Volume 124 Issue 54
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Photo Illustrations by Claire Howard Mixed Messages: Although lying through text message feels less harmful, the results can still brand you as a liar.
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Bill 2012-096 to fund the Dance Marathon
Total: $2,563
PASSED BILLS:
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Bill 2012-091 to fund the International students Association's Event "Flavors of the World"
Total: $155
Bill 2012-094 to fund Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board's World Aids Day
Total: $450
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Hopson said that he and other citizens of Douglas and Johnson Counties initially asked the state to install cable barriers along the entire stretch of K-10. However, the group scaled backed their request after KDOT recommended a more economically feasible plan.
Hopson said that he was pleased with the state's choice to provide the
Bill 2012-098 to fund Into the Streets
Total: $3,989
FAILED BILLS:
2012-099 to exempt Engineers Without Boarders from travel expenses
Bill 2012-102 to fund Environs showing Ingredients, a documentary about the local food movement Total: $285
Brownback asking for improved safety measures on the highway.
Following the double-fatality accident last April, Scott Hopson, the Mayor of Eudora, wrote Gov. Sam
Qualls said that the $800,000 project will install cable barriers two miles east of Eudora, and two miles along the Kansas Highway 7 interchange in Johnson County. KDOT will finance the project, which is expected to begin next summer.
accidents on K-10 have killed 11 people, according to statistics from KDOT. Of the 11 fatalities, eight occurred at locations where KDOT plans to put in the cable barriers, said Kimberly Qualls, the Northeast Kansas public affairs manager for KDOT.
"The installation of the cable median barriers at these two sections is to alleviate vehicles — hopefully — from crossing over the median," she said.
cable barriers along the highway.
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"It couldn't have worked out any better. We had a lot of smart people, a lot of folks who were pas-
SEE K-10 ON PAGE 3
CLASSIFIEDS 7
CROSSWORD 4
CRYPTOQUIPS 4
OPINION 5
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Today's Weather
Forecasts done by
University students.
For a more detailed forecast,
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HI: 57
LO: 37
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