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- KU student killed in crash on U.S. Highway 59 May 17, 2013 · 27 comments
- Gas prices approach record highs May 18, 2013 · 4 comments
- Motorcycle accident briefly closes Kansas Turnpike; one person critically injured May 18, 2013 · 8 comments
- Simons' Saturday Column: How does KU rank in customer satisfaction? May 18, 2013 · 10 comments
- Senate approves bill banning use of tax dollars to advocate for gun control May 17, 2013 · 44 comments
- Budget provision would block state funding for Common Core standards May 16, 2013 · 73 comments
- Opinion: Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate? May 15, 2013 · 100 comments
- Opinion: Benghazi triggers a major credibility crisis May 18, 2013 · 12 comments
- City honors Lawrence's fallen officers during National Police Week May 17, 2013 · 3 comments
- Police to aggressively enforce seat-belt laws in 2013 Click It or Ticket campaign May 17, 2013 · 22 comments
- KU student killed in crash on U.S. Highway 59 May 17, 2013
- McLemore speaks about AAU coach, agent allegations May 17, 2013
- Past and present Jayhawk athletes set to graduate Sunday May 18, 2013
- Lawrence High grad Srinivasan nears confimation to federal appeals court in D.C. May 16, 2013
- Setting the stage: Clever tips will draw attention to your home for sale January 22, 2009
- Son, father accused of luring girls into prostitution January 22, 2005
- Motorcycle accident briefly closes Kansas Turnpike; one person critically injured May 18, 2013
- McLemore shows off athleticism at NBA combine May 17, 2013
- KU MBA students examine no-shows at Bert Nash, other nonprofit problems April 25, 2013
- County agrees to save Lone Star Lake Marina May 16, 2013
Heard on the Hill: Digging into that faculty survey; WSJ reports on KU-KSU relations, 'manicured lawns'; British market researcher (and knight) visiting campus next week
"Manicured"? "Urbane"? Have you looked around Mount Oread lately? Compare campus upkeep and cultural/intellectual life to most large private universities (in the Big 12, TCU and Baylor, for instance) and it's KU that looks like the dusty, shabby cow college.
November 19, 2012 at 11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rankings matter
As always, I hate to admit it, but the LJW is right about the weak leadership at KU. Bernadette Do-Little is a nothing and does not command respect among other university presidents, let alone KU faculty. The provost is using the standard script for upper administrators - strategic plan, tightening belts, refocusing resources on targeted areas, fiddling with the curriculum - but has the vision of a technocrat, not a leader. KU looks poised to continue treading water.
It is no coincidence that both KU and KSU are at the bottom of the barrel of the rankings in the Big 12. The Kansas legislature and much of the Kansas population is hostile towards higher education and suspicious of quality. The state's overall comfort with mediocrity inevitably rubs off on its universities, no matter how good the faculty, how active the fundraisers, or how hopeful the students.
September 16, 2012 at 9:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Heard on the Hill: Kansan newspaper cutting Friday print editions; website ranks Lawrence as No. 5 college town; SUA carnival postponed due to weather
Champaign-Urbana and College Station are absolute wastelands, and Oxford is a blink-and-you'll-miss it sleepy little town (think Grinnell, Iowa with Spanish moss hanging from the trees). Lawrence, Boulder, Iowa City, Ann Arbor, and Bloomington are model college towns. Stillwater (and any other place where the local campus has "State" in its name), Gainesville, Columbia, Tuscaloosa, and State College are God-forsaken places of exile.
August 24, 2012 at 10:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Author of KU's first common book shares thoughts on writing, college, Kansas and more
Please note that Eula Biss is listed on the Northwestern website as a "continuing lecturer," not a professor, as she incorrectly refers to herself in this interview. Let's hope she is less loose and fast with facts in her "non-fiction" writing.
August 19, 2012 at 4:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Haskell records request unmet
Good for the JW following up on this. We need some accountability from Haskell and BIA.
July 31, 2012 at 9:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
KU researcher receives $410,000 National Science Foundation award
KU doesn't actually get that many CAREER awards: two this year, one last year, and three the year before, according to the NSF database. Given the importance of this recognition for young scholars, surely such an award is deserving of a short notice in the LJW.
May 12, 2012 at 4:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Heard on the Hill: KU makes an appearance on MTV's "16 and Pregnant"; Sigma Alpha Epsilon national organization confirms KU chapter has not gone alcohol-free; look for maces, marshals at commencement
Just go by SAE on any Sunday morning and you can confirm that it has not gone alcohol-free. Except in the sense that all the bottles and kegs on their lawn have been sucked clean of alcohol.
May 11, 2012 at 9:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
House delivers mammoth tax cut bill to Brownback, who says he is prepared to sign it
Property taxes are extremely low in Kansas. Compare them to rates in states like Texas and New Hampshire, which do not have income taxes. The most likely outcome of this is that state taxes go down but property taxes at the local level go way up to offset the cuts.
May 10, 2012 at 7:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
No closings
Right on. The School Board needs to listen to the people for a change.
February 17, 2012 at 2:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Predictable end
Just fix up the schools and keep them open. Enough political theater and enough with all the unfounded assertions of savings to be had from consolidation. Time to invest again in community and the inner city of Lawrence.
February 15, 2012 at 1:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )