Wednesday, November 11, 2009

University of Kansas

UNC Basketball Coach Roy Williams: Be Led By Your Dreams

Hansbrough, Lawson, Ginyard, and Hinrich were all leaders on the court. more >>

University of Kansas Introduces Recycling Program

Trio of groups teams up to fight KU's litter problem. more >>

Father of Dead Kansas Student Blames Alcohol

The 19-year-old died Sunday at his fraternity house. more >>

College Newspapers Endorse Obama Over McCain, 63 to 1

The only student paper to pick McCain as of October 31 was from the University of Mississippi. more >>

Kansas Cuts Back on Air Conditioning

School expects extra $2 million in energy costs next year. more >>

St. Louis Sees Jump in Chinese Freshman Enrollment

With better recruiting and the weak dollar, other schools also see increases in international students. more >>

Kansas Wins Lawsuit Against Retailer

Joe-College.com will have to pay $127,337 and will stop selling 50 T-shirt styles. more >>

Kansas Sues Retailer Over Unlicensed Gear

Store is major seller of controversial "Muck Fizzou" shirts. more >>

Kansas Fans (Mostly) Keep It Together After Big Win

School cancels classes to celebrate men's basketball championship. more >>

Kansas Win Inspires Streakers

In celebration of their team's Final Four win, Jayhawk fans poured onto the streets of Lawrence—stopping traffic, attacking vehicles, and dancing atop cars naked. more >>

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The Ivy League begins an online Risk tournament; University of Kansas searches for a new slogan more >>

Kansas Bars Cramping Hipsters' Style

Local bars in Lawrence have cracked the whip on dress codes. more >>

Proof That Graphic Designers Have Too Much Time

Two angsty alumni have recently started a typographic war with the University of Kansas athletics department, the University Daily Kansan reports. more >>

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A military training grenade is no laughing matter, especially after one was found near a campus apartment complex at Ball State University, the Daily News reports. more >>

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*According to the Badger Herald, the University of Wisconsin canceled at least two courses, then forgot to tell anyone. Oops. more >>

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Daily updates from campuses nationwide. more >>

Stirring Up Trouble Instead of Miso Soup

Love thy neighbor, unless your neighbor is a popular sushi restaurant that is allegedly destroying your historic apartment building. A loveless Lawrence resident has organized a boycott against the expansion of the Wa Japanese Restaurant, claiming the construction has caused upwards of $20,000 of damage to the building he lives in, the University Daily Kansan of the University of Kansas reports. more >>

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*A theater group at the University of Kansas will perform Pageant, featuring a bevy of guys in drag, the University Daily Kansan reports. The production is not a drag show but redundantly described by the director as a "parody of beauty pageants. more >>

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A discrimination suit on behalf of minority students seeking higher education in Alabama has finally been settled--after 25 years, the Crimson White reports . Nebraska, the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich, still has good Reubens, the Daily Nebraskan reports. more >>

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