Congratulations to Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway for meeting his challenging, self-imposed schedule for selecting a new athletics director for the university. When the chancellor announced his plan to select a successor to retiring director Bob Frederick, he said he hoped to make a selection by the first of July.
He did, indeed, meet this timetable and, based on comments of those on the search committee, Allen Bohl appears to be a good choice. He is described as an individual who will represent the school and athletic department in a fine manner, at ease with almost any kind of audience he might encounter. He has a record of being an effective fund raiser, and he knows the importance of having a sound football program.
However, it is one thing to have a winning football program at Toledo or Fresno State and maybe something quite different to field a winning football program in the Big 12 Conference.
It will be interesting to watch what he does about the recent cancellation of KU’s men’s tennis and swimming programs. He made the point of noting he is an athletics director for the entire program, not just football and basketball, and he is a proven money-raiser.
He certainly would score points with many alumni and friends if he were to say something soon to the effect, “I know we face a budget crunch, and it is vital that I and others do something to get more people in Memorial Stadium for KU football games. However, I also want to restore the men’s tennis and swimming programs. I intend to work out a way to get those two sports back into our program, although they may be structured in a slightly different way. I want more of our students, not fewer, competing in sports.”
Hemenway should be complimented for his ability to set up a 15-person search committee (which many thought was far too big) and still maintain the level of confidentiality the group exercised. And, as noted above, he was able to conduct the search and selection process in a short time frame.
One of the few questions raised about the selection process was whether it was sufficiently broad and whether the professional firm hired to recommend possible candidates was given adequate time to thoroughly investigate all of the men and women who should have been considered for the KU post.
Another question was how many of those in current leadership positions within the athletics department will be retained. Will Bohl bring in a number of people he knows from previous associations to replace some of the well-known and popular old-timers in the department?
Another KU matter:
It seems someone in authority at KU or someone in Costa Rica ought to speak up and join the mother of the recently murdered KU student in demanding some positive action on trying to solve the case. Shannon Martin, a promising and well-liked KU student, was completing some biological research in Costa Rica and was murdered while walking back to her residence from a local nightspot.
According to various public accounts, the investigation is being handled in a Mickey-Mouse manner. There is a lot of double-talk, delays, questions about where some vital evidence may be located and a growing suspicion about the level of commitment of Costa Rican law enforcement officers charged with solving this crime.
At the same time, there have been questions about the safety of the area frequented by KU students studying in Costa Rica. There are varying opinions on this matter. Should KU officials be more demanding that Costa Rican officials show evidence of some degree of professionalism in investigating this crime?
It is understandable that the student’s mother is incensed and surprising that more people associated with the students, in one way or another, are not expressing growing anger, disgust and suspicion about how Costa Rica officials are conducting the investigation.
Can KU officials vouch for the safety of their students in Costa Rica?
It would be interesting to know the real reason Kansas Gov. Bill Graves decided to reappoint Clay Blair to a one-year term on the Kansas Board of Regents.
Blair served as chairman of this important body last year, the last year of his original four-year term. It was reported Graves wanted to nominate former Kansas Sen. Dick Bond to replace Blair, but, for some reason, reappointed Blair, a Johnson County businessman. However, instead of giving Blair another four-year term, he appointed him to serve the remaining year of another regent’s unexpired term.
Blair has done a superb job as chair of the regents. He gets things done and devotes a tremendous amount of time to the regents’ higher education efforts. He has done an excellent job of working with Kansas legislators and has worked on restructuring the administrative efficiency of the board.
Blair has let it be known he and other regents expect university chancellors and presidents to measure up in meeting their responsibilities. He has new ideas on how to achieve goals for funding and how to finance badly needed buildings, and he wants to figure out ways to bring more efficiency to regents institutions and eliminate unnecessary duplication and waste.
Earlier this week, by a unanimous vote, his fellow regents re-elected Blair to serve as their chairman.
Again, why, in light of Blair’s excellent record, did Graves appoint him to just a one-year term? Politics should not enter into the picture, nor should IOUs for past favors.
Congratulations to Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway for meeting his challenging, self-imposed schedule for selecting a new athletics director for the university. When the chancellor announced his plan to select a successor to retiring director Bob Frederick, he said he hoped to make a selection by the first of July.
He did, indeed, meet this timetable and, based on comments of those on the search committee, Allen Bohl appears to be a good choice. He is described as an individual who will represent the school and athletic department in a fine manner, at ease with almost any kind of audience he might encounter. He has a record of being an effective fund raiser, and he knows the importance of having a sound football program.
However, it is one thing to have a winning football program at Toledo or Fresno State and maybe something quite different to field a winning football program in the Big 12 Conference.
It will be interesting to watch what he does about the recent cancellation of KU’s men’s tennis and swimming programs. He made the point of noting he is an athletics director for the entire program, not just football and basketball, and he is a proven money-raiser.
He certainly would score points with many alumni and friends if he were to say something soon to the effect, “I know we face a budget crunch, and it is vital that I and others do something to get more people in Memorial Stadium for KU football games. However, I also want to restore the men’s tennis and swimming programs. I intend to work out a way to get those two sports back into our program, although they may be structured in a slightly different way. I want more of our students, not fewer, competing in sports.”
Hemenway should be complimented for his ability to set up a 15-person search committee (which many thought was far too big) and still maintain the level of confidentiality the group exercised. And, as noted above, he was able to conduct the search and selection process in a short time frame.
One of the few questions raised about the selection process was whether it was sufficiently broad and whether the professional firm hired to recommend possible candidates was given adequate time to thoroughly investigate all of the men and women who should have been considered for the KU post.
Another question was how many of those in current leadership positions within the athletics department will be retained. Will Bohl bring in a number of people he knows from previous associations to replace some of the well-known and popular old-timers in the department?
Another KU matter:
It seems someone in authority at KU or someone in Costa Rica ought to speak up and join the mother of the recently murdered KU student in demanding some positive action on trying to solve the case. Shannon Martin, a promising and well-liked KU student, was completing some biological research in Costa Rica and was murdered while walking back to her residence from a local nightspot.
According to various public accounts, the investigation is being handled in a Mickey-Mouse manner. There is a lot of double-talk, delays, questions about where some vital evidence may be located and a growing suspicion about the level of commitment of Costa Rican law enforcement officers charged with solving this crime.
At the same time, there have been questions about the safety of the area frequented by KU students studying in Costa Rica. There are varying opinions on this matter. Should KU officials be more demanding that Costa Rican officials show evidence of some degree of professionalism in investigating this crime?
It is understandable that the student’s mother is incensed and surprising that more people associated with the students, in one way or another, are not expressing growing anger, disgust and suspicion about how Costa Rica officials are conducting the investigation.
Can KU officials vouch for the safety of their students in Costa Rica?
It would be interesting to know the real reason Kansas Gov. Bill Graves decided to reappoint Clay Blair to a one-year term on the Kansas Board of Regents.
Blair served as chairman of this important body last year, the last year of his original four-year term. It was reported Graves wanted to nominate former Kansas Sen. Dick Bond to replace Blair, but, for some reason, reappointed Blair, a Johnson County businessman. However, instead of giving Blair another four-year term, he appointed him to serve the remaining year of another regent’s unexpired term.
Blair has done a superb job as chair of the regents. He gets things done and devotes a tremendous amount of time to the regents’ higher education efforts. He has done an excellent job of working with Kansas legislators and has worked on restructuring the administrative efficiency of the board.
Blair has let it be known he and other regents expect university chancellors and presidents to measure up in meeting their responsibilities. He has new ideas on how to achieve goals for funding and how to finance badly needed buildings, and he wants to figure out ways to bring more efficiency to regents institutions and eliminate unnecessary duplication and waste.
Earlier this week, by a unanimous vote, his fellow regents re-elected Blair to serve as their chairman.
Again, why, in light of Blair’s excellent record, did Graves appoint him to just a one-year term? Politics should not enter into the picture, nor should IOUs for past favors.
