Junior running back Jake Sharp breaks through on a run during the third quarter of Saturday's game.

Published on August 30, 2008

Senior line backer James Holt goes in for a tackle during the third quarter of Saturday's game.

Published on August 30, 2008

Junior quarterback Todd Reesing looks to pass during the third quarter of Saturday's game.

Published on August 30, 2008

Freshman punt returner Daymond Patterson celebrates with his teammates after returning a punt 75 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter.

Published on August 30, 2008

Freshman defensive tackle Richard Johnson, Jr. chases after an FIU player during the second quarter of Saturday's game.

Published on August 30, 2008

Freshman punt returner Daymond Patterson streaks down the sideline en-route to a punt return for a touchdown during the second quarter of Saturday's game.

Published on August 30, 2008

Sophomore place kicker Alonso Rojas (18) celebrates with freshman quarter back AJ Steward after Rojas connected on a field goal attempt in the second quarter.

Published on August 30, 2008

Junior quarterback Todd Reesing calls out an audible to his team during the first quarter.

Published on August 30, 2008

Junior running back Jocques Crawford celebrates with his teammates after scoring KU's first touchdown of the season during Saturday's game.

Published on August 30, 2008

Junior quarterback Todd Reesing breaks a tackle during the second quarter of Saturday's game. At the half, Kansas leads FIU 30-7.

Published on August 30, 2008

Sophomore wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe catches a touchdown pass to put the Jayhawks up 14-0 in the second quarter of Saturday's game.

Published on August 30, 2008

Junior running back Jake Sharp carries the ball during the first quarter of the game Saturday. Kansas led at the end of the first quarter 7-0.

Published on August 30, 2008

Junior running back Jake Sharp carries the ball during the first quarter of the game Saturday. Kansas led at the end of the first quarter 7-0.

Published on August 30, 2008

An FIU defender recovers a fumble during the first quarter of Saturday's game.

Published on August 30, 2008

Senior wide receiver Dexton Fields catches a pass during pre-game Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

Published on August 30, 2008

Junior quarterback Todd Reesing warms up before Saturday's game against FIU at Memorial Stadium.

Published on August 30, 2008

Senior wide receiver Derek Fine catches a pass against two Texas A&M defenders during the first quarter.

Published on August 29, 2008

Senior running back Brandon McAnderson taunts the student section during the first quarter. Kansas led FIU 24-7 at the break.

Published on August 29, 2008

This graphic rendering shows what the new building will look like when completed in 2009. Renovations include new locker rooms, renovations to Allen Fieldhouse and a donor atrium.

Published on August 29, 2008

Lacy Myers, Mission Woods nontraditional student, registers to vote at the Barack Obama acceptance speech watch party at Liberty Hall on Thursday night with help from George Dungan, Lincoln, Neb., junior, and Bene Garcia, Ulysses, Kan., junior. Members of the KU Young Democrats and Douglas County Democratic Party volunteered at the event to register voters and sign up volunteers.

Published on August 29, 2008

Michael DeHaven, first-year graduate student Topeka, works Wednesday afternoon in a Wescoe Hall classroom that has been converted into office space for GTA's working in the German department. Several other departments such as English, Slavic, History and Philosophy have also seen their offices moved to similar classrooms for the current school year due to construction work occuring where their offices were previously located.

Published on August 28, 2008

Sophomore punter Alonso Rojas practices punting during open practice Aug. 15 at Memorial Stadium. Rojas transferred to Kansas from Bowling Green and could see time as a place kicker this season.

Published on August 28, 2008

Vitamin Water, the popular water-replacement, contains fewer actual vitamins that many are led to believe.

Published on August 27, 2008

Former student body president Hannah Love, left, and Aly Rodee, Wichita senior, are featured in the 2008 KU Women of Distinction calendar.

Published on August 26, 2008

Sophomore wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe, senior wide receiver Dexton Fields and junior wide receiver Kerry Meier have high expectations on their shoulders for 2008.

Published on August 26, 2008

FIU quarterback Wayne Younger attempts to evade Kansas defenders during last year's 55-3 loss on Sept. 22 at Memorial Stadium. Younger and junior Paul McCall are still competing for the starting quarterback position under FIU's new offensive coordinator.

