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NCAA TOURNAMENT: ST. LOUIS
MARCH 22, 2012
FINAL FOUR
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The Jayhawks celebrate after coming from behind to defeat the Purdue Boilermakers during the NCAA Tournament game in Omaha, Neb., 63-60.
Jayhawk fans scramble to St. Louis
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MIKE VERNON
ST. LOUIS — Peppered with blue, red and green, Washington Street in the core of downtown St. Louis served as the unofficial home to the Midwest Regional of the NCAA Tournament.
During the weekend, fans from Kansas, North Carolina, North Carolina State and Ohio could be found walking up and down Washington, a street that runs parallel to the Edward Jones Dome. The street is full of food, bars and hotels, making it the perfect scene to fuel the NCAA Tournament.
Co-workers Kyle Dolinski and Mitch Miller, two layhawks fan from Kansas City , were pleasantly surprised by the vibrant
atmosphere that St. Louis provided for the event, and they had a surprising weekend themselves.
When they woke up Friday morning, neither Dolinski nor Miller planned on heading to St. Louis until the middle of the work day.
"We were sitting there, and he was like, 'You want to go?' Miller said. "And I was like, I'm game if you want to go. So we were just like, 'Alright, let's go.'"
The two left for St. Louis around 4 p.m. Friday. Neither had a ticket for the game, but that didn't matter; it was an event they were not going to miss.
They found a parking garage approximately 10 minutes before tip off and ran to the stadium. Luckily, the North Carolina-Ohio game went into overtime, pushing the start of the
Kansas game back quite a bit. Luck also found Dolinski and Miller when they found a ticket scaler with only two tickets left.
"It couldn't have worked out more smoothly" Miller said.
And with yesterday's game against North Carolina featuring a match up against former Kansas coach of 15 years Roy Williams, Kansas fans everywhere were eager to voice their opinion on the former Jayhawks' commander before the game.
While some still had sour feelings toward Williams for leaving Kansas, others had started to forgive the coach who left Lawrence nine years ago.
This includes Kansas fan Derek Feagans from Kansas City, Mo. Feagans was a shooting guard for Avila University in Kansas City, and
his history in college athletics gave him a more tolerant perspective toward Williams.
"He's North Carolina's coach," Feagans said. "All I care about is Bill Self and Kansas. Williams is a great coach at a great program. Coaches move on. He went home and that's great. I'm glad we have coach Self."
While Feagans was quick to answer questions on Williams, his seven-year-old son Will didn't say a word until he was asked who his favorite player was.
"Elijah Johnson," Will said.
Will wouldn't say why, but his dad, the former shooting guard himself, was quick to answer for him.
"Because he's a shooter," Feagans said.
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o revamp the trend because it's also Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Elizalde McCoy pointed to studies showing contributions from donors
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undraising will end in June 012, when an additional 588 million will hopefully be raised for a total of $1.2 billion.
munications and marketing for KU Endowment. "It presents a cohesive case in front of our donors."
A Campaign Ranks the University community and our alumni around a central cause," said Rosita Elizalde-McCoy, senior vice president for com-
The press release said that students are already benefiting from the donations. According to the release, 246 new scholarships have been created along with 14 new professorships, which retain
increase by 20 to 30 percent during campaigns. While acknowledging that the plan is ambitious, she said that achieving the goal is possible, given that more than half the funds have already been raised.
ROSITA ELUZALDE-MCCOY Senior vice president for communications and marketing for KU Endowment
Bob Page, president and CEO of The University of Kansas Hospital, said the funds would benefit expansion efforts for the
is of April 2012, they have raised $612 million.
KU Medical Center.
"The hospital serves patients from every county in Kansas, so supporting our needs impacts Kansans everywhere," Page said.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little praised the initiative and said it would push the University as well as the entire state in the right direction.
"The success of this campaign for Kansas' flagship university will benefit people in every corner of our state and region," Gray-Little said.
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$325 million for programs (academic, research, clinical and community engagement initiatives)
$400 million for students (scholarships, fellowships and opportunities outside the classroom)
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$300 million for faculty (professorships, recruitment of exemplary faculty and staff)
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$175 million for facilities (construction and renovation of facilities for learning and patient care).
These numbers total to the $1.2 billion goal.
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