¢ Jim Roberts, the KU vice provost for research who is a finalist to become president of the University of Alabama-Huntsville, told faculty, staff and students there Wednesday he felt like “I’ve been training my entire life to do this job, at this place, at this time,” the Huntsville Times reports. Roberts, who is one of two finalists, said Huntsville has unique advantages when it comes to being a research university._The campus is situated among Redstone Arsenal, Marshall Space Flight Center, Cummings Research Park and a growing high-tech and bio-tech industry. “But, perhaps as important, is the reaction of the community,” he said, adding that it is refreshing to see a city excited and “progressive” about its growth and development and the role of the university._¢ Jackie Becker, owner of Up to Eleven Productions in Lawrence, is quoted in a Daily Iowan story about the lack of women in indie rock bands._ “I wish it was a different answer, but there are unfortunately not a lot of bands fronted by women when compared with those fronted by men,” says Jacki Becker, the owner of the Picador and Up To Eleven Productions, a company based in Lawrence, Kan. “I do know that maybe one day a week there might be a woman in a band, thus making the percentage of women in bands rather slim.”_¢ Bryan Welch, publisher and editorial director for Mother Earth News, answers the question “Why I Farm” in the latest issue of the magazine. He and his wife, Carolyn, raise grass-fed cattle, sheep and goats near Lawrence._From the time I could walk, I was invited to help my relatives care for their livestock. I was about 10 when a neighbor hired me to milk his goats and feed his rabbits. I took to it. I enjoyed the animals and I enjoyed the people. I found that people who shared their lives with livestock were, on the whole, caring but not sentimental._