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After a troubled past, former Jayhawk Aqib Talib is ready to become a star in the NFL.
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
TAMPA, Fla. — Aqib Talib grabs the triangle and racks the balls. His mother, Okolo Talib, searches for the powder.
"Just use chalk," Talib says.
"We have chalk. Tons of chalk."
The NFL rookie and last year's first-team All-American cornerback at Kansas now has everything he's ever wanted — including his own pool table and his own set of rules.
"Look, Mom, if you're going to hit the ball, you have to call a pocket," Talib says. "You can't just shoot it. You have to call them around here."
"That's not how your pool" Okolo tells her son. "That’s d."
"See, that one wouldn’t have counted because it hit the other ball first," Talib says.
"You need to just let us shoot the ball where it goes and not worry about all of this calling stuff," Okolo says. "OK, the purple ball, it’s going over there in the corner."
"No, it’s not," Talib accurately predicts as the purple four-ball comes nowhere close to going in any of the table's six pockets.
Talib's day job is to impress his new Buccaneer teammates on the football field, but he hopes to also be able to impress them somewhere else — the pool table.
"They play in the game room," Talib said. "I'm not that good. I just started playing when I got the house. Some of them are good. I'm not ready to play with them yet."
The pool table came with the house, did almost all the other friends from Tampa.
Okolo and Talib, Yaqub, are in town to see home game. Talib's father, Theodore, lives with him.
"We didn’t have a pool table back in Texas," Talib reflects. "We didn’t have anything."
Okolo circles the pool table in search of a makeable shot. She stops in the corner and takes a stab at the six ball, almost knocking in the four instead.
"See," Talib says. "If that would have been my shot."
Photo by Jon Goering/KANSAN
Aqib Talib runs to the sideline after intercepting his first NFL pass against the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 14. Talib, a former All-American at Kansas, made the interception with his family in the stands.
Photo by Jon Goering/KANSAN
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ACADEMICS
Student Senate to bring tutor list back
Student Senate's academic services board is working to provide students another resource for finding tutors.
The board is trying to repopulate
a tutor list of KU students who are available to tutor students in various courses or subjects.
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SCIENCE
Thailand lecture tonight at museum
The Natural History Museum will sponsor a lecture, "Tales from Thailand," tonight at 7. The lecture will focus on
a KU doctoral student's trip to Thailand and his research on fanged frogs.
Student will speak about froq research trip
Seniors to choose class of 2009 gift
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Tutoring options to be expanded
SBY HALEY JONES hjones@kansan.com
Students in search of a tutor will soon have a new place to look. Student Senate is updating its list of student tutors, which will provide the names and contact information for KU students who are available to tutor various courses or subjects and will be posted on the Senate Web site.
Student tutors decide their own schedules and pay rates and operate independently of Student Senate.
Hannah Love, KU alumnus and last year's student body president, started the list from scratch in Fall 2005.
"This was one of the best resources for students to find an independent tutor on campus," said J.J. Siler, Overland Park junior and chairman of the academic services board, which manages the list.
Siler said the list had not been updated significantly for two years, and the 220 students on the old
list had already graduated. Grant Treaster, Shawnee junior and last year's chairman of the academic services board, said he tried to find students for the tutor list but didn't have much success.
"It was just a really tough process," Treaster said. "I think we had five new people that e-mailed me and we put them on the list."
Treaster said he was glad to see the board trying to repopulate the list so students could have that resource for help with coursework.
Siler said the greatest need for tutors was in entry-level courses in popular subjects such as math, biology and chemistry.
Siler said Student Senate did not require tutors to pass any tests or have a certain level of proficiency in the subject they tutor.
"A lot of students find they need the most help with those because it's a brand new subject." Siler said.
"If you want to do group sessions, you can do that." Siler said. "It's so flexible. It can fit anything
you need."
He said there was no contract between tutors and students. If students are dissatisfied, they can look up another tutor on the list.
Siler said the board was working to fill its tutor list with as many names as possible so students had one more place to turn when they needed help with their academics.
Currently, students can also find a tutor through KU Tutoring Services or can independently hire an individual or company.
KU Tutoring Services connects students with a tutor to meet for an hour and a half twice a week for one semester. Faculty members recommend all tutors in the program to KU Tutoring Services.
Kristin Scott, KU Tutoring Services program director, said the structure allowed tutors to get to know the strengths and weaknesses of the students they worked with and help students with test preparation. She said the program had 60 tutors.
Texas, senior tutors for the Kansas Algebra Program, located on the third level of Strong Hall. The program provides tutors in a group atmosphere to provide free homework help to students.
Schultheis said that although she rarely tutored the same student for more than five minutes, she saw students leave the help room with increased confidence.
Hannah Schultheis, Carrollton.
"People come in all depressed because they can't do anything and feel better about it when they leave," Schultheis said.
She said some students would benefit from the routine of having the same tutor all semester, but because of the differences in teaching and learning styles, the come-and-go tutoring format worked well.
Siler said the board was working to fill its tutor list with as many names as possible so students had one more place to turn when they needed help with their academics.
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CAMPUS University warns students about telephone scam
KU students reported receiving calls from someone claiming to be from the KU Comptroller's office and asking students to update their banking information by calling an 800 number.
Todd Cohen, director of University Relations, said the comprolier's office wouldn't contact students to update information by phone. He said students should never give out private information over the phone.
"Unfortunately, college students are a frequent target for
these kinds of scams,"Cohen said.
Voice phishing, or vishing, involves scammers requesting personal information through voice messages or phone calls. Cohen said the best defense against vishing was awareness of ways the University might contact students for personal information, including requests through secure Web sites, registered University mail and the Kyou portal.
Information Services is preparing to canvass the campus during October, which is Cyber Security Awareness month, teaching ways to be safe online.
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The lecture 'Greening the Workplace: Sustainable Strategy for the Office Environment' will begin at 8 a.m. in Regnier Hall on the Edwards Campus.
The student group event "Jewish New Year Celebrations Sponsored by Chabad at KU" will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
The entertainment event "SUA NCAA Football Challenge" will begin at 10 a.m. in Union Plaza in the Kansas Union.
The lecture "University Forum Art and Artifact" will begin at 12 p.m. in the ECM Center.
The student group event "KU Moms Brown Bag Lunch" will begin at 12 p.m. in Alcove J in the Kansas Union.
The lecture "Geology Colloquium Series: Geological Storage as a Carbon Mitigation Option" will begin at 4 p.m. in Lindley Hall.
The lecture "Study Group with Dole Fellow Ray Strother" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The volleyball event "Volleyball vs. Kansas State" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
The public event "Tales from Thailand" will begin at 7 p.m. in Dyche Hall.
The public event "Train Wreck:
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Kern County sheriff's Sgt. Tyson Davis said a clerk immediately recognized the bills. Some even had "Homestead" written on them. Dejarnette and four others have been arrested on suspicion of taking $8,000 from the restaurant. About $1,000 has been recovered.
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Stomping grapes like Lucy popular during harvest
"You get one person doing it and then everyone else is want-
popular harvest RUTHERFORD, Calif. — Lucy did it. And you can, too — stomp grapes, that is. Wineries from Napa to New York are rolling out the barrel for those inclined to squish a little merlot between their toes.
The days when winemaking was done by the foot are long gone.
ing to go along," said Ken Morris of the Grogich Hills Estate winery in the Napa Valley, where visitors can stomp daily during harvest
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Tiffany Huggard-Lee, Columbia, Mo., graduate student, waits for the bus with her dog, Kain, a 6-year-old Great Pyrenees-Border Collie mix. Huggard obtained and trained the dog herself two years ago from Columbia Second Chance in Columbia, Mo.
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Groups such as AbleHawks present diverse information for students
Wescoe Hall is just across the street from Bailey Hall, but it can be a long and exhausting trek for Tiffany Huggard-Lee.
Huggard-Lee, Columbia, Mo. graduate student and graduate teaching assistant, is one of many disabled students at the University who often struggles to get around campus.
She injured her back while in the military and now suffers from a weakened left leg that often goes numb. She walks with a service dog and walking stick to support herself. Huggard-Lee said that although more people were aware of service dogs, some people touched her dog or were surprised by his presence in a building. She said promoting disability awareness was important for the quality of life of people with disabilities.
KU Professionals for Disability is sponsoring the first KU Disability Awareness Fair today at the Kansas Union from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fair will feature 28 informational tables of campus groups and community organizations that deal with various disability issues, including representatives from the music therapy program
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AbleHawks, a campus advocacy group for students with disabilities, will also present information at the fair.
Kain, her mobility dog, helps her balance as she walks and he keeps her from falling when her leg becomes numb.
Chiaki Gonda, vice president of AbleHawks, said some students didn't understand or recognize their own disabilities, especially learning disabilities. She said she hoped the fair would inform students about disabilities and provide help for those who needed it.
Gonda said a mission of AbleHawks was to increase accessibility on campus. At meetings, the group members regularly
"We need to be accessible to the community, faculty, staff and visitors."
said she wanted to address the availability of various resources to all people on campus through the fair.
"Disability is something often
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discuss inconveniences for students with disabilities. They also talk about building designs that do not follow the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1900, known as ADA.
Ramirez, ADA coordinator at the University, said the ADA was a civil rights bill that gave individuals with disabilities the opportunity to have equal access to public
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What: KU Disability Awareness Fair
Sponsored by: KU professionals for Disability, The Multicultural Resource Center, Disability Network, Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center
Where: Kansas Union Fourth Level
When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
services such as education and government.
Dot Nary, Lawrence doctoral student, said that although the University had to comply with the ADA, people had to investigate and point out the problems first to have them fixed. In the past, AbleHawks spoke to KU on Wheels to provide accessible bus services.
Nary gets around campus with a wheelchair. She said she had seen much improvement since she came to the University in 1996. She said the number of accessible restrooms increased and the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center also became more accessible. Nary said the University still had space for improvement, though, especially in creating a map and posting signs on campus to show accessible routes.
Nary said the demand for a more accessible campus had increased in the past 10 years.
"We need to be accessible to the community, faculty, staff and visitors." Nary said.
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UNIVERSITY CAREER CENTER
VOLUNTEER FAIR
Thursday, October 2nd
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Kansas Union, 4th floor lobby
post-graduate volunteer opportunities
student volunteer opportunities
WHO: Federalist Society
DATE: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
TIME: 12:30 - 1:30pm
LOCATION: Burge Union, McCook Room
SPEAKER: Allyson Ho and Morgan Lewis
TOPIC: United States Supreme Court; A Preview of Next Term²
WHO: Sigma Kappa Sorority
WHAT: Philanthropy Event
WHERE: Cold Stone Creamery
WHEN: October 2 and 3 from 4 p.m.- 8 p.m.
BENEFITING: Alzheimer’s Awareness
The 9th Annual Race Ipsa - 5K Run/Walk - Sponsored by the Student Bar Association - to benefit The Support for Public Advocacy Fund, in honor of Jana Mackey
When: October 4th, 2008, 8:30 a.m., race begins @ 9:00
Where: Registration at the Law School Green Hall on the campus of KU - race on campus
Who: All are invited to attend
Price: $15 registration fee - gets you a t-shirt, breakfast, beverages, 5K race, and a morning of fun.
Sign up at the Law School Student Bar Association Office - Rm. 100, Green Hall. OR contact pwatkins@ku.edu, or jojo1018@hotmail.com.
WHO: Rock the Vote
WHAT: Rock the Vote Gallery
WHEN: 29th September to 10th October
WHERE: Kansas Union Gallery; 4th Floor
Join us for a reception opening of the Rock the Vote Gallery - the Gallery will display postcards created by members of the KU community concerning politics and the upcoming election. Also featured will be design work by KU Graphic Design students.
Reception starts at 1:00pm, 4th floor, Kansas Union Gallery.
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Price: $15 registration fee - gets you a t-shirt, breakfast, beverages, 5K race, and a morning of fun.
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WHO: Rock the Vote
WHAT: Rock the Vote Gallery
WHEN: 29th September to 10th October
WHERE: Kansas Union Gallery; 4th Floor
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"Let me say it nicely," Okolo says. "These rules are screwed up."
Trash-talking between mother and son continues throughout the game.
"We're very competitive around here," Okolo says.
Talib's competitive nature is evident in everything that he does. Whether it's playing pool with his mom or covering Patriots receiver Randy Moss, as he did during the Buccaneers' second preseason game, Talib doesn't like to lose.
It was the same competitive drive that fueled the decision to move Aqib and Yaqub to Texas to live with their mom when they were in the seventh grade — the same one that got him in trouble both growing up and while at Kansas.
And that led him here, to a life of luxury in Tampa, Fla., living the dream as a first-round NFL draft pick.
Back home from an early morning practice, Talib has a request for his mom.
"Can you make me one of those big turkey sandwiches that you used to make," Talib asks. "Make it like mama makes it, with lettuce and cheese and mayo and all that good stuff."
--shooting it at."
His mother is happy to oblige, and Aqib, a Muslim name that means 'the last to come', quickly consumes the sandwich and a large helping of SunChips as he reflects on his childhood with his family.
Okolo moved back to her hometown, Cleveland, and got to see the boys when they came to stay with her for the summers.
Talib was born in Cleveland but moved to Pennsylvania with his family soon after his birth. When he was almost two years old, his parents broke up after being together for 24 years, and Talib, along with his brother, moved with his dad to Trenton, N.J.
It was in New Jersey where Talib and his brother grew close. Talib didn't have a lot of friends his age, so he ended up hanging out with his big brother and his friends.
Yaqub recalls, "When me and my friends would play football or walk home from school or whatever, I always had my little brother with me. He always did the same things we did, playing sports and stuff."
That's where Talib's football career began — not for a school team or in a league but out on the streets.
"We weed to have our street versus their street and just play in the field," Yaqub said.
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"Mom, if I'm shooting at this angle, you can tell where I'm
--shooting it at."
"Hey, you didn't call that shot," Okolo says after her son silently fired an unsuccessful shot.
"No," Okolo says. "I didn't hear you call it. You're cheating."
"How am I cheating?" Talib argues. "Look where I am aimed at."
Before football or billiards, Talib fed his competitive fire by playing baseball. As a youth in New Jersey, he led his league in stolen bases every year and was named to several all-star teams.
"Pitcher, catcher, centerfield, shortstop, you name it," Talib said of his position. "I was the best player in the league."
Theodore would come to Talib's games after work and always stood in the same spot in right field. One day, Talib stepped to the plate and belted the only home run of his entire life, a grand slam that landed in the exact same spot where his father usually stood.
"As soon as I walked back to the dugout, he walked up," Talib said. "He missed it."
Unfortunately for Theodore,
it was one of many childhood
moments he would miss.
When Talib was in the seventh grade, Okolo moved from Cleveland to Richardson, Texas, to be near her oldest daughter. That summer, her sons came to stay with her.
"I immediately thought cowboys and horses and stuff like that," Talib said of Texas. "I didn't think it was going to be too much like Jersey."
But when Talib and his brother got there, they fell in love with what they saw. They convinced their father to let them move and live with their mom in Texas.
"They loved it so much that they didn't want to go back," Okolo said. "Ted decided that if they wanted to stay, let them stay. We decided it would be a better move for them, it would be better for their education, for them to live with me and then go and be with him over the summer."
While the boys were happy to have a new opportunity in Texas, their father had to deal with a tough goodbye. He knew that the schools would be better in Texas and that the boys would have better odds of staying out of trouble, allowing them to leave meant he would no longer remain a prominent figure in their lives.
"I couldn't stay close to him," Theodore said of their relationship. "We talked on the phone and stuff but it was tough."
"I didn't really start loving football until 11th or 12th grade," Talib said. "That's when it starts getting serious down in Texas. When I was in the eighth, ninth, 10th grade, I was just playing to occupy my time."
While in Texas, Talib started honing his football skills. He continued to play with his brother in the streets and eventually tried out for the Berkner High School football team his freshman year.
The less free time, the better for Talib, who often got in trouble as a youngster for small things such as forging notes to cut class. One
time, Talib's mother went out of town and gave him strict instructions not to drive her car, but Talib didn't listen and took the car for a few nights out on the town. It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that his mother found out.
"I never caught him until he just told me this year," said Okolo, who laughed repeatedly as she remembered the story. "He said last week, 'Remember when you went out of town? Well, I took your car.' I said, 'No, you didn't, Aqib,' and he said, 'Oh, yes, I did!' He didn't mess it up or wreck it or anything. He put it back exactly how I had it parked so I never knew or suspected anything and here I am finding it out years later."
When Talib wasn't stirring up trouble, he was making a name for himself on the Berkner High football team. As he would later do at Kansas, Talib helped bring Berkner football back to the spotlight in Dallas. He was named first-team all district and first-team all city for the Rams as a senior.
"He brought Berkner High School football back to the top of the list," his mom said proudly. "They didn't have any recognition for 25 years and Aqib started blocking kicks and making interceptions and all of these great plays and he started making the newspapers and stuff. I was like 'Wow, he's a star.'"
While Okolo was watching Talib become a star down in Dallas, his father was alone back in New Jersey — working the night shift at Kmart to make money for the family.
"Everyone knew who I was at the games and said, 'Oh, there's Aquib's mom,'" Okolo said. "Ted missed out on that. He didn't get to see him play any games down there. He missed out on a lot."
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"Nine, all the way down," Talib announces, asking his mom,
"Why don't you want to call your shots?"
"Because I don't want to call every shot," Okolo says. "It's stupid."
aub misses his shot. "Damn."
"I told you, you need to get some powder," says Okolo.
Talib misses his shot, "Damn."
"Just use the chalk," Talib says again.
Downstairs, Theodore does the dishes and cleans the kitchen. Talib doesn't have to do much cleaning these days — his father gladly takes care of that.
But it wasn't long ago that Talib himself was down on his hands and knees, cleaning the ovens at Jayhawker Towers to earn a few extra bucks when he arrived at the University during the summer of 2004.
At the time, incoming freshman weren't able to get scholarship checks until the fall semester began. So Talib and then-roommate Anthony Collins — who eventually left school a year early
Aqib Talb, No. 25, walks off the field with his Buccaneers teammates after practice on Sept. 12. Talb told his teammates that Kansas wound win its Sept. 12 game against South Florida by three touchdowns — a prediction that wasn't correct.
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Agib Talib drives home in his new Mercedes S550 after practice on Sept. 12. The car, valued at more than $85,000, was Talib's first purchase as an NPL player.
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Former Jayhawk Agib Tailb, left, shares a laugh with his brother Yaqub, mother Okolo, and father Theodore Henry at Talb's five-bedroom, four-bath home in Tampa, Fla. Talb, a first-round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, hosted his family for the weekend.
JONATHAN GILBERT/AKRANKI Alqib Talib cheers on his former Jayhawk teamsmates after a game against South Florida on Sept. 12 in Tampa, Fla. Talib, a former All-America cornerback at Kansas watched the name from the sideline.
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"We woke up at 6, worked out, went to class and went to work," Talib recalls.
with Talib and was drafted in the fifth round by the Cincinnati Bengals — were forced to spend their summer cleaning rooms in the same complex where they lived.
Talib little time to get into more trouble, but that wasn't the case.
In winter 2005, during the Jayhawks' trip to Texas for the Fort Worth Bowl. Talib got into an spoken altercation with a player on the opposing team during a team night function in Fort Worth's downtown bar district.
He was suspended for the first
two games of the 2006 season for undisclosed reasons.
Then, in March 2007, Talib was riding in a truck driven by former KU wide receiver Mark Simmons when Simmons drove the truck over a 23-year-old Lawrence man who, according to police reports, allegedly pointed a gun at the two outside a Lawrence bar.
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The man, Aubrey Gilbert, was charged with felony aggravated assault but neither Talib nor Simmons faced charges.
simmons faced charges.
If that wasn't enough, Talib admitted to teams at the NFL scouting combine last April that he tested positive for marijuana on three different occasions while at Kansas.
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Aqib Talib racks the balls for a game of pool with his mother, Okolo, left, as his brother, Yaqub, and Yaqub's son look on. Talib said he tried to play at least one game of pool each day so that he could soon compete against his Buccaneer teammates.
"I apologize for that stuff," Talib said. "I apologized to the team and to Coach, but I wouldn't change it if I could. I believe that you live and you learn. You do stuff, you get chastised for it, and smart people learn from it. People that don't learn from it will be unsuccessful. I think everybody goes through something like that in life and it's your chance to build as a person and learn from it."
According to Pro Football Weekly, he even informed coach Mark Mangino in advance that he was going to test positive to one of the tests. Mangino told The Kansas City Star in April, "That's not accurate," but he didn't elaborate further on the situation.
"If I hadn't gotten in any trouble, I might have been a higher pick, but I might not be playing for the Bucs," Talib said. "I'm glad everything happened like it did because this is the perfect situation for me. I wouldn't change a thing."
"When he did that stuff, of course I talked to him," Yaqub said. "That's what a family does. He knew he had messed up so he learned from it himself. Everybody makes mistakes. It's a part of life, but I was there to try and help him get back on track."
During his sophomore season in 2006, Talib was named first-team All-Big 12 by the league's coaches and The Associated Press after leading the nation with 2.80 passes defended per game. He was eligible for the NFL draft because he had been out of high school for three years, so he talked with his family about making the jump then.
As Talib searched for advice during this difficult stretch in his life, his brother Yaqub was again there to support him.
"We talked about him coming out after his sophomore season," Theodore said. "Him and his brother didn't think it was a good idea because nobody was going to know he was coming out and he probably wouldn't get drafted until the fourth or fifth round. I said, 'OK, well, let's give it one more year and see what happens,' and Kansas played real good and he was in the spotlight all of the time and he just blew up."
Talib and former KU track star Courtney Jacobs witnessed the birth of their daughter, Kiara, on June 22, 2007. Talib's mom came
to visit the two but was amazed to find out that she didn't have to help much with the baby. Talib would wake up early in the morning and help feed Kiara as well as change her diapers — all while battling the rigorous schedule of a college athlete.
--was a five-year, $14 million contract that made him one of the richest 22-year-olds in Tampa. No longer did he have to worry about cleaning ovens and floors in Jayhawker Towers or trying to find a ride to the grocery store.
Kansas won a school-record 12 games the next season and Talib's 100-yard interception return for a touchdown against Florida International was the longest in school history. He capped off his Kansas career by helping lead the Jayhawks to an Orange Bowl victory, and he was named the game's MVP.
It was on that rainy January night against Virginia Tech in southern Florida that Talib officially became a star — picking off a Tyrod Taylor pass and high-stepping it into the endzone to put Kansas on top in one of the signature plays of the season.
Soon after, Talib announced he would skip his final season of college and enter the NFL draft.
NFL draft day in the Talib house was a day that nobody in the family will forget — not just because of Talib's selection in the first round.
"It was the first time that me and my mom and my dad and everybody in our family had gotten together in quite a while," Yaqub said. "It was like a reunion in itself, seeing everybody together. And then on top of that, having Aqib got drafted in the first round, it was just unbelievable."
As round one dragged on and Talib had yet to be picked, it became more and more nerve-wracking for the Talib family. Theodore studied the TV to see who was picking next and who might pick his son.
Pick by pick, Talib remained on the board. Was the fact that he smoked marijuana a few times in college really going to keep him from fulfilling his dream?
"Watch," Talib told his brother. "I'm not going to get picked until the third round."
As Talib sweated it out, he thought back to the reasons why he wanted to be an NFL player. He wanted to do it for his daughter, because he had promised to make sure she lived a happy and fulfilling life. Jacobs and Kira currently live in Lawrence while Jacobs completes her degree.
But finally, after waiting through 19 picks, the phone rang. It was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and they told Talib they were selecting him with the 20th pick in the first round. He had achieved his lifelong dream — he was an NFL player.
"It's probably the best phone call that you will ever receive," Talib said.
What soon followed for Talib
--the car.
Talib leans back in the leather seat of his new Mercedes S550 and turns up the air conditioner. After a long morning practice in the Florida heat, Talib is eager to get home to see his family.
Talib's alarm goes off every morning at 6:45, an hour later than it did in Kansas when he had to be up for 6 a.m. workouts. Practice starts at 8, but players must be taped and ready to go beforehand.
The Bucs watch film on Mondays and take Tuesdays off, but Talib doesn't get home on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon until almost 4:30 or 5. On this day, Friday, Talib is done about 12:15.
As Talib makes a left-hand turn out of the practice facility, he turns down the rap music that booms through his speakers.
Talib is one of the last to leave the practice facility, volunteering to stay and sign a large amount of autographs that will be donated to local charity auctions in the near future.
The car, which retails for more than $85,000, is loaded — filled with an electronic dash board that allows him to control all the car's functions with a touch of his finger. His windows are so deeply tinted that an outsider can't even see into
Talib wipes the sweat from his face as he turns the air conditioner up even higher, eager to talk about his first purchase as an NFL player.
"Ive never owned a car until now," Talib said. "It felt pretty good, Waking up at 5 a.m. all of those years to work out and everything and to be able to say that my first car was going to be what whatever I wanted it to be — it was a good feeling. As soon as I saw this one, I said, 'I want it.'"
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Before draft day, Talib invited his father to move in with him in whatever city he ended up in. After working nights and second shifts in New Jersey, Theodore wouldn't have to worry about paying another bill again.
"When he said I could come live with him, I started giving stuff away the next day," Theodore said. "I said 'Anything you see in this house, you can have it. The faster you can get everything out of this house, the faster I can get to Tampa Bay'"
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Aqib Talib, No.25, leaves the field after special teams practice on Sept. 12. Talib, a first-round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was a first team All-American at Kansas last season.
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Being with Talib again meant a chance for Theodore to reconnect with his son. It had been almost five years since Talib and his brother moved out.
"It's like learning about my son all over again because we haven't been together in a long time," Henry said. "We talked a lot, but it wasn't the same. I'm getting to know him all over again."
Talib bought a new house for his mother back in Texas, but she comes to visit him often. She remains good friends with Ted and the two spend time together when she visits. She cooks, cleans and does whatever she can to help Aqib with the daily chores of owning a house.
Aqib Talib intercepts his first NFL pass against the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 14. Talib, the starting nickelback, entered the game on third down and caught a deflected pass for the interception.
Ironically, Talib bought his new house and everything in it from a guy who was moving to Kansas. Talib didn't even look at others after he fell in love with the first house he saw.
The pool table is nice, but the gem of the house may be the swimming pool out back. It's fairly small but is enclosed by a large outdoor porch with a waterfront view of a small cove that leads to the Gulf of Mexico.
"He doesn't have very many home-cooked meals when I'm not here," Okolo said.
All Talib had to buy were new beds, but everything else, from the furniture to paintings to plants, were included in the sale.
"Just being here and seeing how the house looks with the pool and everything, and seeing him drive that car, it's just a wonderful feeling. He can have all of this stuff and build a house for me and everything and not have to worry about anything. It's a wonderful feeling."
Talib says he has gone swimming in the pool only a couple of times, but his mother often goes for a dip when she visits.
He may have splurged when he saw all the zeroes in his bank account and bought two houses and the Mercedes, but he says he is watching his money now. His next purchase will likely be a car for his father.
“It's hard when you get that amount of money just handed to you, but I think he's doing a hell of a job,” said Yaqub. “He got the things that he needed and he is focused on the right stuff. He doesn't have five cars or $400,000 chains or anything like that. He's doing stuff that I would expect from someone like him because he is a family-
oriented person. He's not wasting any money."
--family at the games is when he always comes up with the big plays," his brother said. "I can't really even put it into words. Growing up, all we both said was that we wanted to play in the NFL and now with him being there and getting that big play and getting on TV with that interception, it's just indescribable"
Talib is still trying to adjust to life as an NFL player. Soon after he signed his NFL contract, he got in a physical altercation with a teammate. On more than one occasion, he has overslept and missed team meetings.
Veteran Bucs corner Ronde Barber has talked to Talib and tried to mentor the young corner during his transition to the NFL.
"The hardest part about being a rookie is learning that this is a job." Barber said. "It's not just football anymore."
But in the short time that Barber and Talib have known each other, Barber has been impressed with the level of confidence and swagger the former Jayhawk displays.
"He's a rookie and he walks around like he's been here for five or six years," Barber said. "And that's good."
While Talib got off to what he called a "rookie start" off the field, his career on the field couldn't have started much better. In the second game of the season against the Atlanta Falcons that Sunday afternoon, his family watched from the stands at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa as Talib took the field.
On the Falcons' first drive of the game, Talib entered on third and long and lined up at cornerback. Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, the third overall pick in the same April draft as Talib, lofted a short pass that was deflected near the line of scrimmage. The ball fell right into Talib's hands for his first NFL interception.
"It seems like whenever he has
Talib's mom teared up watching her son's lifelong goal become a reality.
"I wasn't sure at first if it was an interception or not, but I saw him do his little dance so I knew it was something special." Okolo said. "High school was exciting. College was a little bit more exciting, but it's just hitting me now that he's in the NFL. He's, like, famous now."
Said Yaqub, "I'm just so happy for him. He's living his dream right now."
--right-ball in the corner.
"Nine-ball on the side."
Light-ball in the corner:
"Which one?" his mother asks.
"I do know what I'm doing," Okolo says. "But I am not playing with you anymore with these rules. Stop talking, you're making me miss."
"See how easy it is to call your shot," Talib jokes. "You look like you know what you're doing."
Talib then calls what ends up being the winning shot.
Even matched against his mom in a game of eight-ball, Aqib Talib wants to be a winner.
"The right one," he says before calmly watching the black ball drop into the corner pocket
"OK, OK," his mother says. "Good game, son."
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What the debates should've given us
Why is it that something as important as the United States' presidency can be dragged into a series of three meaningless 90-minute sessions? Why can I get more information about the views of these candidates from the New York Times than from their actual versions? It may be because of the "take-no-risk" philosophy that dominates politics.
Last week I sat down in front of my television to prepare myself for the intellectual waterboarding that we call the presidential debate. The theme of the debate was supposed to be national security and foreign policy, but, as with all public debates, it was a series of expertly dodged questions and a "take-no-risk" philosophy.
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ZACHARY GRAHAM
I thought maybe times had changed, but I was wrong. I had to turn it off after 90 seconds because I feared I would start mutilating body parts to stop the pain from what I was witnessing.
After reading the transcript of the debate the next day, one sentence in particular stuck out. It was actually said by moderator Jim Lehrer, and it foreshadowed the complete debate.
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Lehrer said, "All right, let's go back to my question." He said this after ... (drumroll) ... one question. The candidates dodged the first question of the night with pointless posturing and politically necessary caveats, so Lehrer had to ask the question again, four minutes later.
I want them to say they voted on something because of party policy or that they flip-flipped to help them appear more appealing. I want the arguments in these debates to get so heated that there is an awkward feeling that things could get violent. Only then would I start to think the presidential candidates have personal feelings attached to what they are saying instead of pleasing the Howard Deans and Mike Duncans of the world.
I want someone who can go 20 seconds without comparing Main Street and Wall Street because, in the end, buzzwords mean nothing. Talk about the crisis and how it can be solved and how that way will work better than another way.
Where is the risk? Taking a predictable stance while saying what your audience wants to hear is exactly like playing for the tie in a sport. It requires basic knowledge and patience, and you hope your opponent stops actually paying attention at a level necessary for victory and then you skate away even. There is no risk involved.
Above all, I want politicians who can take those risks and not be afraid to take on the media or their opponents. That shows that they're human, and I'll vote for a human over a politician any day.
I want politicians who will say that they don't have the specific answer for everything. I understand they aren't experts in all aspects of government — that's why they have a cabinet.
Graham is a Columbus, Ohio, graduate student in exercise physiology.
editorials around the nation
What will happen to North Korea next?
The health status of North Korea's Kim Jong II is still a matter of speculation.
None of Kim Jong Il's three sons (or anybody else) has been declared the likely successor. North Korea's neighbors are afraid that a succession struggle might induce chaos.
The South Korean intelligence service told Korean legislative leaders that it was likely that the North Korean dictator had a stroke, but that he has been treated and has recovered enough to talk and walk.
involved in talks for years to get the "hermit kingdom" to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
Speculation about Kim Jong Il's health became rampant when he was not present for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the North Korean state.
The United States and the countries surrounding North Korea have been
It may seem strange, but for the moment we hope this despicable dictator stays healthy enough to anoint a successor — or for factions to maneuver in advance — and avoid instability in a regime that richly deserves to crumble.
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Colo.) Gazette
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MAN! THE STOCK MARKET
SURE ISN'T DOING VERY WELL.
I KNOW. THANK
GOD WE'RE ALREADY
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PAL STREET PHILADELPHIA
What other crisis are we forgetting?
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TIP OF THE ICEBERG
LAUREN KEITH
Those bells fell on deaf ears, and the environment is especially telling when it comes to how deaf we've become: We were so concerned with the price at the pump that we missed how much we are consuming at the expense of the environment. Sound familiar?
Will the financial crisis wake us up to the climate crisis?
When Jim Hansen, a researcher at NASA who is known for his testimony to Congress about climate change in the 1980s, visited the University Sept. 22, he nearly spoon-fed the alarm bells to the audience. He said that we've passed the safe level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and that we are approaching the point of irreversible changes. No country in the
As usual, the truth is in the numbers. The number of home foreclosures in the United States has climbed year by year. So far in 2008, about 1.4 million homes have been foreclosed on. But 1.2 million homes were foreclosed on in 2006, and the economy survived that.
It may be difficult to see how the two are related, but this week we've learned that Americans were so concerned with how much money they had at Wall Street's closing bell that they didn't hear the floundering stock market's warning bells.
Unless the United States starts addressing global warming now, we might have to spend $700 billion to bail out the planet, too. But $700 billion is a nice figure compared to the $19 trillion estimate from the European Commission.
The subprime mortgage crisis came from short-term thinking. The number of subprime mortgages increased dramatically
The media (finally) did their math and are ringing the alarm bells. But when the same information is presented to them about global warming, why do they seem to ignore it?
So the quest to make an extra buck is going to cost the entire country a few hundred billion.
from 1990 to 2000, mostly from increased competition from online lenders, according to the Home Buying Institute. This meant that lenders had to broaden their scope and give loans to people who usually would have been turned away because of bad credit scores or previous foreclosures.
With the defeat of the House bill two days ago, Americans are finally starting to realize that we can't just keep thinking in the short-term when dealing with problems that affect the entire nation.
Now, how long will we remember it?
world has taken steps to drastically reduce its carbon emissions, and we keep burning fossil fuels even when we're told we are doing harm to the entire planet.
So why isn't anyone talking about this?
Because global warming can't put up foreclosure signs around the neighborhood, we don't seeing anything in our backyards yet. And unfortunately by the time we do notice, it will be far too late. We see distant problems — the Arctic ice cap melting, a higher rate of species extinction and higher global temperatures — but it's difficult to relate those problems back to the individual.
Just like in the subprime crisis, only when the for-sale signs started to appear did people start wondering. And only then did we realize how far back the problem went.
Keith is a Wichita junior in journalism and environmental studies. She is the Kansan opinion editor.
What we think about the financial problems
ERIN BROWN
While a quick $700 billion fix may steady the economy for the short term, the results will not yield long-term benefits. Financial institutions will surely continue their greedy ways once they know the federal government is financing them. Thus the problem will not be solved, but temporarily fixed. If the government simply bails out the financial institutions with no consequences, the mess will be left for our generation to clean up.
ernment become an insurance company that backs risky loans? Did I miss when this started? If I'd known about this even being a possibility, I would've invested all of my money in one of these high-risk markets and would be able to pay off college in no time. None of them deserve any money.
ROSS STEWART
I love the idea of this $700 billion ballout. I hope the next time I go to a casino, the federal government decides that my carelessness with my money warrants their saving my risky ass. Since when did the gov-
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As far as I can tell, the insane privilege that this country affords big business got us into this mess, so it's only fitting that we hold the executives' hands to get out of it.
A shady business model was exposed and Treasury secretary Henry Paulson suggested the taxpayers bear the $700 billion consequence. Without giving taxpayers share in ownership in return, the government would essentially be fundraising to protect the most powerful business leaders in the country from their bad decisions. Luckily, Congress reacted to Paulson's plan with similar skepticism. Though no
deal has been reached, I worry that the fall-out plan will ask too much of us and too little of the people at fault.
MICHAEL POPE
Financial disasters like this don't just magically appear. It has been a long time coming because this nation has its priorities completely mixed up. We increase military spending to fight a war abroad when the real fight is in our wallets. As a nation, we need to learn not to live outside our means. If you can't afford that brand-new plasma TV, taking out a loan you don't ever plan on paying back isn't a smart move. Just because the government likes to solve its problems by throwing money it doesn't actually have at them doesn't mean you should do the same. Let's fix this thing ourselves instead of relying on more inept people to fix it for us. I'd like to be able to walk to campus without lugging a wheelbarrow full of cash with me just to pay for lunch at the Union.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008
Student to share stories of research trip in Thailand
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA
smiyakawa@kansan.com
David McLeod grew up playing with frogs, lizards and snakes. But as a doctoral student of ecology and evolutionary biology, he studies mostly frogs.
"Why not snakes and lizards?" McLeod said. "Frogs are fascinating, and I wasn't likely to die studying frogs."
His lifelong interest took him halfway around the world to Thailand, where McLeod conducted research on fanged frogs.
"I'm not likely to discover new frogs in Kansas," he said. "Southeast Asia is very rich biologically."
McLeod will give a lecture, "Tales from Thailand," at 7 tonight at the Natural History Museum in Dyche Hall.
The lecture is open to the public and will highlight his research and his trip to Thailand.
From 2004 to 2005, McLeod stayed in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Thailand and a national park in northeastern Thailand studying Limnonectes kuhlii, a species of fanged frogs.
Kyle Miller Hesed, 2008 alumnus, traveled with McLeod as a research assistant. McLeod said their daily research started with observing tadpoles in artificial ponds in the mornings.
David McLeod, Ph.D. student, will give a speech at 7 p.m. in Dyche Hall. The lecture is titled "Tales From Thailand," and it will detail the amphibian biodiversity of Thailand. His talk will also include his own fieldwork and research, as well as his current work at the Natural History Museum.
Hesed said they went out into a forest five or six nights a week to make observations and collect specimens.
McLeod said he collected 1,500 specimens of fanged frogs during his fieldwork.
His current research analyzes
the DNA sequences and external morphology of the specimen to present a possible new species of fanged frogs.
McLeod said Limmonectes kuhli was widely distributed from Java to southern China and eastern India. He found the size of the frogs varied despite being categorized as the same group, which he said made him wonder if the species could include more diverse groups.
McLeod said his research as important to understanding biodiversity, which could help countries make better decisions about conservation and the use of natural habitats.
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McLeod also said he enjoyed living in a different culture as much as he did studying frogs.
He said Thai people weren't confrontational and didn't show when they were upset. That taught him a different personal interaction.
"It's not easy. It's never just like home," he said. "You always have to adapt to something."
He spent a large amount of time in rural northeastern Thailand,
and said he would like to go back to Thailand or other parts of Southeast Asia to do more biodiversity research in the future.
McLeod is the second speaker in a series of lectures sponsored by the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute.
Jen Humphrey, communications director of the museum, said the lecture would allow the audience to learn more about the world and biodiversity in Thailand.
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Left: Students walk past a campus miniature located on the Kansas Union's third floor Monday morning. The gift was from the senior class of 1977.
Below:The bronze Jayhawk statue looks regally to the sky. The sculpture, located in front of Strong Hall, was a gift from the senior class of 1956.
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Board to choose Class of 2009 gift Past gifts include bronze Jayhawk statue and organ overhaul
BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER
BY BRANDY ENTSINGER
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Thousands of students walk past the bronze Jayhawk in front of Strong Hall every day, but the statue is more than a symbol of the University — the class of 1956 gave it to the University to represent its class.
The Board of Class Officers (BOCO) senior advisory board helps decide what best represents the senior class. The board is currently working on choosing the 2009 senior gift, motto and banner. Past gifts have included the bronze jayhawk, a bird bath in front of Lippincott Hall and landscaping at Potter Lake.
Todd Crawford, Leawood senior and vice president of BOCO, said visibility and meaningfulness were the most important aspects of choosing a senior gift.
"It's almost like a 'thank you' to the University for all the opportunities it's given our senior class," Crawford said.
Administrators with expertise working in a variety of fields such as landscaping, museums and libraries provide the board with an ideas of campus necessities.
Lori Reesor, associate vice provost for student success, said past
In 2007 seniors chose to restore the organ in Danforth Chapel because the chapel was being renovated at the time. Last year, the graduating class paid for a brick inlay at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center.
Crawford said it was important to make a visible contribution so seniors would know what their class had given. The contribution could be anything from a statue to a scholarship.
Seniors may have the opportunity to vote on the gift after the advisory board narrows down the options. Crawford said the board must decide if enough students would participate for a vote to be worth the time.
The board must also consider financial limitations. Class dues are the first source of funding and are paid for through optional campus fees.
When choosing a potential gift, the students are required to abide by University guidelines. Most of the buildings on Jayhawk Boulevard are on a historical registry, so they are off-limits to modification.
gifts were a mixture of practical and symbolic items.
Jade Martin, Rose Hill senior and BOCO member, said most students chose not to pay the dues. In order
to raise enough money, the board sells senior class T-shirts paid for by the Kansas University Endowment Association, which will be available in early November.
The board also chooses a motto that will be included on banners carried by senior class officers at graduation. In 2007 the motto was "No longer following footsteps, but making our own." In 2008 it was "Let us not only be satisfied with the distance we have traveled but also with what lies ahead."
Crawford said the motto would represent what the class had accomplished while at the University and what it would accomplish in the future.
The senior advisory board will choose a motto and start narrowing down class gift options at a meeting on Oct.12.
"We've done a lot but we're not done yet," Crawford said. "We're just getting started."
The board is made up of 13 students from a variety of backgrounds and majors. The officers established the board after evaluating applications. Crawford said the BOCO was also planning to organize activities such as community service days to encourage unity within each class.
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past senior gifts
2006 — A bench and landscaping at Potter Lake
2007 Refurbishment of the Danforth Chapel organ
2005 — Landscape renovations outside Danforth Chapel
2004 — A mural for the Multicultural Resource Center (The mural will be done by VanGo Jams, an after school program that employs high school students to create art and learn the responsibilities of holding a job.)
2003 — Paintings by senior art
1998 — A plaque inlaid with a piece of the Allen Fieldhouse floor and a bronze Jayhawk that hangs in the main entry of Budig Hall to commemorate 100 years of KU basketball
1997 — Bronze KU seal at Budig Hall Auditorium
students for the Kansas Union 2002 Baby Jay display case in the Kansas Union
1993 — Jayhawk Walk on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union
1959 — $1,700 to create the HOPE Award for teachers
1956 — the bronze Jayhawk statue in front of Strong Hall
1945 — $1,200 for crabapple trees
1924 — The "Bell of Classes," now part of the WWII Memorial Campanile
1914 — Bench near Lippincott Hall
1903 A bird bath standing near Lippincott Hall
1890 — A fund for rare books
Source: Sarah Phillips, assistant director of the KU Endowment Association
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Mangino: Iowa State shouldn't be overlooked
BY TAYLOR BERN tbern@kansan.com
Saturday's game at Iowa State won't come soon enough for some Kansas players.
The idle slot on the Jayhawks' schedule last week meant they had an extra week to heal and assess their performances. But it also meant another seven days of beating up on each other, rather than putting those hits on someone in a different uniform.
The break and reversion to a pre-season style has sophomore cornerback Chris Harris looking at this weekend's game as the beginning of something new.
"It's definitely the start of a new season because it felt like camp practices all week," Harris said. "It's like starting the first game of the year."
Last year's 30-24 victory at Kansas State was the only time Mangino won one of those initial road contests. The odds of adding a second win to that stat are certainly in the layhayk's favor, as No. 16 Kansas (3-1) ranks ahead of Iowa State (2-2) by most calculations.
Saturday is the first day of conference play for every team in the Big 12. It's also the fifth time during coach Mark Mangino's tenure at Kansas that his team has started the conference season on the road.
Those stats don't mean much to quarterback Todd Reesing, who said last weekend's upsets of five of the top 16 teams in the country proved everyone is vulnerable.
"Just because you're ranked high doesn't mean you're going to be able to win." Reeing said. "We've got to learn from those losses and come out and take everybody seriously. At this stage anybody can beat anybody."
Iowa State has struggled mostly because of its youth. Coach Gene Chizik starts sophomores in the backfield with quarterback Austen Arnaud and running back Alexander Robinson. He has also played 11 true freshmen, the sixth most of any team in the country.
Despite that inexperience and the mistakes, Iowa State's defense has excelled in a couple of areas, thanks
senior defensive end Kurtis Taylor and junior safety James Smith.
Led by those upperclassmen, Iowa State has surrendered only 176 yards per game through the air. the
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fourth fewest in the conference. The Cyclones also lead the Big 12 with 13 takeaways.
Reeing said he was fully aware of Iowa State's ability to pluck the ball from its opponents' possession.
"Whenever you can get the ball back into the hands of your offense, it deflates the other team." Reesing said. "We've got to limit our turnovers because those are game-changers."
Mangino said the turnover battle was up to the offense as much as it was the defense.
"It's our responsibility to protect the ball," he said. "Sometimes it's just good fundamental play that creates turnovers, and sometimes it's ineptitude of the opponent that creates turnovers."
Mangino said warned against underestimating Arnaud and backup Phillip notes, who will see.
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"They can beat you with their athleticism, so you can't take them lightly as far as their ability to run the football," he said.
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probably continue to struggle as Chizik attempts to apply his Texas Longhorn-style of play in Ames. But as eager as the Jayhawks are for Saturday, they must avoid becoming Chizik's first marquee victory.
"They're a team that's building their program, and they've got guys that just want to come out and compete," Reesing said.
Players overcome early injuries
Kendrick Harper and Dexton Fields set for start in Big 12 opener against Iowa State
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Senior cornerback Kendrick Harper makes an open-field tackle against a Louisiana Tech receiver on Sept. 6 at Kivisto Field. Harper would later leave the field with an undisclosed head or neck injury as Kansas went on to shut out Louisiana Tech 29-0.
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JOT coaching/KAKA Members of the Kansas Medical staff tend to senior receiver Dexton Fields after he injured his left foot on a play in the first quarter against Florida International play. Fields is set to return from Saturday against Iowa State after missing the three games.
BY B.J. RAINS
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Defensive back Kendrick Harper and wide receiver Dexton Fields are expected to play on Saturday against Iowa State in the Big 12 conference opener despite both missing significant time this season because of injuries.
Harper, who was injured in the second game of the season against Louisiana Tech, sustained the more serious injury of the two. The Hartwell, Georgia, native got hurt when he attempted to tackle a Louisiana Tech player. He remained in the game for one play but began losing his eyesight and hurried off to the bench.
"I couldn't see anything." Harper said. "I hit No. 6 and then my body just started feeling woozy and stuff. I don't remember what was going through my head because I was in shock. I couldn't see anything."
Harper fell to the ground on the sidelines and was immediately attended to by the teams doctors and trainers. A stretcher was brought out and Harper was strapped down and taken to the hospital with an undisclosed injury. He remained overnight for tests but was released the next day.
"I had a positive attitude about the situation," Harper said. "I was just hoping all of the tests would come back pretty good. I'm back now. I'm feeling better. I'm just going to continue doing what I do best — just go out and have fun."
The news of Harper's return is welcomed by the Kansas defense, which has seen three young cornerbacks all struggle in his absence. Coach Mark Mangino confirmed on Tuesday that Harper and Fields had been practicing and that he planned to have both in the lineup when the Jayhawks take the field in Ames, Iowa, on Saturday.
"It's the type of thing with Kendrick where you just have to see every day how he responds on the practice field," Mangino said. "Do we expect him to play? Yes. Do we expect Dexton to play? Yes."
Fields sustained an injury to his left foot while attempting to catch a pass in the season opener against Florida International on Aug. 30. Fields, who led the Jayhawks in receptions the past two seasons, limped off the field and hasn't dressed since.
"I'm ready to get back in there," Fields said. "I'm just thanking God that my injury wasn't as serious as it could have been. I took a pretty hard fall but I'm back now. It's been hard sitting back and seeing the team struggle at certain times knowing I can help."
Fields, who dislocated his pinky against Oklahoma State in 2006 and returned to catch a touchdown later in the game, attempted to get back for the Sam Houston State game but couldn't. He was forced to sit in the stands with his teammates' families and watch as the Jayhawks lost to South Florida.
"It felt ward because I hadn't really seen the games from that perspective in a long time," Fields said. "I wasn't waving the wheat, but I was definitely jumping more than I should have been."
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VOLLEYBALL
Hawks get ready for Wildcats
Kansas focuses on improving first-set scoring average against K-State
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
The Kansas Volleyball team could stand to improve in several areas heading into tonight's match, but they may want to focus on this one. The Jayhawks have averaged just 17 first-set points in four Big 12 matches this season — they have lost each one.
And tonight's opponent, No. 17 Kansas State, will make it tough to break the trend. Kansas (7-6) hosts K-State (13-2) at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center at 7 p.m.
Coach Ray Bechard knows it's a daunting task to excel in the Big 12, and Kansas past two matches have provided solid proof. Kansas lost to two now top-five teams — Nebraska and Texas — and faces K-State.
"It's another really good team. They obviously are very deserving of their ranking." Bechard said. "They have a lot of senior leadership and will present a great challenge for us."
The Wildcats have plenty of quality
seniors, with two of those being outside hitters Rita Liliom and Nataly Korobkova. They pace the Kansas State offense, averaging 4.35 and 3.00 kills per set respectively. In fact, freshman setter Abby Fay and sophomore outside hitter JuliAnne Chisholm, are the only players to start that are not juniors or seniors. It is a powerhouse program that had been to 10 consecutive NCAA tournaments in a row before missing the tournament last season.
Bechard is also ready for some of the close sets Kansas has lost recently to start swinging the Jayhawks' way. Even though the disasters of the first sets are evident, for sets two through five, the average loss margin for Kansas in Big 12 play is four points. Those small defeats, such as a 25-23 set four loss to Texas on Saturday, are sets the Jayhawks hope to turn around.
"We'd like to get an opportunity where we could extend the match, to have some sets that would go our way," Bechard said "We had a couple of sets against Texas tha
didn't."
Not to mention that sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlington also had one of the worst matches of her career on Saturday against Texas. Garlington finished with just four kills total, lowering her season average to 3.94.
But Garlington, like any great player, knows to have a short memory when it comes to matches like Saturday's.
"It's actually pretty motivating right now," Garlington said. "It's motivating me to step up and show them what I got for K-State."
Bechard also knew that Garlington was ready to have a different mindset and game plan for tonight, as she came in early for practice on Monday with assistant coach Ken Murczek to fine-tune aspects of her game. Bechard will not go as far as to offer any predictions for how Garlingen will play tonight. He said that Garlingen had put in the right effort to get back on track.
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Senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart touches a shot back over the net Saturday night for a Kansas point. Uhart had seven kills and two digs in Kansas' 3-1 loss to Texas.
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1 2008
quote of the day
"You see more offensive football that might be a little more unconventional than you may see in other leagues,but the Big 12 overall — I mean,it's upped its game. It doesn't matter who you're playing — North team, South team,pick your poison because they're going to be good."
Iowa State coach Gene Chizik at Big 12 Media Dav
fact of the day
Iowa State football coach Gene Chizik is 5-11 in his two seasons at Iowa State.
- Iowa State Athletics
trivia of the day
Q: What job did Iowa State football coach Gene Chizik hold before taking the head coaching job at Iowa State before the 2007 season?
A: Chizik spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons as the assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Texas. Before that Chizik worked as the defensive coordinator at Auburn.
Weldon at peace with decision to transfer
The feelings were always there during Chakeitha Weldon's up-and-down freshman season
The young point guard missed Atlanta. She was almost 900 miles away from the family and friends she grew up with. And when she tore ligaments in her knee in February it got even harder.
February it got even harder.
So Weldon did what she thought she had to do to be happy. With no disrespect to coach Bonnie Henrickson and her teammates, she
Weldon
BRAZIL
transferred to Appalachian State, about 300 miles north of Atlanta
BY KELLY BRECKUNITCH
BY KELLY BRECKUNITCH
kbreckunitch@kansan.com
in Boone, N.C.
"I love coach Bonnie, all the girls, the KU staff and everything." Weldon said. "But I felt I wanted to be closer to home."
Boone is just that. The sleepy mountain town of 14,473 is a manageable four hours by car from Atlanta. Just as important is the presence of Weldon's high school teammates, freshmen Sade and Charmene Means.
"They are like sisters to me,"
Weldon has enjoyed her time in North Carolina so far. She said her days have gone quickly. It helps having Sade and Charmene to keep her company.
she said. "We are real close."
Like any other transfer athlete, Weldon will have to sit out a year. That's fine by her. It buys some time. She said her knee was about 75 percent as strong as it was before the injury.
"I've been sitting out six months so I think giving myself that year to prepare and to get stronger will really help me on the court," Weldon said.
KU SOCCER DROPS OUT OF NATIONAL POLLS
After splitting games with
Nebraska and Iowa State last weekend, Kansas (7-3, 1-1) finds itself out of the top 25 for the first time since the second week of the season. Despite Kansas' absence from the poll, the Big 12 counts four teams (Texas, Texas A&M, Colorado and Oklahoma State) among the nation's best.
The Jayhawks take on Texas Tech and Colorado this weekend at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
A MINOR ROYALS MIRACLE
Peeking though the smoldering wreckage of another losing season was a little ray of hope for the Kansas City Royals and their long-suffering fans. Sure, the boys in blue were 12 games under .500
THE MORNING
BREW
in 2008.
They were 13 games behind the divi
sion leaders. But Trey Hillman's team won 75 games, and for the first time in four years they finished somewhere other than dead last in the American League Central.
No, Kansas City isn't making drastic steps forward. But for fans of a franchise with zero playoff appearances since its World Series Championship in 1985, just about anything can be interpreted as progress.
Edited by Scott R. Toland
ku sports schedule
Todav
Volleyball: Kansas State, 7 p.m.
Soccer: Texas Tech, 4 p.m. (Lawrence)
Thursday No Events
Saturdav
Friday
swimming: Pentathlon, 4 p.m. (Lawrence)
Softball: Western Illinois, 11 a.m.
Softball: Western Illinois, 11 a.m.
(Iowa City, Iowa)
Football: Iowa State, 11:30 a.m.
(Ames, Iowa)
Softball: Iowa, 4 p.m. (Iowa City,
Iowa)
Volleyball: Texas Tech, 7 p.m.
(Lubbock, Texas)
Cross Country: OSU Jamboree,
TBA (Stillwater, Okla.)
Rowing: Head of the Oklahoma,
all day (Okhalahoma City, Okla.)
Softball: Western Illinois, 10 a.m.
(Iowa City, Iowa)
Sunday
Softball: Iowa, 12:30 p.m. (lowa City, Iowa)
Soccer: Colorado, 1 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Monday
Women's Golf: Jeannie McHaney/Audrey Morehead Invitational, Day One (Lubbock, Texas)
Tuesday
Women's Golf: Jeannie McHaney/Audrey Morehead Invitational, Day Two (Lubbock, Texas)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel looks to throw during the first quarter against Illinois. Bo Pelini's Nebraska Conhuskers will have their hands full trying to stop Daniel and the Missouri Tigers on Saturday.
Nebraska looks to contain Mizzou offense
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LINCOLN, Neb. — To say the least, Bo Pelini has set an ambitious goal for his Nebraska defense against Chase Daniel and the high-scoring Missouri Tigers.
"I've never gone into a game making concessions. I won't start this week," Pelini said Tuesday. "We're going to play the best we possibly can and try to shut them out."
That might sound like crazy talk from the first-year head coach. The fourth-ranked Tigers (4-0) come to town Saturday averaging 54 points and 596 yards a game and a Heisman Trophy contender in Daniel. During one stretch this season, the Tigers scored on 15 straight possessions.
"Phew," cornerback Prince Amukamara said, shaking his head, when told those statistics.
But players are on board with the Pelini party line.
"We're not in it to hold them under 30 points. That's our goal, to stop them," free safety Matt O'Hanlon said. "If we do what we're supposed to do and do it right, it's definitely possible."
Nebraskas defense hasn't exactly been a brick wall this season. In Virginia Tech's win in Lincoln last week, a Hokie offense that ranked 112th nationally put up 35 points and 377 yards. Defensive linemanNdamukong Suh saw enough positives to build on against the Tigers.
"This team is definitely capable of shutting them down and putting them in tough situations, which
we did in brief instances when we were executing on the same page against Virginia Tech," sub said.
Missouri decimated Nebraskas defense last year in Columbia. The Tigers rolled up 606 yards in a 41-6 win. Daniel completed 33-of-47 passes for 401 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for 72 yards and two TDs on 11 carries.
Former defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove employed a 3-3-5 alignment, with three pass rushers and the other eight defenders dropping back into coverage. Daniel said after the game that he was surprised the Huskers played only one style of defense the whole game.
"That's like high school stuff," he said then.
O'Hanlon said Daniel's 2007 comment still resonates.
"It gives us that extra motivation," he said. "Last year, we came in with one look and maybe we didn't make as many adjustments as we should have, but this year in coach Pelini's new defense, we'll be making adjustments constantly."
"He does a nice job," Pelini said of Daniel. "I don't know if he's as good as I've seen. There are a lot of good guys out there. He makes good plays. He runs their offense well. He's well-coached and he makes great decisions."
Fourteen of the Tigers' touchdown drives this season have lasted less than 2 minutes. In 40 series led by Daniel, the Tigers are yet to go three plays and out. Nebraska's defense, on the other hand, has forced just nine three-and-outs in 53 series.
KICK THE KANSAN: WEEK SIX
Pick games. Beat the Kansan staff. Get your name in the paper.
This week's games:
1. No. 13 Auburn at No. 19 Vanderbilt
2.No.7 Texas Tech at Kansas State
3. No.14 Ohio State at No.18 Wiscons
4. Florida State at Miami (FL)
5. No.23 Oregon at No.9 USC
6. Stanford at Notre Dame
7. Washington at Arizona
8. UNLV at Colorado State
9. South Carolina at Mississippi
10. Nevada at Idaho
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4) Beat all your peers and get your picture and picks in the paper next to the Kansan staff.
5) To break ties, pick the score of the designated game.
5) To break ties, pick the score of the designated game.
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BASKETBALL
Boston Celtics forward and former Kansas Jayhawk Paul Pierce, left, gets a pat on the back from teammate Kevin Gannett during basketball training camp at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., on Tuesday. Pierce, who was named NBA Finals MVP last June, will try to lead the Celtics to back-to-back NBA titles this season.
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This is a good time to balance your checkbook. Figure out how much you have. Odds are good it's more than you thought. Don't forget to figure in all those electronic transfers and finance charges. Look for checks you forgot to deposit.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
today is a **a**
A playful competition keeps you on your toes. Don't let this charmer win the argument, unless you want to lose. You have a good point, so make sure it's well understood.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
One of the most important parts of your job is knowing when to stop. Don't get so enthralled with what you're doing that you forget. You don't get extra points for overdoing it.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
A work-related problem is solved early. After that, you'll find it's much easier to relax. Don't bring up the topic of money, however, it's too hot. Save that for later.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Review your recent successes and failures objectively. Take plenty of time to think it over. Give yourself a point for everything you did that worked, and every correction you've made.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
The money's coming in, and going out almost as fast. Your assignment, if you're up for the challenge, is to find more ways to cut costs. Start by editing your shopping list, ruthlessly.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is 7
You're always good with words, but don't chatter on and on. It's particularly important to listen now instead of talking. Let a friend unload, and be interested. That's a gift you can freely give.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
You get a lot of your information through friends and associates. Double-check the rumors you hear now, however. They're apt to be inaccurate.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Your friends think the world of you.
They'd do anything you ask. Don't let them spend too much of your money, though. That always causes tension.
Don't stress about a decision once you've made it, move ahead. There are plenty of other things to keep you occupied. If nothing else, hanging out with your friends is better than worrying.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
You and your friends pretty much agree on all the important topics. It's always good to listen to the other side, however. They might come up with an idea you'll find useful. It could happen.
Get into a job you've done a million times before. The routine will make it easy, and you can get a little bit ahead. This will be good, so you can maybe even quit early. Earn some extra time off.
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THE UNIVERSITY HARY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008
Freshman places in top 10
BY BRYAN WHEELER
bwheeler@kansan.com
Sometimes playing away from home can give you an advantage.
In only his third collegiate event, redshirt freshman Blake Giroux had his best performance of his young career. Giroux had a three-round score of 210 and finished tied for ninth place in the Cardinal Intercollegiate in Simpsonville, Ky.
"I'm pretty pleased with the way I played," Giroux said. "I struggled in the first two tournaments and just wanted to help the team out."
Giroux, who is from Omaha, Neb., placed much lower in his first two tournaments of the season. In the Fairway Club Invitational at Nebraska City, he finished at 42nd. At the Kansas Invitational, Giroux tied for 56th.
"I started forcing things a little bit the first two events," he said. "Playing at home in Nebraska and playing in our home tournament, I was a little anxious."
After finishing the first round three strokes under par at 69. Giroux had clearly gained some confidence.
"Until you have one good round, it may seem a little frustrating," coach Kit Grove said.
After the second round finished
on Monday. Giroux was tied for third place after scoring a 68.
Overall, the Jayhawks finished in seventh place out of 15 teams.
Giroux
with a three-round score of 857.
Sophomore Nate Barbee went on to finish one stroke behind Giroux with a three-round score of 211.
JOHN W. COTTERMAN
"Nate is a really solid player. He is kind of our workhorse," Grove said. "You just expect him to play well, and he does."
After shooting a 68 in the first round, Barbee struggled on
the putting greens in the second round and had a score of 74. In the third round, Barbee led the team with a score of 69 and finished the tournament tied for 15th place.
"We had some good rounds in the first two tournaments of the season," Barbee said. "But I felt we had a pretty solid tournament this time around."
Rounding out the lineup for the Jayhawks were seniors Walt Koelbel and Andrew Storm, along with freshman Ian Anson.
Koelbel finished the tournament tied for 18th place with a score of 213. Storm finished the tournament tied for 58th place with a score of 226. Anson went on to finish the tournament with a score of 223 and tied for 48th place.
Men's golf will conclude the fall season Oct. 27-28, when it travels to Dallas to compete in the Baylor Invitational.
Edited by Lauren Keith
Team finishes fifth at Missouri tournament
WOMEN'S GOLF
Junior Emily Powers led the women's golf team for the
second day in
a row. Powers shot a three-room score of 221 and finished tied for sixth at the Johnie Imes Invitational in
C
Powers
Columbia, Mo. Powers' performance helped Kansas finish fifth
among the 11 teams at the tournament, and it comes on the heels of Powers' first-place finish at the Marilynn
Smith Sunflower Invitational in Lawrence last week. Sophomores Meghna Bal and Jennifer Clark finished tied for 14th.
Bal
Kansas will hit the golf course again on Oct. 6 and 7 in Lubbock, Texas, at the Jeannie McHanock invitational.
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Team Standings
1. Mississippi 300-299-301—900
T2. Arkansas-Little Rock
303-290-309—902
T2. Missouri 300-298-304—902
4. Mississippi State 306-303-302—911
5. Kansas 306-306-301—913
Individual Standings
1. Julia Potter, Missouri 67-70-72—209
2. Dori Carter, Mississippi 72-69-72—213
3. Sara Wikstrom, Arkansas-Little Rock 75-70-70—215
4. Paula Hurtado, Fla., International 78-72-70—220
5. Hannah Weathersby, Mississippi State 71-72-72—220
T6. Emily Powers, Kansas
72-76-73—221
T14. Jennifer Clark, Kansas
74-78-76—228
T14. Meghna Bal, Kansas
79-74-75—228
T39. Grace Thiry, Kansas
82-78-77—237
T62. Kalynd Carson, Kansas
81-81-84—246
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Marmol, left, talks with Los Angeles Dodgers' Manny Ramirez during baseball practice in Chicago on Tuesday. The Cubs take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Division Series today.
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Cubs to take on Dodgers in first step to ending drought
ASSOCIATED PRESS
They are familiar with the curses and bad luck supposedly following the team, and they know how much a title would mean to Chicago's North Side.
While they are aware of that frustrating history, they know it's just that — history.
The Chicago Cubs have heard all about the franchise's 100-year World Series championship drought.
The 2008 Cubs are determined to put the past behind them and take the first step toward ending their century-long championship drought when they host Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday in Game 1 of their best-of-five NL division series.
"It's not fair to put all the expectations of all the past failures here and all the past successes here on the 2008 team," manager Lou Piniella said. "You let this team stand on its own merit and you let
Chicago (97-64) became the first team to win back-to-back World Series titles with championships in 1907 and '08, but the past century has had its share of disappointments as the Cubs have become known as the "lovable losers" due to their futility.
them do what they can do as well as they can do it and let them go as far as they can"
In 1984 — their first postseason appearance since winning the NI pennant in 1945 — the Cubs won the first two games of the NI championship series over San Diego, only to lose the series in five.
In 2003, Chicago was five outs away from advancing to the World Series, but collapsed after the infamous foul-ball episode involving fan Steve Bartman and Florida went on to win the NLCS in seven.
Last season, the Cubs won the division, but were swept by Arizona in the first round, as their offense scored only six runs.
"You can't do anything about the teams before us," Chicago second baseman Ryan Theriot told the team's official Web site.
The Cubs finished with the best record in the NL this season to comfortably win the NL Central by $7 \frac{1}{2}$ games over Milwaukee. They led the league in runs (855) and had five players with at least 20 homers, but will face a Los Angeles team that allowed the fewest runs in the league (648).
While Chicago cruised to its second straight division title, the Dodgers (84-78) trailed Arizona
by 4½ games on Aug. 29 before winning 18 of their next 23 to win the division by two games.
First year Dodgers manager Joe Torre helped direct the team to its second NL West title in four years, but Los Angeles would likely be out of the playoffs if it wasn't for Ramirez.
The Dodgers acquired Ramirez from Boston in a three-team trade on July 31 and he did not disappoint, batting .396 with 17 home runs, 14 doubles and 53 RBIs in 53 games for Los Angeles. The team went 30-24 after getting the 12-time All-Star.
Ramirez was the MVP of the 2004 World Series, and has been at his best in the postseason. He hit .348 (16-for-46) with four home runs and 16 RBIs in 14 playoff games for the championship Red Sox last season, and his 24 career postseason homers are the most in baseball history.
The Dodgers, who are 1-12 in four playoff series since winning the 1988 World Series, lost five of seven to the Cubs this season, but all of those games were played before Ramirez was traded to Los Angeles.
"Since we played them last, they've added Manny and he's quite a player," Chicago leadoff hitter Alfonso Soriano said.
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"That doesn't promise anything," Bechard said. "But that will get you closer to the results you want with an attitude like that."
Tonight game makes it Horeisi Center's first sell-out of the season bringing fans in to watch the beaten match against in-state rival K-State.
Bee chard said he was looking forward to the environment, though he knows the home crowd means nothing without more consistent play from his team.
bigger than others.
"We hope that the crowd is very involved
"It's K-State, we got family over there, we got people over there," Garlington said. "It's a big rivalry and you can see it in everybody's eyes and you can feel it at practice. It's going to be a good game."
But Bechard does not want to
"It's actually pretty motivating right now. It's motivating me to step up and show them what I got for K-State."
KARINA GARLINGTON Sophomore outside hitter
and we can ride a little bit of that wave of emotion." Bechard said. "But we're still going to have execute at a high level to have success."
Even though Garlington is only a sophomore, she knows that there are some Big 12 games that just feel
put too much emphasis on the rivalry, as he does not care who his team beats - he wants victories no matter who they come against.
"It is a rivalry game for us, but more importantly right now we need to win
in the Big 12," Bechard said, "And whoever that is next on the schedule, it happens to be K-State. So hopefully we can put can put an effort out there that gives us an opportunity to do that."
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Royals have 'more highs than lows'
But at the end of the season,team is thankful for every run
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals bumbled through August, with poor pitching, weak pitching, even botched popups turning another disappointing season downright ugly.
Then came September.
The pitching got better, the bats produced hits and runs in bunches and the wins started piling up. The monthlong run wasn't enough to make up for the disappointment of the 14th losing season in 15 years. Losing hurts, even when you've done it as much as the Royals.
What it did do is provide something that's been missing in Kansas City for a long time: hope.
"Certainly, with the way we finished, I think we had more highs
than lows," Royals manager Trey Hillman said Tuesday.
The Royals started off great in Hillman's first season, winning six of their first eight games. Then came a seven-game losing streak in April, followed by a 12-game slide in May that snuffed out hope of playoff contention.
That led to another August with nothing to play for, and the Royals acted like it, losing 18 of 21 games, the lowlight coming in a 3-2 loss to Texas on the 27th, when pitcher Brian Bannister flubbed a routine popup to allow the go-ahead run to score, dropping Kansas City to a season-worst 21 games under .500.
Somehow, the Royals bounced back, opening September with a 5-4 win over Oakland, finishing it 18-8, their best month since opening the 2003 season 17-7.
Normally, a last-place team making a run the final month of the season doesn't mean much.
September is when teams out of the playoff hunt pack it in, when
rosters are filled with callups getting their first look at the big leagues or career minor leaguers hoping to make an impression. Performing well in September doesn't always mean it's going to happen next season; the numbers are skewed.
Give the Royals some credit
While most of its September wins came against Oakland, Cleveland and Seattle, teams that didn't have much left to play for, Kansas City also won two of three at Minnesota the final weekend, forcing the Twins into Tuesday's one-game playoff with the Chicago White Sox.
The Royals (75-87) finished with six more wins than last season, moved out of last place in the AL Central for the first time in five years and cut their deficit in the division to 13 games after being 27 back at the end of 2007.
"We had a couple bad stretches and got ourselves into too big of a hole," right-hander Gil Meche
They can't help but feel like things are going to change.
said.
Those bad stretches were tough to take. Kansas City had three losing streaks of at least seven games.
There are still plenty of questions to be addressed in the offseason, as well.
The Royals need to add some punch to a lineup that finished 26th in runs scored and need help at the back end of the rotation. They have a decision to make with first baseman Ryan Shealy, who had seven homers and 20 RBIs as a September callup after struggling with injuries the previous two seasons.
Now, with their strong finish to this season, there is hope for the next — and beyond.
"Certainly, finishing the 2008 season on a positive note, it gives you a better feeling into spring training next," Hillman said. "It doesn't make up for the bad times and the losing streaks, but it softens the blow of a fourth-place finish."
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CHICAGO — Thanks to Jim Thome's bat and Ken Griffey Jr.'s arm, the AL Central has a winner at last; the Chicago White Sox.
John Danks pitched eight innings of two-hit ball on short rest, Thome homered and Griffey threw out a runner at the plate with a tough tag by A.J. Pierzynski, helping Chicago beat the Minnesota Twins 1-0 in a 163rd-game tiebreaker for the division title Tuesday night.
The White Sox joined the cross-town Cubs in the postseason, the first time since 1906 that both Chicago teams are in. And just like the Cubs did when they clinched the NI, Central crown, several White Sox players came back on the field after the final out and sprayed fans with champagne.
Next up for the South Siders is a first-round playoff matchup with the surprising Rays. Game 1 is Thursday at Tampa Bay, which
won the AL East.
"Look at this," Thome said as the crowd roared all around him. "This is what it's all about — October baseball."
The White Sox got a huge boost Tuesday from two of their oldest players: Thome and Griffey, both longing for their first World Series championship.
Thome's long drive on a 2-2 pitch from rookie Nick Blackburn cleared two rows of shrubs in center field, traveling an estimated 461 feet to snap a scoreless tie in the seventh. It was the 541st homer for Thome, who raised his right fist as he rounded first base. He hadn't been to the playoffs since 2001 with Cleveland.
Griffey, who came to the White Sox in a trade with the Reds so he could have a chance at playing in the postseason, cut down Michael Cuddyer with a nice throw in the fifth. Griffey, who like Thome, is 38, will be making is first postseason appearance since 1997 with Seattle.
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"He did a heck of a job." Thome said. "I'm so happy for him, too."
Bobby Jenks worked a perfect ninth for his 30th save in 34 chances. Center fielder Brian Anderson ended it with a diving catch of Alexi Casilla's blooper.
Soon after it was over, Pierzynski, Danks and Nick Swisher grabbed a microphone on the field and addressed the delirious crowd.
"That's a battle between friends," Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen said, referring to the rival Twins. "We just got the last laugh."
Danks, pitching on three days' rest for the first time in his career and with just one win in his previous seven starts, held the Twins hitless through the first four innings on a 56-degree night. Cuddyer led off the fifth with a double and moved to third on Delmon Young's fly to center.
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When Brendan Harris hit a fly to Griffey in shallow center, Cuddyter took off for the plate. He crashed into Pierzynski, who held onto the low, two-hop throw from Griffey while tagging Cuddyter for the out. Pierzynski then popped up and showed the ball as the crowd of 40,354 — mostly dressed in black — roared.
It was the eighth one-game playoff in major league history and the first in the AL since 1995 when Seattle beat the California Angels 9-1 to win the AL West. Playing for the Mariners in that game was Griffey and Chicago bench coach Joey Cora.
The White Sox hosted the game because they won a coin flip earlier this month and what an advantage it was: Chicago went 8-2 against the Twins at U.S. Cellular Field this season and 1-8 at the Metrodome.
Danks (12-9) delivered in the biggest came of his brief career. He won a duel with Blackburn (11-11), who retired 13 of 14 before Thome led off the seventh with his long homer.
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"We bounce back every time we are against the wall," Guillen said.
A late-season slide by the White Sox began at the Metrodome a week ago. The White Sox entered a three-game series with a $2_{1/2}$-game lead in the division but the Twins pulled off a sweep to take over first place.
Chicago came home and lost two more to the Indians but was able to stay close because the Twins dropped two in a row to the Royals at the Metrodome. On Sunday both teams won, leaving Minnesota's lead at a half-game. The White Sox had to beat Detroit in a rain-delayed makeup game Monday to force Tuesday night's tiebreaker.
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QBs and running backs steal fantasy spotlight
I was a coming out week-end of sorts for quite a few quarterbacks in the NFL and some running backs as well. Here are the headlines that should grab your attention from the weekend's action.
Yes, the Chiefs finally won a game. How they did it against the undefeated Broncos, I do not know It may have had something to do with a big game from running back Larry Johnson. Johnson had 28 carries for 198 yards and two touchdowns. He will need to continue carrying the offensive load until the Chiefs get quarterback Brodie Croyle back because Damon Huard does not provide any explosiveness in the passing game.
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New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre took center stage on Sunday with an impressive six-touchdown effort against the Arizona Cardinals. Favre threw for 289 yards in the game as the Jets won a shootout. Favre bounced back from a rough Monday night game against San Diego last week and if running back Thomas Jones continues to struggle, the spotlight will remain on Favre's passing game.
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ST. LOUIS BLUES
No, not the hockey team — if you even knew they had a hockey team. The Rams' woes continue to mount as the undefeated Bills trampled them this weekend. The one positive the Rams did have was running back Steven Jackson who returned to form with 110 yards on 24 carries, a touchdown and five catches for an additional 78 yards. The Rams, looking to make some changes, fired coach Scott Linehan and replaced him with defensive coordinator Jim Haslett. He will have a week off before attempting to earn the first St. Louis victory of the season against a strong Washington squad that just beat the Cowboys in Dallas.
HOUSTON, WE HAVE LIFTOFF
...but we still have a problem. The Texans looked abyssal on offense in their first two games of the season. Even though
quarterback Matt Schaub kicked into high gear this weekend, the team still couldn't win. Schaub threw for 307 yards and three touchdowns and Slaton gained 116 total yards on offense and scored a touchdown. The Texans still managed to lose in overtime after a field goal by Jacksonville kicker Josh Scobee. The offensive resurrection does give hope to Houston fans for a win in an upcoming three-game home-stretch.
NOT SO BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Green Bay quarterback Aaron (Mr.) Rodgers was injured in the fourth quarter against Tampa Bay this weekend. The injury doesn't appear to be too serious, but it could be something to watch as the season progresses. The bigger problem is the fact that Green Bay produced only 181 total offensive yards against a stout Tampa Bay defense. In an NFC North division that prides itself on defense, Green Bay could be put to the test many times throughout the season, and if they struggle as they did against Tampa Bay, they will have no shot to win the division.
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When will Chiefs fans show LJ a little love?
Johnson's superstar stats fail to impress the KC faithful
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Larry Johnson, Chiefs running back, celebrates with Weston Dacus, left and Tamba Hali, right, after Johnson scored a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Denver Broncos on Sunday in Kansas City. Mo. Kansas City won the game 33-19 with help from Johnson's 198 rushing yards and two touchdowns. The Chiefs are 1-3 on the season.
Four games into the season. Larry Johnson is seven yards away from leading the NFL in rushing.
Not bad for a guy who, only a couple of weeks ago, thought he was on his way out of Kansas City. Not bad for a guy who thought his touches were being siphoned off elsewhere.
That said, I don't think I could find fault in LJ's paranoia. After all, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more frequently denigrated superstar in football.
Find me another player who rushed for more than 2,000 yards in college with better than an 8 yards-per-carry average. It can't be done. Next, try to explain how LJ doesn't win the Heisman Trophy with stats those stats. Carson Palmer's mom might be the only one stepping up to make that case.
But surely in the NFL, a supposed meritocracy, Johnson would find favor. Or maybe he'd get chastised by a coach who never wanted him in the first place. A coach who told him it was time to "take the diapers off". So much for the meritocracy.
Injuries to Priest Holmes and Derrick Blaylock would eventually force Johnson onto the field. Once there, he would silence his critics... right?
Despite being the second most productive running back in the NFL since 2005, that hasn't happened.
Ask most Chiefs fans what they think of LJ, and you'd better put the earmuffs on any nearby children. Even the cleanly worded criticisms are at best unfounded, and at worst, blatantly hypocritical.
He's selfish, surly, and arrogant. He has held out for a new contract and used the press as a means to get more carries, so clearly the guy's a jerk. And let's not forget that, despite his numbers, he's not a complete player. I
guess he's just an all-around bad guy, huh?
The truth of the matter is that you and I are probably every bit as selfish as he is. Did he want more money? Sure he did, and so would you — especially if your job entailed getting destroyed by 300-pound men every week.
I also can't see how his asking for the damn ball constitutes excessive selfishness. Look at it this way: If you're participating in a group project and most of your fellow members clearly can't get the job done, aren't you going to ask for more responsibility? If you want a good grade, you will. Similarly, if LJ wants the Chiefs to win, he knows he needs to get his carries.
His personality should be a non-issue. He isn't the most friendly guy — but he's not a used car salesman. He's a running back.
His performance shouldn't be questioned, either. When he's had a good offensive line, he's been great. Without one, any back would struggle. He's also a more productive receiver than people have ever recognized.
But no, he's not a very good pass blocker. And no, LJ is not LT. But then, LaDianian Tomlinson will likely finish his career heralded as one of the all-time greats. J
can't recall a player being so consistently damned for "only" being among the elite at his position.
The real mystery was always how KC fans could lavish praise on a now former Chief to whom those exact same criticisms could easily be applied. I'm talking, of course, about Jared Allen. You want selfish? Allen's the guy who was quoted as telling Chiefs management to "pay me or trade me." You want to talk one-dimensional players? According to Pro Football Prospectus (think Sabermetrics applied to football), Allen is consistently one of the worst defensive ends against the run in the NFL. And I'm not exactly sure how to judge the quality of a person, but I think I'll take the surly guy over the guy who has endangered countless lives with his drunk driving.
Despite this, LJ is a pariah in Kansas City, whereas Allen was on the verge of folk hero status (before he was traded to Minnesota, of course). I still don't get it.
If LJ does want to find favor with Chiefs fans, he's off to a good start this season. After his performance against the Broncos, the LJ haters have been silent. They really should stay that way.
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Chiefs still soaking up victory against Broncos
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"I kept asking my wife about 1 o'clock, 'We won, right?'" Edwards said Tuesday. "She said, 'Yeah, you won, honey."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A year without winning can play tricks on a man's mind.
Their first victory since Oct. 21, 2007, was especially important for the raft of young players on the roster of the rebuilding Chiefs, Edwards said. Coaches had noted that many of the rookies were beginning to doubt whether they
Just ask Herm Edwards, who had trouble sleeping Sunday night after his Kansas City Chiefs halted a franchise-record 12-game losing streak with a 33-19 victory over Denver.
"I think they were questioning themselves," Edwards said. "They were questioning their talent. You can't question that. The way you overcome that, you've got to just keep playing."
even belonged in the NFL after an 0-3 start that included back-to-back blowout losses to bottom feeders Oakland and Atlanta.
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Johnson ran for 198 yards, but most encouraging for Kansas City's long-term picture was the energy and verve displayed by rookies. Two were given game balls. Dantrell Savage had a 51-yard kickoff return that swung the fourth-quarter momentum right back to Kansas City, and cornerback Brandon Carr played well all day against Denver's high-powered passing attack.
"The one thing you have when you're a young guy, you have talent. That's what gets you in this league," said Edwards. "But you also have passion. You're not going to know how to do everything correctly." Rookie left tackle Branden Albert, one of two first-round draft picks starting for the Chiefs, injured his elbow in the first half and may not be able to play this week at Carolina.
Edwards was uncertain how much time Albert would miss, but he doubted the rookie would need surgery.
Gonzalez, readily agreeing the victory was more important than anything else, said he was nevertheless disappointed not to have gotten the record at home in front of Chiefs fans who have been so supportive of him. Edwards said that once he became aware that Gonzalez needed only 3 yards, it was late in the game and the Chiefs had only a one-possession lead against an opponent averaging 38 points.
"In a game like that, I couldn't do it. I just couldn't. It wouldn't be fair," Edwards said.
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Alaskan students evaluate Gov. Palin
Palin will face Biden tonight in the only vice-presidential debate
BY JESSE TRIMBLE
jtrimble@kansan.com
Only 11 University of Kansas students hail from Sarah Paliri's home state of Alaska. Palin, running mate to presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, is governor of the same state basketball player Mario Chalmers is from.
Eric Meyer, Fairbanks, Alaska, senior, said that Palin was a good governor, but she wasn't getting his vote Nov. 4.
Tonight Palin will face off with Sen. Joe Biden, Sen. Barack Obama's running mate, in the vice-presidential debates at Washington University in St. Louis at 8 p.m.
"I was shocked when McCain announced Palin as his running mate," Meyer said. "I just thought to myself, 'Does he know what he's doing?'
Meyer, who registered as an Independent when he was a senior in high school, voted for Sen. John Kerry in 2004. Meyer said that many residents of Fairbanks were registered Republicans, but his parents were also registered as Independents. Meyer said that in some ways Palin gave Alaska a bad name.
Meyer said Palin did have strong points despite some faults, pointing out financial problems that Alaskans have faced.
"When she said she could see Russia from her back door and that polar bears aren't endangered when there's all this evidence out there that they are," Meyer said, "I think that was the worst decision for her."
"But she's not going to change my vote," Meyer said, who will be casting his decision for Obama and Biden by way of an absentee ballot for Alaska.
"Plus most of my friends from back home say that she's hot and she'll represent Alaska well in that sense," Meyer said, laughing. He said that she was gun-toting, anti-abortion, and what his friends called a classy conservative.
Bethany Harris, Fairbanks, Alaska senior, still has to decide who she will be voting for.
While attending high school in Alaska, Harris registered to vote as Republican, but upon moving to Kansas to attend the University in 2002 Harris changed to Democrat. She voted for Kerry in 2004.
"Lawrence is just such a politically charged city," Harris said. "It's just part of it."
When she travels back to Alaska, Harris said she got a lot of grief from her family about her change to Democrat.
Since moving to Lawrence, Harris said she had been drawn to more political issues, especially when McCain announced Palin as his running mate.
"My family loves her," Harris said. "They think she's a young, no-nonsense go-getter and they are pretty convinced she will shake up the White House in Washington."
Harris said when Palin was elected as governor in 2006, her family was estatic. She said they were tired of the way the state had been run by the previous governor, who had bought a private jet with taxpayer money for his personal use.
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Visa laws and his refugee status have left one senior without a home country.
BY RYAN MCGEENEY
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Of all the reasons anyone might choose to attend graduate school, this may be the most dire. It may be the only way to maintain a home in the world.
One University senior is faced with such a choice after he graduates with a bachelor's degree in economics in December. He must leave the United States for the ambiguity of a stateless life in the Middle East or extend his schooling for at least another two years in this country, hoping his situation somehow resolves itself.
The senior, although born and raised in the United Arab Emirates, is considered a Palestinian war refugee and is one of tens of thousands of people around the world caught in a complex web of international immigration laws that occasionally result in a situation called "statelessness."
"It's really frustrating, because I have no home on the map," the senior said. "No country that I call home."
"You don't understand what it's like over there," he said, after learning that a cousin had recently been jailed without charge after discussing politics in a coffee shop in Dubai. "There is no freedom of speech, not really."
The senior said his grandfather, who fled Palestine in 1967, was issued a legal
The senior asked that his name be withheld because he fears repercussions from government agencies against himself or his family, most of which still dwell in the UAE.
document by the Egyptian government known as an Egyptian Document of Travel for Palestinian War Refugees. The document, which serves in lieu of full-fledged citizenship in any given country, was passed down through the senior's father — a KU alumnus who now lives in the UAE — to the senior himself, who used the document to travel to the U.S. for study in 2004.
The senior's father owns a business in the United States and possesses an L-1 visa (a temporary document that allows individuals to enter the United States on business). The senior initially came to the U.S. on a L-2 visa, which is issued to the relatives of L-1 visa holders. After a year, however, the senior applied for an F-1 student visa so he could obtain a social security number and work legally in America. This allowed him to earn money in Lawrence, but it also terminated his L-2 visa.
This led to an additional complication: A student must reapply for an F-1 visa every time he leaves the United States. This is done at the U.S. Embassy in the student's home country. But because of his refugee status, UAE authorities would confiscate the senior's refugee travel document upon his arrival as a kind of collateral against the senior simply disappearing into the population. Officials would not return the document until his departure, so there would be no way to present the document at the U.S. Embassy, and no way to obtain a new F-1 visa. If the senior had full citizenship, none of this would be an issue.
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Because of the complications involved, the senior chose not to leave the United States, which led to his current predicament. The UAE required that he return every six months because he lacked full citizenship. When he failed to do this, the UAE terminated whatever citizenship he had.
"I just really didn't think it was that big of a deal at the time," the senior said. "I thought because I was born and raised in that country that I would be an exceptional case. But I was wrong."
Statelessness is often a product of warfare and shifting national boundaries, and occasionally the dissolution of entire countries. It can produce large populations
"We don't have a firm number on it," Erwinsaid, "because we rely on governments to give us those figures. But the research suggests that there may be up to 11,000,000 people globally without a country or nationality of their own."
without citizenship, according to Tim Erwin, a spokesman for the office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees.
The senior's situation, however, is the result of an administrative process not an act of war. The Byzantine nature of immigration and Visa laws can be
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Outrageous romantic entanglements and physical comedy surround the French farce, "A Flea in Her Ear". The
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The women's basketball team will appear on ESPN for the first time since 2000 when they host Iowa at 1 p.m. on Nov. 18. The game is part of a season kickoff on ESPN
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David Ferran, Olathe senior, grimaces as Sam More, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, plays the NCAA Football 09 Xbox video game on campus on Wednesday. EA Games, Coke Zero and Student Union Activities sponsored the event. The winner of the tournament at the University of Kansas will win a free trip to the Rose Bowl and a chance to win $10,000. Ferran won the game against More, but lost in the finals.
Graduate research gets big boost
RESEARCH
BY JOE PREINER
jpreiner@kansan.com
Paying for traveling expenses and presenting research papers around the country just got easier for graduate students.
The Office of Research and Graduate Studies has decided to contribute to the funding already available, doubling the amount of money available to graduate students from $40,000 to $80,000.
The University's Graduate Student Paper Presenter Travel Fund was previously the sole provider of funding. The fund provided $400 grants to graduate students who traveled throughout the country to present research papers at regional and national conferences.
Last year, the Graduate & Professional Association awarded 130 grants to traveling graduate students. The fund could not support the number of graduate students who sought financial support.
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400 dollars for each graduate student travel grant
130 number of grants awarded last year
34,000 increase in dol lars of travel fund
84 — number of grants that have been issued this semester
The funds were split so they would accommodate students traveling in each semester. Funding had to be closed after about 50 students received the travel grant.
Kevin Boatright, director of communications for RGS, said the office had ramped up its funding from $6,000 to $40,000 this year. He said presenting research papers was one way graduate students could get noticed in front of a national audience. The additional funding means more students will have the opportunity to present their research to a national audience.
In past years, the Graduate & Professional Association could fund only 50 grants each semester. Graduate students are taking advantage of the funding increase, claiming 84 grants already this semester.
Boatright said the increase in awards this semester was a sign that the additional funding was needed. He said he was glad the University was able to meet that need more effectively.
Uyanga Bazaa, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, graduate student, was forced to find a job to fund her
travels when grants from the GPA ran out. Bazaa, a Fulbright Scholar, was discouraged from working because of the amount of work her research entailed. She said it took time and effort to find a job on campus.
"The whole process was really a hassle," Bazaa said. "But in the end it was worth the effort."
Although it was difficult, Bazaar raised enough money to attend an international conference in Canada last May; however, several of her classmates were unable to go because of a lack of funding.
Shuang Cai, Tianjin, China, graduate student, received the travel grant last year. She attended a conference for cancer research in San Diego in April, and the grant covered the cost of her round-trip flight. Cai said the grant was helpful in planning for the trip, but not receiving it wouldn't have kept her from going.
Edited by Arthur Hur
ODD NEWS
ODD NEWS Woman wins eBay auction buys Mich. home for $1.75
SAGINAW, Mich. — With a winning bid of just $1.75, a Chicago woman has won an auction for an abandoned home in Saginaw.
Joanne Smith, 30, recently was the top bidder for the home during an auction on eBay, The Saginaw News reported. Her bid was one of eight for the home.
"I am going to try and sell it," she told the newspaper. "I
don't have any plans to move to Saginaw."
Smith said she hasn't seen the property or visited Saginaw, which has been hard-hit by economic troubles in recent years.
There's a notice on the door of the home saying a foreclosure hearing is pending, the newspaper said. She must pay about $850 in back taxes and yard cleanup costs.
The Saginaw News said it could not reach the seller. Southern Investments LLC, for comment.
California bank robbed by 2 bandits on same day
LA MESA, Calif. — Times have been tough for banks everywhere, but a San Diego-area Wells Fargo branch had an especially difficult day this week.
The branch in La Mesa was robbed twice on Monday — by two different robbers.
The men the FBI call "The Hard Hat Bandit" and "The Chatty Bandit" each robbed the branch about three hours apart, authorities said.
FBI spokeswoman April Langwell says "The Chatty Bandit" walked in to the branch about 3 p.m., showed a pistol and demanded cash.
Less than three hours later "The Hard Hat Bandit" walked in and presented a note demanding money.
The FBI believes "The Chatty Bandit" has held up nine banks since March and "The Hard Hat Bandit" has struck three times this week. Neither has been arrested.
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Violence in Bolivia not so far from 'home'
Students worry about tension between Bolivia, U.S.
BY BETSY CUTCLIFF
bcutcliff@kansan.com
Many Bolivian students at the University of Kansas are worried about their home country in the wake of violence that began in mid-September and the resulting tension between Bolivia and the United States.
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Diego Taborga, La Paz, Bolivia, senior, said Bolivia's violence was the result of lawlessness in a country run by the few landowners who controlled most of the country's revenue.
An indigenous Aymara leader reads a newspaper depicting Pando state's opposition Gov. Leopoldo Fernandez and other opponents as they gather outside San Pedro penitentiary in La Paz on Monday. Pando is now under martial law and Fernandez is in jail on charges of allegedly fomenting violence that killed at least 16 people on Sept. 11. KU students from Bolivia are concerned about the violence in their home country and tension between Bolivia and the United States.
"Right now, in Bolivia, there is no justice," Taborga said.
Bolivia, graduate student, said that only the richest landowners — who make up a fraction of Bolivia's population — were behind most of the violence because with nationalization of oil their state's income is drastically reduced.
