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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, June 28, 2000
A camper aims the ball down the lane with help from a Special Olympics camp counselor. The camp had other activities including basket-ball, swimming and team-building exercises. Photo by Aaron Lindbera/KANSAN
KU camp trains special athletes
By Karen Lucas
writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
When John Reynolds kicked the soccer ball and knocked down a bright orange marker in a shooting drill, coach Matt Briggs yelled, "Yeah! Give me a big five!"
Reynolds, of Lawrence, and about 50 other athletes, got tips on dribbling, passing and shooting at a soccer clinic Saturday morning near Robinson Center. The clinic was part of the Special Olympics Kansas Sports Camp 2000.
The three-day camp — sponsored by Payless ShoeSource and the University of Kansas — offered instruction in various sports to about 175 individuals ages 8 and older with mental and, in some cases, physical limitations, said Susan Krumm, camp director. The camp ran from Thursday through Saturday on the KU campus.
"What we emphasize is a non-competitive sporting event," Krumm said. "It's an opportunity for the athletes to come out and try new sports or to perfect in sports that they already compete in."
In addition to Briggs — who works for Challenger Sports Corporation in Lenexa, which offers sports clinics and tournaments — the coaching staff included other sports professionals as well as KU coaches and athletes. Also assisting at the camp were the Special Olympics coaches who had brought athletes from various cities in Kansas, Krumm said. "There are a number of them."
"They're wonderful," Krumm said of her coaches. "They have just as much fun as the athletes."
Briggs shared Krumm's enthusiasm.
"You get a sense of fulfillment when you coach players
with disabilities and see them improve and have fun." Briggs said.
Carol Huffman, of Lawrence, taped part of the soccer clinic with her video camera. This was the first time her daughter participated in the Special Olympics.
"I think it's great," Huffman said. "She'll probably do it again. I'll pursue more opportunities like this one."
While most athletes braved the hot, muggy conditions at Saturday morning's clinics, some got to cool off in the afternoon at the pool in Robinson Center.
Cathy Burgess, assistant coach of Kansas women's swimming, gave campers a swimming lesson with the help of Gary Kempf, director of student athlete life, and several members of the men's and women's teams.
"I liked playing in the water," said Diana Crist, an athlete from Burlington.
The participants also attended a swimming pool social, a talent show and a dance.
Jennifer Jones, of Olathe, was one of the campers who took part in a dance performance at Friday night's talent show in McCollum Hall.
"I was doing the Macho Man," she said.
After Saturday afternoon's clinics, the athletes received participation awards at a ceremony in McCollum.
The award for the most inspirational player went to Tessa Rader, of Topeka, who was recovering from a foot injury.
"Even though she couldn't compete, she still went to the practices and competitions." Krumm said.
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At the end of the ceremony when Krummf said, "We'll see you guys next year?"
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Physicists to measure, map expanding universe
Science grant lets profs study distortion of light to figure mass of cosmos
By Jim O'Malley editor@kansan.com Kansan co-editor
Two KU physics professors received a $329,250 National Science Foundation grant to develop methods to more accurately map the universe and to measure its mass — how much stuff there is in the universe.
The universe is expanding and galaxies are moving away from each other and from the earth, said Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy. Although it was easy to determine a galaxy's direction in relation to the earth — just look at it from two angles — it's harder to tell how far away it is.
Hume Feldman, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, said it was like being in a dark field at night.
"If you see a light, how do you know how far away it is?" he said.
Feldman said physicists could measure the velocity of galaxies by using the redshift effect. Elements produce light of distinctive patterns that can be graphed precisely on a spectrum. When the source of the light and the observer are moving away from each other, the wavelength of the light shifts and moves toward the red end of the spectrum. When the light source and observer move closer, the light moves toward the blue end.
But because the distinctive patterns remain the same, physicists can recognize them and measure the amount of the shift which shows the velocity of the object.
because the velocity of the light source. Melott used a joke to illustrate the redshift effect. A guy who was ticketed for running a stop灯 told the judge he was going so fast the red light looked green. So the judge dismissed the red light ticket and fined the guy
$3 billion for speeding.
Feldman said we know the direction of about 100 million galaxies and the velocity of about 1 million.
"With that, we can make a map of the universe," Feldman said.
Melott said that was the good news. But the bad news was that galaxies weren't moving in straight lines.
"Iimagine a cloud of particles expanding, but buzzing around locally," he said.
The grant is for determining the strength of the distorting effect from local motion, Melott said. From that, physicists can determine how much mass there is in the universe.
Even as they generally move away from each other, galaxies are falling toward one another locally, probably because of gravity, he said. This local motion distorts a person's picture of the universe.
"We know that local motion is the result of gravity," Melott said. "We don't know how much mass there is in the universe, but the more mass, the stronger the distortion will be."
When the amount of mass in the universe is known, physicists will be able to tell if the universe will expand forever or eventually collapse.
Melott said his best estimate was that the universe contained only 30 percent of the mass necessary to stop the universe from expanding.
Ten percent of the grant was earmarked for undergraduate participation in the project and 15 percent was for graduate research, Melott said.
Brian Thomas, Lawrence graduate student, was already working on the project.
"I started this month," he said. "I'm doing the grunt work. That's what graduate students are for."
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