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As true KU fans will attest, game day at Memorial Stadium
begins with the magnificent Marching Jayhawks, storming
down the stadium steps to the urgent beat of the drum
corps. The KU band's trademark pre-game pageantry has
been revered through the years but, as you'll learn
in this issue, one aspect of the tradition has worn
threadbare: the band uniforms, which date back to the
early 1980s. Feather
the Flock , a campus-community project, aims to
raise $150,000 by March 1, so the band can order new
uniforms by the fall for 300 members.
 The
campaign kindles memories for alumni who recall fall
afternoons at the stadium, so we invite you to share
your nostalgia with fellow KU Connection readers—and
the Lawrence Journal-World, which is partnering with
the School
of Fine Arts and leading the Feather the Flock project.
Please e-mail
us your favorite Marching Jayhawks moments; if your
anecdote is selected for publication in the next issue
of Connection or the Journal-World, we'll send you a
KU memento with our thanks.
Warmest wishes from the Hill —
The Kansas Alumni Association
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In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments
as an educator, clinician and researcher, Marc
Asher, m '62, received the rank of University
Distinguished Professor.
Read More in the KUMC Beat.
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 Top
Stories
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Laura Bush highlights KU reading program
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First lady Laura Bush put the spotlight on a
KU-developed reading program with a solid record
of success. Don Deshler, professor of education,
accompanied the president's wife and took part
in a roundtable discussion. Read
more.
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KC's Science City to welcome dinosaurs, fossil
experts from KU
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KU is taking its dinosaur diggers out of the
field and classroom and putting them to work in
front of crowds of children at Kansas City's Science
City center.
Read more.
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New softball park, senior leaders spark spring
hopes; baseball team aims to continue last year's
winning ways.
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The KU softball team has high expectations and
a new ballpark for the 2004 season, and the Jayhawk
baseball team looks to continue the success of
last season, when KU players recorded the third-most
wins in school history.Read
more.
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KU
in the Capitol
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Proposed increase, biosciences initiative
hold legislative promise
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Gov. Kathleen Sebelius proposed a KU budget increase,
including a 3 percent salary raise for faculty
and staff. One early legislative highlight is
the proposed Kansas Economic Growth Act, which
allocate a portion of tax revenue to support biosciences
research at KU and other universities. Read
more
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This
Week In KU History
February 7, 1972: A group of approximately
30 KU women calling themselves the February Sisters
peacefully occupy the East Asian Studies building
at 1332 Louisiana to demand changes in campus
policies concerning women. Read the full story.
Read more
dates for This Week In KU History
This Week In KU History is a project of the KU
Memorial Unions.
Learn
more.
© 2004 University of Kansas Memorial Corporation
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