Freshman second baseman/shortstop Kolby Fesmire bunts during the softball game against Missouri Southern Sept. 22

Sean McDonald, Shawnee, Kan. senior, Maggie Long, Overland Park, Kan. senior, and Jennifer Schmidt, Overland Park, Kan. senior, applaud the half-time show at the Kansas vs. Baylor game Saturday night at Allen Fieldhouse. Many students wear blue to the games, but some still wear red to support the Jayhawks.

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Dan Parker is a veteran of the Iraq war and president of the Collegiate Veterans Association. The Association is an advocacy group the helps veterans navigate University requirements and adjust to college life.

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Kansas Jayhawks Basketball 110 Years

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Danny Manning led the Hawks to victory over the Oklahoma Sooners.

Danny Manning celebrates the championship

Danny Manning and Larry Brown celebrate during the 1988 NCAA tournament. Shortly after the Jayhawks had a disappointing season, Kansas went all the way, defeating Oklahoma in the championship.

Kevin Pritchard holding up his piece of award to the crowd.

Wilt Chamberlain, who played for the Jayhawks in the late 1950s, averaged a school-record 29.9 points per game and 18.9 rebounds per game during his career at Kansas. Chamberlain was the first player to win the Rookie of the Year and the Most Valuable Player awards during the same season in the NBA.

Chamberlain's No. 13 jersey was retired to the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse in 1998. Chamberlain holds the record for most points scored in a game at the University and in the NBA, with 52 points scored in a game at Kansas and 100 points scored in a single NBA game.

Wilt Chamberlain stretches far above Phog Allen, just as he stretched above his competition during his career with the Jayhawks.

Photos courtesy of Spencer Research Library

A packed house watches a game in the early days of Allen Fieldhouse. The Fieldhouse was an improvement on the tight spaces and concrete floor of Hoch Auditorium.

Workers continue construction of Allen Fieldhouse, which was completed in 1955.

The 1939 team poses atop ponies.

Phog Allen explains a play to his team.

Members of the 1927-1928 team, which went 9-9. reach for the ball during practice.

Brown, Williams and Self Photos from Kansan Files. All others courtesy of Spencer Research Library.

James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891, using peach baskets as goals. Naismith created the game because he said the men could not play "Drop the Handkerchief," a game similar to Duck-Duck-Goose.

The first Kansas basketball team played in the 1898-1899 season. James Naismith, far right, was the first coach.

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Lara Thomas, Overland Park senior, and Eric LaPointe, Kansas City, Mo., junior, undress each other in their roles as Valeria and Joshua, a professor and his wife, in "Nightmares: An Artful Demonstration of the Sublime by Adam R. Burnett." Burnett said that sex is used as a language in the play. "None of it is for sensationalism or shock. It's all about these characters communicating in ways that are very deep and personal and real on stage," he said.

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Photo illustration.

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Members of the crew come on stage to change the sets between scenes. Their visible presence is one of the many self-referential aspects of the play.

Costumes reflect the time setting of the play, which is a mix of 19th century and modern day.

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The makeup designer creates plans for the makeup assistants to follow for dress rehearsals and performances. This one details the makeup for Justin Knutsen(check spelling), whose main role is the narrator, Henry Fuseli.

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Eric LaPointe, as Joshua, argues with Brady Blevins, Hutchinson senior, in his role as Dr. Rose. Blevins plays multiple characters in the play. The play follows Joshua as his life begins to unravel in the wake of newfound success. *make sure this agrees with what the reporter writes, and that it doesn't give away too much

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Adam Burnett, author of "Nightmares," watches a dress rehearsal of the play Tuesday night at the Lawrence Arts Center. He wrote it in four days. "Out of all of the stuff I have written this is probably the closest to what I had imagined in my head, it actually coming to life on the page, because of how it all just came out," he said.

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LaPointe and Thomas cuddle on stage after a sex scene.

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Brady Blevins and Lara Thomas prepare for dress rehearsal backstage at the Lawrence Arts Center. Blevins dreaded his hair being thinned and styled into a combover for his role as an aged professor.

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LaChelda Jacobs, sophomore guard, gets ready to take the ball to the basket during the second half of the game. Kansas led Colorado 38-31 at halftime. Jacobs finished with four points and four boards in 17 minutes.

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Sophomore guard Danielle McCray foces a shot to the basket during the second half. McCray led the Jayhawks with 24 points on 7-for-16 shooting. She also pulled down 10 rebounds, made four steals and three blocks.

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Freshman center Krysten Boogaard looks to the basket over the outstretched arms of a Colorado defender during the second half of the game. Boogaard shot 6-for-11 from the floor and 4-for-6 from the line for 16 points.

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Sophomore guard Kelly Kohn high-fives Katie Smith, junior guard, late in the second half of Wednesday's game against Colorado after junior guard Ivana Catic made a basket and drew a foul with just over two minutes left in the game. The Jayhawks defeated the Buffaloes 70-59 and improved to 14-9 overall and 3-7 in the Big 12.

Photo by Jon Goering

KANSAN FILE PHOTO Junior guard Mario Chalmers shooting a three-pointer during the men's basketball game at Texas Feb. 11, 2008.

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Alyssa Potter, Bentonville, Ark. freshman, competes in the border showdown against Missouri in Robinson Friday evening. The Jayhawks won in seven events while Missouri took nine events. The next swimming and diving meet is on Nov. 1st at home.

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KANSAN FILE PHOTO Senior pole-vaulter Kate Sultanova during this year's Jayhawk Invitational at Anschutz Sports Pavilion.

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Tony Thompson, freshman third baseman.

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Aubrey Moris, Lawrence sophomore, fights to keep possession of the ball against a Chi Omega defender. Chi Omega defeated Alpha Delta Pi 40-23.

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Josh Anderson takes to the sky.

Jennifer Harnes and Peter Metzger

Encore Café, 1007 Massachusetts St.

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Greek goodness: Make your own crunchy, gooey baklava.

Pub sprawl

Lesley Latham, Republic sophomore, in her feng shui room at her apartment. The room design was insprired by her aunt. Different rooms can express different personality traits about people.

Photo by Rachel Seymour

Erica Lathrop, Blair, Nebraska junior, takes the ball to the basket against Kate Weinstock, Overland Park junior. Alpha Delta Pi lost to Chi Omega 40-23 Tuesday evening.

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Kristen Buck, St. Louis senior, takes the ball up to the basket against the Chi Omega defense. Alpha Delta Pi lost to Chi Omega 40-23 Tuesday evening.

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Chelsie Harper, Hugoton, Kansas senior, pushed the ball down the court during a fast break against Alpha Delta Pi. Alpha Delta Pi lost to Chi Omega 40-23 Tuesday evening.

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Chelsie Harper, Hugoton, Kansas senior, defends against a drive to the basket by Tulsa sophomore, Stefani Fuhrman. Alpha Delta Pi lost to Chi Omega 40-23 Tuesday evening.

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