Congratulations to Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway for meeting his challenging, self-imposed schedule for selecting a new athletics director for the university. When the chancellor announced his plan to select a successor to retiring director Bob Frederick, he said he hoped to make a selection by the first of July.
He did, indeed, meet this timetable and, based on comments of those on the search committee, Allen Bohl appears to be a good choice. He is described as an individual who will represent the school and athletic department in a fine manner, at ease with almost any kind of audience he might encounter. He has a record of being an effective fund raiser, and he knows the importance of having a sound football program.
However, it is one thing to have a winning football program at Toledo or Fresno State and maybe something quite different to field a winning football program in the Big 12 Conference.
It will be interesting to watch what he does about the recent cancellation of KU’s men’s tennis and swimming programs. He made the point of noting he is an athletics director for the entire program, not just football and basketball, and he is a proven money-raiser.
He certainly would score points with many alumni and friends if he were to say something soon to the effect, “I know we face a budget crunch, and it is vital that I and others do something to get more people in Memorial Stadium for KU football games. However, I also want to restore the men’s tennis and swimming programs. I intend to work out a way to get those two sports back into our program, although they may be structured in a slightly different way. I want more of our students, not fewer, competing in sports.”
Hemenway should be complimented for his ability to set up a 15-person search committee (which many thought was far too big) and still maintain the level of confidentiality the group exercised. And, as noted above, he was able to conduct the search and selection process in a short time frame.
One of the few questions raised about the selection process was whether it was sufficiently broad and whether the professional firm hired to recommend possible candidates was given adequate time to thoroughly investigate all of the men and women who should have been considered for the KU post.
Another question was how many of those in current leadership positions within the athletics department will be retained. Will Bohl bring in a number of people he knows from previous associations to replace some of the well-known and popular old-timers in the department?
Another KU matter:
It seems someone in authority at KU or someone in Costa Rica ought to speak up and join the mother of the recently murdered KU student in demanding some positive action on trying to solve the case. Shannon Martin, a promising and well-liked KU student, was completing some biological research in Costa Rica and was murdered while walking back to her residence from a local nightspot.
According to various public accounts, the investigation is being handled in a Mickey-Mouse manner. There is a lot of double-talk, delays, questions about where some vital evidence may be located and a growing suspicion about the level of commitment of Costa Rican law enforcement officers charged with solving this crime.
At the same time, there have been questions about the safety of the area frequented by KU students studying in Costa Rica. There are varying opinions on this matter. Should KU officials be more demanding that Costa Rican officials show evidence of some degree of professionalism in investigating this crime?
It is understandable that the student’s mother is incensed and surprising that more people associated with the students, in one way or another, are not expressing growing anger, disgust and suspicion about how Costa Rica officials are conducting the investigation.
Can KU officials vouch for the safety of their students in Costa Rica?
It would be interesting to know the real reason Kansas Gov. Bill Graves decided to reappoint Clay Blair to a one-year term on the Kansas Board of Regents.
Blair served as chairman of this important body last year, the last year of his original four-year term. It was reported Graves wanted to nominate former Kansas Sen. Dick Bond to replace Blair, but, for some reason, reappointed Blair, a Johnson County businessman. However, instead of giving Blair another four-year term, he appointed him to serve the remaining year of another regent’s unexpired term.
Blair has done a superb job as chair of the regents. He gets things done and devotes a tremendous amount of time to the regents’ higher education efforts. He has done an excellent job of working with Kansas legislators and has worked on restructuring the administrative efficiency of the board.
Blair has let it be known he and other regents expect university chancellors and presidents to measure up in meeting their responsibilities. He has new ideas on how to achieve goals for funding and how to finance badly needed buildings, and he wants to figure out ways to bring more efficiency to regents institutions and eliminate unnecessary duplication and waste.
Earlier this week, by a unanimous vote, his fellow regents re-elected Blair to serve as their chairman.
Again, why, in light of Blair’s excellent record, did Graves appoint him to just a one-year term? Politics should not enter into the picture, nor should IOUs for past favors.
