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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 2008
Page
3
Editorial argues KU should keep powering the historic whistle that signals class breaks despite cost. After alumni pressure and a donor funded replacement, a $3,000 annual bill threatened its removal, but officials reversed course and revived the whistle, highlighting tradition and alumni loyalty.
Dallas Morning News analyst Carl Leubsdorf argues McCain’s maverick label clashes with conservative onslaughts. He notes shifts on tax cuts earmarks and Supreme Court picks, and predicts a McCain presidency could resemble a third Bush term without broader bipartisanship with a Democratic Congress.
Lawrence residents viewed President Reagan as appropriate in sanctioning the Soviet Union after the Korean airliner massacre. Labor Day weekend drew thousands to Perry and Clinton Lakes while Kansas marked a fatality-free weekend since 1951. Ultrlight speed records by Joe Tong highlighted local events, with Haskell Institute's leadership changes noted in 1968. Police report 95 percent of city accidents involved locals.
A reader criticizes the choice of a Jayhawk football player as a role model for youths citing offenses of fathering children out of wedlock, questions celebratory coverage, and asks for current details on city funding for Eagle Bend Golf Course.
Letter writers urge adding Eagle Bend funding to ballot as a sales tax question if the T measure fails. They cite ongoing city subsidies for the course and compare to the NCAA Clearinghouse case concerning Marcus and Markieff Morris. The piece includes Journal-World letters policy details and submission instructions.
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