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>> ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
Coach Bill Self commits to five-year deal
BY SHAWN SHROYER
Get used to seeing Bill Self on the bench as Kansas men's basketball coach.
On Thursday, the Kansas Athletics Department announced that it had signed Self to a five-year contract, worth $1.3 million per year. If contract stipulations are met, his salary could increase to $1.6 million each year. The contract is retroactive to April 1, 2006, and expires in March 2011.
SEE CONTRACT ON PAGE 6A
Self had two years remaining on his original contract, but Kansas Athletics Director Lew Perkins was glad to get a new contract finalized at this point in time.
coaches' salaries
1. Tubby Smith, Kentucky $2.04 million
2. Billy Donovan, Florida
2. Rick Barnes, Texas
4. Bill Self, Kansas
4. Tom Izzo, Michigan State S1.6 million
4. Roy Williams, North Carolina 5.1.6 million
7. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke $1.5 million
7. Kelvin Sampson, Indiana
7. Jim Calhoun, Connecticut $1.5 million
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>> WEATHER
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A **tractor plows** the sidewalks along Jayhawk Boulevard on Thursday. Facilities and Operations employees have been cleared the roads and walkways of the ice and snow around campus.
Onset of winter snow causes accident, injury
BY NATE MCGINNIS
After snowfall Wednesday and Thursday, a KU student slipped and allegedly broke her leg Thursday afternoon on a sidewalk on the west side of the Kansas Union.
Lawrence paramedics and KU Public Safety officers responded to the accident. Paramedics at the scene said the victim was being taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for further care.
Phil Duncan, Corvallis, Ore., sophomore, found the victim alone on the sidewalk after she fell. Duncan called police and stayed with the woman until she was loaded into the ambulance.
When I came up to her, she said
that she had fallen and possibly broken her leg and she was in a lot of pain," Duncan said.
Gustavo Diaz, Asunción,
Paraguay, sophomore, walked by
about the same time as Duncan.
Diaz said he and Duncan did what
they could to help the woman.
When inclement weather strikes, the safety of students and staff is a top priority for snow-removal crews, said Larry Rawlings, assistant director for construction facilities operations.
"We came to talk and she was here alone in the cold," Diaz said. "There was nothing to do but call someone for help."
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Student parents juggle full-time class schedules and part-time jobs with full-time parental responsibilities
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these days Rebekah Ruggles does everything for two. Waking up at the crack of dawn each weekday, Ruggles gets both herself and 6-year-old Ethan ready for another day of classes. She prepares breakfast for herself and feeds him, tying her shoes and looping his, and finally checks both of their backpacks before rushing out the door.
With money tighter than in the past, Ruggles, Fresno, Calif., senior, can't afford a yellow parking pass as she had previous semesters. Circling down 19th Street east of Naismith Drive until Louisiana Street, Ruggles hopes to find a free place to park on the outskirts of campus in time to get to her morning classes.
It's one of many sacrifices Ruggles has
"We had only one income for our house payment and sending Ethan to private school on top of everything else." Rugges said.
made this semester, but her real burden -her brown-haired, 6-year-old son that's a bit tall for his age. it is a burden she embraces.
Ruggles is one of many KU students balancing her academic workload with the responsibility of caring for her child. Sick kids often cause these student parents to miss work shifts and classes, and force them to find last
minute sitters before exams. These non traditional students have transferred colleges and moved across states to raise their newborn responsibilities, and have to throw day jobs in the mix of school and parenting responsibilities to provide for their children.
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workweek to her schedule this semester as a carhop at Sonic Drive In, so that her husband, Casey, isn't the sole provider for the family. She said that her parenting duties and new job had affected her academic career. Her grades have been falling lower than what she's used to, and Rugles is having to fight to get them back.
"It seems like you're always having to juggle teeling like you are a parent to the child and putting a higher percent into your school work," Ruggles said. "It seems like you're always neglecting something."
Riggles spends her afternoons rushing to get her homework done before playing chauffeur to Ethan, who has to be picked up from a private school at 3:45 each afternoon.
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Cat Tracker driver not correctly licensed
BY DAVID LINHARDT
The Cat Tracker fan bus driver, who was involved in the Nov. 18 accident that killed one person and severely injured another, was driving with a DUI-restricted license that did not allow him to drive a commercial vehicle.
Lawrence Police and the Kansas Department of Motor Vehicles confirmed this week that Brent Simonsson, a 41-year-old Wamego resident, had been arrested for a DUI offense in Riley County in November 2003.
Marcy Ralston, driver control bureau chief for Kansas DMV, said Simonsson's license only allowed him to drive vehicles with an ignition that required him to test his blood-alcohol level before the vehicle would start.
The ignition-interlock device would not allow a car to start if Simpson blew a blood-alcohol level of approximately .04, Ralston said. It is illegal in Kansas to drive with a blood-alcohol level of 08 or higher.
In addition, Simonsson had his license completely suspended from February 2005 to February 2006 for previous DUI convictions, Ralston said.
Simonsson's license remains restricted through February 2007.
Alan Anderson, chief of the Kansas Driver's License Bureau, said even without DUI convictions, Simonsson still did not have the correct commercial driver's license.
a commercial license is required? Anderson said.
"If the vehicle is designed for transporting 16 passengers or more, including the driver, then
Lawrence police confirmed that Simonsson's license did not comply with requirements for driving the Cat Tracker.
The Cat Tracker is capable of carrying 71 people. At the time of the accident it carried 19 passengers, according to the Lawrence Police Department's accident report.
John Green, of Shawnee, hit the overpass and was pronounced dead at the scene. Chris Orr, of Salina, was critically injured and remains at
Simonsson was driving K-State fans to the football game against Kansas earlier last month when the top of the bus struck the Irving Hill Road overpass. Eight passengers were riding on top of the bus when the accident occurred.
the University of Kansas Hospital.
Robert Pottroff, a Manhattan attorney who owns the Cat Tracker bus, was out of his law office for the rest of the week and was unavailable for comment.
Pedro Irigonegara, attorney for Simonsson, did not return a call for comment Thursday.
The Douglas County District Attorney's office is reviewing the full report from Lawrence police. Cheryl Wright, assistant to district attorney Charles Branson, said they had set no timetable yet for charging anyone with any crimes.
Kansan staff writer David Linhardt can be contacted at dlinhardt@kansan.com.
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"I go ice-skating with my family and friends every year at Center," Caitlin Shanks, Lawrence sophomore said. "Me and my sister always have a really good time."
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While at Crown Center, take advantage of the opportunity to get some holiday shopping done. Crown Center also offers hotels, entertainment and dining. Crown Center is a three level building with all sorts of things to do, both on and off the ice.
Kansan correspondent Andrea Chao can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.
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Kevin Reese, 9, of Lawrence, and Taylor Covert, 7, of Lawrence, fall off the side of their sled while careening down the hill east of JRP Hall yesterday afternoon. The two were brought to campus along with several friends and neighbors by Taylor's dad, Angelo, on their day off from Prairie Park Elementary School.
CAMPUS Graduate student will present work done on AIDS
Former Peace Corps volunteer Hilary Hungerford, graduate student, will present her work on an AIDS health project in West Africa at noon today at Alcove E in the Kansas Union.
Hungerford spent two years with the Peace Corps in West Africa working with AIDS victims and teaching about the disease.
She said her presentation was to commemorate World AIDS day which is today.
Hungerford said she learned that creativity was useful in solving problems with AIDS. She worked with a theater group in Africa that traveled to small communities performing skits about AIDS.
"It's not all despair." Hungerford said. "There's hope in the midst of the terrible situation."
Free show to display work made by student, alumna
A fashion show to model the work of student Andrew Shirk and alumna Martha Pierce will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kansas Union.
Shrink, who designed and hand-sewed all of his outfits, said he had been working on them since February. The show is a way for him to show off his senior portfolio before he graduates and moves to New York.
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Experts visit University to discuss groundwater
Groundwater experts from India, China, Nepal and Bangladesh are at the University of Kansas from Nov. 26 through Dec. 16 to discuss groundwater issues.
east of Watson Library, damaging about 150 books and forcing one woman out of her office.
Survey; faculty from the University, Washburn University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City; and officials at the Kansas Division of Water Resources.
They will meet with staff members from the Kansas Geological
The International Water Management Institute is sponsoring the program.
Diana Carlin, dean of the Graduate School and International Programs at the University, is the co-director of the group. Carlin said the visit was an opportunity for cross-culture learning and for KU faculty and researchers to share research with other countries.
"Water is an international issue and there are very few countries that don't have some kind of a water issue," Carlin said.
Whitney Baker, library conservator, said the pipe burst around 8:30 a.m. She said she noticed water seeping along the floor and through a wall that books were stacked against.
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A pipe burst this morning on level one and level one and a half
Kent Miller, assistant dean of libraries, said the pipe still hadn't been fixed, but was no longer leaking water. He said cold weather caused the pipe to burst.
Miller said the water was vacuumed and books are being dried with fans to prevent molding.The library is still open to students.
Baker, who was moved from her office, said she expected to be back in her office within the next couple days.
"There was a lot of water, but there were a lot of people helping to clean it up too," she said. "It was lucky the library was open today, or it could have been a lot worse."
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Made in China: Observations and Understanding;"a photography exhibit showcasing a study abroad experience in China, is currently showing until Feb. 4 at the North Balcony in Spencer Museum of Art.
A 20-year-old KU student reported the theft of an Olympus digital camera and a set of keys from the 300 block of W. 17th St. The incident occurred between Nov. 15 and Nov. 16 and the total loss was $150.
A 23-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to a Honda Civic parked near the 1200 block of Ohio Street. Someone dented the top of the car and its hood. The incident occurred between Nov. 17 and Nov. 18 and damage was estimated at $500.
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A 31-year-old KU student reported the theft of a black Auto-Bike bicycle and a combination lock from the 1800 block of Tennessee Street. The incident occurred between Nov. 17 and Nov. 18 and the total loss was $60.
A University employee reported the theft of a DVD player, 50 CD, and other items from the 2500 block of Redbud. The incident occurred between Nov. 23 and Nov. 25 and the total loss was $2,433.
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BY DANNY LUPPINO
Men's basketball coach Bill Self may have a multimillion dollar contract extension, but another, lesser-known KU coach was recently named National Coach of the Year.
Scott Harris is the coach of the KU debate team, which routinely performs as one of the best in the country. Earlier this month during a tournament at Wake Forest University, Harris was named the winner of the award as voted by a committee of coaches and former peers.
"It means the recognition from the community of your peers that you're doing a good job," Harris said. "It was a total surprise."
The KU debate team ended last season as the top-ranked varsity
squad in the country according to National Debate Tournament points, Harris said the official rankings
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career accomplishments.
Lindsey Lathrop, Overland Park junior, said the most noteworthy of those accomplishments was taking a program with a comparatively small budget and still managing to recruit top talent and make the team a national contender.
"Most of the people we face from other schools are on there free rides," Lathrop said. "He turns it more into
a game about passion than a game about money"
Lathrop said that traditionally Harris had mostly stayed with his debaters during tournaments, but recently he had become more accepted with coaches from traditional powerhouses like Harvard University and Kentucky University.
Jon Wright, Topeka senior and debater, said it was Harris' long history of success at the national tournaments that led him to be one of the most respected coaches in the country.
Wright said Harris was not the only reason for the success of his debaters, but he was certainly the main reason.
"I think that Scott, on the strategic level, has a lot more going on than a lot of other guys," Wright said. "The strategy and pre-ground preparation
against certain teams that he brings have really helped us a lot”
Wright and Lathrop said Harris was renowned for his sharp strategic mind but also his eccentric personality. In addition to barely sleeping on weekends of tournaments and consuming "about three pounds of chocolate" during those times, Lathrop said Harris had memory problems that sometimes kept him from knowing the names of his debaters. He once took his children to the wrong school.
"He's like the definition of absent-minded professor," Wright said. "It's all part of his charm, 1 guess."
Kansan staff writer Danny Luppino can be contacted at dluppino@ kansan.com.
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Lawrence's Yello Subs change ownership
Manager's history with former owner dates back to 1976
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
Yello Sub has a new owner.
Fans of the Lawrence sandwich shop shouldn't worry; nothing will change, new owner Don Keen said.
A longtime manager, Keen, has taken over majority ownership of both restaurants, 624 W. 12th St. and 1814 W. 23rd St. He explained the ownership shift as a "passing of the torch." Former owner Bob Jones would still retain some ownership interest in the restaurants, but Keen said Jones was getting ready to retire.
Two Planet Sub owners in Kansas City also have ownership interest in the Lawrence locations after franchising from Jones eight years ago. Keen said they wouldn't serve an active role in the management of the Lawrence locations, but they would help him if he needed it.
Keen has been at Yello Sub on 23rd Street for the past 17 years and worked at the one on 12th and Indiana streets before that. He said his relationship with Jones, the former owner, went back to 1976 when Keen began working for Jones at Long John Silver's.
lones is out of the country until
next March and could not be reached for comment.
Attention was brought to the Yello Sub location at 12th and Indiana streets over the summer when property owners Jeff and Kathy Morrow, along with The Crossing owner, Manhattan attorney Robert Pottroff, proposed to redevelop the corner. The proposal called for demolition of the buildings for the construction of a five-story mixed-use building. The plan included retail stores on the first floor and condominiums on the top four floors.
Keen said that he wasn't concerned about the proposal and that it wouldn't affect his decision to buy a share of the Yello Sub restaurants.
"That's some kind of pipe dream
to do something with the Oread Folks," he said, referring to the opposition from the members of the Oread Neighborhood about the proposal. "We've still got a lease over there."
Keen said the property owners at 12th and Indiana streets couldn't just kick him out.
Kansan staff writer Jack Weinstein can be contacted at jweinstein@ kansan.com.
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Pool tournament to benefit charity outreach
Andy Agnew, owner of The Pool Room, will finally achieve his dream of giving a charity event at his bar this Saturday. He has been trying to do so for several years.
The Pool Room, 925 Iowa St., will be host to Cue Up 2006, a pool tournament to benefit the Jubilee Cafe. The Jubilee Cafe provides breakfast for the in-need community of Lawrence every Tuesday and Friday morning from 6 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St.
The charity event couldn't have happened at a better time. Paige Blair, Chicago junior and co-coordinator of the Jubilee Cafe, said the cafe was having one of its lowest funding times.
"The last three meals have been out of pocket for a couple of the people really involved," she said.
She said any money that came out of the pool tournament would mean a lot. She said it cost about $110 to serve between 115 to 130 breakfasts. Each meal is about $1.38, she said.
"We aren't running out of
efforts to raise money, such as a breakfast for dinner for the community for $5 on Wednesdays.
"We aren't running out of people to feed, but we are running out of money to feed them."
running out of people to feed, but we are running out of money to feed them" she said.
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"It hasn't really caught on yet," she said. "We're hoping people would regularly come down, but it hasn't worked out that well."
"If you're going to have a pool tournament, this is the only place to do it in town," he said.
Agnew is expecting about 300 to attend the pool tournament.
from sponsors such as 75th Street Brewery, 3512 Clinton Parkway: CD Tradepost in Topeka, and Jayhawk Cafe, 1340 Ohio St. The grand prize winner will receive an Intel Core Duo Apple MacBook.
The event, which is sponsored by The University Daily Kansan, will be at noon. People who want to watch must pay $5 at the door, and competitors must pay $15 to play. Competitors can e-mail their name and phone number to cueup@kansan.com to register or show up at the door on Saturday.
Kansan staff writer Erin Castaneda can be contacted at ecastaneda@ kansan.com.
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Kayte Christopherphon, a junior at Natrona High School in Casper, Wyo., won a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado recky cab pickup truck in a drawing for good attendance last spring.
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"I take it everywhere. To work, school, I don't know, anything I do, I have it out with me," the high school junior said. "I pay attention to where I park it, though."
And not just any truck, but a $28,000 Chevrolet Colorado crew cab, in red, with an MP3 player. Freedom comes standard.
Public schools commonly reward excellent attendance with movie tickets, gas vouchers and iPods. But some diligent students like Kaytie are now hitting the ultimate teenage jackpot for going to school: They have won cars or trucks.
In most cases the car or truck is donated by a local dealership, and the prizes typically are awarded through drawings open only to students with good attendance.
School districts in Hartford, Conn.; Pueblo, Colo.; South Lake Tahoe; Calif.; and Wickenburg and Yuma. Ariz., are also giving away vehicles this school year.
CASPER, Wyo. — Sixteen-year-old Kaytie Christopherson was getting ready to do her homework on a Friday when she got a call that made a big improvement in her life: She had won a brand-new pickup truck for near-perfect school attendance.
Do so bribing students with the possibility of winning a car or truck actually get them to think twice about staying home from school? Some educators think so, but the evidence is not clear cut.
Jack Stafford, associate principal at South Tahoe High School, said attendance increased slightly last year, the first year the school system gave away a car, and is up slightly so far this year. He said changing times call for such incentives.
"I can't tell you that it's increased attendance," district spokesman Terry D'Italia said. "But what it has done over the years is just kept a focus on it and kept it at the top of kids' minds."
Katie — who has a 4.0 average at Natrona County High, Dick Cheney's alma mater — won her truck last spring, in the school system's first such drawing. But she said that was not what motivated her to keep up her attendance; she just didn't want to fall behind.
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Shuttling him to cub scouts and music lessons. Ruggles is a soccer mom without the sport. After Ethan finally settles in for the night, Ruggles has a few hours to study again before
starting the same routine the following day.
"I try not to do my homework in front of him, because he likes to have my full attention after spending all day at school," Rugles said. "He'll help me fix dinner or set the table, or I'll sit there while he's
unmore, attended the University of Evansville in Indiana last year before discovering she was pregnant. Nervous about having to raise the child alone, she returned to her
"It seems like you're always having to juggle feeling like you are a parent to the child and putting a higher percent into your school work."
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doing his piano lessons usually."
As a full time student, Ruggles is forced to walk a fine line balancing her academic responsibilities and her obligations to the person literally tugging at her sleeve.
Nichole Reiske, Lawrence soph
hometown of Lawrence to raise now four-month-old Loren. She's gracious for her parents' extra sets of hands to help her own parental responsibilities, but said she's had to look elsewhere for financial
support.
Because Reiske's parents still have the responsibility of providing for her younger brothers, she has had to find the means to pay for a regular baby sitter herself. Reiske has recently received state-funded loans
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that allow her to continue her education here at KU1; and in addition to the money earned at her part-time job, the money her parents originally planned to use for her own schooling is now helping pay for Loren's davecare.
"A lot of what I'll do at home is on the computer, so he'll sit there and randomly press a key once in a while." Reiske said. "I just have to kind of fix whatever he's pressed and keep going."
Reiske's weekdays begin with 9 a.m. classes, but she's typically at one of the vocal studios in Murphy Hall by 7 a.m. where she studies for her music degree. She leaves campus at 5 p.m. each night after completing the majority of her schoolwork on campus, and returns home to her awaiting son.
Nichole Reiske, Lawrence sophomore, often attempts to work done on the computer, but her 5-month-old son, Loren, thinks it would be more fun if he played with the keyboard.
With Loren already teething, Reiske said anything within his four-month-old-reach was fair game for tasting.
Rebeekah Rugges, Fresno, Calif. senior, helps her son Ethan while he practices his piano lessons. When Rugges is with Ethan he is her main focus—homework warts just to be asleep.
Only four months after holding Loren for the first time, Reiske already has had to begin planning the next several years of his life. On his exact three-month birthday, Reiske placed Loren on the waitlist for the Hilltop Child Development Center. Hilltop provides early childcare and education for children of KU students, faculty, or employees of the University. Hilltop is considered a non-profit University affiliated corporation.
"The keyboard can get slobbery," Reiske said. "But that's okay because he chews on everything these days."
The piano teacher is showing the boy how to play the piano.
Pat Pisani, executive director of the Hilltop Child Development Center, said the facility specifically aimed at helping the University's student parents.
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About 55 percent of Hilltop's 212 children come from student families. Since the Hilltop center moved into its new facility, 1605 Irving Hill Rd., in August 2000, all full-time KU students are assessed $4 for the childcare and facility construction fee. In addition, the University contributes more than
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The center helps student families who need childcare with what Pisani calls "a three-level, sliding fee scale" so that lower-income student and faculty families can afford the facility as well. The center also awards scholarships to some lower-income student families, which can help pay for 40 to 50 percent of their childcare fees.
In addition, Hilltop receives more than $37.00 of educational opportunity funds from Student Senate. This money is used to help reduce the childcare costs of student families.
took 212 children at a time. Hilltop also has three campus sites at Lawrence elementary schools where they provide child-care.
Pisani said that applicants were both allowed and encouraged to apply as soon as their child was three months old, because there was
"The senate has supported us in that way for many, many years," Pisami said. "And it makes a big difference for student families, because with some of them the fees are still higher than they could afford without that help."
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a waitlist of 325 children waiting to get accepted to the program at any given time. Reisek just recently found out that Loren was accepted by Hilltop, and that he will be able to attend the childcare
facility after his first birthday this coming summer.
Many of Hilltops children come from its neighboring Stouffer Place Apartments, 1603 West 15th St. The complex is reserved exclusively for students living with their children or for married couples, and has 283 apartments in 25 two-story brick buildings. For many KU families, Stouffer Place is both an affordable and friendly community option for living on campus.
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Even though Claus has no children himself, his interaction with many of the neighborhood kids left him impressed with the learning environment the Stouffer Place community provides for children. The apartments house student families of various nationalities from all over the globe and often times the children's original language is not English when they arrive in Lawrence.
"All the kids that I've known here have learned to speak perfect English," Claus said. "You'll meet some new kid, and the next year it's perfect."
"I think it's a unique place with diversity, kids from all over the world," Mateo said. "It's interesting to see how students help each other, but especially with kids of different languages who don't speak English."
Pedro Matteo, graduate student of Guatemala, is raising his two children at the Stouffer Place apartments with his wife, Anna, while studying linguistics at the University.
While Ruggle has chosen to raise her son of campus rather than through University childcare programs or student housing, she continues to balance her roles of student, working woman, chauffeur, and simply "mom" as do other non-traditional students while living at the Stouffer Place
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Thornton — like Ruggles — has been forced to take advantage of her afternoons to study for classes before picking Conner up from Hilltop later in the evening. Because Blake is the main source of income for the family and can rarely work days, Thornton is forced to miss class or work a handful of times each year if Conner becomes sick. She said she often spent much of her weekends and holiday breaks playing catch-up on schoolwork.
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"I think it is worth the sacrifice, because I'll hopefully be getting a higher paying job after I graduate," Ruggles said. "But I'm having to make that sacrifice now."
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Ruggles is quick to remind herself that she'll be graduating this May — although her break from class will be short-lived — she plans to return to medical school after taking two years off to work.
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Candidates look to students
BY MARK VIERTHALER
Two candidates have announced their decision to run for city commissioner, and both are looking to increase student involvement in local government.
Rob Chestnut, chief financial officer of the Lawrence-based Allen Press, is looking to gain one of three positions on the commission opening next year. Mike Denver, owner of Guidewire Consulting environmental consulting firm, was the first to announce his candidacy.
Current commissioners David Schauner, Mike Rundle and Dennis "Boog" Highberger are up for reelection. None have announced intentions to re-run, but Schauner
said he would announce yes or no before Christmas Dav.
Denver said he announced his candidacy because he said there was too much division and bickering on the city commission.
Denver said he would encourage students to be more active in local government, because what the city did would affect their lives one way or another.
"I'm not really a politician," Denver said. "I have this habit of telling the truth rather than dancing around the issue."
Chestnut said the student body was regularly ignored when dealing with local issues. To encourage student involvement, he said, the commission should hold open forums
for students at the Kansas Union.
A Lawrence native, Chestnut has worked as the CFO of Allen Press since the beginning of this year. Before that, he worked for several large companies in the Kansas City area.
Chestnut said he wanted to run for city commissioner in an effort to increase job opportunities in Lawrence.
"The commissioners recognize the issues," Chestnut said. "But I think people are looking for a change in mentality."
Kansan staff writer Mark Vierthaler can be contacted at mvierthaler@kansan.com.
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LAWRENCE Fire on Sixth Street closes traffic routes, damages inn
Lawrence residents were forced to take detours on icy roads Thursday night. A large portion of Sixth Street was closed off to traffic from Crestline onward as the Lawrence fire department worked to extinguish a blaze in the Westminster Inn and
Suites, 2525 W. Sixth Street.
Pat Talkington, a firefighter on the scene, said the fire damaged the lobby and some of the rooms surrounding it. The sign that topped the lobby once said "motel," yet the blaze burned through the roof and destroyed the last three letters of the sign.
and secure the scene.
"The power company was called because we just want to make sure all the utilities are safe on the street."Talkington said.
Numerous fire trucks, ambulances and power company trucks were present to put out the blaze
Talkington said the fire was contained in the Westminster Inn. As of press time, the cause of the fire was still unknown.
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BY CLARE NULLIS ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa on Thursday became the first country in Africa, and only the fifth in the world, to legalize same sex marriages.
The Civil Union Act goes into effect a day ahead of a Dec. 1 deadline set by the country's Constitutional Court, which required the marriage law be changed to ensure equality for gay and lesbians.
Gay rights criticized provisions allowing clergy and civil marriage officers to turn away gay couples if their consciences prevented them from marrying them.
Some couples began hurrying to make preparations for long awaited nuptials.
"There will be a huge response from same sex couples who have waited such a long time for their relationship to be recognized," said Melanie Judge, a program manager for the South Africa-based lesbian and gay rights group, OUT.
Janine Pressman, a pastor with the Glorious Light Metropolitan Community Churches in Pretoria, said she hoped to marry a couple on Saturday, provided the paperwork could be rushed through.
"We are ready to go," said Jacky Mashapu, a spokesman for the Home Affairs Ministry, where altar-bound couples must apply for permission to wed.
South African leaders, determined to bury all forms of discrimination, recognized the rights of gays and lesbians in the constitution drafted after the end of apartheid in 1994.
That constitution, the first in the world to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, provided a powerful legal tool for gay rights activists, even though South Africa remains conservative on issues of sexuality.
Influential traditional leaders said the legislation violated African cultural norms.
The Roman Catholic Church and Muslim groups denounced it as violating the sanctity of mar-
rage. Radio talk shows aired strong opposition to the legislation.
The public reaction, said Judge OF OUT, "forced us to confront the deep-seated prejudice and intolerance against gays and lesbians. It's a day-to-day reality ... It's been quite a frightening process to see the level of hatred that has been openly expressed against this minority"
Homosexuality is still largely taboo in Africa. It is illegal in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana and most other sub-Saharan countries. Even in South Africa, homosexuals are often attacked because of their sexual orientation.
Denmark in 1989 became the first country to legislate same-sex partnerships and several other European Union members have followed suit. Only four other countries — Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain — allow same-sex marriage.
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LAWRENCE
Students have opportunity to serve as advisers to city commission
BY MARK VIERTHALER
Students interested in helping out the Lawrence City Commission now have several new opportunities to serve on advisory commissions.
Mayor Mike Amyx is now accepting applications for eight volunteer spots on seven boards.
Volunteer board positions range from two to four years in term, depending on the group. Advisory commissions are assigned a specific area of governance to meet and study. They then submit monthly reports to the city commission, occasionally working on specific issues the commission may assign them.
Jonathan Douglass with the city manager's office said there were no age or citizenship requirements, which means students are open to apply for any position unless there are specific criteria applicants have to meet.
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For example, he said, some boards required certified electricians, plumbers, etc.
Students interested in applying can visit the city's Web site to view vacancies and fill out an application form.
Amyx said it was always important to get fresh viewpoints onto the advisory boards. He said students could offer unique suggestions, so
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Community Homelessness Develops a broad-base funding plan for homeless services throughout Lawrence Three year term.
Lawrence-Douglas County Advocacy Council on Aging Determines the needs of citizens over the age of 60. Three year term.
Grant Review Board Reviews and takes action on financial assistance for housing rehabilitation. Three year term.
Human Relations Commission Works to eliminate discrimination in employment, public accommodations, and housing. Three year term.
Mechanical Code Board of Appeals Hears appeals on administrative interpretations of the Uniform Mechanical Code. Three year term.
Neighborhood Resources Advisory Committee Reviews housing codes, allocation of building funds and works with the Neighborhood Resources Department. Three year term.
long as they understood the responsibilities given to them by applying
Most boards meet on a regular basis, he said, and some required students to be in Lawrence yearround for said meetings.
"I'm always looking forward to more people helping out on these boards." Amyx said.
Amyx encouraged those who were interested to either call him at (785) 864-9425 or fill out the volunteer forms online. He would then
meet with the applicant in person to make sure they are the right person for the job.
After Amyx appoints volunteers, the commission approves all appointees.
Kansan staff writer Mark Vierthaler can be contacted at mvierthaler@kansan.com.
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ACADEMICS
Ph.D.s in engineering increase
BY KIM LYNCH
A November report found that engineering doctorates increased nationwide last year, reflecting the University of Kansas' own numbers.
The report released from the National Science Foundation recorded that the number of doctorates increased from 5,775 in 2004 to 6,404 in 2005.
Glen Marotz, associate dean in engineering for research and graduate programs, said that the U.S. was in need of more engineers.
He said KU's School of Engineering had seen the increase in the number of students earning a doctorate as well.
Last year, 133 engineering students were awarded doctorates compared to 102 students in 2004. Marotz said.
Kyle Camarda, associate professor and graduate recruiter for the department of chemical and petroleum engineering, said the department was trying to increase recruiting of Ph.D. students.
It was especially hard to get Ph.D. students in the chemical and petroleum field because starting salaries have increased to more than $100,000 because of the increase in oil prices, he said.
developing, Soltys said.
Joseph Soltys, Camillus, N.Y., doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering, said he came to the University because he wasn't happy with his job at the time.
He said he did web searches for schools and looked into emerging fields in engineering.
He decided to come to the University because it had good biomechanical engineering field
Kansan staff writer Kim Lynch can be contacted at klynch@kansan. com.
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BY JOHN HANNA ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court refused Thursday to intervene on behalf of two abortion clinics in a dispute with the state attorney general over patient records that were leaked to "The O'Reilly Factor."
The clinics had asked the court to seize the records of 90 patients from Attorney General Phill Kline and appoint a special prosecutor to investigate how Fox News' Bill O'Reilly got access to abortion records for a Nov. 3 broadcast.
The court offered no explanation for its ruling in a one-sentence order signed by Chief Justice McFarland.
Kline received edited versions of the records in October from
a Shawnee County judge after a two-year legal battle. He said he was investigating whether clinic doctors performed illegal late-term abortions and violated a state law requiring them to report suspected child abuse.
The clinics, operated by Dr. George Tiller in Wichita and by Planned Parenthood in Overland Park, argued that Kline was on a "fishing expedition" that violated the patients' privacy. They also said Kline, a strong abortion opponent, could not conduct an objective investigation.
O'Reilly interviewed Kline during the segment where O'Reilly discussed the leaked information. A spokeswoman for Kline, who lost his re-election bid four days after the broadcast, has said he doesn't know how O'Reilly got the
records.
Kline accused the clinics of trying to thwart his investigation and argued that the court had no authority to appoint a special prosecutor or take over a criminal investigation.
Pedro Irigonegaray, an attorney representing the clinics, declined to comment, saying he had not examined the ruling.
The ruling means Kline, a Republican, can continue his investigation, refer potential cases to county prosecutors or file charges himself before leaving office Jan. 8.
Kline said: "These motions were without legal basis and the decision is appropriate."
Paul Morrison, a Democrat who will succeed Kline, said he has not decided whether he will continue the investigation.
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Self's original contract was worth $1,130,680. The new contract guarantees Self $1,375,700 a year and he will earn an extra $225,000 a year from a "retention agreement" that kicks his total yearly salary to $1.6 million per.
Both Self and Perkins said the contract had been in the works for months, but the legal aspects of the contract slowed the process. Self was just glad to have the deal finalized.
"There is nobody out there right now who I would want," Perkins said. "I want Bill to be our head basketball coach. He stands for everything that KU stands for. He's done a great job here."
versa, because he felt Self was deserving of a new deal. The timing couldn't be much better for Self, though.
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- An NCAA Championship would have earned Self a bonus worth three months of his base salary with the old contract. The new contract would pay Self $200,000 for a National Championship.
Aside from the money, the contract set the foundation for the men's basketball program from top to bottom. Perkins talked about how young the team was, so the players were in place for a bright future. Now it seems that coach and athletics director will be united for years to come as well.
"I took the job here not having an athletics director," Self said. "Now that we have an athletics director, I just want to make sure I know who my boss is going to be and this definitely gives me that security."
-Before, there was no incentive for Self if he was named Associated Press Coach of the Year. If Self should win that award now, it would be worth $50,000.
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"I thought that was a very fair way to do it in that I am not owed any of that money unless I fulfill my requirements with Lew Perkins as the athletics director." Self said. "I want Lew to be my athletics director. I feel great being linked to Lew in that way."
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If Self stays at Kansas for the duration of his contract, the $225,000 are guaranteed. If Self leaves Kansas before his contract ends, but Perkins is no longer the athletics director. Self will still get the $225,000 for each year of the contract he was at Kansas. But if Self leaves Kansas before his contract runs out while Perkins is still the athletics director, Self won't receive any reten-
Self also received a raise in what his incentives are, which could make his contract more than $1.6 million a year. Here's a list of how much more money Self can receive in incentives with his new contract.
The retention agreement was something that both Self and Perkins wanted.
Self tried to simplify the stipulations of the retention agreement.
linked to Lew," Self said. "If Lew is here and I leave, I get nothing. If Lew's not here, then I'm able to be vested earlier."
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"Our goal is just to make it as safe as humanly possible," he said. Rawlings said Thursday that snowremoval crews had been working since Wednesday evening to make sidewalks and roads at the University of Kansas clear and would continue to do so throughout the day.
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"Ice always is a problem because it takes much more in the way of chemicals to get it to melt," Rawlings said.
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For sidewalks, a snow-removal machine is used. In places where the snow-removal machine cannot operate, the snow is removed by hand with a shovel.
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The caffeine rush needed for students between classes is going to get a little more expensive. As if it isn't enough for Coca-Cola to have a monopoly on beverage products on campus, it will increase its price from $1 to $1.25 by next semester.
A quarter may not seem like a lot of money, but if you multiply that by the number of big, bright red machines sprinkled across campus, you are talking big bucks.
The price increase isn't designed to help curb the rise in tuition or fund much-needed improvements to University buildings, but rather to help Coca-Cola remain consistent with its prices. The trick of buying a bottle of Coke in the vending machine for less than at a
campus convenience store — which charges $1.19 per bottle, plus tax — will no longer work.
Students have also been shortchanged when it comes to juice, as juice bottles have shrunk down to just 10 ounces for $1. Coca-Cola's tactics of providing unhealthy, carbonated beverages at bigger sizes and shrinking the size of its healthy drinks isn't going to help the growing issue of obesity in the United States.
This Coke's for you, Coke Partnership Committee and officials at the company, for raising prices on an addicting drink that has ruked our nutritional habits.
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LOL! Txt Zone leads to demise of language
FIGHTING THE DE-CHRISTIFICATION
OF CHRISTMAS
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"I (heart) Bills Boys!"
This is the message I've seen displayed across several T-shirts at men's basketball games this season.
At first, I could not understand what it meant. What's a Bills Boy? Is it a mixed drink?
What are the "Bills" the shirts refer to? Dollar bills? Cell phone bills? Immigration reform bills?
The shirts are blue and red — oh,
those are the colors of the Buffalo
Bills, an NFI team. That must be it.
All these people are just huge fans of
the Bills' players — the Bills Boys
But that didn't make sense; the Bills are only 5-6 this year, last in their division.
I told my friends "Thx" for explaining things to me. "LOL," they replied insincerely. But inside, I was anything but ROTFL. I was worried.
Here in the Ext Zone, where punctuation is no longer worth your time, "Bills Boys" obviously meant "Bill's Boys" as in Bill Self, the basketball coach. Never mind that removing the apostrophe from the phrase completely changes its meaning, changing "Bills", a possessive adjective, into "Bills", a plural noun. There's no time for such trifles in the Ext Zone.
Sure, it's fine to slip into the Txt Zone when we're confined to the 160-character world of text messages. But sometimes I worry that people spend so much time in the Txt Zone that they become careless with the rules and customs that make our language a language.
PETER B. HUNTER
Punctuation and spelling errors are nearly the norm for many businesses and organizations today, from downtown T-shirt retailers to the University itself.
BY MATT ERICKSON
KANSAN COLUMNIST
OPINION@KANSAN.COM
I asked some friends for guidance, and they explained to me: I had slipped into the Txt Zone, another dimension where the rules of grammar and language no longer apply, where the only rule governing our communication is to punch as few keypad buttons with our thumbs as possible.
box on a University instructor evaluation form earlier this week, the box said, "I am a...," followed by a bubble for each grade level.
But the word next to the first bubble was "freshmen". If someone were to mark this bubble, he or she would be saying, "I am a freshman", which makes as much sense as saying "I am a man," "I am a children" or "I am a girls."
An innocent plural/singular mixup? Perhaps. But it's also evidence of laziness with the English language.
Such consequences in just one punctuation mark are strangely reassuring to people who still believe in the need for some sanity and order in our language.
Erickson is an Olathe sophomore in journalism and political science.
Here's a piece of evidence that grammar and punctuation are still more important than those living in the Txt Zone would like to think. An extra comma placed in a contract may cost Canadian cable company Rogers Communications about $1.75 million, according to National Public Radio.
Maybe I have a psychological condition that causes me to wince more at obvious misuses of the English language. Sometimes I feel like the kid from "The Sixth Sense," like I'm the only one who can see all of these dangling modifiers and subject-verb disagreements floating around like dead people. But I think that a watering-down of our language won't help anyone.
The misused comma caused one sentence to change meanings, allowing a telephone company to pull out of the contract several years earlier than it otherwise could have.
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Cherish Everytown Days
Scarlet shades conspicuously illuminate the night through windows of stores-turned-makeshift-art-galleries.
This past October, multitudes of translucent red balloons crowded the ceilings of galleries, creating a crimson chandelier. Balloons tied to patrons' wrists mingled with the ones above, resembling a moving kaleidoscope.
Local artists created the Red Balloon To Do festival to applaud the strong artistic fabric of Lawrence. Businesses and residents open their spaces to local artists to show off, and maybe sell, their creations.
Music, film, live theater and art festivals such as the Red Balloon To Do take up a large portion of Lawrence's events calendar. Walking from gallery to gallery, experiencing the variety of art, Lawrence residents swell with a sense of community pride.
Lawrence isn't the only American town or small city with community esteem. Such festivals bring visitors and give the residents of nearly every small town in the U.S.A.
something to look forward to. Towns and small cities have a knack for inspiring pride in the citizenry.
These festivals teach us about our identity within society. If we lose them, we lose who we are. The world is closely knit out in this America; connected, but removed.
Kansas and Missouri towns such as Parsons, Garden City, Junction City, Ioplin, Sharon Springs, Baldwin City, Forsyth and smaller towns and cities in general get smaller and further removed from mainstream America.
Small-town children grow up and leave, many opting to stay away. Whether leaving because of damaged reputations or just for a change, the effects are the same: Schools consolidate, jobs leave town along with the festivals and we forget that sense of ourselves. Until recently this has been the increasing trend, but with global warming a looming threat, population is expected to flood the Midwest again in a matter of years.
The United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs predicts a shrinking of rural America
in favor of urban settings — specifically, a 1.64 percent expected average annual decrease in rural population and growth from 2000 to 2015, compared with a .373 percent annual increase in urban areas during the same time.
Trends show America's youth migrating toward larger cities and metropolitan areas. My age group seems to not appreciate small town benefits. We want high-rises and powerful corporations, city nightlife and swanky cafes.
But let's not forget why people live in towns or small cities to begin with. Everybody knows everybody, safety is a lesser concern, housing costs less and community involvement is easy.
A small-town festival reminds a county or town of its history, helps citizens boast their cultural and artistic heritage, and emphasizes the best characteristics of that town. Cole Younger Days of Lee's Summit, Mo., and the Rattlesnake Roundup of Sharon Springs were created to pride in their communities' roots. The Rattlesnake Roundup hearkens back to the untamed, wild
heritage of Sharon Springs and the rest of the Midwest — pick a state and it will probably have a roundup. Cole Younger Days reminds Lee's Summit residents of their patriotic and rebel heritage.
Music and local art are the main calling to outsiders of Lawrence. Evidence is in the number and variety of music festivals, gallery openings and concerts in town. The Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival, Bleeding Kansas, the Red Balloon To Do and the Kansas International Film Festival stand as smiling instances of Lawrence's community involvement and pride.
Everyone is welcome to call Kansas a fly-over state. But I take pride in my community, our accomplishments and our way of life. Small towns are important, and on festival nights they're vital to the fabric of the Midwest. For those nights, every resident is proud to live here.
Chad Simmons is a Lee's Summit, Mo., senior in journalism.
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GIFT GUIDE
THE UNIVERSITY-DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2006
'TIS THE TO SHOP
Prepare for holiday shopping outings with guides best, worst most unique gift idea
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What not to buy
Lame gifts are almost as much of a Christmas tradition as eggnog and Santa Claus. At some time or another, everyone has opened a gift and proceeded to think, "What were they thinking when they bought me this?" They weren't.
The only other time they thought about their horrible gift was when they were deciding how high to start the bidding at on eBay.
It doesn't have to be this way
You don't have to watch that
special someone force a smile
to cover up their crushing disappointment of getting a lame gift
It's difficult to find the perfect gift for everyone on your list, but here are a few things that you should definitely avoid.
1. ) CDs — With the popularity and affordability of portable MP3 players, CDs are becoming more of a burden than a wanted gift.
"I don't want anymore CDs," Anna Kulkenko, Overland Park sophomore, said. "I can buy them cheaper off iTunes than they are in stores, and then I don't have to go through the process of transferring the songs
from the CD to my iPod. I don't even listen to CDs anymore. I use my iPod everywhere."
2. ) Novelty animals that sing and dance —Yes, they re cute, but what purpose do they serve?
"My grandma loves getting every those animals that sing songs," Dennis Chanay, Paola junior, said. "You could probably fill a truck with the stuff you get from her. Anything Santa Claus or Uncle Sam related that can sing you a song and dance."
3. ) Clothes — Unless that person specifically picks out an article of clothing, it's best to stay away.
"I got a sweater once that was actually a pretty nice one, but my girlfriend at the time was terribly paranoid about it," Cody Kennedy, Olathe senior, said. "As soon as I opened the box, she said, 'If you don't like it, don't take off the tags.'"
Unless you want to hear, "You don't have to wear it because of me," like Kennedy did, don't buy clothes unless the person you are giving to is picking them out.
Carly Halvorson
BY CARLY HALVORSON
This year, celebrate the holidays wearing your heated socks while waiting for your hot dogs to cook in your hot-dog toaster. Afterwards relax in your new bathtub, one that makes its own bubbles.
After years of giving and receiving traditional gifts such as clothes and CDs, tis the season to spice up the holidays with some unique gifts.
"We have these ice cube trays that are shaped in shot-glass forms. You can pop them out and fill them up with juice or whatever." Jeremy Cain, employee at Hobbs at 700 Massachusetts St. said, "So you can take a shot out of ice shaped like a shot glass and your drink will be cold."
Unique gifts, which can be purchased on any budget, stray from the ordinary and will be
appreciated, regardless of what the gift is or even if it will be used.
"Every year, my best friend and I buy each other a good gift as well as a weird, random gift from Goodwill." Jordann Parsons. Wichita junior, said "Gifts include everything from a ceramic owl, a glass cat and the best one of all—a tree cookie jar. Some people might think we're a little weird, but I look forward to this every year."
Another student said her mom was the main person to give her weird presents.
"Every Christmas she gives me some useless kitchen utensil," Tricia Christensen, Shawnee sophmore, said. "Last year she gave me an egg slicer, the year before that a potato slicer and a s'more maker. The s'more maker was pretty awesome; who doesn't love s'mores?"
Unlike the "normal gifts" such as shirts, shoes and CDs, distinctive gifts can be found anywhere. In Lawrence, people can find atypical presents at local shops and thrift stores.
And if all else fails when finding a unique gift, the Internet never will. Just a simple Google com search for "unique gifts" turned out a plethora of ideas.
"I think if you keep your eyes open you can find something interesting anywhere," Christensen said.
For example, those who like puzzles, may enjoy a 7 feet x 7 feet crossword puzzle, with over 28,000 clues.
Or there is an automatic, self stirring mug, for those who want to lay back, watch TV and sip hot chocolate. These items were found on www.hammacher.com.
"One of the best Web sites to go to is skymall.com. It's based
off of those magazines in airplanes," Eric Snow, Wheaton, III., senior, said. "You can get an $800 chandelier or a stroller for a dog. Basically anything you could think of"
But no matter what the gift — traditional or unique, useful or useless — it is the thought that goes into the present that means the most.
"The things that really matters to people are the things that represent a special bond between two people," Scott Kemp, Overland Park sophomore, said. "One of them remembers something and gets a gift because it was important to both of them, not just one of them."
Kansan correspondent Carly Halvorson can be contacted at Halorson@kansan.com.
Edited by Elyse Weidner
what do you think? WHAT WAS THE BEST OR WORST GIFT YOU RECEIVED FOR CHRISTMAS?
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KIRK SMITH Dallas junior
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"An automated can opener."
KRIS LAUR
Milwaukee sophomore
Ana Maria Cervantes
"My friend got me a box with fake poop in it."
TOM WILSON
"For Hanukkah, my mom got me those bling rhinestones to put on iPods and cell phones. They were pink too. I hated it."
EMILY EVELOFF Topeka senior
DUSTIN PICKMAN Atchinson sophomore
"I got the entire Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Action Figure Set."
KEEGAN ALFORD Lawrence freshman
Amy
STEPHANIE BELL Leawood freshman
"For Christmas exchange part, my basketball team in high school got me a pair of women's underwear."
"My parents took us to Ireland for Christmas."
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Bill Self to make more than Mangino Amount is 2nd most in Big 12
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This week just keeps getting better for Kansas basketball coach Bill Self.
Siblings Brady Morningstar, freshman guard for KU men's basketball, and Linsey Morningstar, senior setter and defensive specialist for KU volleyball, are both completing their first semester at the University of Kansas this fall. While Brady began at the University after attending prep school for a year, Linsey broke with family tradition and attended Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa., for three years prior to transferring to Kansas.
Less than a week after Self
Self
had arguably the best victory of his career, Kansas Athletics Director Lew Perkins rewarded him with a new contract worth
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$1.3 million per year for the next five years. If Self stays at Kansas through 2011, he will receive extra money that increases his年薪 salary to $1.6 million, making him the highest paid coach at the University and second-highest paid coach in the Big 12 behind Texas coach Rick Barnes.
"I wanted to tie him up," Perkins said. "He deserved it. Our basketball program obviously has a great deal of potential lying ahead of us. I'm big on continuity."
Self still had two years remaining on his old contract but, Perkins said he didn't want to wait until there was only a year left to give his coaches contract extensions. Perkins went to Self after last season and the contract had been in the works during the offseason.
Self's contract comes more than two months after Perkins gave football coach Mark Mangino a new five year contract worth $1.5 million, which made the highest-paid KU coach and University employee at the time.
Edited by Erin Wiley
Self's new contract may come as a surprise to some people after back-to-back first round losses in the NCAA tournament.
Other than playing those killer B's, Self has had success in Kansas. He took the layhawks to the elite eight his first season, has a .757 winning percentage, along with two Big 12 regular season championships and a Big 12 tournament title last season.
"I look at the whole picture," Perkins said, "Obviously we're not happy, and I think he'll tell you himself he's not happy getting beat in the first round. I think too much attention is placed on how far you go in the NCAA."
"If you told me before we got here that wed win the Big 12 two out of three years and finish second the other year, I'd say that's pretty good;" Self said. "If you told me that we would lose in the first round twice, I'd say that's very poor."
"I don't know anybody out there that I would want to be our head coach," Perkins said. "Don't be fooled because if Bill left, wed find someone really good. But right now I think he's as good as there is in the country."
Kansan staff writer C.J. Moore can be contacted at cjmoore@ kansan.com.
Perkins said that winning was important when it came to mens basketball at Kansas, but he never looked at one game as critical to the future of the program. The future looks bright for Self and the Jayhawks, Perkins said, and the new contract gave Kansas fans and recruits assurance that Self is Perkins' man.
Siblings continue tradition
PROFILE
Brady and Linsey Morningstar are brother and sister who have taken different paths to eventually reach the same destination: The University of Kansas.
Brady is a freshman guard on the men's basketball team, and Linsey just completed her senior season as a setter/defensive specialist on the volleyball team.
Ironically, both are finishing up their first semester at the University.
Following a standout career at Free State High School, Linssey signed with Temple and played her first three seasons with the Owls.
"I wanted to try something new!" she said.
By initially not playing at Kansas, Linsey broke a Morningstar family tradition. Her sister, Jamie, was a KU volleyball player from 1999 to 2002, her motier, Linda, is a KU alumna, and her father, Roger, was a member of the men's basketball team, playing on the 1974 and 1975 Big Eight Conference championship teams.
Though Linsey chose to begin her collegiate career far from Lawrence, Brady fully supported his sister's decision to play at Temple.
"I was glad." Brady said. "I got to go out there and visit her quite a bit. Temple is a great place, but I'm glad she got to come back here for her senior year."
Although the volleyball team finished with a dismal 10-19 overall record, including a 3-17 last place finish in the Big 12 Conference, Linsey has no regrets about coming to Kansas.
"I had a lot of fun this year," she said. "Coming to KU was a great decision for me. I don't care what our record was. Coach Bechard gave me the opportunity to help the team. And I felt like I was part of the senior class even though I played only one year."
While Linsey's collegiate playing career is already finished, Brady's career is just beginning.
During the 2005-06 season Brady played at New Hampton Prep in New Hampshire where he averaged 22
points per game. Now in his first season as a layhawk, Brady is trying to make his own mark on the KU basketball team. Against Dartmouth on Tuesday night, Brady played 13 minutes, grabbed three rebounds, dished out three assists and scored five points. His performance in the game and effort in practice have not gone unnoticed by coach Bill Self.
"I really believe by January he's going to be a guy that can impact our program in a favorable way." Self
By then Brady could emerge as the jayhawks' fifth perimeter player, behind Russell Robinson, Mario Chalmers, Brandon Rush and Sherron Collins.
Linsey offered her brother some advice on how important it was to enjoy his time as a student athlete and to make the most out of each and every day.
“Take advantage of every opportunity, both in games and practices,” she
said. "Because each offers a unique opportunity to get better as a player. And in four short years it's over."
For years, the Morningstar family has tried to answer a difficult family question: who is their favorite child?
Linsey said that over Thanksgiving break she was.
"They stayed home to watch my senior night instead of going to Vegas," she said.
But the Nov. 22 match at the Horeisi Family Athletics Center did
not turn out like Linsey hoped it would. Kansas was swept by the No. 1 ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers 16-30, 16-30, 20-30.
Meanwhile, Brady was preparing for the Las Vegas Invitational, where Kansas defeated Ball State, 64-46, and then upset defending national champion and No.1 ranked Florida Gators, 82-80, in overtime.
Though Brady did not play in
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Jayhawks face formidable foe in Badgers Wisconsin, fresh from victories in Las Vegas Tournament, boasts superior rebounding ability
BY CASE KEEFER
Kansas will face a tough opponent Sunday when it takes on a Big 10 team, the Wisconsin Badgers. The Jayhawks' only loss on the season was to another Big 10 opponent, Iowa.
The Badgers are off to a 6-1 start, winning the Las Vegas Tournament with victories over UNLV and Kansas State.
"We've got to recognize and respect that the level of competition is going to ante up here a little bit," coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
Two junior guards, laneses Banks and Jolene Anderson, lead the Badgers. Banks and Anderson have started in every game for the past two years and been the leading scorers.
Wisconsin's biggest strength is its rebounding ability, which has been Kansas' biggest problem. On the sea-
freshman forward Mariah Dunham, who is averaging six points per game and four rebounds.
"On the perimeter, there are so many kids fighting for time that you better make the most of your minutes. You don't have a lot of wiggle room."
"Wisconsin is a great rebounding team," freshman forward Danielle McCray said. "We've got to work on boxing out and going to the boards a lot."
son, the Badgers have recorded 273 rebounds.
McCray is averaging nearly nine points per game off the bench, the second most on the team. She will meet her match Sunday. The Badgers' best player off the bench is fellow
The lawhawks plan to combat the dangerous pair with their depth in the backcourt. Seniors Shaquina
BONNIE HENRICKSON Coach
Mosley and Sharita Smith, sophomore Ivana Catic, and freshmen Kelly Kohn and LaChelda Jacobs all rateted in at the two guard positions in Wednesday's victory over Western Illinois.
"On the perimeter,
there are so many kids fighting for time that you better make the most of your minutes. You don't have a lot of wiggle room," Henrickson said.
In the front court, Kansas' biggest concern is its foul problems. In their last two games, the Jayhawks have committed 47 fouls. The two leading team in fouls are starting center Marija Zinc and starting forward Taylor Mcintosh.
"Fouls are becoming an issue in us," Henrickson said. "What's really disappointing is that we really made a point to call fouls in practice."
With Zinc and McIntosh on the bench because of foil trouble, junior forward Jamie Boyd has shined. In the last two games, Boyd had had 18 points and 10 rebounds.
"She doesn't make a lot of mistakes," Henrickson said. "She's just playing smart right now."
Freshman forward Porscha Weddington saw her first substantial minutes of the season Wednesday and played well with four points, two rebounds and a steal.
The Badgers' starting backcourt features two 6-foot-4 players, sophomore Caitlin Gibson and junior Danielle Ward. To slow down their production, the Jayhawks must stay out of foul trouble.
“It's going to be a tough one,” she said, “but I know we'll come ready to play.”
In order to leave Madison, Wis,
with a victory, it's going to take
Kansas' best game of the season.
Jamie Boyd thinks her team is up to
the challenge.
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer can be contacted at ckeefer@kansan.com.
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LaCheldia Jacobs, freshman guard, moved past a Western Illinois defender Thursday night. The Jaheldia hawks need to tighten their game for a victory against the Wisconsin Badgers on Sunday
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GIFT GUIDE
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2006
'TIS THE TIME TO SHOP
Prepare for holiday shopping outings with guides to best, worst, most unique gift ideas this season.
Photo illustration by Amanda Sellers/KANSAN
What not to buy
Lame gifts are almost as much of a Christmas tradition as eggnog and Santa Claus. At some time or another, everyone has opened a gift and proceeded to think, "What were they thinking when they bought me this?" They weren't.
The only other time they thought about their horrible gift was when they were deciding how high to start the bidding at on eBay.
it doesn't have to be this way
You don't have to watch that
special someone force a smile
to cover up their crushing disappointment of getting a lame gift.
It's difficult to find the perfect gift for everyone on your list, but here are a few things that you should definitely avoid:
1. ) CDs — With the popularity and affordability of portable MP3 players, CDs are becoming more of a burden than a wanted gift.
"I don't want anymore CDS," Anna Kuklenko, Overland Park sophomore, said. "I can buy them cheaper off iTunes than they are in stores, and then I don't have to go through the process of transferring the songs
from the CD to my iPod. I don't even listen to CDs anymore. I use my iPod everywhere."
2. ) Novelty animals that sing and dance — Yes, they're cute, but what purpose do they serve?
"My grandma loves getting everyone those animals that sing songs," Dennis Chanay, Paola junior, said. "You could probably fill a truck with the stuff you get from her. Anything Santa Claus or Uncle Sam related that can sing you a song and dance."
3. ) Clothes — Unless that person specifically picks out an article of clothing, it's best to stay away.
"I got a sweater once that was actually a pretty nice one, but my girlfriend at the time was terribly paranoid about it," Cody Kennedy, Olathe senior, said. "As soon as I opened the box, she said, 'If you don't like it, don't take off the taps.'"
Unless you want to hear, "You don't have to wear it because of me," like Kennedy did, don't buy clothes unless the person you are giving to is picking them out.
Carly Halvorson
3Y CARLY HALVORSON
This year, celebrate the holidays wearing your heated socks while waiting for your hot dogs to cook in your hot-dog toaster. Afterwards relax in your new bath tub, one that makes its own bubbles.
After years of giving and receiving traditional gifts such as clothes and CDs, 'tis the season to spice up the holidays with some unique gifts.
"We have these ice cube trays that are shaped in shot-glass forms. You can pop them out and fill them up with juice or whatever," Jeremy Cain, employee at Hobbs at 700 Massachusetts St, said. "So you can take a shot out of ice shaped like a shot glass and your drink will be cold."
Unique gifts, which can be purchased on any budget, stray from the ordinary and will be
appreciated, regardless of what the gift is or even if it will be used.
"Every year, my best friend and I buy each other a good gift as well as a weird, random gift from Goodwill," Jordann Parsons, Wichita junior, said.
"Gifts include everything from a ceramic owl, a glass cat and the best one of all — a tree cookie jar. Some people might think we're a little weird, but I look forward to this every year."
Another student said her mom was the main person to give her weird presents.
"Every Christmas she gives me some useless kitchen utensil." Tricia Christenstein, Shawnee sophomore, said. "Last year she gave me an egg slicer, the year before that a potato slicer and a s'more maker. The s'more maker was pretty awesome; who doesn't love smores?"
Unlike the "normal gifts" such as shirts, shoes and CDs, distinctive gifts can be found anywhere. In Lawrence, people can find atypical presents at local shops and thrift stores.
And if all else fails when finding a unique gift, the Internet never will. Just a simple Google com search for "unique gifts" turned out a plethora of ideas.
"I think if you keep your eyes open you can find something interesting anywhere," Christensen said.
For example, those who like puzzles, may enjoy a 7 feet x 7 feet crossword puzzle, with over 28,000 clues.
Or there is an automatic, self-stirring mug, for those who want to lay back, watch TV and sip hot chocolate. These items were found on www.hammacher.com.
"One of the best Web sites to go to is skymall.com.It's based
off of those magazines in airplanes," Eric Snow, Wheaton, III., senior, said. "You can get an $800 chandelier or a stroller for a dog. Basically anything you could think of"
But no matter what the gift — traditional or unique, useful or useless — it is the thought that goes into the present that means the most.
"The things that really matters to people are the things that represent a special bond between two people," Scott Kemp, Overland Park sophomore, said. "One of them remembers something and gets a gift because it was important to both of them, not just one of them."
Kansan correspondent Carly Halvorson can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.
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Bill Self to make more than Mangino Amount is 2nd most in Big 12
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BY C.J. MOORE
This week just keeps getting better for Kansas basketball coach Bill Self.
Siblings Brady Morningstar, freshman guard for KU men's basketball, and Linsey Morningstar, senior setter and defensive specialist for KU volleyball, are both completing their first semester at the University of Kansas this fall. While Brady began at the University after attending prep school for a year, Linsey broke with family tradition and attended Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa., for three years prior to transferring to Kansas
Less than a week after Self
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had arguably the best victory of his career, Kansas Athletics Director Lew Perkins rewarded him with a new contract worth
$1.3 million per year for the next five years. If Self stays at Kansas through 2011, he will receive extra money that increases his年薪 salary to $1.6 million, making him the highest paid coach at the University and second-highest paid coach in the Big 12 behind Texas coach Rick Barnes.
"I wanted to tie him up," Perkins said. "He deserved it. Our basketball program obviously has a great deal of potential lying ahead of us, I'm big on continuity."
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Self still had two years remaining on his old contract but, Perkins said he didn't want to wait until there was only a year left to give his coaches contract extensions. Perkins went to Self after last season and the contract had been in the works during the offseason.
Perkins said that winning was important when it came to men's basketball at Kansas, but he never looked at one game as critical to the future of the program. The future looks bright for Self and the layhawks, Perkins said, and the new contract gave Kansas fans and recruits assurance that Self is Perkins' man.
"If you told me before we got here that wed win the Big 12 two out of three years and finish second the other year, I'd say that's pretty good." Self said. "If you told me that we would lose in the first round twice, I'd say that's very poor."
Self's contract comes more than two months after Perkins gave football coach Mark Mangino a new five year contract worth $1.5 million, which made him the highest-paid KU coach and University employee at the time.
Kansan staff writer C.J. Moore can be contacted at cjmore@ kansan.com.
"I don't know anybody out there that I would want to be our head coach," Perkins said. "Don't be fooled because if Bill left, wed find someone really good. But right now I think he's as good as there is in the country."
Siblings continue tradition
Self's new contract may come as a surprise to some people after back-to-back first round losses in the NCAA tournament.
"I look at the whole picture," Perkins said. "Obviously we're not happy, and I think he'll tell you himself he's not happy getting beat in the first round. I think too much attention is placed on how far you go in the NCAA."
Other than playing those killer Bs, Self has had success at Kansas. He took the layhawks to the elite eight his first season, has a .757 winning percentage, along with two Big 12 regular season championships and a Big 12 tournament title last season.
》 PROFILE
Brady and Linsey Morningstar are brother and sister who have taken different paths to eventually reach the same destination: The University of Kansas.
Brady is a freshman guard on the men's basketball team, and Linsey just completed her senior season as a setter/defensive specialist on the volleyball team.
Ironically, both are finishing up their first semester at the University.
Following a standout career at Free State High School, Linssey signed with Temple and played her first three seasons with the Owls.
"I wanted to try something new"
she said.
By initially not playing at Kansas, Linsey broke a Morningstar family tradition. Her sister, Jamie, was a KU volleyball player from 1999 to 2002, her mother, Linda, is a KU alumna, and her father, Roger, was a member of the men's basketball team, playing on the 1974 and 1975 Big Eight Conference championship teams.
Though Linsey chose to begin her collegiate career far from Lawrence, Brady fully supported his sister's decision to play at Temple.
"I was glad," Brady said. "I got to go out there and visit her quite a bit, Temple is a great place, but I am glad she got to come back here for her senior year."
Although the volleyball team finished with a dismal 10-19 overall record, including a 3-17 last place finish in the Big 12 Conference; Linsey has no regrets about coming to Kansas.
"I had a lot of fun this year," she said. "Coming to KU was a great decision for me. I don't care what our record was. Coach Bechard gave me the opportunity to help the team. And I felt like I was part of the senior class even though I played only one year."
While Linsey's collegiate playing career is already finished, Brady's career is just beginning.
During the 2005-06 season Brady played at New Hampton Prep in New Hampshire where he averaged 22
points per game. Now in his first season as a layhawk, Brady is trying to make his own mark on the KU basketball team. Against Dartmouth on Tuesday night, Brady played 13 minutes, grabbed three rebounds, dished out three assists and scored five points. His performance in the game and effort in practice have not gone unnoticed by coach Bill Self.
"I really believe by January he's going to be a guy that can impact our program in a favorable way," Self
said.
By then Brady could emerge as the lajhawks' fifth perimeter player, behind Russell Robinson, Mario Chalmers, Brandon Rush and Sherron Collins.
said. "Because each offers a unique opportunity to get better as a player. And in tour short years it's over."
Linsey offered her brother some advice on how important it was to enjoy his time as a student-athlete and to make the most out of each and every day.
For years, the Morningstar family has tried to answer a difficult family question; who is their favorite child?
Linsey said that over Thanksgiving break she was.
"Take advantage of every opportunity, both in games and practices," she
"They stayed home to watch my senior night instead of going to Vegas," she said.
But the Nov. 22 match at the Horeisi Family Athletics Center did
not turn out like Linsey hoped it would. Kansas was swept by the No.1 ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers 16-30; 16-30, 20-30.
Meanwhile, Brady was preparing for the Las Vegas Invitational, where Kansas defeated Ball State, 64-46, and then upset defending national champion and No.1 ranked Florida Gators, 82-80, in overtime.
Though Brady did not play in
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Jayhawks face formidable foe in Badgers
Wisconsin, fresh from victories in Las Vegas Tournament, boasts superior rebounding ability
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Kansas will face a tough opponent Sunday when it takes on a Big 10 team, the Wisconsin Badgers. The Jayhawks' only loss on the season was to another Big 10 opponent, Iowa.
The Badgers are off to a 6-1 start, winning the Las Vegas Tournament with victories over UNLV and Kansas State.
Wisconsin's biggest strength is its rebounding ability, which has been Kansas' biggest problem. On the sea.
"We've got to recognize and respect that the level of competition is going to ante up here a little bit," coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
"On the perimeter, there are so many kids fighting for time that you better make the most of your minutes. You don't have a lot of wiggle room."
"Wisconsin is a great rebounding team." freshman forward Danielle McCray said. "We've got to work on boxing out and going to the boards a lot."
freshman forward Mariah Dunham, who is averaging six points per game and four rebounds.
son, the Badgers have recorded 273 rebounds.
Two junior guards, Janee Banks and Jolene Anderson, lead the Badgers. Banks and Anderson have started in every game for the past two years and been the leading scorers.
McCray is averaging nearly nine points per game off the bench, the second most on the team. She will meet her match Sunday. The Badgers' best player off the bench is fellow
BONNIE HENRICKSON Coach
The lavwhaws plan to combat the dangerous pair with their depth in the backcourt. Seniors Shaquina
Mosley and Sharita Smith, sophomore Ivana Catic, and freshmen Kelly Kohn and LaChelda Jacobs all rotated in at the two guard positions in Wednesday's victory over Western Illinois.
there are so many kids fighting for time that you better make the most of your minutes. You don't have a lot of wiggle room". Hehrickson said.
"On the perimeter,
In the frontcourt, Kansas' biggest concern is its foul problems. In their last two games, the Jayhawks have committed 4 fouls. The two leading team in fouls are starting center Marija Zinic and starting forward Taylor Mcintosh.
"Fouls are becoming an issue for us," Henrickson said. "What's really disappointing is that we've really made a point to call fouls in practice."
With Zinc and McIntosh on the bench because of foul trouble, junior forward Jamie Boyd has shined. In the last two games, Boyd has had 18 points and 10 rebounds.
"She doesn't make a lot of mistakes," Henrickson said. "She's just playing smart right now."
Freshman forward Porscha Weddington saw her first substantial minutes of the season Wednesday and played well with four points, two rebounds and a steal.
The Badgers' starting backcourt features two 6-foot-4 players, sophomore Caitlin Gibson and junior Danielle Ward. To slow down their production, the Jayhawks must stay out of foul trouble.
In order to leave Madison, Wis,
with a victory, it's going to take
Kansas' best game of the season.
Jamie Boyd thinks her team is up to
the challenge.
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"it's going to be a tough one," she said, "but I know we'll come ready to play."
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer can be contacted at ckefer@kansan.com.
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LaChelia Jacobs, freshman guard, moves past a Western Illinois defender Thursday night. The Jawahires need to tighten their game for a victory against the Wisconsin Badgers on Sunday.
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Giants let out frustration through multiple blowups
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on the New York Giants
these days.
Blowups are just as popular, and Pro Bowl defense end Michael Strahan joined Jeremy Shockey and Tiki Barber in moulting off in what is quickly becoming a season of frustration for the team.
Strahan intimidated an ESPN reporter who attempted to question him about comments he made on radio Monday about receiver Plaxico Burress quitting on plays.
Strahan has been sidelined the last three weeks with a foot injury.
Player fined for giving obscene gesture to fans FLOWERY BRANCH Ca
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— Michael Vick was fined $10,000 by the NFL and agreed to donate another $10,000 to charity for an obscene hand gesture
toward Falcons fans following last weekend's loss to New Orleans.
The Falcons were booed loudly following their fourth straight loss.
Vick showed his unhappiness by making the gesture with both hands as he walked off the Georgia Dome field.
Raiders coach accuses
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ALAMEDA, Calif.
— The Oakland Raiders soap opera season took another strange turn when rao h Art Shu
cused a member or the organization of trying to undermine the coaching staff.
Shell did not name the person, but said the person has been calling media members around the country and criticizing coaches.
Olympian practices despite drug test
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despite drug test HOUSTON • Track star Justin Gatlin worked out as a receiver for the Houston Texans on Tues
day, but coach Gary Kubiak said signing him was "not something we would do right now."
Gatlin, an Olympic gold medalist and co-world record holder in the 100 meters, tested positive for testosterone and other steroids in April.
