KU school celebrating 100 years of architecture education — and late nights of work

I've had many architecture students work for me, and they've all been hard working and conscientious. I always knew, though, that March and April were killer months for them. Walking Dead? hah. Try architecture!

April 26, 2013 at 7:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU freshman Ben McLemore declares for NBA Draft

After seeing Kevin Ware writhing on the floor last weekend, do you blame Ben for making the run to the pros now? That sort of injury (or worse) can happen to these athletes at any time. He can come back and get a degree even if he's wheelchair-bound, he's thinking smart to go pro now while he's healthy.

April 9, 2013 at 3:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU to wear alternate adidas camo uniforms in Big 12 tournament

I was thinking the Shamrock Shakes.

February 28, 2013 at 6:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Half Price Books to close Lawrence store in coming months

Sadness! I love Half Price and shop there often. I'll have to stock up before they head out.

I also go to Dusty Bookshelf, don't get me wrong- but Half Price is just... better.

DB has charm, but their filing system drives me nuts. "Oh yes- cookbooks are over there. And there. And on that table. And by the door. And under that stuff." If I'm looking for something specific, it is very frustrating. If I'm just browsing, it's heavenly.

February 22, 2013 at 2:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

New recycling program to kick off at Saturday’s football game

Cans for Community will continue to handle the aluminum cans at the tailgates.

Recycle & Blue will be collecting the other materials, including plastic, paper and cardboard. The material will then be processed by KU Recycling. (http://recycle.ku.edu)

October 24, 2012 at 10:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Heard on the Hill: Wired magazine takes on KU mural; Newt Gingrich likes KU's Natural History Museum; reporter says good-bye

Aww. You'll be missed. Thanks for all you've done.

August 31, 2012 at 7:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

U.S. Highway 59 expected to open in October

I'm the only one in my family (husband, kids) who grew up in the country. One of the first things I taught them when we moved out of town was "Hold your breath when you go by roadkill in the summertime."

August 29, 2012 at 6:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Town Talk: New downtown bar hopes to become part of Jazz scene; Lawrence housing sales up 40 percent in July; new eco devo board set to begin work

It isn't ANOTHER bar, its a DIFFERENT bar. The iBar was nice, but limited. I went there many times to hear live music, so I'm glad the "new" bar will continue that.

August 24, 2012 at 12:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Henrietta is one of a flock of 10 pet hens owned by Susan Rickman in Lone Star. Rickman submitted th

I KNOW THAT CHICKEN! WOOOO!

August 20, 2012 at 8:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Football power

"Again, why didn’t any of these university leaders speak up or contact police?"

One of the things that keeps coming to mind regarding this mess is Astronaut Frank Borman's testimony at the hearing following the fire of Apollo 1:

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Senator Anderson: Then what caused the fire?
Frank Borman: A failure of imagination. We’ve always known there was the possibility of fire in a spacecraft. But the fear was always that it would happen in space when you’re a 180 miles from terra firma and the nearest fire station. That was the worry. No ever imagined that it would happen on the ground. If anybody would have thought of it the test would have been classified as hazardous. But it wasn’t. We just didn’t think of it. Now who’s fault is that? Well, it’s North American’s fault. It’s NASA’s fault. It’s the fault of every person who ever worked on Apollo. It’s my fault — I didn’t think the test was hazardous. No one did. I wish to God we had.

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What I mean is that so many people could have stopped this, but nobody imagined that Jerry Sandusky could have been such a monster. We all know that monsters walk among us, we all know that kids are vulnerable. But nobody imagined.

Jerry Sandusky interacted every day with law enforcement, health care officials, school officials, families, religious leaders... he was under investigation before the alleged 2001 incident (he was acquitted on that count) even occurred. Parents of Second Mile boys voiced their concern, coaches at the children's schools made reports, police were involved, even the state's Attorney General had his eye on Sandusky. But _nobody_ did anything.

The people at Penn State surely shoulder some of this blame, I'm not disputing that, but to put it all squarely on them is to miss the larger picture- hundreds of people failed these children.

So what do we do now? Do we argue about a football program or do we educate people about child abuse? Do we fly banners saying to take down a statue or do we donate that money to charities like RAINN (Anti-sexual assault organization)? Do we write editorials wringing our hands about how awful Penn State is or do we look to our own communities to see what we can do better?

July 18, 2012 at 12:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )