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Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum left the News Center in August 2010.
Recent stories
- Street scene: Entertainers invade Downtown Lawrence for third annual Busker Festival
- August 20, 2010
- El Gleno Grande, Bruiser the dog and Mentoc the Mind Fuggler reveal their twisted techniques.
- Net Worth: Pop music takes on surprising depth at different speed
- August 20, 2010
- Perhaps true art can be made from anything once it’s placed in a different perspective.
- Career ‘Leverage’: KU film students spend summer on set of TV series
- August 13, 2010
- What one learns in film school isn’t necessarily the most vital info when attempting to break into the Hollywood scene.
- Net Worth: Bootleg DVDs appear ridiculously lost in translation
- August 13, 2010
- You never know what an illegally made video from Thailand might contain.
- Net Worth: ‘Old-timey jokes’ get force-fed modern enlightenment
- August 6, 2010
- Q: Why are balloons in the air like vagrants? A: Because they have no visible means of support.
- Net Worth: Irksome e-mail exchanges lead to comedic cat fancy
- July 23, 2010
- I’ve had at least five people this week say, “You’ve got to write about that cat thing.”
- Meet the dean: Head of KU’s School of Music tackles challenges of reorganization
- July 23, 2010
- Nearly 35 years since he last stepped foot in Lawrence as a junior high student attending music camp, Robert Walzel returns to run the college program.
- Net Worth: New site helps compare your literary merits to famous authors
- July 16, 2010
- It’s tempting when unleashing a critical opinion about those in the creative arts to immediately leap to comparisons.
- Lilith’s fare: Three Kansas City artists earn the opportunity to take the stage at female-powered festival
- July 15, 2010
- After an 11-year absence, the eclectic celebration of women and music has returned.
- Sweet Home Kansas: Lawrence native Ashley Ray embraces her rock roots to find success in the country music industry
- July 9, 2010
- While Ashely Ray is currently best known as a Nashville-based country artist, a childhood baptism in rock has served her well.
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Veteran screenwriter Jay Wolpert spoke to students at Free State High School on Thursday.
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