Also from March 9
Births
- Rita Garrett, Lawrence, a boy.
- Chris Roanhorse and Jerrica Carroll, Lawrence, a girl.
- Courtney Termini and Daniel Thomas, Lawrence, a boy.
- Jay and Angela Thiesen, Lawrence, a boy.
- Melissa Morales and Luis Cazares, Lawrence, a girl.
- Cavan and Lindsey Sanchez, Lawrence, a girl.
- Michael Nelson and Faith Carpenter, Lawrence, a girl.
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Couples
- Engagement: Morgan and Heider
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Brownback administration pushes to repeal restrictions on corporate agriculture; opponents say family farms will suffer- March 8, 2013
- Backed by powerful agricultural interests, Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration on Friday pushed to repeal corporate farming restrictions, saying the repeal would grow the Kansas economy. But other groups, such as the Kansas Farmers Union and Kansas Rural Center, said the repeal would hurt family farmers and destroy local control. By Scott Rothschild
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Bear-ly worth celebrating: KU blown out by Baylor but ties for Big 12 crown- March 9, 2013
- The Kansas men’s basketball players were left to wonder what the heck happened following an 81-58 loss to Baylor on Saturday in Waco, Texas. By Gary Bedore• Box score• Bill Self postgame audio
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Baylor men’s basketball
All stories
- Win gives Baylor hope for NCAA Tournament berth
- March 9, 2013
- The lopsided victory injected badly needed life into Baylor’s tournament hopes. The Bears (18-13 overall, 9-9 in the Big 12) had lost five of their last six games heading into the regular-season finale. By Tom Keegan
- Opinion: KU’s edge missing against Baylor
- March 9, 2013
- The truth is for Kansas to have any shot of making it to Atlanta for the Final Four, Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan writes, it must play with a sharp edge, an in-your-face competitive spirit. That was nowhere to be found Saturday, except from the opposition.• Box score• Bill Self postgame audio
- KU women fall out of Big 12 tournament
- 09:36 p.m., March 9, 2013 Updated 12:15 a.m.
- Senior forward Chelsea Poppens led Iowa State with 24 points, and junior forward Hallie Christofferson added 23 points to lead the Cyclones to a 77-62 women’s basketball victory over Kansas University on Saturday in the Big 12 tournament at American Airlines Center.
- Notebook: Elijah Johnson quiet after loss; Jeff Withey, Ben McLemore named Wooden finalists
- March 9, 2013
- Kansas University senior point guard Elijah Johnson was a man of precious few words after Saturday’s 81-58 loss to Baylor in Ferrell Center. By Gary Bedore• Box score• Bill Self postgame audio
- Bear-ly worth celebrating: KU blown out by Baylor but ties for Big 12 crown
- March 9, 2013
- The Kansas men’s basketball players were left to wonder what the heck happened following an 81-58 loss to Baylor on Saturday in Waco, Texas. By Gary Bedore• Box score• Bill Self postgame audio
- Geubelle wins title; KU women’s track leads at NCAA Indoor Championships
- March 9, 2013
- Kansas University senior Andrea Geubelle claimed the long jump championship while teammate Francine Simpson took bronze on the first day of the NCAA Indoor Championships, Friday at Randal Tyson Center. The KU women sit in first place with 20 points.
- Rain pushes back KU women’s golf
- March 9, 2013
- Kansas University women’s golfers will take the course a day late after heavy rain pushed back the opening round of the Clover Cup tournament on Friday.
- KU tennis falls, 5-2, at Oklahoma
- March 9, 2013
- The Kansas University women’s tennis team fell to No. 40 Oklahoma, 5-2, Friday at Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion.
- Area basketball roundup: Mill Valley girls advance to Class 5A title game
- March 9, 2013
- Mill Valley junior Carly Eaton’s only basket of the night — and Mill Valley’s only fourth-quarter field goal — couldn’t have arrived at a better time.
- KU softball wins two at FAU tourney
- March 9, 2013
- Kansas University sophomore third baseman Chanin Naudin drilled a double to right center field in the bottom of the seventh, and two wild pitches later sprinted home for the winning run over Michigan State, 1-0, at the FAU Invitational Friday night.
