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Writer gives Dole Institute inside look at 'West Wing'
Thursday, May 5, 2005
Americans judge their politicians too superficially, and that's why so many people wonder why their president isn't more like Martin Sheen's character on the popular television show "The West Wing," according to one of the show's writers.

James: It's not just 'roids
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Bill James isn't keen on Congress intervening in the major league baseball doping scandal.

Dole speaks at KU
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
(Updated Wednesday at 7:59 a.m.) Beginning with a color guard presentation and ending with a picnic, about 1,000 people came to see former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole today speak today at the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University.

Dole Institute anticipates crowd for today's lecture
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Two tents, dozens of TVs, 1,200 hot dogs and one former presidential candidate are prepared for the Dole Lecture today at the Dole Institute of Politics.

Bob Dole to give lecture in namesake series
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole will deliver his first lecture at the institute that bears his name later this month.

Bob Dole recounts his story as soldier
Sunday, April 10, 2005
He lay in the dirt on Hill 913 for hours, drifting in and out of consciousness, unable to move or feel anything below his neck.

Dole Institute visitors given a peek at archives
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Slowly but surely, Jean Bischoff and her crew of workers and volunteers are making sense of the 4,000 boxes housed in the basement of the Dole Institute of Politics.

Gender equity ‘promise' falling short, panel says
Friday, March 18, 2005
ABC News correspondent Kate Snow said she grew up in a era where women were taught that they could be anything -- congresswomen, senators, even the president. But as a reporter in Washington, D.C., Snow saw that the promise of gender equality hasn't come to fruition yet.

Panel skeptical of Social Security plans
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Social Security was on the verge of failure in the early 1980s until a bipartisan political committee, led by U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, stirred controversy while creating painful benefit cuts and legislative compromises to save the program.

Simons: Dole Institute director deserves praise for presidential series
Saturday, March 5, 2005
The departure of Richard Norton Smith as director of the Dole Institute of Politics was a major loss for the institute, the university, Lawrence and the state of Kansas. And the sad part of the story is that it didn't have to happen.

Reagan's campaign manager expects a reunited state GOP
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Ed Rollins predicts someone will emerge as a great unifier in the Kansas Republican Party to bridge the gap between the moderates and conservatives.

Reagan's funeral planned for years
Friday, February 18, 2005
When former President Ronald Reagan died last June, photographers captured countless poignant moments at his funeral services.

Reagan biographer to kick off Dole series
Thursday, February 3, 2005
Lou Cannon said he wasn't quite sure how Bob Dole made it through the Watergate scandal with a political image strong enough to spend nearly three decades in the U.S. Senate.

Reagan biographer kicks off lecture series
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Biographer Lou Cannon said he believed Ronald Reagan's death didn't much change the former president's reputation, if at all.

Former EPA chief analyzes political environment
Monday, January 31, 2005
A former New Jersey governor and Cabinet member under President George W. Bush says she thinks the nation's main political parties are losing the support of most Americans because they are straying toward extremism.

Dole Institute lecture series to focus on Reagan
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Once Bill Lacy picked a topic, he had little trouble finding speakers for this year's Presidential Lecture Series at the Dole Institute of Politics.

Dole Institute lecture series to focus on Reagan
Monday, January 10, 2005
(Updated Monday at 1:51 p.m.) Ronald Reagan will be the focus of this year's Presidential Lecture Series at the Dole Institute of Politics. Four lectures during February will focus on the former president, who died in June.

Dole Institute to rehash 2004 election
Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Bill Lacy is hoping people aren't sick of hearing about elections.

Dole Institute gets needed fund-raiser
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Fund raising at the Dole Institute of Politics is about to get a kick-start.

Ready, aim ... fire
Thursday, November 18, 2004
The night after the 2000 presidential election, the Capitol Steps comedy troupe walked onstage at Wichita State University and made an announcement.

Veteran photos still welcome
Thursday, November 11, 2004
The Dole Institute of Politics is using Veterans Day to renew its call for photographs of Kansas veterans who served during World War II.

Dole: Parties need to work together
Sunday, November 7, 2004
Former Sen. Bob Dole said leading members of both major parties have a responsibility to set bitterness aside and work together now that the presidential election has been decided.

Diplomats weigh in on U.S. election
Thursday, October 28, 2004
When Americans go to the polls Tuesday to elect a president, the whole world will be watching -- and suffering through -- the process, American and foreign diplomats and political scientists said during a forum Wednesday night at Kansas University's Dole Institute of Politics.

Election events planned at Dole Institute
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
A series of election-oriented events is planned at the Dole Institute of Politics on Kansas University's west campus.

Dole Institute plans humorous post-election events
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
If the last few weeks of intense presidential campaigning are any indication, most Lawrence residents may be ready for a hearty laugh after Nov. 2.

Dole Institute creates 3 positions to fill vacancy left by Konzem
Friday, October 8, 2004
The Dole Institute of Politics is looking to expand its staff, its director said Thursday.

Hall Center lecturer criticizes polls, Bush
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
It's true the polls show President Bush leading Democratic challenger John Kerry.

Dole to be honored by military academy
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
(Updated Wednesday at 10:48 a.m.) Former Kansas Senator Bob Dole will receive one of West Point's highest honors this month.

McGovern urges focus on Iraq
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
George McGovern is ready for the 2004 presidential campaign to stop focusing on the Vietnam War records of George Bush and John Kerry.

Dole uplink to beam KU images around globe
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Lawrence residents might start seeing more familiar faces on national TV news, thanks to a new satellite system now operational at the Dole Institute of Politics.

Dole Institute hires director
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
A former White House aide and campaign strategist has been picked to lead the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University. Bill Lacy, 50, will start his job Sept. 7.

Love of politics brings Lacy aboard
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Bill Lacy says he had a "mini epiphany" while attending the funeral of his former boss, Ronald Reagan, in June.

Dole to return Clinton's favor
Sunday, August 22, 2004
Once leaders of opposing parties, Bob Dole and Bill Clinton will continue their unlikely partnership for nonpartisan government at the first official public event of the Clinton School for Public Service.

Dole Institute visitors can express condolences
Thursday, June 10, 2004
The national day of mourning for former President Ronald Reagan can be observed Friday at the Dole Institute of Politics on Kansas University's west campus.

Written transcript of Clinton speech now available
Thursday, June 3, 2004
(Web Posted Thursday at 9:36 a.m.) A written transcript is now available of former President Bill Clinton's appearance as the featured speaker May 21 at Kansas University.

Transcript of President Clinton's speech at the Dole Institute
Thursday, June 3, 2004
(Updated Monday at 7:56 a.m.) Online Editor's note: The following is a transcript of the inaugural Dole Lecture presented by former President Bill Clinton May 21 at Kansas University's Allen Fieldhouse.

John Brown's descendant shares stories
Friday, May 28, 2004
Abolitionist John Brown's great-great-granddaughter Elaine Caldwell never had to go in search of her family's history.

Clinton calls for civility
Saturday, May 22, 2004
The room was big and hot and many in the crowd were eager for an election-year lambaste of George W. Bush. But former President Bill Clinton's speech Friday at Kansas University's Allen Fieldhouse was professorial instead of partisan, conciliatory instead of critical.

For those attending, awe overcomes heat
Saturday, May 22, 2004
They loved Bob. They loved Bill. For the 12,000 in attendance at Allen Fieldhouse, Friday's inaugural Dole Lecture was a bipartisan lovefest.

Clinton fans show up early to get prime seats
Saturday, May 22, 2004
It was an early start Friday for a group of Kansas University students who wanted to ensure good seats at former President Clinton's speech at Allen Fieldhouse.

Fund-raiser energizes Democrats
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Brian Dietrich didn't have $1,000 to spend, but he did have a Bill Clinton puppet and a fascination with the former president.

Speech creates atypical KU day
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Life didn't come to a standstill in Lawrence or at Kansas University because former President Clinton was on campus.

Visit's costs add up for KU
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Kansas University spent about $30,000 to bring former President Bill Clinton to campus Friday.

Hopes high for lecture
Saturday, May 22, 2004
In the past 38 years, the Landon Lecture Series has brought such leaders as Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, George Bush, Ronald Reagan and Sandra Day O'Connor to the campus of Kansas State University.

Other politicians have made stops at Mount Oread
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Former President Bill Clinton's speech Friday brought back memories of another prominent Democratic politician's visit to Lawrence.

Pardoned drug dealer gets chance to meet Clinton
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Peter Ninemire's dream came true.

Playing it cool
Saturday, May 22, 2004

Clinton speech to test high-tech sound system
Friday, May 21, 2004
The sound for former President Clinton's lecture this afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse may not be so bad after all. "They had a sound check last night, and it really sounded good," said Richard Konzem, associate director at Kansas University's Dole Institute of Politics. "I was surprised."

Clinton: Civility, compromise needed to meet world challenges
Friday, May 21, 2004
(Updated Monday at 7:50 a.m.) The ability to understand political differences make compromises are the keys for America to "form a more perfect union" within its own borders and with the rest of the world, former President Bill Clinton said today at Kansas University.

Clinton to attend Democratic fund-raiser
Friday, May 21, 2004
Hearing former President Bill Clinton speak won't cost a dime this afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse, but selected Democrats later will pay for a chance to rub shoulders with the nation's 42nd president.

Fieldhouse likely will be hot spot
Friday, May 21, 2004
If you can't stand the heat, Harry Truman once advised, stay out of the kitchen.

Reformed drug dealer wants to thank Clinton
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Peter Ninemire has never met the man he says saved his life. He hasn't thanked him, either.

Clinton lecture Lawrence's hot ticket
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
They're gone. The last 5,000 tickets for former President Clinton's appearance this week at Allen Fieldhouse were handed out Tuesday.

Happy KU campers snatch up additional Clinton speech tickets
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Show up early. That's the advice from those who will be distributing the last 5,000 tickets available for former President Clinton's speech this week in Lawrence. Ticket windows open at 9 a.m. today at Allen Fieldhouse, and the remaining tickets are expected to go fast.

Latest round of Clinton tickets go quickly
Monday, May 17, 2004
(Updated Monday at 1:29 p.m.) A long line of Kansas University faculty, staff and student soaked up the 5,000 tickets made available today for President Clinton's Friday speech at Allen Fieldhouse for the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.

Clinton, Dole put politics behind friendship
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Former President Bill Clinton will be in town Friday, presenting the first Dole lecture at the Dole Institute of Politics.

Clinton speech moved to Allen
Saturday, May 15, 2004
Bill Clinton won't be speaking Friday at the Lied Center, after all. He'll be at Allen Fieldhouse. "We're hoping that everybody who wants in will be able to get in," said Jonathan Earle, an assistant history professor at Kansas University who's helping coordinate the former president's appearance for the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.

Date set for Clinton speech
Thursday, April 29, 2004
Bob Dole and Bill Clinton were once fierce political rivals. Now, Clinton is headed to Lawrence to inaugurate a lecture series named for Dole. The former president will speak at 2:15 p.m. May 21 at the Lied Center as the first Robert J. Dole Lecture, part of the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University.

Dole institute program examines Iraq situation
Sunday, April 25, 2004
Several scholars, journalists and government officials will come next month to the Dole Institute of Politics on Kansas University's west campus to discuss the situation in Iraq.

Clinton to give first Dole Lecture
Friday, April 16, 2004
Former President Bill Clinton will visit Lawrence next month, a source at Kansas University said Thursday.

Former President Clinton to speak at KU
Thursday, April 15, 2004
(Web Posted Thursday at 4:20 p.m.) President Bill Clinton will be coming to Lawrence next month. A source at Kansas University confirmed Clinton was scheduled to speak May 19 at the Dole Institute. The university is expected to announce the engagement Friday.

Former Dole aide to assist in search for institute director
Thursday, April 1, 2004
Kansas University has enlisted the help of a former aide to Sen. Bob Dole in the search for a new director of the Dole Institute of Politics. Kim Wells, a former state Republican Party chairman who led two Dole Senate campaigns, is making phone calls for KU in an attempt to identify potential candidates for the Dole Institute job.

Dole a reminder that war changes lives
Sunday, March 21, 2004
It was pure coincidence that brought me to the campus of Kansas University on the eve of the first anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. My talk had been scheduled for last fall, but when the business school sponsors discovered that it was also the night of the first home basketball game of the season, they suggested a postponement. I said, "You have your priorities right."

Dole papers open to KU class
Monday, March 1, 2004
Christine McConnell is a pioneer when it comes to combing through Bob Dole's political papers. The Kansas University senior is among 20 students this semester who have been granted access to Dole's papers from his tenure in the U.S House of Representatives, which previously were closed to the public.

Charges dropped against last Dole protester
Friday, February 27, 2004
Prosecutors' failure to get a conviction in two trials of protesters arrested at the Dole Institute of Politics dedication event has caused charges against a third protester to be dropped. Dist. Atty. Christine Kenney said that based on the outcome of the previous two jury trials -- acquittals on charges of battering Lawrence police officers -- she didn't think her office would be successful in prosecuting the case.

Charges against Dole Institute protester dropped
Thursday, February 26, 2004
(Updated Thursday at 11:49 a.m.) Prosecutors' failure to get a conviction in two trials of protesters arrested at the Dole Institute of Politics dedication event have caused charges against a third protester to be dropped.

FCC leader wants study of effects of indecent TV
Saturday, February 21, 2004
When Justin Timberlake exposed Janet Jackson's breast to a national television audience on Super Bowl Sunday, Federal Communications Chairman Michael Powell knew he had his work cut out for him. "I sat there with my kids on my left and on my right and I couldn't believe I saw what I saw," Powell told an audience Friday at the Dole Institute of Politics. "Then we started debating what I saw, and all I knew at that moment was that I had a long day ahead of me tomorrow.

Another Dole protester acquitted
Thursday, February 19, 2004
The anarchists who clashed with police at the Dole Institute of Politics dedication scored another victory Wednesday when jurors found a Columbia, Mo., man not guilty of pushing Police Chief Ron Olin.

C-SPAN2 airs Lawrence group's tour of presidential sites
Monday, February 16, 2004
A Lawrence group's tour of presidential sites led by the former director of Kansas University's Dole Institute of Politics will be broadcast over five nights this week on C-SPAN2. In October, more than 30 members of the New Generation Society of Lawrence traveled to the New England and New York area with Richard Norton Smith for the tour. Among the sites they visited were the homes of Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt and various graves.

Mrs. Lincoln balanced husband's interests
Thursday, February 12, 2004
Their personalities were vastly different, but Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, shared a mutual interest in politics, according to a historian who studied and wrote a biography of the first lady.

Wagnon predicts survival of sales tax law
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Attempts to repeal controversial changes to the state's sales tax law likely will fall flat, the state's revenue secretary said Tuesday in Lawrence. Kansas Department of Revenue Secretary Joan Wagnon told about 20 business owners and managers gathered for a workshop at the Dole Institute of Politics that they should get used to the idea of charging sales taxes based on where they deliver products rather than where their stores are located.

Speaker: Lincoln practiced pragmatic version of democracy as president
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Abraham Lincoln's views on democracy spanned a range of thoughts and emotions when he was the nation's 16th president.

Author: Lincoln took pride in Emancipation Proclamation
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
The Emancipation Proclamation is the most misunderstood and least appreciated of President Abraham Lincoln's documents, according to a historian whose book on the subject goes on sale this week.

Many facts about Lincoln still unknown
Monday, February 9, 2004
What more is there to learn about Abraham Lincoln, the most studied, most written-about president of the United States? Plenty, according to Douglas Wilson, director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. "We have not yet discovered all of the important written materials" of Lincoln, Wilson told about 100 people during a lecture Sunday night at Kansas University's Dole Institute of Politics.

Dole Institute pins hopes on Lincoln Week lectures
Thursday, February 5, 2004
Abraham Lincoln inspired the high-profile director of the Dole Institute of Politics to leave in November. Now, the director's replacements are hoping Lincoln's legacy will renew the institute's own prominence.

6News video: Konzem reflects on year of change
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
A year ago, Richard Konzem was one of the highest-ranking officials in the KU athletic department. Now, he's second in charge at the Dole Institute of Politics. 6News reporter Mike Rigg speaks with Konzem about the recent changes in his life and what he looks toward for the future.

Dole protester acquitted of pushing officer
Thursday, January 22, 2004
A crowd of courtroom observers applauded Wednesday night after jurors acquitted a protester of pushing a police officer outside a Dole Institute of Politics dedication event.

Police admit surveillance of Dole protesters
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
A Lawrence police officer on Tuesday described conducting surveillance on a group of protesters prior to a march July 21 at a Dole Institute of Politics dedication event.

Dole Institute planning 'Lincoln Week' speakers
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
(Updated Wednesday at 5:52 p.m.) A Pulitzer Prize winner and other experts on Abraham Lincoln will participate in a series of events early next year surrounding Kansas' sesquicentennial celebration. "Lincoln Week," presented by the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University, will run Feb. 8 through Feb. 12.

Protesters cleared of four charges
Tuesday, December 9, 2003
A judge has cleared a group of protesters of all but one of the five charges against them stemming from a July 21 protest outside a Dole Institute of Politics dedication event.

Judge clears protesters of most charges at Dole Institute event
Monday, December 8, 2003
(Updated Monday at 5:11 p.m.) A judge has cleared a group of protesters of all but one of the five charges against them stemming from a July 21 protest outside a Dole Institute of Politics event.

Smith takes final KU bow
Monday, November 24, 2003
Richard Norton Smith used his final lecture as director of the Dole Institute of Politics to ease fears about the institute's future. "My departure means very little in the historical direction and usefulness of the Dole Institute of Politics," he said Sunday night at the Lied Center. "I know great things are going to happen at the institute."

Text of Richard Norton Smith's lecture (Part I)
Monday, November 24, 2003
The following is the first part of Richard Norton Smith's lecture, "Ten Rules to Judge a President," from Nov. 23, 2003.

Text of Richard Norton Smith's lecture (Part II)
Monday, November 24, 2003
The following is the second part of Richard Norton Smith's lecture, "Ten Rules to Judge a President," from Nov. 23, 2003.

6News video: Smith says goodbye to Dole Institute Sunday
Saturday, November 22, 2003
Richard Norton Smith will leave KU for the LIncoln Library in Illinois Sunday after just two years as director of the Dole Institute of Politics.

Dole Institute director won't miss academia
Friday, November 21, 2003
Richard Norton Smith raised some eyebrows two years ago when he chose to work at Kansas University. Some wondered why Smith, a nationally known presidential historian and television pundit who had directed four presidential libraries, would want to direct the Dole Institute of Politics. They figured leading a fledgling institute housing a senator's papers was a demotion from his previous posts.

6News video: Dirk Halstead gives the stories behind his photos
Thursday, November 20, 2003
In his nearly fifty years as a photographer, Dirk Halstead has seen history in the making. His photos have been on the cover of Time magazine fifty-four times.

Athletics official to join Dole Institute
Thursday, November 20, 2003
A former associate athletic director at Kansas University is moving into another high-profile job at the university -- this time at the Dole Institute of Politics.

Photojournalist relays history of White House behind lens
Thursday, November 20, 2003
He steamed up a car with George, Barbara and Millie Bush. He watched Richard Nixon sample sushi with the premier of China.

'Memory Wall's' overflow photos to be on computer
Thursday, November 13, 2003
More than 1,000 pictures of World War II veterans that didn't fit in displays at the Dole Institute of Politics will soon be included in a new computerized exhibit.

Marines hail Corps birthday
Saturday, November 8, 2003
For Sgt. Anthony Rider, celebrating the Marine Corps birthday meant a little more than usual this year. Rider, a native of Baldwin who lives in Shawnee, returned to the United States in October after serving in Iraq for six months. He was one of about 225 people who attended a ceremony Friday honoring both the 228th birthday of the Marine Corps and Veterans Day, which is Tuesday.

6News video: Marine Corps birthday celebrated at Dole Institute
Saturday, November 8, 2003
The ceremony recalled the history of the Marine Corps as well as current military efforts.

Vision of institute's future should guide director search
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
The departure of Richard Norton Smith from the Dole Institute later this year means that a search will be undertaken for a permanent successor. Smith did a remarkable job during his short tenure. He built a building for the Institute, organized a marvelous inaugural program last summer and initiated and oversaw visiting lectures that enriched both the university and the community. But now, as he moves on to Illinois and the Lincoln library, we must find someone to carry on the work.

KU joins in effort that seeks to engage students in politics
Friday, October 10, 2003
A national drive to increase the participation of college students in politics will have a Kansas flavor.

Dole Institute director to leave KU
Thursday, October 2, 2003
Calling it "the opportunity of a lifetime," Richard Norton Smith officially was introduced Wednesday as director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Smith will begin the job Dec. 1, when he steps down as director of the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University.

Law school dean tapped for transition
Thursday, October 2, 2003
The purpose of the Dole Institute of Politics remains even as its director is leaving, Kansas University officials said Wednesday.

6News video: Richard Norton Smith will head Lincoln Library
Thursday, October 2, 2003
Smith will leave the Dole Institute for Illinois.

Sen. Bob Dole's statement on the departure of Richard Norton Smith
Wednesday, October 1, 2003
"I congratulate Rick on his exciting new position. In becoming Executive Director of the Lincoln Library, he has reached a pinnacle. I could not think of a more fulfilling assignment, nor a more appropriate steward.
I thank Rick for his superb leadership he provided in making the Dole Institute of Politics a reality. No doubt about it, his departure leaves very big shoes to fill. I look forward to being closely involved in the upcoming search process, and am confident that we will find an individual who will provide the leadership necessary to keep the Dole Institute at the center of today's political debates."

KU Dole Institute director announces decision to leave
Wednesday, October 1, 2003
(Updated Wednesday at 12:06 p.m.) The director of the Dole Institute of Politics is leaving to lead the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill. Richard Norton Smith made his departure from Kansas University official in a statement circulated Wednesday morning.

D.A. doles out homework assignment to protester
Friday, September 19, 2003
It's an anarchist's nightmare homework assignment. Prosecutors have agreed to drop charges against one of the protesters arrested this summer outside a Dole Institute of Politics dedication dinner -- but only if he writes a 1,000-word report on the institute's history, purpose, and finances, including "the goals of Senator Robert Dole as they relate to the Institute."

