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Friday, December 3, 1971
Section 2 University Daily Kansan
KU Players' Wives Married to Football
By MARY BESINGER
Kansan Sports Writer
"With this football I bee wed"
often becomes the satirical word
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 fell the presence of her husband and 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 as well, 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 Tampa Bay Bulldogs cheerleader. They have been married two and a half years.
MRS. O'NEIL added that before the games her husband was often moody because he was thinking only about the same Afterwards he relied the came for days. She said her husband had been on Sundays to get the newspapers to read about Saturday's game.
During the football games the wives of the players sit together to cheer their husbands and the men, while the players in a different way thought.
players in a different way through ACCORDING TO MRS. O'Neil, we know that the players during a game is one of the hardest things about being a player's wife. She said she believed that the players were only humans and that they tried as hard as they could. She said that usually just sat there and but she usually just sat there and never gave up hope for the team.
Shelle McCoy, wife of center Mike McCoy, is a senior majoring in education.
besides football the O'Neills enjoy basketball, baseball and track
The McCays met in KU's Walkins Hospital. Both were in the waiting room sitting next to each other. A few weeks later she was feeling better. So how she was feeling. They have been married only six months.
"Football is really time-consuming," she said. "It takes 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, or even the viewing of the last game's films. She said he was also gone a lot during the outing."
MRS. McCOY said she found it
hard "sharing Mike with something that takes so much time."
She said that her husband who maintains a 3 A B G P.A., practiced three hours a day and then studied at night. When the team visited the park, he 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 preaches that everyone precates all the time and effort it takes to be a good athlete.
Jocks Face Tough Choice
so," said Jaynes.
THIS YEAR McCoy has been sidelined much of the time with injuries. He has been hurt in consecutive games, he said.
"I almost expect for him to be hurt and I just wait for it to hannen." Mrs. McCov said.
"We've tried to enjoy tennis. I need lots and lots of practice. I don't play consistently," she laughed.
The McCoys also enjoy other sports such as swimming and tennis.
Just recently has Kathy Cooper joined the ranks of married athletes She and Gary, an of fensive lineman for KU, were
The Coopers are both from California and met there.
However, her husband disagreed with her. He said that she understood the game well for a woman.
ACCORDING TO Mrs. Cooper one of the hardest parts about being married to a football player is listening to the fans complain that they are not playing with the players. She said she thought that the mistakes couldn't be blamed on just one person and that they were made by the coach. She laughed and said that the wives usually sit during the games gratting 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 wanted to explain her husband has tried to explain the game to her. She laughed and added that it took a lot of exertion.
Recruiting Not All Fun
given out fewer scholarships than any other school in the Big Eight. He pointed out that KU had to compete with two other major
Another charge leveled against big time recruiting is that another look at an athlete as just
Playing professional football after college often confronts the college player. Mrs. Copper said she wouldn't push her husband in front of him about pro ball and that she'd let him make his own decision.
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Contents
HASKELLIN TRANSITION
The story of Haskell Indian Junior College is told as one of continuing evolution and persistent growth. An emphasis on retention of Indian culture while adopting the "good" aspects of the non-Indian culture has led the college to its position today and will direct its future.
INDIAN'S IDENTITY MAINTAINED
THROUGH ARTISTIC FORMS
Indian students learn to express themselves through an extensive art program offered at Haskell. Pictured on pages 4-5 are four student paintings, representative of the quality of work done in Dr. Richard West's classes.
KU, HASKELL EXCHANGE IDEAS ON EDUCATION ... 6
KU and Haskell are no longer strangers in the same town as they once were. Programs emphasizing interaction between the two schools are constantly being developed in hopes of more cooperation and greater understanding.
HASKELL ATHLETES PLAY FOR FUN ... 8
Haskell's competitive sports program has changed as much as its academic curriculum, but now with the junior college accreditation, Haskell's athletes can receive full recognition for their accomplishments on the field as well as in the classroom.
Haskell Today
STAFF
Haskell Today is published as a special supplement to the University Daily Kansan, in cooperation with students, faculty and administration of Haskell Indian Junior College.
Managing Editors . . . . . . . . . . . Calvert Simmons,
                                Philip Wildman
Production Editors . . . . . . . . . . Tina Evans,
                                Skip Quimby
Copy Editor . . . . . . . . . . Jan Goodison
Reporters . . . . . . . . . . Gene Chavez,
                                Tina Cisnews, Rayford Gray,
                                Don Secondine, George Tiger,
                                Sarah White, Elizabeth Williams,
                                Allen Zuni
Photographers . . . . . . . . . Robert Burtech,
                                Hank Young, Gary Mason
Advisers . . . . . . . . . . Dorothy Elliott,
                                Susanne Shaw, Lee Young
Haskell Today
From the Staff:
This magazine is a project designed and executed by several students in a class in magazine production in the School of Journalism. It has been prepared with the cooperation and assistance of several students, faculty and administrators at Haskell Indian Junior College.
We approached this project with the idea of giving KU students some insight into the life style of students at Haskell. We realized that in one small publication such as this it was impossible to give a complete view into the many and varied activities at Haskell. Consequently, we have tried to present an overview of what is happening there.
Through our contacts with the students and faculty at Haskell, we found, to be sure, a certain amount of frustration. This is not to say, however, that they do not also see many good things for their school in the future. Their new status as a junior college gives the students the opportunity to gain a useful degree in a variety of areas. Students can work toward an Associate of Arts degree or an Associate of Applied Science degree, both of which qualify the student to go on to a four year college. A student may also choose to work toward a diploma which is awarded for completing 64 hours of credit. There are also some vocational courses at Haskell which offer the student a certificate verifying that he has attained an employable level of skill in the proscribed vocation. This curriculum, combined with their sports program and other outside activities, has come together to make Haskell the best school of its type in the country.
Putting together Haskell Today has been an educational experience for our staff. Not only have we experienced the "trials and tribulations" of writing copy, meeting deadlines, dealing with printers, advisers, administrators and students, but we have also been exposed to a people with whom we had little or no previous contact. If not understanding fully the problems and promises of Haskell Junior College, we at least can lay claim to the fact that for us, situations previously unnoticed have been brought into clearer focus.
We would like to express our thanks to Mr. Wallace Galluzzi, superintendent of Hasken and to Mrs. Dorothy Elliott and her journalism students at Haskell for their help in getting things started for this publication. Without them the magazine might not have gotten off the ground.
On the Cover
WHITECLOUD DANCER was painted by Dorothy Nez, a Paiute Indian from Nevada. She is currently enrolled as a student at Haskell Indian Junior College. This modern war dancer wears a combination of Northern and Southern costume. His bright feather bustles and his Angora goat leggings are comparatively new. The beadwork, moecasens, fans and porcupine hair raores are traditional. Such costumes are still worn by participants in today's Pow-wows or Indian meetings held throughout the country. (Photo by Gary Mason.)
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