Volume 126 Issue 106
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Monday, April 14, 2014
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COMMENTARY Spring Game surprises team
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MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2014
OUTDOORS
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Rows of freshly planted seedlings begin to break the soil's surface at Lawrence Community Orchard, a garden located at 830 Garfield St. in east Lawrence.
KU Student Farms gives students gardening options
JENNIFER SALVA
entertain@kansan.com
Apartments and student housing may not have enough sunlight or space to satisfy your green thumb, but KU Student Farms has all the resources you need to start and maintain your own garden.
"We provide students the opportunity to learn how to grow food. We support the idea of local food systems and we try to make the process of learning for new beginners as stress free as possible," said Katrina McClure, a graduate student in geography and program coordinator of KU Student Farms.
KU Student Farms uses one of the University's two greenhouses to get plants like tomatoes and peppers ready to be planted. The Farm has 25 four-by-32 square-foot plots located five miles from campus in north Lawrence on Constant Avenue.
The group will even provide seeds and access to tools for new growers.
KU Student Farms offer collective gardening plots for a suggested donation of $15 a year, or $40 a year for an individual plot with $20 returned to the grower if they ready their space for the next user.
"Gardening doesn't have to be expensive, but we want to make it as cheap as we can, especially for beginners," McClure said. "We don't turn anyone away for a lack of funds, ever."
McClure recommends that beginners use a collective space, or have family and friends help them maintain an individual plot, because gardening requires commitment and consistency.
"I would recommend it to a student that was highly motivated and responsible, and someone that was really able to give it the amount of time that it requires", McClure said.
Although it can be gratifying to make a meal from food you planted and harvested yourself, KU Student Farms also gives some of its produce to the community.
The Farms has contributed sweet potatoes to the Veggie Lunch at Ecumenical Campus Ministries on Thursdays, and hopes to donate some of the coming produce to the Lawrence Community Shelter.
Students can also use gardening to give back to their community by volunteering at school gardens or the homeless shelter garden, McClure said.
Whatever your reason for getting your hands dirty, gardening is a fun, positive way to learn new skills and practice sustainable local food systems, McClure said.
For more information about growing with KU Student Farms, contact Katrina McClure at kufarming@gmail.com.
"Gardening is a lifestyle;" McClure said.
— Edited by Krista Montgomery
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joking, no more teasing and this was no longer about which side had more talent.
That's what Weis wanted to create by flipping the score. But the Blue Team forced the comeback on their own, emerging with a 20-10 victory, with the score every bit as important as how the Blue Team achieved it.
By the time the Blue Team took the field for the third quarter, everything about them seemed different. Their pride was on the line and, if they weren't careful, their starting roles could be, too.
Junior pitcher Robert Kahana pitched a complete game during Kansas' first game of their double-header against TCU on Saturday. Kahana allowed three runs off nine hits.
"You're getting season-like situations," Stowers said. "That's a damn good rhythm to get into."
And in the moments when the top players needed to make plays, they found a way to get it done, whether it was Montell Cozart or Tony Pierson or Stowers.
"The leaders were just getting on everybody in the locker room," Stowers said. "The twos looked better than the ones out there."
Edited by Sarah Kramer
Jayhawks avoid the sweep against TCU
SHANE JACKSON sports@kansan.com
Coming off their disappointing series sweep against Iowa in their midweek two-game set, the Jayhawks were set to play the hottest team in the Big 12. Kansas (22-15) welcomed the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University (22-13) in a three-game series at Hoglund Ballpark this past weekend. The Horned Frogs came into the conference matchup riding a five-game winning streak, having not lost in the month of April.
The Jayhawks dropped the first two games 5-2 and 3-1 in tightly contested pitching duels. They salvaged the series by avoiding the sweep and winning game three. With the
In game one on Friday night the Jayhawks saw the best pitcher in the country, left-handed pitcher Brandon Finnegan, a first-round draft prospect who allowed a mere 35 base hits coming into game one. Kansas scored two runs off nine hits, eight of which came off Finnegan in the 5-2 loss.
"I thought we played well all three games," said coach Ritch Price. "Luckily we played well enough in the final game to salvage the series; they came in red hot, playing their best baseball."
5-1 victory in the nightcap of the doubleheader on Saturday, the Jayhawks moved to 6-6 in conference play to keep their season alive.
Senior pitchet Jordan Piché
has settled into his new role as the Friday night starter. After getting beat up in his first start against Kansas State, he tossed the most innings of his Jayhawk career with six, allowing four runs off 10 hits.
Game two was another battle of the arms as the Horned Frogs tossed out their crafty right-handed pitcher Preston Morrison. Kansas struggled to get contact off his off-speed stuff as they managed only four hits, and their lone run coming from a solo shot over the left field wall by junior outfielder Connor McKay in the seventh.
"It's coming back to me," Piché said. "It's a different mindset; I don't like giving up hits and as a starter you are going to give up hits."
After scoring a combined three runs in the first two games, the Jayhawks got their offense going in game three. Junior outfielder Dakota Smith, who didn't start in game one of the doubleheader, had three runs batted in, including a sliding triple in
"Morrison is real good with his sinker and slider," McKay said. "He kept us off balance with his fastball. Hats off to him for pitching a phenomenal game."
Junior right-handed pitcher Robert Kahana pitched a complete game in a losing effort for Kansas. He allowed three runs off nine hits for his second complete game of the season, to avoid using the bullpen in the first of a doubleheader on Saturday.
McKay added home runs eight and nine on the year, with two more solo shots over the left field wall. He now leads the conference in runs batted in with 38.
Kansas' senior right-handed pitcher Frank Duncan tossed a beauty in game three, as he went 8.1 innings deep, allowing one run off five hits, striking out seven in his fourth win on the year.
the sixth to score two.
Kansas will look to keep its season alive with a crucial midweek home series against non-conference opponent Grand Canyon. Game one of the two-game series will be Tuesday, April 16, at 6 p.m.
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— Edited by Amber Kasselman
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