Why you should care about crime in Lawrence: KU and Lawrence crime patterns correlate
A data analysis of KU Public Safety’s 10-year report by Abdullah Al-Awhad and Rylie Oswald Al-Awhad When catalytic converters – a car part that converts harmful pollutants into safer compounds for the atmosphere – are stolen from cars on the University of Kansas campus, the same is often happening off campus, said KU Public Safety’s…
Damaged historic fountain in the scholarship halls to be repaired by KU Facilities
By Rylie Oswald The Alumni Place Fountain used to be a place where the spray of water and music could fill the air. Under the night sky, scholarship hall residents could don lei around their necks and roll up their pants to dance in the ankle-deep water that gushed from the mouths of fish sculptures.…
Solar Car club loses West Campus headquarters after negotiations failed with KU mechanical engineering
The University of Kansas Solar Car club lost its West Campus headquarters. The club said in a news release it’s coming to an uncertain future. In September, the mechanical engineering department offered strict stipulations to Solar Car in order to compete in the Formula Sun Grand Prix. The stipulations withdrew space allocation and liability insurance…
A comparison between KU and UMKC parking: Can University Parking Ever Win?
By Dana Nasr With the fall semester right around the corner, many students at the University of Kansas are eager to get back to campus but less than thrilled about finding parking to do so. For sophomores and upper-classmen, the issues that parking on campus entail are nothing new and are something they have dealt…
What has changed in Wells Overlook since the 70’s?
Wells Overlook, the local smoke, picnic, drinking, and hiking spot at the center of Douglas County. Aside from being a popular canvas to illegally draw on, the park also has history to it. In an interview with the Open Kansan, Ken Lassman, whose grandfather, William H. Wells, donated the land for the park, said that…
Downtown Lawrence businesses face a ‘plateau’ of business during the summer
By Katherine Galliani When the school year concludes at the University of Kansas, small business owners in Lawrence, Kansas, routinely plan to see a decline in customers and a change in community. Many small businesses in Lawrence appeal to college-age customers, and for good reason. The student population (total head-count) for KU in 2021 was 23,958 while…
COVID-19 impacts KU Housing’s finances, drives students away from dorms
University of Kansas Student Housing suffered immense financial losses during COVID-19. Many students left dorms, causing Housing’s revenue to decrease significantly. Housing received over $7 million in COVID-19 federal relief funds between fiscal years 2020 and 2022, according to the Kansas Board of Regents’ December 2021 meeting agenda. Even with federal aid, Housing operated at a…
KU to replace 40 cashiers with Grubhub delivery app
Following a decline in student employment, the University of Kansas Dining Services expanded its partnership with Grubhub. Students will be able to place pick-up orders using the Grubhub mobile app at all dining locations on campus starting in July. Grubhub, a Chicago-based food delivery service, has been operating on campus at some locations, including Chick-fil-A,…
A Soon to be Demolished Building’s Long History
The hidden limestone building on 1503 Sunflower Road currently being demolished has a little known history that stretches back over a century. Currently known as the Facilities Administration Building, according to KU’s 2012 application for the KU Historic District, it was previously known as the Facilities Operations Building.
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