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Tag: Kansas State University
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Kansas State University Criticize University Responses to Racist Incidents
Students at Kansas State University are criticizing the school on its alleged failure to protect students, The Kansas City Star reported. This comes after someone wrote hateful messages about Black History Month inside KSU’s new Morris Family Multicultural Student Center Feb. 26, weeks after the center’s launch. The students are asking for an annual full […]
March 3, 2021
News Roundup
Kansas State Footballers on Strike Until U Allows Expulsion for Racist Actions
Kansas State University footballers announced a strike on Saturday saying they will boycott all team activities until the university puts in place a policy that allows for a student to be expelled for “openly racist, threatening or disrespectful actions,” reported the Associated Press. Players decided to strike after a student posted an offensive tweet last […]
June 29, 2020
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UVI President Elected to Kansas State Athletics Hall of Fame
University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) president Dr. David Hall was elected to the Kansas State University Athletics Hall of Fame. Hall was a Kansas State (K-State) basketball player and is one of nine distinguished alumni inducted over the weekend. Named “All American” and three-year letterman for his athletic and academic accomplishments, he participated in […]
September 28, 2018
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Kansas Regents Approve Tuition Increases for Universities
TOPEKA, Kan.— The Kansas Board of Regents has approved tuition and fee increases for all six public universities, citing a need to keep pace with rising costs and declining state support. Full-time resident undergraduate students attending the University of Kansas in Lawrence will see a combined tuition-and-fee increase of about 3 percent. The increase will bring […]
June 23, 2018
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Crews Contain Fire to Main Kansas State University Library
MANHATTAN, Kan. Crews in Manhattan Tuesday fought to contain a fire at the main Kansas State University library. The university says on its website that the smoke was reported around 4 p.m. Tuesday in Hale Library, which had been undergoing repairs. The 400,000-square-foot building was evacuated, and the university urged students to stay away from […]
May 23, 2018
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Black Male Student-Athletes Still Face Harsh Inequities
A report from the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center spotlights the pervasive disparities between graduation rates for Black male student-athletes, student-athletes in general and Black undergraduate men overall.
March 11, 2018
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Black Students Voice Concerns After Kansas State Racist Incidents
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Black students at Kansas State University voiced concerns about recent racist incidents at a meeting with top school officials on Wednesday night after a car was found near campus earlier in the day scrawled with racial slurs and threats. University spokesman Jeff Morris said the meeting discussed a range of concerns from […]
November 2, 2017
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Anti-gay Vandalism Found Outside Kansas State Student Union
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State officials say an anti-gay slur was found outside the university’s student union, the latest vandalism targeting diversity at the school. The Wichita Eagle reports that the slur was found Monday and removed that afternoon. The anti-gay vandalism occurred the same week someone vandalized a temporary dwelling erected outside a residential […]
October 10, 2017
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Jewish Structure on Kansas State Campus Vandalized, Rebuilt
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Authorities are investigating the vandalism of a temporary dwelling erected outside a Kansas State University residential complex for the Jewish harvest festival Sukkot. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the sukkah was found late Friday wrapped around the car of graduate student Glen Buickerood, damaging the vehicle. Buickerood, who doesn’t identify as Jewish, […]
October 9, 2017
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White Nationalist Posters Found on Kansas State Campus
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas State is speaking out after posters promoting white nationalism were plastered around on campus. The Manhattan Mercury reports that university spokesman Steve Logback says the posters that appeared Wednesday don’t reflect Kansas State values and are unwelcome. Student body president Jack Ayres said in a tweet that the student government is […]
September 14, 2017
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Noose Found Hanging at Kansas State University Campus
MANHATTAN, Kan. — State police are investigating the hanging of a noose at Kansas State University – another apparent racist attack on campus. The Manhattan Mercury reports the university’s Office of Institutional Equity was notified Friday that the noose was hanging from a tree near King Hall on the Manhattan campus. The department fosters inclusiveness […]
May 8, 2017
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Kansas State University Gets 5th Sex Assault Investigation
MANHATTAN, Kan. — The federal government is opening another investigation on how Kansas State University handles reports of off-campus sexual assaults. The Manhattan Mercury reports the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights opened the recent investigation in late March. The office hasn’t released any information pertaining to the new investigation. The university’s policy […]
April 19, 2017
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