Riding the momentum of the upset of No. 1 Oklahoma, the Jayhawk softball team will finish the regular season at Iowa State with a chance at its best Big 12 finish since 2001. Last weekend, the Jayhawks hosted the Sooners in what turned out to be just a two-game series due to weather conditions. The [...]
Baseball fans couldn’t write a more fitting end to Kansas’ 1-0, eleventh-inning victory over the Wichita State Shockers. A single, hit batsmen, bunt single and sophomore right fielder Dakota Smith’s walk off RBI single in the bottom of the eleventh sealed the victory in what will go down as the prime picture of oddity in [...]
The bell is tolling loudly on the 2013 season of Kansas baseball. It tolls for a Jayhawk team that, competitively, hung with the best of the Big 12 conference until the bitter end. Kansas dropped all three games by a single run in their weekend series at West Virginia. The sweep dropped the Jayhawks from [...]
Big 12 baseball is a volatile beast. It gives no room for error nor compassion to mistakes at the plate or in the field. The 2013 campaign is no different. Sure, the Jayhawks were riding high on three-straight Big 12 series victories before heading to Beckley W. Va. to take on the Mountaineers for the [...]
The state of Kansas boasts a plethora of native wildlife, which is as diverse as any other state in the country. However, unlike domesticated pets, when a wild animal is injured or orphaned, more often than not, there is no place to take it to be rehabilitated. Despite this oversight, there is an organization called [...]
A common cliché is that history repeats itself. With that in mind, the chance for the Kansas tennis team to repeat history has presented itself. The Jayhawks have not made it out of the first round of the Big 12 tournament in 5 years. The last time the team advanced, it came at the hands [...]
Tuesday’s softball doubleheader against UMKC has been moved to April 24 due to impending inclement weather. UMKC’s website states that the aforementioned weather is “possible low temperatures and snowfall in the Kansas City area.” Additional conflicts meant that the doubleheader will be moved to Arrocha Ballpark in Lawrence, but the two games will still be [...]
A building formerly associated with the Cold War and nuclear weapons will be demolished this summer as a casualty to the ongoing expansion of KU’s School of Engineering. Burt Hall, constructed in the late 1950s, once served as the University’s home of radiation and nuclear engineering programs. It originally housed a nuclear reactor active through [...]
After a tough 12-4 loss to the Creighton Bluejays Tuesday in Omaha, Neb., and a cancellation due to inclement weather Wednesday, the Jayhawks are headed to Lubbock, Texas to take on a struggling Red Raider squad. The Red Raiders are in the midst of a seven game losing streak, six of these coming on the [...]
Kansas junior relief pitcher Jordan Piché was named the Big 12 conference’s Newcomer of the Week for the second week in a row this week. In this weekend’s series against Texas, Piché recorded a save and a win. The junior reliever’s win helped Kansas to its first series victory over Texas since 2009. Piché is [...]
Kansas football coach Charlie Weis announced on Monday that senior tight end Nick Sizemore has been suspended for the first three games of the 2013 season due to a violation of team rules. “As I have previously stated, every player on our team knows and understands our rules and regulations,” Weis said. “They also know [...]
Linebacker Ben Heeney caught a lot of eyes during Saturday’s spring game while representing the Blue team. The media voted Heeney as the defensive MVP after he collected five tackles, including one for a loss. But Heeney was not the only linebacker who shined this past weekend. Sophomore Jake Love also impressed people, including Kansas [...]
Friday In need of a spark to make a run in the Big 12, the Jayhawk tennis team was unable to fend off a duo of teams from Texas. The No. 29 Texas Longhorns and the No. 15 Texas Tech Red Raiders were able to ground the Jayhawks to 0-8 in conference play. The loss [...]
With graduation comes the dreaded gown. And with the dreaded gown, comes the also dreaded cap. Why must such a monumental event in our lives (where countless pictures are taken) require shapeless uniforms? The world will never know. Happy memories from the last four years of college will surely be the last thing on my [...]
On Sunday, April 14th, the Jayhawks took on the Texas Longhorns at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Kan. The Jayhawks won the ballgame 4-3, advancing to 22-13 overall and 7-5 in the Big XII. Junior pitcher Frank Duncan (3-4) recorded the win and junior pitcher Jordan Piche’ recorded the save (8 total). The Jayhawks’ next game [...]
At least thirty-eight University faculty members will lose their jobs if Kansas House legislatures approve a more than four percent budget cut to higher education currently under consideration, said Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little in an open letter released Monday. Gray-Little said the $20.3 million cut to the University, which ignores Gov. Sam Brownback’s recommendation of flat [...]
