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Friday, December 3, 1971
Section 2 University Daily Kansan
KU Players' Wives Married to Football
By MARY BESINGER
Kangan Sports Writer
"With this football I tee wed" often becomes the satirical wow of some wives of University of Kansas football players.
Lynn O'Neil, wife of Vince O'Neil said recently that she was married to a "football nut." She said she felt the presence of a coach and husband has football practice all fall and continues to train during the off-season. She said he worked on his own during the winter, and during the spring, he also works such as during the regular season.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Neil both attended Hutchinson Junior College before moving to Lawrence. O'Neil played football for the junior college and she was a star in the team. He married two and a half years
"and really time-consuming," she said. She that during the season her husband practiced every day at 3:30 p.m. and usually gets home around 7 p.m. On Sundays he meets with his family for meetings, or even the viewing of the last game's films. She said he was also gone a lot during the outings.
MRS. O'NEIL, added that before the games her husband was often moody because he was thinking only about the game. Afterwards he relived the came for days. She said her husband was early on Sunday to get the swipe to read about Saturday's kagme.
During the football games the wives of the players sit together to cheer their husbands and the men who play them, players in a different way though.
ACCORDING TO Mrs. O'Neil, listening to people 'give down on' them, she said the hardest thing about being a player's wife. She said she believed that the players were not as tough as they could be, as hard as they could. She said the nasty comments hurt but she usually sat eat there and never left.
Shelle McCoy, wife of center Mike McCoy, is a senior majoring in education.
Besides football the O'Neils enjoy basketball, baseball and track.
The McCays met in KU's Wakkins Hospital. Both were in the waiting room sitting next to each other. A few weeks later she was feeling better and we saw how she was feeling. They have been married only six months.
hard "sharing Mike with something that takes so much time."
MRS. McCOY said she found it
She said that her husband who maintains a 8.3 B.F.G., practiced three hours a day and then studied at night. When the team was ready, she joined her usually left Friday noon and get back late Saturday night.
However she said she had always like football. Before she was married, she continued, she didn't know the game. Now she prepares for her next game and applies all the time and effort it takes to be a good athlete.
THIS YEAR McCoy has been sidelined much of the time with injuries. He has been hurt in three consecutive games, he
"I almost expect for him to be hurt and I just wait for it to happen," Mrs. McCov said.
The McCoys also enjoy other sports such as swimming and tennis.
"We've tried to enjoy tennis. I need lots and lots of practice. I don't play consistently," she laughed.
Just recently has Kathy Cooper joined the ranks of married athletes. She and Gary, an offensive lineman for KU, were
The Coopers are both from California and met there.
MCORDING TO MRS. Cooper one of the hardest parts about being married to a football player was the question of about Coach Don Fambrough and the players. She said she thought that the mistakes couldn't be blamed on just one person and that she couldn't have been laughed and said that the wives usually sit during the games gritting their teeth for a while and then one by one they yell and defending the team.
"If he's happy, then I can be happy,"she said.
MRS. COOPER has always been a fan of her husband has tried to explain the game to her. She laughed and added that it took a lot of exertion.
However, her husband disagreed with her. He said that she understood the game well for a woman.
Playing professional football after college often confronts the college player. Mrs. Copper said she wouldn't push her husband one way or the other about pro sports, but he'd make him his own decision.
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Indians Maintain Cultural Identity; Express Themselves in Art Forms
Recapturing traditional art forms through modern oils and talents—today's Indian is assuring the future preservation of a cultural identity.
Traditional Indian art comes from work done mostly on hides and stones. The subject matter today is the same, but the mediums have changed. French papers, expensive oils and modern water colors produced the work displayed on these two pages:
The subjects remain as pieces of the past although much of the work is consistent with today's traditions as well. Don Secondine, an Indian artist at Haskell, gets many of his ideas from his grandfather, but several come from traditional dances and ceremonies he has grown up with.
Many of today's Indian artists get their ideas from the "old people," said Secondine. "After they die everything is going to be buried with them. If we can get it on paper we can preserve the culture, sharing it with our people. That is why I want to be an artist—I feel I can express it by painting."
Dick West, head of the art department at Haskell, and one of today's leading Indian artists, believes that his students have that something special: "The Indian people have the natural ability and capability for artistic expression and creativity." West said.
Revision requires the master of West first and second year art classes; it's hard to arrive at the point
Browsing among the works of West's first and second year art classes, it's hard to argue the point.
Photos by Robert Burtch
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