Ljw 071413 02

Page 1

NONTRADITIONAL

NOT GUILTY Zimmerman acquitted in homicide case Nation 5A

Indian artist incorporates modern attitude Arts & Entertainment 1C

L A W R E NC E

JOURNAL-WORLD ÂŽ

$1.50

35.$!9 s *5,9 s

HAS LAWRENCE STUMBLED?

LJWorld.com

Budget cuts’ toll on faculty cause for concern By Matt Erickson merickson@ljworld.com

Journal-World Photos

Business leaders, neighborhood advocates and others weigh in on where our economy may have missed a step By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

It was just one ranking, but it sure rankled. When The Milken Institute recently released its list of the top-performing small metro economies in the country, Lawrence ranked second to last out of 179 metro areas. Among leaders in the community, the ranking produced one of two types of grumbling: What the heck does The Milken Institute know? Or: What the heck has gone wrong? Traditionally, Lawrence has tended to rank near the top of lists of local economic health.

As Kansas University leaders take scalpels to their budgets following cuts approved by the Kansas Legislature, it’s not yet clear how those cuts might make life different in the coming school year for KANSAS students and UNIVERSITY faculty on the Lawrence campus. But many officials share a similar fear about what might await KU down the line: a smaller, perhaps weaker, faculty. Depending on whether Gov. Sam Brownback is successful in his announced Please see KU, page 2A

Heroic water rescue honored

But there have been other signs besides a single disappointing ranking. Federal data released in April that showed that Lawrence’s gross domestic product — the broad measure of the local economy — was shrinking by about 1.7 percent, while the average U.S. metro area was growing by about 1.6 percent. More recently, Census numbers showed that in 2011 — the most recent data available — Douglas County had fewer businesses and fewer private sector employees than it did in 2000.

——

Carnegie medal awarded for effort Caitlin Doornbos cvdoornbos@ljworld.com

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: The east end of the South Lawrence Trafficway; Construction on apartments at 204 Eisenhower Drive; a for sale sign at the one-time Tanger Outlet Mall; the Bioscience-Technology Business Center at KU; construction near East Hills Business Park.

Please see HAS, page 8A

James Bowen is a certified hero, and he can prove it. No, the Kansas University doctoral candidate and Navy Reserve officer does not have an “S� on his chest, but he does have a 6-inch golden medal given Bowen to him in 2012 by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Established in 1904 to commend those who “perform extraordinary acts of heroism in civilian life,� the Please see HERO, page 2A

Storm chance

INSIDE Arts&Entertainment 1C-6C Events listings Books 4C Horoscope Classified 1D-6D Movies Deaths 2A Opinion

High: 87

Low: 64

Today’s forecast, page 10B

2B, 6C Puzzles 8B Sports 2C Television 9A

5C, 8B 1B-7B 2B, 8B, 6C

On break

Vol.155/No.195 32 pages

Lawhorn’s Lawrence will return on July 28.

Join us at Facebook.com/LJWorld and Twitter.com/LJWorld

ÑÔŒä ĉĉĹ&#x;|Ăš Ä’šÄ‰Ĺ’Ä’šÄ‰ <|šğŸÄ‰Â›Âź Zꎟš|Úá Z|ڟĂ? `+eVZ tŠ 8e<t ÄœĂ„Ĺ’äÇZeCeT Ĺ’Ä’ ZeC HqC


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.