Published on August 26, 2008

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Published on August 25, 2008

Published on August 25, 2008

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Published on August 25, 2008

Then-freshman center Cole Aldrich defends the basket during the Final Four game against North Carolina April, 5, 2008, in San Antonio.

Published on August 25, 2008

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Published on August 24, 2008

Keith Wainwright (left) and Steve Foster, both of Central Mechanical Construction, worked Tuesday night on the roof of Wescoe Hall. The construction crews, who are installing a new air transfer system in Wescoe, work between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. to avoid causing disruptions to the many classes that meet in Wescoe.

Published on August 24, 2008

Blake Mankin, Dallas freshman, adds a coat of paint to the window trim on a Habitat for Humanity house in North Lawrence on Saturday. Mankin, along with about 130 other KU students, participated in Volunteer Day, an annual event organized by the Center for Community Outreach.

Published on August 24, 2008

Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Julie Hanley snatches an errant ball in the first half of Friday night's exibition game at the KU Soccer Complex.

Published on August 24, 2008

KU junor midfielder Monica Dolinsky, left, collides with a pair of Purdue players in pursuit of a free ball during Friday night's exibition game at the KU Soccer Complex.

Published on August 24, 2008

KU redshirt junior defender Jenny Murtauh, left, and senior midfielder Jessica Bush, right, struggle upfield against Purdue's Loredana Riverso during Friday night's exibition game at the KU Soccer Complex.

Published on August 24, 2008

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Published on August 24, 2008

Kelsey Whitaker, Kansas City freshman, jumps into the arms of Molly Stewart, Kansas City junior, outside the Union on Saturday evening. Whitaker had just been accepted to Pi Beta Phi sorority, of which Stewart is already a member.

Published on August 24, 2008

Members of Chi Omega sorority anxiously await the arrival of the new pledges, like Sarah Duarte, Hutchinson frehsman, at the Chi Omega fountain on Saturday evening. Standing members of the sorority made signs and played music to help welcome their new "sisters."

Published on August 24, 2008

Keri Kenning and Sarah Duarte, Hutchinson freshmen and Leanna Mooney and Kelsey Charles, Overland Park freshmen, eagerly wait to open their bid cards in the Union Ballroom on Saturday evening. Bid cards let the pledges know which sorority has chosen to accept them.

Published on August 24, 2008

Kris Ercums, curator of Asian art at the Spencer Museum of Art, works Tuesday at the museum in preparation for the Time/Frame exhibit. The exhibit is expected to open this week and coincides with the museum's showing of the movie "Back to the Future" on Thursday night.

Published on August 22, 2008

Natalie Uhart, returning senior middle blocker, jumps to block a spike from a Texas hitter Nov. 7, 2007 in the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.

Published on August 21, 2008

Jennifer Bertrand, winner of HGTV's "Design Star" poses in front of her mural at Salon Reaction in Overland Park on Wednesday. Bertrand designed much of the salon, including the sinks and lamps.

Published on August 21, 2008

Freshman offensive lineman Jeff Spikes, left, squares off against senior offensive lineman Adrian Mayes during a back-and-forth hitting drill at Friday morning's open practice.

Published on August 21, 2008

Redshirt freshman kicker Stephen Hoge gets in a few practice kicks prior to Friday morning's open practice at Memorial Stadium.

Published on August 20, 2008

Lawrence Police Department officer Matthew Weidl scans passing traffic with a radar gun from his patrol car parked off Massachusetts Street Wednesday night. The LPD is conducting Special Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) measures though September 1, and will include saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints the evenings of August 23 and 24.

Published on August 20, 2008

Members of the KU football team can now be viewed practicing on the newly-constructed practice field from the vantage of the Oread parking garage.

Published on August 20, 2008

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Published on August 20, 2008

Darwin Lujan, theatre and film student, is taking advantage of the GI bill this year. Lujan, of the Marines, said he has used the GI bill before.

Published on August 20, 2008

Davis Morgan, Newton junior, works at the new circulation desk in Watson Library Tuesday afternooon. Morgan said that he has worked at the library for three years and that the new desk is "quite spacious."

Published on August 20, 2008