Scholars: Brown's promise unrealized
Friday, September 19, 2003
A Pulitzer Prize winner and scholar told a Lawrence audience Thursday that the upcoming 50th anniversary celebration of the landmark school desegregation case Brown v. Topeka Board of Education should be more about the future than the past.

6News video: Dole Institute's Smith will announce plans next week
Friday, September 19, 2003
Dole Institute of Politics Director Smith told 6News he would announce his plans next week about whether he will leave his current post for the Lincoln Museum and Library in Illinois.

6News video: Prosecutors drop charges against one Dole Institute protestor
Friday, September 19, 2003
One protestor arrested last summer at a protest outside the Dole Institute of Politics must write a 1,000-word essay and stay out of trouble.

Dole Institute may lose director
Thursday, September 18, 2003
Richard Norton Smith, the high-profile director of Kansas University's Dole Institute of Politics, is first in line to lead the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum. A spokeswoman for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich confirmed Wednesday that Smith was the state's first choice for leading the museum and library, a $115 million facility under construction in Springfield, Ill. And Mike Marshall, press secretary to former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, said Dole expected Smith would leave KU.

6News video: Dole Institute of Politics director may leave
Thursday, September 18, 2003
The director at the Dole Institute of Politics may take a new position at the Lincoln Library in Springfield, Ill., a Chicago Sun-Times columnist reported.

Dole Institute sparks new drive to attract tours
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Lawrence tourism officials are touting the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics and an annual Christmas parade as possible attractions for lucrative bus tours.

Panel at KU to discuss Brown case
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
A panel discussion this week at Kansas University will kick off a national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case.

A day of memory, pride
Friday, September 12, 2003
Adrian Barajas had always been willing to die for the United States. But until Thursday, it wasn't his country.

6News video: Hundreds of new citizens are sworn in on 9-11
Friday, September 12, 2003
The Dole Institute of Politics hosted the first naturalization ceremony in Lawrence.

6News video: Boy scouts gather to lower flags to half-mast
Friday, September 12, 2003
The flag-raising took place before the naturalization ceremony at the Dole Institute.

9-11: The new citizens
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Josef Rantner realized he was an American as he watched television coverage of the World Trade Center towers collapsing. Rantner, a Lawrence plumber and native of Austria, decided Sept. 11, 2001, that he wanted to become a United States citizen.

Couple hope U.S. citizenship will help in quest to take care of AIDS babies
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Sybil Colin admits it sounds odd. To help the AIDS babies in her native South Africa, she needed to move 12,000 miles and become a United States citizen.

6News video: Dole Institute naturalization ceremony will remember 9-11
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Institute Director Richard Norton Smith sees the ceremony as a new beginning.

WTC beams inspire reflection on Sept. 11
Tuesday, September 9, 2003
Two steel beams from the World Trade Center at the Dole Institute of Politics are expected to be a gathering point Thursday as Lawrence commemorates the two-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Dole Institute should inspire new leaders
Sunday, August 17, 2003
When Sen. Bob Dole invited me to attend the dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics building, I tried to imagine not only what the institute was going to be like but also how it was going to achieve its aims.

Dole opening cost city more than $50,000
Friday, August 15, 2003
The Dole Institute of Politics' opening weekend last month brought between 7,000 and 25,000 people to town. It also cost the city of Lawrence more than $50,000.
"It was money that was spent for services needed for the weekend," City Manager Mike Wildgen said. "We were asked to provide those services, and we did that."

6News video: Citizenship ceremony to take place at Dole Institute
Friday, August 15, 2003
On September 11, as many as 200 people will become U.S. citizens under the institute's stained-glass flag.

Immigrants to become citizens at Dole Institute
Friday, August 15, 2003
As many as 200 people will gather Sept. 11 in the red, white and blue glow of the large stained-glass flag at the Dole Institute of Politics and become U.S. citizens. "We wanted to do something on that day, and what better way to show that people still want to come to this country and raise their kids here," said Erik Nelson, assistant director of the Dole Institute on Kansas University's west campus.

Project records residents' memories of WWII
Monday, August 11, 2003
When John Glinka and Les Hannon were trying to survive World War II, they had no idea that more that 60 years later they'd still be thinking and talking about their experiences.

6News video: Protestors arrested during Dole ceremonies appear in court
Friday, August 8, 2003
The protestors received more time to prepare their defenses.

Judge grants delay for Dole protesters
Friday, August 8, 2003
With throngs of supporters by their sides, seven of the 18 people arrested at a protest last month outside the Lawrence Holidome appeared Thursday in Douglas County District Court. Judge Paula Martin seemed surprised by the large number of visitors in her courtroom, where it was standing room only.

Dole events a retail bust
Wednesday, August 6, 2003
It was to be one of the biggest events in Lawrence history. Tens of thousands of people were to come to town for the Dole Institute of Politics dedication at Kansas University. And they were to bring dollars with them to leave behind.

Dole Institute's future a swirl of ideas
Monday, August 4, 2003
The celebrities are gone. The military re-enactors have pulled up camp. The veterans have headed home. And now the real work is about to begin at the Dole Institute of Politics.

6News video: Dole Institute receives visitors
Saturday, August 2, 2003
Thousands of visitors have come to the Institute since the dedication ceremony. Richard Norton Smith, director of the Institute, says that he may have to hire more staff to handle the number of visitors.

6News video: Dole dedication a non-event for downtown businesses
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Restaurants and retailers on Mass Street hoped to see a boost from the crowds in town for the Dole Institute dedication, but all the action stayed on campus.

Police release report on protesters
Friday, July 25, 2003
(Updated Friday at 12:55 p.m.) Police have released their paperwork from the arrests at a protest Monday outside the Holidome, 200 McDonald Dr.

6News video: Dole Institute staff relax after dedication
Thursday, July 24, 2003
Lawrence recovers from the crowds and ceremonies; the clean-up of West Campus may take several days.days.

Where conviction, civility co-exist
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
After a weekend filled with events that focused on the past, 5,000 people gathered Tuesday at the Dole Institute of Politics to listen to patriotic speeches meant to catapult the institute into the future. "This is a place where there will be a vigorous exchange of ideas," said Tom Brokaw, NBC News anchor and author of "The Greatest Generation."

Director's efforts lauded
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
According to Bob Dole, the institute that bears his name is mainly the work of one man. And it's not Bob Dole.

Friendship thicker than politics for Dole and McGovern
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
A free lunch was all it took to convince George McGovern to be an Army pilot in World War II. Given an option between Army and Navy, the South Dakota college freshman picked Army because a recruiter was handing out meal tickets to interested young men. It was probably worth $1.

Dole gala protesters cite police brutality
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
About 30 people gathered Tuesday at the Douglas County Judicial & Law Enforcement Center claiming that police used excessive force to arrest protesters Monday night outside a Dole Institute dedication event.

Churchill's great-grandson welcomes Iraq news
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Duncan Sandys knew something big had happened Tuesday when Tom Brokaw bothered to answer his cell phone in front of 5,000 people at the dedication ceremonies outside the Dole Institute of Politics.

6News video: Hemenway offers welcome to dedication visitors
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway welcomed the dignitaries and guests who came to the campus for the dedication of the Dole Institute.

6News video: Rice offers tribute to Dole
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
National security adviser Condoleezza Rice spoke Tuesday at the Dole Institution dedication.

6News video: Brownback leads dedication invocation
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., lead the crowd in prayer at the dedication of the Dole Institute.

