KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW PROVOST. APRIL MASON HAS ACCEPTED THE JOB AND WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY 10TH AFTER SHE PASSES A BACKGROUND CHECK. MASON IS THE DEAN OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCES. DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS MASON SAYS SHE WAS “STRUCK BY THE DEPTH OF TALENT REPRESENTED IN THE FACULTY…STAFF… ADMINISTRATION …AND STUDENTS AT K-STATE.” PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ SAYS HE IS “EXCITED FOR HER TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.”
THE FIRST DEMOCRAT HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. FORMER PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY EXECUTIVE TOM WIGGINS APPOINTED HIS CAMPAIGN TREASURER TUESDAY, SOMETHING HE HAS TO DO BY LAW TO RAISE MONEY. THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS EXPECTED TO BE US SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK SEVERE STORMS BETTER. THEY ARE THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO GET UPGRADED RADAR. THE DUAL POLARIZATION RADAR IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. LAST WEEK AT THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY IN WICHITA FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT THE RADAR WILL BE INSTALLED NEXT FALL. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS UPGRADED RADARS WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE REST OF THE WEATHER SERVICE BRANCHES.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FOOTBALL COACH MARK MANGINO IS IN A BIT OF TROUBLE TODAY. MANGINO IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE K-U ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AFTER HE WAS REPORTED FOR POKING SENIOR LINE BACKER ARIST WRIGHT IN THE CHEST DURING A WALK THROUGH PRACTICE BEFORE THE COLORADO GAME. KU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR LEW PERKINS MET WITH THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM ON MONDAY NIGHT AND AFTERWARDS HE COMFIRMED REPORTS OF AN INTERNAL REVIEW ON MANGINO.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS PITCHER ZACK GREINKE IS THIS YEARS WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LEAGURE CY YOUNG AWARD. GREINKE DOMINATED THE BALLOTS BY TAKING 25 of 28 FIRST PLACE VOTES AND HAD 134 TOTAL POINTS IN THE BASEBALL WRITER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA VOTING. GREINKE IS THE THIRD ROYALS PITCHER TO WIN THE CY YOUNG AWARD, BRET SABERHAGEN WON IN 1985 AND 1989; DAVID CONE WON IN 1994. GREINKE FINISHED THE YEAR WITH A 16 & 8 RECORD, A 2 POINT ONE SIX ERA AND TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTY TWO STRIKEOUTS.
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