Cardinal slugger thinks he should have been MVP
5 ST.LOUIS — St.Louis Cardinals's slugger Albert Pujols is upset he lost out to Philadelphia's Ryan Howard for the National League MVP award
saying the honor should go to someone on a playoff team.
first World Series championship since 1928. Howard and the Phillies missed the playoffs — though they won two more regular-season games than St. Louis did.
Puijos led the Cardinals to the NL Central title this year and their
Pujols batted.331 with 49 home runs and 137 RBs, while Howard hit.313 with 58 homers and 149 RBs.
Team wants to draw fans by playing at Disney World ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The
tampa bay Devil rays are looking for ways to broaden fan support, including the possibility of shifting a three-game series
against the Texas Rangers from Tropicana Field to Disney World next season.
Discussions are under way to move the May 15-17 series against the Rangers from St. Petersburg to Kissimmee at Disney's Wide World of Sports complex.
NBA fines Lakers player for insulting referees
NEW YORK — Phil Jackson was
NEW YORK - Phil Jackson was fined $25,000 by the NBA for criticizing referees Friday night after the Lakers' 114-108 loss to Utah.
in several newspapers about the way the officials handled second year center Andrew Bynum.
Jackson called the match-up a "roughhouse game" and it was "one of those nights in Utah that you know you're going to get."
Miami goes north to Utah to await bowl season
MIAMI — Miami's going north for the bowl season — far north — and the consolation for the loser of the Big 12 championship
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8 game between Oklahoma and Nebraska will be a Cotton Bowl bid, the conference announced. The Hurricanes are.
cepted an invitation to the MPC Computers Bowl in Boise, Idaho, where they'll meet Nevada (8-4) of the Western Athletic Conference on Dec. 31.
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Head coach delegates play calls to offensive coordinator
St. Louis changes direction
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St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger, left, gets the ball away under pressure from San Francisco 49ers' Ronald Fields in the second half of their football game Sunday in St. Louis. The Rams beat the 49ers 20-17.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS — The biggest difference for Marc Bulger in the St. Louis Rams' play-calling switch meant an unfamiliar voice crackling in his helmet speaker.
"I don't really have that big of an ego. I just want to win."
"Is it a significant change, who's calling the plays?" Linehan said. "Sometimes that gets overplayed.
Now, the Rams (5-6) will see if the arrangement, no longer a novelty, can help them sweep the season series against the Cardinals (2-9) for the first time since 2003 and keep alive their faint plavoff hopes.
Olson will be on the field, stationed near Linehan, for the second week after moving from the coaching booth. He appreciates the advantages of the close-up view.
The first game with offensive coordinator Greg Olson dictating strategy and head coach Scott Linehan serving as overseer sure produced a dramatic result. Bulger was 9-for-9 on the winning, late-game drive that beat the 49ers and ended the team's five-game losing streak.
Olson isn't exactly a neophyte, given that he also called the last three games in 2004 at Detroit after Steve Mariucci shook up the coaching staff, and the last five in 2005 for the Lions after Mariucci was fired.
"You never know when things like that can change a season." Bulger said. "But it's only one game and we're still under .500, so we have a long way to go.
Last week was the first time Linehan wasn't directing drives since 1995, when he was wide receivers coach at Washington. The Rams' losing streak convinced Linehan to delegate authority.
"Fortunately it's a bad year for the NFC right now."
The Cardinals are one of the few teams in the conference not in contention. They began the year as a perceived playoff contender based on the pickup of Edgerrin James to balance an offense featuring wide receivers Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald, and with first-round pick Matt Leintar backing up Kurt Warner at quarterback.
"It's so sterile up there, you don't get a feel for the players and the emotion they have," Olson said. "Down on the field you can kind of get a feel for what they like."
Arizona has lost nine of its last 10, including a devastating 16-14 setback at home in Week 3 against the Rams when Warner wobbled away a
Despite the problems in Linehan's first season, the Rams are among a group of seven teams that are either 6-5 or 5-6 with designs on a wild-card berth. Only one team the rest of the way, the Chicago Bears (9-2), has a winning record.
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BY ALAN SCHER ZAGIER ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri athletes are nearly five times more likely to gain admission under a waiver of the school's entrance requirements than their counterparts who don't play varsity sports, an Associated Press review of university data shows.
The University of Missouri system's flagship campus in Columbia exempts up to 10 percent of each freshman class from normal entrance requirements if those students — athletes or not — show academic promise. Missouri athletes
are benefiting disproportionately from that exception to the rules, although it's unknown how the university compares with other colleges.
At Missouri over the past five years, 34.6 percent of all newly
enrolled athletes were classified as "special admits." That compares with just 7.48 percent of newly enrolled non-athletes.
"We have to make sure everyone who is admitted has a reasonable chance of graduating."
A brief mention of those statistics is buried deep in a 179-page "self-study" submitted by Missouri to the NCAA as part of a 10-year certification process. The college sports governing body certified Missouri earlier this month.
Neither the Big 12 Conference nor the NCAA maintain statistics to compare university policies on special admissions.
Also, Lori Franz, a management professor and Missouri's faculty athletics representative, noted that entrance requirements vary. She noted that unlike Missouri, some NCAA members grant admission to athletes who don't initially meet NCAA eligibility requirements for participation.
athletes who showed up on campus that year. Among non-athletes in their first year of school, only 6.2 percent were special admits in 2004, the AP analysis shows.
"The admissions standards of institutions are not comparable," she said.
Missouri's response to questions posed by both an NCAA review committee and a peer-review panel highlight broader numbers that portray athletes as a tiny percentage of the total number of special admits.
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A task force of university presidents appointed by NCAA President Myles Brand recently issued a report on the future of Division I sports.
Missouri athletic director Mike Alden declined to discuss the special admissions program, refer
Among its recommendations: a cap on the number of special admits "to alleviate suspicion that student-athlete admission is based more on the need to recruit winning teams than on academic integrity."
For instance, the response notes that in full 2004, athletes accounted for fewer than 1 percent of the 313 freshmen admitted under a waiver of normal admission standards.
But that group of 28 athletes represented 29.2 percent of all first-year
program, referr ing inquiries to admissions director Barbara Rupp. A campus spokesman said Rupp is out of town this week and unavailable for comment.
In its NCAA report, the school noted and the review committee
agreed — that "there is no difference between the way student athletes and non-athletes who enroll at the University of Missouri as part of the 10 percent exception are treated for admission purposes."
Not everyone on campus shares that perspective.
Rex Campbell, a rural sociology professor and member of a campus athletics oversight committee, said the athletic department's heavy reliance on admissions waivers compromises the university's standards.
"We have to make sure everyone who is admitted has a reasonable chance of graduating," he said.
The school's response to the NCAA committee concluded that "graduation rates for student-athletes generally do not indicate any reason for concern for exceptional admissions"
All students admitted under the waiver are placed on academic probation and must earn a 2.0 gradepoint average to shed that status.
Until this semester, specially admitted athletes had to spend their first school year on academic probation and earn at least 24 credits. Non-athletes spent just their first semester on probation and without a minimum credit requirement.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It won't be the "Thrilla in Manila," but Mayor Willie Herenton promises a good show when he steps into the ring with former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier.
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Memphis Mayor Wille Herenton, right, spars with his boxing coach Lt. Clarence Hawkins on Nov. 22, in Memphis, Tenn. It has been 40 years since Herenton's day as an amateur boxer.
The mayor, a 66-year-old former amateur boxer, and 62-year-old "Smokin' Joe" are fighting a three-round exhibition bout Thursday for charity.
More than 30 years removed from his legendary 1975 battle against Muhammad Ali in the Philippines, Frazier said his once deadly left hook isn't what it once was and he was unsure if he would try it on Herenton.
That is, as long as the mayor doesn't "have the butterfly in mind." Frazier said, referring to Ali's self-described style of "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee."
"I might get some flashbacks," Frazier said Wednesday night at a pre-fight party.
Frazier, who held the heavyweight title from 1968 to 1973 and retired from boxing in 1976, runs a gym in Philadelphia and stages occasional exhibition bouts.
The exhibition at the Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis will raise money for the city's drug court, which offers rehabilitation services to drug abusers as an alternative to jail.
Herenton turned to boxing while growing up in poverty in Memphis and credits the sport with building the self-confidence that helped him become the city's first black mayor. He's now in his fourth term.
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tors that he's still a fighter.
"I know there are some people in Memphis who would like to see me carried out," he said with a big smile.
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either game, he learned a lot by watching so many talented players on the court, especially during the Kansas vs. Florida game.
The two teams could potentially meet again this season, possibly in the Final Four, which is a situation Brady has already experienced — albeit a humorous one.
In 1990 at the Final Four in Denver, UNLV was playing and a shark mascot, made in honor of famed coach jerry "the shark" Tarkanian, was performing. Four-year old Brady wanted to get a closer look at the shark, so his father picked him up and carried him
closer. When near, his father lifted Brady up high enough so he could see inside the top of the sharks head. Brady saw a human in the costume and thought the shark had eaten someone.
The Morningstar family was quite amused by this, and over the years, Brady and Linsey have played many pranks on each other. But now that they are mature adults, they hang out at each other's place and enjoy each other's company.
"Actually, it wasn't always like that," Linsey said. "But we get along really well now."
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Teammates have high hopes for young quarterback
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DENVER — The comparison slipped out
"A young Brett Favre," Denver Broncos receiver Javon Walker said of rookie quarterback Jay Cutler.
But Seattle coach Mike Holmgren cautioned against making such parallels without Cutler, the 11th overall pick in last April's draft, throwing a single pass in a regular-season game.
"Id be reluctant to compare any young player to Brett Favre at this point," Holmgren said.
It doesn't matter. Cutler's already being measured against Hall of Famer John Elway. That goes with being the quarterback in the Mile High City. Elway has more clout in Denver than the governor.
Cutler doesn't seem to mind — yet.
Then again, lake Plummer once felt the same way. The pressure of living under Elway's immense shadow proved too intense for Plummer, who lost his starting job Monday. He once flipped off fans and ripped a gossip columnist for comments she made about his personal life.
"They demand success here, especially at the quarterback position with John Elway setting the bar so high," said Cutler, who will make his
first career start for Denver (7-4) on Sunday night against the defending NFC champion Seattle Seahawks (7-4). "It is a lot to live up to. We have a lot of football to play before I even get into his category"
Walker is hoping Cutler can become an Elway/Favre reincarnate. Walker, who has caught 51 passes for 854 yards, is one of the best deep threats in the game and now someone who can get him the football deep.
"He has the ability to put it out there." Walker said.
Holmgren knows all about grooming quarterbacks. He helped Favre come of age in Green Bay and coached Joe Montana and Steve Young in San Francisco. Holmgren said the biggest challenge is the outside influences.
"The great ones are really special athletes and I've been fortunate to be around some of the greatest quarterbacks ever." Holmgren said. "Not only do they play the game physically, and make the throws and do the right thing, study and prepare mentally, but then they handle being the man. Being the man that everyone's counting on, the world's on your shoulders. (Cutler) is a talented young guy. It's a tremendous challenge."
But one Denver thinks he's ready for.
"There are always growing pains, obviously, with any quarterback as he starts out," Denver coach Mike Shanahan said. "I really believe that this guy gives us the best chance to win."
The seahawks' defense won't feel sorry for the rookie. Cutler expects plenty of pressure.
"They really fly around, they like to blitz a little bit and they can drop back and play coverage, too," Cutler said. "I have a lot to worry about. I am kind of worried about everything."
He's spending extra time trying to cram as much knowledge about Seattle into his head as he can. The Broncos are 20-4 against Seattle at home, but haven't played the Seahawks in Denver in the regular season since the Seahawks moved out of the AFC West after the 2001 season.
"They were in the Super Bowl last year, so they obviously know how to win and their defense knows what it takes to get it done," Culter said.
Cutler is leaning on Plummer for advice.
"Jake has been a professional about the whole thing and talked to me and told me that this wasn't going to change anything between us and that he would be there for me and do anything he could to help me out," Cutter said.
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promoting gambling and conspiracy and faces up to 364 days in county jail, according to The Star-Ledger of Newark, which cited law enforcement officials who spoke to the newspaper on the condition of anonymity because the case is ongoing.
The case shocked the hockey world, but NHL officials say there is no evidence of bets on that sport.
The state Attorney General's office said Thursday that Ulmer would be in court in Mount Holly on Friday, but spokesman David Wald declined to specify the hearing's purpose. A similar advisory
businessman who lives in Sweedesboro, would be the second man to plead guilty in the case, which authorities have said involved bettors including current NHL players and actress Janet
er, James Harney, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, promoting gambling and official misconduct. He faces up to seven years in prison.
Jones, the wife of hockey great Wayne Gretzky.
Ulmer's lawyer, Edwin Jacobs, did not return calls to The Associated Press. The Star-Ledger said he also did not return calls to the news-paper.
Tocchet and Ulmer are the only remaining people charged in the case. No alleged bettors have been charged.
In August, a former state troop
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Tocchet's lawyer, Kevin Marino,
did not comment Thursday.
The case shocked the hockey world, but NHL officials say there is no evidence of bets on that sport.
After he was charged, Tochet took an indefinite leave of absence as Gretzky's top assistant coach for the Phoenix Coyotes.
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Nebraska quarterback Zac Taylor will get a chance to play in a big Oklahoma vs. Nebraska game like the ones he grew up watching. Oklahoma and Nebraska will be playing at the Big 12 title game in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday for a championship again — the first time in 18 years.
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Classic Oklahoma vs. Nebraska rivalry to return to Kansas City
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NORMAN, Okla. — With Barry Switzer on one side and Tom Osborne on the other, no rivalry was bigger than Oklahoma vs. Nebraska.
When the Sooners and Cornhuskers collided, the impact could be felt throughout all of college football. Between 1971 and 1988, the teams met 17 times when both were in the top 11, including 15 times with both in the top 10. Their 1971 meeting as No. 1 vs. No. 2 went down as "The Game of the Century."
Former Sooners quarterback Cale Gundy, now an assistant coach with Oklahoma, remembers watching some of those classic match-ups. The suspense was unbearable.
"Id run outside because I don't want to see the play on TV. I'd come back inside and figure it out or my mom sticks her head out and tells me what happened," Gundy said.
The rivalry has lost its luster in recent years, but on Saturday at the Big 12 title game in Kansas City, Mo., Oklahoma and Nebraska will be playing for a championship again — for the first time in 18 years.
"It's a big-time game regardless of who we're playing." Nebraska linebacker Stewart Bradley said. "But when you put Oklahoma and Nebraska in the game with all the tradition, it makes it that much bigger."
Chuck Fairbanks was coaching Oklahoma and Bob Devaney was at Nebraska in 1971, when Johnny Rodgers led the top-ranked Cornhusk to a 35-31 victory over the second-ranked Sooners.
In 1972, Osborne took over for Devaney and a year later Switzer replaced Fairbanks. For the next 15 years, the Big Eight was the Big Two with the Sooners and Cornhuskers fighting for supremacy.
"It wasn't just a game, it was the good guys against the bad guys. Good against evil. Tom Osborne against
Barry Switzer," said Bill Barnett, a defensive tackle on Nebraska's 1978 team that upset top-ranked Oklahoma 17-14. "In our eyes, Tom was the good guy and Barry was the bad guy, but Barry always figured out a way to get the best of us."
Switzer won his first six against the 'Huskers, leading up to that 1978 game.
"The games usually went right down to the final minutes, but 'Sooner Magic' was out there waiting to show its ugly face," Barnett said. "So when we finally beat them in 1978 it was like toppling an empire."
Nebraska or Oklahoma won the Big Eight title outright or had a piece of it every year from 1962 to 1988.
Rodgers ('72) and Mike Rozier ('83) won Heisman trophies for Nebraska during the Golden Age
of the rivalry. Billy Sims won it for Oklahoma in 1978. It was power football at its best in those days, with quarterbacks such as Nebraska's Turner Gill and Oklahoma's Jamelle Holieway who were more dangerous with their legs than with their arms.
But after Switzer resigned in 1988, the rivalry began to fade as the Sooners fell on hard times.
Then the Big Eight merged with some of the schools from the defunct Southwest Conference and started playing in 1996 as the Big 12. Nebraska ended up in the North Division and Oklahoma went to the South. The layout meant Sooners and "Huskers were no longer playing every season.
"We had an honorable rivalry," Rodgers said. "I root for NU and I root for OU, too."
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DALLAS — Parity has hit the Big 12, at least when it comes to the distribution of talent. Just look at The Associated Press all-conference team.
Eleven schools have first-teamers Texas A&M is the only exception — and the No. 22 Aggies have more second-teamers than anyone else.
The split between the division is close, too — the South rose again, but its lead was only 14-12. That's a big leap for the North after having only eight top picks each of the last three years.
Texas led the way with six first-teamers, matching the combined total of No. 8 Oklahoma and No. 19 Nebraska. And even though the No. 17 Longhorns beat the Cornhuskers and Sooners, the old Big Eight rivals are the ones who'll meet for the conference championship Saturday, yet another fitting example of the theme to this year's AP team.
A panel of 20 sportswriters who regularly cover the league for newspapers throughout the conference's seven states were split on so many positions that there were only two unanimous picks: Texas offensive lineman Justin Blalock and Kansas running back Jon Cornish.
Cornish was joined at running back by Nebraska's Brandon Jackson, who narrowly edged out Adrian Peterson of Oklahoma. It's interesting that Peterson came so close considering a broken collarbone forced him to miss half the season — long enough for his replacement, Allen Patrick, to get honorable mention on the all-conference squad.
In addition to Jackson, other Nebraska players picked as the best at their position were quarterback Zac Taylor, who also was voted the offensive player of the year, and defensive lineman Adam Carriker.
The Sooners were represented by linebacker Rufus Alexander, the defensive player of the year; defensive back Reggie Smith; and offensive lineman Chris Messner. Bob Stoops was a unanimous pick for coach of the year.
Other Longhorns joining Blalock
on the top squad were fellow linemen Lyle Sendlein, at center, and Kasey Studdard; a trio of defensive players: lineman Tim Crowder and defensive backs Aaron Ross and Michael Griffin.
Both specialists were honored for the third straight year — Colorado kicker Mason Crosby and Baylor punter Daniel Sepulveda. Since they are seniors, there will be new blood in both slots next year.
The offensive machine at Texas Tech produced two more first-teamers in receiver Joel Filani and all-purpose pick Shannon Woods. Oklahoma State's Adarius Bowman was the other receiver and Cowboys teammate Corey Hilliard was picked at offensive line.
Missouri was represented by tight end Chase Coffman and linebacker Marcus Bacon. Defensive lineman Ian Campbell and linebacker Brandon Archer made it from Kansas State
Colorado defensive lineman Abraham Wright, Iowa State linebacker Alvin Bowen and Kansas defensive back Aqib Talib round out the 26-man first team.
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First, finish the job you started and collect your reward. Later, celebrate with a person who always makes you smile.
You're looking very good, and so is somebody you love. Graciously let yourself be talked into doing something you'll greatly enjoy.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
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Having a wide range of points of view at your disposal is good. Ask the others if any of them understand this gibberish. Somebody undoubtedly will.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
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You remember things that other people like, and other people like that about you. And, it can help your career, but only if you're sincere.
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KU
TIP-OFF
AT A GLANCE
Kansas enters Saturday with a 6-1 record and a No. 5 ranking in the national polls. Kansas has never lost to DePaul and coach Bill Self has never faced the Blue Demons, but Self did coach against DePaul coach Jerry Wainright in the 2003-04 season when Wainright was coach of the Richmond Spiders. Wainright's club upset the Self's club in Allen Fieldhouse, 69-68.
5 QUICK FACTS
0 - The number of non-neutral site road games Kansas has played this season; Saturday will be its first.
2 - The number of awards Wright earned last week: ESPN.com and Big 12 Player of the Week.
4 - the number of Chicago natives who will be playing Saturday; Kansas freshman guard Sherron Collins and DePaul senior forward Lorenzo Thompson were teammates at Crane High School.
12. 7 - The average margin of victory for Kansas in seven all-time victories against DePaul.
75 - The number of victories Self has in 100 career games at Kansas; good for fifth all-time at Kansas, four victories behind Larry Brown and only one behind Roy Williams.
PLAYER TO WATCH
David
Rush
Sopho more guard Brandon Rush could cause matchup headaches for De Paul. At 6-6, he's nearly as
tall as any player on the Blue Demons' roster and even against Florida's frontcourt he pulled down seven boards. He should be able to use his height advantage to break out of his recent shooting funk.
QUESTION MARK
How will Sasha Kaun's knee hold up?
He has struggled since his season debut against Tennessee State. Self has said that Kaun's knee is still very sore and has limited his mobility. Fans will see Saturday if three days of rest
COUNTDOWN TO TIP-OFF GAME DAY
WINDY CITY SHOWDOWN Jayhawks look to build momentum
1 p.m., Saturday, Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Ill., ESPNU
Kansas
have helped his knee after playing four games in eight days.
Offense
Kansas is averaging 81 points per game and has surpassed its per-game average in five of its seven games. Freshman forward Darrell Arthur continues to lead the team in scoring, averaging 15.9 per game, and is second on the team in rebounds, averaging 6.6 per contest. Sophomore guard Brandon Rush is second on the team in scoring but is shooting just 35 percent from the field in his last three games. Arthur and Rush, along with sophomore forward Julian Wright should be able to take advantage of DePaul's frontcourt that is very small, with the exception of 7-1 center Keith Butler. Even if DePaul should find a way to contain all three, Kansas' role players are more than capable of scoring. Against Dartmouth on Tuesday, 12 Kansas players got in the game and 11 scored. Kansas proved it can dominate the boards on offense against smaller teams that game, too, grabbing 23 offensive rebounds while Dartmouth had 23 total rebounds. Junior guard Russell Robinson has been a ball-control fiend this season with 37 assists to just 11 turnovers.
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Kansas has played inspired defense as of late, holding two of its last three opponents under 50 points. The Jayhawks have also held two other opponents under 60 points. For the season, opponents are shooting just 37 percent against Kansas. Without junior center Sasha Kaun fully healthy, Arthur and Wright have provided a surprisingly inexorable defensive presence in the paint. They are the top shot-blockers on the team with a combined 29 blocks of the team's 46 and even have 19 combined steals. When it comes to picking pockets, though, Robinson and sophomore guard Mario Chalmers are the best, having combined for 29 of the team's 63 steals. Wright has been putting on a rebounding clinic for the Jayhawks this season. He is by far the team's best rebounder, averaging 9.1 a game, but has an astounding 42 defensive rebounds. Rush is next in line with 29 defensive rebounds.
Defense
DePaul
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Kansas could have easily overlooked Dartmouth on Tuesday, following the program's biggest victory in years and with a road trip to Chicago coming up. However, the Jayhawks kept their focus and took care of business, winning by 51 points. The Dartmouth game wasn't so much impressive because it was a blowout, but rather because it proved that Kansas isn't going to underestimate another opponent as it did Oral Roberts. The Jayhawks are riding a five-game winning streak and if they can maintain the same mentality they've played with the last two games, they will prove to be a formidable opponent, at home, on the road, regardless of the venue.
Offense
DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS
DePaul's offense, averaging 69 points per game, will revolve around forward Wilson Chandler. He is leading the team in scoring, averaging 15 points per game. He's led the team in scoring in four of DePaul's six games and three of the last four. His season high was 23 points against Chaminade in the Maui Invitational. Although 6-foot-8, 230 pounds, Chandler is a threat from beyond the arc, having made 11 of 21 three-point attempts. He also leads the team in rebounds, averaging 6.3 a game, and has nine of DePaul's 19 team blocks. He can be careless with the ball, though, with only five assists to 11 turnovers. Guard Sammy Meija has led the Blue Demons in scoring twice this season, with a season high 18 points against Bradley. He's second on the team in rebounds and fourth on the team in assists. He needs to take better shots, however. He's shot just as many three-pointers as Chandler, but has only made four.
— Shawn Shrover
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Defense
DePaul has also held two opponents under 50 points this season, but those opponents were Northwestern and Eastern Illinois and the Blue Demons lost to the Wildcats. With only two players taller than 6-6 who play significant minutes, it's surprising that the Blue Demons have out-rebounded opponents 197-179 this season. Still, DePaul doesn't exactly play lockdown defense. Opponents are shooting 47 percent against the Blue Demons. Opponents also have 93 assists to 70 turnovers on the season. DePaul's 19 stacks and 38 steals in six games are pretty modest totals, but still better than its opponents. Chandler leads the team in blocks and forward Marcus Heard is the team's only other real shot-blocking threat with six this season. The Blue Demons should receive a lift on defense by 7-1, 255-pound, senior center Keith Butler, who was just reinstated to the team this week.
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Mario Chalmers
Momentum
DePaul is 2-4 this season, but has a few more moral victories. In the Maui Invitational, DePaul was able to keep up with then-No. 22 Kentucky before losing 87-81. Two days later, DePaul gave now 5-1 Purdue a good game before losing 81-73. The Blue Demons have also played well in their only home game when they won by 30 points, albeit against Eastern Illinois. Although DePaul is 0-7 all-time against Kansas, the last time the two schools met, DePaul played Kansas close. The game was played at DePaul in 2001, where Kansas escaped with a six-point victory. DePaul coach Jerry Wainwright knows how to defeat a Bill Self-coached team. He was coach of the Richmond Spiders in the 2003-04 season when Richmond upset Kansas 69-68 in Lawrence. Finally, on Thursday, Wainwright
reinstated to the team. As far as records go, not much is going DePaul's way, but the Blue Demons can be on the verge of breaking out of their funk.
DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS BLUE
- Shawn Shroyer
DEPAUL TIP-OFF
AT A GLANCE
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Coming off a 12-15 season, the Blue Demons aren't off to a much better start this season. However, DePaul seems to play better at home. Last year the Blue Demons went 7-7 at home and they are 1-0 at home this season. DePaul won its last game on Nov. 21, giving Jerry Wainright 200 career victories as a head coach. To have any success Saturday, DePaul will depend on sophomore forward Wilson Chandler, who is a legitimate NBA prospect.
5'OUICK FACTS
0 - The number of victories DePaul has against Kansas in seven meetings.
1 - The number of victories DePaul had in three games in the Maui Invitational.
20 - The number of points DePaul lost by in its season-opener against Bradley.
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5 - The number of total points DePaul has outscored opponents by in the second half of games this season, 223-218 Sophomore forward Wilson Chandler is the only chance De-
192 The number of total points DePaul has scored in the first half of games this season, which is the same number of total points the Blue Demons have surrendered in the first half of games this season.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Paul has on Saturday. He's averaging a team-high 15 points per contest and has gone off for as many as 23 points once this season. He's the team's best three-point shooter, connecting on 52 percent of his three-pointers. He's also the Blue
Chaplin
Chandler
How will the return of Keith Butler affect DePaul's inside
Demons' leading rebounder with 38 on the season.
QUESTION MARK
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In 92 career games, Butter has averaged 4.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.6 blocks. If he can control the paint and hold Arthur and Wright to around 20 combined points, he will force other Jayhawks to step up and score.
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Kentucky (4-2) at No. 6 North Carolina (5-1) 11 a.m., Saturday, CBS
Fresh off their victory against No. 1 Ohio State, the Tar Heels take on the traditional power Kentucky. With North Carolina's speed and All-American center Tyler Hansbrough, this game shouldn't be close.
Kentucky has slipped in the last few seasons under coach Tubby Smith and they've continued that trend this season. The Wildcats haven't been to a Final Four since the 1998 in Smith's first season. If Kentucky barely sneaks into the NCAA Tournament again this season, it could be Smith's last year in Lexington.
Half of the Wildcats roster is freshmen and that doesn't bode well against a Tar Heel team that likes to push the ball in transition and force turnovers. Carolina coach Roy Williams has said he wanted his team to have at least 100 possessions a game. If they can get that many possessions, this game should be over by halftime.
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No. 21 Gonzaga (6-1) at No. 25 Texas (5-1)
1 p.m., Saturday, ESPN
The Bulldogs and Longhorns meet in the Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge in Phoenix. Both teams are extremely young. The Longhorns have seven freshman, including highly-touted forward Kevin Durant. Through six games this season Durant is averaging 22 points and nine rebounds a game.
Countering Durant in the paint will be Gonzaga's Josh Heytvelt, who is averaging 17 points and eight rebounds a game. Earlier this season in the Presseason NIT, Heytvelt and the Bulldogs beat then-No. 2 North Carolina, holding All-American Tyler Hansbrough to just nine points. If the Bulldogs can continue to defend the paint, look for Gonzaga to knock off another ranked team.
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No.22 Wichita State (5-0) at No.14 Syracuse 6 p.m., Saturday
The Shockers continue their non-conference road trip this time traveling to northern New York to take on the Orange. Last weekend, Wichita State upset then-No.6 LSU in Baton Rouge. This is likely to be the Shockers last game against a ranked team before beginning conference play in the Missouri Valley.
Mainly because they've played weak opponents at home in the Carrier Dome, Syracuse is undefeated. The Orange don't play a game outside of New York until January. Syracuse has four scores averaging double-figures.
Wichita State returns a majority of its team that advanced to the Sweet 16 a year ago. Don't be shocked if the Shockers pull off the upset. Although at this point, a mid-major winning on the home court of a major team is no longer a shock.
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Trista Taulu, Emporia senior, is one of about 40,000 transgendered people in the United States who have undergone sexual reassignment surgery. Born male, Trista dressed and lived as a woman for three years before undergoing the transformative surgery in 2002 in Phuket, Thailand.
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One woman's journey through sexual reassignment surgery
"I remember I felt like I was a girl with a growth between my legs. A really, really disgusting growth."
Trista Taulu studies the feminine image she sees reflected in the mirror of her hotel room in Thailand, the hazel eyes and the waist-length hair. For most of her life, she felt like a woman. For three years, she's lived as a woman, dressed as a woman, looked like a woman.
During this sleepless night four years ago, 9,000 miles from home, she still occupies the body of a man. But by the next afternoon, her penis and testicles will be gone, transformed through sexual reassignment surgery to a functional vagina.
For Trista, 28, a KU senior from Emporia and one of the 40,000 transgendered people in the United States who have undergone sexual reassignment surgery, the journey from male to female featured difficult stops along the way: donning dresses as a boy in Gurnee, Ill.; fueling her mother's irie by cross-dressing as a teenager in Emporia; being taunted and spit upon by high school classmates; suffering beatings in the barracks while serving the National Guard before being discharged after showing up for drill in a white dress; and at her lowest point, slashing her wrists in her apartment bathtub. Ironically, only two years after those cuts healed, she says a surgeon's scalpel made the cuts that, for the first time, made her body match the woman inside.
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Andrew Shirk designed a collection of outfits that represented his perception of the "twisted underlying theme" of the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland."
BY DARLA SLIPKE
Sarah Schmidt, Marysville senior, models a design by Andrew Shirk, Wichita senior, on Saturday.
The notion "we are all mad here," that was expressed in the fable by a cat, was Shirk's inspiration for his designs. The outfits, each representing characters from the tale, as well as Shirk's memories and liberal views, were modeled in a fashion show Saturday night in the ballroom
y
at the Kansas Union.
discovered that Alice in Wonderland wasn't what he thought it was as a child.
"People are crazy when you go in depth," he said.
Shirk spent 10 months making the outfits, which he hand dyed and embellished with embroidery. He used the colors black, blue, green and purple in his designs.
Shirk played with size and volume on his outfits to represent Alice shrinking and getting bigger, which he said was important.
"We played on that to give people the illusion that they're in this total other world where everything's bizarre," Shirk said.
A 7-year-old girl who represented the shrunken Alice, wore a dress with over-sized puff sleeves that were bigger than bowling balls.
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Crowd gets into act at Vespers performance
The orchestra started softly with plucking stings slowly growing to a crescendo, as it played Johann Strauss" "Kaiser Walzer, op. 437 (Emperor Waltz)" to a nearly packed auditorium Sunday night at the Lied Center.
After the waltz and an a cappella Heleliyan, John Paul Johnson took the stage to welcome everyone to the 82nd annual Holiday Vespers, presented by the University of Kansas department of music and dance.
BY BEN SMITH
The event, themed "Joy to All the World," featured the University's Symphonic Choir singing a mixture of traditional holiday songs and world music accompanied by the KU Symphony Orchestra and occasionally audience members themselves.
Johnson, director of choral activities, took the stage early in the performance and asked the audience to take out sheets of music they had been handed along with their programs.
The chapter is sending an assortment of toiletries, magazines, calling cards and gift cards to 14 army battalions. Each care package contains about 20 of each item and will be distributed among battalions averaging between 50 and 100 people. A Beta Theta Pi alumnus and current U.S. Air Force Academy officer suggested the philanthropy to the KU chapter earlier this semester.
Wittler said that the Beta Theta Pi chapter, 1425 Tennessee St., has been working on the project for the past month, and that students, alumni and businesses all contributed to the $4,500 of donations. The Hawk, 1340 Ohio St., donated $800 to the project, in addition to donations from several other local businesses.
"I'm going to ask you to first stand up," Johnson said.
SEE VESPERS ON PAGE 4A
"The soldiers over in Iraq and Afghanistan already get care packages," Jacob Wittler, Wichita sophomore and Beta Basics philanthropy co-chairman, said. "But a lot of them lack the necessities they really need that can be easily overlooked."
》 GREEK LIFE
BY MATT ELDER
Beta Theta Pi is making everyday items unique this holiday season. The fraternity is finishing up its "Beta Basics" philanthropy, collecting $4,500 worth of donations this semester to send to American troops overseas.
Fraternity assembles holiday care packs
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David Gatton, 18, of Columbia City, was found in the parking lot of a McDonald's by a sheriff's deputy after police received a call that the teen had been nude when he ordered from his car at the Arby's drive-through, police said.
"Maybe it was a way to enjoy the last of the warm weather," joked Capt. Brian Anspach of the Columbia City Police Department.
Sgt. Mike Engle of the Whitley County Sheriff's Department passed the car Tuesday night in Columbia City, 20 miles west of Fort Wayne. Engle said he turned to stop the car and saw that Gatton had driven into the McDonald's lot.
When Engle got to the car, Gatton was putting his clothes back on. Police said Gatton had a clothed male passenger in the car and the pair had been making the stops as part of a joke. Gatton faces a misdemeanor charge.
No telephone listing was available for Gatton in Columbia City.
Electric company demands payment, cuts city power
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Most businesses and local government offices in this Caribbean capital were left in the dark after the power company shut down part of the service because the city has not paid its bill, officials said.
The cash-strapped City Council owes at least $1 million to the Guyana Power and Light Company, which is demanding immediate payment.
The lights were not turned back on late Friday.
"Iincompetence on the part of some senior officials was partially responsible for our inability to honor a previous agreement with GPL, thus plunging us into this crisis, and our city into near total darkness," Mayor Hamilton Green said in a statement.
Local Government Minister Khellaann Lall sent a mediator to help GPL and the Georgetown City Council reach a compromise. The city has not been able to generate enough from taxes to pay the company.
Meanwhile, a few dozen people who work for the City Council protested in front of City Hall to demand their November pay.
Inmates give chase in failed escape attempt
LAUREL, Miss. — Jones County authorities are crediting two inmates with thwarting the escape attempt of a third.
Sheriff Larry Dykes said a trusty at the jail, Danny Lamar Odom, 47, bolted Thursday from a work crew toward a field behind the jail.
Dykes said Odom had been working in the kitchen and was helping unload food boxes from a
delivery truck when the attempted escape occurred.
Dykes said two younger trusties, Reginald Ducksworth and Jacob Lambert, also were helping unload the truck. They chased down Odom and brought him back to the jail.
"I've never heard of anything like this before and probably never will again," Dykes said.
Ducksworth and Lambert normally wash cars for police, Highway Patrol and sherriff's department patrol units, Dykes said. As trusties, they do chores in and around the jail in south Mississippi.
"I turned to the duty officer and asked him if we should go after him and he said, 'Go get him,' Lambert said.
Lambert told the Laurel Leader Call that Odom "just took off and started running."
Odom ran about 150 yards before Ducksworth and Lambert
caught him just inside the field.
Odom was serving time for possession of a firearm by an ex-felon. Dykes said felony fleeing is being added to his list of offenses, and the newest charge likely would add about five more years to his sentence.
"He's tried to escape before, years ago when he was being held here," Dykes said. "I guess he's gotten older than he thought he was."
BEIJING — Red-faced editors from the official Xinhua News Agency have been given warnings for accidentally sending out a story with a wrong character for part of Chinese President Hjintao's name
News agency misspells Chinese president's name
The mistake in the headline of a Xinhua News Agency report from New Delhi gave the Chinese president's name as Hu Jinzhu instead of Hu Jintao, an official at the agency said Wednesday. The "zhu" and "tao" characters are similar.
"At 3 a.m. on Nov. 22 the editors made a technical mistake by wrongly inputting the character "zhu" instead of "tao" of the name of Hu Jintao into the headline," said a woman in the Foreign Affairs Bureau of Xinhua who gave her surname as Wang.
She said the mistake was discovered and a correction was sent 20 minutes later, adding "the responsible editors were given a warning for their mistake."
She did not say how many editors were involved.
"Tao" can be translated as large wave, while "zhu" means cast, as in to cast metal.
Hu was in India on an official visit when the report with the wrong character was sent.
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A University employee reported an auto burglary and the theft of a parking permit from a vehicle parked near the 2500 block of Iowa street. The incident occurred Nov. 28 and the total loss is $5.
A 21-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to a vehicle parked near the 4100 block of West 24th Place. Someone one slashed the driver's side front tire. The incident occurred between Nov. 21 and Nov. 22 and damage is estimated at $80.
The Student Chamber Ensemble Vocal & Instrumental Collegium Musicum will perform on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Bales Organ Recital Hall.
The University Band will perform Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center.
A 28-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to a Chevrolet Lumina parked near the 2400 block of Redbud Lane. Someone broke a passenger's side window and snapped off a passenger door handle. The incident occurred Nov. 27 and damage is estimated at $250.
The University Theatre company will present "Hay Fever" by Noel Coward on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre.
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Last week's storm and continued sub-freezing temperatures during the weekend can be a good thing for businesses in Lawrence, said Weaver's Department Store president Joe
Despite a couple of days of slick roads and the extra layers of clothing needed to be outside, shoppers turn out in increasing
"The cold weather has not stopped anyone at all."
Smith handed out numbers
ly greater numbers as Christmas nears, Flannery said.
"Today we are so busy", Smith said. "A lot of our electronics have been in overdrive the last couple of days. The cold weather has not stopped anyone at all."
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"Cold weather helps retailers just because people buy more things to help them stay warm and generate more of a Christmas spirit." Flannery said. "All those things add up to more people coming downtown to shop."
early as 6 a.m., said store manager Andrea Smith.
Retail sales overall have been helped by consumer electronies purchases, such as Sony's Playstation 3 game system and Nintendo's Wii system.
In fact, as the weather stays cold and finals end at the University of Kansas, Flammery expects healthy revenue from this season's Christmas shoppers.
The temperature was only 16 degrees, but it wasn't a problem for about 30 diehard fans of the new WiI system as they waited for SuperTarget, 3201 Iowa, to open Sunday at 8 a.m. Some arrived as
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For more than just shopping purposes, on Saturday, Lawrence residents and people from across the Midwest crowded onto Massachusetts street for the 14th annual Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas parade.
More than 200 horses promenaded down Massachusetts drawing vintage carriages behind them.
Temperatures hovered in the lower 30s in the middle of the afternoon after an overnight low of 22 degrees.
Kansan staff writer David Lin-hardt can be contacted at dlin-hardt@kansan.com.
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BY SAM CARLSON
A group of students and professors at the University of Kansas is inching closer to creating a vaccine that could prevent dysentery and other severe intestinal illnesses.
The National Institutes of Health recently approved funds that will help the team reach its goal. Some members of the team have been working since 1995 to find a vaccine that could prevent high death rates in developing countries, where the infection is most prevalent. Dysentery, a severe form of bloody diarrhea, can be fatal. According to the World Health Organizations
Web site, of the 164.7 million cases of shigellosis, an infection that causes dysentery, 163.2 million are in developing countries. Each year, an estimated 1.1 million people die from the infection.
"It certainly could save a lot of lives and it certainly could save a lot of misery for people traveling to other countries or people living in other countries where these organisms are really common," said Bill Pickling, associate professor of biological sciences and project leader.
Picking, and his group, consisting of three graduate students, three undergraduate students and a research assistant, spend time each
day in their lab in Haworth Hall, trying to understand the ways in which of the bacteria Shigella, the shigellos.
"The World Health Organization has set a number of goals to target its eradication in the next 10 to 15 years. We're hoping that with this vaccine we can actually get that done and eliminate it as a problem," said Aaron Markham, a graduate student in pharmaceutical chemistry.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Web site, Shigella bacteria cause abdominal pain, cramps, diarrhea, fever, vomiting and bloody stools. Water or food contaminated with feces containing
Shigella is a major cause of illness, usually brought about by unsanitary and undraining. Approximately 300,000 cases of Shigella-related illnesses occur in the United States each year. That number is much higher in developing countries.
"The goal of the lab is to understand the mechanism ultimately so we can either create a drug that will help, but preferentially a vaccine," Picking said.
Kansan correspondent Sam Carlson can be contacted at editor@ kansan.com.
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quote of the day
"Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street."
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fact of the day
The first portable, fully automatic machine gun and the common mousetrap were invented by the same man, American Hiram Maxim (1840-1916).
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Baiyli Boy, 11, top, throws a snowball down as her younger sister Blake Boy. 10, slides down a mound of shoveled snow in a mall parking lot Friday, Dec. 1, 2006, in Wichita, Kan. Thursday's snow and ice were starting to clear up and melt due to warmer temperatures.
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COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. — A teen accused of ordering from at least three fast food drive-throughs nude faces an indecent exposure charge.
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David Gatton, 18, of Columbia City, was found in the parking lot of a McDonald's by a sheriff's deputy after police received a call that the teen had been nude when he ordered from his car at the Arby's drive-through, police said.
"Maybe it was a way to enjoy the last of the warm weather," joked Capt. Brian Anspach of the Columbia City Police Department.
Sgt. Mike Engle of the Whitley County Sheriff's Department passed the car Tuesday night in Columbia City, 20 miles west of Fort Wayne. Engle said he turned around to stop the car and saw that Gatton had driven into the McDonald's lot.
When Engle got to the car, Gatton was putting his clothes back on. Police said Gatton had a clothed male passenger in the car and the pair had been making the stops as part of a joke. Gatton faces a misdemeanor charge.
No telephone listing was available for Gatton in Columbia City.
Electric company demands payment, cuts city power
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Most businesses and local government offices in this Caribbean capital were left in the dark after the power company shut down part of the service because the city has not paid its bill, officials said.
The cash-strapped City Council owes at least $1 million to the Guyana Power and Light Company which is demanding immediate payment.
The lights were not turned back on late Friday.
Local Government Minister Khellawwan Lall sent a mediator to help GPL and the Georgetown City Council reach a compromise. The city has not been able to generate enough from taxes to pay the company.
"Incompetence on the part of some senior officials was partially responsible for our inability to honor a previous agreement with GPL, thus plunging us into this crisis, and our city into near total darkness," Mayor Hamilton Green said in a statement.
Meanwhile, a few dozen people who work for the City Council protested in front of City Hall to demand their November pay.
Inmates give chase in failed escape attempt
LAUREL Miss. — Jones County authorities are crediting two inmates with thwarting the escape attempt of a third.
Sheriff Larry Dykes said a trusty at the jail, Danny Lamar Odom, 47, bolted Thursday from a work crew toward a field behind the jail.
Dykes said Odom had been working in the kitchen and was helping unload food boxes from a
delivery truck when the attempted escape occurred.
Dykes said two younger trusties, Reginald Ducksworth and Jacob Lambert, also were helping unload the truck. They chased down Odom and brought him back to the jail.
"I've never heard of anything like this before and probably never will again." Dykes said.
"I turned to the duty officer and asked him if we should go after him and he said, "Go get him," Lambert said.
Ducksworth and Lambert normally wash cars for police, Highway Patrol and sherrif's department patrol units. Dykes said. As trusties, they do chores in and around the jail in south Mississippi.
Odom ran about 150 yards before Ducksworth and Lambert
Lambert told the Laurel Leader-Call that Odom "just took off and started running."
Odom was serving time for possession of a firearm by an ex-felon, Dykes said felony fleeing is being added to his list of offenses, and the newest charge likely would add about five more years to his sentence.
caught him just inside the field.
"He's tried to escape before, years ago when he was being held here," Dykes said. "I guess he's got older than he thought he was."
News agency misspells Chinese president's name
BEIJING — Red-faced editors from the official Xinhua News Agency have been given warnings for accidentally sending out a story with a wrong character for part of Chinese President Hu Jintao's name.
The mistake in the headline of a Xinhua News Agency report from New Delhi gave the Chinese president's name as Hu Jinzhu instead of Hu Jintao, an official at the agency said Wednesday. The "zhu" and "tao" characters are similar.
"At 3 a.m. on Nov. 22 the editors made a technical mistake by wrongly inputting the character "zhu" instead of "tao" of the name of Hu Jintao into the headline," said a woman in the Foreign Affairs Bureau of Xinhua who gave her surname as Wang.
She did not say how many editors were involved.
"Tao" can be translated as large wave, while "zhu" means cast, as in to cast metal.
She said the mistake was discovered and a correction "was sent 20 minutes later, adding 'the responsible editors were given a warning for their mistakes.'"
Hu was in India on an official visit when the report with the wrong character was sent.
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Lawrence police arrested a 20-year-old KU student Dec. 1 on charges of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and for unlawful use of a driver's license. The student was released the same day on $600 bond.
A University employee reported an auto burglary and the theft of a parking permit from a vehicle parked near the 2500 block of Iowa street. The incident occurred Nov. 28 and the total loss is $5.
A 21 year-old KU student reported criminal damage to a vehicle parked near the 4100 block of West 24th Place. Someone slashed the driver's side front tire. The incident occurred between Nov. 21 and Nov. 22 and damage is estimated at $80
A 28-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to a Chevrolet Lumina parked near the 2400 block of Redbud Lane. Someone broke a passenger's side window and snapped off a passenger door handle. The incident occurred Nov. 27 and damage is estimated at $250.
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The University Theatre company will present "Hay Fever" by Noel Coward on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre.
The Student Chamber Ensemble Vocal & Instrumental Collegium Musicum will perform on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Bales Organ Recital Hall.
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Last week's storm and continued sub-freezing temperatures during the weekend can be a good thing for businesses in Lawrence, said Weaver's Department Store president Joe
Despite a couple of days of slick roads and the extra layers of clothing needed to be outside,shoppers turn out in increasing
"The cold weather has not stopped anyone at all."
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"Cold weather helps retailers just because people buy more things to help them stay warm and generate more of a Christmas spirit." Flannery said. "All those things add up to more people coming downtown to shop."
early as 6 a.m., said store manager Andrea Smith.
"Today we are so busy," Smith said. "A lot of our electronics have been in overdrive the last couple of days. The cold weather has not stopped anyone at all."
Retail sales overall have been helped by consumer electronics purchases, such as Sony's Playstation 3 game system and Nintendo's Wii system.
In fact, as the weather stays cold and finals end at the University of Kansas, Hannery expects healthy revenue from this season's Christmas shoppers.
am numbers one to 24, for the 24 Nintendo systems available, to the early-birds when the store's doors opened.
The temperature was only 16 degrees, but it wasn't a problem for about 30 diehard fans of the new Wii system as they waited for SuperTarget, 3201 Iowa, to open Sunday at 8 a.m. Some arrived as
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Smith told questioning shoppers who arrived right at 8 a.m., too late to get in line.
For more than just shopping purposes, on Saturday, Lawrence residents and people from across the Midwest crowded onto Massachusetts street for the 14th annual Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas parade.
More than 200 horses promenaded down Massachusetts drawing vintage carriages behind them.
Temperatures hovered in the lower 30s in the middle of the afternoon after an overnight low of 22 degrees.
Kansan staff writer David Linhardt can be contacted at dlinhardt@kansan.com.
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BY SAM CARLSON
A group of students and proters at the University of Kansas is inching closer to creating a vaccine that could prevent dysentery and other severe intestinal illnesses.
The National Institutes of Health recently approved funds that will help the team reach its goal. Some members of the team have been working since 1995 to find a vaccine that could prevent high death rates in developing countries, where the infection is most prevalent. Dysentery, a severe form of bloody diarrhea, can be fatal. According to the World Health Organization's
Web site, of the 164.7 million cases of shigellosis, an infection that causes dysentery, 163.2 million are in developing countries. Each year, an estimated 1.1 million people die from the infection.
"It certainly could save a lot of lives and it certainly could save a lot of misery for people traveling to other countries or people living in other countries where these organisms are really common," said Bill Picking, associate professor of biological sciences and project leader.
Picking and his group, consisting of three graduate students, three undergraduate students and a research assistant, spend time each
day in their lab in Haworth Hall, trying to understand the role of the bacteria Shigella, the shigellosis.
"The World Health Organization has set a number of goals to target its eradication in the next 10 to 15 years. We're hoping that with this vaccine we can actually get that done and eliminate it as a problem," said Aaron Markham, a graduate student in pharmaceutical chemistry.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Web site, Shigella bacteria cause abdominal pain, cramps, diarrhea, fever, vomiting and bloody stools. Water or food contaminated with feces containing
Shigella is a major cause of illness, most often about by unsanitary conditions. Approximately 300,000 cases of Shigella related illnesses occur in the United States each year. That number is much higher in developing countries.
"The goal of the lab is to understand the mechanism ultimately so we can either create a drug that will help, but preferentially a vaccine." Picking said.
Kansan correspondent Sam Carlson can be contacted at editor@ kansan.com.
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FASHION (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
The model who dressed as the Queen of Hearts was 7 feet tall, providing a striking contrast. The skeletal system for the queen's dress was made from 180 feet of material, and the actual dress was made with 120 feet of fabric. Shirk said the dress was made to look "very big and over the top."
Julie Topkirch, Lawrence sophomore, who was dressed as a modern-day Alice. She wore a light blue metallic dress. She said Shirk was creative with his work.
"He expresses everything so artistically rather than just fashionably," she said. "It's about using
tonally" she said your imagination with the clothes rather than just putting out its together.
Erin Kulset,
New London,
Minn., senior,
represented the
Cheshire Cat.
She wore a strap-
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are all mad here."
hand-stitched down the front. She said Shrink's work was "edgy".
"He takes risks", she said. "He's not afraid to be out there and be different."
"It's about using your imagination with the clothes rather than just putting outfits together."
Slirk said he tried to represent a diversity of views in his designs. Two girls wearing complementary outfits walked down the runway holding hands to represent homosexuality. The Queen of Hearts was a drag queen.
Shirk said that part of the film
During part of the show, a video presentation projected on a large screen at the head of the runway, showed juxtaposed images of Shirk on the amusement park ride the Mad Hatter during his first trip to Disney World as a child, and the models putting gloves and a crown on the queen. Shirk whirled around on the spinning tea cups ride as the queen ascended the throne, and the words "time goes by so slowly" played repeatedly.
JULIETOPLIKAR Lawrence sophomore
signified his family and his childhood growing up, which he tried to represent in his designs that were made with a gaudy, 90s look.
"That was where I was,
and this is where I am',he said.
Shirk plans to move to New York City after he graduates in May.
Kansan staff writer Darla Slipke can be contacted at dslipke@ kansan.com.
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Members of the KU Symphonic Choir perform in the 82nd Holiday Vespers "Joy to All the World" concert. The choir, in conjunction with the KU Symphony Orchestra, performed a mass of traditional holiday carols and ethnic songs from around the world.
The concert is the largest of 22 choral performances of the fall semester and among the last, with only four others scheduled before the end of 2006.
kind of invigorating. You just sort of feed off the audience and there's 200 people in the choir, so you're not alone."
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"Second, I'm going to ask you to sing along with us."
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Dressed in tuxedo and black evening gowns the 275-person chair flipped pages in unison as the lights changed color, signifying the transitions between pieces.
The audience sang such songs as "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Let It Snow," and "Frosty the Snowman," while the choir and orchestra performed Franz Biebl's 'Ave Maria' and David Fanhawe's "African Sanctus."
"We felt with all the opinions surrounding the war right now that it was still important to support our troops," Reynolds said, "regardless of our political affiliations."
David Beals, Lawrence junior,
said he had been a regular at the
performances since he was a child.
Ryan Bogner, Leavenworth senior, and member of the Chamber Choir said this was his third Vespers performance and that it was one of the most energetic held experienced.
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"A bunch of friends of mine are in it tonight," Beals said. "But I'm from Lawrence, and I've been to the last 13 holiday shows in a row. It's
something I did as a kid that I've just associated with Christmas."
PHILANTHROPY (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
VESPERS (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
"It went really well" Bogner said. "It's a very cool event because it's the largest crowd we ever sing for. It's
Kansan staff writer Matt Elder can be contacted at melder@ kansan.com.
Brian Reynolds, Topeka junior and Beta Basics philanthropy co-chairman, said that an overwhelming majority of businesses the KU chapter contacted were eager to contribute to the project.
The program is expecting to receive a shipment of greeting cards from Hallmark sometime early this week. The cards will be included in the care packages for troops to send letters to family and loved ones for the holidays. Other large businesses such as Wal-Mart and Target also donated gift certificates and items to the program.
"The Lawrence community has been very receptive and warm in how they've provided donations," Reynolds said.
The Beta Basics chairmen have been working with the Nort Riley U.S. Army post in northeastern Kansas throughout the project. Because of military regulations, soldiers will only be allowed to take $20 worth of items once the packages arrive overseas, but will be given the choice of which items to accept.
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WASHINGTON — While President Bush acknowledges the need for major changes in Iraq, he will not use this week's Iraq Study Group report as political cover for bringing troops home, his national security adviser said Sunday.
"We have not failed in Iraq," Stephen Hadley said as he made the talk show rounds. "We will fail in Iraq if we pull out our troops before we're in a position to help the Iraqis succeed."
But he added: "The president understands that we need to have a way forward in Iraq that is more successful."
The White House readied for an important week in the debate over Iraq: Bush planned a meeting Monday with Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the Shiite leader of the largest bloc in Iraq's parliament, and awaited the recommendations Wednesday from the bipartisan commission.
Yet his administration, hoping to find a new way ahead in Iraq, found itself on the defensive from the second recent leak of an insider's memo on Iraq in a week.
The latest, first reported in Sunday's New York Times, showed that Donald H. Rumsfeld called for a "major adjustment" in U.S. tactics on Nov. 6 — the day after an election that cost Republicans the Congress and Rumsfeld his job as defense secretary.
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He said that Bush — just before a pivotal election — was not portraying a different sense of the war to the public than his own defense secretary was giving him in private.
The president "has said publicly what Rumfseld said, that things are not proceeding well enough or fast enough in Iraq." Hadley said.
Democrats did not buy that.
"The Rumfeld memo makes it quite clear that one of the greatest concerns is the political fallout from changing course here in the United States," said Sen. Joseph Biden, D-DeL, the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "The bottom line is there is no one, including the former secretary, who thought the policy the president continues to pursue makes any sense."
Bush has nominated Robert Gates to replace Rumsfeld. His confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee is on Tuesday.
As pressure builds for a new strategy, the report from the Iraq Study Group increasingly is viewed as perhaps clearing the way for a U.S. exit strategy in Iraq. Hadley, though, said the review will be just one factor the White House considers, along with views of congressional leaders, U.S. military commanders and the Iraqi government.
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NEW YORK — It's the kind of holiday mail that have been tossed aside, discarded like any other piece of junk mail a special offer for a facial at a local spa.
Only the address on the letter no longer exists. And the woman the letter is addressed to died more than five years ago in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Hundreds of pieces of mail destined for the former trade center still arrive every day at a post office facing ground zero — the relics of the unfinished lives of Sept. 11 victims.
Telephone bills, insurance statements, wine club announcements, college alumni newsletters, even government checks populate the bundles of mail. Each bears the ZIP code once reserved exclusively for the twin towers: 10048.
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If the label says organic, the fish are not from the United States. Rather, they come from countries where chemicals and antibiotics might be used to keep fish healthy.
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Those who sell organic fish say the fish have been raised as naturally as possible and certified in other countries that recognize the organic designation.
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In the United States, an organic label has very specific meanings; depending on the product:
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HAVANA — Fidel Castro was a no-show Saturday at a major military parade that doubled as his 80th birthday celebration, raising questions about whether the allying leader will ever return to power as his public absence begins taking on a tone of permanence.
Many Cubans had hoped for at least a glimpse of Castro before dozens of olive camouflaged tanks rumbled through the Plaza of the Revolution and jett fighters soared
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Castro hasn't been seen in public since July 26, before he underwent secretive intestinal surgery and temporarily ceded power to his younger brother, Raul. He delayed his 80th birthday celebration from Aug. 13 to this week in order to give himself time to recover, and speculation had been rite whether he would appear.
The military event, which lasted about two hours, culminated five days of events to celebrate Castro's birthday — none of which he attend.
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Instead, it was Raul Castro, the island's defense minister, who stood at the mahogany lectern reviewing the troops during Saturday's parade.
The parade's most obvious purpose was to warn the U.S. against taking advantage of Fidel Castros illness to attack the island. In the last 15 years the Cuban military has taken on a purely defensive role, and is trained to repel invaders.
In a speech that lacked his brother's rhetorical flourishes, Raul Castro reached out to the U.S. government, which has a decades-old trade and
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"We take this opportunity to once again state that we are willing to resolve at the negotiating table the long-standing dispute between the United States and Cuba," as long as the U.S. respects Cuba's sovereignty, said Raul Castro, who turned 75 in June.
"After almost half a century, we are willing to wait patiently until the moment when common sense prevails in Washington power circles," he added.
U. S. State Department spokeswoman Janelle Hironimus said Saturday that "the dialogue that needs to take place is one between the Cuban regime and the Cuban people about the democratic future of the island.
"Any deepening of our engagement with Cuba depends on that dialogue and the Cuban regime's willingness to take concrete steps toward a political opening and a transition to democracy," she added.
Raul Castro used the event to underscore cohesion among the Cuban people, the armed forces and
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"This unity is our main strategic weapon, which has made it possible for this small island to resist and overcome so many aggressions from imperialism and its allies," he said.
Cuban officials insist Fidel Castro is recovering, but U.S. officials say they believe he suffers from some kind of inoperable cancer and will not live through the end of 2007. He has appeared thin and pale in photographs and videos released by the government in recent months.
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Trista Taulu, Emporia senior, will graduate in the spring of 2007 with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2002, after a lifetime of feeling out of place in the body she was born in, Trista underwent sexual reassignment surgery in order to become a woman.
1984
Trista is a 6 year old in Gurnice, Ill. She's not Trista quite yet, but rather Tom. As a little boy, she continually sneaks across the street to play with a neighbor's little girl. The two play dress up, each of them pretending to be fashion models and beauty queens. Gazing raptly at her own reflection, Trista marvels at how beautiful she is in dresses and costume jewelry. A shout from behind startles her. She turns to see her mother standing there, apoetic with rage.
Trista is dragged home in tears, wondering what she was doing that was so wrong.
"As I child I wanted to do two things" Trista says. "I either wanted to build circuit boards or be a showgirl."
Trista's grandmother saw nothing wrong with her grandson's interest in women's clothing and bought a dress for not-quite Trista. This behavior drove a wedge between Trista's mother and her grandma.
Her uncle, John Thomas, remembered her then as a shy little boy with a shock of red hair who tended to get picked on at school.
"There are times you wonder if there was ever a defining moment in childhood," Thomas said. "But she really was just an unassuming little kid."
Still, what that little kid wondered was why she was built like a he.
"I remember I felt like I was a girl with a growth between my legs," Trista said, "A really, really disgusting growth."
Trista said she never experienced the stereotypical "trapped in a man's body" feeling. Rather, she looked at her body and "just knew" something along the way had gone drastically wrong.
1994
Trista is a junior at Emporia High School. Little has changed from her conflicts as a child. In her mother's mind, Trista is defying traditional Christian beliefs. She's still dressing as a woman and it's getting harder to hide from the public. By this point, quarrels within the family occur almost daily and rumors have begun to seep into the town that there's something wrong with "that Tadia kid". Classmates brand her as a break.
A lean teenager, Trista walked the halls of Emporia High School, as she heard the whispers behind her back.
By the time she was 14, Tristia realized her female personality was innate, beyond her control. It wasn't just the unending desire to look that way. She felt like a girl every step of the way. She hated her penis and loathed the fact that her body resembled a young man. She regarded herself as a modern-day Quasimodo whose ugly body contradicted her inner beautiful self.
"They picked up on something," she said. "It would have been suicide to be an admitted transgender. I kept to myself. I didn't tell anyone. But still, it's a small town and people talk."
She recalls hearing a quick snort and a sudden splash of warm spitle on the back of her neck as she passes a group of boys. She reacts by becoming a 16-year old hermit.
Trista is no stranger to the random elbow in the hallway at school or the quick kick in the back of her legs. But things are about to get worse.
One afternoon, she stays late at school in an effort to escape from the tempest in her personal life.
As she's walking home, three boys from school see her and block her path. One screws up his face in disgust. The other two lear at her and shove her back as she attempts to get by.
The three have Trista surrounded and she pinnalled back and forth. A quick jab to the nose, she hears a pop and a rivet of blood streams down her face. An arching swing from a heavy book bag connects and she can feel something rupture in her lower back.
As she lies on the ground, the three continue to kick her ribs, each shot of pain punctuated with shouts of "taggot."
For 30 minutes, she lies in a pool of her own blood, squinting at the sun until a friend happened by and rushed her to the emergency room. She was released from the hospital several days later. By signing the release papers "Trista", she took her first step on steward being a woman.
That same year, she finally learns she wasn't quite so isolated when her mother signed up for Internet service for the home computer. For the first time, she was connected to a transgender community.
"If you're gay, lesbian, transgender or whatever in a small town, there's nothing." Trista said. "But I learned I wasn't alone. There were other people just like me."
After graduating from high school, Trista led a nomadic life, moving around Karsas until she eventually joined the National Guard and was stationed at Fort Riley.
It's basic training and Trista's in close quarters with her fellow soldiers
1995
One night during basic training, she said she was treated to a barrack's "blanket party." Her fellow soldiers surround her bunk and throw a blanket over her head. One by one, within the claustrophobic confines of the blanket, she felt soap bars wrapped in socks thud against her chest, legs and whatever she couldn't defend. It was a scene straight out of the movie "Full Metal jacket," she recalled.
who don't know what to make of Tom.
Much like high school, it leaks out that she's different. The assumption is that she's gay.
Four years later, she began what she called "self-detonation." She was late for drill and showed up wearing a white dress. She was quickly ushered away from her troop and put on sick leave. Several weeks later, word came down from the top; she had been given an honorable discharge. It's 1999 and her breakdown was beginning.
1999
One night not long after her discharge, she finds herself in the bathtub with her wrists slit. She still can't remember what happened in the three days before that. She slowly bleeds out, blurring memories of phone calls, arguments and disconnections. Through her tears she sees her roommate's wife enter the bathroom.
self. When her employer urged her to dress nicer for her job, she arrived in dresses. Her job was in constant jeopardy. Kansas has no laws protecting gays or transgenders. She wasn't speaking with her family.
Trista began working at Detroit Diesel Works in Emporia and started saving money for her surgery. By 2002, she had close to $35,000 in her bank account specifically for her surgery.
"I honestly owe her my life" Drista says. "If it weren't for her I wouldn't be standing here."
One night she and two friends spent nearly 24 hours surfing the web, drinking, researching transgenderism and sexual reassignment surgery and seeking answers for her psychological make-up. In the past, psychological tests her mother had her take revealed her to be a heterosexual woman.
Tensions at work were high when ever Trista attempted to be her true
2000
David Holmes, KU professor of psychology, said many scientists believe that the main reason for transgenderism is exposure to cross-hormones while the fetus is in the womb. This can lead to male genitalia with the mental and chemical make-up of a female, or vice versa.
Trista learned how the current surgeries work and how they've developed from crude castrations among ancient North American tribes to the advanced procedures used today. While the procedure in the 1950s meant psychological relief for the patient, it was at the sacrifice of a sex life. By completely removing the penis and testicles, doctors eliminated close to all of the genital tissue. The vagina produced by a skin-graft procedure meant no sensation.
She learned that the modern procedure requires patients to begin taking female hormones and living as a woman at least one year prior to the surrey.
With the help of her friends, she found the doctor she wanted to perform her surgery. Everyone seemed to love his bedside manner. He was compassionate and friendly, people said. The problem: He works out of Phuket, Thailand.
She began her hormone treatments, contacted Sanguan Kunaporn and began to plan her trip.
2002
Using built up sick and vacation days, Trista took her leave of work and boarded a plane to Phuket. She made an announcement to her family before her flight and Thomas, her uncle, the family was split down the middle. But at least Tristas mother was speaking with her again.
"Some of them called her an abomination to God," Thomas recalled. "The rest of us were naturally uncomfortable. But we made an active decision to try and get over it and stand by her."
The night before surgery, Tristis wired. She can't sleep. All she can do is pace around her hotel room waiting for morning. She's alone in a foreign country, but this is something she says she has to do alone.
The next morning, she's sitting in the crowded waiting room of Kunaporns clinic in downtown Phuket. She trades stories and nervous jokes with other patients. It is a rare opportunity to be with people who are going through the same thing she is. She's so enthusiastic about the procedure that when they bring her into the prep room she asks the nurses to do the surgery without anesthetic. They politely deny her remain.
"I still remember her personality even though I cannot recall her face," Kinaporn says from his clinic in Thailand. "She was quite a fireball."
They put her under around 10 a.m.
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Only four hours later, she was fully conscious and eating lunch, despite the doctor's suggestion that she wait a few hours. Two days later, she was released from the hospital. Trista couldn't quite place the feeling she had right then. All she knew was that despite soreness from the surgery, it was the best shed felt since she was little. The plane back to the United States had a brand new person coming home — a woman.
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When she returned, Trista was called into the administrator's office at work and told she was being let go. No reason was given and when she attempted to pursue legal action, her attorney informed her that Kansas law does not provide any recourse.
She enrolled at the University of Kansas as an economics major in 2003, quickly excelled at her major and began to teach herself Spanish and Greek. She will graduate in May 2007.
sion along Trista's scrotum, removing the testicles and severing the spermatic cords. The base of her penns is sliced upwards along the bottom side of the shaft. Kianaphor fashions a vaginal canal and clitoris from the remaining skin and genital tissue from her penns and scrotum.
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Halfway through the surgery, Trista was awakened. Although the anesthetic was still working and she could not feel below her waist, she witnessed part of her surgery as she requested. With a curious eye she regarded the methodical recession of tissue into her abdominal cavity. Aurethra opening was created before her very eyes and the vaginal cavity was formed with a stent. She drifted back off into the fog of semi-consciousness as breast implants were placed in her chest.
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She speaks to her mother several times a month. Although it's still a tense relationship, Trista says it's nice to be able to speak with her mother.
"I'm proud of him that he's gotten to the point he can speak with me again," Trista says. "My stepbrother tells me he
Since her surgery, she's spoken with her father only three times in four years. These three phone calls are milestones nonetheless, she says.
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"We meet, we scream, we cry, we hug," Trista says, laughing. "Then we reeve."
still doesn't refer to me by name, new or old"
Emporia resident Tony Wagner, who has known Trista for 15 years, said Trista is now a completely different person from the one he remembers. In middle school, Wagner recalled she was a quiet but very easy-going boy. When she told him she was a transgender, he remembered with a chuckle that the announcement was cinematic.
The two went for a drive in the pouring rain. Between awkward pauses, Trista eventually choked out she was a woman in men's clothing. An admittedly sheltered kid, Wagner said it took several weeks to come to terms with his friend's announcement.
Fifteen years later, Wagner said the shy guy he knew in high school is now a firebrand redheaded woman. She's outspoken, she's sociable and she's gained a confidence Warner had never seen in his old friend, he said.
"In some ways, I'm not surprised she's been successful." Wagner said. "From what Trista told me, a lot of transglenders ended their own lives for one reason or another. But there's been some part of me that always told me she'd pull through."