6News video: Kansas governor speaks of inspiration offered by Dole
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius spoke as part of the dedication ceremony Tuesday morning at the Dole Institute.

6News video: Dole Institute officially dedicated
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
The ceremony Tuesday morning was marked by speeches from several dignitaries and from Bob Dole himself.

6News video: McGovern offers WWII memories
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Former Sen. George McGovern was the final veteran at the dedication to speak of his experiences at war.

Grateful Dole works crowd at conclusion of dedication ceremonies
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Bob Dole looked like he was on the campaign trail, working the crowd, posing for photos, signing autographs and cracking jokes.

Letter from President Bush
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
This letter from President Bush to Bob Dole was read during the Dole Institute dedication ceremonies.

National coverage of dedication suffers from network partisanship
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
At Tuesday's inauguration of the Dole Institute of Politics, Bob Dole and his colleagues spoke of the "bipartisan spirit in which we gather today." They certainly weren't referring to the national network news coverage of the event, which proved plenty partisan.

6News video: Weekend filled with remembrances of bygone time
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
The dedication of the Dole Institute offered many chances to revisit the 1940s and look to the future.

Dedication remarks from former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
This is a copy of prepared remarks delivered by Bob Dole at Tuesday's dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics.

Dedication remarks from former President Jimmy Carter
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
This is a transcript of remarks made Tuesday by President Carter at the dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics. According to the Carter Center, Carter rarely speaks from prepared remarks, and Tuesday's speech was extemporaneous.

Dedication remarks from Robert Hemenway, Kansas University chancellor
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway's remarks at Tuesday's dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics.

Dedication remarks from Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
This is a copy of prepared remarks delivered by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius at Tuesday's dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics.

Dedication remarks from Condoleezza Rice, U.S. national security adviser
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
The transcript of remarks made by Condoleezza Rice, U.S. national security adviser, at Tuesday's dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics.

Spotlight on leadership
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani picked up a leadership award. Bob Dole and former President Jimmy Carter joined to say there needs to be more civility in government. And more than 400 political leaders and Dole admirers gathered Monday at a $500-per-plate dinner at the Lawrence Holidome.

'Salute to Heroes' program pays tribute to veterans
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
With music, dancing and words, performers and celebrity speakers paid tribute Monday night at the Lied Center to the "Greatest Generation." But the focus of "Salute to Heroes: An Evening to Remember" was clearly on one hero -- former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole. "This is Bob Dole's program tonight -- his show," said George McGovern, a former U.S. senator and the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee.

Protest against dinner 'elitists' results in scuffles, arrests
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Angered by "the elitists" attending a $500-a-plate dinner Monday to see former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani receive an award, Lawrence anarchists took their protest into the streets and clashed with police.

Dedication brings together all kinds, including heroes, artists, politicians
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Robert Maxwell wore his Medal of Honor proudly around his neck Monday as he and 14 other medal recipients attended a dinner in their honor at the Circle S Ranch. But when he doesn't take it out for special events, Maxwell says the medal is kept in a special spot for safe-keeping.

6News video: Dole puts focus on leadership
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Bob Dole emphasized the importance of public service as former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani was awarded the first Dole Spirit of Leadership award.

6News video: 40s fashions take the spotlight
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
The looks of the WWII era were on display in a fashion show on campus.

6News video: Protesters take to the streets
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Sixteen protesters were arrested in a scuffle outside the Holidome, where the $500-a-plate dinner for dignitaries was taking place.

6News video: Giuliani 'humbled' by award
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani recieved the first Dole Spirit of Leadership award.

6News video: Laser show lights up the night sky
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Monday's dedication festivities were concluded with a laser light show at the Dole Institute.

6News video: Air parade kicks off Monday's festivities
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Several types of aircraft took wing over the KU campus as part of the dedication ceremonies.

6News video: Military members help keep events running smoothly
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Current members of all of the branches of the military have pitched in with security, transportation and whatever else is necessary.

6News video: Flags fly as memorial
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Event organizers obtained 120 flags from the American Legion to be placed outside the Dole Institute to honor fallen veterans.

6News video: USO show an exercise in staging
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
The three-hour event features 130 performers and is one of the biggest in Lied Center's history.

Tales of heroism in plentiful supply at Medal of Honor Memory Tent talk
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
It's astonishing U.S. Marine Pvt. Jack Lucas was at Iwo Jima and nothing less than a miracle that he survived. The man -- make that boy -- jumped on one grenade and pulled another under him to protect three comrades during fierce trench fighting Feb. 20, 1945, against Japanese soldiers on Volcano Islands.

Fashion show steps back into style
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
A packed house examined history via hemlines and high heels Monday afternoon. A 1940s fashion show at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall at Kansas University, part of dedication events for the Dole Institute of Politics, was organized by the Fashion Museum in Abilene. The museum is one of few dedicated solely to telling history through fashion.

Live C-SPAN broadcast focuses on new institute
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Brian Lamb's "Washington Journal" came to Lawrence, and the program drew questions and comments from 34 callers throughout the country.

B-17 co-pilot's memories swell at air parade
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Stooping to get beneath the belly of one of two B-17 bombers parked at Lawrence Municipal Airport, Charles Scarborough, 81, pointed up to its bomb bay doors.

Safety concerns keep parade at snail's pace
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
The planes in the Conoco Phillips Air Parade above Memorial Stadium kept their distance. None came close to drawing the oohs and ahs that come with buzzing an appreciative audience. And the pace of Monday's parade was slow, with 10 to 15 minutes passing between flyovers.

6News - NBC's Brokaw begins Dole dedication ceremony
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
(Web Posted Tuesday at 10:57 a.m.) The dedication ceremony for the Dole Institute got underway Tuesday morning with brief remarks by NBC's Tom Brokaw, who served as master of ceremonies.

6News: Carter speaks at Dole Institute dedication
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
(Web Posted Tuesday at 11:27 a.m.) Former President Jimmy Carter, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, said that perhaps the greatest generation is the one that is able to maintain peace. Carter was among the honored guests at Tuesday morning's dedication of the Dole Institute on Kansas University's campus in Lawrence.

Dole dedication draws thousands
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Thousands stormed a Lawrence hillside for D-Day -- that's Dole dedication day -- Tuesday morning on Kansas University's west campus. Politicians, visitors and veterans gathered for the formal dedication of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, an $11.3 million home for the former Kansas senator's political papers, exhibits chronicling his generation's challenges and an atmosphere to foster thinking -- both political and academic -- for years to come.

6News: Dole says new institute to be monument to Kansas
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
(Updated Friday at 2:22 a.m.) The new Dole Institute is "a dream" and "a monument to Kansas" former Sen. Bob Dole said Tuesday morning during the dedication ceremonies of the new building bearing his name on Kansas University's west campus.

6News video: Dole meets with veterans at Circle S Ranch
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Several Medal of Honor recipients attended a dinner in their honor and shared their stories.

POWs, women of WW II relate stories in Memory Tent
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Glenn McDole's drive to survive was insatiable. Captured in 1942 by Japanese troops in Corregidor, the U.S. Marine was marched without food and water to a prison camp. He was worked as a slave to build an airstrip out of dense jungle in the Philippines.

Dole 'humbled' by tribute
Monday, July 21, 2003
Bob Dole repeatedly has said he wanted the Dole Institute of Politics to be about public service, not about him. But after touring the building for the first time Sunday afternoon, the former senator said he thought his life -- which is chronicled in the institute's exhibits -- could teach some lessons to future generations.

