Threshers win match in three sets By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan HESSTON — The area fall sports season kicked off Thursday as the Bethel College… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Wedgewood Senior Men 1. Dane Lawrence, Gary Eilers, Jerry Schmidt, Roman Mannibach. 2. Sam Farmer, Will Martlin, Narci Larez, Brian Scherer. 3. John Wilson, Doug… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
August 20 through August 28, All times Central NOTE: All competitions are subject to change. Check with www.thekansan.com, the Kansan sports Twitter page (@nksports) and… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
When students began filing into classrooms Aug. 17 for the first day of school in Newton USD 373, the were greeted by teachers. And while that sentence might read as a “no duh” to middle- schoolers, having a teacher in the classroom has proven to be a big deal as school begins for the 2022-23 school year.
Monday was the first day under Kansas State High School Activities Association rules that fall sports teams could begin practice. Newton High School has seven teams that began their pre-season workouts in preparation for the upcoming season.
The past two election cycles have seen an explosion of attention given to “echo chambers,” or communities where a narrow set of views makes people less likely to challenge their own opinions. Much of this concern has focused on the rise of social media, which has radically transformed the information ecosystem. However, when scientists investigated social media echo chambers, they found surprisingly little evidence of them on a large scale – or at least none on a scale large enough to warrant the growing concerns. And yet, selective exposure to news does increase polarization. This suggested that these studies missed part of the picture of Americans’ news consumption patterns. Crucially, they did not factor in a major component of the average American’s experience of news: television.
BC men 9th in poll WICHITA — The Bethel College men’s soccer team was picked to finish ninth in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference pre-season poll. Defending champion Oklahoma Wesleyan was picked as the conference favorite over McPherson, Friends and Tabor.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — JuJu Smith-Schuster missed a soggy practice with the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday because of a sore knee, though the injury to the veteran wide receiver is not expected to keep him out long.
Editorial: Republicans are supposedly good with money. Why waste it on Kansas abortion recounts? After anti-abortion activist Melissa Leavitt called for a recount of the recent statewide vote to keep abortion rights protections in the Kansas Constitution, even fellow conservative and anti-abortion advocate Mark Gietzen admitted the effort could be seen as a waste of the considerable state fee — about $229,000 — to retabulate all votes cast in the Aug.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Words matter, and you’ll gain support by conveying what you want others to know with compassion and understanding. A change someone makes will be upsetting, but in the end, you’ll be the one to benefit.