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 ...
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 ...
Matt O'Reilly, an associate professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Kansas, has been selected as the 2019 recipient of the HOPE Award. HOPE stands for "Honor for Outstanding Progressive Educator." It's the only award given to a ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self on Wednesday spoke favorably about the new law in California that allows student-athletes in the state to profit on their name, likeness and image, calling the law “a very, very positive step” that puts the pay-for-play issue “on the front porch of ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self said Wednesday that it was not his intent to taunt the NCAA or anyone else with the promotional video and performance by Snoop Dogg at Late Night last week. The rapper’s performance, which featured pole dancers, profanity-laced lyrics and fake $100 bills ...
Snoop Dogg may have two G’s in his name, but the hip-hop artist said he certainly didn’t make any promises to make his recent show at Allen Fieldhouse G-rated. Snoop Dogg was on the Howard Stern radio program on Tuesday and was asked about his Late Night in the Phog performance that led ...
The Kansas secretary of commerce will return to his alma mater on Oct. 22 to deliver the University of Kansas School of Business Anderson Chandler Lecture. The secretary, David Toland, graduated from KU in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in political science and returned for a master's degree in ...
Hundreds of Lawrence students are taking advantage of a program that allows them to take several college courses while they are still in high school. Superintendent Anthony Lewis said Monday that 316 high school students were currently enrolled in college courses offered through a partnership ...
State and federal law is not the best way to change NCAA regulations regarding athletes receiving compensation through endorsements, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod said. “Rarely is legislation the best way to fix things,” he said. “There are always significant unintended ...
A busy news week for Kansas Athletics continued Saturday, when a video of a woman crocheting before the football game went viral. "Crochet lady," as she has been dubbed, entertained herself with her hobby before the start of the Kansas-Oklahoma game — and inadvertently entertained the ...
Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long apologized Friday for a Late Night in the Phog performance by rapper Snoop Dogg that included stripper poles on the Allen Fieldhouse floor and fake money shot over the heads of prospective recruits. “I take full responsibility for not thoroughly vetting ...
With legendary hip hop artist Snoop Dogg bringing the bulk of his tour show to Allen Fieldhouse for Late Night in the Phog on Friday, the Kansas men’s basketball program got a little more than it bargained for in terms of the props and theatrics that were included. With dancers, a money gun ...
While the University of Kansas has publicly released the list of recruiting allegations the NCAA has made against the school’s basketball program, it is declining to release other basic information about the case. The University of Kansas on Thursday denied a Journal-World records request ...
The appearance of multiple low-flying military jets over Lawrence Friday morning rattled many residents. One caller — of many — to the Journal-World said the planes were so low that he could see details of the cockpit’s underside. He said he saw four jets make two very loud passes over ...
Kiese Laymon is always revising: his words, his works, himself. Thursday night at the Lied Center, the acclaimed black author read “Terrors,” a chapter from his memoir "Heavy." “Terrors” is actually a revision of a previous essay he had written titled “Outside,” which first-year ...
Updated at 2:14 p.m. Wednesday Native women have told Sarah Deer they raise their daughters to know what to do when they are raped, not if they are raped. This statement was met with silence from the packed audience in Spooner Hall attending Deer’s Hall Center for the Humanities lecture ...
Story updated at 6:56 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019: For the third consecutive year, enrollment on the University of Kansas’ Lawrence campus has declined, according to numbers released by the school on Wednesday. Both KU and the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday released enrollment ...
California’s decision to allow college athletes to make money through endorsements could lead to many other states following in its footsteps. But Kansas likely won’t be one of them, said state Rep. Jim Ward, D-Wichita. “The Legislature — in my 20 years there — tends to defer to the ...
Updated at 4 p.m. Monday Changes to the state's higher education admissions standards could have some benefits for Kansas students and school districts, but it may have some drawbacks as well. Mark Tallman, associate director of advocacy and communication for the Kansas Association of School ...
The fall public tour of the University of Kansas' Medicinal Garden is scheduled for Saturday. At 10 a.m., botanist Jennifer Moody will lead attendees through the garden, which features a research area made up of rows of about 50 feet that include 15 to 20 species. There is also an interpretive ...