Brian Marks is an attorney, college professor, economist and corporate executive, but some of his most beloved areas of expertise are baseball and softball. He just completed his 48th year as an umpire, where he is known for his toughness and precise calls.
Kaplan, who desired to cut back on day-to-day duties, recently assumed the leadership role of chancellor, slated to be for two years, while in the second year the board commenced a nationwide search for a new president.
How long do you think you’d keep your job?
If Gene Suellentrop were a working person who makes his living stocking grocery shelves or frying up fast food, he’d likely have been tossed out on his stump right away. But he’s the potent and pugilistic Kansas Senate majority leader. So he’s riding out his above alleged behavior to the official end of the legislative session in early May.
How can his colleagues have brooked such a thing? He’s already left a stain on the Kansas Senate these past few inglorious weeks.
State Senate President Ty Masterson Friday finally acknowledged to statehouse reporters that his good friend, business partner and colleague must at least resign his leadership post. The Senate Republican caucus later Friday voted to remove Suellentrop from leadership. Reality thus finally dawned on the Senate president and his GOP caucus, only three weeks late.
J-W Editorial staff
Lawrence Journal-World Editorial
Jayhawk fans and Lawrence residents ought to be excited to work with new University of Kansas Athletic Director Travis Goff.
There is a lot to like about Goff’s basic story. The fact that he is a KU graduate is a plus, and his roots in Dodge City also are an attribute. Lawrence can seem a long ways away from many parts of Kansas. It is good to have people in leadership positions locally who understand the rest of the state doesn’t always act, feel and look like Lawrence.
His time at Northwestern also looks appealing. He worked closely with the Northwestern football program, which for a long time was nothing to brag about. But KU fans today would gladly take anything even resembling the success of Northwestern. Prior to current Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald taking the helm in 2006, Northwestern had seven coaches dating back to 1964, and each had a career losing record at the school. Fitzgerald, on the other hand, is 10