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Forward out for nine games
BY RYAN COLIAIANNI
rcolaianni@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Sophomore forward Darnell Jackson has been suspended for nine games by the NCAA for accepting $5,000 worth of gifts from a Kansas booster.
The announcement came Tuesday after the NCAA student-athlete reinstatement staff and the Kansas Athletics Department finished the eligibility investigation.
Jackson is permitted to begin playing for Kansas after he fulfills his suspension. The suspension marks yet another negative occurrence for the Kansas Athletics Department. Last summer it put itself on minor probation after self-reporting NCAA violations, including small cash gifts to graduated players.
Earlier this year, former KU
pitcher Scott Sharpe was involved in a fight; former guard J.R. Giddens was stabbed outside the Moonbar, a bar at the intersection of Ninth and Iowa streets that closed last summer; transfer guard Rodrick Stewart was hit on the head while trying to avoid a fight at Abe and Jake's Landing, a bar located at 8 E. Sixth St.; and softball coach Tracy Bunge was sued for sexual harassment.
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Jackson accepted the gifts from Don Davis, who lives in Oklahoma City and is a graduate from the University of Kansas. Gifts included transportation, meals and lodging for him and Jackson his.
family. Jackson also accepted a personal Joan from Davis.
"Mr. Davis has been a friend of my family, a mentor and a positive influence on my life. I didn't realize at the time that
certain aspects of our friendship violated NCAA rules," Jackson said.
The nine games that Jackson has been suspended represent 30 percent of his season. Jackson sat out the team's first exhibition game against Fort Hays State last week but played against Pittsburg State, scoring eight points and bringing down seven rebounds.
"We're disappointed that we are having to deal with this situation. I believe that, although inappropriate by NCAA rules, Mr. Davis' intentions were sincere and were intended to be in the best interests of Darnell and his family." Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self said. "This is a rough stretch for him and his family, but Darnell has handled it very maturely."
Davis' relationship with Jackson began in the fall of 2002 and lasted through April of 2005. Davis failed to contact the NCAA or the Kansas athletics department to find out if his relationship with Jackson would be considered a rules violation.
SEE JACKSON ON PAGE 4A
SPEAKER
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Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline spoke Tuesday evening at the Kansas Union at the University of Kansas College Republicans' general meeting. Kline talked about topics ranging from abortion, gun control and the death penalty.
Kline confronts students' issues
BY JOHN JORDAN
jordan@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Phill Kline, Kansas Attorney General, got an opportunity Tuesday night to do what he calls the most enjoyable part of his job: talk about issues with college students.
The University of Kansas College Republicans brought Kline to speak in front of almost 100 students at its meeting in Alderson Auditorium. Kline, a 1987 KU School of Law alumnus, said the audience was challenging and engaging because college students
have an interest in gaining knowledge about politics.
Kline didn't give a formal speech; instead, he addressed issues brought up by the audience. He talked about judicial inquiry, abortion, the death penalty and education.
Judicial inquiry is a topic that Kline said took up 1 percent of his time as attorney general and 90 percent of his time with the media. The issue stems from actions Kline took last spring to obtain medical records from abortion clinics to prosecute sex crimes.
SEE KLINE ON PAGE 4A
SCIENCE
B the Evolution tree
Researchers fill gaps in ocean critters' family
BY TRAVIS ROBINETT
trobinett@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Researchers at the University of Kansas will spend the next five years collecting and studying the genes of jellyfish, sea anemones and corals. From that genetic information, they will learn more about how these undersea creatures evolved.
The University is the lead institution for this year's "Assembling the Tree of Life" project grant from the National Science Foundation. The NSF launched the project in 2002 in an attempt to fill holes in what Charles Darwin called the "Tree of Life." Darwin thought that all species were genetically related through evolution, using a tree as a metaphor.
