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To the editor: In June, the Higher Learning Commission issued a notice changing Haskell Indian Nations University’s status from “accredited” to “accredited on notice.” This alarming situation creates greater trauma and endangers Native American student beneficiaries attending ...
To the editor: To Sen. Roger Marshall, MD: I hope you will consider returning home soon to resume the practice of medicine. Since the country is now governed entirely by executive order, Congress is clearly unnecessary (I hesitate to call it, as DOGE would, “waste”). Your services as a ...
To the editor: Reduce your property taxes. Lawrence voters’ biggest complaints are: 1) High property taxes; 2) Proposed fees at Rock Chalk Park. You can impact this. Every vote matters in City Commission elections because only about 10% of registered voters vote in the primaries and ...
To the editor: Ten years ago, when Trump rode that escalator, the mood of America began changing. We’re losing common decency — what’s right or wrong! There’s little trust at home or abroad. We’re living in an ugly culture of fear. Our foreign policy’s now turned ugly. Trump ...
To the editor: Do you have a deceased loved one who appears in your dreams? And when you wake up and remember that they are gone, does an ache settle in your bones? Lately, I have been waking up with that pain. It’s the sense that my country, this city on a hill, this beacon of freedom, ...
To the editor: We have been attending the RockChalk Roundball Classic for many years. This event is such a remarkable demonstration of love and compassion for children and their families affected by cancer. There are obviously many people involved in the planning of this event of basketball ...