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NEWS About 15 arm wrestlers gathered at The Ranch on Saturday to prove their strength, with the assistance of "The Enforcer." PAGE 5A
SPORTS Kansas women battled Missouri and broke their losing streak, walking away with their first conference victory of the season. PAGE 1B
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MONDAY, JANUARY 24.2005
Kansas coach Bill Self and assistant coach Joe Dooley can't bear to watch after a turnover during the second half of the game on Saturday. Kansas gave up the ball 22 times resulting in 35 points for the Villanova Wildcats. Villanova upset the Jayhawks 83-62 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. It was the Javhwaks' worst loss under Self.
'HAWKS DROP THE BALL
Villanova exposes KU flaws
BY MIRANDA LENNING
mlenning@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SPORTWRITER
PHILADELPHIA — It wasn't in his body language after the game. His tone of voice wasn't harsh. But the words that came out of coach Bill Self's mouth after Kansas' demoralizing 83-62 loss to Villanova were so brutally honest, it was hard not to feel his anger.
"This has been coming," Self said. "We put a lot of Band-Aids on our defiencies."
Self said those deficiencies were "camouflaged with good team defense" and "opportunistic" rebounds
"T his has been
coming. We put a lot of Band- Aids on our deficiencies."
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which allowed the Jayhawks to win games. Villanova exposed those flaws, Self said.
By the time Villanova was done exposing the Jayhawks, Kansas' undefeated 14-0 record was left on the floor of the Wachovia Center. The team was bringing its 14-1 record back to Lawrence.
Everyone should have seen it coming though. The Jayhawks did in fact struggle against Iowa State. They surrendered a big lead in Boulder and let Colorado back in the game. And then there was the Nebraska game that Kansas didn't really win; Nebraska simply lost.
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But is this the same team that rallied together for a come-from-behind victory against Georgia Tech and then outplaced Kentucky?
Self would tell you that it isn't.
He said that his team hasn't been as focused as they should be since the Kentucky game.
"When we played Kentucky away from home, we were so focused because we knew that we had to do the little things that it takes to win," Self said. "Now we are just showing up."
On Saturday in Philadelphia, the
team may not have even done that. Physically yeah, they were present. But their minds- and their hearts didn't seem to be there.
Senior guard Mike Lee said the problems started long before the ball tipped. During the warm-ups nobody spoke to each other. There was a serious lack of energy, he said.
"Coach Manning pulled me aside
during the shoot-around and said 'Mike, you've gotta get these guys going.'"
What was surprising was how Villanova's junior forward Curtis Sumpter dominated; he gathered 13 first-half points.
Lee said he started clapping, patting his teammates on the back, trying to get them into the game. But there was no response.
Considering the Jayhawks' first-half struggles this year, it wasn't surprising that they trailed at halftime 41-34.
But still, Kansas was in the game. It had in fact trailed at the half in several games this year, and the Jayhawks had won each of their last five games by six points or less.
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KU First raises $653 million
Private donation makes University history
BY NATE KARLIN
nkariin@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
BY NATE KARLIN
David and Carol Sindelar have donated to the University of Kansas every year since 1978 when they became lifetime members of the Kansas Alumni Association.
The couple from Kansas City, Mo., along with 225 donors and volunteers, attended Friday night's banquet to hear the official total of the University's largest capital campaign.
"I think it really demonstrates the alumni's commitment to the future growth of the school," David Sindelar said.
The "KU First: Invest in Excellence"
commitment to the future growth of the school."
think it really demonstrates the alumni's
Chancellor Robert Hemenway spoke to the guests of the KU First Campaign celebration Friday night at the Student Union. He announced that 75 percent of the KU First Achievement fund is now at work for KU. "The future is always secured through good work," Hemenway said.
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fundraising campaign raised $653.8 million for the University, surpassing two set goals during the six-year campaign, said Forrest Hoglund, chairman of KU First, Friday evening.
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Flu For All
Coalitions announce candidates
BY DANIEL BERK
dberk@kansan.com
kankan STAFT WRITER
--not necessarily the candidates, the entire KUnited group is the candidate."
Flu vaccine is available again in Lawrence, in both shot and mist forms. Watkins and Lawrence Memorial Hospital will provide immunizations beginning today. PAGE 3A
KUnited and Delta Force announced presidential candidates for the Student Senate elections in April.
KUnited chose Nick Sterner, Shawnee junior, as its presidential candidate and Marynell Jones, Dallas junior, as its vice presidential candidate. Delta Force chose Elaine Jardon, Overland Park sophomore, and Stephanie Craig, Edmond, Okla., junior, respectively.
Bench warmers are hot
Sterner serves as an off campus senator and is vice chairman of the Organization and Administration Committee and works on the KU Athletic Corporation board.
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The men's basketball bench saw more playing time on Saturday. Coach Bill Self emptied the bench against Villanova and gave fans a new team to watch. PAGE 1B
Last year, Sterner was the community affairs director as well as the vice chairman of the Student Senate Executive Committee.
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Jones is a freshman/sophomore senator who works with the University Council board and serves on the Judicial board. Jones said the decision for she and Sterner to run for office was collaborative.
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"KUnited works very well together as an organization," Jones, Dallas junior, said. "Nick and I are
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"While we will be campaigning for the next couple of months, we will also have an activist focus," Jardon, Overland Park sophomore, said. "We want to help the outside community as much as we can and help improve the community."
After the kickoff party, Sterner and Jones will dedicate most of March to campaigning for office, leading up to the mid-April elections.
Sterner said he and Jones would try to meet as many people as possible during the next month. At the end of February KUnited will have a kickoff party celebrating the candidates running in the spring. They plan to visit campus organizations and develop a platform.
Craig served as the secretary of the Multicultural Affairs Committee and this year is a replacement junior/senior senator. A replacement senator joins the Senate at semester Jardin and Craig will dedicate their next month reaching out to outside programs and seeing what Student Senate can do for them.
Jardon and Craig will also work on putting together Delta Force's platform during the next month.
Delta Force will hold an informational meeting at the Kansas Union Thursday for any students who want to learn more about their organization and their involvement in the community.
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