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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009
STATE
Kansas State puts $70 million renovations on hold
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University is re-evaluating a planned $70 million upgrade of athletic facilities, in part because of undocumented payments to football coach Bill Snyder and two former administrators, new athletic director John
Currie told university faculty and students during a Monday forum that the project has not been eliminated but is on hold pending the review.
that now."
"Currently, those projects are on hold," Currie said. "There are some of those projects we'll re-evaluate, and we're in the process of doing
The re-evaluation comes after a scathing audit released June 19 that detailed questionable financial practices at the university, including 13 undocumented payments totaling $845,000 to Snyder, Krause and former athletic director Tim Weiser.
Currie said.
The controversy prompted the Kansas Board of Regents to require
state universities to conduct regular audits that include their athletic departments.
Currie said the project may eventually rely more on fundraising because he is cautious about using debt financing for projects that don't provide extra revenue.
TENNIS
Williams sisters may face off in final match
BY STEPHEN WILSON Associated Press
WIMBLEDON, England — Venus and Serena Williams are one round away from meeting in another Wimbledon final.
It's the first time since 2006 that all four top-seeded women reached the semifinals at a Grand Slam tournament.
The Williams sisters overwhelmed their opponents Tuesday with breathtaking displays of power tennis, showing why they have dominated on the grass of the All England Club for most of the past decade.
"Do I feel invincible?" Williams said. "I'd like to say yes, but I really do work at it."
"We definitely upped our levels of game today." Serena said.
Venus, seeking her third straight Wimbledon title, outhit the 14th-ranked Pole from all parts of the court and proved again that she is the dominant female player on grass.
Williams had her left leg taped up again but showed no weakness at all as she ripped 29 winners.
"I can't complain," Williams said. "I'm in the semifinals of Wimbledon, right where I want to be. I just need to take another step forward."
Asked whether she also felt unbeatable at Wimbledon, Serena said: "I don't feel invincible, but I definitely should have the same attitude. I'm going to try to feel that way, too."
Only once in the last nine years has there been a Wimbledon women's final that didn't feature at least one of the Williams sisters. The sisters were the only two Grand Slam winners in the women's quarterfinals — Serena has 10 major titles and Venus seven.
The sisters have met in three Wimbledon finals, including last year. Serena has won two of the three, in 2002 and '03. They are 10-10 in career meetings.
"I would love it to be a Williams final, and so would she," Venus said. "That would be great."