This loyal University of Kansas alum wonders about wisdom of pricey athletics project • Kansas Reflector

The years that I spent at the University of Kansas were some of the best of my life, and I will never forget the experiences that carried me down many roads over the years in a multidimensional career. But I question the outsized role of athletics in so many institutions of higher education, and KU is not an exception. I view the so-called Gateway District project, encompassing a new stadium and surrounding attractions, with great concern. At a time when the average cost of a four-year education (per the admissions...