U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Overland Park, gave President Obama a “D” grade on his job performance but thinks Obama will narrowly win re-election, the Kansas City Star reported. Yoder said that Obama has “completely failed in an effort to make Washington function better,” and he blamed Obama for division in this country. “All of this division is I believe a result of the president’s speeches, his approaches, his tone, his tenor,” Yoder said. So the GOP Congress, talk radio and others played no part in the division?
The handling of a tweet by Gov. Sam Brownback’s staff was included in the “Top 10 PR Blunders of 2011” by Dorothy Crenshaw of the website business2community.com. Brownback’s staff reported to school officials a disparaging tweet that Shawnee Mission East High School student Emma Sullivan posted about Brownback. Sullivan’s principal then reportedly pressured her to write an apology to Brownback. After the incident became a national news story, Brownback ended up apologizing for his staff’s overreaction. “Meanwhile,” the website noted, “the student’s Twitter following soared from 65 to over 14,000. Who’s sorry now?”
The Kansas Board of Regents was correct in requesting that the University of Kansas increase its admission standards. Low admission standards is one reason why KU has low graduation and retention rates, which are threatening KU’s membership in the American Association of Universities. “We are probably one of the few AAU schools with students who have ACT scores between 12 and 36,” Matt Melvin, KU’s associate vice provost for recruitment and enrollment, told the Lawrence Journal-World. “I’m not sure that benefits the state, if it benefits the institution and, most importantly, if it benefits the student.” The challenge for KU is whether it can raise its admission standards without harming its enrollment and finances.
U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Overland Park, gave President Obama a “D” grade on his job performance but thinks Obama will narrowly win re-election, the Kansas City Star reported. Yoder said that Obama has “completely failed in an effort to make Washington function better,” and he blamed Obama for division in this country. “All of this division is I believe a result of the president’s speeches, his approaches, his tone, his tenor,” Yoder said. So the GOP Congress, talk radio and others played no part in the division?
