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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
TUESDAY
JANUARY 29, 2002
ISSUE 81 VOLUME 112
NO.2 KANSAS 105, NO.22 MISSOURI 73
BORDERWARBLOWOUT
Kansas' 62-point second-half explosion stuns Missouri
By Doug Pacey
Kansan sportswriter
William Ouantrill would've wept.
The Missourian who led a raid on Lawrence in 1863 that left the town a heaping pile of smoking rubble with more than 200 residents dead would have been embarrassed to be associated with the Missouri Tigers, who suffered a 105-73 beating at the hands of the Kansas Jayhawks last night at Allen Fieldhouse.
And beating is a nice term for Kansas' win.
"Ass-kicking? Is that what you wanted to say?" junior guard Drew Gooden said about the game. "I knew what this team was capable of doing and we did that in the second half. If we came out here and
Drew Gooden
played to our ability I knew deep down inside that we would win this game. Win by 30 or win by two, a win is a win, but it's sure good to get a win like this."
Second-ranked Kansas (18-2 overall, 7-0 in the Big 12 Conference) led by one, 43-42 at halftime, but pulled off a 25-5 run in the first 6:24 of the second-half for an overwhelming 68-47 advantage and never looked back.
There would be no late Tiger run.
Sure, Missouri somehow found a way to sneak a 9-1 streak in there, but Kirk Hinrich kept hitting the three-pointers, Jeff Boschee found Gooden for an alley-oop lay-in and even sophomore swingman Bryant Nash buried a three-pointer.
Five Jayhawks finished in doublefigures en route to the second-biggest margin of victory against the No. 22 Tigers (15-6 overall, 5-3 Big 12)
Lawrence. Gooden led all players with 26 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for his 16th double-double of the season and Kirk Hinrich had 23 on 4-of-5 three-point shooting.
As a team, Kansas shot a seasonhigh 61.9 percent, while the Tigers made just 40.3 percent.
"They just came out and put it to us," Mizzou senior guard Clarence Gilbert said. "To put a Missouri jersey on should mean something. We just can't lose by 30 points."
Give credit to Kirk Hinrich, Aaron Miles, Jeff Boschee and Keith Langford. Where they faltered on the perimeter in the first-half and allowed the Tigers to hit 8-of-15 three-pointers, the quartet limited Missouri sharp-shooters Clarence Gilbert and Kareem Rush to nine second-half points and the Tigers made just two of 13 three-pointers.
Hinrich shadowed Rush's every move on the defense. He chased him around screens, put his palm on the crown of Rush's head to steady himself and held Rush, the Big 12 preseason player of the year, to just 13 points, six below his average.
"I had a big-time challenge guarding Kareem Rush," Hinrich said. "You can't not play well against him."
After the game, coach Roy.Williams said he was ecstatic about the win and enjoyed the caliber of his team's play, but he cautioned against too much excitement.
"I told my wife before the game, 'Give me a one-point win and I'll be as happy as can be,'" Williams said. "I'm happier only because how well we played. You can mark it down, we-going to need 25 of those when we go to their place."
Contact Pacey at dpacey@kansan.com
CHRISTINA NEFF/KANSAN
Freshmen Keith Langford and Aaron Miles celebrated while junior Nick Collison cheers them on after Kansas big victory over Missouri last night. The Jayhawks defeated the Tigers 105-73.
Symposium to celebrate and honor Kansas poet
By Jim O'Malley Kansan senior staff writer
Although African-American poet and writer Langston Hughes is most identified with Harlem, Kansas now claims him because he spent most of his childhood here.
But when Hughes died in 1967, it was front page news in New York City, while his hometown, Lawrence, took little notice — just a one-inch story on page two of the local paper.
Niccum, former The Mag editor, sits surrounded by past issues of the Lawrence Journal World's entertainment magazine. Niccum said The Mag would no longer be published because of financial reasons.
Mark Scott, who earned his doctorate in history at the University of Kansas in the 1970s and 1980s, wrote one of the first scholarly articles about Hughes' Kansas roots in 1980.
Maryemma Graham, professor of English, teaches African-American literature at KU and is one of the organizers of the Langston Hughes centennial symposium planned for Thurs, Feb. 7, to Sun, Feb. 10
"When I found out that Hughes grew up in Lawrence, Kan., and one one had done anything on it, I couldn't believe it," he said.
"In this part of the country, the racial climate in places like Lawrence kept his importance as a poet unrecognized, especially because he was a poet who addressed racial issues." Graham said.