Despite her new life, Trista deals with the same day-to-day speed bumps as any other college student. She's trying to keep up with homework while searching for a job after graduation. She juggles a personal life with homework. Each of the three relationships she's had since her surgery have ended with the men becoming uncomfortable and leaving her.
"Every time it ends with them not being able to handle my past," Trista said.
Still, she goes out, flirts and isn't afraid to pursue men she may be interested in. She's a woman and there's nothing that will stop her from living like one.
"I don't have to be apologetic about who I am," Trista said. "I went through the whole self-pity thing and I'm past that. I come as I am and whatever people make of me, that's their problem."
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NEW YORK — Richard Dreyfuss wants to show Americans how to be better citizens.
"The teaching of civics presently in the United States is dismal and startling," the Oscar-winning actor said on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.
Dreyfuss is launching a campaign to develop a civics curriculum for the nation's schools.
When he was a child, Dreyfuss said, civics classes taught not only the checks and balances in government but also the reasons behind the creation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
"We want to define the necessity of civics," he said. "What is it, and is it necessary? If it's necessary, is it
urgent? And if it's urgent, what do we do? And then to proceed to literally design classes.
"It is time that we revive the notion that we can learn how to run the country and learn, not, you know, for Republicans and not for Democrats, but learn how to run the Constitution," he said.
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JACMEL, Haiti — Wyclef Jean called on his Haitian countrymen to reject violence and work for a stable future during a free concert aimed at promoting development in the impoverished nation.
Associated Press
the Grammy-winning artist told more than 20,000 cheering fans Friday night. It was his first concert in Haiti in eight years.
The concert capped off a weeklong film and culture festival organized by Jean's Yele Haiti charity, which promotes music and the arts as a way to reduce poverty, create jobs and improve Haiti's image.
"It's time to build a new Haiti,"
Grammy-winning artist works to rebuild Haiti
Haiti is the poorest country in
Jean, a Haitian citizen who lives in the United States, condemned the ongoing street violence that has followed the revolt, especially a wave of kidnappings for ransom that have plagued the capital, Port-
the western Hemisphere and most of its 8 million people live on less than $2 per day. The Caribbean country is struggling to recover from a bloody 2004 revolt.
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Jean was born in Haiti but left for the United States with his family at age 9. He later achieved world fame through his hip-hop band, The Fuges.
"If we don't stop kidnappings, the country can't develop," Jean said.
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EDITORIAL: The University either should have done a better job of clearing off campus sidewalks last week or canceled class.
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Icy sidewalk conditions unsafe, unacceptable
A majority of students on Thursday had to do a triple salchow or a lutz just to get to class. As a sheet of ice covered campus roads and sidewalks, little was done to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff. With no apparent treatment to the sidewalks, students were forced to walk though campus at a snail's pace to ensure not falling on their rear ends.
The University's priority when inclement weather hits is to treat the roads to make sure buses can make their stops on campus. While the roads were fine, administrators needed to evaluate whether the sidewalks were clear enough for students to safely make their way to class.
have warranted a cancellation, more could have been done to provide clear sidewalks for students.
By 9 a.m. Thursday the sidewalks near Murphy Hall were still untreated. No ice melt or sand had been poured and shoveling had not started. The stairs behind Fraser Hall were still covered with ice. Certainly Facilities Operations had its hands full, but when the University expects students to walk around in these conditions, it must make sure all walkways are clear.
The next time weather forces students to bring ice skates to get around campus, the University needs to consider shutting down shop until it can ensure that students won't break a leg walking to class.
Louis Mora for the editorial board
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Regulate marijuana industry to reduce use of harder drugs
Regarding McKay Stangler's Nov. 28 editorial on the late Milton Friedman, there is a middle ground between drug prohibition and free market legalization. Switzerland's heroin maintenance program has been shown to reduce disease, death and crime among chronic users.
Providing addicts with standardized doses in a clinical setting eliminates many of the problems associated with heroin use. Heroin maintenance pilot projects are underway in Canada, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands.
Marijuana should be taxed and regulated like alcohol, only without the ubiquitous advertising.
If expanded, prescription heroin maintenance would deprive organized crime of a core client base. This would render illegal heroin trafficking unprofitable and spare future generations addiction.
Separating the hard and soft drug markets is critical. As long as marijuana distribution remains in the hands of organized crime, consumers of the most popular illicit drug will continue to come into contact with sellers of methamphetamine.
Given that marijuana is arguably safer than legal alcohol — the plant has never been shown to cause an overdose death — it makes no sense to waste scarce resources on failed policies that finance organized crime and facilitate the use of hard drugs. Students who want to help reform harmful drug laws should contact Students for Sensible Drug Policy at www.ssdp.org.
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Hey, KU: If you are going to make us walk to class after an ice storm, at least salt the sidewalks.
There is an old saying: If you don't like the Kansas weather, all you have to do is wait five minutes.
To the girls that were mud wrestling behind Ellsworth: Please come back.
Seriously, Al Gore is full of crap.
Global warming does not exist, but
between songs. They were just trying to get a rise out of the London audience.
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The person who was on my rear driving through the sleet today: Go drive off of a cliff.
Happy first snow, or sleet, or rain. What is this weather?
I just got out of my class and it is snowing. You win, Mother Nature.
Chancellor Hemenway: My ears are cold, my toes are cold, I'm grumpy, the wind is making my nose red and I'm really angry that you didn't cancel class today.
between songs. They were just trying to get a rise out of the London audience.
between songs. They were just trying to get a rise out of the London audience.
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I wish it did because it is cold out.
John and Corey: Stop getting with psycho girls.
A quick memo to the ice that is falling: if you stop and we have class tomorrow, there will be a
You win
Why doesn't anyone ever say anything about the other basketball players? Rodrick Stewart, I love
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between songs. They were just trying to get a rise out of the London audience.
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between songs. They were just trying to get a rise out of the London audience.
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United they stand
Trators, Twits, Fools, Saddam's Angels.
They've been called that and a lot worse during the past three years. But the Dixie Chicks prevailed.
On Oct. 27, the Chicks and directors Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck released the movie "Shut Up And Sing." It documents the lives of Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robison right before and, for three years, after the notorious declaration Maines made during a concert in London. What did Maines say?
"Just so you know, were ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."
Immediately after, the top-selling female band of all time found its records smashed, its music boycotted and its No. 1 song, "Travelin' Soldier," dropped from the record charts.
Americans had turned their backs on the band. When the Chicks offered to donate $1 million to the American Red Cross, the organization turned them down. Apparently the good-will charity was only willing to help out the needy when the giver supported its beliefs.
One of Americans' most treasured rights, the right established in1791 by the First Amendment and printed at the top of this page, is the right to free speech. The right is given to all American citizens. It is a right for which we fight other countries' wars.
However, the people of this country took it upon themselves to punish three women for taking advantage of that right. In the movie, a woman and her husband supported the country's actions by telling the Chicks, "Keep playing, keep making music, and keep your mouth shut."
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If someone else had made that remark, would the country have reacted so strongly to it? As Maguire points out, who would have thought the all-American girls would save something like that?
No other Bush lambasting artist has endured as much criticism and controversy in the media as the Dixie Chicks. Not Bruce Springsteen, Moby, Bono, REM, Merle Haggard, Kanye West or Sean "P. Diddy" Combs.
Why did Americans react so harshly to the Dixie Chicks? Was it because they were a female band? Did they have so much power, with their top-selling CDs and chart-topping songs, that Americans thought their opinion would wield too much influence over the nation?
A Web site called Rock Stars Against Bush lists musicians who have shown opposition to the war in Iraq and President Bush. According to its list, only one other band has received a similar reaction by speaking out. Jethro Tull, a rock band from England that started in the '60s, was "banned by a number of U.S. radio stations after the band's lead singer was quoted saying, 'I hate to see the American flag hanging out of every bloody station wagon. It's easy to confuse patriotism with nationalism. Flag-waving isn't gonna do it.'"
If your neighbor, aunt, best friend or city mayor had said those same words, would you have called that person a "traitor?" Would you have said he or she was foolish and "deserved to be slapped around"? Or would you have just shrugged your shoulders and said to each his own opinion?
In the beginning, the group tried to explain Maines comment. It was a joke said between songs. They don't rehearse their monologues
Throughout the slurs, doubts and industry hoopla, life went on for the Chicks. The sisters, Maguire and Robison, went through in vitro fertilization to get pregnant. Both now have twin girls.
But as time progressed, they didn't see a need to defend what Maines had said. Instead, they chose to leave their fate in the hands of those who turned their backs on them. Robison says, "It is up to them to do the right thing. We have done nothing wrong."
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While Robison was in the hospital waiting to have her twins, Maines called to ask Maguire (who was in the hospital room with Robison), "Does she have the US Weekly with Brad and Angelina (on the cover)?" In the next shot of the documentary we see the three of them sitting in the hospital room, magazines in hand, gossiping like teenagers.
Moments of shared joy with their families showed how similar they were to other people. For Halloween, each of the girls and their families dressed up in rocker gear.
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As the backlash against the Chicks grew, the strength and support the girls had for one another grew, too. They didn't back down from the fight. They stood together through the uproar and, as they said, it was the best thing that ever happened to their careers. It lit a fire under them that has yet to be extinished.
That is truly American.
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This fall in Kansas City five men were charged with coercing eight Russian students into forced labor. Forced labor is essentially slavery, and the eight students were allegedly forced to drive ice cream trucks around the city for less than a dollar a day.
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De facto slavery still alive in U.S., abroad
The students were allegedly threatened and psychologically and financially pressured to keep working for the company, according to the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. They were allegedly required to fulfill selling quotas and if they didn't, the students would owe their bosses money.
While it may be easy to write off modern-day slavery as a problem in other countries, it is happening right in our backyard. Contact your senators and representatives and tell them to vote on the "Congressional Commission on the Abolition of Modern-Day Slavery Act" (S. 3787).
You may be asking yourself, why didn't the students run away? According to the U.S. Attorney's office, the men in charge of the operation told the students they had global tracking devices on the vans so they would know if the students went off their designated path. The students also knew no English, were first time travelers to the United States and many were in debt to the company holding them capture, according the office.
In August new slavery legislation was introduced to Congress to help establish a commission to address the slavery issue. The proposed commission would evaluate programs dealing with slavery, work on slavery prevention and educate high-risk populations. Not since the 13th Amendment has there been such extensive slavery legislation.
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All these things could have combined to present a situation where escape did not seem feasible, and possibly even deadly.
This story may sound far-fetched, but unfortunately it is not. Slavery still exists in the United States and throughout the world.
The only way the government will know how important this issue is to the country is if we tell them. Have your voice be heard and help nominate this global injustice.
There are as many as 27 million slaves in the world today, according to a Congressional finding. They are forced to work in the sex industry, in agriculture, and hotel and restaurant work. The FBI estimates that slavery generates more than $9 billion every year and that slavery is one of the fastest growing international crimes.
Despite these staggering figures, not many know about modern-day slavery and what the United States government is doing to combat it.
Erin Obermeier Graduate student
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WINTER BREAK GUIDE
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2006
Kansas City offers winter fun
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Concerts, lights highlight December activities, events around the area
BY GINA SOUDERS
With the last day of classes this week, students could be looking for more to do. The Kansas City area offers a variety of options.
Students are packing their bags to leave Lawrence and go home during the holiday break, but not all of them.
Some are spending the holidays in Lawrence. And for those who are staying in the area, there are some local events to keep them busy.
To escape the classic carols, people can go to one of the radio stations' holiday concerts during break. On Dec. 12, the All-American Rejects will play at the Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway St., in Kansas City, Mo., for "Mix 93.3's lingle Jam." Three Upstays Grace will play at the Uptown Theater Dec. 15 for "98.9 the Rock's Twisted Xmas," and Angels and Airwaves will play at 96.5 The Buzz's "The Night the Buzz Stole Christmas" on Dec. 16.
Tickets are between $27 to $28.
For a more romantic atmosphere, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra will perform at Kemper Arena, 1800 Genesee St. in Kansas City, Mo.,
on Dec. 26. The rock orchestra is most widely known for its remakes of classic Christmas music.
"I've seen them twice already," jeff Seger, St. Peters, Mo., sophomore said. "The rock twist they put on holiday music is fun and they are excellent live. Their light shows are amazing and you really get a good value for your money for how long of a performance they give you."
Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets range from $30 to $40.
Those not into rock concerts can try some men in tights. The "Nutcracker," a classic ballet about a little girl and her beloved Christmas gift, will play at the Topeka Civic Theater, 3028 S.W. Eighth Ave, in Topeka, the Kansas City Music Hall, 301 W. 13th St. in Kansas City, Mo., and the Folly Theater, 300 W. 12th St.
"I was a candy cane dancer when I was a little girl and continued to perform in it through high school." Leandra Monreal, Topeka junior, said. "I'm going to see it again over break at my old dance studio. It's a
Christmas tradition for me."
Tickets to see the "Nutcracker" vary from $14 to $75.
For another date idea, people can drive down to the Country Club Plaza and watch the lights. Carriage rides and sleigh rides through the
Until Dec. 17, Lawrence will hold its annual Festival of Nativities, with festival灯会 on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. About 300 Nativity sets representing a variety of cultures will be displayed at the corner of Fourth and Elm streets. The event is free.
plaza shopping center are offered for that touch of Christmas spirit. The carriage rides cost about $50 for two and the sleigh rides cost $10 per person for groups. Helicopter rides above the Plaza are also offered for about $99 per person.
Kansan correspondent Gina Souders can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.
Edited by Catherine Odson
alternative breaks
BY JASON BAKER
Alternative Breaks is taking students to several locations during winter break from Jan. 6 to 13. Here are descriptions of the programs:
Aids Foundation Houston
AIDS Foundation Houston works in collaboration with other organizations to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS and to support those living with HIV/AIDS. Participants will be involved in many of the foundation's support programs, including a soup kitchen and an educational outreach program, in which participants walk the streets handing out safe sex packets.
Give Kids The World
Give Kids The World is a non-profit resort that creates memories for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Volunteers will work in the Give the Kids the World Village and Resort in Orlando, Fla., in a range of capacities, such as operating rides, planning family activities and helping at concession stands.
The Nature Conservancy Center in Tulepo, Miss., is an ongoing effort to protect swamp habitats for plants and animals as well. Participants help environmental restoration of the area by planting trees and removing non-native species. The effects of Hurricane Katrina are still seen in this area, and participants will help repair some of the ecological damage.
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Participants will assist first- and second-year teachers, who have dedicated two years to teaching in urban and rural underreseruced schools. Participants will have the opportunity to observe classroom dynamics and help with classroom, extra curricular and community activities. The program is located in Chicago, IL.
Teach for America
United Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Dallas seeks to improve the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. The center works with people of all ages and backgrounds. Participants will have the opportunity to personally interact with children and adults, assisting them with everyday activities and providing them with emotional support.
Source: Steve Nichols, co. director of public
information. More information is available on
their Web site, www.ku.edu/~ubreaks/index.htm
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DePaul's Sammy Mejia and Karron Clarke celebrate their team's 64-57 victory as Kansas' Brandon Rush, Darrell Arthur and Julian Wright walk off the court Saturday in Rosemont, Ill. Kansas led 26-17 at halftime.
Practice makes imperfect as Kansas loses lead at DePaul
BY SHAWN SHROYER
ROSEMONT, Ill. — If No. 5 Kansas needed any reminder that it was playing its first road game of the season, chants of "overrated" from DePaul faithful certainly drilled the point home.
Furthermore, if the Jayhawks thought they could coast from game to game without practicing well,
perhaps a 64-57 loss to the Blue Demons cemented the point that coach Bill Self had been driving into his team all season — it must practice better.
Kansas' last two victories gave the appearance that the Jayhawks were running on all cylinders, but a second loss to a team they should have beaten brought their behind-the-scenes issues to the forefront.
"You can have great moments and not be a great practice team, but over time you usually end up playing like you practice a majority of the time," Self said. "We're not a practice team like we should be."
But at the 14:08 mark in the second half, things couldn't have been going much better for Kansas. The Jayhawks were in the midst of a 9-2 run. Sophomore forward
and Chicago native Julian Wright had just slammed home a dunk to put Kansas up by 14. The Jayhawks looked like they were finally going to bury the Blue Demons.
But rather than rollover, DePaul's leading scorer, forward Wilson Chandler, responded by sinking a three-pointer and jumpstarting a slow, yet steady comeback for the Blue Demons.
By the 8:36 mark, Kansas' lead was trimmed to just four after a pair of Chandler free throws, lust before the three-minute mark, DePaul's most lethal weapon of the afternoon, guard Sammy Mejia, knotted the game 53-53. A second straight Mejia three-pointer was all but a dagger in the Jayhawks' heart.
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Andrew Stewart used to have to mediate when his twin sons Rodrick and Lodrick Stewart played one-on-one in the driveway.
"There's been a couple occasions where me and brother got into little scuffles playing one on-one," Rodrick, KU junior guard, said.
Andrew will have to watch from the bleachers — sporting a half Kansas, half Southern California T-shirt — and let the officials keep an eye on the Stewart twins, as they play against each other tonight in an actual game for the first time in their lives.
Lodrick, a senior, starts at guard for USC, where Rodrick started 17 of 27 games his freshman season. The Stewart twins chose USC together because they've always made decisions together.
"It's just weird being a twin." Rodrick said. "It's somebody you're with every day. In high school, we never went anywhere without each other. Even if he had a girlfriend, I'd be the third wheel and he'd the same with me."
When they started at USC, the Stewarts were still attached at the hip, taking the same classes and going everywhere together. So when Rodrick decided he needed a change of scenery, it was the first time the two would separate for an extended period of time.
"It was weird coming down and making a decision for yourself and not the both of us," Rodrick said. "I think he took it way worse than I did because at first he felt like I left him down there. I could have just staved. When you look at the big picture, he knew it was the best thing for me."
Lodrick continued to be a fixture in the Trojan lineup. He averaged 8.7 points per game his freshman season and the smoothshooting letty has averaged double figures the last three seasons. This year Lodrick is the second-leading scorer for the Trojans at 14.7 points per game.
Rodrick, who was Washington's 3A State Player of the Year his senior year at Rainier Beach High School, averaged only 4.4 points per game his freshman season.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This season could have turned ugly for the Oklahoma Sooners.
Their starting quarterback, Rhett Bomar, was dismissed in August for NCAA rules violations
Star running back Adrian Peterson broke his collarbone just
five games into the season.
Yet, somehow, Stoops rallied his team of backups and sophomores to the Big 12 Championship game on Saturday, defeating Nebraska 21-7 for another BCS bowl game.
At best, coach Bob Stoops and Oklahoma could have been staring down a trip to the lowly Independence Bowl. Not quite what Sooner fans were used to after qualifying for four Bowl Championship Series games in six seasons.
He's certainly deserving of the Big 12 Coach of the Year
Stoops has had better, more talented teams — his squads in 2000, 2004 and 2005 played for the National Championship — but he calls this his hungriest.
award he won earlier this season. Considering all that's gone on this season, Stoops should receive the national award as well.
"Super competitive. Resilient. Just has a great will and determination to them, all of those," Stoops said after his team's Saturday's victory.
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The layhawks' at-large chances were ended late Saturday night when the Motor City Bowl selected Middle Tennessee State. Kansas' Big 12-affiliated bowl possibilities, which were slim to begin with, were finished when 6-6 Oklahoma State was selected ahead of the Jayhawks.
As expected, Kansas was not selected for a postseason bowl game.
Kansas ends the season at 6-6, after a 3-1 start. The team lost four
in a row to start Big 12 play, blowing late leads in every game.
"Obviously, we are all disappointed that we did not receive a bowl bid," coach Mark Mangino said in a release. "However, we had 12 opportunities on the field this season to leave no doubt, and we did not get that accomplished."
The Jayhawks won three in a row — against Colorado, Iowa State and Kansas State — to become bowl eligible for the second-straight season. The team was defeated by Missouri to end the season.
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CLEVELAND — By his 10th birthday, Derek Anderson were size 17 shoes. On Sunday, those gigantic feet ran the Cleveland Brownts to an improbable win.
Anderson threw two touchdown passes to Steve Heiden in the final 8:55 of regulation and then scrambled 33 yards in overtime to set up Phil Dawson's 33-yard field goal, giving the Browns a 31-28 victory over the stunned Kansas City Chiefs.
Before coming in for the injured Charlie Frye, Anderson had never thrown an NFL pass and had taken
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Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson (27), is stopped after a seven yard run by Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Simon Fraser (75) and linebackers Andrea Davis (54) and D'Dwell Jackson in the third quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006, in Cleveland. Johnson ran for 110 yards but the Browns won, 21 in overtime.
only one snap. However, the 23-year-old calmly rallied the Browns (4-8), who capped another dysfunctional week with only their second December win at home since 1999.
Anderson was growing so fast as a kid in Oregon that his parents had to order his sneakers from the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, who sent the family ones belonging to center Arvydas Sabonis.
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Trent Green threw four TD passes — two to Tony Gonzalez — for Kansas City, which had its AFC playoff hopes severely damaged. The Chiefs (7-5) led 28-14 with 8:55 to play in regulation after Green扣 up with Gonzalez on a 23-vard strike.
But Anderson, Cleveland's thirdstring quarterback a year ago, brought the Brown back to cap a bizarre week.
sion, was 24 of 32 for 297 yards. The Chiefs fell three games behind San Diego in the AFC West.
"Now we need other teams to help us out." Green said. "That's why this one is so disappointing."
"The season isn't over, but we just
made it a lot tougher," said Gonzalez, who had nine catches for 105 yards. "We played well, we just didn't finish. We let one slip away."
Green, make his third start after missing eight games with a concussion.
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Since transferring to Kansas and becoming eligible midway through last season, he has struggled to crack the KU lineup. He played only 45 minutes in 14 games last season.
Mississippi
This season Rodrick is finally finding his niche for the Jayhawks. He been the second guard off the bench behind freshman Sherron Collins, and had the best game of his KU career last week with an eight-point performance against Dartmouth.
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However, in the KU loss Saturday at DePaul, Rodrick did not see the floor for the first time all season. Self played only eight players and Collins was the only guard to come off the bench.
If Self chooses to keep Rodrick on the bench tonight, the decision would disappoint the contingent of Stewarts from the Northwest.
Rodrick said he wanted to be matched up against his brother if the two find themselves together on the court tonight, just like their many of one-on-one battles.
"He was saying, don't try to come down and dunk on me. I'm not having it. You already know I am not having it." Rodrick said. "He said he's going to try his best not to let me get a shot off and I'm for sure going to do the same with him."
"We've been talking about this for the whole year," Rodrick said. "It's just something my dad always hoped for, the chance to come to a game where he can see both of us
matinee monday--all [x--$5.00
playing at the same time. Because it's been a while since he saw both of us on the court at the same time."
Kansan staff writer C.J. Moore can be contacted at cjmoore@kansan.com.
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SWIMMING Molly Brammer breaks record at Nike Cup in Ohio
Kansas finished a two-and-a-half day meet at the Nike Cup in third place. The meet was held in Gambier, Ohio.
Sophomore Molly Brammer set a new pool record in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5.01.05. Sophomore Ashley Leidigh also set a pool record, finishing the 100-year butterfly in 57.29.
"Our wheels fell off a little bit due to the sheet amount of racing we have done the last two-and-a-half days," coach Clark Campbell said in a press release. "It was a great way to finish up the fall season."
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The Jayhawks have the next five weeks off and will head to Mexico for their annual winter training trip at the start of Januarry.
TOP 25 USC sinks to No.8
Record through Dec. 2 • First-place votes
• Previous ranking
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1 | Ohio St. (65) | 12-0 | 1,625 |
| 2 | Florida | 12-1 | 1,529 |
| 3 | Michigan | 11-1 | 1,526 |
| 4 | LSU | 10-2 | 1,365 |
| 5 | Louisville | 11-1 | 1,333 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 11-1 | 1,255 |
| 7. | Oklahoma | 11-2 | 1,232 |
| 8. | Southern Cal | 12-1 | 1,882 |
| 9. | Boise St. | 12-0 | 1,097 |
| 10. | Auburn | 12-0 | 1,020 |
| 11. | Notre Dame | 10-2 | 939 |
| 12. | Arkansas | 10-2 | 867 |
| 13. West Virginia | 10-2 | 865 | 194 |
| 14. Virginia Tech | 10-2 | 798 | 14 |
| 15. Wake Forest | 11-2 | 766 | 16 |
| 16. Burkes | 11-2 | 631 | 15 |
| 17. Tennessee | 9-3 | 576 | 17 |
| 18. Texas | 9-3 | 564 | 17 |
| 19. BYU | 10-2 | 436 | 20 |
| 20. California | 10-2 | 499 | 21 |
21. Texas A&M 9-3 379 22
22. Nebraska 9-4 193 19
23. Boston College 9-3 179 25
24. Oregon St 9-4 112
25. TCU 10-2 80
Others receiving votes: Georgia 57,
Georgia Tech 53, Hawaii 20, Houston 21,
Penn St. 9, Maryland 6, South Florida 6,
Navy 4, Carolina 3, UCLA 2
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Okahama coach Bob Stoops is showered with water after Okahawa defends Batawai to win the Big 12 championship. Fans at Okahama are used to winning, but Bob Stoops has proved worthy of the Coach of the Year honor by overcoming the loss of his quarterback and running back.
Sure, quarterback-turned-wide receiver-turned quarterback Paul Thompson and backup running back Allen Patrick aren't the most threatening Sooner duo, but they've been effective.
That's a credit to Stoops for trusting those inexperienced players and finding ways to put them in a position to win.
There's not a better example of that than Stoops electing to run a dangerous passing play when faced with a third down and 10 at his own 1-yard line. The Sooners only led by a touchdown and the Cornhuskers were poised to steal the momentum.
The gamble paid off. Thompson's pass went for 35 yards and Oklahoma scored a touchdown a few plays later.
"Best drive of the year, without question." Stoops said. "It was huge."
Although he won't talk about it, Stoops still has to be privately fuming about an officiating mistake that cost his team a victory against Oregon earlier in the season.
Take away that game and Oklahoma would be sitting at 12-1 and would likely be on the short list of teams, along with Florida and Michigan, with an opportunity to play Ohio State in the BCS National Championship game.
"You know what? We can't do anything about it," Stoops said. "For us to sit here and make an issue of it is not going to come off the right way. So you guys call it what you want and we're going
to get ourselves ready to play the next game and we'll have some great bowl practices"
Instead of playing for its fourth national championship in seven years, the Sooners will be heading to the Fiesta Bowl to play Boise State.
That trip to Arizona in January will mean Stoops has coached in every BCS game — Rose, Sugar, Orange, Fiesta — in just eight seasons. No other coach in the country has done that.
It's just another reason why Stoops has done the best coaching job in America this season.
Schneider is a Lawrence senior in journalism.
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Kansas State chosen to go to Texas Bowl in Houston
Kansas State's first postseason trip in three years will match the Wildcats against an opponent that came within a whisker of making the Bowl Championship Series.
Kansas State accepted a bid on Sunday to the Texas Bowl, where the Wildcats (7-5) will meet No. 16 Rutgers.
The game is set for Dec. 28 in Houston.
The Scarlet Knights (10-2) could have earned the Big East's automatic BCS berth by defeating West Virginia on Saturday, but fell 41-39 to the Mountaineers in triple overtime.
"They're a national caliber team, for sure." first-year Kansas State coach Ron Prince said. "But we've played a couple of those this year, and we're ready to go compete."
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The Wildcats, for years the most miserable program in college football, were ranked No. 2 and on the verge of playing for a national championship in before they blew a 15-point fourth-quarter lead to Texas A&M and lost the Big 12 title game in double-overtime.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — So what if it's a week earlier than Oklahoma had hoped for?
The eighth ranked Sooners will still finish their season in Glendale, Ariz., and that's good enough for coach Bob Stoops.
The Sooners' 21-7 victory over No. 19 Nebraska in the Big 12 title game Saturday night earned them a berth in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year's Day.
But combined with UCLAs 13-9 upset of No. 2 Southern California earlier Saturday, Oklahoma's win also raised questions of what might have been had a blown onside kick call not led to a 34-33 loss at Oregon on Sept. 16.
The BCS title game is Jan. 8, also in Glendale.
Steops was in no mood to play what-if, though, after his team won its fourth Big 12 title.
"You know what? We can't do anything about it," Stoops said. "For us to sit here and make an issue of it is not going to come off the right way.
"You guys call it what you want,"
he said. "We're going to get ready to play the next game."
Stoops had no problem, though, talking about Paul Thompson's performance in leading the longest scoring drive in Big 12 championship history: 99 yards on 11 plays, capped by Thompson's second TD pass to Malcolm Kelly for a 21-7 lead late in the third quarter.
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"That was the drive of the year, without question," Stoops said. "It was huge. Paul threw some great balls on that series, and we executed well and pounded it in. That was a big blow to them."
Kelly's 142 yards receiving on 10 catches broke the previous title game record of 140 yards, set by Kansas State's Darnell McDonald in 1998.
"It was just a good week of preparation," Kelly said. "There wasn't much else to it. We just took whatever they gave us."
The Sooners (11-2) forced five turnovers, another championship game record. Strong safety Reggie Smith had two of Oklahoma's takeaways, including a fumble recovery that set up the Sooners' first score.
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Brandon Rush lacks leadership on,off court
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When NBA scouts watch a game, they usually focus on a small handful of players to watch. For Kansas, one of those players is always Brandon Rush.
During Saturday's 64-57 loss, Rush was easy to miss, even if you were looking for him. The sophomore guard had a disappointing game, sure. But he also had a disappointing leadership performance.
Much is expected of Rush. He was a highly touted recruit who clearly has aspirations of playing at the next level. He has more athletic ability than anybody else on the Kansas team. He can hit clutch shots and defend anybody in America, but he has often proved unwilling to take the team on his shoulders.
Saturday he finished a disap pointing 1-for-7 shooting.
"He had numerous opportunities to, he just couldn't get anything good to happen," coach Bill Self said. "He missed an uncontested layup to start the second half, and if you just get one of those to go down, maybe he could get a little confidence."
Rush shouldn't just be getting confidence for himself, he needs to be projecting it to the team. He can't count on showing up in March and taking the leadership role.
After Kansas struggled against Ball State, the Jayhawks had a players-only meeting at their hotel. All the players attended, but junior guard Russell Robinson and sophomore forward Julian Wright led the meeting. If Rush doesn't lead the team off the court, he can't lead the team on the court.
Come crunch time on Saturday, it was Wright fighting to the basket and Robinson taking the key three-point shots. It's no surprise that the coaches would draw up the plays for those two, because the other players respect them.
Rush took only one shot in the final five minutes. It was a free throw, and it didn't go in.
The Jayhawks can win without Rush, and that's something that Self needs to let him know. If he continues to flounder — both in shooting percentage and leadership — he should be sent to the bench and used as a sixman.
Leadership isn't something that comes naturally, and Rush has always had problems being assertive and taking shots. In practice, he has to run on a treadmill every time he passes up a good shot.
After Saturday's game, he said that he missed "a couple layups and a lot of wide open shots." He can overcome his shooting woes; that's something even the best shooters go through. But if he wants to be a star in the NBA, he's going to have to learn how to be a leader.
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Chicago natives Wright, Collins perform below average
Phillips is a Wichita senior in journalism.
BY SHAWN SHROYER
ROSEMONT, III. — Saturday was supposed to be a cheery homecoming for Julian Wright and Sherron Collins.
They were supposed to return from their old stomping grounds with a sixth-straight W' under their belt.
But the fans parading onto the court after the game weren't congratulating Wright or Collins. They were celebrating DePaul's 64-57 upset of No. 5 Kansas.
Chicago, didn't post the kind of stats they had been so far this season, many of their highlights came when they were in the lineup together.
"As cool as it was to come home, I wanted to leave here with a win."
"It was probably too soon for Sherron, but pretty good timing for Julian," Self said.
For a six-minute stretch in the first half and about four minutes in
"As cool as it
JULIAN WRIGHT Sophomore forward
As cool as it was to come home, I wanted to leave here with a win." Wright said.
Wright and Collins, Kansas' sophomore forward and freshman guard, wanted to win so badly in front of the hometown crowd that coach Bill Self noticed they were uptight at the beginning of the game.
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Although Wright, who attended Homewood-Flossmor High in Chicago Heights, Ill., and Collins, who attended Crane High in
the second half,
Chicagoans got to see their native sons on the court together as Jayhawks.
Neither found much success on offense in the first half, but they did help.
In the second half, their offensive production picked up and put Kansas in position to pull away.
Wright's dunk six minutes into the second half gave Kansas a 14-point lead, its largest of the game. The last three minutes they were in the lineup together, they combined for five points. Collins' three-point
contain the DePaul offense. Wright had two blocks and Collins had three defensive rebounds while playing together in the first half.
shot put Kansas up by nine, and two Wright free throws stretched Kansas' lead to 10. but that was the furthest it would go in the final 10 minutes.
For the game, Wright and Collins combined for 17 points, which is three below their combined season average, but what Kansas missed most was Wright's rebounding.
Collins, the shortest player on the Kansas roster, had five rebounds to match Wright, who had been averaging nine per game. Without Wright dominating the boards, Kansas was out-rebounded for the first time all season, 35-30.
The game was also a homecoming of sorts for Self, who coached in Illinois for three years at the University of Illinois, but he viewed the game as an opportunity to let his players return home.
Junior guard Russell Robinson and Will Walker collide as they chase a loose ball during the first half of Saturday's against defaulter in Roseville, IL.
"We want to recruit here, and if you are fortunate enough to get a good player from the area, you want to at least give them an opportunity to go home," Self said.
Kansan sportswriter Shawn Shroyer can be contacted at sshroyer@ kansan.com.
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Braelon Burns looks to pass around Kansas freshman forward Darrell Arthur. Burns finished the game with nine points.
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Kansas' record dropped to 6-2 and DePaul's improved to 3-4. It was DePaul's first victory against a top-five team since 1999 and its first victory against Kansas in the series history
》 DePaul coach Jerry Wainwright improved his all-time record against Kansas to 2-0. He was coach of the Richmond Spiders during the 2003-04 season when they defeated Kansas
This was the second straight game that Kansas held an opponent to 26 percent shooting in the first half. The Jayhawks have surrendered just 30 total first half points the last two games.
» Kansas' 26 points at the half were its fewest at the break this season. Its 57 total points were also a season low.
Kansas 26 31 — 57
DePaul 17 47 — 64
DePaul 64, No.5 Kansas 57
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Arthur 5-11 0-10 10
Wright 4-9 4-6 12
Robinson 2-7 3-5 8
Chalmers 5-8 2-1 15
Rush 1-7 0-1 3
Collins 2-6 0-0 5
Case 0-0 0-0 0
Kaun 2-3 0-0 4
Jackson 0-0 0-0 0
Witherspoon 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 21-51 9-14 57.
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Currie 1-1 0-2 2
Mejia 8-16 4-6 23
Clinkscales 0-0 0-0 0
Heard 1-3 3-4 5
Chandler 4-11 2-2 12
Burns 2-4 4-5 9
Walker 2-3 0-0 5
Thompson 0-1 0-0 0
Green 0-5 2-2 2
Butler 0-1 0-0 0
Clarke 1-2 4-5 6
Totals 19-47 19-26 64
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guard Brandon Rush and junior guard Russell Robinson defend him Saturday in Rosemont, Ill. Mejia hit the game-tying and go-ahead 3-point shots in the final three Kansas.
BASKETBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Kansas didn't help itself any. Sophomore guard Brandon Rush and junior guard Russell Robinson each missed the front ends of one and one free throw opportunities, costing the Jayhawks as many as four points without having to run the clock.
"We really didn't capitalize on them not playing well." Self said.
"Then when they started playing well, they certainly took advantage of us playing very poorly."
"We gave this one away." Rush said.
DePaul shot just 26.1 percent from the floor in the first half while Kansas was shooting 50 percent, resulting in a 26-17 lead for the Jayhawks at the break. All Kansas had to do to bust the game wide
The most disappointing thing for Self and his players was that they shouldn't have been clawing for points at the end of the game. It should have been decided long before that point.
Instead, Kansas played flawed basketball on both ends of the court while DePaul improved as the game progressed. This didn't come as a shock to Kansas.
open in the second half was continue to play solid defense and reduce its mistakes on offense.
Defal shot 54.2 percent in the second half, led by Mejia. Mejia was 8-for-16 from the field, including 3-for-5 from three-point range, scoring 18 of his 23 points in the second half. Chandler and guard Draelon Burns added nine points apiece after halftime.
"We told our guys, 'Hey, this has been a second half team.' Self said. "We knew that they could come back."
"We actually did an average job on Chandler, but did a bad, bad job on Mejia", Self said. "Sammy really controlled the second half"
At the same time, nobody came close to controlling the game for Kansas. For the fourth straight game, Rush failed to assert himself on offense, being held scoreless after
But just because the layhawks were aware of it, didn't mean they could stop the Blue Dermons.
sinking a three pointer at the 17:12 mark in the first half, his only three points of the game.
"Really good players have to figure out a way a little bit and he's got to do a better job of that," Self said of Rush.
Sophomore guard Mario Chalmers was the only layhawk with a consistently hot hand Saturday. His 15 points led the team in scoring and he was 3-for-3 from three-point range until the last 20 seconds when he chucked two prayers up from beyond the arc.
After the game, Wright was noticeably dejected, partially because he left his hometown without a victory and partially because Kansas had reverted back to the apprehensive style of play it been trying to avoid.
"We just came out too timid." Wright said. "We didn't attack. We just waited."
Kansan sportswriter Shawn Shroyer can be contacted at sshroyer@ kansan.com.
Jeff Roberson/ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Edited by Catherine Odson
coach Gary DeCesare while looking up at sophomore guard Brandon Rush after hitting a two-point shot late in a 64-57 upset victory against No. 5 Kansas.
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IT WAS OVER WHEN...
DePaul guard Sammy Mejia tied the game 53-53 with 3:01 remaining in regulation. At that point, the Blue Demons overcame their greatest obstacle – a 14-point deficit. Now Kansas was on its heels while DePaul was in attack mode. It came as no surprise that the Blue Demons outscored Kansas 11-4 after that basket.
STAT OF THE GAME...
Kansas' prior winning streak masked the poor shooting of sophomore guard Brandon Rush. The Jahawks needed the All-American to step up on Saturday and he responded by shooting 1-for-7 from the field and missed his only free throw attempt. In his last four games, he has shot 3.1 percent from the field, 26.3 percent from three-point land and 35.7 percent from the free-throw line.
The swing in shooting percentages for each team is mind-boggling, especially for DePaul. The Blue Demons shot 26.1 percent from the field in the first half, but that number jumped to 54.2 percent in the second half. Kansas was limited to 20 shots in the first half and made half of them. It took 11 more shots in the second half, but its percentage dropped to 35.5 percent.
Almost by default, the game ball goes to sophomore guard Mario Chalmers. He was one of the few Jayhawks who didn't lose composure, and his 15 points led the team. He was the only Jayhawk starter to shoot better than 50 percent from the field, including 3-for-5 from three-point range.
— Shawn Shroyer
GAMETO FORGET...
GAME BALL GOES TO...
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Kansas struggled against a mid-tier opponent again on Saturday, which has to make the fans at USC happy. Will the Jayhawks rebound tonight, or will the Trojans keep them down?
First of all, nothing will make the UCF fan happy after their foot ball showing against UCF A. As for the game tonight, while there's no good explanation for the Layawks' incarns
tent play, they should have more than enough talent to beat USC at home. However, recent history shows that what the Jayhawks should do isn't always what ends up happening
up happening
Jack Connor
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Kansas loss at DePaul (clearly) had more to do with a lack of concentration on
the lajhawks part than a stellar performance by the opposition. The disappointing loss can be attributed to defensive lapses in the second half and an unair acterically poor shooting performance from sophomore guard Brandon Rush. Chances are coach Bill丝 will have a few choice words for his players in
the next several days. More than likely, Kansas will be extremely prepared to defeat a decent but unspectacular USC squad.
↑
Asher Fusco
Without the presence of a dominant go to player when in need of a bucket,
↑
Daniel C. Weixeldorfer
the lahayah displayed obvious problems, despite the unlimited talent they possess. The team should win against USC tonight, but needs to learn to get better every game in order to correct its problems. The season did not end after the Florida game.
This Jayhawk team seems to struggle to
find motivation, and a poor per-
formance should be able to ope-
n them at least one game worth.
A solid home crowd should be
able to propel the lakers to a
victory against a machine op-
ponent.
↑
Kayvon Sarral
So far this season the layhawks have proven that they are both good.
finitely talented, and frustratingly inconsistent. Kansas especially needs more quality minutes out of junior forward Daniel Jackson and junior center Sakura Karni. It may be only, but KU will be too fired up after a disappointing loss to drop two in a row.
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Kansas can't catch up to Wisconsin
BY ASHER FUSCO
After trading baskets with the Badgers for much of the first half, the layhawks struggled through poor second-half performance on the way to a 68-41 loss.
Kansas shot just 30 percent from the field and was not effective offensively at any point in the game. Hardheaded defense and scrappy play played the lajayhawks in the game for the first 20 minutes on Sunday. Kansas trailed 29-21 at halftime but had held its own against a taller Wisconsin team and stayed out of foul trouble. The lajayhawks out-rebounded the Badgers 19 to 17 in the first half.
"We did a great job on the boards in the first half," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "But in the second half we just didn't match their intensity."
Things turned ugly for the Jayhawks early in the second half. Wisconsin scored five points in just over a minute to begin what would become a 19-2 run during the first six minutes of the period.
The Badgers dominated the second half in nearly every facet of
the game. Wisconsin both outscored and out-rebounded Kansas by wide margins thanks in part to an efficient nine-point, four-rebound performance off the bench from freshman Teah Gant.
Junior Jolene Anderson helped protect the Wisconsin lead with 15 points, nine rebounds and four steals.
No Kansas player enjoyed a strong individual performance, although senior guard Sharita Smith brought some much-needed defensive energy to the court in her 12 minutes of play.
Freshman forward Sade Morris led Kansas with 10 points on 4-for 8 shooting. Morris was the lone Jayhawk to score in double figures on Sunday.
After the disappointing trip to Wisconsin, the young Jayhawks have the luxury of three straight home games and the added experience that can sometimes come from a deflating loss.
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco can be contacted at afusco@kansan.com.
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"We'll learn a lot from this," Henrickson said. "This will help us toughen up"
Wisconsin guard Rae Lin D'Alie drives past Jayhawk freshman guard Lindsay Ballweg during Sunday's game in Madison. Ballweg struggled, scoring no points during the game and attempting only one shot. The rest of the team did not fare much better, as the Badgers easily defeated the Jayhawks. It was only the second loss of the season for Kansas.
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MONDAY DECEMBER 20TH
MONDAY DECEMBER 4, 2006
KU
TIP-OFF
AT A GLANCE
Kansas is 6-2 this season and is averaging 78 points per game. The Jayhawks fell 21 points short of that average on Saturday. For the season, Kansas is 1-2 when scoring 71 points or less. Coach Bill Self has never coached against Southern California, but Kansas should be familiar with Trojans coach Tim Floyd. Floyd's last collegiate coaching job was at Iowa State, where he went 3-8 overall against Kansas and 0-4 in Allen Fieldhouse.
5OUICKFACTS
1 - The number of times Kansas has lost back-to-back nonconference games under coach Bill Self
4 – The number of minutes after his brother, Lodrick, that Rodrick Stewart was born
9 – The number of points sophomore guard Brandon Rush is averaging during the last four games
13/15 The number of assists to turnovers Kansas had its last game
26 - The number of points Kansas scored in the first half against DePaul and the fewest it has scored in a first half this season
PLAYER TO WATCH
Kansas junior guard Rodrick Stewart certainly had this game circled on his calendar when the season started. Tonight, Stewart's identical twin
Congratulations
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brother Lordrick Stewart will be in the starting lineup for Southern California. Lordrick is only averaging 7.7 minutes
per game this season and didn't play in the DePaul game, but depending on how tonight's game goes, he could find himself guarding his brother.
QUESTION MARK
Which Kansas will show up tonight?
The Jayhawks have a bad habit this season of playing great basketball one game and letting down the next. If DePaul can expose a lackluster Kansas performance, then Southern California is certainly capable of doing the same.
COUNTDOWN TO TIP-OFF GAME DAY
BACK TO BASICS After loss to DePaul, rebounding will be key
KANSAS VS. USC 8 p.m., Monday, Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, ESPN2
Kansas
Offense
Just when everything seemed to be going fine, the wheels fell off the Kansas offense during the weekend. Against DePaul, Kansas' starters combined for 11 of the team's 15 turnovers. As a result, Kansas never found a flow on offense and it showed, especially in the second half. The Jayhawks made just three of 12 three-point attempts after halftime, but what was more dishearthening was that the team missed shots near the basket that it usually makes. Its shooting percentage dropped from 50 to 35 percent from the first to the second half. Kansas will have something to prove tonight against Southern California. The Trojans are holding opponents to just 31 percent shooting from the field. Perhaps no Jayhawk will have as much to prove as sophomore guard Brandon Rush. He is averaging just nine points per game his last four outings. USC could give Kansas some matchup problems. Unlike most of the teams Kansas has played, the Trojans are a big team from top to bottom. Kansas might be able to counterforce that size with the quickness of players such as junior guard Russell Robinson, freshman guard Sherron Collins and sophomore forward Julian Wright.
KU KU KU
Defense
Defense wasn't to blame for Kansas' second loss of the season. For the second-straight game the Jayhawks held an opponent in the teens in the first half and limited their opponent to 26 percent shooting in the first half. Kansas' problem on defense so far this season appears to be its inability to stop a players when they get hot. Oral Roberts had Marchello Vealy and Caleb Green. DePaul had Sammy Meja and Wilson Chandler. Kansas should have its hands full with Southern California guards Nick Young and Lordrick Stewart and forward Taj Gibson. All three are averaging double figures. Young and Gibson are both shooting better than 50 percent from the field and Stewart is USC's best three-point shooter. The defensive responsibilities for guarding these three players will likely fall on Robinson, Wright and sophomore guard Mario Chalmers.
KU
Momentum
USC
Offense
Whatever momentum Kansas had on its former five-game winning streak is gone after Saturday's loss. However, the Jayhawks should be plenty motivated
The Trojans are scoring 71 points per game so far this season. Junior guard and forward Nick Young is pacing the Trojans with 16.5 points per game and Lodrick Stewart is second on the team with almost 15. From three-point land the Trojans were off and on against Loyola Marymount, finishing with an impressive 50 percent from behind the arc. It wasn't a team effort, though. Stewart was one of only two Trojans to score a three-point shot. He went 6-for-9 from the field, while freshman Daniel Hackett made one of two. They'll have their work cut out for them against a tough Kansas defense, but the task isn't an impossible one. DePaul was shut down in the first half, but was able to find a way to put up points in the second half.
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after having to listen to De- Paul fans chant "overrated" as the Blue Demons came away with a 64-57 upset. The fact that Kansas could end Southern California's five-game winning streak should provide more motivation to the Jayhawks. And if that isn't enough, coming back to the friendly confines of Allen Fieldhouse should give Kansas a boost. The Jayhawks have won three straight against the Trojans. The last meeting came in 1998 when Kansas won 107-78 at home.
—Shawn Shroyer
KU KU KU
USC has one of the better field goal percentage defenses in the nation at 31.3 percent. Freshman Taj Gibson is pacing the Trojans in rebounding with an average of 9.8 and blocked shots with 11. Lodrick Stewart has eight steals, which is best on the team. Their last time out the Trojans had 27 defensive rebounds, five blocks and held the Lions to 27.8 percent shooting on the game. They'll look to control the boards tonight against Kansas, which was able to shut down Florida's Joakim Noah, but had problems pulling down rebounds against DePaul. If the Trojans can deny the Jayhawks second and third chances, they will give their offense the opportunity to win the game.
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even though the Jayhawks have defeated the Trojans the last three times they have met, including Kansas' 107-78 pounding of USC in 1998 in Allen Fieldhouse, this time around the Trojans have all the momentum. While the Jayhawks were stumbling against DePaul, the Trojans defeated Loyola Marymount 67-50. The Trojans know that the Jayhawks have dropped two games, one at home,
ranked. The momentum arrow points to the Trojans. In addition, Lordrick Stewart will get the opportunity to play in front of friends and family, and possibly upstage his brother on national TV.
— Erin Wiley
USC TIP-OFF
ATAGLANCE
USC of the Pac-10 will enter Allen Fieldhouse on a five-game winning streak. After losing its season opener and first game on its new home court in the Galen Center, to South Carolina, USC defeated its next five opponents by an average of 16 points. The Trojans defeated Loyola Marymount 67-50 on Saturday.
5 QUICK FACTS
4 - The number of returning starters from last season's 17-13 team
2 Head coach Tim Floyd's number of years at the helm of the USC program
17 - Scout.com's rank of USC's recruiting class that includes seven freshmen
5 - The number of seasons coach Floyd spend in the NBA coaching the Chicago Bulls and the New Orleans Hornets
10,258 USC's new home stadium, The Galen Center, holds this many spectators
PLAYER TO WATCH
Senior guard Lodrick
Stewart will be playing against his twin brother Rodrick, whom he calls his biggest sports hero.
Stewart
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tonight.
Lodrick has 956 career points, which is the most for an active player in the Pac-10. So far this season,
Lodrick is averaging nearly 15 points a game. He has led the Trojans twice with 19 against Saint Mary's and 21 against Loyola Marymount.
QUESTION MARK
Will USC be able to dominate the Jayhawks on the boards?
So far this season the Trojans are outbounding their opponents 41.8 to 37.5. The Jayhawks have also outbounded their foes 40.6 to 31.8, but if the Trojans can get to the boards offensively and get second and third chances at shots, this could cause problems for the home team.
NATIONAL GAMES OF INTEREST
STATE
STATE SYRACUSE ATHLETICS
SYRACUSE
ATHLETICS
Oklahoma State (9-0) vs. No. 14 Syracuse (7-1)
Tuesday, 6 p.m., ESPN
Syracuse continues its tradition of not playing non-conference games outside the state of New York, playing Oklahoma State Tuesday in the Jimmy V Classic in New York City. The Cowboys, under first year coach Sean Sutton, are undefeated after playing a weak schedule to start the season.
The Cowboys should continue to improve as the season goes along. By the time Big 12 Conference play rolls around, Oklahoma State should be one of the conference's top teams.
The Orange is coming off a home loss to Wichita State Saturday night. Considering Oklahoma State's weak schedule so far, expect Syracuse to get the victory.
LSU
SALOMON
No. 8 Texas A&M (7-0) at No.12 LSU (4-1)
Tuesday, 8 p.m.
This is clearly the game of the day on Tuesday. Both teams should be seriously considered as possibilities to advance to the Final Four in Atlanta. Texas A&M is a legitimate threat to challenge Kansas for the Bia 12 title.
LSU was shocked at home last weekend by Wichita State. Despite featuring Glenn Davis in the paint, the Tigers have clearly missed guard Tyrus Thomas, who jumped to the NBA.
BY RYAN SCHNEIDER
Look for Gillespie and the Aggies to come out of Baton Rouge with the victory. The Aggies are clearly the hottest team in the Big 12 right now.
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HARDING
No. 16 Arizona (5-1) vs. Louisville (2-1)
Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Nearly a month into the season, the Louisville Cardinals have played just three games. That can't bode well against a talented Arizona team.
Former Jayhawk David Padgett has struggled since leaving Lawrence three years ago. Padgett is averaging just eight points and four rebounds a game. It's not exactly the post presence that coach Rick Pitino expected to get out the transfer.
Expect Arizona to roll easily in the second game of the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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The University Daily Kansan's Winter Break guide continues with possible downtown gift ideas and the merits of a real Christmas tree. 10A It took nearly all 40 minutes Monday night, but the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team eventually buried USC, 72-62. 1B
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ACCIDENT
Bike hits car while crossing major street
Man enters road after light turns red
BY DARLA SLIPKE
The man was riding a bike behind his friend, who safely crossed the intersection. The light at the intersection turned red, but the student kept going,
An 18-year-old Free State High School student traveling north on Iowa Street hit the side hood of a gold Lexus while crossing 15th Street at the intersection of 15th and Iowa streets.
He put his brakes on as hard as he could and flipped over. He hit his head pretty hard."
LYNN PRICE Vehicle passenger
failing to yield to the traffic signal.
ture at Haworth Hall. Price said the light turned green and the vehicle moved forward about four feet and braked. She said the vehicle stopped before the biker hit it.
The student was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in an ambulance. He was conscious.
"He put on his brakes as hard as he could and flipped over," she said. "He hit his head pretty hard."
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Sgt. Dan Ward said he had minor head injuries.
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Leaving the pain behind
BY COURTNEY HAGEN
After years of abuse, one woman finds the strength to end her relationship.
Adult country road is where Kimberly Duensing's story of pain and triumph begins and ends. It was just off a rural road, on her boyfriend's farm, that the Blue Rapids senior's story of violence began in a flurry of punches and kicks. It was off a similar country road, nearly three years later, after she was beaten and raped, that she finally gathered the courage to put an end to the pain.
The abusive relationship that Duensing began in her small town followed her to the University of Kansas as a freshman, where she found the strength she needed to move on.
In 2002, she was in the middle of her senior year of high school in Blue Rapids when she experienced her bloodiest beating. She had called her boyfriend to her house to end their two-year relationship. Unwilling to let go, he flew into a rage and flung Duensing up against a wall, onto a bed and then smashed her body so violently into a table that she gashed her leg. As the blood poured, Duensing called the police department to stop the fight and was immediately taken to the hospital. Even after receiving stitches, she declined to press charges or leave her boyfriend.
Though her boyfriend has never been charged with any crimes associated with their relationship, Duensing still carries emotional scars from what she says she experienced.
Duensing is just one of thousands of Kansas women whose lives have been rocked by angry fists and black eyes from men they thought loved them. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation reported over 18,000 incidents of domestic violence in 2004, which is the leading national cause of injury to young women. Currently every 28 minutes a woman is beaten in the state, according to the Bureau.
College aged women, between 16 and 24, like Duensing, experience the highest rate of domestic violence cases: 16 per 1,000 people, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, young women, between 16 and 24, experience the highest rate of domestic violence: 16 cases per 1,000 people. Though the University has resources...
POLITICS
School shows off for Moran
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
Congressman Jerry Moran was pleased with research at the University of Kansas when he visited campus on Monday.
Moran was instrumental in ensuring the University received $14.5 million in 2005 for transportation-related research.
Moran, the Kansas representative from the 1st district and a graduate of the University of Kansas, met with officials from the School of Engineering and saw demonstrations conducted for the University's Transportation Research Institute, or TRL.
Keith Ycleh, director of government relations for the University, said Moran's visit had been in the works, but it took a while before he could come.
"We always appreciate the time our Congressmen and state leaders can visit campus to show them what the University can provide and give back to the state," he said.
Moran met with Stuart Bell, dean of engineering; Bob Honea, director of TRI; George S. Wilson, associate vice provost for research, and Keith Yehle, director of government relations, to discuss specific funding from Congress and how that seed money would help TRI grow and become self-sufficient. Moran then toured three labs to see how the research was conducted.
Ron Barrett Gonzalez, associate professor of aerospace engineering, demonstrated how to make an airplane disappear using electroluminescent material. The material matches the color of the background it's against to create the illusion of invisibility. He said this material could camouflage eyeses such as power plants and wind turbines. Barrett Gonzalez said anything on the ground that was covered by the material would be visible to airplanes.
"You're not an engineer, you're a magician." Moran joked.
Sara Wilson, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, demonstrated her research on vibrations experienced with isolation seating, used by truck and bus drivers.
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For six years, John Carlson served in the Kansas Army National Guard. He was deployed to Iraq in November 2005 and returned to the United States last month. He'll begin taking classes at the University of Kansas next fall and also plans to get married sometime in 2007.
The University Daily Kansan asked Carlson, of Lawrence, to describe his experience in Iraq. Here he talks about why he enlisted, how politics don't affect his job or dedication and what it's like to be shot at while on patrol.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN:
"How long were you in Iraq, and how did you decide to join the Guard in the first place?"
CARLSON: "I was in Iraq almost a full year. It was my first time deployed into a combat zone and it's just a whole different world over there. The main reason I enlisted
Carlson
back in 2000 was that I needed money for college. I wanted to give back to the community and feel like I'd earned my right to freedom of speech and everything.
"My dad was in the Navy for 26 years so he wasn't too surprised when I joined the military. He was worried, but he had to keep my mom in check because she worried constantly. My grandfather was also in the Navy for
30 years. Most of my friends were either supportive or worried about me, and a couple of them were actually deployed with me.
"Really it didn't hit me until right before I got there. I thought, 'I might not make it back home.' My nation called me up to do something and I volunteered to do it."
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KANSAN: "How is the day-to-day life of a full-time soldier?"
CARLSON: "I was deployed with an infantry battalion. We guarded towers and compounds and patrolled outside in the non-coalition-controlled areas. We provided security to local Iraqis; we find out what problems were and do the best for the victims, like taking supplies to schools and helping with the
farming.
KANSAN: "What's it like to be
KANSAN: "As a soldier, what do you think about this year's elections and all the politicking and ads about the Iraq war?"
"For the most part we didn't deal with Iraqis all the time. It was mostly coalition forces and mainly dealing with people in your company day in and day out for a full year. You get tired of seeing the same faces."
CARLSON: "It's inevitable. Politicians will use any big issue for political gain. When you're actually in Iraq, though, for the most part you don't hear about it. You just think, 'well, things haven't really changed back home.'"
CARLSON: "When you're in a Hum-vee, it's hard to know when you're getting shot because it just sounds like a little 'tink'. It's like a little rock got thrown at the vehicle. For the most part, when the insurgents shoot at you, they bightail it out of there after they stop because they know they're in trouble when they get caught.
"I used to be a little punk and took a lot of things for granted, like not having people try to shoot me when I go outside because I have a different religion. Not having IEDs, the bombs they set, is nice, too."
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— Kurt Vonnegut
fact of the day
One method used by actors to cry on cue is to simply not blink. By stiffening the muscles around the eyes, opening wide and resisting the temptation to close the eyelids, tears can be generated.
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Principal faces legal action after hair-cut controversy
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A high school principal could be in trouble for taking one of his students to a barber shop — without permission of the pupil's parents.
"Students should not be taken off of campus by any staff member without parental permission," said Rigo Chavez, district spokesman.
Rio Grande High School Principal Al Sanchez said he thought Fidel Mandonado Jr's hair style
Hill Country half-style — the number "505" and a Zia symbol shaved into the back of his head — was a gang haircut. The Zia, a sun design on the state flag, can be traced to a symbol on a 19th century Zia Pueblo water jar. 505 is New Mexico's area code.
Sanchez said he thought he was doing Maldonado, 15, a favor by taking him to a barber instead of suspending him. I said, 'Do you want to just go to the barber and cut it off?' He said, 'Yeah. I said, 'Let's go.' Sanchez said.
But the barber, Jake Maestas, said he refused to cut the teenager's hair Thursday without parental permission and told the boy to call his father.
Fidel Maldonado Sr. said the law was broken when the principal took his son off campus. He said he is considering legal action." For him to take my son and take him out of
school without my consent, against his own will, is wrong," the elder Maldonado said.
INCUBABI M OOD NFT
He said his son is not a gang member and always has the design shaved on his head prior to a boxing match. "Before every fight, he puts that on to represent his state, and then after the fight he shaves his head," the elder Maldonado said.
John Walsh, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman, said 505 is "associated with New Mexico and Albuquerque, sort of in the good sense."
"It was picked up by gang members and has been used in the peripheral sense, but we haven't seen a huge campaign", he said.
Cuss jar collects $120 from foul-mouthed employees
PORTAGE, Ind. — Employees in the city clerk's office are turning their colorful language into a little green.
Since July, workers have generated at $120 by finding themselves for using profanity in the office.
The money goes into a flower vase on Portage Clerk Ellen Mesich's desk, and eventually will go to buy gift cards to give to teen cancer patients at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Mesich had a niece who died of cancer last summer and was treated at the hospital.
Mesich started the foulmouthed fund drive.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Earlplugs apparently won't do, so the College of Charleston has agreed to stop construction on a new building during final exams.
"One day I was noticing my mouth was a little foul, so I decided I should have a cuss jar," Mesch said.
Fines range from a penny to $1.50, except on Monday mornings, when there's a general amnesty because, after all, it's Monday morning. Some people use IOUs or pay in advance of stressful times.
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Paying the fines has made some workers more watchful of their words. "I've been catching myself more at home," Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Lynn Reed said.
Noise complaints delay construction during finals
Students had complained about the clang of a pile driver sinking columns for the new building and wanted construction halted during finals. The building is in the middle of campus near classroom buildings and dorms.
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Wednesday to Dec. 13.
"After listening to the concerns of students and taking time to assess the situation, we have decided it would be in the best interest of everyone to temporarily stop construction," said Victor Wilson, senior vice president for student affairs at the college which has an undergraduate enrollment of about 9.800.
The construction delay is expected to cost the college about $6,000 a day,the school said.
The college originally said it would not have exams in the building nearest the construction and would provide earplugs for students.
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The Milwaukee men, ages 27 and 22, were arrested after authorities said they robbed a man outside a check cashing store and held up a woman less than an hour later on Friday in a heavy snowstorm.
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Pataki spokesman David Catalfamo said at least nine former governors who were in office when Pataki was first elected in 1994, or who also won election that year, will meet in New York City and may stage some sort of public event to discuss their talks.
The Pataki aide said the gathering could be helpful given Republican losses last month, when Democrats took control of both houses of Congress and won 20 of 36 governors' races at stake. The gubernatorial victories left Democrats in control of the majority of statehouses for the first time since 1994, when Pataki ousted Democrat Mario Cuomo in New York.
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Environmentalists' battle with the Environmental Protection Agency to classify greenhouse gases as an air pollutant went to the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time last week.
Several states have petitioned the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from new vehicles under a provision of the Clean Air Act. Carbon dioxide is the most common greenhouse gas contributing to global warming.
"Climate change poses as many threats to us as on the coasts," said Karl Brooks, professor of environmental law. "We're at a risk here even in the center of the country."
He said global warming would make rainfall more erratic, which would negatively affect agriculture and irrigation in the state.
Robert Glickman, professor of law said the EPA denied the petition, claiming that it didn't have the power to regulate emissions and that it was premature to regulate them now.
Glicksman said the Supreme Court would decide in July whether the federal Clean Air Act authorized the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions or whether the EPA abused its discretion by refusing to
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Deputy Solicitor General Gregory Garre represented the Bush administration and said the EPA was right not to take action because of the uncertainty about global climate change.
Glickman said there was a chance the Supreme Court wouldn't get to the core issue because the Court first must decide whether the states could prove they had suffered injury as a result of the EPAs inaction.
"The threshold issue in the Supreme Court is whether the states have standing to sue." Glicksman said. "I think it's going to be a very close call. It's likely to be a 5-4 vote with Justice Kennedy being the decision vote." Glicksman said.
The justices are split on the issue. Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts said that the reduction in greenhouse gases would be too small, while Justice David Souter said that any reduction would help.
Glickman said he thought the EPA should regulate carbon dioxide emissions. He said if it didn't have the authority, Congress should give it the authority. The EPA's approach was consistent with the Bush administration's decision that it was too early to make regulations.
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Brooks said it would be interesting to see what the Supreme Court decided because the court was composed of people with strong political views not sympathetic to environmental quality.
Brooks said the science community thought the Bush administration was out of touch with science.
"The case has the potential to be the most important environmental law decision made in the last 20 years," he said.
Garre said if the justices approved the state's request, EPA regulation of emissions could lead to the regulation of power plants, causing a potential loss to the U.S. economy.
According to the Kansas Energy Information Network, Kansas plans to build several power plants in the next few years.
Brooks said instead of building new plants, the Kansas could encourage the creation of new electricity by conserving current energy.
Kansan staff writer Erin Castaneda can be contacted at ecastaneda@ kansan.com. The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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ST LOUIS — People slept among strangers and browsed a little longer in lighted bookstores during their search for warm surroundings Monday, the fifth day of a blackout caused by a winter storm.
After staying at a shelter in a converted recreation center since Friday,
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and Sherman counties.
A small crowd laughed as students shared pictures of themselves gooofing off and building make-shift docks, and of the shower facilities at archaeological dig sites in rural Kansas.
Shannon Ryan, Salina graduate student, introduced the final Archeological Exploration event of the fall semester with a few laughs before she and four other students from the department of anthropology presented their findings and conclusions from the summer excursion.
Five students from the department participated in the summer 2006 KU Archaeological Field School. The students spent most of June 2006 camping and digging at the Claussen and Kanorado sites in Bawauseen.
The students were responsible for discovering, marking, recovering and cataloging artifacts as well as conducting tours of the sites.
Scott Chaussee, Lawrence senior who was among the presents, said he thought his experiences during the summer were "fantastic."
"We learned a myriad of things," Chaussee said. "The whole point of field school is to indoctrinate us into how to run an archaeological site and gain experience."
The sites yielded hundreds of artifacts in the forms of animal bones and rock fragments, which helped the students determine the nature of the cultures who inhabited the area.
Chaussee said the Kanorado site, famed for the discovery of mammoth remains in the late 1970s, may be one of the oldest sites in Kansas, possibly dating back 1,200 to 1,300
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LR. Keller, Godfrey, III., sophomore, said although he attended the event as part of an extra credit assignment for his anthropology class, he found the information interesting.
"It was informative," Keller said. "I never really knew that there was that much evidence of life dating back over 9,000 years ago and that no matter how far apart the locations were at the sites, the artifacts were at the same depths in the soil."
Some of the research from the sites is still pending and at least seven more explorations are scheduled for the spring.
Kansan staff writer Ben Smith can be contacted at bsmith@kansan. com.
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WASHINGTON — NASA may be going to the same old moon with a ship that looks a lot like a 1960s Apollo capsule, but the space agency said Monday that it's going to do something dramatically different this time: Stav there.
Unvelling the agency's bold plan for a return to the moon, NASA said it will establish an international base camp on one of the moon's poles, permanently staffing it by 2024, four years after astronauts land there.
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to help these women, many victims remain nameless and faceless because of fear, embarrassment and intimidation in the community.
Kathy Rose-Mockry, director of the University's Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, said she knew that most cases remained unreported, forcing victims to fend for themselves.
"I think there is a misconception that abuse doesn't happen here, but it does happen here." Rose-Mockry said. "It seems like it might not happen because it is underreported. There are many reasons for this: emotional issues, fear, embarrassment, lack of recognition."
Kristen Abell, program coordinator for Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, said she saw between five and 10 victims of relationship abuse each year at the University. Abell acknowledges that many victims get help through other sources, such as Women's Transitional Care Services, Inc, or KU Counseling and Psychological Services. But she thought the majority of victims stay silent about their experiences.
Abell recognized the challenges victims faced in finding help to end abusive relationships in a college atmosphere where students can be separated from a family support system, a factor that might be vital to helping them end violent relationships.
with their abusers on campus.
Abusers characteristically intimidate their victims, Abell said, which causes unique problems in an academic atmosphere. Concentrating in class — let alone reaching out for help — becomes more difficult when victims have to come into contact
Social ties and emotional vulnerability also contribute to the victim's reluctance to end the relationship.
"One reason people stay in abusive relationships is because abuse tears down self esteem," Abell said. "They feel like they have no options. Abusers isolate them and they have no way out."
Duensing felt isolated in dealing with her abuse. She went without help or support throughout most of her relationship because she feared what others would think.
"At first I was scared to admit that it had happened to me because I thought it might be in some way tied back into something that I caused," Duensung said. "I didn't realize at that point that it wasn't my fault. I didn't want people to think less of me for being so weak."
Timeline Of Abuse
Duensing was a junior in high school when she first experienced abuse from her boyfriend. While Duensing said she couldn't pinpoint why the abuse occurred or what triggered it, she said she thought both of their family histories contributed to the perpetual abuse.
"It was one of those things that he grew up in a household where that was going on and so did I," Dunning said. "It wasn't something we were awake to and when I came to KU my eyes were opened up to that."
didn't like and she threatened to break up with him. When Duensing attempted to leave, the abuse began.
Duensing still clearly remembers the night that set off years of violence and pain. She was at her boyfriend's farm when he said something she
Often domestic violence be or escalate when the victim attempts to leave her abuser. Victims, who may have low self-esteem, can feel too embarrassed or ashamed to seek help.
