Also from October 18
Audio clips
Births
Couples
- Anniversary: Moore
- Wedding: James and DaVatz
- Anniversary: Conner
- Engagement: Thomas and Carbaugh
- Wedding: Lindstrom and Davenport
- Engagement: Christensen and Williams
- Wedding: Bailey and Wise
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
- Spodcasters: Spodcasters Postgame: Oklahoma
- Going Deep: Red Raider Report
- Press Conferences & Post-Game Interviews: KU quarterback Todd Reesing
- Press Conferences & Post-Game Interviews: KU kick returner Jocques Crawford
- Press Conferences & Post-Game Interviews: KU receiver Dezmon Briscoe
- Press Conferences & Post-Game Interviews: KU coach Mark Mangino
Polls
How would you grade KU's performance against Oklahoma?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| C | 47% | |
| B | 38% | |
| D | 8% | |
| F | 3% | |
| A | 1% | |
| Total | 2062 | |
Will Kansas come back and win this game?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 51% | |
| No | 48% | |
| Total | 27 | |
Have you ever sold something to a pawn shop?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No. | 66% | |
| Yes. | 33% | |
| Total | 784 | |
How many yards will OU quarterback Sam Bradford throw for against KU?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| 301-350 yards | 22% | |
| 201-250 yards | 22% | |
| 251-300 yards | 22% | |
| 351-400 yards | 18% | |
| 200 yards or fewer | 9% | |
| 451 yards or more | 4% | |
| 401-450 yards | 0% | |
| Total | 22 | |
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Transit merger may take slower route- October 17, 2008 in print edition on 1A
- A full-fledged merger of the city and Kansas University bus systems may be delayed - or less likely to happen - following a new agreement that city commissioners could approve on Tuesday.
6:00 a.m.
Teams previewed, championship banner unveiled at Allen Fieldhouse- October 18, 2008 in print edition on 1A
- A trio of friends and Jayhawk basketball fans waited nearly seven hours Friday to witness this year’s basketball team enter the Allen Fieldhouse court for the annual Late Night in the Phog tradition. The Kansas University tradition kicks off the beginning of practice for the women’s and men’s basketball teams.
- Video: Allen Fieldhouse hosts ‘Late Night in the Phog’
- Video: Late Night in the Phog highlights
- Photo gallery: Late Night in the Phog 2008
- Audio clips: 2008 Late Night
2:00 p.m.
FINAL: Bradford’s career day leads OU to 45-31 victory- 1:27 p.m., October 18, 2008 Updated 9:27 p.m.
- Final, OU wins 45-31. Sam Bradford passed for an Oklahoma-record 468 yards as the Sooners rolled to a 45-24 victory over Kansas on Saturday at OU’s Memorial Stadium.
- Photo gallery: KU vs. OU
- Poll: How would you grade KU’s performance against Oklahoma?
- Poll: Will Kansas come back and win this game?
- Poll: How many yards will OU quarterback Sam Bradford throw for against KU?
7:45 p.m.
Stylist to mark 50 years- October 18, 2008 in print edition on 1B
- The mood in Sharon Burns-Bohm’s Eudora hair salon resembles a living room. People arrive well in advance of their appointments to chat. Others just drop by for a few minutes of conversation. The amiable atmosphere reflects Burns-Bohm’s 50 years in hairdressing. More than 40 of those years have been spent at her Eudora salon, Alley Cuts.
All stories
- Vegas prep Johnson feeling better after choosing KU
- 10:29 p.m., October 18, 2008 Updated 12:05 a.m. in print edition on C1
- Elijah Johnson, a 6-foot-2, 183-pound point guard from Cheyenne High in Las Vegas, has orally committed to attend Kansas University on a basketball scholarship.
- Darnell Jackson out indefinitely with fractured wrist
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C2
- Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Darnell Jackson is out indefinitely with a fractured left wrist.
- KC crowd welcomes Obama
- Lawrence residents among supporters at rally
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Among thousands of exuberant supporters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave a twilight address Saturday at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. And while highlighting the Iraq war, education, the economy and the uncertainty of modern times, he returned to his motif of hope, change and aspiration.
- FINAL: Bradford’s career day leads OU to 45-31 victory
- 01:27 p.m., October 18, 2008 Updated 09:27 p.m.