According to the Associated Press, the uprisings began when anti-government supporters demanded autonomy for the four northern states of Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija and Beni. Supporters of autonomy were unsettled by President Evo Morales' decision to nationalize oil revenues. Violence between the two groups peaked on Sept. 15, when 30 were killed in Pando at an anti-government rally.
Carla Castillo, Santa Cruz,
She said the poorer, indigenous class supported nationalization because Morales would use the new flow of money to implement better social security and welfare programs. According to the New York Times, about 60 percent of Bolivia's 9.1 million people live in poverty, a statistic Castillo and Taborga said increased because of the anti-government violence that has taken over the streets.
Carolina Taborga, La Paz, Bolivia, junior and Diego's sister, said she saw an increase in poverty because of measures taken to control this violence.
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"Merchants who couldn't afford to buy shops used to sell their products on the streets," she said. "But now, because of all the blockades, no one can get to the streets, and the merchants can't sell their items."
land disputes. According to Diego, the lawlessness in the northeastern states makes it impossible for Morales to quell the unrest there. He said that because of the widespread poverty, it was easy for well-financed, anti-government groups to influence, and sometimes bribe, the indigenous population into disregarding the law.
Much of the unrest is related to
"Basically, according to the upper class, the law is a piece of paper that can be burned," Diego said.
The New York Times reported that tensions between Bolivia and the United States rose with the Sept. 10 expulsion of the U.S. diplomat Phillip S, Goldberg for allegedly supporting anti-government groups in eastern Bolivia.
Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, also the United States' top diplomat for Latin America, told the Bloomberg Press the accusation of U.S. dealings with anti-government organizations would cause serious damage to the relationship between the two countries.
But Castillo said the move wasn't intended to weaken Bolivia's
relationship with the American government,
"We have to take precautions because most of the population has been oppressed for so long, we
Castillo and Taborga said they hoped more people in the United States would pay attention to the
don't want to jeopardize it," Castillo said.
violence and potential harm to the oil industry and to Bolivia if civil war broke out.
Edited by Becka Cremer
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Team ready for first ESPN network appearance since 2000
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
When Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson heard the letters E-S-P-N come out of associate athletic director Larry Keating's mouth, it took less than a second for her to say yes.
The time, date and even the opponent were meaningless — she wanted to get her program on "The Worldwide Leader in Sports."
ESPN
"It's a chance to get national exposure that we just couldn't turn down." Henrickson said.
The Jayhawks were scheduled to host Iowa at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Allen Fieldhouse, but ESPN officials contacted both schools to see if they would be interested in moving the game to Tuesday at 1 p.m. for a chance
to appear on the famed sports network. Keating approached Henrickson about the switch and was greeted with an immediate yes.
"A lot of schools probably wouldn't do it," Keating said. "It was a late decision and they didn't have a lot of games to choose from. Our game just happened to be the next day and they came to both Iowa and ourselves and asked us if we would move the game."
Henrickson appeared on ESPN several times while working as the women's basketball coach at Virginia Tech, but the Nov. 18 appearance will be the women's basketball team's first appearance on any of the ESPN networks since she arrived on campus in 2004. In fact, the last time the team was on any ESPN affiliate was Feb. 13, 2000, when the 23rd-ranked
Jayhawks lost 75-72 at Nebraska on ESPN2.
"It's an opportunity for us," Keating said. "The past couple of years, we've had a pretty extensive women's TV package. We've probably had more games on television than any other school in the conference."
Athletics department officials are working with Henrickson to find ways to get as many fans and students to attend as possible. Assistant athletics director Andrew Steinberg said some logistical
problems, including parking, were still trying to be worked out.
Student turnout has been almost nonexistent at women's games in the past, but Henrickson hopes that they can fill the fieldhouse for the national ESPN audience to see.
"I've met with some people in that department several times," Henrickson said. "They areworking on some ideas and concepts but nothing's finalized yet. We're going to try and get some students out there in between classes or after
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WASHINGTON — After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened.
Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and other sweeteners before passing it by a wide margin, 74-25, a month before the presidential and congressional elections.
Senate passes'sweetened' $700B financial bailout
In the House, leaders were working feverishly to convert enough
opponents of the bill to push it through by Friday, just days after lawmakers there stunningly rejected an earlier version and sent markets plunging around the globe.
The rescue package lets the government spend billions of dollars to buy bad mortgage-related securities and other devalued assets held by troubled financial institutions. If successful, advocates say, that would
The measure didn't cause the same uproar in the Senate, where both parties' presidential candidates, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, made rare appearances to cast "ave" votes.
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Even as the Senate voted, House leaders were hunting for the 12 votes they would need to turn around Monday's 228-205 defeat. They were especially targeting the 133 Republicans who voted "no."
allow frozen credit to begin flowing again and prevent a deep recession
Their opposition appeared to be easing after the Senate added $110 billion in tax breaks for businesses and the middle class, plus a provision to raise, from $100,000 to $250,000, the cap on federal deposit insurance.
and Exchange Commission to ease rules that force companies to devalue assets on their balance sheets to reflect the price they can get on the market.
They were also cheering a decision Tuesday by the Securities
The Kansas- Iowa matchup is the only women's game of the 14 games being played that day across the ESPN family of networks.
There were worries, though, that the tax breaks would cause some conservative-leaning Democrats who voted for the rescue Monday to abandon it because it would swell the federal deficit.
"I'm concerned about that," said Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the majority leader.
As revised by the Senate, the package extends several tax breaks popular with businesses.
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"The players are excited," Hendrickson said. "Every kid wants to be on ESPN. They don't care what time the game is at. It's a strange time but hopefully we can get some students in between classes or after class and get a great crowd in there to showcase our program."
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The game is part of an ESPN special that will feature 23 consecutive hours of basketball coverage on Nov.18 to kick off the college basketball season. The KU men's basketball team will host Florida Gulf Coast at 8 p.m. on ESPNU, and the raising of its national championship banner will be aired live on ESPN before the game.
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Man, it must've been hard for Schrödinger at the grocery store.
Why?
Guz he'd never know whether or not to buy rat food.
Man, it must've been hard for Schrödinger at the grocery store.
Why?
Cuz he'd never know whether or not to buy cat food.
Yeah, I guess it's like trying to plan a party when all the guests have RSVP'd "maybe"
Except if he didn't buy food, his cat would surely die.
Well, if you don't buy booze, do you expect anyone to stay at your party?
I suppose it's best to err on the side of caution...
Sara Mac
Act 1: Comedy and affairs French play from 1907 highlights couples' infidelity
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Chandra Hopkins, Cornelia, Ga., graduate student, snarls as character Raymonde Chandebeise, while Cali Gilman, Olathe senior, who plays Lucienne Homenides de Histangua, listens. Hopkins and Gilman play lead roles in the play "A Flea in Her Ear." The play's first performance will be Oct. 3 in the Crafton-Preyer Theater in Murphy Hall.
BY BRANDY ENTSINGER
bentmings@kansan.com
Fast-paced comedy and provocative romantic entanglements set the scene for a spoof on sex in Georges Feydeau's 1907 French farce, "A Flea in Her Ear." The University Theatre will perform an updated version of the comedy beginning tomorrow night.
Jack Wright, professor of theatre and film, directed the show and said it would appeal to students because it showed the trouble couples could get into.
"You wouldn't think anything written in 1907 could be so provocative," Holden said.
Spencer Holdren, Topea senior,
said students would be surprised
at how contemporary many of the
themes in the show were.
The plot centers on a group of couples who are having affairs. The comedy arises because the couples are always discovered before the affairs are consummated.
Cali Gilman, Olathe senior, said students would be entertained by all of the immuendos and situations the characters found themselves in. Holden even appears on stage wearing nothing but boxers and socks.
"This is a very silly sex farce that will keep people laughing at all the outrageous events going on, one on top of the other," Gilman said.
A farce relies heavily on timing. The timing in "A Flea in Her Ear" has to be perfect because every action and line in the show is followed immediately by another action or line.
Although the situations on the stage may look chaotic to the audience, Jeff Sears, Overland Park junior, said the cast had to be in control at all times. Holdren said there was no room for the actors to make a blunder.
"Any minute mistake has dire consequences." Holdren said.
Sears is the only actor who plays two parts in the show — an aristocratic gentleman and a mistreated bellboy. At times, he leaves rehearsals with bruises because he is dragged around the stage by the manager of the Frisky Puss Hotel in his role as bellboy. Sears said switching between the two roles was one of the most challenging parts of the production.
The actors must also take the behaviors of the time period and setting into consideration during the show.
The set features a false proscenium which is the area of the stage in front of the curtain. Wright said they built the additional scenery to make the scene more realistic.
Playwright David Ives wrote the updated translation to the farce. Gilman said the show would introduce students to anew kind of theater.
"There's a certain style involved in doing a French play," Wright said.
Doors play a part in all of Feydeau's work as well. In "A Flea in Her Ear," there are 274 entrances and exits by the actors.
"I think this fast-paced form of comedy challenges what people think theater is and that is an exciting thought," Gilman said.
"A Flea in Her Ear" can be seen at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 3 and 4, and Oct. 9 through 11, and 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 5 in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall. Student tickets can be purchased for $10.
Edited by Arthur Hur
HOROSCOPES
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
This is a good time to balance your checkbook. Figure out how much you have. Odds are good it's more than you thought. Don't forget to figure in all those electronic transfers and finance charges. Look for checks you forgot to deposit.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
A playful competition keeps you on your toes. Don't let this charmer win the argument unless you want to lose. You have a good point, so make sure it's well understood.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7.
Today is a 7
One of the most important parts of your job is knowing when to stop. Don't get so enralled with what you're doing that you forget. You don't get extra points for overdoing it.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Today is a 7
A work-related problem is solved early. After that, you'll find it's much easier to relax.
Don't bring up the topic of money, however, it's too hot.
Save that for later.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Review your recent successes and failures objectively. Take plenty of time to think it over. Give yourself a point for everything you did that worked, and every correction you made.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
The money's coming in, and going out almost as fast. Your assignment, if you're up for the challenge, is to find more ways to cut costs. Start by editing your shopping list ruthlessly.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
You're always good with words, but don't chatter on and on. It's particularly important to listen now instead of talking. Let a friend unload, and be interested. That's a gift you can freely give.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Your friends think the world of you. They'd do anything you ask. Don't let them spend too much of your money, though.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Don't stress about a decision once you've made it; move ahead. There are plenty of other things to keep you occupied. If nothing else, hanging out with your friends is better than worrying.
You and your friends pretty much agree on all the important topics. It's always good to listen to the other side, however. They might come up with an idea you'll find useful.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
Today is a 7
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7
Get into a job you've done a million times before. The routine will make it easy, and you can get a little bit ahead. This will be good, so you can maybe even quit early. Earn some extra time off.
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4 Spencer of "The Insider"
8 Junk e-mail
12 Commotion
13 Rainbow
14 Radius neighbor
15 Video-game controller
17 Night light?
18 Perch
19 Scopolamine source
21 Put one over on
24 Coloring agent
25 Cassowary look-alike
26 Wardrobe malfunction
28 Plotters' group
32 Rocking Jagger
34 Awkward guy
36 Oliver Twist's request
37 Trusty horse
39 "— the Dog"
41 Favorable vote
42 Take to court
44 Powerful starlike object
46 Subterfuge
50 Biz letterhead abbr.
51 Perjurer
52 Buzz Light-year's movie
56 Land measure
57 Curved molding
58 Guitar's kin
59 Holler
60 Defeat
61 Heavy weight
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2 Altar affirmative
3 Chinese food condiment
4 Type of bug?
5 Jackie's second hubby
6 Affluent
7 Requested
8 Ray from Ra?
9 "Not guilty," e.g.
10 Uncredited in "Bartlett's"
11 Lion's pride
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20 Big Apple letters
21 Fixes a skirt
22 Leave out
23 God, in Italian
27 Man-handle
29 Merit-badge earner
30 Vicinity
31 Mad Shake-spearean king
33 Variety of falcon
35 Web site format
38 Payable
40 Masks
43 Praise to the skies
45 Pismire
46 Stage show
47 Houston university
48 Count counter-part
49 African republic
53 "Certainly"
54 Old movie-house letters
55 Longing
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
ALEXANDRA CRISTAL
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Measure the food saved instead of thrown awav
I enjoyed the article about trayless cafeterias, but I disagree with it. I found out today that the no-tray thing is not a trial like it was claimed. I asked when we could expect to have trays back, and I was told that I would be waiting for a very long time. That doesn't sound like a trial to me. But hey, you have to love how the University put up all those signs about the no-tray system and how long it will go on, thus ensuring that everyone is well informed and can give reasonable feedback.
Oh, you didn't see them either? I thought it was just me
And the University also claims that it has reduced food waste. How was this determined? It measured the food that was thrown away for a few days. But I have to ask, if every student "wasted" less food, but the University still buys the same amount, how does that
change anything outside of campus?
Sure, we're putting stuff in landfills, but that's pretty much it. If the University wants to save money (and it does) and save energy (which it claims), why don't we measure how much food the University buys instead of how much it throws away? If we buy less, that saves us money, and the rest of the food can go somewhere else, and we still get to put less food in landfills. Let's do the measurement again, but this time look at the loading dock and not the trash cans.
Oh, and don't forget the burning hot plates that are handed out during the busiest times because nothing says saving energy like losing feeling in the tips of your fingers.
I urge everyone to let the cafeterias know what a horrible idea this is.
- Andrew Simons is a junior from Arma.
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— excerpted from a comment by al13
If the dining halls are saving so much money by not using trays, then we should all be reimbursed for those savings. We paid for all of that food that they are now saving and not getting any of it, or a tray to put any of it on for that matter.
Data taken from one day's activities does not warrant a legit experiment. If they want usable data, they need a longer sample time to account for who eats in the dining hall on a specific day and what is being served.
Students who are forced to go without trays should get reimburse for the money that went towards buying, cleaning, storing and maintaining those trays. I have a feeling it might be a sizable chunk of money, and KU Dining Services will find some reason to take the same amount of money they have in the past, even more, and not tell the students that they cut costs big time and haven't used the extra funds for anything constructive.
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Sex on the Hill proves Constitution is alive
After watching the news and uproar for the last few days, I felt it was my duty as a college graduate and Army officer to throw my opinion into the ring. I fully approve and support your publication of Sex on the Hill and look forward to next year's edition.
Why did I go to college?I went to expand my knowledge base, create new experiences, absorb new ideas and appreciate the differences that others bring to the academic environment. College is all about self-enlightenment. College is about challenging the structured norms that have been ingrained into my mind for the previous two decades by family, church and state. Once college has attempted to mold, shape and influence my existence, I graduate a complete person ready to tackle the challenges of life and
adult responsibility.
As a soldier (and all soldiers before me), I swear an allegiance NOT to a president or Congress, but to defend the U.S. Constitution from all enemies foreign or domestic. Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines have been doing this for hundreds of years, so Americans may have the freedoms our founding fathers established for us. Amendment I states, "Congress shall make no law
... prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." I support that fully. Yes, it pains me to see the flag burned and war memorials downgraded to photography background scenery, but it overwhelmingly warms my heart to know that the Constitution is alive and well here in the United States.
—Gus Bernardo is a Major in the U.S. Army at Fort Leavenworth.
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Are you afraid of all the McCollum buses?
YOU'RE WELCOME
MICHAEL POPE & RYAN SNYDER
Ryan: Freshmen, stop complaining. We hear you at every bus stop, whining about how your bus is two seconds late while everyone else has watched seven for McCollum roll by during the 20-minute wait for their own. This happens daily, and it makes us angry.
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Ryan: Growing up, one of my favorite TV shows was "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" a show on Nickelodeon about spooky stories told by a group of kids around a campfire. I have always wanted to tell tales like they did, and I figure this is as good a time as any to give it a shot. Therefore, I'd like to submit to the Midnight Society (as I throw sugar onto an imaginary fire), The Tale of the Man with No Bus:
**Pope:** And as everyone knows, when we get really mad about something, we vent in a masculine fashion — angrily petting kittens and violently frolicking through meadows. After we've done that, we tell stories. Manly stories.
Jay Hawke was your average college senator at the University. As he exited Smith Hall on a dismal Tuesday afternoon, he tried to peer through the curtains of rain for his usual bus home. At that moment, bus 310 roared into view, and Jay hurried to jump on. Knowing the bus numbers by heart, it made little difference to him that the marquee had stopped working.
"Hey Jerry, did you know the lights aren't work..." He stopped short. "Oh, you're not jerry." The driver, a coarse and unkempt individual, looked up. His mouth turned into an ugly grin, displaying crooked black teeth. Jay recoiled quickly as the bus began to move, and he searched for a seat. Unfortunately, with the weather, the bus was nearly packed full. lay sighed, clinging to a handrail — something about this ride was unsettling.
Lightning flashed outside, and Jay looked down at the passenger seated nearest him. The boy stared blankly ahead, as if nothing were going on behind his eyes. His blue Class of 2012 T-shirt was almost
As the bus approached Snow Hall, Jay suddenly noticed the rest of the passengers sported the same shirt and eerie blank stare. Something very strange was going on. Freshmen did not typically ride to his apartment complex.
too dry.
Jay turned to the driver. "Why aren't all these freshmen riding a McCollum bus? God knows there are enough of them."
The driver sneered as the bus lurched to a stop. "Whattya mean? All buses go to McColum."
Before lay could react, the driver tossed his head back, cackling maniacally as he threw the door switch, admitting a wave of freshmen to file in. Jay was crushed against the onslaught of blue-shirted drones as they mindlessly pushed forward, crowding the bus like a pack of sardines. Pinned to the floor and nearly unconscious, Jay couldn't even hear his own terrified screams over the deafening monotone of his young oppressors: "MEEP, MEEP, MEEP"
MEEP MEEP MEEP
Pope: Well, at least Matt Kleinmann is OK.
"Hold on!" he exclaimed, sprinting after it. The bus continued on, rounding a corner and leaving Jay alone in the middle of the street. "Screw this. I'm not waiting half an hour for the next one." He turned to walk home.
Somewhere on Jayhawk Boulevard a car alarm went off, startling Jay from his nightmare. He found himself on a bench outside Snow Hall, waiting for his bus in a cold sweat. Jay sighed in relief — it was just a bad dream. Looking up, he realized that his bus was pulling away from the stop.
Ryan: No. He was immediately struck and killed by a freshman on a bicycle.
Pope: So what happened next?
Did he ever take the bus again?
Pope is a Kansas City, Kan. senior in English. Snyder is a Leawood senior in English.
What happens when we share a bed with humor
EASILY ENTERTAINED
KATIE BLANKENAU
The word "farce" spoken aloud closely resembles a term for the common bodily function also known as breaking wind. To some, that similarity serves as definition. I must confess that I was once one of those who regarded farce as a ridiculous waste of time, stuffed with low humor calculated to appeal to the undiscerning (which for me at that time included all males).
Thankfully, I have matured. Perhaps that is the wrong expression, but unfortunately "dematured" is not in the dictionary.
At any rate, fare isn't all potty humor and slapstick (though there's plenty of that). Great farce, composed of ludicrously improbable plots based on marriage, misunderstanding and mistaken identity, still manages to relate to our everyday lives. Few examples of the genre surpass Georges Feydeau's "A Flea in Her Ear," the University Theatre's production of which opens Oct. 3, at the Crafton-
"French farce is about the timing and the breakneck speed the actors must engage in," said Jack Wright, the play's director and a professor of theatre and film. "A Flea in Her Ear," set in turn-of-the-century Paris, certainly sets a frenetic pace.
Preyer Theatre.
In the show, Raymonde Chandebeise is convinced of her husband Victor's infidelity after he turns into what her friend Lucienne likens to "a Spanish river" that dries up in the summer. Suspecting the river of seeking another bed, Raymonde cooks up a plot to catch Victor by sending him a letter from an imaginary secret admirer making an assignation at the Frisky Puss Hotel Sound complicated? Just wait.
Lucienne's husband, a Spaniard with a somewhat shaky command of the language, in turn suspects his wife of being the secret admirer. Victor's nephew further complicates the situation by renting a room at the Frisky Puss himself, using only his last name — Chandebise. His speech impediment, an inability to pronounce consonants, doesn't help either. Add an amorous cook, Raymonde's would-be lover, an aggressive Englishman and Victor's double
(to name a few) and you have the ingredients for mayhem.
"Feydeau's face has been called the theater of the 100 doors," Wright said, and the characters live up to the nickname. They pop in and out of the Frisky Puss' rooms like jack-in-the-boxes. By Wright's count, the actors move in and out of doors 274 times.
In spite of the hilarious frenzy,
"A Flea in Her Ear," like all good farce, has its foundation in the irony of life.
"Comedy for me comes, just like in our own lives, when the characters have to fight to remain cool and collected while the world around them becomes increasingly ridiculous and absurd," said Chandra Hopkins, who plays Raymonde, in an e-mail.
In the end, farce celebrates the bed that humanity and humor must share.
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Chuck Norris still can't even do the easiest of Sudokus, and I know he won't even try the Cryptouquin
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Next week is my birthday, and I don't have anybody to have birthday sex with, once again.
Don't worry. I've never had it.
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Man, I wish I was Michael Phelps so I could eat anything.
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Saturday?
Wait, so the Stauffer Family Music Festival gets an article in The Kansan, but not the carnival which had more than 3,000 people come to it on Saturday?
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Hey, if KU is a dry campus, why are those who go to the Dole Institute allowed to party like a bunch of rhinos? I've seen people coming out of there with wine by the case
I don't care how festive your desk is, or if you have been with your boyfriend for four months, I want to read something offensive.
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To the girl who said that she is supposed to fall in love with a guy whose name starts with an "i": The name i starts with an "i". I'm your baby, baby.
Chalk graffiti war between DJ Seth Wind and DJ Parlay.
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ALASKA (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
"I texted my family right away," Harris said. "I asked them if they knew what was going on, because it's a pretty big deal."
Harris said that because Palin would be on the ticket in November that it presented a problem for her on who to root for. She said that she was excited about Palin and that the state of Alaska was excited as well, but she wasn't as socially conservative as Palin and didn't agree with all of her policies.
As far as the famous "Saturday Night Live" skit, featuring Tina Fey as Palin, Harris said sometimes she just had to laugh.
"It's frustrating for me," Harris said. "I'm not in Alaska so I'm looking at it from the other side of things where everyone is laughing at Alaska and I get a bit defensive at times, but then I laugh, too." Harris said she thought the SNL skit was hilarious and that every state had its stereotypes.
Luke Cronin, Anchorage, Alaska, junior, said he was a registered Republican in Alaska and he was going to stay that way. Cronin will be receiving an absentee ballot from his home state this year to cast his vote.
COUNTRY FIRST
Cronin said he was leaning for McCain, but overall, he wasn't excited about either candidate. When it came to Palin, though, Cronin said he supported her all the way.
"I really like her as our governor," he said. "She has done a lot for our state that a lot of people don't really focus on."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaks as her daughter Willow, left, Cindy McCain and Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., look on during a campaign rally at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday. Eleven students at the University are from Alaska.
paid $2,000 to $3,000 per year to live in Alaska because the state revenue was so high and that as governor, Palin decided to provide residents with an extra $1,200 this year to help with the rising cost of living.
Cronin said that everyone was
"It's really expensive to live there," Cronin said. "She does what the people want and I'm definitely pulling for her."
"She needs work when it comes to foreign policy," Cronin said. "But as far as doing what people want for the good of Alaska, she's done a great job with that."
Cronin said he was unsure about Palin as vice president and that he thought she might be in over her head.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sean Pauzauskie, Anchorage, Alaska, medical student, said overall people were unaware of the issues Alaskans had to deal with.
"Pipelines, oil, wildlife conservation," Pauzawskie said. "Those are things you don't see in every state. Alaska is unique because of its geography."
Pauzauskie voted Democratic in the 2004 elections, but said this year he wasn't sure how he would vote. Pauzauskie said it was a pride thing.
"It's a point of pride for everyone in the state of Alaska and it's sort of like when Bob Dole was on the ticket in 1996," Pauzauskie said. "Even if you're not part of that party, it's great to get recognition of your state."
Pauzauskie said McCain knew what he was doing when he chose Palin, and said he didn't think
"I think the negative feedback against her really has more to do with her personally and not so
much with the fact that she's from an old state," Pauzauskie said.
Pauzauskie said he had visited Palin's hometown of Wasilla and would compare it to the size of
Tonganoxie.
"I'm kind of torn when it comes to voting this year," Pauzauskie said. "It's my home state versus my current state. With Obama being
from the Midwest and Palin being from Alaska, I'll have to weigh one against the other."
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particularly acute as they relate to Palestinians, Phillip Schrodt, professor of political science, said.
"It's just a complete legal nightmare," Schrodt said. "There is no typical way in which these things are resolved. That's what drives you crazy."
Schrodt was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to teach in the West Bank, in the area commonly referred to as the Occupied Territories, in 1996. He said he has returned to the area about a dozen times in the years since.
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"I'll give you an example," Schrodt said. "If you're a Palestinian in the West Bank, there are seven different sets of laws that may apply to you, going all the way back to the Ottoman Empire, or maybe it's Jordanian law, or maybe it's Israeli law, or Israeli military law and so on. The problem is that because that situation is still unresolved after 60 years, these people are in legal limbo. You have no idea what you're running into."
Schrodt said that it was important to remember that this situation was not unique to the UAE.
"The UAE is no more guilty of this than dozens of other Arab countries, as well as Western countries and Israel," Schrodt said.
A contributing factor to predicants like the senior's is the relatively "hands-off" approach
most government agencies — both in the United States and abroad — tend to bring to the situation. Rekha Sharma-Crawford, an immigration attorney in Overland Park and former District Attorney in Lawrence and Wichita, said that while each immigration case was different, most shared a common element of indifference from the U.S. government.
"Just because he is 'stateless' is not going to be a basis for the U.S. government to allow him to remain in the United States," Sharma-Crawford said.
Marry Lou Cabrera, a spokeswoman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said that agencies are bound by a legal framework.
"We do welcome people coming in on student visas and temporary visas," Cabrera said. "But we do have our restrictions as well. We're
granting them the opportunity to come here, but it's a temporary situation. It's not a permanent situation.
"I'm not saying, 'it's not our problem,'" Cabrera said. "I'm saying that we did grant him a temporary visa."
In June, the senior's travel document went missing, although that has been the least of his worries.
"It's really worthless," he said. "It's not worth the ink that is written on it. It used to have value, but right now, they're not considering it."
The senior said his application for political asylum in the United States was denied because the UAE was considered stable, and he was not considered likely to face persecution if he were allowed to return. In addition to applying to graduate school or optional
practical training, is available to F-1 visa holders. The senior also has the option of marriage to a U.S. citizen.
"That's just crazy," the senior said. "I'm not going down that road."
Recently, the International Student and Scholar Services office informed the senior that he would soon be issued an I-20 form, requiring him to leave the country no later than February, two months after his F-1 visa expires.
That is how the senior began to consider extending his educational plans to graduate school. Without an F-1, L-2 or refugee travel document, neither the UAE, nor any other country, with the exception of Somalia, currently considered a "failed state" by the U.S. State Department, will grant him citizenship.
Although some countries are
willing to grant 30-day tourist visas, they are by no means a permanent solution. If the senior travels to the UAE or Egypt, for example, he would have 30 days to find a job in the country. When asked for comment on individuals in situations like the senior's, the UAE Embassy in Washington, D.C., replied in an e-mail: "The door is open for the student to apply for the visa through the proper channels. Also he can apply for a job in the booming and vibrant economy."
But because of economic structures, not every job ensures citizenship.
"If I have grad school, I have a better chance of getting a job that will ensure me a resident card," the senior said. "I'm thinking about an MBA right now."
Edited by Becka Cremer
**Erin Pfannenstiel, library assistant at Watson Library, read a passage from "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker aloud Wednesday afternoon in front of Watson. Pfannenstiel, 2003 graduate, was reading as part of KILIЯRANN'Banned Book Week.**
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Students and faculty gathered in front of Watson Library on Wednesday to listen as KU faculty members read aloud passages from books that had been banned or challenged in schools. The second annual "read-out" commemorated the American Libraries Association's Banned Books Week, which is Sept. 27 to Oct. 4.
Erin Pfannenstiel, KU library assistant, read passages from one of her favorite books, "The Color Purple." Only 16 years ago, Alice Walker's novel, which focuses on female African-American life in the South during the 1930s, was labeled "smut" and banned by a Pennsylvania school district.
Flannentniel said she decided to participate in the event because she noticed that all her favorite books had, at one point, been on the banned books list.
"I saw that people didn't have the same access to the books that helped shape who I am," Pfannenstiel said. "I got to read whatever sounded interesting to me."
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According to the ALA Web site, its Office for Intellectual Freedom received 420 book challenges last year. The site said a challenge was a formal, written complaint that had been filed with a library or school requesting the removal of
Rebecca Smith, KU Libraries director of communications, said although the ALA was working hard to spread awareness of book banning, it was something people would continue to face. She said all viewpoints deserved to be heard, regardless of their popularity.
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"It is important to celebrate the freedom to choose when it comes to what one wants to read," Smith said.
Alex Hubbard, Overland Park freshman, graduated last year from Blue Valley West High School. She said her school banned William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" because of violence. She said she thought banning books was ridiculous.
Many groups and individuals in Kansas advocating higher literary standards in schools have worked to remove certain materials or assigned books from high school curricula. Some of them have succeeded and some students have noticed.
Lea Currie, head of the collection development for KU Libraries, said the KU Libraries' collection was selected based on whether it supported the research of KU faculty and students.
"Some of those books are classics and we need to read them because they are life-changing," Hubbard said.
She said most faculty and students appreciated the variety of materials available in the KU libraries, but some community members who had library memberships borrowed books on controversial topics such as abortion and did not return them.
"It's their form of censorship"
Currie said.
She said the libraries generally
replaced the books if they were stol len.
KU Libraries also designed a series of bookmarks to raise awareness of the importance of the free and fair accessibility and use of information.
libraries. That list includes books like Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and James Joyce's "Ulysses." Oread Books, located on the second level of the Kansas Union, also displayed a history of banned books in North America.
Smith said the bookmarks highlighted various books that had been traditionally banned or challenged that were available in KU
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Freshman forward Emily Cressy (right) hugs a junior midfielder after hitting a shot just out of reach of the goalkeepers hand. Kansas defeated the University of Alabama at Birmingham 5-2 Friday afternoon at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
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Deafness doesn't affect Emily Cressy's prowess on the field
BY ANDREW WIEBE
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For 90 minutes Emily Cressy is just like everyone else.
Except for one thing.
From the time she steps between the white chalk lines until the final whistle blows, it's impossible to distinguish her 5-foot-5-inch frame from the rest of the 21 other players on the field.
Cressy's head is always up, neck on a swivel as she processes her surroundings. Her eyes scour the field, searching for the ball, a teammate's eyes or a crease in the defense.
Coach Mark Francis screams instructions from the sidelines. But Cressy doesn't hear him.
She's deaf. The game is her escape.
"When I'm on the field, I'm not just a deaf person," she said.
Here, on a rectangular patch of grass with goalposts on both ends, Cressy is just a 19-year-old college student from Ventura, Calif. Her hair — blonde until a recent dark dye job — obscures the hearing aid in her left ear.
Cressy never let her impairment hold her down, and once she found soccer, she never looked back. She found a comfort zone on the field.
It's the only physical sign of the hearing impairment that doctors discovered months after she was born.
Her teams won tournament after tournament. Her play attracted awards. And she was a teen Olympian, chosen to represent her country in Australia as one of its most gifted deaf athletes.
Then Kansas came calling. Cressy knew right away that Mount Oread was where she wanted to take her game to the next level as a collegiate athlete.
The game was also there when times weren't so good. A welcome escape when fate finally took the little hearing she had in her right ear. Then so close, but just out of her reach, when she took a redshirt to focus on academics.
"When she is out there, she loves the game," her mother, Rhonda, said.
At first she kept it to herself, discreetly testing Cressy with a finger snap or a few gentle words when her daughter wasn't looking.
--to an audiologist. Four visits later the doctor delivered the news. Cressy was born with severe to profound hearing loss. With hearing aids she would have some residual hearing. No one was certain how long it would last.
It was Cressy's grandmother who first noticed something peculiar about her 6-month-old granddaughter.
The baby didn't respond to sound.
"I don't think she wanted to scare me"
Rhonda said.
Eventually the family had no choice to seek help. Rhonda and Rick took Cressy
Rhonda was devastated, as at time went on and Cressy grew up, it became clear she wouldn't be held back by her hearing loss.
just one of many in a large extended family, Cressy never felt like an anomaly. The second of three girls, she was never short of playmates. With the help of hearing aids she developed her speech to the point that most people never noticed her impairment.
"Growing up, we just treated her the same?" Rhonda said.
And she found soccer. Following closely in the footsteps of her older sister, Erica, Cressy began dominating American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) recreational-league soccer at the age of four. She was hooked from the start, playing with Erica, boys from her neighborhood and whoever else wanted to kick the ball around.
"I just wanted to play soccer." Cressy said.
There was plenty of time for that in temperate Ventura. Soccer helped her cope with the daily reminder that she was different.
"She doesn't let it get her down too often," Rhonda said. "I think sometimes it does get to her, but for the most part she is very upbeat. She has always been like that."
Cressy excelled on the soccer field, garnering interest from a Ventura youth coach when she was eight. He wanted Cressy on his team.
Despite Rick and Rhonda's initial apprehension, Cressy joined the Eagles the next year. The Eagles captured two national titles and won more than 70 percent of their games in the next eight years.
"We weren't that good in the beginning." Cressy said modestly.
She was at the center of the action as always, capturing the title of top scorer and MVP at the 2007 U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Frisco, Texas.
The Eagles had chemistry on and off the field. Cressy developed lifelong friendships, and her teammates made sure she felt like one of the girls.
"It sort of was a little family for her." Rhonda said. "All the girls started out together, and they were all good players. A lot of them learned sign language so they could help Emily so I think that made her feel very comfortable."
She thrived. Other coaches took notice.
--the Jayhawks in 2008. His 37 catches are tops in the nation — an average of 9.25 per game that just edges out James Casey of Rice, who is averaging 9.0.
SOCCER
It's January 2005. Cressy stands in a bustling terminal of Los Angeles International Airport surrounded by people clad in nothing but red, white and blue. Her parents stand beside her, her teammates next to them.
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Meier keeps his eye on the prize
Leading the nation in receptions per game, he wants a shot at the NFL
BY B.J. RAINS rains@kansan.com
Jayhawk broadcaster Bob Davis calls him "Old Reliable." Quarterback Todd Reesing refers to him as "Old Faithful."
But for junior wide receiver Kerry Meier, calling him by his name would be just fine.
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"I don't know about old," Meier said, "But I guess you can call me faithful."
Meier has been both reliable and faithful for
Meier
"It's still kind of strange to me," Meier said of leading the nations in receptions. "It's not what I thought was going to happen."
Meier's success at the wide receiver position is truly remarkable when you realize that he only spends about 30 minutes of each practice working with the wide receivers. He still spends almost
two hours of each practice working on his job as the back-up quarterback.
"I'm still learning a lot at quarterback," Meier said. "In college football, you never know what's going to happen on the next play. I have
Meier's college career got off to a rocky start when he was injured for part of the 2006 season before losing his job to Todd Reesing a year ago. Instead of transferring, Meier made the unusual transition to wide
to be readv."
receiver and has become the Jayhawks' go-to receiver through the first four games of the season.
After never lining up at receiver and catching a pass before last September, Meier now has thoughts of playing in the sport's ultimate destination: the NFL.
"I still have all of this year and all of next season as well, but that's why I came to college football — to play in the NFL."
Meier's oldest brother Shadley played at Kansas State and went on to play six years in the NFL as a tight end for both the Tennessee Titans and the New
"I still have all of this year and all of next season as well, but that's why I came to college football — to play in the NFL," Meier said. "If it's not in your mind, then I don't really know why you're playing the
KERRY MEIER Junior wide receiver
game. It's always been a goal of mine."
Orleans Saints. He has another brother, Dylan, who plays professionally in Germany.
Meier's switch to wide receiver may be the best decision he will ever make. The former Sports Illustrated cover boy now has become one of the most crucial
pieces to the Jayhawks success in 2008. A guy that continues to learn every day, Meier is just going to sit back and see where his magical ride will take him.
"It's just like life; anything can happen" Meier said. "You just have to roll with the punches and keep coming at it. In the end, hopefully you will be happy with the outcome."
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COMMENTARY
Sports fans: What does cash crisis mean for us?
We are living in a time of uncertainty. As of press time, the House of Representatives was poised to vote on a revised bailout bill Wednesday evening. But with how things have gone lately, ritual human sacrifice and cannibalism are as likely to happen in Washington by the time this paper reaches your hands.
Meanwhile in Atlanta, there is virtually no gas. And in Iraq, today's weather is 105 degrees with a chance of continued warfare.
Danic. Fear. Loathing.
What are Trees?
When our Treasury Secretary knelt on his knee and pleaded with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week during talks regarding the economic crisis, no one should have been surprised days later when the financial bailout bill failed.
What does it all mean for us? You know, pretty fine.
Kansas football opens Big 12 play Saturday at Iowa State as we ponder the Jayhawks' chances in league play while wondering at the same time if there will be loan money available next year to come back to school.
It is a clash of priorities, an attempt to gain some much needed enjoyment from our sports teams or the latest episode of
Our leaders would much rather point fingers than put aside political differences and start fixing this damn fine mess we're in.
Oh, but the Dow was up 485 points Tuesday. Well it was down almost 800 the day before.
"The Office" while pure darkness stares in the face.
BY STEPHEN MONTEMAYOR
smontemayor@kansan.com
Gas is only $3.25!
It was roughly a dollar less a year ago.
It has never been so easy to forecast a future in which many of us are cooped up inside with a shotgun in tow, ready to put a hole in anyone trying to wrangle away our baked beans.
It has never been so easy to lose focus on the things that make us smile.
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quote of the dav
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George Will, national columnist
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Softball: Western Illinois, 11 a.m. (Iowa City, Iowa)
Football: Iowa State, 11:30 a.m. (Ames, Iowa)
Softball: Iowa, 4 p.m. (Iowa City, Iowa)
Volleyball: Texas Tech, 7 p.m. (Lubbock, Texas)
Cross Country: OSU Jamboree, TBA (Stillwater, Okla.)
Rowing: Head of the Oklahoma, all day (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Tennis? Yeah. Tennis.
You heard the news, didn't you? Lif Wayne, the hip hop artist famous for the song "Lollipop" — among others — is writing a sports blog for ESPN.com.
Lil'Wayne
Here are a couple of fun tidbits from Mr. Wayne's first post.
"I had a lot of people over to my place to watch the Wimbledon
Wayne, who grew up in New Orleans and celebrated his 26th birthday Saturday, loves the Packers, loves the Red Sox and – get this – loves tennis.
[Image of a black man with dark skin and long black dreadlocks].
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Softball: Western Illinois, 10 a.m.
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Softball: Iowa, 12:30 p.m. ( Iowa
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Soccer: Colorado, 1 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Turns out the guy can't get enough of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
final this year, and we went crazy"
Wayne writes on his blog.
BY RUSTIN DODD
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"I love Federer, but Nadal is my
"I love his motivation and his heart is big. He leaves it on the court.
favorite. He's the man.
"And when I found out he still lives with his family despite his success, that was it for me."
Makes you wonder. Where does the rest of the hip-hop world stand on the Federer-Nadal debate? First let's do the easy ones.
Jay-Z — He's definitely a Federer guy, After Jay-Z "retired" for the first time, Lil' Wayne dubbed H.O.V.A. the greatest rapper in the world. You'd think that Jay-Z.
the greatest rapper, would favor Federer, the greatest tennis player in the world.
Kanye West — We'll say West would probably side with Nadal.
According to an Associated Press story, the class — which the school started offering in 2005 — attempts to explore baseball's ties to politics, religion, race, gender and class.
Hmm. Sounds interesting.
Common — Common may be the smoothest hip-hop artist in the world. When you talk smooth,you know you're in Federer-land.
Now that Bates College has set the precedent, I'm hoping the University of Kansas follows suit. Here's an idea. How about a management class title, "Chiefs Nation: How to take a successful business and run it into the ground." Can you say Prof. Carl Peterson?
Quick, name the most ridiculous class you've taken at Kansas? Of course, I mean ridiculous in the "Wow, I can't believe that's a college class" sense. And don't count bowling, marathon training or the principles of coaching volleyball Anyway, chances are you've never taken a class like the one they're offering at Bates College in Maine. The small liberal arts college with an approximate enrollment of 1,700 offers a class titled, "Red Sox Nation":
Lil Scrappy — This one is too easy. If Nadal were an MC, he'd go by Lil' Scrappy.
Snoop Dogg — Just like Federer is old-school, Snoop is a throwback — a reminder of Tupac, NWA and the rest of the West Coast kings who used to reign over the hip-hop world.
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So Common may or may not be a Federaer guy. But he's definitely a Kansas guy. Need proof? Common, who grew up in Chicago,
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Derrick Johnson breaks out against Denver
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three years after the Kansas City Chiefs drafted Derrick Johnson as a playmaking linebacker, they've finally decided to let him be one.
Told to forget about the details and techniques of his position and fly to the ball as he had done as an All-American at Texas, Johnson responded with perhaps his finest game as a pro. He had seven tackles and half a sack, made an interception and forced a fumble that led to a touchdown in Kansas City's 33-19 victory over Denver
last Sunday.
On Wednesday, he learned he had been named AFC defensive player of the week.
"He was always trying to read everything exactly right," said coach Herm Edwards. "You still have to read your keys, but he's athletic enough to where if he just sees the ball, he can make a lot of plays. I think he started seeing the ball better, not worrying so much about techniques. The technique's going to come."
The breakthrough game by the 6-foot-3, 242-pounder could not have come at a better time. The Chiefs (1-3) had lost 12 straight
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"I knew it was a big game, a division game," said Johnson. "I wasn't thinking a lot. I didn't really care if I messed up. It wasn't that I wasn't going to play within the scheme. It's just that I was putting it all on the line."
Johnson, drafted out of Texas in the first round in 2005, was projected from the outset as a star. But his career has been slower to take off than most people expected — a product, Edwards said, of his being subjected to different coaches and different schemes while trying to adjust to the NFL.
"Back in Texas, I was more of a freelance player within the defense," Johnson said. "Let me shoot gaps; let me do my thing. One thing Gun kept telling me was. Just put all the scheme out of your mind, all the responsibilities out of your mind. You know the defense entirely. Just go out there and play like you're at Texas."
the fourth-year linebacker said the full effect of the victory, and his part in it, didn't hit him until he got home.
Key to his change in approach was a meeting with defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham.
"I started exhaling when I went home," he said. "When you're out there on the field you're trying to make plays. You're expecting to make plays. I was more excited with the win. But at the same time, you want to play well. I definitely had a pretty good game. I want to repeat that, man. That felt really good."
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Like her, they are all hearing-impaired athletes. Like her, they are all departing for the Deaflympics in Melbourne, Australia.
"It kind of hit her then what this all meant," Rhonda said.
At 14, Cressy is an Olympian. Two weeks later she will be an Olympic gold medalist.
The gregarious "team baby"
The gregari starts all seven games for the Americans at left defender, scoring a goal in the preliminary rounds against Russia and co-captaining the team when veteran Erin Coppedge is rested for the semifinal.
"It was a hard time for Emily, and the most I've seen her struggle with it."
"I was the smallest one" Cressy said, grinning at the thought.
Surrounded by so many successful deaf athletes and role models, Cressy soaked up everything about the games. She matured. She gained perspective. And she found even more friends who shared a passion for soccer.
"Maybe if she did it now, five years later, it would be a totally different experience," Rhonda said. "But I think for being such a young person it was just an eye-opener for her."
--gone. She was deaf. And she was devastated.
The day was always coming - case of when rather than if.
Cressy was a sixth-grader when she first noticed the hearing in her right ear starting to fade. It didn't stop. For the next four years, her hearing deteriorated until the day the doctors had warned Rhonda about finally came.
One day Cressy, now a sophomore at Ventura High School, removed the hearing aid in her right ear for good. The little hearing she had in her right ear was
"It was a hard time for Emily, and the most I've seen her struggle with it." Rhonda said. "She was almost able to accept what she had, even though it wasn't 100 percent."
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The loss took its toll.
All her life Cressy had blended in remarkably with the help of hearing aids. She could pick up most conversations around her. She didn't have many deaf friends other than the acquaintances in her classes at school.
RHONDA CRESSY Mother of Emily Cressy
Freshman forward Emily Cressy settles a ball during the first half against Auburn. Cressy has five goals and two assists so far during her first season as a Jayhawk.
Cressy stayed home from school. She cried. Her family and friends grieved with her, devastated to see their daughter, sister and teammate in such a
dark place.
They also celebrated with her when Cressy bounced back and picked up where she had left off, in the place she always felt comfortable; the soccer field.
She transferred to nearby Buena High, where she had more friends. Buena was closer to home too and offered all the academic assistance Cressy needed.
Under coach Trish Butterbaugh, she made the move to forward from left midfield after an injury kept one her teammates on the sidelines for an extended period. Cressy's talent with a ball at her feet shone through once again. Butterbaugh made the move permanent, and the results were immediate.
"It completely changed the dynamic of our team," Butterbaugh said.
Cressy scored 16 goals and passed out 11 assists as a senior and was named player of the year in Ventura County. She carried Buena in the playoffs, finding the back of the net six times but narrowly missing out on a trip to the state finals after losing in the semifinals on Buena's home field.
"We lost in penalty kicks," Cressy said. "It happens."
Recruitment letters steadily found their way into the Cressys' mailbox. Some of the elite schools on the West Coast showed interest in Cressy. UCLA. Pepperdine.
But she wasn't so sure she wanted to be close to home. Cressy wanted to see what was out there. See where she fit best. Where she felt most comfortable.
She caught Kansas coach Mark Francis' eye. Like so many coaches before him, he liked what he saw.
--goal-scorer. So Francis made the 120-mile drive to Los Angeles to watch Cressy and the Eagles play.
One month into Cressy's junior year of high school, she found the school she had been searching for. The California girl was heading to the Midwest.
Kansas was playing in a September tournament in San Diego. The Jayhawks needed a
"When you're recruiting, anyone who scores goals automatically catches your attention," Francis said.
He invited Cressy to watch the Jayhawk play that weekend against San Diego and No. 15 Pepperdine. They split the pair, losing to Peppardine 3-2, but Cressy loved Kansas' style of play. It was similar to the one the Eagles employed and enough to convince Cressy to make an unofficial visit to Lawrence.
One visit was all it took. Cressy didn't hesitate. The campus was beautiful, the people were friendly and the soccer program played to her strengths as a player. Kansas was where she wanted to be.
"It really felt like a family, like I belonged here," she said.
Cressy wanted to commit right away, but Rhonda wasn't so sure. She didn't want 1,640 miles separating her from her daughter. After all, she reminded Cressy, it was the first of her college visits.
But her daughter didn't waver. It was Kansas or bust. Cressy committed. She was a Jayhawk.
"I wanted to keep her close to me." Rhonda said.
When Cressy finally arrived on campus in early August 2007, it looked as though she had made the right choice. Her roommate, freshman defender Lauren Jackson, was from just down the road in Long Beach. The two already knew each other from the California club soccer scene.
But only a few weeks into her fresh man campaign, her mental state took a crushing blow. With the help of the coaching staff and her advisor, Cressy decided to redshirt in order to focus on balancing the rigors of a collegiate course load and the demands of college athletics.
She could practice, but she couldn't dress or travel with the team. Soccer, her competitive escape, was gone, and she had trouble adapting. Most of all she was lonely.
By spring break Cressy was doubting her choice. She missed her family and friends. Without competing on the field she felt alone and separated from the rest of the team. On one of many visits home, Cressy told her parents she didn't want to go back.
"I didn't really get to bond with the team as much as I wanted to," Cressy said.
"She is a natural goal-scorer. How well she does and how many goals she scores is really up to her."
Her parents didn't give in that easily.
"As much as we wanted her to be close to us,we encouraged her that she had to give it a try," Rhonda said.
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Kansas spent nine days in soccer-obsessed Brazil training, playing exhibition games and generally enjoying the locale. More importantly, Cressy was back on the field. And she was determined to contribute after a year spent looking on.
So far it seems that way. Cressy has scored five times in 10 games; meanwhile Kansas finished non-conference play with six victories
Afterward, Francis raves about Cressy's composure and ability to conjure chances from nothing. It's become a common occurrence with Francis. He has been predicting big things from Cressy since before the season began in August.
"She is a natural goal-scorer," Francis said. "How well she does and how many goals she scores is really up to her."
center forward. And in the games that followed she took advantage of the opportunity.
With a defender on her hip, she instinctively pivots and fires past a frozen goalkeeper, sending the Kansas bench into hysterics and Francis leaping off the bench to unleash a ferocious fist pump.
--for the first time since 2004, the last time it made the NCAA tournament.
This day is no different. Auburn is four minutes away from recording a hard-fought draw before Cressy turns an innocuous clearance from Jackson into a 2-1 Kansas victory. The Tigers allow Jackson's boot to bounce in the penalty area, committing one of soccer's cardinal sins. Cressy makes them pay dearly.
When the first practices rolled around in August, Cressy's play made her Francis' first-choice
"She doesn't let anyone tell her something she can't do," Jackson said. "If she puts her mind to it, she can do it."
Cressy is always lurking. Always ready to spring onto a loose ball or a hopeful pass behind the defense. She's a pure score, and she rarely finds herself denied.
Cressy hasn't had a sniff all day.
Not that it matters.
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a freshman and owns nearly every one of Kansas' offensive records.
Those records could one day belong to Cressy. If her current pace is any indication — Cressy is on pace to score 10 goals this season — Smith's record could be in jeopardy. It's something Francis posed as a legitimate possibility before Cressy had played a game in crimson and blue.
"Her awareness is great," Francis said of his newest freshman sensation. "Because she can't hear, she has to have that much more awareness tactically."
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Cressy admits her right foot could still use some work, but she has three more years to whip her
Freshman forward Emily Cressy (21) looks to her interpreter during halftime to see what the coach Mark Francis said. Cressy has quickly become a key element of this year's team.
weaker peg into shape. Three more years as a Jawhawk.
It's a bright, clear September afternoon. Practice is over, and Kansas' 28 players gradually file away to the locker rooms to clean up and change.
Cressy chats with teammates. A giant grin covers her face. She is busy but happy. She is studying to be a teacher, and she hopes to one day give professional soccer a try.
"My life is just school, soccer, sleep," Cressy said.
In between she fits in time with her boyfriend, her friends on the softball team and, of course, Facebook. After a season on the outskirts, Cressy finally feels like part of the team.
"Emily has a great heart," senior midfielder Jessica Bush said.
Barring injury or a sudden fall in
form, Cressy should start all 19 of Kansas' games this season. She just wants to improve. And she wants to help lead the Jayhawks to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2004.
She stays in touch with her family and her former teammates on the Eagles by webcam. She talks, they type. Cressy still misses California. But the transfer talk is ancient history.
She's savoring the college experience, loving her life in Lawrence. Just like everyone else.
The deaf national team is beckoning again as well. The Deaflympics are on the horizon, beginning next fall in Chinese Taipei. The timing will mean Cressy probably won't be able to join her teammates until the after the national team's two-week training camp preceding the games.
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Freshman forward Emily Cressy, right, introduces herself to fellow classmate Jessica Habluebert, Olathe junior, during a behavioral sciences class in Malott Hall Friday afternoon. After taking a redshirt last year, she has helped the Jayhawks to a 7-3 record so far this season.
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BIG 12 FOOTBALL
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Teams gear up for conference play
Oklahoma State wide receiver, Dez Bryant (1) catches a touchdown pass over Troy defensive back Trevor Ford (5) during the first half on Saturday in Stillwater, Okla. at Boone Pickens Stadium.
BY TAYLOR BERN
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For the first time since Sep. 22, 2002, six Big 12 teams are ranked in the top 25 of the Associated Press poll. After the shakeup at the top, the Big 12 now has four of the top eight teams in the country and the consensus No. 1 in Oklahoma
This weekend, those six ranked teams open conference play with games against the six unranked squads of the Big 12.
The rankings bring plenty of welcome attention to the conference, but they also remind Big 12 coaches just how difficult this season will be.
"It's a tall order," Iowa State coach Gene Chizik said. "But that's what makes it fun. It's neat to be in a league that it's getting so strong."
Iowa State, which plays No. 16 Kansas on Saturday, is one of five unranked teams that will host a ranked conference opponent this weekend.
The only ranked Big 12 team at home this weekend is Oklahoma State, which jumped into the poll at No. 1.
No.21 this week
Oklahoma State
hosts Texas
A&M at 6 p.m.
on Saturday.
"I think the players get excited about the ranking, but it's not something we talk
Gundy
about," Cowboy coach Mike Gundy said. "We're more interested in the task at hand."
FIRST AND FOREMOST
There's a first time for everything, and Saturday's contest between No. 1 Oklahoma and Baylor features a host of them.
Firstly, Oklahoma's ascension to the top of the AP poll made history, as the Sooners have now held the top spot for the most weeks (96) in the history of the poll.
Coach Bob Stoops said he doesn't think the historical top spot will make the target on the Sooners' back any larger.
"We generally have a good-sized one regardless of the ranking,"
Stoops said
Saturday's game in Waco is also the first conference clash for a pair of leading Bears.
BERT SMITH
Coach Art Briles and freshman quar
Stoops
terback Robert Griffin will get their first tastes of Big 12 play against the best team in the country.
"The challenge is with ourselves," Briles said. "We're playing for respectability and credibility. It's not about a notch on our belt or a feather in our cap. We've got to play hard for 60 minutes."
PLAYSTATION ANYBODY?
Coaches and fans got used to offensive numbers coming from
Texas Tech that looked like they were straight out of a video tame.
The Red Raiders still lead the conference, and the country, in passing yards with 426.2 per game. But right now they're taking a backseat to some of the other ridiculous numbers put up by Big 12 offenses this season.
Six conference schools average at least 45 points per game, which puts each one in the top 10 nationally. Missouri, which tops that point list, is just 4.5 yards per game shy of averaging 600 total offensive yards every time it takes the field.
"It all sorts out when you start playing each other," Pinkel said. "We'll see how it unfolds but it will be very, very interesting."
Terrific quarterbacks continue to dominate the league with amazing statistics. Not the least of which
Tigers coach Gary Pinkel said he's keeping pretty even-keeled about all the stats.
is that five conference quarterbacks have completed at least 70 percent of their passes.
"If you're going seven-on-seven against your scout team in practice, that's about what percentage youd expect," Kansas coach Mark Mangino said.
Bulletins
Briles
OFF AND RUNNING
Lost in the mess of passing greatness the Big 12 has thrown up is the fact that Oklahoma State is leading the nation in rushing yards per game.
In the preseason, the Cowboys weren't even sure who would be their starting tailback. Now sophomore Kendall Hunter is punishing defenses to the tune of 7.7 yards per carry.
"They're playing pretty well." Gundy said of his running backs. "In their minds, they probably feel we've accomplished as much as we can."
Hunter's 154.5 yards per game lead the Big 12 while junior Keith Tostson is second with 92 per game.
Elsewhere, Kansas State coach Ron Prince isn't overlooking the run game in his match-up with Texas Tech.
"They have one of the largest offensive lines in the country and Shannon Woods is one of the most dangerous players in the conference", Prince said.
Woods averages 6.4 yards per carry and has scored seven rushing touchdowns.
The Wildcats now have a vaunted rushing game also, as converted wide receiver Lamark Brown last week carried 29 times for 142 yards and a touchdown.
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"He gave us a dimension we haven't had for awhile," Prince said. "He ran with a lot of toughness and power."
OLYMPICS
BY NANCY ARMOUR
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Though the case is closed on China's Olympic gold medalists, the age controversy in gymnastics is far from over.
Documents confirm all six members of China's gold medal team at the Beijing Games were old enough to compete, the International Gymnastics Federation said Wednesday. But it wants more answers from two members of China's 2000 squad
Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun saying it "does not consider the explanations and evidence provided to date in regards to these athletes as satisfactory."
It also is moving forward with a licensing system that would serve as proof of age for a gymnast's entire career.
"It's not about the medal," said Dominique Dawes, part of the U.S. squad that finished fourth behind China at the 2000 Olympics. "The important issue is them righting a wrong and hopefully prohibiting future Olympians from being underage. It's really about making sure every athlete is doing things the right way."
Dong's official birthdate is listed as Jan. 20, 1983. But her accreditation information for the Beijing Olympics, where she worked as a national technical official, lists her birthday as Jan. 23, 1986, said Andre Guesebuhler, the FIG's secretary general.
"If that document is the correct one, that would suggest she was 14 years old at the Sydney Olympic Games," Gueisbuhler said.
Gymnasts must turn 16 during an Olympic year to be eligible to compete.
Calls to Yang and Dong's mobile phones rang unanswered Wednesday, a national holiday. So did phone calls to the Chinese gymnastics team's media
officers.
Questions about the ages of China's Beijing squad had swirled for months, with media reports and online records suggesting some girls could be as young as 14. China insisted — heatedly and repeatedly — that all six gymnasts were old enough and said it had the documents to prove it. Any discrepancies, Chinese officials said, were the result of Web site inaccuracies or paperwork errors.
When the IOC asked the FIG three days before the games ended to investigate one last time, China provided original passports, ID cards and family registers for He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan, Deng Linlin and Li Shanshan. All showed the girls were 16 or would turn 16 this year.
"For the FIG, the age of the Chinese team is well documented and proven," Gueisbuhler said.
The furor surrounding the ages of China's gold medalists might have gotten the most attention, but underage gymnasts have been the sport's dirty little secret for years. Since the minimum age was raised from 14 to 15 in 1981 to protect young, still-developing athletes from serious injuries, there have been several examples of countries trying to skirt the rules.
The minimum age was raised to its current 16 in 1997.
Romania admitted some of its gymnasts' ages had been falsified, including Olympic medalists Gina Gogean and Alexandra Marinescu. Gymnasts from the Soviet Union said their birthdates were changed to allow them to compete.
And North Korea was banned from the 1993 world championships after FIG officials discovered Kim Gwang Suk, the 1991 gold medalist on uneven bars, was listed as 15 for three years in a row.
CYCLING Armstrong challenged by French to drug retest
PARIS — It could be truth or dare time on Lance Armstrong's comeback trail. The French anti-doping authority has thrown down a challenge to the seventime Tour de France champion, proposing he agree to retesting of his 1999 urine samples to see
whether a French newspaper was right when it reported they contained traces of EPO, a banned blood-boosting hormone that enhances endurance.
A positive test from the samples could not lead to a ban that would thwart the 37-year-old star's return to cycling after three years in retirement.
Too much time has passed for disciplinary measures to be taken
and only part of Armstrong's samples were kept. Even so, the proposal renews debate about one of the most contested questions surrounding Armstrong: whether he was clean when he won. He has always insisted that he was, and his new team, Astana, is hiring a drug-testing expert for Armstrong's comeback to try to silence doubters.
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CRISIS (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
It is absolutely astonishing to think that people still get tanked and start mindless brawls at football games or insult one another. To those miscreants: This is how you enjoy your escape?
This is not a reference to the South Florida fans who embarrassed themselves last month. This is a reference to the sole fact that in every college stadium and every professional sports venue there are those "bad eggs" still out there.
And this is not limited to fans, athletes or coaches. We all know that the media can just as easily be a pack of cynical, self-absorbed, scum-sucking bastards.
Any economist will tell you that sports fans dish out cash for tickets and jerseys out of want and not need. An obvious proposition, but one that is now met with the question of whether fans should fork over $25 for parking, more than $100 for tickets and anywhere from a $10 to $50 aggregate sum for beer and snacks, or if they should put aside those dollars in anticipation for tougher days ahead.
Ye gods, the stench of cynicism and hypocrisy is starting to overtake this very column, so let us revert, shall we?
For the first time in memory, the toils of policy are creeping into the once incontetable world of sports.
Laptops slung around their backs with a predetermined story in mind: Fire the coach! Bench everybody! This place sucks!
I'm not about to tell you how to spend your money. Rather I would suggest that if you have the ability to enjoy a weekend at the track or a day at the stadium, by all means
take advantage of it.
That is what sports are here for: to escape the morbid tales from Washington and Wall Street for a day and find some enjoyment once in a while. Front page politics got you down? Pull out the sports page for a moment.
Maybe the answer to this mess is in the hands of the Alex Rodriguezes or Larry Johnsons.
Say a bailout bill is passed and fails to stop our economy from spiraling wildly out of control. "For
Sale" signs crowd residential streets and families struggle to come up with a way out of their hardships.
The first expenses to go will be those of luxury. The demand for tickets to sporting events drop and therefore player salaries begin to take a dip.
In that event, it would be a given that Ray Lewis would make the trip to Capitol Hill, crack some heads and get some real work done.
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Sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlington dives forward to dig a serve during the first game against Kansas State Wednesday night. Kansas fell short of a win against the Wildcats, dropping the fifth match for a 3-2 finish. Sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlingen (7) blocks a shot back for a Kansas point Wednesday night against Kansas State. Garlington finished with 17 kills and six blocks in Kansas' 3-2 loss to the Wildcats.
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Kansas Coach Ray Bechard couldn't have been happier after the first set against Kansas State. But he couldn't have been more disappointed after the match was over.
The Jayhawks fell in five sets to the No. 17 Wildcats last night in front of a sellout crowd at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center. Kansas finally got over the hump their first-set-hump, but struggled mightily in the all-deciding set five.
"In set five they were much cleaner, no hitting errors, we had five," Bechard said. "We thought we had a lot of momentum."
It was an honest thought to have for Bechard, after the Jayhawks had a complete reversal against the Wildcats. They won that fourth set 25-18 after losing it by the same score in set three. But with those five hitting errors, Kansas could not keep up, losing the fifth set
15-9.
It was a see-sawing match, with momentum clearly changing sides from set to set. After the Wildcats built a 22-18 lead toward the end of set one, the Jayhawks bucked the trend of their terrible opening sets with a 7-0 run to close out the match 25-22.
Senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart let the late set charge, picking up a block and a kill during the run. But Uhart was unable to describe what happened to the Jayhawks for the next two sets, both of which Kansas lost.
"We got that first set, then we lose focus," Uhart said. "That's what seems to be the problem, we can't stay focused."
It was an odd occurrence for Jayhawks, who have usually played their best during sets two and three. But with the Wildcats holding all the momentum heading into a do-or-die set four for Kansas, the Jayhawks responded, with a little help from defensive specialist Melissa Grieb.
Grieb tallied four aces during an 11-0 run that saw Kansas down four before the run and up seven at 14-7 after it. The Jayhawks continued to pile it on, using a 5-0 run to build a 10 point lead at 21-11. It was the largest lead the Jayhawks have had over a Big 12 opponent this season. Grieb ended up finishing with five aces total for the match.
"We were talking about serving aggressive," Grieb said "If you come out with an aggressive serve then it dictates what the play is going to be like."
A reason why the Jayhawks held on for as long as they did was their outstanding effort on the Wildcats Big 12 kills leader, senior outside hitter Rita Liliom. Liliom was held to 13 kills for the match with a hitting percentage of .136. With Liliom struggling, other Wildcats stepped up as senior outside hitters Natalya Korobkova and Jenny Jantsch finished with season highs in kills, with 20 and 11 respectively.
Across the board Kansas had plenty of players contribute throughout the match, but Bechard said all the stats in the world do not matter when the end result is a loss.
"We got a distraught team in there right now that doesn't really care about stats," Bechard said. "This was a very important match."
With steps made tonight in opening a match, Bechard realizes that work has to be done for the Jayhawks to come out cleaner in future set fives, and with the Big 12 as competitive as it is, it seems all the likely.
But he promises this loss will not affect future matches.
"There will be no emotional, physical or mental hangover from this." Bechard said. "We will get better tomorrow."
— Edited by Arthur Hur
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Sophomore libero, Melissa Manda, turns to her side to set up a ball for the setter. Manda lead the team with 16 digs in Kansas' 3-2 loss to Kansas State. The Jayhawks play again at home at 7 p.m. on Oct. 8 against Texas A&M.
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"I can't let him get a hit there," said Lodge, who was 41-for-41 in chance chances this season. "I've always been a strikeout pitcher and that's what I wanted to do."
3-0 lead. Lidge allowed a run in the ninth but struck out Corey Hart with runners at second and third to end it.
Game 2 in the best-of-five series is Thursday, with ace CC Sabatia going to the mound for the wildcard Brewers on three days' rest for the fourth consecutive start. Brett Myers pitches for the Phillies.
"Not too many times you can say you're happy to see Lidge, but we didn't hit the ball hard off Hamels all day." Brewers manager Dale Sveum said.
It'll be tough for anyone to match Hamels' superb performance. The 24-year-old lefty retired the first 14 batters and allowed two hits, striking out nine.
Hamels baffled the fastball-hitting Brewers with his dazzling changeup,helping the Phillies earn their first postseason win since the 1993 World Series against Toronto.
Philliesmanager Charlie Manuel considered sending Hamels out to start the ninth, but decided to go with Lidge. The Brewers got the tying run to the plate, but Prince Fielder fanned for the second out. After JJ. Hardy walked to put two runners on, they advanced on a wild pitch. Then Hart struck out swinging to end it.
The NI. East champions were swept out of the first round by the surging Colorado Rockies last year. Hamels lost the opener of that series, but didn't have any jitters this time around.
"I learned what it really takes in trying to kind of mellow out, not have that sort of excitement where you can't really control everything," he said.
Milwaukee entered September with a 5½-game lead in the wild-card standings, but didn't clinch a spot until the New York Mets lost to Florida on the final day of the season.
life. and how to have one.
OCTOBER 2,2008
GOTTA HAVE IT Buying into your emotions
ALSO INSIDE FAITH-BASED FUN: What would Jesus play? MIND MAKEOVER: Get your brain in harmony
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CALENDAR
thursday, oct. 2
Veggie Lunch. Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 11:30 a.m., all ages, FREE.
Tea at Three. Kansas Union Lobby, 3 to 4 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.suaevents.com.
The Lost Trailers.
Beaumont Club, 8 p.m., all ages, $13, www.thelosttrailers.com.
DebateWatch. Kansas Union, Big 12 Room, 8 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Bounce Live. The Jackpot,
9 p.m., 18+, $3.
Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk/Joy Wants
Eternity. The Replay
Lounge, 10 p.m., 21+,
$2, www.myspace.com/
babybirdsdontdrinkmilk.
Elsenhower Organ
Duet/Fiat. The Brick, 10
p.m., 21+, $5-$7.
Mindcontroll/
Sudan Relief Benefit.
Eighth Street Tap Room, 10 p.m., p1+,$3.
Mindcontroll/
Baiowolf/A Blank Face
Murder. The Gaslight
Tavern, 10 p.m., 21+, $3.
Sudan Relief Benefit.
Eighth Stree Tap Room, 10 p.m., $21, + $3.
That Damn Sasquatch.
The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+,
$3.
Z-sonic/Leo/Souls
Stutter. Davey's Uptown,
10 p.m., 21+, $6.
friday, oct. 3
FREE PLAY at The Replay. The Replay Lounge,
3 p.m. to 6 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Get Down Town.
Downtown Lawrence, 4 p.m.
all ages. FREE.
Harvest of Arts Film Festival. The Granada, 7 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Hitchcock Horror Classic Film Series: Rear Window. Lawrence Public Library, 7 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Film: Get Smart. Kansas Union: 8 p.m., all ages, $2, www.sueeevents.com.
Keith Anderson. Voodoo
Lounge, B p.m., 21+, $20-$40,
keith.earthman.com
Left on Northwood/
Times New Roman/
The Sky is Falling/The
Thirty. The Bottleneck, 9
p.m. all ages, $3-$5.
Patties, Pong and PBR.
Nice Cafe. 9 p.m., all ages,
FREE.
Friday Nights @ Liquid.
Liquid, 9.30 p.m. to 2 a.m., 18+
$5-$8.
Sellout. The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m, 21+, $6.
Young Livers. The Brick,
10 p.m., 21+, $5-$7.
Cosmic Bowling. Kansas Union, Jaybowl, 10 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Iron Guts Kelly /KTP.
The Replay Lounge, 10 p.m.
21+, $3.99, www.irongutskelly.com
saturday, oct. 4
Downtown Lawrence Farmers' Market. Eighth and New Hampshire Streets, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., all ages, FREE. www.lawrencefarmersmarket.com.
Roots n' Blues n' BBQ Festival. Downtown Columbia,Mo., 1 a.m., all ages, FREE.
The Becoming. Beaumont Club, 6 p.m., all ages, $10, www wearethebecoming.com.
Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime. The Crossroads KC, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $16.
Ardys/Bradford. The Gaslight Tavern, 7 p.m., all ages, $3.
REVOLUTION: Sweat.
Dance. Rock and Roll.
Lied Center; 7:30 p.m., all ages,
$20-$50.
Jesse Williams/
Leftmore. Solidarity!
Revolutionary Center and
Radical Library. 8 p.m., all ages.
$3-$5.
Film: Get Smart. Kansas Union, 8 p.m., all ages, $2, www.suaeevents.com.
Paw. The Bottleneck, 8 p.m., 18+,$5-$10.
Imperative Reaction/
Aesthetic Perfection/
The God Project. The
Jackpot, 9 p.m., 18+, $13-
$15, www.myspace.com/
imperativereaction.
Shebangs. The Gaslight Tavern, 10 p.m., 21+, $3.
The Afterhours/
Jeff/Vida. The Replay Lounge, 6 p.m., all ages, $3.
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Theater, 2:30 p.m., all ages,
$14-$20.
sunday, oct. 5
"All Shook Up."
Sara Evans, Midland Theater; 8 p.m., all ages, $25-$45.
Hip Hop and Hot Wings. The Peanut, 9 p.m., 21+,$2.
Panda Circus/
Oreaganomics/Joseph
Post. The Replay Lounge, 10
p.m., 21+, $2 www.myspace.
com/josephpost.
monday, oct. 6
My Children My
Bride/For The Fallen
Dreams/American Me/
Hester prynne/Gangsta
with Cagguins. The
Jackpot, 7 p.m., all ages, $10.
myspace.com/mcmb
America's Best Dance Crew Live. Midland Theater: 7:30 p.m..all ages, $35-$45.40, www.myspace.comlabdseason2.
Justin Nozuka/Gabe Dixon Band. The Bottleneck, 8 p.m., all ages, $11-$13.
Dollar Bowling. Royal
Crest Bowling Lanes, 9 p.m.-1
a.m., all ages, $1.
Elektro Nekro Gothic.
Davey's Uptown, 10 p.m., 21+,
FREE.
Izzy Cox. Davey's Uptown,
7:30 p.m., all ages. $5. www.
myspace.com/izzycox.
tuesday,oct.7
Citizen Cope, Midland Theater; 8 p.m., all ages. $25-$50. www.citizencope.com.
Tuesday Night Folk Concerts. Signs of Life, 7:30 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Tuesday Nite Swing.
Kansas Union 8 p.m.- 11 p.m., all ages, FREE.
"Uprising". Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library 8 p.m., all ages, $1.
Soul Gold Easy. The Brick
10 p.m., 21+, $5-$7.
Lawrence Originals
wednesday, oct. 8
Food Festival, South Park,
5 p.m. to 8 p.m., all ages.
Trivia Bingo. Johnny's Tavern, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., all ages, $1.
Merle Haggard. Midland Theater: 8 p.m., all ages, $45-$65.
Mammoth Life/
Mammuth Life/
Transmittens/Kite
Tails. The jackpot, 9 p.m.
18+ $5-$7. www.myspace.com/
officialmammothfile.
Daleria/Brainbrow/
David Hasselhoff on
Acid. The Gaslight Tavern, 10 p.m., 21+,$3.
Meet Flower/Power
Master. The Replay Lunge,
10 p.m., 21+, $2.
venues
Abe & Jake's Landing
8 E. Sixth St.
(785) 841-5855
The Bottleneck
737 New Hampshire St.
(785) 841-5483
The Brick
1727 McGee St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 421-1634
Fatso's
1016 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 865-4055
The Granada
1020 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 842-1390
Midland Theater
1228 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 471-9703
The Peanut
5000 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-9499
The Record Bar
1020 Westport Rd Kansas City, Mo. (816) 753-5207
The Replay Lounge
946 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 749-7676
I
always been something I was willing to admit.
editor's note
My dad plays in a bluegrass band.
That hasn't
Back in my younger years, when all my friends' parents listened to cool bands like U2, The Beatles and REM, I was embarrassed by the songs laden with twangy fiddle and harmonica riffs that my played during car rides, his shelves full of records and CDs by no name. quirk-looking bluegrass acts.
His band would practice in our
I could never shake the feeling that liking blue music made him seem a little Deliverance. A little not like the hip dad I needed him to be.
basement every couple weeks, and the music would float up through the vents into my bedroom. No matter how loudly I played my Mariah Carey cassettes, I could never quite drown out the frantic picking of the guitar; the staccato cluck of the banjo, the low croon of the upright bass.
I made sure never to have friends over when dad's band was practicing. A friend once saw my dad's guitar in our living room and excitedly asked who it belonged to. I lied and said it was my brother's, and that of course he used it to play songs by whatever the emo band du jour was.
The zenith of my dad's bluegrass calendar comes every September with the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kan.
For the past 31 years, my dad has escaped south to Winfield for the festival, a Mecca for bluegrass enthusiasts around the world.
Winfield is my dad's heaven. He sleeps in a tent, eats his meals from a cooler, and spends every moment surrounded by the sounds of bluegrass.
-Megan Hirt, editor
I have never been to Winfield. But I can picture the crowds of people, the outdoor stages, the sunlight on faded September grass. And I picture my dad there—a little younger, a little more at home—picking his guitar. Happy.
Check out Brianna's story on page 6 about the Walnut Valley Festival and how this five-day bluegrass extravaganza is actually a popular destination for college students and music lovers of all kinds.
I guess my dad was hip all along.
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Manual Heather Melanson,Ariel Tilson
Health Asher Fusco, Susan Melgren,
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Play Brianne Pfannenstiel, Derek Zarda
**Notice** Matt Bechtold, Nina Libby, Sean Rosner
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NOTICE
Question Answer
with Kliph Scurlock, drummer for The Flaming Lips
When Lawrence musician Kliph Scurlock had the opportunity to be a roadie for his favorite band, The Flaming Lips, in 1999, he never dreamed he'd someday end up touring the world as their drummer.
But that's exactly what happened. Since then, he's played massive festival shows with the likes of Beck, The Police, The White Stripes and The Who.
Scurlock still lives in Lawrence when he's not touring with the band. The local rocker recently took some time to chat with Jayplay about bunny suits, meeting his idols and the music scene in Lawrence.
O: So how exactly does a kid from Lawrence make the shift from roadie to drummer for The Flaming Lips?
Kilip Scurlock went from being behind-the-scenes to taking the stage with The Flaming Lips
A: In 2002, the Lips were getting ready to do a tour as Beck's backing band. Beck can be a little difficult at times. He kind of lives in his own world, for lack of a better term. I was going to go with them to LA for practice anyway, in case they needed something during their practices. Wayne couldn't get any solid answers out of Beck about whether he was going to have other musicians there. So I brought my drums and it turned out to be a good thing, because Beck didn't have a drummer; and I ended up practicing with them.
Photo by J. Michelle Martin-Coyne
auditorium is really starting to fill up when it hits me:"Holy shit! I'm actually going on tour as a musician and getting paid to play. This is really cool." I started playing with them that night. I didn't know if it was going to be a permanent thing, and I didn't dare ask. Six years later, I'm still here.
ALEXANDRA HUNTER
Q: So you ended up playing drums with The Flaming Lips, who were opening for and acting as Beck's backing band on his Sea Change tour?
A: Yeah.The night of the first show of the tour, the Lips were going to open up and then be the backing band for Beck. So the Lips are getting ready to go on, maybe 20 minutes before the show starts, and the
Q: What keeps you coming back to Lawrence?
A: My friends, great record stores like the Love Garden and Kiefs and great bars like The Replay and the Tap Room. I just really like it here. We've got a small town here, and I can just walk everywhere.
Q: What are you listening to right now?
A: I'm really enjoying the new Deerhoof record. It's been out for two or three weeks. I've also been on a bit of a Beatles kick.
Q: Do you have any favorite local bands?
A: I really like The Dead Girls a lot. From Kansas City, I like Namelessnumheadman and The Belles. Pretty much anything Chris Tolle does is excellent. Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers are awesome.There are more, but I'm having a bad allergy day and my head is kind of fuzzy.
Q: You've played in many bands over the years. Is The Flaming Lips' elaborate live show completely different from anything else you've done?
A:Yeah, without a doubt. How do I put this without being too cheesy? I always feel really proud that these people just don't know what's about to happen to them. It's grown over the years and has become like an assault, but in a good way I often get so
wrapped up in playing the songs that I don't even register all the things going on, and it's not until later when I see the video that I'm like, "Holy shit, that is a really cool show!"
O: Tell us about the costumes. Is that just something straight from the mind of lead singer Wayne Coyne?
A: It is. But it started at a show the Lips did in Oklahoma City in 2000. These two guys came dressed up in bunny suits and were handing out acid. Wayne thought that was great because so many people afterwards were like, "Man, that was so great. You had people dressed up in bunny costumes!" And Wayne was like, "Well, no, we didn't. But we sure will in the future!"
Q: You've toured all over the world. What are some of your exciting stories from the road?
A:When I met Pete Townshend from The Who, that was pretty incredible for me. I started playing drums because my mom
took me to see The Kids Are Alright at the drive-in theater in the summer of 1980. When I saw Keith Moon playing drums, that's when I decided this was what I wanted to do.
Q: Will The Flaming Lips be back to the Lawrence area anytime soon?
A: I would think so, but probably not until next year. Right now the focus is working on new material.
Q: Will we be seeing you in the new Flaming Lips movie, Christmas on Mars!
A: I'm in it a little bit, but I helped with building the sets a lot. Anytime I get to be around Wayne or Steven or Michael when they're being creative is pretty amazing for me. It's inspiring to be around them and to see that these guys that I've always revered as one of the all-time great bands are really just a bunch of dudes with no ego.
Matt Bechtold
WESCOEWIT
Girl 1: I don't know many girls named Kayla who aren't bitches.
Girl 2: Midgrade?
Girl: (to friend) This video game is about battling Satan. I'm going to get it for you for Christmas.
Girl 2: Midgets?
Guy: (to group of people) Hey, if you have something to say, say it to my face. Say it to my BRACE face!
Guy: I would totally chat up my grandma on Facebook.
Girl 1: (in line at the Underground) Is the sesame chicken good here?
Girl 2: Oh yeah. I love the ses.
**Guy:** I left his house at one, but I didn't get home until like, four.
**Girl:** How come?
**Guy:** I kind of stopped by Hash.
Girl I: Do you know what you're going to wear tonight?
Girl 2: I don't know. It depends on what kind of ice cream they serve there.
**Guy:** Have you seen the baby bunny?
**Girl:** Wow. Somebody dropped some acid and didn't share.
**Guy:** God, I feel so pathetic when I use a credit card to buy a soda.
Girl: Yeah.And once you do, it's like crack.
Guy I: (finishing a sandwich): That was, by far, one of the best things I've ever put in my mouth.
Guy: (to female friend) When I came out of my closet...Oh, wait. Forget I said that.
Professor: They're like,"You wouldn't be a very good drug addict," and I'm like,"Yes I would!
Guy 2: (chokes on his sandwich laughing)
Girl: (longingly) I want to put God on my iPod.
Guy: Theater is incestuous. Everyone does everyone else.
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Matt Bechtold
October 2,2008
NOTICE
Christian culture goes pop
Christians are producing and buying merchandise that imitates mainstream media products
By Nina Libby nlibby@kansan.com
Type any word into the search engine of Conservapedia.com, and you'll most likely find heavily biased conservative content. Andrew Schlafly, Princeton graduate and creator of Conservaledia.com, was so frustrated with what he viewed as Wikipedia's liberal slant that he decided to create his own version of the online reference site specifically for evangelical Christians.
Hillary Leibold, Chicago senior, says she was shocked when she read the site's entry on "feminism," because it referred to it as a term used by liberals representing people who favored abortion.
Web sites are not the only new media technologies Christians are producing and consuming these days. Christian-themed video games, computer games and movies are just a few of the other products companies are generating.
Diana James-Kairns, marketing director for Digital Praise Inc., says the company's goal is to create family-friendly entertainment software for Christians.
One of the products Digital Praise offers is Guitar Praise, a PC guitar game similar to Guitar Hero but with Christian music. Players can play along with Christian rock tunes while the song plays and the lyrics scroll across the screen.
Jon Simon, Lenexa senior, says he can't imagine Guitar Praise would be any fun to play.
"Christian rock music isn't very good. The whole point is to play difficult songs." Simon says. "I've never heard a Christian song that, you know, wailed."
Another product Digital Praise offers is Dance Praise, in which players stand on a dance platform and use their feet to hit colored arrows laid out in a cross.The game is exactly like Dance Dance Revolution,but with contemporary Christian music.
James-Kairns says Dance Praise is one of the company's best-selling products because consumers love the family-friendly Christian songs and graphics that accompanied the game.
The computer and video games produced by Digital Praise are just a few examples of products that emulate mainstream products but express a different set of values.
Media scholar Heather Hendershot discusses different kinds of Christian media in her book, Shaking the World for Jesus.
Hendershot says she examined the vast industry of books, films, videos and magazines that have targeted the evangelical middle class since the 1970s.
"Most evangelical media are not propaganda designed to induce a political or spiritual conversion." Hendershot writes. "Christian music, videos, films and magazines are not uniformly designed to convert consumers. More often, consumers are assumed to already be saved, or it is hoped that this media might soften the unsaved consumer's heart."
With the emergence of media technologies, Christians can identify and enjoy the products made with their ideology in mind.
David Noffsinger, 2008 graduate and resident of the Campus Christian House at 1320 Ohio St., says he would love to play a Christian-themed game like Guitar Praise.
"I listen to Christian rock and I play Guitar Hero," Noffsinger says. "I think it would be fun to play a game like Guitar Praise, which combines the two."
Beyond providing clean-cut entertainment, companies can also cash in on the sales of Christian media products. The success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, which made $125 million in its opening weekend in 2004, is one example of the fiscal success of producing Christian products.
Barbara Barnett, professor of journalism who teaches a course on media and society, says she doesn't think Christians are producing popular culture products only to make money.
"I think what's happening with a lot of groups of people, especially Christians, is that they feel disenfranchised by mainstream media. I think it's more of meeting an audience's needs than it is to make money." Barnett says.
After all. Christians are not the only group of people who have used technology to produce and consume their own cultural products.
"This is part of a trend that we have seen over the years with a lot of demographic groups more than religious groups. Blogging is an example of people creating media that fits a particular group's needs." Barnett says. "Christians are just following a trend."
I mean it all
may be tough
Or maybe
emerges as
—Albert Einstein
Other praiseworthy goodies
- Good Spirit Car Air Fresheners are Christian-themed air fresheners for your vehicle. They come in packs of six. (www.christianaudigier.com)
- GraceWorks Interactive is a company that produces Christian-themed computer games like The Interactive Parables, which recites parables to players for memorization purposes.
(www.graceworksinteractive.com)
- Heavenly Harmony Karaoke is a Christian karaoke computer game that lets you sing along to Christian songs. (www.cloud9games.com)
- Inspirational Totes are bags accented with an embroidered Scripture quotation from Philippians 4:13.
(www.christianbooks.com)
Graphic by Becka Cremer
October 2,2008
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PLAY
Where the bluegrass grows
Kansas' own Walnut Valley Festival is a hot spot for music fans from around the world
By Brianne Pfannenstiel
bpfannenstiel@kansan.com
Sept. 9, 11:48 p.m.: David can smell bluegrass in the air.
Sept. 1, 4, 5:38 p.m.: David can taste bluegrass.
Sept. 1, 5, 9:28 p.m.: David is trying to forget about everything but bluegrass.
Sept. 1, 7, 14:44 p.m.: David is bluegrass.
Sept. 17, 11:41 p.m.: David is bluegrass.
For nearly two weeks leading up to the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kan., the status updates on David Podschun's Facebook page chronicled his anticipation for the coming weekend of bluegrass music. Podschun, a junior from Winfield, has been going to the festival with his family since he was little. Today the festival, which began in 1972 as the Walnut Valley National Guitar Flatpicking Championships, has become a tradition for locals, Kansans and bluegrass lovers around the world.
"At the festival, there's just music all the time." Podschun says. "Really late at night it gets quieter, but it's pretty much constant music. That's one of the best things about it."
This year's festivities were dampened by a series of storms that uprooted festival-goers from their traditional campesets to stations farther away from the main stage.
But even the soggy weather couldn't dampen the spirits of the festival attendees. For many, the main action of the festival takes place far from the official stages and headlining acts, nestled instead throughout the campsites between cases of beer; sleeping bags and several generations of festival-goers.
Winfield, like many folk festivals, is known not only for the prominent acts that grace its stages, but also for its impromptu jam sessions "You can't walk through the campgrounds without hearing people playing music," says Taylor Stevenson, Winfield freshman. "Everyone just jams together. It's definitely a community."
The community aspect of bluegrass in general is what many fans say keeps them coming back to festivals like Winfield year after year. Roy Flottman, media director for the Winfield festival, says that in his 23 years of working the event, the camaraderie and sense of family that exists among bluegrass musicians and fans never ceases to amaze him.
"Growing up through the '60s, '70s and '80s, I went to a lot of rock festivals!"
Flottman says. "The mentality was different at those kinds of festivals. The spirit there was more 'all of us against them.' Here, it's just all of us, playing music. At the risk of sounding like a flower child, it's just very much a community."
That community, he says, may stem from the deep roots of folk and bluegrass tradition. "Bluegrass has a lot of historical significance," Flottman says. "It's like storytelling, in a sense.Words and melodies just end up getting passed down. You can have relatively new songs with lyrics that go back generations."
The Walnut Valley Festival is all about traditions as well, whether it's staking out your family's favorite campsite every year or trekking to your favorite unofficial stage. But one of the biggest Winfield traditions is the opportunity musicians have to participate in instrument competitions. Musicians have five minutes to impress the crowd. They are then judged on arrangement, execution,
Photo by Don Shorock
The Wiyos, a rattle-like blues band from Brooklyn,
N.Y. performs at this year's Walnut Valley
Festival, which took place September 16 through
September 20 in Winfield, Kan.
tuning, show value and overall impression. Past instrument competition winners include Mark O'Connor, Alison Krauss and Chris Thile of Nickel Creek.
Bluegrass has seen many changes over the generations, and has, among youth, moved into a newer, more progressive style, dubbed "newgrass." Lawrence has a thriving folk music scene and is home to many progressive bluegrass-style groups,
such as That Damn Sasquatch and Truckstop Honeymoon.
Flottman says he sees many more KU students than Kansas State students at the festival, and he attributes this to the supportive atmosphere Lawrence provides for bluegrass musicians. "The arts in Lawrence are incredible," Flottman says. "It's such a great place for bluegrass and music in general."
Even more grass to go around
The music doesn't have to stop at the festival gates. The Lawrence and Kansas City areas have thriving folk and bluegrass scenes ready to take you in and tide you over until next year's festival.
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Balance your brain
By Susan Melgren smelgren@kansan.com
Brain State Conditioning was developed in 2000 as a way to help people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Lee Gerdes, CEO and founder of Brain State Technologies, says he struggled with the disorder for 10 years and wanted a way out. Using his background in computers, Gerdes created the technology by thinking of the brain as a computer network. He thought if he could show the brain what it looked like when in its most content state, the brain would change itself. Gerdes tried it successfully ori himself in 2000. In 2002, he used it to help his son, who had dropped out of Iowa State University, get back into school and on the Dean's List.
How it works
Brain balancing consists of a series of training sessions. Ed Bloch, director of the Life Enrichment Center in Lawrence, says the sessions shouldn't be thought of as a treatment.
"The technology isn't designed as a medical device," Bloch says "It doesn't diagnose or treat symptoms. It balances and harmonizes the brain."
During the session, the client sits in an anti-gravity chair.Trainers, like Bloch, attach sensors to the client's head; two behind the ears, two on various lobes of the brain and a free-standing one on top of the head. The sensors pick up brain waves and send them to the computer. Specially designed software searches for imbalances in the brain by looking at the ratio of brain waves between different lobes. The software compares the brainwaves to a model of how a brain looks in its most contented state, and then decides how to get the brain there.The computer takes the best brainwaves, translates them into sound and plays them back as music to the client through headphones. The music sounds like an electric keyboard.
Bloch says the sessions require little effort from the client because the process happens unconsciously. Bloch encourages patients to relax and to visualize certain things.
It sounds like a medical experiment: an anti-gravity chair, electrodes attached to your scalp, a computer that reads your brain waves and translates them into sound. But this isn't a scene straight from a sci-fi movie. It's called Brain State Conditioning and it can help people with a wide range of emotional, physical and psychological problems.
Sessions usually last 70 to 90 minutes, and clients do two sessions a day. Bloch says about half of his clients needs 10 sessions to see optimal benefits, while the other half needs 20 or more.
New technology can help you with your problems, big or small
Does it work?
than me," Hill says.
Tiffney Hill, Lawrence resident is 34 and has struggled with eating disorders since she was 13, first bulimia then anorexia.
"It wasn't okay if even one person was skinnier
Hill started treatment for her disorder the summer before her senior year of high school. During the next three years she was in and out of treatment facilities six times. She went to psychotherapy. She took mind- and mood-altering drugs. Two years ago she again checked herself into a treatment facility Nothing worked. Then she tried brain balancing.
Hill, who was already going to the Life Enrichment Center at the time, says she had no hesitation about the training sessions."I tried everything else," Hill says. "It can't hurt to try this." Hill went through about 10 training sessions with the Brain State Conditioning, and she says it changed her life.
Bloch, director of the Life Enrichment Center in Lawrence, says that since he first started offering Brain State Conditioning last February, he's had more than 60 clients. Of those 60, only one person didn't benefit from the process. Gerdes says that brain balancing doesn't work for 10 to 15 percent of his company's more than 8,000 clients. He says drug or alcohol use during training can prohibit the process from working, but some brains also just have strong defenses against this kind of treatment.
If you're interested in learning more about brain balancing, visit the Life Enrichment Center's Web site at www.lecnetwork.com or Brain State Technologies' Web site at www.brainstatetech.com.
Before the sessions, Hill says she ate only low-fat foods in small quantities. She used to avoid certain foods such as oils, butter, fried foods and red meat. Now she eats three to five times a day, and her meals are more varied.
"It produced more results in me than anything else I tried," Hill says. "I still try to eat healthy, but I'm more relaxed. If I want dessert, then I eat dessert."
Is this for real?
Spencer Payne, a clinical psychologist in Lawrence, says the technique used for Brain State Conditioning works, but he says that it's only part of the formula. "Because it's embedded in music, the person is not aware." Payne says "it's not as good as learning to have conscious control. It's better to learn than to have done to you." Payne says the process can be beneficial because it moves the brain into a better place for the person to then undergo psychotherapy.
Bobbi Bolley, a 26-year-old Emporia resident, agrees that Brain State Conditioning is only part of the process. Bolley had struggled with an eating disorder for 12 years when she went through the process. Unlike Hill, Bolley says she had lots of hesitations. She didn't think it could be a cure-all, and it wasn't a cure-all —but it was a key component in the healing process. She had tried two other treatments before brain balancing but says she wasn't mentally ready so didn't work. Before she underwent brain balancing, Bolley did therapy at the Life Enrichment Center. She says the therapy helped prepare her for the process.
Brain State Conditioning basics Brain State Conditioning can help with a variety of problems.
- Addictive dependencies, such as addictions to alcohol, drugs, gambling and tobacco
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Hyperactivity
- Brain injury
- Inability to focus
- Lack of energy
- Chronic fatigue
- Lack of concentration
- Learning difficulties
- Obsessive thinking
- Chronic pain
- Panic attacks
- Compulsive behaviors
- Poor memory
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping difficulties
- Stress
- Unhappiness
The Life Enrichment Center in Lawrence is one of 126 offices around the world that offer brain balancing. The software in each office is connected to computers at Brain State Technologies headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz. The software sends data back to headquarters where it is processed and protocol is updated.
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because toxins can separate from the plastic and leach into the liquid.
