Living Proof
Living Proof: Our occasional reminder that not all people are bastards
Lawrencians leave for Burma: "It's time to do something about it."
By Brian Lewis-Jones / Monday, June 9, 2008
One day this past May, a 28-year-old hairdresser named Julie received a phone call from Tim Heinemann. Said the retired U.S. Army colonel to the stylist: “I need your help.” Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that not all people are bastards
By Frank Tankard / Monday, May 26, 2008
Look at the photo with this story. It’s heartbreaking. It’s of Addison Whitenight, who’s now 19 months old and has been waiting to receive a liver transplant for a year. Read story.
Kickin’ the Truth to the Youth
Local rapper Richard “GQ” Thomas schools Lawrence High hip-hoppers
By Frank Tankard / Monday, May 19, 2008
Who is that rapper poisoning the delicate minds of our youths with the hippity-hop? After searching low and high, we found that it’s none other than local rapper and BombSquad member Richard “GQ” Thomas. Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that not all people are bastards
By Frank Tankard / Monday, May 5, 2008
It’s a colossal mound of mud today. A big, wet dump protected by a chain-link fence. Such is the construction zone west of the long-awaited addition to KU’s Student Recreation Fitness Center. Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that not all people are bastards
By Frank Tankard / Monday, March 3, 2008
If you dig furry creatures and groove on sounds, here’s something you may want to tune your mind to, compadre: Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that not all people are bastards
By Frank Tankard / Monday, Feb. 11, 2008
A clash is a-comin’. An architectural clash. A few months ago, the tide of progress seemed to roll onward in its depressing way when the developers of the proposed Oread Inn on the edge of campus offered to buy the adjacent Ecumenical Christian Ministries building. Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that not all people are bastards
By Frank Tankard / Monday, Feb. 4, 2008
The job sounded simple enough the day the Peace Corps dropped Katherine Carttar off in the highland Mayan town of Sololá, Guatemala. She was to work with a small lending organization that supported hundreds of indigenous farmers and artisans and, if she succeeded, get them fairer prices for their potatoes, carrots, onions, and handmade goods. Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that not all people are bastards
By Frank Tankard / Monday, Jan. 21, 2008
This August, Lawrence's E.M.U. Theatre will celebrate10 years of broke-ass independent productions that somehow manage a consistent quotient of awesomeness. Such undertakings rely on the tenacious dedication of the E.M.U. crew, the support of the community and places like Ecumenical Christian Ministries, which has hosted countless community events throughout the years. Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that not all people are bastards
By Frank Tankard / Monday, Jan. 14, 2008
Sheena Shippee was taking a women’s history class at KU in spring 2005. The professor gave the class two options: write an in-depth research paper or sign up for service learning in the community. Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that not all people are bastards
By Frank Tankard / Friday, Dec. 14, 2007
A preview of "The Truth of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine." As tangled as one can get in the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Hannah Mermelstein views it, at its core, as a simple beast: In the wake of the Holocaust, Zionists seeking a Jewish state won approval from the United Nations. The Arabs fought. Israel won the war. The Arabs, by and large, fled or were forced elsewhere. Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that not all people are bastards
By Frank Tankard / Monday, Dec. 10, 2007
Kate von Achen made her second trip to Uganda in January. She was with a group called Global Youth Partnership for Africa, one of 13 Americans and 13 Ugandans there for a three-week case study on the two-decades-long civil war in northern Uganda. Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that people aren’t all bastards
By Frank Tankard / Monday, Oct. 22, 2007
Amber Nickel, judging by the promo materials she sent lawrence.com for the upcoming Doggy Monster Ball, likes awful dog puns. A lot. Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that people aren’t all bastards
By Frank Tankard / Monday, Oct. 1, 2007
Every second Thursday of the month, Erika Zimmerman gets her papers in order, heads to the Douglas County Courthouse and helps decide a child’s fate. Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that people aren’t all bastards
By Frank Tankard / Monday, Sept. 10, 2007
Like furtive spiders, charities are hiding in every corner—among houses in seemingly ordinary neighborhoods, in back rooms of buildings, under your bed, everywhere. This is what Maggie Bixler says. Read story.
Living Proof
Our occasional reminder that people aren’t all bastards
By Frank Tankard / Monday, Sept. 3, 2007
Like many college grads, Jim Weatherly chose to delay his entry to that cold ol’ money-grubbing world. After earning a photography degree from Southwest Missouri State University, he signed on with AmeriCorps. Read story.
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