Memory Tent swells with drama
Monday, July 21, 2003
They won the war. And they did it by either doing the impossible or what they were told they couldn't do. They were young aviators who bombed Tokyo, the first group of black pilots who fought Germans abroad and racism at home, and American Indian code-talkers, whose secret language protected U.S. battle plans.

Network takes notice of Dole event, birthday
Monday, July 21, 2003
Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole and the dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics received some network news attention Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."

6News video: Institute spurs memories in visitors
Monday, July 21, 2003
Visitors to the newly open Dole Institute found items and photographs that evoked the past.

6News video: Dole takes first steps in his institute
Monday, July 21, 2003
The former senator spent a half hour Sunday afternoon familiarizing himself with the new building.

6News video: Interfaith service starts off Sunday events
Monday, July 21, 2003
Lt. Col. George Russell Barber, the last surviving chaplain from the 1944 Omaha Beach invasion, addressed the attendees.

6News video: History comes alive at re-enactors' camp
Monday, July 21, 2003
Vehicles, tents and uniforms from World War II were on display on campus.

6News video: Discussion brings back wartime memories of KU
Monday, July 21, 2003
Bill Kurtis moderated the "KU Goes to War" panel, which honored KU alumni, faculty and staff who served in the military during the war

6News video: Dole has high hopes for building's future
Monday, July 21, 2003
Bob Dole said he wants the institute to be of use to the generations to come.

C-SPAN to broadcast live today from institute
Monday, July 21, 2003
The exhibit gallery at the Dole Institute of Politics was transformed into an impromptu TV studio Sunday, as C-SPAN prepared for today's live broadcast from the building.

Medal of Honor recipients take stage today
Monday, July 21, 2003
One of the largest -- if not the largest -- gatherings of World War II Medal of Honor recipients will take place today in conjunction with dedication events at the Dole Institute of Politics.

Memory Tent stories expand war experience
Monday, July 21, 2003
Despite sporadic audio and air-conditioning problems, hundreds thronged the Memory Tent and hung on every word of the speakers who told their stories from World War II.

Dual dances recall war days
Monday, July 21, 2003
The Charleston, jitterbug, fox trot and other popular dances of the 1940s returned to Lawrence dance floors Sunday.

D-Day chaplain salutes vets for sacrifices
Monday, July 21, 2003
It was the biggest worship service in Lawrence this weekend -- or probably any weekend -- bar none. Nearly 2,000 people on Sunday filled the Lied Center for a morning of hymns, prayers, readings and recognition of World War II veterans as three days of inaugural activities for the Dole Institute of Politics began on a note of grace, gratitude and love of country.

Re-enactors bring back memories
Monday, July 21, 2003
The tanks were there. The jeeps were there. So were the men and women wearing and displaying military equipment. About the only thing missing Sunday from the World War II re-enactors camps near the Dole Institute of Politics building were the sounds of small arms and artillery fire.

No second-guessing as ‘KU Goes to War'
Monday, July 21, 2003
Now that World War II has been over for almost 60 years, there's bound to be some second-guessing. Harry Truman's decision to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima, for example. Was that really necessary? Weren't there other, less deadly ways to send the same message?

Uniform fits fine 58 years later
Monday, July 21, 2003
Martin Jones said the last time he wore his Army uniform "seriously" was 58 years ago, when he was discharged.

For Russell residents, it's time to celebrate with one of their own
Monday, July 21, 2003
In 1996, Bob Dole was a candidate to become president of the United States, but Reba New knew him when he was just a soda jerk at Dawson's Drugstore in Russell.

6News video: Veterans speak at Memory Tent
Monday, July 21, 2003
Crowds gathered to hear World War II stories from the men and women who were there.

Noncombat veterans have own stock of stories
Monday, July 21, 2003
You don't have to be a combat veteran to have emotional stories to tell about World War II.

History comes alive at opening
Sunday, July 20, 2003
Buck Newsom recently sat down to read the diary he kept while serving as a Naval aviator from 1941 to 1943, during World War II. "It reminded me how much you forget about the war and how much you remember but remember incorrectly," said Newsom, who lives in Lawrence. "I forgot that Pearl Harbor was bombed sporadically for the next few years (after the initial attack). I'd forgotten the number of depth charges it took to finally sink a submarine. And I forgot what it was like to see people killed and see dead people floating in the water."

Who's who of Kansans to attend dedication
Sunday, July 20, 2003

Institute announces dinner guest list
Sunday, July 20, 2003
The following people are scheduled to attend the $500-per-plate dinner that is part of the events surrounding dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics.

6News video: Dole Institute opens to public
Sunday, July 20, 2003
A steady stream of visitors was on hand to view the newly completed institute.

Interfaith worship service begins first of dedication's major events
Sunday, July 20, 2003
Major events for the Dole Institute of Politics dedication begin today. Here's a look at the highlights.

Patience urged around campus
Sunday, July 20, 2003
City and university leaders are urging Lawrence residents to be patient during the Dole Institute of Politics dedication events, warning that traffic may be congested in typically busy locations such as 23rd and Iowa streets and near the Kansas University campus.

Steady stream of visitors attends center's opening
Sunday, July 20, 2003
Jean Snedeger wasted no time Saturday when she walked inside the Dole Institute of Politics for the first time.
With her husband, Charles, by her side, she peered up at the Memory Wall -- with photos of 960 Kansas World War II veterans -- and found a photo of a young sailor.

Vintage aircraft display brings fond memories to WWII veterans
Sunday, July 20, 2003
Romeo Longo sat in a chair in the lobby of the Lawrence Municipal Airport terminal Saturday and stared out at a B-17 parked on the tarmac.

Sunday Dole Institute events open with religious service
Sunday, July 20, 2003
(Updated Sunday at 6:52 p.m.) A "Service Above Self Interfaith Worship Service" drew nearly 2,000 participants Sunday morning, beginning three days of inaugural events for the Dole Institute of Politics on a note of grace, gratitude and patriotism.

Dole workers burn midnight oil to finish
Saturday, July 19, 2003
The signs were up. The tent was nearly up. The building was nearing completion. And Lawrence on Friday braced for what could be tens of thousands of visitors, including two former presidents, who will be in town for dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics.

Family letters show Dole as young man
Saturday, July 19, 2003
Some were simple laundry lists. Others expressed a Kansas University student's concerns after being called to serve his country.

6News video: Hotels prepare for Dole events
Saturday, July 19, 2003
The Holiday Inn Holidome will be a hot spot for the festivities.

6News video: VIPs come to Lawrence for Dole Institute dedication
Saturday, July 19, 2003
The guest list will be among the most high-profile visitors Lawrence has ever seen.

6News video: Lawrence prepares for Dole Institute ceremony
Saturday, July 19, 2003
Work is being completed at the Institute while the city of Lawrence braces for the influx of visitors.

Couple use mower to state their peace
Saturday, July 19, 2003
Should Jimmy Carter, Condoleezza Rice or others elect to fly into Lawrence Municipal Airport this weekend for the Dole Institute dedication, Scott and Nancy Thellman have a greeting waiting for them. It's a giant peace sign, mowed into the grass of their pasture north of the airport.

Hadl, Kemp share history
Friday, July 18, 2003
John Hadl had no idea who he would room with when he reported to the San Diego Chargers' preseason camp as a callow rookie quarterback in the summer of 1962. Not that Hadl, who had been an All-American halfback and QB at Kansas University, was surprised that his roomie was Jack Kemp, five years Hadl's senior and the quarterback who had led the Chargers to back-to-back AFL West titles.

