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Calendar
Thursday, Dec. 4
What: Conflict Management Workshop
When: 9 a.m. to noon
Where: Joseph R. Pearson Hall,
Room 204
About: A workshop about conflict as a natural part of relationships, including confrontation and resolution.
Friday, Dec. 5
What: Undergraduate Research Office Hours
When: 10 a.m. to noon
Where: Strong Hall, Room 151
About: Learn how to get started in research, find a mentor or apply for funding.
Saturday, Dec. 6
What: Open Drawing
When: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Art and Design Building,
Room 405
About: Free drawing classes offered
by the Department of Visual Art.
Sunday, Dec. 7
What: Lecture: The Plains Indians
When: 1 to 2 p.m.
Where: Spencer Museum of Art auditorium
About: A lecture about the Artists of Earth and Sky on view at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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Gov. Sam Brownback listens as Tyler Tenbrink, Sr. Labor Economist, Kansas Dept. of Labor, outlines the leading Indicators of the Kansas Economy, during the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors meeting in Topeka, Wednesday afternoon.
Economist: Kansas regains lost private-sector jobs
TOPEKA — Kansas has regained the private-sector jobs it lost during the most recent recession while seeing a shift from employment in manufacturing to services, a state economist told a group of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's advisers Wednesday.
Wages have been rising this year but haven't fully rebounded from the 2007-09 recession when adjusted for inflation, said Tyler Tenbrink, senior economist for the Kansas Department of Labor.
Bnbrink's report on employment and wages came during a meeting of the governor's council of economic advisers. Brownback saw the mix of news as positive.
The conservative governor last month won a tough re-election race after a contentious debate over aggressive personal income
tax cuts enacted at his urging in 2012 and 2013 to boost the state's economy. Critics argued the cuts didn't boost growth as much as predicted, and Kansas now faces predicted shortfall-totalizing more than $700 million in its current and next budgets.
Tenbrink said the state should continue to see growth in the number of private-sector, non-farm jobs over the next six to 12 months. An index of leading economic indicators compiled for the council — covering items such as commercial truck traffic, commercial property sales and building permits — also suggests growth.
"That's indicating a very strong up-pull, isn't it?" Brownback said.
Tenbrink answered: "Right."
In Kansas, about 1.14 million people held private-sector, non-farm jobs in April 2008, the previous peak, with the Great Recession starting in December 2007. Such employment bottomed out in February 2010 at 1.06 million, eight months after
the national recession officially ended. Kansas lost 76,900 jobs, a decline of 6.8 percent.
As of October, such employment was back at 1.14 million.
Of the jobs lost from April 2008 through February 2010, 29,300 were in manufacturing. Trinknib said the state has regained only 600 of them — replacing them largely with jobs in professional and business services.
Bob Wheeler, a council member and retired CEO for Hills Pet Nutrition Inc., said it's unlikely the lost manufacturing jobs will return.
"Manufacturing companies tightened their belt," he said. "They've become a whole lot more effective and efficient."
Meanwhile, a 12-month moving average, inflation-adjusted hourly wage in Kansas peaked at $22.53 in October 2009 and was at $22.01, or 2.3 percent lower, in October 2014.
Associated Press
KORA FROM PAGE 1A
from the University about certain professors at the School of Business including hiring records as well as their relationship with the Koch brothers.
Kraus said they received documents about the circumstances of the hiring of three professors: George Bittlingmayer, Art Hall and Koleman Strumpf, who all teach economics in the School of Business.
Kraus and Students for a Sustainable Future became interested because they heard the Koch brothers gave donations to other universities around the country. Internal memos and emails like those at Florida State, indicate the Koch brothers had
"I understand that there's probably a lot of correspondence that needs to be reviewed for the redaction process but its been a few months."
influence over hiring and curriculum.
The University hasn't released any documents about the relationship between the business school and Kochs yet, but has released only the information about the hiring process of those three business professors.
The Kochs have given donations to the School of Business so the student group filed the KORA to learn if the case was similar at the University.
The University is also expected to release information about the correspondence between those professors and the Koch brothers. Once the University agrees to fulfill a KORA request and have determined that the documents are public record, they are obligated to produce the documents.
SCHUYLER KRAUS Senior from Allen, Texas
The KORA filed in early September came with a $1,800 price tag. The student group fundraised and were able to raise enough money to make the payment. They have been waiting ever since.
University Administration couldn't be reached for comment before publication.
were not released to the students until 4:55 p.m. Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving break.
Kraus said the University told her the documents would originally be sent in late October. The documents
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speculate that the policy hasn't had much impact."
Edited by Amelia Arvesen
The University has also been working on implementing the software that tracks the hours of employees and alerts the school to people trending towards the 30 hours a week that would make them eligible for benefits.
Faucher said that the progress has been good so far and that the University hopes to have the software fully implemented soon.
The policy will be reviewed again in a year to accommodate for any changes in the law and to evaluate the effectiveness.
— Edited by Logan Schlossberg
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of folks in the community were excited about it, and that just confirmed that."
"When I found it was going to be made of a plastic material, I didn't know how it was going to do," York said. "I think the real ice is easier to skate on."
The skating surface cost the city $80,000 and took city workers a week and a half to construct and install. The surface isn't actually ice; instead, it's a synthetic, plastic-like ice with an embedded lubricant. The material the rink is made of raised some questions for York.
Novice ice skaters shouldn't be worried, though. York said there isn't much of a difference for someone who doesn't skate regularly.
This surface does not require a Zamboni, an ice resurfacer vehicle, but does require sharp skates. To ensure everyone has the best experience, skaters are required to rent skates, which are included in the $3 skating fee.
"Regular skates just aren't sharp enough," Gibbs said. "If people bring their own skates from home, if they are not sharp on they are the wrong type of blade, they're not going to have a good experience at all, and we want to make sure that experience out there is good."
LPR picked the plaza for the ice rink because it met
the necessary criteria, which included access to electricity and restrooms and a building to use for skate rentals. Another important goal was for the rink to help bolster Lawrence's uniqueness.
"As we started looking at the sites downtown, whether it
be a parking lot or one of our parks, that plaza area between the library and the parking garage just became a very natural fit," Gibbs said. "We tried to as much as we could to make downtown a vibrant, fun unique area. I think having this skating rink downtown really ties into that purpose."
York agreed the location was a good fit.
"I think it's a good location because everyone likes to go downtown, see the lights and visit the library," York said.
Hours of operation and other information about the ice skating rink can be found at lawrenceks.org/lprd
MADDIE YORK Freshman from Lawrence
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