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Posthumous Law Degree Granted
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Lloyd Gaines, the former Missouri college student who disappeared nearly 70 years ago during a landmark legal struggle against segregation, has a new title: attorney at law. The state Supreme Court on Thursday awarded Gaines a posthumous law license at the Missouri Bar's annual convention, honoring the man who in 1938 successfully sued to gain admission to the all-white University of Missouri law school. Gaines disappeared before he could enroll at the university. He was last seen leaving a Chicago boarding house in 1939. Includes his picture.
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2006-09-29
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Newspaper Article
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Mining for More Minorities
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Article discusses how area colleges have intensified efforts to recuirt more Hispanics and African-Americans. Includes chart of Enrollment Gains for University of Kansas; University of Missouri-Columbia; and Kansas State University.
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2005-08-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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A New Way to Think About Research Parks
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Map and article about the proposed high-tech development in Blue Springs called the Missouri Innovation Park. In conjunction with the University of Missouri, the Blue Springs Economic Development Corp. hopes the area bounded by 40 Highway on the South and I-170 on the north will become a home for research, commercialization, and other high-tech work.
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2008-12-23
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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This Means War
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Description
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Article explores this history of the annual football rivalry between Missouri and Kansas universities which dates back to 1891. The so-called "Border War" game gets its name from the bloody warfare raged by parties in western Missouri and eastern Kansas during the Civil War. Even the nicknames for both schools--the Tigers and Jayhawks--have roots in the border conflict.
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Date
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2007-11-28
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Through The Decades
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Annotated chart of the scores of the Kansas-Missouri football games for each year beginning 1891 to 2007.
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2007-11-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Forsee To Take Top U. M. Job
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Description
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Former Sprint Nextel CEO Gary Forsee is to be the new University of Missouri system president. Since Forsee does not have a background in higher education, it appears that the curators are looking for experience in business operations. He did graduate in 1972 from the University of Missouri-Rolla and has spent more than 35 years in the telecommunications industry. "His severance package [at Sprint], including stock options, was valued at nearly $54 million. His annual compensation before his forced resignation was $14.8 million."
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Date
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2007-12-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