- Final, OU wins 45-31. Sam Bradford passed for an Oklahoma-record 468 yards as the Sooners rolled to a 45-24 victory over Kansas on Saturday at OU’s Memorial Stadium.
- China relaxes restrictions for foreign journalists
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A6
- China took a further step toward opening itself to the world, announcing Friday that an easing of restrictions on foreign journalists enacted for the Olympics would become permanent.
- Library lets patrons check out people
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A8
- You know those people you can read just like a book? Well, today you will be able to borrow one of them when this city turns its main library into a “Living Library.”
- Government declares beluga whales in Alaska endangered
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A8
- First there were the polar bears. Now beluga whales. Washington and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin just don’t see eye-to-eye on some wildlife protection.
- Club news
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D3
- Over the Rainbow Doll Club met Oct. 9 at the home of Janet Lukehart. The club welcomed two visitors. Lukehart gave a presentation on the French Bluette doll. She also displayed two dolls in their extensive wardrobes.
- K-State event draws 5,000
- Beasley appears on video at Bramlage
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C2
- Michael Beasley is gone from Manhattan, but there he was by video Friday night, getting Kansas State basketball fans worked up for the upcoming season.
- Unlikely rally gives Red Sox life
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C8
- Perched on the right-field roof at Fenway Park, Dennis Eckersley could see it all slipping away from the Boston Red Sox. Heard it, too. No noise, no hope.
- ‘Mad Men’ brings election to mind
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D7
- Lifetime offers “Living Proof” (8 p.m., today, Lifetime) that not even an admirable cause and a stellar cast can redeem a message-laden movie with a leaden script.
- HINU seniors to play home finale
- Baker’s three-game winning streak on line against Evangel
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C3
- Senior Day comes early for Haskell Indian Nations University’s football team. HINU’s home finale will be today.
- Iowa coach suspends son
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C6
- University of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has suspended his son from the Hawkeyes football team after he was cited for drinking underage.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Oct. 18,1908: “Republicans are planning a whirlwind windup for the election campaign here and a number of top speakers are due in the county for three major meetings. : Officials have banned bonfires of any kind here until there is a good rain.
- Mighty Oklahoma has few flaws
- October 18, 2008
- The Oklahoma University football team’s 2008 media guide is not overly flashy. Unlike the Texas media guide, OU’s does not feature complex holograms depicting the school’s past standouts. And unlike the one put together at Texas A&M, it does not come in a glossy, hardback edition.
- Forum on sales taxes slated for Monday
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B1
- The Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods on Monday will host a sales tax forum to discuss the three sales tax questions on the Nov. 4 ballot.
- In lean economy, diners rediscover value meals
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A1
- It seems like a bad time to invest in just about anything - except maybe tacos. With the economy in a slide, the nation’s fast-food restaurants are rolling out big discounts and heavily promoting value, making this a golden time for diners on the run.
- CPR study suggests ‘Stayin’ Alive’ lives up to name
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A2
- “Stayin’ Alive” might be more true to its name than the Bee Gees ever could have guessed: At 103 beats per minute, the old disco song has almost the perfect rhythm to help jump-start a stopped heart.
- No more taxes
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: I understand that there is an issue coming before the voters to increase taxes!
- Boise State rips sloppy Hawaii
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C6
- Kellen Moore threw three touchdown passes, and cornerback Brandyn Thompson had three interceptions to lead No. 15 Boise State to a 27-7 victory over Hawaii on Friday night.
- Colorado QB confident despite struggles
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C6
- Cody Hawkins sees a Colorado offense on the verge of a breakout, not a breakdown.
- KC works to make memorial to WWI ‘the’ national one
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B8
- Kansas City’s World War I memorial may be “the” national memorial after all.
- Safety issues
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: The recent Los Angeles train crash and resultant 25 deaths were caused by an engineer using a cell phone and running a red light. I agree with the Journal-World’s Sept. 20 editorial which said we should all be concerned about our safety because so many drivers are talking on their cell phones while driving instead of pulling over and having their conversations.
- Commentary: NCAA graduation rates deceiving
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C2
- There’s a reason I didn’t major in statistics in college. They give me a headache, no matter how hard I try to digest them.