A 2007 University of Heidelberg study finds that PET plastics could, over time, release a potentially harmful toxin called antimony. According to the study, two out of 132 brands of bottled water contained a measurable amount of the substance. But the Environmental Protection Agency says in a pamphlet that "drinking water can reasonably be expected to contain
at least small amounts of some contaminants.The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk."
The rumor about potentially dangerous bottle-borne toxins started with a master's thesis written by a University of Idaho student. The report was widely circulated via spam E-mail, and became an urban myth of sorts. But the student's findings were deemed unreliable by plastic advocacy groups, and the EPA declared that the toxins would not lead to cancer.
Julie Tuley,Lawrence Memorial Hospital oncology coordinator, says that although environmental variables can sometimes lead to cancer, the plastic bottle rumor was no more than a myth. "As far as I've seen, there haven't been any reliable studies tying bottles to cancer," Tuley says.
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Brush, floss, rinse. That's the routine most of us think we need to follow to maintain a healthy mouth, but that last step could be causing more harm than good if you're using a traditional, alcohol-based mouthwash.
While the alcohol content of mouthwashes varies, some can contain up to 30 percent alcohol. Sure, rinse with these mouthwashes can kill germs. So does rinsing with brandy, scotch or vodka says Debbie Rogers, dental hygienist at Dental Studio in Lawrence.
from the mouth. Rogers says the bacteria must be mechanically removed using an instrument such as a tongue brush.
Rogers says the alcohol content of mouthwash has a two-fold negative affect on the mouth. First, although it kills bacteria, mouthwash doesn't remove bacteria
Second, alcohol dries out the mouth. The drier the mouth is, the more bacteria can grow in it. Rogers says. Saliva helps to keep the mouth clean
by naturally washing out bacteria, but the alcohol in some mouthwashes dries out tissue in the mouth, and resulting in less saliva.
Because the mouth harbors a lot of bacteria, it needs all the natural cleaning it can get. "It's the dirtiest part of the body," says James Otten, Lawrence dentist. "It has more bacteria, fungus and parasites than anywhere else." Otten agrees that alcohol can dry out the mouth, leaving it susceptible to bacteria and even some fungus.
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FEATURE
A look at what makes us shop till we drop
psychology of a shop-a-holic
By Carly Halvorson
chalvorson@kansan.com
As Mary Newman, Overland Park freshman, enters White House Black Market, a little black dress immediately grabs her attention. She takes it to the dressing room, tries it on and walks out to the 360-degree mirror. The dress is beautiful. It hugs every curve, is just the right length, and the little white flower pattern is adorable. Reluctantly, Newman checks the price tag. $168. She begins to reconsider, but then catches another glimpse of herself in the mirror. She sees how flattering the dress is and smiles, knowing that it's perfect.
Newman shops around the store a little longer, carrying the dress with her. Just as she's about to leave, she holds the dress up one last time, thinking of all the places she could wear it and how perfectly it fit. After much debate, she resolves to buy it and walks to the cash register. The cashier delicately wraps the brand new dress in tissue paper, and Newman feels a twinge of guilt as she hands over her debit card. Sure, the dress may be a little bit more than she had wanted to spend, but it's worth it. In her mind, the pros outweigh the cons.
Every year, the average American spends approximately 146 hours shopping. That's more
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than six days.Whether it's online, in a store, from a catalog or on TV, shopping consumes more of our daily lives than cleaning the house, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
College students are particularly fond of shopping: A 2005 study by the International Council of Shopping Centers found that young adults ages 18 to 24 visited the mall approximately three times per month, spending an average of almost $70 per visit. Some students are self-professed shopping addicts and admit to spending money on things they don't really need.
But shopping involves more than just exchanging money for a cute top or a new iPod. Behind each decision, from where to go, what to buy and how much to spend, there are hidden mechanisms that tie into our emotions and psychological well-being. In fact, in extreme cases, shopping can be just as addictive as drugs or alcohol.
IN YOUR HEAD
If you've ever felt bombarded with promotions and ads upon entering a store, there's a reason for that. If you've ever been unconsciously drawn to logos with the color red in them, there's a reason for that, too. Advertisers have conducted countless hours of research to find out the secrets to getting consumers to open their wallets.
Many students have noticed the effects of such research when going into a store with the intention of only purchasing one item but coming out with more. For Jennifer Frederes, her downfall happens to be Target, the store with the bright red bull's-eye as its logo.
"You can't walk into Target and just buy one thing," says Frederes, Overland Park freshman. "I always spend at least $20 to $30 every time I go."
This isn't an uncommon experience. Studies have shown that a large majority of purchases are made on impulse. Taking advantage of this, stores put signs advertising their sales or special promotions right at the entrance. Because these purchases are unplanned, people are forced to come up with a reason for getting the item.
A common excuse many people give, especially if the item is expensive, is that it's worth it because they'll use it a lot. A $150 pair of jeans can have its price drastically slashed to $20 or less once the person does some mental math. The person simply divides the price by how many times per month he or she will wear them, and the jeans are magically less expensive.
"Sometimes you have to justify things because you know what you're buying is impractical," says Carolyn Knop, Liberty freshman.
For example, two students who asked not to be named say they've purchased a particular brand of tanning lotion that sells for about $100. Both students say the lotion is worth the price for many reasons: It has 20 bronzers in it, which lead to better and faster results. It comes in a larger bottle than many tan accelerators, meaning they can use it for longer. And, because of the
results, they don't have to go tanning as often saving money on how much they spend at the tanning beds.
WHY WE DO IT
Instead of heading to the bars or devouring a pint of Ben and Jerry's after a rough day, Jennifer Harness, Ottawa senior, calls her friend, and the two go shopping.
"Shopping happens to be what we do best," Harness says. "I've adopted a motto I saw at the Mall of America: Shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist."
Harness isn't alone. As it turns out, our emotional state has a lot to do with our financial decisions. According to a June 2008 study by Carnegie Mellon University researcher Cynthia Cryder called "Misery is not Miserly," people are likely to hand over more dough when they're feeling sad or upset. Sadness typically leads to an increase in self-centered thinking, which causes people to spend more money.
Although Cryder's study was only published recently, this phenomenon is not new. After all, the phrase "retail therapy" has existed for years. One of the first publications of the term was on Christmas Eve in 1986 in the Chicago Tribune: "We've become a nation measuring out our lives in shopping bags and nursing our psychic ills through retail therapy."
Cryder says she was originally interested in the topic because previous studies showed that sadness leads to an increase in valuation. In other words, when people are sad, they overestimate the value of various items. This concept, called the "endowment effect," has been confirmed by psychologists who study behavioral economics. Psychologists say that when people are sad, they feel the need to change something about their lives. To fulfill this need, they are willing to pay higher prices for new items, which are symbolic of change. Cryder says she wanted to delve further into the topic, and discovered that self-centered thinking also plays an important role. She says her next study will investigate how guilt and shame may influence decisions to spend money.
April Benson, psychologist and author of I Shop, Therefore I Am: Compulsive Buying and the Search for Self, says that consumers typically go shopping to seek comfort from a negative internal state. However, Benson says this relief is only temporary.
"With any problem, you'll have to do more and more to get the same kind of relief." Benson says. "Someone who is constantly shopping, looking for objects to fill holes that they can't fill, will never be satisfied."
Other reasons for making purchases include rewarding oneself for a recent accomplishment, being influenced by shopping's social aspects, and even patriotism. After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, President George W.Bush repeatedly encouraged Americans to go shopping in order to keep the economy alive.
ADDICTION
Instead of developing a dependency on drugs and alcohol, shopping can turn out to be some people's dangerous vice. In extreme cases, shopping for relief from a negative emotional state can lead to a shopping addiction, or what Benson calls compulsive buying disorder.Although it isn't yet in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a handbook that lists mental disorders and criteria for diagnosing them, compulsive buying disorder—and what contributes to it—are gaining more recognition by the mainstream media.
Compulsive buying disorder is characterized by frequent shopping trips, purchasing items that you can't afford, using shopping as relief from everyday stressors, lying or covering up purchases and essentially spending yourself into debt.
The disorder is not gender-exclusive.Although studies show that the majority of retail purchases made in a year are made by women,men can be just as addicted to shopping as women.
"The issue is whether it's impairing your life," Benson says. "If you're using shopping as kind of an equal opportunity, all-purpose mood changer, that is a sign of the beginning of compulsive buying disorder."
Some consumers claim they feel a rush when they go shopping or when looking at their new purchases. It turns out a shopping trip can have similar effects to those of a drug. Both release dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with things that are new or exciting to a person, according to an article from Psychology Today Magazine.
This high is essentially an overwhelming amount of dopamine to the brain. The subsequent fall, which typically involves feeling guilty about the purchases made, happens when the dopamine levels return back to normal. Shopping becomes an addiction when consumers can't live without this high. In order to get rid of the guilt, they buy something else, thus feeding their dependence like a drug addict getting a fix.
The realities of compulsive buying disorder hit very close to home for Jennifer Harness. She says a member of her family is a shopping addict, spending money on purchases that are usually never used. Like many compulsive buyers, the items still have their tags and never come out of the packaging. Instead, they pile up around the house as the bills pile up as well.
For compulsive shoppers, it's not the merchandise they are excited about, but rather the high they experience when shopping and when buying something new. Aware of this, and of her own tendency to become addicted to "trivial things," Harness says she tries her best to keep her spending under control.
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Like most things in life, shopping can be a completely harmless activity if handled in moderation. However, just as it's not the best decision to go to the bars the night before a big exam, it isn't a good idea to go shopping when funds are low. Many students have developed their own ways to keep their bank accounts from dropping into the red.
A common strategy many students use is to only spend money they know they have. In other words, use cash or a debit card instead of a credit card. That way you can see the money being spent immediately after you spend it. Credit cards have no immediate consequences, and can thus create dangerous situations of overspending.
Also, research isn't required just for essays. When making a big purchase, take the time to look around and do some price comparisons. Grant Huang, St. Louis senior, says before he purchased his
MacBook Pro and his iPod, he shopped around a bit.
"I always try to look for more discount stuff, but that's still good quality." Huang says. "If I'm looking for something that is expensive, obviously I would do some shopping around and do some research into it. The expensive things, like a computer or electronics, you have to be smart about."
To help students become smarter with their money, the Office of Student Financial Aid has created a financial literacy task force. The task force covers everything from learning how to pay off student loans, how to use credit cards wisely and how to manage savings accounts. However, perhaps the most important thing is that students change their attitudes about spending.
"Right now, it's just fun to spend money," Huang says. "I'm sure that when I move out on my own, my parents will cut me off and be like; Okay, it's up to you now."
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What do you do when you're upset about something?
What do you like best about fall?
Do you think it's a good idea for celebrities to get involved in politics?
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What do you want your last meal to be?
Lisa Lampanelli Insult Comic
What's your morning routine like?
I try to feel my feelings. I cry,yell, punch a pillow, or hit a skinny,pretty woman.I find the last helps the most.
A. N. A. S. R. S. P. T. E. V. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z.
I love the smell of freshly sharpened pencils and the sight of newly carved jack-o-lanterns. I also enjoy seeing network shows fail and get cancelled after two episodes, especially if they star one of my enemies.
Free.
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Celebrities should do what they do best; look pretty, hit paparazzi and lay on the casting couch. Leave politics to the people who already know how to fuck it up the most; the politicians.
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Pleasant and with good people like my friends and family.
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Though we don't want to admit it, the beautiful weather we've had recently will soon give way to chilly days and chillier nights.
"A lot of people want hot drinks when it's cold out, but they don't want coffee late at night," says James Zoeller, Chicago senior and bartender at The Bourgeois Pig.
As it starts getting colder outside, it's still easy to warm up your insides with simple, tasty concoctions of hot drinks and alcohol.
Zoeller says The Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St., often serves drink specials such as Hot Toddys or Irish coffee as the colder months begin to settle in.
Now you don't even have to leave the comfort of your cozy home if you're craving a hot, spiced drink. Just follow these recipes.
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The Bourgeois Pig, bartenders top the drink with whipped cream, but you could add other toppings like caramel. Zoeller says if you don't like brandy, you can use Tuaka or spiced rum instead.
If chocolate is more your thing
Alex Plassmeyer; bartender at Henry's on Eighth, 11 E. Eighth St., recommends making a Warm Snuggler; which only has two steps.
1. Make your favorite hot chocolate.
2. Add some Peppermint Schnapps to give it a kick, then stir.
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I am so happy to be here. I love you too much. Thank you for making me feel special.
My boyfriend's mouth just seems to naturally have a bad smell. Breath mints and brushing his teeth seem to help a little bit, but I find myself not wanting to kiss him because of his breath. Should I just deal with it?
-Danielle, senior
Some bad breath home remedies include brushing teeth with baking soda, gargling with salt water, taking a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar before each meal, and eat parsley, among many others (try www.mothernature.com for more ideas).
If he's clean in those respects, you can take a look at other aspects of his life to determine what could be causing the foul smell. Not eating carbohydrates, foods high in protein, smoking and alcohol all contribute in certain ways to bad breath.
Matt: You may just have to deal. Some causes of bad breath can't be helped, such as genetics (determines number of bacteria in the mouth), hormonal changes and many medications (antidepressants, antihistamines and decongestants).
Look up the KForce Bad Breath Program if his breath is making you contemplate being with him and he's will to pay up for some change in oral hygiene.
If you can't learn to deal with an aspect of him he may not be able to help, ditch him. I can't imagine on your potential wedding day, when the priest asks him to kiss the bride, you having to settle with just shaking hands.
Your boyfriend most likely knows about his condition and has accepted it. He knows of way to avoid it becoming a problem in casual conversation, but it's unavoidable in a mouth-to-mouth situation.
Francesca: One day when I was in choir in middle school, one of my best
friends leaned over and told me I had bad breath and every time I opened my mouth to sing, she could smell it. I was mortified. Sometimes I had a bad taste in my mouth, but I did not know other people could smell it.
From that point on I started bringing my toothbrush and toothpaste with me to school and whenever I felt the taste start to seep into my buds, I excused myself and went to brush my teeth. At some point, the problem disappeared and I have not had it again, except when I wake up or eat garlic food- as far as I know.
Another change I made was during freshman year in high. I saw a friend using a tongue scrapper once, and after seeing how much plaque and buildup it removed form her tongue, I was sold.
Tongue scrapers can be bought in both disposable and non-disposable forms. Disposable scrapers look similar to the mini-teeth flossers you can use if you don't want to hold the string while flossing your teeth. Non-disposable scrapers are made of plastic and are about the size of your hand. Both types can be bought for less than $5. I still use my scraper a few times a week on the safe side.
But if Matt's advice does not work in conjunction with the tongue scraper, I would agree that you have a tough choice to make.
Send us your sex and relationship questions at bitchandmoan@kansan.com.
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Natural food products for us humans have been popping up all over grocery stores.
What is natural about natural pet food?
We tend to watch what we put in our bodies,but what about our furry friends? Before your next trip to the pet store, consider this information from Natural Pet Food and Supply,3025 W. Sixth St.,Manager Chris Jennings.
Meats in natural pet food are made with human safe products. So, yes, you can eat natural pet food without getting sick.The meat products never had hormones or steroids pumped into them, and fruit and veggie products are pesticide free.The food is also free from sugars and salts, and has no corn, wheat or soy products, which can cause allergies in pets.Most natural pet foods tend not to have preservatives.
What are some differences between natural and typical pet foods?
Feed your pet natural pet food
Other pet foods tend to have byproducts, unexplained ingredients and the worst parts of meat. Some unnatural foods even contain bone meal, or ground up bones.
What are some benefits of feeding your pet naturally?
Jennings says there's the potential for a longer life span with natural pet foods. Pets usually have less physical problems, they're more attentive, and have healthier coats and weight. He also says the food is more wholesome, so you don't have to feed your pet as often.
Lawrence resident Michelle Walter says she used to feed her dog Science Diet and lams. Her dog developed liver damage that caused his nose and paws to bleed.
"Science Diet is kind of like McDonald's," Jennings says.
Walter switched to natural pet food
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when she adopted her lab mix from the pound. She says her last dog was moody and depressed, but the dog she has now is healthy, happy, loves everyone and has tons of energy.
No one should down a couple value meals from McDonald's everyday, so keep an eye on what you're feeding your pet, too.
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THAT'S DISGUSTING fecal plume
You may have pressed the lever and heard the sudden rush of water, but that doesn't mean you've bid your feces a final farewell. With every flush, a fine mist of H2O—and bacteria—is sprayed out of the toilet and onto any surface within a range of 6 to 8 feet. "It looks like the Fourth of July when you capture it with photography," says Chuck Gerba, professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona.
Gerba was the first American scientist to study what he calls the "toilet aerosol effect." He first tackled the subject in a 1975 study, in which he found potentially harmful bacteria could linger in bathroom air for two hours after each toilet flush.
Different toilet designs make for a variety of spray patterns. Public restroom commodes often spray backwards, while standard "tank toilets" distribute filth more evenly in all directions.
Gerba's advice to frequent flushers: Keep the toilet lid down when flushing, or place chlorine tablets in your toilet's tank
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to help kill bacteria. If you can't help leaving the lid up, at least hide your toothbrush in a drawer or cabinet, because Gerba says salmonella and E. coli bacteria are often expelled from toilets, and toilet germs are a common cause of diarrhea. "You don't want to brush your teeth with what you flush down the toilet," Gerba says.
-Asher Fusco
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Take a seat at the 1970s-inspired bar and relax to some classic black and white cartoons on the TV while the Java Break staff tricks out your bowl of cereal with toppings ranging from staples like bananas and strawberries to things
there's plenty of room in your pocketbook for experimentation. The extensive menu allows customers to mix two different cereals, add a topping and finish it off with a choice of milk.And the best part? You don't even have to be an early riser because Java Break is open 24 hours.
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I like playing sand volleyball because I don't suck at it like other sports.
—Jayne Sperry, Pittsburg, Kan., junior
Flyfishing. I can enjoy the weather and just the calmness of it.
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I like to go to the lake and hang out with friends, or just sit outside and read a book.
—Caroline Smieja, Bremen, Germany, graduate student
Stay inside. I'm kind of an indoors person.I like to watch TV shows like Family Guy and action-adventure films. Susan Agbor, Limbe, Cameroon, sophomore
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Swinging at the park on the swing set because you feel the wind in your face as you kick your legs. I'm basically a kid at heart.
—Jessica Smith, Lenexa Freshman
Swimming at the lake. It's fun and never gets boring, especially if you have floaties on.
——Toni O'Brian, Joplin, Mo., freshman
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Taking a nice jog around campus. It's a great way to break away from studies and other everyday stress.
—Brandon Nakada, Orange County, Calif., graduate student
Playing on the playgrounds of random schools in the evening, when the kids aren't around.
Michelle Kalen, Olathe sophomore
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It's fun, and they also have good hummus as well.
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MOVIE: Miracle at St. Anna
Director Spike Lee's new movie, Miracle at St. Anna, has no resemblance to his break through film Do the Right Thing, the memorable Malcolm X, or his Hollywood-friendly film Inside Man, which starred Clive Owen. No, you will not see Spike Lee in this film. But that doesn't mean it's not a film worth seeing.
St. Anna is the first film in which Hollywood has focused on the 92 Infantry during WWII, aka, the Buffalo Soldiers. Our four main Buffalo Soldiers include Stamps (Derek Luke), Bishop (Michael Ealy), Negron (Laz Alonso) and Train (Omar Benson Miller).
Although every character in this film is heavily stereotyped, including the above mentioned soldiers, each in their own right accurately represents a piece of the African American dream in the 1940s.
The film opens with Negron in his late 50s as a postal worker who pulls the trigger on an elderly Italian man. This action sends the story to a junior New York writer, Tim Boyle (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who is openly baffled as to why a WWII Purple Heart recipient would kill a man in cold blood. With this question in mind, Lee takes his audience back to September of 1944 in rural Tuscany, where our four soldiers had been separated from their company.
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a young Italian boy, Angelo, who becomes drawn to Train. The boy holds a mystery within him that unites the separated soldiers in triumphs and temptations alike. If you don't know the difference between a Partisan and a Fascist, I would suggest brushing up on your WWII key terms before viewing this film.
In the end, after celebrating the Buffalo Soldiers, Lee reinforces the belief in a higher being, faith in humanity, and the idea that safety and control leave no room for miracles.
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—Mia Iverson
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MUSIC: Jenny Lewis, Acid Tongue
On the path from child actress to indie music sensation. Jenny Lewis has accomplished what most musicians only dream of accomplishing. Fans and critics reacted positively to her career as the primary vocalist of indie rock group Rilo Kiley, and in 2006 Lewis branched out with a solo career and released Rabbit Fur Coat. Lewis has also collaborated with the likes of The Postal Service and Cursive.
With her sophomore solo release Acid Tongue, Lewis delivers an album that offers a personal, lively feel with each track. Several guest stars add their touch to her tunes, as well. Elvis Costello belts out his rough vocals on "Carpetbaggers," and M. Ward contributes his guitar skills to the track "Pretty Bird." The Black Crowes' Chris Robinson adds vocals to the title track a harmonious tune with a personal, insightful feel, and actress Zooey Deschanel sings with Lewis on "Trying My Best to Love You," a sweet and lilting song with gospel-infused melodies. "The Next Messiah" is an eight-minute-long anecdotal track that is equal parts country and rock 'n' roll, and "See Fernando" is upbeat with drumming and strumming that contribute
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an invigorating attitude to the album.
Lewis's music is earnest and genuine, with elements of pop, country, gospel and rock all packaged together and topped with the indie rock stamp of approval. With Acid Tongue, Lewis has proved her musicianship once again, and carved her niche in the indie world a little deeper.
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When the 9-to-5 grind in a cubical sounds more like a prison sentence than a career, being your own boss is the only choice
By Matt Bechtold mbechtold@kansan.com
Sitting in an overstuffed leather chair, laptop in front of me, I look out through large plate glass windows to see Belfast flowing by in a stream of pedestrians and traffic. Black cabs and double-decker buses dart in and out of traffic. Kids in colorful school uniforms maneuver through the obstacle course of men in suits sporting black umbrellas like canes. It's Monday morning, and the city is coming to life.
But this is no office building, no typical place of business.A small stream of teenagers and business suits diverges from the group and detours through my "office" to the sound of cappuccinos being made and cooks preparing for the lunch crowd to come. The scenery is becoming a little distracting, so I tune it out with my headphones and focus on my work. The city's hustle and bustle is suddenly set to my own personal soundtrack, and I'm ready to start my day.
My morning ritual varies, but regardless of whether I'm traveling, it always begins with deciding what's next. I have a checklist of things I want to accomplish, and I have to be ready to take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves.
I open a Web browser and a smile spreads across my face as I find a surf shop that has a lodge near the beach in Donegal Bay in Ireland. For a mere $80, I can stay the night at the lodge, eat in its kitchen, rent a wet suit and surfboard, and take a three-hour surfing lesson from one of the Bundoran Surf Company's resident pros. I book a night and dig into my day's work of designing a new client's Web site with gusto, knowing that it's going to be one incredible week.
I've wanted to travel and see the world since I was a kid.And now that my small Web development and graphic design company has established itself, I've been thinking,"I
could be doing this on a beach somewhere, so why the hell am I not? Lack of Internet access was the only reason before. But now, Wi-Fi hotspots are everywhere, making my dream of traveling the world while continuing to build my own business a possibility.
My little brother, also an entrepreneur, told me a joke once. He said, "The problem with climbing the corporate ladder is that until you reach the very top the view never changes. You'll always have an ass in your face."
For years, I'd been doing network administration, photography, graphic design, programming and journalism. All of those skills came together when I took the editor's position of a music journalism Web site and magazine. That was my last corporate job, and I was doing something I truly loved. But I came to the conclusion that while I loved the work, I could never be a 9-to-5 kind of guy, I'd never be happy in a cubical, and my bosses usually did turn out to be asses.
The only option that made sense was to start my own business. I knew I'd be willing to work harder and longer for less to build
up my own business rather than put up with one more day working for someone else. So I did. I made the leap and started building a ladder of my own doing commercial Web site development and graphic design.
It's still a small ladder, not much bigger than a step-stool, really. I'm going to have to add a few rungs in the near future and hire some help. But for now, the best part is that it's small enough to be portable, letting me pick it up and carry it around the world, stopping wherever the view is best.
I get to sleep in, because it's one of life's greatest pleasures. I grin while my friends bitch about their terrible commutes to work. I wake up grateful in the knowledge that I'm working for myself. I sit down at my desk or in my "cafe office" smiling at the fact that my life is an adventure. Most of all, I never get burned out, because the projects change from day to day, and I never know what I'll be working on next.
Butthis clearly isn't talifestyle for everyone. It takes a lot of willpower and discipline to be your own boss. It's tempting every day to blow things off or to procrastinate, but it
only takes a few of those days for your bills to come in and remind you that paychecks don't just magically appear because you clocked in.
Leaving school to start my business was a tough decision. But school was something I swore I'd always finish. I didn't expect to be 34-years-old before I graduated college, but that's just how things fell together. Although earning my diploma isn't going to earn me any bonuses at work, I'll know I finished something important that has broadened my horizons.
Besides, my love of journalism didn't vanish when I became my own boss, and freelance writing is definitely compatible with the globe-trotting lifestyle I'm aiming for.
I will graduate in May and while I certainly didn't get to this point along any straight paths, I have no regrets. I'm looking forward to checking one more thing off of my very long list of things to see and do.
What's next? I get a great big smile on my face just thinking about it.
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University found in violation of hazardous waste regulations
BY JOE PREINER jpreiner@kansan.com
The alleged mishandling of hazardous wastes will cost the University more than $80,000 to clean up.
The Environmental Protection Agency evaluated University laboratory buildings last December for compliance with the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. It cited the University for multiple violations of the RCRA and Kansas hazardous waste regulations. The University and the EPA reached an agreement on the matter Monday afternoon.
The violations included improperly labeling, documenting, handling and storing hazardous waste at several locations
around campus, including labs in Burt and Malott halls and the McCollum lab in the Higuchi Biosciences Center.
The University agreed to pay $39,431 to the EPA for the violations and will also spend at least $41,585 on a project aimed at reducing the use and production of hazardous and toxic waste on campus, usually produced during scientific processes. The process will involve evaluating 301 laboratories in various departments as well as the University's Natural History Museum. It will also include more training for people involved in the handling of the hazardous materials.
Chris Whitley, public affairs specialist for the EPAs region seven, said the University had to complete the project within the next
two years.
"We don't expect it all to be done right away," Whitley said. "Evaluating 301 labs is a big undertaking."
To assure the University stays on track with the project, Whitley said it would submit progress reports to the EPA. If the University fails to make the necessary progress in the allotted time, additional fines will be added. Whitley said whenever something such as hazardous waste was not being handled according to regulations, a potential for damage to human health was present.
Mike Russell, director of environment, health and safety for the University, said none of the violations the EPA cited involved exposure or harm to the environment or people. He said that while there was potential for harm in everyday life, the problem with hazardous waste handling on campus would not be hard to address.
"People need to follow through with the procedures and responsibilities," Russell said. "It is something we worry about."
Jack Martin, deputy director of the office of University communications, said the University's agreement with the EPA came after a series of discussions among University officials about the agency's inspection. He said the University was able to show that some of the issues the EPA had brought up were not violations. Despite disagreeing with the EPA on some remaining issues, Martin said the deal was fair overall.
Ryan Callihan, Lenexa senior and a coordinator of KU Environs, said that while the EPA fine may seem like a lot of money, it seemed petty considering the violations. He said the University wasn't immune to the rules and regulations imposed on other organizations.
Martin said covering the cost of the fines was a matter of reallocating existing resources to where the need arose. He said the money for the environmental project would come from assigning new duties to existing staff members. The source of funding for the $39,341 penalty is still being determined.
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Concert to play at new location
Chris Armstrong, Lawrence junior, first organized an annual concert for local bands when he was in high school. This year the concert, "Music for the Masses," will take place from 12:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Sunday at South Park.
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New fitness classes are allowing more KU students to get in shape. Turbo Kick is the newest addition to the Student Recreation Fitness Center's class list.
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ACCIDENT Student killed in one-car crash, one passenger injured
A student was killed early Thursday morning in north Lawrence when his vehicle crashed into a power pole and a tree, Lawrence Police Department officials say.
Neil Hockenbarger, 26, was driving northbound on Michigan Street when he apparently lost control of the vehicle, leaving the road and striking the impediments. Hockenbarger died at the scene of the accident. Officers were dispatched at 12:15 a.m. Thursday morning, according to a media release issued by the Lawrence Police Department Thursday morning.
Hockenbarger's wife, Tiffany, 25 was riding in the passenger seat of the vehicle. She survived the accident and was treated for minor injuries.
Hockenbarger was involved with the University's Air Force ROTC program and was also a student in the School of Mechanical Engineering. According to an e-mail sent by school administrators, grief counselors will be visiting each of Hockenbarger's classes today for anyone who needs assistance dealing with the loss.
Sgt. Bill Cory, a media relations officer with the Lawrence Police Department, said that the accident is currently under investigation.
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Members of the KU Marching Band high-five football fans after a halftime performance in September. A recent $100,000 donation will allow the band to pay for instruments, uniforms and travel expenses.
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Endowment comes from Dana and Sue Anderson of Los Angeles, who return to Lawrence for every home game
BY HALEY JONES hjones@kansan.com
One of the smallest marching bands in the Big 12 has a big reason to smile.
Dana and Sue Anderson, long-time donor to the University, donated $100,000 to start an endowment fund for the Marching Jayhawks, the 251-piece KU Athletics band. Dana Anderson said he wanted to establish a fund that would help cover the cost of
would have the opportunity to receive a scholarship in the future because of the donation.
"A first-class band is reflective of a first-class university and a first-class athletic program."
Smith said the band gave him an outlet
"A first-class band is reflective of a firstclass university and a first-class athletic program," Dana Anderson said.
Taylor Smith, Fulton, Mo., sophomore, plays the saxophone in the band and also receives a scholarship from band. He said he was glad that more band members
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to play his saxophone and practice performing, an important aspect of his music performance major.
"It also helped me meet a ton of people right off the bat because I didn't know anyone when I got here," Smith said. "It's just a really fun experience."
tor of KU bands, said band members were aware of the effect they had on players and they took the job of supporting the team and rallying the crowd very seriously.
"We don't have to tell our students," Weiss said. "They know what a big part they play in a game."
Scott Weiss, direc-
Weiss said the marching band was as much a KU tradition as walking down the
Anderson said he decided to donate to KU Athletics several years ago when he noticed the University's football program was not as successful as Kansas State University's program. He said a strong athletics program helped schools attract students, securing more donations and allowing people to take greater pride in their university.
hill at graduation or running through the underground tunnels.
"These things are things that define game day at the University of Kansas," Weiss said.
"I think the University's front porch is its athletic program." Anderson said. "My goal was if K-State could do it, KU could too," Anderson said.
The Andersons were major donors to the $31 million Anderson Family Football Complex and have also donated to the School of Business, the Spencer Research Library, and Allen Fieldhouse's renovations. Anderson said athletics was his family's primary focus in donations.
"This donation really supports the long-term financial security of the Marching Jayhawks," Weiss said. "It will allow us to give more students scholarships and buy new instruments and uniforms."
While KU football has gained increasing attention, the Marching Jayhawks have
Weiss said he anticipated more growth, but that also meant the band would fund more members through scholarships. The band currently supports 10 times as many students through scholarships as it did last year.
grown by 40 percent during the last year, from 150 members last year to 251 this year.
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Anderson and his wife, who live in Los Angeles, come back to Memorial Stadium for every home game. He said the band's sound no longer was swallowed up in Memorial Stadium and it was now able to do much more impressive formations because of the number of people involved.
"It's a night-and-day difference between two years ago," Anderson said. "Now it's very much of a presence."
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"Actually as a kid, I wanted to be a tennis player, but I wasn't good enough, so I became an actor. Since then I've just been lip-locking with gorgeous babes. So let that be a lesson to all you little tennis players out there."
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CAMPUS New record for number of registered voters
The Student Legislative Awareness Board, or SLAB, broke its record for registering students to vote on campus. So far, SLAB has registered about 700 students, which almost triples the 250 students it registered last year. Ryan Lawler, Brolingbrook, Ill., senior and SLAB community affairs director, said SLAB had two weeks left to register students to vote. He said SLAB had not yet collected registration forms from seven Greek houses and residence halls.
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The Spring 2009 course listings became available Thursday. Enrollment for next semester begins Thursday, Oct. 23. Students can find their enrollment appointment times posted on their Enroll & Pay account under the Student Center link.
Enrollment appointments are different from advising appointments. Advising begins Oct.20 in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and in most schools.
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ODD NEWS Police use ad to snare armored truck robber
MONROE, Wash. — An online advertisement offered $28.50 an hour to anyone who wore a blue, long-sleeved shirt, yellow safety vest, eye protection and ventilator mask and waited near a bank.
The ad was a decoy set up by police to catch the robber of an amored truck.
to the fact that campuses are just as, if not more, unsafe as everywhere else in society," said Eric Stein, Topeka senior and the KU leader for SCCC. "The crime statistics and school shootings are prime examples that schools are just as unsafe as anywhere else off campus."
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"The main reason that concealed carry license holders should be able to carry on campus is due
A group of students hopes to bring concealed firearms to class along with backpacks and iPods. The grassroots organization, known as Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, held an open meeting Monday to discuss its desire to bear arms on school grounds.
Stein said Colorado State University and Blue Ridge Community College in Vermont have both allowed concealed firearms on campus for a combined total of more than 18 years. Utah
BY PATRICK SWAIN editor@kansan.com
Group lobbies for concealed carry on campus
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passed a law in 2006 that permits licensed individuals to carry concealed handguns at the state's public universities. None of these schools has had any acts of gun violence.
The SCCC consists of college students, faculty members, parents and concerned citizens.
"In the state of Kansas there are over 15,000 concealed and carrylicensed holders and there are 65 members on the campus of KU." Stein said.
The organization's primary goals are to educate the public while putting to rest the common myths associated with concealed handguns. Additionally, members hope to convince school administrations and state legislatures to provide individuals the right to carry concealed firearms on college
But not all students are excited to see guns on school grounds.
campuses.
"To carry guns on campus is unnecessary," said Aren T. Ryan, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore. "We are adults and should be able to solve quarrels without killing each other."
KU's chapter of SCCC takes action every year to have its voice heard by participating in a semi-annual demonstration.
Kansas laws permit individuals 21 or older to carry a concealed weapon after passing a training course. They must have no prior felonies and no history of serious mental illness. Individuals must also pass a series of background checks.
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SAFETY
Book-sized body armor developed
The 'Safety Book' aimed toward college students after school shootings
BY RYAN MCGEENEY
rmcgeeney@kansan.com
In the wake of an increasing trend of school shootings on American college and high school campuses, a Florida entrepreneur has developed a lightweight solution: armor designed to fit in a book bag or backpack.
The Safety Book, developed by Mark Fitzsimmons, president of the Sjoman Biorn Corp. based in Boca Raton, Fla., measures about 14 inches by 8.5 inches, and weighs about 1.25 pounds. It is currently
"What I saw is the epidemic that's happening now in universities of innocent people getting shot at, just sitting in a classroom or by a locker," Fitzsimmons said.
rated at "Level II," the National Institute of Justice's designation for ballistic armor that will stop up to a .357 Magnum round, fired at a distance of about 15 feet. Fitzsimmons said that the armor is currently being evaluated for "Level III," which indicates that a piece of armor can stop rounds as powerful as a .44 Magnum.
Fitzsimmons said that in addition to unstable areas abroad, the Safety Book could prove useful to students on campuses in the United States and other friendly areas of the world. In the wake
spokesperson was not available for comment, but as a rule, the office does not arrange for student travel to unstable or hostile regions of the world. The Study Abroad Handbook, furnished by the office, offers a wide array of safety precautions for American students in foreign countries.
Fitzsimmons said that while the Safety Book isn't a substitute for a full-body armor apparatus, it would at least offer protection for a person's vital organs.
of the Virginia Tech shootings of 2007 and other similar events, Fitzsimmons decided to develop and market his product toward the college demographic.
Fitzsimmons, who founded the Sjoman Bjorn Corp., said he expects to bring the Safety Book to market as soon as early 2009 starting with Amazon.com.
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The student group event "SigmaLambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc. — Ethnic Awareness Day" will begin at noon on Wesco Beach.
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The seminar "Trials and Tribulations in Airplane Design" will begin at 2 p.m. in the Continuing Education building.
The seminar "Peace, War,
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The swim meet against Pentathlon will begin at 4 p.m. in the Robinson Center.
The seminar "Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrocatalytic Applications of Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 1001 Malott.
The soccer game against Texas Tech will begin at 4 p.m. at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
The concert "KU Wind Ensemble with Visiting artist Dai Zhonghau, trumpet and Steve Leisring, trumpet" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center.
The play "A Flea in Her Ear" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The film event "SUA Feature Film: Get Smart" will begin at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The entertainment event "FREE Cosmic Bowling" will begin at 10 p.m. in Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
The public event "Chef Kurt Michael Friese to discuss Slow Food" will begin at 5 p.m. in Oread Books in the Kansas Union.
The entertainment event "SUA First Fridays" will begin at 5 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
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BY JOE PREINER jpreiner@kansan.com
New fitness classes available at the Student Recreation Fitness Center are helping more KU students stay in shape this semester.
As the name entails, Turbo Kick, one of the new classes, is a form of cardio-based kickboxing. The exercises are accompanied by hip-hop music used for dance classes, combining two of the recreation center's most popular activities.
for Recreation Services, said the increase in class enrollment was due to the availability of KU Fit
Amber Long, coordinator
passes as an optional campus fee. She said recreation services had seen class attendance and sales increase, with about 800 students having
The classes, of which there are 55 weekly, range in focus from cardio and strength to yoga and
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bought KU Fit passes already this semester. Students also can buy single-session passes for $3.
dance. The variety helps students find a class that fits their fitness needs and busy schedules. The recreation center posts the schedule
of classes online for students who may be interested in enrolling.
Hollie Swindler, Mott, N.D.
graduate student, attends Turbo Kick classes each week. She said the timing of the class fit in well with the rest of her schedule. Swindler, who is also a KU Fit instructor, said group fitness classes like Turbo Kick helped motivate participants.
"I like the atmosphere of group exercise," Swindler said. "It's a lot harder to quit halfway through when there are other people going through a tough workout with you."
Maggie McCormick, Turbo Kick's instructor, said the class had
been popular in part because of how it was structured. The pre-chooregraphed routines the instructor uses in Turbo Kick are presented in rounds. Each round of the class lasts six weeks. McCormick said it allowed students to memorize the movements, which then allowed them to push themselves harder.
The Turbo Kick class meets every Monday and Thursday afternoon in the exercise room at the recreation center, McCormick said turnout had been good so far, and no one had been turned away from
the 45-person class.
Katie Phillips, Buhler junior, began attending Turbo Kick last week after a friend told her about the class. She said finding time to work out in between her classes was difficult, but she went whenever she could spare a moment. She said setting a routine helped keep her organized and focused.
The recreation center plans to add more Turbo Kick classes next semester, when more certified instructors are available.
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ELECTION 2008
Vice presidential candidates exchange points in debate
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ST. LOUIS — Under intense scrutiny, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stood her ground Thursday night against a vastly more experienced Joe Biden, debating the economy, energy and global warming, then challenging him on Iraq, "especially with your son in the National Guard."
The Alaska governor also noted that Biden had once said Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wasn't ready to be commander in chief, "and I know again that you opposed the move that he made to try to cut off funding for the troops and I respect you for that."
Biden responded that John McCain, too, voted against funding, and said the Republican presidential candidate had been "dead wrong on the fundamental issues relating to the conduct of the war."
country demanding it.
The clash over Iraq was the most personal, and pointed, of the 90-minute debate in which Palin repeatedly cast herself as a non-Washington politician, part of a "team of mavericks" that she said was ready to bring change to a
From the opening moments of the debate, Biden sought to make McCain out as a straight-ahead successor to an unpopular President Bush. "He voted four out of five times for George Bush's budget, which put us a half-trillion dollars in debt and over $4 trillion in debt since he got here," he said of McCain.
Palin merely accused Biden of reciting the past rather than looking to the future. "Americans are crazyn' that straight talk" that McCain offers, she said.
The two running mates debated for 90 minutes on a stage at Washington University, their only encounter of a campaign with little more than one month to go.
Recent polls show Obama with a small but perceptible lead, and Republican officials said earlier in the day that McCain had decided to pull out of Michigan, conceding the state to the Democrats. At the same time, his own aides said the campaign may soon begin to advertise in Indiana — a state that has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1968.
Palin faced enormous challenges of her own, though. After five weeks as McCain's ticket-mate, her poll ratings had begun dropping and even some conservatives have questioned her readiness for high public office.
Her solo campaign events are few, and she has drawn ridicule for some of her answers in the few interviews she has granted — including her claim that Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her an insight into foreign policy.
After intense preparation — including two days at McCain's home in Sedona, Ariz., there was only one obvious stumble, when she twice referred to the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan as "Gen. McClellan." His name is David McKiernan.
Biden's burden was not nearly as fundamental. Although he has long had a reputation for long-windedness, he is a veteran of more than 35 years in the Senate, with a strong knowledge of foreign policy as well as domestic issues.
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For much of the evening, the debate unfolded in traditional fashion — the running mates praising their own presidential candidate and denigrating the other.
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Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., and Republican candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin shake hands following their vice presidential debate in St. Louis Thursday night. It was the first time the two candidates crossed paths on the election trail.
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CELEBRITY
Comedienne offends shelter
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BOSTON — Comedian Sandra Bernhard says the decision by a women's shelter to cut her act from its annual benefit was based on a misleading account of what she said about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
I am a lawyer.
Bernhard made the remarks last month during her one-woman show in Washington before Palin visited New York to campaign. The 53-year-old comedian said Palin would be "gang-raped by my big black brothers" during a diatribe in which she also criticized Palin for opposing abortion rights.
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Comedienne Sandra Bernhard's Oct. 1 stand-up routine was cut from the schedule for a Boston women's shelter annual benefit after shelter leaders caught wind of Bernhard's content in another act. Bernhard allegedly made comments about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, saying Palin would be gang-raped if she ever visited New York.
Rosie's Place, a Boston shelter, announced Wednesday that Bernhard would not take part in its Oct. 16 luncheon, "Funny Women ... Serious Business."
Many women at the shelter have been victims of violence, said public relations director Leemarie Mosca.
"In light of our mission, we don't think violence against women is a laughing matter," she said.
In a statement Wednesday, Bernhard said the decision by Rosie's Place was based on a misleading account of what she said, and her words were taken out of
context.
She said the gang rape comment was part of a larger piece from her one-woman show about "women, racism, freedom and the extreme views of Gov. Sarah Palin."
"In no way am I making any sort of joke about crimes against women — quite the contrary. I'm speaking out about someone who doesn't do enough to protect women," Bernhard said.
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HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
There so much work, you wonder how you'll ever get it all done. Do what you can. Pay off a few bills. Take it one step at a time. You can relax later.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
Your partner and-or mate is the one who'll come up with the next good idea. Don't argue so much that you miss it. Be watching for it instead. And give credit where credit's due.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
A private conversation helps you reorganize priorities. Get back to work on a different project. Something else is more urgent now.
Your luck's better now. Put your plans into action. There'll be a couple of minor setbacks, but everything turns out well. Full speed ahead!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Resolve domestic issues, physical and mental. A family meeting will put all sorts of odds and ends to rest. It's also easier now to fix things that are broken and throw away useless stuff you still have hanging around.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
it's easier to get information now, through your investigations. You'd rather just ask somebody who knows, and that's certainly an option. Go ahead and do the reading on your own, too. You'll be amazed at what you discover.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is no.8
You could get a very nice bonus or tip of the financial kind. Or maybe you'll find $20 in an old shirt pocket. Looks like youre in for a nice surprise involving money.
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Todav is an 8
OK, now you can move boldly forward. Hopefully, you have a plan. But even if you don't, your chances of success are better now. Proceed with confidence.
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19)
Today is a 6
You get some of your best information from behind the scenes. Start asking your better informants leading questions. You'll get more gossip than you know what to do with.
Many job-related difficulties clear up pretty soon. You and your friends continue to talk about the way you want things to turn out. You keep generating more enthusiasm. It's working, so keep at it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
They want you to take on more responsibility, but they don't want to pay you any more than you're already making. Is this a good deal?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8
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20 Bustle
22 "A
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41 Hearty drink
45 Hot spot at a spa
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48 Eco-friendly activity
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53 Old market place
54 Afternoon social
55 Ball-bearing item
56 "The Planets" composer
57 Blunder
58 Store-front sign abbr.
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3 Tartan pattern
4 Exile isle
5 Sent via the USPS
6 Quitter's cry
7 Diplomacy
8 The whole enchilada
9 Luau bowful
10 B&B
11 — U.S. Pat. Off.
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30 Author Buscaglia
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PHILOSOPHY LECTURE SERIES What Does a Liberal Society Owe the Disadvantaged?
Is Public Policy Possible?
Gerald F. Gaus James E. Rogers Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona
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October 3, Hall Center Conference Hall
During 2005-2006 Gaus was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Among his books are On Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Contemporary Theories of Liberalism: Public Reason as a Post-Enlightenment Project, Justificatory Liberalism, and Value and Justification. Gaus is the co-editor of the Handbook of Political Theory. Along with Jonathan Riley, he is a founding editor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He is currently completing a book titled "The Order of Public Reason."
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Red Cross should know 'gay blood' doesn't exist
I am not lesbian, but I am in no way "freaked out" by the gay community. Gays should have equal rights. After I read this heart-breaking, touching article, I was completely appalled and a feeling of sadness overwhelmed me (Column: "Why won't the Red Cross take my blood?" Sept. 29).
Getting tested for HIV not only shows that the writer cares about his well-being, but it also showed that he tested negative. Yet, when he was asked one of the billion questions asked by the nurses, he was no longer allowed to give his blood because he stated that he is a "male who has had sexual contact with another male, even once, since 1977."
Really now?!
The statistics prove that anyone who is not protecting themselves correctly can increase the risk of catching an infection, including HIV. Does Red Cross still live in a stereotypical world? America has gone through some tough times: black rights, women's rights and gay and lesbian rights.
We have an African-American running for president. Women are highly paid executors, but we can't get over a stereotype that was big in the 1970s?
Giving your blood to a sick child, a dying elder or a victim of a tragic accident is one of the best things to do to better your country. The majority of us don't even realize how helpful we truly are being by doing this simple task.
Matt Hirschfeld, the columnist, clearly felt compelled to help in any way he could, and he was turned down even though he has clean blood. I am O-positive, and I know blood banks have been dangerously low of this type. What if he, or any other gay person, had this uncommon blood type but couldn't give and help people because of sexual orientation? Forget that his blood is infection-free and can save a life.
Red Cross needs to take a second look at the questions it asks its donors and consider changing them.
To Hirschfeld and any other gay person out there, don't give up trying because you, like everyone else, should be treated as an equal and not looked down upon just because of a stereotype.
Blood is blood, no matter what race, ethnicity or sexual orientation it comes from. As long as it's healthy, infection-free blood, it can still save a life.
Top reasons why men should take birth control
Ashley DeSandre is a sophomore from Pocono Lake, Pa.
After reading Ross Stewart's column "Top 9 Reasons I Won't Take Male Birth Control," I came up with my own list of why he should.
8. Although condoms are the most effective way of preventing HIV and STDs, they are only about 85 percent effective because of improper use. Oral contraception is 99.9 percent effective when used correctly.
7. Unless your roommates are deeply concerned with the inner workings of your reproductive system, I highly doubt they would be enthralled with how it feels when you ejaculate.
6. Our society assumes that the personal and financial burden of purchasing contraception should always fall on the woman, and that's extremely offensive. Last time I checked, sex requiring birth control involves two people, which means both should be responsible for preventing pregnancy. Perhaps when male birth control gets over the stigma that is presently attached to it, it will be available at a lower cost through health clinics. Also, if purchasing a monthly pill is going to bankrupt you, you may want to consider the cost
of raising a newborn.
5. It is irresponsible to think that just because you are not having a lot of sex, you shouldn't take measures to be personally responsible in your sex life. Millions of women stay on the pill for years, decades even, regardless if they're having "enough sex to warrant it."
4. If I didn't have a word count, you can bet I would school you on how sexist it is to suggest that all women in politics on birth control are "harlots."
3. Women have been going on and off the pill for half a century, and there is no indication that this leads to sterility.
2. If you have any female friends left after this article, I would think that they would find it alluring that you are taking the initiative to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Why would you be carrying your birth control packet with you? It's not a pack of gum. You can take it in the privacy of your own home at the same time every day. It takes a total of three to five seconds.
1. Most women find misogyny extremely unattractive, so I don't think you'll have to worry about having a lot of sex.
Courtney Kivett is a sophomore from Olathe.
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Over the course of his campaign, Obama has carefully cultivated his appeal among economically apprehensive voters, and now his efforts are rewarded. In November, national security and foreign policy will be afterthoughts, and financial turmoil and middle-class anxiety will control. Other things staying equal, this election is probably over.
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The hazards of runaway capitalism dominate the headlines, and this was not an optimal approach to have taken. In addition, McCain lacks the requisite fluency and background on economic issues that would make his candidacy more appealing to anxious middle-class voters. His embarrassingly under-performing running mate does nothing to help this shortcoming.
who see the shadow of creeping socialism and governmental excess behind all economic evils.
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McCain easily got the better of Obama when the subject turned to foreign policy, but at a time when national security messages have ceased to resonate, it changed nothing.
Consider moderator Jim Lehrer's introductory remarks in
It's the economy, stupid. Again.
Democratic nominee Barack Obama is winning. And Republican nominee John McCain is losing. This probably is not going to change before election day, simply because foreign policy issues are no longer front and center. The national security anxiety of 2004 that delivered the White House back to President Bush has given way to this year's economic anxiety, an ominous development for a candidacy founded on national security appeal.
It's the economy, stupid. Again.
It's not 1992, but James Carville's famous slogan for former president Bill Clinton's campaign so prophetically captured the electoral insignificance of George H.W. Bush's foreign policy proficiency in the face of Clinton's economic appeal. This was especially relevant in light of the economic turmoil of the past few weeks.
last Friday's debate on foreign policy: "Tonight's [debate] will primarily be about foreign policy and national security, which, by definition, includes the global financial crisis." In college and in less polite corners of the world, this is called bullshit.
Thanks to Lehrer's verbal creativity, the candidates spent at least half of the only debate on international affairs discussing tax policy, earmarks, health care, regulatory frameworks, tuition expenses, electrical grids, ethanol subsidies and the DNA of bears in Montana.
In this altered electoral landscape, the strategic blunders of the McCain campaign have become apparent. Its efforts in the preceding months to broaden the GOP's economic appeal were half-hearted at best, and instead, significant resources and policy positions were sacrificed to reassure the tax-cutting, libertarian wing of the Bush coalition, a school of ideologues
Check the transcript. This was not just a rhetorical stunt by a veteran news anchor. The change in debate content accurately reflected the anxieties of an electorate that has drastically shifted its priorities away from foreign policy.
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The most-watched vice presidential debate in history was in 1984 between Geraldine Ferraro and former President George H.W. Bush, which brought in 56.7 million people, according to the New York Times. This vice presidential debate is expected to pull in more eyes than the presidential debate and any vice presidential debate in history.
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Brian Baggett, guitar player for the band Dojo, said Lawrence had a wide range of venues, but that it was sometimes difficult to find one that fit his band's unique style.
Chris Armstrong, Lawrence junior, passes out fliers for "Music For The Masses" while dressed as a robot on Wescroach on Wednesday. "Music For The Masses" is an all-day music festival held in Burcham Park on Sunday. The concert is free.
In the past, the concert was held at Burcham Park near Second and Indiana streets on the bank of the Kansas River. Armstrong said the location was perfect because it provided an open field
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The cost of the concert includes buying a permit, renting a stage, sound equipment and advertising. This year the cost is about $1,000.
"There a lot of politics in the music scene here," Armstrong said.
Most of the advertising for the concert is done through posters and fliers. To promote the concert on campus, Armstrong wore a robot costume and handed out fliers in front of Wescoe Hall.
Armstrong starts planning the shows five months in advance. He handles financing, promotion, booking, logistics and sound.
the public and will run from 12:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday on the west side of South Park near Vermont and 12th streets.
Alex Folsom, Lawrence junior and guitar player for Capital D and the Rest of Me, said having the concert on a Sunday afternoon would encourage people to come out.
Chris Armstrong, Lawrence junior, organized the show. He said he first started the concert as a high school student in 2005 because he wanted to give bands an opportunity to perform outside the restrictions of traditional venues.
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Baggett said having the concert outside would also allow younger fans to see local talent that usually played in clubs.
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He moved the concert this year because he wanted it to be more accessible to drive-by traffic.
The event's biggest crowd at Burcham Park was 240 people. Armstrong said his goal was 400 to 500 people this year.
Cody Henry, who provides lead guitar and vocals for ClusterFunk, said it would be nice to play at an outdoor venue because people could drop by easily.
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On Aug. 26, 1920, women gained the right to vote. 88 years later, the U.S. faces the possibility of electing a woman as its next vice president.
pening with the women candidates this year," Unger said. "Women can run for president and become president if we want to. I think that's a great and powerful thing."
Clarissa Unger, Colby senior and a Democratic delegate for Kansas, said this year had been an exciting
Unger said it was also great to see a woman in Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's position, but said she thought Palin was chosen for the wrong reasons.
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"And she's doing a major disservice to women because she hasn't been a major advocate for women in the past."
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"In other countries they require 30 percent of their parliament to be women," Hider-Markel said. "We don't have anything like that in the United States."
Carrie Lindsey, president of the League of Women Voters in Douglas County, can't say much about Palin, but has been very excited about the national election.
"It's been an interesting year, both with gender and race issues," Lindsey said. "It's so great to be a part of the league because of the level of participation in the process."
The league currently has 115 members and was ratified as an official organization in 1947, and became the first League of Women Voters in Kansas. Lindsey said that the league was a nonpartisan organization that focused on action, education and advocacy.
"The league has been a very structured organization aimed at not only helping women learn to vote, but also to help them become informed about issues and the candidates themselves." Lindsev said.
Lindsey said that it was interesting when an election became about a candidate's personality, which made it more difficult to get to the issues.
"From the league's perspective, that's what's important — how the issues affect you and your life," Lindsey said.
Lindsey said it was all about the process of the issue itself rather than the person in the office. That is why, she said, the league didn't endorse political candidates. She said it asked all candidates the same questions on all the issues.
"Voters need to look at the issues that are important to them." Lindsey said. "They need to see where they stand before deciding on something so important."
The league is publicly endorsing keeping the T, Lawrence's public transit system, up and running.
The next forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Douglas County on the issue of the T will be held from 7 to 9 p.m., Oct. 8 at the Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St. Regardless of what happens in November, Haider-Markel said the country is ready for a woman to be vice president.
"I would even argue that it has been ready since 1984," she said.
"The glass ceiling is no longer there — it has been broken for a female vice president."
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Sophomore cornerback Chris Harris (16) and other Kansas defenders pounce on a Florida International player in the Jayhawks first game of the season. Harris has become a leader for Kansas' freshmen cornerbacks this season.
Chris Harris knew Kansas' trio of freshmen cornerbacks had a rough night two Saturdays ago in a 38-14 victory against Sam Houston State.
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He saw Bearkat quarterback Rhett Bomar, who passed for 340 yards and a touchdown in the game, pick on Ryan Murphy, Isaiah Barfield and Corrigan Powell by continually throwing to receivers they were covering.
Harris consoled them after the game.
The Kansas football roster lists Harris as a sophomore. But he doesn't seem like one
"That's what's going to happen being a corner," Harris told them. "You've got to have the shortest memory being a corner."
— doesn't act like one. Even Harris fumbles his words when trying to describe his role among the cornerbacks.
He's the same age as Murphy and Barfield, who coaches and fans often peg as being "young." Harris was a member of the same recruiting class, but played his freshman year instead of receiving a red shirt.
But in football, experience trumps age—and Harris has experience. He's started 14 games during the past two seasons for the Jayhawks, practically making him a grandfather compared with the other cornerbacks.
Harris understands that and it's why he's become one of the leaders for Kansas, which plays on the road against Iowa State tomorrow at 11:30.
Harris has spent the Jayhawks' bye week encouraging the other cornerbacks and working on drills with them before and after practice. He knows they need to improve and figures he can help expedite the process. Harris wants them to feel comfortable coming to him with problems. He wants them to know he understands how tough it is to be a freshman cornerback.
"You're not just going to dominate," Harris said. "Especially in the Big 12, it's
not just going to happen."
But it did for Harris. Maybe he didn't exactly dominate, but he certainly didn't struggle during his freshman season.
He won the Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year award. Sporting News named him an honorable mention Freshman All-American. He intercepted a pass in Kansas' 24-21 victory against Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl.
All those accomplishments are great. But Harris has new goals for this season. He wants to continue to be a reliable player while establishing himself as a leader.
you not the leader of the secondary."
"From high school, I'm used to it," Harris said. "Just being one year away doesn't make
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He's too small.
That's what Bixby High School football coach Pat McGrew kept hearing from college coaches two years ago when he tried to get recruiters interested in Harris.
They didn't listen when McGrew said Harris was a leader on one of the best high school football teams in Oklahoma.
At cornerback, Harris would call the defensive plays on the field and align everyone.
Not just defensive backs. He would make sure the defensive linemen and linebackers understood their adjustments and were in
the right spot.
"He was awesome," McGrew said. "He was like a coach."
But recruiters couldn't get over how short he was. Kansas lists Harris at six feet. Coaches shied away from him because they were worried about how he would match up with taller receivers.
Except for Kansas, McGrew said the Jayhawks were the one team that consistently showed interest in Harris. Kansas coaches traveled to Bixby to watch him play a number of times and be kept in close contact.
The layhawks were the first team to offer Harris a scholarship. McGrew said everything changed after that.
"Everyone started going after him," McGrew said. "And he said, 'no, Kansas was the one that liked me from the beginning and they're the ones who respected me.' He respected them and took the scholarship."
Harris received offers from Tulsa, Wyoming, Colorado State and Iowa State, but knew he wanted to come to Kansas.
McGrew knew the Jayhawks were swiping a great player out of Oklahoma.
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"When he's out there on the field, he's playing hard and making sure everyone else is," McGrew said. "That's what you look for."
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Junior sparks Jayhawks, sets career high
BY JOSH BOWE
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Being a defensive specialist, junior Melissa Grieb does not get the attention of some of the outside hitters. After all,
Caitlin
kills are certainly flashier than dug. But it was hard not to take notice of one specialist Wednesday night.
Grieb had five aces against the Wildcats, a career high. More importantly she tailed four of them during an
Grieb
11-0 run during the fourth set that put the Jayhawks up 14-7, and led to their most impressive set of the season, winning 25-18.
"That's about as long a serving stretch as I've seen in quite some time," coach Ray Bechard said.
Grieb, who is also second on the team
in digs per set and aces, has been the spark the Jayhawks have needed in the serving game. She only has nine serving errors and is the only player to have more aces than errors with at least 35 attempts.
"We know that the first contact tells what the rest of the play is going to be like." Grieb said.
Aces are all well in good, but Bechard said after the loss that it really mattered more if Kansas could've secured the fifth and final set against K-State.
Beachard is not content though, he knows that Texas Tech will be hungry to get its first victory against Kansas and will not let the five-set heartbreak cloud his players' thoughts.
Kansas has finally made it out of their toughest stretch of the season, finally playing an opponent tomorrow night in Texas Tech that is not ranked after playning three in a row. Even worse, the Red Raiders do not even have a Big 12 victory this season, winless in five matches.
"Texas Tech is a difficult place to play, and we'll be prepared." Bechard said. "We're not going to let this match affect our preparation for the next one."
But Grieb understands the lessons learned from Wednesday night's match, even if the lessons are repeated. All the players and Bechard talked about the constant struggle for focus and coming out stronger at the beginning of sets. Even in the sets the Jayhawks won against the Wildcats, it was not a picture perfect start.
"I don't know what it is. We just really need to work on being able to come out every set and come out strong." Grieb said.
With a 1-4 standing the in the Big 12, Kansas has to make a move and pick up some victories, and Grieb might have to pull a couple of more aces from her sleeve.
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Key player comes back to lead defense
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It's the kind of situation that no coach ever wants to be in.
When senior cornerback Kendrick Harper was taken off the field on a stretcher during Kansas' game against Louisiana Tech, there were questions of a possible neck or head injury. After the game was finished, coach Mark Mangino was still waiting for word on his status.
"Right now we don't have a whole lot of information. I can just tell you he's in very good care," he said. "We want to talk to his family before, you know, stuff is printed off all over the Internet."
Erring on the side of caution, Harper vould sit out that game and the next against Sam Houston State. Though Harper has recovered, the Jayhawks pass defense has not. Since then, Kansas has had to rely on a platoon of freshmen: Isaiah Barfield, Corrigan Powell and Ryan Murphy. The results have been abysmal.
In a great sigh of relief for everyone, Harper was released from the hospital the following evening. There was even a slight
It's uncertain whether Harper will be up to speed this weekend after the injury, but there is no question about the joke that is Kansas' passing defense. In its last two games, Kansas has given up an average of 339 yards. Louisiana Tech, who has the worst passing defense in the nation, has given up an average of 348.67 yards in its three games. In Kansas' first two
With Harper slated to play for the first time since the injury as Kansas opens its conference season against Iowa State tomorrow, the timing couldn't be better. Make no mistake, Kendrick Harper's return to the gridron may be the biggest key to the lajhawks' success in the Big 12.
possibility at the time that Harper would be ready for the next week's game against South Florida.
After South Florida's junior quarterback and preseason Davey O'Brien Award candidate, Matt Grothe, threw for 338 yards and two touchdowns, engineering a comeback against the Jayhawks, it was arguable that they were just shown up by a ranked team on its home turf.
games, the team surrendered an average of 96 yards.
But when Kansas gave up 340 yards to Division I-FCS Sam Houston State at home the following week, there was a cause for concern. Play after play, Kansas' three freshmen cornerbacks were beat on vertical routes, making the Bearkats' receivers look like Randy Moss and Terrell Owens.
"I'd say on a couple of those plays, (associate athletics director) Larry Keating and I could have got underneath the coverage faster than the corners did," Mangino said sarcastically after the game.
Statistics are misleading and the Jayhaws did intercept Bomar three times.
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Home turf matters in upcoming Big 12 play
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After practice Tuesday, junior forward Shannon McCabe stood on familiar, and comforting, ground: the Bermuda grass on the lavihawk soccer fields.
The short surface may appear rather insignificant, but it plays a crucial hand in the jahawks' short, crisp passing game.
Following four straight road games, including two played on thicker-cut grass, the Bermuda surface was a soothing sight to McCabe and the Jayhawks.
"It's more comfortable playing at home," McCabe said. "Our fans are here. It's our field, and we're used to this surface. We're able to play our game more."
Kansas returns to the Jayhawk Soccer Complex to play Texas Tech on Friday and No. 15 Colorado on Sunday following a 2-2 road trip. And grass playing fields created a new challenge for the Jayhawks in their last two games — a 2-1 double-overtime loss to Nebraska and a 3-2 victory against Iowa State.
In an attempt to capitalize on long, lofting passes, both schools featured a slowplaying Bluegrass surface.
"That was a bit of a struggle for us this weekend," coach Mark Francis said. "Getting back on our own surface, I know the girls are excited about that."
It isn't just the makeup of the grass, though, that makes playing on the road more difficult. Keeping up with homework and tests can be tricky. So, too, are flights and buses.
"It's just a lot of time in the hotel," McCabe said, "a lot of sitting and waiting around. It's a good team bonding thing, but it's also good to be home."
For the first time since the first week of the season, Kansas enters a game unranked. The Jayhawks are 3-1 at home, having outscored their opponents by six goals.
"At an away game they're cheering against you," McCabe said. "You look in the stands and don't really see anyone you know. It's nice to see familiar faces."
And this weekend Kansas faces two quality Big 12 opponents. Texas Tech enters Friday's contest at 6-3-1 and a 1-2 mark in conference play. Colorado arrives in Lawrence to tote a nine-game unbeaten streak and 8-1-2 record.
For the Jayhawks, the home stand represents a return to normalcy.
"I know the girls are excited about not having to travel, sleeping in their own beds and not having to live out of their suitcases," Francis said. "That's why playing on the road is so tough.
"We're excited to be back."
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"I think the level of commitment is demonstrated. They want to make this football program one of the strongest in the country."
- Iowa State coach Gene Chizik after being hired in 2006
fact of the day
Kansas Athletics Department
Kansas football last appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated last season after defeating Iowa State 45-7 in mid-November. The cover photo was of junior wide receiver Kerry Meier hauling in a touchdown pass. He also passed for a score.
trivia of the day
Q: What connection does Indianapolis Colts All-Pro wide receiver Reggie Wayne have to the Cyclones?
A: Senior wide receiver R.J. Sumrall is Wayne's cousin.
— Iowa State Athletics Department
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Football: Iowa State, 11:30 a.m.
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Softball: Iowa, 4 p.m. (Iowa City,
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Cross Country: OSU Jamboree,
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Rowing: Head of the Oklahoma,
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Softball: Western Illinois, 10 a.m. (Iowa City, Iowa)
Softball: Iowa, 12:30 p.m. (Iowa City, Iowa)
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Will the next Brad Witherspoon please stand up?
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Dig through your closet and find your athletic shoes from high school, because it's time to revive your career.
The calendar just flipped to October — the month of open tryouts. If you think you're good enough to play basketball at an elite collegiate level or tough enough to play professional football, you're in luck.
Let's start with the team almost everyone would love to be a part of. The Kansas basketball team will hold walk-on tryouts Sunday, Oct.
Anyone who wants to participate needs to pick up an information packet from the men's basketball office in Allen Fieldhouse before Wednesday, Oct. 15.
How is that even possible? If all six of the favorites win, the Big 12 will really be a juggernaut in next week's poll. But the odds are against that. This is college football. Count on at least one upset in the Big 12 this weekend.
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If you've got hoop skis and pass on this tryout thinking you don't stand a chance. It's worth it. Just ask Brad Witherpoon.
If you've got hoop skills, don't
Witherspoon played on the basketball team for the past two seasons after earning a spot through one of these open tryouts. Witherspoon exhausted his eligibility but left with a championship ring.
Sure, Major League Baseball playoffs are what October is all about.
I'll take the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox to be playing for the title. The Phillies power their way to a seventh game triumph at Fenway Park.
Not to mention his popularity on campus skyrocketed and the Kansan featured a "Witherspoon Meter" every game day, which ranked the probability of him playing that night.
If your glory came on the gridiron instead of the hardwood, don't
You can register on the team's official Web site and will receive a discount if you do it by Wednesday, Oct. 8. Just think — you could be teammates with Quincy Carter, former Georgia great and the Brigade's starting quarterback.
The most likely Top 25 Big 12 team to fall? I'd say Missouri traveling to Nebraska. The Tigers haven't won at Memorial Stadium
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Six Big 12 teams are ranked in the latest AP Top 25 poll. Yet, none of them will play each other Saturday.
Edited by Kelsey Hayes
WORLD SERIES PICK?
The most likely Top 25 Big 12 team to roll? Oklahoma State playing Texas A&M at home. The Aggies are in complete disarray and barely slipped by Army last week. Meanwhile, Oklahoma State is the most surprising team in the conference and has destroyed everyone standing in its way.
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The Brigade also held a tryout for their dance team that started yesterday. Although it's too late to apply, the finals will be held Friday, Oct. 10 at the Ameristar Casino and are open to the public.
in 30 years and Nebraska coach Bo Pelini is desperate for a trademark victory to kick off his tenure.
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DENVER — Former Denver Broncos owner Edgar Kaiser Jr. lost his latest bid to force current owner Pat Bowlen to sell him part of the team.
The Colorado Court of Appeals Thursday refused to revive Kaiser's state case that was tossed out last year.
Kaiser, who sold his 60.8 percent share of the team to Bowlen in 1984, lost his case in federal court in 2006. The case involved an offer to sell part of the team to Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway.
Kaiser argued the 1984 contract included a "buyback" provision if Bowlen tried to sell the team or a partnership holding majority interest in the team to anybody else. The case in state court involved Bowlen's acquisition of an additional interest of the team through a stock deal involving family members.
The state appellate court agreed the same legal issues resolved in the federal appellate court also apply to the state case. That was that the transactions involved the parent company and not the team or the partnership holding majority interest in the team.
2004 ruled in favor of Kaiser, saying Bowlen violated the contract by offering 10 percent of shares in a company that held ownership of the team to Elway for $15 million. That verdict was overturned by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in August 2006.
A U.S. District Court jury in
"This was anti-climatic," Bowlen attorney Dan Reilly said. "The heart of the case was decided in the federal case. This was an attempt to resurrect a dead case that the court of appeals rejected."
Bowlen's 1998 offer was declined by Elway, who at the time said he wanted a more active role in managing the team than what he was offered.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Evan Longoria and the Tampa Bay Rays looked perfectly at home in the playoffs.
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The rookie homered in his first two at-bats and the surprising AL East champions were a big hit in their postseason debut, beating the Chicago White Sox 6-4 Thursday in their AL playoff opener.
After 10 seasons as baseball's doormat, Tampa Bay took the division with the best home record in the majors. And there were no October jitters as the young Rays kept winning at Tropicana Field behind James Shields' effective start and Grant Balfour's testy, bases-loaded escape.
Tampa Bay ranked near the bottom of the attendance charts this year, yet was cheered on by a sellout crowd of 35,041. Rays season-ticket holder Dick Vitale waved a "We Love Longoria" placard from his first-row seat next to the visitor's dugout.
Game 2 is Friday, when Tampa Bay's Scott Kazmir (12-8) faces Mark Buehrle (15-12).
Chicago beat Minnesota in the AL Central tiebreaker Tuesday, and took a 3-1 lead on Dewayne Wise's three-run homer in the third inning. Butavier Vazquez, who has a history of flopping in big games, could not hold it.
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"We want to win both of them now. We have such an advantage at home." Longoria said.
Tampa Bay Devil Rays' Evan Longoria hits a solo home run in the second inning against the Chicago White Sox during Game 1 of the American League Divisional Series baseball game in St. Petersburg, Fl., Thursday. The Rays defeated the White Sox 6-4
Longoria became the second player to homer in his first two postseason at-bats, joining Gary Gaetti from 1987.
Longoria started the year in the minors and became an All-Star third baseman in the majors. He hit 27 homers despite missing 30 games with a broken right wrist.
He homered on his very first postseason pitch, a leadoff drive in the second. He put Tampa Bay ahead 4-3 with another solo shot in the third, a homer off one of the infamous catwalks that support the roof at Tropicana.
"I was just looking for a pitch out over the plate I could hit," Longoria said.
He also had a RBI single and finished 3-for-3 with three RBIs.
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Balfour fanned Cabrera to end the threat, pumped his fist and pointed at the White Sox shortstop. The exchange also brought manager Joe Maddon and bench coach Dave Martinez out of the dugout and more words were exchanged between Martinez and the White Sox bench.
The Rays led 6-3 in the seventh when the game got tense.
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Shields allowed three runs and six hits in 6-1-3 innings. Balfour struck out both batters he faced and J.P. Howell worked a perfect eighth.
Dan Wheeler gave up a solo home run to Paul Konerko in finishing for a save. Wheeler is filling in for closer Troy Percival, who has been slowed by injuries and was
Tampa Bay slugger Carlos Pena left the game after the second inning with slightly blurred vision in his left eye.
Pena, who led the Rays with 31 homers and 102RBIs this season, struck out in his only plate appearance in the first inning. Willy Aybar entered the game at first base at the beginning of the third, and his sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the inning made it 3-all.
The Rays said he accidentally scratched his eye at home on Wednesday night. The injury is not considered serious and he is expected to return to the lineup for Game 2.
The Rays, who never won more than 70 games in a season before this year, entered their playoff debut on three days' rest, expecting their youth and speed to be an advantage against the more experienced White Sox, who have struggled on artificial surface this year.
The White Sox, who led the majors in home runs, fizzled after winning three straight elimination games, including a tiebreaker against Minnesota to determine the AL Central title, to reach the post-season for the first time since winning the 2005 World Series.
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BY MARK DENT (32-18)
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Vanderbilt
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Miami (FL.)@Florida State
USC@Oregon
Notre Dame@Stanford
Washington@Arizona
UNLV@Colorado State
Ole Miss@South Carolina
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Texas Tech Ohio State Miami (FL.) USC Notre Dame Arizona UNLV South Carolina Nevada
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After the first regatta, the team is focusing on the changes it needs to make for this weekend's regatta and continuing to improve for the spring season.
- Whitney Hamilton
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Swimming coach Clark
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The swimm season is under way as the women begin with Pentathlon events tonight at 4 p.m. in Robinson Natatorium.
The team is scheduled to have six home meets this season.
Campbell heads into his seventh season coaching, while diving coach Eric Elliot begins his fifth season with the Jayhawks.
The Jayhawks will begin the duel meet season with a trip to Arizona the weekend of fall break. The Arizona State Sun Devils will host the first of the two meets in Arizona. The Jayhawks will conclude the weekend with a duel in Flagstaff, Ariz., against Northern Arizona.
including the Big 12 Relays Oct. 24, along with duels against Texas A&M, Drury, Evansville, Iowa State and a triangular meet with South Dakota and Northern Iowa.
Elliott earned Big 12 Coach of the Meet at the Big 12 Championships last spring. Four of Elliot's divers competed in the NCAA Zone Meet and while none of them qualified for the NCAA Championship Meet, all had strong performances. Three of the four divers return this
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RUNNING BACK,
PITTSBURGH STEELEs
Moore's shot at playing time looked slim at the start of the season. But with starter Willie Parker and backup Rashard Mendenhall injured, Moore is in the starting role this weekend. The Steelers rely heavily on the running game, and while quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will shoulder more of the offensive load, Moore could have a solid game and should get at least one touchdown. If you're in a tough spot at running back, be sure to pick up Moore.
GREG OLSEN,
TIGHT END,
CHICAGO BEARS
The top tight ends have performed up to expectations this year, but the rest have been inconsistent at best. If you need some production at the tight end spot, look to Olsen. While teammate Desmond Clark is listed as starting tight end, Olsen gets more looks in the passing game. The Bears have been trying to establish the passing offense. Against a weak Lions squad, they could make a strong statement. It's a good time to pick up Olsen.
STEVE BREASTON,
WIDE RECEIVER,
ARIZONA CARDINALS
With the injury to wide receiver Anquan Boldin, the door opens for Breaston. He came up big with nine catches for 122 yards in the game last weekend against the Jets, matching teammate Larry Fitzgerald's performance. The Cardinals like to throw the ball deep. With Fitzgerald facing a potentially tough matchup against Buffalo cornerback Terrence McGee, Breaston could be a diamond in the rough this week, so pick him up soon.
KERRY COLLINS,
QUARTERBACK,
FENNESSEE TITANS
The Titans are built on defense and lean on the running game to
fuel their offense, but Collins is trying to power a balanced attack on offense. Collins doesn't have to do much to keep the offense on track, other than minimize mistakes, and so far he's done that. Collins has gradually gotten closer to 200 yards passing through each game this season. He draws a tough matchup against Baltimore this weekend, but beyond that he could be someone to watch if you need a quarterback.
BOLD PREDICTION
San Francisco running back Frank Gore will gain nearly 200 yards of total offense and score two touchdowns. Yes, San Francisco plays a rested New England squad, but I think San Francisco, playing at home, may have a little edge. Gore was the key to his team's offensive success early this season, and he could make more than 100 rushing yards and close to 70 receiving yards, at least that's the way I see it. But what do I know? I've blown the last two calls. There's a reason these are bold predictions. Still, start Gore and the reward should be high.
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CROSS COUNTRY
Kansas prepares for meet Jayhawks focus on upcoming race at OSU Jamboree
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
Since then, the Jayhawks has been doing more workouts and are feeling more confident going into Stillwater this weekend.
Two words: Clean slate. Those two words describe the attitude that the Kansas Cross Country team has going into Stillwater, Okla., this weekend to compete in the 2nd OSU Jamboree.
It has been three weeks since the team came in second place at the Missouri XC Challenge, but the team hasn't dwelled on that.
"We got some workouts under our belt," Junior Isaiah Shirlen said. "We're a lot more fit than we were three weeks ago. We're more
"You can't focus on the past or what you previously done because then you're not focused on what you have in front of you," freshman Zach Zarda said.
"It was a good experience to race another Division-I school," she said. "Now we're going to race a whole bunch of Division-I teams. We're on to bigger and better things."
Junior Lauren Bonds had a similar opinion.
race-ready."
The OSU Jamboree is the second new event on the Jayhawks schedule, but the oldest cross country race in the nation.
"It's a lot of top teams from across the nation," said Shirlen. "It will be interesting to mix it up."
There will be more than 100 college teams competing alongside the Jayhawks, including Arkansas, Indiana, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and top-ranked Division-II school Abilene Christian University.
Although the competition looks stiff this weekend, Kansas sees plenty of opportunity for themselves.
"This is a meet where we get points for at-large bids to go to nationals," junior Levi Huseman said.
Freshman Donny Wasinger believes that this meet is an opportunity to show what they can do after a long break. Wasinger said he's gotten used to running 8Ks, but said he saw plenty of room for improvement and had a goal for this weekend.
"If I feel good about the race, then I'll be happy with myself," he said.
Redshirt freshman Kara Windisch talked about strategy for this weekend's race.
"We're trying to pack run," she said. "Keep our number one through seven girls close and try to get some points."
Sophornore Danny Van Orslel
Hopes that his experience would be
an advantage for the Jayhawks. Van
Orslel ran the course in Stillwater
two years ago.
"It's mostly flat with a ravine in the middle that you go through a couple of times," Van Orsdel said. "It's nowhere near as hilly compared to Bob Timmons or Missouri."
Seven women and 12 men will compete, including freshmen Donny Wasinger, Austin Bussing, Rebeka Stowe and Lauren Nightengale. Nightengale said she was excited to make the travel squad for this weekend meet.
"I've been working really hard in practice and trying to get better and myteammates have been helping me a lot," she said.
The women's 5K race will start at 9:10 a.m., followed by the men's 8K race starting at 9:45 a.m.
WHEELER
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(CONTINUED FROM 1B)
but Kansas cannot afford to give up that kind of yardage in conference play.
Texas' Colt McCoy, Oklahoma's Sam Bradford, Missouri's Chase Daniel and Kansas State's Josh Freeman all rank in the top 10 in passing efficiency in Division-I FBS. Texas Tech's Graham Harrell and Nebraska's Joe Ganz are in the top 25. All six of these players will have a chance to torch Kansas. Harper may or may not be the savior to a wide-open secondary, but one thing is for sure, it's not going to get any easier for the lajwhayks.
FOOTBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
*****
- Edited by Arthur Hur
Even McGrew was surprised by what happened next.
Harris arrived on campus before the 2007 season for practice with the mindset that he could play right away. McGrew wasn't so sure. As good as he knew Harris was, McGrew thought cornerback was one of the hardest positions to play in college right out of high school.
The difficulty didn't deter Harris. After then-junior cornerback Kendrick Harper got hurt before the season began, a starting position opened up in the secondary.
"I was going to compete with whoever," Harris said. "I didn't care who was at the corner position, I
was going to compete."
Harris won the job and started alongside All-American Aqib Talib at cornerback at the beginning of the season. Naturally, quarterbacks threw toward Harris and away from Talib.
The strategy didn't work. In the first eight games Harris started, only Kansas State's Josh Freeman threw for more than 200 yards. Harris was one of the key cogs in a pass defense that ranked among the top in the nation.
"He's just done a phenomenal job," Mangino said in an interview last year. "To come in here and essentially win the corner position. The way he did it — he showed a lot of enthusiasm, courage and
football aptitude for a freshman."
*****
Mangino isn't normally that pleased with freshmen cornerbacks.
Take the Sam Houston game this season for example — Mangino said he could cover receivers better than his freshmen cornerbacks. Mangino may have criticized their performance, but Harris has defended it.
Harris maintains that the three freshmen who played all have great potential. He said getting burnt by the Bearkat receivers could serve as an invaluable lesson.
"They can learn from the experience," Harris said, "and take that with them in their career."
Much like he did during his
high school career, Harris is trying to spread his leadership beyond the defensive backfield. He said during the bye-week he was also more vocal with the front seven.
"I tell them the more pressure you all get, the more picks we get," Harris said. "Basically, we just try to work together on that. The more coverage we get, the more sacks they get."
Although the silver chain with a No.16 pendant dangling from his neck and the sparkling studded earrings may suggest otherwise, Harris is modest. He says he's just one leader on a defense full of them. His teammates are more likely to expound on his leadership.
"He's a very good leader to our team," Harper said.
Harper is Harris' roommate. Harper missed the Jayhawks last three games after he suffered a head injury during the first game of the season against FLU.
Of course, Harper has eagerly wanted to get back on the field. Harris said his roommate has been frustrated and wished he had an extra year of eligibility.
But Harris has kept Harper's spirits high, Harper, who is expected to play against Iowa State, said Harris was always telling him to work through it and get back on the field.
"He's always smiling," Harper said. "He never has a bad day. He's a great guy to be around."
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 3 2008
KU
KICKOFF
ATA GLANCE
After four night games to open the season, the Kansas Jayhawks will play during the day for the first time. They were 5-0 in day games last year and Mangino said that the morning start time shouldn't affect his team. Kansas opened Big 12 play on the road last year and beat Kansas State in Manhattan.
COUNTDOWN TO KICK-OF-
Kerry Meier's national rank in receptions, with 9.25 per game
2
Consecutive wins following a bye week for Kansas
3
Fodd Reesing's national rank in completions with 31.50 per game
5
BYTHE NUMBERS
Number of KU opponents ranked in the top 10 of this week's AP poll
1
13
Freshmen who have seen action for Kansas this season
16
Consecutive weeks that Kansas has been ranked in the Associated Press poll
PLAYER TO WATCH
CONFERENCE KICKS OFF
Senior Linebacker Mike Rivera. Rivera was called out indirectly by Mangino following the Sam Houston State game when he
A. H. BISHTEH
Rivera
coach said that the team wasn't getting consistency from his position. Rivera was benched for much of the game and it's unknown if he has regained his starting spot. If he's back in the lineup, expect Rivera to try and make as many plays as possible.
The Jayhawks hit the road to open Big 12 play
QUESTION MARKS
Have the benched regained their starting spots? Mangino benched several players for much of the Sam Houston State game to try and shake things up, including Dezmon Briscoe, Daymond Patterson and Mike Rivera. Mangino said Tuesday that those players hadn't regained their starting spots, but could do so before Saturday's game.
GAME DAY
Will the 11:30am start time affect the Jayhawks? Kansas has played four night games in 2008 and will take the field much earlier than usual on Saturday. The team said that other than waking up earlier, the start time shouldn't have any effect. Todd Reesing said he liked the early start time because he doesn't have to wait all day for the game to start.
KANSAS VS. IOWA STATE 11:30 a.m. Saturday, JACK TRICE STADIUM, Versus
Kansas 3-1,0-0 Big 12
OFFENSE
Todd Reesing has pretty much done it all for the Kansas offense through the first four games of the season. Reesing has passed for at least 350 yards in each of the past three games and has 1,405 yards and 11 touchdowns on the season. The return of Dexton Fields could help those numbers climb even higher as the senior from Dallas will play in his first game since being injured in the first quarter of the season opener against Florida International. Fields led the Jayhawks in receptions in each of the past two seasons and is a strong run blocker something the receiving core has struggled with so far.
Fields
MUSIC
★★★★☆
DEFENSE
The return of Kendrick Harper should give the Kansas defense a noticeable boost on pass defense. The Jayhawks struggled to replace Harper during the two games that he missed as inexperienced corners Isiah Barfield, Ryan Murphy and Corrigan Powell all had unsuccessful chances to fill the void. Harper says that he is 100 percent following an undisclosed injury that forced him to be carted off the field on a stretcher.
Harper
SPECIALTEAMS
★★★★☆
The Kansas kick return game ranks dead last, 119 out of 119, in Division-I in yards per kick return, but Mangino said Wednesday that he had no problems with how the unit was performing. He pointed out that most teams were short-kicking the Jayhawks, so while the return yards weren't very high, the starting field position for the Jayhawk offense was. Jacob
TAYLOR PARKER
Branstetter
Branstetter is tied for second in the nation with an average of two field goals per game and is six of seven on the season overall.
COACHING
Kansas has won three straight games when coming off of a bye week, which is the case Saturday. Mangino and his staff went back to the basics during the bye week to work on fundamentals and improving in every aspect of the game. They worked a little bit on Iowa State late in the week but didn't start focusing on the Cyclones until this week. Mangino is one of the most prepared coaches in the nation when it comes to knowing and scouting his opponents and always has his team ready to play.
★★★★
★★★★
MOMENTUM
Kansas enters Big 12 play rested and ready to roll. The returns of cornerback Kendrick Harper and wide receiver Dexton Fields will help tremendously, as will the bye week that allowed the Jayhawks a chance to focus on improving their fundamentals and getting better, Kansas rolled over Sam Houston State before the bye week, so they come in with plenty of momentum.
★★★★
Kansas enters Biq 12 plav rested and
— B.J. Rains
Iowa State 2-2,0-0 Big 12
A. M.
OFFENSE
Arnaud
Sophomore quarterbacks Austen Arnaud and Phillip Bates have accumulated 74 percent of the total offensive yardage this season. Arnaud takes most of the snaps and has eight total touch-downs, while Bates comes in mostly to run. He leads the Cyclones with 166 yards on 24 carries. Both are mobile but prone to mistakes. No matter who's throwing it,
their main target is R.J. Sumrall. On the season, Sumrall has 15 receptions for 284 yards and four touchdowns.
★★★★
DEFENSE
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James Smith
Cornerback James Smith and linebacker Jesse Smith, no relation, have combined to make 53 tackles this season to lead Iowa State's improved defense. Defensive end Kurtis Taylor and linebacker Michael Bilbs also have impressive numbers. The Cyclones have 21 tackles for loss, but the real strength of the unit — and the team — is ability to create turnovers Iowa State
has 13 takeaways, the most in the Big 12 and tied for eighth most in the country.
SPECIAL TEAMS
★★★☆★
Freshman kicker Grant Mahoney has attempted (11) and made (7) more fields goals than any other kicker in the Big 12. His accuracy leaves something to be wanted, but all seven makes were from at least 30 yards away with a long of 48 yards. Junior punter Mike Brandtner averages 42 yards per punt. In the return game, five different Cyclones have returned a kick and four of them averaged at least 22 yards.
10
Mahoney
★ ★ ☆ ☆
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COACHING
Gene Chizik has won at nearly every level of coaching. In 1986 he started at Seminole High School, and eventually worked his way up the college ranks. In 2004 he was the defensive coordinator at Auburn when it finished 13-0 and after that he spent two seasons as the co-defensive coordinator at Texas, winning a national championship in 2006. It will take time, but Chizik knows how to build a winning team.
★★★☆★
MOMENTUM
Iowa State rolled to victories in its first two games, winning by a combined score of 92-45.
Since then it has a pair of good scores.
since then it lost a pair of road games to in-state rival Iowa and UNLV. The UNLV loss was especially tough, as Arnaud completed a 28-yard pass to Sumrall with three seconds left to put the game into overtime. Once there, the Cyclones settled for a field goal while the Runnin' Rebels scored a touchdown on their first play.
☆☆☆☆
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AT A GLANCE
Both teams are coming off of a bye week, and coach Gene Chizik said the time off allowed him to assess his team. What he realized is that most, if not all, of their struggles are caused by youth. Sixteen freshmen have seen the field for the Cyclones, and both of his quarterbacks are sophomores. Players can't just grow up overnight, but Chizik's laying down a solid foundation for the next few years.
BY THE NUMBERS
4
total touchdowns for Austen Arnaud against UNLV
11
true freshmen who've played for Iowa State, the sixth most in the country.
takeaways by ISU's defense,the most in the Big 12
121.5
passing efficiency the Cyclone defense allows per game, the worst in the Big 12
141.22
176
passing efficiency for Arnaud, who ranks 38th nationally but 11th in the Big 12.
passing yards allowed per game, fourth best in the conference
PLAYER TOWATCH
Taylor
Senior defensive end Kurtis Taylor. Last year, Taylor finished second in the Big 12 with 6.5 sacks. This season he has one interception, five tackles for loss and one sack, complete with a forced fumble. Taylor is a quick pass rusher who's also athletic enough to drop back into coverage. He could wreak some havoc in the KU backfield all afternoon.
Toula
QUESTION MARKS
Will Iowa State score in the first quarter? In its two victories, the Cyclones scored a combined 31 first quarter points. In their two losses? 0 points. It's important for Iowa State to keep the crowd involved and the best way to do that is to give them something to cheer for early and often.
Who will win the turnover battle? This may be the most intriguing game within the game on Saturday. Iowa State creates more takeaways than any team in the conference, while Kansas has the second fewest turnovers.
BIG 12 SCHEDULE
Game
Time (CT) Channel
Saturday
No. 1 Oklahoma at Baylor 11:30 a.m. FSN
No. 4 Missouri at Nebraska 8 p.m. ESPN
No. 5 Texas at Colorado 6:10 p.m. FSN
No. 7 Texas Tech at Kansas State 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 16 Kansas at Iowa State 11:30 a.m. Versus
No. 21 Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M 6:05 p.m. No TV
BIG 12 CONFERENCE
JAMES
JAYHAWK NATION WILL ROCK IF...
Kansas finds a running game and is able to be successful both on the ground and through the air. Reesing has carried the load so far but the trio of running backs need to step up and start producing at a higher clip.
GALE SAYERS WILL WEEP IF...
Kansas struggles with the early start time and allows Iowa State to stay in the game and get the crowd behind them. Kansas also needs a much improved performance from their pass defense or they could be in trouble in Ames.
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PREDICTION:
TOP 25 TELEVISED GAMES
Time Channel
Friday
Kansas 38, Iowa State 14
No.8 BYU at Utah State 7 p.m. No TV
Saturday
No. 2 Alabama vs. Kentucky 2:30 p.m. CBS
No. 6 Penn State at Purdue 11 a.m. ESPN
No. 9 USC vs. No. 23 Oregon 7 p.m. ABC
No. 12 Florida vs. Arkansas 11:30 a.m.
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ESPN
No.13 Auburn vs. No.19 Vanderbilt 5 p.m.
No.14 Ohio State vs. No.18 Wisconsin 7 p.m. ABC
No.20 Virginia Tech vs. Western Kentucky 12:30 p.m. No TV
No.22 Fresno State vs. Hawaii 9 p.m. ESPN360.com
No.24 Connecticut at North Carolina 6 p.m. ESPN2
SURPRISE COMEBACK
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Professor assures students' jobs will still exist
BY RYAN MCGEENEY
rmcqeeney@kansan.com
The day after the Dow Jones suffered a 20 percent drop — its largest one-day decline in the market's history — Paul Koch, the O. Maurice Joy Professor of Business, had at least one thing he wanted to make clear to students in his "Futures and Options" class.
"The sky isn't falling." Koch said.
"You're all going to get jobs."
The class, which teaches students in the School of Business how to navigate a dizzying array of financial formulas that predict and guide actual business transactions, often begins with a 10- to 20-minute discussion period in which current world events are examined through the lens of the economic theories and principles taught by Koch and other professors in Summerfield Hall.
The discussions have increasingly shifted focus from broad generalities to specific events that seem to change the economic forecast for the country and the world from one day to the next. Many of the students in the course are nearing graduation, and every hint of a financial downturn and possible recession can appear as a bad omen to students about to enter the job market.
"You guys are going to get jobs, and you're going to start investing in your 401ks." Koch told the class "Don't you want to buy stocks now, when they're low? Isn't this good for you? You're not retiring tomorrow."
Koch recently garnered a modicum of media attention as a signatory to a letter addressed to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the current president pro tempore of the Senate. The letter, signed by more than 200 economists from 100 universities around the nation and read on the floor of the House of Representatives, urged caution in approving the $700 bil-
lon Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
Both chambers of Congress have since passed the bill and President Bush signed it into law on Oct. 3. The letter cited three major causes for concern: the question of the legislation's fairness, its lack of transparency and oversight and the potential for long-term, unintended consequences.