American Indian code talkers to share stories at Dole event
Friday, July 18, 2003
Sam Billison is used to the question. It comes up whenever he talks to groups about his World War II experiences as a Navajo code talker. "It seems like someone always asks why we fought for our country -- a country that did so many harsh things to our tribe and to Indian people," said the 78-year-old Billison, who is president of the Navajo Code Talkers' Assn.

6News video: Navajo codetalkers will speak at Dole event
Friday, July 18, 2003
The codetalkers were a vital part of American success at Iwo Jima during World War II.

B-17 first of vintage aircraft to arrive for Dole air parade
Thursday, July 17, 2003
A "Flying Fortress" at the Lawrence Municipal Airport transported Dave Downing back to World War II and a favorite childhood war movie. "When I was a kid I saw ‘Twelve O'Clock High' with Gregory Peck," he said Tuesday as he marveled at the B-17 bomber at the airport. "That was about pilots who flew B-17s."

6News video: B-17 arrives for Dole air parade
Thursday, July 17, 2003
The B-17 is one of 20 planes scheduled to be in the parade.

6News video: The Dole Institute dedication ceremony will be a relief for Richard Norton Smith
Thursday, July 17, 2003
The Institute's director has been postponing surgery until after the ceremony.

6News video: Many area men fought in World War II
Thursday, July 17, 2003
Several of the recruits volunteered after December 7, 1941. Area women aided the war effort by going to work at the Sunflower Ammunition Plant near Desoto. Even German prisoners of war were put to work building local landmarks such as Danforth Chapel.

Dole workers push deadline
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
The Dole Institute of Politics looked more like a workshop than a monument Tuesday. Ladders, tool boxes and shop vacs cluttered the building's stone floors. The smell of varnish hung heavy in the 3,300-square-foot exhibit gallery. Piles of sawdust collected in the corners.

Fambrough eager to see Dole honored
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Don Fambrough's cup runneth over with Kansas University football memories. Yet his cup has room for Bob Dole, too.

6News video: Workers hurry to finish institute on time
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Area media were given a tour Tuesday of the as-of-yet unfinished Dole Intitute.

6News video: Longtime friend, political partner of Dole ready for dedication
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Lawrence resident Glee Smith came to KU from western Kansas at the same time as Bob Dole. This weekend gives Smith an opportunity to reflect on his campus, wartime and political ties with the former senator.

Female WWII veteran recalls serving overseas
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Jane Jewell jokes that Bob Dole probably saw her smiling face while in Italy during World War II. She was on the cover of the Stars and Stripes Mediterranean Easter Sunday magazine supplement in 1945.

6News video: Local artist, veteran dubious of 'hero' status
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Bob Sudlow, World War II veteran and local painter, is less than enthusiastic about the opening of the Dole Institute this weekend.

Parking and shuttle bus information for Dole Institute dedication events
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
If you're going to the four-day Dole Institute events (July 19-22), it might be a good idea to park your car and take free transportation to the various activities.

Dole Institute dedication schedule
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
The following is a schedule of events for July 19 through 22 surrounding the dedication of the Dole Institute at Kansas University.

'Greatest Generation' changed city, KU in 'amazing' ways
Sunday, July 13, 2003
Claudine "Scottie" Lingelbach was studying in Watson Library when she heard that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. It was news that changed just about everything -- even at Kansas University and around Lawrence.

6News video: Dole recalls his service in World War II
Saturday, July 12, 2003
As a second lieutenant in the Army's 10th Mountain Division when his life changed forever. While fighting in Italy, Bob Dole was injured by gunfire.

6News video: Senator Dole will return to KU
Friday, July 11, 2003
Bob Dole doesn't want the Dole Institute of Politics to be all about him, but rather to focus on serving one's country. He believes the Institute's opening will be huge.

6News video: Lawrence has been in national spotlight more than once
Thursday, July 10, 2003
The upcoming dedication of the Dole Institute will probably be one of the most famous moments in Lawrence' history.

6News video: Bob Dole prepares for the dedication of the institute that bears his name
Thursday, July 10, 2003
The former senator has been one of Kansas' most famous citizens.

6News video: Institute dedication offers student opportunities
Wednesday, July 9, 2003
Although the dedication of the Dole Institute will take place at a time when the KU campus is relatively quiet, organizers say they hope to see many students at the events.

Fast-paced preparations flow at Dole Institute
Tuesday, July 8, 2003
The water is running, and so is the clock as the countdown toward dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics continues. Monday, water began pouring into the massive reflecting pool in front of the institute building on Kansas University's west campus.

6News video: Reflecting pool begins to take shape
Tuesday, July 8, 2003
The three-day process of filling the pond in front of the Dole Institute began Monday.

6News video: Fund-raising to take center stage at institute following dedication
Tuesday, July 8, 2003
The Dole Institute will need an estimated $20 million endowment to stay afloat.

Battle re-enactors to honor vets at Dole event
Monday, July 7, 2003
Their numbers are rapidly dwindling, but what the military veterans of World War II did 60 years ago and how they did it won't be forgotten as long as living history re-enactor groups keep the old units alive. More than 50 World War II re-enactors will be in Lawrence July 19-22 for dedication ceremonies marking the opening of the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University. They will set up camp, display their uniforms and equipment, and answer questions.

6News video: Dole Institute directors educate public about building
Thursday, July 3, 2003
The Dole Institute will not focus simply on one man's politics, but on a lifetime spent in public service.

6News video: Satellite uplink to be installed at Dole Institute
Tuesday, July 1, 2003
The new uplink, to be installed on the west lawn of the institute, will present new communication options to the KU campus and Lawrence as a whole.

6News video: Dole officials hope pond will be ice rink in winter
Saturday, June 28, 2003
Governor Sebelius and other VIPs toured the Dole Institute, and believe the building may become a centerpiece of Lawrence.

County commissioners tour Dole Institute
Friday, June 27, 2003
(Updated Friday at 12:45 p.m.) Douglas County commissioners wandered Friday through the new 28,000-square-foot Dole Institute of Politics, and found the hilltop view nothing short of awe-inspiring.

6News video: The Dole Institute's opening may make area hotels happy
Friday, June 27, 2003
While the retail businesses in the area don't expect the opening to matter, the hospitality industry believes the Institute's opening to bring in a lot of customers.

Dole Institute dedication to fill city hotels
Friday, June 27, 2003
In business, zero isn't usually a number you want to see. Yet on computer screens throughout Lawrence, zeros and red negative numbers are causing smiles for hotel operators. In hotel computer systems, zero means every room is reserved; negative numbers mean the hotel's overbooked.

Institute taking shape as dedication nears
Thursday, June 26, 2003
It's 8:45 on a midweek morning inside an obscure white house at 12th and Indiana streets, and the momentum already is heading toward controlled chaos. Phones are ringing. A voice hollers, "Richard, are you back there?" and another volunteer has just walked in the back door.

6News video: Security is priority for Dole Institute dedication
Thursday, June 26, 2003
KUPD, the city police, and the sheriff's department will work overtime to keep the event's attendees safe.

Institute lines up speakers for series of lectures
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning authors and a former presidential adviser will come to Kansas University this fall for the Presidential Lecture Series at the Dole Institute of Politics. Robert Caro, Roger Wilkins and David Gergen make up this year's lineup.

6News video: Dole Institute gets new feature
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
A stained-glass representation of Bob Dole's hometown of Russell was installed Tuesday.

