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Land transfers for the week ending May 21
May 29, 2012
Douglas County land transfers for the week ending May 21, 2012, as recorded by the Douglas County Register of Deeds.
Heard on the Hill: Chesapeake Energy donation is still on track; State Department hits the brakes on Confucius Institute directive; website ranks KU as best university to work for
May 29, 2012
Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
Kansas football scouring country
A quick look at some KU targets
May 29, 2012
While most of April was spent coaching the players they had in front of them, a good chunk of May has been spent trying to find new ones.
Critics may bolster Roberts’ resolve
May 29, 2012
In one of his characteristic conniptions about people who frustrated him, Theodore Roosevelt, progressivism’s first president, said of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, “I could carve out of a banana a judge with more backbone than that.” TR was as mistaken about Holmes’ spine as are various progressives today about Chief Justice John Roberts’.
Iran, West seek retreat from brink
May 29, 2012
It’s a classic case of brinkmanship bargaining: Iran and the West, each seeking to squeeze concessions from the other side, have decided to continue their nuclear negotiations on June 17, a few weeks before a punishing new round of sanctions takes effect.
Information gap
Releasing more information about police complaints would help build public confidence in the department.
May 29, 2012
The city of Lawrence recently did its police department a significant disservice.
KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp
May 29, 2012
Kansas University senior Elijah Johnson accepted a pass from Kansas State’s Rodney McGruder, then bounced the basketball off the court into the hands of high-flying Jayhawk junior Justin Wesley, who finished a memorable Memorial Day dunk before 100 KC Gym Rats Collegiate All-Star campers in Blue Valley Northwest High’s gym.
Jayhawks in the NBA (May 28)
May 29, 2012
How former Jayhawks fared in the NBA playoff game on May 28.