Saturday Column
- Simons: One individual with a powerful vision can inspire many
- May 3, 2008
- What a difference one man can make. In 1967 Takeru Higuchi joined Kansas University as a Regents Professor of Pharmacy and Chemistry and in the 20 short subsequent years before he died, he showed what an individual with vision, high energy, a constant desire to excel and challenge, who possesses great intelligence and superior leadership skills, can achieve.
Tom Keegan
- Keegan: MU ace fearless, talented
- May 7, 2008
- The most dominant college athlete to visit Lawrence since Michael Beasley brings his stuff to town Friday night for the opener of a three-game series at Hoglund Ballpark. Chances are you won’t recognize his name.
Take a Stand
- Take a Stand: Minimum wage is too low
- April 27, 2008
- The April 1 Journal-World carried a column by Kansas University business professor Mark Hirschey called “Inconvenient truth about minimum wage.” Since it was April Fools’ Day and the article gave many anecdotes but few “facts,” we’re not certain it was altogether serious. In case it was, we’re responding with some facts of our own.
Boomer Girl Diary
- Tax rebate plans won’t include 1,200 Powerball tickets
- May 4, 2008
- “We’ve got twelve hundred dollars! We’ve got twelve hundred dollars! We’ve got twelve hundred dollars …” I sing, as I skip gaily around the room, my arms flailing above my head.
Bill Mayer
- Mayer: Self’s contract complex
- May 9, 2008
- Simple, huh? A guy runs a stellar basketball program, wins two more league championships and the national title and deserves a new contract to keep Oklahoma State wolves at bay. Write it up, boost the pay and benefits to match other headline coaches’ goodies, throw in nifty bonuses and incentives and get it signed. It’s not that easy.
Chuck Woodling
- Woodling: Son of voice of Jayhawks paying dues in Arkansas
- May 8, 2008
- The young usherette tapped Steven Davis on the arm and said, “Excuse me, but do you know where these seats are?”
Gary Bedore
- Bedore: A look back at Late Nights past
- (From someone — the only person? — who has seen them all)
- October 12, 2007
- Call me on the phone, send me an e-mail — or drop a card or letter in the snail mailbox — to correct me if I’m wrong. But until I hear from you, I’m going to make what I consider a can’t-miss assertion: That, after tonight, I will remain the only person to have attended all 23 season-opening “Late Nights” in Kansas University’s tradition-rich Allen Fieldhouse.
Ryan Wood
- Tracking down team fun, but difficult, task
- Google, cell phone indispensible
- February 16, 2008
- The phone rang for a man I presumed to be Lincoln Minor, the former Kansas University basketball player who played 34 games in the 1987-88 season. “Hello?” the man on the other end answered. “Hi, is this Lincoln?” I asked. “Yes,” he said. “The Lincoln who played basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks?” “No,” the man replied. “This is his father.” Hey, that’s progress.
Cooking Q & A
- Master Food Volunteer training moved to more convenient time
- May 7, 2008
- Q: Have I missed the deadline for the 2008 Master Food Volunteer Training?
Gwyn Mellinger
- Longtime columnist says farewell
- May 7, 2008
- I always knew this moment would come, eventually, and that I would find myself writing my most difficult column. “Kitchen & Garden” has sprouted from my keyboard every week for more than 12 years — in the neighborhood of 650 columns — but the time has come to till it under and plant something new.
George Gurley
- Put a price on art, but you don’t have to pay
- May 4, 2008
- An advertisement for a forthcoming art auction features a replica of Roy Lichtenstein’s “Ball of Twine,” 40 by 36 inches, painted in 1963, magma on canvas. Estimated selling price: a mere $14 million to $18 million.
Marsha Henry Goff
- Painful-looking piercings produce unnatural body mutilation
- May 4, 2008
- “Aren’t those earrings pretty?” asked my friend Jean, pointing to a jewelry store window.
Mike Hoeflich
- Graduation stirs emotions
- May 7, 2008
- Even though I’ve been a law school teacher for nearly three decades, I still feel a strange mixture of emotions at this time of year. Law classes ended last Friday and our students are now busily taking their final exams.
Stan Ring
- Fall’s the time to control next year’s weeds
- September 13, 2007
- Winter annual weeds sprout now, overwinter and begin active spring growth before all else. Seeds have dropped to the soil and are just waiting to flourish. At the first drop of moisture, or even heavy dew, they start to come alive. They will soon become visible as small seedlings. When these reach the flowering stage, early next spring, they may be next to impossible to control. Now is the most effective, easiest and least expensive control opportunity.
Eileen Roddy
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