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School Slang Mizzou: University of Missouri, KU’s biggest rival
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
  • Dorm meetings are not mandatory.
  • Enjoy the cafeterias in the dorms.
  • Greeks and non-Greeks are separate student populations.
  • You can use Beak ‘em Bucks at a ton of places off campus.
  • You have to pay to take KU Fit classes at the recreation center.
Tips to Succeed
  • Ask for help if you need it.
  • Don’t get too distracted by parties your freshman year.
  • Get involved!
  • Go to professors’ office hours.
  • Keep up in class so you won’t be overwhelmed later in the semester.
  • Study in the quite zones of the libraries.
  • Take advantage of dorm life and meet as many people as you can.
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agrzyb

Film and Video Studies '15

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Campus Life Is Fun, Gives Great New Experiences, and Is Safe.

The campus is a great environment. It is not only fun but safe too. There are many things to do and great people to meet. There is a variety of things to do from going to sporting events which has always been fun to do at The University of Kansas, especially basketball and going to a museum or just hanging out outside with friends.

May 24, 2012

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Emilybee

Music Performance '14

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KU

Has a great music program, music therapy program is one of the highest in the country. Well known for basketball and home of the invention of basketball, Naismith.

Mar 29, 2012

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savannahrae

Architecture '15

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Traditions

The thing I like most about the University of Kansas is its traditions. Because basketball was started here, a lot of them have to do with that, but there are still others that are very unique. For example, it is bad luck to walk through the bell tower before you graduate and there is a fountain on campus that you get thrown into on your birthday.

Feb 15, 2012

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Traditions
  • The Jayhawk: The Jayhawk is a mythical bird that has gone through many transitions in its years at KU. In 1910, Henry Maloy designed the first bird with big sneakers and a grimace. After 36 years, the Jayhawk was redesigned into what fans see today, the smiling, happy Jayhawk.
  • Rock Chalk Chant: Arguably, the most infamous chant in all of college athletics. Theodore Roosevelt pronounced it as the greatest college chant he had ever heard. The chant was born in the mid 1880s by professor E.H.S. Bailey and some associates. After a trip to Wichita, the group of professors returned to Lawrence only to chant, “Rah, Rah! Jayhawk, KU.” An English professor decided to change the chant and substituted Jayhawk with “Rock Chalk.” The professor felt this made sense because of the transposition of chalk rock, a limestone formation straight out of Mt. Oread. Today, the chant is sung at every athletic event, and it’s especially loud during KU basketball games.
  • The Songs: Two songs have stuck with KU during its long and rich tradition. Professor Barlow invented “Crimson and the Blue” in 1891, and “I’m a Jayhawk” was written in 1912, which talks about the universities that were, at the time, the other Big Eight schools. In 1926, the glee club at KU made “I’m a Jayhawk” a nationally-recognized college song.
  • The University Seal: A very important part of the University, the seal comes from a Biblical story in the third chapter of Exodus. According to Reverand R.W. Oliver, the University’s first chancellor, the symbolism reflected in the seal is the bush that was on fire but not consumed, so Kansas is ever scorched by heat and drought, yet not destroyed.
Urban Legends
  • People allegedly have sex in the library.
  • There’s supposedly a series of steam tunnels running underneath campus that you can sneak into.
  • Wescoe Beach is an actual beach.

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