TODAY'S WEATHER: Sunny with a high of 59. SPORTS: A look at what Kansas faces tonight against border-rival Missouri.
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"Quantrill came from Missouri to burn down Lawrence, and Jim Lane also came from Kansas to burn down Osceola, Missouri. This made hard feelings between the two states."
ISSUE 80 VOLUME 112
Harold Miederhoff
Sport rivalry turns up heat in interschool relationships
By Summer Lewis Kansan staff writer
For at least three University of Kansas students, the Kansas and University of Missouri rivalry extends beyond the basketball court and into their personal relationships.
Mike Fischer, Jefferson City, Mo., junior, has dated Lynne Jenkins, a freshman who attends Missouri, for about three years. He said she could not come to the game at 8 tonight in Allen Fieldhouse because it was too expensive, but the rivalry between them would still be strong.
"I get a lot of crap from everyone about it, because I am from a town really close to Columbia," Fischer said. "The couple of weeks leading up to the game are always extremely bitter."
Fischer said he had gone to the game at Missouri with Jenkins and other friends for as long as he could remember, and there were always stories to tell about the Missouri fans.
"I have gotten beer poured on me when I was there," Fischer said. "When we go out to eat at Shakespeare's Pizza in Columbia, people always yell at me because I am a KU fan."
"Old ladies would yell at me because they would be pissed off that I was cheering for Kansas," Fischer said. "A lot of the time I can only get seats in the D section because I am from KU."
Fischer said that people of all ages would pick him out of the student section at Missouri and that he could only get seats in the back of the Hearnes Center, Missouri's home court.
States' competitiveness started with abolitionist struggle
Jessica Fishback, Florissant, Mo., junior, has dated Mike Stoll, a senior who attends Missouri, since high school.
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Jessica Tims
Kansan Staff Writer
The hatred between Kansas and Missouri has been thriving longer than the existence of the universities and their athletic programs. The rivalry began before the Civil War, before Quantrill's raid and long before former Missouri player and coach Norm Stewart stepped foot on a basketball court.
The rivalry's roots are embedded in the 1850s, said Katie Armitage. Armitage is a local historian who is working on a book about the conflict between Kansas and Missouri from 1863 to 1930. During that time the residents of Missouri, a slave state, were threatened by Kansas, which was a free territory, she said.
Susan Flader, professor of history at the University of Missouri, said pro-slave residents of Missouri would cross state lines to vote in Kansas.
"There was a political struggle in 1854 when abolitionists came from New England to inhabit Kansas." Armitage said. "The people of Missouri saw it as a threat. There were tobacco and hemp farms located on the Kansas-Missouri line. They were not the huge plantations like in the south, but they did have slaves, and slaves were very expensive and important property back then."
"They were trying to control elections because of the rush of non-slave holders inhabiting Kansas," she said. "They couldn't win, and the population went with the Union."
Read more about tonight's Kansas vs. Missouri game on page 1B.
These issues were raised again in 1863 when William Quantrill and his raiders set Lawrence on fire and killed 240 to 250 people, said Harold Miederhoff, secretary of the Mid-Missouri Civil War Roundtable in Columbia, Mo. Quantrill was proslavery.
"Quantrill came from Missouri to burn down Lawrence, and Jim Lane also came from Kansas to burn down Osceola, Missouri," Miederhoff said about Lane, an abolitionist. "This made hard feelings between the two states."
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TIMELINE: Missouri-Kansas rivalry
1854
1861
1804 The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed residents of the Kansas territory to vote on whether the new state would be free or allow slavery. Abolitionists from New England moved to the territory to keep it free, while Missouri residents crossed the state line to vote for slavery. Kansas entered the Union as a free state in 1861.
Kansan abolitionist Jim Lane led his men, known as Jayhawks, into Osceola, Mo., and burned the city. Lane's group hauled items from Osceola back to Kansas in stolen wagons.
1083 William Quentrill, a pro-
slavery activist from
Missouri, rode into
Lawrence with his residers.
They burned the town and
killed 240 to 250 residents.
1912
Kansas football player Tommy Johnson died from an injury sustained in a game against Missouri two years earlier. Basketball coach Phog Allen later used Johnson's story in pep talks before Missouri games.
1923
Kansas defeats Missouri 23-20 and won the big 6 tournament. Coach Phog Allen had announced he would retire as coach if the team did not beat Missouri for the conference title and end the Tigers' years of dominance.
