Published on December 14, 2009

Published on December 14, 2009

Published on December 14, 2009

Brian Platt, his wife, Sara, and their 17-month-old son, Henry, live with three separate health insurance plans. The plans cost the family more than $4,000 per year in premiums.

Published on December 3, 2009

Monica Saha, Overland Park sophmore, and Bridget Heine, St. Louis senior, Peer Health Educators, chalk the sidewalk outside Malott Hall on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, for the Great American Smoke Out, drawing awareness to anti-smoking policies on campus.

Published on November 19, 2009

Classic film for the Classics Club: Students watch ‘Jason and the Argonauts,’ a 1963 film depicting ancient Greek myth, during a presentation put on by the KU Classics Club earlier this month. The Classics Club was founded this semester and is just one of more than 480 registered student organizations on campus.

Published on November 11, 2009

Historic housing: When Josh Schoenfelder, 2008 graduate, moved out of this house in July, he found a box of artifacts dating back to the early 1900s, including love letters and bank statements. The items belonged to a former owner of the house, who moved there in 1919.

Published on October 28, 2009

Black bubble cameras and a system of concave mirrors are popular implements used in stores to deter shoplifting. Matt Reineman, a securities and IT specialist at Weaver's Department store on Massachusetts Street said the store had seen an increase in shoplifting do to the economic recession.

Published on October 9, 2009

Terror before the test: The stress of school can trigger panic attacks in sufferers of panic disorder. Panic attacks involve intense feelings of fear and physiological strain — the same set of reactions associated with the “fight-or-flight” response.

Published on October 7, 2009

Terror before the test: The stress of school can trigger panic attacks in sufferers of panic disorder. Panic attacks involve intense feelings of fear and physiological strain — the same set of reactions associated with the “fight-or-flight” response.

Published on October 7, 2009

Panic at the party: The nearly six million American sufferers of panic disorder can find themselves experiencing intense physiological “fight-or-flight” responses, even to apparently everyday and non-stress-inducing situations as simple as hanging out with friends. These attacks plague those with the disorder and there no is complete cure.

Published on October 7, 2009

Getting ready for the road: Fall break is the perfect opportunity to get in the car and check out a new city with your friends.

Published on October 7, 2009

Dr. Richard Warner and a group of students discuss a Republican point of view on the health care packages proposed in Congress. The open forum was held in the Pine Room in the Kansas Union at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

Published on October 2, 2009

20 lockers in both the mens and womens locker rooms at Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center are available for rent for $20 a piece. While locks are not supplied, the reserved lockers do offer safety for belongings.

Published on September 28, 2009

Tobias, a sword swallower for “Pretty Things Peep Show,” bows to the audience after extracting a length of ribbons from his mouth. The "Pretty Things Peep Show," a traveling burlesque act, performed at The Granada on Sept. 9.

Published on September 17, 2009

Insectavora, a performer with the “Pretty Things Peep Show” demonstrates her ability to blow a flame from her mouth at The Granada Sept 9. Burlesque acts became popular in the 1930s during the Great Depression.

Published on September 17, 2009

Tiago Schaffrath, a senior from Brazil, spent his summer in Nicaragua studying a group of indigenous people known as the Rama. The Rama people, indigenous to Rama Cay, a small island on the eastern coast have been dealing with inadequate quality of living due to the political corruption of the country. Tiago says that his hope is to return to Nicaragua and bring resources and funding to benefit the region.

Published on September 11, 2009

Just leave me to my zzzz’s, please: From location to temperature to length, there’s an art to napping. According to a Pew Research survey, 33 percent of adults aged 18 to 29 nap on a daily basis in the United States, but are you napping well? Research shows the best naps consist of non-REM sleep.

Published on September 9, 2009

Just leave me to my zzzz’s, please: From location to temperature to length, there’s an art to napping. According to a Pew Research survey, 33 percent of adults aged 18 to 29 nap on a daily basis in the United States, but are you napping well? Research shows the best naps consist of non-REM sleep.

Published on September 9, 2009

The tasting room at the Boulevard Brewing Company offers both seasonal and year-round brews. Tours are available all year round on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Published on August 24, 2009