William Allen White

Public school funding has generated some heated discussions at the Kansas Statehouse and at the state supreme court. But there was a time when education spending was a lot less controversial. Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander tells us more.

NBC News Correspondent Bob Dotson, a University of Kansas graduate, is this year's recipient of KU's William Allen White Citation for excellence in journalism. Dotson came to KU to study law nearly 50 years ago but got hooked on broadcasting while working at KANU, the campus radio station. (Hey, that's us!)