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This issue highlights new beginnings: The long-awaited
opening of the Dole Institute of
Politics and the arrival of athletics director Lew Perkins mark new eras at the University. Individual
Jayhawks, including Rhodes Scholar Robert Chamberlain and Miss
Kansas, also begin new chapters in their lives.
 New
from the Alumni Association this month are keepsakes
from the Jayhawks on Parade, a unique display of 30
full-sized fiberglass mascots throughout the KU campus
and the city of Lawrence. Our KU Connection contest offers you the chance to win
a copy of our commemorative book or art print, or you
can purchase
copies for Jayhawk family members and friends. Even
if you can't visit Lawrence to view the parade this
summer or fall, you can treasure the festive flock for
years to come.
Warmest wishes from the Hill —
The Kansas Alumni Association
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Stories
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Running back Riggins lands soap gig
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No one ever told John Riggins he had one life
to live. Riggins, a former KU football standout,
has been a professional athlete, farmer and broadcaster.
This spring he has become a soap opera actor,
playing Mitch Hendon on "Guiding Light." Read more
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Former Chrysler chairman Eaton pledges $5
million for engineering building
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Walter Chrysler grew up in tiny Ellis, Kan.,
before he founded the automaking giant. Robert
Eaton grew up in Arkansas City, Kan., before he
went to KU and then became CEO of Chrysler's company,
now DaimlerChrysler AG. Now Eaton has pledged
$5 million for a building that will expand the
KU School of Engineering facilities.Read
more
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Rhodes Scholar postpones study for duty in
Iraq
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A University of Kansas graduate who was named
a Rhodes scholar in December has been deployed
to serve in northern Iraq until this fall, postponing
his plans to study at Oxford University for a
year. Read more
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KU
in the Capitol
KU remains affordable as tuition grants double
for 2003-04
 This
fall, the University of Kansas will double the
amount of money it provides in tuition grants
to low-income students. Even with the increase
in tuition and fees approved in June by the Kansas
Board of Regents, KU will remain a good value
for students. Read More
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This
Week In KU History
  
July 19, 1866: KU Board of
Regents elects first three members of the school's
faculty, Elial J. Rice to the "chair of Belles
Lettres and Mental and Moral Philosophy,"
David H. Robinson to the "chair of Languages,"
and Francis H. Snow to the "chair of Mathematics
and General Sciences."
Read
the full story.
Read more dates for This
Week In KU History
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