Join: Oct 30, 2005
Name: KU
Hometown: Lawrence, Kansas
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Rock Chalk Revue at KU
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Tags: Rock Chalk Revue University of Kansas KU Traditions Musical Variety Show Performance Lied Center Greek Life Practice Sing Singing Song Songs Dance Dancing Numbers Event Student Students Organization United Way Douglas County Lawrence History
Rock Chalk Revue, the annual variety show produced by University of Kansas students to benefit Douglas County United Way, is nationally recognized as one of the largest student-run philanthropy activities in the United States. Since 1983, Rock Chalk Revue has raised more than $800000 for United...
KU Traditions - Waving the Wheat
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Tags: University of Kansas KU Wave Wheat Waving The Tradition Students Student Life Football Stands Stadium Allen Fieldhouse Athletics Athletes Sports Campus Event Events
A tradition that has endured since the 1920s or 30s, KU fans sway their arms to imitate the waving of wheat in a large prairie field. It takes place after the KU football team scores, throughout basketball games and at other sports and campus events.
KU Provost Candidate: Jeffrey S. Vitter
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Tags: University of Kansas KU Provost Candidate 2010 Office Executive Search Position
Jeffrey S. Vitter, professor of computer science and engineering at Texas A&M University, formerly was provost at Texas A&M and dean of the College of Sciences at Purdue University. He made a short presentation to students, faculty, staff and the public on March 4, at the Bruckmiller and mcgee...
KU Provost Candidate: Steven F. Warren
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Tags: University of Kansas KU Provost Candidate 2010 Office Executive Search Position
Steven F. Warren, vice provost for research and graduate studies at KU, made a short presentation to students, faculty, staff and the public on March 1, at the Bruckmiller and mcgee rooms in the Adams Alumni Center. For more information, visit: www.news.ku.edu
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Missouri burning
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Tags: KU University of Kansas Rock Chalk Mount Oread Graduate PhD Research Quantril Quantrill Quantrills Quantrill's Raid Lawrence Burned Burning Fire Civil War Slavery Order 11 Eleven Bloody Bleeding
KU graduate student Ann M. Raab is excavating sites in Missouri devastated by a brutal decree of deportation known as General Order No. 11. A 2,500-square-mile swath of the Show-Me State was reduced to a burnt district in response to William Quantrill's 1863 attack on Lawrence.For more...
Strong grandmothers, strong words: Poetry inspires new multimedia musical
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Tags: KU University of Kansas Rock Chalk Jayhawk Margaret Walker Poetry Poet Words Lyrics
A New York-based composer-musician and a KU professor hope to renew public interest in the late poet and author Margaret Walker. Their collaboration, Lineage: The Margaret Walker Song Cycle, features Walkers poems set to music and images.
Sledding at KU
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Tags: University of Kansas KU Rock Chalk Jayhawk Sled Sledding Toboggan Saucer Cafeteria Tray Trays Mount Oread Slope Hill The Campanile Memorial Stadium Snow Ice Drift Wind Cold Winter Memories Memory Chill Chilly Weather
It's all downhill from here! Take off down the steep slopes of Mount Oread as students sled through the snow.
Wayne Simien - KU Alumni Association Life Member
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Tags: KU University of Kansas Alumni Association Life Member Graduate Graduation Memories The Hill Mount Oread Donation Gifts Members Club Benefits Organization
On the court, basketball player Wayne Simien gave his full commitment to KU. Now he's doing the same of the court as a Life Member of the KU Alumni Association. The Alumni Association connects Simien to previous generations of KU graduates. And the Association helps strengthen KU for generations...
