07/21/2008

Associated Press

A picture of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius holding a T-shirt with the words "Barack Chalk Jayhawk" across the front has caused a bit of a stir with the University of Kansas.

The university is concerned that it might look like it is supporting Barack Obama. The words are a play on the university's "Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk," chant.

The T-shirts came about after the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee referred to supporters from the university as Barack Chalk Jayhawks. Obama used the term during a campaign stop in Kansas City, Mo.

The university gave the Young Democrats club permission to print 100 shirts in support of Obama -- as long as only members of the group received the shirts.

Associate athletics director Jim Marchiony said that the state university should never be used to further a political candidacy.

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Information from: Lawrence Journal-World, http://www.ljworld.com