Lawrence Journal-World 08-27-14

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WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 27 • 2014

Town Talk

POLLING KU ON THE 2ND DAY OF CLASS

Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

Overseas company moving to Lawrence New Zealand venture Simcro Ltd. adds to ‘animal health corridor’

Larrian Kendricks, Parsons, senior

Major: Communication Looking forward to: “Graduating and meeting new people.” Concerns: “Like any other student, I’m worried about finals week.” Best thing about KU: “It’s very liberal. I feel like I can be myself here.”

William Elliott, Topeka, freshman

POP QUIZ

Major: Industrial design Looking forward to: “Having a good time, getting a good education. The first day everyone freaked out about me riding a unicycle; today it’s the norm.” Concerns: “I’m dreading English class. I’m not very good at English. Prof said if you do everything I ask you might get a C, and half of you will fail.”

Story and photos by Mike Yoder l myoder@ljworld.com

Jordan Stofer, Olathe, freshman (left)

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New Zealand-based animal health sciences company has chosen Lawrence to house its North American headquarters. Simcro Ltd. announced it has reached a deal for a three-year lease in the Bioscience and Technology Business Center on Kansas University’s West Campus. In its announcement, the company said it “foresees a rapid expansion” in the Lawrence area, but did not provide any details about expected job totals. People familiar with the deal said the company plans to start with a small executive staff of about three employees and expand from there. Please see OVERSEAS, page 2A

Major: Sports management Looking forward to: “Getting an education, meeting new people, and finding myself as a person.” Concerns: “Dreading the long nights of homework and making good grades.” Favorite thing about KU: “I’m so excited about KU basketball and, even though our team’s not the greatest, I’m excited about KU football, too.”

Conference center study is delayed for now By Chad Lawhorn

Jessica Thompson, Olathe, freshman (right)

Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

Staci Smith, Wichita, senior

Major: Social work Looking forward to: “Meeting new people and getting involved in clubs and organizations. I’m so excited to jump right in.” Concerns: “Getting back into the school mode and making yourself study and do homework.” Favorite thing about KU: “The people. Everybody has been so nice. I don’t think I’ve met one mean person. It’s made me realize this is where I want to go.”

Major: Speech-language pathology Looking forward to: “Graduating, and my anthropology class.” Concerns: “Graduation also, yeah, and my audiology assessment class is terrifying.”

Read more answers at LJWorld.com.

The idea of building a conference center downtown or elsewhere in Lawrence is still getting studied at City Hall. But voters who may want to know more about a CITY COMMISSION conference center proposal before going to the ballot box in November for a sales tax to support a new police headquarters likely won’t have much information. Please see STUDY, page 2A

INSIDE

Thunderstorm Business Classified Comics Deaths

High: 95

Low: 72

Today’s forecast, page 8A

2A 1D-14D 8B 6A

Events listings 5A, 2C Puzzles Food 1B-2B, 7B Sports Horoscope 14D Television Opinion 6A

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14D 1C-4C 8A, 2C

Fraternity fire doused

Vol.156/No.239 56 pages

A fire at the historical Sigma Chi fraternity that houses 74 residents caused a lot of commotion but fortunately no injuries Tuesday morning on Tennessee Street. Page 3A

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