Student activities University of Kansas

1 student activities

1.1 athletics
1.2 debate teams
1.3 anthems
1.4 media
1.5 housing

student activities
athletics


kansas jayhawks athletics wordmark

the school s sports teams, wearing crimson , royal blue, called kansas jayhawks. participate in ncaa s division , in big 12 conference. ku has won thirteen national championships: 5 in men s basketball (two helms foundation championships , 3 ncaa championships), 3 in men s indoor track , field, 3 in men s outdoor track , field, 1 in men s cross country , 1 in women s outdoor track , field. home course ku cross country rim rock farm. recent championship came on june 8, 2013 when ku women s track , field team won ncaa outdoor in eugene, oregon becoming first university of kansas women s team win national title.

memorial stadium

ku football dates 1890, , has played in orange bowl 3 times: 1948, 1968, , 2008. coached david beaty, hired in 2014. in 2008, under leadership of mark mangino, #7 jayhawks emerged victorious in first bcs bowl game, fedex orange bowl, 24–21 victory on #3 virginia tech hokies. capstone victory marked end of successful season in school history, in jayhawks went 12–1 (.923). team plays @ memorial stadium, underwent $31 million renovation add anderson family football complex, adding football practice facility adjacent stadium complete indoor partial practice field, weight room, , new locker room.

the ku men s basketball team has fielded team every year since 1898. jayhawks perennial national contender, coached bill self. team has won 5 national titles, including 3 ncaa tournament championships in 1952, 1988, , 2008. basketball program second winningest program in college basketball history overall record of 2,070–806 through 2011–12 season. team plays @ allen fieldhouse. perhaps best recognized player wilt chamberlain, played in 1950s.

kansas has counted among coaches dr. james naismith (the inventor of basketball , coach in kansas history have losing record), basketball hall of fame inductee phog allen ( father of basketball coaching ), basketball hall of fame inductee roy williams of university of north carolina @ chapel hill, , basketball hall of fame inductee , former nba champion detroit pistons coach larry brown. in addition, legendary university of kentucky coach , basketball hall of fame inductee adolph rupp played ku s 1922 , 1923 helms national championship teams, , ncaa hall of fame inductee , university of north carolina coach dean smith played ku s 1952 ncaa championship team. both rupp , smith played under phog allen. allen coached hall of fame coaches dutch lonborg , ralph miller. allen founded national association of basketball coaches (nabc), started ncaa tournament. tournament began in 1939 under nabc , next year handed off newly formed ncaa.

notable non-varsity sports include rugby. rugby team owns private facility , internationally tours every 2 years.

sheahon zenger introduced ku s new athletic director in january 2011. under former athletic director lew perkins, department s budget increased $27.2 million in 2003 (10th in conference) on $50 million in large part money raised new priority seating policy @ allen fieldhouse, new $26.67 million eight-year contract adidas replacing existing contract nike, , new $40.2 million seven-year contract espn regional television. additional funds brought improvements university, including:

the booth family hall of athletics addition allen fieldhouse
brand new offices , lounges women s basketball program
brand new scoreboard , batting facility baseball field
a new $35 million football facility adjacent memorial stadium
the $8 million 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m) anderson family strength center


fraser hall - ku s landmark academic building


debate teams

the university of kansas has had more teams (70) compete in national debate tournament other university. kansas has won tournament 5 times (1954, 1970, 1976, 1983, , 2009) , had 14 teams make final four. kansas trails northwestern (13), dartmouth (6), , harvard (6) tournaments won. kansas won 1981–82 copeland award.

anthems

notable among number of songs commonly played , sung @ various events such commencement , convocation, , athletic games are: i’m jayhawk , fighting jayhawk , kansas song , sunflower song , crimson , blue , red , blue , rock chalk, jayhawk chant , home on range , stand , cheer.

media

the university s newspaper university daily kansan, placed first in intercollegiate writing competition of prestigious william randolph hearst writing foundation competition, called pulitzers of college journalism in 2007. in winter 2008, group of students created kupedia, wiki things ku. received student funding operations in 2008–09. ku department of english publishes coal city review, annual literary journal of prose, poetry, reviews , illustrations. review typically features work of many writers, periodically spotlights 1 author, in case of 2006 nelson poetry book award-winner voyeur poems matthew porubsky.

the university daily kansan operates outside of university s william allen white school of journalism , reaches @ least 30,000 daily readers through print , online publications

the william allen white school of journalism

the university houses following public broadcasting stations: kjhk, student-run campus radio station, kujh-lp, independent station broadcasts public affairs programs, , kanu, npr-affiliated radio station. kansas public radio station kanu 1 of nation s first public radio stations. kjhk, campus radio has roots 1952 , run students.

housing

potter lake, joseph r. pearson hall in background