¢ Barbara Romzek, associate dean of Kansas University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is a finalist to be dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, according to [NewsNetNebraska.com,][1] a UNL news service. Romzek is one of four finalists for the ...

¢ Lawrence native and novelist Sara Paretsky writes about how the war in Iraq has affected her work in an essay in the [Chicago Tribune][1]. She recounts that she was asked to change a speech topic on the Patriot Act at the Toledo (Ohio) Public Library because event organizers thought the ...

¢ A columnist for the [Monterey County (Calif.) Herald][1] takes a shot at Bill Self's basketball coaching contract._If your math has failed you at this point, Coach Self has already banked $75,000 and could have received another $200,000, in addition to his annual salary, which, by the way, ...

¢ A columnist from Brandeis University slams some recent comments about Kansas University by conservative activist David Horowitz in an essay on the site [CampusProgress.org][1]. Horowitz, echoing comments he's made previously, writes in his new book, "Indoctrination U: The Left's War Against ...

¢ Some firefighters from Lawrence apparently came to the aid of U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-Kan.) last week, according to Roll Call and posted at [RawStory.com][1]. During the firefighters' visit to the Capitol, Boyda got ill and eventually was diagnosed with gallstones."Usually, constituent ...

¢ How much do you love basketball? Enough to spend eternity in one?A Kansas native and hardcore Kansas University fan had his cremated ashes put inside a basketball when he died last year.Don Oliver's story is told in a column in Sunday's [Sarasota Herald-Tribune][1]._Mary Oliver had made up ...