"I view the last several weeks as a short-term liquidity crisis, and as the result of some past behavior in the financial markets, particularly the real estate markets," said Koch, who described the letter as a plea to Congress, the U.S. Treasury and other leaders to simply not be hasty. He emphasized
that his primary concern was the ambiguous nature of some portions of the proposed legislation, rather than the dollar amount.
"I don't like the term 'bailout," Koch said. "It's really a $700 billion line of credit. I think that's actually a good idea. The liquidity crisis reflects the engine of the economy coming to a stop. We need to grease the engine of the economy to get it going again, and credit is the grease that makes the economic engine work."
Koch's students aren't the only ones in the School of Business finding themselves engaged in discussions revolving around
ROTC teaches life-long skills
U.S.
Jerrv Wano / KANSAN
Aaron Hunter, Topeka sophomore, informs his squad of the plan to ambush an enemy bunker during the ROTC training held Saturday morning. Cadets took turns leading their squads as part of a leadership exercise.
SEE ECONOMY ON PAGE 3A
Cadets understand war protests are not aimed at them but at the war itself
BY HALEY JONES hjones@kansan.com
The sound of gunshots echoed through the woods of Fort Riley Saturday as KU Army ROTC cadets neared the enemy's
bunker on a field training exercise. But the enemy was only fellow ROTC, the guns were filled with blanks and the grenades were tennis balls.
Aaron Hunter,
Topeka sophomore,
led his squad of eight
cadets to the ridge
across from the ene-
up. Hunter had enough cover to cross the stream and approach the bunker from the side, right in the enemy's blind spot. Covered by his squad firing guns, Hunter dropped to a crawl to get closer to the spray-painted black bun-
"We use this training because we want everyone to be a good soldier and it's a good way to put in pressure situations ..."
my's bunker. The only thing stopping them from completing their mission was a small stream — and the pounding inside their chests from the uncertainty of what could happen.
ker. When he had reached the outer edge, he reached his arm around the front of the bunker and tossed in a tennis ball.
Thick smoke from a smoke bomb appeared in the streambed and wafted
JOHN BASSO
Battalion commander
About 90 Army ROTC cadets gathered at Fort Riley on Friday afternoon for their most intensive field training exercise, FTX, of the semester. The three-day-long FTX puts the Army ROTC underclassmen in real-life situations where they learn critical problem
"Grenade int!" he shouted. The two enemy forces dropped their heads to the ground, signaling defeat.
solving and improve their leadership skills from soldiers who have actually served overseas. The ROTC is divided into seven different lanes that funnel into a central location, where the main campsite and base are. Each lane press-
ents the ROTC with different missions that encourage the development of basic skills and actions, like blocking and tackling.
Colonel John Basso is the battalion commander for the KU Army ROTC. He said the situational training in lanes was a weekly exercise for
ers — but still hands-on stuff," Basso said. "We use this training because we want everyone to be a good soldier and it's a good way to put people in pressure situations and see how they respond."
the KU Army ROTC. Throughout the semester, the cadets spend two hours a week running through smaller lanes on the University's West Campus and one hour a week in class.
"We're defending their freedom so they have the right to say that. If that's what they're going to do, then that's their choice."
JOHN IRVINE Leavenworth senior
The simulated combat at Fort Riley
"We do labs — not with Bunsen burn.
ubat at Fort Riley is a reminder for the cadets of the reality of a war they could fight in after being commissioned as officers. Brian Mills, Leavenworth freshman, said drilling was the only real way to learn how to accomplish a mission and learn common tasks a soldier would face in combat.
"When bullets start flying and people start taking hits, you can't think," Mills said. "You've just got to have it ingrained in you so you can do what you need
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AWARD
Journalism alum's story wins writing competition
Spring 2008 KU graduate Thor Nystrom won first place in Rolling Stone magazine's College Journalism Competition and is featured in the October issue of the magazine, which came out on Friday.
He won for his first-person feature story about mental illness, becoming the first KU student to win the contest in any category.
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EMPLOYMENT
University offers help finding jobs
Getting jobs in town or on campus is not always an easy task. On-campus job offerings at places such as the Student Recreation Fitness Center and the libraries often have too many applications. KUCareerHawk.com will try to help students find jobs.
Postings by companies looking for employees nearly doubled during the last year.
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RESEARCH
Lecturer's work focuses on food in the suburbs
A history lecturer hopes to publish a book on food history of postwar America in the suburbs.
He studied the cultural and social issues from the late 1940s to the early 1960s and their influences on popular food such as barbecue.
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With temperatures on the decline, the Wakeboarding Club will make a few trip to Clinton Lake before it's too cold to swim.
The summer weather allows for periodic excursions to the local lake, 10 minutes from campus, where they help each other develop their skills.
Tony Gatti, the vice president of the Wakeboarding Club, said the season only runs from the beginning of April to the middle of November.
Even though the Kansas winters keep them off the water, they still meet on campus during the cold season.
"In the off-season we meet a couple times and hang out and oftentimes our fundraiser is in the off-season," Gatti said.
Wakeboarding necessities come at a relatively high price, with equipment ranging from the boat and board, all the way to the gas and tow ropes.
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"We lease the boat, and the money for that is supplied by KU because of participation and club level. Then we pay for the rest of the club through cleaning Allen Fieldhouse and club dues," Gatti said.
Like most clubs and organizations at KU, the Wakeboard Club is available to all students and no prerequisites are required.
Wakeboard Club members ride at Clinton Lake before the weather cools down. During the winter, the organize fundraisers for club expenses.
"We get many types of skill level, from people who have never seen a wakeboard to advancedriders," Gatti said.
Those who join with little or no experience are never excluded because those with more experience have no problem teaching.
"We teach it in multiple ways;
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they are trying to learn in general terms and then have them try it and tell them things to do. Like a trial-
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ODD NEWS Long in the tooth? Yep, woman finds fossil tooth
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CAPLEN, Texas — A homeowner whose beachfront property in Texas was destroyed during Hurricane Ike has found a football-size fossil tooth in the debris.
Dorothy Sisk and her colleague, Lamar University paleontologist Jim Westgate, visited her Bolivar Peninsula home after like hit. Together they found something unusual in Sisk's front yard: a 6-pound fossil tooth.
The tooth, which looks like a series of boot soles or slices of bread wedged together, is expected to be sent to the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin.
Westgate believes the fossil is from a Columbian mammoth common in North America until
No luck finding UFOs but Roswell residents win big
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Roswell, N.M., is usually more associated with little green men than with greenbacks.
But nine residents brought different attention to the town Friday when they claimed a Powerball jackpot worth more than $200 million.
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The public event "All Majors — Senior Day" will begin at 8:15 a.m. in the Kansas Union.
The student group event "Brazilian Week: Presenter Filipe Balestra" will begin at 12:30 p.m. in Wescoe Hall Auditorium.
The lecture "Four-year-olds generalize phonotastic probabilities from ambient speech" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 206 Blake.
The lecture "KU Department of Design Hallmark Design Symposium Series" will begin at 6 p.m. in 3139 Wescoe Hall.
The film event "The Last Emperor" will begin at 7 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The seminar "NOT Over the Hill at 50: Sexuality & Relationships in the Lives of Older Adults" will begin at 7 p.m. in Continuing Education.
The public event "How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives" will begin at 7 p.m. in 106 Spooner Hall.
The lecture "Literacies of a Lifetime: Literature, Ethnicity, Code" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The student group event "St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center; Praise'n Worship" will begin at 8:30 p.m. in the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center.
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to do to survive. If you have to think, you're a weak link in the chain."
In the missions, cadets lead squads of eight other cadets. Within the squad, two other cadets lead an alpha team and a bravo team. Two cadres, or training staff, work with each squad member individually to coach them on their strengths and weaknesses during each mission.
Basso said the 14 KU cadre had served a total of 13 combat tours in Iraq or Afghanistan and provided professional leadership training to the cadets. The cadre focused on one or two cadets at a time, giving them personalized feedback so the cadets could become more aware of their capabilities.
"We've figured out pretty quickly that the only way you can really teach leadership is primarily one-on-one." Basso said.
CadetjohnIrvine, Leavenworth senior, said the cadre's first-hand experience overseas helped cadets realize the training missions weren't just make-believe.
"When cadres say they've seen this in action when they were in Iraq it really hits home." Irvine
said. "You're like, okay, I really need to work on this stuff."
Tom Ferry, St. Michael, Minn., junior, came to the University to major in business and had not planned on joining the ROTC. But in the middle of his freshman year, Ferry joined a simultaneous membership program with the ROTC and the National Guard because of the college benefits, including possible scholarships and a monthly stipend.
Ferry said he found many aspects of his ROTC training had benefitted him academically and in his search for a business internship. Ferry said cadets ran 95 percent of the Jayhawk Battalion and part of his duties as an upperclassman was to plan the FTX at Fort Riley.
"When employers ask me what I have done where I've had to show leadership, I can say, 'Well, what haven't I done?'" Ferry said.
"How about planning three days of meals, training and movement for 100-plus people?"
The field training incorporated cultural differences by having several of the enemies dressed in Middle-Eastern garb, but Irvine said that wasn't the focus.
"It's not us against them," Irvine said. "That's not what the army is. It's us doing our job. If that's who it happens to be today, then that it's it."
Ferry said the cadets faced minimal opposition from KU students, because war protests on campus and in Lawrence were usually directed at the war, not at cadets. He said whether or not he agreed with the war didn't matter.
"You watch every generation before us do their part and go to war," Ferry said. "And it's like, you do your part."
Irvine said he joined the ROTC because he wanted to step up to the plate and serve his country. He said he was defending the rights of all citizens — those who supported the war as much as those who opposed it.
"We're defending their freedom so they have the right to say that," Irvine said. "If that's what they're going to do, then that's their choice."
Ferry said, "First Amendment, right?
Irvine said, "Right."
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Kyle Daniels, Olathe junior, awaits further instructions from the squad leader after securing the premises of the enemy bunker during the ROTC training held Saturday morning. Cadets can train drills starting at 6 a.m. to develop leadership skills.
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Paul Koch, the 0. Maurice Joy professor of business, discusses the rapid changes in the stock market in the wake of the proposed $700 billion economic package, and its initial failure to win approval in the U.S. House of Representatives, with an upper-level economics class in Summerfield Hall. Koch normally spends the first 10 to 20 minutes of class discussing current events and their relevance to students of economics, business and finance.
economic theory in practice, Nick
Sherf, Leaward senior, said he had
recently seen questions appease on tests that were obviously affected by
recent changes in the economy.
discussion of the housing market's collapse and how its effect on the labor market had in turn slowed down both legal and illegal immigration in recent months.
"It's not so much the topics of discussion that change, but the real world application of these principles," Sherf said. He cited a recent
Kaylie
"Even though they're always looking for people in accounting to deal with new laws ... I'm still definitely worried."
looking for people in accounting to deal with the new laws and regulations, I'm still definitely worried." Trabon said. "I know everyone's cutting down on the number of
Traban, Leawood senior, said that while she felt her job prospects were strong as an accounting major, she was still trying to deal with a potential job shortage.
"Even though they're always
KAYLIET TRABAN Leawood junior
Trabon said he hoped to find an internship in the
spring, and hoped to parlay that into full-time employment.
Other students are seeing the recent turbulence in the markets as an incentive to further their education. Jarryd Dudley, St. Louis senior,
said his entrepreneurship class had been studying the $700 billion economic package in terms of its effects on burgeoning businesses, especially in terms of inflation.
"It doesn't look good, at least not for middle-class people like myself." Dudley said.
Dudley said as he approached his turn to walk down the hill in May,he had been spending a lot of time researching financial and investment companies in the hopes of landing a job with a secure firm. Dudley said it seemed just as likely,however, that he might simply apply for an MBA program.
"It may make me want to stay in school longer for a chance at getting a better job at a younger age," Dudley said.
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INTERNATIONAL Secretary Rice defends visit to Kazakhstan
ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday rejected any suggestion that U.S. efforts to build closer ties to this former Soviet republic are meant to undermine Russian influence in Central Asia.
"This is not a zero-sum game," she told reporters flying with her to the Kazakh capital. U.S. gains need not mean Russian losses, she said.
"First of all, Kazakhstan is an independent country. It can have friendships with whomever it wishes," she said. "That's perfectly acceptable in the 21st century, so we don't see and don't accept any notion of a special sphere of influence" for Russia in this region.
Later at a joint news conference with her Kazakh counterpart, Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin, Rice said no one should question Kazakhtan's desire to have good relations with all countries in its region.
"This is not some kind of contest for the affection of Kazakhstan," Rice said.
Missile strike strains anti- terror alliances, kills 24
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — The Tailan are unusually angry about the latest suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, a sign a top militant may have died in the attack, officials and residents said Sunday amid reports the death toll rose by two to 24.
Elsewhere in Pakistan's northwest, an official said some 15,000 Afghans had left a tribal region the military is trying to wrest from insurgents, but that tens of thousands more had yet to meet a government ultimatum to get out by Sunday.
The U.S. has ramped up cross-border strikes on alleged al-Qaida and Taliban targets along Pakistan's side of the border with Afghanistan, straining the two nations' anti-terror alliance.
The frontier region is believed to be a possible hiding place for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri.
RESEARCH
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BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA
smiyakawa@kansan.com
Tim Miller hopes to explore how American suburbs developed by looking at some of America's favorite foods — barbecue, TV dinners and frozen foods.
"I wanted to do something that was interesting." Miller said. "Something people could relate to."
PETER PARKER
Miller, lecturer of history and recent KU graduate.
Miller
researched modern food history for his dissertation and is rewriting his research to get it published. He is currently searching for a publishing company.
He said his research tied food to larger cultural and social issues between 1946 to 1963, such as suburban sprawl, the civil rights movement and women's employment. It covers the rises of barbecues, cocktail parties, ethnic food and convenience foods, including TV dinners and frozen foods. One of his main sources of information was food reviews published in New York during the time period he studied.
James Mayo, chair and professor of urban planning, said the number of homeowners increased after World War II because of the economic boom, the extended period of mortgage payments and a G1 Bill that allowed veterans to get home loans. This, he said, along with the increasing number of car owners, helped shift large numbers of people to suburbs across the country.
Miller said a new lifestyle and culture formed in suburbs, which influenced the way Americans cooked and ate.
Miller said barbecues became popular because houses were smaller and did not have enough space for guests indoors.
"Barbecues were a very big deal during the time period with men getting into cooking." Miller said.
His research also showed that Italian food became popular among suburbanites as increasing numbers of Italian people moved to suburbs.
Miller also said convenience foods became popular among middle classes when more women started working. Frozen foods, canned foods and TV dinners were introduced after World War II. He said a variety of cake mixes were also popular.
Miller said that those foods were always popular among Americans, but that until the 1960s, people didn't know that many of them were unhealthy. He said the Food and Drug Administration did not investigate foods as much as they do today, and food companies had more power over consumers. The foods often contained high amounts of fat, artificial flavors and colors, and many people were not aware of the health problems related to those ingredients.
"There was no conception that this stuff is bad for you," Miller said. "At least with our society today, there are different voices out there."
Karl Brooks, associate professor of history and environmental
Miller said his next project was about the history of chocolate chip cookies. He said his research would focus on the ingredients of chocolate chip cookies and stories about the cookies and ingredients, some of which were spread around the world after the European exploration of the Americas in the late 15th century.
"He believes food tells a story" Brooks said. "How it was changed from the past to the present helps us to understand the suburbs and important change after World War II."
studies who was also an adviser for Miller, said that many Americans still live in suburbs and that Miller's research helped people understand more about American culture.
"If you look at chocolate, you can talk about what is called the Columbian Exchange," Miller said. "So you can talk about how foods go around the world."
Miller said he wanted to write books about food history as he became a history professor.
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WHO: Rock the Vote
WHAT: Rock the Vote Gallery
WHEN: 29th September to 10th October
WHERE: Kansas Union Gallery (4th Floor)
Join us for a reception opening of the Rock the Vote Gallery
the Gallery will display postcards created by members of the
KU community concerning politics and the upcoming election.
Also featured will be design work by
KU Graphic Design students.
Reception starts at 1:00pm, 4th floor, Kansas Union Gallery.
FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY
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Fey again spoofs Palin on 'SNL'
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Fey again returned to "Saturday Night Live" to play Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as the sketch comedy show continued to pull out all the stops in its election year season.
Queen Latifah dropped by to portray Thursday's debate moderator, PBS's Gwen Ifill, and cast member Jason Sudeikis stepped into the role of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Tina Fey again returned to "Saturday Night Live" to play Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday.
The "SNL" take on the week's political events has become a
dependable part of the news cycle this fall, offering near-immediate parodies of the presidential candidates. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, and their running mates.
Saturday's "SNL" concluded the opening run of four straight shows
The network has said her appearances on "SNL" are being decided on a week-to-week basis.
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Calm your partner's fears by taking decisive action. You do all the this time, so it won't be a problem.
Besides, the odds are in your favor.
Follow a well-reasoned hunch.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)
Today is an 8
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)
Today is a 6
Pay off a debt completely now, even if you have to scrimp. You might have to do without something else, but that's not a big problem. You can always get that later.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 21)
Today is a 9
You're usually very good at expressing your feelings. This time is no exception. Let your mate know you're proud of what been done, planned or suggested. It'll mean the world to him or her.
CANCER (JUNE 22-JULY 22) Today is a 7
Postpone travel and finish a task you've been working on. You'll finally be able to figure out a complicated part. Look at it one more time.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)
Today is an 8
It's a good time to make commitments the kind you want to live with. There's a promise of security in this moment, plus just enough controversy and excitement to make it fun.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)
Today is a 6
You'll do well to get a few things for your home, and leave it at that. Not a good time to gamble, buy toys or get a new wardrobe. Save all those for later.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)
Today is an 8
A conversation with a close friend or sibling leads to an answer you've been seeking. Ask about what really happened back then, and get the whole story.
SCORPIO (OCT.23-NOV.21)
Today is an 8
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)
Today is a 9
This should be a magical day. You're lucky in all sorts of ways. You could race around and do a lot of things, or you could lie on the couch with pillows and tea and cookies. You get to choose; it's all yours.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)
Today is a 6
You can be forgiven if you choose to take a day off. You don't allow yourself to do this very often, and you probably won't again for a while. Your body rests, but your mind is always lighten. Glow up.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)
Today is an 8
You should still be out on the road. If you're not, get out there as soon as you can. Take along the whole crowd. The more, the merrier, and the smaller your percentage of the cost of gasoline.
Sometimes you just have to take control and let people know what you want. Be directive, and get your point across. It's all for their own good. You wouldn't want anything else.
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I am a 1967 KU graduate who has been an intense Jayhawk sports fan, always proud of my Alma Mater and quick to welcome visitors of opposing teams to take in the scenic beauty of our campus and to check out all the wonderful traditions intrinsic to our football game days.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Our band had always been one of my greatest points of pride; however, a few years ago that changed when a gift of new band uniforms brought a drastic change in appearance. It's great that someone was willing to support our school in such a major manner, but I wish that money had not been used to totally change the uniforms. I wonder if anyone else has compared the majesty of the old style uniforms to the mediocrity of the new ones?
Having seen them up close for the first time during the Band Day parade a few weekends ago, I was dismayed to see some of the high school bands march by in uniforms that were superior in both appearance
Why can't new uniforms look like the old ones?
and quality to our new KU band uniforms. Somehow the black pants, plain blue vests and simple capes just don't measure up to the former uniforms that were of such high quality and that, in my opinion, were the best looking band uniforms of any collegiate band I'd ever seen.
I was pleased to read that Dana Anderson had donated $100,000 to enhance the band program in the future, and I salute the Anderson family for their incredible support over the years. I wish that I were capable financially of donating enough to restore the "best damned band in the land" new uniforms exactly like the former ones that were so awesome to see. Unfortunately, I can't, but I can suggest that a fund be created that would eventually accomplish the switch back to those red, white and blue beauties.
Joel Ahlbrandt is a 1967 graduate from
Thanks for the opportunity to state my opinion, which I hope is shared by all alums who have seen and can fairly compare both types of uniforms.
Em Defesa do Povo e
do Governo da Bolivia!
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Todo apoio ao novo boliviano
não ao golpe fascista!
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Where is the news coverage about Bolivia?
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Before being interviewed for the article mentioned above, I joked win friends on being worried that things might be misquoted or inaccurate. After reading the article, I felt amused that all my fears were correct. The main idea is not to criticize the writer. This goes beyond that.
I must inform readers (whod rather eat all the flavors of Tad's Tropical Snow) they won't hear about Bolivian hostilities. And if they do, it won't be accurate.
Wed like to apologize for the article "Violence in Bolivia not so far from 'home'" (Oct. 2), which includes information regarding the deaths of 30 people as well as Bolivia's expulsion of the U.S. ambassador.
This is the not the way I expect to hear the news regarding an international crisis, and those tiny blurbs in the corner of the
newspaper aren't enough.
I would assume that a paper not reliant on sales can forget the idea of being profitable and truly embrace the outside world. To those who have criticized us for not having "open eyes" to what is really going on perhaps they could be opened wider with more concrete and accurate media.
But then again I guess it's my fault for trying to believe I could let KU students know about problems going on, outside America. It's my fault for believing that a paper run by peers could help me get a clear message across.
Maybe it's even bigger than this, it's simply my fault for believing that America stands for more than mainstream media, but who am I to criticize a land built by immigrants?
Diego Taborga is a senior from La Paz, Bolivia.
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Although the military has been at war, the nation hasn't. The structure of the modern military doesn't require broad participation from the general population. It is far too easy to go to war. This is a huge
Most students walked right past them. I did, too. KU students, and most Americans for that matter, are well-insulated from the sacrifices of this war. There's no draft, so why should we care? We aren't paying for the war. We're borrowing the money from China.
What does war mean for all the rest of us?
MATT CHASE
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DAN THOMPSON
Walking through campus last Friday, I saw something that truly shocked me, a rare occurrence these days. Iraq veterans were protesting against the war. A camouflaged watchtower had been erected on the Stauffer-Flint lawn, where the former soldiers distributed literature and chatted with students. One veteran stood on a bench and provoked the passing students with brutal accounts of his experiences during the war.
the draft, which, as he correctly reasoned, would remove a principle argument for antiwar protestors and the political opposition. Since the end of conscription, the military has become increasingly isolated from society, and, in some respects, more unrepresentative of society at large with respect to background, privilege or education.
He continues, "The life of a robust democratic society should be strenuous; it should make demands on its citizens when they are asked to engage with issues of life and death." The implication is that this isn't the case anymore.
At the heart of these traditions is the critical link between our democratic government and its citizens' sacrifice and participation in the government's momentous decision to wage war.
The United States military embarks on grand campaigns in distant corners of the world with only the slightest inconvenience to most of us. But when the U.S. engages in the most fundamental issue of war and peace, of life and death, the general population should be involved in these decisions and should make sacrifices.
problem, which has been exemplified by the war in Iraq.
The Pulitzer Prize winning-historian David Kennedy wrote in a recent op-ed in The New York Times, "History's most potent military force can now be put into the field by a society that scarcely breaks a sweat when it does so." He worries that modern warfare, which puts much less of a burden on society at large, creates a dangerous precedent for military adventurism abroad.
I'm hesitant to support any program of compulsory public service, but we need to reconsider a system in which our nation can deploy such a powerful military force without much inconvenience to the public.
In the presidential election of 1968, Richard Nixon, faced with declined popular support for the Vietnam War, promised to end to
Thompson is a Topeka senior in economics and political science.
I picked up a copy of Sit-Rep, a publication of the Iraq Veterans Against the War. The front page article argued, "To understand what it is to be a patriot, one must look back at the proud revolutionary traditions upon which this nation was founded."
Why lawyers are fighting depression
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The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge felt his depression as a "grief without a pang, void, dark, and drear." For Philip Larkin, it was an "irresistible force meeting an immovable object right in your belly."
The legal profession is battling closedet-gay-teenager-with-Baptist-parents levels of depression. I was even able to find two studies, one with depression stats for lawyers, the other for prisoners, and, well, let's just say, if you're ever in a courtroom with some overzealous prosecution trying to hit you with 20-to-life for "waiting with intent to loiter," you could be worse off.
Lawyers, though, just call it "billable hours."
First stop: Kidshealth.org, the definitive medical source for us submorons. The site contains helpful hyperlinks such as "I've Never Had My Period," "So What's This Discharge?" "Is My Penis Normal!" and other possible responses to the Family Feud topic, "Questions Your Father Never Wants to Hear."
"Lately Lindsay hasn't felt like herself. Her friends have noticed it, too. Kia was surprised when Lindsay turned down her invitation to go to the mall last Saturday (Lindsay could always be counted on to shop!)."
detour — it's supposed to look like THAT? — I found this intense Kids Health narrative description of depression:
No, my delightful and ambiguously ethnic Kia, Lindsay is not a terrorist or a vampire — she's just depressed! And possibly a werewolf. Losing interest in things you used to enjoy, such as shopping or being human when the moon is full, is classic depression.
Why are lawyers depressed?
What even is depression?
You could be him.
So after a small, "personal" site
Well, here's an analogy: The law is to the soul what a gravel road screaming by at 70mph is to the unprotected human face. It is evisceratingly dull, ripping off layer after layer of conscious thought, until only the raw, bleeding abyss remains.
Why lawyers, though? After all, lawyers earn so much money that some are able to eventually pay off their student loans.
Whenever I read another poorly drafted statute, my mind seethes with black, Miltonic verse. Most appellate court prose reads like the scream of tortured angels.
that it made absolutely no sense.
I can still remember the moment I looked down at my notes and saw that I'd just written "reasonable suspicion is more than a hunch but less than a preponderance." And
This realization sent me tumbling down a spiral staircase of epiphanies: that all Law was mere word-wizardry, making sense only in a legal frame of reference separate from reality, that I had spent all semester reifying legal fictions in place of actual justice and that the only probable way to stop the spinning was the application of large amounts of beer to reality.
Even the most liberal-minded among us, after their first encounter with our convoluted Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, would pine for the simple elegance of Hammurabi's Code — kill a man, give his family a goat, look lustily at a female, be crushed under 3 tons of jailed rock.
"I think that people who work in the law are probably happier than people who work in the sewers. I mean, you have to consider your options."
So, to be fair, pre-laws, before writing that admissions essay-cum-suicide note, consider: Do you want to work knee deep in the stinking filth and muck of society, with only rats for colleagues?
But, if law is so depressing, why so many lawyers? One of my law professors gave this defense:
Or would you rather work in the sewers?
Reichert is an Oberlin graduate student in law.
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Journey to hell and back ends in accolades
Alumnus's article detailing his battle with mental illness wins Rolling Stone's writing competition
BY JOE PREINER
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Thor Nystrom was sitting in a movie theater with a few of his friends when his phone vibrated. His mom was calling. Not wanting to distract others, he ignored it. Seconds later, he received a text message from his mom asking him to call her right away. His first thought was that a family member had died.
It turned out to be better news for the Spring 2008 graduate. Nystrom had won first place in the feature-writing category for Rolling Stone magazine's 33rd annual College Journalism Competition. He is featured in the October issue of Rolling Stone, which hit shelves nationwide last Friday.
Nystrom's story, "To Hell and Back," chronicled his emotional struggle with, and eventual overcoming of, mental health issues. Kevin O'Donnell, assistant editor for Rolling Stone, said Nystom's piece edged out about 150 other stories from students across the country.
Nystrom said he remembered sitting in his Depth Reporting class last spring and being the only student without an idea for the class's major project. His inspiration finally came after stumbling across
a story of a girl's personal struggle with an eating disorder. He said he started thinking about his own story and thought it would translate well to a broad audience.
"I had never really spoken about it with anyone," Nystrom said, "not family, friends or anyone. I just kind of let all those emotions fester. I had to get it out eventually. I had to write it for myself."
In writing the story, Nystrom said, he was able to purge the emotions he had held on to for more than a year. For his own sake, he made a deal with himself to tell the story 100 percent truthfully. Telling the story became more a personal necessity and less a class project. He said if he had considered the fact that friends, family and complete strangers would be reading the story, he probably wouldn't have been able to be as honest.
"It was too important and too personal at that point in my life," Nystrom said. "I was going to go 100 percent, or I wasn't going to write it. I would have taken an 'F' in the class. That's how important it was."
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One moment while writing the story will stick with Nystrom forever. After recounting his experiences and writing the last two paragraphs, he broke down.
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Northern Thystrom's article, "To Hell and Back," chronicling his boots with mental illness, won Rolling Stones annual feature-writing contest and is featured in the magazine's October issue.
Emotionally shattered, he couldn't help but cry. He said that, in retrospect, being able to conjure up those emotions led him to believe he was doing something right. At
that point, Nystrom said, he had no conception that other people would be reading his story.
Other people did.
After the story was printed in
the May 5, 2008 edition of The University Daily Kansan, Nystrom received more than 100 e-mails from readers, most of whom he didn't know. Expecting criticism, he was overwhelmed by the response.
"Oh my God it was amazing," Nystrom said. "I didn't get one negative comment. It was validation that I had written it the way I needed to."
Ted Frederickson was the journalism professor who taught the Depth Reporting class for which Nystrom's story was his major project. He praised it as "a goosebump-inducing narrative that followed Thor from the dark depths of despair to a personal triumph that left me with tears in my eyes. I have never found it easier to read such a long piece in a newspaper."
The Rolling Stone editors who judged Nystrom's piece agreed, awarding him the $2,500 prize for his winning story.
Eric Bates, executive editor for Rolling Stone and director of the College Journalism Competition, said the story accomplished something many feature stories do not.
"The piece pulled off one of the most difficult feats in feature writing — telling a compelling and
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Nystrom's award-winning story was originally published in the May 5, 2008, edition of The University Daily Kansan. Nystrom describes writing the story as an emotional experience.
hearttending story in the first person, one with broader relevance to all readers, without succumbing to pathos or sensationalism" Bates said.
Nystrom's name and picture appear on Page 8 of the edition of Rolling Stone.
EMPLOYMENT
Students get help in navigating competitive job market
BY AMANDA THOMPSON
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Meghan Canipe thought she had gotten on the ball early. A month before the Fall 2007 semester began, she started applying for jobs. Canipe, Overland Park junior, estimated that she picked up 40 applications for places around
Lawrence.
As the first day of the semester approached. Canipe, still jobless, called her prospective employers to check on the status of her applications but to no avail.
"They all told me the same thing, that they'd put my application on top." Canipe said. "But I never heard back from any of
The search for on-campus jobs was no easier for Canipe. She applied to 10 more places on campus before getting a job at Watson Library.
Ann Hartley, associate director of the University Career Center, said job searches this fall weren't likely to be easier. In August, online applications submitted for campus jobs
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increased by almost 15 percent from last year. For the 227 on-campus jobs posted online so far this year, 6,151 applications were submitted in the month of August alone.
The national unemployment rate rose to 6.1 percent in August, its highest in five years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This trend may make it harder for students to find a job.
University libraries also experience an application increase in the fall. Courtney Foat, administrative associate for libraries, said fall was always the busiest time for applications. Foat said the libraries received anywhere from 50 to 300 student applications for one library position.
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One reason students such as Canipe can have a difficult time finding jobs is because they're inelegible for the Federal Work Study program. Based on financial need, the work study program provides funding to universities that goes toward the wages of part-time students who qualify. Students eligible for work study have 75 percent of their wages paid for by the program, and 25 percent paid for by the University.
Mary Chappell, director of University Recreation Services, said the Student Fitness Recreation Center employed about 300 students during the year.
"Just recently we had 77 applications turned in to fill two positions in facility management." Chappell said. She said that for other facility positions, such as working the front desk, it was not unusual to get 100 applications or more for one position.
"Campus employers really like to find a student who is eligible for Federal Work Study because they can really save money or stretch a thin budget," Hartley said.
"Sometimes it's just a numbers game," Harley said. "You just have to keep applying, keep applying, keep applying."
The work study program offers another program that benefits all students, regardless of financial need. This program, called the Job Location and Development program, was implemented at the University in January and has increased online postings of off-campus jobs.
"The idea is to increase the number of job postings available to students through marketing to employers and getting them to post to our HawkStudent employment Web site". Hartley said. "This is the first year that we have been able to really promote and increase the number of postings."
These increased opportunities don't necessarily mean jobs will be easier to find off campus. Nick Wysong, manager of Ingredient, 945 Massachusetts St., said he didn't need to advertise because of the many applications he had on hand.
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Sharp's doubters silenced
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
A MES, Iowa — Maybe everyone was wrong.
Mark Mangino was. The Kansas coach didn't think junior running back Jake Sharp was ready to be his team's primary running back this season, nor did anyone else.
Sharp proved otherwise in a 35-33 victory against Iowa State at Jack Trice Stadium Saturday. He rushed for 81 yards
— the most of any Jayhawk running back this season. He scored two touchdowns and recorded 107 receiving yards.
More importantly, Sharp had a career- high 19 carries. He ran angry. He ran hard
"I like the way he ran the ball today. I like the way he caught the ball. I liked the way he blocked," Mangino said. "He played his tail off."
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All the while. Sharp waited. Sharp, the Kansas high school legend who averaged nearly six yards per carry on 168 carries during his first two years as a lajhaye, almost felt like an afterthought.
He didn't touch the ball until the final possession in the Jayhawks' last game. He only received one carry in the Jayhawks' disastrous first half Saturday, where the Cyclones jumped out to a 20-0 lead.
— junior Angus Quigley — into featured running backs.
Then, it happened. The forgotten Sharp broke out and made sure Kansas didn't leave the Hawkeye State without a victory.
Junior running back Jake Sharp struggles under the weight of ISU's Micheal O'Connell during Saturday's game in Ames, Iowa. The Jayhawks came from a 2-0 first half deficit to defeat the Cyclones 35-33.
He snuck out of the Kansas backfield and ran a route down the sideline on the Jayhawks' second offensive play of the third quarter. Junior quarterback Todd Reesing saw him and delivered the ball. Not even an actual cyclone could have caught Sharp. He used a jolt of speed to go 67 yards for a touchdown to make the score 20-7.
Sharp, however, showed more than quickness in the game. He used pure power to thrust himself into the end zone from the two yard line to make the score 28-20 with nine minutes remaining.
He flexed both of his arms and yelled after the touchdown. Sharp was only green skin and dirty teeth away from becoming the Incredible Hulk.
"I never shy away from carrying the football as many times as I can get it," Sharp said. "I don't think any running back would. I don't think my teammates or my coaches really doubted my toughness."
And this guy supposedly wasn't capable of running the ball enough to be Kansas' starting running back? Sharp said he never thought that way.
But they did. Sharp has to truly know they did. From moments after the spring football game in April when Crawford declared he "liked his chances" to get carries at Kansas to a few weeks ago when Mangino said Sharp couldn't carry the load — he had internal doubters.
The Jayhawk offense found its way back onto the field less than two minutes later for more of the same. Reeing dumped Sharp a shovel pass and he exploded through a collapsing hole near the line of scrimmage, broke an arm tackle and went 42 yards downfield — setting up Kansas' next touchdown. 20-14.
Sharp denied it, but perhaps he should have listened to Mangino's post-game press conference when he detailed his thoughts.
"We never, ever intended him to be a guy to carry the load here," Mangino said. "He's a guy that's supposed to get 10 carries a game, throw him a couple of passes — he's a changeup guy."
Mangino he has since changed his mind. How could he not after Sharp's performance against Iowa State? He kept the jayhaws from getting off to a disastrous start in conference play.
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Maybe Sharp was the right guy all along.
"He wants to prove he can do the job," Mangino said, "and everything he did today leads me to believe he can."
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Not only did the Cyclones' uniforms match the Trojans' — they played like them, too.
AMES, Iowa — For two quarters, it looked more like Kansas was playing at USC than at Iowa State.
ISU dominated every facet of the game and used a loud and enthusiastic near-capacity crowd to take a commanding 20-0 halftime lead that left the Jayhawks wondering what the heck was going on.
"It was just atrocious," quarterback Todd Reesing said. "We couldn't get anything going."
But instead of chewing out his players and letting them know how poorly they played, coach Mark Mangino instead decided to use his halftime call to calmly rally his troops and keep their spirits up.
"The last thing kids want to be told is that they are doing a lousy job when they know it," Mangino said. "I said 'listen, we played very poorly. We can't play any worse. I mean let's face it, we played very poor football in the first half — but we can win this game. If you believe in each other like I think you do, then we will be OK."
And if it looked like Kansas was playing USC in the first half, it looked more like Iowa State was playing the New York Giants in the second half.
Maybe it was Mangino's pep talk. Maybe it was Jake Sharp's emergence. Or maybe it was Todd "Sparky" Reesing once again refusing to let his team lose. Whatever it was, it worked.
Kansas scored 35 points in the game's final 30 minutes and pulled off the third greatest comeback in school history, a 35-33 victory that improved the Jayhawks to 1-4 overall and 1-0 in Big 12 play.
"Night and day." Reesing said of the two halves.
Kansas couldn't have started the game any worse if they had tried. After three straight three and outs, Jocques Crawford fumbled to give the ball to Iowa State near midfield. Raymond Brown then bumped into Daymond Patterson as he attempted to catch a punt, causing another fumble that the Cyclones recovered once again.
And when it looked like it really couldn't get any worse, Reesing was intercepted by ISU's Leonard Johnson late in the second quarter to send Kansas into the locker room with the team's biggest deficit of the season and an 0-1 start in conference play staring the squad right in the face.
"That first half was probably the worst collective half I have been a part of since I have been here." Reesing said.
If the first half was one of his worst,
than the second half had to be one of his best. Reeasing finished 18-26 for 319 yards and three touchdowns on the game, but almost all of those numbers came in the second half.
Jake Sharp, who was banished to the dog house recently for unproductive play, led the comebreak in his best game of the season. He streaked down the left sideline and scored on a 67-yard pass play from Reesing to get them on board on the Jayhawks' first possession of the second
half.
Then, after the Kansas defense held serve again, Sharp took a shovel pass from Reesing for 43 yards to set up a 1-yard Angus Quigley touchdown run that made it 20-14.
Sharp broke out for 186 yards of offense on the day, including 107 through the air on just three catches.
"We went in at halftime and Coach was real positive," Reesing said. "He was saying we just have to come out and take it
one play at a time and turn things around. When we came out in the second half, we just started clicking on all cylinders. We showed what we can do when we are all on the same page."
Mangino made two gutsy fourth down calls on the Jayhawk's next drive, electing to go for it on fourth and three before again going for it on fourth and seven from the 23 yard line. The latter of the two
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Victory against Red Raiders ends losing streak
BY JOSH BOWE jbowe@kansan.com
At times it was not pretty for the Jayhawks. In fact, it looked downright ugly.
But for coach Ray Bechard, a win is a win, as Kansas picked up its second Big 12 victory on Saturday night, winning against Texas Tech in four sets.
"There's times on the road that you don't technically play as clean as you'd like to," Bechard said, "but you grind it out a little bit."
For Kansas, coming off a three-game losing streak, the victory was a welcome sight. Although those three teams were all ranked, the Jayhawks were slipping in the Big 12 standings, and it looked as if the Red Raiders, with a 0-5 Big 12 record heading into that match, would be an easy team to defeat.
"They are a quality team," Bechard said of Texas Tech. "They'll just have a hard time in this conference, just like all of us do."
But as Bechard knows better than anyone, there are no easy victories, especially in the Big 12.
Both teams failed to reach a 200 hitting efficiency and both had at least 25 hitting errors, the teams' struggling offenses making it difficult for either side to gain momentum. But the difference was Kansas had a player like sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlington.
Even after suffering an ankle sprain that helped shut her out in the first set — the first time she has not recorded a kill in a set all season — Garlington finished
with a match-high 18 kills. Garlington put the burden on her shoulders during Kansas' tough stretches in the third and fourth sets.
"When there was chaos all around, and we threw the ball up high, Karina was there to take good swings." Bechard said.
But the Jayhawks scrapped back, with the help of some Red Raider errors, to cut the lead to four at 17-21. Then it was all Garlington. From that point of the set, Garlington dominated the Red Raiders with four kills to help the Jayhawks climb back and take the set 25-23.
The Hawks needed all the good swings they could get in a crucial third set. With the match tied at one game apiece, the Jayhawks looked incredibly flat to open the set. Kansas fell down 1-8 to start the match.
Garlington was not alone in her superb efforts. Freshman outside hitter Allison Mayfield stepped into the match with some unexpected big minutes to finish with 10 kills, and senior outside hitter Savannah Noyes collected 13 kills with a .500 hitting percentage.
Set four was no easier. There were 11 ties and five lead changes before Kansas, once again led by Garlington with eight kills in the set, put away the victory, winning 25-22.
Noyes has led the Jayhawks in hitting percentage since Big 12 play started.
"Savannah kind of took it upon herself on a number of occasions to make big plays for us," Bechard said. "I think she senses that her team needs her, and she's come through."
Noves, however, offered a more modest response for her success during Big 12 play.
notes
Why Kansas won: In the end, the Jayhawks made the plays down the stretch, winning sets three and four when the teams were tied with one set each. Sophomore Karina Garlington provided the offense with 18 kills, a match high.
Inside the Match: Kansas defeats Texas Tech (25-19, 17-25, 25-23. 25-22)
Individual Match Highs:
Individual Match Rights
Kills
Kansas: Karina Garlington, 18
Texas Tech: Caroline Courtney,
Amanda Dowdy, 10
Blocks
Kansas: Natalie Uhart, 4
Texas Tech: Becca Baldwin, 4
Digs
Kansas: Melissa Manda, 19
Texas Tech: Jenn Harrell, 23
"Nicole (Tate) just gets me the ball, and I try to put it down," Noyes said.
"We definitely needed this one." Noyes said. "The next few games in October
Noyes said she hoped this victory would be a springboard for the rest of the season. Kansas plays unranked teams for the rest of the month.
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Redshirt junior setter Katie Martinich prepares a serve against Texas Tech during Saturday's match in Lubbock, Texas.
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Juror Michelle Lyons said Sunday that the panelists felt they "could not rely on that witness testimony."
She says jurors instead used video, audio and documented evidence to evaluate whether Simpson was guilty of each of 12 counts.
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KU comeback victory not the way to go
BY MARK DENT
mdent@kansan.com
Everyone loves comebacks. They're about adventure, about improvisation, about knowing nothing more can go wrong so you might as well try something out of the ordinary.
of high school as a starter. They have a defense that, generally, gets
This KU football team is built for comebacks. The Jayhawks have a fiery coach who can get downright scary when he's angry. They have a funslinger at quarterback who's only lost twice since his senior year
better as the game goes on. They have an offensive coordinator who lives for calling unorthodox plays.
And on Saturday, we saw all that. A show started in the second half.
Jake Sharp finally got playing time, got open and busted through a
few holes. Kerry Meier showed why he's arguably the best wide receiver in the Big 12. Todd Reesing kept slinging the fun.
The Jayhawks were able to come back because Iowa State doesn't
THE MORNING
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Other than the South Florida game, Kansas has struggled early in games. It doesn't matter how good the Jayhawks are at coming
know how to win and has no talent. Other teams do. If Texas Tech gets an early lead in three weeks, it's not going to let up. Oklahoma will win by 60 if it gets the first three scores. Even Nebraska won't fall on itself like the Cyclones did.
back, prepared teams don't give up leads. Their identity must change
THE SPORTING LIFE
The games might not be adventures. They might not be quite as fun. But ditching this comeback persona and finding a way to play from ahead is the only way the Jayhawks will have a chance in the North.
Few other pieces of fashion get other people's attention as much as a sports shirt.
Everyone wears Abercrombie or Polo or American Eagle or Gap. Not so much a soccer jersey or a shirt of any team that's not the Jayhawks. Clothes like that are natural conversation starters.
Example: Friday night. A friend
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Better example: Saturday night, two friends were wearing Chicago Cubs gear at Brother's. At least 10 people approached them at some point during the night. The conversations ranged from brief calls of pity about the loss to long discussions about where they were from in Chicago. In a friendly mood? Wear something sports-related. You'll probably get some kind of a reaction.
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Junior running back Jake Sharp runs a gauntlet of Iowa State University defensive players during Saturday's game in Ames.
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resulted in a touchdown pass from Reeing to Kerry Meier that gave the Jayhawks their first lead of the game at 21-20.
"I had no thought in my mind about kicking a field goal there and I don't think Coach did either," said Meier, who had seven catches for 125 yards and two touchdowns. "We were moving the ball all right and had some confidence."
Kansas appeared ready to add to their lead on the Jayhawks' next drive, but Reesing fumbled the ball on the Iowa State 11 yard line. A few plays later, Kansas added to the lead anyway — on defense.
As IowaStatequarterback Austen Arnaud waited for the offense to set up a screen play, reserve defensive end Maxwell Onyegbule snuffed it out, intercepting Arnaud's pass and returning it to the six yard line. A touchdown pass from Reesing to
Meier made it 35-26, but an Iowa State score cut the Jayhawk lead to two at 35-33 with just over a minute to go.
In possibly the only negative of the second half for Kansas, Iowa State recovered the ensuing onside kick, giving them a chance to win the game in the final seconds. Needing just 30 yards to get into field goal range, Arnaud threw four straight incomplete passes to seal the comeback for Kansas.
"To come here for our first Big 12 road game and to get a win and to do it in the way we had to come back, it's definitely encouraging for us." Reesing said. "It's going to give us some motivation and some fire to go out there and practice for the next game."
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Sophomore defensive end Jake Laptad wraps up ISU sophomore quarterback Austen Arnaud during Saturday's game in Ames. The Jayhawks rebounded from a 20-0 halftime deficit to heat the Cyclones 3.
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With a 20-0 lead in his back pocket and the end zone in his sights, Iowa State quarterback Austen Arnaud took a snap three minutes before halftime. The sophomore charged up the middle after faking a hand-off.
Kansas senior linebacker Joe Mortensen sprinted to the line of scrimmage and ripped the ball from Arnaud's clutches. Mortensen then recovered the fumble to secure the Jayhawks' first turnover and complete one of the only first half plays in which something went right for Kansas.
In the first 30 minutes Kansas had four pints and turned the ball over three times.
Iowa State running back Alexander Robinson scored the first touchdown on a 16-yard scamper and Arnaud hit Marquis Hamilton on an eight-yard strike for the second score. The Cyclones had a lot of fun early in Ames.
While Kansas was falling all over itself, Iowa State was busy gliding up-and-down the field.
"I loved it," senior wide receiver R.J. Sumrall said. "I had a smile on my face the whole entire time."
Still, coach Gene Chizik wasn't comfortable with a 20-point half-time cushion. Especially since his squad had the ball down to Kansas' 13-yard line before Arnaud's fumble.
"I never felt the lead was safe," Zichik said. "Not against them."
They're too good on offense."
Added Arnaud, "There's no way the Orange Bowl Champions are going to roll over and give it to us. We've got to go take it and we didn't do that."
Sure enough, the Jayhawks flipped a magical switch in the locker room and ran roughshod over the Cyclones in the third quarter, scoring 21 points with the ease of a greased axel.
Kansas opened up a 28-20 lead on a drive set-up by an Arnaud interception on a dump-off pass. Jayhawk defensive end Maxwell Onyegbule stepped in front of Arnaud's screen pass and rumbled down to the six-yard line.
Arnaud's okie-doke froze cornerback Kendrick Harper and he connected with Sumrall for a 22-yard strike to bring the score to 28-26. However, the two-point conversion attempt failed and coach Mark Mangino's squad responded with another touchdown.
"We run it in practice and it wasn't a look that we've ever seen and he just cut up field," Arnaud said. "He made a great play."
Showing great poise, Arnaud responded in kind, driving 55 yards and throwing his third touchdown pass of the game and the second one to Hamilton.
Backed into a corner, the youthful Cyclones came out firing.
On the ensuing onside kick, Grant Mahoney perfectly placed the ball high in the air 10 yards downfield, where freshman Sedrick Johnson snagged it for a last ditch
The drive started ominously with two dropped passes and one deflection. On third down he threw a perfect strike to Sumrall, who couldn't hang on.
"I dropped the slant, and it hurt," Sumrall said. "It could have been a first down, or real close, and we wouldn't have to run a deep route."
"Everybody's anticipating a score," Arnaud said. "They look in my eyes and they look at every one around. We're confident we're going to go score."
effort.
That deep route was also a pass to Sumrall, who gained a step and a half on Harper. But the throw sailed just beyond his reach and Sumrall was only able to get a couple of fingertips on it while diving hopelessly.
Arnaud and the offense took over at their own 41-yard line with 1:13 to move the ball into field goal range.
Losses like that can destroy a team, but Arnaud gave his young team some post-game perspective beyond his years.
"The last series there was pretty abyssal." Chizik said.
The Cyclones upset bid fell short at 35-33. Two weeks ago they lost 34-31 in overtime at UNLV.
"You wonder what if we did this, what if we did that," Arnaud said. "The bottom line is we didn't do those things so there's no ifs and or buts about it. We didn't take care of business today."
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Freshman tight end Tim Biere gets stopped cold in a collision with Iowa State defensive back Brandon Hunley during a fourth-quarter drive in Ames on Saturday. The Jayhawks rebounded from a 20-0 deficit in te first half to beat the Cyclones 35-33.
Kansas 35, Iowa 33
| | Kansas | Iowa State |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Total Yards | 436 | 365 |
| First Downs | 19 | 20 |
| Rushing Yards | 117 | 97 |
| Passing Yards | 319 | 268 |
| Time of Possession | 27:11 | 32:49 |
Kansas (4-1, 1-0 Big 12)
Rushing ATT YDS AVG. TD
Jake Sharpe 19 79 4.2 1
Todd Reesing 11 20 1.8 0
Angus Quigley 4 13 3.3 1
Jocques Crawford3 8 2.7 0 INT
Passing COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
Todd Reesing 18/26 319 3 1
Receiving No. YDS TD
Kerry Meier 7 125 2
Jake Sharp 3 107 1
Dexton Fields 2 56 0
Dezmon Briscoe 2 22 0
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Senior wide receiver Dexton Fields celebrates after a third-quarter touchdown against Iowa State University Saturday afternoon. After giving up 20 points in the first half, the Jayhawks came back to score 35 points in the final two quarters.
Iowa State (2-3, 0-1 Big 12)
Iowa State (2-5, 0-1 Big 12)
**Rushing**
Alexander Robinson 10 51 5.1 1
Austen Arnaud 17 44 2.6 0
**Passing**
Austen Arnaud 27/45 COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
Austen Arnaud 27/45 No. 268 3 1
**Receiving**
R.J. Sumrall 10 106 1
Darius Darks 6 84 0
Marguis Hamilton3 33 2
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IT WAS OVER WHEN...
Iowa State had four straight incomplete passes and turned the ball over on downs back to the Jayhawks with a minute left to play. Kansas inexcusably had only five guys on the line for an onside kick and allowed the Cyclones to recover the ball with 1:14 to play and trailing by only two points. Luckily for Kansas, Iowa State couldn't complete a pass and get
into field goal position.
GAME TO REMEMBER:
JAKE SHARP
After barely playing in the Jayhawks last two games, Sharp took over in the second half and led the KU comeback. Sharp scored KU's first touchdown on a 67-yard catch from Todd Reesing and then took a shovel pass on the next drive for 43 yards to set up another score. Sharp accounted for 186 yards including 107 through the air on just three receptions.
GAME TO FORGET:
THE ENTIRE
IOWA STATE TEAM
After dominating every aspect of the game for the first half and jumping out to a 20-0 lead, an entirely different Iowa State team came out for the second half. The
offense all of a sudden couldn't move the ball and the defense allowed Kansas to score touchdowns on three straight drives to open the third quarter. It would have been a program changing win for Iowa State, but instead became a game to forget.
COACHES CORNER
Kansas coach Mark Mangino talking about his decision to swap sides with offensive tackles Jeremiah Hatch and Jeff Spikes for Saturday's game.
"Hatchie is progressing a little faster because he is probably a bit quicker of foot. He protects the back side a little bit better right now than Jeff Does. But Jeff is doing well. It's not so much a knock on Jeff as it is a positive about Jeremiah. It's not that Jeff is not doing well, it's just that Hatch really is progressing at a fast pace and his quick feet allow him to ete
good sets out there at the back of the quarterback."
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MONDAY OCTOBER 20TH 2020
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
Ranked teams dominate unranked
BY TAYLOR BERN
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NO.17 OKLAHOMA STATE 56, TEXAS A&M2
Positive Yardage: Cowboy quarterback Zac Robinson made his passes count, completing only 10 throws but three of them for touchdowns. Robinson only threw 13 passes. His three touchdowns were all to wide receiver Dez Bryant, who also added a 78-yard punt return touchdown.
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Missouri's Jeremy Macin, right, carries the ball for a touchdown with teammate Tommy Saunders against Nebraska's Armando Murillo, left, in the first quarter of the game in Lincoln, Neb. on Saturday.
Negative Yardage: The Aggies out-gained the Cowboys 402-401, but they couldn't get out of their own way. Texas A&M turned the ball over five times and committed nine penalties for 63 yards. Quarterback Jerrod Johnson threw 43 passes, completing 24 of them.
Next up for Oklahoma State: At No. 3 Missouri
Next up for Texas A&M: Kansas State
NO. 4 MISSOURI 52,
NEBRASKA 17
Positive Yardage: Tiger quarterback Chase Daniel rested in the fourth quarter after completing 18-of-23 passes for three touchdowns. Derrick Washington reminded everyone that Missouri can run the ball, too, as he went off for 139 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries.
Negative Yardage: Few things went right for Nebraska. Big Red averaged 2.3 yards per carry, turned the ball over twice and it was penalized 14 times for 101 yards. The Cornhuskers had no defensive answers for the Tigers potent attack.
Next up for Missouri: No.17 Oklahoma State Next up for Nebraska: At No. 7 Texas Tech
NO.1 OKLAHOMA 49
RAYLOR 17
BAYLOR 17
Positive Yardage: The Sooners opened up a 28-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. Oklahoma rushed for five touchdowns and the offense finished six yards shy of 600 total yards. For Baylor, freshman quarterback Robert Griffin ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns.
Negative Yardage: The Bears converted only 4-of-15 third down conversions. Griffin completed less than 50 percent of his passes and averaged just 2.9 yards per completion. Sooner quarterback Sam Bradford threw his third interception of the season and Oklahoma incurred six penalties for 56 yards.
Next up for Oklahoma: No. 5 Texas
Next up for Baylor: Iowa State
NO. 5 TEXAS 38,
COLORADO 14
Positive Yardage: Four Longhorns carried the ball at least eight times and teamed for 167 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Texas quarterback Colt McCoy threw two touchdowns in the first quarter and wide receiver Chris Ogbonnaya averaged 19.3 yards per reception.
Negative Yardage: Colorado quarterback Cody Hawkins struggled mightily. He completed just over a third of his passes and averaged 3.6 yards per completion. The Buffalooes rushed 28 times for 49 yards and freshman running back Darrell Scott exited in the third quarter with a sprained ankle.
Next up for Texas: No. 1 Oklahoma
Next up for Colorado: At No. 16 Kansas
NO. 7 TEXAS TECH 58.
KANSAS STATE 28
Positive Yardage: Red Raider quarterback Graham Harrell tied his career high with six touchdown passes. Texas Tech's offense accumulated 626 yards as nine players caught multiple passes.
though. The Wildcats threw for 183 yards and lost two fumbles. Coach Ron Prince's team was also 2-for-12 on third down conversions.
Negative Yardage: Kansas State was consistent, scoring seven points in each quarter. That doesn't do much good against Texas Tech,
Next up for Texas Tech: Nebraska Next up for Kansas State: At Texas A&M
- Edited by Arthur Hur
SOFTBALL
Kansas goes 3-1 at Hawkeye Classic
Jayhawks split with host Iowa sweep Western illinos to end fall season 7-1
BY THOMAS POWERS
tpowers@kansan.com
Kansas ended its fall season 7-1 after going 3-1, beating Western Illinois twice and splitting with Iowa, in this past weekend's Hawkeye Classic. On Saturday, the Jayhawks shut out the Western Illinois Westerwinds 4-0 and then took their first loss of the season, losing to the Iowa HawKEYes 4-2. Sunday proved to be the better day of the tournament as Kansas beat Western Illinois 6-3 and then Iowa 5-2.
Kansas faced its first Division I opponents of the 2008-2009 season during the Hawkeye Classic. Head coach Tracy Bunge was pleased with her team's performance but hinted on a few things the Jayhawks will need to work on before their spring season.
"We got a chance to get some playing time in for everybody on our roster. Offensively I think we played very well, we consistently kept the ball in play but we left a lot of runners on base. We had many opportunities to score more runs than we did; on Saturday we left 12 runners stranded that were in scoring position."
Seniors Elle Pottert and Val Chapple led the offensive charge for the Jayhawks with Pottert
going 7-12 for the weekend with three doubles and four RBIs and Chapple hitting 5 for 11 including a 2-run home run off of a
Chapple
change up in Sunday's 5-2 win over Iowa.
Valerie George pitched both games against a solid Iowa line-up that returned 13 players from a 2008 team that finished third in the Big Ten conference and appeared in both the Big Ten championship and the NCAA Iowa City Regional Championship. Coach Bunge commented on the loss:
"The loss was a learning moment, Iowa is a good team and they just found a way to get it done. As a team we reflected on the loss and tried to figure out what the Hawkeyes did better than us and I think it came down to executing with 2 outs and executing with runners in scoring position. We improved on both aspects in our win during the match on Sunday."
Kansas isn't scheduled to play again until February 6th when it travels to Phoenix to participate in the Kajikawa Classic hosted by Arizona State, where they will face Texas El-Paso, Arizona, Northwestern, Stanford and Nevada.
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The women's rowing team placed second behind Tulsa in the Collegiate Eight Night Sprint at the Head of Oklahoma this weekend. Three out of four Kansas boats qualified for the Night Sprint.
In the Collegiate Double, the Jayhawks placed fourth behind USRowing, Austin Rowing Club
and Oklahoma City with a time of 1:21.37. Three other Kansas boats followed close behind and finished in the top eight. In the Double Lightweight Night Sprint, Kansas placed second behind Oklahoma City.
Kansas also faced Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Wichita State and Texas in the regatta.
which was the team's first time against the opponents. The team will face Texas and Oklahoma during the spring season. The Jayhawks will have time to practice before the Frostbite Regatta in Wichita, which will be on Nov. 2.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Herm Edwards came up to John Fox an hour before kickoff and gave him a hearty bear hug. The former college teammates then exchanges stories and laughs.
Panthers shut out Chiefs for first time in six years
But the second matchup of the ex-San Diego State defensive backs was no fair fight: Fox has the Carolina Panthers looking like an NFC contender, and Edwards' Kansas City Chiefs are still clearly rebuilding, no matter what happened last week.
DeAngelo Williams had 123 yards rushing and scored three touchdowns and the Panthers held Larry Johnson to 2 yards rushing in a 34-0 win Sunday.
"It's been awhile since we've had a game like this," said Fox, after Carolina's most lopsided win in team history.
The Panthers (4-1), who have missed the playoffs the past two seasons, are off to their best start since reaching the Super Bowl in the 2003 season. It was one of their most dominating performances since they crushed the Edwards-coached New York Jets 30-3 in 2005 on the way to reaching the NFC championship game.
"I didn't see that coming at all. We were a confident team after last week's game," Edwards said of the Chiefs (1-4), who routed Denver to end a franchise-record 12-game losing streak. "Then we come in here and we acted like we've never played before."
It was the first time in six years that the Chiefs were shut out.
You can't blame Edwards if he wants no part of another game against Fox.
Williams also had a 10-yard TD run and caught a 25-yard TD pass from Delhomme in a dominating first half that saw the Chiefs manage one first down and 29 yards.
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WOMEN'S GOLF
Swinging into high gear
BY MAX ROTHMAN
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Under the sw尔tering Texas sun, junior Emily Powers and the rest of the women's golf team will get back to work. The Jayhawks venture south to Lubbock, Texas, for the fourth annual McHoney/Morehead Invitational. Hosted by Tech Tech, the tournament will tee off today and tomorrow at the pat-72, 6,525-yard Rawls Course with steamy weather expected.
After two consecutive fifthplace finishes at the Marilyn Smith and Johnie Imes invitations, the layhawks look to triumph in a diversely talented 13-team field that features seven Big 12 schools.
However, success is something that the Jayhawks know requires consistency from
sistency from every golfer.
"We've all played really well. We just need to put the good rounds together," Powers said. "We all know
NASCAR reviewed the move — a driver is allowed to make the pass if officials believe he was forced under the line — and declared it illegal. Smith went with Dale Earnhardt Inc. president Max Siegel to argue the decision, but was rebuffed and dropped to 18th in the final finishing order.
"We just watched the tape. They can argue about it for five years, they're not going to change the decision. That's not how NASCAR works," Smith said. "I totally disagree with them 110 percent. I clearly moved to the outside, moved back to the inside. Tony made a move to the high side and made a move to the bottom side.
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Powers
Powers has the numbers to back up that confidence. She has anchored the Jayhawks with a 74.67 scoring average through three contests this season. Last week at the Johnie Ims Invitational, Powers
that we can shoot. Our goal is not focusing on beating one team, but bettering ourselves every round."
Smith was in second and trailed Stewart for the final three laps, and the rookie made one attempt to grab his first career victory by ducking inside of Stewart to attempt a pass.
Stewart wouldn't relent, moving with Smith down the track until Smith dove below the yellow line to make the pass. He moved back onto the racing surface in front of Stewart and cruised to the finish line.
tied for sixth place, shooting a season low of 221 to lead the home team to its second-consecutive fifth-place finish.
"[The score] shows me that I can shoot lower than what I think," Powers admits.
Other up-and-coming talent to the Jayhawks' attack includes sophomores Jennifer Clark and Meghna Bal. Clark and Bal were two of nine golfers at the Johnie Ims Invitational that tied for fourteenth with a score of 228.
"My nose was in there. The only other option I had was to wreck him."
So how cool will Powers, Clark, Bal and the rest of the Jayhawks be in the steam of competition?
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"We all know that we can shoot," Powers said.
The ruling helped Stewart snap
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"Trust me, I've got no regrets about what I did. I did exactly what I needed to do to win the race, and it worked out."
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Travis Kwajil (28), Carl Edwards (99), Juan Pablo Montoya (42), of Colombia, and Kevin Harvick (29) crash during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 'AMP Energy 500 race at auto race at Talladega SuperSpeedway in Talladega, Ala. Sunday, Oct. 5.
Stewart wins in Talladega
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NASCAR agreed with him, and Stewart made his first trip to Talladega's Victory Lane in 20 career starts.
So when Regan Smith slid under the line Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway to finish first, Stewart was certain he'd be awarded his first victory of the season.
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Tony Stewart was the first driver convicted of dipping below NASCAR's out-of-bounds line, learning a valuable lesson in 2001 at Daytona that he's carried with him the last seven years.
But Smith was adamant held done nothing wrong, arguing that the two-time series champion forced him below the line in a desperate blocking attempt.
"You're darn right I did. I've lost Daytona 500s, I've lost races here at Talladega because somebody blocked," Stewart said. "That's the name of the game. There's always been people blocking. The nice thing is I was actually on the right end of it this time.
a 43-race winless streak dating to Watkins Glen last year and allowed him to cross Talladega off his list of tracks where he'd failed to earn a win. Talladega has taunted him for 10 years, as Stewart finished second a maddening six times.
It looked as if hed again come up short in his final race here with Joe Gibbs Racing, especially after he was caught in a Friday accident when Dale Earnhardt Jr. blew a tire.
Crew chief Greg Zipadelli decided to fix the damaged car instead of moving to the backup, and the No. 20 crew worked late Friday night making the repairs.
Then a poor qualifying effort on Saturday — Stewart started 34th — made some wonder if the team had made the right decision in sticking with the damaged car.
Stewart proved everyone wrong
on Sunday with flawless strategy that helped him avoid a late 12-car accident and execute a perfect restart when Smith and two of his Dale Earnhardt Inc. teammates were lurking behind him on the final sprint to the finish.
Stewart got the jump, but smartly made sure he didn't pull too far out and give the DEI contingent the opportunity to gang up and blow past him. Then he blocked Smith the rest of the way, only letting up when Smith went below the yellow line.
"I knew with three DE! cars behind me, it was going to be tough to hold on," Stewart said.
There was concern in his voice as he questioned whether Smith would be awarded the win, but he quickly started the celebration when his spotter gave the "20 is the winner" declaration.
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Denver Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil, left, reaches to pull down Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia in the fourth quarter of the Broncos' 16-13 victory in an NFL football game in Denver on Sunday.
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Broncos win against Tampa Bay
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DENVER — Marcus Thomas flashed back to his high school days as a fullback after intercepting a fourth quarter pass against Tampa Bay.
Buccaneers in the Broncos' 16-13 victory Sunday.
The 305-pound Denver Broncos defensive lineman had visions of breaking a few tackles and rumbling his way to the end zone.
But his good play quickly turned into a gaffe when he was stripped of the football, turning it right back over to the Tampa Bay
Thomas blamed the rain, saying the ball slipped out of his hands.
Teammate Michael Pittman had a different take on it, even vowing to give Thomas instructions on how to safely secure the ball when running through traffic.
"He had it like a loaf of bread," Pittman said. "He was carrying it sideways."
Thomas was being teased by his teammates for his miscue.
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MONDAY OCTOBER 6 2008
SOCCER
Jayhawks split weekend
BY ANDREW WIEBE awiebe@kanran.com
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Monica Dolinsky, junior midfielder, attempts to clear the ball from her opponent. Michelle Wenino, Colorado senior defender, on Sunday afternoon at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex. Kansas was shut out after Colorado scored two goals in the second half. The loss puts the Jayhawks at 8-4.
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Another weekend of Big 12 play brought another weekend of up-and-down results for Kansas.
Mark Francis' team defeated Texas Tech 2-0 by virtue of two second-half goals Friday afternoon at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex before falling to No. 15 Colorado 2-0 Sunday afternoon in the same fashion.
DOLINSKY, CRESSY
POWER KANSAS PAST
TEXAS TECH
The results mean Kansas (8-4, 2-2) has split its weekend series for the fourth consecutive weekend after starting the season 4-0.
For nearly 70 minutes Friday, junior goalkeeper Julie Hanley had the best view in the house.
Apart from pregame warm-ups, Hanley didn't faced a single shot while the Jayhawks racked up 11 shots, a missed penalty, the majority of possession and just about everything else except a goal.
"It was a good bored." Hanley said.
Finally, Texas Tech tested her in the 67th minute. Five minutes later, Kansas got what it was pushing for when junior midfielder Monica Dolinsky redeemed herself for an early penalty kick miss.
Sophomore defender Lauren Jackson's slid a pass to Dolinksy's feet after a brilliant weaving run. Dolinsky, tied for the team lead with six goals, took a quick touch and fit a low drive inside the far post, making up for her slip up at the penalty spot in the 19th minute.
Francis, for his part, said he couldn't remember the last time Dolinsky missed a penalty kick.
"As a youth player, I saw her take PKs, and I don't know if she ever missed one, to be honest," Francis said. "I think for her, just scoring the winning goal and making up for that was good for her confidence."
Freshman forward Emily Cressy put the finishing touches on the
victory in the 85th minute when she bundled in junior forward Shannon McCabe's pass in the six-yard box.
STRONG SECOND HALF
PROPELS COLORADO
PAST KANSAS
Kansas doubled Colorado's shot total, but two second-half goals from Nikki Keller and Gianna DeSaverio doomed the home team to another 1-1 weekend.
The Jayhawks dominated play in the first half, outshooting the Buffaloes 12-4, but senior goalkeeper Kirstin Radlinski refused to be beaten.
Radlinksi used a collection of acrobatic saves to keep Kansas off the board for the first time in 2008. The performance left its mark on coach Mark Francis.
"I don't know if she is always that good but if she is, I can't imagine there is a better goalkeeper in the conference." Francis said. "A couple of those saves she made in the first half were unreal."
The most impressive came in the 19th minute when junior
midfielder Monica Dolinsky ripped a dipping half volley from 20 yards. Though the ball looked destined to find the far corner, Radlinks stretched out at the last second to tip the ball over.
Dolinsky led Kansas with five shots with one hitting the joint between crossbar and post.
"I had one that was almost in and another that hit the bar," Dolinksy said. "It was just an unlucky day."
The teams went to halftime scoreless, but Colorado pulled ahead in the 55th minute when Keller pushed the ball past a charging Julie Hanley.
The junior goalkeeper was beaten again when the Buffaloes capitalized on their newfound momentum 10 minutes later. DeSaverio swooped up a loose ball in the Kansas penalty area and put the game out of reach.
"I think we lost our rhythm once they scored and we couldn't really get back into it," junior forward Shannon McCabe said.
— Edited by Arthur Hur
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Teams finish in top 10 at OSU
Stowe
CROSS COUNTRY
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
PETER A. BENNETT
The Kansas cross country team went to Stillwater, Okla., this weekend with more focus and more confidence to compete in the 72nd OSU Jamboree. That extra confidence paid off, as both the men's team and the women's team got top 10 places at the meet.
The University of Northern Arizona was the Jamboree's overall women's team winner.
The first event was the women's 6K race. Junior Lauren Bond's ninth place finish with a time of 21:32 helped the Jayhawks secure a fourth place finish overall for the women's team. Out of the seven girls that competed for the Jayhawks, five placed in the top 50, giving the team a point total of 160 including numbers from freshmen Rebeka Stowe and Lauren Nightengale and junior Alison Knoll.
ton all through out, but the real challenge for the women's team was running the 6K race. The team went into Stillwater under the impression that they would be running a 5K
The women faced tough competi-
but were told the day before the race of the change during warmups.
"I was a little nervous because I've never run a 6K before," Stowe said. "But it wasn't too bad."
Stowe came in 47th overall and 5th for the Jayhawks with a time of 22:42. Stowe said the team was able to work as a pack, but said her squad still needs work.
"We just need to move the back three closer to Amanda and Lauren," Stowe said.
Sophomore Amanda Miller came in second for the Jayhawks and 24th overall with a time of 22:05. It's the third consecutive meet that Bonds and Miller have finished first and second for the Jayhawks.
"It it shows that we know how to run together." Bonds said.
The next event was the men's 8K. Oklahoma State took first place for the second consecutive year and the Jayhawks took seventh place overall with the help of junior Bret Imgrund and freshman Donny Wasinger.
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Imgrund
The men faced some of their toughest competition from home squad Oklahoma
State, one of the top-ranked teams in the country.
"We knew they've got a good team and the best shot to beat Colorado at the Big 12 conference," Imgrund said. "But that didn't concern us. We just had to go out there and keep improving ourselves."
Both Imgrand and Wasinger finished first and second, respectively, on the men's side with a dual time of 25:48, with Imgrand barely edging out Wasinger at the finish line.
"The last 2K or so Donny came up next to me and we worked together the last 200 meters kicking hard and passing six other people." Imgrand said. "I knuckled him at the end, but we were working together and pushing each other."
Freshman Clay Schneider came in 75th overall and ran a personal best this season of 26:46 at Stillwater.
The redshirt freshman said he tried to stay focused during the race.
"I'm pleased with that, but there are things to work on for bigger things in the future," he said.
"You have to look at every race
meet results
KU Women : 4th Place overall Team Average time 22:17
Top Performers
  9. Lauren Bonds: 21:32
  24. Amanda Miller: 22:05
  39 . Lauren Nightengale:
    22:31
41. Alison Knoll: 22:34
47. Rebeka Stowe: 22:42
Top Performers
42. Bret Imgrind: 25:48
43. Donny Wasinger: 25:48
50. Danny Van Orsdel: 25:59
56. Nick Caprario: 26:04
61. Kaleb Humphreys: 26:14
the same," Schneider said. "There's no difference between a small school and a national meet. If you look at any meet any different, then you'll stress yourself out."
"I'm not worried about it. I went in there without any expectations except to try and have a good race, It's my freshman year, I'm getting a feel for running 8Ks and before I've never been to a race with so many kids."
Wasinger had a similar opinion about not being stressed by the competition.
KU Men: 7th Overall, Team Average time 25:59
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Game 4 in the best-of-five matchup is Monday in Chicago, with Gavin Floyd facing Tampa Bay's Andy Sonnanstine.
Danks pitched another big game to save the season and well-traveled DeWayne Wise delivered a two-run double as the White Sox beat Tampa Bay 5-3 Sunday, trimming the Rays' lead in their AL playoff series to 2-1.
Less than 24 hours after the Cubs were swept out of the playoffs by the Dodgers, dashing Chicago's hopes for a crosstown World Series, the White Sox avoided elimination before a black-shirted, white towel-waving crowd of 40,142 in their home park.
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Danks, who beat Minnesota 1-0 last Tuesday in the tiebreaker for the AL Central title, shut down the Rays for 62-3 innings.
"I was more nervous going into the Minnesota game than this game," he said. "Guys try to approach it like a game in June. I think that helps take pressure off us."
said. "Like I say, we played against the wall before and came out of it"
"I could care less about the Cubs," he said.
As for that other team in Chicago?
The 23-year-old lefty gave up five hits and a run before B.J. Upton hit a long, two-run homer with two outs in the seventh that made it 5-3.
After a single by Carlos Pena,
Octavio Dotel threw a third strike
past Evan Longoria.
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The Rays are only the second team in major league history — first in the AL — to make the postseason after having the worst record in the majors the previous season. Tampa Bay went from 96 losses to 97 victories and was trying to become the fifth team to sweep its first postseason series.
After the Rays won 6-4 and 6-2 at home, the White Sox were revived at U.S. Cellular Field, where they were 54-28 this season.
Matt Garza, pitching on eight days' rest, was popping his fastball in the mid-90s (mph) and trying to keep the homer-reliant White Sox off balance by changing speeds. The White Sox caught up with the 24-year-old righty in the fourth.
"It's a bad assumption to think you are going to come in and beat up on them," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "They are very good here."
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Jim Thome opened with double off the center-field fence, Paul Konerko walked and Ken Griffey Jr. hit a sharp single that loaded the bases.
Alexei Ramirez, who hit a record four grand slams as a rookie this season, hit a sacrifice fly to center for a 2-1 lead, and veterans Konerko and Griffey alertly moved up a base. Wise followed with a two-run, opposite-field double to left.
Chicago tied it in the third when Wise worked a leadoff walk, stole second and A.J. Pierzynski delivered a two-out RBI single to center.
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How will the bailout affect student loans?
BY ANDY GREENHAW agreenhaw@kansan.com
Many economists and Wall Street investors said the $700 billion economic recovery package was essential to preventing world markets from slipping into a long-term recession, but what does it mean for student loans?
The bailout should bring down interest rates on private student loans and increase their availability, said Mark Kantrowitz, president of MK Consulting, a national
Kantrowitz said the $700 billion injection should free up credit for lenders to issue more private loans. The interest rates on these loans, which Kantrowitz said would have risen by at least 2 percent had Congress not passed the bailout, could start coming down as soon as November, he said.
firm that provides student financial aid consulting services. He said the bailout will have no effect on Federal Stafford Loans or consolidation loans.
Students will continue to have difficulty consolidating their student-loan debt into one monthly payment after they graduate. Many lenders have suspended their consolidation services, which Kantrowitz said were unprofitable for lenders. According to FinAid.org, 85.6 percent of the lending industry has their consolidation programs since the subprime mortgage meltdown first made headlines in August 2007.
because they are guaranteed by the government.
The bailout won't affect federal loans
"Consolidation loans won't see any fixes
anytime soon," Kantrowitz said. "Lenders lose money every time they make them because they are still underwater."
CONSOLIDATION LOANS
Although this is good news for students who need to borrow more than the government will lend them ($31,000 for financially dependent students: $57,500 for financially independent students for their entire college career), it doesn't help students such as Curry Curtis, who borrowed from multiple sources and will have
a difficult time finding lenders willing to consolidate her debts into one monthly payment.
Curtis, Olathe senior, said she borrowed $27,500 through the KU financial aid department, $8,000 through KU Endowment and $2,300 through Wachovia, a private lender. Curtis said that she would have liked to consolidate all three loans into one, but that she understood she would probably end up
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Alumnus sells 'Constitution online for $21
SEE LOANS ON PAGE 6A
Andrew Gray, a former KU student, listed a copy of the "U.S. Constitution" on eBay last week. Gray said he was disgusted with the actions of the government and decided to come up with a way to express his sentiments. The "Constitution" sold for $20.50, but Gray advised the winner of the auction to pay with Euros because the U.S. dollar would soon be worthless.
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New leaders revamp team policies, role in competitions
The Model United Nations Team is under new management, and is gunning for a bigger role in national conferences. Nuclear power in Iran, human rights crises and the economic downturn will be debated this year.
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Tanning salon stands the heat
Kansas Union officials still support their decision to allow Sun of a Beach Tanning to open in the student union despite growing tensions between indoor tanning advocates and doctors.
Pat Beard, director of building services for KU Memorial Unions, said the board that oversees the union was originally concerned about the health risks tanning presented. But after careful consideration, he said, it gave owner Emily Willis the OK to open the salon.
"It seems to fit the location. There's not been any regrets by any means," Beard said. "Emily takes pretty good care of the space. We've never received any complaints. In my opinion, that is a good lease."
Sun of a Beach
Tanning replaced the
T-Mobile store on the
third floor of the Kansas
Union this past April after
T-Mobile decided to shut down its store on campus.
Salon Hawk owner Emily Willis, a 22-year-old Lawrence resident, said she had been considering adjoining a tanning salon to the beauty parlor since she took over the shop in May 2007, and the opening in the space next door provided the perfect opportunity.
Yet, when Willis began making plans in January to open the store, neither she nor the union could have foreseen the confrontation that would occur between the Indoor Tanning Association and anti-tanning advocates only a week before Sun of a Beach would officially open. The Indoor
Bill Walberg, El Dorado Hills, Calif. senior and a former member of the Memorial Corporation Board, said the student union having a tanning salon was comparable to allowing The Hawk Shop to sell cigarettes and tobacco. He said he supported renting to Sun of a Beach from the becamem.
launched an ad campaign denouncing the connection between the skin cancer melanoma and ultraviolet light. Two weeks ago, dermatologists refuted this campaign publishing articles reinforcing the correlation between skin cancer and UV rays.
In Lawrence, students can find several places to go tanning. Student-geared apartment complexes, such as The Reserve and The Legends Place, include tanning beds among their amenities. Last fall, Naismith Hall, the privately owned dormitory, became the first dormitory on campus to include tanning beds.
"I thought it was a great idea," he said. "I can't tell you how many friends of mine, especially girls, love to go tanning. It's really convenient."
Naismith Hall may feature tanning beds, but the University does not necessarily support their use. The University does not technically own the Kansas Union; it's paid for by student fees.
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OBITUARY
Family remembers student killed in accident
BY RYAN MCGEENEY
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Neil Hockenbarger, 26, died early Thursday morning after his car collided with a utility pole on Michigan Street north of I-70. Police declared him dead at the scene, Tiffany, Hockenbarger's wife of three and a half years, was riding in the passenger seat and was treated for minor injuries.
Hockenbarger, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, was attending the University through the Airman Enlisted Commissioning Program, a highly competitive scholarship program that allows enlisted personnel to transition to the officer ranks while completing an undergraduate program.
Lt. Col, Gena Stuchbery, commander of the KU Air Force ROTC program, said Hockenbarger was a man of integrity, hard work and dedicaion.
"He was my book of knowledge," Joan Hockenbarger, Neil's mother, said. She said Neil was identified as a candidate for gifted student programs as early as kindergarten, was a member of the Future Business Leaders of America and was the first student at his middle school to attend the Kansas State Geography Bee in Manhattan. Growing up outside of Leavenworth, he broke school records in the triple jump and high jump as a member of the Pleasant Ridge High School track and field team.
"He wanted to be a leader," Stuchbery said. "He had obviously worked pretty hard to get here."
Hockenbarger's parents remembered him as an outgoing, gregarious man who demonstrated a wide range of aptitudes throughout childhood.
Hockenbarger enlisted in the Air Force in July 2000 and left for basic training immediately after high school.
"He knew the Air Force would pay for his education, but it wasn't just that." Dean Hockenbarger, Neil's father, said. "He was proud to serve his country. He was very proud of that uniform he put on."
Shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Hockenbarger deployed to Saudi Arabia. After returning to the United States, Hockenbarger left active duty to attend the KU School of Engineering on an ROTC scholarship. Soon after accepting the scholarship, Hockenbarger began dating a woman named Cherith. When Cherith was diagnosed with cancer, Hockenbarger
married her, surrendered his scholarship and returned to active duty in the Air Force so that Cherith could receive medical coverage.
"That just shows you what kind of man he was," Dean said.
"He gave up his scholarship to save her life." Tiffany said.
Despite extensive medical treatment, Cherith died less than a year after she and Hockenbarger were married.
Hockenbarger later met Tiffany, whom he married in Oklahoma City in March 2005.
"I was working in a sports nutrition store," Tiffany said. "He just came in and asked what I was doing that night. I told him it was a girls' night, and I gave him my number. He called me five days later, and the rest is history.
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"He was different from everybody," Tiffany said. "Genuine. He truly did care about others before himself."
A viewing will be held at Belden-Larkin Funeral Home in Leavenworth tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. A chapel service will be held in Hockenbarger's honor at the Veteran's Administration chapel in Leavenworth on Wednesday at 10 a.m., followed by a
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Neil Hockenbarger was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and engineering student at the University.
funeral service at 11 a.m. Hockenbarger will receive a full military funeral, and he will be buried at the Leavenworth National Cemetery.
He is survived by his mother, father, brother Brandon and wife Tiffany.
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KU on Wheels has a new alert system that contacts bus riders by text message, phone call or e-mail if the buses on their routes are delayed, are taking a detour, have missed stops or aren't running because of snow days.
Students can sign up for the alert system for free through MV Transportation, the company that operates KU buses. MV Transportation implemented the alert system in the middle of September.
Mike Sweeten, division manager for MV Transportation, said the company had been developing
the software since late 2007 and started testing it this past summer. MV Transportation worked with the Transit Commission, the governing body for KU on Wheels, throughout the software's development. Sweeten said he didn't know the exact cost of the alert system because it had been developed in stages and only recently was completed.
Sweeten said the system used GPS to track the performance of all bus routes by transmitting signals through timing points located on all the routes.
local service providers, such as Nextel's GPS technology. He said MV Transportation provided the system as part of its contract with KU on Wheels at no extra cost to the University.
"The system allows us, operationally, to see what's happening," Sweeten said.
Sweeten said the GPS system was developed and installed using
Although students have three alert options, Sweeten said that the text message alert was the most popular and that students chose to receive a text at a ratio of eight to one over phone and e-mail alerts.
Sweeten said that MV Transportation sent alerts two to three times a week and that they had been used about 15 times since the alert system became available.
Derek Meier, Independence sophomore and transportation coordinator, said the system enabled better communication
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"It gives students a way to know if they will have major problems that could affect their travel plans," Meier said.
"I trust the bus to get me to class at least within a couple minutes of class." Flanders said.
Charlie Flanders, Shawnee freshman, lives in McCollum Hall and rides the bus to every class. He said the buses were often a few minutes late and sometimes he was late to class. He said he never considered walking to class.
Flanders said he hadn't signed up for the alert system but planned to do so.
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The student group event "The United States Supreme Court: A Preview of Next Term" will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the McCook Room in the Burge Union.
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How much is the U.S.
Constitution worth? Not quite $21,
by eBay's gauge on a listing last
week.
Andrew Gray, a KU alumnus, said he originally decided to list the Constitution because he was disgusted with the $700 billion ballout and other actions of the government and wanted to find a way to express his opinion.
Gray said he assumed he would get some laughs from his friends and that would be the end of it. But the next morning, Gray's "Constitution" had 300 hits with responses from as far away as England.
"The listing has provoked phenomenal and positive responses," Gray said. "Apparently, I hit a couple thousand nerves, and it has made me feel better as an American."
Gray said he discussed political issues with friends, which led him to post the satirical listing.
"My friends and I were talking about which amendments have been abused the most," Gray said. "We thought about the Fifth and the 10th, but then I also thought about the Fourth and how it relates to your right to be left alone and determine your own destiny."
Gray said when listing the fake Constitution, he modeled the listing on the writing style of Jonathan Swift, who wrote "A Modest Proposal," an essay considered to be one of the best examples of irony.
The listing was bought by a resident of the United Kingdom.
"It's despairing to know that the U.S. Constitution is only worth that much. And to be bought by someone in the United Kingdom, to boot," Gray said.
Allison Koehn, McPherson junior and political science major, said a fine line divided the satirical and the serious.
"I think it definitely works to grab the attention of students," Koehn said. "'The Daily Show,' 'The Colbert Report,' those shows have
all worked to get the attention of young people."
But, Koehn said, satire like Gray's couldn't be interpreted as being true all the time.
"As long as people realize he's just someone trying to express his frustration, it's not something to get overly worked up about," Koehn said.
"Satire is the best way to provoke thought," Gray said.
Gray said after posting the listing, six different Web sites picked it up, including digg.com, as well as radio stations in Topeka.
He said he thought eBay would have taken it down within an hour. Instead, more than 2,800 people visited the listing before it sold.
Gray said he jokingly told the buyer not to pay him actual money, but rather with Euros or goats — which he said might soon be more valuable than the U.S. dollar. He said he planned to print an online version of the Constitution and send it to the buyer.
"I planned on signing the back John 'Big Daddy' Hancock," Gray said.
Donald Worster, professor of American history, said statements like Gray's have not been uncommon. In the Civil War era, he said, those fighting against slavery in the South sometimes burned copies of the Constitution in protest.
"The very Constitution he mocks gives him the freedom of speech to do such a thing," Worster said.
Worster said that he shared the same opinion as Gray. It has not been unheard of for politicians to abuse power and the Constitution, he said. Worster said the Constitution must be left open for interpretation.
"The Constitution shouldn't be considered religious," Worster said. "It wasn't written by the hand of God. It was written by man and can't be treated as a holy and sacred document."
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that some parts of the United States could still be sold.
"I was driving past Yellowstone National Park the other day and thought to myself, 'Wow, that's God's best workiwork. I could make a shitload off of that.'"
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Leadership change rejuvenates group
BY BETSY CUTCLIFF bcutcliff@kansan.com
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Stephanie Goings, second from left, president of KU Model UN, was one of nine U.S. students to participate in the Asia Pacific Model United Nations Conference in South Korea.
The revamped KU Model United Nations team is pushing harder than ever to spread awareness of global issues on campus in the wake of last week's closing of the 63rd United Nations conference in New York City.
This year the club has adopted a new point system,has positions open to take competitors to national conferences and plans to host a high school conference for area students.
Stephanie Goings, Cerritos, Calif., senior and president of KU Model UN, said she hoped to put an end to the team's roller-coaster participation in national conferences.
"I want to bring awareness about global issues and how to solve them back on campus," Goings said. "This should be a program that will be sustained throughout the years because of the huge role the United Nations plays in international relations."
Goings was one of nine U.S. college students to participate in the Asia Pacific Model UN Conference this summer. She said she hoped to bring some of that experience to the University's team.
Goings' trip to the Republic of South Korea was her first time outside the United States, but not her first Model UN competition. She has competed in conferences in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. More than half of the participants of these conferences are international students, according to the Model UN Web site.
Simulations similar to Model UN began in the 1920s to imitate the League of Nations and open dialogue and debate on international issues. When the League of Nations dissolved and the United Nations formed in 1945, collegiate teams began calling these simulations and competitions the Model United Nations.
Conferences occur several times a year in different regions of the U.S. and all over the world,
attracting bright college students to engage in open debate. Each competitor represents a designated country, and students must work together propose solutions to an ongoing international crisis.
While in South Korea, Goings said she made friends with students from all over Asia as well as from Russia, Australia and New Zealand.
"The one thing that inspired me about the students I met was that they all desired to make a global impact with their careers after they graduated, regardless of what their major was," Goings said.
Brian White, Lenexa freshman and vice president of KU Model UN, said the Model UN experiences were priceless for students who planned to be involved in global issues after college.
"You're put in a better position to get a job in an increasingly globalizing world," he said. "Anyone planning on an international career, like international business or political science, will benefit from the knowledge they gain about the issues facing the world."
Goings said that it was an especially crucial time for students to understand the issues in the world, especially in light of widespread ignorance of certain current events.
"The other day I was talking to a professor about the crisis in Georgia, and he laughed and told me most of his students were confused because they thought everyone was talking about the state," she said.
Goings said she hoped the team's new adviser, Leonard Kristalka, professor of geology, and new student leaders could help the KU team step up in the national competition. Topics this year focus on the economic situation, human rights issues in African countries and the issue of nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea. The team will represent the Republic of South Korea in an annual conference sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from Nov. 13 to Nov. 16.
Edited by Becka Cremer
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CHARITY
The estranged father of Lindsay Lohan has publicly feuded with the actress, her girlfriend Samantha Ronson and her mother Dina Lohan.
Lohan's estranged father to jump into boxing ring
NEW YORK — Michael Lohan isn't the type to back down from a fight.
Bidding to challenge Lohan begins at $5,000. Proceeds will go to charities including the Long
For his next battle, Lohan will use his fists rather than his mouth: He's a auction off the chance to knock him out in a charity boxing match Nov. 24 at the Hilton Long Island in Melville, N.Y.
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Island Community Chest, which provides financial support to needy families.
Jeff Cohen, an organizer for the event, said he expected a big turnout.
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FILM
1. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," Disney
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4. "Disturbia," Rihanna. SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG
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1. "Death Magnetic," Metallica
Earner Bros.
2. "Don't Forget," Demi Lovato.
Hollywood
3. "Year of the Gentleman," Ne-Yo.
Def Jam/ID/JMG
4. "Doll Domination,"The
Pussycat Dolls, Interscope/IGA
5. "Only by the Night," Kings of
Leon, RCA/RMG
Warner Bros.
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2. Kenny Chesney
3. Coldplay
4. The Police
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HOROSCOPES
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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CONCERT TOURS
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
Insider connections help you get the advantage. Follow a hunch or a secret tip to get to the goal the back way. Take the round-about route and avoid awkward confrontations.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
A lucky break works in your favor. Keep pushing for what you want. Don't take no for an answer. Don't even take maybe. You can be more than stubborn when you set your mind to it.
In this case, you'll do best to follow the lead of an older person. He or she will make the upcoming potentially difficult part much easier. Get somebody with experience.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
CANCER (June 22-July 22) Today is a 7
Pollstar
Let a knowledgeable person lead in this next endeavor. You don't even have to ride along. You could stay home and sleep. Or, answer the phone in the office.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8.
Just when you're about to give up in exasperation, you come up with a brilliant idea. Don't you just love it when this happens? Hang on. It'll happen again.
VIRGO (Aug. 23.Sept. 22)
Today is a
A private conversation leads to some excellent ideas. You know what you want to accomplish, but you're not quite sure how.
Open the meeting up to suggestions. You'll get some good ones.
There's so much information and so little time. How do you know what to believe? Your job will be a lot easier if you've already chosen by now. Be authentic.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a Z
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
It still looks good for you financially. This is associated somehow with your home and family. Maybe you find a barely used recliner for pennies on the dollar. Check out the ads.
Today is a 9
You may not be the highest ranking person in your organization, but your opinions carry enormous weight. Don't just go along with the crowd; let them know what they need to do next.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
Today is an 8
How long has it been since you've had your collections appraised? There's an indication that something you already have is worth more than you paid. And it shouldn't be too difficult to find a buyer, if you want to sell.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 6
Somebody else's idea spurs your imagination. You come up with the answer, but be sure to give credit where due. You couldn't have done it without them.
Make sure you let them know.
ACROSS
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5 Stir-fry pan
8 Greet the villain
12 Operatic show-stopper
13 Rage
14 Reverberate
15 "Yellow" band
17 Horse of a different color?
18 Scoundrel
19 Cognac, e.g.
21 Lieu
24 Brat's stocking stuffer
25 “— Fiction”
26 Make like a caught possum
30 Recede
31 10 million rupees
32 Sticky stuff
33 Jerry Garcia fan
35 Lion's pride?
36 Feeble
37 Autumnal quaff
38 Dramatist Molnar
41 Swindle
42 Satan's field
43 Winter woe
48 Snitch
49 Mess up
50 Squared away
51 War god
52 Urban scurrier
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10 Roe provider
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20 Bygone comic Martha
21 Raced
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24 Mantle
26 Pulpit VIP
27 "Zounds!"
