Janet Campbell said she discovers something she can’t live without while perusing the items every year at Audio-Reader’s benefit sale, For Your Ears Only. “We have found DVD players, an old turntable, a sound mixer, and last year I bought a keyboard for my grandkids,” said Campbell, the former director of Kansas Public Radio and Audio-Reader. Those who love music — whether creating or listening — ...
Pluto could get an upgrade in the planetary scheme, but it will take several rotations around the sun before that happens. A scientific journal recently reported that Pluto should never have been downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006. News of an upgrade would make fans of University of Kansas alumnus Clyde Tombaugh happy. Tombaugh, from tiny Burdett in western Kansas, was a 24-year-old amateur astronomer when ...
For Susan Mercer, handing out a Capri Sun juice pouch to a college student is more than quenching a thirst. “It’s offering prevenient grace to whoever shows up,” said Mercer, the Wesley KU Campus Minister at the University of Kansas. When Mercer and Shawn Norris, with the Lutheran Campus Ministry, and Will Chaney, with Canterbury House, set up a sandwich board announcing “Blessings on the go,” in ...
As angst grows among some employees, a University of Kansas leader has promised to soon publish details related to $20 million in mandated budget cuts at KU. “Everything will be published,” interim Provost Carl Lejuez said Thursday. He hopes to have a list of budget cuts and adjustments broken down by department or unit at the next town-hall meeting later this month. A date for that meeting should be set ...
Edwidge Danticat hopes the power of her story will resonate with those who have lived a privileged life. Danticat, the author of “Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work,” will be visiting the University of Kansas to discuss her book at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lied Center. The book of essays, published in 2011, was selected as this year’s common book at KU, which means it was provided to every ...
A proposal to cut $1.5 million from the budget of Kansas Athletics Inc. prompted a response Wednesday from the University of Kansas’ chancellor that perhaps the athletic department isn’t given enough credit for the support it already provides. “There is another side to this story,” KU Chancellor Douglas Girod said Wednesday following a meeting of the Kansas Athletics Inc. board. “How much Kansas ...