Sophomore infielder Tony Thompson gets a high-fives after crossing home plate during the Jayhawks' April 28 game against Chiago State.

Published on April 30, 2009

Renee Perelmutter, Assistant Professor of Slavic and Jewish Studies, recites "Odin’s Rune Song" in Old Norse Thursday at Watson Library. University of Kansas libraries celebrated the last day of National Poetry Month by hosting its first "favorite poem open mic reading."

Published on April 30, 2009

Senior distance runner Patrick McGowan surmounts a hurdle midway through the men's steeplechase event at the Kansas Relays April 17.

Published on April 30, 2009

Sara Ramirez, junior second baseman, tags out a Texas A&M runner on Thursday afternoon.

Published on April 30, 2009

Dawn Tallchief, Assistant Director for the Office of Professional Military Graduate Education, displays her Untitled work which functioned as a therapeudic release from her cancer treatment. The work will be amongst other art created by cancer patients that will be shown at The Spencer Museum of Art for the weekend's Relay For Life. Tallcheif has fully recovered.

Published on April 30, 2009

Collin Reisman, Overland Park senior, winner of Chancellor for a Day patiently listens as Secretary to the Chancellor Gay Lynn Clock reviews Robert Hemenway's busy schedule.

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Members of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity "shotgun" beers during the pregame hours before the Jayhawks home opener against Northwestern State in early September 2006. Shotgunning, which involves piercing the bottom of a beer can and rapidly downing the contents from the opposite end, is a common practice at parties. Most fraternities at the University are allowed to follow their own policies about drinking and are not dry like the KU campus. Phi Delta Theta is the only dry fraternity at the University of Kansas.

Published on April 30, 2009

Marlesa Roney, KU vice provost for student success, listens to a question during a panel discussion on drinking culture sponsored by the Drug Policy Forum of Kansas at the Hawk's Nest on April 9th. The panel was called in response to the death of Jason Wren. The panel addressed issues including the University's drinking culture, privacy policies and marijuana as a safe alternative to drinking.

Published on April 30, 2009

Students gather around an unhinged door in McCollum Hall Saturday night to play beer pong. In residence halls, students often find ways to sneak alcohol into their rooms and bypass University policies about alcohol consumption on campus. Resident assistants also find it difficult to enforce the rules about drinking because they say students don't take the threat of punishment seriously.

Published on April 30, 2009

Members of KU Students for Life march to the Planned Parenthood building at 27th and Iowa streets as part of the "Stand Up For LIFE Week." Tonight the group will host a debate.

Published on April 30, 2009