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THURSDAY • APRIL 17 • 2014
Board stands by disciplinary policy for social media
Potter Lake’s spring colors emerge
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Regents say work group was not meant to make big changes By Scott Rothschild Twitter: @ljwrothschild
fornia to be distributed in Lawrence, Topeka and the Kansas City area. Justin C. Pickel, a roommate and associate of Roosevelt Dahda, will also stand trial and is accused of transporting drugs and cash to
Topeka — Kansas Board of Regents leaders on Wednesday said they would not back down from the disciplinary aspects of the board’s social media policy for universities. “I don’t agree this restricts expression,” said Regents Chairman Fred Logan. Members of a work group assigned to review the social media policy, which allows university chief executive officers to fire employees for social media posts that conflict Logan with the school’s best interests, said the policy has had a chilling effect on freedom of speech on campuses. Kansas University professor, Charles Epp, co-chairman of the work group, said officials must be vigilant in protecting freedom of speech at colleges because professors and students are often involved in cutting-edge
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STAFF WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICE at Kansas University spend a recent spring morning doing research at Potter Lake as part of an ongoing project on the campus pond.
Trial in $17M drug case to begin Investigators accuse Lawrence twins of organizing ring
By Stephen Montemayor Twitter: @smontemayor
Jury selection begins today in federal court in Kansas City, Kan., for a trial in a multimillion-dollar drug conspiracy case in which 43 people, several with Lawrence ties, were charged. Two Lawrence twins accused of leading a drug dis-
tribution ring in Lawrence from 2005 to 2012 are among the three remaining defendants who will stand trial. All others have accepted plea deals and may testify in a trial that is expected to last until at least June. Los Rovell Dahda is charged with organizing
a drug ring with his twin brother, Roosevelt Rico Dahda. Investigators seized nearly $17 million in drug proceeds in the case and alleged that the Dahdas worked with other area dealers to buy hundreds of pounds of marijuana from growers in Northern Cali-
Regents chairman on tuition: ‘This is a year for restraint’ By Scott Rothschild Twitter: @ljwrothschild
Topeka — Kansas Board of Regents Chairman Fred Logan told higher education officials Wednesday that they should hold the line on tuition this year. “This is a year for restraint,” Logan said. Last year, the Kansas Legislature and Gov. Sam Brown-
back approved cuts to higher tive session, education. Regents then apthe Legislaproved tuition increases that ture restored they said were higher because most of those of those cuts. funding cuts Kansas University’s tuition and approved and fees went up 4.4 percent some key enKANSAS at the Lawrence campus and UNIVERSITY hancements to 7.6 percent at Kansas Univeruniversities, insity Medical Center for Kansas cluding bondresidents. ing authority for $25 million to But during the 2014 legisla- help KU build a health educa-
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tion building at the medical center. “Higher education had a great result,” Logan said. “We got almost everything we asked for,” he said. Regents universities will present their tuition and fee proposals next month for review. The regents traditionally approve tuition rates and fees in June. KU Chancellor Bernadette
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Gray-Little said the school’s committee that works on tuition recommendations is still formulating a proposal. “When we look at our tuition increases, we look at the things we need to do, how much that would cost, and we look at the financial impact on our students,” Gray-Little said. “You take all those things into consideration,” she said.
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