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EDWARDS CAMPUS EXPANDS
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THE BUZZ AROUND TOWN
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BLUE RIBBON SPECIAL
Beer snobs may revolt at the idea, but Pabst Blue Ribbon is gaining popularity in the bars and clubs of Lawrence ... page 11
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2003
VOL.113,ISSUE NO.159
Zach Straus/Kansan
Former Sen. Bob Dole, Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-North Carolina), National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Institute director Richard Norton Smith look on at the formal dedication ceremony for the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. The ceremony capped off four days of events related to the Dole Institute's completion and featured speeches by national and local leaders.
DEDICATION
Former senator honored Celebration brings famous faces to town
By Jennifer Wellington
jwellington@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Yesterday marked two more significant events in former Kansas senator Bob Dole's life. He celebrated his 80th birthday with dignitaries such as Tom Brokaw, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and former president Jimmy Carter, and he attended the formal dedication of his building, the Robert J.Dole Institute of Politics.
For more information on the dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics, see page 16.
Tom Brokaw enceased the dedication in front of the Dole Institute yesterday morning. He said the dedication and the building were a tribute to "a native son of Kansas and the great political system he
was so proud to be a part of."
Former President Carter took the stage to a standing ovation and spoke to the crowd about the "greatest generation." He said the greatest generation might not be the people who fought in World War II and worked after the war to rebuild the United States, but rather the "greatest generation" were those who preserved peace in America.
The crowd welcomed National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. Rice, who lives in the same building as Dole and his wife, Elizabeth, in Washington D.C., said
"He never forgot Kansas in his time in D.C.," she said. "You always heard the Kansas in him."
she admired Dole for his foreign policy issues and his respect for Kansas.
Before taking the role as national security adviser, Rice was a provost at Stanford University, the "KU of California," Brokaw said.
As Dole took the stage near the end of the dedication, the crowd stood and applauded the man Robert Norton Sm'th. Dole Institute director, said was the "youngest 80-year-old" he knew.
In the spirit of friendship, Dole pre-
SEE DOLE ON PAGE 3