Updated at 1:50 p.m. Thursday KU leaders for months have said they thought a national championship in basketball and new student recruitment efforts would result in positive enrollment numbers for the University of Kansas this fall. New numbers from the Kansas Board of Regents on Thursday proved them partially right. By one standard, KU’s enrollment grew for the first time since 2016. The Regents counted ...
In the end, Sam Mulki’s wife was right. Back in 1988, when Mulki came to the U.S. from Jordan, his wife — an American — always urged him to cook his native Middle Eastern dishes. “But I would say no, no, I came here to America and I want to try American food,” Mulki said. “And I liked it.” Well ... that’s true, but not enough that he forgot his Jordanian roots. So, he would end up making ...
Economists are infamous for making “on the one hand, but on the other hand” type of statements. I’m not an economist, but here’s my version for the Lawrence housing market: On the one hand there are plenty of signs of a Lawrence housing slowdown, but in the other hand, you had better still have a large wad of cash if you hope to buy a home here. The Lawrence Board of Realtors recently released home ...
It may be the most excellence Lawrence ever sees involving a ball that isn’t orange. Next month, a small downtown Lawrence club is hosting the No. 1 ranked three-cushion billiards player in the world — and some say the sport’s greatest player ever — for a rare U.S. exhibition. The Billiards Studio — a private club located in a portion of the former Peoples Bank/Sandbar Sub building at Eighth and ...
Zombie organization can wear a fellow out. As an owner of a new seasonal business on East 23rd Street, Eric Garrett has heard all about it. A big part of his family’s Garrett’s Haunted Farm will be a zombie hunt, where visitors take a hay rack ride while armed with paintball guns to “defend” themselves against zombies that are roaming the property. The business — which is popping up at the ...
Soon, it will be conceivable that the University of Kansas’ Edwards Campus in Johnson County is producing everything from future MBAs to future members of the CIA. KU has received a new $2.4 million federal grant to boost the university’s efforts to become a leader in educating future members of the national intelligence industry, including with three new or revamped degree programs at the Edwards Campus. ...