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To the editor: If you are interested in paintings, sculptures, or ceramics, the refurbished Spencer Museum of Art on the KU campus is worth an hour of your time. The spacious exhibit halls on the fourth floor present many newly acquired works from a variety of the world’s cultures and eras. ...
To the editor: Over the past couple months, I’ve volunteered a half dozen times at the Winter Homeless Shelter. First, a big thanks to those city officials who have labored to provide this vital service. Without this shelter some of the less fortunate may have perished in the cold. A couple ...
To the editor: Lawrence school board president Shannon Kimball’s words rang clear at the end of the hourslong board meeting over school closures. However, her frustration with concerned citizens was sorely misdirected. The Lawrence school district has the opportunity to remember who we ...
To the editor: A couple of years ago, Lawrence spent tax money to refurbish several schools in eastern Lawrence. One of the schools, Kennedy, was then closed as a “regular” elementary school, and the children were sent to other schools, no longer within walking distance of home. Now, ...
To the editor: Thank you to the unions for calling out the Lawrence school board and administration for their “let them eat cake” arrogance. The administration should absolutely take the same painful cuts as they and the school board are asking of students, parents and staff. To ask ...
To the editor: Rich Lowry expressed great concern in his column last week: “Rewriting Books is Cultural Vandalism.” One of the authors he cited as getting a rewrite was Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. I remember reading all of Fleming’s Bond books in my high school chemistry ...