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Former KU football coach files lawsuit against KU Citing that KU Athletics failed to meet the terms of his contract in paying him $3 million following his firing, former Kansas coach David Beaty is suing the athletics program.
Students travel during break Study abroad students spent spring break traveling the U.S. due to the long distance home.
Zombie deer disease spreads A disease discovered over two decades ago is spreading faster than anticipated in Kansas.
vol. 138 // iss. 15 Mon., March 18, 2019
KU yearbook’s racist, sexist past ADAM LANG @superduperadaml The University of Kansas’ long-time yearbook, Jayhawker, is no exception to the surge of racist and sexist yearbook revelations. In fact, an entire page from the 1922 edition depicts the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in white hoods. In 1930, another racist illustration, right, depicts a group of black people with spears and puffy lips cooking a professor in a cauldron. The Kansan went through over 30 yearbooks at the Spencer Research Library and found any edition from before 1900 regularly featured illustrations stereotyping black people, but they didn’t stop there — they continued until the midto-late 20th century. After the Civil Rights Movement, these images disappeared from the yearbook — but sexist images didn’t. In the 1975 edition, an entire 11 pages is dedicated to a sexist comic depicting a male student trying to date two women at the
Contributed by Spencer Research Library same time. One of the two women falls asleep, and the man says “Wake up Katie! You can’t let me
down like this! We still have the night ahead of us!!” “I think we have to get
KU falls to Iowa State in Big 12 tournament Iowa State defeated Kansas 78-66 on Saturday to claim the Big 12 Championship. Contributed by Spencer Research Library
better at the way we take responsibility,” Interim Provost Carl Lejuez said. “We shouldn’t be apologizing for people’s feelings or how or if we’ve hurt someone’s feelings, we should be apologizing for what we’ve done.” Former Jayhawker editors could not be reached, despite multiple attempts. Yearbooks are meant to be a reflection of life on campus and remain one of the most accurate tools for understanding the time period. Within the past year, high school and college yearbooks
“[W]e should be apologizing for what we’ve done.” Carl Lejuez Interim Provost
have been used to dig into the past of a public figure and to judge that public figure’s character. The high school yearbook of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was famously used during the READ MORE ON PAGE A2
Pakistan, India conflict at KU
ADAM LANG @superduperadaml As conflict continues to rage between Pakistan and India, relationships between students studying abroad are tested when they arrive at their new schools, including at the University of Kansas. One would think that the conflict would cause discord between Pakistani and Indian international students, but, according to Pakistani business administration
freshman Asif Khan, the issues stay back in their home country. “I have a lot of Indian friends in my classes and we study together a lot,” Khan said. “We do message each other and say ‘Oh my god. This thing happened back home,’ and it’s not offensive to us or to them.” Pakistan and India have historically had a rocky relationship. Since the partition of British India in 1947, the two have had a strong rivalry
Contributed photo University of Kansas student Asif Khan is from Karachi, Pakistan.
with each other and have been in conflict for many of those years. The strongest catalyst for this conflict has been the fight for the Kashmir territory that is considered uncategorized land that lies between India and Pakistan. According to Khan, the fight for Kashmir is the real issue between the two countries. “If the fight for Kashmir ended, there would be no issue between us,” Khan said. Senior Paul Singh hails from Punjab, an area of India that borders Kashmir. Singh describes the political aspect of the separation as being across religious lines, with Pakistan primarily being Muslim and India being a mix of Hin, Sikh, and Buddhist. In addition to this religious divide, the two countries just want to govern their own way, according to Singh, bringing a lot of hostility in response to the other country’s choices. READ MORE ON PAGE A3
Rachel Griffard/KANSAN At a press conference on Sunday, coach Bill Self said he was shocked to be selected to be in the Midwest region of the NCAA Tournament.
Self ‘shocked’ by Midwest pick BRADEN SHAW @bradenshaw4real Even among all the speculation and projections, it seemed like it was a bit of an outside shot for Kansas men’s basketball to land in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament bracket, of which the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight rounds will be held in Kansas City, Missouri.
But then, on Selection Sunday, the Jayhawks were chosen as the No. 4 seed in the Midwest. “I didn’t notice actually until the commentator said it,” redshirt junior forward Dedric Lawson said. And it took a little bit to get there, as Kansas’ region was the third region to be unveiled on the CBS Selection Sunday show.
“The anticipation was definitely there, just seeing where you land and your opponents or your possible opponents,” Lawson said. “That’s intriguing and you just want to get out there and start playing again.” But once the selection was made, it soon became clear that the Jayhawks READ MORE ON PAGE B2