Dole Institute of Politics in Lawrence to wish the former U.S. senator a happy 90th birthday.Monday's event on the campus of the University of Kansas featured cake and giant greeting cards.

“He, at that time, noted time and time and time again that the endowment association and the money it raised was really the frosting on the cake,” Simons said. “Money enabled KU to do those ...

Don Scheid, longtime Lawrence resident and retired Kansas University clarinet professor, got more than the usual cake on his 80th birthday ... take music classes at KU for years to come.