Lawrence Library expansion moves forward for 19 million project
Lawrence city commissioners reviewed latest designs for a 19 million expansion of the Lawrence Public Library and moved the project toward a mid November construction start. The design emphasizes openness with more glass, visible youth and teen spaces, and wider open interior spaces. A perforated metal skin will cover most of the parking garage with glass elements for light and ventilation.
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Hallmark to close Topeka plant consolidate to Lawrence and Leavenworth
Kansas City based Hallmark Cards will shut its Topeka manufacturing facility and move greeting card and envelope production to Lawrence. Specialty operations for ribbons bows and stickers will shift from Lawrence to Leavenworth. About 500 Topeka associates will be reassigned to Lawrence or Leavenworth as the 1300 worker total across three plants drops to about 1000.
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Contested bans cite Call of the Wild over radical themes
Heather Martin notes that in 1929 Italy and Yugoslavia banned Call of the Wild for being too radical while London’s works were barred by the Nazis in 1933 due to an outspoken socialist stance. An excerpt argues the book is misclassified as children’s literature since Buck the dog encounters mature violence and cruelty.
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Classified business death notices reference social media pages for LJWorld. Short item notes readers to follow Facebook and Twitter for updates.
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KU launches 64 new faculty hiring campaign
Kansas University begins a wide scale hiring drive for 64 newly created faculty positions. The effort targets 12 Foundation Professor posts funded by a 3 million dollar annual state award, 30 positions in the expanding School of Engineering, and 22 more funded from savings under Changing for Excellence. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little notes aims to restore faculty size from prior decades and resume growth. Provost Jeff Vitter calls it KU's largest faculty expansion since the mid 2000s, with ads in The Chronicle of Higher Education and online campaigns.
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Education budget faces $900 million cuts in Brownback plan
Democratic leaders warn public schools and higher education would absorb about 900 million in reductions under Gov. Sam Brownback's tax cuts, signaling deep funding losses for the state's education system.
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