By Gabriela Laracca On Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Schaeffer Auditorium, KU Presents! featured Vocalosity, a live-concert, acapella group produced by Deke Sharon, artistic producer of both Pitch Perfect and The Sing-Off. The performance was, as they described, “the aca-perfect concert experience.” Opening for Vocalosity was an acapella quartet called ‘Round Midnight which featured […]
Month: March 2016
By Ryan Vanderhei Rohrbach Library celebrates national library week with an event that has become an annual tradition here at KU, the READ poster event. During this event, members of the KU community can bring in their favorite book and a librarian will photograph them holding it. The librarians then upload the picture into an […]
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Leave the kids at home for Deadpool
Jodi Bogert Picture this: millions of parents and their children sitting in theaters around the world to see the new superhero, Deadpool. The kids are covering their eyes while sneaking a peek or two. Mom has steam coming out of her ears and dad is rubbing his temples. Luckily the AMC Theater has a bar […]
By Gabriella Ciaccio Alicia Garza, social activist and founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, is coming to KU on Tuesday March 29 to speak in Schaeffer Auditorium. She will lead a discussion on race, activism, violence, police brutality and social injustice. Garza used social media to express her anguish and love for the black […]
By Kendalyn Johnson The KU Women’s Center hosted the showing of Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues on Feb. 18 and Feb. 19 at Schaeffer Auditorium. Eve Ensler was the woman who wrote these monologues to support violence against women. She went around the world, interviewing women about taboo subjects and used those stories to influence others. […]
By Andrew Kutzer In a two-thirds majority, student government board voted against the university’s two-year on-campus housing requirement proposed for fall 2017 at its meeting March 15. The policy would require first and second year students to live on-campus. KU Housing Director Kent Dahlquist presented the proposal at a previous meeting on Feb. 16. Currently, […]
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The best of Main Street
By Samantha Paine Main Street holds a few gems that are always worth visiting, however, one of the best may also be one of the most under appreciated—Young Ones Records. Young Ones has been in the music business for 25 years and has seen several location changes within that time, each to a bigger and […]
By Lauren Sobczak KU students, like many of their peers from other universities, enjoy the convenience of a shuttle bus service that transports them across the north and south sides of campus, as well as to off-campus locations. Much more important than the convenience factor, however, is the sense of security that this service provides […]
By Samantha Biastre Relay for Life will be held at Andre Reed Stadium on Sunday April 3, marking the first time the event will be at KU in over five years. The event is hosted by KU Health Ambassadors, a club dedicated to “promoting all aspects of healthy living such as nutrition, fitness, mental health […]
By Gabrielle Garza KU’s criminal justice department hosted “police use of force: an American crisis” at Schaeffer Auditorium on Feb. 23. Chief John Dillon of the KU police department, Ashley Heiberger of the Bethlehem police department, Thomas Robinson, assistant professor in KU’s psychology department, Dennis Skayhan, the district attorney of Berks County and […]