Story updated at 4:36 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25: The number of reported rapes on the University of Kansas’ Lawrence campus last year more than doubled from a year earlier. The number of “dating violence” crimes also soared, increasing more than tenfold, according to recently released campus crime numbers. But whether sexual violence crimes actually are increasing at such a rapid rate on the Lawrence ...
There are backhoes and dump trucks busily at work near the intersection of Sixth Street and George Williams Way. There have been a lot of assumptions that the work is for a Braum’s restaurant and ice cream shop that we reported in May is coming to the area. (It makes sense to me because I do assume Braum’s will use a backhoe and dump truck to deliver my serving of ice cream.) Well, Braum’s fans are kind ...
The University of Kansas is officially at odds with its graduate teaching assistants union and its stance that Israel is to blame for the war that is now spreading in the Middle East. The executive board of the GTA union last week, as the Journal-World reported, issued a Palestine solidarity letter that condemned the existence of Israel, while declining to condemn Hamas and the Oct. 7 attacks that left more ...
The roster of developers interested in converting the area around KU’s football stadium into a convention and entertainment hub is about as deep as the Jayhawks’ depth chart for quarterback. In other words, just three firms submitted qualifications to become the lead developer of the KU Gateway project at 11th and Mississippi streets. So far, KU’s top leaders say that’s not a problem. “They are all ...
News and notes on a couple of battles — one that has long been underway and another that is brewing. — First, the ongoing one. Evergy, the dominant electric utility in Lawrence and the state, has been trying to get a major rate increase for many of its customers. The company also has been getting a lot of pushback. But in recent weeks, a proposed settlement agreement between Evergy and Kansas utility ...
The executive board of the labor union for graduate teaching assistants at the University of Kansas has issued a statement condemning the state of Israel as part of a broader letter of solidarity for Palestine. “We condemn the ongoing settler colonial project, known as the nation-state of Israel, which does not represent all Jewish people and is not synonymous with biblical Israel,” a statement posted to ...