Diaz reads from This is How You Lose Her at KU visit
Janot Diaz, Pulitzer winner for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, discusses his work ahead of a 7 30 p m Monday reading in Woodruff Auditorium as part of the Hall Center lectures. Diaz, a New York Times Best Seller and National Book Award finalist, centers Dominican diaspora and Yunior in his stories, while serving as fiction editor of Boston Review.
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Monks visit Lawrence to build world peace mandala
Eight South Indian monks touring the United States performed a three day ceremony at the Lawrence Arts Center to construct a sand mandala symbolizing world peace. The event drew over two dozen onlookers as the design formed with colored grains of sand under blue masks, scheduled to continue into the evening.
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Regents to hear updates on KUMC and housing rate plans
The Kansas Board of Regents will receive updates on progress at Kansas University Medical Center and Cancer Center this week. They will consider proposed housing and food service rate increases with a final decision set for December. At KU, room and board for a two resident per room plan would rise to 7896 dollars for 2014 15. The board will also appoint a committee to pursue a replacement for Fort Hays State President Ed Hammond, who retires after 27 years. Then regents meet at Kansas State University Olathe campus on Thursday.
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