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"I was walking to the car when he slammed me up against the door," Duensing said. "He eventually slammed my finger in the door. I got my hand out but he closed the door so I couldn't leave. I ran into a field near the house and he caught up with me and threw himself down on me and started hitting me in the face and kicking me in the shins with his boots."
Duensing spent her last years of high school hiding bruises and cuts so her family and friends wouldn't notice. She got so good at disguising the toll her body took with each smack or punch that her family remained unaware of the abuse until the violent attack that sent her to the hospital her senior year.
"I always told them that I banged myself up playing volleyball or falling down the stairs or something else just to hide it," Duensing said.
Even after the attack that put her in the hospital, the abuse continued when Duensing moved into Margaret Amini scholarship hall in 2003. Her boyfriend, who was a senior in high school, would drive the two-and-a half hours to Lawrence every weekend specifically to drive past her room. His calls flooded her cell phone until her roommates took her phone away.
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Duensing credits those roommates her freshman year for helping her to end the relationship permanently.
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Women's Transitional Care Services of Lawrence provides shelter, services and advice for victims of relationship abuse like Duensing. Sarah Terwelp, the organization's executive director, contributed a variety of factors contributed to recurring abuse by people like Duensing's boyfriend, from jealousy to a lack of personal boundaries.
"They begin to isolate their mate and use espionage tactics against her," Terwelp said. "They'll go as far as checking mileage on the victim's car to timing their errands. They appear to feel no emotional guilt even after recognizing the abuse on an intellectual level."
Terwalp said she thought a university atmosphere where alcohol was easily available and frequently used could contribute to or accelerate abuse in victims.
"Alcohol is not the cause of abuse." Terwelp said. "Yet with any situation, alcohol makes people more aggressive physically or just the opposite and less aggressive physically. For some people who use these substances they are going to have less of an inhibition about doing things and letting things happen."
Dolores Moseley, victim and witness coordinator for the Douglas County District Attorney's office, helps victims of relationship abuse seek restraining orders, secure transitional care services and prosecute the abusers. Moseley said she had interacted with many cases of abuse involving both KU students and faculty throughout the years, and that many times abusers blame alcohol for their actions.
Moseley said many cases weren't prosecuted because victims attempted to recant or minimize the impact of the crime, for fear of retribution or embarrassment within their social circles, which includes the abuser. She said many of the victims blamed themselves for the abuse, instead of the abusers.
"They'll say 'I was drunk' and try to give excuses," Moseley said. "We try to help them understand that it isn't their fault. We try to prevent the abuse from happening again and keep them safe and make the abuser accountable in their behavior."
On campus, Abell works to prevent further abuse and helps victims cope with academic life by communicating with professors and victims to switch classes when Although such programs may help. Terwelp
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by a society that will hold him accountable for his behavior and not tolerate it anymore," Terwelp said. "Survivors need the community to hold abusers accountable and provide resources in which the survivor can achieve and maintain safety."
Even when the physical wounds of abuse begin to fade, victims still need help with psychological and emotional pain on the long road to healing.
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Elizabeth Lord, a senior at Wichita State University, ended an abusive relationship but continued to suffer mood swings and sleep deprivation. Lord said it was important to deal with these effects by getting involved with a community of positive support. She said she learned to cope with her experience by becoming an advocate for victims.
"I would give advice to a victim to get counseling." Lord said "Get a support network of family and friends and continue to stay busy in the form of school work or church
After Duensing ended her abusive relationship, her family and friends pushed her to seek help from counselors or psychologists. Yet she decided her road to healing had to be traveled alone.
"I believe that if you are going to truly heal you have to heal from within." Duensung said. "I try to do things on my own. That is one of the reasons why I feel so strong and confident now, because I've done it on my own."
Today, Duensing recognizes how damaging it was to keep silent
or anything like that."
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Duensing said. "The sooner you stop this, the better it will be. Do not do what I did and let it ride out, because that's when it gets worse."
Recently, Duensing filled a box with pictures, stuffed animals, notes, diaries and dried flowers — memnertos of her long abusive relationship — and drove out onto a country road. She built a blazing fire with the help of a new, supportive boyfriend, and the two of them watched as the physical remnants of years of pain went up in smoke. As the flames tore through the box and it burned to ash, Duensing finally extinguished the years of pain.
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tear flesh. She kept returning to the doctors and after a few weeks she was fine.
CARLSON: "I think what sticks out in my mind the most was when one of our patrols was waved down by a 17-year-old Iraqi girl whod been severely burned. They took her to the compound and got her to an American doctor. Her wounds were infected and her bandages weren't very good. Taking them off would
"We got candy or toys that wed hand out to kids. You had to keep what you wanted tied down, but the kids love us over there. They love soccer, and they're always asking for soccer balls."
Kansan staff writer David Linhardt can be contacted at dlinhardt@ kansan.com.
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Laurence Weatherly, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, demonstrated his new research that sought to make the biodiesel fuel creation process faster, more efficient and less expensive.
Her research involved the effects of the vibrations during and after exposure and what could be done to alleviate the stress on the body exposed to constant vibrations.
Moran said he saw the potential for economic benefits from the research.
SIR JOHN M. KING
"It's pleasing to see at least three examples of research going on at KU" he said. "All three projects suggest there are benefits to Americans and American consumers."
Bell said it wasn't just satisfying that the work being done at the school was received so well by Moran. Bell said he was pleased with the confidence that Moran had "in the School of Engineering concerning the problems facing Kansas and
Rep.Jep Moran (R-K.) Manists as Ron Barrett Gonzalez, associate professor of aerospace engineering, explains some of his department's research Monday afternoon at a lab in Eaton Hall. Barrett Gonzalez showed him a shape memory alloy, a metal that can be molded or trained to a "shape when cold and will assume that shape when heated.
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2 BR apts. $600/mo. 1130 W. 11th St. Jayhawk Apartments. Water and trash paid.
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1, 2, 3 BR. 2 Great locations! Exercise facility, pool 2洗衣房, laundry, and basketball court. Leasing now and for fall, call 841-5444 or www.eddingham.com
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2 BR, 18A C.A. D.W. laundry facilities
Available now. $395 MO. $200 deposit
785-842-7644
Very nice 1 BR, 1 BA, unit-unit condo,
with walking distance to university,
additional sunroom home office, new lighting,
carpeting, painting, DW, kitchen range,
DW OA and covered parking. Working fire-
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$600+ utilities. Call 785-841-4935.
2br / tba buplex, close to campus, wid hookups, garage, $550 per month. Available. Lg backyard. 786-550-7476
3 BR, 1 BA apartment C.A. D.W. washer and dryer provided. Available now $525 MO. 785-842-7644
Available immediately, remodeled 2 BR and 3 BR. Wided, WD, DW, MW, fireplace and back patio. First month's rent free. 785-641-7849
Sunrise Townhomes and Apartments
4 BR - $800/mo. 2 BR - $550/mo.
785-841-8400
2 BR. 1131 Ohio. 1:1/2 BA, W.D, DW.
Close to campus. $600, no pets.
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3 BR + study, 1/12 BA, close to KU
fenced yard. covered patio, DW A/C,
$795, 766 or 931 or 841-54
Large older homes near campus (16th & Tenn.) Remodeled w/ CA, upgraded heating cooling, wiring, plumbing; kitchen appliances; wood floors; W/D large covered patio; garage parking; no smoking pets; lease runs 81/107 - 8/108.
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garage and private storage unit. Must see
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Full size needed for roommate in duplex.
Female size bed provided if wanted. Good location. $212 monthly rent. Call
785-224-3355 if interested
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3 rooms for rent in a house near Lawrence
High School. Available Jan. 1, $400/mo.
includes all utilities.
Call Andrea 766-3138.
Bedroom with own bathroom in new
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798-972-192
Share 4 bedroom, 5/1.2 bathroom
new home, own hawk bath, $400 + 1 abilities.
116 Mississippi 785-979-9120
ROOMMATE/SUBLEASE
Female roommate needed for a bedroom in a 2BR home. Located on 14th and Tennessee, close to campus and downtown Birmingham, 21 utilities. hakchalk.com 522
Looking for female graduate student to share a two-bedroom apartment at Meadowbrook Starting: Mid December. Rent: $245/month. www.meadowbrook.com/hcallchk.com/525 www.hcallchk.com/525
1 BR for sublet. Female only W/D, full turn-
up $39 applee tag. All util but electric paid.
Pool, jacuzzi, tini van/dT DVD, bus to KU
every 20 min. $319/mo ($325 mg) + 1/2.
Jan. rent free. Avail Jan 1. Call Kate at
612-385-9600
Female student needed to live with 2 girls. 3B2 bath town home near campus.
Available now. $283/mo + utilities.
785-766-7206
Subleaser needed for Spring Semester
Rates negotiate
Call Cassidy 913-620-3359
Roomate needed ASAP to live with 2 males. 3B 2 Bath, Hawk Pts 2, W/D. $300/mo + utilities. Will pay for first month of rent. Shawn 913-449-1536.
Roomate needed for December 2006 in 20D, 28DA. Rent $35 + half fees. For more details contact: Maria at (913) 813-0896. hawkcalk.com/519
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Optometrist & Associates
Optometrists
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LIZARD BOY
I think it's a bit late for you to join the basketball team.
Once they see my prehensile skills, I'm sure they can red shirt me.
SAM HEMPHILL
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Want to know something?
Want to know something?
Sometimes cartoonists run out of ideas at the end of a semester. Like, 4 real.
woof.
Sometimes cartoonists run out of ideas at the end of a semester. Like, 4 real.
woof.
CALEB GOELLNER
>> BOY EATS WORLD
KRONE
WHOOPS!
WHOOPS!
SLIP!
GAS
A CROSS IS IN THE STARRY SKY.
BRIAN HOLLAND
>> DAMAGED CIRCUS
Doesn't she know it's cold?
I unno
I think I'll go tell her...
Hey!
NHAK NHAK NHAK
It's cold you should put a coat on...
GREG GRIESENAUER
Nelson and nephew Freddy Fletcher will be partners in the studio and nightclub project with
Austin-based majority owner Stratus Properties Inc.
HOROSCOPE
Stratus will build the space as part of a $225 million project that will include a 35-story tower with 200 luxury condominiums atop a 250-room W Hotel; a new home for the Austin Children's Museum; and shops and restaurants.
Unofficially dubbed Austin City Limits Studio Theater, the $15 million, 2,000-capacity venue will serve as a soundstage about 40 nights a year when KLUR's "Austin
"It's very exciting to be in on something from the ground up," Fletcher said. "When I brought the idea to Wille a few years ago, he loved it."
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Nelson, 73, released his latest album, "Songbird," on Lost Highway Records in October. His hits
Groundbreaking for the development is scheduled for next summer.
City Limits" tapes. It will transform into a musically diverse House of Blues-style club on other nights
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 9
Do as much as you can over here in familiar territory. That'll give you more time for fun when you're over there.
ENTERTAINMENT Willie Nelson to co-own music show's new venue
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 4
The temptation to over-spend is still very strong. If you must, only buy things that will greatly increase in value.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 9
today is all a
You're up against tough competition
but that shouldn't bother you much.
Put your heart into your presentation,
and you'll change their opinions.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 5.
AUSTIN, Texas — Willie Nelson played the "Austin City Limits" pilot in 1974, and when the long-running public television music show unveils its new studio in 2010, he'll be a co-owner of the place.
CANCER (June 22 - July 22)
Today is a 5:
Look at your list of "to-dos" again,
objectively. Could someone else do
some of them? Scratch off, delegate
or hire.
Today is a 9
Your public and private personas are quite different, usually. Just assume the spotlight is always on you, cause it is.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is #0
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 4
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 5
You're in a time crunch as you race around, trying to get everything done. Luckily, you're good at this. Have fun.
You'll be buying and selling rapidly, if you want to make a huge profit. The possibility is there. Be decisive and move quickly.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
Today is a 9
Before you go racing off to buy new,
check what you have on hand. You can
save yourself both time and money and
quite a bit of frustration.
You're in for some tough criticism.
Luckily, you're in a good mood. Listen respectfully, and use the parts that will actually work.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Todavis a 4
As you get further into this project, you'll find all is not as you expected. Of course, now that you know that, you can have fewer expectations.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
Today is a 9
Tempers have cooled in some ways,
and the climate has warmed up in others. Nobody's changed their minds, but everybody's laughing.
PISCES (Feb.19-March 20)
Don't do a private project on company time. Nothing but grief will result, for you and everyone else.
Today is a 5
include "Georgia on My Mind,""On the Road Again" and "City of New Orleans."
The new venue is expected to raise the music show's profile and provide an entertainment attraction in a venue that will hold more than five times the audience the show can accommodate in its quarters on the University of Texas at Austin campus.
Associated Press
ACROSS
1 Acknowledge
5 Jewel
8 Privation
12 Arrive-
derci
13 Past
14 Uncontrollable
15 Bear-naise ingredient
17 Say it isn't so
18 Hot tub
19 Emotional pang
21 Ghost costume
24 Aforeme-
tioned
25 Chopped
26 Large brass container?
30 Exist
"CSI" setting
32 Eggs
33 Moliere's miser
35 Tourney situations
36 Work out
37 Miss America's topper
38 Unde-
veloped state
41 Pooch
42 Speaker's spot
43 Serving cart
48 Busy with
49 Take a shot at
50 Grimace
51 Adolescent
52 "Undeniably"
53 Play area
DOWN
1 Perfor-
mance
Solution time: 21 mins.
PEA V AP I D T R Y
IMP IN ANE H U E
GUER R L L A R I G
H I M A CH I N G
C I B O L A W O O L
H O R E L F N Y L O N
I T I S S A P I A D A
P A L E R T I S N O M
L E E S E M I G R E
GR I P P E T E L
LEA A A P R I L L O V E
ANN ST E E L R O Y
DDT D T A N S Y E W E
2 By way of
3 Rowing tool
4 Decline
5 Enthusiastic, plus
6 "I" strain
7 Billings resident
8 Preteniious
9 Portent
10 Medley component
11 Terrier variety
16 Suitable
20 Sanity
21 Persian leader
22 Argo-nauts' patron
23 Basin acces-sory
24 State flowers of Utah
26 David Copper-field's nanny Clara
27 "The Naked Maja" painter
28 Finished
29 Houston acronym
31 Change
34 Individual
35 Two rites making a wrong?
37 Drag along
38 Shorten, maybe
39 Neck hair
40 Chomp
41 Week units
44 Before
45 — long way
46 "— Miss Brooks"
47 Actor
Solution time: 21 mins.
PEA VAPID TRY
IMP IANE HUE
GUER RLLA LRI G
HIM ACHING
GIBOLA WOOL
HOR ELE NYLON
ITIS SAP AIDA
PALER TIS NOM
LEES IMIGRE
GRIPPE TEL
LEA APRILOVE
ANN STEEL ROY
DUTT ANSWE
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Y I U J D P R E X I P E B
L D Z R Y X Q Y U A A D B J A R A E
A P Y F Q H E W, B Y K L A H E W
FU Z Z  AL U A  I Y X X- UK Z Y X K ?
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CALL A SKUNK TRAPPED INSIDE YOUR CAR
TIRE? I'D SAY HE'S A WHEEL STINKER!
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OUR VIEW
Ceasfire needed in 'War on Christmas'
The holiday season is here and has again brought with it a phenomenon that is quickly becoming an annual American tradition. This time of year draws legions of devoted followers into a passionate battle for holiday one-upmanship. This battle, generated and stoked by the Bill O'Reillys of the world, pits believers against both nonbelievers and believers of other stripes, all in an effort to determine which religious tradition will reign supreme in the public
eye.
The so-called "War on Christmas" is a frustrating development, as it often leads to anger at what should be a joyous time of year, but one that gives our nation the opportunity to discuss our freedoms of speech and religion. Much of the controversy derives from a simple question: Can state-funded displays of holiday decoration favor one religion over another, or even acknowledge a religious bent? Must they cater to every timely
religious tradition, or is it acceptable for a display to focus on Christmas, which has become so intertwined with American culture that it often seems areligious or wholly commercial?
Proponents of religious displays point, often correctly, to the strong Judeo-Christian tradition in this country. They also decry the use of "Happy Holidays" in place of "Merry Christmas", which is peculiar given the three distinct holidays in a monthlong span (Christmas, Hanukkah,
Kwanzaa). The opponents of religious displays point, also often correctly, to the equally strong tradition of separating religious matters from state matters. They are uncomfortable with tax dollars being used to promote, however harmlessly, one sect over another.
So what can be done to bridge the gap between the two sides? Few things are capable of fostering more passion or anger than religious controversies. The most important idea for both sides
to remember is tolerance of the other. We have a great tradition of religious freedom in this country; indeed, it may be our oldest and most cherished tradition. However, we also have a history of largely keeping religion out of state affairs. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, but it also guarantees freedom from religion, at least the state-sponsored kind. This wonderful constitutional provision allows us to celebrate our faith, but rightly keeps the
state from forcing any faith onto unwilling participants.
This holiday season, let us strive to find common ground between the two sides. December is a time of celebration for many Americans, and it would be a shame for that spirit to be lost to dogmatic battles and religious strife.
McKay Stangler for the editorial board.
>>> LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Open discussion of LGBT issues important
I am 43 years old. By the age of four I knew that I had been born with the wrong anomy, but because of society's prejudices and bias I hid and lived the life that was expected of me until it finally took its toll.
I have made many mistakes in my life while hiding who I really am. By the time I was 16 I had attempted suicide twice, once by trying to overdose and then by overdosing and slitting my writs.
Only the second one was noticed because of the slits on my writs. To this day you can still clearly see the scars.
I came to my senses and cleaned up, until 2004, when I attempted suicide again. I thought I had taken enough pills to kill at least two of me, but my body must have rejected it. I woke up 20 hours later just feeling like I had a good high going.
It's necessary to talk about
For me, this was a sign that I couldn't leave until I was open and honest with everyone. I'm still trying to get my life together, but at least I'm being who I am.
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There is a blizzard and we have
school
I hate you, KU. I hate you.
To my best friend's hot roommate: You make spending the night worthwhile.
Apparently the world has to be ending for KU to cancel classes.
Dear campus police: Please drive with your headlights on. Everyone else is doing it.
You know we should have a snow day when a flight of stairs
There has been ice since the world was created and the best defense we have is sand?
LGBT issues with everyone, so that those who have no understanding gain knowledge and for those who continually hide because of the fear they have due to lack of understanding by others. To those who have no understanding, rest assured: being gay, lesbian or transsexual isn't contagious. We are simply living our lives for who we are and have no interest in trying to convert anyone. We simply want to live as happy a life as anyone else, in a society that claims freedom for all.
For those of you who are still hiding your true nature, whether you decide to continue to hide or not, be true to yourself. Don't make the mistake of trying to conform in a diverse world.
Awareness brings knowledge. Knowledge brings understanding. Understanding promotes compassion and tolerance. It's a diverse world, and hating differences in others only brings hate back to you
Dee Tate Evansville, Ind.
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al families. Millions of families celebrate Thanksgiving, but each one has quirks and specialties to make the holiday exceptional for them. While I think it's good to share the intricacies of your culture (I also listened as my friend detailed her Guy Fawkes Night experiences and told of buying paper poppies on Armistice Day). I also don't think we really need a reason to do what we do.
Maybe Spangles is really smart about making bad commercials. They get a lot of free publicity.
inside has ice on it.
If you are going to a basketball game, you wear blue. No other
Kramer is not racist
beer.
I'm blaming Mangino for our loss today.
They are called Uggs for a reason.
Jonathan Kealing editor
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Frank Tankard opinion editor
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Has anyone else noticed that Brandon Rush looks like J.R. Gid.
I don't even think KU has the best basketball team in Kansas
dens
eason
Why can't we just play basketball?
anymore
Rush: The NBA likes players who
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al families. Millions of families celebrate Thanksgiving, but each one has quirks and specialties to make the holiday exceptional for them. While I think it's good to share the intricacies of your culture (I also listened as my friend detailed her Guy Fawkes Night experiences and told of buying paper poppies on Armistice Day). I also don't think we really need a reason to do what we do.
Frank Tankard opinion editor
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al families. Millions of families celebrate Thanksgiving, but each one has quirks and specialties to make the holiday exceptional for them. While I think it's good to share the intricacies of your culture (I also listened as my friend detailed her Guy Fawkes Night experiences and told of buying paper poppies on Armistice Day). I also don't think we really need a reason to do what we do.
al families. Millions of families celebrate Thanksgiving, but each one has quirks and specialties to make the holiday exceptional for them. While I think it's good to share the intricacies of your culture (I also listened as my friend detailed her Guy Fawkes Night experiences and told of buying paper poppies on Armistice Day). I also don't think we really need a reason to do what we do.
Lindsey Shirac, sales manager
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Kelsey Hayes is a Lenaxa sophomore in journalism and political science. She is studying abroad this year in Reading, United Kingdom.
COMMENTARY
We don't have to defend our traditions, even if some of them defy logic. Not observing the historical events down to the barest detail does nothing to diminish the meaning and value of our holidays and traditions. We can slice up our turkey (which I sadly didn't get this year) and cheer on our sports teams, knowing that by doing so we're uniquely American, and that's good enough.
Holiday traditions don't need reasons to exist
"So, what exactly is Thanksgiving?"
It was Thursday night — Thanksgiving night — and rather than brave the dorm-prepared curry, one of my English friends and I ordered a pizza and relaxed in my room. I jokingly said that this was my Thanksgiving dinner for this year, which prompted the question — what is Thanksgiving?
I thought about how to answer.
Should I actually use historical anecdotes and bore her to death?
Should I use lotty rhetoric? I decided to be brutally honest.
She nodded, figuring that it was just one more "American" tradition. It still bothered me, though, that an American institution could be accurately, summed up like that. I'm not referring only to Thanksgiving, but to any number of national, educational or personal traditions. How long do we have to do something before we forget why we're doing it?
"Basically, we all get together with our families, eat way too much and then pass out from all the tryptophan in the turkey, in front of a (American) football game playing on television."
As I thought of those two examples, I wondered whether it was important to know the why of traditions. Is Thanksgiving somehow less meaningful if Americans don't know the actual history? I personally don't think so, if only because the real history is pretty depressing. Do thousands of screaming basketball fans wearing their usual anti-Mizzou garb really give a flip about Missouri-Kansas relations during the Civil War? I doubt it.
Our traditions are our own, and they are what make us unique, as a school, as a country and as individu-
When asked what it was about Missouri that made them our rivals.
My friend also inquired about the University of Kansas basketball schedule that I had tacked up, and asked me about various important games. I mentioned that Missouri was an especially important game because they are our principal rivals (I used the analogy of Chelsea FC and Manchester United so shed know the significance).
Most Americans, for example, know that Thanksgiving refers to the goodwill harvest festival shared between the Pilgrims and Wampanoags at Plymouth. What they might not know is that who Americans call "Pilgrims," the English called "scum of society." Add to that the rampant starvation, disease and hostilities in the new colony, and one wonders what they really had to be thankful for. Oh, right ... another day without succumbing to scurvy.
I actually reached back to the Civil War and told the ancestral story of "jayhawking." Lawrence's history as an abolitionist stronghold, Quantrill's raid on the city and Missouri as a pro-slavery "bushwhacker" state. All she was looking for during that speech was a good reason why Missouri was such a big rival. Honestly, apart from historical significance, I couldn't really think of one ... except that they've always been there.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2006
Shop local for special gifts
Shop
Original present options abound downtown with Lawrence’s array of unique stores
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
Photo by Jared Gab. KANSAN
Massachusetts Street provides
CHELSEA DONOHO
Wamego, freshman
"No more college.
Forever."
1. A boy is sitting on the floor in a room with a large window. He is wearing a green shirt and blue jeans. The room has a dark color scheme, with black walls and a wooden floor. There are two people standing nearby, both wearing white shirts and dark pants. They appear to be watching something outside the window. The sky is dark, suggesting it might be nighttime or early morning.
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
Students who are looking for unique gifts to give for Christmas this year should look no further than Massachusetts Street. Not only do downtown shops have one of a kind gifts, but they are merely blocks away from campus.
Those who prefer not to shop at chain stores like Wal-Mart, 3300 Iowa St., and Target, 3201 S. Mart. St., are especially drawn to what downtown has to offer.
"I like buying local, and Mass, has unique stores," said Maggie Ebeling, St. Louis junior.
Caillim Prentiss, Chicago junior said shopping in Lawrence was more convenient than driving to Oak Park Mall in Overland Park or shopping in Olathe.
For Jewelry, Alison Henning, Denver, Colo., sophomore, recommends Third Planet, 846 Massachusetts St.
"Its kind of hippivish and earthy and its pretty cheap, which is good."
she said. "That's where all of my friends get their body jewelry. For the most part I would rather have something cool and funky. Gifts from stores like these are more thoughtful because you can't get them from the mall. They're not universal."
On the subject of where students could buy for their parents, Henning suggests The Dusty Bookshelf, 708 Massachusetts St.
"It's a little bit more expensive, but they wrapped my parents' books when we went there," she said. "That was really nice."
Ted Kilgore, Ozawakie junior,
offered another option.
"If you are buying stuff for your parents or grandparents, I would go to the Antique Mall," he said. "You have to know who you're buying for, but I don't think their gifts are ones that young people might enjoy as much."
Kilgore also named Wild Territory,
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downtown store.
"I remember walking in there thinking I should get a gift for my biology teacher here. They have fossils and neat kits that would be great for a younger sibling in the 12-year-old range," Kilgore said.
Ebeling and Prentiss could only think of one downside to buying on Massachusetts Street: There are a lot more shops for women downtown than there are for men, they said.
But Ebeling did add that she bought basketball shorts for her brother and boyfriend at Sports Dome, 1000 Massachusetts St., last year.
The aforementioned stores are just some of many downtown locations where students can buy nontraditional gifts. No matter who students are shopping for this season they have no excuse to buy run-of-the-mill gifts.
Kansan correspondent Francesca Chambers can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.
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BY DYLAN SCHOONOVER
This holiday season you might be surprised to find a growing number of college students cutting down Christmas trees alongside the families with young children. People in their-20s are helping revive what was once a dying industry, according to the National Christmas Tree Association, or NCTA.
Rick Dungey, NCTA director of media relations, said younger buyers had resurrected the cut your own Christmas tree industry during the past three years.
"We have learned that students enjoy that sense of tradition and they make it a priority to get a real tree," Dungey said. "Baby-boomers think the fake tree is economical and that mind frame hurts the real tree business."
Studies by the NCTA show that Dungze shouldn't worry; last year alone 32.8 million real trees were sold, compared to 9.3 million fake trees. The study reported this year's real Christmas tree sales would exceed 1.37 billion. This is a welcome increase since 2002, when only 22.2 million trees were sold. These
numbers are promising for local businesses, such as Strawberry Hill Christmas Tree Farm, 794 Highway 40.
"You can always tell it's their first time, sometimes students are just as excited as the youngsters coming in with their parents." Walther said. "Some college kids visiting us probably didn't have a real Christmas tree as a kid, so they are extra eager to experience the real thing."
Each year Strawberry Hill plants nearly 1,000 trees to replace the 700 to 800 it sells each year. Eric Walther has owned the Christmas tree farm since 1978 and said he had seen a rise in college-aged customers during the past five years.
Strawberry Hill is one of two tree farms in the area that offer a hands-on holiday experience. The NCTA said 88 percent of real trees were pre-cut and sent to stores across the nation.
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Dungey said the 'baby boomer' generation was content with a fake tree or a pre-cut real tree, but that students enjoyed the amenities that farms offered, such as hot apple cider and cookies.
Dane Hanson, Overland Park
"I love the experience of cutting down my own tree," Hanson said. "Each year I hope for snow to be falling, but lately it seems like Kansas hasn't been too good for much of that."
graduate student, said there was nothing better than cutting a tree each year.
Whether it will snow remains to be seen, but the market for real trees near Lawrence has been proven through the years. Walther's wife, Lyn, said the Lawrence community had left lasting impressions. She remembers the child who picked out the ugliest tree in the lot because she felt bad for it and the college students who hauled off a large tree in a tiny hatchback car.
"I feel like I've seen it all. That's why we never pick out a tree for someone," Lyn said. "If we can provide people with a tree that makes their Christmas a little better, then that's all you can ask for."
Kansan correspondent Dylan Schoonover can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.
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Good teams bounce back from tough losses, have bench players step up when called upon and force teams to beat you by playing tough defense.
All three of these were characteristics that factored into Kansas' 72-62 victory against USC Monday.
Kansas looked to be feeling the after effects of its loss to DePaul early in the game. After the Jayhawks first three possessions, they had two turnovers and no points to show for it.
A three-pointer by sophomore guard Mario Chalmers at the 18-minute mark ignited a half that saw three ties and seven lead changes. The teams were so close in the first half that neither team's lead reached double digits.
Junior forward Darnell Jackson got extra minutes in the first half after freshman forward Darrell Arthur got two quick fouls. Jackson gave the Jayhawks momentum heading into halftime and was also Kansas'
inside presence with a team-high nine rebounds.
"He did great," Self said of Jackson. "Darnell was terrific tonight. We zone out way too much, but he was focused and in the game."
Southern California center Abdoulayne Ndiaye got into foul trouble himself in the first half, allowing Jackson to take over the paint.
Of Kansas' last seven points of the first half, Jackson had six and the Jayhawks went into intermission with a 37-33 lead. Jackson also had a team-best six rebounds before the half.
For the game, Kansas' bench was able to outscore Southern California's, 23-3.
The intensity only increased in the second half.
Just more than three minutes into the second half, Kansas junior guard Russell Robinson accidentally poked Southern California guard Lodrick Stewart in the eye.
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BY DREW DAVISON
One of the Stewart twins had to lose.
Kansas defeated Southern Cal, but USC guard Lodrick Stewart was the more impressive of the two. He led the Troonars with 23 points, including 5-for-8 from three-point land, as they tell to the lajayhows by ten. Twin brother, KU guard Rodrick, only saw three minutes of action in the first half and did not play in the second.
When coach Bill Self took Rodrick out of the game, Lodrick shouted to his brother.
"I was talking to my brother to just keep his head," Lodrick said. "It's hard to not see him playing."
Rodrick said he didn't look back, but he heard his brother.
"He got mad when I was walking toward the bench," Rodrick said. "He was like, 'Man, they're taking you out already?'"
The Stewart twins do a lot of talking. Lodrick said he called Rodrick about three times a day. They even
talked an hour and a half before Monday night's tip.
"Nobody knows what it's like having the experience of having a twin," Lodrick said. "It's the best thing."
Lodrick was the best shooter for USC last night until KU guard Russell Robinson poked him in his right eye. At the 16:56 mark in the second half, Lodrick, who had 17 points at the time, fell to the floor holding his eye. He would return to the game 90 seconds later, but scored just six points the rest of the game.
"It was real blurry," Lodrick said. "I didn't want to shoot, I had terrible shots."
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Darnell Jackson,junior forward,sinks a shot in the second half of last night's game against USC in Allen Fieldhouse. Jackson scored 11 points during the Javhawks' 76-62 win over the Trojans.
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No one should feel sorry for the Kansas football team. By finishing at 6-6 with the easiest schedule the Jayhawks will ever get, they did not deserve a postseason bowl bid. Football is a team game and everyone must accept part of the blame, except for one notable standout: senior running back Ion Cornish.
If anyone in the country deserves to play another college football game, it's Cornish. He carried the Jayhawks offense on his back, that is, when the coaching staff allowed him to. Cornish had arguably the greatest single-season campaign of any running back in KU history. He broke the record for most yards in one season with 1.457, beating out KU rushing legends such as Gale Sayers, Nolan Cromwell, Tony Sands and June Henley. The most amazing thing is that he accomplished this with only 21 carries per game, making his yards-per-carry average nearly six.
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That's incredible.
So why didn't he carry the ball more often? And why didn't Kansas look to him more during the fourth quarter when it surrendered the lead in five of its six losses?
Most recently against Missouri, Cornish touched the ball once in the fourth quarter, catching a pass for six yards. He finished the game with 130 yards on 15 carries, which nearly equates to a first down every play. Kansas should hire someone from the math department to explain why a hand-off to Cornish
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Katie Maloney, Overland Park junior, left, and Jaci Rooney, Kansas City, Mo., senior, talk to their team during halftime Saturday at the East Lawrence Recreation Center, 1245 E. 5th St. Maloney and Rooney coach the team as a fun way to do community service for their sorority.
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It's a crisp Saturday afternoon and Katie Maloney is inside a small gym, crowded by a group of rambunctious seven- and eight-year-olds.
Between shouts of "Get in front!" and "Slow down!" she rushes back and forth to the bathroom for tissues and Band-Aids before she's back on the court to cheer for a better lavup.
The Overland Park junior will spend her holiday season volunteering as a coach in the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Winter Youth Basketball League, which began the first weekend of November. Maloney coaches a second-grade boys' basketball team with her friend, Jaci Rooney, Kansas City, Mo., senior.
Maloney and Rooney are just two of the students at the University who have chosen runny noses and sideline pointers before books and beer a few days out of the week. Both are part of a small group of students spending their time as coaches, mentors, friends and sometimes disciplinarians in sports leagues across Lawrence.
Lce lee, youth sports supervisor for Lawrence Parks and Recreation, said 90 teams were playing in the winter basketball league this year; student volunteers from the University coach 10 of those teams. Ice said he liked to recruit a small amount of KU students every year through Greek chapters and recreation services.
"One of the big benefits to using students is that you don't have the favoritism that might normally exist with a parent that volunteers to coach their child's team," Ice said. "Sometimes students' knowledge of
the game is better because they just aren't doing it as a parent because no one else will coach. Sometimes the kids relate better to the college students."
Maloney said she got involved with volunteer coaching this season for that very reason.
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Everybody has two at home and two on the road. The Jets seem to have a big advantage with four opponents whose collective record is 17-31. After facing three straight 5-7 teams (Buffalo, Minnesota, Miami) Chiefs coach Herm Edwards' former team finishes at home against the 2-10 Oakland Raiders. Jacksonville's road looks toughest.
Of course, that could totally change in the next week. Before their fourth-quarter collapse on Sunday in Cleveland, when they let the next-to-worst offense in the NFL score twice in the final 9 minutes for a 31-28 overtime win, the Chiefs were on the verge of taking the lead in the AFC wild-card chase.
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After finishing the fall season with the second-most victories in Kansas baseball history, the Jayhawks look to repeat their 2006 success during the 2007 season.
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The layhawks must get used to being a young team if they want to repeat their 2006 success.
The team collected the second-most victories in Kansas history last year, but only two current seniors, outfielder Kyle Murphy and catcher Dylan Parzyk, saw any significant playing time. Kansas knows it will look to younger players for leadership.
"You look at our team, and we had an unbelievable senior class that we lost this year," Junior outfielder Brock Simpson said.
But the tone of the team isn't fearful.
"I know were going to be OK," sophomore pitcher Nick Czavy said.
Juniors John Allman and Erik Morrison stand out as the offensive power men from last season. Allman, an All-Big 12 second team left fielder, hit .333 and will return for his junior season with the most doubles — 16 — of any returning starter.
Morrison struggled at third base with 24 errors, but he redeemed those mishaps at bat. Morrison, second team for the Academic All-Big 12, led the lajways with 14 home runs.
"They had great falls and should be the backbone of our squad," Simpson said.
But Allman and Morrison are not the only choices for the upcoming season's offensive leaders.
Simpson, junior outfielder, showed his substantial worth last season when long-time leadoff hitter Matt Baty went down. Simpson took Baty's role in most of his 53 starts, but said he focused primarily on defensive improvement this fall.
"I became more of a complete player," Simpson said.
Sophomore first baseman Preston Land tagged nine home runs as a freshman and came close to matching Morrison's 14 home runs.
Junior Ryne Price knocked nine out as well, even with drastically
fewer at bats. A wrist injury held the second baseman to just 26 starts.
Price's health will be a huge factor in the Jayawks' success this season. Jared Schweitzer filled in for Price, but he will not be available again this year.
"We're not going to have as much depth as last year." Simpson said. "But from day one to day 15 of fall ball there was a huge improvement in our young guys. They've improved enough that if someone goes down they can step right in."
It's the loss of the entire weekend pitching staff that will hit the lajahawks the hardest. But not all is lost. In fact, much was gained. Coach Ritch Price said he was impressed with the work of Texas Christian
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"The great thing about the newcomers is that they realize what it takes to be successful." Simpson said.
Nick Czryz was never a weekend starter last season, but he was the winning pitcher against Nebraska in the big 12 Championship game.
"Right after the Big 12 Championship game I went up to Coach Price and thanked him for letting me start that game." Czyz said. "It meant a lot to me."
so important. The strength and conditioning coaches make winter workouts for the team while the players find other ways to get themselves in gameday form. Czxy plans to throw to his high school catcher during winter break.
Kansas opens its season Feb. 1 at Hawaii-Hilo.
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"The Mitzoul loss was tough for us. We try to judge our season based on us. We try to game because our schedules are so similar, and we came really close to beating them this year," said Cameron McCulley, Overland Park sophomore.
The squad is looking forward to the spring, when it will play host to the Big 12 Shootout, an invitational to be held in Kansas City. Heathcoat said the team would play three games against high-quality competition.
Heathcoat said he expected the squad to have an opportunity to qualifying for nationals this year. The tournament will be held from May 12 to 13 in Dallas. To win their conference and to guarantee a nationals bid the Jawhacks must win the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference Tournament from May 5 to 6 in St. Louis.
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New players alter men's lacrosse team
Among the players Heathcoat singled out as standouts this season are Brent Sear, Kansas City, Mo. freshman and Jarred Kolar, Libertyville, Ill., junior, who have paced the team on offense. Heathcoat also cited Matt Elder, Olathe senior and Kansan staff writer, for outstanding defensive play in front of goalie Rich Davis, St. Louis senior.
The fall season is a precursor to the full spring season. Some of the matches this fall included victories in the team's annual alumni game and against Bait Shop, a Kansas City club team. Losses include a 4-6 defeat at Washington University in St. Louis and a 6-7 overtime loss at Missouri.
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The University of Kansas men's lacrosse club is finally starting to find its identity after adding several new players to the squad.
The team experienced an influx of talent this fall. Half of the team's players are freshmen, and Heathcoat said it had taken time for the team to iell.
The Jayhawks closed out the fall exhibition season by winning the Donnie Tillar Lacrosse Classic from Nov. 4 to 5 in Manhattan. The club defeated Oklahoma 7-6 and Kansas State 14-7 in round robin play before beating Harding University 7-4 in the championship match.
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Kansas 72
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December 4, 2006
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"We didn't really have anything going for us on offense, so we just tried to fight for our defense... It was like a dogfight."
Mario Chalmers
me, it's about winning the game. The shots are going to come_whoever's hot that night, it just seems like we try to feed the hot hand"
"We are going to be a better shooting team, but its good to win games when you shoot 38 percent. It means you're doing some other things good."
— Mario Chalmers
Bill Self
"I was trying to get out of a shooting slump, so my plan was to be aggressive and put up shots." Brandon Rush
Brandon Rus
"Last year, you've got three seniors that, regardless of their performance, they played every day. This year, our freshmen have to play early. We are not as deep this year as we were to start the season.. We know who we want to play, but we've got a lot of young guys."
"He didn't back out of shots. He got up 14 looks when they were face- guarding him. Every time he's open, he should shoot it. We're not going to have a great team unless he's a good shooter."
- Self on Brandon Rush
"I was trying to hold in laughing the whole game. All growing up we always played against other people, and to play against him was weird."
"We gave ourselves plenty of chances to rebound the ball offensively."
Self
Rodrick Stewart on Lodrick Stewart
"I should have played him more. But I thought Lod played great, and I thought Rod played good when he was in there."
"It's not about the shots to
— Self
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Stewart rolled on the floor for a while before having to leave the game, temporarily.
Regardless of how many good eyes Stewart had, the brother of Kansas junior guard Rodrick Stewart was on fire. He nearly single-handedly kept the Trojans in the game, scoring a game-high 23 points, sinking five three-pointers.
Still, Kansas played inspired defense. Southern California turned the ball over 25 times while Kansas earned 15 steals and nine blocks, resulting in 26 points for the Jayhawks off turnovers.
"Once you get your defense going, your offense is going to come." Chalmers said.
The Jayhawks countered by drawing fouls inside and getting *n*diaye and forward RouSean Cromwell - Southern California's two tallest players - to foul out.
With the Trojans inside presence gone, the Jayhawks were able to keep their opponent at bay.
Twenty-two of Kansas' 39 rebounds in the game came after halftime, along with 11 of its 20 offensive rebounds. Southern California compiled just 30 total rebounds and eight offensive rebounds.
"We gave ourselves plenty of opportunities to rebound the ball offensively, because we didn't make any shots," Self joked.
Kansas never trailed in the second half, but its lead never reached double digits until there were 21 seconds left to play. Although Kansas had to scrape for the victory, Self considered that a good thing.
After Ndiaye fouled out with 8:30 to go in the game, Kansas ripped down 12 team rebounds, blocked two shots and scored six of its final 15 points in the paint.
After scoring just three points his last game, Brandon Rush led Kansas with 10 points in the first half. However, he added just three in the second half, making just one of nine attempts.
"You need to win games and you always want to look pretty, but we need to get some confidence by winning games where we have to grind it out, too, so this was a good game for us," Self said.
Game notes:
Chalmers and Rush led the team in scoring with 13 apiece. Jackson and freshman guard Sherron Collins added 11 points apiece. Junior forward Julian Wright was the final jayhawk to reach double digits with 10 points.
Kanssportswriter Shawn Shroyer can be contacted at sshroyer@ kansan.com.
Edited by Nicole Kelley
Fouls plague Kansas offense
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
The USC coach took his sport coat and flung it at one of his assistants. He then proceeded to yell at whichever official he could get to acknowledge him.
It took one minute and 22 seconds before Tim Floyd had seen enough.
In a physical game from start to finish, the layhawks stayed out of foul trouble just long enough to claim a 72-62 victory against USC Monday.
Floyd wasn't the only person lobbying for a cause. Kansas coach Bill Self took his turn, in addition to the assistant coaches on both sides, the players and the 16,300 fans who decided they had a good enough view to make a call.
"Foul trouble really limited us from taking over the game all the way," sophomore guard Brandon Rush said. "They were getting easy points from the free-throw line."
In the second half, it took Kansas just four minutes and 34 seconds to foul USC seven times, sending them to the free-throw line on each subsequent foul.
He added that of the first seven fouls of the second half, four were strong defensive fouls and three were the players "not using their heads."
Indeed, the whole Allen Fieldhouse crowd seemed to be on edge for most of the game, reacting emotionally to every call both ways. Perhaps none drew as much irase when Floyd tripped up Jayhawk freshman guard Sherron Collins eight minutes into the game.
"Every time we were going down on their end in the first half their coach was yelling in my ear, so I just kind of laughed at him," sophomore guard Mario Chalmers said. "It wasn't really anything."
"He just accidentally bumped into him." Self said. "I thought the officials did a really good job of handling that right."
USC had two players foul out - RouSean Cromwell and Abdoulaye Ndiaye - while the Jayhawkes were able to spread around their infractions.
Darrell Arthur was the only Kansas player to reach four, which resulted in more playing time for Sasha Kaun.
"I had a feeling they would call it close in the second half, and we told our guys that at halftime." Self said.
In the end, both teams combined for 41 fouls, and likely just as many bruises tomorrow morning for the players involved.
Regardless of the lopsided foul margin, Floyd kept at the officials throughout the game.
Self said it came with the territory when you play for a team that emphasizes defense like the Jayhawks do.
"If you pressure, you're going to foul some," he said.
Kansan sports editor Michael Phillips can be reached at mphillips@kansan.com.
Edited by Dianne Smith
No.12 Kansas 72, USC62
Kansas 37 35 — 72
USC 33 29 — 62
KANSAS—
KANSAS —
Arthur 3-4 2-3-8
Wright 4-11 2-2-10
Robinson 1-5-3-45
Chalmers 4-8-4-13
Rush 3-14 5-6-13
Collins 5-13 0-0 11
Stewart 1-0 0-0 0
Kaun 0-2 1-2 1
Jackson 4-5 3-6 11
Totals 24-63 20-27 72
USC —
Kansas 7-2, USC 5-2
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Sophomore guard, Brandon Rush, is fouled by University of Southern California, freshman guard, Kevin Galloway during the first half of Monday's game in Allen Fieldhouse. Rush scored 13 points and grabbed five rebounds leading the Jayhawks to victory against the Troians. 72-62.
USC
Young 3-13 2-2 8
Gibson 5-8 5-6 15
N'Diaye 1-1 2-1 4
Stewart 9-15 0-0 23
Hackett 1-3 7-8 9
Galloway 0-0 0-0 0
Lewis 1-4 1-2 3
Cromwell 0-2 0-0 0
Totals 20 4 17 20 62.
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Julian Wright, sophomore forward, fades away while taking a shot in front of University of Southern CA Jiahayhs beat the Trojans, 72-62.
When Brandon Rush nailed a three-point field goal with 5:53 left in the half, it appeared the l Jayhawks were on the verge of a run leading 24-17.
But, Lodrick answered with a three-pointer of his own on the ensuing possession to pull USC within four. He then hit a two-point shot on the Trojans' next possession to cut the deficit to two.
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Lodrick had a game-high 12 points in the first half on 5-for-8 shooting, keeping the game within reach for the Trojans as they trailed 37-33 at half.
Lodrick hit several clutch shots that kept the game close.
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"He is a veteran who can shoot and we expect him to come in and do that on the road," Floud said.
STEWART (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Trailing by seven late in the second half. Loddr drilled another to pull the team within five. It was too late. The layhawks took the game 72-62.
Bull Stewart, the twins' dad, was wearing a shirt with both the Jayhawk and Trojan logos. Lodrick said his dad was supporting him during his last season as a collegiate basketball player.
Rodrick still has one more year of eligibility because he transferred from USC and had to sit out for a year.
Kansan sportswriter Drew Davison can be contacted at ddavison@kansan.com.
Edited by Aly Barland
from press row.
STAT OF THE GAME...
Two. Number of three-pointers made by Brandon Rush. The first one was big he connected with 5:57 to play in the first half. Rush had been struggling from the field, and he let out a sigh of relief and gave a fist-pump when he broke his slump. With the mental block removed, Rush then proceeded to connect on another long ball one minute later. He finished the night with a respectable 13 points, and by throwing down a dunk in the final minutes was able to put some distance between himself and a disappointing showing against DePaul.
GAME TO REMEMBER...
Sherron Collins had his first big game against a big opponent. Collins previously put up 19 against Tennessee State, but his 11 against USC was much more impressive. He even showed some quick thinking by throwing the ball off a USC defender while falling out of bounds in the second half. Hes not ready for the starting lineup, but coach Bill Self loves being able to get that kind of production off the bench.
GAME TO FORGET...
GAME TO FORGET...
Sasha Kaun has been a regular in this spot recently, and we're still
not convinced he's fully healed from his knee injury. After the injury, Self said it would take three to six weeks to heal. He returned to the court in three, but it may take three more before we get old Sasha back.
IT WAS OVER WHEN...
for putting away the Trojans
IT WAS OVER WHEN...
Coming out of the four-minute timeout, Russell Robinson juked out his defender to create an open shot. His play was interrupted by Darelli Arthur, who was shoved into Robinson by a USC defender. Arthur got the free throw, which gave the Jayhawks an eight-point lead, but Robinson gets the kudos
Michael Phillips
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Lodrick Stewart, senior guard for the University of Southern California, attempts to steal the ball from junior guard, Russell Robinson during the game Monday's game in Allen Fieldhouse. Stewart is the brother to Rodrick Stewart, junior guard for the Jawhays. Kansas made the Trojans turn over the ball 14 times, scoring 17 points from the University of Southern California's mistakes.
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Twins Rodrick and Lodrick Stewart talk with one another after last night's game. Lodrick scored a game-high 23 points against the Jayhawks.
Mario Chalmers, sophomore guard, jumps for a shot over USC's RouSean Cromwell who fouled Chalmers on the play. Chalmers sunk all four of his freethrow attempts and scored a total of 13 points in the game.
Mario Chalmers, sophomore guard, covers USCs' Daniel Hackett, Chalmers' defensive play tied a career-high six steals and also included two blocks.
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Jaci Rooney, Kansas City, Mo., senior, instructs a player where to go on the court during Saturday's youth basketball game. Rooney and Katie Maloney, Overland Park playground, couple a half of hours on Wednesday with practice and then a couple of hours on Saturdays for the games.
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She wanted to develop positive relationships with young people and see the effects firsthand of her volunteerism in Lawrence.
"I was sick of doing community service where I didn't feel like I was affecting anyone," Maloney said. "This was a better way to affect individuals. My favorite parts are during games when one of the kids
makes an awesome play or a basket, just seeing them do that is awesome."
There's a nationwide push to get more young adults involved in positive relationships with children as Maloney has.
Maloney and Rooney aren't the only ones developing beneficial relationships. Peter Simonsen, Overland Park senior, and Sarah Whisler, Hutchinson sophomore, are coaches for the Lawrence Aquahawks swim league. Their volunteerism has given them many chances to spend one-
"They're just really fun and they're nice to me."
"I was sick of doing community service where I didn't feel like I was affecting anyone."
Organizations like the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation and Teach for America are all promoting the influence of young, college educated people in the lives of children. A 2005 report from MENTOR, a network of state and local mentoring partnerships, showed a 19 percent increase in formal mentoring relationships since 2002. Quinton Hamm, a pint-sized seven-year-old on Maloney and Rooney's team, said their patient guidance had definitely made a difference for him. Hamm said he looked forward to games and practices with his coaches.
KATIE MALONEY Overland Park junior
"They're cool," Hamm said
on-one time helping children to perfect their athleticism and sportsmanship.
Both got involved in the program after swimming in high school and, though they are paid for some of their work,
Parks and Recreation also uses student volunteer coaches for indoor soccer teams during the late winter months and softball and baseball teams during the summer. Ice said he had a difficult time recruiting as many students for the spring and summer programs because many students headed home or vacationed during that time.
One challenge Maloney said she had to overcome was learning to handle overzealous referees and parents.
All of the student coaches said they didn't have any plans to stop coaching anytime soon. Ice said he hoped to continue to recruit more KU students to the coaching program, not just through the holiday season.
both spend countless hours provuing support to young swimmers each week.
"It's kind of hard dealing with parents sometimes," Maloney said. "Most of the time parents coach instead of a younger person so it is a challenge to have someone younger coaching."
"I think it is something kind of unique," Simonsen said. "It gives me a chance to be a leader besides doing some other meaningless job. I really like it. It is kind of nice to be around kids when you are a college student and you are around college people all the time."
Once Whisler shuts her books she goes to the pool to take on the role of teacher. She said at times it was hard to juggle both of her personas.
"It has gotten in the way of some homework, especially when I've had
to go to swim meets early in the morning on the weekends."
The winter youth basketball league ends Dec. 16. More information and volunteer coaching applications can be found at www.lprd.org.
Kansan staff writer Courtney Hagen can be contacted at chagen@ kansan.com.
Edited by Nicole Kelley
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Katie Maloney, Overland Park junior, talks to members of the team she coaches Saturday at the East Lawrence Recreation Center, 1245 E. 15th St. Maloney has been coaching this team for two months and said it was fun to be involved and to help out. She coaches to earn community service hours for her sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta.
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For the first time since Jan. 5, 1982, Wichita State is ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 basketball poll. Wichita State defeated Syracuse 64-61 on Saturday.
Wichita State makes Top 25
Ten losses cause rearrangement of top AP teams BY JIM O'CONNELLI ASSOCIATED PRESS
UCLA and Pittsburgh held onto Nos. 1 and 2 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll released Monday. The following three spots, however, were reshuffled by upsets.
Ohio State, Florida and Kansas tumbled from their respective 3-4-5 slots following losses last week, while Oklahoma State and Xavier made their season debits in the Top 25. North Carolina took over No. 3. Alabama moved into fourth and the Buckeyes slid to fifth.
Nine ranked teams lost a total of 10 games this week. In the previous week,10 members of the Top25 lost at least one game.
Wichita State, which won 64-61 at Syracuse on Saturday, made it into the Top Ten, something that hasn't happened since Jan. 5, 1982, when the Shockers were No. 9.
The Bruins (6-0) staved on top for a second straight week, receiving 55 first-place votes and 1,781 points from the 72-member national media panel. UCLA celebrated its first No. 1 ranking since 1995 with victories over Long Beach State and UC Riverside.
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Texas A&M moved up three places to sixth.
Kansas, which knocked Florida out of the No. 1 spot two weeks ago, fell from fifth to 12th following a 64-57 loss at DePaul.
Florida, which lost 70-66 to Florida State on Sunday, dropped from fourth into a tie for seventh with Duke.
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Oklahoma State (9-0) moved in at No. 22, its first ranking since the final poll of 2004-05. The Cowboys' biggest wins were on the road against Auburn and Missouri State.
Xavier (6-1) came in at No. 24, the first time the Musketeers appeared in the poll since the close of the 2002-03 season. Their lone loss was to Alabama in the championship game of Paradise Jam and that followed their biggest win, against Villanova in the semifinals.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA. Fla. — St. Louis Cardinals general manager Walt Jocketty looked at the price of pitching on the free-agent market and decided to throw his money at a guy he already had.
The deal also includes a club option for 2012 that would bring the total value to $77 million.
The Cardinals announced a five-year deal with 2005 NL Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter on Monday, looking him up through the 2011 season for about $65 million.
"It was important for us to show what we think of him," jockeyty said on the first day of baseball's winter meetings.
Carpenter was 15-8 with a 3.09 ERA last season, finishing third in Cy Young balloting and helping the Cardinals win their first World Series title in 24 years.
Carpenter was 3-1 with a 2.78 ERA in five postseason starts, including the clincher in the division series against the Padres and eight shutout innings in Game 3 of the World Series against the Tigers.
St. Louis has made the playoffs in each of his three years there, reaching the World Series twice.
"This is a place you're going to have an opportunity to win every year." Carpenter said during a conference call with reporters stationed at the meetings outside of Orlando. "Winning the World Series is the best feeling I've ever
had playing sports. I'd love to do it again."
Carpenter had been signed for $7 million in 2007 with a $9 million option for '08. But with pitchers such as Adam Eaton getting more than $8 million per year from the Phillies, Carpenter might have made more if he pitched out his contract and hit the free-agent market.
"I don't know how much is enough," he said "I'm comfortable here, my family's comfortable here, and we have an opportunity to win here."
Carpenter led the NL with a 1.81 ERA at home last season, and was
Young Award, Chris has been the leader of our pitching staff and we are pleased that he will continue in that role for the next five seasons."
tied for the league lead with three shutouts overall.
His 36 victories the last two seasons are tied for first in the major leagues with Ion Garland of the Chicago White Sox.
The Cardinals signed Carpenter as a free agent in 2003 even though he was recovering from shoulder surgery, and he missed that entire season.
"It's an honor. It's nice to know they believe in me this much to keep me around for five more years. Any security is good security, no matter how long it is."
In three years with St. Louis he is 51-18 with a 3.10 ERA in 93 starts and the Cardinals are 65-27, a winning percentage of .707, during that span.
"Chris is one of the elite pitchers in all of baseball," Cardinals chairman William O. DeWitt said.
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Suppan, the MVP of the NL championship series, was originally signed for two years and $6 million.
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| NO. | TOWNS | SECONDS | F15 | FV |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. | UCLA (55) | 6-0 | 1,781 | 1 |
| 2. | Pittsburgh (15) | 8-0 | 1,713 | 2 |
| 3. | UNC (2) | 6-1 | 1,619 | 7 |
| 4. | Alabama | 7-0 | 1,550 | 6 |
| 5. | Ohio St. | 7-1 | 1,510 | 3 |
| **6. Texas A&M** | | 7-0 | 1,385 | 9 |
| 7. Duke | | 7-1 | 1,181 | 11 |
| (tie) Florida | | 7-2 | 1,168 | 4 |
| 9. LSU | | 4-1 | 1,099 | 10 |
| 10. Wichita St. | | 6-0 | 1,016 | 17 |
| 11. Wisconsin | | 7-2 | 996 | 12 |
| **12. Kansas** | | 7-1 | 947 | 5 |
| 13. Washington | | 6-0 | 908 | 13 |
| 14. Arizona | | 5-1 | 850 | 16 |
| 15. Butler | | 9-0 | 817 | 19 |
| 16. Memphis | | 5-1 | 816 | 14 |
| 17. Marquette | | 8-1 | 731 | 8 |
| 18. Gonzaga | | 8-1 | 703 | 22 |
| 19. Connecticut | | 7-0 | 694 | 20 |
| 20. Nevada | | 7-0 | 461 | 24 |
| 21. Syracuse | | 7-1 | 374 | 15 |
| **22. Oklahoma St.** | | 9-0 | 157 | – |
| 23. Maryland | | 8-1 | 135 | 23 |
| 24. Xavier | | 6-1 | 123 | – |
| 25. Georgia Tech | | 6-2 | 120 | 21 |
Others receiving votes: Oregon 107, Georgetown 60, Missouri 54, Missouri St. 50, Virginia 50, Air Force 40, Clemson 33, Illinois 30, Florida St. 18, Creighton 15, Notre Dame 11, Michigan St. 10, Villanova 9, Tennessee 8, Texas 8, W Kentucky 8, Arkansas 7, Danfee 4, Purdue 5, Fresno St. 4, Kentucky 4, Oklahoma 4, San Diego St. 4, Dayton 3, Illinois 2, Michigan 2, N Iowa 2, Boston College 1, George Washington 1, West Virginia 1
AP TOP 25 Terrapins hold lead
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote.
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | PV |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Maryland (46) | 9-0 | 1,246 | 1 | 1 |
| 2. UNC (1) | 8-0 | 1,190 | 2 | 1 |
| **3. Oklahoma (3)** | **6-0** | **1,163** | 3 | 1 |
| 4. Duke | 6-0 | 1,057 | 3 | 1 |
| 5. Ohio St. | 7-0 | 1,013 | 4 | 1 |
| 6. Tennessee | 7-1 | 1,012 | 6 | 1 |
| 7. Connecticut | 4-0 | 986 | 7 | 1 |
| 8. Georgia | 7-0 | 921 | 8 | 1 |
| 9. LSU | 4-1 | 775 | 11 | 1 |
| 10. Purdue | 7-1 | 754 | 9 | 1 |
| 11. Vanderbilt | 8-0 | 731 | 12 | 1 |
| 12. Baylor | 8-1 | 692 | 13 | 1 |
| 13. Arizona St. | 7-1 | 682 | 14 | 1 |
| 14. Stanford | 4-3 | 544 | 15 | 1 |
| **15. Texas A&M** | **6-1** | **507** | **10** | 1 |
| 16. California | 6-1 | 468 | 16 | 1 |
| 17. Louisville | 8-0 | 417 | 19 | 1 |
| 18. DePaul | 5-1 | 396 | 17 | 1 |
| 19. Rutgers | 2-1 | 345 | 18 | 1 |
| 20. Michigan St. | 6-1 | 307 | 20 | 1 |
| 21. George Wash. | 7-1 | 306 | 21 | 1 |
| **22. Texas** | **6-1** | **207** | **22** | 1 |
| 23. New Mexico | 5-2 | 70 | 1 | 1 |
| 24. Marquette | 7-1 | 55 | - | 1 |
| 25. Nebraska | 7-1 | 51 | - | 1 |
Others receiving votes: Arkansas 40, Florida St. 40, Pittsburgh 40, Kentucky 29, indiana 72, Browning Green 21, Hofstra 17, Oklahoma St. 17, BYU 16, W Kentucky 16, Iowa St. 15, UCLA 15, South Florida 14, Delaware 11, Boston College 10, Wisconsin 7, Texas Tech 6, Virginia 3, Massachusetts 2, Miami 2, Missouri 2, N.C. State 2, Oregon 1, Rice 1, Southern Cal 1
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Tight end pleads not guilty to charges from bar fight
Byrd was charged with second- and third-degree assault and armed criminal action. His bond was set at $25,000, said chief warrant officer Jeannette Graviss with the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office.
ST.LOUIS — St. Louis Rams rookie tight end Dominique Byrd was charged Monday with allegedly hitting a bar patron in the face with a drinking glass.
Coach Scott Linehan said he
discussed the matter with Byrd, a third-round pick who has played in three games and has no receptions, before a team meeting on Monday. He said Byrd's status on the team is unchanged and that he expected him at practice on Wednesday.
"it's a legal matter right now and we can't comment on a legal matter until it's resolved." Linehan said.
A 30-year-old man was treated for cuts to the face after allegedly being struck by Byrd, police spokeswoman Schron Jackson said.
Byrd was cut on his right hand but declined treatment, she said.
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The Ignite coalition has named its two main candidates for the Spring 2007 campaign season.
Adam Hurly, Sioux Falls, S.D., sophomore, will be the coalition's candidate for student body president and Austin Kelly, Lawrence junior, will be his running mate for student body vice president.
Hurly was a senator during his freshman year and currently serves as Student Senate executive secretary.
Hurly said previously working on Senate allowed him to learn the dynamics of the group.
"I'm able to see the direction Senate is going and the direction I want to take it." Hurly said.
Kelly had previously served as the finance committee associate senator and is currently the student body assistant treasurer.
Kelly said his previous Senate service would be a valuable asset if he was elected vice president because he already deals with many of the student groups important to campus. He said the vice president would be responsible for maintaining these relationships as well as building new ones with student groups.
"Senate helps students and student groups," Kelly said "That's what Senate is about."
Hurly and Kelly have yet to hammer out a solid campaign platform for the spring, but are instead waiting to hear input from students and student groups to learn what issues are important to them.
Despite this, Hurly and Kelly said they have a few ideas about things they would like to change about Senate: make it more public on campus and increase awareness on the resources Senate has to offer students.
"We want to have accessibility to Senate, accountability and transparency," Kelly said.
Kansan staff writer Nate McGinnis can be contacted at nmcginnis@kansan.com.
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>> CRIME
BY DAVID LINHARDT
A 24-year-old KU student was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident that killed another KU student, according to jail records Tuesday.
Joshua L. Walton was allegedly driving the Toyota Camry that struck and killed Ryan Kanost, Manhattan
senior, as he crossed the street Sept.
23 at 13th and Kentucky streets.
The charges against Walton noted he was driving while intoxicated. He was briefly booked at the Douglas County jail on Monday and released on $25,000 bond later the same afternoon. Lawrence Police finished the investigation more than a month ago and Douglas County district attorney Charles Branson had been reviewing the case and weighing charges against Walton.
Branson was in court all day and unable to comment, his office said.
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Kanost
turned himself in to Lawrence police the day after the accident but was not
Walton had
arrested or charged at the time.
Kanost was walking with friends that night from one party to another when the vehicle struck him. Kanost was pronounced dead at the scene.
A Lawrence Police accident report stated the vehicle was driven in a "reckless and careless" manner and that it did not swerve or try to avoid Kanost. After the accident the vehicle continued traveling northbound on
Kentucky street.
Kanost was crossing the street at a crosswalk and had the legal right-of way, according to the report.
Kansan staff writer David Linhardt can be contacted at dlinhardt@ kansan.com.
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THE GIFT OF TIME
Laney Allbritten, Cunningham senior, ties a ribbon onto a display Friday at the Ribbons of Life display and vigil at South Park. The ribbs carried messages from those affected by AIDS and HIV. Douglas County AIDS Project sponsored the event. Allbritten volunteers for Douglas County AIDS Project and an adoption agency in Oklahoma City.
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It changes who you are
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TAMI ABONDANO GAINES
Allbriten, Cunningham senior, was getting tested because her boyfriend at the time was HIV positive, and they had been having unprotected sex off and on for two years. She said she half expected to contract the virus, but wasn't prepared for the devastating news that day: She was HIV positive. Allbrritten went out to her truck and sobbed.
Laney Allbritten recalls sitting in the waiting room of the Douglas County Health Department, anxiously awaiting the results of her HIV test in August 2004.
Thirteen years earlier in a hospital room in Houston,
Lawrence resident Tami Abandano Gaines heard the same grim news from a routine HIV screening, but hers came as a complete shock. She was unaware that her husband at the time had been using intravenous drugs. Gaines was three and a-half months pregnant at the time with her third son.
Allbrritten, 25, is among the estimated 1,200 Kansans with HIV, the virus that attacks the immune system and causes AIDS. Gaines, 45, is one of another estimated 1,200 Kansans who have developed full-blown AIDS.
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Officials warn against FAFSA scams
BY DAVID LINHARDT
According to a University official, some companies try to charge as much as $600 to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for students, even though the FAFSA is free to fill out.
With the deadline for filling out the application approaching on March 1, state university officials are warning students against scholarship scams and companies that offer to fill out the FAFSA for a fee.
If students need help, KU administrators will help them complete the FAFSA for free. Stephanie Covington, associate director of the
KU Office of Student Financial Aid, said.
Marc Alexander, vice president for operations at Student Financial Aid Services in Davis, Calif., said his company encouraged students to fill out the FAFSA themselves. However, Alexander said, no one would double-check or edit the application — it would go immediately to the Federal Department of Education.
The FAFAA-assistance companies compare themselves to tax-preparation services. Their service is to ensure that the form is filled out correctly.
"Our value is in the eye of the
beholder," Alexander said. "We review the FAFSA application, track its progress daily and notify students when it's processed."
The company operates www. fafsa.com, where it offers its FAFSA preparation and review service. The cost ranges from $50 for renewing FAFSA applications to $80 for processing a new one. The firm also offers to do a speedier version of the FAFSA with students over the phone.
Alexander said firms like his would make sure FAFSA applications were done "as perfectly as possible", catching typos and making sure earnings and tax amounts are
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in the right fields.
"We had some students receiving e-mails or letters from that company," said Lawrence Moeder, assistant vice president of Student Financial Assistance at K-State. "We thought we should let students know that the federal government doesn't charge" to fill out or submit a FAFSA.
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Mark Halperin, ABC News Political Director, will be a guest lecturer at 7:30 tonight at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, west of the Lied Center.
Halperin, author of the book "The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008," will discuss the challenges and issues facing presidential contenders in their upcoming political campaigns in 2008.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The California Milk Processor Board has outfitted five San Francisco bus shelters with ads embedded with the smell of just-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies.
The scented bus shelter advertisements made their U.S. debut Monday, according to Louis Zafonte, spokesman for New York-based Arcade Marketing, which designed the ads to encourage milk drinking.
To overcome the frequent blasts of exhaust and the funky whiffs that often permeate a big-city bus shelter, sheltered oils were
sandwiched between cardboard cards emblazoned with "Got Milk?" and affixed to shelter walls.
It costs about $30 per shelter, Zafonte said, and the smell should last one to two weeks depending on the location. The displays will last about a month.
Man on parade float faces charge of drunken driving
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man accused of speeding down Main Street in Anderson has been charged with drunken driving. He was driving a float in a Christmas parade at the time.
in the truck he used to haul the children and adults on a float for the Steppin Out Dance Studio, Anderson Police spokeswoman Linda Dudley said.
When officers caught up to 42 year-old David Allen Rodgers, he had an open container of alcohol
Witnesses said Rodgers was driving in Sunday's parade when he pulled out to pass a tractor in the float. Rodgers sped down Main Street and ran a red light, while a witness on the float called 911 on a cell phone, police said.
Officers started chasing Rodgers, who didn't stop for three miles. Once he pulled over, he tried to attack an officer, Dudley said.
Rodgers, whose child was on the float, faces more than three dozen charges, including DUI, 18 counts of kidnapping and assault an officer, authorities said.
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A University employee reported an auto burglary and theft from a vehicle parked near the 700 block of Ash Street. Someone took a check book and prescription medication for spider bites from the vehicle. The incident occurred between Nov. 19 and Nov. 20 and the total loss was $2.
A University employee reported a burglary and theft from the 1200 block of East 13th Street. Someone stole a Canon video camera, a Sennheiser boom microphone and almost $3,000 of other items. The incident occurred Dec. 1 and the total loss is $5,903.
A 22 year-old KU student reported criminal trespassing at the student's residence in the 2100 block of Harvard Road. The incident occurred Dec. 2.
