====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 1064 from reel: L 3132 (1987-12-02 to 1988-07-27) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/86379 Title: Education Secretary's Plan Won't Help Problem Students Summary: Editorial criticizing William J. Bennett's proposal to use federal funds for Catholic schools, arguing it won't solve public education problems and would create church-state separation issues. Category: editorial Subjects: education policy; federal education; school choice Named Entities: Bennett, William J. [U.S. Education Secretary] Confidence: 0.9 Title: University Deserved a Day Off Summary: Editorial supporting the University of Kansas decision to cancel classes after the basketball team won the national championship, arguing it was a justified celebration. Category: editorial Subjects: university events; student life; academic calendar Confidence: 0.85 Title: Ignorance and Greed Foster Racism Summary: Guest column by Richard Felton discussing how making judgments based on skin color wastes human potential and perpetuates racism through ignorance and greed. Category: opinion Subjects: racial discrimination; social justice; civil rights Named Entities: Felton, Richard [Guest Columnist] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Research Shouldn't Be First Priority Summary: Opinion piece arguing that while research is important for universities, teaching ability should be a primary consideration in faculty selection and evaluation. Category: opinion Subjects: higher education; faculty roles; teaching vs research Confidence: 0.75 Title: April Fifteenth Blues Summary: Editorial cartoon showing a classroom with 'TAXPAYER' labeled items, critiquing education funding priorities and government spending. Category: editorial cartoon Subjects: taxation; government spending; education funding Confidence: 0.8 Title: Unity Should Be Lasting Summary: Letter to the editor reflecting on the unity demonstrated during KU's NCAA championship celebration and calling for that unity to be sustained. Category: letter Subjects: racial unity; campus community; celebration Confidence: 0.7 Title: Prejudice Is Costly Summary: Letter responding to Richard Felton's column on racism, discussing personal experiences with prejudice and its damaging effects. Category: letter Subjects: racial discrimination; prejudice; social cost Confidence: 0.7 Title: Day Off Was Necessary Summary: Letter supporting the university's decision to cancel classes for the NCAA championship celebration, arguing it was a justified recognition of athletic achievement. Category: letter Subjects: university events; student life; academic policy Confidence: 0.7 Title: [comic strips] Category: comic strips Confidence: 0.8 Title: [classifieds] Category: classifieds Confidence: 0.9 Title: [advertisements] Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.