Congratulations to Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway for meeting his challenging, self-imposed schedule for selecting a new athletics director for the university. When the chancellor announced his plan to select a successor to retiring director Bob Frederick, he said he hoped to make a selection by the first of July.
He did, indeed, meet this timetable and, based on comments of those on the search committee, Allen Bohl appears to be a good choice. He is described as an individual who will represent the school and athletic department in a fine manner, at ease with almost any kind of audience he might encounter. He has a record of being an effective fund raiser, and he knows the importance of having a sound football program.
However, it is one thing to have a winning football program at Toledo or Fresno State and maybe something quite different to field a winning football program in the Big 12 Conference.
It will be interesting to watch what he does about the recent cancellation of KU’s men’s tennis and swimming programs. He made the point of noting he is an athletics director for the entire program, not just football and basketball, and he is a proven money-raiser.
He certainly would score points with many alumni and friends if he were to say something soon to the effect, “I know we face a budget crunch, and it is vital that I and others do something to get more people in Memorial Stadium for KU football games. However, I also want to restore the men’s tennis and swimming programs. I intend to work out a way to get those two sports back into our program, although they may be structured in a slightly different way. I want more of our students, not fewer, competing in sports.”
Hemenway should be complimented for his ability to set up a 15-person search committee (which many thought was far too big) and still maintain the level of confidentiality the group exercised. And, as noted above, he was able to conduct the search and selection process in a short time frame.
One of the few questions raised about the selection process was whether it was sufficiently broad and whether the professional firm hired to recommend possible candidates was given adequate time to thoroughly investigate all of the men and women who should have been considered for the KU post.
Another question was how many of those in current leadership positions within the athletics department will be retained. Will Bohl bring in a number of people he knows from previous associations to replace some of the well-known and popular old-timers in the department?
Another KU matter:
It seems someone in authority at KU or someone in Costa Rica ought to speak up and join the mother of the recently murdered KU student in demanding some positive action on trying to solve the case. Shannon Martin, a promising and well-liked KU student, was completing some biological research in Costa Rica and was murdered while walking back to her residence from a local nightspot.
According to various public accounts, the investigation is being handled in a Mickey-Mouse manner. There is a lot of double-talk, delays, questions about where some vital evidence may be located and a growing suspicion about the level of commitment of Costa Rican law enforcement officers charged with solving this crime.
At the same time, there have been questions about the safety of the area frequented by KU students studying in Costa Rica. There are varying opinions on this matter. Should KU officials be more demanding that Costa Rican officials show evidence of some degree of professionalism in investigating this crime?
It is understandable that the student’s mother is incensed and surprising that more people associated with the students, in one way or another, are not expressing growing anger, disgust and suspicion about how Costa Rica officials are conducting the investigation.
Can KU officials vouch for the safety of their students in Costa Rica?
It would be interesting to know the real reason Kansas Gov. Bill Graves decided to reappoint Clay Blair to a one-year term on the Kansas Board of Regents.
Blair served as chairman of this important body last year, the last year of his original four-year term. It was reported Graves wanted to nominate former Kansas Sen. Dick Bond to replace Blair, but, for some reason, reappointed Blair, a Johnson County businessman. However, instead of giving Blair another four-year term, he appointed him to serve the remaining year of another regent’s unexpired term.
Blair has done a superb job as chair of the regents. He gets things done and devotes a tremendous amount of time to the regents’ higher education efforts. He has done an excellent job of working with Kansas legislators and has worked on restructuring the administrative efficiency of the board.
Blair has let it be known he and other regents expect university chancellors and presidents to measure up in meeting their responsibilities. He has new ideas on how to achieve goals for funding and how to finance badly needed buildings, and he wants to figure out ways to bring more efficiency to regents institutions and eliminate unnecessary duplication and waste.
Earlier this week, by a unanimous vote, his fellow regents re-elected Blair to serve as their chairman.
Again, why, in light of Blair’s excellent record, did Graves appoint him to just a one-year term? Politics should not enter into the picture, nor should IOUs for past favors.
