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KU’s ‘transformative leader’ stepping down “ U By Sara Shepherd
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niversity of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will step down from the job next summer, she and the university announced Thursday. Gray-Little, 71, is KU’s first black and first female chancellor. The university’s 17th chancellor overall, she has held the job since 2009. The chancellor’s announcement comes as several of her key initiatives are recently completed or winding down. “During the past seven years, we have made tremendous strides as a university and positioned KU for even greater achievements in the future. We have completed many critical initiatives, and many more are nearing completion,” Gray-Little
BERNADETTE GRAYLITTLE HAS ANNOUNCED plans to retire from her position as the University of Kansas’ first black and first female chancellor.
Now is an ideal time for the University of Kansas to identify a new leader to guide the next chapter in the university’s history.”
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Detective: Teen killed grandma with knife Therapist said she noticed threatening behavior beforehand By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com
The last diary entry Jaered Long wrote before his arrest articulated a love for his grandmother and the rest of his family, wrote in a message to campus a Lawrence police detecshared Thursday. tive testified Thursday. “Now is an ideal time for the Shortly after writing University of Kansas to identify the entry, Long, then 16, a new leader to guide the next grabbed a serrated, silchapter in the university’s hisver bread tory.” knife and Details about the search stabbed for Gray-Little’s replacehis grandment have yet to be mother shared, but Kansas dozens of times on > LEADER, 4A her own COURTS bed, Detective Jack Cross said during a hearing in Douglas County District Court to determine whether Long will stand trial as an adult. In a December 2015 interview, Cross said he spoke with Long about the details surrounding the death of his 67-yearold grandmother, Deborah Bretthauer. Before Long grabbed the knife, before he wrote in his diary, Long said Bretthauer told him to turn off his video games, Cross said; there had been no argument, no harsh words. U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts Gray-Little and her husGray-Little speaks before Gray-Little leads part of “He didn’t recall bemeets with new KU band, Shade Little, attend President Obama delivthe procession during KU’s ing angry with his grandChancellor Bernadette a University of Kansas basers a speech Jan. 22 to a 144th commencement cermother,” Cross said. “He Gray-Little in his ketball game on Jan. 2 at crowd gathered inside the emony Sunday, May 15, in believed he didn’t care at Allen Fieldhouse. Anschutz Sports Pavilion. KU’s Memorial Stadium. Washington office. the time.” Long, now 17, faces a single charge of first-degree Journal-World File Photos murder in juvenile court. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge. In March, prosecutors requested that he be tried as an adult. Bretthauer was found dead in her apartment on new analysis of billion in spending. Dec. 28, 2015. Long, who It’s very serious. It’s a very dire situation, and it’s the state’s finanThat means that if with Bretthauer at going to take legislators who are willing to make tough revenues miss the mark lived cial condition the time, was arrested choices if the governor isn’t willing to lead.” shows that if revenues again in September and shortly thereafter. hit the mark for the rest October, the state will In all, Douglas County — Eileen Hawley, press secretary for Gov. Sam Brownback of this fiscal year, it will be confronting a budget Coroner Erik Mitchell end the fiscal year on deficit in its general fund, said Bretthauer suffered June 30 with only $5.6 many are expecting the profile,” was released which is not allowed 34 injuries, including stab million in its general estimates to be revised this week from the under Kansas law or the wounds, slices and abrafund. downward when the Legislature’s nonpartisan state Constitution. And sions. The fatal blow, he But as anyone who has state’s Consensus RevResearch Department. if that were to happen, testified Wednesday, was watched the monthly enue Estimating Group It shows the state is Gov. Sam Brownback a stab wound above her revenue reports knows, meets again in Novemexpected to have almost would be under pressure breastbone, which cut her Kansas has only met ber. $6.363 billion available to use his “allotment” heart and aorta. Peter Hancock the revenue estimates The latest report, to spend this year and a phancock@ljworld.com > BUDGET, 2A > LONG, 3A once in the last year, and known as a “budget budget calling for $6.357 — Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little
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