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Wednesday, April 23
What: "Got Drugs?" National Initiative
When: 10 a.m. to noon., 1 to 3 p.m.
Where: Wescoe Hall, Watkins Memorial Health Center
About: Happening at two different times and locations on campus,
the national "Got Drugs?" initiative allows anyone to dispose of unused or expired medications in a safe manner.
What: The Hidden Hungry: Ending Senior Hunger
When: 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.
Where: Dole Institute of Politics
About: Enid Borden, founder,
president and CEO of the National Foundation to End Senior Hunger,
will discuss her research focused on finding solutions to the complexities of senior hunger.
Thursday, April 24
What: 50-Year Vision for Kansas Water
When: 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Kansas Room
About: Vision Team representatives from the Kansas Water Office,
Kansas Department of Agriculture and Kansas Water Authority will be present seeking input from campus and community stakeholders. Topics of discussion will focus on the status of the Ogallala Aquifer, Kansas reservoirs, and the objectives of the Vision project. RSVP to this free event at KURES@ku.edu.
Friday, April 25
What: The Arab Spring and its Surprises
When: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Where: Spooner Hall
About: Asef Bayat, professor of Global and Transnational Studies and Sociology and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present a lecture and discussion on the Arab Spring. Attendance is free.
When: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Where: Hall Center, Conference Hall
About: A lecture from Jeffrey Toobin,
a senior legal analyst for CNN,
lawyer and author of six books.
What: A Conversation With Jeffrey Toobin
What: University Senate Guest Speaker: Kansas Board of Regents Chair Fred Logan When: 3 p.m. Where: 330 Strong Hall About: KBOR Chair Fred Logan will speak to University Senate and answer questions.
Saturday, April 26
CAMPUS
What: A Conversation With Jeffrey Toobin
When: 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Where: Hall Center, Conference Hall
About: A lecture from Jeffrey Toobin, a senior legal analyst for CNN, lawyer and author of six books.
What: University Senate Guest Speaker: Kansas Board of Regents Chair Fred Logan When: 3 p.m. Where: 330 Strong Hall About: KBOR Chair Fred Logan will speak to University Senate and answer questions.
Bob Dole visits namesake, discusses career
TOM DEHART
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JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and former Kansas Senator Bob Dole converse onstage at the Dole Institute of Politics on Tuesday. Dole, a University alumnus, visited Lawrence as part of a tour across Kansas. Dole answered several questions from a large audience and participated in a meet-and-greet.
Former United States Senator Bob Dole made an appearance on the University campus at his namesake on Tuesday, to give thanks to the people of Kansas for having supported him through his career in the House and the Senate through the second half of the 20th century.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little, who was one of the introductory speakers at the open house, stated that Dole was "a true statesman." The senator spoke about his time enrolled at the University before it was cut short to serve in the United States Army, expressed his gratitude for Kansans' support and answered questions from the audience about his life, his accomplishments and current-day politics.
"Kansas is a great place, and it's home to me." Dole said. "And, you can take the boy out of Kansas, but you can't take Kansas out of the boy."
His career in both the House of Representatives and the Senate include the passing of some significant pieces of legislation from the 1960s to
1996. Dole said that one of his greatest accomplishments in his career was serving on the Greenspan Commission in 1983 and developing a compromise with former N.Y. Dem. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. The compromise between the two senators is a notable contributing factor to the Social Security reform of 1983.
Mitchell Priestess, a sophomore from Olathe, who previously worked at the Dole Institute, said Dole's legislation has had a direct impact on his life, allowing him to obtain employment opportunities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
When questioned by a member of the audience about the challenges that Americans will face in the next ten years, Dole said that there will be a lot of foreign policy challenges over the next year, as well as the development of compromises regarding the Keystone Pipeline. Ultimately, he said, the challenge for the younger generation will be balancing the budget.
Dole said that returning to Kansas to meet his former constituents and visit his
pleased with the turnout, hosting more than 300 people at the event.
namesake at the University was something that he had decided to do about a month ago. According to Quinn Ried, the Dole Institute's Advisory Board Coordinator, getting the event together within the last month required a lot of work that came together really quick. He, as well as Bill Lacy, the director of the Dole Institute, were
"I'm sure he inspired a lot of students here today and a lot of adults as well," Lacy said. Barbara Ballard, the associate director at the Dole Institute of Politics, said that she is inspired by Dole's life, and thinks that there is something to be learned from his life.
and dedication to service.
"So, if anything, you should take from that, that if you have a big heart, and if you are given talents and if you want to make a difference in the lives of people, you have to give of yourself," Ballard said. "And I think that's what he's done."
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LAWRENCE
Potential roundabout planned for 19th and Naismith
CODY KUIPER
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City engineers want to replace the four-way intersection at 19th Street and Naismith Drive with a roundabout, as well as placing roundabouts at two other busy intersections in the city: at Kasold Drive and Harvard Road and Wakarusa Drive and Harvard Road.
A few intersections near campus and around Lawrence could have a new look in 2016.
Grants from the state will be necessary to build the roundabouts and city commissioners will consider
approving the engineers' grant applications at their meeting Tuesday evening. The roundabouts would cost $500,000 to $550,000 each and the grant applications ask for $1.3 million in state funds. The rest would be covered by city funds.
Roundabouts are considered to be safer alternatives to traffic-light intersections, as they lower the risk of head-on collisions and high-speed crashes. According to a memo to the city commissioners from City Engineer David Cronin, there have been 41 total crashes at these intersections over the past three years, five of which
"The big thing is the accidents that they do have are less severe because the types of accidents they have and they happen at lower speeds," said Nick Voss, a project engineer with the Public Works department. "Injury accidents happen most often when they are head-on or occur at 90 degree angles."
"The other [reason] why that's something we're looking into is that they efficiently move traffic." Voss said. "Even though they move
Voss added that there are other benefits to the roundabouts in addition to the safety.
resulted in injury.
If the application is approved by the city, a decision on the grant from the state is expected over the summer. If approved, the construction of the roundabouts would begin as early as 2016. The proposed roundabout at 19th and Naismith would be constructed over the summer, while construction on the others would probably take place in a different 4-6 month time frame, Voss said.
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slower, typically vehicles can get to where they're going faster than they could through a traffic light or a four-way stop."
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