28 Top-notch
29 Active person
31 "Big Brother" host Julie
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38 Greek cheese
39 Always
40 Anger
41 Wagon
44 Historic time
45 Eggs
46 Allow
47 "CSI" evidence
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Remember why we have the First Amendment
A few weeks ago, as everyone knows, our campus newspaper's editors decided to publish an edition of "Sex on the Hill" whose cover featured a full-page photo of nearly naked people in our WWII memorial.
Yet the biggest irony of all is they have offended most the very people who have given them these rights. There are WWII veterans alive today, and they, without a doubt, take offense to this. These men and women who saw our country on the edge of defeat and wondered if they would make it home as they saw their friends killed by the thousands in battles like Normandy and Iwo Jima have a problem with our student paper turning their memorial (not ours) into a porn background.
The editors are within their rights to publish trash like this, and we have the option to take it or leave it. But when pushing the envelope means desecrating a war memorial, they have clearly crossed a line.
Our editors at the University Daily Kansan have stood up for this piece by issuing a half-hearted apology, explaining that they didn't consider the fact that it was a memorial (must have missed the names as they walked in).
These soldiers, sailors and Marines, many of whom actually visit the memorial and remember those they lost have a problem with our paper turning their service into a joke.
I have a close friend whose
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late father served in WWII, and she is a Navy veteran herself. Although she has never attended KU, I've talked to her at length about what has been going on here. As for the "Sex on the Hill" issue not being a big deal or offending a very small segment of the population, she had this to say, "Enjoy your freedom of speech. Our family bleeds for it. We die for your right to degrade us, spit on us and burn our flag. Enjoy all the freedoms that you have that many countries don't that we earned for you and you enjoy without lifting a finger for but would die without. Enjoy what you did not earn but are given freely without any question from us and our families. Enjoy biting the hand that feeds you."
Next time our editors at the Kansan decide to put out some highly offensive trash, call it journalism and hide behind the First Amendment when the fallout starts, maybe they should think about where these freedoms come from.
Adam Vieux is a junior in civil engineering from Groton, Conn.
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We must represent true values during Ramadan
The University Daily Kansan'd decision to publish Friday's cartoon about Ramadan was in bad taste. Why? Because it totally misrepresents the true purpose of Ramadan, which is to improve oneself spiritually. We don't go about fasting to lose weight or with other such objectives (which the cartoon implied), but we fast solely for God.
The Kansan's coverage of Ramadan has been misrepresentative as a whole. In its article about Ramadan, it made the practice of fasting appear cruel and oppressive, and now it portrays low worldly objectives as the reason for fasting.
I know that a story about some one in "hardship" or a cartoon poking fun at a religious practice brings readers in, but sensationalizing a religious practice is below the dignity of any newspaper and is just bad journalism. I hope the Kansan staff will do its homework next time and make sure it doesn't inadvertently misrepresent the world's second largest faith.
Right now, more than ever, we need to educate people about the world's different religions, not poke fun at them We need to build bridges to understand each other's faith, not burn them down.
— Mirza Nayyar Ahmad is a junior from Dodge City.
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Debates didn't show us anything different
TYLER DOEHRING
LIBERAL LOUDMOUTH
BEN COHEN
After some brief uncertainty, the first presidential and the vice presidential debate happened. And they didn't give us much we didn't already know.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed watching them, but the presidential debate didn't include anything that will convert too many people.
There was more punch last Thursday, at least. Both candidates took not-so-subtle shots at each other and their running mates.
Sarah Palin would claim that Joe Biden and Barack Obama had disagreed on a key vote, and Biden would point out how John McCain had sided with Obama on that issue. Biden would point out how one of Palin's social policies in Alaska did not conform to the GOP line, and she would... She would... Well, she reminded us how John McCain is a maverick. A lot — a maverick who happens to have the support of the leadership of a major political party.
The presidential candidates gave
I was impressed by how onpoint Obama was. He avoided the usual "Change and hope for America" and kittens and such that he's known for proclaiming.
us the standard stuff. McCain thinks Obama is naive and inexperienced. Obama thinks McCain's been part of "the problem" the whole time.
I enjoy the passion exuded by Obama in his speeches, but I was still a little worried that his arguments during the debate would be dominated by his usual rhetoric. I was relieved to see that that was not the case.
That may be both the high mark and the low with the first debate. Both candidates knew how to answer moderator Jim Lehrer's questions, in an occasional pointed way, but rarely did they actually go after each other.
McCain had some inaccurate statements about Obama's foreign policy plans, and he was chided for that, but there was little else. Lehrer tried to get the candidates to address each other, but they only did so when prompted. I am inclined to agree with a friend who told me later that the debate lacked any "big shocking revelations."
What interested me were the graphs at the bottom of the screen during CNN's broadcasts. Before
I'm hoping the main two are just biding their time, waiting to unleash something spectacular in the next few weeks. Maybe in the last two debates they'll take cues from their running mates and show a little passion.
either debate, anchor Solcad O'Brien introduced the audience to a focus group in Ohio, made up evenly of Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Throughout the debates, meters would be used to gauge how they felt about the candidates' responses. Each group had a line. Naturally, Democrats were blue, Republicans were red and Independents were some sort of sickly green yellow that shouldn't exist in nature. During the vice presidential debate, the graphs measured the interest levels of male and female voters.
The two things that stuck out to me were how the Independents in the initial focus group seemed to consistently agree with the Democrats about the candidates and how there were some big drop-offs when McCain would start speaking. This included all three groups, though the red line would tend to spring back up quickly.
Cohen is a Topeka senior in political science.
How narrow victories will pile up for McCain
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ADAM POOLE
The vice presidential debate was the highlight of the last two weeks, garnering more than 70 million viewers, 20 million more than the presidential debate. It was the most watched vice presidential debate in our nation's history.
Both candidates had been getting into trouble: Sarah Palin because she didn't know what to say in interviews and Joe Biden because he didn't know when to shut up (I had actually begun to wonder if he wasn't on John McCain's payroll). Viewers wanted to see which of the two would make the greater gaffe.
Expectations were certainly low for Palin, but she far exceeded them and held her own against the more experienced candidate. She brought Biden to task on his history with his running mate and effectively kept him on the defense through much of the debate. Unlike her opponent, Palin looked directly into the camera and spoke to the heart of the American people.
Neither did. Palin mispronounced the name of the commanding officer in Afghanistan. Biden made a few mistakes, confusing the articles of the Constitution and wrongfully suggesting that McCain had voted the same as Barack Obama on occasions when he didn't, but there were no serious blunders for either candidate.
of the issues. He avoided several traps that may have made him appear sexist and even touched on a very sympathetic family tragedy.
So who won? Biden was very articulate and showed a firm grasp
Biden probably won, but such a narrow victory in a debate where he was greatly favored translates into victory for Palin and McCain.
However, Palin's performance wasn't good enough to turn the momentum in McCain's favor. He still trails Obama in most polls, but with a month to go before the election, Obama might be peaking too early.
The presidential debate was less remarkable. The real focus was on the economic turmoil on Wall Street and the resulting political upheaval in Washington, which is where McCain wanted to be. McCain suspended his campaign and asked for the debate to be postponed so that he and Obama could return to Capitol Hill and do their jobs.
Critics claim this was nothing more than a political stunt. To be sure, with mere weeks before a presidential election, everything that either candidate does is political. In this particular instance, it also just happened to be the right thing to do although the outcome was probably not favorable for McCain.
The foreign policy debate which McCain would have dominated, ended up focusing partly on economics, a subject which Obama handily won. McCain did come back and win on most foreign policy issues, narrowly making him the winner of the debate.
The night, however, was a huge victory for Obama as he got the foreign policy debate out of the way and effectively held his own against McCain.
The next presidential debate is tonight at 8. It is the town hall style that President Bush excelled at four years ago, and it will be interesting to see how these candidates perform. McCain will have to try not to be a stiff old man and Obama will need to step down from his elitist pedestal if either of them wants to win.
Poole is a Wichita senior in political science and psychology.
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Can somebody turn in my calculator that I lost in the Frasier technology room to the Lost & Found on the fourth floor of Frasier at the Psychology Department
Halloween is upon us! Time to get slutty!
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Last night I ran into my bunk bed with my forehead and now it hurts really bad. You have no idea.
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Look at me. Getting shit done.
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From what we've heard (and we live below you), you're more of a "hermit freak" than either of us. And by the way, "Sandstorm" is better than any
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I think I just saw Charles Manson on campus.
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Goodbye Lehman Brothers.
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having to pay back all three debts separately.
"I know it'll be hard, but I still plan on trying to find a way to consolidate them when I get out," Curtis said. "It'll be really annoying paying them all back individually every month."
MINIMIZING DEBT
Although students will likely find it easier to get approved for private loans. Kantrowitz said, students should exhaust all other financial options first.
Private loans come with higher interest rates than Federal Staford Loans, and they are usually unsubsidized, which means debt starts accumulating while the student is still in college.
The interest rates on private loans are about 11 percent, according to FinAid.org. Kantrowitz said the bailout should bring them down to about 9 percent, which is still higher than the rates on federal loans.
Robert Baker, Lawrence credit counselor for the Housing and Credit Counseling Institute, said students should plan far in advance before borrowing money to finance their educations.
"As with all decisions requiring a large expenditure of resources, careful planning and a judicious gathering of information and options will save a potential college student money," Baker said in an e-mail. "The choices a student makes in advance and the amount of time a student has to review options and make good choices could impact the overall cost of college or debt repayment for the next decade or so."
Kantrowitz said a student's top priority when deciding how to pay for college should be to minimize debt wherever possible.
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Scholarships and grants
how students should finance their education
Students should start looking to finance their educations by using scholarships and grants. They can search ones they're eligible for at FastWeb, com, a free scholarship matching service. Students can also go to the KU Office of Financial Aid for additional scholarship and grant options.
Federal Stafford Loans
Once a student has exhausted all the free money available to them, they should use their federal loan options before considering private loans. For the best possible options, students can apply at FAFA.sed.gov. Students who claim to be financially dependent can borrow up to $31,000, and independent students can borrow up to $57,500 from the government for their entire college education.
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After looking at all scholarships, grants and federal loans, students should check with the KU Office of Financial Aid for other choices available to them before going to a private lender for help.
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Aly Rodee, Wichita senior and former president of the Memorial Corporation Board, said businesswise, renting the space to Sun of a Beach was a smart choice. As far as students were concerned, she said it was up to them to make informed choices about tanning.
"Students know the health warnings that go along with tanning," she said. "We're supposed to be responsible adults here."
In Kansas it's difficult for commercial tanning bed users to miss the reminders of the health conditions tanning can cause or exaggerate. Kansas state law requires businesses that have tanning beds to hang warning signs and to allow users to tan no longer than the time recommended by the manufacturer of the beds.
Sun of a Beach goes beyond state regulations. Willis said the business required customers to wait at least 24 hours before tanning again and asked students how often they go tanning before booking their appointments. She said the business determined how long and how often students could tan based on their skin tone and tanning experience.
She said she didn't favor either
side of the indoor tanning debate, despite being a tanning salon owner. Willis said her family had a history of skin cancer, so she tried to take a more neutral stance.
"I don't believe it should be swayed one way or the other," she said. "There are people on both sides trying to sell you something."
A study in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research showed that melanoma cases have risen 2,000 percent in the last 75 years. The American Cancer Society projects that 60,000 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma this year.
Not all students are mindful of their tanning habits, though.
Leina Rogers, Overland Park junior, said she usually went tanning a couple times a week. A friend of Rogers was diagnosed with skin cancer, but Rogers said her friend went tanning two times a day. Despite her friend's problems, Rogers said she wasn't worried.
"It would have to be me" she said.
Rogers thoughts have been reflected in national studies. Some show most people are aware of the dangers of tanning, but they continue to tan anyway.
A 2002 study that focused specifically on college students found
that 47 percent of students interviewed had used a tanning bed during the last year. More than 90 percent of the students who had used a tanning bed said they were aware that premature aging and skin cancer might be associated with cancer, according to an article in the Archives of Dermatology.
Daniel Aires, director of the division of dermatology at KU Medical School, said the lag time on skin cancers is usually between 10 and 20 years. He said there were a large number of people with skin cancers in their 30s, 40s and 50s who told him they regretted going tanning.
"The damage people do now when they are young and not thinking about it ends up haunting them later," he said.
Aires said he would not endorse the use of a tanning bed at a KU facility or anywhere else and that if someone wants to look better, they should exercise at the gym, take a yoga class or, at the very least, use a self-tanner.
"Try to protect your skin because it's a long term investment," he said. "All of those things will help your looks immensely much more than an artificial tan."
Warnings against the risks of tanning are not entirely going
unnoticed. Margo Lawer, Eudora junior, whose father and grandfather have battled skin cancer multiple times, said she did not go tanning because of her family's history.
Lawer said that her father was pale with red hair and that he used to play softball outdoors without sunscreen. She said before he contracted skin cancer her father would joke that beer was his sunscreen.
Now her family understands the threat is real, she said. Lawer's father has had to undergo chemotherapy several times.
"I saw him in severe discomfort because he was sweating so much, and it got into his scabs," she said. "After that, it's not really worth it. If he can't handle it, there's no way I could."
She said she had only been tanning about 10 times in high school and that she went then simply because prom was coming up. She said now if she comes home on the weekend looking even a little darker, her parents question her.
"I don't want to die, and I don't want my dad to yell at me," she said.
- Edited by Lauren Keith
ECONOMY
Bailout doesn't stop another plunge in the market
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NEW YORK — Wall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004.
The sell-off came despite the $700 billion U.S. government bailout package, which was signed into law Friday after two weeks in which traders had appeared to count on the rescue as their only hope to avoid a market meltdown.
At its worst point, the Dow was down more than 800 points, an intraday record. The stock market rallied during the final 90 minutes of the trading day, and the Dow finished down about 370 points at 9,955.50.
The average is down almost 30 percent from its all-time high of 14,164.53,set a year ago Thursday.
Speculation among traders late in the session that the market's pullback had been severe enough to force the Federal Reserve into taking other steps to soothe the markets helped stocks rebound from their lows.
"If you can't say that we're
oversold now I don't know what you say. You're at least due for a bounce if nothing else," said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist for PNC Wealth Management.
The global plunge in stocks was under way well before Wall Street ever woke up. In Japan, the Nikkei average lost more than 4 percent. And then the losses spread across Europe — nearly 6 percent for the FTSE-100 in Britain. 7 percent for the German DAX and more than 9 percent for France's CAC-40.
In the United States, President Bush twice made unscheduled remarks on the economy, saying in Cincinnati that the economy would be "just fine" but that the
The troubles that started with an overheated housing market in the U.S. have infected financial markets around the world, making banks fearful of lending to other banks, let alone to businesses and consumers. That has led to worries that economies around the world might not only sputter but slide into reverse.
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But even with the bailout package firmly in place — a plan under which the federal government will buy bad mortgage-related assets off the books of banks — investors remain worried that banks are too fearful to lend and are cutting off air to the economy.
U. S. investors appeared worried the bailout would not be enough to jump-start the economy.Even other steps,including a Federal Reserve decision to expand a loan program to squeezed banks, didn't help much.
The sharp one-day tumbles over the last two Mondays don't come close to the drops that became black marks on the timeline of Wall Street history. Black Monday, in October 1987, and stock drops that preceded the Great Depression were more than 20 percent. Monday's drop, by comparisons, was less than 8 percent at its worst.
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Buffaloes stymied by inconsistent offense
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Colorado coach struggles to locate team's strengths
BY TAYLOR BERN
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Coach Dan Hawkins stopped short of saying that his team is suffering an identity crisis. But the third-year Buffalooes coach did say he wasn't too worried about the Jayhawks' defensive weaknesses because he doesn't know his own team's strengths.
"I don't know that we've done anything well particularly consistently on offense," Hawkins said. "For us, we're trying to get lined up and block the right guys and run the right route."
Colorado started the year with promise, winning its first three games. Since then, the Buffaloes have allowed a combined 77 points against Florida State and Texas and lost both contests.
Five games into the season, the situation in Boulder is murky.
Colorado's wins don't look too strong, either. One was a seven-point victory over I-AA Eastern Washington, and the Buffs' marquee victory, a 17-14 overtime triumph against No. 21 West Virginia, loses luster every week as the Mountaineers circle the drain.
On Saturday, Colorado opened Big 12 play with a home contest against No. 5 Texas.
Less than two minutes into the game, Tex
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Colorado fullback Jake Behrens flies through the air on his way to scoring a touchdown.
Behrens was upended by Texas cornerback Ryan Palmer, back, as safety Earl Thomas, right, looked on in the fourth quarter of a 38-14 victory by Texas in Boulder, Colo., on Saturday. Kansas will play host to Colorado this Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
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BY B.J. RAINS
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Coach Mark Mangino isn't exactly sure when it happened, but he's glad it did.
After struggling through watching Jocques Crawford and Angus Quigley fail to grab control of the running back position, Mangino realized during practice last week that Jake Sharp had to be the guy.
Junior running back Jake Sharp sprints toward the end zone during Saturday's game against Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The Jayhawks recovered from a 20-0 deficit at halftime to beat the Cyclones 35-33.
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"I kind of felt that way for the past week or so, that he is the guy that is best suited right now to be our main running back," Mangino said. "I never told him, and we didn't start him because we didn't want to put any extra pressure on him. That is something that's been in the back of my mind. I went with my instincts and I am glad that I did."
Sharp started the first three games of the season but played sparingly and rushed for only 62 yards on 21 carries in those three games. His only appearance in the Jayhawks' fourth game against Sam Houston State came on the last possession of the game when the backups were in to run out the clock.
"We never, ever intended him to be a guy to carry the load here," Mangino said. "He is a guy that is supossed to get 10 carries a game, throw him a couple passes, be a changeup guy. But he has been forced to be the guy."
Sharp had only 9 yards rushing in the first half, but almost single-handedly jumpstarted the Kansas comeback in the second half. Sharp rushed for a season-high 79 yards and had 107 receiving yards, the most ever by a Kansas running back.
Looking for any kind of spark they could find, offensive coordinator Ed Warinner noticed a hole in the Iowa State defense and took a chance. On the Jayhawks' first offensive play of the second half, Sharp took off down the left sideline and remained uncovered. Todd Reesing found him and Sharp took the pass 67 yards into the end zone for a touchdown that gave the Jayhawks some much needed momentum.
"It was great just getting out there and getting tired," Sharp said. "I actually got tired for once. It seems like when I get tired, the game slows down and I just feel comfortable. Things just seem smoother."
"We've run that play at least 100 times in practice," Sharp said. "We noticed that they weren't really paying a lot of attention to our running backs out there in the flat and coach Warner made a great call and Todd made a great throw and it came together. I was just saying, 'Don't drop it, don't drop it.'"
Sharp then took a shovel pass from Reesing for 43 yards to set a one yard Quigley run that made it 20-14. Kansas steamrolled from there, completing the third greatest comeback in school history.
"It boosts my confidence," Sharp said. "I definitely think I'm a-guy who can make big plays for our team, and I was called on to do it today. I think when I'm called on to do it, I'll do it."
"He's a tenacious guy," Mangino said. "He's not a big guy but he has a lot of fight in him. He played his tail off. He is a prideful guy. He wants to prove that he can do the job and everything he did today leads me to believe that he can and he will."
After hoping that Sharp wouldn't be forced into this role, Mangino now believes he's the perfect man to turn around the struggling Kansas running game.
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Why ESPN should vote Reesing for 2008 Heisman
BY ALEX DUFEK
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Nissan will sponsor this year's ESPN Heisman Watch. Its commercial describes the 2009 Nissan Maxima as "a sophisticated sedan and a sports car ... together"
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As a quarterback, Todd Reesing is an identical match to the description used in the commercial. He's intelligent, poised and athletic. Nissan couldn't find a better real-life advertisement in college football than Reesing.
Despite Reesing's similarities to Nissan's car and his eye-popping numbers, ESPN's panel of experts hasn't yet deemed Reesing worthy of one vote for their Heisman Watch. I'm not about to place myself on any panel of experts, but I think it's clear that Reesing is one of the top 10 players in college football and he shouldn't be off anyone's radar — especially ESPN's.
The network lists 13 players on its watch. The Big 12 is well represented, as six of the top nine players on the list play in the conference. Missouri's Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin, Oklahoma's Sam Bradford, Texas' Colt McCoy and Texas Tech's Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree are all receiving Heisman hype, but there is no love shown for Reesing.
It's fairly absurd considering there is not a large difference between the four Big 12 quarterbacks listed and Reeing. The only major difference is in the loss column. Reeing and the Jayhawks have one loss in comparison to the zero losses recorded by Texas Tech, Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri.
However, without Reesing, Kansas wouldn't have escaped Ames, Iowa, last weekend or kept it close in Tampa against South Florida. To be honest, with a rushing attack that ranks 96th in the nation and an offensive line that ranks 54th in sacks allowed — largely due to Reesing's escape tactics in the pocket — it's scary to think about where Kansas football would be without "Sparky."
I'm not throwing the rest of the team under the bus. Kansas has talent and heart, although it's been lacking at times this year. However, most team attributes come from your leader.
The Heisman Trophy goes to the most outstanding player in college football. One could argue that Reesing easily fits the bill. He has thrown for 1,724 yards, 14 touchdowns, three interceptions and has a 70.2 completion percentage. He also has another 68 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. Keep in mind, Reesing would have 127 yards rushing if it weren't for the 59 negative yards from eight sacks.
Anyone who watches Kansas knows any quarterback other than Reesing would have spent a lot more time with his face down in the turf this year. Reesing has relied on his feet to create magical plays out of virtually nothing numerous times already this season.
In the last eight years, the only nonquarterback player to win the Heisman was USC's Reggie Bush in 2005. With seven quarterbacks currently on ESPN's watch list, a quarter back is likely to win again this year.
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Kansas quarterback registered his 50th touchdown pass of his career against Iowa State on Saturday. Reesing holds the career record for touchdown passes at Kansas. David Jaynes, who played at Kansas from 1971-73, is second with 35 touchdown passes.
trivia of the day
Q: Late Night CBS talk show host David Letterman graduated from what University? Hint: This University entered the Associated Press Top 25 this week for the first time in school history?
A: Ball State. Letterman graduated from Ball State in 1969.
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Wednesday
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Who will fill Jayhawks' Cinderella slippers?
BY ASHER FUSCO
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year's Kansas? A few contenders:
Everyone knows the story of the 2007 Kansas football team by now — how Todd Reesing and his overachieving friends shook up college football en route to a miraculous 12-1 record and an impressive Orange Bowl victory. Now that Kansas has officially arrived as a weekly fixture in the Top 25 polls, it seems we'll have to look outside of Lawrence to find the feel-good story of the 2008 season.
NO.13 VANDERBILT (5-0)
Much like last year's Jayhawks, the Commodores are rewriting their program's history books on a weekly basis. Vanderbilt is 5-0 for the first time in 65 seasons and fresh off of its first victory against Auburn in 53 years. Most impressive is the Commodores' 3-0 mark in Southeastern Conference play. The SEC is the best conference in the country, and Vanderbilt is currently tied with Alabama atop its standings. Because of its extremely tough schedule (Georgia and Wake Forest away; Florida at home), Vanderbilt doesn't stand much chance of surviving the regular season unscathed but the Commodores should at least manage a baller in.
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the ball. Third, there's the teams' habit of annihilating their opponents. Oklahoma State has scored 50 or more points in four straight games, quarterback Zac Robinson
is ranked third in the nation in passing efficiency, and running back Kendall Hunter is fifth in
the nation in rushing yards-per-game. The schedule doesn't set up well for the Cowboys: They're yet to face Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma. But who says you have to beat Missouri to "earn" a BCS Bowl bid?
NO. 25 BALL STATE (6-0)
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Just like last year's Kansas team, Ball State has munched on its fair share of soft opponents. It has defeated an FCS team, four midmajor also-rans and one mediocre BCS Conference team (Indiana). The remainder of the schedule looks manageable for Ball State, with only Central Michigan (3-2, 2-0 MAC) and Western Michigan (5-1, 3-0) looming in the season's final two weeks.
Because it hails from the Mid-American Conference, Ball State is a tad bit different from Kansas. Ball State isn't a BCS Conference team
suddenly reversing course; it's a mid-major program that showed improvement each of the last four years and is now primed for a breakout. Quarterback Nate Davis is ninth in the nation in passing efficiency to lead a Cardinals offense that has scored nearly 40 points-per-game.
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Nashville's three teams combine for 15-1 record
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Music City's three football teams are turning the town into Pigskinville.
The Tennessee Titans are off to the best start in franchise history, one of the NFL's two remaining undefeated teams and the first to 5-0. The 13th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores, who've never been ranked higher, are a victory away from their best start since 1928 and sitting atop the mighty Southeastern Conference's East Division.
The success includes even Tennessee State of the Football Championship Series leading the Ohio Valley Conference.
Together, the teams are a combined 15-1.
"I hope everything keeps going," Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson said Monday. "I'd like to see all three teams keep it moving. That would be fantastic for the city. But I don't think there's anything in the water. There's probably some things in the water but not affecting football."
The Commodores' success is the most surprising of the three.
The Titans, who can enjoy their 5-0 start with a bye this week, went 10-6 a year ago and reached the playoffs. They currently lead the NFL with eight straight regular-season wins that ties for the franchise's third-longest such winning streak, first set during 2000 when they had the NFL's best record at 13-3.
Tennessee State went 8-3 in 2001 and even won consecutive OVC titles in 1998-1999. An
11-0 mark in 1999 also earned the Tigers a 14th black college national championship.
But Vanderbilt is trying to end a 25-year skid since its last winning season. The Commodores beat Auburn last weekend 14-13 to reach 5-0 for the first time since 1943, and a win Saturday at Mississippi State would at least ensure a .500 record and match the 6-0 start of the 1928 team.
Titans coach Jeff Fisher said he senses people are excited about the success.
"I'm very excited for Vanderbilt. They've done a good job. They've been patient. They've done a great job building their club, and they're very well-coached." Fisher said.
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This week's games:
1. No. 5 Texas vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (Cotton Bowl) (Pick Score)
4. South Carolina at Kentucky
2. No. 4 LSU at No. 11 Florida
3. No.6 Penn State at Wisconsin
5. Notre Dame at No.22 North Carolina
6. TCU at Colorado State
8. Iowa State at Baylor
7. No. 17 Oklahoma State at No.3 Missouri
9. No. 13 Vanderbilt at Mississippi State
10. Colorado at No. 16 Kansas
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Tampa Bay Rays B.J. Upton, right, is congratulated by teammate Willy Aybar (10) after scoring on an eight inning RBI single by teammate Carl Crawford during Game 2 of the American League division series baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla.
CHICAGO - BJ. Upton and these Tampa Bay Rays are headed home — to get ready for the American League championship series.
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Worst in the majors last year, the Rays will play for a spot in the World Series after finishing off the Chicago White Sox 6-2 Monday in Game 4 of the AL playoffs.
Upton homered twice, Andy Santonnist pitched a solid 5 2-3 innings and manager Joe Maddon's surprising Rays won 3-1 in the best-of-five series — their first trip to the postseason. Next up, the Boston Red Sox or the Los Angeles Angels starting Friday.
"We feel like we belong and it's showing right now," Upton said.
After staving off elimination several times and winning a tiebreaker for the AL Central title, the White Sox were finally knocked out.
The loss dashed Chicago's hope for a championship — days ago, local fans were thinking the Cubs and White Sox might meet in a Windy City Classic. But the Cubs got swept by the Dodgers and now both teams are done.
"They played better than us. There's no doubt. They pitched better. They execute better. They got big hits," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. "They really did a tremendous job."
Upton, the game's second batter, homered to left-center to put the Rays ahead. He went deep again in the third, driving a full-count pitch from Gavin Floyd to center, and the confident Rays had a two-rnn cushion.
Tampa Bay, which never won more than 70 games during its 10 previous seasons, went from 96 losses last year to 97 wins and passed the big-spending Red Sox and New York Yankees in the AL East.
"It's a gratifying moment for all of us," Maddon said.
No longer bebedevil, the Rays won all year with young talent and improved pitching. Sonnantine, who pitched a three-hit shutout against the White Sox at Tropicana Field in April, reversed a late-season slide that saw him go winless in his final seven starts.
He allowed two runs and three hits before J.P. Howell relieved Grant Balfour completed the four-hitter, striking out midseason addition Ken Griffey Jr. to end it.
Upton, who hit only nine homers in 531 at-bats during the regular season, also homered in Sunday's 5-3 loss. Benched by Maddon during the season for not hustling, the talented 24-year-old's power display came against a team that relied on homers all year and led the majors in long balls.
Tampa Bay increased the lead to 4-0 in the fourth when Carl Crawford walked and scored as veteran Cliff Floyd, a Chicago native, doubled to left. Dioner Navarro followed with an RBI single to finish Floyd.
Paul Konerko hit a solo homer for the White Sox in the bottom half and the white towel-waving crowd dressed in black had a reason to get excited. But Tampa Bay struck right back in the fifth against Clayton Richard as Akinori Iwamura singled and scored on Carlos Pena's single that made it 5-1.
Jermaine Dye hit a solo home run in the sixth to finish Sonnantine.
"Hats off to him," Upton said. "He threw a great game when we needed it."
Tampa Bay kept adding on and Pena hit his second RBI single in the seventh — after the White Sox intentionally walked Upton. Guillen, apparently upset when a close pitch from Matt Thornton to Pena was called at ball, had a conversation with plate umpire Jeff Kellogg as he headed back to the dugout after a trip to the mound.
The White, Sox defeated Cleveland on the final Sunday of the season to get to a m.ikeup game with Detroit the following day. They beat the Tigers and then Minnesota, 1-0.
After losing the first two games of this series at Tropicana Field despite leading in both, the White Sox came back home to win Sunday. And they were hoping for another three-game winning streak — but the Rays were too good.
And now Maddon, who likes fashionable eye wear, fine wines, good books and inspirational slogans, has pushed a decade-long loser onto the doorstep of a pennant.
"We all came together and said we're going to play team ball," Upton said. "That's what we do, day in and day out."
Earlier in the week, Maddon
spotted some fans on his way to U.S. Cellular Field wearing "retro Devil Rays stuff." He'll be looking for even more signs of the team's new popularity when he honeymoons in Europe next month.
"My goal is to see someone walking around either Rome or, you know, Barcelona or somewhere with Rays gear on," he added, promising to photograph it.
Maddon pointed to the Rays' ability to bounce back after losing their final seven games before the All-Star break as a big test. And he hasn't spent a lot of time reflecting on how he has taken a team that had 10 straight losing season — with at least 91 losses in each of those years — to the playoffs.
"I really have not permitted myself to totally sit back and absorb
all of that yet," Maddon said earlier. "But there's some smaller amounts that I may have had a little bit of a thought like that."
Notes:@ Rays RF Gabe Gross made a nice leaping catcher at the fence in the first to rob A.J. Pierzynski of an extra base hit, maybe even a homer. ... Griffey struck out three times.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. - Unbeaten Missouri's offense is so potent, players rib well-rested punter Jake Harry that he's a waste of a scholarship. The third-ranked Tigers did not need Harry at all Saturday against Nebraska, and most of their 10 punts on the season have come during garbage time.
"We're always joking with him," quarterback Chase Daniel said Monday. "He's cool about it. He's like, 'Just miss this pass on third down, just let me get on the field once or twice a game.'
"Would we like to punt once or twice a game?" Daniel said. "No, not at all."
Missouri (5-0, 1-0 Big 12) is averaging 53 points, second most in the nation, and has yet to go three-and-out in 48 series heading into Saturday's game against No. 17 Oklahoma State. The first-string offense had eight possessions in Saturday's 52-17 blowout at Nebraska and scored on seven of them — six touchdowns and a field goal.
The lone missed opportunity in that game deserves an asterisk. Jeff Wolfert had the distance but was wide left on a 59-yard field goal attempt at the end of the first half, his first missed kick in three Big 12 seasons.
In a three-game span earlier
in the season, Missouri scored on 15 consecutive possessions all but two of them touchdowns. Sophomore running back Derrick Washington, in his first year as starter, leads the nation in scoring with 12 touchdowns.
"Every time we touch the ball, we want to score — no matter who we go against," Daniel said. "When we kick goals, we're like, 'OK, it's a B maybe.' We want A-plusses every time we step on the field."
The Tigers have scored on their opening possession in all five games. They score touchdowns fast, too, making a mockery of the time of possession statistic. They're a lowly 118th in the nation at 26:07 minutes per game.
The defense barely gets to rest, given 17 touchdown drives that have lasted less than two minutes, one behind Tulsa for most in the nation in a survey of Division I sports information directors. Missouri had six sub-two-minute drives against Nevada and had three against Nebraska.
Daniel has completed 76 percent of his passes for 15 touchdowns and only one interception. Washington averages 100 rushing yards and Jeremy Maclin is fifth in the NCAA with 186.8 all-purpose yards. Maclin and tight end Chase Coffman each are averaging six catches per game, and Tommy Saunders and Jared Perry are effective secondary targets.
"We try to score as quickly as possible," Washington said. "We want to score on the first play."
list of options is a major factor
"With our offense the way it is, you can't be concerned about time of possession," coach Gary Pinkel said. "The bottom line is when you get opportunities, you want to score."
The tests figure to start getting stiffer in the coming weeks. Oklahoma State (5-0, 1-0) brings its own spread offense, one designed more to generate the running game, to Columbia on Saturday night, and Missouri is at No. 5 Texas in two weeks.
The quick-strike offense is partly a product of Missouri's no-huddle, spread offense, with the play clock usually in double digits when the ball is snapped. Daniel's bottomless
Oklahoma State is averaging 32:47 in time of possession, 10th best in the country. The Cowboys average 315 yards rushing, second best in the country, but also have a quick strike component with 13 touchdown drives clocking in under two minutes.
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The Cornhuskers have committed eight personal fouls in five games — not counting the flag Pelini got for unsporsmanlike conduct against Virgina Tech.
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LINCOLN, Neb. - Coach Bo Pelini is telling his players to keep their cool.
"When there is an either-or situation in the heat of the moment, if the situation calls for it, you have to learn to pull off of it and not
Defensive end Zach Potter initiated helmet-to-helmet contact with quarterback Chase Daniel in the first quarter. Offensive lineman Matt Slauson was called for a personal foul in the middle of the fourth quarter.
The Huskers were called for two personal fouls in Saturday's 52-17 loss to Missouri.
take the shot. We're not always doing that," Pelini said during the Big 12 coaches' teleconference with reporters.
"We need to play smarter." Pelini said. "Not only the personal fouls, but putting ourselves in first-
Pinkel said Monday that he had "communicated with Nebraska" on Sunday "and I'm not going to mention anything else about it."
Daniel also didn't want to pursue the topic.
and 15 and some of the things that happen there. We need to be more disciplined and take care of that aspect. Too many penalties."
Athletic director Tom Osborne declined to comment on Peliini's sideline behavior, saying last week that the issue was between him and Peliini.
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MILWAUKEE — These Philadelphia Phillies lack a cool nickname, like the "Whiz Kids," the "Fightin' Phils" or even the "Broad Street Bellers."
It might be the only thing theyre missing.
The Phillies are headed to their first National League championship series since 1993, thanks to another dazzling pitching performance, plenty of offensive power and a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. And who's waiting? None other than their old foe, the Los Angeles Dodgers.
"I don't see no reason in the world why we can't stay right with them," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "I like our chances. I think we can hold our own with them. Actually, I think we can beat anybody in the National League, really."
Not to be overlooked, midseason addition Joe Blanton threw a gem. In the first postseason start of his career, the burly right-hander struck out seven, walked none and held the Brewers to one run.
"We're going to have our work cut out for us," Phillies closer Brad Lidge said. "They have a great team. Right now, they're playing great. When a队 like the Dodgers gets hot, they've got a lot of people who can do some damage."
The Phillies have played for the NL pennant six times before, facing Los Angeles in three of those series. Los Angeles won in 1977 and '78, while the Phillies took the flag in 1983.
Game 1 of the NLCS is Thursday in Philadelphia.
After scuffling through the first three games of the NL division series, Philadelphia's offense broke out in a big way Sunday. Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a home run, Pat Burrell ended his postseason slump with not one, but two homers, and Jayson Werth added a solo shot.
This year, the teams each swept a four-game series from the other at home. Philadelphia outscored Los Angeles 43-27 in those eight matchups — but the Phillies know it'll be a very different Dodgers team that arrives at Citizens Bank Park later this week.
But the Phillies aren't exactly slouches in that department.
Rafael Furcal is back, and Manny Ramirez is still being Manny in the postseason. The Dodgers are also on quite the roll, winning 22 of their last 30 games and sweeping the Cubs in the NL division series.
"We feel good," Rollins said. "Everything is lining up the way we want it."
Not for the Brewers. Not yet, at least.
After reaching the playoffs for the first time in 26 years, Milwaukee faces an offseason of uncertainty. Ace pitcher CC Sabathia, who almost single-handedly salvaged the Brewers postseason hopes, is a free agent and isn't expected back. Neither is Ben Sheets, the team's second-best starter. The Brewers need a manager, too, after firing Ned Yost with 12 games left in the regular season. Dale Sveum took over on an interim basis.
"We have to build on this," slugger Prince Fielder said. "I'm happy with the season. Just because we didn't win doesn't take away what we did."
Burrell, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard were a fearsome trio in the regular season for Philadelphia, putting up the kind of numbers that make opposing pitchers shudder and leading the way as the Phillies won their second straight NL East title. Howard made a case for the NL MVP, leading the league in home runs (48) and RBIs (146), and Utley and Burrell added 33 homers each.
But their bats were deafeningly silent in the first three games of the best-of-five series, and it was
Philadelphia's pitching that sparkled. Cole Hamels never gave the Brewers a chance in Game 1, Brett Myers was equally impressive the next day and Blanton looked a biggame pitcher as he sent one Brewer after another back to the dugout.
After allowing a first-inning single to Ryan Braun, Blanton retired 10 straight.
“Honestly? The offense.” Blanton said when asked his secret. “Our offense swung the bats so well and put up runs, it allowed me to go out and attack the zone with all my pitches.”
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Milwaukee Brewers' J.J. Hardy is congratulated by Ray Durham (S) after scoring from third on a hit by Jason Kendall during seventh-inning baseball action in Game 3 of the National League division series against the Philadelphia Phillies in Milwaukee on Saturday.
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"You can't blame the other team for pitching around him, especially in that situation there. The goal there is just to try and get something to hit," Burrell said. "Fortunately, I hung around long enough to get a good pitch to hit."
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Burrell hit another monster homer in the eighth inning off of Guillermo Mota.
"That's why this is a team. There's 25 guys that help out," said Utley, who had another tough day at the plate but made a gorgeous leaping grab to save a run in the eighth inning and snuff out any hope Milwaukee had of a rally. "It's all about trusting each other. Trying to get on base, trying to pick one another up. It's all about trying to win, and doing whatever it takes to win."
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"He breaks and looks like he's going to run it, so we collapse and then he sidearms it out to the running back and he takes it to the house," Hawkins said. "That's a great play."
That 65-yard score was the first of many Longhorn highlights on the night. They opened up a 28-0 lead in the third quarter and strolled to a 38-14 victory.
Hawkins said he couldn't help but leave Folsom Field impressed by McCoy.
"He's just playing full throttle," he said.
Hawkins also said Texas running back Chris Ogbonnaya, who caught McCoy's flip pass and finished with 187 total yards, was the best non-quarterback offensive player in the Big 12.
Despite Kansas' 20-0 halftime deficit in Saturday's 35-33 victory, Hawkins didn't learn anything about how to beat the Jayhawks. Iowa State capitalized on turnovers, which Hawkins said didn't come around too often against Kansas.
"Had they not had the turn-over barrage, they probably wouldn't have had as close a game last week," Hawkins said. "I give them a lot of credit for making plays and coming back and winning the game."
"I think where he's at his best is when it's not necessarily a designed run," Hawkins said. "That's where he can really gouge you. He killed us last year when he would break contain or take off running on pass plays."
Last year Kansas held on for a 19-14 victory at Colorado. In that game, Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing led the team in rushing with 84 yards, including a 53-yard scamper — his longest of the season.
Colorado gives up the third fewest passing yards per game in the conference. But Hawkins knows that Kansas' offense can start rolling at any time, as it did in the third quarter against Iowa State.
"When they get the ball and they're going, they're a dynamite outfit," Hawkins said.
— Edited by Mary Sorrick
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Groin injury to bench Scheffler on Sunday
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — It appears that Tony Scheffler's groin injury isn't nearly as serious as the one that knocked out fellow tight end Nate Jackson last season.
Scheffler said it was unlikely he'd play Sunday against Jacksonville but didn't speculate about how long he'll be sidelined. He said he didn't have a sports hernia. Jackson has bounced back from last year, when he went on injured reserve Oct. 9 with a torn groin. He figures to play a larger role in the offense without Scheffler, Jay Cutler's biggest target.
"Nate's going to step in and do a great job like he always does," Scheffler said. "The coaches have confidence in him, also."
Although Scheffler said he felt twinges while playing in the rain Sunday, the injury occurred on
his last reception, a dangerous throw from Cutler on first-and-10 from the Broncos' 14 just after the two-minute warning with Denver clinging to a 16-13 lead over Tampa Bay. With linebacker Derrick Brooks undercutting the pass, Cutler had to throw it high and Scheffler went up to grab it, but fell right to the grass in severe pain.
"It was something that was hurting me the whole second half but I actually pulled it when I was making the catch," Scheffler said.
"it's one of those things that come with playing the sport as long as you do. Stuff happens, but luckily, I don't think it's too major."
So, it's not something that will keep him out like a month or so?
"I'm not sure," he said. "We'll find out in the next couple of days."
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Matt Prater is starting to make a name for himself. What the Denver Broncos' new kicker would really like is to put his name in the record book.
After kicking a 55-yard field goal that would have been good from 70 yards Sunday, Prater said he wants the chance to beat the NFL record of 63 yards held by Tom Dempsey and the man he replaced in Denver, Jason Elam.
"I'd love to get the opportunity, especially here in Denver," Prater said Monday. "It would be awesome to get the opportunity to do it, and hopefully I can keep it straight."
Hardly anybody knew about Prater when the season started.
Now, even Buccaneers coach
Jon Gruden is gushing about him.
and booming field goals of 55,
40 and 31 yards.
Prater was the difference in Denver's 16-13 win over Tampa Bay, producing touchbacks on four of his five kickoffs - the other was returned only to the 19
"Have you ever seen a kicker kick a 55-yard field goal and make it by 25 yards?" marveled Gruden. "Honest to God, why work on your kickoff return when you come here? That guy was unbelievable."
The Broncos signed the 24-year-old kicker last December after Todd Sauerbrun wore out his welcome in Denver and they needed somebody to handle kickoffs for their last two games.
Coach Mike Shanahan saw enough of Prater's powerful right leg that he allowed Elam, the franchise's leader in points and games, to bolt for Atlanta in free agency.
But nobody's missing Elam
now thanks to Prater, who has
Shanahan took a lot of heat for turning over the team's kicking chores to a kid who had made just 1-of-4 field goals in the NFL. After all, the Broncos' 7-9 season last year would have been much worse had it not been for Elam's four game-winners.
piled up a league high 51 points and has made all four of his field goals from 50 yards or more. He's amassed 11 touchbacks, tied for the league lead with Carolina kickoff specialist Rhys Lloyd and he's made 12 of 13 field goals, including a half dozen from 40-plus.
Denver also leads the league in a key but often overlooked category: the number of opponents' drives (10) that start inside the 20-yard line.
"Field goals are how you keep your job," Prater said, "and kickoffs are something that's good to be good at."
In that case, Prater is the double-whammy for opponents.
He not only gives Shanahan the luxury of long field goals, adding to his options on offense, but he can negate good return specialists, often by kicking the ball right out of the end zone.
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While the league is just starting to learn about Prater, teammate Dre' Bly has been singing his praises for a while.
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Bly was in Detroit when Prater came through in 2006 as an undrafted free agent from Central Florida. He was simply a camp leg, keeping Jason Hansen fresh for the season, and he was long gone by the time the season started, beginning a journey that would take him to Miami and Atlanta before landing in Denver.
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Reeing's resume only contains one blemish: a 37-34 loss to South Florida. All four Big 12 quarterbacks listed in the Heisman Watch play for undefeated squads including BYU's signal caller Max Hall. The other two quarterbacks listed — last year's Heisman winner, Tim Tebow of Florida and Mark Sanchez of USC — each suffered upsets to teams not nearly as talented as South Florida.
On paper, Reesing has actually been more impressive than Tebow or Sanchez. Unlike Reesing, Sanchez's credibility is definitely lifted because of the team he plays for. Two USC quarterbacks have taken home Heisman hardware in the past six years.
Tebow is sixth on the list,
However, last year's season is still in the mind of voters. Tebow had one of the best seasons in the history of college football last year. If voters are going to keep that in mind for Tebow, then why not do the same for Reeing?
despite compiling only 1.025 yards, eight touchdowns and one interception throwing; 157 yards and his touchdowns rushing. His completion percentage is at 61.7 percent. That's 8.5 percent lower than Reesing. The rest of his stats are significantly lower as well.
Reeing led the Jayhawks to a 12-1 record and an Orange Bowl victory. He re-wrote the Kansas record books and helped establish a fan base in Lawrence. That fan base has been one of
the most loyal in college football this year as they've filled Memorial Stadium to an average of 101.5 percent capacity for the first three games. Only an outstanding team can generate that type of buzz and it's obvious Reesing is the main attraction on the team.
Watching Reesing has become well worth the price of admission as he scrambles behind the line of scrimmage making defensive ends look foolish before unloading a rifle to Kerry Meier, Johnathan Wilson or Dezmon Briscoe.
Will Todd Reesing win the Heisman? Probably not. After watching Kansas' first half in Ames, it's fairly obvious that Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech have better odds
of attending a BCS National Championship or bowl game.
However, Reesing is 16-2 as a starting quarterback so you can't count Kansas out against anyone. If they are able to pull two wins out against four of the Big 12 teams nationally ranked in the top seven, watch for his name to surface on a lot more watch lists as it did at the end of last year.
Does Reeing deserve the trophy? Now that's debatable, but there is no debating that Reeing deserves to be on ESPN's and other publications' watch lists considering what he's already accomplished this season.
— Edited by Andy Greenhaw
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A Web site called JuicyCampus.com is raising concerns on college campuses across the country about where to draw the line between harmless discussion and malicious gossip.
The cyber gossip grapevine reached the University of Kansas on Sept. 2, when JuicyCampus, which allows students to post unfiltered and anonymous comments, added a page for the University. Since then people have started 368 threads about the University.
The year-old JuicyCampus, which is owned by Los Angeles-based Lime Blue Inc., allows anyone who claims to be at least 18 years old to enter and post comments
with no registration or e-mail verification required.
The site had pages in the beginning of September this year and added its 500th campus Monday.
but students such as Molly Hawthorne say it does harm without doing any good.
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JuicyCampus allows visitors to view and discuss comments tagged with keywords such as fraternity, sorority and basketball. Users can dish freely by individual students or campus organizations while remaining completely anonymous.
Hawthorne,
The cyber bulletin board of provocative gossip has captured attention nationwide,
"It is a place where people can feel safe gossiping about other people, maybe even their best friend."
MOLLY HAWTHORNE
Lenexa freshman
Alexa freshman, said her friend posted Hawthorne's name on JuicyCampus last week tagged with the name of her sorority Delta Delta Delta and the subtitle, "Thoughts Anyone?" She said there was a reply within 30 minutes.
The first response read "total whore." The next two defended Hawthorne's reputation, but the subsequent replies slandered her with malicious and accusatory name-calling. As of Tuesday night, the post had
668 views, 21 replies and seven votes.
Despite this, Hawthorne said she didn't take the site too seriously.
"It is a place where people can feel sage gossiping about other people, maybe even their best friend," Hawthorne said. "The people that spend their time commenting on other people and what they do or who they are have nothing to do with their time."
On Oct. 6, the official JuicyCampus blog quoted Matt Ivester, Founder, president and chief executive officer of JuicyCampus, saying that nothing was more American than the right to freedom of speech. The blog also quoted Ivester as saying he hoped that JuicyCampus would overcome resistance from campus administrations so that students could be free to discuss topics that interested them most.
The site has caused an uproar at universities such as Pepperdine, Texas Christian and Villanova. The controversy has spread through student governments, university administrations, the Greek community and those labeled as "GDIs," or goddamn independents, which refers to students who aren't involved in the Greek community.
Kara Rowlen, Wichita junior, said she was shocked when she saw all the offensive comments people wrote on the site. She said it frustrated her because it was all based on stereotypes.
"I can't believe people would sit and talk crap about other people online," said Rowlen, who is a member of Kappa Delta sorority. "Yes, there's freedom of speech,
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Despite the languishing economy, the University's accounting department is still going strong.
Students in the accounting program credit the steady demand for accountants in any economic climate with the program's success.
Enrollment in the masters program has grown 50 percent from last year and the program itself is ranked among the top four in the nation according to average CPA test scores.
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Dr. Roberta Freund Schwartz, KU professor of music, has received the Association of Recorded Sounds Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. Her book, titled "How Britain Got The Blues: Transmission and Reception of American Blues Style in the United Kingdom," won the yearly award given to books dealing with recorded sounds in the category of Blues/Soul R&B. Freund Schwartz is also teaching classes in Jazz and African American music as well as the popular "History of Rock and Roll."
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Schwartz, associate professor of musicology, recently received the 2008 Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research for her book about the transmission of American blues to the United Kingdom in the 1960s. The Association for Recorded Sound Collections awarded her publication with first place in the category of research of recorded blues, rhythm and blues, and soul music.
Not many people get to do what they love for a living. Roberta Freund Schwartz does. She turned her passion for blues music into a career.
Paul Laird, professor and division director of musicology, said honors such as this were not awarded frequently.
"I'm especially passionate about African-American music and how strongly that has impacted all the music of the world," she said. "I like its focus on rhythm."
She published her award-winning book, "How Britain Got the Blues," in 2007.
"People decided it's something worth considering." Laird said. "It's wonderful."
Schwartz said her interest in the blues began in her teens, tracing back to her
and Robert Johnson.
"I love music and love to share knowledge of music if I can get people to understand it at more depth."
"Learning about the music that inspired my favorite group, that got me interest.
ROBERTA FREUND SCHWARTZ
Professor of musicology
favorite band, Led Zeppelin. She listened to American blues artists whom Led Zeppelin referenced, such as Howl'Nolf
ed first in the urban blues," Schwartz said. "The blues of the 1950s and 1960s, then, led me back father into the very early history of the blues."
Chicago and Delta blues style influenced many British invasion rock bands, including The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Her book focused on how
those blues records became popular in the United Kingdom and were accepted by young Brits during the 1960s, when
Some of her main sources of information were jazz publications printed in the United Kingdom between 1929 and 1970. She said she also interviewed people who were around the music scene in the U.K. in the 1960s. She traveled the U.K. twice to collect information. She said it took her six years to finish the book.
the popularity of the genre had declined in the U.S.
"A lot of this was extremely unsexy." Schwartz said.
She said her research revealed that the blues had a niche appeal to some in Britain.
"To the British, the blues were emotional in ways to which they were unaccustomed," she said "Blues became the music of the non-conformist — people who didn't fit in,
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Brady White as Santa shines the Neiman Marcus limited edition 2009 BMW Individual 7 Series Sedan during the unveiling of the 82nd edition of the Neiman Marcan Christmas Book in Irving, Texas, on Tuesday. The car is featured in the Christmas Book as a wow gift价了 $160,000.
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DALLAS — With stock markets sinking and fear of recession rising, what's the affluent consumer to do? Neiman Marcus hopes a few of them will escape the grim headlines by splurging on diamonds, Dior and other diversions.
The luxury retailer unveiled its Christmas Book on Tuesday and made surprisingly few concessions to the financial crisis running from Wall Street to Main Street.
You can be the first on your block to own a limited-edition BMW sedan, a backyard golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus or a collection of every top 100 record from 1955 to 1990.
"I think we all need a break," said Ginger Reeder, a Neiman vice president. "These gifts are not meant to be anything more than something to make you smile, make you go 'Oh my gosh, who would have thought about that?'
Reeder said Neiman's wealthy customers aren't much affected by the economy, but that so-called
aspirational shoppers — more middle-income yet yearning for touches of luxury — may shop less often and buy fewer items.
That contrasts with what Saks Inc. has been saying. The operator of Saks Fifth Avenue said in August that its high-end customers — not just the aspirational shoppers — were pulling back, and it gave a gloomy forecast for the second half of the year.
Analysts have warned that the stock market decline has damaged the confidence of luxury shoppers and that job losses and smaller Wall Street bonuses could also hurt.
reported last month that it lost $35.6 million in the quarter ended Aug. 2. Costs rose and sales at stores open at least a year, a key retailing statistic, fell 1.4 percent.
Neiman plans the holiday book more than a year in advance. Reeder said the only change this year is that Neiman also will send out a smaller catalog featuring gifts under $300. The privately held chain doesn't discuss sales from the Christmas Book, first published in 1926.
The company heads into the holiday season on a Grinch-like note. Neiman Marcus Group Inc.
Chairman and Chief Executive Burt Tansky said at the time — and this was before the worst of
the turmoil in financial markets and the $700 billion federal bailout — that Neiman's customers were heavily invested in the markets.
"We are anticipating the months ahead will be difficult," Tansky said then.
ODD NEWS Church services now open to members do
WEYMOUTH, Mass. — The Pilgrim Congregational Church is going to the dogs, and that's just fine with the Rev. Rachel Bickford
The church launched what Bickford hopes will be weekly "Woof n'Worship" services Sunday when parishioners can bring their pious pooches.
reading the Bible. She came across a Psalm that talks about "letting all living things praise the Lord" while her own dogs were at her feet. She says dogs provide so much joy when people struggle with everyday life.
Sara Diem went to the service with her Bernese mountain dog, Chloe."She's having a couple little health issues these days, so I just thought she could use the extra help,"she said.
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Duchovny out of sex rehab after month of treatment
NEW YORK — An attorney for David Duchovny says the actor has checked out of a rehabilitation facility for treatment of sex addiction.
Duchovny, who plays a sexobsessed character on Show-time's "Californication," voluntarily
entered the facility in late August.
Says lawyer Stanton Stein: "David has successfully completed his rehabilitation, he is out of rehab and will be starting a movie soon."
Duchovny starred as the conspiracy-minded Fox Mulder on"The X-Files"TV series and in two films.
The 48-year-old actor and his wife since 1997, actress Tea Leoni, have two children.
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The economy is in the dumps. The job market is weakening. The government has just provided $700 billion to rescue the financial system. But Dave Kitchens is not the least bit worried.
Kitchens, a graduate student in the University of Kansas' masters of accounting program, has crunched the numbers and figures and the job odds are in his favor.
In an economy with such uncertainty, the University's one-year accounting graduate program is prospering. The program averages a 95 percent job placement rate. Last year, it was 100 percent. The
program's job placement rate is one of the highest on campus, and the University's accounting students' average CPA test scores rank among the top four nationally.
“If we didn't have a strong program and we weren't KU, I don't think we would have the same story,” said James Heintz, professor and director of accounting and information systems. “We'd have a good story, but I think ours is overwhelming.”
The demand for accountants has remained stable, despite the current economic climate. Kitchens said that whether the job market was strong or weak, taxes and audits weren't going away.
"Pair that with the fact that
many accountants are at the point of retirement, and you have the perfect work opportunity," he said.
This isn't the first time the accounting industry has withstood hardship. In 2002, with the collapse of energy company Enron and the Chicago-based Arthur Andersen LLP, one of the five largest accounting firms in the U.S., the accounting sector appeared to be entering a tough period. But the long-term effects turned out to be positive for accountants.
"Even though the company went under and a public accounting firm went under, it actually increased the need for accountants," said Lisa Ottinger, director of the University's masters of
accounting program. "Also, there was so much publicity about it that students became interested in the profession. It's kind of an interesting turnout."
Ottinger said the Enron collapse caused companies to enforce regulations to try to prevent something similar from happening again. Because of the fallout, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed by Congress in 2002. This federal law imposed stricter regulations on public businesses by setting requirements for how businesses must keep their records.
"That act changed the accounting and auditing regulatory environment," Heintz said. "It ramped up the requirements. That act has
caused an explosion in the demand for accountants beyond what we had before"
"With accounting, you don't want to do it yourself. You need a specialist's help." she said.
Paige Hatfield, an accountant for Lawrence's Mize, Houser and Company, said accounting wouldn't go out of style any time soon.
The demand for accountants is also reflected in the burgeoning number of students seeking to join the masters program. Ottinger said the program, a 30-hour curriculum, had grown 50 percent from last year.
Kitchens said accountants always stayed relevant regardless of economic ups and downs. That
continued relevance is a draw of the accounting program at the University, he said. Beyond that, he credited accounting professors such as Timothy Shaftel with getting students exciting about the profession.
"I enjoy everything about accounting," Kitchens said. "I enjoy crunching numbers. I enjoy the work that goes into it."
Kitchens would like to work for one of the big four accounting firms: KMPG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, or Deloitte. He plans to take his CPA exam after graduation, but said he was keeping his job options open.
CRIME
CHEVROLET
Edited by Scott R. Toland
Man kills wife, three sons, mother-in-law and himself
LOS ANGELES — The only hints of trouble in the big beige house on Como Lane were the newspapers in the driveway and the lack of any activity behind the front door.
But when police summoned by worried friends of the residents got inside Monday, they found a horror—six members of a family fatally shot in a murder-suicide committed by an unemployed father in financial crisis.
The body of 45-year-old Karthik Rajaram, a gun clutched in one hand, was found by officers who followed a trail of carnage through the home in a gated community in the Porter Ranch area of the San Fernando Valley.
Los Angeles County Coroners remove one of the six bodies found at a home in a gated community in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood in the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles on Monday. An unemployed accounting industry worker who was dependent over financial problems shot and killed his wife, three children, mother-in-law and then himself in an upscale house in a gated community, police said Monday.
His victims, most slain in their beds, were his wife, three sons and his mother-in-law.
"Absolute devastation." Deputy Chief Michel Moore told reporters outside the home.
major accounting firm, and for Sony Pictures.
Investigators quickly found two suicide letters and a will, and determined that Rajaram held a master's degree and once worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, a
But he had been unemployed for several months and his finances had reached a crisis point in recent weeks, Moore said.
"This is a perfect American family behind me that has absolutely been destroyed, apparently because of a man who just got stuck in a rabbit hole, if you will, of absolute despair." Moore said. "It is critical to step up and recognize we are in some pretty troubled times."
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Rajaram wrote in his suicide letter that he felt he had two ointions
— to kill himself or to kill himself and his family — and decided the second option was more honorable, Moore said. The gun was purchased Sept. 16.
The bodies were found when officers were sent to make a check on the home Monday morning after the wife, Subasi, 39, failed to show up at a neighbor's home for her ride to work as a pharmacy bookkeeper. Moore said.
Upstairs, they found Subasri Rajaram dead in one room, and the 19-year-old son, Krishna, a college student, dead in another, Moore said.
Officers found the mother-in-law, Indra Ramasesham, 69, dead in bed on the first floor.
In a third room, 12-year-old Ganesha was dead on the floor, and his 7-year-old brother, Arjuna, was dead in bed.
Their father's body was nearby with a handgun "in his grasp," Moore said.
Coroner's assistant chief Ed Winter said the victims were shot multiple times, sometime between midnight Saturday and early Monday morning.
Rajaram had no record of mental disabilities or contacts with mental health professionals in Los Angeles County, Moore said.
But one of Rajaram's co-workers at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Greg Robinson, told the Los Angeles Daily News that he had hired Rajaram to work at his management consulting agency, but then fired him in 2005 after seeing erratic behavior.
"He would miss phone calls and miss meetings and sometimes couldn't be found for a couple of
days," Robinson said. "There obviously was some kind of understory to his life that we weren't
aware of."
The oldest son, Krishna, was enrolled at the University of
California, Los Angeles, as a junior majoring in business economics, the school said.
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WHAT: Rock the Vote Gallery
WHEN: 29th September to 10th October
WHERE: Kansas Union Gallery (4th Floor)
Join us for a reception opening of the Rock the Vote Gallery - the Gallery will display postcards created by members of the KU community concerning politics and the upcoming election. Also featured will be design work by KU Graphic Design students. Reception starts at 1:00pm, 4th floor, Kansas Union Gallery.
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October 14 @ 8 PM - in the English Room
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We will be discussing ways to get involved on campus - both in and outside of NSCS.
There will be information regarding Teach for America and the Center for Community Outreach.
Also, there will be sign-ups for our Oct. community service (Trick-or-Treat-to-Meet-Others-Needs).
NOW is the time to get involved and this meeting is a great way to start!
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JUICY (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
but if you're going to say something,
you should want to back it up. You
shouldn't be too scared to put your
name after something you write"
But 100 percent anonymity is the promise JuicyCampus makes to its users as it beckons them, "C'mon, give us the juice," on its home page. And users are answering the call.
On Tuesday night, the site had accumulated 71,244 posts since its launch on Oct. 24, 2007.
The topics on the site include "Best Frat on Campus," "Cheaters," "Biggest Stoner" and "In The
who were defamed or were the targets of malicious falsehoods to take legal action.
"The operators of the Web site
But, he said, the site was constructed to make it extremely difficult to trace the identities of users, making it practically impossible to sue anyone.
"Yes, there's freedom of speech but if you're going to say something, you should want to back it up."
Closet. Users give each topic a "juicy" rating ranging from 0 percent to 100 percent.
Mike Kautsch, professor of law, said federal law protected a Web site such as JuicyCampus from legal action as long as it did nothing more than post the content others had generated.
Kautsch, who teaches media law, said the law permitted people
KARA ROWLEN
Wichita junior
are taking the position that all they're doing is offering people an opportunity to engage in humor or hyperbole and that no reasonable person would believe anything on the site anyways," Kautsch said.
But he said that in reality, people did take it seriously and got angry.
"We could basically condemn the site as a source of utterly unethical and irresponsible communication on the Internet and say its operators are unethical for providing the opportunity, or just say it's the fault of the users and they're exercising freedom of speech." Kautsch said.
In the '90s, congress granted
Internet service providers legal immunity to encourage them to develop their content and the use of the Internet, Kautsch said.
"But here we are in 2008 and the Internet is obviously well-developed and there seems to be no restraint on, further development" he said. "If appears sites are pushing the envelope and there will be no end of imitators."
He said that as a growing number of people found themselves defamed and unable to hold the perpetrators accountable, Congress could call for a change in the law.
Tom Volek, associate professor and graduate program director, teaches courses on ethics, media and the first amendment in the school of journalism.
Volek said when people knew their names wouldn't be used, they tended to be more liberal with the facts and the possibility of embellishing the truth increased.
"Anonymity removes accountability." Volek said. "People will say whatever's on their mind if there's no fear of recrimination. Maybe that's good, maybe that's bad"
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MUSICOLOGY (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
didn't want to be a typical consumer, those who felt out of place in rigid British society, felt a certain kinship with the blues."
Aside from researching, she said she also enjoyed teaching at the University, where this semester she's teaching a course about the history of rock and roll.
"I love music and love to share
knowledge of music if I can get people to understand it at more depth," she said.
David Chase, Olathe graduate student, took a music course with Schwartz last year. He said she was passionate about music and could make any kind of music accessible.
you want to talk about the blues, jazz or music of our generation, she's the one you talk to."
"She's a lexicon of accurate information, but not boring," he said. "If
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A rear view of the charter bus that overturned Sunday is seen in a wrecking yard near Williams, Calif., on Monday. Eight people were killed and dozens were injured when the charter bus overturned on a rural road late on its way to an American Indian casino.
Eight dead after bus crash
Driver's license, possible drug use being investigated
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Yet on Sunday he was behind the wheel of a busload of senior citizens and Laotian immigrants traveling to an American Indian casino north of Sacramento. Eight people were killed and 30 others injured when the bus, owned by Cobb Transportation, ran into a ditch and overturned.
WILLIAMS, Calif. — Quintin Watts had a lengthy criminal record, a history of substance abuse and a string of motor vehicle offenses. Even his mother says he wasn't a good driver.
Now authorities are investigating the possibility that the 52-year-old Stockton man may have been on prescription or nonprescription drugs. He was arrested Monday as he lay critically injured in his hospital bed. His condition had improved to
fair, a hospital spokeswoman said Tuesday.
The accident was at least the eighth serious crash in the U.S. in the last three years involving buses carrying people to and from casinos.
Watts didn't have the proper license to transport more than 10 people, said Fran Clader, a spokeswoman for the California Highway Patrol. Investigators also said the bus had an invalid license plate.
Records show Watts had been cited for speeding and other violations that resulted in the loss of his license for nearly two years. He regained his driving privileges last January.
His mother said he had wrestled with drug and alcohol problems, was jailed several times on drug charges and had smashed a car into a tree a few years ago,
though neither he nor a friend who was in the car was seriously hurt.
He was a longtime truck driver, but had been unable to find a trucking job since being released from jail, said his mother, Chaney Mae Watts.
His mother said she believed the crash came on her son's first day behind the wheel of the bus after several training trips watching the owner — who was killed in Sunday's crash — drive. She and her husband told their son they were uncomfortable with him driving a vehicle that carried people instead of cargo.
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Yvonne Haynes, 35, of Merced, got a phone call Sunday night from her brother Tou Xiong, 29, saying there had been a bus accident. They started calling hospitals looking for their mother.
Finally, at 3 a.m., the siblings found their mother at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. Mai Cha, 74, has a broken rib, face and right wrist. With tubes in her mouth, she cannot speak, said Haynes.
Their aunt also was an injured passenger, 67-year-old Ge Vue of Sacramento. Her son, Xou Xiong, 26, said his mother described the crash to him.
"All of a sudden the bus swerved and then it felt like the driver tried to come back to the road and that made it worse," Xou Xiong said. "She said as soon as she felt the impact, she flew to the back. That's all she remembered. She got up and tried to look for my aunt and saw her laying there with another lady on top of her."
"She was shaking her
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A witness said the bus carrying the driver and 42 passengers to Colusa Casino Resort drifted off a rural two-lane road before the driver "overcorrected" and swerved back. It overturned and rolled completely over, ending up on its wheels facing the opposite direction.
Watts' criminal record dates back to 1981, when he served state prison time for receiving stolen property. He also served time in 1996 for check fraud and credit card theft. Beginning in 1998, he spent more than a year in prison for possession of marijuana for sale and possession of a destructive device.
His latest state term was for possession of a firearm by an ex-felon. He was paroled in December 2007 after almost six months in prison, according to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
John Poyner, district attorney for Colusa County, said it will be at least two to three months before the full accident reports are in and any charges are filed. Blood test results are not expected for two to six weeks.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2008
NEWS
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SCIENCE
Three scientists win $1.4 million physics Nobel Prize
bus like the to corse," is soon lew to meme- ted to new her study on
bulling to talk reading."
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Ghakmohan Shah, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mitsui Electric Company and a pioneer in the field of microprocessor technology.
Retired University of Chicago Physics professor Yoichiro Nambu responds to a question during a news conference after winning the Nobel Prize in Physics on the university campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago on Tuesday.
Prize awarded for theoretical advances in explanation of smallest particles
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Two Japanese scientists and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for theoretical advances that help explain the behavior of the smallest particles of matter.
The American, Yoichiro
The A. K.
Nambu, 87,
of the University of
Chicago, won
half the $1.4
million prize
for mathematic
work he did
nearly a half-
century ago.
"I had almost given up" on getting the Nobel, Nambu said.
a spokesman for the American Institute of Physics, put it: "Nature works in strange ways, and these three physicists helped to explain that strangeness in an ingenious way"
Makoto Kobavashi and
They focused on a concept physicists call symmetry, and more specifically on occasions when that
"Nature works in strange ways, and these three physicists helped to explain that strangeness in an ingenious way."
Toshibide Maskawa of Japan shared the other half for a 1972 theory that forecast the later discovery of a new family of subatomic particles.
PHIL SCHEWE Physicist
The insights of the three scientists "give us a deeper understanding of what happens far inside the tiniest building blocks of matter," said the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which presents the physics award.
Or, as physicist Phil Schewe,
symmetry is violated.
In physics, the idea of symmetry means that a physical situation will be unaltered by certain changes. At the subatomic level, for example, things should happen the same way whether time is
running forward or backward, so if you were watching a movie, you couldn't tell which way the movie was going. Similarly, symmetry could mean that you couldn't tell whether you were viewing action directly or through a mirror.
If one of those rules is violated, the symmetry is broken.
An important example of broken symmetry arose immediately after the big bang, when just a tiny bit
more matter than antimatter was created. Because these two kinds of particles annihilate each other when they meet, that excess of matter was responsible for seeding the visible parts of the universe.
Nambu introduced his description of so-called spontaneous broken symmetry into particle physics in 1960. The Nobel citation said his theories now permeate the Standard Model of physics, which is the basic theory of how the universe operates. For example, spontaneous
broken symmetry offers an explanation for how different particles acquired different masses.
In 1972,
Kobayashi
and Maskawa
explained why
later, they were proven right.
"I wasn't expecting the prize. I've been only pursuing my interest."
The Japanese-born Nambu moved to the United States in 1952 and is a professor at the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago, where he has worked for 40 years. He became a U.S. citizen in 1970.
an earlier experiment had found that some subatomic particles called kaons failed to follow the rules of symmetry. Their explanation correctly predicted the existence of a new family of quarks, which are a kind of subatomic particle.
Kobayashi and Maskawa also predicted that broken symmetry would arise for other particles called B-mesons. Nearly 30 years
TOSHIHIDE MASKAWA Physicist and Nobel Prize recipient
Kobayashi, 64, works for the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, or KEK, in Tsukuba, Japan. Maskawa, 68, is a physics professor at Kyoto Sangyo University in Japan's ancient capti-
tal of Kyoto. He also teaches at Nagoya University in his hometown in central Japan.
"I wasn't expecting the prize," Kobayashi said.
at a news conference. "I've been only pursuing my interest."
TECHNOLOGY
Masakawa told reporters that as a scientist he wasn't thrilled.
"The Nobel prize is a rather mundane thing" he said.
The prizes in chemistry, literature and the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced later this week. The economics award will be presented on Monday.
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'Goggles' make drunk users do math before e-mailing
SEATTLE — Here's the scenario:
It's Friday night, and what began as an innocent hour-happy margarita morphed into a few pitchers. After all, those tacos were salty.
Bidding friends adieu, you jump
in a cab, head home and decide a quick e-mail check is in order and there it is: a message from your ex; or your boss; or that friend you're secretly mad at.
If you're the kind of person who types tipy and regrets it in the morning, Google's "Mail Goggles,"
a new test-phase feature in the free Gmail service, might save you some angst.
The Gogles kick in at night on weekends. The feature requires you to solve a few easy math problems in short order before hitting "send." If your logical thinking skills
are intact. Google is betting you're sober enough to work out the repercussions of sending that screed you just drafted.
And if you can't multiply two times five, you'll probably thank Google in the morning.
To activate Goggles, Gmail users
can click the "Settings" link at the top of a Gmail page, then go to the "Labs" section.
There's no shame in admitting that sometimes you need a little extra help.
Gmail engineer Jon Perlow designed Goggles with his own
weaknesses in mind.
The name is derived from the slang term "beer goggles."
But you can set up Mail Goggles to protect you from yourself at other emotionally vulnerable times — before your morning coffee, for example, or after "Grey's Anatomy."
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CHICKEN STRIP
It's really nice outside today
Suddenly, for no apparent reason
This totally sucks!
NUCLEAR FOREHEAD
WHERE ARE MY PENCILS?
I PUT THEM IN YOUR POUCH.
I'm NOT A MARSUVAL I DON'T HAVE A POUCH
YES YOU DO!
NO, I DON'T.
WHAT DID YOU DO?
YOU WERE SLEEPING, SO I PUT YOUR PENCILS BACK...
IN... YOUR...
POUCH...
SKETCHBOOK
Sheriff Magilacudy wasn't sure where the black stripe had come from, but he knew it made him look badass.
JESUS AND JOE DIMAGGIO
Yo Guys! I MADE BROWNIES!
YO GUYS! I MADE BROWNIES!
OK. I GIVE UP WHAT DID YOU DO TO EM?
NOTHING, MAN.
OH.
THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.
THANKS, MAN.
OK. I GIVE UP.
WHAT DO YOU
DO TO EM?
NOTHING, MAN.
OH.
THEY'RE
REALLY GOOD.
THANKS,
MAN.
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HOROSCOPES
Friends help you make an important connection, and take on a challenge. They think you can do it, based on what you've done before. You might as well believe in them, since they believe in you. Besides, they're right.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Todav is an 8
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
NICK MCMULLEN
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
Show you're a problem solver and gain more authority. There'll be plenty of material with which to work; don't worry about that. Don't be afraid, you'll be good at this. You have natural talent.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 10
You and your partner can finally launch a much-anticipated adventure. Conditions for success are excellent now, if you work together. Be patient. You can do this.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
Review your list of things you'd like to get to improve your home. There's a thing or two you can afford now. You'll find them on sale. Check out the ads in the paper.
Consider another point of view, even if you don't agree at first. Encourage the other person to explain, and answer all your questions. This ought to be interesting.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
You're onto a good method now, for bringing in lots of cash. Develop a routine so you can do more, efficiently. You'll have to set the priorities; your co-workers don't have a clue.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
You tend to fall in love intellectually first, then physically. Conditions are perfect for the former kind of intimate relationship. The latter may happen too, but maybe not. Don't worry about it.
Having a secure base of operations is important to your success. You like to have all the details worked out, and a standardized routine. Smooth out the kinks again.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
You have a lot of questions, and it's a good time to get answers. Some of this you can do by yourself, by reading and correspondence. No more excuses.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
Money's coming in for the next couple of days. Use these conditions to your advantage, by calling in old debts. All those folks need is a little reminder. Hold them accountable. Tough love.
Follow through on whatever it is you started yesterday. Turn in your bottles and cans, or whatever, to add jingle to your pockets. Every little bit counts.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Keep your ear to keyholes and you'll figure out where and when the next action will happen.
Watch the money trail, too. You'll have the inside track.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 5
ACROSS
1 Cows' chaws
5 Scenery chewer
8 Cinema-tographer Nykvist
12 Sandwich cookie
13 Longoria or Mendes
14 Out of kilter
15 Music lover's buy
17 Egyptian bird
18 Bizarre
19 Solvent derived from petroleum
21 Government overthrow
24 Exploit
25 Lotion additive
28 Colorado ski mecca
30 Pair
33 Moo goo gai pan pan
34 Tubular pasta
35 Once around the track
36 And so on (Abbr.)
37 Secular
38 Crooked
39 Eventual aves
41 Burn somewhat
43 Chefs' garb
46 It becomes igneous rock
50 Parliament title
51 Swanson product
54 Drench
55 Rowing need
56 It can be raw
57 Earthen-ware pot
58 Thickness
59 Mop
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Feminists use the same tactics they criticize
ASSOCIATED PRESS
My fellow feminists have me in a malaise over this election. More than once I have heard Sarah Palin criticized for putting her face over Rosie the Riveter's. This criticism comes from open endorsers of Barack Obama, who once put his own face over Rosie the Riveter's because the Spanish version uses his campaign slogan.
You GO YOU
Where was the feminist outrage then?
Most feminists don't agree with Palin, nor should we; she would set women back a great deal. But shouldn't Obama's hypocrisy and sexist tone be a bone of contention between Obama's campaign and feminists? We feminists have not only given Obama-Biden a pass on their sexist treatment of Hillary Clinton and Palin, but we've sadly taken to adopting some of their existent tactics when we criticize Palin.
We forgot that during the primaries, Obama reprimanded reporters and surrogates for speaking ill of his male competitors, but found MSNBC's rampant sexism a non-issue. We are remised in letting all this go excused because we disagree with the person on the
Republican ticket who happens to be a woman.
Certainly, I don't endorse Palin. I disagree with her on nearly everything.
I do, however, feel that it's a massive mistake for feminism to pardon some of the most patriarchal campaigning we've ever seen because we disagree with the woman on the opposite ticket.
We feminists should be content to civilly disagree with dignity and say, "I'm proud that the Republicans have caught up with Democrats and nominated a talented woman for vice president. Now let's talk about the reasons she's wrong."
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How can you call Barack Obama an elitist?
An Oct. 7 column titled "How narrow victories will pile up for McCain" had many misleading statements and some that were just plain untrue.
First is this talk of Barack Obama as an elitist. Let's compare the candidates past and present and decide who the elitist is. Obama grew up with a single mother and was on food stamps for much of his life. He worked hard and put himself through school and law school at prestigious institutions. Until he wrote his first book and gave his speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, he and his wife were paying off student loans. Instead of taking a high paying job right out of Harvard law school, he moves to a lower income community in Chicago and becomes a very successful community organizer and motivate people to get involved in improving their community. He owns one house, and his family has one car — a hybrid.
John McCain grew up rebelling and not doing well in school and got into the naval academy on legacy. He served our country admirably in Vietnam — nobody disputes that. He had an affair after his first wife was badly hurt in a car accident, and then he divorces her for his current wife, who has a huge family beer fortune. Neither he nor his wife know how many houses they own. (For the record, it's seven.) They own 13 cars. They didn't pay taxes on their beachfront condo in La
Jolla, Calif., for four years and then paid the minimum on it to avoid it going on default.
McCain gets full disability benefits, $75,000 per year. He does deserve some disability pay although he is not hurting for money, but not full disability pay. The government has people getting disability pay followed to see whether they are getting their own groceries and will then cut their pay, but McCain takes well documented hikes and talks about how active he is. He says the middle-class consists of people who make $5 million per year or less. Not only does he have no clue about the average American, but he also wants to give more tax breaks to the wealthiest and the big corporations on Wall Street and the oil companies.
McCain's latest political stunt was this joke about suspending his campaign to go work on a bailout. What happened after he became the Republican nominee? He did not show up to the Senate for three months and missed more than 300 votes in a row. What happened to serving the American people? Elitism is a lifestyle, and McCain's lifestyle reflects it in every way. He is completely out of touch with mainstream America and has no idea about how people are hurting.
When calling Obama an elitist, think again. Just because he is running on the Democratic party's ticket does not make him an elitist. These unfounded personal attacks need to stop.
Matt Erickson is a junior from Eden Prairie, Minn.
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What happens when breast isn't the best
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CARA MCCONNELL
The Gobfather is surely rolling over in its grave after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals pitched a new flavor you can't refuse: the all-too-homemade taste of breast milk.
After realizing that human beings have much higher levels of cognition than other creatures, PETA decided logic and reason were "strange" as well, and promptly gave them up.
In a Half Baked scheme to alert the public to the wonders of human milk, PETA sent a letter to ice cream company Ben & Jerry's on Sept. 23 asking it to switch from cow's milk to breast milk.
In response to PETA's self-described "fabulously awesome" idea, Ben & Jerry's issued a statement saying, "We believe a mother's milk is best used for her child." It then considered bringing the flavor Bovinity Dovinity out of retirement, just for kicks.
PETA argued that although the public might find consuming breast milk "strange," it was even stranger that humans are the only creatures that drink the milk of another creature.
PETA isn't the only one thinking that breast is best. In September, authorities stopped Hans Lochen, head chef of Storchen restaurant in iberg, Switzerland, from serving dishes that contained breast milk.
Lochen, who sampled his dishes to unsuspecting friends, said that he didn't understand why everyone was upset and that breast milk was "the most natural thing in the world."
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The chef claimed he merely wanted to help local young mothers make an extra buck — make that about $20 a liter. The international publicity that his stunt garnered was just iceing on his mother's milk cake, which his friends said was delicious.
Cow's milk has its fair share of problems. As PETA pointed out in its letter, it is technically not natural for human beings to consume milk. But over time, our genes have adapted to allow continued digestion of lactose after childhood.
Add to that the horrible conditions that the average dairy cow lives in, the assortment of disgusting extras not listed on milk's ingredients (should pus be listed before
or after trace antibiotics?) and suspected links to various health problems. And then cow's milk doesn't look so pure innocent white anymore.
But no matter how bad cow's milk gets, breast milk as a commodity is still Totally Nuts, Unless, of course, we're living in some sciifi horror story where PETA rules the earth and hooks thousands of meat-eating, fur-coat-wearing women up to breast pumps just to prove a point.
Until then, I'll dig into a pint of Imagined Whirled Peace.
McConnell is a Dallas junior in English.
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What Ike showed me about the media
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BRENNA DALDORPH
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As I entered the city of Galveston 10 days after Hurricane lke hit, the first thing that shocked me was the mile-high piles of debris. The beaches were wastelsand, a messy assortment of chairs, boards, desks and trash. Some buildings were completely gutted. Some houses were flattened. A rank smell of rotten food and waste filled the air.
A few miles away in Houston, the debris was not much more than a few sticks. When I first arrived 10 days after the storm, armed with my camera and questionnaire and ready to document disaster, I was a little disappointed. Branches were down and much of the city was still without power. However, no one paid much attention to the branches, which were mostly already cleaned up. Class at the University of Houston started the day after the hurricane, though any deadlines for papers due were extended into the next week.
I then realized that disaster strikes in degrees. Although reports of Ike said it wasn't as bad as expected, perspective is the key. Judgments cannot be made about a disaster when the degrees of damage to people's lives are as different as the debris in their yards.
Haddad, the University of Houston freshman from the suburb Sugar Land, who slept through the hurricane. There was the college student that professor Richard Armstrong watched throw a party, climb onto his roof, scream to the winds, and never lose power. There was Armstrong's own experience: He turned his several days without power into a romantic retreat with his wife where they read by candlelight. He said he wouldn't have missed it for anything.
For some, the debris has long since been removed. Others still woke each morning to piles of branches, or worse, of ruined furniture. For some, the debris of the storm constitutes their homes.
Across the city, the lack of power left neighborhoods eerily quiet, except for generators humming a low chorus. Those without power were frustrated - my taxi driver, a West African immigrant, pointed out the hypocrisy of this in a city of energy and oil.
Everyone had a story to tell, and I wanted to hear them.
Just like some of the city had power and some did not, the Houston experience of Hurricane Ike was divided. There was Sean
Houston wasn't destroyed, but I wanted to see the wrath of the storm. On my second day, I drove to Galveston. It took three and a half hours to travel the 45 miles. Roadblocks slowed the traffic of repair trucks and residents who wanted to see their homes.
Dave Scalera had driven five hours to see the state of his summer home in the area called San Luis Pass in west Galveston. His home could only be reached through several roadblocks.
He and his son were attempting to nail a tarp to the roof of their beach home. They had realized they could never use it again, and when they left that afternoon, they would probably leave it forever. The Sceleras lost their summer home, others had lost everything. I spoke to dedicated workers outside of the shambles of their restaurant. They had been there to clean up for three or four days, but you could hardly tell. The restaurant was still a catastrophe. The deck was only accessible via a ladder. But the workers there had no choice. They were going to rebuild.
In searching out the hurricane stories, I learned to grow wary of newspaper headlines. How can one over-arching statement describe the varieties of human experience? I had to go to Houston and Galveston to find out what it was really like.
One glance at a pile of debris couldn't tell you what's in that pile.
And neither can the experience of a hurricane's passage be summed up with one phrase: not as bad as expected.
Dalderph is a Lawrence junior in journalism and French.
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Divers finally able to reach shipwreck 110 years later
Mugs, plates and dishes seen but no remains found
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BOSTON — FiveMassachusetts men became the first divers to reach the wreck of a 19th-century steamship that sank in one of the most destructive storms in New England history, and say they saw an array of artifacts like dishes and mugs but no human remains.
The Portland, known as the
"Titanic of New England," sank off the Massachusetts coast Nov. 26, 1898, after it sailed from Boston, taking more than 190 people with it.
The recreational divers spoke this week for the first
"You have to give the wreck its respect. It's deep and it's dangerous, and you have to be at the top of your game."
storm was pushing them out to sea."
time about their three successful dives in August and September.
An image from team leader Bob Foster's camera depicts a starfish clinging to a mug. Another shows toppled stacks of sandy plates and dishes.
David Faye, one of the divers, said wreckage of the Portland was littered with artifacts like plates, dishes and mugs, wash basins and toilets — and even a few medicine bottles etched with the name of an apothecary in Maine.
The divers found no human remains. If there are any human remains, they were likely below decks, which the divers didn't
DAVID FAYE
Diver
"I immediately thought of these people — how horrible it must've been," said Faye, a lawyer in Cambridge, Mass. "They had no communication with shore. They had no idea where they were. The
explore because of the danger, they said.
Reaching the ship tested the divers' limits and their equipment because the wreckage rests so far below the surface. Their
dives — 460 feet below ocean surface — were so deep that some of the underwater lights imploded with a boom, Faye said. The divers could only spend 10 to 15 minutes exploring the wreckage site before returning to the surface.
The wreck was first located in 1989 by underwater explorers Arnold Carr and John Fish, but they couldn't prove it was the Portland.
It wasn't until 2002 that the ship's location in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary,
an area about the size of Rhode Island between Cape Ann and Cape Cod, was firmly established by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration team using sonar equipment and remotely operated submersibles.
Because the location is kept secret, the divers had to independently verify the location. They had no sponsors; they paid out of pocket for their dives. The diving equipment cost between $10,000 and $50,000 per person, Fave said.
For now, the Portland's resting place remains a secret to prevent it from being plundered.
"You have to give the wreck its respect," Faye said. "It's deep and it's dangerous, and you have to be at the top of your game."
The 291-foot Portland left Boston's India Wharf for Portland, Maine, as scheduled despite forecasts of an impending storm and the decision by the captain of a sister船 to stay in port.
Captain Hollis Blanchard may have believe the Portland could outrun the gale, but the storm was actually two separate storms that collided at sea and grew in force. Winds reached 100 mph, and waves crested at 60 feet, higher than the ship's smokestacks.
Bodies and wreckage began to wash up on the shores shortly after the storm, which became known as The Portland Gale.
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Candidates clash in town hall forum Pakistan, rescue package take center stage in second debate
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Barack Obama and John McCain clashed repeatedly over the causes and cures for the worst economic crisis in 80 years Tuesday night in a debate in which Republican McCain called for a sweeping $300 billion program to shield homeowners from mortgage foreclosure.
He spoke after McCain accused him of foolishly threatening to invade Pakistan and said, "I'm not going to telegraph my punches, which is what Sen. Obama did."
In one pointed confrontation on foreign policy, Obama bluntly challenged McCain's steadiness. "This is a guy who sang bomb, bomb, bomb Iran, who called for the annihilation of North Korea — that I don't think is an example of speaking softly."
“It's my proposal. It's not Sen. Obama's proposal.” McCain said at the outset of a debate he hoped could revive his fortunes in a presidential race trending toward his rival.
The debate was the second of three between the two major party rivals, and the only one to feature a format in which voters seated a few feet away posed questions to the candidates.
"It's good to be with you at a town hall meeting," McCain jabbed at his rival, who has spurned the Republican's calls for numerous such joint appearances across the fall campaign.
They debated on a stage at Belmont University four weeks before Election Day in a race that has lately favored Obama, both in national polls and in surveys in pivotal battleground states.
Not surprisingly, many of the questions dealt with an economy in trouble.
"I would order the secretary of the Treasury to immediately buy up the bad home loan mortgages in America and renegotiate at the new value of those homes at the diminished value of those homes and let people be able to make those payments and stay in their homes," he said.
Obama said the current crisis was the "final verdict on the failed economic policies of the last eight years" that President Bush pursued and were "supported by Sen. McCain."
"Is it expensive? Yes. But we all know, my friends, until we stabilize home values in America, we're never going to start turning around and creating jobs and fixing our economy, and we've got to get some trust and confidence back to America."
tant to reform the giant benefit programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
"My friends, we are not going to be able to provide the same benefit for present-day workers that present-day retirees have today," he said, although he did not elaborate.
He contended that Bush,McCain and others had favored deregulation of the finanancial industry, predicting that would "let markets run wild and prosperity would rain down on all of us. It didn't happen."
McCain's pledge to have the government help individual homeowners avoid foreclosure went considerably beyond the $700 billion rescue package that recently cleared Congress.
Obama said McCain was going to require taxes on the health benefits workers receive from their employers at the same time his plan would wipe out the ability of states to enforce their own regulations to require tests such as mammograms.
The two men also competed to demonstrate their qualifications as reformers at a time voters are clamoring for change.
McCain also said it was impor
McCain countered that under his rival's plan "Sen. Obama will fine you" if parents fail to obtain coverage for their children but had yet to say what the fine would be. "Perhaps we will find that out tonight," he said.
Obama quickly followed up. saying that McCain "voted against the expansion" of the children's health care program the government runs.
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hen things aren't going well for Mike Rivera, sometimes pulling out a Dr. Seuss book is just what he needs.
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"It it makes me feel good," Rivera said. "I learn a lot from them. It's a way to get away from the daily grind and stresses of football."
The 6-foot-3, 255-pound linebacker is busy enough trying to battle a full class schedule and his duties to the football team. When he started volunteering and doing community service during high school, he knew it was something he had to continue in Lawrence. He purposely did not schedule classes between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. so he could travel to schools and other places to do as much volunteer work as he could.
"Those kids were so excited." Rivera said of his visit to the schools last week. "It puts a smile on your face to see how excited they are to see you and the other athletes. It's a good way to get away from things and have a little fun."
Rivera works with Habitat for Humanity, the Jayhawk Fun and Fitness Program and the Jayhawk READ program. He also is organizing an event with the Special Olympics that will give 125 Special Olympic athletes the chance to go bowling and to hang out with several KU athletes.
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Senior linebacker Mike Rivera reads to elementary school students as a part of the Jayhawks Read program, which was started in January 2008. Rivera schedules his classes so he is free from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. you can visit local
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Kansas Memphis do battle again
BY ALEX BEECHER
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John Calipari might like to remind us that, through the national championship game was certainly a momentous victory, it was also only a battle. The war, he might say, is far over.
And here we thought Kansas had beaten Memphis. John Collieri might like
It looks like fictionalized John Calipari is right.
The national championship game, though won by Kansas, has clearly benefited both programs. A quick jaunt over to Rivals.com will illustrate that point. Of the top 10 2009 recruits, five list Kansas as a possible destination. And wouldn't you know it, five list Memphis, as well.
But it's the overlap that makes this really interesting. Of their five top-10 prep targets, Kansas and Memphis share four. Except Kansas and Memphis can't very well share John Wall, Xavier Henry, Derrick Favors or Lance Stephenson. All those players must eventually choose where they will display their basketball talents.
And so two of college basketball's superpowers are set to clash once again
The dynamics have changed slightly since the last meeting. Now, Kansas' coaching staff can flash its substantial national championship bling.
The goals of this new battle are also different. The prize here isn't a title or a trophy, but players who may very well win one in the future.
As for the outcome... we'll have to wait a bit to find out for sure, but we can always speculate in the meantime.
It may be difficult for us, with our crimson-and-blue-tinted glasses on, to envision a scenario in which a recruit could possibly choose to play college
SEE BEECHER ON PAGE 4B
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Coaches rank KU third in Big 12 preseason poll
Kansas has won six of the past seven Big 12 championships,but the conference coaches aren't expecting it to win another one this season.
The coaches selected the Jayhawks third in the Big 12 men's basketball preseason poll, which the Big 12 released Monday. The coaches picked Oklahoma first, Texas second and Baylor tied with Kansas at third.
votes — the same number as the Sooners. Texas got the most first-place votes with four but wound up behind O k l a h o m a overall. Baylor received the remaining two first-place votes.
The defending national champion lavhawks did receive three first-place
It was the first time in Big 12 history that Oklahoma ranked first in
the preseason poll. The Sooners return four starters and are led by sophomore center Blake Griffin, who averaged nearly 15 points and nine rebounds as a freshman. Many early 2009 NBA Draft projections rank Griffin as the top NBA prospect in the nation.
2004-2019 big 12
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1. Oklahoma (3)
2. Texas (4)
T3. Kansas (3)
T3. Baylor (3)
5. Texas A&M
6. Oklahoma State
7. Missouri
8. Kansas State
9. Nebraska
10. Texas Tech
11. Iowa State
12. Colorado
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BY JOSH BOWE jbowe@kansan.com
Hawks play for improved Big 12 standing
The Jayhawk volleyball team sees an opportunity to crack into the top half of the Big 12 standings, but first it has to beat Texas A&M.
