From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Sept. 3, 1989:

• No great protest had arisen at Kansas University about a new rule requiring students to sign an anti-drug pledge before getting their federal Pell Grant funds. The statements, which said the student would not use drugs, had been added to the Pell Grant form this year, and Jerry Rogers, director of financial aid at KU, said most students had been signing the form with no objection. A student refusing to sign the form would not receive his or her grant, Rogers said, and a student who signed the statement but was later caught with a controlled substance could be fined up to $10,000 and/or received five years in prison. At KU this year, 2,586 Pell Grants had been given to students and about 1,000 more were pending, Rogers said. The grants were expected to furnish KU students with about $4.5 million in federal aid.
• Douglas County’s population growth was projected to outpace the state’s by the year 2020, making it one of the fastest growing counties in Kansas. This was the prediction by two Kansas University researchers, who said the county’s population would likely grow to nearly 100,000 by 2020 while the rate of growth statewide would slow. The researchers, Helga Upmeier and Anthony Redwood, said the slow Kansas growth could be attributed mainly to net out-migration — the balance of those moving into and out of the state.