Dole events to snarl traffic
Saturday, June 21, 2003
It's political gridlock with a twist. One month from now, tens of thousands of people -- many of them World War II veterans -- will converge on Lawrence for dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics building at KU.

6News video: The Dole Institute's dedication may cause gridlock
Saturday, June 21, 2003
The streets during the dedication will be extremely busy, and event planners are finding ways to get around the anticipated traffic.

6News video: Construction crews push deadline on Dole Institute
Thursday, June 19, 2003
The Dole Institute's director says that the building will be ready in a month for the dedication ceremonies.

Old Glory shines on west campus
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
It's a 960-piece, 1-ton tribute to America. A 36-foot-high stained-glass American flag -- believed to be the largest in the world -- was installed Tuesday at the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University.

6News video: Glass flag flies at Dole Institute
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
The 960-piece banner is believed to be the largest stained-glass flag in the world.

Stained glass flag being installed at Dole Institute
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
(Updated Monday at 4:26 p.m.) What is believed to be the largest stained glass flag in the world was being installed Tuesday at Kansas University's new Dole Institute of Politics.

Newsman signs up for Dole tribute
Saturday, May 24, 2003
TV newsman Tom Brokaw has added his name to the list of participants at the Dole Institute of Politics dedication events this summer. Brokaw, who wrote the best-selling book "The Greatest Generation," will speak at the July 22 dedication of the building on Kansas University's West Campus that will house papers from former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole's political career. Dole, a longtime Republican senator from Kansas, attended KU.

Deadline coming up for buying Dole bricks
Friday, May 23, 2003
(Updated Monday at 4:26 p.m.) If you want to get a personalized brick at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics and have it be part of the dedication celebration July 22, you'll need to order it by Wednesday.

Carter, Giuliani to attend Dole gala
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Two more big-name politicians have signed on to participate in dedication ceremonies for the Dole Institute of Politics this summer.

Dole gala draws bipartisan support
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
A former political ally of Sen. Bob Dole and a former political rival are scheduled to be at Kansas University this summer for the dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics.

Dole Institute's opening celebration schedule takes shape
Friday, February 21, 2003
Big names such as President Bush, Tom Brokaw and Tom Hanks may steal the show in July at the dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics building at Kansas University. But Richard Norton Smith, the institute's director, wants to keep the focus on the thousands of World War II veterans expected to converge on Lawrence for the events. "We want everyone to come, and we want everyone to have a good time," Smith said. "But more than anything else, we want veterans to be here. This is really their show. We want to say thanks."

Celebration planned for Dole Institute
Monday, February 17, 2003
Three days of events in July will mark the official completion of the Dole Institute of Politics now under construction.

Dole director pinch-hits for snowed-in Pulitzer Prize winner
Monday, February 17, 2003
Abraham Lincoln was the surprise topic at the Dole Forum lecture series Sunday night -- as was the speaker, Richard Norton Smith, director of the Dole Institute of Politics.

Influential Watergate-era journalist to speak in Dole series
Thursday, February 13, 2003
Previous speakers at the Dole Institute of Politics have written books on presidential history.

Dole Institute takes on Graves' papers
Thursday, January 9, 2003
More than 150 boxes representing Bill Graves' 16 years in the Statehouse arrived Wednesday at Kansas University. In an agreement with the Kansas Historical Society, archivists at KU's Dole Institute of Politics will process the papers -- provided they get to keep copies of some.

Dole Institute featured on new phone book cover
Tuesday, December 10, 2002
(Updated Friday at 3:27 p.m.) This year's Southwestern Bell phone directory for Lawrence will feature the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University.

J-W Editorial: Dole Institute a success
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
The center is becoming one of the university's most sparkling and valuable jewels. Any reservations some may have had about the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University - its uniqueness, its value to the university, its potential for drawing national attention to KU and providing a unique addition to its academic environment - should have been quelled by now.

6News video: Tribute to Dole to contain World Trade Center beams
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
The tribute to Bob Dole to be placed in the Bob Dole Institute will contain two beams from the World Trade Center.

C-SPAN founder first in Dole lecture
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Make up your own mind. C-SPAN founder and president Brian Lamb believes American audiences still are capable of doing that, which is why he and other moderators on the network don't express their own opinions.

Dole Institute plans to be landmark
Friday, August 9, 2002
By Terry Rombeck

Richard Norton Smith says he's skeptical of any public policy center that doesn't involve the public.

Chief of Dole Institute views U.S. presidency with scrutinizing eye
Sunday, February 17, 2002
By Roger Martin

As Richard Norton Smith tells it, there was this smug matron from Beacon Hill schmoozing President Calvin Coolidge. She shook his hand to death and gushed, "Oh, Mr. President, I'm from Boston."

Director hopes to put spotlight on Dole Institute, university
Tuesday, December 4, 2001
By Terry Rombeck

When Richard Norton Smith analyzes President Bush's speech today on MSNBC, he hopes to bring some attention to Kansas University.
Smith, who began last week as director of the Dole Institute of Politics, is one of a handful of presidential historians who make regular TV appearances.

Dole's humor marks archive's beginning
Saturday, October 6, 2001
By Terry Rombeck

With a mix of patriotism and his trademark humor, former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole returned Friday to Kansas to break ground on the building that will house his political papers and serve as a center for political discussion.

Simons: Dole gives speech worthy of namesake institute
Saturday, October 6, 2001
By Dolph C. Simons Jr.

There is no sure way to know whether a university convocation, groundbreaking ceremony or other similar event is going to be an interesting, exciting and inspirational event or a dud. Consequently, audience numbers at such events vary, and too many individuals miss out on a truly memorable gathering.

Dole: Heroism is universal
Saturday, October 6, 2001
By Bob Dole

These are the prepared remarks delivered Friday by former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Dole Institute of Politics: Whoever said you can't go home again has never called Kansas home.

Cold weather forces Dole ceremony indoors
Friday, October 5, 2001
(Updated Monday at 4:28 p.m.) Rain and cold weather has forced the groundbreaking ceremony for the Robert J. Dole Institute for Public Service and Public Policy at Kansas University indoors.

KU's Dole Institute to break ground
Wednesday, October 3, 2001
By Terry Rombeck

Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole and other dignitaries on Friday will be in Lawrence to break ground for the building that will house Dole's political archives. The event, open to the public, is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. west of the Lied Center on Kansas University's West Campus.

KU to break ground on Dole center
Thursday, August 9, 2001
By Terry Rombeck

After years of planning � including a botched search for director and bids $2 million over estimates � Kansas University has set a groundbreaking date for the Robert J. Dole Institute for Public Service and Public Policy. Dole, the former Kansas senator and GOP presidential candidate, and his wife, Elizabeth, will attend the Oct. 5 groundbreaking ceremony.

KU looks forward on Dole Institute
Friday, April 13, 2001
By Scott Rothschild

Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway said Thursday that he is trying to raise more funds to help build the Robert J. Dole Institute for Public Service and Public Policy. And, Hemenway said, he hopes to hire a director by June 1 for the institute, which will house the papers of former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole.

Bids on Dole center overstep estimates
Friday, February 9, 2001
By Scott Rothschild

Establishment of the Robert J. Dole Institute for Public Service and Public Policy at Kansas University ran into another stumbling block Thursday.
Bids for the 28,000 square-foot building to be built on West Campus were too high, KU officials said.

Dole relishes role as GOP point man
Sunday, November 14, 1993
Editor's note: In November 1993, Journal-World reporter Dave Toplikar followed U.S. Sen. Bob Dole around the Capitol for a day. Here is his report.