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Nelson Mandela made deep impression on many Kansans By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
Nelson Mandela may never have visited Kansas, but his life had a profound impact on many people here, and his death has
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rekindled strong memories and passionate emotions. “I have not heard, in my entire life, anyone say a negative comment about Mandela,� said Barbara Ballard, associate director for outreach at the Dole
Institute of Politics at Kansas University. “I wonder who today would give 27 years of imprisonment, to sleep on a cold concrete floor because of their beliefs of injustice.� Mandela died on Thursday af-
ter a long illness. He was 95. Gov. Sam Brownback issued a statement Thursday praising Mandela as “a great man who stood up for his principles and human rights.�
A new leader for Baker
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Work on SLT closing rural roads ——
Portions of North 1250 and North 1300 to be affected soon
Kansas volleyball looking for payback
By Chad Lawhorn
KU hopes to avenge last year’s loss in tonight’s game against Wichita State in the first round of the NCAA volleyball tournament tonight in Allen Fieldhouse. Page 1B
clawhorn@ljworld.com
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NEWLY HIRED BAKER UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT LYNNE MURRAY is applauded by outgoing president Pat Long, left, Murray’s husband, Jeff Murray, right, and members of the hiring committee and others present for the announcement Thursday at the Collins House on the Baker University campus. Murray most recently served as vice president of development and alumni relations at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.
Gallaudet executive to replace retiring president in Baldwin City By Elvyn Jones ejones@theworldco.info
As she was introduced Thursday morning as the next president of Baker University, Lynne Murray said the day was not about her. “It’s about us and what we can achieve together,� Murray told those gathered at the Baker president’s residence for the announcement. “When walking through this wonderful campus,� she said, “I was touched by you, the excellent staff, faculty and students who shared
your stories with me.� It was that inclusive quality that made an impression on committee members charged with selecting the person who will succeed Pat Long as Baker’s 29th president. Murray, vice president of development and alumni and international relations at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., was one of three finalists who visited the campus last month and one of nine candidates interviewed for the job.
Murray’s early to-do list
Raise funds: Gain support for items including the Baker Scholarship Initiative, faculty hiring and retention.
Support sports: Increase student opportunities for sports and extracurricular activities through scholarships.
Increase student diversity: Reach out to regional and international prospects.
Fill open jobs: including deans of education and nursing.
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Want to give? City crews to collect toys, food curbside By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
Call it curbside giving. Members of the city’s sanitation department are encouraging Lawrence residents to set out at their curbs bags of new toys and nonperishable food items on Monday. The city’s crews will collect the items as they are making their normal rounds to collect yard waste.
“We’re kind of looking at it as ing for a way to give, and we’re Santa program, a nonprofit orgaa pilot program,� said just looking for a way to nization founded by Lawrence Duane LaFrenz, one make it as simple police officers that helps provide of the crew memChristmas gifts and food to famias possible.� bers who came LaFrenz sug- lies in need. The food will be doup with the gest that items nated to Just Food, the local food idea for the be set out at the bank. new proCity trash crews did a test curb no later gram. “We than 6:30 a.m. run of the collection system last definitely on Monday to Monday, and collected 65 toys k n o w ensure they’ll be and 323 pounds of food. LaFrenz that the said crews are hoping to more collected. commuThe toys will be than triple that amount on Monnity is lookdonated to the Blue day.
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Construction work on the South Lawrence Trafficway is moving into a new phase, but bulldozers aren’t yet ready to begin rolling through the Baker Wetlands. Instead, construction crews will begin working near the two ends of the project, and they’ll be closing a couple of rural roads in the process. Beginning Monday, a portion of North 1250 Road — also sometimes referred to as 35th Street — will be closed through mid-January while crews construct a culvert in the area. The portion of the road is just southeast of where the South Lawrence Trafficway currently dead ends at Iowa Street. The closure will stretch eastward to the entrance of the Baker Wetlands Visitors Center. Near the eastern end of the project, crews will close a half mile section of North 1300 Road between East 1700 Road and East 1750 Road. It also is expected to be closed through mid-January to accommodate construction of a culvert. A major portion of the project that has yet to begin is the large amount of dirt work to
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