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VOL.116 ISSUE 56
WWW.KANSAN.COM
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2005
Kansas 40 - Nebraska 15
Kansas senior conerback Theo Baines celebrates Knnsas' second touchdown to lead Nebraska 14-2 in the first quarter of Saturday's game at Memorial Stadium. Kansas shattered its 36-year losing streak to Nebraska with a final score of 40-15.
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Long-awaited celebration
BY MIRANDA LENNING
mlenning@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SPORTSWITER
Adam Allison hit the ground hard. As the yellow goalpost in the south end zone of Memorial Stadium fell to the ground on Saturday afternoon, so did the junior from Wichita.
After rushing the field moments after the Jayhawks 40-15 win over Nebraska, Allison was one of the first people to
trample the south goalpost.
"This is unbelievable," Allison said as he hung from the goalpost. "It can't get any better than this."
that blocked them from the field.
Kansas beat Nebraska on Saturday for the first time since 1968, and Allison was just one of the many Kansas fans who had his eyes set on the goalpost. With fewer than five minutes left in the game, the victory sealed and the Rock Chalk Chant roaring in Memorial Stadium, the Kansas fans huddled against the fence
Josh Bailey, Lawrence senior, and Jesse Plous, New York City senior, had a different plan than Allison.
"We are going straight for the team," Bailey said. "We want to tell those guys how proud we are of them. We will let our other fans get the goalposts."
Allison, Plous and Bailey echoed the thoughts of most Kansas fans on Saturday afternoon. For the second week in a row, herds of students rushed the field after the
Jayhawks' convincing victory, tore down both sets of goalposts and carried them to Potter Lake.
Plous and Bailey did as they said and joined hundreds of other fans at midfield to congratulate the 2005-06 Ljavhawks.
The victory not only silenced jokes that have been cracked on the Jayhawks for more than 20 years, but also kept the team's hopes alive for a post-season bowl berth. A victory against Texas in Austin next weekend or at home against Iowa
State on Nov. 26 would give Kansas its sixth win of the season, enough to qualify for bowl eligibility.
Fans of all ages recognized this conquest on Saturday. Nearly everyone from alumni, to current students, to the youngest Jayhawks participated in the celebration.
Alyssa Lusman, Minnesota freshman, didn't take part in the madness of physically tearing down the goalposts. She did,
MULTICULTURALISM
SEE GOALPOSTS ON PAGE 6A
Administrators try for diversity
BY MALINDA OSBORNE
mosborne@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
For more than two decades the University of Kansas has worked to retain and recruit a substantial number of minority faculty members. Its effectiveness, however, is debated.
Since 1985, the number of minority faculty has increased from 91 out of 1,256 total members, 7.2 percent, to 181 out of 1,437, 12.6 percent, in 2004.
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the University needed to represent the state of Kansas, which has a 15 percent minority population.
No one office can do what the University needs done. We can't hire everyone for every department."
KU administrators have stepped up efforts to recruit more minority faculty. The University hired Jean Epstein to coordinate the hiring of diverse faculty and staff. Epstein said her goal was to become a clearhouse of information for
The University has stressed that introducing University faculty and staff diversity coordinator
"Having diversity in the faculty brings new ideas to the classroom. A diverse faculty member adds complexity to our community and that individual can become a role model for students with the same background," Ronev said.
diversity to campus was of critical importance, said Marlesa Roney, vice provost for student success.
Provost David Shulenburger said in terms of faculty diversity,
those in departments wanting to hire minorities.
She said she worked with specific University departments and gave them information about minority publications and cultural norms that could aid the hiring
Because the position is less than a year old, she said her office would continue to evolve and serve the needs of campus as much as it could.
"No one office can do what the University needs done. We can't hire everyone for every department," Epstein said. "We need cooperation from every department."
process.
SEE DIVERSITY ON PAGE 4A
CRIME
Hall windows covered with accusations
Individuals protest Kansan
BY STEVE LYNN
slynn@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
David Guth, associate dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, said he arrived on campus early Sunday morning and reported the writings to the KU Public Safety Office.
An individual or individuals used a water-based paint to write on the windows of Stauffer-Flint Hall and Wescoe Hall to express distaste for The University Daily Kansan's identification of a gay couple.
Workers were busy cleaning the paint from a number of windows on the east side of the building Sunday afternoon. The writings included phrases such as "Quit the homophobia," "Jayplay sucks," "Roommates?" and "Don't try to assimilate us."
Austin Caster, Kansan editor in chief, said he also recently received a purple flier that said "David Ta and Ryan Joy are committed life partners .. So
Caster said the writings on the windows and the flier were related to an article written in the Oct. 27 edition of Jayplay, in which Ta and Joy were referred to as roommates in an article about toilet training a cat.
why, then, would The University Daily Kansan refer to them as merely roommates?"
He said the article was not meant to be offensive, but the reporter should have used the couple's preferred terminology
Ta said he and his partner were surprised that the reporter referred to them as roommates. Ta, Wichita senior, said if the article had included a heterosexual couple, then they would have been identified as such.
"I have noticed that in a lot of articles and TV shows, when a gay couple does something, they don't mention any reference of a relationship." Ta said.
James Foley, Jayplay staff writer, and Anja Winikka, Jayplay editor, said that the identification of 'Ta and Joy as a couple was irrelevant to the content of the article.
"The article had nothing to do with sexuality. It wasn't about them," Winikka, Overland Park senior, said. "It was a funny, quirky article about toilet training cats."
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The phrase "Fuck ur bias" was found on a window of Stauffer-Flint Hall on Sunday night. Phrases such as "Quit the homophobia," "Liberal media my ass" and "Jaypley Sucks" were also painted on the windows. The phrases were written in a water-based paint and apparently referenced an Oct 27 Jayplay article.
SEE KANSAN ON PAGE 4A
Nearly 450 people celebrate Shabbat 350 KU Hillel surpassed its goal to attract 350 people Friday night to celebrate the largest Shabbat gathering at the University of Kansas. PAGE 2A
Swimming team has double victory The Kansas swimming and diving team beat both Iowa and Missouri State on Friday night. It also made it into the coaches' top 25 poll for the first time since 1997. PAGE 11A
Another broken streak
the volleyball team's 3-1 defeat of Kansas State broke an eight-game losing streak and a 22game streak against the Wildcats. Postseason hopes had been dim, but Kansas still has a chance. PAGE 12A
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