- Gundy hands-off with OSU defense
- October 18, 2008
- Mike Gundy sees no reason to hide it. He’s not the man in charge of Oklahoma State’s defense, and he thinks the eighth-ranked Cowboys are better off that way.
- Keegan: This Angel’s exciting
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C1
- Sherri Coale, coach of perennial national women’s basketball power Oklahoma, offered Angel Goodrich a scholarship. Except when a Tennessee or a UConn is offering, that usually means the next words Coale hears are, “I’m coming to OU.”
- Oil rises above $71; OPEC cut anticipated
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B5
- Oil prices recovered some ground Friday, rallying above $71 a barrel on speculation that OPEC could slash output in an effort to stop crude’s downward spiral. But pump prices kept falling and appeared poised to drop below $3 a gallon nationally - a level not seen in eight months.
- How to be a frugal, fabulous parent
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D5
- Children may be a blessing, but they can also leave you broke. Middle-income families will spend $204,060 on feeding, housing and schooling a baby born in 2007 until his or her 18th birthday, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture - a number that doesn’t include designer clothes and the latest gizmos.
- Probe to map solar system’s edge
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A small NASA spacecraft embarks on a two-year mission this weekend to give scientists their first view of the happenings at the edge of the solar system.
- Faith Forum: How has your faith changed as you’ve gotten older?
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D1
- “Spirituality” doesn’t count my induction into Catholicism at birth, fear and loathing in parochial school, then a blind agnosticism through the slow dwindling of ‘60s idealism at large.
- Rays expect to bounce back
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C8
- The young Tampa Bay Rays shrugged off question after question about team psyche. They find it laughable that anybody believes they may not have the resolve to close out Boston in the AL championship series.
- Scouting news
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D3
- Lawrence Boy Scout Troop 52, chartered to the Lawrence First United Methodist Church, completed classroom training for the Painting Merit Badge. The Scouts learned the differences between oil-based and water-based paints.
- Pump patrol
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.54 at several stations.
- Daniel not bitter over snub
- Texas didn’t recruit Missouri QB as Dallas prep
- October 18, 2008
- Chase Daniel surrendered the Heisman spotlight with three interceptions in an upset loss to Oklahoma State. Now Missouri’s quarterback will get a quick opportunity for redemption - and a homecoming against the top-ranked school that didn’t push hard to recruit him.
- Issue of race grows with likelihood of Obama win
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Race, an inescapable but explosive issue on which both presidential candidates have trod carefully if not tried to ignore, is increasingly popping up as it’s becoming more likely the country will elect its first black president.
- Elizabeth Dole struggles to keep Senate seat
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The resume that propelled consummate Washington insider Elizabeth Dole to the Senate six years ago is reading more like a rap sheet in a year when the political winds are blowing against Republicans.
- China’s milk scandal puts family through frightening ordeal
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on E8
- At the height of the corn harvest in the long muggy days of August, 10-month-old Zhang Peng began refusing to drink his milk, crying fitfully at night as he struggled to sleep. Soon his twin sister Zhang Xue fell ill, too.
- Midwest bankers assess recent events
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B5
- A survey of bank CEOs in 10 Midwestern and Plains states shows almost half strongly oppose the Federal Reserve’s plan to buy unsecured commercial paper to alleviate the U.S. credit crisis.
- Early warning
- Our economy has regressed to some of the stages of 1983, and this time it’s worse.
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Sound familiar? “A great, gray gloom overhangs Washington these days - the enormous deficits, past, present and future, that threaten American prosperity. Everyone says they’re frightening: no one agrees what can be done about them.”
- Palin to appear on ‘SNL’
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D7
- Forget the debates, this is the political moment millions have been waiting for. Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live”? You betcha.
- Small business center to offer free seminar
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B5
- The KU Small Business Development Center will have another Right Start seminar from 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 27 at 734 Vt., Suite 104, Lawrence.
- Horoscopes
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D7
- Creativity and intellect meld this year. Follow the path your mind sets, and you will greet success. You might not be comfortable with all that is happening around you at times, and you might feel as if you constantly need to adjust, specifically in your home life.
- Iraqi PM criticizes top US commander
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Iraq’s prime minister said in remarks aired Friday that the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, “risked his position” by alleging Iran was trying to bribe lawmakers to vote against the proposed security agreement with the United States.
