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Volume 126 Issue 78
kansan.com
Monday, February 17, 2014
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COMMENTARY Ellis' skill leads Kansas to victory
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2014
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Five must-have amenities for great apartment life
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
LANDREW HOSKINS
entertain@kansan.com
The groundhog may have seen his shadow this year, but the snow is still melting and spring is on its way. Pretty soon, you're going to be faced with the mother of all important life dilemmas: Should I ditch my apartment and try for something better, or is this the best I'm ever going to get? While this decision is tough, it's not impossible. We've listed the five most important amenities your apartment should have to be comfortably livable. If you've got them already, you're probably good where you're at. If not, then it's time to start looking.
BASKETBALL COURT:
For the nicer spring days, you better hope your apartment complex has a basketball court nearby. Basketball is an excellent way to get out in the sunshine and socialize. Plus, exercise is supposed to be good for you, right? Endorphins and all that stuff. Who knows, maybe having fun and staying healthy can happen at the same time.
"I think it's important to have a basketball court so you can easily get some exercise and socialize with friends," said Nick Kennedy, a sophomore from Bloomington, ill.
After all the sludge and muck of our latest snow, your apartment may look like Shrek's swamp house. If you have carpet anywhere it's going to be a nightmare to clean up. It's best to make sure your place has easy-to-clean hardwood or tile floors. Make sure you have a huge stash of cleaning supplies on hand to clean everything up. We recommend a mop, bleach and a Cinderella-quality work ethic.
HARDWOOD OR TILE FLOORS:
POOL:
Bikinis. Six packs. Need I say more? Having a pool at your apartment complex is a great way to get out and meet people where you live. And see them without a shirt on. It's also a great way to showcase all that hard work you've been putting in at the gym all winter. If you've been neglecting your guns then it's a chance to motivate yourself to buff up before the summer.
"It's all about the social aspect, said John Castellaw, a freshman from Wichita. "Having a pool is like your gym. It's a place where people can meet up and get to know each other."
LAUNDROMAT:
In college sometimes desperate measures must be taken. Unwashed pants may need to be worn. Dirty acts may have been done in a shirt that you're continuing to wear the day after. But sometimes a line needs to be drawn. Make sure the complex you plan on moving into has an innit washer and dryer or at least a free laundry service.
"It's for the sake of convenience," said India D'Ortona, a freshman from Kansas City, Kan. "It's so you don't have to go out of your way to go to a laundromat."
If you're a Kansan, then you know it gets hot here in the summer. And when we say hot, we don't mean your average heat. We're talking swampy, scorching, hard-to-breathe hot. A simple window unit is just not going to cut it in this state. You need to make sure your place is fully equipped with a functioning central cooling unit.
CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING:
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Basketball is an excellent way to get outside and socialize. The Legends Place apartment complex provides a court right outside your door.
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Having free laundry facilities, whether in-apartment or nearby, makes the laborious process of doing laundry much less painful.
vision, precision and patience to operate inside of it.
When Ellis had an open look in the second half, he tossed up a lob to Andrew Wiggins instead. Trading a high percentage shot for a higher one.
Senior Tucker Tharp connected with a walk-off RBI single in the second game of a doubleheader against BYU Saturday, capping off an impressive 4-9, three-RBI day. The Jayhawks are currently 3-0.
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Maybe so, but it wouldn't have seemed as effortless as the way Ellis played.
Without taking more than three trips to the free throw line to inflate his numbers, Ellis quietly put away every pass that was fed to him and every rebound he could grab.
"I would do the same for him." Wiggins said.
No chest pounding, loud roars or even signals for the crowd to get louder.
He's still our most consistent scorer," Self said. "He's going to get his in some way, shape or form."
Pass. Post up. Score.
The crowd did the celebrating for Ellis. Any other way just wouldn't be his style.
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this. These are the situations that separate the clutch players from the good players, and senior outfielder Tucker Tharp is clutch.
Tharp connected with a walk-off RBI single in the second game of a doubleheader against Brigham Young University Saturday, capping off an impressive 4-9, three-RBI day.
"The whole game was crazy," Tharp said. "It was the typical back-and-forth college game. I tried to stay in and put a good swing on the ball and hit it hard somewhere. It felt really great to get the game-winner. It was a lot of fun for the team early in the season."
Kansas went into the 10th inning trailing to the Cougars by one run. After a arug-bunt single from junior third baseman Tommy Mirabelli, the Jayhawks proceeded to load the bases. Junior infielder
"I was most impressed with our offense," coach Ritch Price said. "All nine guys got a base hit, and 10 two-out runs is almost unheard of in the game of baseball."
Tucker Tharp was not the only Jayhawk to have an impressive day at the dish. Hernandez and junior outfielder Michael Suiter recorded three RBI's while Mirabelli and junior first baseman Blair Beck scored two runs. Beck also posted a 4-5 game with 14 putouts at first.
nightcap, recording 17 mins and scoring 10 out of 11 runs with two outs.
ters while only allowing five hits and two walks. Kahana was dueling BYU's Kolton Mahoney the byu way.
"The weather felt great on my arm," Kahana said. "I was
Kansas won another close game in the opening game of the doubleheader. Junior pitcher Robert Kahana kept Kansas in the game with a very strong pitching performance. Kahana went seven strong, striking out four bat-
Mahoney took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, until
very happy with my performance. It was my first Saturday start of the season and it lived up to the hype."
the Jayhawks were finally able to break through. Hernandez scorched the bases-loaded single up the middle to drive
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