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To the editor: Lawrence is a community of creative people who value education at all levels. So, when the Lawrence school district assembled the Futures Committee to make tough decisions about budget cuts, we knew we could trust the committee to hold onto our values and support students and ...
To the editor: My husband and I are KU alumni and KU sports fans. Our first date was a KU/K-State basketball game. We have watched KU basketball on TV for decades. No more! We’ve been priced out of the audience. For several years, the Big 12 has signed a contract for televising games ...
To the editor: Matt Tait’s Jan. 26 piece on Dajuan Harris’ slump was truly a harsh one. Focusing on Harris’ lack of scoring in recent games, especially the three losses to KSU, TCU and Baylor was disingenuous given the paucity of scoring by many of the other players. For example, ...
To the editor: Concerning a single-use plastic bag ban for Lawrence I have a mixed attitude. On the con side is the fact the bags are useful, and their most likely alternatives are cardboard boxes and paper sacks that also are not entirely environmentally friendly because somewhere trees ...
To the editor: In a recent public forum letter, a rural wind turbine opponent proposes three solutions to deal with climate change. The first is energy conservation. This is a laudable goal, but it is not sufficient. Is this wind opponent willing to spearhead the effort of convincing ...
To the editor: I felt like a frugal Luddite after reading about the school district’s plan to spend $3.22 million “to replace the laptops that the district has issued to all high school students with tablets instead” in Tuesday’s Journal-World. While technology might play a role in ...