Expanding rooftop garden at KU Union provides herbs, vegetables for campus

That's a great idea which I totally support and look forward to enjoying personally when I eat at the Union but I hope they don't restrict access to that part of the Union! I love taking my boys up to the 6th floor and stepping outside onto the rooftop patio to enjoy the view of KU's beautiful campus! The previous herb garden was housed behind a locked gate to the north of where they are standing in the photo.

May 17, 2013 at 10:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Brownback to tour in support of his higher education budget

What a bunch of phony baloney from Gov. Brownslack! Orchestrating cuts to K-12 & Higher Ed via the Republican-led legislature and then saying on national TV that he's done all this wonderful (wacky) tax stuff in Kansas without having to make any funding cuts to education was an outright lie! And since he doesn't agree with the ruling in January from the judicial panel who confirmed what is sufficient State funding for education he wants to strip them of their authority and leave it up the State legislators! And now he wants to do a higher-ed tour in Kansas to garner support for his budget plan but he doesn't even have the guts to come to Lawrence to speak at the University of Kansas! Guess this dark spiritual area is too much for him to handle!

April 15, 2013 at 4:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Statehouse Live: Bill would require KU to play Wichita State University in basketball

ESU & Washburn played exhibition/pre-season games against KU this year so if anything that's all that WSU should receive for a match-up with KU. And did you see the score the last time the two teams met? I don't think that would make for a very exciting basketball game.......especially for the WSU fans!

February 5, 2013 at 4:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Construction worker critically injured in fall at Eudora building site

I guess we can count on consumer1 to continue asking this ridiculous question every time someone in or near Lawrence is injured. Fortunately I see someone has already answered this question appropriately.

January 30, 2013 at 5:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Illinois woman receives one year of probation in case where children were bound and blindfolded in parking lot

I think that both of the defendants deserve jail time but it's not Judge Paula Martin's fault that the prosecutors plea-bargained with her down to 3 MISDEMEANOR charges of child endangerment. One year of probation for 3 misdemeanor charges seems pretty reasonable even though the potential outcome of that situation in the Walmart parking lot could have been a whole lot worse.

Please quit blaming judges for functioning within their parameters when the laws for child abuse aren't adequate enough and start asking your state representatives why child endangerment laws are misdemeanors.

January 16, 2013 at 3:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Boy Scout 'perversion files' have 14 Kansas cases

If you are a heterosexual man does that mean you like to have sex with little girls? Probably not, right? So why would you assume that homosexual men would like to have sex with little boys? Pedophiles like to have sex with children; boys & girls. Homosexuals like to have sex with men. And lesbians like to have sex with women. See the difference? This is about adults with authority covering up criminal behavior against young boys in order to preserve the sanctity of the Boy Scouts of America. And it is shameful & pathetic!

October 19, 2012 at 3 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Plan to raze McCollum Hall in the works

The demand for on-campus living has steadily dropped over many years which is why the KU dorms that have been remodeled had the old small dorm rooms doubled-up to provide a suite with a sleeping room and a study/living room combined into a single living space. Obviously that also greatly reducing the number of dorm rooms available, but I haven't heard anyone complaining about that.

Further more, McCollum Hall is too big and too outdated to justify spending millions of dollars to renovate it with new technology, wiring, HVAC, etc. And the basement of McCollum also houses some of KU's technical infrastructure & other departmental staff, so the need to update it is about more than just what students need in their dorm rooms.

October 10, 2012 at 5:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Court hearing granted in "birther" challenge to Obama's place on the Kansas ballot

What a waste of time! Somebody better book her a flight back to Cali!

September 21, 2012 at 11:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kindergarten teacher takes prize

What a great story! Lauren is such an incredible young woman & teacher!

September 7, 2012 at 11:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Hy-Vee to open environmentally friendly convenience store on Thursday

Did you miss the part about native plants & buffalo grass, as the article stated?
• Landscaping beds that use native plants that require very little watering.
• A grass lawn planted with buffalo grass instead of standard fescue. Yochum said the buffalo grass is expected to use so little water that the store was allowed to be built without an irrigation system.

August 29, 2012 at 4:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )