Lawrence Journal-World 10-08-2016

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Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

Another fastfood chicken chain coming to Iowa Street —

Also: Lawrence may have more vacant apartments than once thought

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eaven help us, the chickens are multiplying, and this time they’ve gotten their hands on a wrecking ball. Plans are in the works for another fast-food, fried chicken chain to open on south Iowa Street, and the project will involve tearing down a fairly large building along the corridor. I’ve been telling you for weeks that I’ve heard speculation that a fried chicken chain called Slim Chickens wants to come to Lawrence. I had heard the chain was looking to locate at the old KFC building near Sixth and Wakarusa, but this Slim Chicken may be a wily bird. It now appears the restaurant is set to locate in the former Barbed Wire Steakhouse building at 2412 Iowa St. City officials have confirmed that a demolition permit has been filed for the 2412 Iowa building, and the permit provides information that says the replacement structure on the site will be a Slim Chickens restaurant. > CHICKEN, 2A

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KU applauds fellow Jayhawk’s Nobel Peace Prize I

BY SARA SHEPHERD ••• sshepherd@ljworld.com

t’s a proud day for a university when one of its alumni wins one of the planet’s most prestigious awards. On Friday, the University of Kansas community reacted to news that Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, 65, a KU graduate, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his years-long efforts to end Colombia’s 50-year civil war. “This great honor only adds to the immense pride KU alumni around the world have felt for their fellow Jayhawk since President Santos devoted himself to the cause of peace in Colombia,” KU Alumni Association President Heath Peterson said, in Nick Krug/Journal-World File Photo a statement. “Our inABOVE: COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT JUAN MANUEL SANTOS ternational missions, as THANKS THE AUDIENCE after being presented with the Alumni educators and alumni Distinguished Achievement Award on Sept. 24, 2012, at KU’s advocates, will continue Dole Institute of Politics.

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A very important part of my career was made here, made in KU, and has helped me tremendously throughout all these years — and is helping me still as president of Colombia.”

— Colombian President and KU alumnus Juan Manuel Santos, in 2012

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l USA TODAY, PAGE 1B with an energized pace thanks to President Santos, whom we are proud to call one of our own.” Santos graduated from KU in 1973 with degrees in economics and business, and has said his years in Lawrence helped shape his life. He earned master’s degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was elected president of Colombia in 2010. Santos returned to KU in 2012 and spoke at the Dole Institute

> SANTOS, 2A FAR LEFT: KU Chancellor Bernadette GrayLittle presents an autographed basketball to Colombia’s President and KU alumnus Juan Manuel Santos during a visit to the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, on March 17, 2011. LEFT: President Barack Obama, at right, talks with Santos during their bilateral meeting in New York, Sept. 24, 2010.

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GERALDINE BROOKS SPEAKS AT LIBERTY HALL

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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR GERALDINE BROOKS talks about her work as a writer Friday evening at Liberty Hall during a discussion with KU Assistant Professor of English Laura Moriarty. The event was presented as part of the Lawrence Public Library’s annual Beach Author Series, which brings a prominent author to Lawrence through a gift from the Ross and Marianna Beach Foundation. Prior to her talk, the former Wall Street Journal reporter shared with the Journal-World insight into her novels, how fiction writing differs from journalism and the stories she’d like to tell next in a Q&A. Read her answers online: ljworld.com/brooksq&a

AG denies KU’s request to ban guns in sensitive areas

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ressurized gas cylinders, rocket fuel, other combustible materials — it appears unlikely the University of Kansas will be legally allowed to ban handguns from campus locations where those are stored. KU Chancellor Bernadette GrayLittle told the University Senate on Thursday that there are high-security labs and other areas on campus where firing a gun would be “disastrous” but that the attorney general has told KU it can’t make those places exceptions to state law. KU and other state universities are currently drafting policies to implement a state law that requires allowing concealed guns on

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