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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 2003
Page
1
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self secured three scholarships for next season after receiving an oral commitment Wednesday from a Russian-born big man. The move strengthens KU's frontcourt as the program settles its 2025 recruiting class.
After 13 years downtown Rick's Place will move from its Vermont Street location to a new spot elsewhere in town. The move marks a major change for a longtime local gathering spot.
A Page 3A item reflects on blunt statements about luck and providence amid activism. It notes that the movement includes actions that damaged homes, SUVs, and Humvees. The piece underscores tensions between protest tactics and safety concerns.
Richard Norton Smith announced plans to leave Kansas University’s Dole Institute of Politics to become director of Illinois’s Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. He called the Lincoln complex a major opportunity and will start Dec. 1 after stepping down from KU.
David Dunfield, mayor candidate with prior two-year term, from GLPM Architects. Boog Highberger, first year of four year term, staff attorney for KDHE. David Schauner, first year of two year term, attorney for Kansas National Education Association. Day jobs and terms reflect 2004 era city government.
City Commission goals set this spring show mixed reactions from living-wage supporters and business leaders. Wal-Mart received a permit. Bo Harris is involved. Taxes rose and political rhetoric cooled. Eighteen months to the next city elections. Six months ago three Progressive Lawrence Campaign candidates joined Mayor Dunfield, forming a perceived smart growth supermajority. They say changes are gradual and aimed at moving the center, not sweeping extremes.
Larry McElwain of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce says commissioners have been open to meetings and listening to proposals on growth. He cannot yet say whether the new commission improves or harms the business climate, noting it is still early.
A Washington Post ABC News poll shows nearly seven in ten Americans want a special prosecutor named to probe leaks of a covert CIA agent's name. The survey, after the Justice Department opened a criminal inquiry, found 81 percent view the matter as serious and 72 percent believe a White House leak likely occurred.
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