TUESDAY,APRIL8,2003
CAMPUS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 9B
Fans on campus keep emotions in check
Campus CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1B
Campus was covered with police officers but they had little to do.
The drive behind Wescow and Stauffer-Flint halls was filled with stationary police vehicles while sirens wailed in the background of the empty campus.
One policeman stood on top of Wescoe Hall above the KUnited banner watching the lack of activity on campus.
At 10:55 p.m., cars were driving through campus despite the original plan to close campus to drive-thru traffic.
By 11:30 p.m., most of the police officers and their cars were gone from campus.
"I think everyone might still be in shock," one police officer said.
Rusty Gill, security officer,
said he came to campus at 7:00
a.m and hadn't been home since.
Gill said he brought a sandwich with him because he wasn't allowed to leave campus for dinner.
He listened to the game on his truck radio in the cold weather and after having been on duty for 16 hours Gill said the loss was disappointing.
"Since I had to work we might as well had them win." Gill said.
Lindsay Kincaid, May 2002 graduate, was one of the few people slowly walking through campus.
She studied abroad in Queenstown, New Zealand and was forced to come home because she got pneumonia.
Kincaid said if there was ever a time to have to come home it was now.
But, when the final second of the game clicked down and KU lost the chance at the national title she said she was heartbroken.
"I was really upset that we lost, but the team gave it all they had," she said. "I'm still proud of them."
One group of four students walked to Wescoe after watching
the game at a friend's apartment.
"It was a great season but it wasn't meant to be," Jason Gill, Junction city senior, said.
Some of the fans walking through campus came from Memorial Stadium where the MegaCision played CBS's broadcast of the game.
Hudding under blankets and guzzling hot chocolate were popular ways of keeping warm for the approximately 1,200 gathered at the stadium.
"You're not a real fan if you can't brave the cold," Becky Yauer, Marvillesville junior, said.
The stadium was a good venue to watch the game at, Richard Johnson, dean of students, said.
"It was nice being around other Jayhawks," he said. "I think it's cool that people braved the cold and staved here."
Johnson, who also watched Saturday night's game at the stadium, said that there were more students at the stadium last night.
Despite the cold, Shane Carter, Kansas City high school student, sported red and blue body paint on his bare chest.
Fans at the stadium came from all over, including Sean Butler, a 1998 KU graduate from London.
"They were doing so well we had to come back," he said.
Another alumna who was here in 1988,when KU won the national title for the second time, didn't mind having to wear her parka while watching the game.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience," Sally Riggs, Lawrence resident, said. "I was in school in '88, so it has special meaning."
Although fans watched the game in the football stadium, the atmosphere seemed more like Allen Fieldhouse. Fans cheered and chanted along with the band.
No matter the score, the band played on and "Let's go Jayhawks!" was screamed throughout the stadium until the end.
"I liked being out here to support the team," he said. "But it's really frustrating we lost."
And in the end, it was worth braving the cold, despite the outcome, Michael Seely, Wichita
freshman, said.
Many families found the stadium a safer environment in which to watch the game than bawdy, drunken Massachusetts Street.
Lawrence resident Elizabeth Mayfield took her young sons to the stadium to watch the game.
"It would have been more fun had it gone the other way," she said.
Mayfield and her family still had fun throughout the game and were glad they came.
One of her little Jayhawk fans held back tears as he put the game into perspective.
Eric Braem/Kansan
Down the street from Jayhawk Boulevard, around the campus-area bars, the crowds were slightly more rowdy.
"It's been really calm here," Officer Robert Neff said.
Police officers monitored the crowd as staff workers at the Wheel, 507 W.14th Street, wheeled big-screen televisions out of the back porch of the bar.
Two friends helped a third, Kevin Will, limp home. Will injured his leg while he watched the game at the Hawk. 1340 Ohio Street.
"They know we're still winners and we're going to have a good time." Wilson said.
Will said he spent $150 at the Hawk last night.
"I was cheering so hard, I was jumping up and down, I hurt my ankle on the dart board," Will Frankfurt, Germany, junior, said.
Neff and two other police officers were assigned to watch 14th and Ohio streets area. Neff said if the area stayed clam, he and his fellow officers would relocate to
After the basketball game ended, business at the Hawk died down, only to pick up again 15 minutes later, said Josh Wilson, Salina junior and doorman for the Hawk.
Top: Fans gather on Wescoe Beach rallying in support of Kansas despite its narrow defeat.
downtown.
Dustin Honeyman, Lawrence sophomore, sat with a friend in the near-empty back porch. Honeyman said he would continue to drink at bars despite the loss.
"Now instead of drinking for a victory, I'm drinking for my sorrows."
Honevman said.
Not all KU basketball fans were in poor spirits. Joe Walberg, Shawne resident and Patrick Burger, Lawrence sophomore, jogged down 14th Street chanting "We're number two! We're number two!"
the chanting duo was proud of the way the basketball team played in the tournament.
"Being number two is still a pretty big deal," Burger said. "We did better than 63 other teams."
Jessica Palimenio, Nikki Overfelt, Cal Creek, Kelley Weiss and Jessica Hood contributed to this story.
Edited by Leah Shaffer
Jayhawk Boulevard is silent and empty as few fans remain on campus.
John Nowak/Kansan
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