With $1.6 million of the NSF's five-year, $2.85-million grant, the University will focus on the evolutionary history of cnidarians,
The researchers will extract the DNA and determine its sequence, the precise order of the molecules that form the cnidarian genetic code. Genetic sequence specialists will compare it to other sequences, looking for differences. When two sequences are similar, that means those species are more closely related
Illustration by Wes Benson
"If you brush a jelly fish, the tubal discharges," said Abbey Reft, a graduate student from Chicago. "It sometimes punctures a hole on a microscopic scale."
SEE TREE ON PAGE 4A
CRIME
'Mark Mangino Show' equipment stolen
MEMORIAL STADIUM CRIME
BY STEVE LYNN
slynn@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The Kansas football team's brief winning record wasn't the only thing that was lost last weekend.
Four computers and one video camera, valued at $22,550 and used to produce Kansas football coach Mark Mangino's weekly television program was stolen between 6:50 and 9:20 p.m. Saturday from a room in Memorial Stadium. Someone broke a window to enter the room.
♦ Sept 22: "Food items" were spread through the center stairwell on the west side of the stadium. The loss was estimated at $20.
- Nov. 5: A headset was stolen after the end of the Kansas vs. Nebraska game. The headset was valued at $2,000.
Mangino's Sunday show was canceled because of the burglary.
Sept. 26: A door to a concession stand was forced open and property was removed. The items were valued at $41.84. The damage was estimated at $1,500.
♦ Sept. 15: Someone entered the stadium through an open window and broke three window latches and stole a piece of plywood. The loss was estimated at $105.
first coach in the history of college football to have someone run off with their television set."
"It's not funny, it's expensive," Mangino said in this week's Big 12 teleconference. "I have to be the
- Sept. 3: A suspect grabbed a plastic bag containing $2,000 from a concession stand and fled on foot.
The incident is just one of several burglaries, thefts and damages that have occurred in Memorial Stadium since Sept.. 2. The incidents have resulted in losses estimated at nearly $28,800, according to KU Public Safety Office records.
♦ Sept. 2: A glass pane engraved with the football team's ten commandments was shattered.
"We'll be having discussions with the University's Public Safety Office about that," Marchionv said.
Source: KU Public Safety Office
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director, said security at Memorial Stadium needed to be re-examined.
Bailey said the office was aware of the increase in incidents at the stadium. He would not disclose whether patrols had increased in response to the crimes.
KU Public Safety Office said that police had not apprehended any suspects.
Capt. Schuyler Bailey of the
CRIME
Investigation underway in sexual misconduct incident
Police were conducting an investigation this week related to sexual misconduct. The incident may or may not have been related to a man a KU student saw masturbating in the Watson Library stacks, Chief Ralph Oliver of the KU Public Safety Office said.
Because he had not seen the police report yet, Oliver said Tuesday night that further information would not be released until today.
Natalie Bogan, Houston senior and design chief at The University Daily Kansan, said she was walking at 11:30 p.m. Thursday after work in Stauffer Flint Hall.
As she walked to her car and parked behind Watson Library,
she saw something flickering.
Her eyes adjusted, and she saw a 30- to 40-year-old white male standing in a window in the stacks. He was watching her and masturbating, Bogan said.
She got into her car and began to drive home. She called Jonathan Kealing, managing editor at the Kansan, she said. Kealing, Chesterfield, Mo., junior, reported the incident to the KU Public Safety Office.
An officer later interviewed her Bogan said.
Go to www.kansan.com this afternoon or pick up a copy of Thursday's The University Daily Kansan for more on this story.
— Steve Lynn
Getting inside the box
The new Xbox 360 will be released Nov. 22. Game buffs, get ready for an improved version of the electronic distraction you know and love. PAGE 6A
Wildcats coach steps down
Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder announced he will retire from coaching after 17 years with the Wildcats. Snyder turned a losing program into a perennial bowl-game contender. PAGE 1B
Speaking out for Africa
Molefi K. Asante, who established the first-ever African-American studies department in America, stressed African history while he spoke at Budig Tuesday night as part of the Marwa Africana Lecture Series. PAGE 2A
Index
Comics... 4B
Classifieds... 5B
Crossword... 4B
Horoscopes... 4B
Opinion... 5A
Sports... 1B
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