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IT’S ALL A MATTER OF TIMING Artist Rendering
THIS PRELIMINARY CONCEPTUAL rendering shows a new science facility that would expand Lindley Hall on the Kansas University campus. KU plans to hire designers soon and hopes to begin construction on the project in fall 2015.
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KU cooks up new science center
GLENN THREE STARS RIDES THE NO. 5 Lawrence T city bus west on 23rd Street on a recent Wednesday morning. Lawrence residents who rely on the bus system to get them where they need to go might just be the best planners among us.
By Ben Unglesbee
Just ask the folks who ride the bus Lawhorn’s E Lawrence
At nearly 332,000 square feet, the gray behemoth that is Kansas University’s Malott Hall is the university’s largest building and by far the most expensive to replace. Sheer size plays a role in that replacement cost — Inside: Kansas estimated at $98.5 million, University’s according to the Kansas School of Board of Regents — but so Business is does the fact that much of growing KU’s basic science research faster than anyone goes on inside Malott. A lot has happened in expected, science since Malott was and an built in 1954, and KU of- expanded ficials say Malott has building become outdated and might be in ill-equipped for modern the works. 3A science teaching and research. The university could begin construction on a major new physical science facility by fall 2015. Dubbed the “Earth, Energy, and Environment Center,” or EEEC, the project has garnered more than $40 million in support from private donors, along with a $3 million
very minute matters. That’s why smoke is coming off of my cowboy boots. Residents near 27th and Alabama streets can attest to that. They’re probably wondering why Nike doesn’t make cowboy boots for the Olympic sprinters after watching me run down their neighborhood street, complete with boots, dress shirt and tie. Behind me is my 8-yearold daughter. Or maybe she clawhorn@ljworld.com is ahead of me. There’s also a Journal-World photographer. I’m sure I’m beating No, we’re not running him. from danger. Not even run-
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ning to the scene of some spectacular story. This is much more important: We have a bus to catch. I’m spending some time riding the Lawrence public transit system, and I’ve already caught onto one fact: Minutes matter. “The most frustrating part is when you are a minute or so late,” said Jon McMillian, who was taking the No. 6 to West Lawrence. “Usually, that means you’ll have another hour to wait.” Another hour? Not today. I’m sure these boots have another gear. Now,
here’s hoping the bus has a defibrillator.
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They say man plans and God laughs. Well, I don’t know God’s role in the public transit system, but try taking a bus trip across the city without a bit of planning, and he’ll likely end up laughing at you as you walk across town. Talk to anyone on the bus, and they’ll tell you that a bit of planning is key. Know the routes, know Please see BUS, page 2A
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These nine men are on death row, but will Kansas ever kill them? By Giles Bruce Twitter: @GilesBruce
Moments before he was hung to death, George York expressed contrition for his sins. “There is nothing to say but that I’m going to heaven,” he said, according to newspaper reports from the time. “I know it wouldn’t do me much good to say I’m sorry. God has forgiven
From left: Gary Kleypas, Reginald Carr, Jonathan Carr, John Robinson, Douglas Belt, Sidney Gleason, Scott Cheever, Justin Thurber and James Kahler have been sentenced to death for their crimes. me and I hope you people can see fit to do the same.” The state of Kansas had not forgiven York, convicting him of one of several murders he had confessed to as part of a crosscountry killing spree with fellow Army deserter James Latham. So
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on June 22, 1965, York was led up the 13 steps of the gallows at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing. A prison chaplain read from the 23rd Psalm as the noose was placed around York’s neck. At 12:53 a.m., the trap door dropped. The 22-year-old was pronounced
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dead 19 minutes later. York was the last person executed by the state of Kansas. In recent years, several states have banned capital punishment. It is on hiatus in some states because of problems obtaining the drugs used in lethal injections, which has led to botched executions, most recently in Oklahoma. Please see DEATH, page 5A
Shots fired at pool Police are looking for information after a man was injured in a Lawrence apartment shooting early Saturday. Page 4A
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