- Kansas baseball sweeps Niagara
- March 9, 2013
- Kansas University’s baseball team swept a doubleheader of Niagara with a pair of one-run victories on Friday at Hoglund Ballpark. By Benton Smith
- KU men look to defend Big 12 title streak today at Baylor
- March 9, 2013
- Kansas University’s basketball players — the ones who chant “Big 12 champs,” at the end of every practice during the two-month conference season — today go for their ninth-straight league title. By Gary Bedore
- Opinion: Time to throw out theories for tournament success
- March 9, 2013
- It’s the time of year when minds begin searching for and share patterns for March Madness success. Column by Tom Keegan
- Boyd breaks out, helps KU women past TCU in Big 12 tourney opener
- 12:28 a.m., March 9, 2013 Updated 07:57 a.m.
- The shorthanded Kansas University’s women’s basketball team found a surprising boost off its bench in a 83-61 victory over TCU, Friday in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. By Tom Keegan
- Horoscopes for March 9
- March 9, 2013
- For Saturday, March 9: This year ideas keep popping up from all directions. At times, you will need to vanish or close down from excess communication. If you are single, you could meet someone very special to your life history. If you are attached, you know that there is another solution just around the corner.
- Tune In Tonight: ‘Flying Monkeys’ soars
- March 9, 2013
- All hail cheap knockoffs! While others celebrate the release of Disney’s new and expensive big-screen variation on “The Wizard of Oz,” let us praise “Flying Monkeys” (8 p.m. Saturday, Syfy).
- Aid to Egypt should have strings attached
- March 9, 2013 in print edition on A6
- Sequestration is not the best time to be doling out foreign aid, surely the most unpopular item in the federal budget. Especially when the recipient is President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt.
- Opinion: Draft makes U.S. defense everyone’s duty
- March 9, 2013 in print edition on A6
- Years before he was to be elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from Virginia and when he was still very much a Reagan Republican, Jim Webb — who as a Marine rifle platoon and company commander in Vietnam had earned the Navy Cross, a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, and two Purple Hearts — condemned the total separation of Americans in power in Washington from Americans in mortal peril in the Persian Gulf.
- Around and About for March 9, 2013
- March 9, 2013
- Garrett Wagner, of Lawrence, has earned a spot on the University Dean’s List at Loyola Marymount University, in Los Angeles, for the fall 2012 semester. To qualify, students must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better.
- Simons’ Saturday Column: College academic, athletic salaries are out of whack
- March 9, 2013
- It is wrong to make comparisons between individuals, their talents, their value to a school, their earning power, their schooling or any other measurements, but the fact is, the primary mission of a university is to teach, inspire and motivate students to be contributing members of our society. Teachers and academic administrators on these campuses are left in the dust when it comes to financial compensation. By Dolph C. Simons Jr.
- For Royals, second base up for grabs
- March 9, 2013
- The Kansas City Royals don’t have that many open spots for a team coming off a 90-loss season.
- Chiefs’ ticket sales rise
- March 9, 2013
- The Kansas City Chiefs have a new coach, a new general manager — and plenty of new season-ticket holders.
- How former Jayhawks fared in March 8 NBA games
- March 9, 2013
- A look at how former Kansas University players fared in Friday’s NBA games.
- 100 years ago: Birds not infallible predictors of spring
- March 9, 2013
- “Spring has come. At any rate it will be hard to make people believe that it has not.”
- 40 years ago: Change of plans proves fortunate for Lawrence man
- March 9, 2013
- A last-minute change of flight plans may have saved the life of Lawrence soldier Pfc. Scott Belt.
- 25 years ago: KU chancellor to visit KU alum group in South Korea
- March 9, 2013
- A group of 25 to 30 alumni had established the chapter in Seoul.
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- Utah walks off with 1-0 baseball win over KU May 18, 2013
- Opinion: K-State's Snyder coaches life, then football May 12, 2013
- Editorial: Poor process May 19, 2013
- Two men shot multiple times early this morning in Lawrence May 19, 2013
- Attempt to revive fire districts bill fails May 17, 2013
- KU student killed in crash on U.S. Highway 59 May 17, 2013
- Budget provision would block state funding for Common Core standards May 16, 2013
- Kansas Forestry Service, USDA study finds the value of Douglas County trees May 10, 2013
- State Board hears opposition to Common Core Standards May 14, 2013
- Burgers, bratwurst, gifts and good times: friends tell of homicide victims’ last days May 19, 2013
