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Ex-governors: Keep partisanship out of judicial retention By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
Topeka — The political battle over control of the Kansas Supreme Court will kick into high gear next week when four former governors go on a threecity tour urging voters to keep partisan politics out of judicial
retention elections. Former Republican Govs. Bill Graves and Mike Hayden will join Democrats Kathleen Sebelius and John Carlin in a series of invitation-only events in Kansas City, Mo., Topeka and Wichita. On Friday, however, conservatives in the Kansas House, who want to oust four justices
who are up for retention this year, launched what might be called a pre-emptive strike, sending out emails that denounce the news media for what they say has been biased coverage of the retention elections.
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TIME TO SNAP THE STREAK Kansas favored to win opener
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he last time the football team at the University of Kansas won, Michael Cummings played quarterback and Clint Bowen served as the Jayhawks’ interim head coach. That was Nov. 8, 2014 — 665 days ago — against Iowa State. KU has since added a permanent head coach in David Beaty, but after a winless 2015, KU’s losing streak stands at 15 games entering tonight’s opener against Rhode Island. Beaty chose not to reveal who will start at quarterback for Kansas’ debut, but either sophomore Ryan Willis or redshirt junior Montell Cozart (or even redshirt freshman Carter Stanley) should be able to lead the offense to more than enough points to win comfortably. As difficult as last season was for KU, the visiting Rams, who went 1-10 in 2015, can relate. Given URI’s significant struggles while playing in the NCAA’s FCS division — a rung below the FBS — the Jayhawks are favored to put an end to their winless streak, with ease.
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CARLOS RAMIREZ, AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, works to position a tunnel to the field with graduate assistant Stephanie Silver on Friday at Memorial Stadium. Workers spent part of the day squaring away final details before the Jayhawks’ home opener against Rhode Island.
Downtown shuttle available The City of Lawrence will provide free parking in downtown Lawrence and $1 rides to and from Memorial stadium for KU football games. Free parking will be available in three locations downtown: in the New Hampshire Street Parking Garage, 900 block of New Hampshire Street; the lower level and ramps of the Riverfront Parking Garage, 600 block of New Hampshire Street; and the Vermont Street Parking Garage, 700 block of Vermont Street. The service to and from Memorial Stadium is $1. The
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How many football games will KU win this season?
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service will run two hours prior to kick-off and one hour after the game. Signs on the buses will display: No. 11 Downtown/Football Service. Buses will pick up and drop off passengers at only these stops: l On the south side of Ninth Street, east of Massachusetts l In front of the Riverfront Parking Garage l On the west side of Vermont Street, north of Eighth Street l Memorial Stadium
On TV Catch the game at 6 p.m. on Time Warner Cable Sports Channel, channels 37 and 226 on Lawrence’s WOW cable system.
See more coverage in Sports, page 1D.
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Jesse Belt, student/ musician, Lawrence
Ken Kayser, retired, Cincinnati
“Football? Maybe like three.”
“I believe they will win seven.”
Kendra Bozarth, political advocacy, Lawrence
Sharon Davis, customer service, Lawrence
“I’ll give them two.”
“Let’s say 10.”
KU motion: Rower’s rape report was properly investigated By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com
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The University of Kansas claims in a new motion Friday in federal court that a KU rower’s report of a rape was properly investigated and that the man found
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to be responsible was expelled. Friday’s motion to dismiss is the second such motion filed by KU in the case. Daisy Tackett, a former rower who said a football player raped her at Jayhawker Towers in October 2014, argued in her
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lawsuit that the university failed to follow Federal Title IX requirements, which forbid gender-based discrimination in education. Title IX also requires schools to work to prevent sexual harassment and sexual violence. Tackett made KU aware
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of the alleged assault a year later, on Oct. 28, 2015. The newest motion to dismiss the case argues that KU is only liable for harassment when the university is aware of the activity and “remains deliberately indifferent to it.”
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KU says it was not deliberately indifferent but, on the contrary, acted appropriately in investigating the allegations, expelling the man in March of this year.
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