No Man is an Island, Even in a Pandemic

Yuka Naito-Billen in a surgical mask

No man is an island. So says John Donne’s Meditation 17 in “Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions.”  The next stanza goes: “Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” That sentiment feels palpable during these days of pandemic-forced lockdown to Robert Bingaman, a Kansas City painter. He was inspired to make…

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College Towns Hit Census Pothole With Coronavirus

Russ Hall at Pittsburg State University

If you want to drive home to college students the importance of filling out the census, you might want to focus on driving home. Brittan Brenner has gained that bit of wisdom as a community development specialist with the city of Pittsburg, Kansas. That thought was not top of mind even a couple years ago…

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