Ballers of the New School—Professor Thabiti Lewis

[By Kenton Rambsy] Rock Chalk, Jayhawk! At the University of Kansas, athletic culture certainly influences the student body a great deal. Considering the very successful basketball team and other sports programs, students at KU have the unique opportunity to be firsthand spectators and critics of the Big 12 Conference and other Division I programs. In other words, the students can personally analyze the politics of […]

A 2011 Recap of Public Events

[By Kenton Rambsy] The year 2011 served as evidence that Black Studies is alive and well at the University of Kansas. There were a host of events on campus that emphasized the significance of integrating the study of black artistic culture with more traditional scholarship in the academy. For the remainder of the week, the HBW will offer a video recap of events that the […]