Kansas prepares for its third match of the month against A&M at 7 p.m. in the Horejsi Family Athletic Center. And despite falling to a 2-4 conference record, the Jayhawks could play beyond November if coach Ray Bechard's team makes October its best month. But Bechard does not want that to fool his team into thinking everything will fall into place easily. Texas A&M was picked to finish fourth in the conference in preseason polls, and despite its early trouble in Big 12 play, Bechard knows how talented the Aggies are.
"They played a brutal nonconference
A&M has a 2-3 Big 12 record, the same number of victories as Kansas. They sit at eighth in the conference with Kansas following close behind. And even though both teams are low in the standings, two wins separate them from the conference records of teams such as Texas and Baylor, which share second place in the Big 12 standings.
schedule", Bechard said of Texas A&M's record. "I regard them as an upper-division Big 12 opponent."
Bechard decided to organize a game plan against A&M as a team rather than focusing on one player. He said A&M was well-rounded enough that spotlighting one player would allow others to thrive.
It makes tonight's match that much more critical.
"I think if you start to game plan one of their players, then somebody else will
The Jayhawks had a film session Monday and it must have been brutal. Even with the victory Saturday against Texas Tech, Kansas still has plenty of room for improvement. Texas Tech held Kansas to a hitting efficiency below .200, a level that Bechard said the team had to achieve to garner consistent success.
Beachard is also taking time this week to improve on his own team instead of focusing entirely on the Aggies.
get away from you," Bechard said. "They've got great balance and great people coming off the bench."
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Sophomore libero Melissa Manda dings the ball during Kansas' loss to Kansas State on Oct. 1. The Wildcats beat the Jayhawks 3-2 and handed Kansas its third loss in a row.
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Pass — no, run — back to pass — wait,
he's running again.
Defensive indecision is common when a defense lines up against a quarterback such as Iowa State's Austin Arnaun. In addition to his aerial numbers — 268 yards, three touchdowns -- Arnaud rushed 17 times for 44 yards against Kansas last weekend.
Arnaud's 134 rushing yards are the fourth-most of any quarterback in the conference. On Saturday, the Kansas defense will square off against Colorado quarterback Cody Hawkins, who ranks last in the conference with negative-35 rushing yards.
"As a defensive back, the thing you hate the worst is being in coverage and having to run down and track down a quarterback who just ran out of the zone," safety Darrell Stuckey said. "It feels a lot better knowing a
quarterback's going to stand in the pocket and throw downfield. It allows you to just focus on your receiver and the coverage that you're in."
Hawkins is one of three Big 12 quarterbacks with negative rushing yards and the only one of those who couples that stat with fewer than 1,000 passing yards.
"There's really not too many pocket quarterbacks in the Big 12, that's for sure," defensive end John Larson said. "Cody can
use his feet when he needs to, but he looks to read coverages and make a good throw before he looks to run $ ^{70} $
It's been a rough season for Cody, who is the son of Colorado coach Dan Hawkins. The younger Hawkins has completed less than 60 percent of his passes, has thrown four interceptions and has been sacked 10 times.
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quote of the day
"When we score seven points, I'll say we're slow starting. If we score 21 points, I'll say, 'Whoa, we scored a lot of points.' Twenty-one points — that's a lot of points. Thirty points? That isn't even a football game. That's Arena Football. We're talking about real football."
— Kansas City Chiefs coach Herman Edwards in September 2007
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The Kansas City Chiefs, who have scored 65 points in five games, are 30th in the NFL in points scored. They are on pace to score 208 points this season.
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Q: How many total points did the Kansas City Chiefs score last season?
A: 226. The Chiefs finished 31 in points scored out of 32 teams.
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Thursday No events scheduled.
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Soccer: 7 p.m. (Stillwater, Okla.)
How bad is Chiefs QB Tyler Thigpen, really?
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If you're a sports fan, you've heard this argument. Some lowly NFL team plays at an unspeakably awful level week after week until finally, some Joe Six-Pack offers up the priceless words, "Man, that team is so bad. You think they could even beat USC?"
The worst part is that these people are halfway serious. They actually think USC or Oklahoma
or whatever football flavor of the month could actually hang with, say, the St. Louis Rams.
makes a nerve with me. When I hear it, I begin to feel like an overly anxious mother who just heard her 8-year-old utter his first "word."
Sure enough, I'm reaching for the soap, and it's going right into little Mikey's dirty mouth.
It's just ludicrous. The Rams
It's just ludicrous. The kams — as bad as they are — would hammer any college team by 50
BY RUSTIN DODD
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points. It'd be a bloodbath.
Obviously these types of arguments are made by foolish people or drunk people — or foolish people who are drunk at the time.
Now, don't freak out, but I'm going to offer up a similar argument. Seriously, put the soap down and listen.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Tyler Thigpen would be the sixthbest quarterback in the Big 12.
One more time. Tyler Thigpen, a professional athlete who has thrown 85 career passes in the NFL, wouldn't start for five Big 12 teams.
And I'm not talking about 23-year-old, senior in college Tyler Thigpen. We'll get to him in a moment. I'm talking about Tyler Thigpen now. The 24-year-old, second-year pro.
If you lined Thigpen up next
to Oklahoma's Sam Bradford,
Missouri's Chase Daniel, Texas
Tech's Graham Harrell, Texas' Colt
McCoy and Kansas' own Todd
Reesing, young Tyler would be
the sixth-best quarterback in the
room.
You have to feel a little bit for Thiqren. He's had quite the odyssey.
He went to Coastal Carolina in 2003 and became the first quarterback in school history. That's right. The first. Probably not a good omen for young Tyler. I'd wager that most future NFL quarterbacks go to schools that had football programs before, you know, 2003.
But young Tyler wouldn't be denied. He played four years at Coastal Carolina. He had heart and guts, and he finished 30-8 in four seasons and won the Big South Conference Player of the Year Award in 2007. But have you looked closely at the Big South lately?
Most of the schools just started fielding a football team within the last 10 years — and that's at the Division I-AA level.
Still, Thipgen shredded schools such as Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb and Liberty. Of
course, I use the term loosely. He actually completed just 54.8 percent of his passes during his four-year career.
But somehow, against all odds, young Tyler found himself drafted in the seventh round by the Minnesota Vikings.
Which led us to the Vikings' epic 2007 training camp quarterback battle, starring Tarvaris Jackson, Drew Henson and the artist formerly known as Brooks Bollinger. Unfortunately, the trio was too much to overcome
Thigpen was cut. It seemed young Tyler's impossible dream was over.
And just like that, Tyler's dream had life.
Now, one year later, it seems pretty obvious why Thigpen's numbers at Coastal Carolina were so underwhelming. To be blunt, he's not good.
Not so fast, for there was a man in Kansas City, Mo., named Carl Peterson. And it just so happened that Peterson, the general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs, was in the market for young quarterbacks who were mediocre in college.
During parts of three games
THE MORNING
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this season, he's completed 41.8 percent of his passes and thrown four interceptions for the insufferable Chiefs.
Let's just say that if you ever see Thigpen throwing darts at the bar,you make damn sure you stay alert.
I don't know much about football. I mean, I've accidentally started Darren Sproles two weeks in a row on my fantasy team. But I know this: If you gave me the choice between Bradford and Thigpen, or Daniel and Thigpen, or even Reesing and Thigpen — well, let's just say I'm not taking Thigpen.
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A bat by any other name...
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Team doesn't fulfill expectations, finishes 7th in Lubbock, Texas No KU golfers make top slots; some fire season lows
BY MAX ROTHMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
Inconsistencies lingered as the women's golf team failed to find the top five at the fourth annual McHaney/Morehead Invitational in Lubbock, Texas. There were
high expectations preceding the showdown after two encouraging fifth-place finishes and a season-low 221 for juggernauts
Pamela R.
Powers' performance was
Emily Powers. The Jayhawks, however, took a step backwards in the standings with a seventh-place finish.
Powers
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Sophomore Jennifer Clark followed a similar trend. After shooting a mediocre 81 in round one, Clark came back and shot a 77 in round two. With optimistic expectations for round three after dropping her score, Clark finished with an untimely 83, giving her 48th place with a total of 241
One positive note from the invitational was sophomore Meghna Bal's strong turnaround. After a round one 82, Bal concluded.
her tournament with a 79 in round two and a 77 in round three, tying for 32nd place with a 238. Knocking down her score with every
I am not a fan of this picture. Let me look at the image again. It looks like a close-up of a person's face with a neutral expression. The background is white and there are no discernible objects or text.
Bal
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Arkansas-Little Rock came out on top in Lubbock, and the top four Kansas golfers lowered their scores from the team's last tournament.
— Edited by Lauren Keith
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In last week's 38-14 loss at home, Texas' defense blitzed constantly and brought him down behind the line of scrimmage three times.
"He's a tough kid, he takes a lot of hits," coach Mark Mangino said. "He took some vicious hits (against Texas) and jumped right up."
Seeing the success of the Longhorns blitz-happy attack, line-backer Mike Rivera said he thought his defense might have an easier time getting to Hawkins than it did Arnaud.
That's good news for the defense because more pressure means more
fun and more fun usually leads to success.
"You definitely love to blitz because you get a chance to hit the quarterback, and everybody loves sacking the quarterback," Rivera said.
Recently Rivera has come under some fire for a lack of effort. He didn't start against Sam Houston State or Iowa State.
However, in the second half on Saturday, Rivera shot out like a cannon, and defensive coordinator Clint Bowen said his linebacker was playing with more
desire. That's something Bowen said he had been looking for in his linebacker corps for the entire season.
"Someone has to step up and make a play beyond just playing football," Bowen said. "You're talking about guys making plays and doing something special, and there are guys in that linebacker crew that have the ability to do that and need to do that. That's their obligation to being on this team and playing."
Edited by Andy Greenhaw
RIVERA (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
"He may do the most community service of any student-athlete we have here at KU," coach Mark Mangino said. "He is a good citizen, high character, great moral person. He really is."
"Being named captain is one of the biggest honors that you could ever have as a football player," Rivera said.
Rivera's teammates voted him as a team captain before this season, a position he also held in 2006, his first year as a starter.
Despite being one of the top tacklers on the team and a team leader, Rivera was benched earlier
this season for unproductive play. Mangino and the coaching staff weren't happy with his effort and decided that taking away his playing time might be incentive for him start giving more effort.
Rivera agreed.
"Coach wanted to send me that message to make sure I'm not getting complacent or anything," Rivera said. "It did motivate me. It helped me to get going again and re-evaluate what I was doing and make sure I was doing everything I could help the team win."
Rivera, who is majoring in communication studies, plans to
pursue a master's degree in sports management. He wants to stay around the game and hopes to someday coach high school football. Regardless of what happens on the field, Rivera knows he has set himself up nicely for a career after football.
"I've been getting my education and networking and doing internships and getting things going in that aspect," Rivera said. "If football doesn't work out, I have a backup plan."
Edited by Brenna Hawley
VOLLEYBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
"We spent more time on KU today," Bechard said after Monday's practice. "We looked at some opportunities where we could have extended the lead and maybe made some better volleyball plays."
Senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart was relieved to see the season-high three-match losing streak end on Saturday, but she hopes to start another positive streak with a win tonight.
"It's possible. It's doable. So why not?" Uhart said. "Let's get this show on the road and get on a roll."
Uhart also said the team needed better passing to kick-start its offense.
She also noted how the right-side offense needed to be more consistent. Sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlington is stabilizing the left side with her stellar play, so Uhart and Bechard hope to see some better plays coming from the right side.
Uhart said Bechard told them during Monday's practice that a win tonight would propel the Jayhawks into the top half of the Big 12.
"He listed out the records for all the teams in the Big 12," Uhart said. "So that's our goal, to win and be top-five in our conference."
KANSAS KEYS TO THE GAME
— Cut down on errors: The Jayhawks had 28 of them against the Red Raiders. While that may fly against a team that's winless in the conference, it will doom them against the more talented Aggies.
No mental letdown: The Aggies come in struggling with a 2-3 conference record, but there is a reason they were chosen to finish fourth in the preseason. The Jayhawks cannot allow their home court advantage and the Aggies' deceiving record to have them underestimating tonight's match.
PLAYERS TO WATCH Kansas: Freshman outside hitter Alyson Mayfield
With sophomore outside hitter Jenna Kaiser adjusting to playing without her elbow brace, Mayfield should continue to see major minutes and needs to duplicate her numbers against Texas Tech (10 kills, two blocks) for Kansas to roll.
Texas A&M: Junior outside hitter Mary Batis
Batis is coming off a career-high 23 kills during a five-set victory against Missouri on Saturday. Not only that, she ended the match with 11 digs. She's a unique outside hitter, and she leads the team in both kills per set (3.56) and digs per set (3.11). Usually digs are for defensive specialists and liberos, but Batis is a dual threat. Kansas will have to stymie her numbers to win.
Edited by Mary Sorrick
BEECHER (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
basketball elsewhere. No program is more tradition-rich than this one.
The names associated with Kansas basketball paint a picture that practically chronicles the history of the game: James Naismith, Phog Allen, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Brown, Roy Williams, Paul Pierce, etc.
And then there's the building in which Kansas plays, named for one of the legendary coaches just listed: Allen Fieldhouse. It's widely heralded as one of the best venues in all of sports, and with good reason.
But it isn't as if KU basketball is coasting on its considerable reputation. Under Bill Self, Kansas has claimed four consecutive Big 12 championships, three consecutive Big 12 tournament championships, and that little tournament in March and April. As if that weren't enough, five Jayhawks were selected in the most recent NBA Draft.
Now it's time to play Memphis' advocate.
Sure, Kansas has tradition. Great, but this is college basketball, not history class. Are today's hoop recruits really going to be swayed by the prospect of sharing a court with Wilt Chamberlain? To KU devotees, Allen Fieldhouse is a basketball cathedral. But without context, it's hardly the state-of-the-art venue that Memphis' FedExForum is.
Winning won't be a problem at Memphis either. Conference USA is fine, but it isn't the Big 12. It's almost impossible to imagine Memphis not winning the conference every year for the foreseeable future.
It's also worth noting that nothing that transpired in the NCAA championship game says that Memphis can't win a championship.
Quite the contrary, it showed that Memphis is in fact an elite program that can compete with
or beat the traditional blue-
bloods. Sometimes the breaks
just don't go your way.
John Calipari would be more than happy to talk NBA as well. After all, Derrick Rose was the No.1 overall pick in the draft, which is probably due to more than Rose's talents.
Calipari's dribble-drive motion offensive philosophy allows for much more improvisation than Self's.
That, in turn, gives exceptionally talented players ample opportunity to showcase their skills for onlooking scouts.
If I'm Calipari, that's the point I'm emphasizing above all else. The players may be one-and-done's, but Memphis provides a good stepping stone to the NBA.
Fitting, then, that their allegiance will go a long way toward deciding who wins the next Kansas-Memphis battle.
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Boston Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay catches a fly ball hit by the Los Angeles Angels' Mikael Napoli against the Green Monster to end the six innings during Game 4 of baseball's American League division series in Boston on Monday. Bay, who joined the Red Sox in the Manny Ramirez trade in July, scored the win in the Red Sox's 3-2 victory.
Tampa Bay, Boston set to battle
New-look Rays not expected to back down from division foe Red Sox
BY BEN WALKER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Exactly why the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays tangle so much is hard to tell. Blame it on a high-and-tight pitch here, a hard slide there.
Whatever, this much is true: The teams playing in the AL championship series sure get into a lot of scraps.
"There's no hatred," injured Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling insisted Tuesday in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
That's kind of how Sarah Palin sees it, too.
"It's more a combination of talent/personalities and place than anything, I think. For years Tampa Bay was looked down on and the Sox were one of the powerhouse teams. The start to respectability is as much an attitude as it is talent and a few years ago the Rays, I think, got tired of being pushed around," he wrote.
"I know that earlier some of the experts this year were kind of tough on the Rays. I've been there," Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, said Tuesday during a speech
said Tuesday in Clearwater, Fla. "But what a difference a season can make, and now the Rays, in the playoffs for the first time ever."
Even before their rise to prominence, the Rays were plenty feisty.
They've scuffled with the Red Sox at least a half-dozen times this decade, punctuated by a wild brawl at Fenway Park in June that resulted in eight players getting suspended.
"You know, we've had some good battles with them all year," Boston pitcher Jon Lester said.
Funny, know who was often
Other matchups in the majors get more attention, be it Yankees-Red Sox or Cubs-Cardinals or Dodgers-Giants. But there is no baseball rivalry that's more spirited than Tampa Bay-Boston.
in the middle — somehow — of those sluggfe?
Manny Ramirez.
Yep, the same slugger who's now the main man in the NL championship series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
Ramirez, manager Joe Torre and the Dodgers open the best-of-seven set Thursday night at Citizens Bank Park.
Traded from Boston to Los Angeles on July 31, Ramirez reprised his role as a one-man October wrecking crew in the first-round sweep of the Chicago Cubs. The 2004 World Series MVP went 5-for-10 with two home runs and four walks.
"He could fight a bear with a stick and win," praised Phillies broadcaster Gary Matthews, MVP of the 1983 NLCS when Philadelphia beat the Dodgers.
"I know that earlier some of the experts this year were kind of tough on the Rays. I've been there."
Coming off their victory over wild-card Milwaukee in the opening round, the Phillies are aiming for their first championship since 1980. Torre, no stranger to the postseason, is hoping to lead Los Angeles to its first title since 1988.
The defending champion Red
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Sox and the Rays begin Friday night at Tropicana Field. James Shields is likely to start Game 1 for Tampa Bay — he hit Coco Crisp with a pitch on June 5, triggering the bench-
Shields and four other Rays were suspended, while Lester and two other Red Sox players were penalized. A day after the fight, Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon hardly backed down.
clearing fracas in Boston.
Before the season began, Maddon's team showed it would not be intimidated. Twice it got into scrapes with the Yankees
"I want to be very clear: I defend everything our guys did," he said then. "I feel actually proud of the way we handled the situation that was presented."
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Schilling doesn't foresee any brawls in the next week or so. He'll sit this one out following shoulder surgery.
and are good friends, so much like the Yankees and us."
"The game results are far more important than any egos involved, so no" he said. "I've
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While Boston will try to win its third championship in five years, the 100-win Angels can put away their postseason bunting. In fact, that's what doomed them — a botched suicide squeeze by Erick Aybar in the ninth inning.
"I thought it was a good situation for us," manager Mike Scioscia said. "It didn't work out."
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"There is enough talent here to play better than we did Saturday and to compete and win," Pelini said. "I'm not a guy who sits here and makes excuses, and I'll never be that way."
Pelini again offered a mea culpa for the Huskers' performance against Missouri.
"I look back, and sometimes as a coach you try too hard," he said. "I regret some of the things we did in our plan, especially
"He said we might have been trying to get too cute and too advanced," Potter said. "I thought we had a good plan. It just didn't work."
Pelini declined to go into specifics about how the plan fell short. Nebraska came out using three down linemen and had defensive end Pierre Allen float behind them, looking for a passrush lane. The Huskers also used a number of different blitzes.
Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel threw for 253 yards and three touchdowns and wasn't sacked.
"I don't have all the answers," Pelini said. "You're going to make some mistakes along the way, but at every turn you have to learn from your mistakes."
Defensive end Zach Potter said Pelini told the players after the game that he had designed a flawed plan.
Potter said Pelini and the assistants shouldn't shoulder all the blame, however.
"We're the ones going out on the field and making mistakes, missing tackles, missing blocks," Potter said. "He can take all the blame for it he wants, but really it's on us."
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The Titans and Giants remained unbeaten, and the weekend of games was capped by a big comeback by the Vikings on Monday night. Here are the rest of the headlines that stood out from week five in the NFL.
New Orleans Saints' Reggie Bush gets away from Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe in the second half on Monday. Bush returned two other punts for touchdowns in the half. Bush pleased fantasy owners, but the Vikings won 10-27.
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
New Orleans running back Reggie Bush may want the title of the song changed after marching into the end zone twice on Monday night. Bush had two punt returns for touchdowns in the game. He could have had a third if he had been able to keep his balance, but it wasn't enough, and the Saints lost on a late field goal by Minnesota. Quarterback Drew Brees scorched the Minnesota secondary with 330 passing yards and strong-armed a touchdown to wide receiver Devery Henderson, but the Saints are hearing sour notes as they prepare for a match-up with Oakland this weekend.
New Orleans has been able to move the ball on every team it has faced, but if the defense doesn't improve just a little, it could be a long season in an NFC South division, which is all about defense.
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against the undefeated Bills on Sunday. Funny to think that they were considering starting Matt Leinart at quarterback before the season began. The Cardinals have greatly improved from last season and have to worry about only an inconsistent San Francisco team to challenge for the NFC West title.
THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD
The Chiefs have proven from week one that they are the lesser of the two NFL teams with Native American mascots. As the Redskins continue to thrive in the NFC East, the Chiefs continue to stumble. There is no way to make a 34-0 loss at Carolina look good, especially when your team generates no offense. Running back Larry Johnson was held to two yards on seven carries. Yikes! Quarterbacks Damon Huard and Tyler Thigpen combined for 123 passing yards and two intercepts. Maybe if coach Herm Edwards locks his team in a cupboard and then opens it, the offense will magically come to life.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN SAN DIEGO
Should their fans legitimately hate their team more right now? Chargers fans have to be the most perplexed people in the sports world right now. Their team started the year with two last-second losses, one to a good Panthers team, one to the Broncos on an inadvertent whistle that blew a fumble dead. Now the Chargers have suffered a loss to the Dolphins because they generated no offense. The
Chargers really didn't make any mistakes on Sunday, but running back LaDainian Tomlinson had a poor outing with only 35 rushing yards and has only broken the 100-yard mark once this season. Quarterback Philip Rivers cannot carry this team, especially not with 159 yards passing and one touchdown, so the Chargers have a lot of issues to sort out before their game with New England this Sunday.
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Big schools receive an almost-sure win, small schools gain money and exposure
Big-name schools, such as Kansas, often pay smaller Division I schools to play them. The smaller schools not only get paid, but also gain the experience of playing in sold-out stadiums against tougher teams.
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How much does it cost to win a college football game?
For the Nebraska Cornhuskers, $2.4 million equaled three wins. For the No. 5 Texas Longhorns, $1.8 million did the trick. And for the Kansas Jayhawks, $1.5 million brought three home wins.
With the goal of six wins and bowl eligibility becoming the norm in college football, more big time college football programs are "buying" games against smaller non-conference schools to entice them to travel to play. The practice, which involves a bigger school paying a large sum of money to a smaller school if it travels to play a game, is a win-win situation for both schools involved.
The smaller schools receive a large payday that, in some cases, helps fund a large portion of its athletics department budget. It also gets the experience of playing in front of a sold-out crowd against a bigger, better team that will help it prepare for the rest of the season.
"We're very dependent on them to be competitive and do the things that we need to do," Donnie Cox, associate athletics director at Northwestern State University, said of the guaranteed money to play those games. "This money doesn't just go to football, it goes to all of the sports. One game can be several hundred thousand dollars. That's a lot of scholarships."
Schools such as Kansas that pay smaller schools to come and play are almost guaranteed to win the game. They are also able to start the season without playing any serious competition and can work on things that will help later in the season. It also helps add to the team's victory total and, once conference play begins, means it needs to win fewer games to become eligible for a bowl game.
Kansas has bought several games recently, including three this season. The Jayhawks paid Florida International and Louisiana Tech $600,000 each to travel to Lawrence
Bigger and richer schools pay teams with a slim chance of winning a large sum of money to come and get beaten.
to play. Sam Houston State, a Division I-AA team, was paid $285,000 by Kansas.
"The price has gone up enormously in the last couple of years," said associate athletics director Larry Keating, who schedules games for both the football and basketball teams at Kansas.
Because the smaller schools try to fund a large portion of their budget from these games, they often to try to schedule games as geographically close as possible to help travel arrangements for both the team and their fans.
"We try to play someone in our region to keep the travel costs down, because the net profit will be more," Cox said, who negotiated a deal with Kansas to receive $275,000 in return for a 48-18 loss at Kansas in 2006. "The kids like to play those games because they like to try and prove that they
can compete at that level. It's a challenge for them and its exciting for them to play those schools."
While schools are dependent on these large checks, some schools such as North Texas would rather be the one making the payment and not the one being paid.
"We don't like being in a non-competitive situation where we are having to force our guys to play a team that obviously is going to be loaded compared to us," said Hank Dickenson, Deputy Athletic Director at North Texas and a 1987 KU graduate. "But as a mid-major football program trying to get better, the reality is, one of those games is something that we need."
Some Division I-AA schools or smaller Division I-A schools used to play as many as four of these games a season in order to fund their budget. But a new rule now forces
each team to play a minimum of five home games each season which limits the number of these types of games they can play.
That makes it much tougher for bigger schools such as Kansas to find teams willing to come play because the number of teams looking for games has gone down significantly.
Kansas will pay Northern Colorado $375,000 dollars to open the season in Lawrence next year.
"It's become very competitive because there are less games out there available for guarantees," Keating said. "It's rare to find someone who sells two games. More and more teams are only playing one of those games where they may have used to play three of them. I think back three or four years ago, there may have been 90 games available to be bought and now that number
is a lot less."
It also means that the price for each game has greatly increased because the larger schools have to become the highest bidder for a smaller team. While the bigger schools try and get smaller schools to schedule the games in advance, many smaller schools will wait as late as possible to try to find a team willing to pay top dollar for their services.
"Most of the teams that sell games don't do it in advance," Keating said. "They will typically wait until a year before or even the spring before because they know that they can get the higher price or highest guarantee the longer they wait. It's just common sense to just sit back and wait.
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Student leaders tackle obscene kick-off chant
BY JOE PREINER jpreiner@kansan.com
Student leaders at the University are urging students to stop the obscene kickoff chant at KU football games.
Matt Erickson, editor of The University Daily Kansan; Adam McGonigle, student body president, and Mike Rivera, one of four captains of the football team, met with members of University Relations and the Athletics Department to discuss alternatives to the offensive phrase.
send an e-mail message to KU students addressing the chant issue. The message will also be played on the MegaVision screen before the football game Saturday morning.
At the meeting, they came up with a plan to
The idea to tackle the chant didn't come
"We have so many unique traditions at the University," Erickson said. "This is not original. We can do better than a line from the
from University officials, but instead from the student leaders. Erickson said a large faction of the student body was opposed to the chant, which originates from a line delivered by Rob Schneider in the movie
"The Waterboy." By addressing the issue on a student-to-student level, he said more students were likely to open their eyes to what the chant was really saying.
"We want to reflect the University with class. We have so many great traditions here. Let's not make this one of them."
The student-led initiative plans to request feedback from students for alternatives to the chant. While the details have not been nailed down yet, Erickson said The Kansan plans to run a campus-wide
dents were trying to keep alive shows the University in a poor light.
Rivera, who is on the field for every game, said he could hear the chant from the sideline. He said the tradition stu-
third-best Adam Sandler movie. We don't need that."
contest, similar to the one it ran to replace the "Muck Fizzon" T-shirts.
MIKE RIVERA Senior linebacker
"We want to reflect the University with class," Rivera said. "We have so many great traditions here. Let's not make this one of them."
Erickson said he also realized many people attended the
games after consuming alcohol, which would make the message harder to drive home. To deal with that aspect, Erickson said he hoped getting the message to students before drinking would help them think about what they were saving.
tor, said the chant didn't paint a true picture of the student body or the University. Student leaders and University officials agreed the issue needed to be addressed. Marchiony said he thought there would be a change, but didn't expect it to be immediate.
"I'm an optimist at heart," Marchiony said. "I think if students shed light on this issue, it might up a lot of people who haven't really given it any thought."
McGonigle shared similar optimism. He said if students stopped to think about how uncomfortable they were making other fans at the game, they should want to stop. He also said one thing people seemed to underestimate was how much people love Coach Mark Mangino.
"He's done so much for the program here," McGonigle said. "If Mangino addresses the crowd with a personable plea, I absolutely think students will listen to and respect him."
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The Office of the University Registrar released a newly designed schedule of classes. The system provides up-to-date information and more search options for students than the old system.
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Christina Henning and Claire Kerwin, St. Louis freshmen, lead a march down Jayhawk Boulevard Wednesday afternoon in protest of Chipotle Mexican Grill. Henning and Kerwin were marching as part of an event organized by the Student Farmworker's Alliance, a national organization aimed at protecting the rights of farmworkers.
Farmers' right protest targets Chipotle
BY ALEXANDRA GARRY
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Protesters marched from campus to Chipotle Mexican Grill, 911 Massachusetts St., Wednesday afternoon to protest the restaurant chain's treatment of workers in Florida tomato fields.
The protest was part of a national
About 80 Lawrence residents, farm workers from Florida and University students held tomato-shaped signs and chanted "No more slaves! Pay a living wag!" as they walked down Massachusetts Street. Once in front of Chipotle, they gave passersby free homemade burritos.
The Immokalee workers said this was representative of hypocrisy on the part of the chain, which promotes its commitment to farmers in its advertisements.
The demonstration caused several people visiting the restaurant to leave. Others, however, remained at tables outside, determined to finish their food.
"Chipile is refusing to recognize workers have to be part of their message 'Food with integrity,' said Gerardo Reyes, a former farm worker from Imokalea, Fla.
"I like the food, and this isn't going to change my habits," John Candido, Topea sophomore, said.
The coalition accuses Chipote and other fast-food chains of exploiting farm workers. The group has come to wage increase agreements with Burger King, McDonald's and Taco Bell, but Chipote has said it was still investigating the accusations.
"Chipocrasy tour" organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a national farm workers' rights activist group. The tour has been to Chipotle's national headquarters in Denver and is headed to St. Louis next.
Members of Lawrence Fair Food and the KU branch of the Student/Farmwork Alliance invited the coalition to include Lawrence in its tour.
Two people staged an impromptu counter protest, yelling obscenities at the protesters.
"Slavery is everywhere; they should protest everywhere," Jeremiah Lyles, Lawrence resident, said.
Despite being largely ignored by Chipotle employees, Coalition of Immokalee Workers members remained upbeat about their impact.
"We've felt exploitation, but we know change is possible because we've seen it," Leonel Perez, a coalition member, said through a translator.
The protest lasted about two hours.
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Upgraded class search to be used for advising
BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER
The new schedule of classes released by the Office of the University Registrar will be used with an advising tool that will eventually include a re-designed ARTS form.
Michael Harry, IT consultant for the registrar, said the system would provide students with an up-to-date number of open seats for classes.
The system keeps information current by connecting to a database that checks enrollment numbers at the time of a search. The old system updated enrollment numbers once a day.
Aaron Caruthers, Lawrence senior, said the new system would make it easier to plan ahead for enrollment.
The customized search function allows students to search using their own terms. Harry said it would make it easier to find information for a specific class because students could type in a title such as BIOL 104.
"You have the ability to be more specific," Harry said.
Tara Stuart, Shawnee senior, said she thought the new system could make it harder to find classes if students didn't know exactly what they were looking for.
much time you have to enroll." Caruthers said.
The multilevel reporting feature allows students to search multiple categories at a time. Harry said students could search for classes, within a department, taught by a specific teacher.
The first phase for the advising tool included adding biographical and demographic student information.
The next phase will include incorporating an online degree audit system that will eventually replace ARTS forms. Pickerel said the degree audit would be similar to the ARTS form, but in a more Web-friendly format.
Marla Herron, associate registrar, said the updated schedule of classes would also be used as part of the new advising tool. Mark Pickerel, systems administrator with Student Information Systems, said Provost Richard Lariviere wanted a Web-based advising system similar to one he had seen at the University of Texas.
"It wasn't difficult, but I prefer the other way," Stuart said. "It looked more friendly."
be available to most advisers in January. Pickerel said it would eliminate the paperwork advisers must currently do before meeting with students.
"The Provost's vision for this is to make advising appointments more efficient," Pickeler said.
"It's a quick check to see how
In the future, students will be able to use the interactive degree audit system to plan for upcoming semesters. The system will be available through the Kyou portal.
The degree audit system will
"We want to make sure it's right before we release it to students," Pickerel said.
Currently, students can use the portal to search the schedule of classes and receive advising notifications. Pickerel said they would continue updating the system and adding new features in the future.
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The documentary tells the story of a taxi diver from Afghanistan who was falsely accused of crimes in Iraq. The man was sent to Abu Ghraib prison and eventually died.
"it's such an indictment of American policy in the Middle East," Haines said.
answer audience questions after a showing of his Academy Award winning documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side" tonight.
The event is sponsored by Student Union Activities, Joe Day, Derby junior and SUA films coordinator, said the committee wanted to bring an approach-
Film critic Cynthia Haines said the documentary used a
story that wasn't covered in mainstream American media to address the torture practices of the United States.
"We felt that an event like this would really resonate in the political climate today," Day said. "Torture is a hot-button issue."
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The public event "FREE Tea at Three" will begin at 3 p.m. in the lobby in the Kansas Union.
The public event "Boxing journalist George Kimball to appear at the KU Bookstores" will begin at 1:30 p.m. in Oread Books in the Kansas Union.
The student group event "Jewish New Year Celebrations Sponsored by Chabad at KU - Holiday Service" will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
The "Full Unclassified Senate Meeting" will begin at 12 p.m. in Room 350 in the Spencer Research Library.
The lecture "Senior Session" will begin at 10 a.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art Reception Room.
The seminar "Finding Meaning in Chaos: an Ecological, Symbolic, and Material Investigation of Chronic Illness in a Maya Village" will begin at 12 p.m. in 318 Bailey.
The seminar "Come to Africa and it is here!" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the International Room in the Kansas Union.
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The student group event "Brazilian Week: Dance Workshop" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
The tea and talk lecture "Modern Bridges of China" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union.
The student group event "Jewish New Year Celebrations Sponsored by Chabad at KU - Gala Breakfast" will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
The public event "Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran, and the Last Great Era of Boxing" will begin at 7 p.m. In Room 116 in the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center.
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BY JESSE TRIMBLE
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Gilbert Ng, Hong Kong senior, registers to vote in front of the Kansas Union on Wednesday morning, with help from John Cross, 2008 graduate and volunteer at the table. Cross said about 30 students registered to vote each day at the table, which was sponsored by KU Young Democrats.
The deadline for voter registration forms in the state of Kansas is almost here.
Both groups have been in front of Wescoe Hall to register voters, and have also hosted watch parties for the debates.
KU Young Democrats, College Republicans and the Student Legislative Awareness Board, or SLAB, have all worked to get more students registered to vote and become more politically involved before the Kansas deadline on Oct. 20.
Young Democrats and College Republicans held watch parties for both the presidential debates and the vice presidential debate. The final debate will be Oct. 15 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Both groups scheduled watch parties.
Andrew Toth, Colby sophomore and president of Young Democrats, said the group worked with the Kansas Democratic Party to sponsor the watch parties at Abe and Jake's Landing, 8 E. 6th St.
"There have been a lot of people showing up so far," Toth said. "Not just young Democrats, but Democrats throughout the community of all ages."
Toth said that he was pleased to see a group of people come together who have similar ideologies.
Tuesday, Jim Slattery, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas who is currently running for the U.S. Senate, attended the Young Democrats meeting as its guest of honor and then attended the watch party.
"Jim was excellent." Toth said. "We were extremely fortunate to have him."
Toth said Slattery spoke for a few minutes and then took questions from the audience about his policies.
"He was very personable," Toth said. "It always helps when you can speak to someone face-to-face."
College Republicans has also hosted watch parties in the
Traditions Area on the fourth level of the Kansas Union.
Jesse Vaughn, Mound City senior and president of College Republicans, said so far the turnout for the debates had been good.
"We've had a lot of the same members coming, but new people have been coming, too," Vaughn said. "I'm really excited that new people are interested in joining College Republicans."
Vaughn said more people attended the vice presidential watch party than the watch party for Sen. John
McCain's speech at the national convention earlier this year.
Vaughn said the group had repeatedly discussed the importance of registering voters this close to deadline and said they had plans to set up a table in front of Wescoe Hall on Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
"We wanted to target the best area," Vaughn said. "Wescoe Beach tends to be the area where students congregate."
Vaughn said the group planned to set up tables toward the end of
each week until the deadline for registration.
Toth said Young Democrats had also been planning to get all the students they could who hadn't registered to vote to do so by the deadline.
A table will be set up at Mrs. E's from Oct. 8 until Oct. 20, Toth said. Young Democrats is working with SLAB and will have tables at Mrs. E's from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at GSP and Oliver residence halls.
Mark Maranell, general manager of Mrs. Fs, has been the manager for the last four years and said that while the registration tables tended to cause congestion problems, he said with careful placement it could be avoided.
"And it seems worthwhile." Maranell said.
Maranell said in the past tables had been set up to encourage registration and that he invited both parties to participate because he didn't want to promote any particular candidate or party.
Toth said almost 1,000 students
had been registered to vote so far and that the group was pushing advanced ballot applications, so students could get their ballots mailed directly to their houses.
"Every day we have people approach us and tell us they're so happy that we're still here," Toth said.
On the last day of registration, Toth said Young Democrats would be accepting voter registration forms until 2 p.m.
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Russians pull back in South Ossetia
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KARALETI, Georgia — Russian troops pulled back from their positions outside Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia but held their ground in contested areas, setting the stage for more tension between the two countries that waged war in August.
Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili told The Associated Press the Russian withdrawal was a positive move, but he added that Georgia wouldn't consider it complete until the troops leave the town of Akhalgori, near South Ossetia, and the Kodori Gorge in another Moscow-backed breakaway province, Abkhazia.
"We think that it's a step in the right direction, but it doesn't mean yet that the withdraw is fulfilled." Utiahiyi said.
Russia maintains that Akhalgori is part of South Ossetia and considers the Kodori Gorge part of Abkhazia — claims that Georgia rejects.
Russian media carried a statement by Gen. Marat Kulakhmetov, who is in charge of Russian troops near South Ossetia, saying the pullout had been fully completed.
Moscow must pull its troops from the buffer zones surrounding the
two regions by Friday under ceasefire agreements brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Earlier Wednesday, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev said the pullout from areas outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia would be completed by midnight.
Officials at the European Union monitoring mission patrolling the buffer zone refused to comment on the latest controversy over disputed areas.
The head of the EU monitoring mission, Hansjorg Haber, called the Russian pullout as "a very positive development."
"We always proceeded from the assumption that the process would be completed by Friday, and this is confirmation of that assumption." Haber told the AP by telephone, speaking from the buffer zone outside Abkhazia where he watched the Russian pullout.
"Russia is, in fact, starting to comply with the Sept. 8 agreement with the EU," spokesman Sean McCormack said. "It is a positive sign."
In Washington, the State Department welcomed Russia's moves but said it was watching to see if it completed the withdrawals by the deadline.
Despite the dispute, the Russian withdrawal paves the way for the return of Georgian authority to a wide swath of territory held by Moscow since the war.
The war erupted when Georgian forces launched an attack targeting Tskhinvali on Aug. 7 in a bid to take control of the region, which broke away in a war during the early 1990s. Russian troops, tanks and warplanes swiftly repelled the attack and drove deep into Georgia in Moscow's first major military offensive beyond its borders since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
Georgians terrified by weeks of arson and looting they blame on Russia's South Ossetian allies lined the roads to watch the withdrawal and welcome returning Georgian police.
As dozens of armored personnel carriers, military trucks and transport vehicles rolled north past rows of destroyed homes, tensions in villages outside South Osetia began to ease.
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"It is now important to calm down and at least to give up the confrontational rhetoric," Medvedev said at a conference. "Nothing fatal or irreparable has happened. A new edition of the Cold War is not threatening us."
In France, Medvedev urged the West to leave the crisis over Georgia behind.
The European monitoring mission could not immediately confirm Kulakhmetov's statement that Russian troops had fully withdrawn from six checkpoints outside South Osetia. They would likely be unable to verify the withdrawal until Thursday at the earliest, said a mission spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity because of rules about talking to the media.
"Now I feel safe; I hope that life will improve," said Meri Khokhashvili, standing outside her destroyed home in the village of Kitsnisi. "I've had nightmares for the past week because I was afraid someone would attack us. At least now I can sleep safer."
Russian soldiers sit at armored vehicles as they cross a bridge over the Inugni River as Russian troops pull out from an area outside Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia, Wednesday. Moscow must withdraw its troops from buffer zones surrounding the two regions by Friday.
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KU Energy Fair to provide conservation tips
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA
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Neil Steiner hopes to give a new look to energy conservation at the KU Energy Fair today.
The KU Center for Sustainability and Chevron Energy Solutions will sponsor the event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Stauffer-Flint Hall lawn.
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Jeff Severin, director of the Center for Sustainability, said the event would focus on the what the University was doing to save energy on campus. Students who have conducted research about alternative energy, energy conservation and sustainability will also talk about their projects.
Steiner, Tulsa, Okla., senior and president of Emerging Green Builders, will discuss the group's projects. One of Emerging Green Builders' projects is the rain garden that is being built north of the Student Recreation Fitness Center. Storm water will water the native flowers in the garden. Steiner said native plants would grow better in the climate and require less maintenance.
Representatives of other environmental groups, such as KU Environs and the KU Biodiesel Initiative, will also be present.
Oliver Meade, Flagstaff, Ariz. graduate student, researches biodiesel. He will answer questions at the fair. He said the biodiesel for the Biodeisel Initiative was made from food waste left over from Mrs. E's.
Craig Hansen, energy manager of the University, will show data at the fair about how much the University spends on utilities.
Hansen said the University spent about $12,248,000 for utilities such as electricity, gas and water in the last fiscal year.
"I think most people are shocked to know," Hansen said. "That's a big number."
Hansen said utility prices were increasing, and it was important for the University to save energy for environmental and financial reasons.
Hansen tracks utility data and audits campus buildings to find ways to reduce energy use. For example, he measured the brightness of light fixtures and reduced the level of brightness when necessary. He said the University raised the temperature setting inside campus buildings from 76 degrees to 78 degrees this summer. He said that was an effective way to save some energy.
He said the University contracted with Chevron Energy Solutions in 2001 to monitor energy use on campus and to work on energy reduction.
Hansen said students could also save energy. He said that lighting accounted for 30 percent of the energy used by the University and that students could help by turning off the lights when they leave a room.
"That's probably the easiest way to make an immediate impact," Hansen said.
Severin said a mock office would be set up in a tent and be used to provide energy saving tips. Energy in the tent will be provided by the KU Biodiesel Initiative's five-kilowatt generator.
Severin said he hoped students would learn some energy-saving tips at the fair.
"The fair mainly focuses on campus conservation, but it can be applied to students' daily lives," Severin said.
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NEW YORK - American consumers went into hiding in September, leaving retailers with dismal sales and an uncertain future well beyond the holiday season as the fallout from the financial meltdown pushes spending even lower
As retailers reported their monthly sales figures Wednesday, even discounters weren't immune to shopers' mounting worries about their financial security.
"Discretionary spending has come to a trickle," said Ken Perkins, president of research company RetailMetrics LLC. "Consumers are the most worried I have seen since at least the 1991 recession. There are so many factors laying on their psyche."
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said sales of discretionary items were weak as it posted solid results that were nevertheless a bit below expectations. Target Corp. fared far worse, reporting a bigger-than-expected drop and said it expects problems with its credit card business to last through the rest of the year as customers have trouble making payments.
Luxury stores such as Neiman Marcus Group Inc. and Saks Inc. suffered sharp drops as well-heeled shopers held off on buying $600 stilettos and other luxuries. Many mall-based apparel stores and department stores including J.C. Penney Co. and American Eagle
Outfitters Inc. find themselves quired in a deep sales slump.
With no clear spending recovery in sight, retailers are navigating in the dark about how much to cut their spring orders and store expansions to address the dramatic changes in consumer behavior that are expected to persist at least until next year — if not longer.
"We rarely eat out, and even
groceries have become a big-ticket item," said Cincinnati resident Victoria Gentry, 41, a single mother of a 15-year-old daughter, who now worries about her job at a bank's merchant service division. "No more payday pizzas now."
Before the financial meltdown began in the middle of last month, customers had already been switching to lower-price brands
and stores, cutting back on essentials and making other changes like mending their clothes instead of buying new ones.
"Weakness in consumer spending is a significant drag on overall economic activity," said Scott Hoyt, senior director of consumer economics at economy.com, who now predicts declines in consumer spending, adjusted for inflation,
through the first quarter of 2009. "We are on track for something longer and deeper than either of the previous recessions."
Desperation has set in as the critical holiday season approaches. Merchants have begun cutting holiday orders in recent days, even as goods start to flow into stores, according to Arnold Cohen, co-founder of Mahoney Cohen and Co., an accounting firm for the apparel industry. A slew of companies, from J.C. Penney Co. to Saks Inc., cut their third-quarter outlooks Wednesday as they step up discounting to pull in shopers. And many are delaying spring orders amid so much uncertainty, Cohen said.
Thomson Reuters estimates that its sales tally for September will be up only 1 percent, well below the 1.9 percent average pace from January through August. The final tally, which will be released Thursday, will reflect results from other merchants such as Gap Inc. and TJX Cos., which are slated to release results later Wednesday or Thursday. The tally is based on same-store sales, or sales at stores opened at least a year.
Analysts and store executives expect spending could deteriorate even more as the problems on Wall Street filter through the economy, with layoffs expected to rise and the credit markets remaining frozen and consumers have a hard time getting loans.
NATIONAL Man convicted of 2001 'Precious Doe' murder
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man has been convicted in Missouri of killing a 3-year-old girl who became known as "Precious Doe" after her decapitated body was found in 2001.
On Wednesday, a jury convicted 29-year-old Harrell Johnson of first-degree murder in the death of Erica Green.
A police officer found the body in April 2001. Her identity was unknown until 2005, when a community activist received a tip from Johnson's grandfather in Oklahoma.
Johnson kicked the girl, then left her to die in a Kansas City home where he and the girl's mother were staying. He cut her head off and dumped the body in the woods.
NATIONAL Polygraphs considered in Indiana debate
JASPER. Ind. — Two challengers for an Indiana congressional seat have agreed to be hooked up to lie detectors during a debate, but an official with the incumbent's party dismisses the idea as "bizarre."
Ninth District Republican Party Chairman Larry Shickles on Wednesday proposed the political polygraphs for Democratic Rep. Baron Hill, GOP challenger Mike Sodrel and Libertarian candidate Eric Schansberg.The three are scheduled to debate Oct.21, but an official with a debate co-sponsor said lie detectors won't be included.
"Our planning committee worked up the format and rules, and we are not inviting negotiations from the candidates," Alan Johnson, dean of Vincennes University's Jasper Campus, told The Herald of Jasper.
Shickles suggested that the candidates be hooked up to lie detecting machines at the Oct. 21 event or a separate debate.
INTERNATIONAL 33 Afghan civilians killed in U.S. airstrikes
WASHINGTON — The military now says U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan on Aug. 22 killed 33 civilians, far more than the U.S. had acknowledged.
A statement released Wednesday by the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East summarizes the findings of an investigation. The statement from Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey asserts that despite those deaths, U.S. forces involved in the attack in western Herat province acted based on credible intelligence, in self-defense and in line with rules of engagement.
The attack was on a suspected Taliban compound. Dempsey says the investigation also found that 22 insurgents were killed.
The U.S. military originally said five to seven civilians had died. The Afghan government and the U.N. have said the civilian toll was 90.
Associated Press
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THE UNIVERSITY DAHY KANSAN
THURSDAY OCTOBER 9 2008
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008
NEWS
5A
THEATER
Contemporary play explores a person's role in world
Performers from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company act on stage during "A Quarring Pair" performance in 2007. The company will perform at the Lied Center on Friday.
MICHAEL WOLF
Performance based on 1946 puppet play uses contemporary dance, music, film
Mike Peters/KANSAN
BY BRANDY ENTSINGER
bentsminger@kansan.com
Bill T. Jones questions a person's role in the world through contemporary dance, film and Vaudeville-style theater in his production, "A Quarreling Pair."
Performers from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company will bring the show to the Lied Center Friday night.
The work is based on a 1946 puppet play written by Jane Bowles and tells the story of two argumentative spinster sisters. The younger sister argues that it is her duty to do good in the world; the older thinks it is better to stay safe at home.
Jones choreographed the show and said it was full of contradictions and questions that would keep the audience thinking after it was over.
"This is the slow burn, I think, of art," lones said.
He said he hoped people in the audience would relax and look at the performance as they would a puzzle.
Karen Christilles, associate director of the Lied Center, said the show would also present an important lesson for students who were considering their future goals.
The show opens with a host and live band and includes elements such as a filmed scene that is projected onto the stage. Christilles said Jones' work went beyond the genre of contemporary.
"Bill T. Jones is one of the most fantastic and prolific choreographers working today," she said.
Jones said one of the biggest challenges of choreographing the show was making it clear without making it simple-minded. After every performance, company members revise the show.
"That is where the craft comes in,"
Jones said.
Jones said he found inspiration in things that sparked his interest and encouraged him to elaborate and also in things that were so strange he couldn't resist them. His inspiration for "A Quarreling Pair" came after seeing Bowle's play 15 years ago.
"The play was a provocation," Jones said.
This is the fifth time a Bill T.
Jones production has visited the
University. The first show to visit, "Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/ The Promised Land," featured 40 community members.
Michelle Heffner Hayes, associate professor of dance, was part of the Lawrence show and said Jones' work generally addressed controversial issues.
"It isn't Swan Lake," Hayes said. "It isn't something that's traditional."
Hayes said most people were
used to viewing dance as something entertaining and aesthetically satisfying, but that Jones' work would make them think.
"It is as intellectually demanding as it is visually stunning." Hayes said.
The show will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Lied Center. Student tickets are $13.
I'll just go with the most common. The image shows a person sitting in an upright position, holding a microphone in their hand. They are wearing a fur coat and a headscarf, suggesting a formal or semi-formal setting. The background is dark, likely indicating a stage or concert environment.
Edited by Arthur Hur
Student Senate notebook
Student Senate held committee meetings Wednesday at the Kansas Union. Four committees met. Next Wednesday full Senate will meet.
Committees create an elections reform board
The University Affairs committee and Student Rights committee passed a bill to create an elections reform committee. Mason Heilman, Lawrence junior and Student Executive Committee chairman, said the committee's purpose was to improve elections, because they had gotten out of hand. The committee would impose a spending limit of $6,000 for campaigning and would create additional campaign regulations. Adam Wood, Lawrence senior, opposed the bill and
said it favored larger and more established coalitions and imposed on students' free speech rights. The bill will go before full Senate next week.
Finance allocates $17,450 for media
the bill will go before full Senate next week.
The Finance Committee passed a bill to fund the student media outlets. The proposed $17,450 would go to The University Daily Kansan, KJHK, KU Filmworks, Kiosk and KUpedia. Alex Porte, Great Falls, Va., junior and student body treasurer, said an oversight on the part of Student Senate caused the student media fee to base its yearly allocations on a budget of $213,000, when the revenue was only $180,000. The University Affairs committee passed the bill last week and
KU Steel Bridge Team set to get $4.210
The Finance committee and the University Affairs committee passed a bill to give the KU Steel Bridge Team $4,210 to construct a steel bridge for a regional competition. John Kenny, Colorado Springs, Colo., fifth-year senior and School of Engineering senator said the team would represent the University in a national competition if the team qualified. He said the competitions were an opportunity for engineering students to have learning experiences outside of the classroom.
— Haley Jones
ECONOMY
Exports warn against McCain's mortgage plan
WASHINGTON — Ordering the government to buy bad mortgages might sound good,
financial markets and freezing up credit have been sliced, diced and repackaged into complex investments that the government would be hard-pressed to unravel and buy.
but experts are skeptical. They say the plan John McCain is promoting is unlikely to solve the housing crisis that's pushing the economy toward recession.
The vast majority of the toxic home loans that are clogging
Associated Press
FOOTBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Nebraska ranked second in the nation by shelling out 2.72 million dollars for four home games. They paid three opponents — Western Michigan, San Jose State and New Mexico State — more than $800,000 each to travel to Lincoln and get beat soundly by the Cornhuskers.
"It it just pretty much depends on when you made the game." Keating said of the price. "If you made the game three or four years ago, it might be 450 or 500 thousand, but if you made the game in the spring when you were desperate, then it could be another hundred thousand
Texas had the highest singlegame payout, sending $900,000 to Florida Atlantic in exchange for a 52-10 beating of the Owls.
The alternative to guarantee games is to schedule series in which each team would travel to play the other team an equal number of times. Kansas has series with Duke, Southern Mississippi and UTEP starting next season. Kansas will host SMU in 2009 and travel to play there in 2010 while UTEP will wait a year to make its return trip to Lawrence in 2011.
or so."
Most schools don't exchange money with the opposing schools because the money ends up equaling out in the end. Kansas and South Florida, which finished a series this year, each paid the visiting team $150,000 to help pay for travel expenses.
Keating has completed the 2009 Kansas football schedule and hopes to have 2010-2012 completed before the end of the year. He is looking to find three teams for series, the first of which would come during the 2010-2011 seasons.
"We've probably bought more games than we would normally the last couple of years, but that was just an effort to help us get our head above the water," Keating said. "Now that we've better and will hopefully stabilize and stay that way, you're probably going to see a little bit better quality of teams because the home and homes tend to be better teams."
— Edited by Arthur Hur
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Women Running for Office
V
Sessions will focus on women running for office (state or national)
Pick your favorite candidate and follow her campaign. We will discuss the different races and predict the winners
Watch women's leadership in action!
When and where
At the Dole Institute of Politics
Sunday, Oct. 12 5:30 pm
Sunday, Oct. 26 5:30 pm
Sunday, Nov. 2 5:30 pm
Thursday, Nov. 6 5:30 pm
For more information contact the Dole Institute at 864-4900 or doleinstitute@ku.edu
6A ENTERTAINMENT
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9,2008
Conceptis SudoKu
By Dave Green
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Answer to previous puzzle
Difficulty Level ★★★
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RECOVERY
It's The B
Barker expected to leave hospital in next two weeks
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Drummer Travis Barker is recovering from second- and third-degree burns. Barker, who always has been afraid of flying, says he's glad to be alive after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash last month.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who always has been afraid of flying, said he was glad to be alive after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash last month.
"I hate planes" Barker said in an interview with Us Weekly magazine. "My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened ... well, I'm just thankful to be alive! I'm just grateful to be here at all."
The 32-year-old musician and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM were the only survivors of the crash just before midnight Sept. 19 at the main airport in Columbia, S.C. Two pilots and two other passengers were killed, including Barker's assistant Chris Baker.
Barker was released from a Georgia hospital last week and is now being treated at a burn center in Los Angeles. He said he was too afraid to fly cross-country, so he arranged to travel by bus with his father and ex-wife Shanna Moakler to keep him company.
"I am doing the best I can possibly be," he said in the magazine's latest issue. "I'm so anxious to get out of here... I've just been in surgery after surgery. I have third-degree burns basically from my feet up to my waist and both hands. One of my hands has second-degree burns and one has third-degree burns."
If all goes well, Barker expects to leave the hospital within two weeks.
"I'm trying to have a quick recovery and play the drums again and be able to hold my kids again," said Barker, who has two children, Landon, 5, and Alabama, 2, with Moakler.
DJ AM, Adam Goldstein, was recently released from the hospital,
CONCERT
too. Doctors have said they expect both men to fully recover.
Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board
have said a cockpit voice recorder revealed that crew members thought a tire blew out and tried to abort the takeoff.
Proceeds from DJ AM party to benefit memorial funds
the celebrity disc jockey home after he survived a fiery plane crash last month in South Carolina.
Mark Ronson, Cut Chemist,
Steve Aoki and other AM pals
will perform at the event, which
will be held Tuesday night at the Avalon nightclub in Hollywood, Calif. Tickets cost $20.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
All proceeds will go to memorial funds for the crash victims, organizers said Wednesday.
Revise an old dream. You can put the right team together to do it now. It'll take more people than you alone to get where you want to go. Get the right people to help.
HOROSCOPES
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
The work is more complicated than you like, and it might even give you a headache. Calm down and look at the problem from a different point of view, after taking your meds. You can do this.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 10
It's easy to express your true feelings now, and get them published. Got something you feel passionate about? Jot a letter off to the paper, or begin writing your next novel.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
Listen again to a family member's endless tale of woe. Provide hope, if you can, even if it's been rejected before. This time it could take.
Leo (July 23-Aug.22)
Today is a 7
Get your competition on the defensive. Evade questions put to you, and turn them around so the other guy has to provide facts and figures. This will be fun.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is an 8
Get the contract in writing before you do the work. That won't be easy to do, but your odds of getting paid go up dramatically if you go to the trouble.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
Share goals with somebody you love, even the ones that are so far out it would take years to achieve them. Make lists and get started. It's fun.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Todav is a 6
Your attention is drawn to a domestic matter that needs a decision. Listen to all the opinions, but reserve judgment.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
You're a teacher, but also a student. People respect your wisdom. Do a little more studying so you'll be ready. You never know what they'll hit you with next.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
You can generate more income,
and you even know how. Follow
through on promises you've
made, including those made to
yourself. Get busy.
You should be in a pretty good mood, but whether you make a profit is a huge variable. It looks more likely you'll splurge on something to share with your friends.
NEW YORK — Friends of DJ AM are throwing a party to welcome
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
Today is an 8
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 5
You get some of your best ideas when you're sound asleep. This time, watch for something you can use to save money. Write it down when you first wake up, so you don't forget it.
ACROSS
1 Galva-
nizing
material
2 Recent
horror film
franchise
3 Invitation
initials
4 Hydrox
look-alike
5 Ante-
14 Duel tool
15 Ham's
dad
16 Real
estate ad
abbr.
17 "Phooey!"
18 Clothe
20 Ordeals
22 Vast
expanse
23 Crow's
cousin
24 Three-
piece
suit
feature
27 Rule out
Mischie-
ties tyke
33 Kreskin's
claim
34 One side
of the
35 The "who"
in a who-
dunit
38 Bohemian
39 A
Gershwin
40 Hostel
42 Changes
45 Snacked
(on)
49 Mideast
strip
50 Comical
sort
52 Path left
behind
53 Finished
54 Hearty
brew
55 Divisible
by two
56 Indiana
city
57 Standard
58 Take five
DOWN
1 Region
2 Press
3 Approach
4 Kelly, to
Regis
5 Butter
knife, e.g.
6 Branch
7 Into the
sunset
8 "Automatic"
telephone
feature
9 One
sitting
carelessly
10 Osso
buco
meat
11 House-
hold
members
19 Exist
Solution time: 25 mins.
C U D S H A M S V E N
O R E O E V A A W R Y
C D B U R N E R I B I S
O U T R E X Y L E N E
C O U P U S E
A L O E V A I L T W O
W O K P E N N E L A P
E T O L A I C B E N T
O V A C H A R
A P R O N S M A G M
L O R D T V D I N N E R
S O A K O A N D D A T A
21 Vitamin
stat
24 Ener,
25 Ostr
kin
26 W
s
water
28 British
verb
suffix
29 Type of
spaniel
30 See 47-
Down
31 Ironically
humorou
36 Glum
37 Listener
38 Responses
41 "Fuhged-
daboudit
42 Enthusi-
astic, plu
43 Strombol
out-
pouring
44 Trade
46 Possess
47 With 30
Down,
supple-
ments
48 Fender
bender
result
34 One side of the Urals (Abbr.)
Solution time: 25 mins.
C U D S   H A M   S V E N
O R E O   E V A   S A W R Y
C D B U   N E R   I B I S
O U T R E    X Y L E N E
C O U P   U S E
A L O E   V A I L   T W O
W O K   P E N N E   L A P
E T C   L A C   B E N T
O V A   C H A R
A P R O N S   M A G M A
L O R D   T V D I N N E R
S O A K   O A R   D A T A
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COURTS
Britney's attorney rejects plea offer of $150 fine
LOS ANGELES — An attorney for Brittney Spears has rejected a plea offer that would have placed her on a year's probation and forced her to pay a $150 fine in her misdemeanor driver's license case.
Attorney J. Michael Flanagan said Spears would
consider an offer that reduced the charge to an infraction and required her to pay a $10 fine.
He said if the case did go to trial as scheduled later this month, he would appeal any conviction.
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RACE, EDUCATION & AMERICAN POLITICS
The Impact of Race on Education
A debate between the KU debate team and the Texas Southern University debate team.
This non-competitive debate will pair the debate team from Texas Southern University, one of the nation's largest Historically Black Colleges and Universities, with KU's team, led by head coach Scott Harris. In 2007 TSU's head coach, Dr. Thomas Freeman, held a debate camp for actors in the movie The Great Debaters. The movie took its inspiration from the 1935 debate in which Wiley College defeated the reigning national champion, the University of Southern California (not Harvard as depicted in the movie).
Oct. 10 | The Commons at Spooner Hall | 3:30-5:00 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
785-864-4798 * hallcenter@ku.edu www.hallcenter.ku.edu
KU HALL CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES The University of Kansas
Does your tuition bill have you seeing double?
www.ScottMorganForSenate.com\KUStudents.htm
KU tuition and fees have increased more than 100% in the past six years. Meanwhile, support from the state of Kansas has not kept up.
Scott believes that Kansas must renew its commitment to higher education.Because starting your career under a mountain of debt is just not right.
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OPINION
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 9. 2008
7A
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Looking around at the walls of a local high school classroom, I didn't pay anymore special attention to the posters of inspirational statements than could be expected, but less than 24 hours later I am recalling one sign in particular: "What would you try, if you knew you would not fail?"
Juicycampus.com grants anonymity to bullies
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The reason, Juicycampus. com. The ideal behind such a Web site is undoubtedly to grant anonymity to bullies. This is fuel for a fire that many a parent of high-schoolers have attempted to start under Congress to remove the legal rights for companies that grant such abilities to people who abuse the system. There is a line that must be drawn.
Freedom of speech is granted with the stipulation that you can be held accountable for the consequences of your own words. This right works because people have to
think about the personal risk of ruining relationships. Slander is still a crime. Freedom of speech does not absolve anyone from guilt of demeaning an innocent person. It exists for political rights, to be free to speak out about government, not to allow stupid people who obviously care too much about other peoples lives to ruin reputations of sorority girls who may or may not be a "whore."
To add to the problem, The Kansan publishes a cover story so that anyone on campus who hadn't yet heard about it will now be visiting the site. Well, personally I won't, and I encourage you to avoid the temptation as well.
I also encourage writing to your senator to hold these sites accountable for their crimes against innocent individuals.
Larissa Maranell is a junior from Eudora
CONTRIBUTED ART
CHANGE
CHANGE
CHANGE
CHANGE
THE MORE HE SAYS "CHANGE",
THE MORE HE STAYS THE SAME.
— Nicholas Michael Sambaluka is a doctoral student in history
editorials around the nation
on visa-recapture bill
The result? Every year thousands of potential green cards vanish, like unused cell phone minutes.
Every year Congress authorizes a certain number of permanent-resident visas, or green cards, for immigrants to come in work in the United States or to rejoin their families. And every year bureaucratic delays prevent a certain portion of those visas from being claimed.
A House bill that could recapture an estimated 550,000 lost visas, sponsored by Representative Zoe Lofgen, a California
Teachers, nurses, engineers, researchers and other aspiring immigrants who follow the rules, file their paperwork, pay their fees and wait — and wait — get the chilly message that they are not wanted. Some of them feel great pressure to go illegally around the immigration system, instead of through it, as their wait to rejoin their loved ones becomes intolerable.
Democrat, has been moving slowly through the committee process despite the best efforts of members like Representative Steve King, Republican of Iowa, to sabotage it with ridiculously restrictive amendments. One would have granted green cards only to people younger than 40 with college degrees. Another would have eliminated an entire category of family visas, for siblings of citizens
It seems unlikely that a visa-recapture bill would make it through this year. But don't blame Congress's focus on the economic mess for that. Recapturing visas is a modest fix that should have been made a long time ago. The country needs to build a smoother path to legal entry and citizenship. The blame for its failure to do that lies squarely with the hard-liners who rage against illegal immigrants, but are strangely uninterested in helping people who "play by the rules" and wait in line."
— The New York Times Oct. 2 editorial
HOW TO SUBMIT A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Send letters to opinion@kansan.com.
Write LETTER TO THE EDITOR in the e-mail subject line.
**Lenght:** 500 words
The submission should include the author's name, grade and hometown.
LETTER GUIDELINES
Length: 300 words
CONTACT US
Matt Erickson, editor
864-4810 or merickson@kansan.com
Mark Dent, managing editor
864-4810 or mdent@kansan.com
Dani Hurst, managing editor 864-4810 or dburst@kansan.com
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864-4924 or keith@ikansan.com
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THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Members of the Kansan Editorial Board are Alex Doherty, Jenny Hartz, Lauren Keen, Patrick de Oliveira. Roa Seebrecht and Ian Stanford.
804-7686 or jychen@kansai.com
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Malcolm Gibson, general manager and news
FROM THE DRAWING BOARD
LIFE APPLICATIONS: MATH.
THE CYNICAL OPTIMIST
NICK MANGIARACINA
So here I am, phone resting next to my computer, vibrate function on. I'm not expecting a text message, nor am I expecting to send one. Even if I had unlimited text messaging, I wouldn't use it. What's the point?
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The dumbing down of America: Part I
Writer's Note: What follows is part one of a four part series that deals with the theme of the dumbing down of America. Though the idea for this series came to me in the middle of the night, these articles have been brewing for a long time. It is only now that I have reached the breaking point. The anti-intellectualism and stupid comments have become too much to bear. You can only repeatedly punch a man in the face so many times before he decides to retaliate. This is the beginning of something bigger than just being angry. It's about turning H.L. Mencken's words that "no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public," upside down. It's about throwing it all away and then picking up the scraps of what looks good to form a new and improved America. By "new!" I don't mean that we continue to ignore the past for the sake of the future, but that we learn that simply because something is new does not make it superior.
This article is about standard 12 button keypad text messaging on a
1 x 1 $ \frac{1}{2} $ inch screen. Though I still find P.D.A and touch-screen textmessaging both ridiculous too, they are less ridiculous than the 12 button variety because they are more efficient to type into and typically feature much larger screens.
With cell phone text messaging it's not the will to connect that's bad. In fact, this is the most hopeful aspect of text messaging. However, this innate human desire could be better nourished with quality conversations instead of quick message fixes that only serve to make our relationships poorer.
The 12 button variety is the most absurd version of text messaging because it requires multiple keystrokes to enter most characters. This hassle leads people to bizarre abbreviations, intentional misspellings and shortened messages.
In response to the inefficiency of text messaging, a girl once told me that she had become very fast at it, so because of this she was no longer wasting her time. In other words, she had become faster at wasting her time, which meant she was no longer wasting her time.
Mangiaracina is a Lenexa senior in journalism.
The small screen size makes meaningful communication more difficult. On my phone, the screen is $ 1 \times 1\frac{1}{2} $ inches. This means that if you attempted to read this sentence on my cell phone, you would have to scroll down in order to read it all. Increasing the size of the screen would reduce this problem, but this would make the phone less convenient, which is the whole reason people send text messages on phones in the first place.
Likewise, regardless of how fast you are, because of the immense effort required to send a simple message, people usually don't talk about anything meaningful.
However, this is not to say that there is no place for text messaging on cell phones. There is, but in rare instances.
In emergency situations, text messaging is more efficient and
Unfortunately, in most instances text messaging is just a waste of time. It serves as a means to communicate for the sake of communicating. My former sociology teacher was right when he said that as communication technology advances, people just talk more about less. Nowhere is this more evident than with text messaging—especially when you could use the phone for the reason it was invented—to talk to people.
more useful than calling people to warn them about potential danger. It's also far more efficient to send one text message to thousands of phones than to call each person individually to warn them. A text message would also be more effective than sending out a mass e-mail because its far more likely that people will be carrying a phone than checking their e-mail at a computer, or even on a phone.
For people who are either deaf or hard of hearing, text messaging could also help them. In the movie Babel one of the main characters finds herself isolated from society but is able to connect with her deaf friends via text messaging. This doesn't solve her loneliness, but it does temporarily lessen it.
Breast cancer doesn't affect just women
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Men are not only fighting for their mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives, but are fighting this disease themselves. Men get breast cancer too, and not it's not just for men who have "man boobs." In 2008, the National Cancer Institute estimated there were 182,460 new breast cancer cases in women in the United States and 1,990 new
October is breast cancer awareness month, and for most people this means a celebration and remembrance for the women who have fought and who are fighting this disease. However, what is not so easily remembered is that this isn't just a fight for the people with two X chromosomes.
male cases. Though the numbers are staggeringly different, this does not mean we can ignore the fact that this exists.
The average time between first symptom and diagnosis for male breast cancer patients is 19 months, according to breastcancer.org. This is partically because men don't know they can get breast cancer. In 2007 the Journal of Cancer found that men with small tumors or tumors that had not yet spread to the lymph nodes had a shorter survival time than their female counterparts. Men are less likely to survive early cancer, and the early cancer isn't being detected. Not only that, but if men survive breast cancer they are 16 percent more likely do develop a second cancer of a different kind.
can't prevent getting older. Instead maintaining a healthy wait and limiting alcohol consumption keeps estrogen levels nomral in men lowering their risk for breast cancer. So the ultimate display of masculinity for a college student—chugging beers for as long as possible as often as possible can ultimately lead to breast cancer.
The risk factors for male breast cancer include a numerous different things, but the preventative ones should be focused on. Risk increase as age increases, but
Supporting men who have breast cancer doesn't mean we have to take away from the celebration of women. You should still participate in activities such as "Bras Across the Kaw" and the "Save Second Base" campaign going on at Salon Hawk. While doing this though, be aware that even people who don't wear bras can get breast cancer.
Thornbrugh is a Lenexa junior in creative writing.
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Instead of studying for my ethics midterm, I decided I'd count how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. I'm at 591.
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Now McCain's hero is Roosevelt? Last debate he said it was Reagan!
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Skinny jeans on skinny guys are cute. Skinny jeans on chubby boys are not cute. You have made yourselves into male muffin-tops.
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Kara eats broccoli with toe wax. Claire eats gumballs with jelly. Victoria eats pudding with dustbunnies.
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I can't wait to get high tonight.
I called my mom and told her I was posted in FFA for running into my bunk bed and she said she did the exact same thing last night except with the bedroom door. Runs in the family.
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Banks around world cut interest rates as stocks plummet
Federal funds rate cut to 1.5% while the Dow ends a volatile day down 189 points to close at 9,258
Traders Richard Feltman, Russell Boose and Michael Caruselli work in the Eurodollar trading pit Wednesday at the CME Group in Chicago. Banks in England, China, Canada, Sweden and Switzerland also cut their interest rates Wednesday after days of economic wariness issued by Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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In the end it settled on a familiar feeling
- fear - and plunged again.
The Federal Reserve, desperately trying to jump-start the lending that keeps the U.S. economy moving, dropped its net unsettled
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federal funds rate to 1.5 percent.
The cut from 2 percent took the rate to its lowest level in more than four years.
even if the financial crisis was put to bed today, that would still leave the economy in a probable recession."
The Fed in concert with the
Central banks in England, China, Canada, Sweden and Switzerland and the European Central Bank also cut rates after a series of high-stakes phone calls over several days between Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his counterparts.
But the Dow Jones industrial average lost another 189 points, or 2 percent, to close at 9,258. It was the sixth straight day of losses for the Dow.
KEN MAYLAND President of ClearView Economics
The index has shed more than a third of its value, nearly 5,000 points, since its all-time high, set one year ago Thursday.
The Dow opened down more than 200 points. Within an hour, it was up almost as much.
A late morning sell-off gave way to an afternoon rally, and the Dow was ahead for the day in the last half-hour of trading — then took a dive at the close.
The day's losses were lighter for the Nasdaq composite index and the Standard & Poor's 500. And Wall Street as a whole fared far better than Asia, where some stock exchanges were down 9 percent, and Europe, where some lost 5 percent.
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the Fed said.
For millions of Americans, the Fed's cut means borrowing money becomes cheaper. Home equity loans, credit cards and other floating-rate loans all fluctuate depending on what the Fed does.
Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other banks cut their prime rate by half a point to 4.5 percent, also the lowest in more than four years, after the Fed announced its decision early Wednesday.
Fed watchers believe the central bank might cut rates further when it meets later this month, and perhaps again in December, in hopes of cushioning the blow if the United States falls into recession.
"Even if the financial crisis was put to bed today, that would still leave the economy in a probable recession," said economist Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics.
One day after a presidential debate that focused heavily on the economy, both major candidates embraced the decision. Both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain described the crisis as global.
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The White House welcomed the cooperation among central banks to battle the crisis. "It's important and helpful that central banks are working in a coordinated way to deal with stress in the financial system," spokesman Tony Fratto said.
Even the coordinated action may not break the panicky mindset that has gripped investors across the world as jobs evaporate and retirement savings dry up. Banks may
still be inclined to hoard cash, and until they decide to lend again the crisis is not likely to let up.
"The turmoil will not end quickly and significant challenges remain ahead."
If anyone needed evidence, major American retailers turned in dismal sales
trial countries, the 185-nation International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
The global credit crisis was expected to be the major agenda
figures for the third quarter — further proof that consumer spending, the lifeblood of the economy, is sputtering.
additional restraint on spending, partly by further reducing the ability of households and businesses to obtain credit"
HENRY PAULSON Treasury Secretary
The Fed's interest rate cut was a change in course. It had held rates steady because of inflation concerns. Since the Fed had put a stop to interest-rate cuts in June, the economic outlook has deteriorated.
"This is not a time for conventional thinking or outdated dogma but for the fresh and innovative intervention that gets to the heart of the problem," said Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
"The pace of economic activity has slowed markedly in recent months," the Fed said. "Moreover, the intensification of financial market turmoil is likely to exert
"The turmoil will not end quickly and significant challenges remain ahead." Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told reporters at a preview of meetings later this week of the finance officials of the Group of Seven major induct-
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) suggested the United States take similar steps.
Although inflation has been running higher, the Fed believes the recent drop in prices for oil and gas, and the weaker prospects for economic activity, have reduced the threat it poses to the economy.
item at those talks.
In Britain, the government said it would pour cash into troubled banks in exchange for stakes in them—a partial nationalization.
the day before the rate cuts were announced, the Japanese Nikkei 225 closed down more than 9 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng more than 8 percent.
the Fed nor other central bank could move fast enough to stop the turmoil, even considering the $700 billion U.S. bailout of financial institutions.
European indexes ended lower, too. Britain's FTSE-100 finished down about 5.2 percent, Germany's DAX about 5.9 percent and France's CAC-40 6.3 percent.
The credit markets, which have been remarkably tight for weeks, showed only small signs of loosening. Rates on commercial paper, the short-term debt companies issue to raise cash for everyday expenses, went down. But the rate banks charge each other for loans went up.
The Fed also reduced its emergency lending rate to banks by half a percentage point, to 1.75 percent. Given the intense credit crisis, banks have been borrowing more under what is known as the discount window.
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Political violence in Thailand leaves two dead,443 injured
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BANGKOK, Thailand — Anti-government protesters vowed Wednesday to avenge those killed and injured in clashes with the police.
Soldiers maintained an uneasy calm in Bangkok a day after two people died and more than 400 were injured as police attempted to break up protests that degenerated into Thailand's worst political violence in more than a decade. Hundreds of workers swept the streets Wednesday around Parliament that were littered with burned-out cars and debris from the rioting.
While each side accused the other of using excess force, many pointed to the grievous wounds suffered by several demonstrators, including four who lost parts of their legs, as evidence that the police used heavy weapons. Police said they only used tear gas, and said they believed some demonstrators were hurt be explosives they themselves were carrying.
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The protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy say Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat is a pawn of ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in 2006 by military leaders who accused him of corruption. He who now lives in exile. Somchai is his brother-in-law.
"We will not negotiate with a man who has blood on his hands," said key protest leader Sondhi Limthongkul to loud applause. "I ask our brothers and sisters to be strong and turn your sorrow into anger so we can have our revenge!"
Tuesday's fighting began when hundreds of police set out to clear away demonstrators who were blockading parliament to keep Somchai from delivering a key policy speech.
Running battles between police and protesters that lasted into the night left 423 protesters and 20 police injured, medical authorities said. About five dozen people were hospitalized overnight.
Though police insisted they used only tear gas, Associated Press reporters said stun grenades were also employed.
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Dire straits in the next week of local sports
BY STEPHEN MONTEMAYOR
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There is no coincidence that on that highway, amongst those crazies the Kansas Department of Transportation reported 14 fatalities during the stretch from 1998 to 2002. There are few sports events outside the town of Lawrence that would merit risking life and limb to see.
K-10 is a dangerous stretch of road. Inhibitions and rationality perishes in the wind. Cars begin to exceed reasonable speeds while turn signals become nonexistent.
It has been another gloomy week of sports and politics for this great nation. Thankfully the jayhawk football team (4-1, 1-0 Big 12) will return to play host to Colorado on Saturday. Those few hours will likely be the happiest of the week ahead
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— unless we see another pitiful first-half effort from Kansas.
Let us pause and reflect on the seven days since my last offering... you recall that we explored how and to what extent an incredibly sour economy would have on sports.
While disillusioned countrymen talk secession from the Union in the wake of a tumbling economy, Kansas Citians are preparing a good of fashioned witch hunt at 1 Arrowhead Drive. The only red Carl Peterson will be wearing in 2009 may be his own blood.
The Cubs were swept and while it'd be nice to see a Tampa Bay Rays championship, no one really cares. The MLB can no longer stack up against the ratings giant that is the National Football League — but even pro football's stock is drowning.
And I cannot remember such a dreary road to the World Series for Major League Baseball. The MLB playoffs got off to a piss-poor start in the television ratings — dipping 27 percent on TBS for the 15 games of the division series, according to Street and Smith's Sports Business Daily.
Tom Brady, the face of the league, still has a knee that resembles a Twizzlers Pull-N- Peel, Eli Manning is actually better than Peyton and the Chargers' haplessness equals their preseason hype. It is a carousel of instability in the NFL week in and week out, although the league would like to tell you that is called "parity."
Back on the local front; it appears a few dozen people plan to showup for tomorrow night's NBA exhibition game between the Atlanta Hawks and Portland Trailblazers at the Sprint Center. This will likely be a disaster. No one cares about a preseason game between two mediocre squads with no ties to the area. Sure, Kansas City is desperate for a pro team for its new arena, but we want regular season games and unless Kobe or Shaq is on the count, a vested interest in the game is vital. Read: Kansas City's own team.
Money is too tight to pay to watch two teams from cities that couldn't be farther from Kansas City play in a game that won't count.
Finally, what should we make of Tuesday's presidential debate, McCain—Obama II, in what is the most important season of our country's most significant sport?
If you tuned in you were treated to an occasional head-scratcher (McCain referring to Obama as "that one") and several moments when it appeared the senators were ready to come to blows.
Attimes, the cylindrical setting in which the audience surrounded the candidates looked more like a stage for combat — certainly more so than last Saturday's Kimbo Slice debacle.
And while John McCain and Barack Obama's showdown was far more competitive than EliteXC's let-down, it was not free from frustration. Too often we were treated to recycled taking points rather than knockout blows — there is much to be decided in these few remaining weeks.
We don't have to leave Lawrence to take part in this sport. Good thing, because not much outside of layhawk sports merit a trip down that terrible highway. I-70 is no ideal alternative either.
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Kelsey and Kortney Clifton, Wichita freshmen, are twins and forwards on the University's soccer team. Both played soccer in high school, and Kelsey said the biggest differences in college-level soccer were speed and intensity on the field.
It's taken almost a decade for coach Mark Francis to tell freshman forwards Kortney and Kelsey Clifton apart on the practice field.
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From the time the identical twins began attending Francis' KU soccer camps in grade school, it's been nearly impossible for him to distinguish the two without the help of the numbers on the back of their iersees.
After years of confusion, Francis caught a break this week in practice.
"I just noticed today Kortney has black shoes now and Kelsey has white shoes," he said Tuesday. "That's going to make it a lot easier for me."
Up close it's not quite as difficult. The faint scar on Kelsey's forehead and her nose ring are both dead giveaways. The piercing also gives a little insight into the differences in the twins' personalities.
"She is more outgoing than 1 am," Kortney said. "If we are in a group of people we don't know, she will be the one to talk before I do or get more comfortable with people."
But both are at home between the lines, and playing soccer at Kansas has been almost a foregone conclusion since the Clifton first caught Francis' eye at one of his camps.
Their talent set them apart as youngsters, and once high school hit there was no stopping them. The duo's team at Andover High School dominated 4A defenses, and their club team, the River City Lady Tigers, played in the state cup final three consecutive seasons.
in their sophomore season, the Cliftons verbally committed right away.
"It was definitely from the start," Kortney said of their desire to play for Kansas. "A lot of people look a lot of places and check out their options, but Kelsey
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Kortney and Kelsey dreamed of being jayhawks so when Kansas offered early
started 11 of 12 games thus far and has four goals and an assist to back up her prolific high school scoring record.
So far life in Lawrence has been everything they expected and more.
Kortney, the state of Kansas' all-time goal leader with 256 goals, has
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Kansas comeback bid falls short in fifth set
BY JOSH BOWE
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The jayhawks had been in it this situation before. Down two sets to none, Kansas needed to win three sets in a row to complete another miraculous comeback. It accomplished two, but that was as far as it got.
Kansas ended up falling to Texas A&M in five sets last night in the Horesei Family Athletics Center. It was another frustrating start for the Jayhawks, creating another 0-2 hole to dig themselves out of.
"Obviously that's not our plan," coach Ray Bechard said. "We just did not respond like we needed to."
Texas A&M, to its credit, played about as well as any opponent Kansas had seen this year. Texas A&M hit an astonishing 413 after two sets with only five errors combined in the two sets.
Meanwhile, the Jayhawks had six errors apiece in the first two sets, failing to hit .200 in each of the first two sets. The Aggies' balanced offensive attack kept the Jayhawks blockers at bay, as four Aggies had at least 12 kills, with junior outside hitter Sarah Armerman leading the way with 17.
After those first two disappointing sets, Kansas came out for set three and four looking like a completely different team. Behind sophomore outside hitters Jenna Kaiser and Karina Garlington, the layhawks cruised to two set victories in a row. It is what makes that ever more frustrating for Beachard that his team came out so flat for set five.
"You throw out all the stats when you go to a set five." Bechard said of the match in general. "Whoever makes the most plays, and once again we came up short on that deal."
In that set five, it was the six Kansas errors, compared to the one of Texas A&M's, that did Kansas in. Especially when it compares to the four errors seen in set four for Kansas. Bechard knows not too many teams are going to win a 15-point set five with six errors.
"We have six errors in the fifth set," Bechard said. "Granted there were some blocked balls you still got to make better adjustments with our swings."
If there was one bright spot in a match full of darkness, it was Kaiser's performance. She notched a season-high 18 kills playing in her second match without her elbow brace. Kaiser hopes this is a sign for more consistent play on her part.
"I felt like I was missing something," Kaiser said of playing without the brace. "It just took me awhile to get adjusted."
Kaiser, along with Garlington were able to form a nice one-two punch the Jayhawks have lacked all season. At times, it felt Kansas had to rely on Garlington too much. But Garlington just hopes that Kansas' early set struggle will be hammered out.
"We've just been struggling to come out strong," Garlington said. "We're right there, we just have to fix one or two things."
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Freshman validates KU program's direction
BY B.J. RAINS rains@kansan.com
Anyone needing proof that Kansas football is moving in the right direction can look no further than freshman offensive lineman Ben Lueken.
The St. Louis native choose the Jayhawks over four prominent college football programs - Michigan, Alabama, Missouri and Nebraska.
"I don't know who else he was looking at," coach Mark Mangino said. "But he took a liking to us and we liked him. He came from a smaller Catholic school in the St. Louis area and probably, if he had been at a bigger school, he may have gotten more looks.
We're glad that we have him."
Lueken came to Kansas expecting to be a redshirt this season but impressed Mangino and the coaching staff from the beginning of fall camp. He played a few series in the opening game of the season against Florida International to help sub for the injured Jeremiah Hatch and even saw action in the second half of Saturday's game against Iowa State.
"He really is a tough competitor," Mangino said. "He plays hard every play, even if he makes a mistake, he goes hard, and as coaches, we really like that. Anytime a guy will play with fire every play and go hard every snap, he's going to get better and be a really good player. And he's going to be
really good for us."
"Recruiting is a tough process and unfortunately some things fell through," Lueken said. "Coaching changes, things like that, but Kansas was always in the back of my mind even when I was visiting other places. KU was the first school to contact me and they stayed strong with their pursuit of me."
The 6-6, 300 pound Lueken was named first team All-State as a senior and was an All-Conference selection for three straight years. And as one of the top lineman in the St. Louis area, he had interest from some of the top programs in the nation.
"The program just showed a lot of respect and it's a real blue-collar environment and that's the way I was raised. I wanted to be
Lueken, who is majoring in exercise science, hopes to return to his hometown of St. Louis to open his own personal training facility when his time in Lawrence is done. But for now, he's battling with redshirt freshman Hatch and Jeff Spikes for playing time on the offensive line.
"Every day I just approach it like I am coming to work, and if you work as hard as you can, then good things will happen," Lueken said. "I still have a lot to learn but I am learning every day. The older linemen have really helped me out. We'll see."
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Another sport Americans can watch
BY ANDREW WIEBE
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Soccer is that sport that many red-blooded American don't understand.
There are too many clubs, too many leagues and too few statistics for American sports fans accustomed to the a smorgasbord of raw numbers, averages and percentages churned out by the big three football, baseball and basketball.
But what the world's game lacks in measurables it makes up for in storylines. Here are three to watch as the 2008-2009 season unfolds and World Cup qualifying progresses.
The stars aligned for Sir Alex Ferguson and the Red Devils last season.
1) Will Manchester United claim the Barclays Premier League and Champions League double for the second straight season?
Arsenal collapsed under the weight of early-season expectations, youth and injury. Chelsea fell two agonizing points short of bringing the trophy back to Stamford Bridge on the final day of the season.
Mix in Chelsea captain John Terry's penalty kick flub in the Champions League final in Moscow, and it's hard to believe United will be so fortunate again.
Ferguson may have the most breathtaking array of attacking talent in the world at his disposal, but the lack of depth in the back four could become an issue once United is competing on four fronts.
The talent pool just keeps getting deeper and deeper for the United States.
2) Can the United States find the right roles for its young stars as CONCACAF qualifying heats up?
Jozy Altidore, Freddy Adu,
Michael Bradley, Maurice Edu,
Danny Szetela and Sasha Kljestan
represent the next generation in U.S. soccer. All are 23 or younger.
All but Kljestan ply their trade in Europe.
With Bob Bradley's team pretty much guaranteed to advance from the group stages, now is the time to implement a temporary youth movement against weaker opponents.
All six were called into national team camp in preparation for this weekend's game with Cuba at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.
3) Can anyone knock Cristiano Ronaldo from his perch as the world's most dynamic player?
LastyearthedynamicPortuguese winger proved to everyone watching that he was the best attacking player in the world.
Ronaldo scored 42 goals and divived out nine assists in 45 starts for Manchester United last season. Each goal seemed to be more sensational than the last.
So far we haven't seen the 23-year-old's best this season. Ronaldo has been hampered by an ankle that is still not 100 percent healthy after an offseason surgery.
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Former Broncos RB to be released after $400K bond
DENVER — Former Denver Broncos running back Travis Henry could be released from Jail Thursday after posting a $400,000 bond on federal drug charges.
Henry and another suspect were arrested Sept. 30 in Denver after federal drug agents said they met to buy cocaine from a man who was cooperating with authorities.
The U.S. attorney's office said Wednesday Henry is expected to be released after a phone line is installed in his house for electronic monitoring. Prosecutors said that could be Thursday.
Henry's case has been transferred to Montana, where authorities say they found marijuana and cocaine that Henry helped supply.
Henry has not entered a plea. His attorney did not immediately return a call.
CAT scan reveals spot on Rams receiver's brain
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Rams wide receiver Dane Looker is scheduled for additional medical tests after a CAT scan revealed a spot on his brain.
Looker said Wednesday that the abnormality was unrelated to a concussion he sustained against the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 28th. The CAT scan cleared Looker to return from the concussion, but he won't practice until the current issue is resolved.
Looker has six receptions for 108 yards and a touchdown this season.
The Rams re-signed Eddie Kennison, who was released on Tuesday with the expectation Looker would be fine. Kennison was signed Sept. 9th after Drew Bennett was sidelined with a broken foot in the opener. He has played sparingly in two games, with no catches.
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LONDON — The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it would retest samples from the games to search for a new blood-boosting drug at the center of the latest Tour de France scandals.
The move reflects the IOC's aggressive attempts to nab drug cheats not just during an Olympics, but weeks, months and even years later once new tests become available. Results and medals could be at stake.
The Beijing samples will be reopened and tested in particular for CERA, a new generation of the endurance-enhancing hormone EPO. The substance boosts an athlete's performance by increasing the number of oxygen-rich blood cells.
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But No. 17 Oklahoma State (5-0, 1-0 Big 12) has its own quarterback-receiver tandem that's been putting up impressive stats too.
This week's game at No. 3 Missouri (5-0,1-0) provides Robinson and Bryant the chance to show off their talents on the same stage as the Tigers' tandem, and maybe even steal some attention if they're successful.
Zac Robinson ranks third in the nation in passing efficiency (204.6), two spots ahead of Daniel (196.4), and Dez Bryant is fifth in the country with 110 yards receiving per game while Maclin (96 ypg) is 11
Coming into the game, Missouri has the second-highest scoring offense (53.4 points per game) while Oklahoma State (52.6) is right behind in third.
"I know that they're a top 5 team, so they're obviously going to be talked about a lot." Robinson said. "They have a great offense. As long as we keep winning, we know that that recognition will kind of take care of itself."
Bryant has played as big a role as anyone in that total, scoring 11 touchdowns for personal 13.2-point average. That's the second-highest total, right behind Missouri running back Derrick Washington (14 ppg). Twice this season. Bryant has had games in which he caught three touchdown passes and also scored on a punt return.
Maclin, meanwhile, has five receiving touchdowns and a kickoff return TD.
"They make a difference not only on the offense but in special teams, and they're a threat," Cowboys coach Mike Gundy said. "I'd say that both of them are worthy of the national recommendations that they're getting for all the awards. Those guys are making a lot of plays."
Having Bryant to go against in practice doesn't necessarily prepare the Cowboys to face Maclin, though.
"I feel that they're different kind of receivers. Dez is more of a down the field, go in the air and get the ball. Maclin is more of a screen-type player, make you miss in space," linebacker Patrick Lavine said. "I feel that they're both really good receivers."
Bryant did get some national recognition earlier this season, when he was named the Walter Camp Foundation national player of the week after his 236-yard receiving game against Houston.
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Kelsey, a three-time all-state selection herself, has been a consistent threat coming off the bench. She has played in all but one game thus far and scored her first collegiate goal in a 3-2 victory against Central Florida.
Francis said the two are very similar players who rely on dynamic speed and quickness to expose defenders with incisive runs from the wings. But they are certainly not without their weaknesses, he said.
physical play of the bigger and stronger defenders they've come up against thus far in the collegiate ranks.
The Clifton's diminutive stature — they are listed at 5-foot-3 — has left them susceptible to the
"I'm a lot smaller than other players, so my physical strength has been a big deal with me," Kortney said. "Just being able to stay on the ball and not get pushed off is something I have to do better."
But college life isn't all work and no play for the Clifftons. Once their commitments are satisfied, their "goofy" side comes out, roommate and freshman defender Sierra Miramontez said.
Off the field, both girls are also slowly settling into the routine that comes with being a student athlete. School. Practice. Study. Sleep. Repeat.
It's a different kind of strain than either experienced in high school.
"It put a lot of stress on me," Kortney said. "I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. You just have to have your time management down, know what you need to do and get it done."
They share a suite in Lewis Hall with Miramontez and freshman midfielder Jordyn Perdue. Between trips for ice cream, sleeping and homework, Miramontez
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And of course Kelsey is no slouch. They are identical twins after all.
"We give them a hard time because they sit together all the time and a lot of the time they'll wear the same things." Francis said. "It's kind of comical."
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The Hurricanes have played 17 games since he offered that answer, lost 10 of them, including a dismal 2-8 mark in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Given their penchant for occasionally booing, some fans are impatient. Players are frustrated that the results haven't been different. Shannon's hair seems to have considerably more wisps of gray than it did when he took the job.
