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ELECTION 2016
Middle America remains a puzzle for Democrats
KU to ban all tobacco starting fall 2018
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By Peter Hancock
I can tell you, there is a debate going on at the national level. It’s between the ‘purists’ — like those who supported Bernie Sanders — who don’t feel like compromising on anything, and others who want to reach out to rural voters.”
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Topeka — Anyone who has studied electoral maps over the last several cycles has seen an unmistakeable trend: Democrats have dominated national elections in the major population centers of the Northeast, West Coast and parts of the upper Midwest. But in the vast interior of the country, from the Deep South through the Great Plains and much of the Rocky Mountains region, Republicans have formed what appears to be a giant “red wall” Inside: that Dem- Hundreds o c r a t s gather have been downtown unable to to protest penetrate Presidentand, some elect Donald have ar- Trump. 3A gued, are uninterested in doing so. Particularly in the Great Plains, it’s an area made up largely of working-class, blue-collar white voters, the type of voters who once made up the core of the Democratic Party’s base. The polarization has been so strong in recent
By Sara Shepherd
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years that most voters in Kansas and the rest of the Great Plains never see a presidential candidate campaigning in person. Republicans don’t campaign here because they don’t need to, and Democrats don’t campaign here because they see it as a lost cause. But in the wake of Donald Trump’s stunning upset victory in the 2016 presidential race, many people are asking whether Democrats haven’t made a huge strategic mistake by not making more of an effort to appeal to voters in middle America.
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Officials: Revenue from Sports Pavilion meets expectations
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By Rochelle Valverde
I really don’t think (Sports Pavilion Lawrence) has a revenue deficiency. I think it’s just hard to find that number because we don’t account that way.”
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Revenue figures for Sports Pavilion Lawrence are somewhat murky, but officials with the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department say they think a new method of number crunching will show that the facility is living up to expectations. “I really don’t think SPL has a revenue deficiency,” said Mark Hecker, assistant director of Parks and Recreation. “I think it’s just hard to find that number because we don’t account that way.” The pavilion opened in fall 2014, and the only publicly available revenue figures indicate that the pavilion made about $400,000 in 2015. That’s about $250,000 less than the amount touted by former City Manager David Corliss during the contentious approval process for the
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1,713 U.S. college and university campuses are 100 percent smoke-free as of April 2016.
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$25 million facility. But Hecker said he thinks a more detailed accounting method will show a brighter picture. The 2015 revenue was listed in the department’s master plan, and Hecker said that it doesn’t tell the full story. Specifically, Hecker said the $400,000 only includes proceeds from the facility’s tournament and concessions revenue, and excludes money the pavilion makes in program fees.
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— Source: Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights
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he University of Kansas campus plans to go not just completely smoke-free, but completely tobacco-free, too, beginning in fall 2018. An official university announcement about the new rule isn’t expected until fall 2017, according to the initiative’s latest timeline. But the years-long Tobacco Free KU initiative is continuing its efforts to get It’s just the word out and get people on board a matter of in advance, includchanging the ing a few events this culture. It’s week in connection no longer with the American Cancer Society’s going to be Great American Smokeout on Thurs- the norm to see someone day. It’s hoped that smoking a longer road to or using implementation will tobacco.” help ensure everyone is informed — Erinn Barcomband ready for a new Peterson, university norm, university spokeswoman spokeswoman Erinn Barcomb-Peterson said. Inside: Tobac“It’s just a matter co Free KU has of changing the several free culture,” Barcombevents planned Peterson said. “It’s this week. 2A no longer going to be the norm to see someone smoking or using tobacco.” Currently, smoking isn’t allowed inside buildings, but students, staff and visitors are allowed to smoke outdoors, as long as they are at least 20 feet away from buildings. Residents of student housing also are allowed to use smokeless tobacco products inside their rooms. Under the new policy, all tobacco use — plus the use of e-cigarettes — will be banned from all parts of campus, indoors or outside. Enforcement of the ban will follow a phased approach, Barcomb-Peterson said.
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