THREE INJURED IN FIRE
Student says landlord neglected home repairs
Three KU students, a Lawrence Free State High School student and a Washburn University student lost their home at 1216 Ohio Street to a fire early Friday morning.
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A fire destroyed the house early Friday morning, injuring three people and killing a dog. The fire department estimated at least $75,000 in damage.
By Rachel Keesee
Kansan staff writer
No fire alarms in the house at 1216 Ohio St. had ever gone off, resident Derek Hein said, and Friday was no exception.
"She has yet to contact us — any of us — to ask if we're OK," he said. "Our
The fire originated in the living room, Bradford said. Although the cause was undetermined, Bradford said the fire department was not ruling out an electrical problem.
"The smoke alarm on the first floor was not operable, and we could not locate the second alarm," said Chief Deputy Mark Bradford.
Hein, a Washburn University student, said fixing the fire alarms was his landlord's responsibility, but she was not prompt in responding to problems.
Hein said he and the other four residents wrote a formal three-page document a couple months ago citing repairs they had made and repairs the house still needed, and gave it to Ashley Funderburk, the landlord.
landlord doesn't answer phone calls when the sink is broken."
Hein said some ceiling panels and coverings for light switches and sockets were missing, leaving wires exposed.
"I don't believe that's the cause of the fire." Hein said. "But there were definitely times in that house that I felt unsafe."
Funderburk did not return phone calls yesterday.
Hein and his girlfriend, Lindsey Evans, Marietta, Ga., junior, were sleeping in a second-story room when Hein's dog. Aiko, awoke them.
"There was smoke filling my room," Hein said. "Lindsey opened the door and a huge cloud of smoke came in."
Hein called 911 from his cell phone, then he and Evans jumped from the second-story room to an awning slightly to the left of the window. When they jumped to the ground, Evans landed in the fetal position and couldn't move.
Although his ankle was sprained, Hein carried Evans to the neighbor's yard.
"It's funny — I couldn't walk on my own, but I still picked her up and carried her. I guess that's what adrenaline does for you," Hein said.
Hein saw Matt Medling, Lawrence junior, at his third-story window. Medling asked Hein where to jump.
"The fire department hadn't shown up yet," Hein said. "It seemed like an hour, but it was probably more like two minutes."
When Medling hit the ground, he knew he was hurt.
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Cigarette tax hikes could offset state's budget woes
By Melissa Shuman Kansan staff writer
Kansas lawmakers are counting on smokers to help them balance the state budget.
Graves' proposal, which was outlined in his state of the state address, also includes an increase in sales tax, gasoline tax, and vehicle registration fees, would raise $228 million. Senator David Corbin's proposal, which includes a tax hike on alcohol and all tobacco products, would raise $87 million.
one state tax on cigarettes is currently 24 cents per pack, but Governor Bill Graves has proposed increasing it to 89 cents per pack. A competing Senate measure would raise it to 59 cents. Under both plans, the increase would take effect July 1.
The tax increases were put forward as a result of a $426 million deficit in next year's budget.
Hillary Neeland, Great Bend senior, said an increased cigarette tax wouldn't make her stop buying cigarettes.
But Brian Walz, general manager of Smoker Friendly stores in Kansas, said he was worried about sales.
"I think no matter how high the cigarettes cost I would still smoke," Neeland said. "They will make a lot of money because no one is just going to stop. I will get out my change if I have to. The addiction is too strong."
"We're close enough to other states that people will drive there to buy cheaper cigarettes," Walz said. "I don't think it will stop people from smoking, and they know it, and they're being greedy and taking advantage of people," Walz said.
"I think that would significantly hurt our business and other tobacco sales in the state." he said.
Walz said he was concerned Kansas would lose money if tobacco consumers crossed the state line for their nicotine supply. Missouri has a 17-cent tax on cigarettes.
The Hawk Shop sells cigarettes on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. Employee Jessica Blubaugh said Hawk Shop prices were higher than convenience stores and grocery stores, but students shopped there to avoid leaving campus.
Cigarette prices vary widely in stores. Neeland said she shopped at convenience stores because they often had the cheapest prices.
INSIDETODAY
Contact Shuman at mshuman@kansan.com.
This story was edited by Eve Lamborn.
Read the Kansan Editorial Board's response to the proposed cigarette tax increase on page 4A.
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Cary Smallley, Leawood senior, buys cigarettes at the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. He said the potential increase in the cigarette tax would not greatly change smokers' habits. "I don't think people will quit smoking because of the tax," he said. "But maybe I'll cut back a little."
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