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HE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2009
WWW.KANSAN.COM
VOLUME 120 ISSUE 141
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
It's every little leaguer's dream to set foot inside a major league stadium and play the game they love.
It's a dream many Jayhawks have been able to live over the past few seasons, but some younger players will be able to experience it for the first time tonight at 7 when Kansas renews its rivalry with Missouri at Kauffman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals.
junior pitcher Shaeffer Hall.
It's a game that has more impact than victories and losses. The game, strangely enough, doesn't count as a Big 12 conference game because it's played in the middle of the week. Teams are only allowed to play conference games over the weekend. But the game means something more for players such as
“It's a lot of fun, and being able to do it against your rival Mizzou makes it that much more special,” Hall said. “I was fortunate to get the opportunity to start last year and make the most out of it.”
Hall, who grew up in the Kansas City area, was only a sophomore mid-week starter then, but coach Ritch Price gave him the opportunity to start against the then No. 14 Tigers. It was a dominant performance that saw Hall go seven shutout innings with four strikeouts against a potent Missouri offense.
It was the start that propelled Hall to finish the season strong and become the number one pitcher for Kansas this season.
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Game will give Hawks preview of upcoming series showdowns
Although tonight's game won't count for points in the Border Showdown Series standings, the Jayhawks are looking for bragging rights in the first meeting out of four between the rivals this season.
Three points for the Border Showdown Series standings will be up for grabs that weekend and could bridge the gap in the Tigers' 18.5-10 lead on the Jayhawks.
Dating back to 1894, the Jayhawks and Tigers have met 317 times on the diamond. Missouri leads the overall series 193-122-2. Kansas hopes to even up the neutral-site series record, where Missouri has a 4-3 edge.
The most notable Border Showdown victory for the Jayhawks was the football team's 40-37 comeback victory at Arrowhead Stadium in November, which earned Kansas three points in the standings.
Junior pitcher Shaefer Hall said this game would be a great preview of what cards the Tigers would play during the conference matchups on May 8-10 in Columbia, Mo.
Adam Samson
Some other approaching Border Showdown matchups are the men's and women's Big 12 golf championships during the next week, worth three points each, and the men's and women's Big 12 outdoor track and field championships in the middle of May,worth one point each.
Photo credits: Associated Press, The Maneater, Chance Dibben/KANSAN
CONSTRUCTION
Oread Inn roads will open before December
BY MIKE BONTRAGER mbontrager@k ansan.com
Construction near the Oread Inn has caused students some unanticipated problems, but road closures in the area are expected to end earlier than previously scheduled.
David Longhurst, one of the employees with the construction project responsible for hotel development and implementation, said that the project was making excellent progress and that he anticipated the roads would be open before December, which was the original projection.
Sierra Falter, Lincoln, Neb. senior, said she didn't know about the construction before she signed the lease to her apartment on Indiana Street in front of the Oread Inn.
"They hadn't destroyed in yet," Falter said. "I was just more enthralled with the space."
Falter said her main concern was not having enough room to park her car because of the trucks and equipment from the construction.
"I think the biggest part is getting up here." Falter said. "They don't give us enough space to get in or out, my car is, like, always hitting the curb."
Falter said she decided to call the city to find out what was happening after the construction started.
"I did my own research," Falter said. "I called the city when construction workers were parking in our parking lot."
Falter said she thought the construction caused a problem for other students as well.
"I knew everyone was upset about it, but I didn't think about how they were going to blow this whole thing up and start building," Falter said. "It's a pain in the ass for everyone. It's not even me, all the
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ACTIVISM
Group protests weapons ban
Students for Concealed Carry on Campus to wear empty holsters in demonstration
BY KEVIN HARDY khardy@kansan.com
Brittany Ramos calls her SIG P-250 pistol a necessary means of protection.
This week the SCCC's KU Chapter is conducting its second annual protest to speak out against the Kansas Board of Regents' weapons ban in place at state colleges and universities. About 50 students will carry empty
Ramos, Overland Park senior,
serves as the vice president of
the KU chapter of Students for
Concealed Carry on Campus, or SCCC.
The week-long protest, which was planned in conjunction with a nation-wide demonstration, has special meaning for Ramos, a stauch supporter of Second Amendment rights. In addition to working locally with SCCC, Ramos has testified before a Kansas Senate committee in favor of allowing concealed weapons on college campuses, and started her own shooting club.
holsters on campus to protest the ban, which overrules a Kansas state law allowing qualified licensees to carry concealed weapons in public places.
As a woman, Ramos said, it was
important to be able to protect herself in the case of a violent crime or a personal attack. She said the ability to carry concealed weapons was much more pressing for women than for men.
Ramos first became interested in guns after joining the University's Air Force ROTC program in 2006. She went to a shooting range with her boyfriend and was hooked.
"It itse like a lot of women depend on male chivalry for protection," Ramos said. "But, if there are no guys around, I would have no protection."
"When we first went shooting, I absolutely loved it," Ramos said. "I really had I got into this earlier"
Ramos didn't grow up shooting guns. She remembers her father's guns being kept under lock and key. She said his guns were "off limits."
"My mom at first didn't like the idea of her little baby girl having a weapon," Ramos said. "But she understands it's for my own protection."
Ramos' boyfriend, Derek Miller, Kansas City, Kan., senior and president of the KU chapter of SCCC, said Ramos and other women had
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Brittany Ramos, Overland Park senior, is the vice president of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. Ramos has owned her handgun for about a year and will receive her concealed carry permit this weekend.
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