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sitting president of the United States to visit the University since William H. Taft in 1911.
Open records requests denied
Starting in September, the Kansan news staff filed 11 Kansas Open Records Act requests with the University in regard to sexual assaults that have occurred on campus. The University denied all of these requests, but released some heavily redacted records to The Kansani's legal representation on April 24. From the redacted records, it appears the University issued a variety of different sanctions for violations of the same sexual harassment policy.
State cuts University funding Governor Sam Brownback announced a 2 percent cut in funding for higher education statewide in February. In April, the Kansas legislature proposed a tuition freeze for the six major Regents Universities for two years, rather than approve cuts that would have decreased funding to KU by $9.4 million. In a public message April 20, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said in the last 15 years, per-student state support has decreased 40 percent. The tuition freeze could have a greater detriment than the original proposed cuts, according to Joe Monaco, interim director of strategic communications.
GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAM On Nov. 5, two masked men protested sexual assault on campus.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GEORGE MULLINIX
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GEORGE MULLINIX After a highly publicized news story. The Kansan began investigating campus sexual assault and how the University handled it.
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United States President Barack Obama was the first sitting president to visit the University since William H. Taft in 1911.
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