October 14, 2024

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Tag: University of Kansas

“Public-Private” Deals Bilk, Milk KU, Lawrence

Ten years ago, the City of Lawrence set up a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District and a Transportation Development District to…

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With Nearly 300 Kansas Educators Making $200K, Tuition Had To Go Up

Given the need to pay nearly 300 people more than $200,000 a year–and seven more than $500,000–the Kansas Board of…

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KU Athletic Director “Relieved of Duties,” Walks Away $1.4 Million Richer

KU Director of Athletics Sheahon Zenger is out of a job, and the taxpayers of Kansas are out a caboodle…

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KU Hard Pressed to Explain 42% One-Year Bump in Athletic Salaries

Although coaching salaries are paid out of a separate budget, non-coaching salaries in a university’s athletic department are not. Tax…

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Nearly 300 Kansans In Higher Ed Make 200K, More Than 100 At KU

According to figures released by the Kansas Policy Institute for the 2017-18 academic year, the State of Kansas pays 292…

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Two KU B-Ballers Reportedly Got Big $$$$ In Adidas Scandal

Thomas Gassnola, an AAU basketball director accused of working with Adidas to bribe guardians or family members of basketball players…

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Why Is KU Promoting Segregated Housing For Its LGBTQ Students?

At the University of Kansas, they call it “gender inclusive housing” but its effect is to shunt KU’s “transgender, non-binary…

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KU IOA Office Reports 5 Times as Many Sexual Assaults as Campus Police

There is a huge disparity in the way KU’s office of Institutional Opportunity and Access (IOA) reports sexual assaults, and…

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KU Crime Down 13 Percent, No Weapons Violations in Year One of Campus Carry

It would be rash to credit a 13 percent annual drop in crime at the University of Kansas to six…

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That Was Quick: KU Student Senate Defunds ‘Multicultural Student Government’

For a student body president to dismantle a funded entity on a college campus with the intimidating name “Multicultural Student…

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KU’s Multicultural Student Government Manages to “Impeach” First President in “Messy” Procedure

The government of the United States of America was in business for nearly 80 years before it managed to impeach…

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Kate Steinle “She Had Dreams Too” Poster Stirs the KU Snow Globe

Among the anonymous posters offending the diversity and inclusion crowd at the University of Kansas is one that shows an…

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Strange But True: KU Grad Students “Walk Out” to Protest Higher Taxes

Earlier this week the KU Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition (GTAC) staged something of a “walk out” on campus to protest…

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KU Now Accepting Applications for Social Justice Fellows

The University of Kansas is seeking Social Justice Fellows, the Office of Multicultural Affairs announced recently. The social justice fellows…

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Shocker: KU Pro-Life Group to Host “Lies Feminists Tell” Event, Gets Fair Coverage from Daily Kansan

Readers should brace themselves for a triple shock: the University of Kansas has a pro-life group; its members are bold…

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KU Hires Previously Banned BLM Activist

Caleb Stephens, a social worker and Black Lives Matter activist, was once banned from the Twente Hall, the social welfare studies building…

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Business Is Brisk For KU’s Famed Hate Crime Hoax Detector

Laird Wilcox, arguably the nation’s foremost hate crime hoax detector, was back in the news. The hoax du jour unfolded–and…

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Big Potential for Cost Savings at Kansas Universities

An analysis of staffing levels prepared by Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) shows the University of Kansas appears to be far…

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KU Could Be on The Hook for Millions If Football Coaches Are Fired

There is something about losing five straight football games and giving up an average of more than 50 points a…

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Adidas Scandal May Have Left its Footprint on KU

A trio of reporters at KU’s Daily Kansan–Conner Mitchell, Sean Collins and Wesley Dotson–are getting some deserved national attention for…

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KU Profs Sad Because Guns (and Other Things), LJW Says

University of Kansas professors are sad, according to the Lawrence Journal-World. KU faculty aired grievances during a university chapter meeting…

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Woman Warned Away from Westport Violence Dies in Lawrence Shoot-Out

“I encouraged them to go to Lawrence instead of Westport because Westport has been so violent and dangerous,” Gretchen Brown…

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No Gun Incidents at K-State Since Campus Carry, Collegian Reports

The Kansas State Collegian reports zero gun incidents at the K-State since a law allowing individuals to carry concealed weapons…

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Lawrence High Grooms Fresh Snowflakes For Future Campus Meltdowns

On Monday as many as 100 students at Lawrence High staged something of a sit-down strike to protest “disrespectful” comments…

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