Haskell seeks funding, new president amid graduation pride
Alumni recall the impact of Haskell Indian Nations University as graduation weekend honors 1955 and 1953 graduates Betty Deer Shannon and Lloyd Elm. Regents back appointing acting president Karen Swisher, while campus security funding faces cuts. Pawwow expected to draw 900 dancers as the school celebrates heritage and community impact.
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Board of Regents
America
Death penalty gets another look
Former Baltimore mayor and former state’s attorney Kurt Schmoke supports a nonpartisan study of death penalty administration. The piece notes high exonerations, racial bias concerns, and calls for reforms, with quotes from Beth Wilkinson Judge Robert Burns and FBI Director William Sessions on counsel adequacy, funding, DNA testing, and ensuring accuracy in capital cases.
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Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma City
Burns
William Sessions
FBI
Reagan
Bush
Texas
Sessions
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Reopening Pennsylvan ia Avenue to restore Avenue of Presidents
George Will discusses Moynihan's long effort to transform Pennsylvania Avenue into a proper public boulevard for the republic. He cites historical vision from L Enfant to Kennedy and Johnson, notes the 1995 barrier installation, and argues for reopening the White House to Lafayette Park segment as a symbol of republican dignity and secure civic architecture.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Jefferson
University of Virginia
Our Republic
Moynihan
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Pierre L Enfant
George Washington
Atlantic Tidewater
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Secretary of Labor
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Kennedy
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Dallas
Johnson
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New York
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Washington Post Writers Group
Different is better to the editor on our 216 Am project
John C. Gaunt of the KU School of Architecture defends the graduate student design at 216 Am and two prior Pennsylvania houses as artful and valuable. He argues the houses should differ from tradition to push creativity, noting national awards and local acceptance and urging celebration of their “difference.” He urges readers to accept new forms enriching Lawrence and KU.
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Alabama
Lawrence
John C. Gaunt
KU School of Architecture and Urban Design
Local Construction Plans Highlighted for 209000-Sq Ft Plant Additions
Immediate work was set to start on a 209000 square foot addition to the Lawrence Hallmark Cards plant, a longtime local employer since 1958. The W House Appropriations Committee advanced a 102000 dollar bill that would fund a new Lawrence National Guard Armory if approved by Congress. Meanwhile, progress continued smoothly on the Kansas University Center for Research in Engineering Science, with project costs estimated around 300000 dollars.
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W'S. House Appropriations Committee
Lawrence National Guard
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Contested Kansas Motto Origins Stir Debate in 1900
The Lawrence World on May 14 1900 reported claims that U S senator John Ingalls altered Kansas motto Ad Astra per Aspera To The Stars Through Difficulties The Wichita Beacon cited Lawrence resident John Speer attributing the motto to Josiah Miller Speer recalled Miller’s happiness when he coined the phrase in the 1850s Courtesy Watkins Community Museum
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Lawrence
John Speer
Josiah Miller
Speer
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