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COVID and colleges: Longer days, shorter semesters By ELLE MOXLEY Kansas News Service
The University of Kansas plans to shorten its fall and spring semesters. FLICKR/ TRISTAN BOWERSOX/KCUR.ORG
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Colleges and universities in Kansas and Missouri are rolling out plans for the fall semester, which will look very different because of COVID-19. The University of Missouri-Kansas City plans to hold the majority of classes in-person but to limit
class size to 25% of room capacity, a move that will require a longer school day. “We expect most students to have a schedule that combines in-person classes with some blended or online courses, unless they specifically request all online,” Provost Jenny Lundgren wrote in an email to students, faculty and staff on Monday.
Meanwhile the University of Kansas is shortening the academic calendar, pending approval from the Kansas Board of Regents. Students will start classes as scheduled Aug. 24, but they’ll finish the fall semester before Thanksgiving break. The spring semester will be shorter, too — students will start classes two weeks later, on Feb.
1, in lieu of spring break. Longer days will also be the norm at KU, which plans to schedule classes from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, with the potential for Saturday classes as well. Dorm life
KU is also staggering See COLLEGES | Page A6
620 — A day for giving back By TREVOR HOAG The Iola Register
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This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. around the Iola square and downtown area, businesses and service providers will gather for a celebration of the “620” area code. Hosted by the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce, the event is presented as a day of “cultivating pride, celebrating the community and most importantly, giving back.” A percentage of total sales from the day will be donated to the Wings of Warriors Cancer Foundation. Last year, donations from sales went to the nonprofit Hope Unlimited, an organization dedicated to helping women and children in need. This year’s participants and
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Carla Capper displays new t-shirts for the nonprofit organization Wings of Warriors. Donations from this year’s “620” event will go to benefit the local cancer foundation. REGISTER/TREVOR HOAG
Fed Chief: Job market key to greater equality By MARTIN CRUTSINGER The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stressed Wednesday that the federal government’s role in strengthening the U.S. market in the face of a recession is vital in preventing a worsening of economic inequality.
Powell said the the Fed would continue to deploy all its financial tools to help “get back as quickly as we can to Jerome Powell a tight labor market.” And he reiterated his belief that Congress must avoid withdrawing its own
rescue efforts too quickly or else the most disadvantaged households would disproportionately suffer. The chairman’s remarks to a House committee came on the second day of his semi-annual testimony to Congress on monetary policy. As he had on Tuesday to the Senate Banking Committee, Powell stressed that the Fed would keep its benchmark
interest rate, which influences many business and household loans, near zero and make full use of the numerous lending programs it has unveiled since the coronavirus struck. Asked what might cause the Fed to change its projection that rates won’t be raised until after 2022, Powell See POWELL | Page A6
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iola unicipal Band Jake Ard, director
At the bandstand
THURSDAY, JUNE 18 , 2019 — 8 p.m. PROGRAM
Star Spangled Banner----------------------------- Arr. Sousa On The Square -------------------------------- Frank Panella Summer Evening Serenade---------------------Merle Isaac Ballad For Peace------------------------------Frank Erickson Vanished Army-------------------------------Kenneth Alford Across The Wide Missouri--------------------Claude Smith Mona Lisa------------------------------Livingston and Evans Bill Bailey------------------------------------------------Aiken Send In The Clowns---------------------Stephen Sondheim The Pride Of The Wolverines---------- John Phillip Sousa
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Rain chance washes out fishing derby The threat of rainy weather has washed away plans for the annual Hooked On Fishing, Not On Drugs fishing derby in Iola Saturday. The Iola Police Department-sponsored event was called off because of Saturday’s forecasts.
“Unfortunately, the weather forecasts are calling for 50% to 60% chances of storms all through the time they’d be fishing,” Iola’s Community Resource Officer Danny Rodriguez said. Rodriguez said the event would be rescheduled.
Neosho Co. sees rise in COVID cases By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
CHANUTE — Allen County remains largely free of reported COVID-19 cases, although neighboring counties have reported new cases in recent days. Most notably, Neosho County health officials announced eight active COVID cases as of Tuesday. The infections were determined to be “community spread.” That means some of the patients were uncertain of how or where they became infected, the Neosho County Health Department announced in a press release. Each is cooperating with the Health Department, and has been quarantined. Health officials are urging vigilance and precaution as public facilities are reopened amid the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, the Chanute Police Department announced this week access to See COVID | Page A5
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