This upcoming semester, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod is looking forward to solidifying a tuition assistance program for dependents of staff and faculty, completing the strategic plan and serving as the faculty adviser for KU’s Car Club.
During a brief interview after the Kansas Board of Regents meeting on Dec. 18, Girod talked about some of his plans for the coming semester and what he ...
The public might not recognize the name Rudy Love, the star of a documentary set to screen at Liberty Hall on Jan. 15, but they likely know his music.
John Alexander, director of the film “This is Love,” called the Wichita musician the “untold source of a lot of R&B and soul and rap music.”
Love was the lead singer of the sibling group “Rudy Love & the Love Family.” He also co-wrote songs ...
Updated at 10:19 a.m. Friday
Lawrence firefighters are investigating the scene of an early-morning fire that affected a dozen units of a central Lawrence apartment complex.
The fire Friday at Village 1 Apartments, 2411 Louisiana St., did not harm any people aside from four minor injuries that were treated at the scene, but did cause almost half a million dollars in property damage at the affected building, ...
Rep. Mike Amyx has been appointed to the Kansas Legislature's higher education budget committee, according to a press release this week from Speaker of the House Ron Ryckman Jr.
Amyx, D-Lawrence, said he was looking forward to serving on the committee but that it would be “a lot of learning, I can tell you that.”
Higher education advocates in the state have been pushing for the restoration of the higher ...
Anti-tobacco campaigns can be effective without being realistic, University of Kansas student Jacob Justice explained in a paper that recently won an international essay competition.
Justice, a KU doctoral candidate from Michigan who is focusing on communication studies, wrote about how the United States Food and Drug Administration’s “The Real Cost” campaign effectively used surreal dramatizations to ...
Nine years ago, Sen. Tom Holland purchased a 100th anniversary 2003 Softail Standard Harley-Davidson.
It wasn’t a mid-life crisis purchase, the 58-year-old Democrat said. “It was a post-campaign crisis.”
“I bought it right after Sam Brownback kicked my butt when I ran against him for governor back in 2010. That’s honest to God the story,” he said.
Clad in a frayed, sleeveless black jacket, ...
