Douglas County could gain more representation in the Legislature if a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution is approved by voters on Nov. 5.
The amendment would end Kansas’ practice of adjusting official U.S. Census numbers to eliminate nonresident college students and military personnel. In the past, the secretary of state’s office has contacted every college student and military member residing in ...
Updated at 11:37 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14
When students at a now-suspended fraternity told University of Kansas administrators about acts of hazing — including sleep deprivation, forced alcohol consumption and acts of violence — other members retaliated by striking some of the frat's new members and urinating on them, newly released KU documents allege.
But many other details about what happened at the KU ...
With six university leadership positions currently filled by interims and another interim on the way, some University of Kansas professors and students are calling the situation a “problem,” while interim Provost Carl Lejuez labels the situation unstable but not chaotic.
Professors are also concerned that searches to replace interims with permanent appointees are being conducted by Lejuez, an interim ...
The public is invited to attend classes at Haskell Indian Nations University on Saturday as part of Haskell's “A Day at the U” event.
All courses are free and open to the public. Courses will take place from 9:10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and all courses except one are 50 minutes.
“A Day at the U” is a part of Haskell’s Homecoming celebration, a week of events that began Oct. 7. Also occurring Saturday: an ...
TOPEKA — Kansas’ new director of tourism used to have difficulty seeing herself reflected in Kansas’ advertising campaigns.
It was “outdoors focused,” she said, and apart from her love of watching Kansas sunsets, Bridgette Jobe doesn’t see herself as outdoorsy.
Jobe, who grew up in Kansas City, Kan., and still lives there, wants Kansas’ advertising to reflect the diversity of interests Kansans ...
The city itself is the classroom for students in the Lawrence Arts Center’s “Drawing Lawrence” class.
Every week, the artists can be seen — sketch pads in hand — throughout the city. One week, they're drawing locomotive No. 1073 in Watson Park; another, they're tackling the “The Dueling Marquees” of Massachusetts Street, the name their instructor gives to the marquees outside The Granada and ...