KIMBERLY THOMPSON/KANSAN
'Journal World'cancels weekly entertainment magazine
SEE HUGHES ON PAGE 6A
By Lauren Beatty
Kansan staff writer
Thursday's Lawrence Journal World may feel lighter to some readers because The Mag, the Journal World's weekly entertainment section, will no longer be published.
"It's really simple. It's economics," he said. "It was a very expensive product to put out. It had double the press run of the normal paper. The bottom line is they couldn't sell it."
Jon Nicum, the section's former editor, said The Mag folded because it could not earn enough revenue to sustain itself.
The Mag had been published by the Journal-World since about 1996. Nicum said. It started as an arts-focused tabloid with articles pulled from The Associated Press wire service. The Mag then became known in the Lawrence area for its in-depth coverage of local music, its political columns and its calendar of entertainment events in the area.
Niccum said The Mag enjoyed high readership, but Ralph Gage, general manager of the World Company, said that was not the case. The World Company owns the Journal-World.
"It never found an audience," Gage said. "After a year of giving it a good effort, we decided we would go a different route."
"They did everything we asked them to do," Gage said. "It's not their fault, we just couldn't find the advertising."
Gage said the efforts of the editors and writers on The Mag staff were not to blame.
The Mag was also distributed in Friday editions of the University Daily Kansan, which is printed by the Journal-World.
In 2001, Nicum left the Kansas City, Mo., based Pitch Weekly and
was hired as editor of the section. He said he decided to change the focus of The Mag to boost the Lawrence music scene.
"When they hired me, I had just left the Pitch, and I really wanted to turn it into a more cutting-edge, alternative weekly, so that's what we did." Niccum said.
The Mag's six staff writers have been laid off. Niccum will remain at
SEE THE MAG ON PAGE 3A
Budget cuts could put a crunch on hours at Robinson
By Meredith Carr Kansan staff writer
Robinson Center could be open fewer hours next year if the state of Kansas implements proposed budget cuts.
Angela Lumpkin, dean of education, said the school was examining reducing the hours at Robinson as one way to cut spending.
Kansas faces a projected $426 million budget shortfall for the new fiscal year beginning in July. As a result, the legislature has proposed budget cuts for state programs and the state university system.
"This is a possibility if there were to be permanent budget cuts for the next fiscal year," Lumpkin said. "There are no plans to cut any hours for Robinson during this fiscal year."
Laura Jones, Canton, Ill. junior, said she had only worked out at Robinson once this year because of overcrowding.
"The hours are restricted as it is, and it will be worse if they're shortened. I can't find time with work, and when I do, I end up waiting for machines." Jones said.
Other possible implications of the budget cuts in the School of Education
include teer student jobs, fewer classes offered, less classroom equipment, and fewer graduate student teaching opportunities, Lumpkin said. Administrators in other schools also expect to face difficult cuts.
Students who enrolled in School of Education
"There are no plans to cut any hours for Robinson during this fiscal year."
Angela Lumpkin Dean of education
classes in the department of health, sports and exercise science would also be affected by shortened hours.
Tom Tonkin, Carbondale, Penn. sophomore, said the basketball courts at Robinson were already too crowded.
"I'm taking basketball as a class, so I am
guaranteed time to play." Tonkin can.
Mary Chappell, director of recreation services, said state dollars through the School of Education and the student recreation and fitness center fee paid for Robinson.
"The state dollars pay for things like security personnel," she said. "The campus fee pays for student hourlies."
Every semester, each student pays a $62 fee to fund Robinson, the Burge Union fitness center, Anschutz Sports Pavilion, the KU Fit program and the construction of the new student recreation and fitness center.
Lumpkin said the student fee money would continue to pay Robinson's student security workers.
Chappell said that if Robinson reduced its hours, the money saved would be placed in a reserve fund.
Contact Carr at mcarr@kansan.com. This story was edited by Joanna Miller.
Components of $62 recreation and fitness center fee
$39.00 – Construction of the new facility
INSIDETODAY
COMING IN TOMORROW'S KANSAN
$17.25 - Recreation Services (KU Fit, use of Burge Union fitness center,
Anschutz Sports Pavilion)
Smart Club Program
$3.50 - Robinson Facility (paying student workers, replacing equipment)
STATE NEWS ...5A
SPORTS ...1B
WEATHER ...4B
CROSSWORD ...4B
$2.25 - Sport Club Program
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