Saturday Column
- New chancellor must create strong new image for office
- November 14, 2009
- It’s likely most every major college and university president or chancellor has his or her own way of overseeing and directing their institution.
Tom Keegan
- Mangino wins games, not friends
- November 18, 2009
- When he coached his team to an Orange Bowl victory and a 12-1 record just two seasons ago, he was fiery, a western Pennsylvania, blue-collar underdog who made it big and never forgot his roots.
Take a Stand
- Parks: Less can be more
- October 28, 2009
- The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is in the process of choosing top priorities for the city’s recreation system.
Boomer Girl Diary
- Boomer Girl Diary: Girl Scouts could steer us out of financial crisis
- November 15, 2009
- I am hunkered down over my keyboard, working feverishly (OK, tepidly) on my weekly column.
Bill Mayer
- Drama takes away from game
- November 19, 2009
- Anyone else dream of those times when athletic teams got ready to compete, coaches and players discussed what was shaping up, played games and then talked about what happened, win or lose?
Chuck Woodling
- Firebirds’ 4-year run notable
- November 17, 2009
- Not many presidents have had as memorable a four-year run as Free State High football.
Gary Bedore
- Memories from 24 Late Nights
- October 16, 2009
- Last year at this time, I commented on — OK I bragged about — the fact yours truly is believed to be the only person to have attended all 24 season-opening Late Nights in 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
- Game birds require special handling
- November 11, 2009
- My son is going pheasant hunting with some friends this weekend. This is his first time, so I was talking to him about the importance of food safety.
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
- A modest proposal for health care reform
- October 4, 2009
- Whereas the country is tumbling in a catastrophic crisis, whereas people are dying like flies in the streets and the economy has crashed and the sky is about to fall down utterly in our laps, whereas universal health care is a right and a hallmark of civilization, whereas we need to “get something done” before the next congressional recess and nap time and whereas haste is of the essence and the time for thoughtful deliberation is past, herewith follows abridged circumlocutions and subterfuges from S.CON.RES.000, Sponsor Sen. Bogus, provisionally entitled Some-Kind-of-Health-Care Bill.
Marsha Henry Goff
- Jest for Grins: Household odor spurs great mouse hunt
- November 8, 2009
- When we moved to the country, I was warned to watch out for field mice looking for a warm place in the house to winter.
Mike Hoeflich
- KU pain must be shared
- November 18, 2009
- Over recent weeks there has been a growing “buzz” on campus that a committee of high-level administrators has been meeting with the purpose of formulating a plan to deal with the next round of budget cuts, if they come.
Garden Calendar
- A viburnum for every landscape: Colorful buds brighten winter scenery
- November 15, 2009
- Even as winter approaches, viburnums are brightening up the landscape in a variety of ways, and each species has its own unique contributions.
Eileen Roddy
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