Sleeping through a boring lecture is not an option for Colleen Cesaretti, a freshman from Naperville, Ill., during her Infomania class in the journalism school, where she learns about the subject of information overload. Taught by Doug Ward, associate professor of journalism, Infomania is one of the new breed of courses known as hybrid classes. [...]
The Kansas softball team made history on Sunday in the team’s doubleheader against No. 1 Oklahoma at Arrocha Ballpark in Lawrence. Sunday’s 2-0 victory over Oklahoma was the first by the Kansas softball program over a number one ranked team. Kansas was previously 0-5 all-time against top-ranked teams. Kansas coach Megan Smith said she was [...]
The Jayhawks’ weekend series sweep over the Baylor Bears is a testament to just how quickly fortunes can change in NCAA Baseball. At this time last weekend, Kansas players and coaches were preparing for the long charter flight back from Beckley, W.Va., after experiencing the wrong side of three one-run losses at the hands of [...]
The Kansas tennis team did something Thursday it had not done in five years: advance past the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. The Jayhawks were able to beat Iowa State for the second time in a week when the teams met in Norman, Okla., for the Big 12 tournament. Two weeks ago Kansas [...]
The Kansas softball team dropped two of three games to the No. 14 Baylor Lady Bears this weekend to lose the series. The Jayhawks fell to the Lady Bears in the first game and won game two in thrilling walk-off fashion. The Jayhawks fell short in the final game of the series 5-4. In the [...]
Question: What happens when Michael Bay foregoes almost everything that makes him the eyeball-straining, intellect-draining king of summer blockbusters: his nine-figure budgets, his penchant for non-stop explosions, his borderline incomprehensible editing style and his inexplicable affinity for Shia Labeouf and leg-humping robots? Answer: He turns around and makes his best movie since 1996’s “The Rock.” [...]
Halfway through Friday’s Brown Bag Drag, a 6-foot-tall femme mimic in a Disney’s Snow White dress raised an expertly-painted eyebrow to draw a laugh from the line “He’s gotta be larger than life” as she sang Footloose’s “I Need a Hero.” “The fact that we can have a drag show on your campus and not [...]
In the early hours of a recent Tuesday, Bailey Fee, a freshman from Kansas City, Kan., arrived at the Jubilee Café at the First United Methodist Church with a smile and a willing spirit to spend several hours serving breakfast to the homeless. For Fee, working with the homeless hits close to home. In October [...]
Two miles, 100 sit-ups and 10 minutes of stretching later, I reached for my plastic bottle filled to the brim with red liquid. Feeling sweaty yet accomplished after a solid workout, I sipped my fruit punch sports drink and then threw it in the trash can on my way out of the gym. After still [...]
Governor Brownback visited the University yesterday as part of his tour around Kansas universities and colleges to rally support for his plan to stabilize state funding for higher education. The Kansas House and Senate have both proposed across-the-board cuts to state universities, a move Brownback thinks will threaten plans for economic development. “We want to [...]
I do not envy the role of new Kansas quarterback Jake Heaps this year. And neither should you. His task hasn’t been successfully accomplished since 2009’s Todd Reesing kept Kansas football treading water. It’s as tough a spot as any to be in. The odds are against him. Jake Heaps is the key to making [...]
Bursting onto the political scene over the last few months, the student-led group 6 PAC, a political action committee, is hoping to make a Kansas-sized dent in state education policy. The group, formed by Forrest Richardson, a sophomore from Savannah, Mo., aims to address critical concerns in tenure, teacher training and teacher pay policy. They [...]
Old Man Winter continues to wreak havoc on the Kansas baseball schedule. After cancelling Tuesday’s game against Oral Roberts, the Jayhawks prepare to face NAIA foe Baker University. The continued shuffling of the schedule and practice routine hasn’t slowed the Jayhawks winning ways this season. “It’s been a brutal year with the cold weather,” said [...]
Robert Czyz, a senior from Chicago, didn’t look quite right for the part of emcee for Jayhawk Jhalak, the South Asian Student Association’s annual talent show. Czyz’s emcee counterpart, Viraj Amin, a recent graduate from Shawnee, even joked that Czyz was the first white emcee the talent show has had. Even though Czyz doesn’t have [...]
Ashley Martin celebrated the “holidaze” this weekend with friends by relaxing in a mellow atmosphere. The Shawnee sophomore has smoked marijuana since she was a sophomore in high school. She has celebrated 4/20 multiple times and said now it’s more of a chill thing for her to do with friends who enjoy the same pastime [...]
Blake Leeper knows that as a double leg amputee, he is not going to beat opponents by getting a faster start than them. In the men’s 100 meter Para Olympic Open at the Kansas Relays, Leeper showed his speed in the final 50 meters of the race, winning the event in 11.24 seconds. “My start [...]
