'Whad'Ya Know' about KU?

Radio listeners nationwide learned last month that the highest point in Kansas is not KU's Fraser Hall.* That was among many zany bits and barbs about KU and the Jayhawks thrown about during the live broadcast of Michael Feldman's "Whad'Ya Know?" public radio show at KU's Lied Center July 13.

A sellout crowd was on hand for the show, part of the 50th anniversary celebration of KU's public radio station, KANU. Funding also was provided by Lawrence's Douglas County Bank, which also celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

The host, Michael Feldman, a Madison, Wis., native, was introduced as "the man who crossed the street and was accused of Jayhawking" and later as the man "who never would have made it to class if he had to climb up those hills."

Feldman asked the crowd to recite the "Rock Chalk Jayhawk" chant before starting his newsy monologue that preceded the show's collection of music and quizzes. Noting that a KU student in Spain recently was gored during the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Feldman remarked that the student "trained for the event on Massachusetts Street during bar time." Recalling the controversy over teaching evolution in Kansas, Feldman said KU's anthropology museum was being replaced with a creation science "lumps of clay and ribs" exhibit.

The show's guests included crop artist Stan Herd, '86, and "Roadside Kansas" co-author Rex Buchanan, '92, associate director of the Kansas Geological Survey at KU.

You can hear the entire show online at http://notmuch.com/Show/index.pl#archives.
Also visit http://kanu.ku.edu/whadyaknow.htm.

* Of course, the highest point in Kansas, at more than 4,000 feet, is Mount Sunflower, located just east of the Colorado-Kansas border.

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