Haskell Indian Nations University will continue with all-online classes for the spring semester, according to a memorandum sent to students by the university president on Tuesday. "With the climbing COVID numbers in Indian Country, we will continue our Distance Education through the Spring Semester," president Ronald Graham wrote. "I will not chance your health or lives with pushing to traditional instruction ...
Demetrius Kemp was avoiding election results as they came in Tuesday evening. “I’m not even going to look at it,” said Kemp, who was sitting at the bar at Black Stag Brewery and Pub on Massachusetts Street around 9:30 p.m. “Because one, I don’t want to go to sleep mad if I see something I don’t like. And then I don’t want to go to sleep happy and wake up tomorrow and what I was happy about is ...
Longtime University of Kansas professor Elizabeth Schultz is the latest recipient of an annual award given to Douglas County citizens or organizations whose work has advanced peace or justice. Ecumenical Campus Ministries recently awarded the 2020 Tom and Anne Moore Peace and Justice Award to Schultz, who taught at KU for 34 years until her retirement in 2001. She is well known for her scholarly works on Herman ...
Though Douglas County’s COVID-19 trends have been positive in recent months, health officer Dr. Thomas Marcellino says county residents must be prepared as the winter season approaches and the spread of the virus increases elsewhere in Kansas. The 14-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Douglas County has been on a downward trend since early September. LMH Health has consistently been on target for the ...
For over a year, 10-year-old Dylan Tenbrink has been standing outside Raintree Montessori School on Friday mornings, protesting about climate change with her sign, “Our planet, our future.” Dylan, a fifth grader, became inspired to speak out about the climate after watching a short video about Greta Thunberg, the 17-year-old Swedish climate activist. “She had a really strong voice and she was able to ...
As the leaders of Lawrence Ballet Theatre considered how they would have a show this fall, they came across two problems. First, they wouldn’t have the money to put on a show because they wouldn’t be able to have a full audience during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Second, they knew it wouldn’t be safe to have a finale with all 21 dancers on stage. “The traditional performance wasn’t going to be ...