Newspaper columnist to talk at Dole Institute
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. will speak at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at Kansas University’s Dole Institute of Politics, on west campus.
Pitts, a journalist at the Miami Herald since 1991, won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2004. He writes a nationally syndicated column on pop culture, social issues and family life. He is the author of “Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood.”
The event is sponsored by KU’s department of English, the School of Journalism and the Dole Institute. It is free and open to the public.
City Government
City of Lawrence ‘assessing options’ in the wake of racist and antisemitic hate speech shared at recent commission meeting
City of Lawrence campsite reporting form has received 230 reports since October; only 57 campsites confirmed
City Commission meeting interrupted by racist, antisemitic hate speech
Lawrence City Commission set for light agenda this week
Campers who remain at North Lawrence site after closing date will be trespassed, but city doesn’t expect that to happen
