Early Tuesday morning, before the hoopla and hysteria took over Finals Week in Lawrence, Kansas coach Bill Self sent a text to number one high school prospect Andrew Wiggins who was set to sign his letter of intent at 11:15 a.m. “Have a great day,” Self said. Wiggins shot back a simple “thank you,” with [...]
Who knew a simple word such as “yes” could be adding to our mountain of stress? Her phone simultaneously buzzed and lit up with a new text. Emily Ferrell immediately stopped typing her paper and read it. “Can you drive me to class?” Buried in homework, she reluctantly pressed the letters “y,” “e,” “s.” Ferrell [...]
Lauren Dowben always wanted to meet her significant other in college, so when she exchanged numbers with a guy she met in one of her classes, she considered him a possible mate for a long-term commitment. Over the next few months, they communicated via text message and Facebook, and they spent time together watching movies [...]
Terrence Malick is a filmmaker whose deliberate, ethereal style has earned him nearly four decades’ worth of critical acclaim and unwavering respect within his industry. The notoriously reclusive auteur, who hasn’t given an interview since the 1970s, possesses an almost alchemical ability to transmute dreams and memory into the realm of pure cinema, taking the [...]
If you’re planning on traveling to campus before the semester ends, take note: KU on Wheels will run altered route schedules Stop Day and Finals Week. There will be limited service Stop Day. The following routes will not operate: 27, 29, 30, 33, 36, 38, 42 and 43. Routes 11 and 41 will operate their [...]
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. [...]
Despite the mass exodus of students at the end of the semester, Lawrence continues to offer a host of concerts and activities for the summer. If you don’t know how to spend all your excess free time, there’s bound to be an event for you. For the music lovers: Hey Juggalos, The Insane Clown Posse [...]
The Met Ball was held at the Museum of Costume of Art in New York on Monday night. The event, also known as the Met Gala or the Costume Institute Gala, celebrates the annual opening of the Metropolitan Museum’s fashion exhibit at the Costume Institute. Vogue magazine hosts the extravaganza, which is known as one [...]
The Jayhawks turned out the lights on any doubts this season, beating Wichita State 7-5 in a hotly contested matchup at the Shockers’ Eck Stadium. Kansas hung five runs in the fifth, three of which coming off a bases clearing triple from sophomore right fielder Connor McKay. The Jayhawks survived a 20-minute delay when the [...]
When Bailey Reimer discusses her post-graduation plans, she often gets one of two reactions: people are either worried for her safety, or people excited for the experience in a big city. The reality is somewhere in the middle Reimer, a senior from Shawnee, has been accepted into Teach For America, a national nonprofit organization that [...]
Ten minutes before the show, only a handful of people were standing in front of the stage, waiting for the next act to go on. The venue, a smaller stage across the hall from the Uptown main stage, a two-level room with the bar up top overlooking the dance floor and stage. The blue walls [...]
Summertime can mean sunshine, hanging out at the pool, wandering around downtown and enjoying the freedom of no classes. But summer can also be a time to get in shape and explore ways to stay active in Lawrence. Various gyms and fitness centers offer workout classes during the summer. Aqua Zumba, offered at the Lawrence [...]
With graduation around the corner, here are 10 tips for landing that professional job and avoiding moving back in with your parents. 1. Don’t panic Searching for a professional job is a creative, yet vexing, process. However, as Bill Watterson, author of the ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ comic strip, said “You can’t just turn on creativity [...]
When Ted Johnson walks by Fraser Hall, he notices something intriguing about the blooming yellow and red tulips in the flower bed. Unlike their cousins only a few hundred feet away by the marquee outside Watson Library that stretch straight up to the sun, these blooms all bend slightly to the northeast. Johnson, a professor [...]
Politicians are often accused of being out of touch with the American people. For instance, Congress failed to pass a measure expanding background checks on firearms despite the fact, according to several news sources, that 91 percent of responding registered voters supported it. In other words, they failed to empathize with the recent victims of [...]
The Jayhawks were on the ropes. Like a prizefighter from yesteryear, Kansas baseball took a solid shot to the chin and stood wavering on the brink of a knockout in the Big 12 conference race after suffering the sweep in West Virginia. The uppercut, served at the hands of the Mountaineers, still lingers in the [...]