- City Commission agenda: Residents request farmland protection
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B4
- City commissioners will again consider how much protection prime farm ground should be given from industrial development. The issue is the last matter commissioners need to resolve before passing a new chapter of their long-range plan on what areas are suitable for development.
- Law office explosion kills suspect, hurts 4
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A3
- A bitter family dispute over property in north Georgia apparently erupted Friday when a 78-year-old man threw an explosive into a law firm that represented his son, causing a blast that killed the father and injured four people in the office.
- UPS to raise rates by 5.9 percent
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B5
- United Parcel Service Inc. on Friday announced a general rate increase of 5.9 percent for 2009.
- Jail project to help lead national effort
- Program eases transition to community
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B4
- Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern and Undersheriff Kenny Massey had been working for years to figure out how to prevent habitual inmates from returning to jail. And after a bumpy two-year ride, they established a program that’s now been selected to help lead a national effort to reduce the number of inmates in America’s 3,000 jails.
- Iraqi court system has kinks to be fixed
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A6
- All rise as three judges, cloaked in black robes with a white fringe, take their seats behind a wooden bench facing prosecutors, defense lawyers and the accused, standing unshackled in a wooden pen.
- Leach dares A&M to play keep-away
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C6
- Texas Tech coach Mike Leach dares Texas A&M to think it can simply keep the Red Raiders’ powerful offense on the sideline and spring the upset today at Kyle Field.
- US Rep. admits affairs, but will not resign
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A2
- U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, embroiled in an adultery scandal and a tight race for re-election, admitted Friday to having at least two affairs but insisted he broke no laws and will not resign.
- Area Football Roundup: Eudora falls in shootout
- Kaws clobber Cardinals, 41-33; Baldwin rolls
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C6
- Eudora High’s football team scored touchdowns on all but two of its possessions and never punted, and yet the Cardinals still lost a 41-33 shootout to Perry-Lecompton on Friday night.
- Ex-cadaver chief pleads guilty to trafficking
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The former chief of UCLA’s cadaver program pleaded guilty Friday for his role in selling donated body parts to medical, drug and research companies in a scheme that netted up to $1 million, prosecutors said.
- Central connection: Concert benefits Salvadoran village with Lawrence ties
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D1
- The town has a school, a one-room medical center and dozens of little houses laid out in one topsy-turvy loop surrounded by fields of corn and sugarcane. The local tienda may very well sell the best chocolate-covered frozen bananas you’ve ever had. And if you’re from Lawrence, you’ll immediately have more than 200 friends. Welcome to El Papaturro, El Salvador.
- Fallout from financial crisis hammers housing market
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A2
- The nation is on track to build fewer homes this year than at any time since the end of World War II, adding to the woes of an economy that analysts said Friday has almost certainly entered a recession.
- Around and about
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D3
- Dr. Marisa Dahlman and Dr. James Bartscher, Chestnut Hill, Mass., announce the birth of their daughter, Sophie Annika Bartscher, born Sept. 30, 2008, at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston.
- Defection leaves ISU with rookie backup QB
- October 18, 2008
- By all accounts, Jerome Tiller is a strong-armed quarterback who can run, works hard and is an unselfish team player.
- Smoking ban an issue for Kansas Speedway casino
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B11
- Any indoor smoking ban enacted in Kansas City, Kan., likely will include an exemption for the casino floor at the planned Hard Rock Hotel and Casino at Kansas Speedway, a Unified Government spokesman said Friday.
- Tax burden
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: Affordability is the problem. A 90-year old Ohio woman shot herself when she was evicted from her home for not making mortgage payments.
- 3rd-party presidential debate canceled
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A7
- The troubled presidential debate for third-party candidates scheduled for Sunday at Columbia University in New York was canceled Friday after none of the four candidates had committed to the event.
- Veritas falls to Wichita Word of Life, 39-20
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C3
- Neal Daniels scored three touchdown, but Veritas Academy absorbed a 39-20 football loss to Wichita Word of Life in high school football Friday night.
- Congressman convicted of drunken driving
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Rep. Vito Fossella was convicted Friday of drunken driving in suburban Virginia, another blow from a late-night traffic stop that exposed secrets of his personal life and wrecked his career.
