Monday, October 19, 2015

Dole to serve as grand marshall [Edited Again]

The Honorable Robert J. Dole will serve as the grand marshal in the 2015 Homecoming Parade  Saturday, Oct. 24.

Dole graduated from Washburn with a bachelor of arts and juris doctor degrees in 1952. He held elected positions as a Russell County attorney, Representative of Kansas and a United States Congressman before he was elected to the U.S. Senate. In his 30 years with the Senate, he was chairman of the Republican national committee and the Senate Majority leader in which he set a record as longest-serving Republican leader.

In 1976, Dole was President Ford’s vice presidential running mate and a presidential candidate in 1988 and 1996.

Washburn University has honored him with many awards including Honorary Doctor of Law in 1969, Honorary Doctor of Civil Law in 1985 and the Alumni Distinguished Service Award in 1966. Washburn Law honored Dole with the Law Alumni Association Distinguished service Award in 1981 and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.

Since retiring, Dole has been traveling around the state endorsing and speaking for state officials during reelection.

Dole will ride in the first convertible of the homecoming parade with President Farley and his wife, Susan.

The Homecoming Week celebration is Oct. 18 through Oct. 25. The week long celebration includes traditions such as Yell Like Hell and Top Hat decorating.

The Grand Tailgate, Bow Tie Bash and Grand Finale are special Homecoming events in celebration of Washburn’s 150th anniversary.

Students are encouraged to attend the events throughout the week and become involved in activities. 

The week will finish up with the football game against the University of Central Oklahoma, which starts at 2 p.m. at Yager Stadium.

17 comments:

  1. Looks great! I think you're missing an l in Marshall and I don't think "Honorable" is capitalized.

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  2. I like how everything is broken up more. This is a good post. Nice comment Trevin.

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  3. I liked the changes that you made. This article is easier to understand now due to the spacing and divisions you made in the text. This is typically how actual news articles appear so nice work. Just like I said for Kara's if you're going to list events at the bottom then include more information like times and dates. Other than that it's great.

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    1. Amy makes a good point. Although this article was well written from the start.

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  4. I really like the sentences being broken up more. It looks more inverted pyramid style this way. Good job.

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  5. Great edit. I would just change the title to "Dole to serve as grand marshal in WU homecoming parade" because it makes it known where and what schools parade he is participating in. Also, marshal is one L. Good organization as well.

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  6. Great job! The only thing I saw was maybe capitalize Decorating in the 7th paragraph.

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  7. Not sure if "honorable" needs to be capitalized. Otherwise, good edit. I like how it was formatted for paper.

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  8. Good job! The original post was already well-written, so this one is also worded nicely.

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  9. Looks good! Provides a lot of great facts about Homecoming week and sounds professional.

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  10. Looks good! Provides a lot of great facts about Homecoming week and sounds professional.

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  11. There should be commas after the dates with numbers. Otherwise, great edit!

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  12. I actually don't like all the spacing. I think you could have done that less. I think that you did a good job editing the small errors that were in the previous post.

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  13. Good try! but your font is not easy to read.

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  14. Too many spaces perhaps! Other than that, a nice edit.

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