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"National championship." Shannon said.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — On the eve of his first training camp as Miami's head coach, someone asked Randy Shannon how he would define a successful season.
But through the ups and downs — mostly downs — Shannon remains steadfast in his belief that the Hurricanes, even after two close, distressing losses at home over the last two weeks to North Carolina and Florida State, are getting closer to the elite level they crave.
At times, it's men against boys out there, literally.
Take last weekend as an example: Florida State senior Greg Carr outstretched his arm and easily kept Miami freshman cornerback Brandon Harris at bay, then made a one-handed catch in the end zone, looking very much like a big brother embarrassing a much-younger one in the backyard. The play was nullified by a false start, but still, it serves as a microcosm of where the Hurricanes are right now.
“It’s tougher than what I thought it was going to be,” Shannon said. “But the younger guys are doing so much right now, it's probably going to go quicker than we expect, quicker than most people probably think. ... Everybody wants it now. Me, I want it now. Nobody wants to sit back and say, 'Well, it's going to take me four, five years to get it done.'”
"You can't feel sorry for yourself."
Miami has more than a dozen first-year players in key roles this season, and with four prominent upperclassmen now sidelined by injuries — at least three of them the season-ending variety — more freshmen will be added to the depth chart.
"This team reminds me of my younger high school times," Miami quarterback Robert Marve said. "You really have to build a base around you. This game is so great because you see how teams that have been playing together for three or four years look like. And when you can come up and have all the leaders play together, it's something really special. But you have to get your base before you can fight."
Marve — one of the freshmen in starting roles — has gone through this before: His high school, Tampa Plant, wasn't exactly a state power when he became the starter.
By the time he was a senior, and had a core of players whod gone through the growing pains with him, they won a state championship.
"I know what can happen." Marve said.
When Shannon took over, the cupboards weren't bare, but were hardly stocked with talent to Miami standards.
The recruiting class signed in 2005, with no skill position players, left some huge holes that Shannon - who was the defensive coordinator at Miami at that time - and his current staff are working to fill.
"It's a process," Shannon said.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Mike Shanahan hinted he might use defensive end Jarvis Moss at outside linebacker.
That's news to Moss.
"Actually, I don't know anything about it, to be honest. Nobody said anything to me," Moss said Wednesday.
Forty-eight hours earlier, Shanahan had suggested Moss, who has been deactivated three times in five games, could be an effective pass-rusher at linebacker.
"I think Jarvis has the ability to play both as a linebacker and a defensive end. He's in the 240 (pound) range and he still has the speed, so you may see him some as a defensive end and some as an outside linebacker" Shanahan said.
Moss loved the idea, even if he hadn't heard anything about it before reporters told him.
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"I think it's awesome. Any way I can get on the field. If that's my call from the coaches, if that's what they want me to do, that's what I'm going to give 100 percent at," Moss said.
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Playing linebacker wouldn't be new to Moss, either.
He said he's played linebacker before, although it was a long time ago.
"Maybe back in Pop Warner. I was the middle linebacker on the team," Moss said. "While in college, I dropped back into pass coverage."
"It's tough. Any competitor wants to be out there playing and competing, but I just have to continue to work and keep a positive attitude and just control the things I can control," he said.
"Yeah, I would definitely welcome it," he added. "Whatever it is the coaches need."
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That doesn't make him Boston's ace.
BOSTON — Daisuke Matsuzaka will be on the mound for the Red Sox when the AL championship series begins Friday night against the Tampa Bav Ravs.
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Boston Red Sox'Sox Josh Beckett throws in the bulldust during practice at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday in preparation for the American League championship series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Beckett will start Game 2 for the Red Sox.
Josh Beckett is still No. 1 in the Red Sox rotation — especially during the playoffs — even though he had the worst outing of the three Boston starters who faced the Los Angeles Angels in the first round. Beckett, coming off a strained side muscle, is scheduled to pitch Game 2 in the best-of-seven series against the Rays.
"Before Beckett's last start, he was the best postseason pitcher maybe in the history of the game." Red Sox manager Terry Francona said Wednesday after announcing his rotation. "He had the audacity to be a little rusty after two weeks. We don't need to run away from Beckett, we need to get him on a run."
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Instead, Francoma said, the Red Sox scheduled Beckett for the second game because it would give him, Matsuzaka and Game 3 starter Jon Lester essentially the same amount of rest. Tim Wakefield will start Game 4, with Matsuzaka, Beckett and Lester ready to pitch again in Games 5-7 if necessary.
"Nobody's going to throw three," Francona said. "So having those three twice is really what's important, regardless of how it's lined up."
Matsuzaka was 18-3 with a 2.90 ERA this season, best among the Boston starters in both categories. But he also led the rotation with 94 walks, raising his pitch count and limiting him to 167-2 three innings.
"We're going to have to wait him out and see how he's throwing." Rays rookie Evan Longoria said, "It's a little bit different when you're playing in a playoff game. Walks are so important, and if he's going to come out and do what he normally does, he usually walks a ton of guys and throws a lot of pitches early. If we can get him on the ropes early, we've really got to take advantage of that."
In the NL, Philadelphia and the Los Angeles Dodgers begin their series Thursday night, with Cole Hamels facing Derek Lowe in Game 1. The Phillies haven't made it to the World Series since losing to Toronto in 1993, and the Dodgers haven't been there since their victory over Oakland in 1988.
The Red Sox have gone twice since 2004, sweeping the Series both times. But the Rays had never finished above .500 before this year, posting the worst record in the majors in '07.
All season long, the Rays were described as "surprising," and some thought they would falter down the stretch. But with the AL East lead on the line in September, they rallied against Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon at Fenway Park one night and then took the series finale the next in 14 innings to turn back the Red Sox charge.
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"It shouldn't be a surprise 162 games and a playoff series that they're good", Francona said.
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Texas junior quarterback Colt McCoy looks for a receiver as the defense applies pressure. McCoy and the Longhorns take on the Oklahoma Sooners at 11 a.m. Saturday.
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The schedule says it's only the seventh week of the year, but the Big 12 South title may be decided on Saturday.
"People have a misconception that just because you're excited, you do well." Stoops said. "Some individuals perform better when they're more excited. Others need to calm down and think. These kinds of games do rev you up, but we don't count on that to win."
No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 5 Texas will revive their Red River Rivalry at 11 a.m. on Saturday in Dallas. The Big 12 and national titles hang in the balance, as the winner of Saturday's scrum will control its own fate for the rest of the year. Sooners coach Bob Stoops said he needed to keep his team's emotions in check leading up to the contest.
In last year's season of upsets, Oklahoma lost at Colorado after surrendering a 21-0 lead. Texas coach Mack Brown used that game as an example for his team at halftime of last week's Colorado game.
"We told our team that Colorado would feel like they could have the same magic," Brown said. "It will be more fun with both teams 5-0 and playing at a high level."
Brown and Stoops have a long history in this match-up.
Stoops is in his 10th year at Texas, while Brown is in his 11th. In their previous nine meetings, Stoops is 6-3 against Brown.
"It's hard to imagine a coach making it 10 years, especially at high-profile programs like Texas andOU," Brown said.
Each coach has won the rivalry game on the way to a national championship.
CAT FIGHT
Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel alleged that Nebraska players spit on him before their game on Saturday.
Daniel took out his frustrations on the Cornhusker defense with
253 yards and three touchdowns. Still, there's some back-and-forth comments between Daniel and a few Nebraska players since the game.
On Monday's coaches teleconference, Nebraska coach Bo Pelini and Missouri coach Gary Pinkel attempted to squash the rumors.
"It was a lot of he said, he said." Pelini said. "I addressed it with the team and it's over."
Said Pinkel, "As far as I'm concerned from the University of Missouri's standpoint, it's a dead
issue. I'm not going to comment on it."
HOLDING SERVE
Last week the six ranked Big 12 teams played and defeated the six unranked conference squads. Of all the games, only Kansas' 35-33 victory over Iowa State was closer than a 24-point margin of victory.
Kansas State lost to No. 7 Texas Tech 58-28. Red Raider quarterback Graham Harrell tied his career high with six touchdowns, but Wildcats coach Ron Prince remained optimistic.
"We were a step away from putting significant pressure on their quarterback, but a step is all he needs," Prince said.
Colorado lost at home to No. 5 Texas, 38-14. Buffalooes coach Dan Hawkins said he reminded his team that it didn't get any easier for the rest of the season.
"There are a lot of great teams in the Big 12," Hawkins said. "You have to have a thick skin to line up and get ready to play because there's another great QB or great team coming each week."
This week Hawkins's squad plays at No. 16 Kansas.
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the running back position, passing is not enough.
"We want to be the most productive in the country at that position." Leach said.
Red Raider running backs Shannon Woods and Baron Batch have combined to average 6.4 yards per carry in Leach's normally pass happy system. That type of balance could help Leach finally get where he wants: the Big 12 title game. Always standing in his way are Oklahoma and Texas, who square off this weekend.
"The last nine years, Oklahoma has the best record in the Big 12, Texas has the second best record and Texas Tech is third," Leach said. "I'm just trying to figure out how to beat those guys."
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PHILADELPHIA — Sporting freshly trimmed, thick braids instead of his usual dreadlocks, Manny Ramirez has a slightly new look for the NL championship series to go with his reformed West Coast attitude.
On the field, it's the same old Manny. He just keeps hitting.
Ramirez changed the culture of the Los Angeles Dodgers, leading them to the playoffs with a dynamic performance after forcing his way out of Boston.
Riding their slugger's torrid hitting and a couple of masterful pitching performances, the Dodgers swept the heavily favored Chicago Cubs out of the first round. Getting past the Philadelphia Phillies and their strong pitching in the NLCS won't be that easy.
"They're the best team out there," Ramirez said Wednesday. "These guys are great. We don't think we are better than them, but the key in the playoffs is to get in and anything can happen."
Game 1 is Thursday night at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, with Derek Lowe (14-11) on the mound for the Dodgers against Cole Hamels (14-10).
Both teams have several outstanding players and a mix of interesting personalities, but all the focus was squarely on Ramirez the day before the opener. Cameras clicked and microphones followed the enigmatic left fielder everywhere he went before the Dodgers' workout.
Ramirez took it in stride.
Manny loves California, but he hasn't learned to surf just yet. He doesn't have the patience to walk 200 times a year like Barry Bonds. He enjoys playing for manager Joe Torre.
Just don't ask Ramirez about his final days in Boston that ended with plenty of acrimony.
"I don't want to talk about the past," he said. "I don't look back. I move forward. I don't have any thing bad to say about Boston."
minutes and answering questions on a wide range of topics.
"It's not my first rodeo," he said. He was charming, witty and humble, sitting down for nearly 20
That goes for all his critics, too.
"My teammates know what kind of guy I am. That's where I'll leave it," ramizre said.
The 2004 World Series MVP, Ramirez already has two championship rings from his 7½ seasons with the Red Sox. He wants another one with the Dodgers, who wouldn't be here without him.
Ramirez batted .396 with 17 homers and 53 RBIs in 53 regular-season games with Los Angeles. He made a tremendous impact off the field, too, loosening up the clubhouse with his loud music and showing teammates how to relax and have more fun.
"I think he fit us perfectly because of our youth," said Lowe, who also played with Ramirez in Boston. "It was great for our young hitters to see how a superstar goes about his daily business, how hard he prepares, how he doesn't let one pitch or one at-bat affect him."
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Overall, Ramirez hit .332 with 37 homers and 121 RBIs this season. He continued to torn pitchers in the playoffs, going 5-for-10 with two homers, three RBIs and four walks against Chicago.
Mizzou RB leads nation in scoring
BY R.B. FALLSTROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
"I knew this was going to happen. I just kind of sat back and let it happen," coach Gary Pinkel said. "He's got a chance to be a high, high level running back."
The third-ranked Tigers' new go-to running back leads the nation in scoring with 13 touchdowns in the first five starts of his career. Thanks to Washington, Missouri (5-0) hasn't missed Tony Temple, who set a Cotton Bowl record with 281 yards rushing and four touchdowns in his last game with the Tigers.
Washington played sparingly as a freshman last season rushing for 184 yards with one touchdown and 10 receptions. As it turned out he was just biding his time.
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Derrick Washington's ability to find the end zone in high school led him to Missouri, where he's finding touchdowns just as easy to come by.
"When we get the ball down at the goal line, I love to have the ball in my hands," Washington said. "Anytime I get the ball, I'm trying to score. It's happening and I'm liking it."
Washington was part of a mindynasty at Raymore-Peculiar High School, near Kansas City, which won three straight Class 5A state titles from 2004-06 while going 36-3. He totaled 83 touchdowns and 5,500 yards from scrimmage in high school, twice winning Kansas City offensive player of the year.
He was big in the big games, too, scoring 12 touchdowns in the three title games.
Pinkel said Washington's ability to shift gears once he reaches the secondary, and fake out the opposition by looking one way and going another, is unique. On several of his touchdown jaunts, he's been barely touched.
"Not much has changed," said tight end Chase Coffman, a former high school teammate of Washington's. "He still a hard worker, going as hard as he can.
"He sees holes before they open," Pinkel said. "Is he Gale Sayers, is he Walter Payton? He's very unique. I don't know who he looks like, but I like what I see."
Washington's exploits are often overshadowed on a team that features quarterback Chase Daniel and wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, the former a Heisman Trophy finalist and the latter an All-American. But he was perhaps the star in last week's 52-17 rout at Nebraska, Missouri's first victory in Lincoln, Neb., in 30 years.
At a rugged 5-foot-11 and 218 pounds, Washington is as big of a threat between the tackles as on a sweep. Helikes to make a quick cut and go, but can also buldoze defenders for the tough yards.
Washington gained 139 yards on only 14 carries with two touchdowns, and added a third score on a 7-yard reception. He's broken some of Missouri's longest scoring plays, including a 59-yard run against Nevada, a 43-yarden against Nebraska and a 40-yarden against Illinois.
"Being in that starting position, he's bound to break something."
"I feel like I'm under the radar but I kind of like that," Washington said. "We have so many weapons on this offense, and you can't stop all of them."
"When he puts a move on you here, he's always looking over there," Pinkel said. "it's amazing to watch him run. He's always making people miss."
The feature back job was up for grabs in spring practice. Washington beat out senior Jimmy Jackson, who scored seven touchdowns in only 67 carries last year, and has never looked back.
"I think everything worked out for a reason." Washington said.
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Missouri's football program is sending a toy slide viewer to Heisman voters and media in an effort to promote quarterback Chase Daniel for the award.
NEW YORK — In the tradition of the Ryan Leaf leaf, Joey Harrington's Times Square billboard and the DeAngelo Williams mobile, Missouri has found a unique way to remind Heisman Trophy voters to keep an eye out for Chase Daniel.
The Mizzou football slide viewer, a View-master-style toy that's sure to bring back childhood memories, has been showing up in mail boxes of voters and media members around the country.
"I didn't want to do just a mouse pad or a coffee mug, other standard items or more basic items. I didn't want to do anything that people could just toss aside." Missouri sports information director Chad Moller said by phone Wednesday. "We wanted to create a little splash and do it in a classy manner."
Moller credited Missouri men's basketball SID Dave Reiter for the idea. He tossed it during a brainstorming session during the summer. It wasn't an immediate winner, but the idea stuck with Moller.
"I'd never see anyone promote using one of those," Moller said. "I wasn't even sure they even made them anymore."
Moller found a company in Beaver Creek, Ore., called Image3D, that made what he was looking for and ordered 2,500.
"You can argue that we really didn't need to do anything for Chase with him being a finalist last year and coming in on everybody's short list," Moller said. "But we've never been in this place before, so we decided, let's embrace it and have some fun with it."
Promoting Heisman Trophy contenders is almost as much a part of the awards history and tradition as the big bronze statue itself.
Decades ago, that meant getting a player a prime spot in the preseason magazines and sending out posters or fliers touting his accomplishments.
More recently, it's become all about the Internet. Aside from www.ChasetheHeisman.com, football fans can follow the seasons of the two players Texas Tech is pushing for Heisman consideration — quarterback Graham Harrell and receiver Michael Crabtree — at www.passorcatch200.com.
There's www.Patwhiteplayshere, com, which provides all there is to know about the speedy West Virginia quarterback. And Purdue set up www.CurtisPainter12.com to get the word out on its senior quarterback. That's just to name a few.
But every now and then a school comes up with something that truly stands out.
In 1997, Washington State coach Mike Price came up with a very simple idea to promote Leaf, his star quarterback.
Longtime athletic director Rod Commons, who retired last year, had two secretaries fill up a big box with leaves that were falling off the many trees on the Pullman campus that autumn.
"We addressed envelopes with our mailing list and the girls stuck the leaf in there and mailed it out," he said by phone from Pullman.
That was it. No explanation, just a leaf in an envelope with the university's return address.
"It got instant publicity," Commons said. "People started talking about what this leaf was and where it came from."
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10-story billboard in the heart of
New York City.
Moller said he had $50,000 in his promotional budget this season. The slide view project's initial cost was $25,000, he said. He plans to send out more slides (they cost about $1) of Daniel and other players such as Jeremy Maclin and Chase Coffman, who will be promoted for various awards and honors.
Moller said the response he's received on the slide viewer has been all positive, especially among those with young children.
"I wish they could vote," he said.
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RACING Hamilton holds F1 lead, could extend it Sunday
TOKYO — Formula One time leader Lewis Hamilton is confident he can extend his lead over rival Felipe Massa by defending his Japanese Grand Prix title Sunday.
The McLaren driver looked set to win last year's F1 drivers' title in his first season after winning at a rain-soaked Fuji Speedway, but relinquished his 12-point lead in the final two races.
"I feel a lot stronger this year than I did at this time last year," Hamilton said Wednesday. "We have three races left and we'll do everything we can as a team to come out on top."
more than Ferrari's Massa, and another win in Japan would put the British driver in a position to clinch the championship next week at Shanghai.
Massa is coming off a disastrous 13th-place finish at Singapore last month, but isn't ready to concede anything.
Hamilton has 84 points, seven
"We are seven points behind, but there are 30 points in front of us so we will fight to the last lap of the last race," the Brazilian said.
In Singapore, the Ferrari driver pulled away from a pit stop prematurely, taking the fuel rig with him up pit lane. Massa subsequently dropped from the lead to 18th and last place, then incurred a drive-through penalty for an "unsafe release from a pit stop."
Kimi Raikkonen, Massa's Ferrari teammate, is looking to end his run of four races without points, while denying Hamilton a chance to build on his lead.
"It hasn't been the type of season I was expecting." Raikonen said. "Things started out OK, but the last four or five races have not been good. For myself, it is more or less over, but I'll do the best for the team."
Defending world champion
Raikkonen is fourth in the standings, trailing Hamilton by 27 points and BMW-Sauber's Robert Kubica in third by seven.
Last year's race at Fuji Speedway was hampered by heavy rain, but organizers say the forecast is more promising for Sunday's race.
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Tiger set to start playing again after injuring ACL
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"Luckily, I don't play football," Woods said Monday.
Tiger Woods says football players who have the kind of knee surgery that ended his season usually are not at their best for two years.
Woods said his knee will probably be no more than 85 percent strong when he returns, but he sees no reason why he can't get back to the level of play that brought him nine victories in 12 official events this year, no finish worse than a tie for fifth.
One week after winning the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff at Torrey Pines, Woods had surgery to rebuild the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. If the healing process runs its normal course, he said he will not be able to swing a club until January at the earliest.
"The healing process for an ACL is six months," Woods said during a video conference to announce the 16-man field for his Chevron World Challenge in December. "No matter what I try to do, I can't speed up that process. That puts me into January. Unfortunately, I can't rotate, I can practice on that leg until then.
"I believe the stat is after six months, the ACL is 85 percent in strength, and then over the next year-and-a-half, it will gain its 100 percent strength," he said. "So it's basically a two-year process."
Woods said his goal was getting his body healthy for 2009 to compete at a high level.
He said his nine shots of competition, from an eight-shot vie-
tory in the Bridgestone Invitational through his playoff victory at the U.S. Open for his 14th career major, the best start of his career.
"I think I played better in this stretch than I have at any time in my career," said Woods, whose 65 career PGA Tour victories trail only jack Nicklaus (73) and Sam Snead (82). "I may have won more major championships, but I certainly have never been in contention in as many events, or won as many events in a row. I had a pretty good run."
In the only three tournaments he didn't win between August 2007 and June 2008, Woods finished two shots behind Phil Mickelson at the Deutsche Bank Championship; two shots behind Geoff Ogilvy at Doral; and three shots behind Trevor Immelman at the Masters.
But he could face a fresh challenge when he returns.
"Nobody is going to knock Tiger off anywhere," Kim said last week at the Tour Championship. "He's staying there until somebody starts giving him more a challenge on a week-to-week basis, and that's my goal. This gives me an opportunity to know what I need to work on for next year to be ready when he comes back.
Over the last five months, Anthony Kim has emerged as golf's brightest young prospect with victories in the Wachovia Championship and AT&T National at Congressional, along with a starring role in the U.S. victory at the Ryder Cup.
"And I'd love to give him more of a challenge than I did before."
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Patrick McGowan, Springdale, Ark., senior, and Colby Wessel, Kearney, Neb. senior, still practice with the cross country team to help train for their upcoming track season in the spring and mentors to the younger team members. McGowen and Wissel have participated in the cross country program for the last four years and are no longer eligible to run
From 2004 to 2007, Patrick McGowan, Colby Wissel, Hayley Harbert and Paul Hefferon were teammates on the Kansas cross country team. Today they may not have any remaining eligibility, but they're training with this year's team for the upcoming indoor and outdoor track season while helping the team prepare throughout the season.
Lauren Bonds, Hutchinson junior, is one of the current runners that is thrilled that they will come to practice.
"Hayley is one of my favorite people to run with." Bonds said. "She had a good outdoor season last year, and I'm excited she's using her last year here."
Alison Knoll, Shawnee junior,
shared a similar opinion.
"I enjoy running with Hayley at practice, she's a very hard worker. She's helped me out the past couple of years with my running; she is a positive motivational person."
When Harbert ran for the team in 2007, the Shawnee native ran a personal best 6K time of 21:44 at the Midwest Regional, scored points from second to fifth for the Jayhawks and made the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
"I love to practice with the team because it's very motivating to train with others," Harbert said. "Also, when I train with the team it provides a bit of anaerobic running, which I probably wouldn't get by myself."
Harbert believes in the importance of working as a team.
"We definitely talk about our short- and long-term goals, as well as what we're struggling with at different points in the season. As teammates, it's important that we encourage each other because we're
all in it together," she said.
Harbert says that girls consider her a "team mom" because of the age difference between her and the current team.
Like Harbert, Patrick McGowan is also eligible for indoor and outdoor track and is training for a meet in December.
She also says it is important to get mileage in before the season starts. Harbert is eligible for indoor and outdoor track this year beginning in January.
"It's good to be able to train with them so I won't have to train on my own," the Springdale, Ark., senior said.
In 2007, McGowan ran a career best 10K of 32:25 at the Midwest Regionals.
McGowan said that although the team was doing a few different workouts, he was glad to be around them.
"It's great to hang around the team and experience the highs and lows with them," he said.
During practices, McGowan tries to keep everyone entertained. "I try to keep a light-hearted mood around practice," he said. "I make sure everybody's having a good time."
Many of the current team members said he was the funniest.
"He's a pretty funny guy. He's very good at making people laugh." Donny Wasinger, Winona, Minn., freshman, said.
He may joke and give everyone a hard time, but McGowan said he tried to steer the team without being a boss. Bonds said McGowan was very knowledgeable. Both she and McGowan did the Steeplechase event for outdoor track last year
"He taught me everything I know about Steepechase, like all the team drills. He's good to have around," Bonds said.
Another runner the team is glad
to have around is two-time All-American runner Colby Wissel. Wissel was named an All-American in 2006 and 2007, becoming just the fifth runner in school history to receive this honor twice. Wissel finished first for the team in every meet the team competed during 2007, and was the only Jayhawk to go to the NCAA Championships, where he finished 39th overall.
"Colby knows his stuff," Clay Schneider, Topea redshirt freshman, said. "He ran a 7:53 for 3K indoors, which is absolutely phenomenal. I just hope I can be that great; he's a great guy to look up to"
Wissel only has one more year of indoor eligibility remaining and thought it made sense to prepare for it with the team.
"It's nice to work out with these
guys; we do a lot of the same things so it made sense," he said. "Hopefully they can help me and I can help them."
Many of the young runners already learned from Wissel about what to expect in collegiate running.
"He told us about early in the year how different it is from a 5K," Wasinger said. "He knows what he's talking about and you know he's for real."
Danny Van Orslet, Minnatonka, Minn., sophomore, said he and Bret Ingraud, Shawnee junior, learned a lot from living with McGowan and Wissel.
"They've been around longer than us and experienced everything and so it taught us a lot in the social life or in the running world," Orsdel said.
Orsdel said he and Imgrund were where they are today because of their leadership.
Sam Bird, Columbia City, Ind.,
freshman recalled having Wissel be his host for a day during his recruiting visit.
"He showed that all of those great All-American runners live normal lives," he said. "He also showed that anybody can be one of those people if they put the time and the effort."
Bird said that training with Wissel was a confidence booster.
"It's definitely encouraging for the rest of us when we're able to stay with him as we get to see how he trains and what it's like to get to that next level," he said.
Wissel said he thought this team had a lot of depth and potential for some All-Americans.
"When I was a freshman, I was very far from being an All-American, so I wouldn't write anybody off yet," he said. "But there's a lot of talent here and it's important for them to continue to develop."
Fellow All-American Paul
Hefferon, Overland Park senior, trains with the team. However, he is only able to train with the team on Sundays because of scheduling conflicts. Hefferon is ineligible to run for KU; however the Overland Park senior is training for a club meet in December.
Schneider said he talked to Hefferson the most and said he was a good guy to listen to on long runs.
"He's very knowledgeable he has very good insight on the whole thing," he said. "Whenever you are doubting yourself, talk to him. He'll get you going."
Nick Caprario, Kearney, Neb. sophomore, said that their leadership was beneficial.
"They play a big role in helping the new guys, especially the freshmen, understand what we do here."
Edited by Scott R. Toland
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thursday,oct.9
Veggie Lunch. Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 11:30 a.m., all ages, FREE.
Laura Freeman.
Lawrence Public Library, 7
p.m., all ages, FREE.
Unearth/Protest
The Hero/the Acacia
Strain/Gwen Stacy/
White Chapel. The
Granada, 7 p.m., all ages,
$15-$19, www.unearth.tv
The junkyard Jazz Band. American Legion, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., all ages FREE.
Ryan Adams and the
Cardinals. Uptown
Theater, 8 p.m., all ages,
$28.50-$44.50, www.
ryanadams.com
The Maybellies. Davey
Uptown, B p.m., 21+; $10.
the.maybelliesmusic.com
DJ Just. The Czar Bar, 9 p.m., 21+, FREE.
Bring Back Comedy.
The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+,
$3.
Midnight Vinyl/Rusty
Scott. The Eighth Street
Tap Room. 10 p.m., 21+, $3.
Neon Dance Party. The Bottleneck, 10 p.m., 18+, FREE-$5.
DJ ParLe presents,
"Nothin' but '80s."
Fatso, 10 pm., 21+, $2.
friday, oct. 10
FREE play at the Replay. The Replay Lounge, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., all ages, FREE.
T. F.G.I.F.I. with Jet Set Bachelor. The Eighth Street Tap Room, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., 21+, FREE.
Bingo. Eagles Lodge, 7 p.m. all ages, FREE.
Trivia Riot. The Brick, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., 21+.
"Kansas in Heat." The jackpot, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Hitchcock Horror Classics Film Series:
Vertigo. Lawrence Public Library, 7 p.m. all ages, FREE
South 40 Music Festival.
125 NW South St., Topeka,
7 p.m., all ages. $15. www.
s40musicfestival.com.
Lisa Lampanelli. Uptown Theater, 8 p.m., all ages. $38.75. www.inseultcom.com.
A Place to Bury
Strangers. The Record Bar.
9:30 p.m., 18+,$10.
Fashion Monsters: A
Fashion Show to benefit
Burmese typhoon
victims. The Replay Lounge.
9 p.m., 21+, $3.
Wanted. Kansas Union,
Woodruff Auditorium, 8 p.m.,
all ages, $2. www.suoevents.
com.
saturday, oct. 11
Body Boutique WOW Run. Body Boutique, 8 a.m., all ages, $15-$20.
Downtown Farmers'
Market. 7 a.m., to 11 a.m.
all ages, FREE.
Third Day/Switchfoot/ Robert Randolph and the Family/Jars of Clay.
Starlight Theater, 6 p.m., all ages, $30-$125, www.thirdday.com.
The Heeble Jebies. The Gaslight Tavern, 7 p.m., all ages, FREE-$3.
Secondhand Serenade/
Thriving Ivory/I Hate
Kate/Cory Lamb. The Midland
Theater, 8 p.m., all ages,
$20.
Open Jam. Duffy's, 9 p.m.
21+, FREE.
Spooklights, Mr.
History, Mercury Mad
and the Plastic Bitches.
Davey's Uptown, 9:30 p.m.,
$6, www.myspace.com/
thespooklights.
Casitone for the Painfully Alone/III Ease.
The Replay Lounge, 10 p.m.
21+,$3.
Double Trouble with MC Candlepants. The Eighth Street Tap Room, 10 p.m., $21+,$3.
Battle of the Bands. The Beaumont Club, 4 p.m., all ages, $10-$12.
sunday, oct.12
Yuca Roots/The
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myspace.com/ycaroots.
Georga Lopez. The Midland Theater, 8 p.m., all ages, $25-$59.
Smackdown! The Bottleneck, 8:30 p.m., 18+,
-FREE- $5.
Mountain Sprout/
The Maybelles/The
WiseAcres. The Gaslight
Tavern, 9 p.m., 21+,$6, www.
myspace.com/thewiseacres.
Poker Pub. The Pool Room. 10 p.m., 21+, FREE.
monday, oct.13
Rural Grit Happy Hour.
The Brick, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
21+,$3.
Lawrence premiere:
“Watch Out,” a film by
Steve Balderson. Liberty
Hall, 7 p.m., 13+ $10.
Dollar Bowling. Royal Crest Bowling Lanes, 9 p.m.
to 1 a.m., all ages, $1.
Hunger Banquet. Kansas Union, Big XII Room, 6 p.m., all ages, FREES, www.uwea.com.
tuesday, oct.14
Opeth/High on Fire/
Baroness. The Beaumont
Club. 7 p.m., all ages, $20, www.
highonfire.net.
Tuesday Night Folk Concerts. Signs of Life, 7:30 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Tuesday Nite Swing
Kansas Union, 8 p.m. to 11
p.m., all ages, FREE.
Jason and the Punknecks. The Brick.
10 p.m., 21+, $5-$7, www.
punknecks.com.
Voodoo Organist/The Spook Lights. The Replay Lounge.10.p.m. 21+,$2, www.thevoodooorganist.com.
wednesday, oct.15
Chess Night at Almee's.
Almee's Coffee House, 7 p.m.,
all ages, FREE.
Final Debate Watch Party. Abe & Jake's Landing, 7 p.m.to 10 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Locksley/Hymns/Lisa
Donnelly. The Bottleneck,
8 p.m., all ages, $9-$11, www.
bandoflocksley.com.
venues
The Beaumont Club
4050 Pennsylvania
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 561-2560
The Brick
Davey's Uptown
1727 McGee St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 421-1634
3402 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.,
(816) 753-1909
The Midland Theater
1228 Main Street
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 283-9900
The Pool Room
925 Iowa Street
Lawrence
(785) 749-5039
The Record Bar
1020 Westport Rd.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-5207
The Replay Lounge
946 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 749-7676
Signs of Life
722 Massachusetts
Lawrence
(785) 830-8030
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When I made it to the state level of the junior Miss scholarship competition, my coach,Tracie, decided to mandate two hours of mock interviews a few days a week. Tracie sometimes even videotaped (gasp!) my interview.
I actually found myself enjoying the challenge and learning how to improve my interview skills, even though the video revealed some regrettable and hilarious raffles.
editor's note
Still, I was a teenager and sometimes had other things I'd rather be doing.
I felt interviewed-out as my two wours were up during one time.
session. My mind wandered to pressing teenage concerns of finishing my homework and what I should wear the next day.
While I was deciding whether to wear my hair wavy or straight, Tracie sprang one last question on me. Current events.
"A blue grape!" I blurted out, I had no idea that the U.S. government was facing imminent attacks of blue grapes. Tracie raised her eyebrow at me and gave a you-better-stay-focused look.
She asked about my position on the government's involvement in the Abu Ghraib scandal. I snapped out of my mindless thoughts and back into the room.
It wasn't until college that I really started to appreciate those mock interview sessions. I knew to take off my passion pink nail polish, dress conservatively and eliminate awkward "uhs" and "umms" from my responses. I understood my strengths and weaknesses. I knew how to gracefully tackle unexpected questions and knock the ones I had prepared for out of the ballpark.
Heather's story on page 9 provides professional interview tips, some unbelievably bad interview experiences and how to schedule your own mock interview on campus.
- Sasha Roe, associate editor
You'll be prepared for any question they throw at you.
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Creating a scene
More graduates of the University's film program are staying in Lawrence, creating steady growth of the city's film community
By Matt Bechtold mbechtold@kansan.com
CORRECTION
"Action!"
The actor slides open the creaky window and peers inside. He looks over his shoulder at the camera and delivers his line in a hushed voice.
"I don't think anyone's in there."
But that statement is far from true. Gaffers, grips, sound engineers and makeup artists sit in hushed silence just off camera. The cast and crew are current and former KU film students working to produce director Franco Leng's first feature film since he graduated from the University in 2008. The film, tentatively titled Pwned, is about feuding hardcore video gamers, and is being filmed entirely in Lawrence.
More films are being made here every semester, and the trend only seems to be growing as students opt to stay in Lawrence to make their first movies rather than flocking to the coast to get a job in Hollywood.
"I hope part of the reason they're not leaving is that they've seen other filmmakers not do that," says Kevin Willmott, associate professor of theater and film and director of C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America and Bunker Hill.
"Lawrence is such an amazing arts town," Osbern says. "There's art everywhere. In some ways, we're almost oversaturated with art. Everywhere you go there's art on the walls or a musician playing or a poetry reading. It's a great town that supports art and all the different endeavors that people do."
"One of the things that Matt Jacobson and I have tried to stress is that you don't have to leave," Willmott continues. "You just need to make a really terrific film and that film can take you where you want to go." Matt Jacobson is another associate professor of theater and film at the University.
Willmott says it's much easier to make films at home, where there's a base of support and a film community to connect with.
Jeremy Osbern, a 2004 graduate of the University's film program, says that while there were great filmmakers in Lawrence when he graduated, there weren't very many. That's why Osbern opted to stay in Lawrence and start his company. Through A Glass Productions, where he works as a director, director of photography and gaffer on various films, music videos and television commercials in the Midwest.
Muriel Green, Arcadia senior in theater and film, co-wrote her first documentary as a
(Above) Scott Root, Abilene junior and KU Filmworks president, prepares to film Kai Winika, a 2008 film grad, for a production demo. (Right) Patrick Ross, Lawrence junior, films on stage at Music for the Masses in South Park on Sunday. Ross and other members of Filmworks intend to film more events like MFTM to raise the visibility of their group. Above: Photo by Alex Bonham-Carter Right: Photo by Chance Dibson
Above: Photo by Alex Bonham-Carter Right: Photo by Chance Dibben
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student while working part-time for Through A Glass Productions.The film, titled Medicine Under Canvas, tells the stories of doctors and nurses from KU Medical Center who served together in World War II field hospitals. It will premiere in Kansas City, Mo., at the
Get involved in Lawrence film projects
KU Filmworks
Meets Sundays at 8 p.m. at Oldfather Studios, 1621 W Ninth St.
groups.ku.edu/~kufilm
Karlsas Film Commission Provides services and resources for Kansas filmmakers. kdoch.state.ks.us/kdtfilm
Wild West Film Fest
Make a film in 48 hours with secret criteria given at sign-up on Oct.24.The film is due Oct.26, and Liberty Hall will screen the films on Nov.2. For more information, visit www.wildwestfilmfest.org.
Local film screening Bunker Hill Directed by Kevin Willmott Oct. 3 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Screentland Theatre in Kansas City, Mo.
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Photo by Alex Bonham-Carter
Scott Root, center, and other members of Filmworks gather Sunday for a meeting at Oldfather Studios, 1621 W.Ninth St.
Screenland Theatre on Nov. 11.
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"I'd like to stay in Lawrence," Green says. "I think there are a lot of neat stories to tell in Kansas."
Collin Martin, Olathe junior, and Tony Ontiveros. 2006 film graduate, shoot promotional photographs of Kai Winika for a project entitled "Beardology" at Sunday's Filmworks meeting To see video and sound slides of Filmworks in action, visit Kansas.com/Jayplay.
Photo by Chance Dibben
Willmott agrees, citing his ability to work directly with the Kickapoo and Pottawattamie tribes as just one way local filmmakers are able to take advantage of things Hollywood just doesn't have access to. Willmott is nearing completion of his third feature film, The Only Good Indian, which is about the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society during the origins of modern-day Haskell Indian Nations University.
This burgeoning film scene in Lawrence is also a result of the assistance many upand-coming filmmakers receive from the student organization KU Filmworks.
"I think it's one of the things that independent film can do that Hollywood's just not going to do," Wilmott says. "Hollywood's not going to make that film, at least not in the way we can. You take advantage of their lack of interest in certain areas and you market that."
"Filmworks is designed to get film students, along with filmmakers in the area, involved in film production in and around Lawrence," says John Tenholder, Topeka senior and Filmworks treasurer.
Scott Root, Abilene junior and KU Filmworks president, says more students are staying in Kansas because they have a network of people here who are passionate about filmmaking. Root also cites the declining cost of equipment as a reason, as it enables the average filmmaker to afford cameras on par with those of major film studios.
In June, with the help of Student Senate. Root says Filmworks was able to purchase a new high-definition digital camera that can dramatically improve their films' quality and also decreases the cost of recording media.
Leng says his involvement with Filmworks led him to Los Angeles to work on a film directed by former members of Filmworks. He says the experience opened his eyes to what it takes to make it on a film set.
"They schooled us pretty good," Leng says. "They know that if you do hope to go to the coast that it's tough on your own, being from Kansas. They were very nice and kind and helped us transition. Once I'd been to L.A. and come back, I knew what I had to do."
Ryan Danbro,former KU student,was one of the four original members of Filmworks His most recent project is a short film called Barroom Heroes,which is about superheroes coping with the expectations placed on them by society.The film is currently in post-production.
"I've heard this phrase so many times
that it's almost a cliché to me now, but film is a collaborative art form," Danbro says. "You need to know people if you're going to make a decent project. You need to know people who are talented and not difficult, and that's why Filmworks is such a great concept. You're with people who want to make movies. You should really do some stuff in your small pond before you think about going to a bigger one."
Muriel Green is no stranger to Filmworks, and she credits much of her success to the organization.
"I was really involved with KU Filmworks when I first got here, and it was one of those sad moments when I realized you had to go on to the next step," Green says. "I think that's a credit to the organization, because they really give you the networking and advice and experience to push you further in your craft."
Green says KU Filmworks enabled her to gain greater production experience than she would have received in the classroom alone, which explains the organization's growing appeal.
"Filmworks gives you the chance to jump right into making movies on group projects and get your feet wet," Green says. "And it has grown. I heard there were like 50 people at the last meeting. The organization has
really blossomed from what I've seen."
Filmworks is open to all KU students or graduates in the Lawrence area, and you don't have to be a film student to join.
"It's not just people who are interested in directing and camera," John Tenholder says.
"We have English majors who are interested in writing scripts, we have theater students who are interested in acting. It's for people who are interested making films in all their aspects."
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Question Answer with Harry Shaffer, professor of economics
After 51 years of teaching economics at the University of Kansas, Professor Harry Shaffer decided to take a leave of absence this semester because of recent health problems. Shaffer is 89 years old and has been teaching economics for the past 60 years.
He was born in 1919 to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria, and moved to Havana, Cuba, in 1938 to avoid the Nazi regime. After two years of hiding in Cuba, Harry came to the United States.
Shaffer taught at the University of Alabama for six years before joining the Economics Department at the University of Kansas. He has published 11 books, one of which is a required text for Economics 104 at the University.
The beloved professor recently took time to chat with Jayplay about his life and his passion for economics.
Q: What was it like leaving Vienna when the Nazis invaded in 1938?
A: I came to the U.S. in 1940 and served in intelligence for the U.S. army.After breaking my collarbone in a serious car accident, I was discharged after only a year and a half.I went on to get my bachelor's and master's degrees in economics at NYU.
Q: When did you come to the United States?
Q: You decided to resign from the University of Alabama. Why?
when the Nazis invaded in 1938?
A: When the Nazis came, my mother knew that we had to leave immediately.
My other family members didn't think it was going to be as serious as it was. I left and went to Italy to live with my father. I remember my passport had a huge Jewish star on it. When Mussolini and Hitler got together, I fled to Paris. Then I got a Visa and moved to Havana where my mother and sister were hiding.
A: In 1956, a girl by the name of Autherine Lucy was the first black woman to be admitted to the University of Alabama. About 3,000 students protested this admittance and threw rocks at Lucy. The University expelled her on charges of defamation after she claimed the University did not provide her with adequate protection.After the University did nothing to help her; I felt I could no longer be honorably associated with the school.
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Contributed photo Professor Shuffer and his wife, Betty.
Q: How did you meet your wife, Betty?
A: We call it our story. It's a very famous story. I was going to Boston to give a talk at Harvard University and I was stuck in New York because of a horrible snowstorm. Betty was also trying to go to Boston to visit her son who was a student at Harvard. She was stuck in New York, too. We ended up both taking the same train to Boston, and the rest is history.
Q: Any funny moments with students?
A: I get these really funny evaluations some years. One said, "Ah, Harry. It was fun, you old-timer. You took me on a wild ride. Things got a little crazy, but I don't regret a thing." Another said something like, "I think I may be in love with Harry. Call me you sexy beast, you."
Q: What do you think about the economic crisis that we're in now?
A: I think the government has to do something. I would say use less tax rebates for the wealthy and more tax rebates for the people who are less fortunate. If that makes me liberal, so have it.
Does it feel weird not to be reaching?
A: I've been an economics professor for 60 years. I would love to teach right now, but it would be hard to teach 500 students while on oxygen. I want to get better so I can come back.
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What if you could hire a photographer who was part ninja? Someone who could hide the camera so your interactions with people and the smile on your face were truly authentic? You could get a glimpse of how others really see you, because for the first time you would also able to see the real you on film.
This novel concept is being offered by Izaz Rony, of Brooklyn, N.Y.His company is called Methodlaz (www.methodizaz.com), and Izaz is generally cited as the pioneer of this candid photography service concept.
Using information provided by the client about his or her weekly routine, the photographer arrives unseen by the client and captures everyday moments in the client's life, such as shopping, going out with friends or studying in the park.
Completely unaware of when, where or how your photo would be taken—or even what the photographer looks like—you might dress a bit sharper (or wish you had), but the "you" captured on film will be authentic.
Methodlaz photo clients have the option to get their pictures in color, black and white or even sepia tone to give them a different look.
The advent of MySpace, Facebook and other social networking sites has created
the new desire for ordinary people to have extraordinary photos of themselves. The typical, posed mirror-shot will no longer suffice.
Kelsey Hays-Lenihan, Brooklyn, N.Y., sophomore, says she uploads new photos to her Facebook every month and would be interested in such a service if it came to Lawrence.
"Every time you get a candid shot, it's always more interesting," Hays-Lenihan says.
Photo media major Allie Burch, Rochester, Minn., junior, says while she hadn't heard of this service, she's heard of others doing similar things, and might even consider shooting for a candid photography service herself.
"That's the kind of photography I aim for," Burch says. "Capturing personalities that are unhindered by knowing that someone is watching them."
Be on the lookout for this concept to spread to other cities around the country. Is that the paparazzi following that guy? Is that girl an incognito celebrity? No, those are just their candid photographers.
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Get more than your foot in the door
What you need to know to nail a job interview
SINCE 2014
By Heather Melanson hmelanson@kansan.com
Tricia Cooper, human resources coordinator at PlattForm Advertising in Lenexa, once received a box containing a mannequin foot with a pink sock on it and a note that said,"Just trying to get my foot in the door."
The applicant didn't get an interview, and Cooper now uses the mannequin foot as a doorstop.
Another applicant decided to impress Cooper with his origami skills. Cooper had a cube of paper on her desk, and twice during his interview the applicant asked for a piece of paper, from which he produced origami that he gave to her.
A week later the applicant delivered a box filled with origami. He didn't get the job.
You probably won't try to anything similar to the applicants Cooper has dealt with.
However, many of us will be headed into the workforce soon. Here's a guide on the ins-and-outs of interviewing from University Career Center senior associate director Wendy Shoemaker and assistant director Melissa Johnson.
Dress code and what to bring
Photo illustrations by Jessica
Look professional and dress on the conservative side. A well-tailored suit is a good investment, and don't let skirts go above the knees.
Come up with personal examples or stories so you'll be prepared to show an employer you're qualified for the position.
Preparation
Bring copies of your resume and a list of references. Bring a portfolio if it applies to the position you've applied for.
You should also know how your skills or qualifications can apply to the job or internship. Make it clear to the employer why you should be hired.
An employer will ask you what you know about their company or organization, so you need to have done some research when you show up to the interview.
Dylan Briggs.Hays senior,says he prepared for his interview with the Kansas Chamber of Commerce by checking out its Web site to see what it does,what it wants to achieve and who works there.Briggs says this helped him tailor his responses to questions.
Sain-Baird You only get one chance to impress a potential employer at an interview. Don't mess it up with awkward or offensive conversations and actions.
Study beforehand
Mock interviews are also a good way to practice for an interview. You can do a mock interview with a friend or in front of the mirror.
You can also sign up to do mock interviews with advisors at the University Career Center.An advisor will ask standard interview questions as well as job-specific questions.
The center will videotape the mock interview and review it with you afterwards for feedback.
Don't do it. You want to show the employer what you can contribute, not your money concerns. The appropriate time to negotiate pay is after you've been offered the position.
Interview behavior
Mentioning pay
Arrive early and greet the employer with a handshake and smile. During the interview, make sure to maintain eye contact and show interest. The employer will be able to tell if you don't care to be there.
Responding to questions
This response baffled Cooper and the
Cooper once asked an interviewee about her weaknesses. The woman started to respond well by saying she thought she was too hard on herself. Her response went downhill when she added, "And I have this horrible feeling that I'm really ugly. I think I look like Shrek."
only reply she could muster was, "I think you're beautiful."
Cooper says it's important to really think about your response. It's better to pause for a moment, she says, and think of a good response.
Follow-ups
It's okay to ask a potential employer about his or her timeline so you know your status. If you don't hear back, call and politely check on your status.
Also, send a thank-you note within 36 hours of the interview. And no, origami isn't a substitute thank-you note. Include something you talked about with the employer.Avoid sending it in an e-mail.
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Accelerate your computer
How to shift your computer's performance into high gear
By Ariel Tilson atilson@kansan.com
Josey Kruse, Beloit junior, loves her new Mac. Her old computer, a Dell laptop, didn't perform nearly as well.
"It always took forever to start up, shut down, or do anything like adding new programs," Kruse says.
This is her third laptop, so she knows what she's looking for when it comes to an upgrade.
Saving enough money for that brand new computer can take a long time,but simple maintenance can give your computer a better chance to survive the college years.
Clean it up
Ray Brady, an IT specialist with Geeks on Wheels, says you need to defragment your computer's hard drive once a month for it to run smoothly. Defragmenting can take up
to two hours to complete,but the more it's used,the faster the process will go.
On most computers, you can find the defragment option under the "system tools" menu, but if you can't find it, use the help file.
"The least-used application on any computer is the help file. Nobody uses it anymore." Brady says.
The help file can answer any maintenance questions you have, although most, like defragmenting, are pretty self-explanatory.
Brady says it's also important to delete the temporary folders through your Internet browser as often as possible. Delete the history and cookies once per week or every other day if you do a lot of browsing. You can set your computer to do this automatically in your Browser Preferences.
Also, reduce desktop clutter and delete any applications that aren't used. However, Brady says you might want to leave the items in the recycle bin for a few days before
deleting them, just in case they're programs you need.
Most importantly, Brady says you need to educate yourself about what applications are running by default at your computer's start-up, or are installed but are not actually running. You can view these on Windows under Windows Defender in the Control Panel.
To make your computer squeaky clean, save everything to an external hard drive, completely delete them and then reinstall from scratch. Brady says you should only do this as a last resort if your computer has been neglected for a long time, but it will be faster and more effective than deleting items individually.
Computers also need physical cleaning. Brady says to use canned air to clean the dust that, over time, can coat hardware and accumulate in the intakes under laptops and the vents behind desktops. Dust can cause your machine to overheat and die.
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Speed it up
Your computer also needs updated spyware and virus scans to keep it running efficiently. Ty Davis, Bonner Springs senior, works at the Tech Shop at the Kansas Union Book Store and says you need two basic spyware programs, Spybots S&D and Adaware, to protect your computer.
"It's like two people mopping. One program will catch the other's mistakes." Davis says.
Both programs offer free versions online that cover your computer's basic needs and are easy to use.
If your computer is still running too slow, Davis says you may need to
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Clint Wiseman
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New computer: A Hewlett Packard
laptop he bought online two or three
months ago.
Old computer: A Dell desktop that
was too slow.
Makin' the upgrade
Makin' the upgrade
It's not easy to save up enough dough to buy a new computer. Here's a look at why some students upgraded, and what they decided to upgrade to.
Ben Compton
Lenexa sophomore
New computer: A Hewlett Packard laptop bought a week and a half ago.
Old computer: This is his first computer, and he used to use the computer labs on campus, but they were always full, especially at Anschutz and the School of Architecture.
Jaime Ryan
Salina freshman
New computer: A black Mac book she bought from the Apple store online at the beginning of the year.
Old computer: A desktop, which got a virus from Limewire that started deleting things off the computer.
Clint Wiseman
Ottawa senior
New computer: A Hewlett Packard laptop he bought online two or three months ago.
Old computer: A Dell desktop that was too slow.
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purchase additional RAM, or memory. He says you should consult a professional at the store to decide what kind and how much you really need. You can find out how much memory your computer has by clicking on "About this Mac" under the apple icon for a Mac computer, or by clicking on "Properties" under "My computer" for a PC.
Back it up
Jaime Ryan, Salina freshman, had to buy her new laptop at the beginning of the year after a virus from a LimeWire download started deleting files from her computer.
Both Brady and Davis say that the most common problems students have can be prevented if they would back up their computers with external hard drives. An external hard drive will store all the files you need as well as the ones you don't use as frequently.
When you get new programs you can add them to the external hard drive so they won't slow your computer and it will save you if the worst happens, and the internal hard drive crashes.
External hard drives usually start
at $100 for 250 GB, and Mac OS 10.5 "Leopard" comes with "Time Machine," which can store up to 160 GB on its hard drive.
Upgrade
So, you've finally saved enough money and you can't deal with your old laptop any longer. Davis and Brady also have some tips to help with your next purchase.
Davis says you shouldn't be afraid to dish out at least $1,000 for your new laptop.
He says the most important things to look for are the processor, hard drive and DVD burner, which can't be changed or are difficult to change once the laptop is purchased.
As far as brand goes, Brady says you should buy whatever you've had luck with in the past and invest in an extended warranty.
Ryan and Kruse are definitely satisfied with their upgrade choices, but if that's not an option for you, you can still find satisfaction in the improved performance of your old yet well-maintained computer.
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The most environmentally friendly way to clean your clothes is probably the way your grandmother did it: with a bucket of hot water, lye soap and a clothesline. Fortunately, you don't have to throw out your modern day laundry appliances to be green, just follow these tips.
To conserve energy, Jennifer Wilber, grocery manager at The Merc,901 Iowa St., says you should only use the cold water setting on your laundry machine. And, to conserve water, Wilber suggests you use the smallest cycle setting for your load of laundry, but wash as many clothes as you can in one load.
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When buying laundry detergents, Wilber says you should buy in bulk and always read the labels to avoid any that contain phosphate, which is harmful to the environment. She says that ultra-
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Casey Millstein, co-owner ofThe Casbah Market, 803 Massachusetts St., says Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day Laundry Detergent is the store's best-selling green brand because of its pleasing scent and affordability.
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Suntruck Music A Citizen Experience
Daytrippin'
How to have fun,spend little and stay close to home during fall break
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By Susan Melgren smelgren@kansan.com
Here's my Fall Break dilemma: I can't afford to go anywhere fun,and even if I could,I'm too cheap to spend a lot of money on entertainment. But if I sit
After fighting traffic on Band Day and problems with my car (the speedometer frequently plumms to zero for no reason and the gears resist shifting from first to second), my friend Allison and I hit the road for KC. First stop: Zona Rosa shopping center.
around Lawrence for two extra days staring at my unusually bare walls and frequenting the same spots I have for three years, I'm going to lose it. I need a break. And a cheap one at that.
Sound familiar? Luckily, we don't have to travel far from Lawrence to find entertainment and we don't have to spend a fortune doing it. One weekend in September, I took two day trips to places only an hour from Lawrence, and I found a variety of things to do: shopping, hiking, good nightlife, interesting art and even a little bit of history.
Zona Rosa
Although the Legends is closer to Lawrence, a trip to Zona Rosa in north Kansas City, Mo., is well worth the extra 20 or 30-minute drive. You can find stores here you won't find in Lawrence, such as Victoria's Secret, Forever 21 and Men's Wearhouse, but Zona Rosa's charm isn't in its shops. It's in the layout and architecture.
Built in 2004, Zona Rosa is modeled after the original Zona Rosa, a business and entertainment district in Mexico City. When the second phase of development is complete this fall, it will cover about 500,000 square feet, almost twice as much area as the Plaza.
Shopping here feels like taking a step into another city, where life moves a little slower. Benches and street lamps adorn wide sidewalks. Interspersed among the stores are parks. Green lawns surround fountains and invite me to relax for a bit. Because the architecture of each store differs from that of its neighbor, Zona Rosa evokes days when shopping was downtown on Main Street. It has a nostalgic feel to it, but with a modern twist. Big anwings cover large glass doors and
olequently dressed mannequin grace the expansive window displays of storefronts.
Allison and I arrive at Zona Rosa midafternoon and park in one of its 2,700 spaces. It even has some metered, street-side parking, the proceeds of which go to six charities each year. During October, money will go to Sheffield Place, a housing program for homeless mothers and children.
Neither Allison nor I feel like shopping, so we casually stroll in and out of stores window shopping, laughing at a sequined skirt and intently studying what appear to be black leather leggings. Even though it's a Saturday afternoon and the weather is nearly perfect—75 degrees, blue sky, puffy white clouds—Zona Rosa doesn't feel crowded, even with lots of people there.
Lima!
Before we leave, Allison and I stop at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. After ooiling the glass displays of fudge and sampling Pop Rock Bark, I settle on a frozen banana.The rich chocolate melts smoothly and contrasts nicely with the simple, sweet taste of the banana.It's well worth the shame of eating so phallic a treat in public.Allison orders a Tiger Butter Caramel Apple, and we enjoy our treats in another of Zona Rosa's parks. It's the perfect ending to a relaxing afternoon.
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art sits in a neighborhood a few blocks east of the Plaza near the Nelson-Atkins Museum and the Kansas City Art Institute. It opened in 1994 and houses 10 to 12 special exhibitions a year as well as a permanent collection, which includes the art of Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keefe and others.
The museum sits on a sloping, meticulously manicured lawn. Random sculptures dot the grass: a depressed-looking clown, an oversized spindly-legged spider. The building is an impressive architectural structure. In the atrium, polished black tile floors reflect 22-foot high walls that lead to a skylight. The museum is unnaturally quiet, but the silence is alive. Whispers and the sound of movement reverberate off the walls and floors.
We turn off our cell phones and walk to the first wing, it's massive and quiet. Lightwood floors stretch across the room, broken
by a few pieces: a reposed horse called *Ahulani* by Deborah Butterfield, an arrangement of black orbs by Robert Chambers called *Ethanol* and two yellow-cream walls that hold more art. In the middle of the room I find my favorite piece. Twenty-one butterflies sit atop slender silver poles that lead down to aluminum boxes. With a click and a whir, tiny wires connected to the butterflies move their wings up and down. Slowly. Methodically. Rhythmically. Mesmerized by the soothing motion and the nearly inaudible sound, I can't help but stare.
The museum has quite a variety of pieces; paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs and installations.The permanent collection includes more than a thousand pieces, although not all are displayed.
Kemper provides an enjoyable experience for everyone, not just for art lovers. The silence of the museum and the beauty of the art stimulate the mind and calm the soul.
Main photo:The Town Square of Zona Roso shopping center surrounds the popular Children's Fountain. Far left:"Ethanol," a sculpture by Robert Chambers, is on display at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art's temporary collection." "Transfigure." Far center:The scenic overlook in Weston Bend State Park provides a picturesque view of the Missouri River. Close left: A chef cooks up a delicious burger at Chef Burger in the Power and Light District. Upper right:A football game is shown on the big screen in the Power and Light District where bands frequently play. Close right: O'Malley and Son,a bar inWeston,Mo.,is a popular venue for local bands.
Power and Light District
Kemper was relaxing, but after being silent for so long, I needed something loud. Something flashy and exciting. So Allison and I
We poke our heads briefly into Lucky Strike Lanes, a swanky retro-themed bowling lounge that takes up half a block. We also
KC Live! has a variety of themed bars and restaurants, most of which are 21 to enter. After having our IDs checked, Allison and I walk into a partially covered courtyard consisting of two levels and 14 entertainment venues. The combination of the enclosure, the lights, the noise and beer makes KC Live! feel like a circus or a giant party. At one end of the massive courtyard, a tall video screen hangs above a stage. From there to the other end of the courtyard—nearly a block long—patrons stand around tables, buy beer from a Budweiser kiosk and lounge on deep benches covered in thick black cushions that protrude from stone walls.
headed for the Power and Light District.
The Power and Light District packs a lot of restaurants, bars and shopping into eight blocks next to the Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City, Mo. We spend most of the evening in KC Live! one block of enclosed nighttime entertainment. Parking was relatively easy to find, close to the entertainment and only $2.
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hover outside Howl at the Moon, a dueling piano bar that hosts a band featuring—you guessed it—two pianos, as well as a drummer and several saxophonists.
Allison and I switch our hunt from bars to burgers and cross the street to eat at Chef Burger, a locally-owned burger joint. Although the menu at Chef Burger sports a variety of interesting creations, I order the original Chef Burger: two thick patties of high-quality beef nestled between a toasted, greasy bun. It's terribly messy, but the Chef Burger is one of the best burgers I've ever had. The restaurant also has a variety of spiked shakes.
Appetite sated, we return to KC Livel where they check our IDs yet again. (Be warned: this is definitely not for the under-21 crowd. I had my ID checked at least five times in an hour and a half. Maybe it's because I look 16. Regardless, they're tight with security.)
Weston Bend State Park
We check out PBR Big Sky Bar next, a country-western bar that features a mechanical bull with a freakishly realistic head. Next to the bull ring, a dance floor where couples twirl around and sing loudly to the deafening music played through the entire bar. I have to yell at Allison if we want to talk, but I find myself enjoying the atmosphere—even though I don't like country music.
For my second day of day tripping, I drag along my boyfriend, Nick. We head northeast on 1435 and take exit 22 for Weston and Parkville.
Right away the road starts to curve with the natural shape of the land, weaving around hills, plunging into valleys and cresting over hilltops through a densely wooded countryside. The road eventually straightens out and for most of the journey we follow the straight line of the railroad tracks on our left.
It takes about an hour to get to Weston Bend State Park from Lawrence. As we pull into the turnoff, my excitement mounts. The temperature is in the 70s again, and it's a good day to hike. We roll the car windows down and breathe in the outdoors.
We stop first at the scenic overlook. From high atop a hill, we can see the murky brown Missouri River cutting a ribbon through the hilly scenery. It's a view Lewis and Clark might have shared on their travels through the area.
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On our way back to the car we pick up a map of the park's eight hiking trails. After failing to find the first trail I picked, Nick and I decide instead to try the North Ridge Trail, which is a total of two miles long.
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Main Street in Weston, Mo., features the historic St. George hotel built in 1845. The 26-room hotel is still open for business and includes the River Bend Bakery and Wine Bank
The trail descends into a valley. The wooded land sleepily slopes away from the path. At times the path narrows and the undergrowth brushes my knees and tickles my shin. I stop every once in a while to take pictures of the caterpillars and purple flowers we find on our way.
We turn back about 15 minutes in. After ducking under half a dozen spider webs (and walking through twice that many), we've had enough. But for a more adventurous person I would recommend this trail. The only noise you'll hear is the hum and chirp of bugs and the rustling of the wind through the trees. Tiny frogs jump at our feet as we follow the winding trail though a dense clump of woods. Several minutes into the hike we even found some abandoned forestry machinery, rusted from age and neglect. The trail has a derelict feeling, but in a good way.
After lunching on slightly smushed PB&Js and jalapeno chips, Nick and I set off down the Harpst Valley Trail, which is better maintained and thus more enjoyable to hike on. The path is smooth and narrow, interrupted occasionally by a random tree.
Alone in the woods, it's easy to collect your thoughts and de-stress after a long week.
Weston, Missouri
Two minutes north of Weston Bend State Park is Weston, Mo. In the mid-1800s, when the Missouri River used to pass by the town, Weston was the second-most important port on the river and boasted a population larger than that of Kansas City at the time. Today, the Missouri River has changed course and Weston has only 2,000 residents, but the town's history still plays a major role in its business.
Nick and I spent most of our time on Main Street.The major portion of Main runs just a few blocks long,but it's packed with stores and restaurants,many of historical value. McCormick Country Store holds
the remnants of a large whiskey distillery founded in Weston in 1856. The distillery, two miles outside town, no longer makes whiskey, but it does create blended drinks such as ready-to-drink margaritas. The store offers a sampling bar where you can try any of the liquor before purchasing it.
We ate dinner at American Bowman Restaurant, which is connected to Weston's popular O'Malley's pub. Heavy wooden tables, mismatched chairs and oil-burning lamps make me feel like I'm eating at an old-fashioned pub or inn. The restaurant boasts a number of traditional Irish dishes such as Beef in Guinness and Ham and Cheese Pye. After dinner, as we slipped into a food coma, Nick and I both rave about how delicious the dinner was, especially the cheddar ale soup.
Because the shops in Weston are small and locally owned, they have a comfortable, homy feel. I enjoyed SB&Co, a candle store that offers hand-poured candles in more than two hundred scents like Vanilla, Chocolate-Covered Strawberries and Clean Undies. Nick was fascinated with Main Street Galleria, a corner store with an old-fashioned soda fountain that sells ice cream and homemade fudge.
"It's just a sleepy Sunday afternoon." Nick says as we leave the restaurant.
I suspect it's like this most days. Because Weston is small, it has a relaxed, comfortable feel to it. A quaint historical town, Weston is a wonderful getaway for a weekend. If you want to stay overnight, the town offers a number of cozy bed and breakfasts, as well as a historical hotel on Main Street.
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Six degrees get even closer
How the separation theory applies to the gay and lesbian community
By Matt Hirschfeld mhirschfeld@kansan.com
The Facebook group "Gay Six Degrees of Separation" plays off the six degrees of separation theory, which refers to the idea that every person in the world is connected to everyone else by a chain of no more than six people. This means that the people you know are connected to you by one degree, the people they know by two degrees, and so on. So, in theory, fewer than six people separate you from anyone, whether it be Brad Pitt or President Bush.
The six degrees theory is both an academic area of interest and a pop culture phenomenon. The popular trivia game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" challenges players to try to connect any actor to Kevin Bacon through his or her film roles.
Joe Kapp, a financial advisor in Washington,D.C., and financial columnist for The Advocate, has concluded, however, that the gay and lesbian community is connected by far fewer than six degrees.
When Kapp became president of Potomac Executive Network, the gay and lesbian chamber of commerce in D.C., he wanted everyone in the organization to be connected with each other, which led to the
Is this for real?
A 2007 study by Microsoft called "Planetary-Scale Views on a Large Instant-Messaging Network" concluded that everyone in a given country is connected by an average of 6.6 degrees.The study used records of 30 billion electronic conversations from 240 million people around the world.Below are the countries with the fewest degrees of separation between citizens.
Turkey 5.17972 degrees
Brazil 5.59779 degrees
UK 5.63122 degrees
Spain 5.71882 degrees
Mexico 5.72241 degrees
France 6.02962 degrees
China 6.38154 degrees
USA 6.95803 degrees
development of a strong close-knit community that extended beyond business interactions.
His ideas caused him to start the Facebook group "Gay Six Degrees of Separation" as an experiment to test what he discovered in the business world through Potomac Executive Network. He says the goal of the experiment is to get to one million members. The group currently has almost 50,000 members.
"If you look at the group, [high school] seniors to senior citizens are posting. It's like a melting pot of the gay community," Kapp says.
Ashlynn Horras, Knoxville, Iowa, junior, says she feels the same way about the lesbian community. Horras says the TV show The L Word explored a similar idea to that of the Facebook group by introducing the
idea of "The Chart," which was a graph one of the characters used to map out the affairs between the gay and lesbian community around her.
"It's a much smaller dating pool, that's for sure," Horras says.
Since the Facebook group's start in March 2008, an average of 7,500 members have joined each month, and Kapp says it's the biggest gay and lesbian group on Facebook without an agenda, such as promoting dating or marriage of same-sex couples. Kapp says the group is just a place for people to have conversations.
Steven Karlin, Overland Park senior, has found that being gay has made his social world smaller and more close-knit than those of many straight people he knows.
"I know that whenever Person A is talking about Person B, they'll always turn
to me and say, 'Oh, he's gay. You must know him,'" Karlin says of his experiences with gay and lesbian people at the University. "And I've found that 90 percent of the time, even if I don't know him personally, I've heard the name or seen him at a party."
Recently, one of Karlin's roommates had a friend over, and the friend mentioned her new gay roommate. Karlin says she turned to him and said,"You're gay! You probably know him, right?" And as it turned out, Karlin did. He says he met him at a party his freshmen year and they have a couple mutual friends.
Eileen Kessler, CEO and founder of OmniStudio, Inc., a communications design firm, says she has noticed a change in the gay business community in that it has become more exclusive in the past 10 years because more gay and lesbian people have been coming out. Gay and lesbian-oriented businesses and organizations usually prefer
to do business with each other; Kessler says.
"It's usually easier for gay people to get together with other gay people because there are no hesitations about socializing with them," Kessler says.
Andy Brown,2008 graduate,says common experiences and qualities, especially those concerning sexuality such as being gay and lesbian, tend to bring people together. The majority of Brown's friends are gay, and he says being gay can cause a stronger bond than most other common bonds.
Brown says he and his gay friends seek out ways to spend their free time that usually involve their sexuality in some way.
"Straight people try to find places where anyone can go, like trendy bars or a football game to go to," Brown says. "Gay people look for the gay hangouts. It's their own culture, not just something in common."
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I really like my friend, but he's gay. What should I do? $ ^{—} S., \textit{sophomore} $
Mattt: I know your gay friend makes you feel as if you two were meant to be together. You probably have the same favorite movies and TV shows and it seems like you can talk to him about almost anything. Don't, however, tell him about your feelings for him.
He has his own priorities with finding a guy of his own. He doesn't need to be bogged down wondering if a hug between friends means more to you than it does to him.
I had a friend like you in high school. She really was my best friend at the time, and because of this, she eventually took on the role a clingy girlfriend would otherwise occupy. She tried to tell me who to date and poured when I would break a friend date for a gay date. She never understood that for gay men, gay dates always trump straight dates.
For now, consider yourself lucky for having a friend you click with so well. If the situation gets out of hand and you can no longer control your feelings for him and you decide to tell him, it'll most likely make your friendship awkward and cause you two to eventually drift apart.
Debra Messing's character on Will & Grace put it best when she was talking to a friend who was in love with her gay friend:
"You will never have him," she said. "He's gay, you're straight. He will never change."
Francesca: Freshman year I fell deep in like with this guy whose sexual orientation I'm still a little unsure of. To make a long story short, everyone thought my love interest was gay and that he simply saw me as his girl friend, not his girlfriend. Everyone but me, that is.
Like Matt's friend, I had mistaken our immediate connection for romance. When I think about the time I wasted dressing up on days I knew I would see him and how I put my relationship with my real boyfriend in jeopardy over that situation, I am utterly embarrassed and mad at myself. I really wish someone had told it to me straight—no pun intended.
After college, it will be difficult to find a significant other. No longer are you in an environment where an attractive guy who is most likely single could walk by any second. Don't waste this time trying to turn your gay friend straight. You would have better luck turning an unreliable party boy into your devoted, faithful boyfriend than you'd have changing your gay friend's sexual preference.
Why is it that people say guys in college don't want relationships, but all of my girlfriends have college-aged boyfriends and all of my college guy friends have girlfriends? I feel alone and discouraged.
Jody, junior
Matt: You need to stop comparing yourself to your friends. It's a slippery slope that will only lead not only to being discouraged, but being friendless, too. The worst reason for you to want to be in a relationship is just because your friends are in relationships. It makes you desperate and willing to accept any guy who shows interest.
If you're tired of being the "third wheel" when going out with your friends who are couples, ask a friend to accompany you. It will give you someone to talk to when your friends are doing something "couple-y" such as feeding each other dessert or arguing over whose turn it is to pay the check.
You should embrace your friends and their relationships. Ask them how their relationship is going and how they found each other. It may even lead them to setting you up with one of their friends for one of those ever-so-awkward but promising blind dates.
And I don't know who told you "guys don't want relationships," but I recommend to stop letting stereotypes influence your decision-making. You should start looking at people as individuals and not lump them together as them, happy and together, and you, alone and lonely.
Francesca: Today, for the first time, you are leaving me no choice but put the Bitch in Bitch and Moan. I don't know what you look like compared to your friends, but I would assume there's a reason you're single
and they're not. Perhaps the reason you are having problems finding datable men is because you are setting your standards too high.
Okay, now on to the advice that will hopefully get you a boyfriend and get you to the Moan part of Bitch and Moan. You are probably looking in all the wrong places for men. Unfortunately, stereotypical frat guys who go to bars such as the The Hawk date stereotypical girls who go to The Hawk. It's not these boys' fault they were taught any girl who's an eight or below on the Hot or Not test and doesn't have blond hair and blue eyes isn't worth their time, but it is a reality.
But there is hope! I've found that the recreation center is an awesome place to meet guys. The explanation I have come up with for this phenomenon is that hot, sweaty girls exercising turns guys on. Your workout gives them a preview of how you will fare in the bedroom. Showing a guy that staying in shape is important to you can't hurt, either. And, even if you don't pick up a guy at the rec center, toning up those abs is still a step in the right direction.
Bitch and Moan should not be taken as a substitute for professional, expert advice.
Send us your sex and relationship questions at bitchandmoan@kansan.com.
HOWWE MET
Kari Woods knew the man she was going to marry before she ever saw his face. Kari now works as a program assistant at the University's Center for Research on Learning, but in 1985, Woods was working for a long-distance phone company near Kansas City, Kan. Her now-husband, Bob Woods, worked at one of the company's subsidiaries in Dallas.
She and Bob would call each other for work-related reasons, but Kari says by the end of their conversations, talk would usually turn to more personal matters.
"We ended up using free long-distance to
get to know each other," Kari says.
The couple became engaged in March 1986. They now live in Baldwin City with their son Andy, 16, and will celebrate their 22nd anniversary on Nov. 22.
When the company's Dallas staff moved to Kansas City, Kan., in 1985, Kari offered to show Bob around the city to get him more acquainted. Even before they met in person, though, Kari says she knew this was the person she wanted to marry.
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Contributed photos (Above) Bob, Kari and son Andy at home in March 2008. (Right) Kari and Bob in 1986, shortly after becoming engaged.
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HEALTH
Healthy eating made easier
A meal-by-meal guide to nutritious yet satisfying food alternatives
By Asher Fusco afusco@kansan.com
Eating healthy can be tough: Compared to pounding down delicious burgers and pizza, consuming nutritious foods can seem like a nightmare. But getting your meals in order doesn't have to be a drag. There are plenty of fit and filling alternatives to some not-so-good staples of everyday eating, and they can all easily be found on and off-campus.
Breakfast:
What to keep: Whole-grain cereal or oatmeal, fruit
What to ditch: Sugary cereals
alternatives to all the sugary cereals that line grocery store shelves. If you're looking to stick with boxed cereal, try Wheaties. The whole grain flakes might not turn you into Michael Jordan, but they're more palatable than their four grams of sugar—one-third as many as Frosted Flakes—might suggest.
If a hot breakfast sounds better, oatmeal is a quick and easy choice.Adding fruit such as bananas or raisins can improve the taste, and its healthy carbohydrates (dietary fiber) will satiate your body more effectively than the carbs you'd get from Froot Loops (sugar) can.
"The fiber in the whole grains is broken down more slowly than sugar, so it stays in
your stomach and keeps you full longer;" says Nancy Donahey, a nutritionist at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Lunch:
What to keep: Salad with fat-free dressing, vegetables and nuts or chicken What to ditch: Salad with standard dressing and cheese
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As for salads, the line between unhealthy and healthy can be as thin as a stream of vinaigrette. Luckily, most salad dressings are available in fat-free or light incarnations these days, so feel free to pour away. The difference between one serving of regular and one serving of fat-free ranch dressing is 100 calories, 16 grams of fat and not much taste. Without the dressing's extra calories, you can feel better about adding healthy ingredients such as chicken, turkey or nuts
to your salad. Donahey
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says the protein found in leanmeats and the healthy
fats in nuts are important to include to transform a salad into a substantial meal.
As for the financial
side of feeding yourself, salad
side of feeding yourself, salad bars are economical as well as healthy.
"Salad bars would be the best place for students to go to save money," says Adrienne Baxter, clinical instructor at the KU School of Allied Health. "There are so many choices of ingredients—soy nuts, beans and vegetables."
Snack:
What to keep: Protein bar
What to do: Potato chips
Doritos, Fritos, and any number of other crispy foods ending in "os" are cheap and easy to find on campus. But protein bars are also easy to come by, and are usually more nutritious. One of the best mainstream protein bars is the Odwalla Super Protein Bar. It's filling—230 calories. 4.5 grams of
fat and 16 grams of protein—and packed full of raisins, dates and nuts to avoid that bland "protein bar" flavor. Each bar does contain 16 grams of sugar, but none of the sugar comes from artificial sweeteners.
An Odwalla bar has more calories than a bag of Doritos, but that's not necessarily a bad thing; Afternoon snacks are meant to replenish and revitalize. Plus, a protein bar has half the fat and five times the protein of a bag of Doritos.
If you're looking to buy local, Baxter suggests Harvest Lark natural food bars.The company, based 100 miles west of Lawrence, offers six varieties of fruit and nut bars that are available at Hy-Vee.
Dinner:
What to keep: Sandwich on wheat bread; Whole-grain pasta with brown rice or vegetables What to ditch: Pizza and cheesy or buttery pasta sauces
Feeling lazy? Is the big game on TV tonight? Go ahead, order in. Just bypass the pizza. Instead, opt for a sub sandwich. Yello Sub offers sandwiches ranging from the unhealthy (Meatball Grinder) to the lean (Roast Beef). The healthiest choices are turkey, tuna or the Californian crab sandwiches, but any on wheat bread without too much cheese will do. And don't skimp on the colorful toppings.
"The more peppers and tomatoes, the more vegetables you add, the better." Baxter says.
If you're preparing a home-cooked meal, several easy steps can make common main courses more nutritious. Instead of using alfredo sauce, try a red sauce such as marinara on whole-grain pasta. Tomatobased sauces generally have about half as much fat as cheese sauces. Donahey's top choices for easy and healthy sides include mixed vegetables or brown rice.
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THIS WEEKEND discover MUNNY dolls
Lawrence artists Gabriel Dorsey and JOUVELT decided to see what would happen when they gave several artists identical blank canvases and told them to create something with it. But this isn't your average 8x12 inch canvas—it's a MUNNY doll.
MUNNY dolls are the creation of Kidrobot, a company that creates and sells designer toys.The dolls are vinyl creatures with small bodies and oversized heads that are left completely blank, allowing buyers to customize them any way they want using crayons, markers, paints, clay or fabric.The dolls have developed a cult following since they debuted around 2006, and have since stamped their way onto Web sites and online forums and into art galleries across the country, becoming increasingly known as a work of pop art rather than as a child's toy.
The trend has now made its way to the LawrenceArts Center,940 New Hampshire St., for a gallery display of several Lawrence artists' take on the MUNNY doll. One hundred toy designs by 65 different artists
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Show me the MUNNY! Doll such as this one
by local artist Thayer N. Bray are on display this
weekend at the Lawrence Arts Center
from Lawrence and surrounding areas are on display at the Arts Center this weekend and until Saturday, Oct. 11. Many of the finished toys are on sale at the gallery, and range in price from $30 to $407.
—Brianne Pfannenstiel
THAT'S DISGUSTING dirty air ducts
If you can't remember the last time your air ducts were cleaned, you could be inhaling contaminated air. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean you aren't breathing it.
Paul Mathews, associate professor of respiratory care education at the KU Medical Center, says air ducts store dust and other particles over time, and when air passes through the ducts it spreads this debris into our dorm rooms and apartments.
"It's like turning a vacuum on backwards," Mathews says. "But it's more insidious because you don't expect it to happen."
Mathews says air ducts can trap a lot of things, some potentially dangerous to your health. Mold, bacteria, fungus and even some viruses can live in air ducts. Dust, which is made up of human skin and pet dander, also piles in ducts.
Matt Kitzmann of Air Quality Solutions, an air duct cleaning company in Rochester, Minn., says that air ducts accumulate a lot
of dust if left uncleaned for a long time, "We've seen them two inches thick, like a blanket of dust, pet dander and human dander," Kitzmann says.
Dust isn't the only thing Kitzmann finds when cleaning air ducts. He says on occasion he will find decaying rodents such as mice and squirrels that died in the air vents.
Kitzmann recommends getting your air ducts cleaned every four years, and Mathews says he cleans his air ducts once a year.
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What was the best theme party you've ever been to?
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A Moulin Rouge party. Everyone had huge boas, garters, fishnets and big curly hair. A theme party is just always a little bit extra to be excited about.
Lily Boyce, Lawrence sophomore
I went to a white party where everyone had to wear white. Everyone was dressed up and fancy. We had to make sure to drink clear beverages that night. Laura Durham, Arkansas City senior
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Victory Lane
I've been to a deserted island-themed party. They had a tiki hut with a full bar and sand volleyball. They even got Phil Vassar to play.
Tyler Bolin, Charlottsville, Va. senior
Snow Bunnies and Eskimo Joes. People wore really furry coats and Uggs and dressed up as bunnies. It was cute. It's fun to see everyone dressed up and out of their element. Lisa Anderson,Andover freshman
I went to a Skaties Eighties party one time where everyone dressed up in '80s clothes and went to a skating rink. It's fun going out in public dressed crazy like that.
—Zach Loes, Overland Park junior
This wasn't really a party, but last year on Stop Day people dressed up all in black and put war paint on and played capture the flag on Campanile Hill.
—Eliza Smithson, Overland Park junior
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I am a native of the United States and I am interested in playing tennis. I have been playing tennis for several years and have won numerous matches. I love to play tennis and enjoy the sport. I am confident that I can play tennis well and that I will be able to achieve my goals in this sport.
My favorite theme party was a lingerie party. The guys just wore pajamas and boxers. It was fun to mix it up a little bit.
Harrison Hems, San Diego, Calif., junior
—Brianne Pfannenstiel
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REVIEWS
MUSIC: Old Crow Medicine Show, Tennessee Pusher
In this fast-paced world, there are few outlets to which one can escape for solace and relaxation. Fortunately, Old Crow Medicine Show's latest release, Tennessee Pusher, provides a refreshing hour of true grassroots bluegrass and folk sounds.
The five-member group hailing from Nashville, Tenn., stays true to its aggressive mix of southern folk and bluegrass on Tennessee Pusher, but still manages to mature further with more rock-oriented, lengthened tunes.
"Methamphetamine" is a mid-tempo ballad about the harsh realities of the drug. Its lyrics are raw and somewhat depressing, but are combined with some excellent harmonica work and a great melody.
"Motel in Memphis" is another excellent tune that combines banjo, harmonica, violin and guitar into telling the dark tale of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. An organ is also added in the track, making for a more solemn tone that complements the violin's strong melodies.
Tracks like "Mary's Kitchen" and "Alabama High Test" with their fast-paced, ramblin' feel and jam-oriented harmonica and violin solos are reminiscent of previous O.C.M.S. albums.
"Crazy Eyes" is a laid-back track with smooth slide guitar placed over the main acoustic riff. The tune eventually progresses
to an up beat an them-like chorus, only to return to its soft tone. Its lyrics have the feel of those of an early
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Grateful dead tune like "Ripple" or "Box of Rain."
Each song on Tennessee Pusher is unique with solid guitar and violin development on almost every track. Tennessee Pusher is the perfect dose of true, down-to-earth music for anyone.
Danny Nordstrom
★★★
MOVIE: Choke
Victor's life is just the way he wants it. He causes chaos as a "historical interpreter" at a colonial theme park, has sex with every female he comes in contact with, and chokes on food for money.
The scam is simple, really. He just cuts off an unusually large portion of food, stuffs it down his throat until he can't breathe, and lets the person wearing the nicest watch in the room save his life. He then guilt trips his saviors into sending him money on a regular basis, which he uses to pay his mother's hospital bills.
Based on the popular Chuck Palahniuk book, Choke tells the story of Victor Mancini, a sex-addicted tour guide who ends up falling for one of his mother's doctors, Paige Marshall. Though he's afraid to admit it, Victor—played disgustingly well by Sam Rockwell—starts to realize he might not be the horrible bastard he thinks he is. Upon discovering who his father might be, Victor even shows signs of having something he has never had before: a conscience.
Choke is a low-budget film that makes up for its run-of-the-mill production value and lack of fancy camera shots with a great story, anchored by both Rockwell and the always dependable Anjelica Huston. Writer
and director Clark Gregg makes the movie shine with engaging dialogue and an overall quirky style.
Anyone who is a fan of the book, however, may
be a little disappointed as the film lacks some of the punch and grit present in the novel. Even though Choke is one of the dirtier and more perverse movies to come out this year.
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Mark Arehart
THEATER: A Flea in Her Ear
Very rarely will you encounter someone unwilling to sit through a good movie. On the flip side, ask the average Joe to spend an evening at the theater, and suddenly you find yourself in excuse city. Something about live theater scares people. They think it'll be long, boring and pretentious. University Theatre's current production, A Flea in Her Ear, is anything but.
Translated by theater great David Ives from the French farce, A Flea in Her Ear is a thoroughly amusing romp involving infidelity and sexual mischief topped with a dash of identity confusion that had its opening night audience rolling in the aisles.
Under the direction of Jack Wright, the cast kills with impeccable timing and a masterful understanding of the essentials of farce. The lead characters are played by talented senior Jeff Sears as both Victor Chandebise and Poche—two equally creative and distinct characters—and graduate student Chandra Hopkins as Raymonde Chandebise.
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Photo by Allison Richardson
But the show's true magic comes from its supporting cast. Senior Erik LaPointe's brilliantly simple-minded Tournel had the audience giggling, as did seniors Cali Gilman and Spencer Lott as the Spanish couple, and
Photo by Allison Richardson
Students Cali Gilman (left) and Chandra Hopkins rehearse "A Flea in Her Ear" September 30.
For those typically too timid to try the theater: University Theatre has provided the perfect introduction. There simply isn't a negative aspect to this show. Buy your tickets for Thursday, Friday or Saturday's shows by calling (785) 864-3982.
junior Chris McGillivray as the immaculately side-burned doctor. Senior Spencer Holdren, who plays Camille, the cotton-mouthed cousin of the main characters, was so amazing he received four ovations in the middle of the opening night show on Oct. 3.
★★★
—Matthew Crooks
MOVIE: Appaloosa
In Ed Harris' second film, Appaloosa, his modest skills are on full display in the Western starring himself along with the genuinely coolViggo Mortensen and unbearably awful Renee Zellweger. If you've ever seen a Western before, you have undoubtedly seen a better production.
The plot is typical of the genre and does not deviate from predictability, hitting every major cliché along the way. Harris plays Virgil Cole, a strict lawman who has a reputation for marksmanship and being a quick draw. He and his deputy (Mortensen) are hired to protect the titular town of Appaloosa from the rancher and scoundrel Bragg (Jeremy Irons), who killed the city's former law enforcers.The obligatory love interest is Allie French (Zellweger), whose appearance in the town is nonsensical and unexplained. Virgil falls for Allie, who is later revealed to be a genuinely wanton saucebox who jeopardizes Virgil's duty to uphold law and order. The film follows the blueprint for Westerns, including a couple of shoot-outs, some ornery Indians and a cowboy riding off into the setting sun.
Zellweger hasn't been this annoying or unconvincing in a late 19th century-set
film since Cold Mountain. The score would be better suited to a female cop show.And the credit song is by Tom Petty, which is the best use of classic rock music in a period piece since the
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If a filmmaker decides to take up the monumental task of making a Western—a great American art form—he should deliver an innovative slant. A two-hour audio track of Walter Brennan saying "Dude" would have been more entertaining and more inventive. Do not see this movie. Rent Rio Bravo instead.
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There are plenty of good journalism movies out there. Movies about the profession that have something important to say about it. Broadcast News, The Paper, All the President's Men and Almost Famous are movies that could go into the pantheon of films about reporters.
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, a shallow romantic comedy about one man's adventures in entertainment reporting, is definitely a movie that will not be included in this hallowed group. Much of it has to do with a viewer's opinion of entertainment aka gossip news. If you find it fascinating and pertinent, chances are this could be just the film for you. If you find the lives of the rich and famous to be a flashy, glossy and ultimately hollow casing, you'll probably walk away disappointed.
The movie plays like a male version of The Devil Wears Prada. Simon Pegg plays aspiring celebrity journalist Sidney Young, who goes from running a dwindling independent magazine in London to the bottom of the heap at Sharps, a highly respected New York-based operation. Sidney bumbles his way from obscurity to a position of power while trying miserably to make it with a hot young starlet
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(Megan Fox) and while getting a little prodding in the right direction from a fellow reporter played by Kirsten Dunst.
Overall, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is pretty forgettable. It banks on strong performances from Pegg, Dunst and Jeff Bridges, who do their best with the generic material they've been given. The movie is as shallow and silly as an issue of Us Weekly, and just as easily tossed aside.
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MUSIC: Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist
There have been a lot of comparisons between last winter's surprise smash hit Juno and the recently released Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, and rightfully so. Both star Michael Cera, both feature hipster kids falling in love, and both have killer soundtracks made up of great bands most mainstream music fans have likely never heard of.
While Juno's music was centered on The Moldy Peaches, which made them popular, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist soundtrack is much more diverse and gives exposure to a plethora of up-and-coming bands.The movie focuses on a night of seeing bands in New York City. and the album is full of indie rock and electro acts that would likely be a part of just such a night.
Standout tracks include the very catchy Bishop Allen and Richard Hawley tunes "Middle Management" and "Silvery Sleds," "Negative," a song by Project Jenny, Project Jan that features amusing and slightly inappropriate lyrics, and the lazy, happy, electro melody of "Nick & Norah's Theme" by Mark Mothersbaugh. Indie rock fans should also be excited about
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tracks from Vampire Weekend, We Are Scientists, Band of Horses and Shout Out Louds, all favorites among the hipster elite.
The only unfortunate track is by The Jerk Offs, Cera's character's band in the film. The track is clearly weaker than the rest and sticks out like a sore thumb.
It's nice when a good movie is paired with a good soundtrack, and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is up there with the soundtracks of Garden State, Dan in Real Life and, of course, Juno.
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Matt learned to appreciate his introverted nature and even embrace his love of Pokémon
Adolescence was a lonely time, until I realized being alone can be comforting and being an introvert isn't a flaw
By Matt Hirschfeld mhirschfeld@kansan.com
I walked home a lot from school during my middle school years. I had the quickest route figured out—through all the right backyards and across all the right streets. I needed to get home by 4 p.m. Pokémon was on at that time, and I couldn't miss it. It was all I had to look forward to.
I walked the two miles home when my working parents couldn't find me a ride. It saved me from the embarrassment and stress of asking for a ride. I would see classmates getting rides from their friends' parents and wanted my classmates to look at me walking and offer a ride.
Watching Pokémon for an hour every day after school was a way I came to pass the time in middle school. I had no friends, no comrades, no buddies, and a lot of time to kill.
I wanted so badly to be popular, but I didn't know how to make friends and didn't know what I was doing wrong. I had friends in grade school, but they branched off into their own cliques in middle school when 150 other students came into their lives.
I would spend Friday nights watching TGIF on ABC. Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Boy Meets World were staples of my adolescence.
My mom was my only friend during those friendless years. Hours of Lifetime and movies-of-the-week created a special bond between us.And every year we would watch the Miss America Pageant and give our own little critique.
When I needed to ask to borrow a pencil in class, it took about 10 minutes of rehearsing in my head all the ways the conversation could go wrong. I would eventually search the room for someone else's forgotten pencil on the floor.
Once, in my "Pokémon as friends" phase, one of the popular girls randomly exclaimed that one of her favorite Pokémon was Diggle (one of the ground types, FYI). She was joking, but I came close to exclaiming that I liked Pokémon, too.
My parents did worry and had me see a
few therapists. The therapists said I was shy, but not withdrawn enough to have a social disorder and not depressed. My parents came to accept it in time. They still tried to get me involved. They persuaded me to do track in middle school. I quit after three days.
My parents also volunteered me to work for a week-long charity camp through my church. My assignment for the week was to watch dozens of kids at a day camp. One of the kids asked another volunteer if I could talk. Everyone laughed. I said nothing.
I began rationalizing that I was more secure with myself than others because I didn't need friends. I was getting good grades and making my parents happy. What did I need friends for? To bring me down with their problems? I had watched enough Boy Meets World to see how messy life could get with friends.
In early high school, I read a newspaper article about extroverts versus introverts. I knew I was on the shy side, but I didn't know
what exactly an introvert was. One part of the article was a revelation: Introverts are worn out by other people.
People really do exhaust me, I thought. And conversing with a lot people makes me want to take a nap. I was on the cusp of understanding my introverted nature.
By high school, I had made a few great friends—people I could rely on and talk to without hesitation. I know now that being liked by a few outweighs being liked by many.
Occasionally, I check out some of my more popular high school classmates' Facebook pages—the people everyone in every grade knew because of their social nature. The classmates I was jealous of. Some got pregnant, some dropped out, and some are working at Hooters.
Today, though, I still desperately hope instructors don't call on me in class. When they do, I sometimes break out in a sweat and uncomfortably squirm. I answer, and the world doesn't crumble beneath my feet.
I usually have to force myself to speak up when conversation is unavoidable, especially during small talk. I tell myself the times that would be a good time to speak up or make a joke. I've mastered this art with an act that I think deserves an Oscar.
Most weekends, I'd rather stay in a watch a movie than go out to a bar or a party. I wish socializing wasn't a skill I had to master to make friends, but that's how it turned out.
I can now appreciate being comfortable with solitude and being an introvert. One doesn't always go with the other, but it does for me.
I've been on both sides of the social tracks and happy with the balance I've struck. I can comfortably spend a Friday night alone or go to a party with friends without any more hesitations. I'll always be an introvert, but I can't imagine I'd be happy with who I am today without those friendless years in middle school and without the friends I have today.
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Jessica Mortinger, Hays graduate student and president of Students for Transit, a KU student organization focused on promoting public transportation and related issues, speaks to a student Thursday morning at the KU Energy Fair in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall. The future of the Lawrence transit system depends on the passage of a 0.2 percent sales tax measure on the Nov. 4 ballot, which will be the sole source of funding for the bus system. Also on the ballot is a proposed 0.05 percent sales tax that would support a bus replacement fund.
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Thursday morning, among about a dozen booths set up on the Stauffer-Flint Hall lawn as part of the KU Energy Fair, Jessica Mortinger, Hays graduate student, engaged everyone who came within earshot over the "clean energy" generator running on biodiesel fuel a few yards away.
