To the editor:

My daughter graduated from Kansas University this past weekend. She double majored and received an award for her degree in journalism. What a proud weekend it was for her family!

Yet with all the accomplished people before him at commencement, Chancellor Robert Hemenway chose the basketball championship as the main theme of his address. He spoke at great length about it while neglecting even to mention that the William Allen White School of Journalism won first place in the prestigious William Randolph Hearst Writing Foundation competition. Surely an academic achievement like this should have taken precedence over athletics on this day.

No doubt the chancellor might have described many scholarly accomplishments by faculty members and students, but really, what could compare with reliving his bear-hug with Athletic Director Lew Perkins when the Jayhawks won the game?

Bob Sommer,
Overland Park