Congratulations to Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway for meeting his challenging, self-imposed schedule for selecting a new athletics director for the university. When the chancellor announced his plan to select a successor to retiring director Bob Frederick, he said he hoped to make a selection by the first of July.
He did, indeed, meet this timetable and, based on comments of those on the search committee, Allen Bohl appears to be a good choice. He is described as an individual who will represent the school and athletic department in a fine manner, at ease with almost any kind of audience he might encounter. He has a record of being an effective fund raiser, and he knows the importance of having a sound football program.
However, it is one thing to have a winning football program at Toledo or Fresno State and maybe something quite different to field a winning football program in the Big 12 Conference.
It will be interesting to watch what he does about the recent cancellation of KU’s men’s tennis and swimming programs. He made the point of noting he is an athletics director for the entire program, not just football and basketball, and he is a proven money-raiser.
He certainly would score points with many alumni and friends if he were to say something soon to the effect, “I know we face a budget crunch, and it is vital that I and others do something to get more people in Memorial Stadium for KU football games. However, I also want to restore the men’s tennis and swimming programs. I intend to work out a way to get those two sports back into our program, although they may be structured in a slightly different way. I want more of our students, not fewer, competing in sports.”
Hemenway should be complimented for his ability to set up a 15-person search committee (which many thought was far too big) and still maintain the level of confidentiality the group exercised. And, as noted above, he was able to conduct the search and selection process in a short time frame.
One of the few questions raised about the selection process was whether it was sufficiently broad and whether the professional firm hired to recommend possible candidates was given adequate time to thoroughly investigate all of the men and women who should have been considered for the KU post.
Another question was how many of those in current leadership positions within the athletics department will be retained. Will Bohl bring in a number of people he knows from previous associations to replace some of the well-known and popular old-timers in the department?
Another KU matter:
It seems someone in authority at KU or someone in Costa Rica ought to speak up and join the mother of the recently murdered KU student in demanding some positive action on trying to solve the case. Shannon Martin, a promising and well-liked KU student, was completing some biological research in Costa Rica and was murdered while walking back to her residence from a local nightspot.
According to various public accounts, the investigation is being handled in a Mickey-Mouse manner. There is a lot of double-talk, delays, questions about where some vital evidence may be located and a growing suspicion about the level of commitment of Costa Rican law enforcement officers charged with solving this crime.
At the same time, there have been questions about the safety of the area frequented by KU students studying in Costa Rica. There are varying opinions on this matter. Should KU officials be more demanding that Costa Rican officials show evidence of some degree of professionalism in investigating this crime?
It is understandable that the student’s mother is incensed and surprising that more people associated with the students, in one way or another, are not expressing growing anger, disgust and suspicion about how Costa Rica officials are conducting the investigation.
Can KU officials vouch for the safety of their students in Costa Rica?
It would be interesting to know the real reason Kansas Gov. Bill Graves decided to reappoint Clay Blair to a one-year term on the Kansas Board of Regents.
Blair served as chairman of this important body last year, the last year of his original four-year term. It was reported Graves wanted to nominate former Kansas Sen. Dick Bond to replace Blair, but, for some reason, reappointed Blair, a Johnson County businessman. However, instead of giving Blair another four-year term, he appointed him to serve the remaining year of another regent’s unexpired term.
Blair has done a superb job as chair of the regents. He gets things done and devotes a tremendous amount of time to the regents’ higher education efforts. He has done an excellent job of working with Kansas legislators and has worked on restructuring the administrative efficiency of the board.
Blair has let it be known he and other regents expect university chancellors and presidents to measure up in meeting their responsibilities. He has new ideas on how to achieve goals for funding and how to finance badly needed buildings, and he wants to figure out ways to bring more efficiency to regents institutions and eliminate unnecessary duplication and waste.
Earlier this week, by a unanimous vote, his fellow regents re-elected Blair to serve as their chairman.
Again, why, in light of Blair’s excellent record, did Graves appoint him to just a one-year term? Politics should not enter into the picture, nor should IOUs for past favors.
