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- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013 · 79 comments
- On the street: What is your favorite Shakespearean play? June 19, 2013 · 11 comments
- Blog: City to consider using gated, pay-as-you-leave system for new downtown parking garage June 19, 2013 · 16 comments
- Kobach considering filing charges against protesters who came to his home June 17, 2013 · 127 comments
- Blog: State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park June 18, 2013 · 36 comments
- Letter: Two is enough June 19, 2013 · 28 comments
- Former KU student sentenced to 30 days in jail, barred from social media, for attacking female student June 18, 2013 · 8 comments
- Blog: Student residents forced out of KU apartment building because of drought-related damage June 19, 2013 · 5 comments
- Letter: Energy folly June 15, 2013 · 44 comments
- Opinion: Redskins mascot can’t be justified June 16, 2013 · 102 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
- KU dean blasts negative national report on teacher preparation programs June 18, 2013
- Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center to host "Beach Bash" June 18, 2013
- 'Seasoned' straw makes best mulch for vegetable gardens May 30, 2007
- Questions for working adults going back to school include finances, time management January 5, 2013
- Local teen recovers from massive stroke June 4, 2013
Mask collection brings personality to new theater's lobby
world renowned deceased KU "Design for the Real World" prof Victor Papanek had an amazing mask collection as well at his Oread home at 10th and Tennessee...we could see it as we walked by each day thru the windows and some of the collection was available for sale at the estate sale following his death. The mask process seems to fascinate people across cultures...the ability to change at will? Julia Taymor's amazing mask/costumes for the original theater production of "The Lion King" come to mind....a skill she honed after studying mask-making in Indonesia. Looking forward to the exhibit. Thanks to the Gaumnitz family for endowing this gallery.
June 16, 2013 at 9:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Really big show
congrats on the new building; can't wait to see a production there! The unbelievably outdated bldg on 15th st put such limitations on what kind of productions could be mounted, on staff and on patrons. As a therapist, I know that being involved in theatre when in school has literally saved the lives of many students I have worked with over the years; the theatre provides an accepting, non=judgmental and creative environment for many young people struggling with identity and self-worth so for that reason along with many others I am a huge fan. Break a leg!
June 16, 2013 at 9:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Local dads take different paths to fatherhood
uh, "just listening to someone" is a pretty significant part of therapy...many people I talk with say there is NOONE else in their life they can be straightforward and real with and not be judged...often simply having someone witness the hell you're going thru is the most helpful thing..there are no solutions to.many of the troubling experiences people have. Yes, people need resource suggestions and a strategizing partner, but first and foremost they need acceptance and to be truly heard.
June 16, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Professor killed in Oklahoma was former KU doctoral student
I'm so sorry you feel that way; people other than the immediate circle around Professor Maher are interested in learning of her passing and the apparently tragic circumstances. It sounds like she had a tremendous impact in her short life and was an inspiration to many. Does anyone know if there is a memorial fund in her honor, perhaps at KU or at Northeastern State where she was a professor? I would be interested in making a contribution.
June 11, 2013 at 2:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Pallbearers carry Kansas’ casket from Plymouth Congregational Church to South Park on Saturday.
there are many policies that probably wouldn't raise yr ire about involvement by clergy as much on the other side of the political fence: anti-abortion protests for example. Social justice issues have long been a cause for which people of faith have been concerned.
June 10, 2013 at 8:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Kansas governor's chief spokeswoman taking lottery job
good riddance, altho I have no hope that anyone w independence or ethics will be incoming as the nature of the job is to be a mouthpiece for hire. I'd say sh's well qualified for the lottery,as that's what the KS budget has turned into for most KS residents, except of course for the chosen few: big corporations: theists, and ALEC/Americans for Prosperity hacks. The real long-term needs of Kansans to fund education which will make us able to generate a workforce that will competitively position us thruout the 21st century and to fund an adequate safety net for the State's most vulnerable has turned into a casino. The basics of a decent life should not be a crapshoot, dependent on political patronage.
June 10, 2013 at 7:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
More than 700 scholars coming to KU for conference on literature, environment
LJW, please bring us more info on presentations at this wonderful sounding conference. Glad KU snagged this opportunity.
May 28, 2013 at 9:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Two new senior housing projects getting under way in Lawrence
As a senior citizen I am happy to support taxes that support the educational system for it is quality public education (K-12, tech schools and colleges and universities) that create the competent public who will care for me when I am infirm and have great jobs , spend money and buy homes in our community that provide the tax basis that will help keep me afloat.
I don't understand Wilbur and others objection to education taxes.
May 26, 2013 at 9:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Opinion: Why gay role models matter
I am puzzled by the constant use of the phrase "I don't care" when what really seems to be being communicated is "I don't want to be aware of, this subject makes me SO uncomfortable that I don't want any behavior or talk about its very existence". They are just fine thank you very much as long as there is nothing on their radar screen that reminds them that many perfectly happy, successful people they know are homosexual, because that knowledge apparently makes them really annoyed.
I think if people truly "didn't care", they would not be having such hissy fits and out of proportion emotional reactions to its reality and constantly be demanding that gays keep their very existence to themselves.
I'm sorry that some people get such a rash from knowing about someone's sexual orientation, which in reality is just one of the many things that define who we are and which is pretty immutable. Many are not willing to be closeted any more just so others can stay in denial.
May 26, 2013 at 9:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lawrence social worker helps patients live their own lives
I support patient directed self-determination, especially for those who have had much control taken from them b/c of illness and group living. Having said that many care protocols are in place for good reasons (safety, improved cognition,disease management , etc); a collaborative approach between providers and clients, clarifying priorities, treatment side effects/costs can work best. I'm sure the "they don't have to take their meds" statement was a little more complex and nuanced (if not, that's a problem). Sounds like she has lots of enthusiasm and energy. I liken this approach to my experience with caring for dying patients in the bad old days when docs were overly concerned with addiction potential to pain rx: what difference does it make when someone is dying? Comfort is much more important.
May 15, 2013 at 2:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )