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Deepa Sampat
Recent stories
- Appetite for success: Lawrence restaurant owners share how business thrives despite economy
- April 15, 2010
- Steve Kerner hasn’t let the recession set his business back. In fact, he’s used it to his advantage. Kerner, owner of Ingredient, opened a new restaurant on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo., in January.
- Health industry, environment, sales good areas to seek new jobs
- April 8, 2010
- Kevin Craig is hopeful more unemployed people will find jobs with the start of the new year. Craig is a managing partner of Global Recruiters of Lawrence, which helps employers find candidates for open positions, and job seekers attain employment throughout the United States. He’s witnessed the effects of a 10 percent national unemployment rate at the end of 2009.
- ‘Nutcracker’ Christmas: Lawrence Arts Center reimagines holiday dance classic
- November 29, 2009
- A ballet classic meets Kansas history as “A Kansas Nutcracker” comes to the stage again this year at the Lawrence Arts Center.
- Inexpensive, unique gifts sold at holiday art fair
- November 29, 2009
- Susan Buchanan is hoping the sound of horses hooves and bells will get people in the mood to do some holiday shopping.
- Halloween thrillers: Michael Jackson, other celebrities will be popular costume inspiration in 2009
- October 12, 2009
- Don’t be surprised if you see Michael Jackson, Bernie Madoff or Jon and Kate around town this month.
- Happy camper: Free State grad camps in 50 states
- October 5, 2009
- When her daughter was just 7 weeks old, Kathi Firns-Hubert and her husband, Barney, fastened the newborn into her car seat and took her camping.
- Knuckle-cracking’s effects: The Jury’s out
- September 21, 2009
- Odds are, you’ve heard a wives’ tale or two. Some wives’ tales are quickly dismissed (if you swallow a watermelon seed, a watermelon will grow in your stomach). Some are just confusing (Feed a cold, starve a fever — or is it the other way around?)
- Even budget shortfall can’t silence university’s steam whistle
- August 18, 2009
- A nearly century-old Kansas University tradition almost came to an end — twice. When the campus steam whistle was threatened, students and alumni made noise. Noise loud enough to fill the silence left by the unused whistle. Noise loud enough to bring the whistle back.
- Housing upgrades may attract more to campus living
- August 18, 2009
- When Vanessa Phillips decided to enroll in summer school, she had to make some adjustments. She had to make new friends. She had to prepare for more challenging college courses. And, when she moved from Wichita to Lawrence, she had to find a new place to live. So she began apartment hunting.
- Sold! — Lawrence housing market has some success stories
- July 13, 2009
- When Sarah Stirn put her house up for sale and received a bid three days later, she had one word to describe her feelings: ecstatic.
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013 · 74 comments
- Blog: City to consider using gated, pay-as-you-leave system for new downtown parking garage June 19, 2013 · 15 comments
- On the street: What is your favorite Shakespearean play? June 19, 2013 · 9 comments
- Kobach considering filing charges against protesters who came to his home June 17, 2013 · 123 comments
- Blog: Student residents forced out of KU apartment building because of drought-related damage June 19, 2013 · 5 comments
- Letter: Two is enough June 19, 2013 · 24 comments
- Blog: State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park June 18, 2013 · 32 comments
- KU dean blasts negative national report on teacher preparation programs June 18, 2013 · 6 comments
- Senate Democratic leader asks attorney general whether Supreme Court's voter decision affects Kansas June 18, 2013 · 13 comments
- Opinion: Redskins mascot can’t be justified June 16, 2013 · 101 comments
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013
- Opinion: Dick Vitale loves life, wife and Andrew Wiggins June 19, 2013
- KU geographers win defense grant to study Central American communities June 19, 2013
- Transfer Hunter Mickelson to sit out, soak it up for a year June 19, 2013
- Police investigate string of almost 20 auto burglaries in west Lawrence June 18, 2013
- Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center to host "Beach Bash" June 18, 2013
- KU dean blasts negative national report on teacher preparation programs June 18, 2013
- Report says schools underfunded $657 million in FY 2015 June 17, 2013
- Ms. Wheelchair Kansas to speak out on disabilities March 13, 2008
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
