Tag: University of Kansas

When the national chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity suspended the organization’s University of Kansas chapter indefinitely last week it did just what every Greek letter organization should do with their rule-breaking chapters: Get rid…

My wife’s stepdad, Mike, was notoriously slow to soften. This was especially true if you were me, the bouncy, naive kid dating his stepdaughter. One particular interaction between us lives in family lore. I came…

Iola High golfers Xander Sellman and Titus Jones have stayed busy in the summer months. After participating in a golf camp at the University of Kansas, both competed in a Wichita Junior Tour event, where…

A researcher was convicted on Thursday of illegally concealing work he was doing for China while employed at the University of Kansas. But U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson continues to weigh a defense motion to…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors alleged Tuesday that a Kansas researcher illegally kept his work with a Chinese university secret, while the defense countered that he was merely “moonlighting.” The conflicting portrayals came…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Texas coach Chris Beard made the calculated decision to take away the flotilla of Kansas sharpshooters in their showdown at Allen Fieldhouse, where the sixth-ranked Jayhawks were trying to clinch a…

LAWRENCE — Fourteen Allen Countians were among the 6,400 students named to the fall 2021 University of Kansas Honor Roll. The honorees: Kari Shadden, Elsmore, School of the Arts. Noah Johnson, Humboldt, College of Liberal…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas has suspended two fraternities for five years following an investigation that accused the clubs of fostering a culture of hazing. KU Vice Provost for Student Affairs Tammara…

Kenny Heinz, who farms west of Carlyle along the Neosho River, is one of the first area farmers to have recognized and done something about pollution problems. Refuse from his hog feeding operation drains into…

Kansas universities are in a tight spot, stuck between federal COVID vaccine requirements and a Kansas law against using state funding for vaccine mandates. Hundreds of millions of federal dollars are on the line. The…