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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 2010
Page
1
Kansas University athletics unveils new men and women uniforms for 2010 11. The ensembles are 30 percent tighter and dry twice as fast, aiming to keep players cooler and drier on court and reduce halftime changes.
Rescuers push to finish an escape shaft as a 13-foot-tall rescue chamber slides toward the site. Thirty three Chilean miners have spent two months underground and the operation is nearing its final phase.
Quotable remarks from Bette Baldwin of Boca Raton on the expected decision that Social Security benefits will not receive a cost of living increase next year. She notes the strain on retirees who have saved and planned for retirement as the news unfolds on Page 3C.
Kansas University's chancellor is set to reveal details of the largest grant in the university's history this coming Wednesday. The announcement promises transformative funding for programs and facilities, with officials outlining initial allocations and goals.
Three killed in a head on collision on Kansas Highway 32 near 214th Street as a 2008 Subaru driven by Mathew Nuzik of Basehor attempted to pass another vehicle and struck a 2002 Saturn driven by Jake Henry. Nuzik, Henry, and Stephanie Conn died at the scene. Conn and Henry had dated since high school. Nuzik was 30. The accident remains under investigation.
Topeka police arrested a man after a three hour standoff in Topeka linked to Monday morning shooting of a Lawrence man found wounded in a parking lot outside Park Plaza South Apartments on Redbud Lane. Investigators pursued leads to identify suspects at 2312 SE Virginia St. in Topeka before arresting several people. The victim was airlifted to a Kansas City area hospital. his condition was not known Monday night.
Marquette University researchers compared 137 college students in the United States and India. The study shows Americans read texts in public 52 percent of the time versus 5 percent for Indians, and Americans text in social settings 42 percent versus 6 percent in India. It notes both sides faulted and highlights cultural factors in texting norms.
Two paths emerged at a televised forum for the Lawrence Public Library expansion ahead of the November vote. An $18 million plan would enlarge and renovate the downtown library with more children's space and meeting rooms and a 250-car parking garage, funded by about a 2 mill property tax increase. An alternative would place several smaller rented sites with computers but the library board rejected satellites as inadequate.
Video from the Lawrence Public Library bond issue forum and two other Voter Education Coalition forums held Monday night will be posted at LJWorld.com and On Demand on Sunflower Broadband. The forums featured Douglas County Commissioner Mike Gaughan and Kansas State Board of Education member Janet Waugh, with opponents Arch Naramore and Willie Dove declining participation.
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