Remembrance and Resistance at the KU Memorial Union
Almost 100 years after the end of World War I, two of the busiest stops on KU’s campus remain a memorial to those who died. Now, 80 years after its completion, a look at KU Memorial Union.
By Darby VanHoutan
It’s noon on a Wednesday, and almost 80 years after this space first opened it’s doors, its packed wall-to-wall for orientation with sweaty students wearing name tags, clutching their class schedules with their parents in tow. Two floors above them, hanging on the wall, are the pictures of 129 students and alumni for whom the Memorial Union — the building in which they’ve spent practically the entire day — was built. Read More