CAMPUS Creationist to speak at Murphy Hall on Thursday
The final lecture in the Knowledge: Faith and Reason series that was canceled last week has been rescheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday at the Crafton Pryer Theater in Murphy Hall. Michael Behe, professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University, will discuss the argument for intelligent design in biology.
The lecture is sponsored by the Commons, a joint effort of the Hall Center for the Humanities and the Biodiversity Institute.
Behe is a creationist, biochemist and author of the book "Darwin's Black Box."
The Hall Center has brought speakers to present diverse views on roles of reason and faith in the human experience. There will be a public discussion about Behe's lecture 10 a.m. Friday at the Conference Hall in the Hall Center, east of the Dole Human Development Center.
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Tiles await installation on the roof of Danforth Chapel on Saturday. The chapel will undergo repairs and additions next year, including the construction of a bird's room.
Campus chapel to get $850,000 upgrade in 2007
BY MARK VIERTHALER
The familiar facade of Danforth Chapel will be getting a face lift in the upcoming winter months.
With money donated from the Kansas University Endowment Association, the University of Kansas has announced plans to add a brides' room to the back of the chapel, create a porch, restore the stone surrounding the windows, add two handicap-accessible toilets and update the air-conditioning.
Warren Corman, University architect, said the project was estimated to cost $850,000. Close to $400,000 have already been donated by John T. Stewart, a grandson of one of the original donors, and various other alumni.
Danforth Chapel was built in the mid-1940s through the labor of German prisoners of war.
Corman said almost 5,000 weddings had been held in the chapel and that wear was beginning to show. Those who have held weddings in the chapel have expressed frustration that there was no place for the bride to dress.
The 600-square-foot attachment will be added to the southeast side of the chapel. This placement will not interfere with current parking, Corman said.
The air conditioning system, added several years after the com-
struction of the building, has caused noise problems, so the ductwork will receive a complete overhaul, Corman said.
He said the roof had recently been repaired because of damage from the March microburst. Construction is expected to begin sometime in January and run for close to a year.
Todd Cohen, interim director of University Relations, said the University was taking steps to make sure renovations didn't necessitate event cancellations. However, there will be future periods when no events can be held. Cohen said.
Suk Hyang Lee, a recent KU graduate from Seoul, Korea, said she came to pray in the chapel at least three times a week. The construction and renovation would hold little sway over her attendance at the chapel, she said.
"It's not important whether it's comfortable or not," Lee said. "What's more important is there is a place to go and pray."
Corman said construction would not interfere with meditation and the chapel would remain open to the public.
Kansan staff writer Mark Vierthaler can be contacted at mvierthaler@kansan.com.
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"Worms and humans had a common ancestor," Lundquist said.
Researchers hope to better understand the role of genes in
This enables researchers to make discoveries about the worms' genes that can be applied to human genes.
Erik Lundquist, associate professor of molecular biosciences, said the roundworms are ideal for research because their genomes have been completely sequenced and they share a majority of genes with humans.
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Worms aid in cancer research University of Kansas researchers use roundworms to study genetics
BY ANNA FALTERMEIER
KU researchers are making discoveries about the role of genetics in cancer by researching tiny roundworms, about one millimeter in length.
He said he made discoveries about genes by looking at mutants, or organisms with a genetic mutation.
Lindsey Roe, research assistant in Timmons' lab, has worked daily with the worms for over three years.
"We look at what happens to the organism when a gene is knocked out," Lundquist said. "The more we understand about these genes, the better we can understand cancer."
Lundquist said knocking out a gene's function was kind of like taking spark plugs out of a car and then observing how it runs.
cancer development and drug resistance.
Lundquist identified a worm gene that is associated with myotonic dystrophy type I: a form of muscular dystrophy in humans.
Lundquist said his research focused on the development of the nervous system.
The human biology graduate from Shawnee said she doesn't think the worms were gross.
Lisa Timmons, assistant professor of molecular biosciences, has researched genetics using the worms for about eight years. She said they're ideal to use in the lab because they're cheap and easy to grow.
Timmons studies RNAi, or how a cell can knock out a gene's function when double stranded RNA is injected into the worm.
we're trying to answer with our research" he said.
He said the gene affects muscles, gonads and the nervous system.
The majority of her research focuses on cancer and how genes are related to the treatment of cancer.
Timmons said the lifecycle of the worms was about three days. Some experiments use over 25,000 worms, but some use only two.
"It just depends on the question
"They have a lot of similar structures as humans," Roe said.
Kansan staff writer Anna Faltermeier can be contacted at afaltermeier@kansan.com.
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University Band draws musicians of all types
BY ERIN CASTANEDA
The words "no auditions" originally attracted Paul Marx of Prairie Village to begin playing with the University Band five years ago. Now, his 15-year-old son, Joseph, has joined him in the open admissions band.
The Marxes help make up the 50 people, a mix of young and old, music and non-music majors, locals and international students who played at the Lied Center on Tuesday night.
"It's hard to find a group like this," Marx said. "I just enjoy play-
Thomas Stidham, University Band director, said he enjoyed the band because of the wide range of people, especially the townspeople and non-music majors. He said there was a faithful 80-year-old trumpet player, Bob Laushman, who played with them.
Most of the members are students from Kansas and Missouri, he said. One of the percussionists, however, is Lok Sum Yuen, a freshman from Hong Kong.
She's played percussion since elementary school in Hong Kong, but she didn't feel like doing auditions to join the other university bands, the symphonic band and the wind ensemble.
Rachel Allen, Hutchinson freshman, said it wasn't a big deal to combine both bands into one concert because the song that was cut was 10 minutes long and they didn't rehearse it as much.
She said she enjoyed trying new things and the uniqueness of the percussion section. During the concert, she switched from the drums to xylophone in the same songs. She said she and four other percussionists switched instruments for each song, depending on who plays which better.
pushed its concert back.
The University Band played four songs and cut one so the Symphonic Band could also play. Their Symphonic Band was scheduled to play last week, but weather
The Symphonic Band directed by David Clemmer played the second half of the concert.
Kansan staff writer Erin Castaneda can be contacted at ecastaneda@kansan.com.
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NEW YORK — New York on Tuesday became the first city in the nation to ban artery-clogging artificial trans fats at restaurants, leading the charge to limit consumption of an ingredient linked to heart disease and used in everything from french fries to pizza dough to pancake mix.
Trans fats banned throughout New York
In a city where eating out is a major form of activity, many New Yorkers were all for the ban, saying health concerns were more important than fears of Big Brother supervising their stomachs.
"I don't care about what might be politically correct and what's not," said Murray Bader, with a cup of coffee at Dunkin' Donuts on Tuesday morning. "I want to live longer!"
"It's basically a slow form of poison," said David Katz, director of the Yale Prevention Research Center. "I applaud New York City."
The 72-year-old Manhattan resident called the ban a "wake-up call" for a public often unaware of the risks of artificial fats. "This stuff clogs up your vessels," he said. "When it comes to health, we only have one life."
Health and nutrition groups say artificial trans fats clearly contribute to heart disease. Studies have shown they raise bad cholesterol and lower the good kind. Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, the main form of artificial trans fats, is used for frying and baking and turns up in a host of processed foods: cookies, pizza dough, crackers and pre-made blends like pancake mix.
Not everyone agrees with Katz
"This is a legal product," he said. "They're headed down a slippery slope here."
— he's gotten angry e-mails calling him and colleagues the "food police" and saying, "If I want to eat trans fats, that's my inaliable right." To which he responds: "Would you want the burden of asking your restaurant whether there's lead in the food? Whether there's arsenic in the bread? For all I know, maybe arsenic makes bread more crusty. But it is poison."
The Board of Health, which passed the ban unanimously, did
Some industry representatives were not happy. E. Charles Hunt, executive vice president of the New York State Restaurant Association, said the city had overstepped its authority by ordering restaurants to abandon an ingredient permitted by the FDA.
give restaurants a minor break by relaxing the proposed deadline. Restaurants will now be barred from using most frying oils containing the fats by July 2007 and will have another year to eliminate them from all foods.
The New York ban does not affect grocery stores. Nor does it apply to naturally occurring trans fats found in some meats and dairy.
The ban, which was advocated by health-conscious Mayor Michael Bloomberg, follows a national requirement beginning this past January that companies list artificial trans-fat content on food labels. Efforts are also being made to reduce the trans-fat content of snacks in school vending machines.
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Their stories — about one deadly virus and two Lawrence women 20 years apart in age — demonstrate how medical treatment for HIV and AIDS and society's attitude toward their victims have improved.
When doctors told Cames her HIV had turned to AIDS 15 years ago, he said she would be dead within months. She was forced out of a job, shruned by friends and stigmatized because she had a fatal communicable disease associated with gay men and drug users.
In contrast, when Allbrritten learned she was HIV positive two-and-a-half years ago, doctors prescribed drugs they said should be effective in delaying the onset of AIDS friends and co-workers were supportive and she now has a steady relationship with a new boyfriend who knows about her HIV condition.
HIV and AIDS remain serious and potentially fatal health threats,
but their diugnoses are no longer the physical and social death sentence they once were.
TAMI ABONDANO GAINES'
STORY:
When Games received an HIV-positive diagnosis in 1991, the only medication available, AZT (azidothymidine), was still been tested.
Games said she was in denial for two weeks until her second test came back positive. Then she was furious.
She said her doctor told her she could continue smoking because she would be dead soon anyway.
"They told me I wouldn't see my kids turn 5 years old," she said.
Gaines immediately had her middle child tested for the virus because she had breast-fed him in the past year. HIV is transmitted through bodily fluids, such as breast milk, blood, vaginal fluids and semen. He was negative.
Her doctor and her husband advised her to abort the fetus because it had a 30 percent chance of contracting HIV. But at that point, Gaines
said, she could teel her baby moving inside her and couldn't do it. She had to wait 18 months after her youngest son, Robert, was born to test him for the virus because a baby carries the mother's antibodies until that time. Games' relief, he was also negative.
Gaines' father, Robert Preston, said the day his daughter told him the news was one of the worst days of his life. Preston said he and his wife were "miserable." They thought they were going to lose their daughter and their grandson.
"At that time, you got HIV and you died," he said.
Gaines said her family was very supportive, but others were not. Gaines disclosed her HIV positive status to her boss at the hospital in Houston where she worked as director of rehabilitation. Three days later, he transferred her to an institution 90 minutes from her home, she said. Gaines said her employer soon forced her out of her job by making the working conditions there unbeatable.
Laney Allbritten, Cunningham senior, participates in a candlelight vigil Friday at the Ribbons of Life display for World AIDS day at South Park. Allbritten contracted HIV from her previous boyfriend through unprotected sex.
Friends whom Gaines both worked and socialized with stopped talking to her the day she disclosed her HIV-positive status to them.
After she found out that HIV had progressed to AIDS in 1996, Gaines said she was heavily medicated, tired and sleeping 16 hours a day.
"My goal every day was to be able to get out of bed in the afternoon when my kids got home from school and sit with them and be up with them for a few hours," she recalled.
Gaines said she had always felt stigmatized by society's reaction to her HIV status, although it has gotten a bit better over the years.
Doctors gave her six months to live.
Gaines, who raised her three boys on her own, moved back to Kansas where shed grown up. She wanted her sons to have more of a relationship with their grandparents, who would care for them when she died.
when new AIDS medications were discovered. Gaines said she did really well on them. She was able to go back to work for six-and-a-half hours each week.
AIDS Cases by Age
She still takes three types of AIDS medications that make her nauseate and cause her to vomit. She also experiences high blood pressure, fatigue, severe pain in her legs, loss of appetite and headaches almost every day because of medications. Gaines said she had tried different combinations.
Of the estimated number of AIDS cases, person's age at time of diagnosis were distributed as follows:
Age Estimated # of AIDS cases in 2004 Cumulative cases through 2004*
Under 13: 48 9,443
Ages 13 to 14: 60 959
**Ages 15 to 19:** **326** **4,936**
**Ages 20 to 24:** 1,788 **34,164**
Ages 25 to 29: 3,576 114,642
Ages 30 to 34: 5,786 195,404
Ages 35 to 39: 8,031 208,199
Ages 40 to 44: 8,747 161,964
Ages 45 to 49: 6,245 99,644
Ages 50 to 54: 3,932 54,869
Ages 55 to 59: 2,079 29,553
Ages 60 to 64: 996 16,119
Ages 65 or older: 901 14,410
incurs people with a diagnosis of AIDS from the beginning of the epidemic through 2004.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Now, she gets 16 hours of sleep each night and lives a sedentary lifestyle. She usually lies in bed for the first few hours of the day and sews or watches television. After lunch, she tries to do something constructive in the early afternoon. On better days, she volunteers to walk small dogs at the Humane Society or goes outside. On bad days, she stays home and puts stickers on condoms for the Douglas County AIDS Project. In the evenings, she sits with her feet up.
but all had the same effect on her. Her doctor said her choice was to take them and suffer through the side effects, or to stop taking them and die. If she didn't have children, Gaines said she would've chosen the latter.
In addition to her AIDS medications, Gaines takes between 22 and 26 pills every day to help control the side effects.
She was forced to quit work three years ago after she developed an ulcer that caused vomiting and frequent diarrhea. For more than a year, she vomited every day. That has since been reduced to about once a week.
Gaines said she would love to go back to work. She and her doctor talk about it frequently, but it's not possible unless her stomach can stand the medications.
Before her sons could drive themselves, she drove them to soccer, basketball and track practices and school.
"There is not a day that I feel normal," she said.
The slow lifestyle is difficult for Gaines, who used to be very active.
The boys are now 15, 16 and 25 and she still attends their games and school functions.
Gaines said she made sure that she did not stay isolated in her house, even if she would just go to Dillons to talk to the cashier on the way out. When she is too sick to go out, she talks to girls and family on the phone.
"I can't fathom what it's like to watch this process and see Mom get sicker and sicker every day," she said.
During the past six months, she has tried to help her sons begin the grieving process, anticipating her death.
Her biggest worry is how her condition affects them. Last month, her 15-year-old son came home from school sick with pneumonia. He felt better within a few days, but Gaines caught the virus from him. Four weeks later, she was still struggling to get over it. She said it usually took three or four times longer than normal for her body to fight infections.
One of her sons doesn't show his emotions and is having problems in school, she said, and all three of her sons take antidepressants. Her 16-year-old is a talented basketball player who wants to play in college. Because his mom is sick, however, he will consider only nearby schools so he can be
close to her.
"I don't want him making that decision on me and how sick I am," Gaines said. "I want him to spread his wings and飞"
The whole family has had to adapt to her loss of job and income. Her son has needed new basketball shoes since the start of the school year. Gaines said when she was working, she would have bought him a new pair of shoes then, and another pair at the start of basketball season. Now he has to wait.
Gaines has outlived the six-month life expectancy she was originally given and is now considered a long-term survivor, having lived with HIV and AIDS for 15 years. Her doctors now tell her to quit smoking.
Despite progress in treatment, she worries that AIDS has taken a back burner to other issues in recent years. Until three or four years ago, Gaines said she had never been politically active. Now, congressmen know her on a first-name basis because she calls to express her concerns about HIV and AIDS and has visited their offices in Washington three times.
Gaines said that when she speaks in the community, most people "about fall out of their chairs" when she tells them one child dies every minute of HIV and AIDS.
Gaines had 25 friends with HIV and AIDS who have died, two of them since August. She said she experiences survivor's guilt.
"It itches who you are as a person when you lose so many people that you love and care about," she said.
"Part of you wonders, 'Why are I still alive?' "
Gaines said she was not afraid to die, but she wished she knew how much time she had left so she could plan her future. Her dream has always been to live on Missouri's Table Rock Lake and have a boat. Ten years ago, she was told that was impossible. Now she's thinking about starting to save up for it again. But she already had to cash in the savings she had in her retirement plan to qualify for Medicaid.
She no longer has to worry about whether her children will even remember her or if she will live to see them start school as she once did. Now she wonders whether she will live to see them graduate.
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LANEY ALLBRITTEN'S STORY:
Laney Allbritten's future is more hopeful than Gaines' was 15 years ago.
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Tami Abondano Gaines of Lawrence was diagnosed with HIV 15 years ago. Now living with AIDS, Gaines ingests around two dozen pills each day to cope with symptoms related to the disease, which range from neuropsyche and thrush to uncontrolled cholesterol and weight fluctuations.
Alllbright contracted HIV from her ex-boyfriend. Rob Richardson They broke up in December 2005 after dating for nearly four years. Alllbright said she loved Richardson.
"It was a conscious decision only in so much that I tried to wrap my mind around the risk that I was taking," she said.
She acknowledges that having unprotected sex and knowing that Richardson was HIV positive was like playing Russian roulette.
Alllbright said the decision was a "tacit agreement." In the back of her mind, she knew her actions were unsafe.
Allblritten said whenever she would bring up the issue of having unprotected sex, Richardson would immediately become angry, which caused a rift in their relationship. She said she had unprotected sex with him because it made him feel more
Treatments
normal, which made her think their relationship was better.
She said she was determined not to let Richardson's HIV positive status prevent them from being a couple.
From 1991 to today, HIV treatment options have expanded from one drug to four classes of antiretroviral drugs approved by the FDA.
"Just because he had HIV, was I not going to love him? Was I going to turn and run in the other direction? I'm not that type of person," Allbrritten said. "I like to take the hard road pretty much as often as possible, so that wasn't going to be a deterrent for me."
1991
1) Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NRTI)s – The FDA approved azido-thymidine (AZT), or Retrovir, to treat HIV-positive adults and children 3 months and older in 1987. These drugs block a protein called reverse transcriptase, which is crucial for HIV to replicate.
Today
1) Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs)
2) Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTIs) – These drugs also block reverse transcriptase.
3) Protease Inhibitors (PIs)
- These drugs block a different protein, called protease, which HIV also needs to replicate.
4) Fusion Inhibitors - These drugs prevent HIV from entering body cells.
Friends repeatedly told her that someone who truly loved her would not expose her to HIV, but she told them they didn't understand.
"They understood perfectly," she said in hindsight. "I just had denial blinders on."
Allbrittened said her decision was stupid and that no one should risk acquiring HIV and AIDS to have a relationship with someone else.
Being HIV positive has added a huge complication to her relationships, Allbritten said.
"There's a whole element of not knowing if you're going to be accepted — more importantly rejected — at any stage of forming a relationship with somebody," she said. "I've been really lucky to have very educated, knowledgeable partners who didn't turn around and run the other direction."
Emery Emery, Allbritten's boyfriend of one year, has been very supportive. He uses condoms to protect himself from contracting the virus. Emery, 42, said he wasn't worried about getting HIV.
"I didn't bat an eye," he said, referring to when Laney told him she was HIV positive. "It really isn't fearful for me at all."
He had already gone through fears related to HIV and AIDS with a friend who contracted the virus.
Emery said people with AIDS used to be treated like people who had leprosy, and he's been "amazed" how many people responded positively to Allbritton's status. He said he looked forward to going through this with her.
Allibrritt's family has also been supportive. She waited a year to tell her parents and her brother because she didn't want them to worry about her. Her brother, Frank, said he felt "horror" knowing what she had to deal with, but also gratitude, knowing how much new medications could do for her.
"It will always be a definite concern, and we always going to worry about her, but we know how medicine is advancing, and we certainly know how strong she is," he said.
Many people in Allbritten's home-town of Cunningham, a town of about 500 in south-central Kansas, know about her condition. They express their interest and concern to her parents, but Allbritten said when they ask her mom how she is doing, they do so in an excessively sad tone, perhaps unaware of medical advances.
available to HIV patients covers her costs. The money comes mostly from the Ryan White funds, a series of programs distributed throughout the states.
Alllbrann said her medications keep her a functioning member of society. She takes five pills a day. They cost $1,500 a month, but funding
"I owe a great debt of gratitude to those people who went before me and were basically human guinea pigs for all this stuff," she said, referring to people like Gaines who took new, untested medications.
Allbritten said she was "desperate" at first because of side effects during the first two weeks of taking her medications, but she has adjusted to them well since.
The medications are hard on her liver and "rip up" her digestive track, but Allbritten said it is a lesser of two evils situation.
She is bothered most by constant fatigue, which makes it hard for her to manage daily activities. She volunteers at two organizations, Douglas County AIDS Project and the agency ABCs of Adoption Inc. in Oklahoma City. She also works 30 hours a week in computer labs on campus, is a full-time student in classes and is enrolled in a tax preparation course.
"I never feel well rested, and that drives me crazy because I've got such a packed schedule," she said. "To not feel like you're ever on top of sleep no matter how much you get is just the worst."
Allbright drinks several cups of coffee every morning to keep from falling asleep before noon. She didn't drink coffee before.
Still, she considers herself lucky. She has never been hospitalized for her condition or had to miss much school or work. She said her professors, family and boss have shown understanding.
She has experienced only one negative reaction from one friend's roommate, who she said goes "bleach crazy" after she leaves their apartment and does not want her to use their bathroom.
Despite her devastating diagnosis one year ago, Allbrritten remains hopeful.
"I tend to live with no regrets," she said. "Even though I'm in the position that I'm in, I try to make the best of it, and I feel like I do a pretty good job of it."
40 MILLION INFECTED
Laney Albrritten isn't the only one who was exposed to HIV by her ex-boyfriend, Rob Richardson. However, unlike her, the others didn't know he was HIV positive.
Ex-boyfriend faces charges
Richardson received a 32-month prison sentence and 56 months of probation for exposing three women to HIV.
He was convicted of four counts of HIV exposure with three women in October and sentenced on Nov. 22.
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Richardson
Richardson also has charges pending against him in Johnson County, Mo., and cases pending against him in Emporia and Kansas City, Kan.
"We have no idea how many more are out there," said Allibritten, who she said knows of one girl who won't come forward for personal reasons. "He got around and that's putting it mildly."
"This is something that is going to go into appeals," he said. Allbritten and Richardson
Albrritten and Richardson dated for almost four years. They
moved to Lawrence from Oklahoma City and lived together here while they dated. Allbrritten said they had fun together.
They broke up in December 2005. In January, Allbritten got a call about the initial charges that had been filed against Richardson.
She learned that he had cheated on her with mutual friends of theirs whom she said he told he was in an open relationship.
"As women have come forward, I'm learning more and more about what was going on behind my back," Allibritten said.
More than 40 million people are infected with AIDS worldwide, including 1.1 million people in the United States, and 5 million new infections in 2005. That number is projected to continue growing. By 2030, AIDS is expected to be the fourth leading cause of death, the Public Library of Science Medicine journal reports.
Although the number of people infected with HIV and AIDS has increased significantly, in the past 15 years, the lives of those infected have improved. Kristin Brumm, director of the Douglas County AIDS Project, said that having AIDS and HIV was no longer necessarily a death sentence.
"We used to see people dying with AIDS," she said. "Now we see people living with AIDS."
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Brumm said AIDS had fallen off the radar for some people because people weren't dying from it as rapidly as in the 1980s and 1990s. In Kansas, the average person infected with HIV goes nine years without knowing he
or she is infected, Brumm said.
Jennifer Vandevelde, director of HIV and STD testing for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said medications, client care services and social awareness had all improved.
Thanks to social and medical advancements, life can continue after an HIV diagnosis and the outlook for both Allbritten and Gaines has improved. Allbritten, who received her diagnosis two-and-a-half years ago, will graduate in May with degrees in psychology and anthropology. She looks forward to moving to Los Angeles to live with her boyfriend, Emery Gaima, who was once told she wouldn't live to see her younger son turn 5, has survived to see her grandchild, Amaya, start kindergarten.
Kansan staff writer Darla Slipke can be contacted at dslipke@kansan.com.
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"It's just probably not appropriate for students to pay for that service," Moeder said.
Covington said FAFSA preparation firms often targeted high school seniors and their parents, who may not be familiar with how federal aid worked.
Bob Szrot, director of Online Financial Aid Services in Lawrence, said students were concerned about filling out the FAPSA correctly and they were willing to pay to have it done well.
Srot's company charges about $114 for an interview in which a reviewer fills out the FAESA with a student.
"There are scam Web sites out there, which we acknowledge," Zsrot said. "I feel that our company is quite up-front about letting people know about the service we provide."
Alexander and Sizot maintain that their companies aren't running scams but that they are similar to H&R Block and offer financial advice to students.
"We try to stay on the high road and say we do the FAFSA and just make sure it's done perfectly," Alexander said.
Megan Wesley, Hutchinson senior, said she would never pay to have a company fill out the FAFSA for her because it's already free. She said if she were to make an error on her FAFSA, then the Department of Education would let her know — a fact KU administrators confirmed.
"I don't understand how they could fill it out any better than I could." Wesley said. "It seems bizarre."
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Writer earns science fiction award
Years of writing science fiction has earned James Gunn the title of Grand Master.
The title, held by 24 other authors including Issac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin, recognizes lifetime achievement in the science fiction or fantasy genres.
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James Gunn, director of the KU center for the study of science fice
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America will present the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master title to Gunn at its New York meeting May 11 to 13.
tion, said it was "the greatest honor one could anticipate in the field"
Gunn
"These are the giants in the field so you don't really expect to join
their company" he said. "It was a great surprise."
Robin Wayne Bailey, president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc., said Gunn's work was idea-driven as opposed to character-driven and his ideas were always carefully worked out.
"I thought he was a very clear an up-front, even overdue, candidate for Grand Master," Bailey said.
Bailey, who notified Gunn of the honor, said he wouldn't have missed the opportunity for the world.
"His impact on the field has gone far beyond his books," he said.
Thomas Seay, Alpharetta, Ga., graduate student, said the award was "pretty much the finest thing that can happen to a science fiction author"
"Few people have done more than he has to advance the scholarly study of science fiction or the teaching of SF writing," he said.
Seay said Gunni's "knowledge of the genre is absolutely encyclopedic. He's generous, a true gentleman, intimidatingly brilliant and absolutely devoted to his field."
Dorice Elliot, chair of the English department, said the award was an "honor for the University and it honors his outstanding career."
Beside his influence on the field, Elliot said Gunn also had a large influence as a teacher and had taught several students who went on to become published science fiction writers.
"He's just had an all around out-standing science fiction career."
Elliot said.
Gunn, who goes by the personal motto of "Let's save the world through science fiction," said science fiction was a way to make people think about present conditions even though the book may be set in another world and time.
As for the future, Gunn has no plans to stop writing.
"I don't feel like myself if I'm not writing something," he said.
Kansan staff writer Kim Lynch can be contacted at klynch@kansan. com.
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CAPE CANVERAL Fla. — NASA wrestled with two late breaking technical concerns which showed up Tuesday two days before the launch of space shuttle Discovery, but managers weren't sure if they could delay the start of the mission.
A deck hand aboard the USS Intrepid throws a docking chain, known as a monkey fist, to the dock crew so they can pull in the lines and the intrepid can be tied to dock in Bayonne, NJ on Tuesday. The ship was successfully towed from its berth in New York Harbor after a three week effort by the U.S. Navy to free the ship from over twenty years of accumulated salt and marine debris.
The launch still was scheduled for Thursday night.
The first problem dealt with a power surge which shot through one of the space shuttle's power systems during preparations overnight, although key elements such as the external tank, the solid rocket boosters and the main engines probably weren't affected, said LeRoy Cain, launch integration manager.
go off and assess that everything is OK." Carn said. "If there is anything we need to retest or check out more so than what we otherwise would do we need to retest that."
The second concern was with an adhesive on the reusable solid rocket motor which may have failed a test.
"We probably not going to have any issues, but we want the teams to
we want to talk about that."
The weather forecast for the planned littoff of Discovery was downgraded slightly Tuesday but still remained favorable for the first night space shuttle launch in more than four years.
Concerns about clouds over the Kennedy Space Center at the launch time of 9:35 p.m. EST Thursday caused forecasters to reduce the chances of favorable weather to 60 percent from 80 percent. Strong wind was expected on Friday and Saturday, diminishing the chances of good launch weather for those days to 40 percent.
"The first day is the best day weatherwise," said Kathy Winters, shuttle weather officer.
Weather will improve early next week. NASA has four launch opportunities over five days, if needed, to start the 12 day mission.
The space agency likely won't attempt to launch past Dec. 17 since flight controllers want Discovery on the ground before the new year.
Shuttle computers aren't designed to make the change from the 365th day of the old year to the first day of the new year while in flight. A potential solution to the problem hasn't been thoroughly tested.
During their 12-day mission, Discovery's seven astronauts planned to rewire the space station, deliver a 2-ton addition and replace one of the space station's three crew members.
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1 BR available at Briarstone, 1000 Emery Rd. Great location near campus and on bus route. Sunny second floor with balcony. W/D hook-ups, DW, microwave, miniballs, walk-in closet. Sublease special rate $450 per month to May 31. No pets. 760-4788 or 749-7744
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3 min walk to Union! 1 Room sublet in a 2 room apartment less than 2 blocks from campus $267/month + utilities. Call 780-529-2437 or walkthrough hawkchalk.com/554
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Roomate needed ASAP to live with 2
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KULTURE
THE UNIVERSITY JAMY KANSAS
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6, 2006
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Fans rock out at an Umphree McGee's concert. The standing floor was packed tight with sweaty bodies, but that didn't stop concert goers from enjoying the show. Lawrence provides music patrons a wide variety of concert options.
Lawrence music scene offers variety
BY ANDREW BREDESON
Even though Kansas City offers plenty of music opportunities and is less than an hour away, Lawrence provides an eclectic music scene right at students' fingertips.
Venues like the Granada, the Bottleneck, Liberty Hall and smaller bars like Fatsos offer wide musical varieties for live shows.
Bands from Wu Tang Clan to Arlo Gutheme, Rancid to John Scofield, and Ant DiFranco to Tech N9ne have made stops in Lawrence.
The music scene is very diverse
Annie Frazier, Zionsville, Ind. sophomore, said. There is truly something for every lover of music, Frazier said.
Frazier saw the band Umphrey's McGee perform last month at Liberty Hall in front of a nearly sold out crowd.
Kris Myers, drummer of the band, said Lawrence was a great college town to play in.
"It's always a good time here," he said.
Andy Farag, who plays percussion for the band, said that although there were only a couple of record stores in Lawrence, the live music
scene seems to be good.
"The crowd is always into it," he said.
The music venues are great;
Madeline Shike, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
sophomore, said
"They're very intimate and allow people to get right up next to the stage," Shike said.
She also said the positive emotions the music scene offers add to her KU experience, specifically the anticipation leading up to a show and the happiness throughout.
Although the concert scene seems to be better with nicer weather, like the fall season in Lawrence, Liberty
Hall employee James Sizelove said, he likes the "fervor for culture" here. He said it was because Lawrence was "the most liberal city in Kansas."
Sizelove also credited the craving of culture to the diversity of the downtown area, including music, food and stores.
Musician Bob Marley made the line "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain" famous.
Music can be powerful, as it is popular in all parts of the world, with different types of people.
Whether it's a tribal dance deep in the jungles of the Amazon, a
church service, a Celtic music festival in Scotland or a night at Abe & Jake's Landing or The Hawk, music's popularity can be seen everywhere as people dance, pray and sing to music.
To put it simply, Melia Blankenship, Paola sophomore, said, "The music scene here is 'it great.'"
In a place like Lawrence, quality music can be found so often and in so many places.
THEATRE
Kansan correspondent Andrew Bredeson can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.
- Edited by Jacky Carter
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OPINION
Holidays time to help others
It's easy to get a bit depressed about the state of our country when reading the "Neediest Cases" series in The New York Times.
The profiles of the poorest citizens in the New York area is not exactly pleasant holiday reading, but is instead a stark reminder that poverty knows no holiday season. Luckily, it also gives us a chance to embrace what is so great about our country, and to remind us what the holiday season is all about.
The late winter months bring with them a bombardment of commercialism, throngs of frenzied shoppers and a strain on our credit cards and bank accounts. It is tempting to allow these negative influences to dominate what has traditionally been among the happiest times of the year.
It is also easy to be discouraged by our nation's mounting problems: colossal debt, a wearisome foreign conflict that claims young lives, and a growing gap between the rich and poor classes.
But before you allow the spirit of Scrooge to dominate your December, take time to remember that for millions around the world, America remains a shining city on a hill, a beacon of hope, freedom and opportunity that represents the realization of man's dreams of liberty. America is perfect by no
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measure, but our collective lifestyle is also the wealthiest, most healthy and generally most pleasant of any civilization in world history. For many nations around the world, we are living the most perfect lives imaginable, and we should be thankful for those lives.
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I just watched a squirrel climb up the Wescoe wall.
Let us also take time to recognize the fundamentally charitable nature of our citizens, and to use the holiday spirit as a catalyst for helping others. America should never tolerate a starving child or ignore the upward mobility of a determined dreamer. Be it through public or private assistance, our country has made it a priority to foster success, ease pain and suffering and improve the lives of even the smallest among us.
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This is Jeff. To the two girls that wanted to have sex with me on Saturday, I'm available and on Facebook. Hook me up.
In the end, it comes to this: Ours will always be an imperfect nation, but that does not mean we cannot strive for perfection.
Has anyone else seen that guy that buys five cases of Natural Light, pushes them across the street, then drinks them? I wish!
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Before you plunge into finals week or rack up some holiday debt and extra pounds, take time to think of all those who have never been fortunate enough to attend a fine university or indulge in holiday snacks. Add up your blessings this holiday season, and you will see the intrinsically good nature of ourselves and of our nation.
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Anyone out there that works at McDonald's: What is it that you don't like about me? No matter where I go, I don't get a straw.
--friend is not with you, he is playing video games. Thus, a recliner with a cup holder, sewn in speakers and massaging back could make any gamer-boyfriend extremely happy.
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friend is not with you, he is playing video games. Thus, a recliner with a cup holder, sewn in speakers and massaging back could make any gamer-boyfriend extremely happy.
To the car that actually hit me: I was in the crosswalk. Jackass.
Anything the sixth floor says is
friend is not with you, he is playing video games. Thus, a recliner with a cup holder, sewn in speakers and massaging back could make any gamer-boyfriend extremely happy.
I think my ex just called the cops
My penis may be a disgusting growth between my legs, but a really, really disgusting growth? Come on.
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Christian decoration inappropriate at Rec Center
KU has gone out of its way, in recent years, to deck Strong Hall in multicultural, inclusive, non-religion-specific holiday decorations. So I was a little surprised Monday to see a Salvation Army "Angel Tree" in the Student Recreation Fitness Center lobby.
The "Angel Tree" appears to be part of a (laudable) charitable fundraising effort on the part of this Christian denomination. But surely cute little paper angels with halos on a tree in December in a state university building is flirting with the appearance of a state endorsement of a particular religion. And surely the Salvation Army could use a plain red bucket.
Either that, or, when Eid Al Adha rolls around, perhaps we'll see some beautiful calligraphy of a Koranic verse in the gym, alongside an appeal from a Muslim charity (if the government hasn't shut them all down by then).
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I found the perfect gift...
We've come to the end of another year. With it comes the holiday season and all the family animosity, bankruptcy and broken bones from sledding mishaps that come with it.
Many people consider the holiday shopping to be the most stressful and difficult part of this month, especially when it comes to finding gifts for your boyfriend or girlfriend. Well, it's not as hard as you think. Read on to find the perfect gifts for your significant other this December.
Gifts for men
In case you still don't know what to get your boyfriend, here are some ideas.
Playboy has been a staple of male life since the 1950s. Show him you understand and appreciate his history and get him the gift he'll brag about to his friends. You'll be known as the "cool girlfriend" to all of his friends—mega brownie points.
I've often heard women say, "I don't know what to buy my boyfriend. It's so hard to shop for a guy" If you've said that, then you're not smart. Do you know how easily entertained men are? You can literally buy them anything and they will be fascinated with it.
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The gift that gives 12 issues.
A true sign of love is to give him
naked lady to entertain him when
you're not around to do so yourself.
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When he is autosaving his Madden 2007 online profile, making sure his cable connectivity is at three bars and checking that his USB headset is plugged in (it came free with SOCOM), so he can trash talk on that junior high kid he just beat down, he'll remember it was your chair that made it possible.
A Segway:
Anyone who watched the late, great "Arrested Development" knows Gob was the best character on the show. Why? Because of his mode of transportation — a Segway
For those who don't know, a Segway is pretty much a podium with a steering wheel that is rollin' around on 22s. It has two tires and can go almost anywhere.
Gob understood how overrated walking is. Walking is like side ponytails and scrunchies — it's outdated.
Segways are the new "it" way of moving from one place to another. No longer will we have to make unnecessary leg extensions and waste our energy swinging our arms
Plus, every man knows deep in his heart that if he had a Segway, he would ride that thing from class, to work, to the bars. As far as I know, you can't get a DU1 on a Segway. That would be embarrassing, though.
Gifts for women
When used properly, the pillows will actually produce tiny-to-largesized feather explosions, fogging up the air with feather clouds, which thus increases giggling and tickling.
to and fro, looking like a Richard Simmons workout video. Instead we will just roll everywhere, and your boyfriend should be one of the first to do so.
Shopping for women can be tricky. The reason it is so tricky is because it is difficult to find cheap gifts women like. The general rule is if it is shiny, she wants it.
If you're one of those guys who thinks you don't need to buy your girlfriend any gifts, prepare to be broken up with. You're dumb and you deserve the scolding coming your way.
There you have it. Now everyone has a back-up plan for holiday gifts. Have a good break and we'll see you next semester.
There are few things women like that aren't made of diamonds. Try these gifts out this holiday season.
At $498, it's practically a steal for what it would provide your girlfriend. It would reflect her cuties, yet edgy personality. With its magnetic snap closure, leather strap, white shearling trim and suede texture, it would totally set off her faux-fur lined Ugg boots.
Also, most women will admit naked pillow fighting is best with feather pillows.
They're good for sleep. However, the main reason women want giant feather pillows this year is because pillow fighting is all the rage. Plus, you want to send your girlfriend to Naked Pillow Fight Thursday with the best possible weapon.
"Saratoga" Hobo hand bag by Michael Kors:
Macys.com viewers rated this delectable little tote five stars out of five. It's the perfect winter inspired gift this holiday season. It's either
Jorgensen is a Baldwin City senior in journalism.
What Viagra does for men, this movie does for women. She'll love you for it, and it won't break your bank account.
It's practically the equivalent of your girlfriend buying you porn. Brad Pitt riding toward the screen on a horse with his long, golden locks flapping in the wind is the perfect gift.
"Legends of the Fall":
this or a diamond necklace. At least get her something she can smuggle alcohol into the movies with.
Note: With this gift it may be important to let your hair grow out, dye it blonde and learn how to ride a horse.
Giant feather pillows:
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New Year's night out
Leave 2006 in style and hit up rockin' venues in Lawrence and Kansas City
DALLMORE
BY TAYLOR BERN
For most KU students, sitting at home with mom and dad while watching the ball drop with Dick Clark is not the ideal way to spend New Year's Eve. Luckily, Lawrence and Kansas City offer a variety of venues for celebrating 2007.
In Lawrence, campus favorites such as The Hawk, 1340 Ohio St., The Wheel, 507 W. 14th St., or The Crossing, 618 W. 12th St., will be open. The usual night out at the bars will jump up a notch with a shot of New Year's glee and sprinkles of the false promises you'll make to yourself and anyone within hearing distance. The Hawk offers a special of $40 for 20 tickets, which includes a champagne toast at midnight and giveaways throughout the evening.
Those looking for a more specific New Year's party, however, should look no further than Massachusetts Street for the New Year's Extravaganza at The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St.
"There's a lot of places in town that are really fun for holidays, but on New Year's, the best place has got to be the Granada." George Barry, Lawrence freshman, said.
The 18-and-older function will feature DJ Scottie Mac and a champagne toast at midnight. The event costs $10 and doors open at 8 p.m., allowing patrons time to drink and dance before ringing in 2007.
Not every New Year's Eve event in Lawrence is limited to the night.
life, as fans of the women's basketball team can catch a 12:30 p.m. home game before heading out for the night.
Local New Year's fun goes beyond Lawrence, also, as Kansas City offers a lot of options for entertainment.
Those will to spend $95 can head to the Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway St. Though it may seem expensive, the price covers an open bar with champagne, four rooms full of food, breakfast after midnight and several bands and DJs throughout the event.
"Everyone I know from the area has great stories from past New Years and most of them already have plans for this year," Peyton Marek, Coppell, Texas, freshman, said. "I'm going to make a trip back just for the day, but I don't know whether to go to Lawrence or Kansas City."
Kansas City also offers other choices for New Year's destinations. The Velvet Dog, 400 E 31st St., is a martini lounge with retro-themed decor. Kansas City's Recordbar, 1020 Westport Rd., offers alternative entertainment, including an adult puppet master and tribal belly dancing. Cover charge is $15 or $12 for those dressed "very sharp" or as James Bond characters.
Of course, if none of these ideas sound appealing, there's always room on the couch to watch Clark with mom and pop.
Kansan correspondent Taylor Bern can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.
- Edited by Mindy Ricketts
How to throw a good New Year's party
BY DAVID SCHAEFFER
If there is one day out of the year when people party, it is definitely New Year's Eve. It is a holiday that calls for champagne, fireworks and lots of great friends. Many people will want to throw a party for all of their peers, but they are still confused by how to throw a good party. So what is a person to do?
clean it up."
"I'll be to throw a New Year's party, I would have lots of confetti and lots of pots and pans to bang at midnight," Sarah Schmit, Lenexa junior, said. "I would also put up decorations, have a costume theme and make fun cookies to eat."
Another factor to consider is where to have your party. While most people host their parties at home, some prefer to have it some place else.
While some people will put lots of preparation into their party, there is still no guarantee that people will show up.
"Hotel parties are always a good idea," Lauren Bredesen, Minneapolis, Minn., freshman said. "You can party and swim and you can leave the place a total mess and not have to
Scott Haman, Dallas, junior,
said that a lot of parties on New
Year's Eve are not any good
because no one knows which
party is the big party.
"You need to let everyone know in advance about your party so the word can spread around or no one will come," Haman said. "Also tell everyone there will be free beer."
By following helpful advice and adequate preparation, anyone is capable of throwing a good New Year's party. Just make sure you have enough of both sexes at the party.
"Your shindig needs to have a lot of guys and girls." Schmit said. "I never have anyone to kiss at midnight when I need to."
Kansan correspondent David Schaeffer can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.
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Player jailed for alleged burglary
BY DAVID LINHARDT
Senior safety lerome Kemp was booked into Douglas County jail Monday on charges of auto burglary, theft and criminal damage to property, jail officials said.
M. W. A.
Alcohol was a factor in the alleged crime, according to Lawrence
Kemp police.
Kemp turned himself in shortly before 8 p.m. Monday and remained in custody Tuesday morning with a $2,250 bond.
Kristen Brau, a 22 year old KU student, told Lawrence police that someone had shattered the driver's door window on her Volkswagen jetta and taken more than $1,000 in CDs and other items from her car on Friday evening. The car was parked in the 2500 block of West 6th street.
Lawrence Police spokeswoman Kim Murphyre said Braun and Kemp knew each other before the alleged incident.
Associate athletics director Jim Marchiony said he was still gathering facts and did not immediately bury a comment.
In 2005, Kemp started 11 games as safety for the layhawks, and he was given an Honorable Mention on the All-Big 12 defensive squad in 2006.
Kansan staff writer David Linhardt can be contacted at dlinhardt@kansan.com.
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》 ATHLETICS DEPT.
BY C.J. MOORE
Rush's offensive troubles
Last week KU men's basketball bill Bill Self became the last Kansas coach to ink a deal with Lew Perkins' Athletics Department.
Self's contract, like the one football coach Mark Mangino signed in September, and every contract that Perkins has drawn up at Kansas, does not include a buyout clause. A buyout clause ensures that the University of Kansas would be compensated if one of its coaches leaves for another university. For example,
Self was still under his original contract, which he signed in April 2003 when Drue Jennings acted as interim athletics director. Self's contract seemed to reiterate Perkins' approach to his handling of contracts - he's not afraid to lose coaches, and he's a coach friendly athletics director.
Kansas contracts allure coaches
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During the past five games, sophomore guard Brandon Rush's shooting percentages have been significantly lower than last season's statistics. Still, both he and coach Bill Self think he may be on the way out of his slump.
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Fans are losing faith as guard's shooting percentages fail to meet preseason expectations
BY SHAWN SHROYER
In early October, a litany of preconsecion accolades based purely on potential came rolling in for Brandon Rush.
Nearly two months later, Rush isn't living up to the hype and some Jayhawk faithful are beginning to lose patience. During Monday night's victory against USC, a Kansas fan – albeit one in a J.R. Giddens jersey – shouted a not-so-encouraging word at Rush while he was at the free throw line.
Nevertheless, to coach Bill Self and Rush himself, the sophomore guard's offensive struggles haven't reached apocalyptic proportions just yet.
During his past five games, "shooting" hasn't been the problem, but shooting the ball in the basket has. Against Ball State, Florida.
"We know Brandon Rush can shoot the ball." Self said.
Dartmouth, DePaul and Southern California, Rush's shooting percentage has plummeted, regardless of where he was taking shots.
from three-point range and 76.1 percent from the free-throw stripe.
But in his last five games, he shot 29 percent,
26.9 percent and 50 percent in each respective category.
Last season, Rush shot 47.4 percent from the field, 47.2 percent
Rush was also
"I was shooting, it looked like it was good, but they just fell short, went long, off the back-board. It was just another night."
His lack of production isn't a result of a lack of effort. He averaged 11 field goal attempts during Kansas's last five games. In fact, Self wants Rush to continue to be aggressive when he has the ball.
Kansas' top scorer last season, averaging 13.5 points per contest. That number was supposed to increase this season. Instead his season average is at 12.3 points per game, and he averaged just 9.8 points over his last five.
BRANDON RUSH Sophomore guard
"I'll take my chances with him shooting the ball," Self said. "Every time he's open, he should shoot it."
One reason Self and Rush aren't panicking is that Rush could finally be
coming out of his slump.
In the first half against Southern California. Rush led Kansas with 10 points on 2-for-5 shooting from the floor (both three-pointers) and 4-4 shooting from the free throw line.
The halftime break must have
cooled him off, though, as he added just three more points to his total in the second half, shooting 1-for-9 from the floor (including 1-for-4 from three) and 1-for-2 from the charity stripe.
"I was shooting, it looked like it was good, but they just fell short, went long, off the backboard," Rush said. "It was just another night."
"I don't think it's a slump. I hit two of them, so I feel pretty good today."
Self didn't think Rush's shooting number should take away from his overall performance.
"This was one of the best games he's played this year," Self said. "He was aggressive, and look at his defense."
For now defense is where Rush is gaining praise, but he is earning it.
While junior guard Russell Robinson and sophomore guard Mario Chalmers are the best Jayhawks at creating turnovers, Rush has been Kansa's lockdown
defender. His length and athleticism allow him to guard almost any opponent.
"He's become our best perimeter defender as far as keeping his man from scoring." Self said.
Self added that to be great Kansas will need Rush to be a better shooter. But that doesn't mean Rush should start putting even more emphasis on his offense and less on defense.
Basically, Kansas will depend on Rush - the Brandon Rush who garnered preseason All-Big 12 and All-American honors - to perform on both ends of the court.
"If you only play well when you make shots, then you're probably a pretty one-dimensional player and he's got to be a total player for us," Self said.
Kansan sportswriter Shawn Shroyer can be contacted at sshroyer@ kansan.com.
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》 FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
Big 12 Conference All-Name team
JONATHAN MILLER
BY SHAWN SHROYER
KANSAN COLUMNIST
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Offense
QB Colt McCoy, Texas — The perfect name for a UT quarterback
RB: Marlon Lucky, Nebraska
- Opponents were lucky that Nebraska's RB rotation held Marlon to just 49.2 rushing yards per game this season.
RB. Ivorovskie Lane, Texas A&M - This bulldozer of a running back is listed at 274 pounds, but 300 might be more accurate.
PETER MCCULLOCH
Kock
could save the Cyclones this season
FB: Ryan
Kock, Iowa State
— Last name
supposedly pronounced "Cook," but I'm not buying it.
WR; Milan Moses and Eusephe Messiah, Iowa State Bohawk
No amount of Biblical names
WR: Limas Sweed, Texas — Sounds like something you would use "Scotts" lawn fertilizer to get rid of.
TE: Joe Jon Finley, Oklahoma
— He had no choice but to play for a Southern school.
OL: Manny Ramirez, Texas Tech
— What? Manny could be taking his "Manny being Manny" antics to the NFL? Oh, different Manny.
Messiah
OL. Kasey Studdard, Texas — Not to be confused with Ruben Studdard.
OL: Joel
Clinger, Missouri
— Watch the
hands. Joel.
OL: Tyler
BENEFIT MANAGER
Polambus, Colorado — With a name like that, it's no surprise he's 6—foot—8.
OL: Glenn January, Texas Tech — Too bad the Red Raiders won't be playing in January.
Defense
DL. CJ. A. Ah You. Oklahoma — Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode
TAYLAH WILSON
where jerry couldn't remember his girlfriend's name, so all he can think
of to call her is,
"Ah...you!"
Bullitt
DL: Victor DeGrate, Oklahoma State
— His last name is pronounced "Da-great;" his first name is just a
first name is just a bonus.
DL. Jay Moore, Nebraska — His 13.5 tackles for losses and five sacks are no joke.
DL. Dek Bake, Texas Tech — His 'Dek & Bake' food products haven't quite caught on.
LB: Marcus Bacon, Missouri Mmmm. bacon
Unlike the 1970s band, this Rufus doesn't need Chaka Khan to succeed.
LB: Steve Octavien, Nebraska
— Don't all men secretly wish they could simply go by "Octavian?"
DB: Aqib Talib, Kansas — Was the only defensive presence in the Kansas secondary; best corner in the conference.
M.
DB: Melvin Bullitt, Texas A&M
- Too bad questionable coaching decisions and atrocious game man
Bacon
— Other last names that could lead to Superman references:
"Locomotive" or "Able-to-leap-tall buildings-in-a-single-bound."
agement by Marl Mangino "Rouxined" Dominic's chances of playing in a bowl game his senior year.
DB: C.J.
Wilson, Baylor
— He didn't make
the all conference team, so he can be on mine.
Special Teams
K: Jeff Snodgrass, Kansas State — I felt obligated to put a Wildcat somewhere on the list.
P: Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor — Teammate C.J. Wilson gave up trying to pronounce Daniel's last name and began calling him "Sep."
Honorable Mention
DB: Dominic Roux, Kansas
Grad School?
DL Shawn Moorehead, Iowa State; RB lake Sharp, Kansas; WR Xavier Rambo, Kansas; T Derek Fine, Kansas; DL Ola Dagunduro, Nebraska; LB Bo Rund, Nebraska; LB Misi Tupe, Texas A&M
Kansan sportswriter Shawn Shroyer is a Mound City junior in journalism.
Law School?
An MBA?
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Miami coach Larry Coker was fired after going 6-6 in the regular season.
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No disrespect to Richard Lariviere, the University's new provost, but it's too bad that the school didn't name Athletics Director Lew Perkins the head boncho of student affairs.
Because wed all be 4.0 students.
Whv?
It's clear that as long as you show up with Lew Perkins in charge, you'll be rewarded — handsomely. Just look at two of his biggest fans, Mark Mangino and Bill Self.
Both Self and Mangino received fat contract extensions this year. Self's came last week, days after the Hawks beat the defending champion Florida Gators and before they lost to then 2-4 DePaul. Mangino hit the lottery, uh, got paid, in the middle of one of the most disappointing football seasons in recent memory.
Somewhere KU debate coach Scott Harris, who recently won Coach of the Year honors, is scratching his head trying to come up with an argument for why he hasn't gotten a pay increase vet.
Maybe it's because the athletics department uses a formula to calculate new contracts that is similar to the Cedric the Entertainer philosophy of "we wish".
We wish that Mangino would
win the games he's supposed to. We wish he would win some games on the road. We wish Bill Self would get us out of the first round of the NCAA tournament. We wish he recruit players that stick around without leaving in a hail of controversy.
Yet, when breaking down both guys' respective bodies of work at the University, one must be judicious. First, Coach Self.
The guy bought himself some serious love when he arrived in Lawrence because of the ugly departure of Roy Williams. There are two categories of Roy people in Lawrence — those who love him and those who hate him. So Self has been afforded the luxury of phasing out the Roy era of fast-paced, 90-point games with slower, methodical defensive struggles and 60- to 70-point sluggests.
Considering how much fun it's been to watch those slower games, it's even more fun watching the 'Hawks get bounced out of the tourney after one game two years in a row. Excuses abound for why those losses happened: youth, wrong players for the system, have we said youth yet? At least the team won a conference championship.
But now Coach Self has his players, and so far, well, the team looks ripe for a first round exit again. The problem? No one fears Kansas basketball anymore. That choke mentality that suffocated KU basketball in the mid-'90s dissipated in the early part of this decade before reappearing after Bucknell and Bradley. According to Coach Self, his team lacks a
leader. Freshman Darrell Arthur said practices are lax because the players are void of intensity and focus. Too bad our team's not full of McDonald's All-Americans and blue-chip prospects... Watt, it is. Good thing it's only early December.
Has Bill Self done a good job during his tenure so far at Kansas? Depends on who you ask. While a contract extension seems legitimate for a guy who has gone 79-26 in four plus seasons, I might've waited until after the tournament to discuss the long term.
As for Coach Mangino, my thoughts on the football team have been well documented and this season's coaching failure is nothing short of despicable. To put the lunacy of Mangino's $1.5 million contract into perspective, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier was just awarded a new extension worth $1.75 million. Spurrier has won a national championship and is widely regarded as one the best minds in all of football.
Both coaches still have plenty of time to prove that they merit inclusion in a higher tax bracket, and I wish they would. In the meantime, with the semester drawing to a close, approach your professor before finals and say, "Hey, I want the Self-Mangino treatment - give me an A just for being here."
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Following a devastating 66-41 loss to Wisconsin, Kansas will return to its home floor to play the South Dakota State lackrabbits tonight. The team's biggest test will be how it responds after such a lossed loss.
SDSU does have senior forward Megan Vogel, who averages 19 points and five rebounds a game. Kansas sophomore forward Mariaj Zinic will have to slow her production down with solid defense in the paint.
"If we're mature enough to realize that was a bad night for Kansas, we'll learn from it," coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
"It was dumbounding to look at them," Henrickson said. "I didn't see any toughness and I didn't see any intensity."
Kansas' biggest problems arose with not being able to shut down Wisconsin starting guards Jolene Anderson and Janese Banks, who combined for 30 points.
The Jackrabbits didn't boast as talented of a backcourt against the Jayhawks. Sophomore Ashlea Muckenhirn and junior Andrea Verdegan averaged 12 points per game combined.
"We were offensively abysmal,"
None of the players on the Jayhawk roster had a great game against the Badgers. The leading scorer recorded 10 points and the leading rebounder had five boards
Zinic struggled offensively against the Badgers, shooting 2-for-8 from the floor. It wasn't just Zinic though; as a team, the Jayhawks shot 30 percent.
Henrickson said.
Much of the pressure to get the offense going in the right direction will fall on freshman forward Sade Morris. In the last three games, Morris has shot just less than 50 percent with 24 points. Overall, Morris is tied for second on the team with eight points per game.
Morris will also have to contribute on the defensive end against SDSU. SDSU's second most reliable weapon has been sophomore forward Jennifer Warkenthien.
great job this year by beating USC and Virginia".Herrickson said.
Henrickson will continue to use many players on the perimeter, but as seen in the last two games, expect senior guard Sharita Smith to sub more frequently. She was the only player Henrickson praised following the loss to Wisconsin.
SDSU has lost two of its last three games, but its 5-2 record includes victories against a couple of impressive opponents.
"South Dakota State has done a
"I thought Sharita was aggressive," she said. "I hope those young kids watch her and realize that's what we're looking for."
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer can be contacted at ckeefer@ kansan.com.
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Gators deserve BCS championship game
The Florida Gators are headed to Arizona for the National Championship, where they will take on undefeated Ohio State. Bryan Jones wrote in Monday's Independent Florida Alligator that while the Gators may not deserve to be there, they will be competitive.
Is it destiny?
It's year two for UF coach Urban Meyer, who has had unprecedented
It's the fourth year for senior quarterback Chris Leak, who came to UF in 2003 vowing to win a national title.
success in his second year at all of his head coaching stops.
It's the final year for 21 seniors who have experienced the fall of the Gators' SEC dynasty and more emotional turmoil than they bargained for.
And come Jan. 8. they'll all be playing for college football's biggest prize — a national championship. And how can anyone truly be surprised?
This is a team that has caught, and taken advantage of, seemingly every break it needed on a difficult run through the nation's toughest
schedule.
There was the roughing-the-passer penalty on Tennessee's J.T. Mapu that negated a touchdown off Leak's interception, allowing the Gators to squeak by Tennessee 21-20 in Knoxville.
There was the controversial face-mask penalty against Georgia that allowed the Gators to eventually run the clock out and LSU's Jacob Hester being called down just short of the goal line, leading to a JaMarcus Russell fumble and no points for the Tigers.
But it was jarvis Moss' blocked kick in the final seconds against South Carolina that really shows how special this UF team is.
While the Gators are constantly criticized for all the close calls, they
have been as clutch and opportunistic as they have been lucky.
After that victory against South Carolina, larvis Moss said he knew that UF would somehow make it Glendale, Ariz., to play for the national championship.
"There is no doubt about it," Moss said. "Tonight, we just felt it. Everybody on this team just has to believe ... I can feel it. Hopefully you guys can feel it."
A few weeks later, on a day where a Capital One Bowl berth was still a huge possibility, the Gators got another break when they realized at halftime that Southern California was defeated by UCLA. Like countless other times this season, the Gators capitalized, finishing off Arkansas in
the SEC Championship game.
Ironically, UF also needed some unlikely breaks to accomplish its first national championship 10 years ago, when several teams fell in the season's final weeks and Arizona State lost in the Rose Bowl.
Will UF claim its second national title and become the first school to win national championships in basketball and football in the same year? Who knows.
But the Gators certainly deserve to be there. Michigan played a much weaker schedule and didn't win its own conference. And the Wolverines have the Big Ten to blame.
If the conference would just pony up and play a conference championship, perhaps Michigan would have
had a shot to play its way into the BCS title game instead of sitting on the couch watching SpongeBob, to use a Mever reference.
While the Gators will enter the BCS title game as huge underdogs, and some analysts will already be anointing Ohio State the champion before the two teams take the field, just relax and enjoy the season this team has treated you to.
Something tells me this battle tested UF team, this team that is filled with players who have gone through ups and downs throughout this season and their entire careers, will find a way to take advantage of whatever situation comes its way.
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"Tis the season. It is early December: Christmas decorations are beginning to appear, Thanksgiving leftovers are almost gone and all the kids are huddled around the television to hear ESPN commentators rant and rave about
It seems we go through this every year. The BCS always leaves at least one team and its fans dissatisfied. One coach always has to look his players in the eye and tell them that they won't get to play in the big game, because they lacked "style points."
But you know what? This system is the best we are going to get. This is how I stopped worrying and loved the BCS.
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Besides, did you ever wonder how it would be determined which teams would participate in a hypothetical playoff? It would still come down to humans deciding which team would be more worthy, just like the pollsters decided that Florida deserved to play for the national championship over Michigan. There would still be teams on the outside looking in.
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The favorite alternative would be a playoff system. In fact, there already is a college football playoff system. Student-athletes who play Division I-AA, Division II and Division III football have a playoff to determine their NCAA champion. And yet the NCAA claims that it would be unfair to make the same demands on their Division I-A counterparts. Please. What keeps Division I-A from having a playoff is the same thing that keeps the other divisions from having a bowl system — money.
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MICHIGAN
After being ranked No. 2 behind Ohio State for weeks, the Michigan Wolverines took a sudden dip to No. 3 the day before the National Championship matchup was announced. Matt Singer wrote in Monday's The Michigan Daily that going to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl won't be much of a consolation prize.
Michigan fans watched nervously as the Wolves came close to reaching the championship game. However, a media push swayed the votes away from Michigan and toward Florida instead, putting Michigan back in third place and bound for the Rose Row.
Well, that does it.
Another trip to Pasadena's not the end of the world, I guess.
But this stings. It really stings.
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But on Saturday, we all were glued to our television screens. We all held our breath in the desperate hope that the Bruins would somehow beat the mighty Trojians, punching Michigan's ticket to Glendale, Ariz. We all felt our hearts race as Karl Dorrell's squad hung tight with Pete Carroll's crew.
No one seriously thought that UCLA would knock off of a heavily-favored Southern Cal squad, reopening the door for Michigan's national title hopes.
Then, with an absurdly acrobatic game-clinching interception by UCLA linebacker Eric McNeal, Wolverine nation's wildest dreams appeared to come true.
Horns honked. People screamed. Joy rejoined in Ann Arbor.
later.
But at the Georgia Dome, events were unfolding that would put everyone here in a much more somber mood less than 24 hours
Florida, a team which rested two spots below Michigan in the BCS Standings when the Wolverines stopped playing two weeks ago, was taking on Arkansas in the Southeastern Conference Championship game.
Conventional wisdom stated that Michigan would remain ahead of Florida, as long as the Gators didn't completely destroy the Razorbacks
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Conventional wisdom was wrong.
Florida didn't crush Arkansas. The Gators didn't even outplay them. But as the final minutes of the thrilling, but sloppy, matchup wound down, a new line of thinking came to the forefront of the college football world.
CBS announcer Gary Danielson fired the first salvos. And powerful salvos they were. The SEC's color commentator stated "it's hard
to win a championship" at least five times, a not-so-subtle dig at Michigan's failure to lock up the Big Ten title against consensus No. 1 Ohio State on the Buckeyes' home turf.
Indeed, for Florida, winning a championship was hard. The Gators squad that failed to beat its last four Division I-A opponents — all unranked — by more than a touchdown looked shell-shocked as Arkansas stormed past them in the third quarter.
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when the Rose Bowl — long the Wolverines' ultimate goal — is the consolation prize. And I have a feeling that when it's all said and done, Michigan will end up in its rightful place as the No. 2 team in the country.
But for now, with all the exhilation, frustration and crushing disappointment of the past 36 hours, it's hard for me to get excited for the "Granddaddy of Them All."
By mid-afternoon Sunday, Florida's wave of public backing had become a tsuanni. Voters, who for weeks had consistently picked the Wolverines over the Gators, suddenly reversed their positions.
Then, Arkansas punt returner Reggie Fish attempted to field a punt over his shoulder on a dead sprint at his own three-yard line. Inevitably, he muffed the kick, Florida recovered it, and the entire course of history was altered.
Florida have jumped Michigan to take over the No. 3 spot in the polls?
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one loss should have the chance to play for the national championship" Slive said.
From there, Florida's National Championship momentum continued to build. Television analysts who previously ignored the Gators as a national title contender began arguing that Florida "deserved a shot" against Ohio State after Michigan "blew" its chance.
Shive — who, by the way, just happens to be the SEC commissioner — checked his impartiality at the door to argue for his conference's Gators.
on ESPN's SportsCenter Saturday night. Immediately after hearing Carr's classy statement, Florida coach Urban Meyer shamelessly continued his weeks-long push to get Florida into the National Championship.
the second-best team in the country took a back seat to avoiding an "unfair" Michigan-Ohio State rematch.
Instead, the voters let the media's jabbering and Meyer's whining get into their heads. For dozens of poll voters, figuring out who really was
Even the BCS coordinator Mike
Were these voters blown away by Florida's inconsistent-at-best performance over Arkansas? If Southern Cal had won, would
We all held our breath in the desperate hope that the Bruins would somehow beat the mighty Trojans, punching Michigan's ticket to Glendale, Ariz
With Florida's hype swelling, Michigan coach Lloyd Carr took the high road, declining the opportunity to campaign for the Wolverines
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Cleveland State forward Renard Fields, right, pressures Kansas State forward Jason Bennett (55) during the second half of a basketball game Tuesday in Manhattan. Kansas State won the game 93-60.
almost brought a smile to coach Bob Huggins' face.
"It's the first time I thought we were assertive through the whole game," Huggins said after the Wildcats beat Cleveland State 93-60 Tuesday night to snap a two-game losing streak. "We've talked to them for two days about trying to come out and impose our will on the opposition, which we haven't done."
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Cartier Martin scored 21 points and four other players reached double figures for the Wildcats, who shot a season-high 61.5 percent (33-for-52) from the field. They also forced 22 turnovers and didn't allow any Cleveland State players to score in double figures.
"We've seen what we can do when we come out and defend and force turnovers to get them out of their offense," said guard Akeem Wright, who had 13 points. "That's what we came out tonight and did."
David Hoskins added 17 points, 15 of those in the first half, for Kansas State (5-3). Jason Bennett had 11 points and five blocked shots and Lance Harris finished with 10 points for the Wildcats, who took control early and led 50-23 at the half.
Kansas State held the Vikings (5-5) without a field goal for more than 7 minutes to open the game.
The Wildcats, meanwhile, hit eight of their first 10 shots and 13 of their first 20. They opened up their first 20-point lead, 27-7, when Martin scored off the glass just before the midpoint of the first half.
Kansas State, which won despite being outrebounded 45-28, shot 67 percent (16-for-24) from the field for the half. They put together an 11-0 run, capped by Bennett's
dunk, to lead 45-18 with just under
230 left before the break.
Martin got to double figures faster than Cleveland State's entire team. His two free throws with 9:39 left in the half gave him 11 points, 17 seconds before the Vikings' Carlos English hit a 3-pointer to cut the Wildcats' lead to 29-12.
shooting. He was 0-for-9 before converting a 3-point play with just over 13 minutes left in the game.
Cleveland State missed its first eight shots before Joe Davis connected from the baseline with 12.21 left in the first half.
"Coach said he likes to drive right, so we forced him to his left," Hoskins said. "When he went to his right, Jason was right there waiting on him, and the rest of our big guys as well."
J Nathan Bullock, who came in leading the Vikings with 14.8 points per game, was held to eight points Tuesday night on 1-for-12
been very assertive. That's the best word I can use to describe what we haven't been."
The Vikings did not have a double-digit scorer for the first time this year. Patrick Tatham and Tristan Crawford also had eight points for Cleveland State.
Kansas State converted Cleveland State's turnovers, 16 of them in the first half, into 22 points.
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The Wildcats' speed in transition and aggressiveness in attacking the basket also earned them repeated trips to the line. They drew 28 fouls and hit 25-of-35 free throw attempts.
"We didn't compete against them," Cleveland State coach Gary Waters said. "They were on a mission, and they wanted to win the game. They had lost two in a row, and they came out and played harder in every phase of the game."
"That's the way we were supposed to play," Huggins said. "We had not
when Self left Illimos, Kansas had to pay the Illini $500,000 because of a buyout clause in Self's contract there.
Kansas has been burned by not including buyout clauses in its coaches' contracts in the past. In 2003 when former men's basketball coach Roy Williams left for North Carolina, Kansas did not receive a dime because Williams did not have a buyout clause in his contract. But Perkins has said he wasn't afraid of losing coaches.
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"Don't be fooled," he said.
"Because if Bill (Self) left, wed find someone really good."
Perkins doesn't want to keep someone around who doesn't want to be at Kansas.
"This is an attractive University to which you can attract coaches so I don't think Lew's ever been one to worry about what would happen if a coach left," Associate Athletics Director Jim Marchiony said. "Lew believes we've got some really good coaches here and he wants them to stay, but Kansas is a place where you can attract good head coaches."
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Perkins said last week that he was big on continuity, as he showed with his commitment to Mangino in September, a decision he doesn't seem to regret.
"We qualified for a bowl this year," Perkins said. "In my four years here, we've been to two bowls and qualified for three out of four. That shows some consistency. That shows we've gotten better over the past three or four years."
"You don't build a football program in two or three or four years, you build it in five or six years."
As Self showed with his new contract, Perkins is a guy coaches want to work under. Self has an unusual clause in his contract that changes if Perkins leaves. Self will be paid an average of $225,000 per year if he stays at Kansas for the duration of his five-year contract. If he departs sometime during that five years, he does not receive any money from the retention agreement.
However, if Perkins leaves and then Self decides at some point to follow, Self will be compensated for the number of years he stayed under the new contract.
"I want Lew to be my athletics director," Self said. "I feel great being linked to Lew in that way."
Kansan staff writer C.J. Moore can be contacted at cjmore@kansan. com.
