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He was also an intern in the Journal's Dallas bureau, editor of the university's newspaper, the Daily Kansan and a Sears Foundation congressional intern in the office of U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Nebraska-born Walz also emanates the positivity of Ted Lasso, a Kansan, minus the stuffed-down crippling depression and the barrage of folksy similes.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
Sud creates parallels between Clare in Hollywood and Dorothy in Oz, assigning Clare a Kansan back story, a yapping terrier and a guileless attitude.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
She obtained a bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Kansas, where she was the managing editor of the Daily Kansan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
The Bureau’s Garden City representative, and the agent responsible for a sizable portion of western Kansas, is a lean and handsome fourth- generation Kansan of forty-seven named Alvin Adams Dewey.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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