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‘KU can feel intimidating’
Public budget hearing is Tuesday Draft emphasizes ‘services for people’ over structures, commissioners say By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
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STACY MENDEZ, DIRECTOR OF KANSAS UNIVERSITY’S College Assistance Migrant Program, left, and Ngondi Kamatuka, KU’s Center for Educational Opportunity Programs director, hope to enroll five CAMP students this fall. Three have signed up so far, Mendez said.
But grant to recruit migrant students aims to change that By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep
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argarita Alely Nuñez Arroyo knows getting to Kansas University, much less staying there, isn’t easy for migrant students. Her parents did not go to college. When she
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The odds for them to go to a four-year college (are) not good.” — Alely Nuñez Arroyo, third-year Kansas University student moved from California to Emporia in the middle of high school, following her father’s work, she knew
no one. And she’s been working to pay her way at KU, where she’s now in her third year.
“The money that the parents make is very low. The odds for them to go to a four-year college (are) not good,” Nuñez said. “To make a program that targets them, and to make them feel like they’re visible ... even when everything else is telling Please see KU, page 2A
Residents of Lawrence will have their chance to comment on the city’s proposed 2016 budget when the City Commission holds a public hearing on the budget Tuesday night. As it currently stands, the draft budget CITY calls for $207 million COMMISSION in total spending next year, a 9 perInside: A cent increase over breakdown this year’s budget. of the budget But the city will proposal, from not raise propproperty taxes erty taxes to pay to departmental for that spending spending. 5A increase. Instead, commissioners plan to spend down some cash balances. The budget also includes planned increases in water and sewer utility fees. On the spending side, the budget includes funding for city employee pay raises, including those already negotiated with unions representing Please see BUDGET, page 5A
Creating a new ‘climate’ for art
LAWRENCE ARTIST AND COMMUNITY ARTS EDUCATOR LORA JOST has created several public art projects in Lawrence and continues to create themebased mixedmedia pieces, such as this mosaic from her series “Sound the Climate Alarm.”
Lora Jost’s mixed-media work gets conversations started Only in Lawrence: A Monday feature highlighting behindthe-scenes stars and unsung heroes who make Lawrence a special place to live. To suggest someone for a feature, email news@ljworld.com. Put Only in Lawrence in the subject line.
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Lora Jost sits in Aimee’s Cafe on Massachusetts Street. She drains the last bit of tea from her steeping tea bag and sets the pouch directly on the table top.
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Brushing hair from her face, she reviews her online portfolio on the bright screen of a small laptop computer. When asked why birds are so prevalent in her artwork, Jost looks over the top
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