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ENTERTAINMENT Gibson's film highlights language, life of Mayans
MEXICO CITY — Scenes of enslaved Maya Indians building temples for a violent, decadent culture in Mel Gibson's new film "Apocalypto" may ring true for many of today's Mayas, who earn meager wages in construction camps, building huge tourist resorts on land they once owned.
Some Mayas are excited at the prospect of the first feature film made in their native tongue, Yucatec Maya. But others among the 800,000 surviving Mayans are worried that Gibson's hyperviolent, apocalyptic film could be just the latest misreading of their culture.
Gibson employed Mayas, most of whom live on Mexico's Yucatan
peninsula, in the filming of the movie, and says he wants to make the Mayan language "cool" again, and encourage young people "to speak it with pride."
Still, the percentage of Maya speakers in Yucatan state fell from 37 percent in 2000 to 33.9 percent by 2005.
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You're growing more impatient, which won't do you any good. Relax and let what you want come to you. That's the masterful plan.
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Chiefs coach defends choice to reserve all his timeouts
BY DOUG TUCKER ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Herm Edwards, Kansas City's first-year coach, has drawn fire from some fans and broadcasters for not using at least one of his three time-outs while Cleveland was driving late in the fourth quarter Sunday for the game-tying touchdown.
Why not stop the clock to give more seconds to get downfield and maybe kick a game-winning field goal if the Browns do get the game tied?
But Edwards kept his time-outs in his pocket, and the Chiefs had less than a minute to work with after Cleveland scored the tying
touchdown in a game the Browns eventually won 31-28 in overtime
It's a strategy. Edwards pointed out, that worked beautifully in a 17-13 victory over Oakland on Nov. 19.
The Raiders drove inside the 10 in the final seconds, but safety jarrad Page intercepted Oakland's pass in the end zone to preserve the victory.
Similarly in a 30-27 victory Oct. 22 against San Diego, Lawrence Tynes kicked a game-winner with 6 seconds left after the Chiefs used time-outs while driving down the field to put him in position.
"Different situations dictate maybe you use (time-out). I thought we managed it well."
Edwards said. "I wasn't raising the white flag, thinking they were going to score a touchdown. I thought we were going to stop them. I'm not going to start calling time-outs under 2 minutes, and our defense looks at me and says, 'What are you doing?'
The loss left the Chiefs (7-5) in a five-way tie for the two AFC wild-card spots, and also with a sour taste in their mouth. It was also another late-season failure on the road, something that has haunted Kansas City for six years.
"It's certain players," Edwards said. "I guess they just don't play as well on the road as they do at home, and they've got to find a way to do that."
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Editor's note: As the fall semester comes to a close, The Kansan's football writer, Ryan Schneider, takes a look back at this year's team and offers grades in several categories.
RUSHING OFFENSE:
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BY RYAN SCHNEIDER
This was by far the most successful and effective unit for the team this season. Running back Jon Cornish set the program's single-season rushing record with 1,457 yards. While Cornish deserves a lot of the credit for the unit's success, the offensive line also deserves recognition. An anytime a team can average 176 rushing yards a game, they'll have a good chance to win. Fullback Brandon McAnderson and running back Jake Sharp had good seasons as well.
Grade - A
PASSING OFFENSE:
It's tough to fairly grade this unit because it's unlikely that quarterback Kerry Meier was healthy at the end of the season. Meier played as expected — good at times and poorly at others. It's hard to expect more than that out of a freshman. He certainly didn't get a lot of help because his receivers dropped a number of passes, especially early in the season. There could be an interesting battle in the spring between Meier and Todd Reesing as both continue to improve.
RUSHING DEFENSE:
Grade — C
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of the linebackers and defensive line from last year's team, this group filled the gaps well. Most of this group will return next season and should continue to be the base of the defense.
Grade — B
It's hard not to fail a unit that finished the season dead last in passing defense out of 119 Division I A teams. This defensive failure was about more than the secondary, though a lack of a consistent pass rush didn't help. The pass defense improved throughout the season, but that progress was overshadowed by an ugly performance against Missouri. With Ajq Talib and Anthony Webb gaining experience throughout the season, this unit should be greatly improved next season.
Grade — F
SPECIAL TEAMS:
The return game wasn't anything great, but it usually set up the offense with good field position. The kicking game, though, was another story. Punter Kyle Tucker came into the season as one of the nation's top pointers. Instead, Tucker didn't make the big 12' Top 10 pointers list, averaging just 38 yards a punt. Kicker Scott Webb started the season slowly, but became more dependable as the year went along.
Grade-C
It's tough to win games when your best player doesn't touch the ball with the game on the line. Mark Mangino's refusal to give the ball to running back Jon Cornish cost the team at least two victories — Toledo and Baylor. Kansas should have won eight games, but instead finished with a 6-6 record and no bowl game. Sure this program has made great strides in five seasons under Mangino, but it's time to take the next big step forward.
COACHING:
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KU refuses to disclose unspent KUID funds
Beak 'Em Bucks, a debit card feature on KUIDs, may violate Kansas law because the University of Kansas makes no attempt to return money in inactive accounts to former students, nor does it surrender aban-
donated accounts to the Kansas State Treasurer.
KU officials said they didn't know how much of the almost $300,000 in Beak 'Em Bucks accounts is abandoned or even which accounts are active.
The University maintains account
information in its databases, but KU officials denied a Kansas Open Records Act request by The University Daily Kansan for information about abandoned accounts. Jane Rosenthal, KU privacy officer and records custodian, said the request was denied because "the development of special programming would be required to produce this information."
Mike Wellems, chairman of Student Senate's finance committee; said he thought the University would want to get the information to better understand any problems with the
system.
Peggy Hanna, deputy assistant to the Kansas State Treasurer, said the Kansas Unclaimed Property Act required state agencies, including the University, to report abandoned funds to her office.
But Lindy Eakin, vice provost for
administration and finance, said the University did not report to the treasurer's office.
"We're just trying to stay under the radar." Eakin said.
"It just introduces so much
School officials solicit support for maintenance
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OVERLAND PARK - Groups in Wichita and Overland Park learned Wednesday that buildings of the six state universities required $729 million in repairs.
Wednesday morning, joined by Wichita State President Donald Beggs, alumni from all three schools and local leaders were addressed.
The purpose of the meetings was not to solicit money, but to solicit support from the people
Chancellor Robert Hemenway, Kansas State President Jon Wefald and Board of Regents Chairman Nelson Galle addressed the Johnson County Business Leadership Council, a segment of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday night.
who can influence Governor Kathleen Sebelius and the Kansas Legislature, Galle said.
The cost of the repairs, called deferred maintenance by the Board of Regents, was released to the public in November at a back- logged total of $727 million. An additional $84 million annually would be required to maintain those repairs.
The cost of repairs covers 20 academic and administrative buildings. Covered by other fees are residence halls, student unions, athletic facilities and parking garages.
The figure includes nearly $209 million for repairs to the KU campus and more than $75 million to the KU Medical Center.
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HEALTH
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Planned Parenthood gives away free Plan B
Planned Parenthood Clinics nationwide distributed free Emergency Contraception Plan B Wednesday to mark the once prescription-only medication's move to over-the-counter.
Christi Campbell, who works at Planned Parenthood, 2108 W. 27th St, said women 18 and older were able to get a free dose of Plan B by showing a valid ID. Women under 18 were required to have a consultation with a Planned Parenthood physician before getting the medication.
Mandy del Valle, manager of Planned Parenthood, said several patients were hesitant to come in to get prescription-only Plan B because
Campbell said the goal of giving away Plan B was to let people know the medication was available over the counter.
Habashy said the protest wasn't meant to be a response to Planned Parenthood's free over the counter Plan B. She said the group wanted to spread the word that there was a pro-life group on campus.
Not everyone is happy about Plan B's move to over the counter. KU Students for Life held a silent protest Wednesday on Wesco Beach from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
hey had to see a doctor to get it.
"We wanted anyone who wants to talk about the facts or effects of abortion to know they can come to us and we'll help them." Habashy said.
Nicole Habashy, co-president of KU Students for Life, organized the protest.
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"Now patients don't have to say why they need it or even who they need it for" del Valle said.
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THE END
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BY KIM LYNCH
Students, KU staff offer tips to prepare test-takers for this semester's finals
Ashley Tillberg is busy preparing for her three finals.
The Newton junior, like many KU students, will have finals next week. She has developed some strategies that help her to study, such as snacking on cereal and studying for her earliest final first.
Finals occur the week of Dec. 11. The schedule and regulations are available online at www.registerar.ku.edu/exams/ 069finals.shtml. Final grades can be viewed through Enroll and Pay after they are posted.
finals study tips
Plan ahead to allow enough time to prepare Make sure you know where the final is Develop a study plan Give yourself a short break
Return to Lawrence a day before the first final Be early to the exam so you can relax and get prepared
Work on problems you know, and then go back to ones you don't know
If the questions are multiple choice, try to predict the answer before looking at the options Develop an outline for essays before writing them
Source: Kristin Scott, Assistant Director of the Academic Achievement and Access Center
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WHAT ADVICEWOULD YOU GIVE TO STUDENTS STUDYING FOR FINALS?
I am a professor at the University of Cambridge in England. I am interested in the history of English literature, particularly the works of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
TAYLOR MILLER
Colby junior "Once they are over, forget everything because that's what I do and it works."
Colby junior
DAN SCHWALLER
Omaha, Neb., senior "Study hard, but don't stress yourself out."
Bernard Eckman
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REBEKAH SCAPERLANDA
Norman, Okla., junior "Wear comfortable clothing."
TIM HOFFMAN
Atchinson junior "Group study and study guides."
PETER BURTON
eating tips
protein
Eat foods high in protein
Try not to consume too much caffeine
too much caffeine
Eat at regular intervals
Be sure to get enough sleep because lack of sleep leads to overeating
Be sure to drink plenty of fluids because thirst is sometimes mistaken for hunger
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Take exercise breaks because it will help focus If you are a stress eater, take snacks, but study at the library Find ways to soothe stress besides eating such as a bubble bath It doesn't matter what time you eat, but rather how much you eat
Source: Ann Chapman, dietitian at Watkins Memorial Health Center
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A condom can hold about four quarts of milk. Bonus Fact: 18th Century condoms were made from sheep, lamb and goat intestines, and sometimes fish skin.
2. Student charged with involuntary manslaughter for alleged hit-and-run
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3. Davis: Coaches' millions unjust
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"I think it should be put in the menu in clear view which things have trans fat in them."
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Authorities also were looking into whether the man could be responsible for another infant's death, which officials had attributed earlier this year to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
suspicion in son's death LEAVENWORTH — A 24-year-old Leavenworth man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to suffocate and strangle his 4-month-old son, police said.
The man, whose identity was not released, was arrested Tuesday after the baby's mother reported that he had wrapped a blanket around the infant's head and had the baby in a stranglehold, said Maj. Patrick Kitchens, spokesman for the Leavenworth Police Department.
The baby was not injured.
boy was not injured. Police investigating the incident recalled responding Jan. 30 to another location where the man and woman were living. A 5-month-old boy was unresponsive, and authorities' attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
The death was attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, but police are now re-examining that death.
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ODD NEWS
ODD NEWS Bar owner told to remove discriminating sign
MASON, Ohio — A bar owner who faced a discrimination complaint over a message in his window has removed a sign that read "For Service Speak English"
and replaced it with one reading "Here We Speak English."
Ullum never intended to discriminate against anyone, posting the sign to show support for English becoming the national language, said K.C. McAlpin, executive director of ProEnglish language advocates in Arlington, Va., which represented Ullum before the state civil rights commission.
"There is a difference between signs that express political opinions and those who deny service," he said. "The settlement said he would not put up any sign that would limit service. I do not see that (new) sign as limiting service."
Housing Opportunities Made Equal, an area agency that handles fair-fousing issues, filed a complaint with the state in July 2005 over the original sign. The Ohio Civil Rights Commission later ruled that it was discriminatory.
"If someone doesn't like it, have them call me," Tom Ullum, owner of the Pleasure Inn in this city northeast of Cincinnati, said Tuesday.
Ullum, 64 removed the "For Service Speak English" sign in November as part of a settlement agreement.
A woman accused the mall's Santa Claus of making an inappropriate comment to her teenage daughter last week.
The housing agency will not take issue with the new sign, executive director Elizabeth Brown said.
MILWAUKEE — As a traveling salesman, Peter Gilbert has put a few miles on his car — 1,001,385 miles, to be precise.
"The new sign still gets his point across," McAlpin said.
It took the Glendale man 17 years to cross the million mile mark with his 1989 Saab 900 SPG. He recently donated the durable vehicle to the Wisconsin Automotive Museum after Saab verified the mileage.
Salesman passes million mile mark on car
Mall officials "found that the claims of the mother ... differed considerably from those of Santa and the witnesses there," general manager Rob Callas said.
The transmission was rebuilt at 200,000 miles and the hood and a few other parts replaced after eight deer collisions, but otherwise it has original equipment.
But to avoid any problems, the mall sent Santa packing and called in a replacement.
Gilbert bought the Saab for $29,000. It was his treat after a divorce, and he took meticulous care of it. He used premium, synthetic oil in oil changes, changed the tires every 45,000 miles and strictly followed the maintenance schedule.
OREM, Utah — It's described as she-said, Santa-said. No matter who's right, the Santa at University Mall has been replaced.
Santa is always in the company of two other people when he greets children, Callas said.
He drove the car seven days a week, racking up the miles as his work took him through rural Wisconsin.
Santa accused of making inappropriate comments
He had it detailed and parked it at the Hartford museum, which houses a number of rare vehicles.
Then Gilbert bought another Saab with fewer miles.
But Wisconsin's harsh winters took a toll on the car. Its sporty exterior still looks good, but road salt has rusted its frame. Gilbert realized it might no longer be safe if he hit another deer or had a serious accident.
"There was no point in driving the car any longer," he said. "Even though it might have gone another million miles."
"When I hit 600,000 miles, the car still wasn't burning oil," Gilbert said. "That's when I thought
it could go a million miles."
Parking spot party guests not prosecuted in crime
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston will not proscribe a group that recently fed a parking meter in the historic district, set up a table in the space and then ate pizza and drank nonalcoholic beer.
The organizer of the party, Vince Graham, was ticketed for obstructing public ways, and had hoped a subsequent "trial of the century" could lead to more outdoor dining.
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The party was inspired by similar events on the West Coast where people took over parking spaces, turning them into parks.
Graham and others plan to meet with Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr.next month to talk about ways of making the city more friendly for pedestrians.
"I think it would be great for city life if we had more outdoor dining experiences," Graham said.
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A University employee reported a theft from a vehicle parked near the 1400 block of Apple lane. Someone took the licence tag from the vehicle. The incident occurred Dec. 5.
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A 19-year-old KU student reported an aggravated robbery at the 1200 block of Ohio. Someone took $100 in cash and a set of diamond earrings. The incident occurred Dec. 3 and the total loss was $600.
George Cone, assistant director for central heating, said the whistle had a broken valve that prevented it from operating. He said a new valve had been ordered, but was not sure how long it would take before the part arrived and the whistle was working again.
CAMPUS Whistle to remain broken until valve arrives
"It shouldn't be that long." Cone said.
For the second consecutive day, the steam whistle that signals the end of class on campus was not working Wednesday.
— Danny Luppino
Construction to pause during finals at Wescoe
The construction at Wesco Hall will be put on hold during finals week, the University reported Wednesday.
This could delay the completion date for the project.
— Frank Tankard
EMPORIA — A decrease in hay production and an increase in prices may lead to a shortage of the crop for Kansas cattle, hay producers say.
Much of the hay that has already cut is being shipped to Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, and some hay barns in Kansas could be empty when having season resumes.
"It's going to be too close for comfort for producers," said Brian Schemer of Schemer Farms, east of Emporia. "These barns are going to be empty. A lot of this hay is being trucked out of here."
Kansas could see shortage in hay crops
Schemer, who hays about 600 acres, said while he harvested only a third of a ton from one meadow where he usually averages a ton and a quarter.
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>> SPEAKER
Pundit discusses 2008 election
BY BEN SMITH
PRESIDENT
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Mark Halperin of ABC News discussed the potential candidates and the brewing political landscape for the 2008 elections with students and community members in the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics Wednesday evening.
Halperin, ABC News political director and co-author of the book "The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008," called himself a "political junkie." He shared his views of the Democratic and Republican parties and a few stories from his days covering the Clinton campaign and administration as well as a the current Bush administration.
Halperin discussed a few of the prospective nominees from both parties. He said Hillary Clinton would be a strong contender for the Democratic nomination. Halperin discussed the various strategies and obstacles he said he and John Harris, his co-author, thought existed in the contemporary political environment, which he called "the freak show."
Halperin said the two main political parties shared a great deal of similarities, but large disparities existed between the two. He said "Clinton-brand" politics worked for consensus but failed to achieve large changes, and "Bush-brand" politics fought for any majority that would allow them to bring about big changes. Halperin said John McCain had employed many of the same campaign tactics as Bush.
Bill Lacy, director of the Dole Institute, introduced Haleprin by joking that since the mid-term elections were a little more than a month in the past, "what could be more fitting than discussing the next election?"
Mark Halperin, ABC New Political Director and co-author of "The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008," spoke Wednesday evening at Dole Institute of Politics. Halperin answered questions after discussing politics and the 2008 elections.
Lacy said that Halperin is highly regarded in Washington D.C., as one of the key commentators on the political arena and that he thought the talk was a perfect lead up to
the political conference scheduled to take place at the Institute this weekend.
"It's kind of like giving people a preview of coming attractions," Lacy said.
Travis Morstorf, Meriden sophomore, said that while he felt Halperin spent a great deal of time "trying to sell his book," there were a few points that intrigued him.
"It was good learning some stuff about some of the candidates who might run," Morstorf said. "I also think the freak show is an interesting aspect of campaigns."
The Dole Institute sponsored the event as a simple forum for discussion, and Halperin signed copies of
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Kansan staff writer Ben Smith can be contacted at bsmith@kansan. com.
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>> HURRICANE KATRINA
New Orleans aided by architecture project
BY ERIN CASTANEDA
Two KU architecture studio classes recently gained national recognition for their project for the Seventh Ward of New Orleans.
The 301 studio, taught by Rob Corser, assistant professor of architecture, and the 401 studio, taught by Nils Gore, associate professor of architecture, designed and built a garden shed and shade structure for the Seventh Ward community. The area, the second largest Ward in New Orleans at 28 square blocks, was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. The ward is represented by The Porch Cultural Organization, which formed to help people rebuild their homes while preserving their cultural heritage.
The Seventh Ward suffered more wind damage from Katrina than flood damage, Gore said. Their designs are built to withstand strong winds.
"It helps repair the social fabric of the neighborhood," Corser said. "They need places and events to gather. The community garden is a good place to restitch the social fabric."
The 401 studio constructed the shed, and the 301 studio installed the shade structure. The shade
structure is an open-air meeting place with benches.
The structures were designed and built by students here, then broken down and sent to New Orleans. Students traveled to the city to assemble the structures last spring.
Corser said it was important to keep the designs consistent with the Creole culture important to the Seventh Ward.
Lauren Keefer, Wichita graduate student, worked in Corser's studio last spring. She said that when she and her classmates traveled to the 7th Ward last spring the area was devastated. But she saw a transformation after moving the structures there. She said when the group returned in September, a lot of work had been done.
The goal was to encourage a self-s sustaining community. The garden lies between the garden tool shed and the large shade structure, and tending it allows people to come and work together. Gore said.
The community started an herb garden, and will sell the herbs to restaurants. Gore said.
In January, Corser's 301 studio will construct another shade structure that will be the center of an exhibit in the Smithsonian's
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum from May until September. After the exhibit the structure will be shipped to New Orleans. The Kansas City, Mo., chapter of the American Institute of Architects also recognized the classes work.
Corser said the AIA award recognized good design and good teaching, all while helping to improve a community.
John Gaunt, dean of architecture, said the awards were well deserved.
"This is a two-year effort," Gaunt said. "The students have worked very hard, and what they have been doing is really appreciated by the people in New Orleans."
Corser and Gore plan to continue projects to add to the site in the 7th ward in the next few years.
The experience also helped spawn a new group formed last spring called Architecture Students for Social Action. The group invites any students to join them and work on projects outside of the classroom for local communities.
Kansan staff writer Erin Castanea can be contacted at ecastanea@kansan.com.
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SCIENCE
SCIENCE Weather could delay space shuttle's liftoff
CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla.
— Clouds of concern gathered for Thursday night's liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery as NASA downgraded launch chances to 40 percent because of weather.
"The forecast has trended for the worse right now," said Kathy Winters, shuttle weather officer.
An expected cloud ceiling at 3,000 feet was the biggest obstacle for getting Discovery off the ground at 9:35 p.m. EST Thursday. NASA won't launch with low clouds because officials want to track it visually and allow enough visibility in case the astronauts need to make a difficult emergency landing at the Kennedy Space Center's runway.
"It's a significant problem for us."Winters said.
The weather wasn't expected
to cooperate at the shuttle's emergency landing sites in Spain and France, either.
The forecast only gets worse for the following two days. Expected crosswinds and isolated showers at Kennedy Space Center reduced the chances of launch to 30 percent on Friday and 40 percent Saturday. The weather was expected to improve at the beginning of next week.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006
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Jarred Kolar, Libertyville, Ill., junior, repairs a hole caused in his apartment's kitchen wall during the previous week. Kolar estimated he had repaired it to 10 doorknob-, spoon-, and fist-sized holes in the same apartment during the course of the semester. "Sometimes it's an accident," said Kolar. "Sometimes it's somebody just being an idiot and punching the wall."
Season's mess awaits students
Apartment residents near Memorial Stadium repair holes, clean carpets
With the football season officially at an end, many KU students who live near Memorial Stadium have encountered spring cleaning early after this semester's tailgating.
BY MATT ELDER
The Stadium View Apartment complex, 1040 Mississippi St., was often students' second choice for tailgating after Campanile hill during game days.
The complex's parking lot was often overflowing with students because of its proximity to Memorial Stadium, but it was the complex's residents who were left to clean up the mess of hundreds of layhawks tans.
Jatred Kolar, Libertyville, IL,
junior, lives on the second floor
at Stadium View. With no home
games remaining, Kolar will have to invest both his time and money to return his apartment to the way it was when he initially moved in, despite taking several precautions.
"It came to the point where we were putting down plastic lining on the carpets and leaving it there," Kolar said. "We bought 200 yards of the stuff and covered every inch of our living room and still had to have it steam-cleaned."
Kolar and his three roommates recently began patching holes in their apartment's walls from the fists and chairs of disgruntled KU fans. Kolar has had to pay to patch the holes and for local hardware stores to match the paint on the walls. But they continued to host parties because people expected them too, Matt Green, St. Louis junior, said.
"There were a lot of people you
don't see every day but that you expect to see every weekend there's a game," Green said.
Green's apartment is on the complex's first floor, adiacent to the parking lot. While both Green and Kolar tried to limit their guests to close friends and acquaintances, strangers still managed to work their ways inside the apartments.
"Since we were on the first floor we got most of the traffic," Green said. "Strangers would check scores and use our bathroom just because we were closest, just adding to the mess we had outside."
Anthony Defilippo, St. Louis senior, has a house at 1024 Mississippi St. with three roommates.
Defilippo had Saturday morning class this semester and often returned to a crowded and dirty house on gamedays. On one
Saturday morning. Defilippo returned home to find his garage door spray painted with a large smiley face. Like much of the mess from past tailgates, the face is still there.
"We're not always good about getting things cleaned up," Defilippo said. "But hopefully the spray paint is going to come off okay."
Stadium View's management will send people to inspect the apartments for damages sometime this week, Green said. He, like Kolar, had to invest in the repair of his apartment's walls and carpets so he wouldn't be charged large fees by the complex's management.
Kansan staff writer Matt Elder can be contacted at melder@kansan. com.
Edited by Derek Korte
HEALTH
Outbreak of E. coli from scallions shuts down Taco Bells
BY BETH DEFALCO ASSOCIATED PRESS
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Taco Bell ordered scallions removed from its 5,800 U.S. restaurants Wednesday after tests suggested they may be responsible for the E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least three dozen people in three states.
The fast-food chain said preliminary testing by an independent lab found three samples of green onions appeared to have a dangerous strain of the bacterium.
"Iin an abundance of caution, we've decided to pull all green onions from our restaurants until we know conclusively whether they are the cause of the E. coli outbreak," said Greg
Creed, president of Irvine, Calif.
based Taco Bell.
The company would not immediately identify the supplier of the scallions, so it was unclear whether contaminated green onions reached other restaurants or supermarkets.
Tainted green onions from Mexico were blamed for a 2003 outbreak of hepatitis A in western Pennsylvania
that was also traced to a Mexican restaurant. Four people died and more than 600 people were sickened after eating the green onions at a Chi-Chi's.
California is the nation's largest supplier of green onions. But by December, as winter sets in, the vegetable is often imported from Mexico.
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At least 46 confirmed cases of E. coli sickness linked to Taco Bell have been reported in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
All 15 Taco Bell restaurants in Philadelphia voluntarily closed Wednesday.
Separate yard trimmings collection continues until Christmas. Materials should be placed in cans, carts or compostable bags by 6:00 a.m. Monday morning. Grass and leaves will not be collected with regular household trash.
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Welald was emphatic when describing the issue calling it an "extraordinary monumental crisis."
The fix on Medicare payments is estimated to cost more than $10 billion over a one-year period. The abandoned mine bill could cost $5 billion over 10 years.
Kansan staff writer Jack Weinstein can be contacted at jweinstein@kansan.com.
Among the tax breaks, a research and development deduction extension through 2006 and 2007 would cost $16.5 billion. Extending tuition deductions through the end of 2007 would cost $3.3 billion. Another provision allowing tax payers in states without income taxes to deduct state and local sales taxes would cost $5.5 billion.
"A woman who's frantic about possibly being pregnant is not in the right state of mind to look up the health risks of Plan B on her own," she said.
It remained uncertain whether the House and Senate could come together on a package that would not be so laden with expensive programs that it becomes unpassable.
Galle said, "We need to get the down payment and at the same time develop a plan as to how we'll move the rest of the way."
Habasy said she was concerned about Plan B's over the counter availability. She said she didn't understand how Plan B could be available over the counter when the FDA hadn't approved regular birth control pills over the counter.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Plan B for over-the-counter sale in August.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas, R Calif., said they were working to keep Medicare payments within budgetary limits.
The package would also open up 8 million acres off the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, postpone a planned cut in Medicare reimbursements to physicians and extend an abandoned coal mine' reclamation program.
As of late Wednesday, negotiators from the two chambers were still struggling to come up with a common approach to a tax and trade package that could bring the 109th session to a close. House Majority Leader John Boehner informed lawmakers that they wouldn't be able to adjourn on Thursday as earlier planned.
He and Hemenway discussed
With talks on a compromise plan making little headway, Senate Finance Committee leaders introduced their own 500-page bill that would renew expired or expiring tax breaks for businesses and middle income individuals and trade items affecting economic relations with Vietnam, Haiti, Africa and Andean nations.
The tax portion, said committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R
The House, meanwhile, gave conservatives perhaps their last chance for a while to vote on an abortion bill. It was defeated.
The six university presidents will meet with Governor Sebelius before Christmas to ask her to urge the legislature to make a 25 percent down payment on the deferred maintenance when she meets with it in January.
"We're talking to you because we need your support." Hemenway said. "Many of you see the governor more than we do. The governor has to know that this is an issue from people other than us."
the historic value of the state university campuses and how that history needed to be preserved, not only for the intrinsic value, but so the universities could continue to provide the level of education students expected.
Planned Parenthood will self Plan B over the counter for $25 starting today.
MAINTENANCE (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
WASHINGTON — In the final hours of Republican rule, the Senate on Wednesday put forward an all-purpose bill covering everything from normalized trade with Vietnam and tax breaks for millions of taxpayers to an expansion of offshore oil drilling.
Cathy Thrasher, Watkins Memorial Health Center chief
Hemenway indicated the problem was the result of lack of state funding for the past 10 to 12 years. And during a decade of neglect, not only have the number of repairs risen, but inflation has caused the cost to rise. Hemenway said the good thing about this issue is everyone understood it. He described a farmer needing to repair a building and a homeowner's leaky ceiling to illustrate that general maintenance was a part of life.
Kansan staff writer Anna Faltermeier can be contacted at afaltermeier@kansan.com.
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Fatal fires spark prevention effort
Fraternity, sorority organizations monitor fire hazards in greek housing
BY MATT ELDER
Following the deaths of two fraternity members at nearby universities, the KU greek community is making fire prevention a priority.
Panhellenic requires the University's sorority chapters to have fire drills and inspections by Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical units each semester. During the drills, members of the fire department check each house to make sure fire codes and requirements are met.
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, cooking accidents are the largest cause of fire injuries on college campuses. In addition, 50 percent of adult fire fatalities involve people under the influence of alcohol.
Within the past three weeks, two students living in fraternity houses at the University of Missouri St. Louis and Nebraska Wesleyan University have been killed by fire. Closer to home, the University of Kansas' greek community continues its precautionary programs to manage potential fire risks that accompany large fraternity and sorority houses.
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"All chapters on campus have to be careful about living together," said Susan Schwarz, Memphis, Tenn., junior, and Panhellenic Association vice president of risk management. "Being in a communal living space is very difficult and prone to any type of accident."
Do not overload electrical circuits and be sure that extension chords are used properly.
》 Maintain and regularly test smoke alarm and fire alarm systems. Replace smoke alarm batteries every semester.
Erin Gregory, Leawood junior and Panhellenic president, said the fire drills typically happen during the early hours of the morning to add realism. Gregory said the department monitored both how long it took for each member to exit their house and inspected the property for fire risks. If the house fails either the fire drill or inspection, the department returns to do the same routine two weeks later. Gregory said Panhellenic was thankful for its close relationship with the department and Panhellenic's decision to oversee each individual chapter.
"They understand the necessity of passing the drills," Gregory said. "They take them very seriously and have the best interest of the chapter's members at heart."
building for fire hazards. Ask your local fire department for assistance.
Regularly inspect rooms and
Conduct fire drills and practice escape routes and evacuation plans. Urge fellow students to take each alarm seriously.
The KU Interfraternity Council also continues to ensure each member chapter's safety as well. The
IFC worked closely with the fire department to begin its Greek Fire Academy last year.
Source: United States Fire Administration
lan Lang, Wichita senior anio IFC president, said each house was required to send their house president, manager and vice president of risk management to the fire department's training center where the leaders of individual chapters learn about fire safety, proper fire extinguisher usage and sprinkler systems.
"It's a priority," Lang said. "We focus a lot on alcohol and hazing prevention, but if a fire happened it could obviously affect many more
people."
Lang said KU fraternity chapters regulated and mandated fire safety on an individual basis, unlike the Panhellenic;
Members from each KU chapter of the Panhellenic and IFC gather for a seminar each spring to review fire safety tips and other risk management issues.
Kansan staff writer Matt Elder can be contacted at melder@kansan. com.
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Defense Secretary approved by Senate Robert Gates claims office with 95-2 vote
BY ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to confirm Robert Gates as defense secretary, with Democrats and Republicans portraying him as the man who will help overhaul President Bush's Iraq policies.
The 95-2 vote was a victory for Bush, who named Gates to replace Donald H. Rumsfeld at the Pentagon on Nov. 8, a day after voters gave Democrats control of Congress for next year.
Even so, much of Gates' support stemmed from his pledges to consider new options in Iraq. The vote coincided with the release of an independent study lambasting Bush's approach to the war, increasing pressure on the White House to change course.
Sens, Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and Jim Bunning, R-Ky., voted against Gates.
Gates said at his confirmation hearing this week he does not
think the U.S. is winning the war and that all options for changing the administration's approach must remain on the table.
"It seems to me that the United States is going to have to have some kind of presence in Iraq for a long time ... but it could be with a dramatically smaller number of U.S. forces than are there today," Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The committee voted 24-0 to support Gates to succeed Rumsfeld, who became a symbol of the unpopular war and often sparred with Democrats.
Committee Democrats said they decided to endorse Gates because of his frank assessment of the Iraq war and his openness to change. Many of them said they saw the Iraq Study Group's report and the change in leadership at the Defense Department as the necessary impetus for a different approach to Iraq.
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BY KIM GAMEL ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Ten U.S. troops were killed in Iraq on Wednesday, a major blow on the same day a high-level panel in Washington recommended gradually shifting U.S. forces from a combat to a training role.
The bipartisan Iraq Study Group released recommendations for changing course in the country, saying President Bush's policy in Iraq "is not working." The Iraqi
government said the U.S. report did "not come as a surprise," and it agreed that Iraq must take the lead in its own security.
"The situation is grave, very grave in fact, and cannot be tolerated." Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said on the
said two U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday in Baghdad and a Navy sailor were killed in Anbar province on Monday.
"The situation is grave,very grave in fact,and cannot be tolerated."
The latest deaths raised to at least 30 the number of U.S. troops who have died this month. At least 69 troops were killed in November and 105 soldiers were killed in October — the highest amount for a month since January 2005.
At least 2,918 service members have been killed since the war started in 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
pan-Arab satellite TV channel Al-Arabiya. "Absolute dependence on foreign troops is not possible. The focus must be on boosting the Iraqi security forces."
BARHAM SALEH Deputy Prime Minister
The U.S. military said in a statement that 10 Americans had died in four separate incidents but gave no further details, pending notification of relatives. In addition to the 10 casualties, the U.S. command
In other violence Wednesday, two mortar rounds landed and exploded in a secondhand goods market in a mixed Shiite-Sunni area in central Baghdad, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens.
said police officers Ali Mutab and Mohammed Khayoun, who provided the casualty totals.
About 25 minutes later, a suicide bomber on a bus in Sadr City detonated explosives hidden in his clothing, killing two people and wounding 15, police 1st Lt. Thaer Mahmoud said.
on the large slum since Nov 23, when a bombing and mortar attack killed 215 people in the deadliest single attack since the Iraq war began more than three years ago.
A total of at least 75 people were killed or found dead across Iraq on Wednesday, including 48 whose bullet-riddled bodies were found in different parts of the capital.
The latest eruptions of Iraq's unrelenting sectarian violence came hours before the release of a study by the Iraq Study Group, a blue-ribbon panel headed by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind.
"The situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating." the commission warned in the report.
It recommended the U.S. reduce political, military or economic support for Iraq if the government in Baghdad cannot make substantial progress toward providing for its own security.
On the highly emotional issue of troop withdrawals, the commission warned against either a precipitous pullback or an open-ended commitment to a large deployment.
"Military priorities must change," the report said, toward a goal of training, equipping and advising Iraqi forces. "We should seek to complete the training and equipping mission by the end of the first quarter of 2008."
be some details on which we differ.
He did not elaborate.
"The recommendations, at least principle, are in agreement with the national Iraqi vision that calls for reinforcing Iraqi capabilities.
He also warned that improving the battlefield capabilities of the Iraqi armed forces would not be "the
"Military priorities must change. We should seek to complete the training and equipping mission by the end of the first quarter of 2008."
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Some Iraqis, while critical of U.S. strategy in Iraq, said they feared any new policy would lead to more suffering for their country.
The attack came a day after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki urged university professors and students to ignore a Sunni Arab insurgent
Elsewhere in Iraq, gunmen broke into a school in western Baghdad at noon, killing its Sunni headmaster in his office, then instructing teachers not to return, an Iraqi army officer said, speaking on condition
"They (U.S. officials) are defeated in Iraq. So they are trying to seek for an outlet to get out of their plight in Iraq. And I think the outlet will be at the expense of the Iraqi people." Maan al-Obeidi, a professor and political analyst at Nahrain University in Baghdad, told AP Television News.
group's warnings to avoid class, calling them "desperate attempts."
The group had sent e-mails to students and posted signs at schools and mosques saving students should stay away while it cleanses the campuses of
Shiite death squads, according to a statement from al-Maliki's office late Tuesday.
The government also announced the capture of a senior aide to Abu Hamza al Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who took over as leader of al Qaida in Iraq after his predecessor Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. air-route in June.
Mouwatak al-Rubaie, the government's national security adviser, said U.S. and Iraqi forces captured the aide, though he did not specify
Coalition forces have also detained several leaders of Ansar al-Sunnah, an insurgent group allied with al-Qaida in Iraq, al-Rubiae added.
where or when. He said 60 percent of al-Qaida in Iraq's leadership has now been captured or killed.
U. S. ground and air forces also conducted a raid targeting foreign insurgents near the trianan border, killing a militant who opened fire on an aircraft, the U.S. command said.
"The noose is tightening around Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and I can say with all confidence that al Qaida in Iraq is undergoing a very real leadership crisis," al-Rubaie said at a news conference.
The early morning raid took place near Khanaqin, a remote desert area 85 miles northeast of Baghdad where U.S. forces have helped Iraq soldiers set up outposts designed to stop foreign insurgents and their weapons from crossing into Iraq.
A coalition aircraft left the raid when it took small arms fire from a vehicle below; it returned fire, destroying the vehicle killing its armed insurgent, the command said. One suspected militant was detained in the raid, which resulted in no U.S. casualties, the statement said.
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bureaucratic complexity", he said of the Unclaimed Property Act. "It's one of those things where we know who the students are and we know what's in their account. It's easy for us to get them their money"
Beak'Em Bucks by the numbers
Beak 'Em Bucks allows students and staff to make purchases on and off campus using their KUID cards. It's part of the process to produce a "one-card" system for multiple functions. The card is used for on-campus meal plans, library services. Beak 'Em Bucks, as a photo ID and can be linked to a Commerce Bank checking account.
As of late October, almost $300,000 sat in the Commerce Bank account that stored Beak 'Em Bucks funds. The University manages and tracks the individual accounts. That figure also includes $10,000 in interest accumulated since the program began. The University keeps earned interest. While some of the balance belongs to current students who are spending that money each day, account activity during the two-year period from July 2004 to June 2006 showed a $200,000 difference between deposits and spending. During that time, more than $1.3 million was deposited while only $1.1 million was spent. Accounts that have not had deposits or withdrawals for 12 months are considered inactive by the University.
When the University expanded the program to off-campus businesses, deposits nearly doubled from the 2004-05 school year to the 2005-06 year. The program now includes 25 off-campus merchants, with several being added this semester. Matt Bogner, a spokesman for Off-Campus Advantage which handles off-campus transactions and expansion for Beak 'Em Bucks, said the program had already exceeded the average of 20 off-campus locations for a program like this.
The Unclaimed property Act
The Kansas Unclaimed Property
Act requires businesses or government agencies to surrender abandoned property to the Kansas State treasurer's office. That office then holds the property so owners or heirs can claim what is rightfully theirs. Property can include cash, bank accounts, stocks, bonds, royalties, the contents of safe deposit boxes and other personal holdings. The state treasurer's office maintains a searchable, online database people can use to find forgotten or lost money. Currently, the University doesn't report any funds from Beak 'Em Bucks to the state treasurer.
According to the law, property held by the government is considered abandoned after one year of inactivity or lack of contact from the rightful owner. Beak 'Em Bucks started in 2003.
Eakin said the program did not fall under the Unclaimed Property Act because the system was like a prepaid service. He compared it to campus meal plans where students pay for a certain number of meals at the beginning of the year even if they don't eat that many meals during the year.
However, Beak 'Em Bucks can now be used at more than two dozen locations off campus, including restaurants, gas stations, a tanning salon and a textbook store.
Hanna, the deputy assistant treasurer, said inactive cash accounts were not similar to prepaid services and should be reported.
"This is the student's money; they just access it through a card," she said in an e-mail interview. "The University is splitting hairs at the expense of the students."
Eakins said the University did not want to look or act like a bank.
"That opens up a whole Pandora's box of regulation and oversight that we don't want to get into," he said.
As the program grows, Eakin said the University should look at ways to contact students about their accounts. He noted that bringing a bookstore into the system had increased the likelihood of students putting larger sums into their accounts.
Wellsle said it sounded like a bank account.
"You can deposit money, you can spend money, you can request a refund," he said. "You're not paying for a service; you're putting your money in a convenient form."
Nancy Miles, director of the KU Card Center, said the University made no attempt to contact students who may have money in inactive accounts and had no plans to do so in the future. Students can check their balances and transaction histories through the online student portal, she said.
Hanna said letting the accounts sit with no activity after 12 months was unacceptable according to the law.
David Kidd, manager of the card center at Wichita State University, said in his 10 years working in this area, he couldn't remember anyone ever bringing up the issue of unclaimed property laws, either inside his school or from other institutions.
WSU uses a system that links student cards to Commerce Bank accounts in students' names. Hanna said when cards linked directly to a bank account in the student's name, compliance with the Unclaimed Property Act would fall on the bank, not the university. The University of Kansas also allows students to link their cards to Commerce Bank accounts, though that function is separate from Beak 'Em Bucks accounts.
Who owes whom?
The University may not know how much money sits in abandoned accounts, but it does know how much money students owe to the University and can use Beak 'Em Bucks accounts to get that money.
To close a Beak 'Em Bucks account, the University charges a $15 fee to receive a refund. It then subtracts any tuition or fees owed to the University from any refund, according to terms listed on the KU Card Center's Web site. Refunds may be requested only in the spring semester or when students are leaving school.
details
» Deposits — $451,394.61
» Spending — $381,966.73
» Difference — $69,427.88
July 2004 to June 2005
July 2005 to June 2006
»> Deposits — $883,016.76
»> Spending — $749,211.09
»> Difference — $133,805.67
The card center had processed 119 refund requests since the beginning of the program.
The system also can disable the card — and the Beak 'Em Bucks account — of any student who is not enrolled at the University. Only active students and staff can access their Beak 'Em Bucks account. Miles said this was an automated process within the University's databases and could not be used to identify inactive accounts.
The terms also allow the University to charge a $10 maintenance fee to accounts after they have been inactive for one year, although Miles said that fee wasn't yet being charged. The database system that maintains all the accounts doesn't have the ability to assess the fee yet, but the University plans to update the system to charge the fee, she said. Once it has the ability to charge the maintenance fee, the University should be able to also identify inactive accounts, she said.
Jude Braun, Chicago freshman,
said that she liked the convenience of Beak 'Em Bucks, but that the fees sounded like another way to nickel and dime students.
"I think we pay enough in every single other way," she said.
The University also knows how much money it earns from the card system.
Revenues and costs
The largest revenue comes from Commerce Bank. As part of the contract that allows checking accounts to be linked to KU cards, Commerce guarantees a revenue stream to the school. That revenue comes from a plan that involves bank accounts
held by faculty, staff and students. For accounts created at the on-campus Commerce branch and accounts through a benefits package offered by Commerce to KU staff, the University gets 0.2 percent of purchases made with debit cards linked to those accounts. The University also collects 0.08 percent of debit card purchases made through KU Checking accounts, free student checking accounts that are maintained off campus.
Since the inception of the program, the University has collected more than $130,000 from this revenue sharing. Commerce also made an up-front payment of $105,000 to the University and included $50,000 worth of blank identification cards.
Off Campus Advantage, which handles off-campus transactions, also pays a kind of revenue sharing to the University. OCA charges a transaction fee to businesses that take Beak 'Em Bucks. Bogner declined to give the amount of the average transaction fee. The University collects 70 percent of that fee while OCA keeps 30 percent. Since Beak 'Em Bucks went off campus in November 2005, students have spent more than $114,000 off campus and the University has collected just more than $6,000 from those transactions as of August of this year. Those figures include revenue from Dominoes Pizza, which has a direct contract with the University to take Beak 'Em Bucks for on-campus pizza delivery.
The program has collected more than $250,000.
Eakin said Beak 'Em Bucks hadn't paid for itself yet. He said judging from other universities' experiences, as the program grew it should be able to do a little better than break even, allowing the University to offer the service without having to pay for it.
The one-card program has cost at least $700,000 to start and maintain. That includes the original equipment costs, card readers, fees, training and software.
Kansan correspondent Courtney Farr can be contacted at editor@ kansan.com.
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BY CALEB T. SOMMERVILLE
Although it's hard to tell from all the decorations in Target and the Kansas Union, the American version of Christmas does not have a holiday monopoly at the University of Kansas. Some students celebrate Hamukkah, some New Year's and some nothing at all.
Hillel, the University's Jewish student group, celebrates Hanukkah despite the Christmas emphasis.
"Jewish people grow up knowing that it's a Christian world, mostly," said Liz Cohen, president of Hillel and Leawood junior. "We're just used to it by now."
Hiliel, which has weekly Shabbat meetings for the Jewish Sabbath and social events throughout the year, celebrated Hamukkah early.
"Latkepalozaa," held Dec. 6, featured traditional games like dreidel and traditional foods such as latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (jelly-filled doughnuts).
Even though there were several Christmas-themed events at the same time, Cohen said Hillel didn't have any problems attracting participants.
Hanukkah, which begins December 15 at sunset, means "dedication" in the original Hebrew. It celebrates the Miracle of the Oil during the rededication of the Temple after the Macabees rebelled against and defeated the Seleucid (Assyrian) Empire in 167 B.C.
The Talmud states that after the Temple was retaken, there was only enough oil to burn for one day, and it took eight days to fully prepare new oil. Miraculously, the flame burned for eight days.
These days, the long-lasting oil is remembered as a metaphor for the three-thousand year history of Judaism and the suffering of its people. Jews remember the Miracle of the Oil during Hanukkah by the lighting of the menorah for eight days as well as eating anything fried in oil.
Some groups are celebrating New Year's Day, including the Wisdom of Peace and Buddhism group. Rie Motonaga, president of the group, and said that the group was going to a celebration in Kansas City, Mo., at the Kansas City Community Center. "I don't really celebrate any winter holidays, unless you count Thanksgiving as one." Neda Ahmad, a Wichita State University alumna, said. "And if the month of Ramadan happens to fall during the winter
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She also said that Eid-al-Fitr, the holiday celebrated at the end of Ramadan, is the big celebration day for Muslims.
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Kansan correspondent Caleb T. Sommerville can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.
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» Hillel is a student-run organization. See www.kuhillel.org, or call (785) 749-5397 for more information.
Wisdom of Peace & Buddhism is a student-run group that studies Buddhism and promotes a better understanding of Buddhism on campus. Learn more by e-mailing them at ku_sgi@yahoo.com
MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION is a student-run group that promotes unity, understanding, and brotherhood among Muslims, as well as friendly relations between Muslims and non-Muslims. Check them out at www.msaka.com.
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A small boat rescues a USS West Virginia crew member from the water after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 during World War II. Two men can be seen on the super-structure, upper center. The mast of the USS Tennessee is beyond the burning West Virginia. Japanese Imperial navigator Maeda guided his Kate bomber to Pearl Harbor and fired a torpedo that helped sink the USS West Virginia. This week, Takeishi Maeda and John Awschalck a crewman based the West Virginia at the time of the attack, met face-to-face for the first time and shook hands.
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PEARL HARBOR Hawaii — This will be their last visit to this watery grave to share stories, exchange smiles, find peace and salute their fallen friends.
This, they say, will be their final farewell.
With their number quickly dwindling, survivors of Pearl Harbor will gather Thursday one last time to honor those killed by the Japanese 65 years ago, and to mark a day that lives in infamy.
"This will be one to remember," said Mal Middlesworth, president of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. "It's going to be something that we'll cherish forever."
The survivors have met here every five years for four decades, but they're now in their 80s or 90s and are not counting on a 70th reunion. They have made every effort to report for one final roll call.
"We're like the dodo bird. We're almost extinct," said Middlesworth, now an 83-year-old retiree from Upland, Calif., but then — on Dec. 7, 1941 — an 18-year-old Marine on the USS San Francisco.
Nearly 500 survivors from across the nation were expected to make the trip to Hawaii, bringing with them 1,300 family members, numerous wheelchairs and too many haunting memories.
Memories of a shocking, two-hour aerial raid that destroyed or heavily damaged 21 ships and 320 aircraft, that killed 2,390 people and wounded 1,178 others, that plunged the United States into World War II and set in motion the events that led to atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
"I suspect not many people have thought about this, but we're witnessing history," said Daniel Martinez, chief historian at the USS Arizona Memorial. "We are seeing the passing of a generation."
The attack may have occurred 65
years ago, but survivors say they can still hear the explosions, smell the burning flesh, taste the sea water and hear the cries.
"The younger ones were crying, "Mom! Mom! Mom!" said Edward Chun, who witnessed the attack from the Ten-Ten dock, just a couple hundred yards away from Battleship Row.
Chun, 83, had just begun his workday as a civilian pipe fitter when he was thrust into assisting in
"From the time the first bomb dropped and for the next 15 minutes, it was complete chaos," he said. "Nobody knew what was going on. Everybody was running around like a chicken with their head cut off."
Chun saw the Oklahoma and West Virginia torpedoed by Japanese aircraft. He heard the tapping of sailors trapped in the hulls of sunken ships. He escaped death
when Ten-Ten was strapped, leaving behind dead and wounded.
Today, scar tissue covers most of his arms and legs.
>> IRAQ WAR
"How I never got hit, I don't know," said Chun, who was later dranked and served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. "I'll tell you a secret. When your number comes up, you're going to go. Well, every morning I get up, I change my number."
"The only way he knew it was me was the tug on my toe." Hyland said.
"He (later) told me we looked like roast turkeys lined up."
Everett Hyland doesn't know how he stayed alive when almost everyone around him didn't. He was radioman aboard the Pennsylvania,
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which was in Dry Dock No. 1, and was helping transport ammunition to the anti aircraft gun when a bomb exploded.
Doctrine to prepare soldiers for new tactics
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FORT LEAVENWORTH — Army officials say a new counterinsurgency doctrine should make soldiers and Marines better prepared to fight an atypical enemy but shouldn't be viewed as a roadmap for getting out of Iraq.
Two years in the making, it is the military's first major effort to combine chapters on low-intensity conflict, guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgencies contained in numerous documents from the past quarter century.
Written for battalion and division commanders, the manual discusses the tone and scope of counterinsurgencies, emphasizing a need to see operations as fighting a "three-block war." Additional documents outlining tactics, techniques and procedures will be produced.
"This isn't the silver bullet," said Lt. Col. Steve Boylan, spokesman for the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, where the manual is being produced.
Conrad Crane, director of the U.S. Army Military History Institute at the Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., said the new manual has "more of a bite to it," with some focus on Iraq and al-Oaida.
"There are some people out there that you have to kill or capture," he said. "There been a reinforcement that there are some people who you aren't going win over."
The manual is to be published by mid-December, though a draft has been widely circulated since June and is being used by the Army and Marines, which are writing it together.
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Capture of two soldiers sparks war between Israel, Hezbollah
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The condition of two captured soldiers was announced Wednesday as being seriously wounded. Hezbollah guerrillas crossed the Lebanon-Israel border in July, killing three soldiers and capturing two.
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JERUSALEM — In their first comment about the fate of two soldiers whose capture triggered a monthlong war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas last summer, Israeli officials said Wednesday the two were seriously wounded — raising the prospect they may no longer be alive.
The Israeli military censor allowed publication of the existence of the report on Wednesday, and local media broadcast sketchy details. Military officials told The Associated Press the report determined that one of the soldiers was critically wounded and the other seriously wounded when they were captured, without giving further details. They spoke on condition of anonymity under military rules.
"If they did not receive immediate medical treatment, there is grave concern for their lives." Israel TV military correspondent Yoav Lomir said on the nightly TV newscast.
After Hezbollah guerrillas crossed the Lebanon-Israel border in July and attacked an Israeli patrol, killing three soldiers and capturing the two, Israel sent regular forces into Lebanon, first to look for the soldiers and then to try to beat Hezbollah into submission.
Both missions failed, and the war ended inconclusively after Hezbollah fired almost 4,000 rockets at northern Israel despite a massive Israeli ground and air assault on Lebanon.
The outcome of the war cut deeply into popular support for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and it continues to haunt him. This week, he caused an uproar with a comment about the captured soldiers, "if they (are alive), and we hope they are alive," saying it would have been improper to extend the war to try to win their freedom. Families of the soldiers objected to his implication that the two might be dead.
Wednesday's disclosure of the soldiers' serious wounds indicated that Olmert was referring to a real
possibility that the soldiers might not have survived. This would have implications on negotiations with Hexbollah. The U.N. is trying to mediate, but there are no reports of progress or of actual contacts.
Hezbollah has not released any details on the conditions of the soldiers, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, or provided any signs that they are still alive.
A senior Hezbollah official, Sheik Hassan Ezzeddine, said he knows nothing about their conditions. "Only Sayyed Nasrallah knows," he told the AP, referring to Hezbollah leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah.
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Olmert has demanded that Hezbollah provide signs of life before he will consider a deal.
report about the circumstances of the abduction has been given to the defense minister, army commander and families of the soldiers.
"The working assumption of the army was and remains that the abducted soldiers are alive and according to that assumption the army continues its efforts to bring the soldiers home," the statement said.
RELIGION
Panel of Jewish scholars shows support for gay clergy
BY RACHEL ZOLL ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Conservative Jewish scholars eased their ban Wednesday on ordaining gays, upending thousands of years of precedent while stopping short of fully accepting gay clergy.
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, which interprets religious law for the movement, adopted three starkly conflicting policies that nonetheless gave gays the chance to serve as clergy.
One upholds the prohibition against gay rabbis. Another, billed as a compromise, permits gay ordination while continuing to ban male sodomy. The third upholds the ban on gay sexual relationships in Jewish law and mentions the option for gays to undergo therapy aimed at changing their sexual orientation.
That leaves seminaries and syna
It will also test what Conservative Jewish leaders call their "big tent" — allowing diverse practices by the movement's more than 1,000 rabbis and 750 North American synagogues.
The 25-member panel made its decision in a two-day closed meeting in an Upper East Side synagogue. Students from a gay advocacy group at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the flagship school of Conservative Judaism, stood vigil nearby while the results were announced.
Conservative leaders are struggling to hold the shrinking middle ground of American Judaism, losing members to both the liberal Reform and the traditional Orthodox branches.
Reform Jews, as well as the smaller Reconstructionist branch, allow gays to become rabbis; the Orthodox bar gays and women from ordination.
The last major Law Committee vote on gay relationships came in
barred openly gay students from seminaries and prohibited the more than 1,000 rabbis in the movement from officiating at gay union ceremonies.
The debate focuses on Leviticus 18.22, which states, "Do not lie with a male as one lies with a woman"
It's unclear whether any congregations in the United Synagogue
— echoing the fight in mainline Protestant groups about the Bible and sexuality.
of Conservative Judaism, the synagogue arm of the movement, will break away over the gay issue.
A handful of Canadian congregations, which tend to be more traditional than their U.S. counterparts, have said they would consider the idea.
However, leaders believe it's more likely that individuals who object to the change will leave to worship in Orthodox synagogues.
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on waste, fraud and abuse in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Wednesday. Investigations may show the government squandered tens of millions of dollars in disaster aid
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has recouped less than 1 percent of the $1 billion that investigators contend it squandered on fraudulent assistance, according to the Government Accountability Office. Its report shows the disaster relief agency's struggles, one year after the deadly storm, to rush aid to those in need while also preventing abuse.
Last week, a federal judge ordered the Bush administration to resume housing payments for
thousands displaced by Katrina. The ruling, which FEMA is appealing, cited a convoluted process for applying for help.
"I hope FEMA has learned the costly lesson and will make reforms for future disasters," Kutz said at a Senate hearing.
"Our work shows for individual assistance payments, at least tens of thousands of individuals took the opportunity to commit fraud," said Gregory Kutz, who works for Congress' investigative arm. He said his previous $1 billion estimate of wasted aid was now "likely understated."
In its latest report, the GAO found that numerous applicants received duplicate rental aid. In one case, FEMA gave free apartments to 10 people in Plano, Texas, while sending them $46,000 for out-of pocket housing expenses.
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ENTERTAINMENT Aniston-Vaughn breakup confirmed by publicist
"Jennifer and Vince mutually
NEW YORK — Representatives for Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn have confirmed that the Hollywood couple have called it quits, People magazine reported on its Web site.
agreed to end their relationship but continue to be good friends today," said representatives Stephen Huvane and John Pisani, according to People.com, in a story posted Tuesday.
Their representatives said the former co-stars decided to end their romance after Aniston visited Vaughn in London in October.
Aniston, 37, and Vaughn, 36, spent much of the last year and a
half battling rumors about their relationship _ first that it was starting, then that it was headed toward marriage, and most recently that it was sputtering.
The actors met while filming "The Break-Up" in 2005. Reports of a romance quickly swirled, but the two initially said they were simply friends.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19)
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Get some exercise, but while you're out there, do some thinking. Take a really long hike or climb a mountain. Gain confidence to make your next career move
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
You can be the referee for somebody else's fight. Stay out of arm's reach, and wait until they ask for your opinion.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
You're too busy to get much studying in this weekend, much to your dismay. No need to be cranky about it. Sometimes the job comes first.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Your loved ones haven't had much of your attention for the past few days. Make up for that now by focusing fully in whatever times you have.
LEO (July 23-Aug.22) Today is a 7
Anticipate controversy as you get into the job. Everybody's an art critic. Hold fast to your initial idea, and ask them to be patient.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Your ability to concentrate is enhanced by the current conditions. Interestingly, what you're learning doesn't match what you were taught. Do your own research.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Conditions are good for selling today, and making lots of money. This looks more like a self-employment ment gig than the other kind.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
Of course, it is important to play by the rules, and do exactly what you told if you don't plan to do that, resist the urge to tell anybody.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 6
Don't travel much this weekend, except to get to a private place. Give yourself time to understand your own greater purpose.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8
today is an 8
Others offer helping hands, which you’re eager to accept. Be careful, however _ this help could turn out to be quite expensive.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18) Today is a 5
Controversy breaks out but it's nothing to worry about. Calm the other people's fears, and you'll get more converts.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
Put your chores aside long enough to get a change of scene. Might as well get some exercise, too, while you're out there.
The 40-year-old actor-comedian issued an apology through his publicist Tuesday.
subject that is not funny," said the statement, which was provided to the Los Angeles Times. "In an attempt to make light of a serious subject, I have offended a lot of people, and I am sorry for my insensitivity, to wish to apologize to Ian, to the club and its patrons and to anyone who was hurt or offended by my remark."
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'90s sitcom "NewsRadio", jumped onstage during a routine by Ian Bagg at the Improv on Saturday night and used the n-word in an apparent attempt to joke about Richards, the celebrity Web site TMZ.com reported.
Dick, a former co-star of the
LOS ANGELES — Andy Dick has apologized for using the same racial slur that got ex-"Seinfeld" star Michael Richards in trouble last month.
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been heckling Bagg from the audience, and then joined him when the two discussed Richards. When Dick exited the stage, he suddenly grabbed the microphone and shouted at the crowd, "You're all a bunch of..." — using the n-word.
An Improv manager wouldn't comment about the incident when reached by the newspaper.
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First Amendment protects student's sign
As the Jayhawks ripped the Trojans Monday evening, a student's right to tree speech was abrogated when he used a different double entendre in the student section of Allen Fieldhouse.
An usher seized a student's sign that read "Cream the Trojans" at the Kansas-USC men's basketball game. That student — and others who care to freely express themselves in public — should know that the usher violated the student's right to free speech.
Legal experts say that the First Amendment protects one's right to hold these types of signs at sporting events. Howard M. Wasserman, assistant professor of law at Florida International University, writes on firstamentmentcenter.org that universities continually attempt to limit profanity and other forms of offensive expression at sporting events to protect civility and personal sensitivity. Courts continue to strike down these policies because they violate the First Amendment, he writes.
The court precedent allowing this type of speech comes from the 1971 landmark case Cohen v. California. Paul Cohen wore a jacket bearing the words "Fuck the Draft" in a Los Angeles courthouse and was convicted of violating a California law that prohibited "disturbing the peace or quiet of any neighborhood or person ... by ... offensive conduct." The Court of Appeals
posited that "offensive conduct" meant "behavior which has a tendency to provoke others to acts of violence or to in turn disturb the peace."
The Supreme Court struck down the Court of Appeals ruling. Writing for the court's majority, Justice John Marshall Harlan argued that the state had denied Cohen's right of free speech. The state could not prosecute "unless that its use is inherently likely to cause violent reaction."
Harlan famously wrote that the Constitution leaves "matters of taste and style" to the individual.
"For, while the particular four-letter word being litigated here is perhaps more distasteful than most others of its genre, it is nevertheless often true that one man's vulgarity is another's lyric," he wrote.
The "Cream the Trojans" sign may have contributed to low morale among USC players, but
it did not have the potential to incite violence among students.
As a public institution, the University of Kansas must comply with the First Amendment. Someone at KU Athletics should tell its ushers that though they may find students' signs vulgar and offensive, they cannot censor our clever, lyrical wit.
Steve Lynn for the editorial board.
COMMENTARY
America should abandon quest for cosmic justice
I want to tell you a story about a friend of mine named Jose. Jose came to America illegally to find the American Dream. Now he works 90 hours per week and makes minimum wage, which is nowhere near high enough to support his family. In addition, as Al Gore might point out, he has no health insurance and must sometimes choose between paying his rent and treating his leprosy. Yesterday, Jose was arrested for selling drugs to feed his family, and now he's going to prison. And through it all, he's remained so optimistic and hopeful!
BY VINCE MYERS
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Every day, I read another one of these stories in any number of different publications. Now I'm supposed to support opening the borders, raising the minimum wage, enacting universal health insurance and legalizing drugs.
It's important to think critically about these stories. Bad luck befalls everyone. Sometimes it's self-inflicted, sometimes it's random chance, and sometimes it has to do with America's social or legal structures. We can't possibly enact laws to keep everyone free of bad luck, nor should we make an attempt.
Let's also not forget that most major changes the government attempts lead to unintended consequences, and they're often worse than the problems the government is trying to solve in the first place.
Open the borders? Despite the obvious terrorism concerns, America's welfare system would col-
apse. The tax increases needed to support the millions of immigrants who might qualify for welfare would make life for everyone else miserable and probably drive business (to which America owes its prosperity) to other parts of the world. Not only that, but wages would plummet because of the increase in the size of the work force. To open the borders would be to economically crush our country. Not a good idea.
A universal health care system is another road towards disaster. When the demand for health care skyrocks, prices will do the same. The only way the government can afford to provide health care in that situation is if it puts a price cap on health care. And, as you'll learn in any introductory economics class, price caps create shortages. This is why, in countries with socialized health care, people must wait months for surgery. In Canada's socialized health care system, there is a limit on how much money doctors can make. The incentives to be successful, or to treat more patients (mitigating the shortage), or to give better care, go out the window
when income is capped, leading to a decline in the quality of health care
One sad consequence of socialized health care (there are many) is the creation of a black market health care industry. Patients tired of waiting for care or wanting higher quality of care will find doctors who wants to make some extra income, and a private health care market is created. In Canada this is illegal because allowing a private health care market would take doctors away from those waiting for care in the government queue, not to mention creating the inequality in health care that the socialized system was designed to prevent in the first place. So the private health care market becomes illegal, which means that doctors can be arrested for giving assistance to patients. Sounds like a small step towards totalitarianism to me.
But this is where the lose stories lead us. Facts, consequences, economics and common sense fly out the window in favor of emotion-fueled reform. American society isn't perfect, but it's much better than the vast majority of the alternatives we dream up. We need to stop fretting so much about how to make one person feel better and instead appreciate that our current system created the prosperity we enjoy today.
Myers is an Olathe junior in economics.
COMMENTARY
Honor veterans on anniversary
December 7, 1941, was a calm Sunday morning as the sun rose over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. With the rising sun came a horrific day of carnage: The Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor with a vengeance, killing 2,403 American servicemen and women.
Several years ago, I was honored to talk with my grandfather, Bill Moreing, about that day. He was a Marine stationed at Pearl Harbor that awful morning and helped sound the alarm as kamikaze planes filled the sky, engulfed the base with gunfire, destroyed the Navy fleet, and killed many American troops defending their country. My grandfather
President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Pearl Harbor "a day that will live in infamy forever," as the United States entered World War II and the free peoples of the world faced down Nazi Germany and the Axis for the future of civilization. These men and women courageously fought for America and earned the title "the greatest generation" as they stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the Allies to save the world. For them, failure was not an option as they fought for freedom's future. Our grandparents'
miraculously survived by jumping from a battleship tower during the attack, but his good friend from the service was not so fortunate.
This holiday season, remember the greatest generation's finest hour and thank our troops, past and present, for their valiant sacrifices that keep America the land of the free and the home of the brave. As the Marines proudly say, "Semper Fi" — always faithful.
generation did not flinch in the face of unspeakable evil — they saved the world for freedom and fought and died so we could enjoy our lives today. Winston Churchill called the greatest generations' World War II triumph "their finest hour."
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Isn't it interesting that yesterday's letter to the editor berating Angel Tree, a charity on campus for needy children, ("Christian decoration inappropriate at Rec Center") was placed opposite from McKay Stangler's editorial on America's obligation to help the poor in the midst of holiday shopping? ("Holidays time to help others")
The writer was offended when he saw paper angels hanging from a Christmas tree in the Rec Center because he says they were "firing with the appearance of a state endorsement of a particular religion."
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The fact is, that, in America, December is a month full of shopping and gift giving. If people take their own time and money to
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PERKINSTURNSATHLETICSAROUND
Athletics director Lew Perkins has given the Athletics Department a new attitude since his arrival in 2003. He became AD in June 2003 and has nearly doubled the athletic budget from $27.2 million in his first year to almost $500 million this year.
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BY DREW DAVISON
Sitting in a spacious office on the second floor of the Wagon Center, just west of Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas Athletics Director Lew Perkins has what many students would consider a dream job.
With a flat screen TV and numerous athletic awards displayed, Perkins sat in his office three years ago ready to begin his term as Kansas' Director of Athletics.
Before his first day was over, interim Athletics Director Drue Jennings came in with bad news.
"Lew, I think we have some NCAA violations," he said.
But when Perkins took the job, he was told that everything was fine.
"Then when I looked at the financial situation here and I saw how poorly we were doing, I said, 'Whoa, the whole infrastructure of the athletics department is a disaster' I mean not good, not bad, I mean a disaster,' Perkins said.
KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway realized the athletics department was digging itself a hole and knew he needed to make a change.
"Lew likes challenges," Hemenway said, "and there were a lot of challenges here that were worthy of a person like Lew, who is one of the best athletes directors in the country."
Since becoming AD in June 2003, Perkins has increased fundraising, created a five-year strategic plan and experienced on-the-field success. Perkins speaks in depth about the NCAA violations, his fundraising tactics, Mark Mangino, being an athletic director and his life away from the job. The people who work for Perkins like him as he puts them on the fast track for success, but some of his decisions came with controversy. Perkins is OK without being loved, as long as, when it is all said and done, he gets respect.
Perkins said he once thought he would stay at UConn for the rest of his career, where he worked for 13 years before coming to Kansas. Only a few universities could tempt him to leave, he said. Other than Kansas, his alma mater Iowa and South Carolina—the birthplace of his two daughters and where he has a home—would have interested him.
He said he liked Kansas because it gave him "an opportunity to mold another athletic program." He was also impressed with Hemenway.
Perkins said the Athletics Department had been poorly managed for 10 years before he arrived, and it did not handle the move from the Big Fight to the Big I2 very well.
In his short three-year tenure, Kansas has succeeded both on and off the field. Consistent success was something only the men's basket ball team experienced before Perkins arrived
The baseball and softball teams won Big 12 tournament championships last season. Since Perkins arrival, the volleyball team has made three consecutive NCAA tournaments for the first time ever.
Volleyball coach Ray Bechard said, "His our good luck charm. I don't think there is any coincidence because he has made our job easier by the support he has given us."
The football team has made two bowl appearances and earned bowl eligibility, one
additional time under Perkins. Perkins said he was pleased with the job by football coach Mark Mangino, who signed a five-year deal before this season for a yearly salary of $1.5 million. By increasing coaches salaries, Perkins has avoided dealing with agents.
"I don't deal with agents myself. I deal with the coaches," Perkins said, who earns $520,000 with a possible $25,000 incentive bonus. He said Mangino — represented by Cleveland-based NC Sports — and he personally negotiated a deal.
Perkins said Mangino's weight was not an issue to him.
"First of all, I think that is such a personal issue," he said. "The only concern I have for the weight issue is health. That is a personal thing and I don't get involved with that at all. I look at him as a football coach and as a nice guy."
