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Christine Metz

Special projects reporter

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Christine Metz is a special projects reporter and multimedia trainer for the News Center. Since coming to Lawrence in March 2007, Christine's stories have ranged from a look at the foreclosure crisis to the state's backlog of disability claims. Many of her stories focus on issues of regional and statewide importance.
Christine grew up in central Pennsylvania and graduated with degrees in journalism and economics from Lehigh University.
Her first newspaper job was in Steamboat Springs, Colo., where she covered everything from high school football to ski town politics. She later moved to Bend, Ore., to work as a city hall reporter for the The Bulletin.
When she is not in the office, you can find Christine outdoors running, biking and swimming. And, when the stars are aligned and Kansas is graced with enough snow, you might even catch her cross-country skiing.

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A special view on Game Day

KU holds seat for fan fighting cancer

When Denise DeBrine and her son Jackson heard they were going to get upgraded to the “cushy seats” at Saturday’s Kansas University football game, DeBrine was expecting the ones that folded out with pads.

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Jayhawks draw a packed house

Record crowd cheers on team in loss

It might have been a different basketball team in a different tournament from what most Jayhawk fans were accustomed to cheering for this time of year. But that didn’t stop a huge crowd from pouring into Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon to watch Kansas University play the University of South Florida in the championship game of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.

KU men’s basketball returns home to Allen Fieldhouse

Bad weather across Kansas forced the Kansas men’s basketball team’s flight back from Indianapolis to be diverted again, this time to Kansas City International Airport. They arrived in Lawrence a little after 2 p.m. Saturday.

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KU band heralded after recorded music switch

It was all band, almost all the time at Saturday’s Kansas University men’s basketball game. A switch to more recorded music over the loudspeakers and less band music at Wednesday’s game versus Iowa State had some fans worried that KU’s basketball tradition was being tainted with NBA-style shenanigans. But the tune changed on Saturday.

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Children spend quality time bonding with enforcement officers, Jayhawks

For 11-year-old Devon Spoonhunter and her 10-year-old friend Shaye White, the coolest thing about Saturday’s Hawks, Cops & Kids event was watching the water vibrate as members of Kansas University’s drum line played at the Robinson Center indoor pool.

6News video: KU football team off to best start since 1899

The last time that Kansas University’s football team went 10-0, a “good meal” at a downtown restaurant cost 15 cents, a teenage trend of “progressive buggy rides” was emerging and Lawrence streets were being paved for the first time with brick. The year was 1899.

Happy days are here again

KU football's last 'golden' year of being 10-0 was in 1899

America was at war. The Eldridge Hotel had just been remodeled. Voters approved a new school and a new courthouse. And Kansas University’s football team was 10-0. The year: 1899. The last time that Kansas University’s football team went undefeated for so long, a “good meal” at a downtown restaurant cost 15 cents, a teenage trend of “progressive buggy rides” was emerging and Lawrence streets were being paved for the first time with brick.

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