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March Madness–Riley’s Predictions

March 1, 2013

March Madness is almost here. That means it's time to start filling out your brackets and wearing your teams colors. I'm here with my college basketball expertise to help you fill out your bracket. Keep...

Teachers unions wary of bills moving through state legislature

katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief • February 3, 2013

Bills forbidding paycheck deductions for union dues, limiting collective bargaining rights closing in on the law books When the Lawrence Education Association--the teachers union representing educators...

Kansas Public Schools Lawsuit Moves to Supreme Court

Jake Stegall, Reporter • January 24, 2013

The Kansas public schools have won the battle, but not the war. Not yet. The infamous lawsuit filed by the public schools over constitutional funding was settled in the district court in December,...

Jayhawks raise the bar

katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief • August 12, 2012

Admission to KU and other state universities soon to become more selective Underclassmen, start hitting those ACT prep books. Beginning with the class of 2015, Kansas regents universities will...

Eastside Story

allison harwood and sam boatright • April 2, 2012

Allison's Take: “All Western Kansas is, is a whole bunch of old war veterans sitting on their porches being racist and yelling about how things were ‘back in their day.’ And,...

Basketball is Back

kimberly messineo, reporter • November 10, 2011

Football season has come to an end, but a new season of sports is just beginning. Basketball has already started taking over. The University of Kansas has had its exhibition games, and Free State is...

From Eutin, Germany to Lawrence, Kansas

hannah moran and sarah rohrschneider, Reporters • October 6, 2011

“Your school here is like a second home,” Mattis Mock said. “To us, school is more like a nasty thing we have to do and we are very happy when it’s over.” About four thousand seven hundred...

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