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Vote YES on Local Option Budget PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nora Murphy   
Sunday, 02 March 2008 01:28
On Tuesday, Feb. 19, our Central Junior High School Site Council heard from its School Board representative, Mary Loveland, about the April 1st election to decide whether to give Lawrence Public Schools a one-percent increase in the “local option budget.”
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Cloverfield Review Missed the Point PDF Print E-mail
Written by Joshua Brumm   
Friday, 29 February 2008 05:54
The problem with going in to review a movie as hyped as “Cloverfield” is that it’s hard to go into the theater without expectations. But in order to give an objective review, that’s what a movie critic has to do. But upon reading your review of the movie, your critic went into the theater with a laundry list of what he wanted to see. When it wasn’t there, he declared the movie crap, and called it a day.
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Give 'Em the Finger...Print PDF Print E-mail
Written by Anonymous   
Sunday, 05 August 2007 04:29

Editor:

Recently I attempted to cash a check for $129 given to me by a Lawrence merchant for merchandise that I returned.  I took the check to US Bank, where it was drawn.  I was outraged to discover that US Bank required me to provide a thumb and forefinger fingerprint, and pay $5.00 to get money that was rightfully mine.  When I objected, the bank manager told me that, "Every bank does this."  She finally agreed to wave the fee this one time, but I still had to submit to the humiliation of the fingerprinting.

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Chahta Holisso PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mike Ford   
Wednesday, 02 May 2007 05:25
Halito, chim achuckma?, Sa hochiffo ut Mike Lewe (Ford). Sa Okla ut Chahta Okla Hannali. Hello, are you well?  My name is Mike Ford. My people are Six Towns Choctaw. Chahta Holisso means Choctaw writing.
I inquired about writing in the Lawrencian and this is the outcome. Some of you may know me from the numerous letters to the editor that I’ve authored in the Lawrence Journal-World, Topeka Capitol-Journal, and Kansas City Star. Usually, I write short, yet historically detailed letters rebutting misinformed views about historical or legal issues pertaining to the Native peoples in this vicinity.
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