KU efficiency review eyed as university weighs cuts
Kansas University has hired Huron Consulting to identify smarter, more productive operations. The process may lead to job eliminations and department consolidations while aiming to keep KU a top, high quality university that attracts students and serves the Lawrence area and state.
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Economic clash colors the debt ceiling stalemate
Washington columnist George Will argues the debt ceiling crisis exposed deep political rifts as the 2012 elections loom. He details supercommittee failures, party incentives, and the looming sequester, noting Democratic and Republican aims diverge while Senate inaction persists. He critiques Chu and LaHood’s spending, cites Sowell on economics, and forecasts political risk for incumbents.
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Old Home Town: Mourning at Kansas University
Lawrence Daily Journal-World notes a subdued morning at the University of Kansas on November 17 1911 as students did not gather for chapel and the community mourns Sara T D Robinson wife of Dr Charles Robinson first governor of Kansas. Her husband donated the land for the state university.
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Military cuts threaten troops and benefits say reader
Gayle Hayes of Lawrence argues against large military budget cuts. She warns that $350 billion already cut and potential $500 billion more could endanger troops and families, jeopardize modernization plans and retired personnel benefits, and harm national security while urging Congress to protect global power and focus on jobs to be done in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Lawrence
Legislature faces heavy agenda on immigration reform
Sunday's editorial highlights Secretary of State Kris Kobach advocating stringent immigration measures akin to Alabama style show me your papers. It notes the Legislature will confront a crowded slate of major policy battles in the upcoming session.
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Supreme Court ruling on health care mandate next spring
The speaker notes expectations for a Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act purchase mandate and other provisions in the coming spring. They contrast federal power with states and tribes sovereignty, invoking Worcester and Cherokee decisions and the shift from the Articles of Confederation to the 1787 Constitution.
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Cal Thomas column links Penn State row to national path
Carl Burkhead presents a religious political appeal urging voters to honor biblical guidance in the upcoming national election. He cites 1 Samuel 12 14 and 2 Chronicles 7 14 to frame a choice between moral constraint and national healing under divine direction.
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Cal Thomas
Penn State
Carl Burkhead
Lawrence
Public Forum on Immigration Policy in Kansas Legislature
Readers express frustration with immigration policy and defend justice and equality. The forum recalls 2011 Kansas rejection of a similar proposal and argues against costly measures. Voices cite federal overreach, civil-war-era state rights debates, Constitution Day observations, and objections to smear tactics in legal cases.
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