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Big 12 football faces tough competition

Non-confrence games pose threats to teams

Tougher match-ups, national exposure could prove beneficial to recruiting.

Wide receivers key to Saturday’s victory

Kansas offense shines in season home-opener

Quarterback Reesing credits teammates with yard-gaining adjustment.

Students, staff hit by crimes

Mysterious note, death threat, and mugging on campus

Take a look into some of the crimes that have recently occurred at KU.

Muselmann: Don’t let a problem ruin a party

Often, things are more enjoyable when they don’t go as planned.

Football Notes: September 5, 2007

An update on ticket sales for the game against Mizzou at Arrowhead Stadium and other issues in Kansas football.

Johnson: Sports should embrace cheerleaders

No ball, no bat; cheerleaders get no love from the sports community

Cheerleaders got through as much rigorous work as other athletes. It’s time to take a serious look at cheerleading.

Student Senate freshmen elections end today

Voting will close at 4 p.m. Results will be announced at 6 p.m.

Twenty-four freshmen are running for Student Senate. Candidates submitted biographies to the Kansan.

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Ray Bechard notches tenth season

Coach marks 151st win at Kansas

He says he doesn’t feel that old but he has the numbers of a veteran. His original path didn’t include volleyball. Berchard says both coaching jobs that got him started he ‘fell into a little bit.’

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences changes academic policy

New policy guarantees probation before dismissal

Maintaining good academic standings easier with new policy.

Letter to the Editor: Don’t blame books for college costs

Recent debate about bookstores and professors not the source of problems in school

Wiebe: Americans footballers headed overseas

European leagues stealing soccer stars from Major League Soccer

Top players in the MLS, including Freddy Adu, recently signed with prestigious clubs across the Atlantic. Columnist Andrew Wiebe doesn’t think this trend is going to end anytime soon.

Free for All: September 5, 2007

So Free For All, my roommates and I don’t know how to tell our other roommate that he needs to start flushing after taking a poop.

Pre-Law Day comes to KU

Event for prospective law students sponsored by the KU pre-law office and Phi Alpha Delta.

McNaughton: Profiling never acceptable

The media often perpetuates biases with its labels.

Coach Bechard wins more

Brown gives team extra spark

Senior setter Emily Brown helps the Jayhawks to a 3-0 victory Tuesday night against UMKC. She led the team with 27 assists, 8 digs and 5 blocks.

Former U.S. ambassadors to present “Genocide: What the world can do and should do”

Robert Beecroft and Edward Brynn will speak Thursday at the Robert J. Dole Insitute of Politics. Student interest in Darfur prompted the Dole Institute to hold the event.

Most E-Mailed: Sept. 5, 2007

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