- Old Home Town - 25 years ago
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Local Presbyterians had been celebrating 125 years in the city. The congregation had moved from its old quarters on the corner of Ninth and Vermont Streets and now had a new and modern building at 2425 W. 23rd.
- Stylist to mark 50 years
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B1
- The mood in Sharon Burns-Bohm’s Eudora hair salon resembles a living room. People arrive well in advance of their appointments to chat. Others just drop by for a few minutes of conversation. The amiable atmosphere reflects Burns-Bohm’s 50 years in hairdressing. More than 40 of those years have been spent at her Eudora salon, Alley Cuts.
- FCE and 4-H news
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D3
- The Lone Star 4-H Club met Sept. 8 at the Lone Star Church of the Brethren. Leslie Queen, acting president, called the meeting to order. Rowan Plinsky, Bethany Ledom and Megan Williams led the group in “I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover.” For roll call, members responded to, “If you could switch places with someone who would it be?”
- Church looks ahead to new addition
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D1
- The Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence plans to dedicate its new building addition at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the church at 1263 N. 1100 Road. A reception will follow the dedication.
- Insurance costs
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: I listen to John McCain promote his health care plan and I’m sickened by the math. McCain has said repeatedly that “every American will receive a $5,000 refundable tax credit.” Not true. McCain’s $5K proposal is for a family, not an individual.
- Let the good times roll
- Unfurling title banner highlights fun, emotional night
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C1
- And at 8:56 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17, a national title banner was unfurled in the south rafters of tradition-rich Allen Fieldhouse. “I almost started crying. I don’t think I was the only one. I almost did,” sixth-year Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self said after a highly emotional, memorable 2008 Late Night in the Phog. “That was a big-time deal. I can’t imagine it being any better than that.”
- Coroner issues report on July fatality
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B2
- According to a Shawnee County coroner’s report, a Lawrence man was thrown about 200 feet from his vehicle that rolled several times during an accident last July.
- Give breakfast a healthy makeover
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D5
- Many people start their day off wrong by eating foods high in fat, salt and sugar, nutritionists say. Here are some ways to change:
- Free State singles player, LHS duo fall
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C3
- The city’s representatives at the Class 6A state tennis tournament are finished after the first day.
- Raintree Montessori to kick off fundraiser
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Raintree Montessori School is starting a new fundraising tradition today.
- County foundation to accept grant requests
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B2
- The Douglas County Community Foundation is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations for 2009 funding requests through its annual grants program.
- $894 million deal ends Pfizer’s lawsuits
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B5
- Drug giant Pfizer Inc. has reached an $894 million deal to settle the bulk of the lawsuits over its withdrawn pain reliever Bextra, following the lead of rival Merck & Co., which is spending five times as much to settle Vioxx suits.
- European leaders team up to press for economic order
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A5
- The idea is ambitious: World leaders joined by aides to the new U.S. president-elect would gather before the year’s end in New York and attempt to forge a new vision for the global economy.
- On the record
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B2
- A 45-year-old Leawood man reported two 35 millimeter camera lenses were among several items stolen from a vehicle Sept. 9 in the 1300 section of East 902 Road. The estimated loss is $7,208. Other items were not listed in the police report.
- US: N. Korea steps up disabling of nuclear reactor
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The United States said Friday that North Korea has stepped up its disabling of a nuclear reactor it had been threatening to reactivate, a sign of progress in six-nation nuclear disarmament talks that had been on the verge of collapse.
- KU swimming, diving team tops Arizona St.
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C3
- Kansas University senior Maria Mayrovich and junior Emily Lanteigne each won two freestyle events Friday as the KU swimming and diving team defeated No. 16 Arizona State, 149-147, at Mona Plummer Aquatic Center in the first dual meet for both schools.
- Next Treasury boss will feel power, stress
- New president’s choice will be one of his biggest
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A4
- The next president’s choice of a treasury secretary may well be the most important appointment he’ll make - someone to grab the reins of a trillion-dollar-plus program to shore up the world’s largest economy, probably in the middle of a severe recession, and at the right hand of a chief executive who’ll be a rookie himself.
