Health care politics loom as Congress returns this weekend
The Saturday Column notes Congress resumes amid debates over the Clinton health care plan. It highlights uncertainty among lawmakers and voters, the role of Kansas Senator Bob Dole, and fears a rushed, costly, politically motivated bill. It warns against a nationalized plan lacking clear costs or public trust.
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Washington
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Hillary Clinton
Kansas
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Dole
Clinton
U.S
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Parents head back to class in community nursery school
Heather Watgen donated a six-foot play house to Lawrence Community Nursery School where 32 children, including Tommy Watgen, use it. Parents increasingly involve themselves in classrooms and school activities, with teachers noting varied openness. University educators say parent involvement is now a curricular focus as families engage in trips and drives.
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Prva
Heather Watgen
Tommy
Lawrence Community Nursery School
Ala
Watgen
Bob Taylor
Lawrence Public Schools
Taylor
Virginia Williams
Collin Watgen
Deerfield School
Eileen Larson
Jerry Bailey
Kansas University
Mom
Heather
KU explores dorm life shift toward apartment style housing
KU faces a drop in residence hall occupancy from 4589 in 1986 to about 3000 this year as students balk at shared rooms and rising costs. The university plans to convert rooms into apartment-like units to curb the exodus while students like Audrey Rosenblum weigh moving to off campus apartments for more space.
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Audrey Rosenblum
Rosenblum
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Memphis
Tenn
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Memphis, Tenn
KU Chancellor's Club honors Worth and Grantham for teaching and research
Kansas University officials awarded English professor George Worth the 1994 Chancellor's Club Career Teaching Award worth 5000 dollars for 39 years of passion and leadership in Victorian literature. The same meeting named Dr. Jared J. Grantham the 1994 Chancellor's Club Research Award recipient for kidney research at KU Medical Center.
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Kansas University
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Charles Dickens
KU Endowment Association
University
Lawrence Helidome
Jared J. Grantham
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
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Chancellor's Club
Chancellors Club
Kansas
Heather Whitney
Lawrence
Dallas Clow
Pittsburg
Stephen Weller
Salina
Erin Dean
Stilwell
Robert Davis
Topeka
Penny Walker
Scottsdale
Ariz
Jeff Johannsmeyer
Lake St. Louis
Deborah VanWinkle
Springfield, Mo
Kelly Huffman
William Warnes
Bellevue, Neb
Runer Knorber
soutNal-Waorkis
Kansas University Medical Center
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