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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883
Rob Curley

Rob Curley

Current Position: Executive Editor

Rob Curley is the editor of The Spokesman-Review and joined the newspaper in 2016. He has previously held leadership positions at The Orange County Register, Las Vegas Sun, Washington Post and Lawrence Journal-World.

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Opinion >  Column

Rob Curley: What exactly is a Jayhawk? Or a Zag, for that matter?

When you’re a college basketball fan who grew up in Kansas and now lives in Spokane, some questions are inevitable. Here are two: Your friends in the Pacific Northwest want to know just what in the heck a Jayhawk actually is. Those back in the rectangle state would really like to understand what in the world a Zag is.

Who wrote that opinion? Going forward, you’ll know the answer

Opinions have played a huge role in American newspapers, dating back before the Revolutionary War. It was this country’s desired independence from British rule that first showed the power of newspapers to unite people for a common cause.