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POLITICAL INTIMIDATION

There are few issues more politically charged than abortion. In her new book, "Opposition and Intimidation: The Abortion Wars and Strategies of Political Harassment," Alesha Doan, assistant professor of political science, examines how the anti-abortion camp's use of political harassment fits -- or doesn't -- with conventional political methods in the abortion debate. Doan presents a quantitative analysis of how harassment has worked within the movement's strategy, which she argues has forced a decline in the popularity and availability of abortions.

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Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Lawrence Mayor Michael Dever recently proclaimed April 14-20 Elizabeth Sherbon Week in honor of the centennial celebration of her birth. Sherbon, a longtime Lawrence resident and 1930 KU grad, was a member of the Martha Graham and Jean Erdman dance companies in New York City and was Graham's teaching assistant before directing the KU dance program from 1961 to 1975. The city of Lawrence awarded Sherbon the Cultural Enhancement Award in 1993 for her contributions to the city's artistic and cultural life.