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WEDNESDAY • SEPTEMBER 10 • 2014
KU faces more heat on sexual violence
Grand opening set for rec center
Hundreds gather to seek reform at Tuesday forum; group calls for investigation By Elliot Hughes and Scott Rothschild Twitter: @LJWorld
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CLARENCE WALLS VACUUMS DUST OFF THE MAPLE HARDWOOD COURTS Monday at the city’s new recreation center at Rock Chalk Park. The center, which includes eight gymnasiums, is now scheduled for a grand opening on Oct. 5. Go to LJWorld.com/reccenter to see a photo gallery of the work in progress.
Sports Pavilion Lawrence to be ready for public Oct. 5 By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
Construction crews are touching up paint, technicians are installing the array of 60-inch television screens, and city officials are doing everything from pumping up basketballs to unwrapping new treadmills at the city’s recreation center at Rock Chalk Park. Now, they all have a date that the work must be done by: Oct. 5. The city will host a grand opening celebration for the eight-gym, 181,000-square-foot center from
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“When the first kid makes that first basket, that will be a lot of fun,� Corliss said. That’s the point, Corliss said, at which the recreation center will make its transformation from a project to a place. “It really will be a community place,� Corliss said. — City Manager The public likely will get a David Corliss chance to see the center before the Oct. 5 grand opening. Ernie Shaw, 2 to 4 p.m. on that first Sunday of the city’s director of parks and October. recreation, said some limited proCity Manager David Corliss gramming may begin in the center knows what he’s most looking forPlease see CENTER, page 2A ward to.
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KU falls five spots in national ranking to 106th By Scott Rothschild Twitter: @ljwrothschild
Kansas University slipped a few notches in this year’s U.S. News & World Report college rankings. The often-cited report, released Tuesday, ranked KU in a tie for 106th among national universities, which is down from 101st last year.
But business and engineering schools climb KU was tied for 50th among public universities, down from 47th last year. In the rankings for national universities, KU was tied with Iowa State University, Loyola University Chicago, Oklahoma University, Oregon University, San Francisco University and
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Tennessee University. Among public institutions, KU was tied with Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oregon and Tennessee. Despite the slight overall fall, KU’s schools of business and engineering continued to climb.
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Frustration with the culture surrounding sexual violence and how it is investigated at Kansas University reached an even more vocal level Tuesday, with 200-plus people gathering at a public forum and a student group decrying the school as unsafe. The day began with a video posted by student group the September Siblings that warned would-be KU enrollees against attending the school, saying it isn’t safe. The video included audio of anonymous victims describing their experiences with rape and failed investigations in its aftermath. Please see VIOLENCE, page 2A
Commission puts off decision on ultra-fast Wicked By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
Lawrence needs faster Internet service. City commissioners were able to agree on that point Tuesday night, but they couldn’t agree on whether the city should provide a $1 million loan guarantee to help a local company launch a pilot project to improve Internet speeds in the city. Commissioners at their weekly meeting delayed taking any action on a set CITY COMMISSION of financial incentives for Wicked Broadband’s proposed pilot project that would bring gigabit Internet service to about 1,200 households in downtown, East Lawrence and a few other areas of the city. Commissioners committed to give Wicked a final decision on the incentives request by Nov. 11, but said they needed answers to several financial Please see WICKED, page 2A
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Tweets related to the safety of women and other topics were sent by an employee, not by a hacker as city officials had said on Monday. Page 3A
Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma: A Story of Hope Thurs, Sept. 11 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Exhibits & Reception: 5:30-6:30 pm & Program: 6:30-8:30 pm Sherri Soule, MD, and Julie Tuley, RN, BSN, OCN, from LMH Oncology Center and Ajay Tejwani, MD, from Lawrence Cancer Center will discuss diagnosis and treatment options for common blood cancers. Rod Barnes, MD, of Lawrence Family Medicine and Obstetrics, will share his journey as a cancer survivor. Co-sponsored by LMH and the Mario’s Closet Committee. Free.
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