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Graduate For Haskell, a day of pride salaries bill sidelined in House Measure would require KU, other schools to share earning data By Nicholas Clayton Associated Press
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GRADUATES GATHER FOR A GROUP PHOTO during the Haskell Indian Nations University commencement ceremony Friday.
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Haskell Indian Nations University has lower enrollment, less funding and more competition from other colleges than decades past. But the school is Haskell as relevant today as University ever, if not more, especially for shaping well-rounded future tribal leaders, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said. “The priority of this school has really been around bringing this diverse groupHaskell of University students together from all these different tribes with all these different backgrounds into one place,” she said. Jewell was the keynote speaker at Friday’s Haskell commencement exercises and spoke further with
ABOVE: U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell speaks during the commencement ceremony at Haskell’s campus. LEFT: A decorated graduate shows her pride. See the video at LJWorld.com/ haskell2015
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Lawrence man charged in Salina teen’s killing 22-year-old intended to shoot someone else instead, police say By Erin Mathews Salina Journal
Police say 17-year-old Allie Saum wasn’t the person Macio Palacio intended to shoot when he allegedly sprayed bullets at a passing pickup truck Wednesday night, but he killed her nonetheless.
On Thursday morning, Salina Police Chief Brad Nelson announced the arrests of Palacio, 22, on charges of felony murder and four teenagers on charges of conspiracy to commit murder.
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MACIO PLACIO, pictured here at St. John’s Military School in Salina, Please see SHOOTING, page 2A was the subject of a 2011 profile in the Journal-World.
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Topeka — A proposal that would require some Kansas universities to publicize information on their graduates’ average salaries, student loan debt and employment has stalled in a House committee after lawmakers expressed concern that it was too expensive and onerous. The measure passed the Senate in March but faced stiff scrutiny by members of the House Education LEGISLATURE Committee, who made several changes to it and adjourned without taking action on it. That means it is unlikely to be addressed again until next year, said Chairman and Republican Rep. Ron Highland from Wamego. The bill is supported by conservative organizations Kansas Policy Institute and
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School of Music retirements follow 4 decades By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep
In more than 40 years teaching music and leading bands at Kansas University, James Barnes and Robert Foster have ushered in many changes. As both are now retiring, they say they are confident they’re leaving the School of Music as good as it’s ever been. “The future’s bright here,” Barnes said. Barnes, professor of music theory and composition, came to KU as a student in 1967 and started teaching Barnes full time at the university in 1974, he said. He was associate director of bands for 27 years. Foster, professor of music education, schooled in Texas and came to KU as director of bands in 1971, a position he held 31 years. When they first met, Foster Barnes was one of Foster’s students — a good one, Foster said, a standout tuba player who was already writing music for the marching band his sophomore year. As they retire, after decades of working closely together, the two men can finish each other’s sentences.
Visiting luminaries Kansas University has unveiled its lineup for the upcoming Hall Center for the Humanities Lecture Series. Page 4A
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