On the field, Mangino has built a competitive program after the losing years under Terry Allen. Perkins thinks, outside of basketball, the athletic teams suffered because Kansas moved from the Big Eight to the Big 12 with no business or strategic plan.
"They were just doing it by the seam of their pants." Perkins said, "and that's not the way you run an athletic program."
Perkins faced a similar situation when he was hired at Connecticut. UConn joined the Big East four years prior to Perkins' arrival, and similar to Kansas, it was not well prepared to make the jump.
"I had to change the whole mentality of the department," Perkins said. "We sat down and developed a strategic plan."
He blamed the lack of planning for the NCAA violations that he found and reported
when he arrived.
"All of that stuff happened before I came here, and I recognized that right away," he said. "We have this policy now. Ask before you do anything." And, to me, it is education, education, education, education, education.
Perkins said he could not guarantee all of KU's athletic problems would go away, but he would make sure his staff understood the difference between right and wrong.
"Are we perfect, make every decision right?" Perkins asked. "No, but I think our percentages are pretty high."
Perkins said he hoped to put the "swagger" back in Kansas, creating a five year strategic plan during his first year titled "Unparalled Excellence" that aims at a top 25 ranking in The Directors Cup, a poll compiled by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.
The Cup is awarded to the top universities that are competitive in both men's and women's sports. Every Division I school has an opportunity to earn points based on how its respective teams do in their sports.
In order to attain these lofty goals, Perkins needed to increaseraising. Perkins admits Kansas will never have the athletic budgets of Texas, Oklahoma or Nebraska, but he said Kansas could be competitive. While some of his decisions have been controversial, he has nearly doubled the athletic budget from $27.2 million in his first year to nearly $50 million this year.
The first fundraising tactic was a priority seating plan for Allen Fieldhouse that bumped some long-time fans out of the best seats in favor of big time boosters.
"I think a lot of people who thought it was controversial, most of them were sitting in seats and not paying anything for those seats," he said.
Priority seating plans are commonplace nowadays. In the growing world of collegiate athletics, it is necessary to finance competitive teams. Perkins said.
"It was controversial at UConn too, but if you ask people in Connecticut today, they would think it was the best thing that could have happened," Perkins said.
Because decisions he makes can't please every KU fan, Perkins has a little saying: "I
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LaHeilda Jacobs, freshman guard, runs down the court for a layup after stealing the ball in the first half of the game against South Dakota State Wednesday. The Jayhawks lost 53-48.
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》 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
In the first few weeks of the season coach Bonnie Henrickson's message to her team was clear. She wanted to see more consistent production on the offensive end. Presumably, Kansas' abysmal offensive performance on Wednesday night was not what she had in mind.
If the Jayhawks' discouraging performance can be attributed to one thing, it would be the lack of a reliable post presence. Sophomore Marija Zimic was often outhustled by opponents and she finished with only six points on 2-for-6 shooting. Junior Taylor McIntosh avoided foul trouble but also avoided the basket, scoring only four points in 29 minutes of action.
Kansas shot only 36 percent in the 53-48 loss, its worst offensive performance of the season. The Kansas offense was especially ineffective during the first half. The Jayhawks trailed by 20 after a first half in which they shot only 26 percent.
Freshman stars can't eke out victory
BY ASHER FUSCO
Kohn and lacobs were relentless on defense and very assertive on offense. The two guards combined for nine steals and nearly two-thirds of the team's points.
"We had no presence in the post," said Henrickson. "We weren't missing three-pointers, we were missing our shots in the paint."
The Kansas guards did all they could to do make up for their taller teammates' shortcomings, Freshmen LaChelda Jacobs and Kelly Kohn provided a spark for the Jayhawks, spurring a 28-8 run that lasted for much of the second half.
"In the first half it seemed like we were laying down," said lacobs. "We came out in
The best efforts of Kohn and Jacobs were not enough to push Kansas to victory. The jackrabbits star, senior Megan Vogel, overcame a three-inch height disadvantage to grab 12 rebounds, four more than McIntosh and Zinc accumulated combined.
As the season progresses and conference play begins, Kansas will be faced with bigger and stronger opponents. If the layhawks can't learn to control the paint, they may find victories hard to come by.
Kansas gave up on feeding the ball to its ineffective post players during the second half, instead relying on Kohn's heroes from beyond the three-point arc and Jacobs' intense pressure on the defensive end to pull to a 45-45 tie with 2.53 remaining.
"The entire first half we just lacked intensity" Herrickson said.
In total, the starting Kansas frontcourt was outscored 11 to 21 by its opponents from South Dakota State. During an ugly first half, rebounds were routinely ripped from Zinic's hands and passes intended for McIntosh frequently bounced harmlessly out of bounds.
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco can be contacted at afsuc@kansan.com.
Edited by Patrick Ross
》 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Stellar second half isn't enough for victory
the second half and just kept fighting."
BY CASE KEEFER
Down 20 points at halftime, it seemed things couldn't get much worse for Kansas. There was almost a comeback victory, however, in Wednesday's 53-48 loss to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, thanks to sensational play in the second half by freshman guards
Kelly Kohn and LaChelda Jacobs.
"Not that there are dark alleyes in Lawrence, but I'd take these two with me if I got stuck in one" coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
Kohn and jacobs scored 33 of the teams' 48 points and had nine of the teams' 14 steals.
In what is becoming common practice,
Kohn stepped up to provide the much-needed offensive spark in the second half. In the first five minutes, she scored seven points.
"That's just always been my mentality," she said. "I'm going to do whatever the team needs me to do."
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Taxidermist overcomes sexism, stigma
A woman in a dark shirt is smiling and working on a large piece of fur, which is laid out on a table. In the background, another person is visible wearing a cap and smiling as well.
(Clockwise from top) Cindy Cunningham, wildlife artist, demonstrates the splitting of the eyes, ears, lips and nose on a deer hood to her taxidermy student Mike Bonton. The process involves removing the heavy meat from the hide in order for the tanner to better penetrate.
Cunningham mounts about 100 deer heads each season, but has since decided to cut back on her professional work and begin teaching her craft more often.
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Cindy Cunningham sits silently at her workbench, manipulating a thread and needle, a soft-rock radio station barely audible in her shop. After 20 years in the business, she no longer notices the odor of soggy leather and raw meat left out too long.
Some days a student mimics her every movement, hoping that in time his hands will work with the same dexterity. Today, however, Cunningham's furry audience sits motionless, their glasses earing vacantly.
Cunningham owns a taxidermy shop and school near Nearon Springs. With no commercial taxidermy shops in Lawrence and Cunningham's a mere half hour jaunt down 1-70, she says about 15 to 20 percent of her business comes from Lawrence.
For Cunningham, becoming a taxidermist in a male-dominated profession wasn't easy. But after 20 years in the business, she's learned to mount deer, birds and fish. Novelty animals she's mounted include a tiger, a cougar, an iguanae and snakes. She even expanded her business to freeze-drying cats and dogs for pet owners. Two of her mounts have appeared in movies, but her most bizarre job was freeze-dressing a girl's pinky finger, severed in a bowling accident.
Although it's nearly impossible to pinpoint how many women are tax-dermists, Cunningham knows she's in the minority.
"I would say I could count on my hands the amount of women who are in it" Cunningham said. "I only know of only four or five and myself."
What is taxidermy?
“There’s a lot of taxidermy out there that looks like crap.” Cunningham said. “They look like they’ve been hit by a cat.”
Taxidermy is the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form. A good taxidermy job takes hours of preparation and detail. When it's completed, there's no guarantee the final product will look realistic.
For mammals, such as deer and elk, Canningham must remove all of the meat from the inside and tan the skin into leather to prevent it from rotting.
After she tans the skin, more flesh must be shaved off to prevent the skin from shrinking. To do this, Cunningham uses a bench saw like device to shave off thin layers of flesh. Once the skin is thin enough, it is glued to a mankin mold of the animal and the toughest part of the process begins.
The key to a lifelike mount is in the small details, like adding angles, eyes and noses, sewing up openings in the skin and brushing the animal's hair.
With fish, the process is much different because the scaly skin is very difficult to preserve. Birds are also difficult because their skins are so thin and artificial heads may not look realistic.
While most taxaidermists focus on mammals, fish or birds, Cunningham has no limit to what she'll mount.
"Once people find out you do this, they come out of the woodwork," Cunningham said.
Unlikely start to unexpected success
Cunningham first discovered her interest in taxidermy after having some birds mounted that her husband had shot. Soon, she was taking lessons from the taxidermist.
"I went to my dad for some advice and said, "Dad, I think I can make a living doing this," Cunningham said. "He said, 'Cindy, ain't no woman going to make a living doing taxi-dermy.'"
That was all the motivation she needed.
"Once I make up my mind to learn something, I'm not going to let it go," Cunningham said. "The guys were saying, 'That girl can't do that,' so that drive was in me to prove them wrong."
Aside from her father's initial skepticism, Cunningham said that her family was supportive and that her father even choose the name Second Creation for her business.
"Actually dad was being kind of smart-alek when he named it," Cunningham said. "We are Christians and dad named it 'Second Creation' because, of course, God is first creation."
To promote her shop, she brought displays to sports shows accompanied by her husband, Chuck, and her assistant, Shawn Howard.
When a customer approached her booth, instead of talking to her, they often addressed her husband or Howard. The men would point to Cunningham and tell the customer to talk to the boss.
Kansas City resident Dale Burns is one customer who wasn't bothered by a female taxidermist. About 10 years ago, he had Cunningham mount a fish for him. The fish is still in good condition and Burns liked Cunninghams work so much that he brought a deer head in this fall for Cunningham to mount.
"Sometimes they would go on and ask me, but more times than you can count, they would just walk away," Cunningham said.
"It's real good, real nice and life-like," Burns said. "I can't put a bad word on it. She definitely puts a lot of
effort into it."
Burns spoke so highly of Cunningham that he said he convinced some of his friends — who were originally skeptical because Cunningham was a woman — to take their kills to her.
Finding business is no longer a problem for Cunningham. Now she mounts about 100 deer heads, 75 birds and 50 miscellaneous mammals and fish each season. Her weirdest requests in recent years have come from pet owners wishing to hold on to their deceased pets. To meet this demand, Cunningham began freeze-drying in her shop.
MORNINGTON, N.Y.—A moose was found dead in a snowy area west of Mornington, Calif., on Thursday morning, according to a local animal rights group. The moose had been roaming the highlands for about 40 minutes and was hit by a vehicle. It was found dead with its antlers intact. The group said the moose was killed because it was injured and could not move due to its injury.
She said the hardest part of freeze-drying cats and dogs was freezing them in a realistic pose. Cunningham said if it were her pet, she would just bury it.
"That's a little freak for me, but if they pay, I'll do it," she said.
Cunningham received one request that was more bizarre than preserving any animal. One mother hounded Cunningham to freeze dry her daughter's pinky finger that had been pinched off in a bowling accident to make it into a paoerweight.
"I wouldn't do it because I just thought that was gross." Cunningham said. "They had kept it frozen all this time and finally they just wore me down."
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For the 2003 movie "The Missy Files," which was filmed in Emporia, instead of using a live cougar for a scene, the director used a cougar that Cunningham had mounted. Several weeks ago, Cunningham had to take a full-size deer mount to a horse ranch in Kansas City for the Peter Coyote movie, "Shadows of Atticus."
Cunningham eventually agreed to freeze-dry the finger, but only after charging the mother "an extremely outrageous price" Cunningham also refused to touch the finger. She had the mother bring the finger in a cup and place it in the freeze-dry her-
Lawrence resident Jared Ackerman learned taxidermy from Cunningham about two years ago and now does it in his spare time.
He stumbled across Canningham's school on the Internet and did some research to see if it would be worth attending. When he found out a woman would be teaching him, he had second thoughts. However, in the end, he realized that her work was the best around and decided to go to her.
After graduating from Cunningham's school, Ackerman discovered that competing with her would be difficult, but that having learned from her had its advantages.
"I had a hard time getting my name out in Lawrence because people were going up to Bonner Springs to her," Ackerman said. "When I said that I learned from her, that's when I started getting some of my own work."
Students like Ackerman are the reason Cunningham wants to become a full-time taxidermy teacher.
er. She moved into a new taxidermy shop last month, located in her backyard. In her new shop, she hopes to do less commercial work and more teaching.
"It's time to slow down." Cunningham, 48; said.
Her passion for taxidermy hasn't diminished, but she no longer wants to put up with the deadline pressures
Being a taxidermist has also gotten Cunningham – or at least her animals – into the movie business.
that come with commercial taxidermy. Now she gets more enjoyment out of the more relaxed schedule of teaching the craft.
Kansan sportswriter Shawn Shroyer can be contacted at shroyer@ kansan.com.
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FANTASY FOOTBALL THURSDAY These free agents will help you win playoff games
These free agents will help you win playoff games
The fantasy football playoffs are either here or within spitting distance in most leagues. For those of you who didn't make the cut, I have a public service announcement: do not drop all of your players.
There are those of you out there who have too much pride to admit that you lost in something you actually cared about. So, instead of taking it like a man, they say "hey, so what if I took ninth place? I didn't even care. I hardly even checked my lineup. Look! I just dropped all my players, that's how much I don't care." It is comparable to the student in everybody's class who, after receiving a D on his test, spends the rest of the class explaining how he only studied for three minutes the night before, after he took 32 Patron shots at Quinton's.
For those of you who did make the playoffs, you still may need that one player to give you the upper
hand in your match-up. Here are a few potential difference-makers:
1) jeff Garcia, quarterback, Philadelphia Eagles. Listed at 61", he's actually barely 5'11", making him a poor man's Doug Flutie and nominating him for the token "Little Guy Who Announcers Constantly Claim is a Great Competitor" along with Flutie, Allen Iverson, and David Eckstein. Better known for being "punkd" by Dax Shepard on MTV and for being called gay by a certain receiver whose initials happen to be T.O., he could be known as a pro bowl-caliber quarterback again like he was in San Francisco if he can duplicate his three-touchdown performance against Carolina on Monday. An added bonus: Garcia holds extra value in "Midget-Only" leagues.
2) St. Louis Defense. You might ask me why I'd recommend picking up the 23rd-ranked defense in the
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NFL. My answer would be because they play Chicago and Oakland in the next two weeks. So, to put things in perspective, in weeks 14 and 15 they play a team that has turned the ball over 24 times in the last seven games (Chicago), and a team that has offensive efficiency similar to the inmates in the first half of "The Longest Yard" and is easily ranked last in the league (Oakland). Something tells me St. Louis D should be just fine the next couple weeks.
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3) Ciatrick Fason, running back, Minnesota Vikings. This former Florida Gator had a nice game last week with 11 carries for 75 yards and a touchdown against an tough Bears defense. This week, he's up against a weak Detroit rushing defense that's without Shaun Rogers (their best player). If the nicked up Chester Taylor is forced to sit this week, Fason could have a very big day.
Eagles quarterback Jeff Garcia filled in for injured quarterback Donovan McNabb two weeks ago. Since then, he has emerged as a solid fantasy football quarterback.
4) Terrance Coppe, wide receiver, New Orleans Saints. No, I had never heard of him until a few weeks ago after. He'll be a little hit or miss, but in weeks 10-12 he had 13 catches for 237 yards and three touchdowns, so the hits are worth the risk. Keep an eye on the health of Joe Horn and Marques Colston. If either of them sit out with their nagging injuries, Copper and Devery Henderson could put up enormous numbers. As we've learned this year, in this offense, Drew Brees could turn Dakota Fanning into a star wide receiver.
5) Cedric Houston, running back, New York Jets, Yeah, I know, another Jets running back. Between Kevan Barlow, Derrick Blaylock, Leon Washington, and Houston, fantasy owners of gone through Jets running backs like Whitney Houston through rehab clinics. Looking on the bright side, Houston did have 129 total yards and a touchdown last week, so he might be worth a shot. Plus, if you want an all-Cedric backfield, Cedric Benson has been playing well the last three weeks for Chicago.
Evan Hengel is an Overland Park senior in finance.
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Why not stop the clock and give yourself more precious seconds to get downfield and maybe kick a game-winning field goal if the Browns do get the game tied?
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In this way, the entire scene seemed disturbingly reminiscent of past seasons when the Chiefs would lead the league in offense but fail even to reach the playoffs because of their sorry defense.
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Chiefs coach questioned Clock-management strategy may have led to a loss
But Edwards kept his timeouts in his pocket and the Chiets had less than a minute to work with after Cleveland scored the tying touchdown in a game the Browns eventually won 31-28 in overtime.
It was also another late-season failure on the road, something else that has haunted Kansas City for six years.
"We didn't make a good play (in Cleveland)
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Edwards, who has been criticized
"Why that is, I don't have any idea," Edwards said. "I really don't. It's certain players. I guess they just don't play as well on the road as they do at home, and they've got to find a way to do that. I wish I could give them a medicine, or a pill. But I can't do that. They've got to play better, and they know it.
"They have to make a decision in 30 seconds, and I'm not going to stop the clock so they can regroup and think about what they want to do," he said. "They've got to score. We're winning the game. We're not losing the game. They have to score a touchdown. So for me, I'm sitting there going. 'OK, if they do score, I'm going to have 30 seconds left, and I've got all three timeouts."
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but safety Jarrad Page intercepted Oakland's pass in the end zone to preserve the win.
It's a strategy, Edwards pointed out, that worked beautifully in a 17-13 victory over Oakland on Nov. 19. The Raiders drove inside the 10 in the final seconds,
Similarly in a 30-27 victory Oct.
22 over San Diego, Lawrence Tynes
"It's not like they intentionally don't play well on the road. They want to play well. But for some reason, certain guys don't. It's not a whole team. You can look at this game and say. Well, your defense didn't play well on the road, but your offense did."
ing, running back Larry Johnson had over 100 yards rushing and Trent Green threw four touchdown passes.
"Different situations dictate maybe you use (timeouts). I thought we managed it well," he said. "I wasn't raising the white flag thinking they were going to score a touchdown. I thought we were going to stop them. I'm not going to start calling timeouts under 2 minutes, and our defense looks at me and says, 'What are you doing?'
The loss left the Chiefs (7-5)
in a five-way tie
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"If I'm going to do that, I'm
just going to let them score. Just let them run the ball and score a touchdown, get it over with. You don't do that. You've got to play the game."
make? So the offense ate different food than the defense? Their beds were better than the defense? No. I don't know that. There were some defensive players who played half-
when we got the ball back. That hurt us?. Edwards said.
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wild card spots, and also with a sour taste in their mouth. The defense, which had played well for a month, failed to get the win even though tight end Tony Gonzalez had more than 100 yards receiv-
"I wish I could give them a medicine, or a pill. But I can't do that. They've got to play better, and they know it."
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By the time students come back to campus for the spring semester, we will have a much better idea about whether Kansas basketball is going to contend for the national championship in March.
At that point Kansas will have played on the road against South Carolina and Iowa State and had a home contest with Boston College and Oklahoma State. Those games should show whether Kansas has the mental toughness and the game to make a run. Those are not exactly national title contenders, but road games in difficult environments like Columbia, S.C., and Ames, Iowa, will test this team, especially because it showed little heart during its first road game against DePaul.
Before the season began, nearly every media outlet chose Kansas to be one of the top five teams in the country. After the first month of the season, it is difficult to say whether Kansas will be a top-five team at the end. Losses to lowly Oral Roberts and DePaul have shown Kansas' weaknesses, while a victory against Florida showed how good this team can be when it plays to its potential.
So far this season, Kansas has probably been the most inconsistent team in America. One day they
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can look like they are destined to win the national championship — like they did against Florida — and another day they can look like they are going to lose in the first round again, like they did against Oral Roberts or DePaul.
Self said this team was still
young and still learning. I don't buy it. The only players who should still be learning are freshmen Darrell Arthur and Sherron Collins. They have to learn the system. The other players have been here.
meetings, halftime rants and other motivational things that Self has attempted with his players this season. Apparently, those only work some of the time, and have not led to consistent play.
That is a problem.
If these things become regular.
You cannot take a day off in the NCAA tournament. Otherwise you are going tobe defeated. Kansas coach Bill Self cannot allow that to happen.
You can't take a day off in the NCAA tournament. Otherwise you're going to be defeated. Kansas coach Bill Self cannot allow that to happen. We have already read this season about players-only
never would have envisioned when he decided to play at Kansas.
Kansas returned all five starters and that should make this team an experienced team.
the players are not going to respond to them when Self needs them too. Kansas needs to start getting up for every game, not just games against the reigning national champion. By the time the spring
semester starts, we'll have a better idea if Brandon Rush is really an All-American. We will know if he has gotten out of this slump that he has been in for the past five games. Rush will need to do that if he hopes to play in the NBA next season. Otherwise, he will be back for his junior campaign, something he
We will know whether Sasha Kaun will be able to play significant minutes like he did last season after his knee injury. Against USC, when he was forced into significant minutes during the first half because of Darrell Arthur's foul trouble, Kaun looked tired by the end of the half. It will take time to get back into his rhythm, especially because he has played sparingly this summer since he returned home to Russia.
For now we can only wait. Wait until the eight games pass, and then we will know how good this team will really be.
Darnell Jackson has played well thus far this season, but Kansas will need Kuin to spell Arthur, especially when Big 12 season arrives and jackson's lack of size becomes a liability.
Kansan sportswriter Ryan Colaiani can be contacted at rcolaiani@kansan.com.
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don't want anybody to love me. I want people to respect me. People might not like what I do or how I've done it, but I think they'll respect how I've done it and what I've done."
When it comes down to tough decisions, Perkins number one priority is students.
"My first concern is the students," he said. "We feel they have really good seats. I also try to explain to them, if we were a private university getting a lot of money from the university, it'd be easy for people to get on midcourt."
He mentioned Duke as a private school that gives students courtside seats. Kansas receives $3 million from the state to run its athletic program out of a budget of $50 million, which means Perkins and his staff must raise $47 million to run the department.
Ontop of generating money through the priority seating plan, Perkins struck a new $26.67 million apparel deal with addidas in 2005. Previously, Kansas was affiliated with Nike, but had one of the worst contracts in the country according to Perkins.
Baseball coach Ritch Price said before Lew was here, the team was paying for all of its equipment and apparel.
"Lew is big-time." Price said.
The baseball team won the Big 12 Tournament Championship last season and finished ranked 22nd in the polls. Price gives Perkins credit for the team's success.
"In my 29 years, he is the most impressive AD I have been around." Price said. "He provided us resources KU wasn't provided before."
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Max Urick, former athletics director at Kansas State and Iowa State, said that Perkins has done a great job adapting
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Last year, the athletic department made a deal with Entercom's 610 Sports in Kansas City to broadcast all Jayhawk football and men's and women's basketball games. The other radio station, WHB B10, owned by Union Broadcasting, was also in the mix to potentially get the contract to carry Kansas athletics.
"We looked at 810, but 610 was a better fit," Perkins said. "We felt that they were more into college sports."
WHB president, Chad Boeger, said his station prided itself in college athletics.
"I disagree with Lew," Boeger said. "Ten years ago when we
started our station, we prided ourselves in the amount of talk about college sports. The station is owned by local Kansas Citians who attended colleges and high schools in our area."
the amount of stations carrying Kansas games," Boeager said. "If you live on the Kansas side of the state line in Kansas City, the majority of the people already listen to the Lazer."
Boeger, a KU graduate, said he was surprised that Perkins would make such a comment.
"Obviously, we would love having the opportunity to carry KU," he said. "It was a tough decision that we had to make, but we decided to move in a different direction."
Perkins said one of the factors was at night in Lawrence, people could not get WHB's signal.
"One of the big things was
Regardless, Perkins said that he was pleased with 610 and that they had "really expanded our ability to get across."
Boeger, on the other hand,
does not worry that his listeners
will switch from 810 to 610.
"We are not tied to one particular college," he said. "We cover all colleges, we try to break stories and give insightful talk."
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to changing role of athletics directors across the country.
"There is no doubt expectations have risen all around and it's because of the money involved," said Urick, who is now retired and living in Manhattan.
Perkins agrees athletics directors face more pressure today than when he took his first job as athletics director at the University of South Carolina-Aiken in 1969.
"There's less tolerance for imperfection," Urick said.
Perkins, however, does not feel the pressure.
"I'm too old for that," Perkins, who turns 62 in March, said smiling. "I look at it as, if I felt there was pressure, I would get out of it. Younger AD's have a lot more pressure."
Outside the games, Perkins said he loved his job because of the relationships he has made. When the Seattle Sonics and Chicago Bulls played an exhibition game at Allen Fieldhouse
earlier this year, Perkins met up with two of his former athletes from Connecticut; the Sonics' Ray Allen and the Bulls' Ben Gordon.
Perkins said he talks frequently with both Husky basketball coaches, Jim Callhoun and Gene Auriemma.
"You don't lose those types of relationships" he said.
While the job is demanding, Perkins said he made his family his number one priority. In February, he and his wife will celebrate a 39th anniversary.
"When I'm at home, it is all quality time," Perkins said. "I'll come in an hour early or I'll stay an extra hour, but when I'm home, I truly go home."
Perkins even hired his son-in-law Brandon Macneill as associate athletics director for administration. Perkins said having a business and personal relationship with Macneill was not a problem.
"It probably puts more pressure on him than it does me," he said. "If you
A good family is not the only thing Perkins has going for him, as he has built a notable staff at Kansas.
ask the majority of the people in the department, they wouldn't even know he is my son-in-law because he has done such a great job."
Perkins said that his two married daughters live in Lawrence and that he enjoyed spending time with his two orphaned children.
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director for external affairs, worked 17 years for the NCAA before joining Perkins' staff at Larry Keaing, senior associate athletics director, was AD at Seton Hall. Sean Lester, associate athletics director for internal affairs, has been with Perkins a "lone time."
During the rest of his free time, Perkins enjoys golfing, long walks with his wife and their dog, Benson, and smoking cigars.
"I went out and got a great balance of
Perkins has a track record of hiring distinguished people to work for him. He has tutored nearly 30 athletics directors and conference commissioners during his career.
experienced people." Perkins said.
Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg worked under Perkins for almost seven full years. When Perkins was AD at Wichita State, Weiberg was sports information director.
"It was a lot of fun working for Lew," Weiberg said. "He is an outstanding AD because he hires good people with good track records. He also has a track record of hiring good coaches as well."
While Perkins sits at the top of the Athletic Department's pyramid, he still has one person above him: Hemenway.
"No surprises," Hemenway said. "I let him know if there is anything going on at the University that might affect athletics, and he lets me know if there is anything going on in athletics that is going to affect the University."
Hemenway said he and Perkins meet once a week at length, but have a mutual treaty.
Hemenway said Kansas has had some very good athletics directors, but Perkins would go down as one of the best — if not the best — the University has ever had.
Perkins said he has never thought about what he wanted people to remember him for. But he said, "At the end, whenever that is, I want people to say that during Lew Perkins' time, he and his staff did a great job. They made some tough decisions, but they really improved matters at the University."
Kansan sportswriter Drew Davison can be contacted at ddavison@kansan.com.
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Kohn scored 14 of her 16 total points in the second half and made three three-pointers, a season high for Kansas. Jacobs added a team-high 17 points.
The two didn't only contribute offensively. The Jayhawks held the Jackrabbits to only three field goals in the second half. It was the play of Kohn and Jacobs that stopped SDSU's biggest scoring threat, point guard Andrea Verdegan and forced fifteen turnovers.
"We dug ourselves in a hole and coming out in the second half, we had to fight," Jacobs said.
The first half was the worst 20 minutes of basketball the Jayhawks had played all year. As a team, they shot 26 percent and turned the ball over 14 times.
The game started with a 9-10 run by the jackrabbits with the lead of senior forward Megan Vogel, who scored the team's first five points.
Capitalizing off of SDSU mistakes, Kansas was initially able to keep it
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close, Jacobs had three steals off of lazy passes from Verdegan and eight points that cut the lead to as low as 18-13 with nine minutes remaining.
The Jackrabbits then finished the half on a 15-4 run to put the score at 37-17. Verdegan hit three three-pointers in the first half and led SDSU with 11 points. As the Jayhaws trotted off the court down 20 points, there seemed to be no hope of a potential comeback.
"At that point, we were just trying to not get embarrassed at home," Henrickson said.
There was one adjustment Henrickson made, however, that helped the jahawks start the second-
half with a 21-5 run. To match the fast pace set by SDSU, Kansas started the half with three guards: Kohn, Jacobs and senior Shaquina Mosley. The three forced four turnovers early in the half.
Mosley only played six minutes in the game but according to Henryrick, the minimal time doesn't mean much.
"It wasn't anything Shaq did wrong," she said, "We just got the right group in and that rotation was pretty good."
Kohn hit a three to tie the game at 45 with 2.53 remaining but Vogel responded for SDUs with a three-repointer on its next possession.
With 32 seconds to go, the score was 48-46. Jacobs got a shot off from inside the paint but it was blocked by Jackrabbit sophomore forward Jennifer Warkenthien.
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer can be contacted at ckeefer@kansan.com.
The Jayhawks were then forced to foul the next two times the jayrabbits touched the ball. Verdegan hit all four of her free-throws to clinch the SDSU victory.
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GAINESVILLE, Fl. — Bernie Machen hates the BCS.
Despite the fact that the No. 2 Gators are on their way to the national championship game, the University of Florida's president won't rest easy until a playoff system replaces the Bowl Championship Series.
"We have to convince other schools that a new system can be just
as lucrative and maybe more lucrative and far and that it can work," Machen said after Saturday's Southeastern Conference Championship. "I think there so many people that think that way that it's just a matter of getting it done. In the end, I think we'll do it. It's about the money."
UF will play No. 1. Ohio State in the lan. 8 BCS Championship game. But the Gators were one hundredth of a point from watching Michigan take that honor away.
Without playoffs, two teams get a one-time crack at the championship, even if a handful of others also appear deserving.
"It's not fair. We should be talking about packing our bags tonight." Machen said Saturday night. "Instead, we're talking about style points and who gets to vote. It's ridiculous."
Under the current bowl format, any team that plays in a BCS bowl brings back money for the conference's other schools. So the presidents of weaker programs that are unlikely to make these bowls have little reason to abandon the BCS bandwagon - unless, of course, the NCAA finds a way to still compensate them financially.
"We're the kind of school that's going to be in whatever system there is, whether it's the BCS or a playoff". Machen said. "But there are a lot of other schools that won't be in, and they want to make sure that they're able to participate."
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LINCOLN, Neb. — Two days after losing the Big 12 Conference Championship game, Cornhusker players were ready to move on.
"You can't have the Big 12 Championship back," said Nebraska senior quarterback Zac Taylor. "Obviously we want it back, but it's not going to come. You can still salvage the season with a big win against a great team like Auburn."
With Saturday's 21-7 loss to Oklahoma still fresh on their minds, the No. 22 Huskers now must focus on preparations for No. 10 Auburn in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1 in Dallas.
It's not like they have much of a choice.
The Tigers own a 10-2 record, with their only losses coming at home against Southeastern Conference opponents Arkansas on Oct. 7 and Georgia on Nov. 11. Auburn has wins over No. 2 Florida and No. 4 LSU.
"If I had my druthers, I would play No. 1 through 10 if I could." Callahan said. "I would schedule them all, and that's because of the expectations at Nebraska. If you want to be great, you've got to play them all."
NU Coach Bill Callahan said during Monday's Big 12 coaches teleconference that he was excited about the opportunity to play a marquee team in the bowl game.
Because the bowl game is nearly a month away and because final exams begin next week, the Huskers will get a bit of a break from the regular practice routine this week and work on conditioning.
NU junior tight end J.B. Phillips, who grew up about 30 minutes from the Cotton Bowl in Colleville, Texas, said the month before bowl practices is almost like another fall
camp.
"You can work on some of the younger guys and develop them," Phillips said, "but you can also get in there and really get some work done and work on the fundamentals."
An extra month of practice is also beneficial because it can help returning players get ready for next season.
NU players this year have credited their preparations before their win over Michigan in last year's Alamo Bowl at a time during which they were able to improve, especially since the team only gets 15 days of practice in the spring.
"It think it's a great bonus," Callahan said of the extra practice time. "Here in bowl practice, you can go crazy, and you can practice every day."
A win in the Cotton Bowl would be a confidence boost for returning players, said NU senior defensive end Adam Carriker.
"There still plenty to play for," Carriker said.
That doesn't mean the Huskers have forgotten the sting of Saturday's loss, Carriker said.
But the next month should give players an opportunity to watch film and work on deficiencies in their technique before Jan. 1.
This month also allows Nebraska's coaches plenty of time to put together a strong game plan for the Cotton Bowl.
Saturday's loss prevented the Huskers from earning a BCS bid to the Fiesta Bowl, but Taylor said the Huskers shouldn't be lacking motivation going to Dallas.
"It's not going to put a ring on your finger," Taylor said, "but going out with a win against Auburn would give this team a lot of momentum going into next season."
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PITTSBURGH — The conditions, the timing, the setting all seem perfect for a Browns-Steelers game.
Heinz Field is more dirt than grass this time of the year. The game time temperature Thursday night is expected to be in the low
20s, with biting winds — in these parts, the very definition of football weather.
The fans figure to loud and rowdy for a rivalry that often is among the NFL's most intense, and the pregame verbal exchanges promise to be nastier and more pointed than usual for the second game between the teams in 19 days.
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meaning. The game matches up teams with a combined nine victories in 24 games.
The NFL gambled by giving Cleveland (4-8) a primetime TV date in early December, even one against its most familiar and disliked opponent.
Browns-Steelers games were meant for this time of year, these kind of conditions — only not this Browns-Steelers game. All that's missing from the NFLs version of the Hatfields vs. the McCoys this time around is any significant
from time to time," Steelers defensive end Brett Keisel said of trying to intimidate the Browns by talking.
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After last week's Ravens-Bengals matchup highlighted a new Thursday night TV package that remains widely unavailable to cable subscribers, including Time Warner customers in Kansas City, think there might be a drop-off in log-ins to the "I Want the NFL Network" Web site?
With four games remaining, the Steelers — 26-6 the previous two seasons — remain only on the mathematical fringes of the AFC playoff race after playing for conference or league championships in the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The Browns are playing merely to avoid what seems inevitable, a fourth consecutive losing season.
That means non fans of the two clubs may have to entertain themselves watching Derek Anderson throw passes, Nate Washington catch them and Anthony Smith defend them.
Steelers stars Hines Ward and Troy Palamau won't play because of knee injuries and Browns quarterback Charlie Frye (bruised wrist) may not go, either.
The Brownss have lost 12 of their last 13 to the Steelers, and felt they had them beat when they led 20-10 in the fourth quarter Nov. 19 in Cleveland.
But the Steelers rallied for 14 points in the final four minutes plus to win 24-20, as disappointing a loss as the Brown have had in a season filled with defeat.
"A lot of guys are sore. A lot of guys are beat up." Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said. "It's tough."
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"I'm sure they want some
redemption,". Steelers guard Alan Faneca said. "Ahead 14, but to wind up losing the game in the fourth quarter, that would definitely give me some motivation."
The Browns are optimistic they can win this time, even if second-year QB Anderson's first NFL start may be against the Steelers' oft confusing, blitz filled defense.
Anderson, who had never thrown an NFL pass, replaced an injured. Frye in the second half to throw two touchdown passes and rally the Brown's from a 21-14 deficit to a 31-28 overtime victory Sunday over Kansas City.
"He came in and dominated the game," tight end Kellen Winslow said. "We're proud of him. He came in upbeat and we didn't lose a step at all. He's going to be fine."
The Browns shut down the Steelers' running game 2/1/2 weeks ago, limiting Willie Parker to 46 yards on 16 carries. That forced Roethlisberger to try to beat them by throwing out of a no-huddle formation, something he might find more difficult to do with starting receivers Ward and Cedrick Wilson (ankle) injured and out.
Parker didn't do much Sunday in a 20-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in which much of the Steelers' offense came off of the Buccaneers' four turnovers.
Staying away from similar mistakes will be one of Anderson's primary goals, if he gets the start on Sunday.
Roethlisberger joked the Steelers didn't need to draw up a new game plan because they used the no-huddle look so often in Cleveland, the Browns never did see their planned scheme.
"All we did was the two-minute drill," he said.
The question is whether that will be enough to compel fans outside the two cities to tune in for 180 minutes or so.
"For us, it's like a Monday night game," Winslow said. "This is a rivalry. We're going to get up for it."
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San Francisco Giants free-agent Barry Bonds rushes to an elevator with his entourage during the Major League Baseball winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Wednesday. Bonds has not shown up for the meeting since 1993.
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— Barry Bonds showed up at the baseball winter meetings Wednesday, arriving for what his agent said would be a busy day as the slugger looks for work.
Many people who have been around Bonds couldn't remember the last time he showed up for this annual event, perhaps as far back as 1993 when he joined the San Francisco Giants.
The Boston Red Sox were the busiest team on the second day of baseball's winter meetings, adding right fielder I.D. Drew and shortstop Julio Lugo to their starting lineup.
The San Diego Padres also made a splash Tuesday by putting Greg Maddux in their rotation.
But while a few free agents finally got snapped up, the first trade at the meetings wasn't announced until Wednesday morning, when the New York Mets shipped pitcher Brian Bannister to Kansas City for young reliever Ambiorix Burgos.
"I do believe the free agent market is kind of holding off a little bit the trade front, because there are so many free agents still available." Mets general manager Omar Minnaa said.
In another possible swap, the Chicago Cubs appeared to be discussing deals involving outfielder Jacque
Jones.
Boston's attempts to deal Manny Ramirez appeared to be slowing. But the Red Sox did reach preliminary agreements on a $70 million, five-year contract with Drew and a $36 million, four-year deal with Lugo. If healthy, Drew would bat behind David Ortiz and Ramirez in the middle of the order.
"With David and Manny, if they
want to walk those guys, we want them to pay a steep price," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said.
Ramirez at times has said he wants to leave Boston, which annually explores trades for him. Giants general manager Brian Sabean joked about a possible Ramirez trade, saying "it might be a four-way." He hinted that hed been in the suite of Red Sox GM Theo Epstein.
while, closed in on a $10 million,
one-year contract, a deal that would
contain a player option for 2008.
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positively ... but not done yet."
Details on Maddux's potential contract with the Padres were disclosed by two people familiar with the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity because no deal had been completed.
"Boston has vats of Starbucks coffee, cateraies饮品." Sabean said.
"Southern California was always a place Greg wanted to play. He was very happy in L.A. last year," Boras said. "San Diego also has an environment for his family. His decisions are based primarily on his family."
Boras said Barry Zito, another client, was "geographically free." Zito, the top available free-agent pitcher, could wind up with a contract of six or seven years, a length that might eliminate several-suitors. The Giants apparently were inquiring about Zito as well.
"In the marketplace there have been three-year deals given for guys that have had substantial injury histories." Boras said. "Last year, we got a five-(year) deal for Kevin Millwood. Zito has pristine durability. He's never missed a start. So definitely he's going to be someone that's in that range."
San Francisco and Borris talked for the second straight day about a deal to keep the left fielder with the Giants — and then Bonds showed at the meetings Wednesday.
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Chicago Cubs the most likely destination. Mark Mulder was getting multyearly offers even though he had rotator cuff surgery in September. Houston manager Phil Garner was hoping Andy Pettitt would choose pitching over retirement — and decide to stay with his hometown Astros rather than return to the Yankees.
Oakland was hoping to reach an agreement with Mike Piazza, also represented by Borris' agency, to become its designated hitter. That deal could be struck Wednesday.
"I certainly am tainted by my biased feeling that he wants to be in Houston. He needs to be in Houston and we want him to be in Houston," Garner said. "And his family is dying for him to be in Houston. His kids are pining every day at school wondering. 'Oh, Daddy, please don't go anywhere else. Stay in Houston.' I could hear it all over the city."
In an overheated market, especially for pitchers, Ted Lilly was likely to get a four-year contract, with the
In Tuesday's only announced free-agent agreement, reliever LaTroy Hawkins and the Colorado Rockies completed a $3.5 million, one-year contract. On Wednesday, the Cleveland Indians completed a $4.25 million, one-year deal with potential closer Joe Borowski and an $11.5 million, three-year contract with outfielder David Dellucchi. Borowski's agreement includes a club option for 2008.
Boras said relever Eric Gagne, coming off elbow surgery in April and back surgery in July, had many sutures. The former All-Star closer was born in Montreal, leading to speculation Toronto might be interested.
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Determined to shore up their pitching and avoid a fourth straight 100-loss season, the Royals will hope that Bannister has fully recovered from an injury that put him on the 60-day DL his rookie season.
The Kansas City Royals acquired Brian Bannister, a right-handed starter, from the New York Mets Wednesday for underperforming right-hander Ambioris Burgos.
"Acquiring Brian Bannister fits in with our plan for long-term success," general manager Dayton Moore said. "We're excited to be acquiring such a young, talented pitcher with such exceptional makeup."
Bannister, 25, is the son of former major league pitcher Floyd Bannister, who spent two of his 15 years with Kansas City. He made his major league debut last season and was 2-1 with a 4.26 ERA in eight appearances for the Mets.
The 6-foot-2, 200-pounder allowed 18 earned runs, 34 hits and 22 walks while striking out. In 19. in starts, he was 2-1 with a 3.44 ERA in 34 innings.
He was 2-0 with a 2.89 ERA after five starts when he strained his hamstring on April 26 and was placed on the 60-day disabled list.
His minor league record is 29-19.
The Royals are unloading one of their biggest disappointments of recent years. Tried in both the rotation and the bullpen, Burgos was 4-5 with a 5.52. He blew 12 of 30 save opportunities as the Royals lost 100 games for the fourth time in five years.
Bannister, 26, is expected to join a rotation made up of Odalis Perez, Luke Hudson and Jorge De La Rosa.
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KOBLENZ. Germany — You know it's Christmas time in Germany when the main squares of many cities and towns are transformed overnight into glittering shopping
back to 1434, and is home to Dresdner Christstollen. a butter-rich fruitcake topped with powdered sugar that has become a national holiday staple.
taars offering everything from hand-carved Christmas ornaments to Bob Marley T-shirts.
Shoppers can find a bounty of carved wooden items such as schwibbogen, or decora-
The markets have been part of the country's Yuletide celebration for
Glittering shopping bazaars have been a part of Germany's Yuletide celebration for hundreds of years and remain a tourist favorite today.
Dresden's Strizeelmarkt is considered the oldest, dating
hundreds of years and remain a tourist favorite.
One of the biggest and best-known is the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, where some 2 million people are expected to visit the market square in the heart of the city's old quarter from Dec. 1-23.
tive candle arches from the Erzgebige mining region. There are also nativity figurines, hand-blow glass tree ornaments and blue-tinged pottery
from the Lusatia region.
Yet another favorite is the Christmas pyramid — an ornamental tower turned by a fan that catches rising warm air from candles.
In Frankfurt, the market covers the expanse of the rebuilt Old Town and counts thousands upon thousands of visitors daily until Dec. 24.
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Lights from the 80-foot high Christmas tree softly illuminate people slowly sipping gluehwein — warm, spiced wine — and eating Thuringian sausages.
Food choices include bratwurst sausage, gluchwein, deep-fried potato cakes, and chunks of goose or turkey fried in batter and smothered with creamy garlic sauce.
Lebkuchen, or gingerbread, ranges from thin cookies enjoyed with a cup of hot chocolate to larger cakes, sometimes heart-shaped and iced with sentimental holiday messages — an edible Christmas card.
In Koblenz, one teenager wore hers around her neck, with "I love my boyfriend" in strawberry icing.
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Single people get the least when it comes to gift giving
BY CHELSEA J. CARTER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — There are two things single people can count on during the holidays: They will give more presents than they receive, and they will likely spend more money than a family will spend on them.
Call it the curse of the single — a story as old as time that has been played out at birthday parties, wedding receptions and, of course, at Christmas parties.
"Maybe Hallmark should invent a 'Me Day?'"" joked Sarah Weidman, author of "Gifted: 1001 Gift Ideas for Everyone in Your Life."
It's an accepted fate for the unmarried, who feel obligated to give their married friends with families gifts: One for mom, one for dad, one for junior — or some similar combination.
Until that happens, though, she and other etiquette gurus say singles have to find away another way to deal with it.
"If you're beginning to feel resentful about it as the single person, it's time to get into a different pattern," said Cindy Post Senning of the Emily Post Institute.
Senning, the granddaughter of etiquette goddess Emily Post, said singles should begin by following the three etiquette rules: respect, consideration and honesty.
"This is really one where the honesty comes into play. What if you decided to either cut back or change your pattern or stop giving, and you don't talk to your friends about what is the issue? They are going to wonder what's wrong," she said.
It's a step that Suzanne Gomez, 33, of Burbank took when her married friends started having children.
"Once they have kids, I tell them the presents only go to the kids," she said.
"With 'Secret Santa,' you get one person in your big family or friend group and you can focus on the gift," she said.
With her other friends and family, Gomez participates in "Secret Santa" - where a person draws a name and then shops for a gift below a certain price for that person.
Senning said families don't intentionally "cultivate gifting inequity."
don't even realize it."
"I think families don't think about it that way. They probably
Weidman said it is understandable a single person might be a little more sensitive to "gifting inequity" during the holidays.
But she pointed out families sometimes are as financially strapped as a single person around the holidays because of the number of gifts they have to purchase.
"Families have a lot to pay for too," she said.
When giving gifts to friends and their children, Senning said there were two things to take into consideration:
- Relationship. "If you're really close to this little kid, then you are not going to feel that inequality of gift-giving."
- Affordability. "What can your budget stand?"
If money is a bit tight, Senning and Weidman suggested buying one gift for the family.
"What is it they enjoy to do together?" Senning said. "If a family likes waffles, buy them a waffle iron and the waffle mix. They all benefit from the gift," she said.
Weidman said putting thought into the gift was important.
"You know families, just like
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Dreidel has long, significant history
BY BETH J. HARPAZ ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — "Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel. I made you out of clay." So goes a well-known children's song from the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
A dreidel is a four-sided spinning top, and these days, toy dreidels are more likely to be made from plastic than clay. But there are also collectible dreidels, designed to be displayed rather than spun, that are crafted from
wood, metal, porcelain, silver and even ceramic.
The miracle took place in the second century B.C., when Jews survived an attempt by the Assyrian Army to wipe them out. To
celebrate, the Jews rededicated their temple and lit a candelabra there with enough oil to last for one day. The oil burned for eight days. The holiday of Hanukkah, which begins Dec. 15 this year, is celebrated by lighting candles for eight nights.
The one thing all these dreidels have in common is that each side bears a different Hebrew letter. Each of the letters — nun, gimel, hay and shin — stands for a Hebrew word in the sentence, "Nes gadol haya sham," which means, "A great miracle happened there."
The Jewish Museum in New York City sells dreidels in its gift shop — http://shop.thejewishmuseum.org/museum — from 25-cent toys and fabric dreidels for babies, to miniature works of art.
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In the end, Weidman and Senning said gifts are expressions of friendship.
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To compound its misery, yahoo has been introducing a mishmash of products with no clear strategy on how they blend into the rest of the mix on its Web site. The scattershot approach appears to have aggravated and confused many consumers who are gravitating to new Internet hot spots such as News Corp's MySpace.com and YouTube, which Google just bought for $1.76 billion.
Sunnyvale based Yahoo believes it can get back on track by consolidating its operations into three groups focused on its audience, advertising network and behind-the-scenes technology.
The shake-up will reshuffle top management, entrusting Chief Financial Officer Susan Decker to fix the problems beeing Yahoo's advertising system and opening a job for an executive who will be hired to guide efforts to make
Yahoo's Web site more useful and relevant.
At least two top executives won't be part of Yahoo's new agenda.
Lloyd Braun, a former television executive hired two years ago to run Yahoo's media division in Southern California, has already left the company. Dan Rosensweig, Yahoo's chief operating officer since 2002, will step down in March once the reorganization is complete.
Yahoo Chairman Terry Semel remains chief executive, although his job security and legacy at the company may be riding on how well this makeover pans out.
Once revered on Wall Street for reviving Yahoo after the dotcom meltdown, Semel has come under fire this year amid slowing profit growth that has battered the company's stock price.
Semel's fix-it strategy didn't impress investors. Wednesday Yahoo shares fell 57 cents to close at $26.86 on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Yahoo's stock price has plunged by more than 30 percent so far this year, to wipe out nearly $20 billion in shareholder wealth.
The fallout might include pink slips for some of its 11,000 employees. Banc of America Securities analyst Brian Pitz predicted in a Wednesday research note that Yahoo will consider pruning its payrolls next year as part of an effort to boost its profits.
Standard & Poor's analyst Scott Kessler also thinks Yahoo might clean house in its media division now that Braun is gone. "You have to wonder about the long-term future there." Kessler said. "You could see some paring down there."
Yahoo spokeswoman Kelly Delaney declined to comment about the chances of future layoffs, but Semel downplayed the possibility in a statement posted on the company's Web site. "Let me stress that we're organizing the company for growth and are continuing to hire great talent," he wrote.
Brad Garlinghouse, a Yahoo senior vice president in charge of the company's communications products, made a case for 1,500 to 2,000 lavoffos in a recent memo that was leaked to the media.
"For far too many employees, there is another person with dramatically similar and overlapping responsibilities!" Garlinghouse wrote. "This slows us down and burdens the company with unnecessary costs."
That memo, which likened Yahoo's business recipe to peanut butter spread too thin over toast, foreshadowed some of the actions taken in Tuesday's shake-up.
But in his Web posting, Semel indicated that the reorganization began to take shape before Garlinghouse wrote his memo.
In an attempt to address it most pressing problem, Yahoo has been working on a series of improvements to its advertising formula.
After promising to unveil the advertising change by the crucial holiday shopping season, Yahoo encountered unexpected hiccups that delayed any financial gains until next year.
Decker, a former Wall Street analyst who has been Yahoo's CFO for six years, is being entrusted to make sure the advertising upgrades pay off.
The decision to put her in such a crucial job makes her a prime candidate to succeed the 63-year-old Semel.
"It's obvious Sue Decker is now the heir apparent." Kessler said. "I think (the board) may want to see how she does in an operational capacity before letting her move in as CEO"
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designers earlier this year about the most influential fashion movies, and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was the No. 1 choice "My Fair Lady," also starring Audrey, was in the top 10.
(It was in "Breakfast at Tiffany" that Hepburn also wore the black plastic Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses, ushering in a new look of eyewear that had largely relied on thin metallic frames until then.)
Classic idols still define trend standards
FASHION
"Audrey had a timeless quality," said Avril Graham, executive fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar, which recreated Audrey's look — pearls and all — on young actress Natalie Portman for a recent cover. "Anyone could wear that black dress now. It doesn't seem to be dated in any way."
NEW YORK — In an age when the word is grossly overused, they remain, incontrovertibly, icons: elegance embodied, high fashion at the dawn of the television era, with charmed lives and striking beauty.
IN THEATRES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8
Celebrities fuel fashion — that comes as no surprise. But the women with the most influence over today's tastemakers aren't the ones on the covers of all those celebrity magazines.
BY SAMANTHA CRITCHELL ASSOCIATED PRESS
The patrician style of Main Line Philadelphia is defined by Grace. One of the world's most coveted
Instead, it's Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis who continue to set the standard. Their names are short-hand for the looks that are at the root of modern style many years after their respective deaths.
It's not today's modern celebrities who are influencing designer's styles
handbags — the Hermes Kelly bag — is named after her, and that two-handles satchel has become a symbol of understated, ladly luxury.
When lackie was a Kennedy, she popularized the pillbox hat and skirt suits. When she was an Onassis, it was the glamorous oversized dark sunglasses worn with yacht-appropriate attire. The pearls and black dress that so many women use as their cocktail party uniform, that's all Audrey.
"Timeless" is the word that comes up again and again with designers, editors and fashion watchers when they talk about these women. And they do talk about them a lot.
The Givenchy black dress that she wore in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" a simple-but-elegant sleeveless sheath, was sold Tuesday to a telephone bidder at Christie's in London, fetching a shocking $807,000, almost six times the highest pre-sale estimate. Proceeds will go to the Indian relief charity City of Joy Aid.
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High School. Available Jan. 1, $400/mo
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CHEAP1 1 BR in 4-plex avail. W/D spacious
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every 20 min. $319/mo ($252) + 1/2
Jan. rent free. Avail Jan 1. Call Kate at
612-858-3900
1 BR, living room, full kitchen, 1 bathroom,
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nursum and close to the bars E-Mail
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18R 18 Bath apt at 929 Kentucky. No deposit. Move in as soon as Dec 18th, no rent for Dec. Please call Matt for info:
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WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Santa must have a trick.
The man, whose name was released, fell about 12 feet down the shaft. Authorities said he was hurt but did not elaborate on the nature and extent of his injuries.
A man who was locked out of his house in this Denver tuberculid tried to be in by sliding down the chimney early Friday, but he got stuck and had to be rescued, authorities said.
He convinced authorities it was his home, and there was no evidence he was breaking in, city spokeswoman Jennifer Galli said. Police were present but made no arrests.
Emergency workers were summoned at 3:20 a.m., but it wasn't clear who called.
Firefighters rescued the man by lowering a ladder into the chimney and lifting him to safety. Galli said.
After finding an opossum, family will get fake tree this year
ENGLISHWOOD, Pa. — A woman who hurled last year's Christmas tree out in the yard when an opossum popped out, scaring her teenage daughter, said the family will stick with an artificial tree this year.
"My daughter's still afraid she'll look at the tree and see eyes looking back at her," Patricia A. O'Connor said.
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Shrill Ann Vaughn, longtime house mother at Delta Upsilon fraternity, died Sunday at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan.
Vaughn had served as a fraternity house mother at the University for 30 years, the last 24 at Della Upsla. He was also a past board member of Kappa Alpha Teta sorority and a board member for KTWU TV in Tepeka.
"With great care and wisdom, Shirlie Vaughn helped guide the personal and academic lives of the young men who were in her charge." Said Chancellor Robert Henemway. "In her three decades of service to KU, she touched the lives of thousands of students."
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LAFEL Ind — A teenager arrested for shoplifting had filled her pocketls with so many items that her pants dropped to her ankles as she tried to run out of the store, police said.
Chaynean E. Dwiggins, 18, is accused of trying to steal cake, kitchen utensils and a box of strawberry Nestle's Nesquik, among other items, from Bauer's Market in Lapel, about 25 miles northeast of Indianapolis.
Dwiggins, who was arraigned Thursday on one count of theft, was being held Friday on $5,000 bond.
Store employees became suspicious on Wednesday when Dwiggins, who had been in the store about 30 minutes, walked to the register to pay for a 59-cent necklace, but only had 40 cents.
Store owner Scott Law had watched Dwigins and she knew had pocketed several items, so he confronted her as she tried to leave, according to court papers.
Dwiggins tried to run from the store, but Law grabbed her coat from behind and held onto her until police arrived.
When Police Chief Dennis Molina pulled up, he sweared inside beneath as she tried to escape from Law and back out of the door count records show.
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Chabad Center celebrates Hanukkah
BY COURTNEY HAGEN
Charles Goldberg, Buffalo Grove, Ill., sophomore, will have the chance to celebrate the eight days of Hamikhak early this year, thanks to the Chabad Jewish Center.
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just as finals at the University of Kansas, Chabad has planned a whole week of events to bring the joy of the holiday to students and faculty.
"This is the first time Hamukkah will have a real presence on campus," Goldberg said. "It is great to experience this on campus before we leave for break. We will be able to go home and share this. This celebration will blossom from here across the United States as we each return home."
Chabad will exhibit a Jewish presence in a big way this year with Lavernères largest public memorial. The six foot tall memorial will be dislodged early on Friday, 8th April, until the end of the holiday on Dec. 23.
Rabbi Zalman Tischler will be on Wesco Beach from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday to hand out free menorah kits (which include a menorah, candles and a booklet on Hanukkah) to students. That night, Chabad also will host a Jewish review at 9:30 p.m., followed by a Hanukkah breakfast at 11:30 p.m. to offer students a break from the stress of finals.
Tcheelt hand Chabad's menorah display was part of a global initiative to put symbolic and public decorations of the holiday around the globe. Chabad centers around the world will place menorahs at various sites, including the White House lawn, Ground Zerim in New York City, and in continents such as Africa, Australia and Europe.
"We will have the meritoria in front of the center here in Lawrence because it is tradition to always light meritoria in windows so everyone sees it." This represents the concept of freedom and minority.
Tayya Johnson, Dallas senior, will return home for the majority of Hammackk but she said she was excited to take a break from her finals to play games in a public forum with her peers this week.
"I think, for any holiday, it is important to have activities to correspond to it because sometimes students get caught up with college" Johnson said. "Having activities that have to do with holidays or aspects of being Jewish is very important, anyone to keep in touch with their 'lewisness.'"
The history of Hamukkah is rooted in celebration of the Jewish culture. Teichelt said Hamukkah celebrated Jewish freedom of religion from a tyrannical Greek ruler in 140 B.C. For eight nights after the victory, a menora was lit in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, which was ransacked by the Greeks. The menora stayed lit for eight days on only one night's supply of pure olive oil, thus the tradition of the menora was born.
"No matter how much persecution there was, they still staved strong." Teached "It is a form of cruelty."
Centuries later Hanukkah is now celebrated with the lightly lighting of the candle and the
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eating of oily foods, like donuts and potato lakes, to represent the oil that is used to light them.
More information on Hanukkah events can be found at www.lewiskuKU.com.
Kansan staff writer Courtney Hagen can be contacted at chagenkansan.com.
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BY DARLA SLIPKE
A handful of students will take their final exams on a 10-hour flight to Lithuania.
Seven students will travel to the National Drama Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania, to re stage "The Snow Queen," which they originally performed in Murphy Hall last December. The group will leave Lawrence on Tuesday.
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Romas Vikishraitis, artistic director of Elfu Teatras in Villnius, directed the production last year when he came to the University of Kassamon as a visiting artist. John Stainman, chair of the department of theatre and film, said Vikishraitis was "enamored" by the production and asked the cast to come in the show at his theater. In Matteson, who plays the most enjoyable part of the show was working with Vikishraitis who he described as "crazy and 'interesting'". Matteson said Vikishraitis was the inspiration for one of his characters in the show.
Contributed by Catherine Kimball Students will perform "The Snow Queen in Lithuania."
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Alicia Gian, Garden City graduate student said Vikshitras had them explore their childhood memories and incorporate them into their acting. Gian said during those exercises, she remembered being outside, running around, creating worlds and climbing trees. She said that was helpful because they performed the show for children.
Gian said the cast spent the first two weeks of rehearsals building relationships between characters while Vikhiraksh translated the script. In
"We were able to relate to the children because we were coming from a place where they are currently," she said. "I've been able to tap into resources that I forgot I could use."
Lithuania, they will perform the show three or four times each day, which is unconventional in Western theater, with two Lithuanian actors. Gian said she looked forward to learning about their approach to theater.
Kansan staff writer Darla Slipe can be con-tacted at dislikek@kansan.com.
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Different locations draw more students
BY KIM LYNCH
The number of KU students studying abroad in South America and Asia has increased, far exceeding the number of foreigners.
A November report released by the Institute of International Education found an increasing number of students were interested in countries in South America and Asa that were thought of as non-traditional destinations. In 2005 the number of American students studying in China has increased by 34.9 percent, in India by 52.7, and in Argentina by 53.1 percent.
Susan Gronbock Tecedos, director of the office of study abroad, said the percentage of KU students studying in these non-traditional areas has increased from 21 percent in the 2002-2003 school year to 26 percent this year.
She said students are traveling to non-tradi
tional destinations because they wish to learn more about different cultures, she said.
Maggie Childs, associate professor of East Asian languages, said the increase could be influenced by countries like China in the news. Students wanting to go into international careers could find it important to go to China because it is growing economically, she said.
Kristen Hageman, Woodlands, Texas, sophomore, she planed to study abroad in Germany.
"China is becoming such a leader in the business world, that I wanted an opportunity to get over there and gain some insight," she said.
Kansan staff writer Kim Lynch can be contacted at klychn@kansan.com.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery woke up to The Beaches on Sunday, their first morning in space, where the first order of business was to make sure their ship wasn't damaged during launch.
The crew at up the sky late Saturday with a fiery ascent that practically turned night into day in the first nighttime launch in four years. Then it was on to the international space station to rewire the orbital outpost.
The astronauts began their day to the mellow tunes of "Here Comes the Sun."
"Good morning, Discovery. We especially want to thank you for the burst of sunshine you brought into our lives last night. It was an awesome day," said Mission Control radioped up to the crew.
"It was pretty great of all us, too." Commander Mark Polansky responded.
Astronauts will spend the day inspecting the hull for potentially critical heat shield damage from debris falling off the external tank during lift off, the problem that doomed the
shuttle Columbia in 2003.
Nicholas Patrick, one of the five astronauts experiencing zero gravity for the first time, will use the shuttles 50-foot robotic arm and similarly long boom with sensors and a camera to inspect the ship. The survey was to start at 3:12 p.m.
Discovery is to dock with the space station today to begin the intricate work. Three complicated spacewalks are planned to rewire the space station from a temporary to a permanent power source.
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During its 12-day mission, Discovery crew will also deliver an $11 million addition to the space lab and bring home one of the space stations three crew members, German astronaut Thomas Robert of the European Space Agency, American astronaut Sunita "Sun" Williams will replace him, staying for six months.
The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off on mission 515-116 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Saturday, is the first launch of a shipment in four years.
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BEJIRT, Lebanon — Thousands of Hezbollah-led protesters gathered in downtown Beirut on Sunday, demanding Prime Minister Faad Sanaora cede some power to the opposition or step down.
Cousins of demonstrators camped out in two downtown Beirut squares overnight, and thousands more joined the crowd early Sunday. Several hundred tents have lined the area for more than a week.
The political unrest has split the country along dangerous sectarian lines, with most Sunni Muslims supporting the Sunni prime minister and Shiite Muslims backing the militant group Hezbollah. Christian factions are split between the two camps.
Lebanese, combat troops and armed police sealed off major roads and added more layers of barbed wire around the prime ministers sprawling downtown complex, where he has been held up with most of his ministers since Dec. 1.
The demonstration could be a tipping point in Lebanon's burgeoning political crisis, ten days after a coalition of largely pro-Syrian opposition groups launched a series of rallies against Saniora's anti Syrian, U.S.-backed government.
Many of the protesters waved Lebanese or Hezbollah flags, as loudspeakers blasted anthems in support of the guerrilla group. Hezbollah security agents wearing white caps fanned out in the crowd.
Lebanon's political crisis began after talks on a national unity Cabinet collapsed, and Hebbollak's two ministers and four allies resigned from the Cabinet and joined the opposition. It erupted Nov. 21 with the assassination of an anti-Syrian politician Pierre Gemayel, followed by a national strike, his funeral and the opposition sit-in.
Street protests have since paralyzed the core of Barret. A Shite Muslim supporter of the opposition was shot dead in a Sumit Muslim neighborhood on his way home from protests a week ago.
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BY ASHER FUSCO
Last week, freshman LaChelta jacobs enlightened the Kansas offseason. Sunday was different for jacobs, who found it more difficult to contribute her trademark energy from the bench.
Jacobs, along with freshman Kelly Köhn, spent long stretching of the game on the bench after getting in foul trouble in the games open. Jake Kohn was called for foul and Jacobs fouled out in late Sunday's loss.
Considering the size advantage that california had in the post, the foul problems associated with it were minor.
Freshman Danielle McCray and sophomore Martin Ziaix also fouled out for Kansas in a physical contest in which the teams combined to commit more than a foul per minute.
California 6-foot-3 sophomore Devane Hampton and 6-foot-1 sophomore Ashley Walker presented Kansas with the difficulty of overcoming a disadvantage of several inches.
"They present a tough match-up" coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "They were aggressive, and created opportunities to get to the free-throw line."
Walker, a sophomore, has already established herself as one of the best post players in the Pac-10 Conference and is fast on her way to earning respect on the national level.
She added to her impressive season with a
career high 26 points on Sunday afternoon.
Hampton caused problems for Kansas throughout the game, earning 16 free-throw attempts and scoring 11 points in total.
Hampton and Walker's most important contributions went beyond the box score. Their size and aggressive play forced some of the layhawks most important contributors to be overly conscious of fouling during the game. Kansas struggled to create any offense and shot only 40 percent from the field.
"We just needed to recognize the tone of the game earlier," said Kohn. "Once we got a feel for
the officiating, it was too late."
Kohn and McCray scored in double figures and nearly pushed Kansas into the game.
In the end, the more physical and assertive
Bears prevailed, justifying their #18 ranking.
"The No. 16 team in the nation is going to come out and compete," said John. "We can learn a lot from playing a team as good as California."
Kansan sportwriter Asher Fusco can be contacted at afsuco.kansan.com.
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Jayhawks lead early fall to No.16 Bears
BY CASE KEEFER
Kansas dropped its third-straight game Sunday, falling to the No. 16 ranked California Golden Bears, 73-65.
Despite a first half that saw the layhacks up by as much as nine, poor shooting and an inability to defend in the paint doomed the team in the second半分.
"We had an opportunity and didn't finish," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "We looked a little dared in the second half."
The laybacks shot only 25 percent in the second half and gave up 14 points to Calophore-forward Ashley Walker. Walker had a game-high 26 points.
"It concerns me, but she's a tough match-up. We've just a lot of freshmen without that kind of athleticism trying to guard her." Hendrickson said.
crestman forward Danielle McCray was only averaging 13 minutes per game but played 32 against the Bears and led the lawhaves with a career high 19 points.
We just needed some offense from someone who can pass and shoot. Hentrickson said, "I have no fear."
Freshman guard LaChelia lacoes led the Jawhacks to an 18-14 lead in the first ten minutes with eight points and four rebounds.
With 9-14 remaining in the first hall, jacobs recorded her second fail. This forced Kansas to bench its most proven offensive threats lacosa and freshman guard Kely Koln.
Senior guard Shaquina Mosley and freshman forward McCray combined for 18 points in the final 10 minutes of the half. Mosley also added three assists.
Following a McCray jumper from the wing with 419 remaining, Kramer had made four changes.
The Golden Bears responded and Walker had four points to drop the Jayhawk lead to only 38-34 at halftime.
The Golden Bears jumped out with 16-4 run in the second half. Kansas' teams to contain the Cal frontcourt continued as the team went to the line 22 times in the second half.
we not didn't create opportunities to be aggressive and get to the free throw line; Henrickson said, "They did."
With 2.01 remaining, Kansas tased its biggest deficit of the game, down 67-56. The lajhwahs did not give up, however, and hit three pointers in the final two minutes to end the game.
"It showed a lot about our team, we wanted this win more than anything and I think that showed in the last few minutes but it was too late." John said.
"These losses are nothing but games to learn from," she said. "I think we'll use them as momentum."
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer can be contacted at ckeefer.kansan.com.
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Wright's skills go beyond court
Only a few hours after Saturday 68-38 victory against Toko, those who know John Wright best knew exactly where to find the sophomore forward; at lawdoy.
With his long arm swing, Wright has no trouble getting power behind a bowling ball making a striking. It's his spare shooting that's the problem.
"I usually get at least three strikes a game," he said, "but if I make my spares, my average is 96.5."
As it is, Wright averages about 155 with a high game of 201, which came after the Toledo game. That’s pretty amazing considering he only scored once in the game but was only bowling seriously since last spring.
"I haven't ever taken a class," Wright said. "I don't know the technique."
So how does he improve without tutelage?
Wright is a competitor who knows what success looks like – in any sport. He feeds off his instincts.
Wright repeats the same motion time after time despite his unconventional style. He calls it "reverse spin". In other words, he throws the ball with his right hand but attacks the pins from left to right; the opposite approach from most right-handed bowlers.
"I started getting strikes so I stuck with it, he said
He said he planned to bowl professionally after his basketball career was over. But for now, whenever he finds an hour and a half or so of practice, he returns home to the location He likes the location — the first floor of the Kan
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Ideally, Wright said that he liked to bowl at least 10 games. But sometimes he stays for up to 25, the bowling equivalent of a marathon. He has done well in most competitions, embraces the sport as much as anyone who is.
So why bowling? Wright could probably be a star at any sport. But unlike most other sports, he didn't play basketball.
"I wanted to develop my skills in a sport I know I can get better at my whole life. Wright said, "It's a sport I feel will always be there." He added, "I have not worried about worrying about it ever ending like basketball."
Wright knows how good he could be. His goal is to focus on his spares, cross the right arrow on his strikes and keep improving. He's not even close to satisfied with his 155 average.
"It should be 165," he said. "Give it a week and it will be 165."
Robinett is an Austin, Texas, senior in journalism.
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Kansas 68
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Freshman forward Dearrell Arthur dunks during the second half of a game. Armour finished with nine points.
Kansas struggles to keep its lead in second half against unranked and undersized Toledo
BY SHAWN SHROYER
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It wasn't pretty. But then again, that hasn't been Kansas' style this season.
However, Brandon Rush put forth a performance that was a sight for some eyes. Before Rush game high-19 points. No. 12 Kawasaki in the inlayers' final game in Koper Arcaena.
My teammates looked for me a lot tough because I've been in a slump and they just want to help me out of it, sophomore guard Rush said. "They found me and I made a lot of wide-open threes."
Junior center Sasha Kauk also showed more confidence than he had in recent weeks, but outside of Rush and Kauk, the Javahiers lobbied distressed by their inability to pull away from them.
Rush it up it up down downtown, making four of his first five three-pointers. When he wasn't shooting the ball, he was down his team's back down in a game-high five offensive rebounds.
For Akaun, he went a perfect 5-for-1 from the floor. Saturday was the first time in nine games played that Kaui reached double digits for the first time on the only jayshawks to do so against the Rockets.
Rush and Kaun also swatted four shots apiece as Karsan totaled 15 blocks in the game, setting a school record. Toledo coach Stan Joplin said those blocks changed the complexion of the game.
That means we got to the basket 15 times and we couldn't finish. I tough to finish over a bunch of trees, Joplin said. If they're going to block shots against Florida, they're going to lose.
But early on, it appeared Kansas would overwhelm Tolema with offense.
The layaways came out on fire, shooting 72.7 percent from the floor in the first half and
taking a 44-34 lead going into halftime. But that number plummeted to 25 percent in the second half as Kansas scored just 24 points on seven field goals - a season low in both categories.
When asked if Saturday was another ugly victory for his team, cushill bull's answer was "yes."
"Yes, 'self said.' The first half we made shots, so it looked better, but we didn't guard. The second half we actually guarded better, but we didn't make shots."
More baffling than the drop in in-shooting percentage is why most lappets lack contour lines. Their contours are not true.
Iven before the tip off, freshman forward Darrell Arnault revealed a thing of confidence in me. "It's not really a bad idea."
Apparently two weeks ago Arthur approached Self about coming off the bench, instead of starting, because of his tendency to get in early foul trouble. Self granted Arthur's wish against Toledo and junior forward Darnell Jackson started in his place.
Even the usually unfailable junior guard Russell Robinson lost composition down the
Kansas had a firm grip on the game and all Robinson had to do to seal the deal was make his free throws, But Robinson, who entered the game shooting 74.4 percent from the line this season, made only three of seven free-throws attempts in the last 90 seconds.
Luckily for the Jayhawks, they have until next Tuesday, when they play to Winston-Salem State, to pull themselves together.
"The next two weeks are real important," Self said. "We're not a team yet. We are not a team that has an identity yet. Hopefully with the break we'll find ourselves and become a team."
Kansan sportswriter Shawn Shroyer can be contacted at sshoyer.kansan.com.
- Edited by Jodi Ann Holopirek
kansas 68, Toledo 58
Kansas 44 24 - 68
Toledo 44 58
TOLЕOLE — Valencia 4-7 3-14, Plyne 2-9 0-4, Ingram 5-18 0-13, Howell 6-15 2-2 18, Kent 1-3 0-2, Amos 2-6-0-5, Dover 0-0-0-0, Young 1-0-0-0, Johnson 1-0-0-0, Ross 1-2-0-0, Totals 22-6 52-5.
KANSA5 — Wright 1-4-2-4, Jackson
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4-4-8, Rush 16-2-12-9, Arthur 4-9-1-2,
Collins 3-2-0-5, Stewart 0-0-0-0, Kaun
5-0-1-10, 32-5 10-5 0-24.
Records — Toledo 2-5, Kansas 8-2.
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BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
KANSAN SPORTS EDITOR
MPHILILPS@KANSAN.COM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Sasha Kaun is back.
BACK.
Sure, he's been playing for the last three weeks as he continues to recover from a preseason injury. But Saturday was the first time we saw Kaua play like he did last year when he dominated opponents.
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He wint the best player in an ugly 68-58 win against Toledo — that was Brandon Rush — but he did step it when it counted. At the end of the second half, Toledo went five minutes without making a shot — and Kaun was under the hoop for all five.
"Behind Brandon. Sasha was probably the best player in the game for us," coach Bill Self said.
His presence inside is exactly what the layhawks need to be competitive in Big 12 Conference play. He can move people around, block shots from several angles and handle a double team with ease.
It wasn't hard to see him do those things Saturday. No Toleo player was taller than 6 foot-7, which led to Kansas getting a school record 15 blocks.
captain of.
He'll also be a nice complement to Darrrel Arthur, who is playing well but has often found himself in foul trouble
Kaun will become crucial to the team because he plays Self's brand of basketball. He can handle two players inside, allowing Italian Wright to play closer to the perimeter and make longer jump shots, which he is capable of.
"Darrell is doing great," Kaun said. "It's good for us because we can get better in practice and learn from each other."
The final obstacle for Kauan is to fully recover from the injury to his patellar tendon that had sidelined him for so long. Since returning to the court, he has played in seven
games and has seen his playing time increase by about two minutes in each of them.
Saturday he logged 22 minutes and a sea son-high 10 points.
Afterward, he was sporting a large block of ice on his knee, something he's grown accustomed to.
"I still ice it two or three times a day" he said. "Before and after practice."
Selt said that Kauu was a couple weeks away from getting back to full strength. When he is healthy, it appears that he won't be hesitant to attack double and triple teams that are thrown on him.
One of the things Seis praised mm for on his return was that he provided a presence down low that Arthur and Jackson couldn't duplicate. If the rest of the season continues the pattern of low-scoring games, that presence will be even more critical to Kansas' success.
Phillips is a Wichita senior in journalism.
- Edited by Catherine Odson
Arthur stays on court longer after starting game on bench
BY RYAN SCHNEIDER
KANAS CITY. Mo — Darrell Arthur finally had enough.
Tired of watching the first half from the bench because of constant toul trouble, the freshman forward went to coach Bill Selt to find a way out of the starting line.
A few weeks ago, Self refused.
But before Saturday's game against Toledo,
Self finally obliged.
Arthur started in Kansas last seven games, but quickly found his way back to the bench. Two quick reach-in fouls usually had Arthur back on the bench for the rest of the first half.
The foul trouble coupled with a chance to watch the opposing teams defense match up against teammates made Arthur more comfortable coming off the bench.
"When I start off, I just get a lot of the silly faulns" Arthur said. "Coming off I can just see what everybody does, slot well and play defense better. And now the rotation's better."
The move didn't exactly go as planned, though. Arthur picked up two fouls in just six minutes of play in the first half.
But the move wasn't all negative.
*Not having two fouls at the first TV time
out". Self quipped. "Id say that would be the biggest thing."
Arthur, who came into the game averaging a team high 14 points a game, scored nine points in 22 minutes. He also started the second half in place of junior forward Darnell Jackson.
Jackson.
Although he had an impressive start to the season, Arthur's minutes began to decline. In the last five games, Arthur has played more than 20 minutes just twice and averaged nearly three fouls a game. Even though he came off the bench against Toledo, Arthur still had three fouls.
Arthur said one of the reason Self decided to let Arthur come off the bench was the team's scoring. The Jayhawks certainly didn't benefit from having its leading scorer sitting on the bench for most of the first half.
Arthur said after the game that he expected to come off the bench for the foreseeable future.
Kansan senior sportswriter Ryan Schneider can be contacted at rschneider@kansan.com.
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Kansas junior forward Darnell Jackson takes the ball up against toledo Saturday. Jackson started the game in place of forward Daniel Arthur.
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Sizzling sex tips from a married Christian mother
I am a conservative Christian wife and mother and I love sex. Every Sunday morning I attend church. Every school morning. I take my son to school. Every weekday afternoon, I kiss my husband when he gets home from work. Every evening, I cook supper for my family, and almost every night, I close my bedroom door to partake in my favorite cardio activity: sex.
While I proclaim boldly that I love sex, many of my Christian female friends do not. In fact, when I bring up my sexual appetite and process, my friends react like children and giggle or stare at me in dismay. My Christian friends aren't the only ones who act surprised when I localize my love of sex.
Somehow it has become an oxymuron to be a Christian woman and sexual. Often times the church encourages silence on issues regarding sex. Don Joy, professor of human development and family studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and author of several books about intimacy and marriage, says that the silence of the church instigates shame and that often there is no accounting for the power of shame. Yet also surrounded by imagery in pop culture. Christian women often develop conflicting views on what is appropriate.
However, God wants us to celebrate sex. The Bible includes an entire book on the expression of love. In Song of Songs, King Solomon describes acts of sexual love, often using erotic lyrics like "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth ... Take me away with you — let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers." In Song of the female, as well as the male, vocalizes her sexual desire and experiences.
Pary Rae Dawson, author of "Marriage: A Taste of Heaven, Vol. II: Gods People Make the Best Lovers," states that surveys conducted by both secular and Christian groups
show that God's people make the best lovers. Dawson also says, and listen closely. "A truly unimbsed person enjoys his spouse to the fullest with the blessings of a clear conscience."
Not only should Christian women embrace their sexuality, but they should also realize almost any sexual act within the confines of marriage is acceptable and healthy. True sexual liberation for the Christian woman comes with the ability to welcome uninhibited love with her husband. Furthermore, Christian women should enjoy a hot, slamming sex life.
Consider these five tips for a Christian woman's caring sex life.
Tip 1: Flirt
marriage and family author Jerry B. Jenkins in his book "Loving Your Marriage Enough to Protect It" concludes. Remember going on a date, sitting next to each other in a restaurant booth, you smile and give him a "come hither" look. He reaches over and squeezes your knee. Perhaps a few other stitches touch occur. At that moment you want to rush home and rip each other's clothes off. Go on a date. Sit in a booth.
Tip 2: Anticipate
Close your eyes, relax. Imagine his hands crumbling down your body, touching you in places and ways you never imagined. Allow yourself to get lost in the feeling. The anticipation alone may be enough to achieve the big Q. A study conducted by the University of Chicago found that women were the most likely to report achieve our demands during intercourse.
My husband and I have a public basket next to our heath. We call it our eus basket. In the basket we have a myriad of toys, books, snacks and games. Adults' make up by relationship Enrichment
Tip 3: Play
Systems, is an excellent game to play together. Our personal favorite sex books include Position of the Day Playbook by Nerse com and 103 Great Quakes by Laura Corm... When people make a commitment to making sex more exciting, spontaneous, and satisfying for their partner they are ... making their relationship a priority in their lives. Corn says
Tip 4: Surprise
One day my husband and I were at the county fair. We were tired of working boots all day, and we had 30 minutes without any responsibility. I looked at him and nodded toward the baseball diamonds. I took him by the hand and quickly led him over to a nearby dugout. I think you know the rest of the story. As Corn says, "Surprise is the key."
Tip 5: Flex
This one is simple. There is a time to make love and a time to - well you know. Figure out which is which and work accordingly-
However, the most important thing to remember is love. The above tips will make for some pretty damn good sex, but without love, it won't be fulfilling. That's why God created it. He wants a husband and a wife to celibrate their love for each other. Proverbs 5:18 and 19 says, "May your fountain be blessed, and may you resinize in the wife of your youth. A loving dee, a grateful deer — may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be curvated by her love."
To quote Corn once more, anyone "can have fantastic sex if you keep in mind one simple formula: Anticipation + Variety = Great Sex." And Christian women should have great sex. Christian women and sexual repression should not be symbiontous. So if you will excuse me, it's 10.47 p.m., and after I say my prayers, I have a session to attend.
Leslie Niswenger is a Topeka graduate student in journalism.
Gross mistreatment of gays, lesbians to be taken seriously
I take offense to the notion that gays and lesbians aren't treated as bad as other minority groups.
I take offense to this for the simple reason that I have spent the majority of my life being called a "queer" a "fag" or a "faggot." I've had gay friends who have been hit purposely by straight teens who think that we aren't equivalent. When growing up, my dad would inform me that I didn't deserve to be his son because I told him I was gay.
for all the reasons that the right wing comes up with in denying same sex laws, all of them, the most vital, the most pressing, are always wrong. As a teen, my parents took me to Bible camp, and they brought the church pastor to dinner four times to try to prevent me from "choosing" to be gay. One of my dearest friends was taken to a place that stated it could "change" gay. They tortured him. He was taken to a standoff group. They put him in a tub of solid sheets of ice. They refused to give him food until he被他 was straight.
For all the reasons you come up with against homosexuality, please tell me why, if you believe this lifestyle to be a choice, do young boys and girls choose to be harassed and beaten?
The objective of the "homosexual agenda" is not to undermine "traditional marriage" whatever that is, it's to make a stand against those who are blinded by their own ignorance. It's to make a stand against those who have stopped listening to common sense because they believe in a non-comon sense book. It's to make a stand that the separation of church and state is still in existence today. It's to stand up against people and ensure that their religious freedom does not violate my civil liberties, guaranteed to me not by the Bible, but by the U.S. Constitution.
The point is that no matter how far we've come, we still have a long way to go before people understand that just because they are learning, they don't know how other people live their lives.
Matt Broz is a Topka sophomore in political science and American studies.
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Tree promotes charity, not religion
After reading Joseph Harrington's Letter to the Editor ("Christian Decoration inappropriate at Rec Center, Dec. 6), I decided to pay a visit to the controversial "decoration" in the Student Recreation and Fitness Center's lobby.
It was interesting to discover that the Salvation Army's Angel Tree display did not include a manger scene, crucifix, Bible passage or any hint of Christian evangelizing. The angels did, however, have some information on them; the clothing sizes of underprivileged children who could use a helping hand during the holiday season.
The Angel Tree Program is geared toward enabling individuals to purchase clothing items and toys for children in need. These children — who don't have to be Christian
to quality for assistance — will undoubtedly enjoy a warmer, more fulfilling winter because of the efforts of KU students and the Salvation Army.
In light of these observations, it would seem unconscionable to deny disadvantaged children a more enjoyable December on the grounds that a display containing angels (who are also prominent within the Jewish and Islamic faiths) would constitute a state endorsement of one particular religion.
I would encourage everyone, regardless of religious preference, to make a positive difference in the lives of those who are less fortunate this holiday season.
Samuel Stepp Mission Hills senior
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Form educated opinion about stem cell research
If a loved one or someone close to you was suffering from a cell-based deficiency as a result of disease or injury, would you seriously consider it a medical condition knowing that there could be a potential solution?
I'm speaking of human embryonic stem cells, which have the potential to act as a repair system for many specialized cell functions in the body.
I assume that you have your own belief toward stem cell research. Is that your true opinion, or is it how someone else feels? I say this because ideas and opinions are sometimes instilled into your mind, preventing you from consciously thinking about your own feelings.
I confess that I once became a victim to someone else's opinion. Growing up Catholic, I can honestly say I was never taught the positive implications of stem cells in school. I was only subjected to one-sided religious thought. Stem cells equaled abortion, which is a moral no-no in most religious doctrines. I feel too many people are left in the dark.
I took a Modern Biology class earlier this year, and we covered stem cell research. We taught both the positive implications as well as the negative aspects. My mind was opened up to new ideas, and I was enlightened to an unbiased truth.
Through stem cell research scientists have been able to learn about the possible future benefits of using embryonic stem cells as a way of treatment. The stem cells are taken from human embryos — which have already been selected for destruction — and have been fertilized through in vitro fertilization. Consent has to be given by the donor. Once extracted, they are transferred to a Petri dish.
where they divide into renewed cells
The stem cells are unspecialized, enabling them to divide and renew for a long period of time. Possible cures include Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, spinal cord injury, nerve damage, stroke, heart disease, diabetes, Duchenne's dystrophy, hearing loss, vision loss, burns, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
* I did mention there were negative aspects with the use of embryonic stem cells. Stem cell research is in an infantile stage in regard to scientific study. It has only been studied since 1998. This remains undeveloped because of the many restrictions and bans placed upon the research. This has caused a hold on further tests showing the safety of embryonic stem cells. Scientists have to be able to rule out any harm that could result from cell-based therapy. They will have to make sure that the cells could not cause tumor formation or the transmission of infectious agents.
Another major debate is held over the morality of the use embryonic stem cells. Many people believe the embryo is a human being and view its destruction as murder.
Embryonic stem cell research poses a major social and ethical challenge. It is hard for me to sit here and think about how we are barely acting on a potential medical breakthrough. There are pros and cons that surround this topic, but sometimes you must weigh the positives over the negatives. But no matter what your stand on the issue is, make sure it's what you truly believe.
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Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith answers questions during a news conference after he was announced as the Herman Trophy winner Saturday in New York.
BY RALPH D. RUSSO ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Winning the Heisman Trophy was easy. The hard part for Troy Smith was staying composed.
To the surprise of no one, the Ohio State quarterback was the winner of the award that honors college football's best player.
Seconds after his name was called on Saturday night, he hugged everyone important in his life — coaches and family — let out a deep, deep sigh and headed for the podium.
"Normally, I'm pretty cool in pressure situations, but my heart is pounding so fast now," he said.
"I'm at a loss for words. I just can't believe this is happening. It means everything. Just to be here in this situation. Love everybody back home in Columbus."
list two years after nearly derailing his career by taking money from a booster, Smith received 801 first-place votes and won the Heisman by 1.662 points — both the second-best marks in the 71 year history of the award.
Arkansas running back Daron McFadden (878) finished second. Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn (782) was third and Virginia running back Steve Stlaton (214) was fourth.
1968 was more lopsided than Smith's.
Only Q.J. Simpson's 1,750-point victory in
Now, there's only one thing left for Smith to do. Beat Florida for the national championship on Jan. 8.
perfect regular season by throwing four touch down passes against Michigan.
"I haven't spent that much time dreaming about it, it's sad of winning the Fleisman. "But I'll be dreaming about it tonight. It's pretty cool."
The senior moved to the front of the Heisman race in September with a flawless performance against Texas and finished off a
A huge smile lit up Smith's face when his name was announced. After getting a hug and handshake from Quinn, Smith headed to the
row of chairs directly behind him, where his mother, Tracy, and sister, Brittany, were sitting.
They each took turns giving Smith a big squeeze. But Smith wasn't done with the hips — one for Ohio State coach Jim Tressel and another for his high school coach, Ted Ginn Sr.
Mom wiped away a tear and his sister shouted "Yeah, Trope," as Smith ascended the stairs to give his speech and collect his big bronze statue.
"The Smith family is loud. Very emotional all the time." Smith said, "I wouldn't have it any other way."
The 22-year old Smith is the sixth player from Ohio State to win the Heisman and first since tailback Eddie Eddie in 1995. And it's the school's seventh Heisman — Arnie Griffin won two in 1974-75 — tying Dame and Southern California for the most.
"Now I'm part of that elite group" Smith said.
Smith received 86.7 percent of the first place votes, a record, and his point total of 2,540 places third in Heisman history behind Simpson (2,835) and fellow Southern California tailback Reggie Bush, who had 2,541 last season
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2. Dine
3. Sheriff's weapon.
4. Hum endlessly
5. Bookkeeper (Abr.)
14 Zoo favorite
15 Instruct
16 9-Across container
17 Fall for one
20 Nurse
21 Toward the stern
22 Ghost's shout
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25 Owner's document
27 Pizzaaz
29 Venus sister
31 One of the gang
35 Impel
37 Days gone by
38 Heterogeneous
41 Indivisible
43 Scepter topper
44 Always
45 Mecca pilgrims
47 Expensive seafood choice
49 Acid-alcohol compound
52 Tamcar contents
53 Existed
54 G-rated
55 Bloomberg's abbr.
60 Idolater's writing
67 Earth (Lat.)
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2 Prior to
3 Sled
4 Fairy-tale starter
5 Clinic doings, for short
6 Fishy group
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8 One of the gang
9 Designed to restrict entrance
10 Overturn
11 Dweeblike
17 Inclement
19 Up to now
21 Billboards
22 Retainer
24 Father's Day gift
25 Postpones
26 Tweak a bill
28 Head movement
29 Supplementary immu nizer
33 Mess up
34 CSA soldier
36 Rough
38 Casaba, e.g.
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45 Leader
46 Gilligan's place
48 Duo
50 Listen
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6. Mimbehave
11. Raid
12. Of a radioactive element
14. Get cozy together
15 Small pool
16 Work with
17 Tire pattern
19 Needing a doctor
20 Celluil
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26 They get the lead out
28 Wan Kenroi
30 Ross counterpart
31 Region of southwest
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39 Australia flock
40 State of India
42 Old portico
43 Calendar abbr
44 Burst forth
46 "__ Town"
47 Mix-up
49 Football conference?
51 Game venues
52 In the same place
53 Seventh day Christmas gift
54 Thickly populated
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10 Post
11 Shoe-polish target
12 Boston five for short
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12 Carriets
13 Beasts of burden
15 Blood group letters
17 Need treatment
19 Entrance
13 Plant bud
12 Illicit affairs
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36 Battling
37 Small stream
38 Seraglio group
41 Garden invader
44 Verve
45 Oil paint container
48 "CSI" evidence
50 Cacophony
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2. Khan
3. Coastal
4. Coarse fish
5. Wander about
6. Historic times
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15. Neighborhood
16. Pussyfisk's partner
17. Gift of the Magi
18. Potter's oven
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24. Desirable male (SL)
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28 Environment
32 Staffordshire ceramic
32 Staffordshire ceramic ware
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34 Gist
36 Part of the loop
"Likewise"
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41 More than enough
43 Pouch
44 Oh, what fun ___ to rid
46 Express gratitude
gratitude
50 Frizzy hairstyle
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64 Actor Bridges
57 Fleur-de-lis
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59 Asthiones
60 Bug killer
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3 Addict
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5 Stare stupidly
6 Wing it
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9 Periodical, for short
10 Blond shade
12 Cheap
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23 Fellow
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27 Longings
28 Rope fiber
29 Ice skating leap
30 Restrain
31 Clumy boat
35 Kramden's transportation
38 Mel of baseball lore
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42 Highway sign
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47 The third man
48 Protuberance
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TOC TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CALENDAR
Will Hoge and more
OUT
host your own
dance party
CONTACT
rules for dating
a friend's ex
7
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FEATURE
Lawrence has
the real Santa
15
SPEAK
Dr. Dre to the rescue
BITE
bake bread for the
holidays
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Dr. Dre to the rescue
note.
When I was 8, my step-father died of cancer. That Christmas, because my mom couldn't bear to be at home without her, she packed our bags and took my sister Katie, and me to Key Wort, Fla.
At first, I was bummed that we weren't getting a Christmas tree I whined that I didn't want to go, that I wanted to stay and home our cultural holiday. But Mom persuaded us that palm
trees would be our Christmas tree theme that year.
"When God truly loves a place, He puts a palm tree there," he told us.
In Key Wort we bird watched at the Everglades, sonicated in the Atlantic Ocean and ate lots of key lime pie.
Even though we weren't at home having our traditional Christmas with a pine tree, a fire in the fireplace and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, we still drank eggnog, ate cookies and had each other — and of course on the palm trees we could ever want.
Katherine Loek's feature on page 8 tells the story of a lawwoman Santa Claus brings Christmas cheer year-round, wherever he is. He embodies the Christmas spirit, whether there is a Christmas tree,
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no tree or, in my family's case, a palm tree.
Katie and I often remind my mom of what she told us that Christmas in Key West. A year ago, I studied in Spain, and Kate was in Venezuela. My mom, having her knees around the world, war nervous.
But during our first weeks abroad, Katie I. and I named Mom to let her know that our new homes had palm trees. I sent pictures to her and told her I would be just fine.
After all, when God loves a place He puts palm trees there.
Carolyn Tharp, Editor
One Christmas, my mom made a palm tree our Christmas tree.
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THURSDAY
Tea time. Kansas Union, 3 p.m.
all ages, free.
Play: Hey Fayer by Nol
Coward, Crafton Pearl Theatre,
Royal Opera House for children under 18,5 to 16 for adults.
kurtureme.com
The Barnes Foundation of Philadelphia: The Origins of the Collection. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 6-p.m., 55 students, $10 members, $15 non-members, www.netlaw.atkns.org.
Play:Hay Fever by Noel
Fortitude / Censura. Gaslight
Tavern, 9 p.m., 21+; www.
gaslight.tavern.com
Hawk Nights Holiday Bash Kansas Union, 9 p.m., free.
POOR DINER'S UNION
Broadway Entertainment Company
allTheJazzhaus
Poor Miner's Union. jazzhaus.
10 p.m., 21+, S3. www.jazzhaus.com.
december 8
FRIDAY
THE FROG BAND
The Republic Tigers / Cahoto
Follower / Cavaliers / Jacket
Music Hall, 10 p.m. + 18+ www.
jackpitmusiccall.com
Stop Day: No classes
Food for Thought: Everyday Creativity. Kansas Union, 11:30 a.m. all, ages free.
School of Business Commencement Ceremony. Lied Center 4 p.m. businqed required, www.business.ku.edu
Live Boxing. The Beaumont
Club, 7 p.m., all ages, www.
kclubs.com/beaumont.cfm
Lecture: Polarization of Light in Astronomy. Mallott Hall, 7:30 p.m. fm.
The Faint / Tilly and the Wall
The Faint / Tilly and the Wall.
Granada, 8 p.m., all ages, $15.
www.thegranada.com.
thegranada.com
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Junior Brown, Bottleneck
9 p.m., 18+ $16. www
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Sellout. Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+,
$5. www.jazzhaus.com.
SATURDAY
Black Christmas/ This Is My
Blade / Yamoto/Jackpot
Music Hall, 10 p.m., 18:15-55:47
[packt Musikmanuscript]
Ambulette / Baby Birds Don't
Drink Milk. Replay Lounge 10
p.m., 21+, 52 www.replaylounge.com
School of Engineering Commencement Ceremony. Woodruff Auditorium. 9 a.m. ticket required.
Cosmic Bowling. Jaybowl, 10 o.m.,free w/ KUID.
"White Globe Tour" of Dole Archive. Dole Institute of Politics, 11:30 a.m. free, www.doleinstitute.org.
*Trash Express* / *Midday Rambler*.
*Replay Lounge*, 3 p.m., all ages. www.reploylounge.com
Mixed Martial Arts. The
Beaumont Club 7, t.p. all
ages, $25, www.kclubs.com/
beaumont.cfm.
Hay Fever by Noel
Caird. Crafty Creation.
Grounds, Theatre and for
children under 18, $16 for adults,
kuwetheme.com
Comedy Showcase. Gaslight Tavern, 8 p.m., 18+. S5, www.gaslightaventure.com
Jah Roots / D) Lion Dub
Gasligh Tavern. 9 p.m., 21+,
qoailgw.laertv.com
Sellout. Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+.
55, www.jazzhaus.com.
The Slats / The Sperm / Dogme
95. Replay Lounge 10 p.m. +21.
+25. www.replay.com
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Celebration / The Legendary
Torardetalky. Jackpot Music
Hall, 10 p.m., 18+, 55 www.
musicalmusichall.com
Planes Mistaken for Stars
/ The North Atlantic / The
Panda Panda. Jackpot
www.jackpot.com
jipetmusic.musicbox.com
december 10 SUNDAY
Burning River Brass. Lied Center, 7:30 p.m.; $11:50-$28.
Cosmic Bowling. Jaybowl, 10 p.m., free w/ KUID.
School of Journalism and Mass Communications Commencement Ceremony. Woodford Auditorium, 1 p.m. ticket required.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Commencement Ceremony. Lied Center, 2 p.m., ticket required.
Comedy night with Timmy Blaze.
Blaze, VooDoo Lounge at Harath's Casino, 5 p.m., 21+, $15,
www.voo.doo.com.
Comedy night with Tommy
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Deftones / Glassjaw. Uptown
Determines theater. 8 p.m., 18+, $20, www.
uowntheater.com.
BENEATH THE SEA
Monty Are I. Bottleneck.
8:30 p.m., all ages, $12. www
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Joadman Flats / Billy the
Squirrel. Gail Tawner, 10,
p.m. 21-, www.myspace.com
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MONDAY
Academic Date: Final Exams.
Lecture: Physics and Astronomy Colloquium. Malott Hall, 4 p.m. free.
Tradition Keepers Finals
Dinner. Alumni Admire
the Tradition Keeper
of Tradition Keepers
member.
december 12
TUESDAY
Academic Date: Final Exams
Views of Vietnam. Spencer Museum of Art. 10-m, 5-pm.
free. www.spencerart.ku.edu
Made in China: Observations and Understanding. Spencer Museum of Art. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
free. www.spencerart.ku.edu
In Flames. Beaumont Club 6:30 p.m., all ages, $19, www.kcclubs.com/beaumonte.
Lucky Break, VooDoo Lounge at Harah's Casino, registration at 6 p.m., show at 7:45 a.m. 21+,
www.vooDoo.com
WEDNESDAY
Academic Date: Final Exams
Views of Vietnam. Spencer
Museum of Art, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
free, www.spencerku.edu
Made in China: Observations and Understanding. Spencer Museum of Art. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
www.spencerart.ku.edu
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Will Hoge, Grand Emporium,
8 p.m., 21+, $12. www.kcclubs.com/grandemp.cfm
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Yakuzu /Viiseet /Leth.
Replay Lounge. 10 p.m., 21+, S2.
www.replay.lounge.com
VENUES
Beaumont Club
Bottleneck
Beaumont Club
4050 Pennsylvania St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(B16) 561-2560
737 New Hampshire St.
Lawrence
(785) 841-5483
Crafton-Preyer Theatre
1530 Salmons Drive
Lawrence
(785) 864-3982
The Granada
1020 Massachusetts St. Sr.
Lawrence
(785) 842-1390
Gaslight Tavern
317 N. Second St.
Lawrence
(785) 856-4330
Grand Emporium
Jackpot Music Hall
3832 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 531-1504
Jackpot Music Hall
944 Massachusetts St
Lawrence
(785) 843-2846
The Jazzhaus
THE 2422 MUSEUM
928 12th Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
785) 749-3320
642 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 749-1972
Liberty Hall
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 561-4000
Replay Lounge
Replay Lunge
946 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 749-7676
Uptown Theater
3700 Broadway St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-8665
VooDoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino.
1 Riverboat Drive
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 895-7320
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After a night out drinking, Mike Feld, 2006 graduate and a friend decided to grab some Pit. P11, 1011 Massachusetts St. Drink and acting a fool, Feld squabbled with employees, trying to convince them give him some free pita.
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He clearly intited a young woman who was waiting behind him in line. She told Fold to be quick several times he responded with insults, "I'm gonna punch you in the face" the said Fold continued taunting her with comments like "We like the same pom."
Pissed off the woman, who happened to be a blower grabbed Fels's shoulder placed one foot behind him and patched Fels's wound.
Humilized and ashamed, he later apologized over the phone when a friend ran into the young woman and gave him a ring.
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3. **Baby, it's cold outside."  "like to go skating at Crown Center because it really makes it feel like the holidays, and you can't skate outside any other time."
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2. **Lean back**. "Nothing is better to do over winter break than to relax. I enjoy being able to hang out with all my friends from high school and having no school related activities."
1. O'er the hills. "Sliding is always fun. There are some really great hills in Wichita, And this winter break some friends and I are going snowboarding in Vall. That should be cool."
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BREAKING 'THE CODE' CONTACT
Dating a friend
Deciphering the rules of dating a friends' ex
Dylan Meteger's ex-female new beau used to be a good friend. That was before he stuck a dagger into Meteger's back.
The Burlington junior and his friends observed a six-month buffer period before asking out a buddy's ex, but this bruck he their unaid past. Now, his ex friend who now guy is also an ex友
Since the termination of that friendship, Metzer has solidified one rule: a friend must be more than 15 years old. Metzer before washing an ax.
There are no standard rules for
or against — dating a friend's ex. Some say it's a no-go while others, like Metzger, say that there should be a difference between taking out a churn past love, consider your options and their consequences.
if you choose to walk hand-in-hand with a friend's ex, make sure to discuss the situation with your friend. Some kind of communication is key, says Boundance Mendez, Kansas City, Mo. junior, it's only OK if you take to first friend and he is fine with it, "mendez says, talk with you, buddy and make it
remain for your squeeze Even if your omigo says it's fine, anticipate some kind
of awkwardness. Allie Peck Manhattan freshman, is currently dating one of her friend's ex-boyfriends Pikey firstly taken to her friend when she realized she had feelings for the ex." She was jealous at first, but then she was really cool about it." Pikey says." It was all part of the unwritten rule thing."
Some opponents of dating friends eaves dig the 'guy code' or the 'girl code' This unwritten code helps friends stay friends. Sometimes the code prohibits romance with any of your friends and allows a friend to you bend the rule all the time there are still restrictions.
Be cautious, even after your friend gives you the initial green light, say Nate Rockin' Rollin', Caitlyn McCormick, later, then you to break up.
with her immediately.
he says, "The only way it would be OK is if the girl more to you than the friend."
Dating a friend?
former flame is feasible but a risk situation says Yulinda Swanson-Moten a marriage and family therapist in Plain Village. "In my personal opinion, I would just avoid it, she said. I wouldn't want to run the risk of losing a good friend." Unless you think this person could be the love of your life, it may not be worth losing the friendship you have with your comrade Swanson Moten adds.
The battle and the sexes
Women tend to have a bigger problem sharing their exes than men.
It is not uncommon for me to date a friend's ex-girlfriend, says Catherine Sterchel, a clinical social work therapist in Prairie Village. 'Guys do it and don't care and girls will say. Never do it.' Sterchel says I've seen more girls that think its OK. Guys who are married or of this she says. This might be because men typically move on from relationships faster than women.
How could this be good?
If the relationship with your friend's ex turns out to be one
of the best decisions you've ever made there are some perks to having a friend who has already dated your new love.
"You already know how he's going to be in a relationship." Jeanne Lizotte, Rockster Houses. "I'm ready. I friend already went through it."
Think of all those gifts you won't have to agonize about; you'll have a friend who can tell you what your schmuckmans will do for you. Give him grape to when your honey pisses off, it could be good to have this kind of outfit, Starch says. "There would be more support for you. Your friend could be to say, Yeah, he did that to me."
It's up to you,my friend
Whether you decide to uphold the code, i.e. 'Bios before Hos' or 'Chicks before Dicks'* then it or forget to pursue a future with a friend's win up to a certain point. You need a best and a date to bed on a night night must not be as simple as following the rules.
THE CODE
According to Urban Dictionary
a woman is breaking the girl
for her boobies.
she sleeps with a man a friend used to like
she asks out a guy she once saw an acquaintance out with
she is friends with someone a friend hates
Source:urbandictionary.com
Other rules that are part of the guy code, according to Liquorwits.
A friend's sister is off limits unless you marry her.
Don't complain about the brand of beverages in your friend's bridge. Bitch all you want if the temperature is not suitable.
Ask the score of a sporting event in progress, but never ask who's playing
Source: The Man Code at www liquorwits.com
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When there's a crowd, a cover charge and crapy tunes at a dance party. Joel Kelly is disappointed. While many people frequent dance parties to get drunk and a hook up partner, some people like Kelly actually go to dance to the music. Shocker The bad environment affects his ability to do so.
There are many benefits to
He would rather throw his own dance party, Kelly says. "When I go to a bat I get really poised because it's not the music I want to hear." The St. Louis senior currently DJs at Team Lift, the Thursday night dance party at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. He also frequently DJs his own house parties. What's better about this? The answer is that it is my dance party; he says.
"I decide when and how and what to dance to."
throwing your own dance party, and if you’re tired of experiencing nightlife nightmares, enjoy the occasional do-it-yourself dance party, say Gail Leino, Mrs. Party, the online artist expert.
Bring your friends
You'll probably want your dance night to be invite-only. "At the bars you never know what kind of drunken shitheads you'll run into, but in your own house, it's usually just a big group of close friends being outagee and wasted," Tyler McNally, 2009 graduate, says.
McNally, his roommate and friends throw an "Under the Sea" prom theme dance party two summers in a row. They simply wanted an excuse to dance and did no promotion for the event — just word of mouth between them. Fiona intimates, "Female intimate." Dove uses a
WHEN I GO TO A BAR I GET REALLY PISSED BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE MUSIC I WANT TO HEAR."
— JOEL KELLY,
ST. LOUIS SENIOR
A friends-only guest list and help in the planning process cut down on costs significantly, but there were still changes in charge admission and spending was limited, so the costs they had were split among the planners. Monley estimates that each person who helped execute the event spent about $15 less than the staff paid in a night out at the bar.
collaborative effort on the parts of many friends," says Jackson Morely M.Nailey's co-mate and co-host. "There were probably 10 of us who had a role in planning the first event."
Room to bust a move
Aside from an intimate guest list and saving your green, you'll need a little elbow room. Because of the success of his first prom party, Morley and I were in town the next time around. We moved to a new venue, my father's shop in East Lawrence, which was fairly vacant. he says, "There was more room there, and we could comfort us we confident we would have no noise complaints."
While not everyone has the option of moving the dance party into a large venue for free, anyone can move the furniture if you have a living room, move everything out and at least to the kitchen. The most common is an open floor. "You need just enough room for folks to dance." Edwin Morales, D.J. Konsept, says.
When you have the people and place set the most important aspect of the dance party come into play: the tunes. You're best option is to get a DJ or DJ the shindiging you. Although Kelly Dj's his own dance parties, finding a friend to DJ is often better because it allows you to move around. If you don't have a friend who is a DJ, there are ways to find them. Kelly says "We usually just fall through the grapevine" he says. "Talk to another DJ at a bar or call KKH." Kelly will do it for charge if they can master up the equipment. I am quite the pushover and I will usually just spin at a house party for free beer."
The next time you find yourself decading the thought of yet another bande dance party and dance to your own tune.
THEME IT UP
Although themes are optional, Gail Leno — known online as Mrs. Party — and bars around Lawrence offer some great dance party theme ideas.
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If you don't believe in him, you will:
by Katherine Loeck
EN YEARS AGO a little girl in a ragged coat sat on
I am not sure. I will try to look at the image again. It looks like a boy playing with his arms up in the air. The background is dark and indistinct, but there are some light spots on the right side of the photo. There might be a reflection or light source on the surface.
her mother single and with eight children  _between the age of 16 and 9 months  _stood wapling All day kids had asked for a Freemaker
at TVs, teddy bears
and video games.
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different 'I want a
sell and a Christmas
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later that night,
Freeman cried as he told
his daughter
Angela, of the
little girls who
wish out where
found her
Larry Freeman would give you the last dollar in his pocket and the shirt off his back. His a hardman
delivered a decorated Christmas tree and a bell. On Christmas Eve the Friensmen delivered one truck of gifts, but on Christmas Day they present a new TWENTY-one to remind them.
woman standing there crying with her 9-month old baby saying, "There really is a Santa Claus there really is a Santa Claus" that was "Santa Claus" Angela says. "That was Santa Claus."
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— ANGELA FREEMAN
LARRY FREEMAN'S
DAUGHTER
This time of year
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sake Santa plague the moth and scare little children. In Lawrence we've got the real deal. Freemen more than do than a not vetted character, so don't get them.
grandfather's wire-immed glasses. He bids oldlinks to tears: Families travel from Kansas City to see him for Jena Flasher, president of Weaver's Department Store, still believe in Santa Claus.
called Freeman and asked him to
call Freeman and asked him to
her 3-year-old granddaughter.
Either who was sick with Listeriae,
couldn't have been happier when she
met her father.
Weaverian has played Santa Claus Weaver for more than 10 years and has been the star of the Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas parade since its inception in the 1950s. He was 40 years and says that if it were legal he would cloush him. "He's just by far the test you find anywhere. When you see him, you'll understand. Not only that, but he's got the heart and love of children that Santa has."
One December night in 1973 Freeman jumped into the jolly suit because no one else would do it. He been Santa ever since, and it's by far his favorite thing to do. "Oh, he was hooked!" he said.
Freeman's most difficult Santa visit was in 2002 when Pat Callahan
Children like Emily are the best part of Freemaw's jobs. He listens intently, is soft spoken and patient with each child. As Santa, he has
Today, Emily is 7, and whenever she sees another woman she will say, "Oh not that the real one," her mother Tricia Venters, a nurse.
Every Christmas since
SIT ON HIS LAP UNTIL CHRISTMAS EVE
Weaver's, 101 Massachusetts St.
Saturdays, noon - 4 p.m.
Sundays, noon - 4 p.m.
he met emily Freeman has visited her home. When her Lukewinkle went into immigration in 2004 he attended her celebration party. Though Freeman was wearing regular clothes, Emily still knew who she was. When he gave me his name he handed out for Christmas gift. "You said he had my heart since I sent you," he had my heart since I sent you.
makes, promises.
When kids ask for pories, you have to tell them. I tell them. I tell them that I have to ask their parents
When Freeman was growing up, Christmas was a big deal. It wasn't what you wanted, it was what you needed, he says if you needed T-shirts, socks or jeans, that what got his Dad went to a lot of trouble to make it seem like Santa made sleigh and tracked skis made sleigh and tracked skis in the front yard "I did the same for my kid." Freeman says "I always
I got a girl a pony, and she lived in an apartment."
Angela still can't figure out he Santa visited their house where the family was out to dinner in Christmas Eve when she was 12. It is me it is always, at 40 years of the magic of Christmas, 'she says.'
been fascinated with Christmas.
A few years ago a college student stopped downstream to pay Freeman a visit. The student asked if he can get a passing grade from the school, but I can't help if you haven't been living in Freeman's said the study said yes. Days later the same student stopped to buy, "way to Go Sant Joan."
This time of year, Sanna is a penny guy so his family wants celebrate Christmas later in the city. She said she is going to her spirit of Christmas is — leave
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each other. 'Angela says, "That's why he so good at it. He shows that to the kids, and they see it, they feel it. He plays Santa makes him a better person because he thinks about it all year long."
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WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON?
"I ASKED MY PARENTS FOR A TRIP TO LONDON, AND THEY RECENTLY AGREED. THERE'S SIX OF US FROM KU GOING OVER THE BREAK."
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"AN END TO HOMEWORK."
— John Volk,
Topeka junior
"I HOPE THAT I CAN MAKE A DIFERENCE SO THAT SOMEONE LESS FORTUNATE THAN ME CAN ENJOY THEIR HOLIDAY."
Danny Ross, Overland Park senior
I am happy to help you. Please don't be afraid to ask for help. I'm here to help you.
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— Kelly Dixon, Wichita freshman
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IS ASKING PEOPLE OUT ON FACEBOOK AN ACCEPTIBLE PRACTICE, OR IS IT STILL SEEN AS PRETTY CREEPY? THERE'S THIS GIRL I FOUND ON THERE, AND I D'LIKE TO ASK HER OUT, BUT FACEBOOK is MY ONLY WAY TO CONTACT ME. WHAT DO I INDULGED IN THIS SITUATION?
Niloofar. It is pretty creepy. But it's becoming more acceptable each day, I know of a married couple who met on MySpace. They've more than friendship, and Facebook has clearly seen its share of flirtatious pokes. Send her a message that contains no creepiness itself Stay away with body kisses, body oils and address what you have in common. I'm procrastinating on a paper by
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sending another message. Still
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you. Something? Message back
out. Didn't it come out. And don't feel like a creep.
She is the (dating) future.
Chris: Nilt pretty much nailed it. Send her a message she can choose to ignore. If you’re too scared to send a message to her, tell her you approach her in person! Embrace your cowardice and accept that the random message is your best hope. Say something like “So you intoge’s Anatomy tool? If you remember to take down the phone, don’t forget that you can’t see what you look like, you should be money.
EVERY WEEK, I READ BITCH-MOAN HOPING TO SEE HONEYS ADVICE, BUT ALL I FIND IS RUDE COMMENTS AND LITTLE HIPPING. DO YOU WHY YOU MUST MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE AND NEVER ADVICE?
take this column a little less seriously Chris is no Dr Phi and no Ima Sue Johansson. I have experienced ups and downs that made me wiser I have completed the requirements for a psychology degree including human sexuality courses, and I have read every relationship book on the face of the earth Combine that knowledge with awesome alliteration to create the Bitch section of the Bitch Mean and Every single week I have tried my best to give legitimate advice! often suggest direct lines of dialogue to use and specific steps to take I can only
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WELCOME TO THE WHEAT STATE
by Rikki Kite
Warm your house and your soul with a loaf of homemade bread
"All my neighbors got a loaf of last Christmas," say Jan Wesel. Lawrence resident Winter Bean wrote, "because it matters; because it warns you your house
and warms your soul. Wool says. She likes the way the dough feet when she is not washed, it is why she needs not a fan of bread machines which
do the kneeling for you. "bake it because I love playing with dough," she says, "it's so therapeutic."
"I BAKE(BREAD) BECAUSE I LOVE PLAYING WITH DOUGH, IT'S SO THERAPEUTIC"
— XAN WEDEL, LAWRENCE RESIDENT
flour depending on the humidity when you baking. Because making bread from scratch is easier, you just add more flour if the dough
A braided bread recipe that Wedel received at a King Arthur Flour bread seminar is the most popular with her friends, though the often ties out other recipes. Wedel says that she not a cook but someone who can make to recipes, though, and you often need to adjust the amount of
Baking bread is inexpensive,
requires little cooking space or
baking supplies, and there are
pleasures of free resources to help
you get started. The Kansas
Wheat Commission, for example,
provides everything you need to
know about bread baking,
including free recipes, nutritional
information and lists of Kansas
bakeries on its Web site. Another
way to get started is to fill your
bread-baking friends and family
members up for their recipes.
feels too sticky,
'it's not an exact
science.' she says.
She recommends that you add
the flour slowly and, if the dough sticks
too much, just knead. When kneading,
add a bit more
Judy Cucinelli, Topeka resident, bakes homemade bread more often in the summer because of her work schedule. Even in the winter though, she still bakes bread about once a month using a recipe handed down by her artisan aloit. Cucinelli has tweaked her aunt's ingredients over the years to adjust to her own taste preferences. Like Wedel, Cucinelli bakes her bread by hand instead of using a bread machine.
I recently busted out our never-used, hand-me-down bread machine for a test drive and even though I didn't find the machine instructions, I still managed to take a decent — albeit a bit dry — loaf of wheat bread from a store-bought mix purchased in the health department at Hy Vee. Bread mixes are also available in the baking section of most grocery
stores, near the cake mixes. If you decide that the bread machine is the route you rather take when making bread at home, check out theft stores and yard sales before investing in a new one. Frankly I'd recommend you save the money and cabin space roll up your sleeves and bake the old fashioned way.
With thousands of free bread recipes available online or on flour packages at the grocery store, the holiday season is a great time to learn how to bake bread. A loaf of homemade bread is the perfect dish to take to almost any holiday party, and is also a great gift for all those hard to buy for people on your shopping list. Don't be afraid to bake your first load—your financial investment is minimal, and it it's easier than pie.
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Baking bread at home warmes your kitchen and the result is a great gift for the holidays.
KING ARTHUR HOLIDAY SWEET BREAD RECIPE
4/12 tablespoons yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1/4 cup plus 1 teaspoon sugar
5 to 6 cups un-bleached
all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 cup butter
1 teapoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs, lightly beaten
egg wash 1 egg yolk, beaten
with 1 tablespoon water
In a bowl, combine the yeast, warm water, 1 teaspoon sugar and 1/2 cup flour. Let set until bubbly and very active (10 to 15 minutes).
Meanwhile, bring the milk to a boil
in the microwave. Pour immediately into a large bowl and add the butter to the milk. Slowly melt to the meltter. When the mixture is lukewarm, add the yeast 'sponge' and the milk.
Add the rest of the four cup one at a time, until the dough comes cleanly. Add more flour to the dough out onto a lightly rounded surface and scrape out the bowl. Lightly
Knead the dough, using only enough flour to keep the dough from sticking to your hands and the board. The dough should be soft and pliable, but not sticky.
Place the dough into the oiled bowl.
turn to oil all surfaces and cover with a
clean towel. Let sit in a warm place for about 45 minutes, or until doubled.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Fahrenheit. Grease cookie sheet. Pull
down dough and round into a ball, then
divide into four equal parts and roll each into a log. Overlap the ends of the logs, press together and undrain them under tread. Squeeze together and tucking in together and tucking in. Cover with clean-lint towel for 45-60 minutes.
Beat egg yolk and water in bowl. Bake evenly over surfaces of pots. For 25-30 minutes (or until leaf rounds to desired shape) remove from cookie sheet and cool let it.
Courtesy of Xan Wedel
CUCCINIELLO ITALIAN BREAD RECIPE
5-6 cups of bread flour
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1-5 packages active dry yeast
2 cups of warm water
1 egg white mixed with 1 tablespoon cold water
1 tablespoon yellow cornmeal
Combine yeast sugar and warm water in a bowl and add to bubble up. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour mixture to the water one cup at a time until the dough is stiff. Move to a lightly floured bowl and knead for 10-15 minutes. Add flour as needed.
Place in a deep, buttered mixing bowl.
and turn to coat the dough with butter. Cover with towel Lift up rise in a warm place for two hours. Turn the dough down and tumble it onto a floured board. Shape dough into two long loaves. Place the loaves on a baking dish. Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes. Do not butter the cookie sheet.
Slash the tops of the leaves diagonally in three places, bring egg and water. Place in a cold oven on the middle rack of the baking dish, and heat water on the bottom rack of the oven.
Set the oven to 400 and bake 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Bread should sound hollow when tapped on top after baking.
Courtesy of Judy Cuccinielli
12. 07.2006 JAYPLAY <1>
GRAD CHECK
Each year students make the legendary walk through the Campanile, down The Hill and into the real world. We're here to check in on them.
Julie Green
Julie Green
Year: Bachelor's, 1983.
Master's, 1996
Hometown:
Yokohama, Japan
Degree: Bachelor of Fine
Arts in design; Master of
Fine Arts in painting
Back in the day: After graduating in 1983, Green moved to New York City to work as a designer for Time/Life Inc. She designed for Time/Life by day while trying to squirl away some of her creative skills to her true passion — painting. After a year, however, she found that her artistic creativity was being drained by her commercial work
she kissed her office on the 33rd floor of Rockefeller Center goodbye in favor of the life of the staring artist.
Herfirst solo exhibition 'A Bird in the Bush Painting by Julele Green,' was shown in 1991 at the Jazzhouse, 926 Massachusetts St., where she worked as a bartender and waitress.
No stranger to the road (the wife was born in Japan, and her family moved frequently while she was growing up). Green spent the next decade or so moving back and forth between California and Japan, working various jobs, painting and seeing the world. "Instead of taking vacations, I moved," she says.
Whether you're singin' along, groovin' by yourself or
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In 1993 Green returned to the University for graduate school and earned her master's degree in painting in 1996.
Today Green, 45, is an associate professor of art at Oregon State University, and lives with her husband Clay Lahman in Concordia, Ohio.
Her ongoing series, "The last Supper," on展会 this fall in the Art & Design building at The Metropolitan plateans on which Green
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illustrated the final meals of 343 U.S. inmates sentenced to death. She is continuing an address and says she plans to keep going as long as the limited prison powers remain, heavily, which she opposes.
Though the exhibition is no longer on display at the University, the plates can be viewed online, along with Green's other work at www.greenule.com.
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Tune: "Hetter Skeiler" by
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He says 'its cold outside, so need some motivation to get to class and to work, and nothing that does better than a little Ceydi.'
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*Justen:* Nicole Rome, Hays freshman
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The Fountain
An old Russian proverb that states: "you can make a turd look like a Faberence egg with a furrow on the back, lacquer, but if you lick it, it still takes a lard."
That is how I felt about the Fountain is a pretty thin film of light and its diffraction effects can anything good out of it.
The "plot" is about a man and a woman struggling to find togetherness in an infinite universe, traversing three time periods to do so. The line of false facts describes the space and some Mayans. You figure it out Hugh Jackman character cries (eight times, my count) during the film, shaming Wolterine in the process. Rachel Wesl’s character is supposed to be the girl who but reminds me of a girl once dated, so that didn’t飞。
Run time:96 minutes
Rating: R
The avant-garde folks will try to tell you that this film is high-minded and conceptual and doesn't need to be too serious, as usual are stupid. The *Fountain smacks* of a director who has recently fallen in love with a woman and wants to reconcile his feelings with a project so personal, complex and intelligent, that only Aaronfoksky himself can understand it. Meanwhile, the viewer has to sit there trying to find a way, which he's really just licking the egg. This movie is bland and pointless. And unlike other Aaronfokky films, there is no redeemingly sad ass" scene to save it.
MRS. ANDREW HUGHES
Danny Solomon
two takes on the same film
Every now and then a movie comes along and reminds us that the medium is capable of more than just countershifts, computer graphics and half-assed TV spin-offs. Daren Anoniksy's The Fountain is one such movie.
One of the more abstract and visually astounding films in recent memory. The Foundation takes place in Inquission-era Spain, the present and inside something like a giant snow globe, floating over outer space.
The film's focus saves *The Fountain* from becoming a confusing, unrealized mess. No matter how epic or trippy the movie gets, how confusing the story becomes or how often Hugh Jackman cinches the camera, it is just
a man coming to grips with the fact that eventually he and everyone he knows will die.
Making a deeply personal movie about mortality is quite a feat and creating the film's amazing visual effects without the use of cameras getting the *Fountain* made at all is Anoroky's biggest accomplishment. The film was originally slated to begin production in 2002 with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in the lead roles. When Pitt left the film, he met a woman who differences the filmed Troy instead) production was shut down. Mr. Pitt missed out — just to run around in a toga
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2 A NEW STUDY REVEALS TEN PREGNANCY RATES ARE DOWN AS A RESULT OF GREATER CONTRACEPTION USE.
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Privacy advocates are already crying foul, presumably because of the name of the program. X-Rayed, and the plans for an accompanying Web site where viewers can vote on whether passengers X-rays are "hot" or not."
5 PARIS HILTON CANCELS HER APPEARANCE AT THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T LIKE THE JOKES THAT WERE WRITTEN FOR HER.
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To so, rewrite the list of things that is "too good" for 'the Billboard Music Awards, Playboy, underwear, having sex with the lights, on reading, Nicole Ritchie (sometimes), a real job, fixing her lazy eye, education... did I miss anything? No?
That's hot.
KANSAS BASKETBALL COACH
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Coincidentally, 51.3 million is approximately the entire athletics budget at DePaul University. Way to show up, guys.
10 KU STUDENTS PREPARE FOR FINALS AS FINAL WEEK OF CLASSES ENDS.
Hawk Topics would like to thank its loyal readers for the encouragement and support this semester, I with both of you happy holidays and safe traveling.
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when I needed
it most.
by Bart Vandever
The first of the 1 CCDs I ever bought was Dr Dre's Tree 41 album, *The Chronic*. The album was like a fabri treasure, so rich and beautiful in perverse content that parents could not comprehend it. The picture of a bright green marijuana leaf on inside cover and large adhesive sticker on the frontal advisory屏幕 is illustrious — and all the more difficult to obtain.
I had the opportunity to obtain the disc when I spotted colorful ad in the comic section of the Kosas Star City A mail order CD club* was advertising a deal members could purchase 10 CDs for 10 cents, and get another album for only $14.95
To 9-year old ears, this sounded like a pretty reputable deal, and so after washing the dishes for more than a month, my mom reluctantly let it 1. officially enrolled in the Amazing Savings CD Club, carefully selected the CDs from the list and the form away. For two weeks I waited for my
dishpan hands to be rewarded.
The sweet smell of gravy filled the house. My mom paced across the wooden kitchen on the phone on the radiated from the linens caserule that was cooling on the side of the stove.
I wasted no time, quickly walking over to skim my fingers in glacier the gelatinous layer of gravel. My mom slapped my back just as fast as it went in Ai as walked across the table, the dooorball chimed and ecdowed the hallway.
"I'll get it!" my sister shouted, flying down the stairs in her polka dotted nightgown. "Not so much." She looked at the door in a photo finish.
I opened the door to find a small cardboard box delivered by FedEx. When I saw the package was marked for me, I wasted no time, pulling out my pocketknife keychain to cut through the tape. Finally, my CDs!
Sifting through the package
I inspected each of my albums.
A live Nivearina C, a Smashing Pumpkins disc and then, finally the one I had been looking for,
The Chronic; by the one and only Dr. Dre, I could almost see the envious look on my friends faces.
They would never believe I got my hands on The Chronicle! Unable to control my excitement; I shouted out loud, pumping my fist in the air Pickting up the box I made sure to bury The Chronicle under iankavei CDI; I am through the television room, past a blinking television and into the kitchen.
I felt a cold stillness in my chest as I took my sister in her little polka-dotted nightgown, hugging my mom as they both weep, deep and heavy. My exuberance faded into sorrow when he heard the news that my mom's mother had passed away
I went blank. I had never had anyone pass away from my family before. For the next few minutes I just stared at
THE TRUE POWER OF POP MUSIC IS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, EVEN IF IT'S ONLY FOR THE DURATION OF ONE SONG
my box of CDs and patted my mom's back, trying to quickly wipe away any tear! she might
Then something happened.
I don't know why, but I traced into my box, and pulled out the little black CD with a green leaf on the inside cover. As I walked over to the CD player, I stumbled, dropping the cover, breaking the cover open. I put the disc in, skipped to track five, and pressed play.
immediately Dr. Dj hit sons "Nothin' But A Gunga' poured over the small speakers, filling the kitchen with bass-pumping beats and keyboards. As I stood there observing my mom and daughter in each other close, thought I was a smile appear on my mother's face.
I'm not sure how my grandma would have felt
about Snoop Dogg and DRE, but I think she would be happy at the sight of all three of us suddenly grooving and boiling our heads in unison. was as a brewe of *The Chronicle* drifted into the room, and before long we had burned our hearts all 16 tracks and skips, bopping and tapping out the beats.
From that day forward, I've always had a vast collection of CDs at my disposal. Any anry, any style or mood of feeling — I gave them all just in case they didn't fit. My music can lend a helping hand.
To me the true power of pop music is to bring people together even it's only for the duration of one song. To me that's a truly amazing achievement.
(Note: The Amazing Saves CD club was not as amazing as it was advertised to be. It turned out to be a scam, slowly building up charges on the club and we stopped our membership.)
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Girl: he/sesist or misogynistic
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Guy: J-E-T-SJETS, JETS, JETS!
Girl (shaking head) No.
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The rush through any of KU, Dining Services' eateries is sometimes overwhelming when trying to get a quick bite to eat, but don't forget about those who have to clean up after you Pick up your truth, jee Wilson, a junior at the Underground. Many who eat at the Underground leave the remnants of
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GAME DAY
THE UNIVERSITY HARY KANSAN
KU TIP-OFF
Kansas is 7-2 this season and defeated Southern California 72-62 its previous time out. Saturday will mark the Jayhawks' 104th game in Kemper Arena and its 16th regular-season game there in the past 18 games. A victory would start up another winning streak for Kansas and help the Jayhawks climb back up the rankings. The Jayhawks fell to No. 12 in the Associated Press poll after losing to DePaul last weekend.
AT A GLANCE
5 QUICK FACTS
0
The number of times Kansas and Toledo have played before
8.9
3. 9 - The per-game rebound margin in favor of Kansas this season, which leads the Big 12
18 - The number of points Kansas is outscoring opponents by on average.
80 The number of victories Self would have with a win on Saturday
PLAYER TO WATCH
103 - The number of games Kansas has played in Kemper Arena
Sophomore guard Brandon Rush will be back in his hometown of Kansas City, Mo., and that might be just what he needs to break out of his recent funk. During his past five games, he's averaging only 9.8 points and shooting 29 percent from the field, 26.9 percent from three-point range and 50 percent from the free-throw line. He played well in Kemper Arena last season, scoring 12 points, grabbing seven rebounds and dishing three assists.
QUESTION MARKS
How will Kansas play against another lesser-known opponent outside the Allen Fieldhouse? Kansas won an ugly game against Ball State in Vegas and lost an uglier game to DePaul in Chicago. Luckily, Kansas City will likely be a second home for the Jayhawks.
— Shawn Shroyer
GAME DAY
GOING TO KANSAS CITY Jayhawks look to defeat a mid-major team
KANSAS VS. TOLEDO Noon Saturday, Kemper Arena Kansas City, Mo., ESPN2
Kansas
Offense
Kansas got the shots it wanted its last time out, but they just didn't fall. The Jayhawks took 17 more shots than the Trojans, but made only four more en route to a 38-1 shooting percentage on the night. Still, Kansas scored 72 points, improving its record to 6-0 when scoring at least 72 points this season. Five Jayhawks reached double fig-
ers and Brandon Rush led the team with 13 points each On Saturday, however, Kansas' frontcourt should get a chance to light up the scoreboard. Toledo's tallest starter is 6-foot-6 and tallest key reserve is 6-7. But Jayhawks big men should enter Saturday's game plenty motivated, anyway. Freshman forward Darrell Arthur played just 15 minutes against Southern California because of foul trouble and sophomore forward Julian Wright had an off night, scoring 10 points. Junior forward Darnell Jackson gave Kansas a lift, scoring 11 points off the bench. Kansas is averaging 77.3 points per game and Toledo is allowing just 73.3 points per game, so Kansas might have to grind it out on offense for the third straight game.
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If Kansas struggles on offense, it can count on its defense to give it some breathing room. The Jayhawks defense is allowing just 59.3 points per game and the Rockets are scoring only
60. 5 points per game. Toledo has cracked the 70-point barrier only twice in six games and both games went into overtime. After swiping 15 steals in its final game, Kansas is averaging 9.1 steals per game, which ranks in the top 50 in the nation. Chalmers and junior guard Russell Robinson are Kansas' top thieves with 21 and 18, respectively, this season. Kansas is also in the top 15 in the country in blocks per game with 6.78 per game. Arthur and Wright lead Kansas with 19 and 17, respectively. Without a doubt, Kansas will have to key on Toledo guard Justin Ingram and forwards Keonta Howell and Florentino Valencia, who are averaging a combined 50.8 points per game.
Offense
KU KU KU KU
Momentum
As a team, Toledo's offense is average. It has scored more than 75 points only once this season, in a 98-93 overtime loss to Vanderbilt. The Rockets have three players, though, who are very dangerous. Guard Justin Ingram and forward Keona Howell are averaging 17.2 and 19.8 points per game, respectively. Both have gone off for 32-point performances this season, which are tops in the Mid-American Conference. Forward Florentino Valencia is the only other Rockets player who is averaging double digits at 13.8 points per game. Guard Kashif Payne is Toledo's best passer, averaging 4.5 assists per game. Guard Jonathan Amos is the team's top scorer on the bench, scoring six points per outing. Points will be hard to come by for Toledo on Saturday because seven of the eight players who play regularly are shorter than 6-foot-7. The Rockets might be able to outrun some opponents, but outrunning the swift Jayhawks will be a tough task.
Kansas is back on the winning track and heading to its home away from home: Kemper Arena. Since the 1997 season, Kansas is 25-4 at Kemper. Overall, the Jayhawks are 79-24 in that arena. Kansas' previous regular season loss in Kemper Arena came in the 1982-83 season when it lost 64-61 to Ohio State. Kansas has never played Toledo and coach Bill Self has never faced the Rockets, but this will be the second time the Jayhawks have faced a Mid-American Conference team this season on a neutral court. Kansas beat Ball State last month, 64-46, in the Las Vegas Invitational. The Jayhawks are 2-0 this season on neutral courts. While Kansas looks to begin a new winning streak, Toledo is on a two-game losing skid and will be at a major size disadvantage against the Jayhawks.
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TOLEDO TOLEDO
Defense
Russel Robinson
Stopping the Kansas offense looks to be a daunting obstacle, but Toledo has played solid defense all season. The Rockets have al
NCAA
ponent to score more than 80 points: Vanderbilt. As undersized as Toledo will be, the team will have to find a way to contain Kansas' big men. Kansas freshman forward Darrell Arthur is leading the Jayhawks in scoring with 14.3 points per game and sophomore forward Julian Wright is averaging 12.4. If the Rockets can force the Jayhawks to take bad shots, they may have a chance. Kansas got good looks against Southern California and still shot just 38.1 percent from the floor. If the Jayhawks are off target again, the Rockets must prevent them from getting second chances, but that's easier said than done. Kansas has yet to be out-rebounded this season and Toledo hasn't been out-rebounded yet this season. Valencia will be Toledo's best Standing a mere 6.6 high, our ranking
this season. Valencia will be Toledo's best hope. Standing a mere 6-6, he's averaging 7.3 boards per game.
TOLEDO TOLEDO TOLEDO
Momentum
Toledo comes to Kansas City riding a two-game losing streak and is 2-4 on the season. However, the team's two victories came at a neutral site in the Paradise Jam tournament. During their four losses, the Rockets are losing by an average of just nine points. The first two were by 13 points and the last two have been by five points. A victory on Saturday for coach Stan Joplin would put him 200 victories behind Toledo's all-time winningest coach, Bob Nichols. Joplin is currently the second winningest coach in Toledo history.
TOLEDO TOLEDO
TOLEDO TIP-OFF
TOLEDO
AT A GLANCE
Although 2-4, Toledo came into the season with high expectations. The Rockets were picked to finish first in their division of the Mid-American Conference and had the second-most points of any MAC team in the voting. However, Toledo has even more to play for this season than conference standings. On Oct. 9, center Haris Charalambous died after collapsing at a morning workout.
5 QUICK FACTS
2 - The number of double-doubles Florentino Valencia has in his past two games
13 - The number of rebounds Valencia had in Toledo's past game; the most by a Rocket since 2001
20 - The largest deficit Toledo has overcome this season and gone on to win
32 - The season-high point totals for Toledo's Keonta Howell and Justin Ingram, which is tops in the Mid-American Conference
34 - The number of votes Toledo received in the MAC media preseason poll; only Akron received more
PLAYER TO WATCH
Forward Keonta Howell is Toledo's do-it-all player. He leads the team in scoring, averaging 19.8 points per contest and, even at 6-5, is second on the team in rebounding with 5.3 boards per game. Howell is listed as a forward, but he is a threat to shoot threes, having made 23 of 50 three-point attempts this season.
Can Toledo overcome its size disadvantage? The tallest Rocket who plays significant minutes is forward Jarrah Young, who is listed at 6-7, but is averaging only 0.5 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. Toledo will have to find a way to compete with Kansas' deep front court.
QUESTION MARKS
- Shawn Shroyer
NATIONAL GAMES OF INTEREST
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No.10 Wichita State at Wyoming 4:35 p.m., Saturday
ATM
Compared to two of the road victories against LSU and Syracuse that Wichita State has won so far this season, Saturday's game at Wyoming could be an easy victory on the way to making the Shockers 9-0 on the season. Currently, Wyoming is riding a three-game win streak and holds a record of 8-1. Wyoming's only loss is coming from UAB, which they lost 92-71. If the Shockers can pull off a road victory and other Top 10 teams lose, they may be able to break into the Top 10 next week.
WUELA
BY ERIN WILEY
No. 6 Texas A&M at No.1 UCLA 1:30 p.m., Saturday on CBS
No. 6 Texas A&M will need to rebound from Tuesday night's loss to No.9 LSU in order to have a chance against the No.1 UCLA in Anaheim.
UCLA, on the other hand, is sitting at an undefeated 9-0. Their schedule hasn't been as tough as A&M's. The only big name teams that UCLA has played so far is Kentucky and Georgia Tech. A&M could hold the advantage.
STATE
No.24 Oklahoma State at Ball State 6 p.m.Saturday
After breaking into the Top 25 last week for this first time this season, OSU will face a team that gave Kansas some trouble earlier in the season.
Ball State was Kansas' first opponent in Las Vegas during the Las Vegas Invitational. The team stuck with Kansas for most of the game until KU finally pulled off a victory.
If JamesOn Curry, Byron Eaton and Mario Bogan can head into a road game with confidence The Cowboys should be able to follow in Kansas' footsteps with a win.
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