Nations University
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Multicultural Student Government veto alters KU fee plan
Kansas University Chancellor Berna Dette Gray-Little vetoed funding for the Multicultural Student Government for 2016 17. The $90,000 for executive stipends and expenses is cut by a $2 campus fee reduction per semester, with no other shifts in the package. The Board of Regents will review the revised plan as the Senate weighs its next move.
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Lawrence senior wins Congressional Art Competition prize
A Lawrence High School senior earned a Congressional Art Competition award for her still life titled Vivid Hues. The recognition highlights her work featured in the Page 3A section.
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County seeks order to halt junk yard at Fairview 21 schoolhouse
Douglas County commissioners filed a petition with a district court judge seeking a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to stop a family from operating a proposed junk yard at the Fairview No 21 school house south of Lawrence. The county claims the site is dangerous and a nuisance that threatens health and safety and promotes zoning violations.
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Photo completes county’s Faces Never Forgot memorial
Margie Hopkins finally shares a photo of her brother Donald E Dillon, a Marine sergeant who died in Vietnam in 1967. The image helps the Faces Never Forgot project, which seeks a portrait for each of the 58,307 veterans named on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington.
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Donald E. Dillon
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Faces Never Forgotten Organization
Washington, D.C
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