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KU Today

Landmark year for athletics spurs ripple effect throughout university
August 16, 2008
So you bought your Todd Reesing jersey and Orange Bowl T-shirt during the college football season. Maybe you added a Big 12 and national champions T-shirt in the spring. Heck, throw in a poster, a commemorative book, maybe even a souvenir mouse pad.Even if you haven’t purchased a thing celebrating Kansas University’s landmark athletic year, countless KU fans have.

Style

Currency values hit international students’ wallets
August 19, 2009
The present economic situation is creating challenges for many college students, but international students at Kansas University are not only having to navigate the ups and downs of the U.S. economy, but also must deal with conditions in their home countries.

Sports

The best friends: Swimmer sees perks, pitfalls as country star’s confidante
August 20, 2009
While Abigail Anderson was looking for an exit, everyone else was looking for an introduction. On April 27, Anderson did a very normal thing: She went to class and sat next to her best friend. To a big lecture hall, in fact, where very few know one another by name. It’s just that the 400 other students in Chuck Marsh’s Journalism 101 class did know the name of her best friend. As did the hoards of people lining the halls and exits of Budig Hall that day.

KU Tomorrow

Runners benefit from experience
Redwine: Track, cross country teams have high expectations
August 22, 2009
In 2008, the University of Kansas men’s and women’s cross country team earned a pair of eighth-place finishes in the Big 12 Championships and eighth- and seventh-place finishes, respectively, in the NCAA Midwest Regionals.

Pulse

KU keeps up with advances in nursing education
August 22, 2009
With many industries reporting astronomical numbers of lost jobs and slim prospects for the future, the nursing profession continues to thrive. In keeping with that trend, programs at the Kansas University School of Nursing are thriving as well.