24 Artist's Retreat

30 Suit Up The Band

38 The Big Picture

4 Lift the Chorus
Letters from readers

7 First Word
The editor's turn

8 On the Boulevard
KU & Alumni Association events

10 Jayhawk Walk
A Royals queen, a workout king, a Daisy Hill palace and more

12 Hilltopics
News and notes: KU dinosaur collection adds T.rex; changes made in handling sexual assaults.

18 Sports
Basketball: Newcomers and veterans mix for men; women tip off Brandon Schneider era.

44 Association News
Millie and Wintermote awards hail volunteers; fall events draw alumni home to the Hill.

50 Class Notes
Profiles of a aerial acrobat, an award-winning teacher, a music manager and more

68 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

72 Rock Chalk Review
Organist Mike Finnigan plays the blues; journalist Brent Schlender writes the book on Jobs.

76 KU 150
Scenes from the sesquicentennial