- (Under)dog lovers
- Jayhawks seem to like occasional slight
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C1
- There was that “U” word again, coursing through the Mrkonic Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon. It was coming from everywhere. There it was in the back corner of the room, fresh off the lips of Kansas University linebacker James Holt. There it was, too, a few yards away, coming from cornerback Chris Harris. On the eve of their most anticipated game of the season - a 2:30 p.m. meeting today with national power Oklahoma - the Jayhawks are busy dusting off their favorite phrase of seasons past. “We like being the underdog,” Harris said. “That’s just how it’s going to be at Kansas.”
- Pelosi: Rebate unlikely before Bush leaves
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A2
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that Congress is unlikely to approve a tax rebate before President Bush leaves office, and she signaled that prospects are dim for a postelection session to pass an economic aid package.
- Nature can nurture local children
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B6
- For the past several years, I’ve been concerned that our children are living lives of virtual reality rather than experiencing the reality of nature and the outdoors. A special report on the health of our nation’s children in USA Weekend validated my concern. Scientists and educators alike are concerned about the problem of our children’s health.
- Gary Bedore’s KU basketball notebook
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C4
- Four of the top senior high school basketball players in the country sat behind the Kansas University bench viewing the proceedings at Friday’s Late Night in the Phog in Allen Fieldhouse.
- Simons: Candidates should promote respectful end to campaign
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B1
- With only 16 days left until Americans go to the voting booths to select the 44th president of the United States, tensions are likely to increase. Whereas only a few weeks ago it appeared Democrat Barack Obama enjoyed sizable leads in various voter opinion polls, some pollsters now say the race is tightening.
- Teams previewed, championship banner unveiled at Allen Fieldhouse
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A1
- A trio of friends and Jayhawk basketball fans waited nearly seven hours Friday to witness this year’s basketball team enter the Allen Fieldhouse court for the annual Late Night in the Phog tradition. The Kansas University tradition kicks off the beginning of practice for the women’s and men’s basketball teams.
- Old Home Town - 40 years ago
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B6
- William P. Albrecht, dean of the Kansas University graduate school, was named chairman of an advisory committee to work with the board of regents to screen candidates for the KU chancellorship to be vacated July 1 by Clarke Wescoe.
- KU women hoopsters dance, then play to tie in scrimmage
- 12:00 a.m., October 18, 2008 Updated 06:24 a.m. in print edition on C4
- Coach Bonnie Henrickson felt rather calm about watching her Kansas University women’s basketball team’s first practice of the 2008-2009 season. Surveying the pre-game skits at Late Night in the Phog? Now that’s another story.
- Dick pleads guilty to drug charge
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on D7
- Actor Andy Dick has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drug and battery charges.
- KU vs. OU: Head to head
- October 18, 2008
- While a revamped offensive scheme has breathed new life into the Jayhawks’ running game the past two weeks, the recent production has come against Iowa State and Colorado, teams with a combined record of 5-7.
- Invisibility of abortion increases stigma
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Do you remember the New Yorker cartoon showing a couple in their living room reading the newspaper? “Gays and lesbians getting married,” reports the husband to his wife, whereupon he adds, “haven’t they suffered enough?”
- State favors McCain despite Boeing act
- Cutting off tanker contract riles some in Wichita
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B2
- For the third time in three presidential debates, Republican nominee John McCain has cited shooting down an air tanker contract, which would have brought hundreds of jobs to Wichita, as one his biggest Senate triumphs.
- Poll: Voters souring on McCain, Obama steady
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on A7
- When it comes to the public’s image of John McCain, it’s as if somebody dialed the electricity down in the past month. For Barack Obama, the juice is still flowing.
- Council gives award to Confucius Institute
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Kansas City’s International Relations Council honored Kansas University’s Confucius Institute this week.
- KU soccer surprises No. 6 Aggies with 1-0 victory
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on C1
- Shannon McCabe’s goal Friday afternoon was a biggie. Maybe one of the biggest in Kansas University soccer history.
- Fundraiser to help preserve Kaw River
- October 18, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Friends of the Kaw is conducting its annual fundraiser from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 28.
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- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
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- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- Experts: Remedial college classes need fixing May 28, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
- City, county mull upgrade to emergency radio system May 28, 2012
- Lives forever changed by skywalk collapse July 15, 2001
- Retreat offered for writers May 28, 2012
- Famed author takes on Kansas October 7, 2005
