Regents win reappointment to Kansas Board of Regents
The Senate Confirmation Oversight Committee backed three Kansas Regents Helen Van Etten Shane Bangerter and Ann Brandau Murguin for four year terms amid opposition from Sen Anthony Hensley who criticized Bangerter for switching parties and questioned Van Ettens political views. Supporters say the three have served capably and merit renewal on the board.
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Ann Brandau-Murguin
Sam Brownback
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Anthony Hensley
Topeka
Dodge City
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Hensley
Old Hometown 150: Wine, Pony Race, and Baseball Score
Items from Sept 28, 1867 note Hill baker Bartlett making native wine from wild grapes near Lecompton and planning large production. A racing challenge from William McGill of Olathe pits his pony against any at the fair ground track this afternoon. Kaw Valley and University clubs played a match at the Fair grounds with Kaw Valley 75 University 35.
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Fair Grounds
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No easy answers in race and sports protest debate
Leonard Pitts argues about how protests by Black athletes and other figures have sparked political clashes across sports, entertainment, and media. He notes conservatives’ shifting reactions to peaceful demonstrations and questions the idea that Black wealth obligates gratitude to America. He cites Kaepernick, Trump, and historic examples to claim protests are part of public life and free expression.
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Puerto Rico
America
Charlottesville
Geraldo Rivera
Marvel
Beyonce
Jack Johnson
Jim Jeffries
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Adolf Hitler
Billie Holiday
Holiday
Trump
Newt Gingrich
Tamir Rice
Gingrich
Leonard Pitts
The
Miami Herald
Best and brightest? A reader’s critique of KU recruiting
In a letter to the editor a Lawrence resident questions KU claiming it will attract top engineering students. The writer cites his grandson's enrollment at Oklahoma after observing out-of-state offers and asserts the university’s recruitment rhetoric echoes a Hollywood fairy tale.
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Free State
Oklahoma
Paul J. Peters
Lawrence
Public Forum Critiques KU Tuition and KU Athletics
Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, KU AAUP chapter president, urges review of tuition hikes and the KU Athletics Inc. arrangement. He argues KU pays excessive shadow rents to a separate entity, questions independence, and warns about potential AAU membership loss impacting degree value while suggesting redirecting $350 million to academics.
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KAI
Ron Barrett-Gonzalez
American Association of University Professors
Lawrence
Protecting Fans With Netting Across Baseball Stadiums
Carl Burkhead urges stricter fan safety measures after a USA Today piece on protecting spectators from foul balls. He proposes ten actions including compelling netting installation, researching clearer materials, holding owners legally accountable, union and human rights pressure, publicizing injury cases, targeting remaining teams, and mobilizing fan support and prayer.
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Players Association Union
Health care enrollment window cuts ACA period in half
Cait McKnelly warns that President Trump shortened the ACA enrollment period from 90 days to 45 days for 2018, with enrollment open November 1 and closing December 15, 2017, and slashed advertising by 90 percent. The note calls it a political dirty trick aimed at undermining health care access and urges dissemination of the information through social media and letters to editors.
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ACA
Congress
Healthcare.gov
Cait McKnelly
Lawrence
Miserable priorities in stadium funding over faculty pay
The $350 million stadium plan dwarfs salaries cut for EU faculty, now 9 percent below 2009 levels and the lowest among AAU Big 12 peers. The sum could fund tuition relief, safety upgrades, or legislative repeal efforts, yet KU funds athletics while delaying 600 graduate teaching assistant stipends.
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Big 12 Association of American Universities
AAU
Letters to the Journal World Endorse Signed Submissions
Readers are invited to submit letters under 250 words that avoid name calling and libel. Each letter must be signed with name, address, and telephone number for verification. The Journal World may edit letters for clarity while preserving viewpoints. Submissions may be mailed to P O Box 888 Lawrence KS 66044 or emailed to letters ljworld com.
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