"Do you need a button on that backpack?" Mortinger said, straining to maintain a conversational tone over the racket. Standing behind a table fortified with buttons, foam beer holders and literature, Mortinger, president of Students for Transit, was eager to inform as many people as possible of the importance of the tax issues that will determine the near future of public transportation in Lawrence.
Because of budget constrictions, the fate of Lawrence's public transit bus system hangs on the passage of a 0.2 percent sales tax on the November ballot. The extra 20 cents per $100 spent will fund the bus system after Jan. 1, 2009, when the city's current contract with MV Transportation expires. Additionally, a 0.05 percent proposed sales tax would support a bus-replacement fund to maintain the city's fleet.
"There are a lot of advantages that public transportation brings to KU students and the community." Mortinger said. "Personally, I'm very tied to public transit. I see this issue as a social justice issue. When I fill up my car, I know how expensive it is, I know how it limits people with a lack of income and resources, in terms of their mobility throughout the community."
Although the University's bus system, KU On Wheels, operates independently of the Lawrence transit system, KU students, especially those who rely on the Park and Ride system, may be more influenced by the potential dissolution of the city transit system than they realize.
The Park and Ride system is in part funded by federal dollars, and receipt of that money is contingent upon the city of Lawrence receiving federal funds for its own bus system. If the city bus system disappears, so do the federal dollars allocated for that system, along with Park and Ride, Mortiner said.
"If there's no federal funding in Lawrence, the Park and Ride buses could be sold," Mortinger said. The Federal Transit Administration which handles such situations, could choose to sell off the vehicles to other federally funded systems within the state or beyond.
"We've been told that at this point, they're not sure what they would do yet," Mortinger said. "One option is that the University could buy out the federal share of the buses, which is $1 million. They could take the buses and sell them. There are other cities in the state that are looking to start federally funded transit systems right now, like Manhattan, Salina and Hays."
Additionally, the Lawrence transit system operates on weekends — the KU bus system does not — and from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., three hours longer each day than the KU On Wheels bus system.
Lawrence's $1 million "budgeting shortfall" is actually the result of a combination of increased fuel prices, decreasing property tax revenue, and reallocation of existing city funds to cover minimal cost-of-living raises for city employees.
Lawrence City Commissioner Dennis "Boog" Highberger said that the city's present contract with MV Transportation, based in California, was based on a fixed fuel cost of about $1.60 per gallon of diesel fuel.
"That obviously won't be available for our next contract," Highberger said.
"They've been losing vast amounts of money due to fuel for the past year."
Presently, Lawrence's transit system is funded through property taxes. But because of falling appraised property values resulting from the ongoing slump in the housing market, the city was faced with the prospect of either trying to manage a higher transit cost with less tax revenue or raising property taxes, Lawrence Mayor Mike Dever said.
"The increase is approximately $1 million more than the $900,000 we're already paying." Dever said. He said that David Corliss, the City Manager, elected to shift property tax revenue to pay for city operations and cost-of-living raises for city employees, and let voters decide whether
to continue funding the transit system rather than raise taxes.
"It's entirely dependent upon the sales tax election," Corliss said. "If the sales taxes don't pass, we won't have a transit system."
"I feel like people can't say 'no' just because they don't use it," said Mortinger. "It's like other public services that we pay for. Through taxes, I pay for the fire department. My house has never burned down — I've never used the fire department. But at the same time, I'd never say that I wouldn't want to pay for it, because it's a public service that we should be providing our residents."
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ADMINISTRATION
'Refund' baffles Edwards Campus students
BY JOE PREINER
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Students at the KU Edwards Campus in Overland Park are scrambling to pay back tuition refunds that the University erroneously sent them last month.
Mary Ryan, associate dean of academic affairs at the Edwards Campus, said the refunds were the result of a software glitch in the Enroll and Pay program. The glitch resulted in the system's failure to update tuition costs, making students' bills lower than they were supposed to be.
The KU Edwards Campus enrolls about 2,100 students each semester. According to the campus' Web site, 47 percent of those students are married and nearly 25 percent have children younger than 18 years old.
The University Registrar sent an e-mail to about 400 affected students Tuesday. The e-mail informed students that their accounts had been credited with a refund, which varied in amount depending on the
students' credit hours. The refunds were issued during the week of Sept. 29, but the problem was not discovered until recently.
Paul Gutierrez, Vinton, Texas, graduate student, found out Tuesday that he owed the University an extra $396 he was previously unaware of. He said the entire process had left him confused and frustrated, an issue the University's e-mail had also addressed. Gutierrez expressed concern about repaying the refund in time to meet the Nov. 15 deadline.
Cindy Derritt, University Registrar, said in the e-mail the problem was brought to the University's attention by "a number of very honest students who reported the unexpected check."
Ryan said the issue with repayment was going to be flexible, based on a case-to-case evaluation for each student. She said the University was willing to work with
Ryan said the error had taken a while to correct because of the lengthy process of tracking down the affected students.
Ryan said there were a number of students who were very upset by the situation. She said the University had done its best to this point to be accommodating for those affected. Ryan said students were welcome to call her and the Registrar's office to discuss issues generated by the situation.
Cathy Griffith, Lansing graduate student, made what she thought would be her final tuition payment Oct. 1. She chose to pay her tuition on a monthly basis through the Tuition Management System offered online. After reaching a zero balance on her account, she was informed through Enroll and Pay that she owed another $695.25. Griffith said when she contacted the Bursar's office, she received a polite explanation of the situation.
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students to resolve the potentially frustrating issue. In some cases, Ryan said the payment deadline could be extended as late as January.
ELECTION 2008
Professor to lecture about campaign themes of present and past presidential candidates
A lecture examining political campaign rhetoric will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Museum of Anthropology, east of the Kansas Union. Professor Robert Rowland will speak on the major themes surrounding the Obama and McCain ad campaigns. Rowland will
also show examples from the campaigns and speeches and compare past presidential campaign ads. Tickets are free and the event is open to the public.
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KU alumnus premieres his comedy show, 'Mildly Off the Wall,' tonight at The Granada
"Mildly Off the Wall," a sketch comedy show created by a University alumnus, is now looking for students to join the cast and crew. The pilot episode of the show can be seen at "A Night of
Comedy" at 8 tonight at The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St.
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Nader speaks to crowd in Lawrence
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
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Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader stopped by Lawrence Thursday evening to remind voters that Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama were not only the presidential candidates who would appear on Kansas' ballot Nov. 4.
Nader (I-Conn.), who will be on the ballot in 45 states, said voters deserved better than McCain or Obama because neither candidate had proposed a solution to the economic problem and both of the candidates had accepted donations from major corporations.
"These are cowardly, inhibited candidates who are unworthy of the American people" he said.
Nader spoke to a full audience at Abe and Jake's Landing, E 8.6th St., about curbing corporate corruption, reforming presidential debate restrictions and many other topics he said the two main candidates
refused to discuss.
Todd Cohen, director of University Relations, said because the University is a state institution, it could not host fundraising events. He said the University had turned down other candidates as well.
This is Nader's fourth run for the presidency, his second as an independent. He is the first Arab American to run for president. Before seeking the presidency, Nader was best known for his work as a consumer advocacy lobbist.
Sean Buchanan, Hutchinson freshman, attended the Democratic National Convention as an Obama delegate. But he came to see Nader speak Thursday night.
"We expect to be a good third party candidate and get millions of votes and hold the two major candidates' feet to the fire on some of these issues," Nader said.
Allan Cigler, professor of political science, predicted most of the people who would vote for Nader would be Democrats. In close states such as Missouri, if Nader receives even two percent of the vote, McCain could win the election.
Many voters are still considering Nader, though.
Nader said it was unfair for pollsters to exclude him from polls and it was corrupt of the Commission on Presidential Debates to exclude him from participating when many polls showed a majority of Americans wanted his participation.
According to CNN, Nader is projected to win six percent of the
vote, with a 3 percent margin of error. Nader's popularity is difficult to calculate because many polls, including Gallup, do not list him.
Candidates must be winning a projected 15 percent of the vote to be invited to the debates, according the Presidential Commission on Debates' Web site.
"I'm just checking it out," he said.
"I'm totally committed to Obama, but I've got an open mind."
Cigler, a Democrat, sang Nader's
praises as well.
"He's a true believer in what he's advocated," he said. "I love Ralph Nader. I think he's done tremendously good things."
Nader said he did not support the $700 billion "blank check bail-out" because it did nothing to prevent homeowners from defaulting on their loans.
"This is going to be more than a recession," he said. "This is going to be a depression."
Adam Wood and William Stewart. Lawrence seniors, also spoke at Nader's event. Stewart is president of the KU chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Wood is Libertarian candidate Bob Barr's Douglas County campaign manager. He said he was indecisive of which third party candidate he would vote for.
"I don't care who you vote for," Wood said. "Just don't vote for McCain or Obama."
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The U.S. Embassy in Beirut announced Wednesday the two went missing during a vacation in Lebanon and have not been heard from since Oct. 1, when they headed to northern Lebanon en route to Syria.
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The panel discussion "Town & Gown Forum" will begin at 10 a.m. In the Central Court & Galleries in the Spencer Museum of Art.
The seminar "The 2008 Election" will begin at 12 p.m. in Classroom 116 in the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center.
The student group event "Resources and Supports for Students with Autism and Their Parents" will begin at 12 p.m. in 550 JRP.
The public event "The Impact of Race on Education" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in The Commons in Spooner Hall.
The seminar "What Vitamin C and Antibiotics Reveal about Neuronal Dysfunction in Huntington's Disease" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 1001 Malott,
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The play "A Flea in Her Ear" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
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Alumnus's online sketch comedy show is'off the wall'
KANSAS KU JAHAWAIR ZERO PALEON THERORY
BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER
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The original cast of "Mildly Off the Wall" will have a chance in the spotlight tonight at The Granada. From left, Sean Hall, Heather Hill, Ryan Hultgren, Brian Ervin, Dave Harvey and Rowdy Wirchman are members of creator Scott Winer's team.
Contributed by Scott A. Winer
"Mildly Off the Wall" an online sketch comedy show featuring students from the University, is looking for cast and crew for its first season of episodes.
The pilot for the show was filmed last semester and will be shown as part of "A Night of Comedy" at 8 tonight at The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. The event will also feature stand-up comics.
Scott Winer, 2008 alumnus,
serves as executive producer for the
show, which can be viewed on
the "Mildly Off the Wall" Web site.
http://www.mildlyofthewall.com.
He said he found inspiration for the format from programs such as "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock." Inspiration for the content comes from the writers' and his experiences in Lawrence.
Winer said one example was that he found himself homeless this summer because he decided to stay in town and continue working on the show after the lease on his apartment ended.
"You've got to have a sense of humor about that kind of stuff," Winer said.
The elections are another source for the show's comedy. Winer said people who took them too seriously were missing out.
"It's almost like the political system is getting the last laugh," Winer said.
The show gives students the opportunity to experience many aspects of production, even if they don't have much experience. Winer said the producers would like to have enough cast and crew so everyone could focus on one specific job. In the pilot episode, cast members served in a variety of roles.
Rowdy Wichman, Ellis junior, produced, wrote and acted for the pilot but will serve as supervising producer for the first season.
Winer said his lifelong ambition had been to direct live network sports but that he also had a passion for music and comedy.
"When you really love two different things that don't mix at all it's tough." Winer said.
Last January, Winer started circulating his idea for "Mildly Off the Wall" and was able to find people who were interested in working on the show.
Planning and writing for the pilot episode took place in March and April, and the show premiered in June.
Wichman said getting started was the most challenging part of the production because it was sometimes difficult for people to understand where they wanted the show to go.
Kris Beckland, lead producer, began working on the show about three weeks ago. He said he originally wanted to do political humor, but Winer directed him to use
things he was familiar with in his comedy.
Only one of the three producers for the show is a student. Winer said it was important to have non-student leaders because of the huge time commitment it involved.
The group meets for two hours twice a week, but the time commitment could increase once production begins. Wichman said. He said they sometimes filmed through the night when working on the pilot.
The pilot was produced on a budget of less than $200. Winer said it was accomplished through favors and the support of various organizations and businesses.
KU Filmworks and the KUTV Television Production Club provided "Mildly Off the Wall" with cameras and sound and lighting equipment.
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Securing equipment for filming this season will depend on demand and scheduling. Winer said they may look for a rental company in the Kansas City area if they are unable to borrow the necessary equipment.
Individual sketches from the pilot episode can be found online at Web sites such as YouTube. Beckland said they hoped to get "Mildly Off the Wall" on local TV
Winer earned a degree in geography from the University. He said geography and directing were similar in that they involved a visual, spatial way of thinking.
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SEARCH FOR THE AGGRO CRAG
Nick, our dynamic fourier, most excellent hero, continues his quest for the best candidate...
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Hefner refuses to settle, loses one Playboy bunny
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Hugh Hefner is down a girlfriend.
Hefner and Holly Madison, one of EI's "The Girls Next Door," are no longer dating. Hefner said he's been "down in the dumps" about the split.
The 28-year-old model-actress stars in the reality series with Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt as one of the 82-year-old publisher's girlfriends who live with Hefner in the Playboy Mansion.
"If Holly says it's over, I guess it's over," Hefner said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "She's still here in the house. Until a few days ago, we were still sharing the same bed."
Hefner was surprised to hear Madison discussing their break-up publicly, but acknowledged he knew a split was imminent after he told Madison that he had no plans to marry or have children with Madison.
In a video posted on TMZ.com
Tuesday, Madison said she's no longer with Hefner. She also said she is "still filming stuff together" with Wilkinson and Marquardt.
Hefner said Madison learned the pair would never have children or get married six months ago, adding: "The fact that she was depressed after that, I didn't know at all. That was a revelation in the last days and weeks. Quite frankly, we thought when the time came, we would make a combined statement and we expected that combined statement would be somewhere in the weeks and months ahead."
"The Girls Next Door" premiered on E! in 2001 and is in its fifth season. Hefner said he and the three women are committed to a sixth season, but he plans to seek out new live-in lovers. Hefner said 19-year-old Playmate twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon are living in the mansion, but they aren't his girlfriends — yet.
been down in the dumps about all this, and (personal assistant) Mary (O'Connor) told me to cheer up and pointed out that there are girls lined up outside the front gate. At my age, that's hard to believe, but it seems to be true."
"It's now apparent there will be some new faces in my personal life and on the show," he said. "There's been moments that I've
Hefner's relationship with his remaining two girlfriends — Marquardt, 35, and Wilkinson, 23
may also be in flux. Hefner said Marquardt is in Europe filming the new Travel Channel series "Bridget's Beaches," and Wilkinson may soon move out of the mansion and get her own apartment. Hefner said E! is interested in spin-offs with all three women.
The Playboy mogul expects to maintain a business relationship and friendship with Madison, who — along with Marquardt — originally was one of seven girlfriends living with Hefner in 2001 after his separation from Kimberley Conrad. Wilkinson was later asked to move into the Playboy Mansion in 2004. Hefner said he may again seek out seven — or more — girlfriends.
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
Today is an 8 Thanks to quick and imaginative thinking, your group succeeds brilliantly. Was it luck or your extraordinary talent? A little of both. Take credit anyway.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
By now the confusion should start to clear up. The finish line is in sight. An old routine works very well. Give yourself a pat on the back.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is #10
Your luck holds for one more day. Make the most of it. Write a list of all the things you've always wanted to be, do, have or help. Catch the magic of this moment by starting something.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 7
A startling development helps you finish a job ahead of schedule. This is good. You can start your weekend early.
Leo (July 23-Aug.22) Today is a 7
All you have to do is be charming. The others will provide everything you request, and it won't cost you a fortune. Just let them know what you want.
Virgo (Aug.23-Sept.22)
Today is an 8
The work is challenging, partly because the instructions are vague. You have to figure out what needs to be done and then do it, quickly. This is what you get for being in business for yourself. And if you're not yet, it's good practice.
Ask for advice from a person you've trusted for years to help you with things. An old adage will work very well in this situation. You'll think of it yourself eventually, but it's more fun to do with a friend.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 5
You have plenty of patience, luckily for all concerned. You can work out a compromise and keep costs low. Use what you already have instead of buying new.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
You're quite often the final authority in family disputes. You have a good way of looking at the big picture, without getting stuck in either side's point of view. You're often a bridge over troubled waters.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
Be careful with your spending. Now that you have a few bucks, you'll want to go out and buy everything you've had to do without. Some of that stuff is trash.
Review your old dreams, and put in a few modifications. By now, you should be able to see more ways to actually get from fantasy to reality. Keep building bridges to your castles in the air.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.18) Today is an 8
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 5
It's OK to be careful now. The outcome looks positive. If you're following through on a project you've already started, the odds are even better.
ACROSS
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6 Scepter
9 Hot tub
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13 Mamie's man
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18 Unsophisticated
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21 Joan of —
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24 Uproar
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and-go
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6 Nicole of "The Simple Life"
7 Suitable
8 Aachen article
9 Animal track
10 Record player, fo short
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19 Trunk
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48 Rock band's accessory
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The Impact of Race on Education
A debate between the KU debate team and the Texas Southern University debate team.
Oct. 10 | The Commons at Spooner Hall | 3:30-5:00 p.m.
This non-competitive debate will pair the debate team from Texas Southern University, one of the nation's largest Historically Black Colleges and Universities, with KU's team, led by head coach Scott Harris. In 2007 TSU's head coach, Dr. Thomas Freeman, held a debate camp for actors in the movie. The Great Debaters. The movie took its inspiration from the 1935 debate in which Wiley College defeated the reigning national champion, the University of Southern California (not Harvard as depicted in the movie).
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FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD
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What would make Lawrence recycle?
With the financial crisis, every public program is vulnerable. Although dumping pork out of the barrel is necessary, the Lawrence city commission should carefully consider the importance of projects that promote causes beneficial to the common good
before swinging a hatchet at the municipal budget
One of those causes is protecting the environment, which is why the Lawrence City Commission shouldn't set
aside its plan to expand recycl ing.
A prominent criticism of curbside recycling is that the city pays more for a marginal increase in recycling. This is especially true when a city already provides places to recycle, as Lawrence does.
The discussed expansion involves a city-sponsored curbside recycling program.
For those who can't make it out to recycle, mandatory recycling is the solution. Implementing a mandatory program is the most cost-efficient way to drastically increase recycling. Virtually 100 percent of the population would recycle for the same cost of a non-mandatory program.
OUR VIEW
Cities such as New York City, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Diego and, surprisingly, Newton have implemented mandatory recycling. It's not new either. Connecticut has required recycling since 1991.
Enforcement would be simple and would add no extra costs. Trash collectors would inspect bags if they hear or see recyclables. If the bags have a certain amount of recyclable material — in Newton it's seven items — a warning notice is posted on the bag and it is not picked up. Fines become involved if a household repeatedly disregards the ordinance. Randy Jackson, the street and sanitation superintendent for
Newton, said citizen compliance with the law is "very good."
The expenses of a mandatory curbside program would not be any higher than a voluntary one. When San Diego changed from voluntary to mandatory recycling, it didn't need to hire additional staff, buy additional trucks or expand their buildings.
A feasibility report from the Lawrence Public Works Department, which is available on the
city's Web site, concluded that pickup every other week would cost each household $9.02 per month.
However, the report doesn't factor in the amount the city would save in landfill fees and the revenue it would receive from selling recyclables.
These figures aren't junk change, either. According to a separate report released by the city, Lawrence saved $580,513 in landfill fees last year and made $228,022 from selling recyclables it collected in receptacles already scattered throughout the city.
This makes the cost per household about $6 per month, which coincidently is the same amount the majority of Lawrencians said they'd pay for curbside service in a survey the city commissioned.
Lawrencians need to shift the way they think about reducing waste, and a mandatory curbside recycling program will help play the role of facilitator.
The burden is small. Once a household plans out the logistics, curbside recycling will be as easy as managing trash.
It's something that's universally recognized as good and necessary for the preservation of future generations. It's something the city should seriously consider.
— lan Stanford for the editorial board
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Students are important voters in saving the T
KU students can now ride both KU on Wheels and Lawrence Public Transit T bus systems for free. This new access to public transportation has given KU students new transportation options.
ing even more benefits.
Please register to vote and do your part.
However, unless voters pass Propositions 2 and 3 this November, the T will stop running, the merger will not happen and transportation opportunities for KU students will shrink. It is vital Propositions 2 and 3 are passed this November.
The City of Lawrence and the University are moving toward merging their bus systems, which will result in a unified, comprehensive system provid-
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Ahem.
Some things, for whatever reason, just trigger a rage inside people. For some, it's hearing their shrill, ear-shattering alarm clock go off. For others, it's the very sight of their ex-lover who left them for that suave Spaniard who didn't even really appreciate her at all, and anyway how could she possibly understand a word he said because his accent was so thick?
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The innovative writing and style of the laugh track-less "The Larry Sanders Show" in the '90s and "All in the Family" in the '70s were ahead of their time, but the inventiveness those shows displayed is increasingly becoming the norm.
We don't need laughter recorded 50 years earlier to tell us when something is funny.
Of course, there's still work to do. The only three-camera laugh track sitcom that was nominated for the Best Comedy Series Emmy this year — the despicable "Two and a Half Men" — is the most-watched comedy in the country.
Just typing that made my blood boil.
Broad situps are losing schedule space in favor of shows that require the viewer to have a finely tuned sense of humor. The laugh track is really a symbol of a mediocre product that has plagued networks for decades. We're better off as television watchers without it.
Figuring out what the hell is so funny
For me, what truly incites a fiery maelstrom of anger in the innermost depths of my long-forsaken soul is the sitcom laugh track.
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A few weeks ago, another season of "The Office" premiered on NBC for a gaggle of fans who watch intently every week.
Later this month, "30 Rock" will begin its third season after winning the Emmy for Best Comedy Series in its first two. And although it struggled in the ratings during its all-too-brief run, "Arrested Development" has found a rabid fan base postmortem. More than 30,000 people on Facebook are fans of the "Arrested Development" movie — which hasn't even been confirmed yet.
What do these three comedies have in common other than critical acclaim, exemplary writing and incredible casts? No canned laffs.
The laugh track originated in the 1950s, presumably as a McCarthyian measure to make sure everybody laughed at only the most American of jokes.
Eventually it became a standard practice, as even shows with studio audiences chose to enhance the laff experience — or "laffsperience" — by adding a laugh track after jokes that weren't quite what one might call "funny at all."
It quickly became a safety net for unfunny, unoriginal sitcoms. It was so successful in sucking people into laughing at anything that soon network executives felt it was absolutely necessary and started slapping them onto shows that didn't need the assistance. Shows, such as "M*A*S*H" and Aaron Sorkin's "SportsNight" were accompanied by laugh tracks against their respective creators' wishes. I absolutely love
"NewsRadio," the woefully underwatched '90s classic, but whenever I watch it, the wholly unneeded laugh track plants that little seed of contempt in my heart.
I hope the success of "30 Rock" and "The Office" are indicative of a trend that will lead to the eventual extinction of the laugh track.
"Laugh tracks capitalize on the fact that we have specialized cells in the brain, "mirror neurons," that are highly responsive to things happening to other people, and put us in a similar state," Stephen flardi, associate professor of clinical psychology, said. "When we hear other people laughing, our brains automatically go into laugh mode as well."
It's not only completely unwarranted — it's insulting. This generation's sense of irony is strong.
So why are laugh tracks so successful?
How cruel! The executives who pour syrupy laugh tracks all over their stacks of poor sitcom pancakes aren't really treating you to a sweet tele-breakfast at all. They're preying on your innermost psychological insecurities.
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Robert Rowland, professor and chair of communication studies, will be speaking for CLAS Acts on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at the Museum of Anthropology. The event, which is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will focus on the role of metacritic in the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Maverick or Change? Professor's lecture focuses on campaign ads
Political parties on campus and around the country are gearing up for the end of the presidential campaign saga. Voter registration workers have sought to register as many students as possible and political commentators have popped up everywhere to deliver their analysis.
One analysis will take place Sunday when Robert Rowland, professor of communications studies, delivers "The Audacity of Hope Or a Maverick You Can Trust." The lecture will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Museum of Anthropology, east of the Kansas Union. It will focus primarily on the ads of Barack Obama and John McCain's campaigns.
Rowland said that he will also discuss the themes used in both candidates' campaigns.
Rowland said that Obama's campaign theme could be traced back to his 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address.
"The Obama message is that of the American Dream," Rowland said. "And how it is a different American Dream than what were used to hearing — it's one that can be obtained by everyone."
Rowland said the McCain campaign focuses on the concept of being a maverick.
"There are two ways that people interpret being a maverick, Rowland said. "One is the concept of a maverick enforcing rules, regulations and policies, while the other is really about being a hero, which is the point McCain centered his
Rowland said the strategy worked for McCain because he was a prisoner of war.
campaign on."
Alex Rock, Lawrence senior and coordinator of the student advisory board for the Dole Institute of Politics, said although McCain had chosen to portray himself as a maverick, his campaign would need to step it up in the coming weeks.
"I have a feeling the bashing of the Obama campaign is close," Rock said. "The Republican Party will have to bash Obama, because he has taken the lead right now and the McCain campaign must think of ways to slow it down."
But Rock doesn't believe Obama will slow down.
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Burdett Loomis, professor of political science, said Rowland's lecture was a great way to pull back and use current events to illustrate general points.
"What's nice about Professor Rowland's lecture is that it has a broader theoretical perspective," Loomis said. "Sometimes we get so caught up in the moment that we can't find the patterns of various lines or symbols that tend to be used over time and in various ways."
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Loomis said what was new about the campaign was its use of technology.
"There's the blogosphere and rhetoric on blogospheres," Loomis said. "Although there are new things and different mediums every four years, there are still the general themes."
Andrew Toth, Colby sophmore and president of KU Young Democrats, said YouTube in particular had a substantial affect on the campaigns.
"YouTube has specifically had negative effects on McCain's ad.
campaign, simply because of the interviews with Sarah Palin," Toth said. He said the "Saturday Night Live" skits featuring Tina Fey were indirectly hurting the campaign, too.
Regardless of his stance, Toth said McCain was unique to this election because he was known in Washington for basing decisions on morals more often than party stance.
"He's been willing to reach across the aisle," Toth said. "And no one, Republican or Democrat, in the past has aligned directly with his voting record and that's something to consider."
Toth said McCain adding Palin to his campaign was a strategic pick and that, like Obama, she brought a fresh face to the table.
Rowland said Palin was the most important member of the McCain ticket, primarily because she brought energy to the campaign.
Jesse Vaughn, Mound City senior and president of College Republicans, said he was more excited about the McCain campaign when Palm joined the ticket.
"I was re-energized and so were other Republican group members," Vaughn said. "Everyone began to ask how they could help out with the campaign."
Ultimately, Vaughn said, it's the person at the top of the ticket that people are voting for and not just the vice presidential candidate.
Rowland said that the primary role of the vice presidential candidate was to attack the other party, but that Palin might have gone about it wrong, which has raised questions about her competence.
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On the flip side, Rowland said Obama had generated more attention from students and that he was a "gifted" candidate.
Rock said the reason he thought Obama was appealing to students was because he reminded them of one of their college professors.
"He doesn't rattle; he's very well spoken and that's what we, as students, are accustomed to," Rock said. "That's comfortable for a lot of students."
Vaughn said the Obama campaign had been effective, mainly because of associations with the Bush administration.
"However, I don't think it's effective for the Obama campaign to use the word 'change' because it has become an empty word." Vaughn said. "And he hasn't even said what that change is going to be."
The lecture is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and co-sponsored by The Commons. The event is free to the public, tickets are available at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., or in room 200 in Strong Hall.
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Special teams could be pivotal against Colorado
The worst kick return unit in the country meets a team that allows 31.5 yards per return who will blink first?
BY TAYLOR BERN
Wangan barely escaped Folsom Field in Boulder last year with a 19-14 victory against the Buffaloes. This Saturday's game in Lawrence will see the Jayhawks try to improve their weak kick return statistics.
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Kansas' first kick return in its 11:30 a.m. home game against Colorado on Saturday might be the most important play of the day.
Something's got to give.
That's because Jayhawk return man Marcus Herford, the 15th best kick returner in the nation last year, leads an attack that averages 13.2 yards per return, the worst in the country. On the other side is Colorado's kickoff unit, which allows an average of 31.5 yards per return, the most in the country.
Whichever team overcomes its special teams weakness will win the field position battle.
From there, it's up to the offenses to take control, and each one learned something drastically different about its running game last week.
Running back Jake Sharp spurred a furious second half comeback to lead 16 Kansas to a 35-33 victory over Iowa State last week. His performance effectively ended coach Mark Mangino's search for a feature tailback.
"Jake is a very competitive guy," Mangino said. "He didn't like the way things were going in the run game and he wanted to do something about it. He not only got it done in the running game, but also in the passing game. He comes to play and he takes great pride in his performance."
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In Boulder, the rushing situation got a lot worse in the Buffaloes' 38-14 home loss to No.5 Texas.
Darrell Scott has struggled through injuries this year, which have resulted in decreased rushing yards each week. On Saturday he injured his ankle in the third quarter, effectively ending his day with two carries for four yards.
Heralded freshman running back
and a banged up offensive line.
Coach Dan Hawkins' front line has been dealt so many injuries that he's toying around with the idea of playing freshman defensive tackle Eugene Goree at offensive guard on Saturday. Goree has no previous offensive experience.
there," Hawkins said to Colorado reporters on Wednesday. "We're trying to play the best people in there and trying to get some fortification going on. Right now we just have such a dire need over there."
His absence has put extra pressure on fellow freshman tailback Rodney Stewart
Goree, 6-foot-1 and 300 pounds, said he's excited about the opportunity to take some snaps on the other side of the ball.
"We're just trying to get some help in
"I'm really interested in it." Goree said. "It's something new—a new challenge, and I like challenges."
Kansas is used to a challenge when it plays Colorado. The Jayhawks won the last two matchups by a combined nine points.
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VOLLEYBALL
BY JOSH BOWE
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Usually a weekend off would call for rest and relaxation, but not for the Jayhawk volleyball team.
Sophomore outside hitter Jenna Kaiser said she thought it would be the latter.
Kansas will have its bye in the schedule this weekend, after a tough five-set loss to Texas A&M on Wednesday night. This weekend will either give the Jayhawks more time to mull over the heartbreaking loss or give the team ample time to prepare for its border rival on Wednesday.
"I think we will be very focused and ready for Missouri," Kaiser said. "You can't not be ready for Missouri; it's the Border Showdown."
It will be a weekend that coach Ray Bechard can hammer out some of the issues that have plagued the Jayhawks all season. Kansas' biggest issue has been its starts this season. The Jayhawks have lost the first set in 10 of the team's 16 matches this season. Eight of those 10 matches have seen Kansas fall 0-2 to start a match.
"Maybe we'll have an online vote, see what everyone thinks," Bechard said jokingly about how to fix the Jayhawks' first-set issues.
While Bechard has never questioned the Jayhawks' effort this year, he said it had become clear that the consistent struggle in the first two sets was something that might be harder to solve than the team first thought.
But the players know it is on them to fix the problem. Sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlington said she wished that Kansas would start playing at the beginning of each set.
"We can't wait to be down five points before we start playing Kansas volleyball," Garlington said. "We need to start playing Kansas volleyball from point one."
Kaiser said it was the execution that seemed to slow Kansas down. She said the team needed to attain the higher level of execution needed to win in the Big 12 Conference.
"We're all frustrated," Kaiser said. "So we're just going to focus that into productive energy on the court."
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COMMENTARY
Former starting quarterback contributes
BY BRYAN WHEELER
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It seems light years ago by now. There was a time when Kerry Meier was the next big thing for the Jayhawks at quarterback. After all, he did set the freshman record for touchdown passes just two years ago. At 6-foot-3, 220 pounds and blazing speed, Meier fit the mold of a Big 12 gunslinger.
Then, in the midst of a lackluster performance from veteran quarterback Adam Barrmann at home against Colorado in 2006, coach Mark Mangino had to make an executive decision. With Meier injured, Mangino had no choice but to send a little kid from Texas named Todd Reesing onto the field to replace Barrmann. And guess what? It worked.
The kid, then a little-known redshirt freshman, would probably have not played if not for Meier's injury. With a 9-0 deficit, Reesing rallied the team to a 20-15 victory against the Buffalooes.
He made brilliant passes, escaped defenders and ran all over a struggling Colorado team. The next week, Meier would return to duty as the starting quarterback and we would see very little of the mysterious comeback kid.
When Mangino chose Reesing, it looked as if Meier would never see the playing field again. For Mangino, there would no longer be a debate on whether Meier could win back the starting job. It's the kind of move that sends some players packing their bags and transferring to another school.
Outside the program, it seemed as if Mangino was taking crazy pills by choosing Reeing.
The rest is history. Reeing has gone on to rewrite passing records at Kansas, while Meier has done what he can for the team. Receiving, puncting, passing, you name it, Meier has done it all. Reeing established
himself as one of the best quarterbacks in the nation last season, while Meier landed himself on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a wide receiver.
This season, however, Meier has arrived as Reesing's No. 1 target at wide receiver. At the moment, Meier's 44 receptions and 514 yards put him on pace to break both single season records at Kansas.
Mangino has said before that he knew Meier was a talented guy, but he has also said he couldn't predict his success. As it stands, Meier still spends half of his practice time as Reeing's backup.
With his size and speed combined with the surest hands on the team, you have to think NFL scouts are watching him. Not a bad gig for a guy that lost his job as a starting quarterback.
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Kansas single season receiving records
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Player Richard Estell Kerry Meier
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70 1985
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Bob Johnson 1,144 1983
Kerry Meier 1,234* 2008
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Junior goalkeeper Julie Hanley clears the ball downfield in a game against Colorado. The Jayhawks face off against Oklahoma State and Oklahoma this weekend.
Hawks brace for offensive powerhouse Oklahoma State
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Oklahoma State has one focus: score and score often.
So it comes as no surprise to see the 13th-ranked Cowgirls (10-1-1, 1-1-1) pacing the Big 12 in an astounding six offensive categories by wide margins. They lead the conference in goals scored by 12, averaging 3.75 goals per contest.
Tonight at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex in Stillwater, Okla., Kansas (8-4, 2-2) will meet Oklahoma State for the first time since Colin Carmichael's team defeated Mark Francis and the Jayhawks 3-0 in the Big 12 Tournament a year ago.
The Jayhawks haven't forgotten the game that ended their season, and they know exactly what kind of team they'll be dealing with.
"They are just really attacking oriented, and they have a girl in the center of the park that just goes at us," junior goalkeeper Julie Hanley said. "They are really organized and finish their chances well."
The daunting force in the middle of the park is Oklahoma State's senior midfielder Yolanda Odenyo, a two-time All American
and a key cog of the Swedish national team. The 2006 Big 12 Co-Player of the Year is already having her best offensive season with a career-high 10 goals in 12 games.
Supporting Odenyo is junior forward Kasey Langdon, who has accumulated even more jaw-dropping statistics this season for the Cowgirls. So far Langdon has racked up 25 points on seven goals and
eleven assists, surpassing her previous high of 19 points set a year ago.
Hanley said Kansas had been focusing on staying organized during practice this week in preparation for the rematch. Despite Oklahoma State's remarkable offensive numbers, scoring hasn't come quite as easily in its three Big 12 contests.
The Cowgirls dispatched Texas Tech 5-1
in Stillwater, but followed that up with one goal per contest in a tie with Colorado and a loss to Texas A&M.
Francis said he expected a tight match because both teams played similar styles and Big 12 position was on the line. Both teams employ a 4-3-3 formation and rely on ball possession to generate offense.
Junior defender Estelle Johnson said that she expected a physical game, but that stopping Oklahoma State wouldn't be too much of a transition from some of Kansas' other opponents this season.
"We have already played teams like Florida that are strictly offensive teams, and we've done fine," Johnson said. "I think as long as we stay compact and organized as a defensive line we will be fine."
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said, this weekend is critical for Kansas' postseason aspirations.
Kansas will also travel to Norman, Okla., on Sunday for a 1 p.m. game against Oklahoma (1-11, 0-3). The two games represent the last time the Jayhawks play away from home until the season finale at Missouri. With her team at 2-2 and trailing conference leaders Texas A&M, Hanley
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"We are definitely going into it looking for two wins," Hanley said. "I don't think we will be satisfied with anything else."
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Junior forward Shannon McCabe and sophomore midfielder Sarah Salazar will be in familiar surroundings this weekend
in Oklahoma. Both hail from the Tulsa area and said they expected family, friends and former teammates at this weekend's games.
McCabe and Salazar both played with Oklahoma State players
in high school and on their club teams. Salazar said defeating the Cowgirls held more weight than other games for her.
"I'm nervous because this is the one team I really want to beat really bad," she said.
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quote of the day
"It's Division I football! It's the Big 12! It ain't intramurals! You've got two weeks after finals. You've got a week at July 4th. You've got a week before camp starts. That's probably more vacation than you guys get. And we're a little bummed out that we don't get three weeks! Go play intramurals, brother. Go play intramurals. Have at it. Have at it."
Colorado football coach Dan Hawkins in 2007
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A: Boise State. Hawkins was 53-11 during five seasons at Boise State.
QB or not, Meier helps KU
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Kerry Meier is one of the best receivers in the nation.
Re-read that sentence if it didn't quite register. It's hard for Jayhawk fans to fathom that the 6-3, 220-pound star Kansas recruited to be a quarterback standout has turned into one of the nation's elite pass-catchers.
But Meier has. He's got the numbers to prove it. Meier ranks second in the nation in receptions per game with just less than five. He's No. 11 in receiving yards per game with more than 102.
Not only is Meier as reliable as an umbrella in a rainstorm, he also plays when the Jayhawks need them most. Reflect back on Kansas' 37-34 last-second loss to South Florida.
The junior receiver doesn't drop passes. Ever. Junior quarterback Todd Reesing didn't nickname Meier "Old Faithful" for nothing.
The layhawks would have never come back to tie the Bulls if it wasn't for a key play from Meier. It was third-and-20 from South Florida's 45-yard line and all hope seemed to be lost for Kansas.
sprinted down the seam and Reesing found him for a 26-yard completion. The catch set up a touchdown on the next play to tie the game at 34.
Although the defeat overshadowed Meier's heroes, he would have a chance to shine in a winning effort soon enough. That opportunity came last weekend against Iowa State.
Meier outran the coverage.
Meier led Kansas with seven catches for 125 yards and once again, made two of the biggest plays of the game. The first came on a fourth-and-7 from the Iowa State 23-vard line with Kansas trailing
20-14. It was every bit as dire of a situation as the aforementioned South Florida conversion.
Meier ran a similar route as the one he did in Tampa and Reesing connected with him perfectly to give the lavhawks' their first
lead. Meier added another touchdown later in the game to make the score 35-26, which ultimately assured the Kansas victory.
Meier makes big plays. He has the most trustworthy hands on the team. He's got the statistics, too. At this rate, Meier is a serious All-American candidate. He's practically a lock for the All-Big 12 Team.
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Buffalofoes at home, how are they going to compete with Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech and Missouri?
They won't. Beat Colorado handily and Kansas proves it can win at least one of those games. Lose to the Buffaloes and the Jayhawks might be
headed to a 6-6 record because of their brutal schedule.
But Kansas won't lose. The defense has shown some reasons for optimism. Sophomore defensive end Jake Laptad gives the lajahays a steady pass rusher. Senior cornerback Kendrick Harper is at least formidable, which can't be said for the freshman cornerbacks.
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Luckily for Big 12 fans, this game will not be televised. Not only would it be painful to watch, but it would hurt the Big 12's national reputation.
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BY ROB MAADDI ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA - Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener.
Utley and Burrell homered off tiring Derek Lowe in the sixth inning to back a strong performance by Cole Hamels, and the Phillies were a winner in their return to the NLCS, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Thursday night.
"It feels great but you can't get too caught up in this," Burrell said. "We've got a lot of work to do."
Ramirez put the Dodgers ahead with a long RBI double in the first, just missing a two-run homer. But the Phillies' big bats answered in the sixth, when Burrell hit a goahead solo homer after Uteley's two-
run shot tied it.
Game 2 is Friday in Philadelphia, with Phillies right-hander Brett Myers facing Dodgers right Chad Billingslev.
A lower back injury nearly sidelined Burrell in the first round against Milwaukee, and he almost got benched after going 0-for-8 in the first three games. But manager Charlie Manuel kept Burrell in the lineup, and Burrell responded with two homers and four RBIs in the clinching win over the Brewers.
"I think the guy just geared it up a notch," Burrell said.
Hamels settled down after the first and wound up allowing two runs and six hits, striking out eight.
Ryan Madson pitched a scoreless eighth, and Brad Lidge finished with a perfect ninth for his third save of the postseason. Lidge is 44-for-44 in save chances this year.
Lowe cruised through the first
five innings, allowing just four singles. But the right-hander with the hard sinker couldn't make it out of the sixth.
The speedy Shane Victorino reached second base leading off on shortstop Rafael Furcal's throwing error. Utley ripped the next pitch into the seats in right-center for his first postseason homer in 29 at-bats, tying it at 2.
One out later, Burrell lined a 3-1 pitch into the left-field stands for a 3-2 lead, sending the sellout crowd into frenzy. While Burrell circled the bases, Lowe looked up at the fireworks going off beyond the swinging replica Liberty Bell that hangs beyond the outfield stands and waited for manager Joe Torre to walk to the mound.
Burrell high-fived teammates and got a curtain call from long-suffering fans, who waited 15 years to see the Phillies return to the NLCS.
"Utley is a pretty good hitter," Dodgers manager Joe Torre said. "I don't think the error had anything to do with what happened after that."
Los Angeles took a 1-0 lead in the first off Hamels, who tossed eight shutout innings against Milwaukee in Game 1 of the division series.
Andre Ethier hit a one-out double. With first base open, manager Charlie Manuel chose to let Hamels pitch to Ramirez. The slugger made them pay, hitting an RBI double high off the 19-foot wall just left of straightaway center.
Blake DeWitt's sacrifice fly in the fourth made it 2-0. Matt Kemp led off the inning with a looping ground-rule double down the right-field line. Kemp advanced to third on Casey Blake's grounder to shortstop and scored on DeWitt's飞 to center.
Lowe's sinker was so sharp early on that he even got Jayson Worth to
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Lowe was 6-1 with a 1.27 ERA in his last 10 regular-season starts, including an 0.59 ERA in September. He beat Chicago in the opener of the division series as the Dodgers swept the heavily favored Cubs to reach the NLCS for the first time since winning the World Series in 1988.
Right from the start, fans waved their white-and-red "Fightin' Phil's" towels and screamed "Beat LA," a chant first made popular by Boston fans as the Philadelphia 76ers were finishing off the Celtics to advance to the 1983 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. The 76ers went on to beat the Lakers. It's the last championship this title-starved city has celebrated.
Since then, the Phillies have lost twice in the World Series (1983 and '93), and the city's other three
major pro teams are 0-5 in the finals of their respective sports.
The Phillies played their first NLCS game since clinching the pennant in Game 6 against Atlanta at old Veterans Stadium on Oct. 13, 1993. They're seeking their second World Series title (first was in 1980) in the franchise's 126-year history.
Both teams entered the series streaking. The Dodgers finished 19-8 to capture the NL West crown and won three in a row over the Cubs. The Phillies went 13-3 down the stretch to win their second straight NL East title and needed four games to get past wild-card Milwaukee.
The teams split eight regular-season meetings, each sweeping a four-game series at home in August.
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Are you so unlucky that every player on your fantasy roster is in his bye week? Well, I can't replace everyone for you, but here are a few guys that should be available to help your fantasy squad.
JEFF GARCIA, QB, TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
With the injury to starter Brian Griese, Garcia will reclaim his role this weekend. Tampa Bay is taking on a tough Carolina team, so Garcia should be able to exploit his offensive weapons for a big game. If San Diego quarterback Philip
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reception on the halftack pass. The Vikings may not need to resort to as much trickery, but watch out for Shiancoe to have a big game.
SHINCHEE AND WINKINS
Shiancoe and the Vikings will take on one of the worst secondaries in the league in the Detroit Lions. Quarterback Gus Frerotte proved he can air the ball out in route to the comeback victory on Monday night, and Shiancoe got in on the action with a touchdown
PREDICTION SURE TO GO WRONG
On account of they all have so far, I am changing this section in hopes of one of two things happening: A) I don't look as bad or B) all these predictions actually turn out
right. Now, on to the prediction. The Texans will get their first victory of the season against a Miami team that has won at New England, and just beat a tough San Diego team. Despite that, running back Steve Slaton and quarterback Matt Schaub will have big games, much like they did against Jacksonville, but will have that extra edge to win by playing at home
SWIMMING & DIVING
Team uses 'quiz' to prepare
BY ADAM SAMSON
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Edited by Brieun Scott
Coach Clark Campbell compared all the swim meets before the championship season to how students use a quiz in class.
The quizzes prepare students for the final exam and give an idea of where they stand in the class. So the intrasquad meet today for the women's swimming and diving team is the first quiz in Campbell's mind.
"It gives us an idea of where we are currently from a fitness point, technical point and skill point," Campbell said. "We're making sure we have all of those things lined up."
In the past, Campbell used intrasquad as an opportunity to gather times for each of the swimmers. Traditionally, it was a way to get all of the swimmers used to being a team, because it was a lowkey, non-threatening race opportunity before the real meets start.
This season is unique in that the intrasqua performances will set up the travel squad for the Arizona trip next week. A trip that includes a duel against a top-15 program in Arizona State and a duel against Northern Arizona. Campbell and the Jayhawks will take a squad of 20 to Arizona: 17 swimmers, three divers.
"I feel that the intensity and the level of performance this year, because of the strings attached to it, will be much higher than in years past," Campbell said.
The coaches look at this meet to be a first step in becoming a much more competitive program and are embracing the idea that the meet is about performance and excellence.
Edited by Arthur Hur
FRAUER
The team will be split into Crimson and Blue squads for the meet. Campbell put the athletes into events he thought gave them the best shot of making the travel team to Arizona.
"It's interesting to put people in competitive situations and this year is a little different with the hinging travel trip based on your performance," Campbell said. "It's good to put athletes in those states of pressure to see how they react."
"What we try to do is get it to where it's the closest, tightest meet possible and it comes down to the last relay." Campbell said.
The layhawks begins the competitive season with the intrasquad meet tonight at 4 p.m. in Robinson Natatorium.
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KU KICKOFF AT A GLANCE
The Jayhawks will look to win their 13th straight home game when they play host to Colorado on ESPN2. It's the Jayhawks' first home game on ESPN or ESPN2 since they played host to TCU in 1995. Kansas has won six straight day games and is 21-2 in their last 23 games at Memorial Stadium.
25th
scoring offense (35.2 pda)
6th
BYTHE NUMBERS
passing offense (347 ypq)
96th
rushing offense (118.6 ypg)
38th
scoring defense (18.8 ppq)
KEEP ON ROLLIN'
84th
passing defense (227.6 ypq)
17th
rushing defense (95.2 ypg)
PLAYER TO WATCH
Junior
Junior tailback Jake Sharp. Sharp started the first three games of the season and had only 61 yards rushing. He topped
PETER MIDDLETON
Sharp
that on Saturday, rushing for 79 against the Cyclones. He also had 107 receiving yards including a 67-yard touchdown that started the Kansas comeback.
QUESTION MARKS
Is Kansas already thinking about Oklahoma? Mangino refused to let his players look ahead last season, taking a one-game-at-a time mentality throughout. If that's the case again, Kansas should be focused and ready for a big victory.
COUNTDOWN TO KICK-OFF GAME DAY
Will Todd Reesing have another big game against Colorado? Some of Todd Reesing's best games as a Jayhawk have come against the Buffaloo. His redshirt was burned when he came in after halftime two years ago to help the Jayhawks rally for a 20-15 victory.
KANSAS VS. COLORADO 11:30 a.m. Saturday, MEMORIAL STADIUM, ESPN2
Can the Jayhawks have another good day rushing?
4-1, 1-0 Big 12
OFFENSE
After struggling to find any sort of a running game, Jake Sharp broke free for 186 all-purpose yards including 79 on the ground to help the comeback against Iowa State. Coach Mark Mangino said that Angus Quigley and Jocques Crawford will continue to get carries but that Sharp is now the team's featured back. Meanwhile, junior wide receiver Kerry Meier is fifth in the nation with 44 receptions.
M. H. A.
Meier
★★★★☆
DEFENSE
The pass rush and pass defense continue to be obvious points of concern for Mangino and his staff. Kendrick Harper returned from an injury at cornerback but looked less than 100 percent against Iowa State. The Jayhawks need to find a way to pressure the quarterback more so that he doesn't have all day to find an open receiver.
Harper
SPECIALTEAMS
★★★☆
The Jayhawks rank dead last, 119th out of 119, in kick return yards. Mangino attributes that to teams kicking the ball away from preseason All-American Marcus Herford, but also said that Herford needs to improve. The Jayhawks also allowed Iowa State to recover an onside kick, something Mangino said was corrected and won't happen again.
POLICE
Herford
COACHING
Instead of yelling and cussing in the locker room at halftime down 20-0, Mangino instead decided to calmly rally his troops and use positive motivation to get them fired up. It worked as the Jayhawks dominated the second half and completed the comeback for the victory. Mangino has kept his players focused on Colorado, refusing to let them look ahead to next week's game against Oklahoma.
★★★★
★★
★★★
MOMENTUM
It's probably not a good time for Colorado to be traveling to Lawrence to play the Jayhawks. Kansas is coming off one of the best comebacks in school history and will be fired up from the start. They don't want to get behind like they did against Iowa State so expect the pedal to be on full throttle the entire game.
3-2,0-1 Big 12
JOHN ALEXANDER
OFFENSE
Quarterback Cody Hawkins has taken a step back in his second year at the helm. The sophomore is completing 59 percent of his passes and already has as many sacks (10) as touchdowns. Freshman duo Rodney Stewart and Darrell Scott have led the rushing attack, although Scott's ankle injury has limited him in the past few weeks. Colorado has played five freshmen
Hawkins
10
KANSAS
at various positions on the offensive line, which has led to Hawkins taking a lot of unnecessary hits.
Hypolite
DEFENSE
★★★★
The linebacking duo known as Smarty Jones — Jeff Smart and Brad Jones — leads the Buffalooes defensive attack. Smart leads the team with 10.2 tackles per game, while Jones has seven tackles for loss, including three sacks for minus 25 yards. Senior free safety Ryan Walters anchors the secondary with 8.8 tackles per game, four linemen and two forward fumblers.
Senior defensive tackle George Hypolite was an All-Big 12 performer last year, and he leads the team with eight quar terback pressures this season.
★★★☆★
SPECIAL TEAMS
Sophomore wide receiver Josh Smith leads the team with 18 catches for 221 yards, and he's also one of the best kick returners in the conference. Smith has one 93-yard return for touchdown and he averages 29 yards per return. Smith also handles punt returns and averages 10.9 yards per return. Outside of Smith, Colorado's special teams are bleak. Kicker Aric
P
Goodman is 3-for-8 on field goals and punter Matt DIllallo has middle-of-the-pack numbers.
★★★☆☆
COACHING
-B.J.Rains
On Tuesday, coach Dan Hawkins and Colorado agreed to a deal that could extend his contract through 2012. The move proves that the Buffalooes administration has seen some positive steps despite his 11-18 record in Boulder. Hawkins' teams at Boise State were perennial over-achievers and last year his Colorado squad showed that same potential with a victory against Oklahoma. His team isn't good enough to contend for a Big 12 North title yet, but they are a legitimate threat in every conference game.
MOMENTUM
★★★★
Colorado held the world in its hooves after a 17-14 overtime triumph of West Virginia four weeks ago. Since then, the Buffaloes have dropped a pair of ugly games. They surrendered a combined 77 points in back-to-back losses at Florida State and at home against Texas. The offense is in shambles and the defense showed that it couldn't stop a mediocre offense.
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KICKOFF
AT A GLANCE
Colorado's season could go either way right now. The Buffaloes started with a lot of momentum and a 3-0 record, but now they sit at 3-2 and will have to fight for six victories. Cody Hawkins is getting pressure from all sides and it's led to a less-than-productive start to conference play. For a team that once held college football by its Rocky Mountain oysters, there are suddenly a lot of questions.
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77th
72nd
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passing offense (205 ypg)
93rd
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75th
35th
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passing defense (182.8 ypq)
89th
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PLAYER TO WATCH
PETER WILLIAMS
Sophomore wide receiver Josh Smith. Smith is a game-breaker in the mold of Dezmon Briscoe or Daymond
Smith
Patterson. He leads the team in receiving yards, receiving touchdowns and both return categories. Smith averages 163.6 all-purpose yards per game and is a threat to break a big play every time he touches the ball.
QUESTION MARKS
Can Aric Goodman find some accuracy?
Colorado's kicker has been awful, hitting just 3-of-8 field goal attempts. Unless the offense is running on all cylinders, the Buffs will need Goodman to salvage a couple of drives with three points. Without an accurate kicker, Colorado likely won't be in the game entering the fourth quarter.
Can freshman Rodney Stewart make Kansas respect the run?
Ever since freshman running back Darrell Scott's injury a few weeks ago, Stewart hasn't been able to generate the same production he had early in the season. Stewart must be productive to make sure the Jayhawks don't blitz Cody Hawkins on every play.
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No.3 Missouri vs. No.17 Oklahoma State 7 p.m. ESPN2
No.16 Kansas vs. Colorado 11:30 a.m. ESPN2
No.7 Texas Tech vs. Nebraska 2 p.m. FSN
Texas A&M vs. Kansas State 1 p.m. No TV
Baylor vs. Iowa State 7 p.m. FCS
BIG 12 CONFERENCE
LAKE BORNE
MEMORIAL STADIUM WILL ROCK IF...
★★★★
Todd Reesing has another big game and Jake Sharp continues his strong play as the team's featured back. Kansas seems to have everything
going in their favor, so a strong Jayhawk effort should be plenty enough for the victory.
GALE SAYERS WILL WEEP IF...
The pass defense continues to struggle and allows Cody Hawkins to pass the ball up and down the field and keep the Kansas offense off the field. Colorado has lost two straight, but comes in fired up and ready for the upset.
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Time Channel
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No. 6 Penn State at Wisconsin 7 p.m. ESPN
No. 8 USC vs. Arizona State 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 9 BYU vs. New Mexico 5 p.m. The Mtn.
No. 10 Georgia vs. Tennessee 2:30 p.m. CBS
No. 12 Ohio State vs. Purdue 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 13 Vanderbilt at Mississippi State 1:30 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 14 Utah at Wyoming 1 p.m. The Mtn.
No. 15 Boise State at Southern Miss 7 p.m. CSTV
No. 20 Auburn vs. Arkansas 4 p.m. ESPN360.com
NO. 22 North Carolina vs. Notre Dame 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 23 Michigan State at Northwestern 2:30 p.m. ESPN2
No. 25 Ball State at Western Kentucky 6 p.m. No TV
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ENTREPRENEURS
A crash course in innovation
Contest winners find there's always a market for ideas
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA smiyakawa@kansan.com
With the struggling U.S. economy presenting obstacles to business owners, some KU students are challenging the business world with their own ideas.
Ann Fitzgerald, Southlake, Texas, graduate student, and her business partner, Jana Silverman, 2008 graduate, are preparing to sell shower chairs, while Adam Hofmann, Overland Park senior, runs a photography business targeting high school seniors.
The three won the Mark L. Morris Jr. New Venture Development competition, a contest sponsored by the School of Business, in Spring 2008. They now compete with businesses that have more money and more experience than they do.
TAKE A SEAT
Fitzgerald and Silverman, who both earned their bachelor's degrees in industrial design, started their business plan for a senior design project in 2007. The project involved doing marketing research as well as designing.
The pair eventually decided to sell shower chairs for people who were unable to stand in the shower.
Fitzgerald said she and Silverman wanted to design a chair that was both practical and aesthetically pleasing. They also decided to use 3Form, a recyclable plastic, to construct the chair.
"Most people have a negative connotation about shower chairs," Silverman said. "When you think of one, you think of just a plastic seat with steel legs."
Fitzgerald and Silverman tried several designs and materials to refine the prototype, asking their relatives to use the chairs and displaying the chairs in front of Wescoe Hall to get feedback.
"Good design reaches the gap between what the industry offers and what customers want." Fizerald said.
Silverman said protecting their ideas from competitors was always a challenge. The pair is looking for investors and manufacturers to sell the chairs within a year.
Silverman works for a Web site design company full time. Fitzgerald said she also planned to seek full-time employment after completing her master's degree in industrial design. But Fitzgerald said they would both continue their own business.
SHOOTING FOR EXCELLENCE
For his project, Hofmann combined business with his interest in photography, which began in high school while taking pictures for yearbooks and sport teams. He said he didn't consider starting his own business until Summer 2007, when he took several portraits for high school students and recognized an opportunity to make money in the photography business.
"It definitely pays off," Hofmann said. "If you break down per hour, it's a pretty good hourly wage."
At first, Hofmann talked to his high school principal and faculty members about his business and sent advertising flyers and letters to personal connections to find customers. His high school-aged brother also helped him. He said once he took some portraits, it was easier for him to find other customers through word of mouth.
He said he made his business stand out by providing more convenience for customers.
He talks with customers for a few hours to pick the best places and outfits for the portraits, then picks up customers from their homes and takes them to photography locations. One of the most interesting ideas he had ever helped come up with, Hofmann said, was to shoot a photograph of a boy playing the guitar in a tree.
"I try to find out things that will make it, more personal," Hofmann said. "I ask what kind of music they like, where they like to go, who they hung out with."
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Jana Silverman, 2008 graduate, and Ann Fitzgerald, Southlake, Texas, graduate student, are industrial designers who designed a shower chair from a material called Form, an environmentally safe recyclable plastic. The patent is currently pending for the dishwasher; safe shower chair.
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Queers and Allies attended a production of "The Laramie Project," on Friday in Manhattan. The play depicts Matthew Shepard's murder and events surrounding it in 1998 in Laramie, Wyo. The 10th anniversary of Shepard's death was Sunday.
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TRANSPORTATION
If the city manages to keep its bus transit system through a sales tax initiative on November's ballot, University and city administrators will have to decide on whether, and how, to merge the two bus systems.
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Town ranks No.15 on list of top sports cities
BY B.J. RAINS
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The '07-'08 sports season, one of the best years in the history of Kansas athletics, brought the city of Lawrence a special honor.
ROCKSTAR DAYFEST
Now, the city of Lawrence has received an award of its own. The Sporting News released its annual list of the top sports cities in America and Lawrence has checked in at No. 15, the highest college town on the list.
The football team went 12-1 and won the 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl. The basketball team beat Memphis 75-68 in overtime to win the NCAA National Championship. Students, fans and citizens of Lawrence flocked to Massachusetts Street to celebrate all along the way.
"I'm not surprised at all," said Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director. "It's a reflection of the great student athletes we have, the coaches that we have and the fans that we have."
The list of top sports towns goes from
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
SEE LAWRENCE ON PAGE 4A
Thousands of Jayhawk fans celebrate on Massachusetts Street after last year's men's basketball team won the NCAA Championship against Memphis in overtime. 75-68. Lawrence was the highest ranked college town because of the basketball and football successes from last season.
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Gob Mogle, Omaha, Neb., freshman, and Aaron Bales, Kansas City, Kan., freshman,
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It's Thursday evening. You've just finished dinner, and the storm hits. The vortex of homework, jobs and relationships becomes overwhelming. So many things need to be done, but there is rarely enough time.
College students handle their stress with varying levels of efficiency. One method that scarcely comes to mind is one of Eastern origin: yoga. But a club of 20 University students, lead by president and founder Brandon Hidaka, find that this meditative practice is the perfect remedy for anxiety and an effective way to stay in shape.
The KU Yoga Club, which was founded in the Spring 2007, meets from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Thursday at the Courtside Room in the Burge Union. Consisting of about 70 percent women, the class is more gender balanced than the typical yoga class found in Lawrence.
With soft music humming in the background, sessions begin casually, as the members grab a mat and stake out their territory.
"Even if you don't have a mat, we have an extra supply of them for
people to use," Hidaka said.
The meeting begins with a brief warm-up. The standard warm-up includes light movement and breathing exercises. After the warm-up, more experienced members may modify certain positions to increase the intensity of their workout. Focus on breath is an initial barrier, but it is the key to true meditation.
Hidaka said he enjoyed the "constantly changing rhythms of his breath" and the sound of his voice during chants.
From here, either Hidaka or a guest leader will lead the group through a series of postures. Most of the members break a sweat during the heart of the workout. Duration of holding a stretch correlates directly with the intensity of a session. Many members notice an improvement in their flexibility after only a few meetings.
"Lack of flexibility is no excuse to avoid yoga." Hidaka said. "It's really easy to increase your flexibility by devoting as little as 10 minutes a day."
At the end of a workout, members lie on their backs, eyes closed, in the corpse position. For two to five minutes they relax and reflect. Group members mingle before heading back to their respective
homes.
Yoga's appeals are wide-ranging. For some, it is their one physical activity of the week. Others find the opportunity to unify body and mind enthralling.
"The experience can be theistic or secular, it depends on the person." Hidaka said.
you feel better about yourself, and you feel at peace with the earth." Most of the members practice yoga only once a week, but some meditate with the rising sun each morning. The club consists of members of all experience levels.
But the abstract goal of connecting body and soul provides ample rewards. Along with this, Hidaka said that, "concentration improves,
"Keep an open mind and don't be self conscious, yoga is about self-improvement," Hidaka said.
Edited by Ramsey Cox
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Nassau County police arrested Gregory Garvin on Wednesday for posing as a real estate agent and renting out the house in the hamlet of Roosevelt. Garvin was charged with grand larceny and fraud.
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The family was living in the house about two weeks when the real owner showed up.
Police say the house had been vacant and the real owner had planned to sell it.
Lump sum a gamble for $42M lottery winner
LANSING, Mich. — A winner of a $42 million Mega Millions jackpot in Michigan will receive the money in installments rather than getting a smaller, one-time cash payment.
The winner of the Oct. 3 jackpot indicated a preference for taking the annuity. State lottery spokeswoman Andi Brancato says she can't remember a Mega Millions winner in Michigan ever doing that.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Unlike Goldilocks, a man who stumbled into the wrong suburban Washington, D.C., home after drinking too much found the bed there just right.
Bob and Joanne Breiner returned home from a night out to find a man with a white beard nestled in their bed, sound asleep. Once police showed up and the drunken stranger realized what had happened, he apologized profusely and complimented the couple on their comfortable bed.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry" Joanne Breiner recalled him saying.
The man accidentally went to the Breiners' house after apparently getting off at a bus stop eight miles from his own home, police said. He entered through the unlocked front door.
Joanne Breiner said she first realized something was amiss the night of Sept. 27 after noticing crumpled aluminum foil and crumbs on the kitchen counter, along with a missing crab cake.
Minutes later, she recalled Thursday, her husband walked upstairs to the master bedroom, flipped on the light and noticed the intruder.
The man didn't stir, and Joanne Breiner says her husband wasn't even sure whether he was alive.
Quickly — and quietly — Bob alerted Joanne and the couple's 16-year-old son. They fled into the rainy darkness, not pausing to grab their car keys or other belongings.
Joanne Breiner said, she found the incident bizarre. "At first we thought, 'That's so strange, so weird, we couldn't even imagine,'" she said.
Police arrived, made their way to the master bedroom and woke the man by shaking him. Breiner said he asked the officers what they were doing in his house.
The family decided not to press charges.
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THE UNIVERSITY JAILY KANSAN
MONDAY OCTOBER 13, 2008
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Student group travels to see 'Laramie Project'
Just two days before the 10th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's murder, Queers and Allies takes in performance in Manhattan
BY JESSE TRIMBLE jtrimble@kansan.com
Seven members of Queers and Allies attended a production of "The Laramie Project" Friday night at the Purple Masque Theater in Manhattan. "The Laramie Project" is a play by Mosiés Kaufman and
Chaired
the Numbers Tectonic Theater Project and is based on Matthew Shepard's murder. The 10th anniversary of Shepard's death was Sunday.
In 1998, two men beat and murdered Shepard in Laramie, Wyo., where he was a student at the University of Wyoming. Shepard's murderers objected to his homosexuality and the Shepard case drew international attention as one of the first gay hate crimes in the United States.
The play depicts a theater company from New York traveling to Laramie to conduct hundreds of interviews with the residents of the town about Shepard's murder. The company members are also present for the trial and sentencing of the two men accused of Shepard's beating and murder. According to the 2000 census, the town had around 27,000 residents.
Rachel Gadd-Nelson, Kansas City sophomore and Queers and Allies public relations manager, said that the play was similar to the movie "The Laramie Project" that was released in 2002.
"This was an international event," Gadd-Nelson said. "People from everywhere were watching and it opened the eyes of people to
Gadd-Nelson said the play hit home about how an event like this could still easily happen anywhere.
hate crimes and what that meant."
"They put everything together into this play and the movie," Gadd-Nelson said. "It was scripted, but it was also a first-hand account of what was going on at the time from the people of Laramie."
Hahna Curtin, Oconomowoc, Wis., freshman and member of Queers and Allies, said that it was a very emotional and intense performance.
"One of the actresses on stage started crying when she wasn't supposed to," Curtin said. "The guy sitting next to me started crying, too."
Curtin said she barely remembered the actual event in 1998, as she was only eight years old at the time.
Jared Kelly, Salmouth, Mass., freshman and member of Queers and Allies, said although he'd never seen any version of the play before, it was extremely powerful.
"Before seeing this, I felt like I'm gay and people see homosexuality as being so bad and so wrong, but afterwards, I felt really empowered," Kelly said. "Kind of like I'm gay and that's OK."
Rumors swirled that Fred Phelps, the pastor of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, was supposed to come with a group of parishioners and picket the play, but they never showed up on Friday. Phelps infamously pickeded Shepard's funeral in 1998. Friends of Shepard organized a group of people who wore white robes and wings and surrounded Phelps' protest group to block their message from being heard by people at the funeral.
"That was one of the most powerful parts of the play — just amaz
She said that Phelps was portrayed as a character in the play.
ing," Gadd-Nelson said.
Curtin said that the play's depiction of Phelps was accurate and Phelps' character's lines in the play were what Phelps actually said.
"His desire to picket the actual play and the funeral is incredibly bad taste," Curtin said. "If you have a problem with homosexuality that's one thing, but to picket the funeral of a boy who was killed because he was gay — that's just heartless."
Gadd-Nelson said that since Shepard's murder, his mother, Judy, had become an activist for gay rights. Recently, an interview was conducted with Judy concerning hate crime laws being passed. Gadd-Nelson said it was upsetting to see her say that nothing had been passed concerning hate crime laws. Although Connecticut recently passed the gay marriage law, Gadd-Nelson said something should be done about hate crime laws.
Kelly said that hate crimes were a problem, not only within Kansas, but the nation as a whole.
"I don't think hate crimes occur as much as I initially thought," Kelly said. "But they are most definitely a problem. There should be legislature passed to do something about it. It needs to be dealt with."
For the past two years Queers and Allies have hung up flags around campus for Pride Week, which were then immediately torn down by students. This year the group decided to hang the flags higher, using a 24-foot tall ladder.
Edited by Rachel Burchfield
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A South Korean woman reads a newspaper reporting the United States removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday. North Korea said Sunday it would resume disabling its main nuclear facilities, hours after the United States removed the communist country from a list of states that sponsor terrorism.
North Korea feeds nuclear fears
Country blocks U.N. inspectors, reactivates plutonium plant
BY GEORGE JAHN ASSOCIATED PRESS
VIENNA, Austria — North Korea moved closer to restarting its nuclear arms program Wednesday, barring U.N. inspectors from its main plutonium reprocessing plant and announcing it will reactivate the facility that provided the material for its atomic test blast.
The move fed fears about a resurgent nuclear North Korea, but there also is speculation it might be motivated by negotiating strategy. Pyongyang could use the year needed to restart its sole reprocessing plant to wrest more concessions from the U.S. and others seeking to end the atomic program.
the international attempt to coax the North out of its confrontational isolation — a point addressed Wednesday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
U. S. diplomats are talking with other nations involved in bargaining with the North at this week's meeting of the U.N. General Assembly.
Still, coming amid reports leader Kim Jong ll suffered a stroke, the nuclear reversal is raising nervousness about a breakdown in
Any move by Pyongyang to restart its nuclear program "would only deepen its isolation." Rice warned. "We strongly urge the North to reconsider these steps and come back immediately into compliance with its obligations" under a disarmament-for-aid agreement reached in six-nation talks.
Hours earlier, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced that North Korean officials "informed the IAEA inspectors that they plan to introduce nuclear material to the reprocessing
plant in one week's time."
The statement from the Vienna-based U.N. agency said Deputy IAEA Director General Olli Heinonen told the IAEA board that after a request from North Korea, his inspectors removed all agency seals and surveillance equipment from the reprocessing plant and its immediate area.
That work "was completed today," Heinonen said, according to the statement.
It also said North Korea barred IAEA inspectors from further access to the Yongbyon nuclear complex.
North Korea had signaled in recent days that it would break out of the disarmament deal, announcing it was making "thorough preparations" to restart Yongbyon.
"What they've done is trouble," said Gregory L. Schulte, the chief U.S. delegate to the IAEA.
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Adam Hofmann, KU senior, Overland Park, began a photography business about two years ago, specializing in senior portraits. He said that high school students with extracurricular interests, such as music or sports, tended to have more personality in front of the lens.
He said he had many competitors, with one of the largest senior portrait companies in the country located in Overland Park. However, he said his age helped him connect to and understand more about his high school customers.
"Ultimately, you have to give what the clients want, but at the same time you always give something that nobody else has given to you." Hofmann said.
Hofmann, a business marketing major, will graduate in May 2009. He said he was not sure about continuing the photography business after graduation, but always enjoyed meeting different people and taking pictures for them.
"Probably the most fun is after the shoot. Shooting is fun, but afterwards they get to see the pictures and their reactions are pretty cool," Hofmann said.
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Wally Meyer, director of Entrepreneurship Programs who advised the three students, teaches entrepreneurship courses at the School of Business. He said that since the school started offering the courses in 2005, the number of students taking the classes had increased.
Hofmann said he had enrolled in entrepreneurship courses, which reinforced his knowledge after starting his business. He is also the president of the Entrepreneur Club on campus.
Meyer said the current economy presented challenges to entrepreneurs who needed new funds. He said businesspeople would also face sales challenges with financially pinched consumers not wanting to buy new products or services.
"The entrepreneur with a unique product or service targeted at a recession-resistant market with sufficient tenacity to weather the economic storm can still be very successful in today's economy," Meyer said.
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October 2007 to October 2008 and is compiled based on points given out for several different categories. Sporting News takes into consideration win-loss records, post-season appearances, team results, the number of teams and the team's attendance all play a part in the ranking.
LAWRENCE (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Boston tops the list thanks to the Red Sox World Series title in 2007 and the Celtics NBA title a few months ago. The Patriots went
Lawrence is the top college town on the list, finishing well ahead of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill tandem that was grouped together because of the towns' close proximity and came in as the second-highest college city at number 24 overall.
to the Super Bowl as well, but lost to the New York Giants.
"We're definitely one of the top college towns in America," said Matt Bradbury, Olathe senior and
life-long KU sports fan. "But to rank that high within all of the cities in the country, it's pretty cool. It shows how crazy people are here for the jayhawks."
When the Jayhawks won the 2008 NCAA Championship, thousands of fans filled Massachusetts Street of Lawrence that night to celebrate the victory.
"The fans are a big part of it," Marchiony said. "The people around Lawrence are a big part of
it. It doesn't surprise me at all that we were ranked that high."
The next highest city with a Big 12 school was Austin, Texas, with the University of Texas, at number 31. Columbia, Mo., home of the University of Missouri, came in at number 60. Kansas State University in Manhattan was ranked 76th.
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TRANSPORTATION
Uncertainty colors bus merger talks
BY RYAN MCGEENEY
rmcgeeney@kansan.com
Even after Lawrence voters decide whether to fund the city bus transit system through a pair of proposed sales taxes on the Nov. 4 ballot, both the city and University will still have at least one major transportation issue to sort out.
A collection of representatives from the University, city and Student Senate has been meeting on a weekly basis since September to discuss the details of a proposed merger of Lawrence's two bus systems: KU on Wheels, which also includes the Park and Ride system, and the Lawrence
bus transit system, the T.
A merger would involve coordinating the city's fleet of twelve buses with the University's 43 buses, five of which are dedicated to the Park and
proposal in November that will provide funding for city transit after January 2009 - the individuals in the meeting are forced to react to a series of hypothetical situations.
DEREK MEIER
Student Senate transportation coordinator
Toomay said that the two systems had different, if occasionally overlapping, goals.
"Most of the student senators are sitting on the sidelines until a merger plan emerges"
"I think there's a perception in the community that there are deficiencies out there, like routes and destinations that are served by both systems," Toomay said.
Casey Toomay, the city's interim transit administrator, said one of the primary motivations for the merger was a sense of the two systems' inefficiencies resulting in wasted resources.
Ride system. If the merger were to go through, its organizers hope to have its details worked out by July 2009.
Most of the planning stems from the Dan Boyle Report.
Because the merger's very existence rests on an unknown outcome — namely, whether Lawrence citizens will pass a tax
"KU's goal is to get people from where they live to the campus," Toomay said. "That's a little different than our goal, which is to get people all throughout the community. We have routes that go through campus. Whether we would continue to do that under a consolidated system or a merged system, we don't know."
Robert Chestnut, vice-mayor of Lawrence, said that the lack of certainty about the city transit's funding required a broad spectrum of alternative merger
The report, commissioned by the city, lists possible variations of combined routes, governance and other factors of a merged bus system, including contingency plans for various levels of funding.
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"It could be approved at two different levels," said Chestnut, referring to the two sales tax proposals. The first would provide basic funding for
the city transit system through a 0.2 percent sales tax, and the other would establish a bus replacement fund through a 0.05 percent sales tax. "It'd be one thing if it were X or nothing. Then we could start planning right away. But because it could be X, or Y, or Z, it's just wise to wait and see what we have to work with."
Meier pointed to the current ambiguity of the city system's future as cause for the University to withhold direct involvement.
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Derek Meier, Independence. Kan., sophomore, participates in the meetings as the Student Senate transportation coordinator.
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The series of attacks shows the ongoing security challenges facing Iraq as the U.S. shifts responsibility to this country's own soldiers and police following the sharp decline in violence since last year.
Clintons 'cheer' for Obama in final campaign rallies
Whatever recriminations the Clintons may still harbor from that long battle seem to have been nudged aside as they campaign in earnest for the Democratic ticket.
The nation's best known and most powerful Democrats for nearly two decades, the former first couple is getting used to a new role: cheerleaders for Obama, who vanquished Hillary Clinton last spring in a Democratic primary contest for the ages.
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5A
GREEK LIFE
Fraternities do well without home
KU chapters able to meet, participate in activities without physical house
Matthew Bertino, Ossining, N.Y., junior, Branden Tinker, Wichita junior, Danny Cook, Wichita junior, Brian Palmer, Leavenworth senior, Matt Lanning, Shawnee junior, Jake Miller, Shawnee sophomore, Matt Petty, Chanhassen, Minn., junior and Tanner Knight, Gardner senior, have a Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity meeting at the Kansas Union on Sunday. Palmer, the president of the fraternity, said they have fraternity meetings in the alcoves at the union because they don't have a house on campus.
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Not having a chapter house doesn't stop fraternities from being unified or from planning for events such as Homecoming, which begins next week.
"Chapters can be very strong without being housed." Rock said.
Alex Rock, Lawrence senior and president of the Interfraternity Council, said having an official house was beneficial for recruitment but that it wasn't necessary for a chapter to be successful.
Pi Kappa Alpha has been living without an official house since 2000. Alumni sold the house to First Management after the fraternity lost its charter in the late 90s. There are 21 members in the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Nine live together in a house on Mississippi Street and the rest live in smaller groups around Lawrence.
Brian Palmer, Leavenworth senior and president of Pi Kappa Alpha, said maintaining unity within the house was no more difficult than maintaining unity with any group of friends.
Palmer said one of the challenges was making announcements about an event. He said events had to be planned further ahead of time because he couldn't put an announcement on a bulletin board or knock on doors to let members know about it.
The fraternity has weekly brotherhood events where members participate in activities such as bowling and watching sporting events. They also hold weekly chapter dinners, meetings and take part in intramural competitions. Palmer said chapter dinners were common among fraternities, but that their fraternity generally visited restaurants because they weren't living together. Chapter meetings are
held at the Kansas Union. Palmer said they chose to have the meetings there because the living room of the Mississippi house provided too many distractions.
"It takes on more of a professional demeanor," Palmer said.
Palmer said it was nice to have the privacy of not sharing a room with members in a house while still being able to spend time with the other members in the living room of the Mississippi Street house.
This year Pi Kappa Alpha has a pledge class of 11 men. Palmer said formal recruitment was a challenge because some people were turned off when they heard the fraternity didn't have a house.
Tau Kappa Epsilon had to move out of its house last May because it was renting from Delta Tau Delta who returned to campus.
Alex Porte, Great Falls, Va.,
senior and president of Tau Kappa Epsilon, said his fraternity was able to maintain unity because members never went more than a few days without seeing each other on campus or at an event.
Tau Kappa Epsilon has chapter meetings, weekly committee meetings and rush dinners. Porte said moving out of the house forced members to improve communication and that weekly events helped keep them all on the same page.
Ten of the 21 members live in a house on Indiana Street and the rest live around Lawrence. The fraternity lost six members at the end of last semester, which Porte said was to be expected during a housing transition.
"It's kind of showed us who our strong members are and who our weak members are." Porte said.
Porte said not having a house
also gave freshmen the opportunity to live in a dorm their first year.
Tau Kappa Epsilon has formal chapter meetings at the house on Indiana Street but does larger mandatory meetings at the Kansas Union. Porte said the location gave meetings more of a sense of formality.
Porte said one recruitment advantage for Tau Kappa Epsilon was that it could be more selective and focus on values such as brotherhood, academics, service and leadership when considering potential members.
Other unhoused chapters include Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and all of the National Panhellenic Council and the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations chapters.
Edited by Arthur Hur
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State Republican frustration mounts
TOPEKA — Some Republicans watched with frustration last week as Lynn Jenkins, their nominee in the 2nd Congressional District, faced questions about recent meetings she missed as a state pension system trustee.
Democratic Rep. Nancy Boyda raised the issue during their last
debate. Fellow Democrats noted that as Jenkins was missing meetings, turmoil on Wall Street was causing the pension fund's assets to decline more than $1 billion in value.
"An attack only really works when it taps into an issue people are already thinking about," said Washburn University political scientist Bob Beatty.
Boyda is seeking her second term in the eastern Kansas. Jenkins is a two-term state treasurer.
"An attack only really works when it taps into an issue people are already thinking about."
As treasurer, Jenkins automatically has a seat on the Public Employees Retirement
Republicans said the missed meetings weren't a big deal. But the Kansas GOP's frustration suggested at least a little fear that jenkins might have lost a little ground with voters — in a close race in which a few missteps might make the difference.
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Since July 31, KPERS estimates that
its assets have dropped almost $1.1 billion in value, or about 9 percent. But KPERS is a long-term investor, and retirees' benefits aren't in danger.
Boyda's attack particularlygrated on Christian Morgan, the Kansas GOP's executive director. That's not surprising, because Morgan has been criticizing Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for months for campaigning outside Kansas for her party's presidential nominee, Barack Obama.
14 days campaigning for Obama in 12 states.
In August and September, the governor's staff disclosed, she spent
The political result? A big yawn,
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"People have told me that it is a non-issue," Morgan said.
Of course, Sebelius isn't on the ballot this year. And, as she noted, she's got a Blackberry to keep her in touch by phone or e-mail, meaning she was probably more isolated from her office during the hours she spent answering a jury duty summons last week.
Jenkins also has said e-mail allows her to keep up with KPERS business.
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In July, Republican Sen. Pat Roberts' re-election campaign began airing an ad that attacked Democratic challenger Jim Slattery, a former 2nd District congressman, for missing 44 percent of his scheduled votes in 1994, his last year in the House.
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Rather, these Republicans said, McCain needs to strike a balance in his tone — appearing presidential while also questioning Obama's readiness to serve and judgment to lead. And, several said McCain should close the campaign on an honorable note.
"He doesn't need an attack strategy, he needs a comeback strategy," said Alex Castellanos, a longtime national GOP media consultant who worked for McCain primary rival Mitt Romney.
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Several Republicans, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid angering McCain, said the campaign should have sought to plant doubts about Obama's associations with 1960s-era radical William Ayers and others months ago, rather than waiting until the campaign's final weeks. Doing so now, they said, makes the 72-year-old McCain come off as angry, grouchy and desperate, playing into Democrats' hands.
the economy," said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, one of more than a dozen prominent Republicans who in interviews during the past week expressed concern over the course of McCain's bid. "If he doesn't win that case, it's all over, and it's going to be a very bad year for Republics."
"He has to make the case that he's different than Bush and better than Obama on
"He has an opportunity to step up and be a forceful leader during these challenging times," said Ron Kaufman, a veteran party operative who also worked for Romney. "McCain got the nomination because that's what his brand is, but somehow it's gotten muddled."
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"He's got a great story and a great case to make" Murray Clark, the state party chairman, said of McCain. "Has he made that yet? Not really?"
Despite the polls showing Obama with a lead nationally and challenging for states long in the Republican column, none of the Republicans interviewed said the race was lost. They said McCain can prevail if he presents himself as the optimistic visionary the public wants at deeply worrisome economic times.
And the candidate himself, the target of a negative whisper campaign in the 2000 GOPprimary, appears conflicted on the campaign trail. He's cheery and
"He needs to come forward with a serious new plan and announce it in a serious manner," said Scott Reed, who managed Bob Dole's 1996 campaign. "McCain cannot outdo Obama in just expressing outrage over Wall Street greed."
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THE ADVENTURES OF JESUS AND JOE DIMAGGIO
HEY,
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REALLY?
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NUCLEAR FOREHEAD
WHERE ARE MY PENCILS?
I WANT THEM IN
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I'M NOT A MUSICAL
I DON'T HAVE A POUCH
YES YOU DO!
NO. I DON'T.
WHAT DID YOU DO?
YOU WERE SLEEPING, SO I
PUT YOUR PENCILS BACK...
IN... YOUR...
POUCH...
Jake has been letting Awesome Opossum borrow his pencils, and he asks for them back. Awesome Opossum claims he has put them in Jake's pouch. Jake doesn't have a pouch.
Awesome Opossum is still very sure of himself. At this point Jake becomes concerned. Awesome Opossum is very stupid.
Awesome Opossum shoved Jake's pencils up his rectum as he slept.
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FOREHEAD
LUHERE ARE MY PENKES?
I PUT THEM IN
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IM NUT A MARRIAGE!
I DON'T HAVE A POUCH.
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Jake has been letting Awesome Opossum
borrow his pencil, and he asks for him
back. Awesome Opossum chains he has
put them in Jake's pouch. Jake doesn't
have a pouch.
YOU WERE SLEEPING, SO I
PUT YOUR PENCILS BACK...
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YES YOU DO!
NO, I DON'T.
WHAT DID YOU DO?
Jacob Burghart
Oh, sorry. You caught me drooling over Missouri's upset
Charlie Hoogner
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BOX OFFICE Chihuahua' barks up right tree with second No.1
LOS ANGELES — An adorable talking dog remained just the sort of escapist movie hero audiences wanted after a week of awful economic news.
"Beverly Hills Chihuahua" is the only light comedy in a market heavy on drama. Chuck Viane, Disney's head of distribution, said movie-goers may be turning to the perky pooch to help forget the market free-fall on Wall Street
Disney's family comedy "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," with Drew Barrymore providing the voice of the pooch, was the No. 1 flick for the second-straight weekend with $17.5 million, raising its 10-day total to $52.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
"This is only word-of-mouth coming back to us from theaters. I don't have any statistical proof.
But they're telling us we're getting more unaccompanied-by-children adults coming on their own. They're looking for a little entertainment," Viane said. "The axiom we've always lived by is funny is money. People come out for comedy."
the weekend's No. 2 flick — the fright film "Quarantine," which debuted with $14.2 million — filled the escapism needs for the horror crowd. The Sony Screen Gems release centers on a contagion that turns an apartment building's tenants into flesh-hungry monsters.
CHIHUAHINEYE
"It's probably the perfect kind of movie for today's climate," said Rory Bruer, Sony head of distribution. "Let's just get away from the news, from all that's going on, and go someplace else, and this is something that'll take you someplace else."
The marque trio of Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe and
director Ridley Scott got thirdplace with their terrorism thriller "Body of Lies," with a $13.1 million debut.
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A chihuahua is served dinner in a scene from the movie, "Beverly Hills Chihuahua." Studio estimates say the Disney comedv made $17.5 million in its second weekend.
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
The odds of a project's succeeding are much better if you start it now. If you really want the vibes on your side, Tuesday's even better. Maybe you can drag it out.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)
Today is a 7
HOROSCOPES
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)
Today is a 6.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 21)
Today is an 8
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You're so popular, it's hard to keep your appointments straight. That's especially true now, since the details keep changing. Your calendar's getting to be a mess. Better find your white-out and eraser.
CANCER (JUNE 22-JULY 22)
Today is a 7
Don't argue with the boss, or say much of anything. Even a word of agreement could be misconstrued as criticism. Hold your opinions until they're requested, which might not happen.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)
Today is a 7
You're anxious to get going on something that's new and exciting. Do your routine chores quickly to get them out of the way. Then, venture outside the box.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)
Today is a 6
Run the numbers out, both down and across. You can get the funding you need for a domestic project, but you'll have to work at it. Do the homework and find the best deal.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)
Today is a 7
You pride yourself at working well with others. You'll get to test that theory again, as a strong-willed person tries to order you around. Be polite, but firm.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)
Today is a 7
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)
Today is an 8
Your luck's getting better. Funny how this happens. This time, your biggest decisions involve which of the many invitations to accept. It's one of the burdens of being so immensely popular. You can do it.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN.19) Today is a 6
You may be a little bit short on patience now. Take care not to bite somebody's head off unless, of course, it's totally necessary. Exercise good judgment. If you must, simply shut up.
You're liable to get sucked into a book or the Internet for the next couple of days. Let your family know you still love them, but that you are on a quest for the answers.
Do what you always do, to make money, that is if you don't have anything, there's a good job nearby that needs somebody with your skills. Go and get it.
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Today is an 8
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MONDAY OCTOBER 13 2009
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A
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How can Jesus belong to the Republican Party?
I grew up in a very religious family. I was taught from an early age the values of Christianity. My family is very Republican. A few months ago we went out to dinner, and the conversation turned to politics. After I voiced my view, I was asked how I could be a Christian and support Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Why do many Republicans think God belongs exclusively to their party? I vote mostly for Democrats because I am a Christian and support the values that the church and Christ preached.
Christ preached a message of peace and love. According to the Bible, the apostle Peter pulled out his sword and cut off the ear of one of the mob. Jesus healed the ear and told Peter to put away the sword. He said that if you live by the sword, you would also die by the sword. Christ, even in His defense, did not want to use warlike behavior.
That is why it was wrong to support the invasion of Iraq. The Democrats know we will be perceived as a warlike country in the international community. That will be our undoing.
Christ also preached of what is called in the King James Bible "charity". Charity is the main focus of the Democratic Party. I can think of no larger demonstration of Christ-like love than to make sure that all people, regardless of social status, have access to good healthcare. A Christian should have no problem paying a little more in taxes to make sure that all have access to healthcare. That is the self-sacrificing part.
Christ is also pro-choice. One of the biggest gifts God gave us was the ability and right to make our own choices. One of the ways that we prove to Him that we love and follow Him is to make the "right" choices. If you do not think abortion is right, then that is fine; don't get one. But you still have the right to choose.
Republicans need to stop thinking that God is their exclusive property. They make that claim when their policy, at times, goes against everything that Christ taught. It is as if they claim God as a political move to get votes. Democrats do not flaunt their Christianity. They let their actions speak. I am a Democrat because I am a Christian.
— Jeremy Riggs is a senior from Lawrence.
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Jesus is not a politician
Is Jesus a Republican? No.
Jesus does not support the Republican National Convention or the Democratic National Convention. The ancient Romans were also religious. Even satanists are religious. Religion is a hobby. It is something you do in your life. In contrast, following Jesus Christ is a "way of life." Everything else is a side bar
Is Jesus a Democrat? No.
Is Jesus pro-life? Indeed.
Abundantly so.
Where does Obama stand on this type of murder?
- excerpted from a comment by don1
Jesus also told the rich man who came to him that for him to get into heaven he would need to sell all he had and give it to the poor. Just like Joe Biden gave 0.2 percent of his income ($380 a year) to charity over the last 10 years, but calls for massive tax increases to fund social programs he himself obviously isn't giving to. The Obama-Biden tax plan calls for the highest tax rate to be right around 40 percent, but at least we'll be funding all these great "Christian" social programs. In the spirit of every liberal here I say, "Don't push your beliefs on me."
Please don't forget that more than 70 percent of Congress voted for this war too, including many of our "Christian" Democrats.
I agree Jesus was no Republican, but don't tell me I should be a Democrat either.
— excerpted from a comment by em1
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Why campus should keep going'trayless'
YOU KNOW THIS IS A BUFFET RIGHT?
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POLITICS
Eliminating the use of trays is just one way the University can make an effort to protect the environment and to save money.
THE CAMPUS VOTE
ERIN BROWN
Going trayless is just one small sacrifice students should make in order to yield large environmental benefits. I urge the University to eliminate all trays in on-campus dining facilities, which will perhaps decrease the amount of garbage a KU student produces a week.
If trays aren't available, students become more conscientious about how much they throw away. Using a tray subconsciously urges an individual to cram as much food, napkins and soda as they can on it. With the absence of trays, students will begin to take only what they need and stop wasting what they don't.
The average American produces about 4.4 pounds of garbage a day, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This amounts to 29 pounds of garbage a week from only one American. In an effort to reduce waste from school cafeterias, KU Dining Services is urging students to try it travels.
Humans produce waste, but very few of us realize just how much garbage we are responsible for.
The incredible decrease in the amount of waste is just one reason Dining Services should make the absence of trays permanent in all dining facilities.
The decrease in food wasted will also be an increase in money
KU Dining Services conducted an experiment by eliminating trays in campaferias. Students produced much less trash when they did not use trays compared to when they did. Total liquid waste was reduced by 53.6 percent, food waste was reduced by 38.2 percent, and paper waste was reduced by 12.6 percent during the experiment, according to The University Daily Kansan.
saved. If less food is being thrown away, less money is being wasted. KU Dining Services will not need to purchase as much food as it has in the past, because it will not have to account for all the food that was once tossed out.
Brown is a Wichita sophomore in journalism and political science.
The University, as well as Americans as a whole, should do their part to preserve the world that we all share. The first step to decreasing our effects on the environment is to understand it.
The results of this experiment should alert students to the consequences of their choices.
Has Gardasil actually conquered its enemy?
I LICHEN THIS TO SCIENCE
KATIE OBERTHALER
Gardasil commercials convince me I can be my own athletic doppelgender. The actresses engage in agile activities that my clumsy limbs envy — skateboarding, jump-roping, shooting hoops — as if they received a 2-for-1 insurance deal for liquid steel along with the Human Papillomavirus Virus vaccine. But are these Olympic goddesses really protected from cervical cancer?
Since its introduction two years ago, Gardasil has been hailed by many as a miracle drug. Time commitment is negligent: A patient receives three shots over six months. Users have reported only mild side effects, such as skin irritation and pain after injection.
related deaths among women. Its price tag at $360 seems to be the only drawback. Not everyone, especially the uninsured, can afford such expensive nether regions.
Not bad sacrifices for a drug claiming to prevent the second most common cause of cancer-
Maintaining sexual health is an individual choice. However, women should strive to be "one less" ill-informed drug user, Gardasil requires continuing scrutiny both from the FDA and potential buyers. The real vaccine we need is against being blind consumers.
The drug works only if you haven't been exposed to HPV before or during the vaccination process. A pap smear is necessary before receiving the shot if you are sexually active or frequently use public toilets of questionable hygiene.
However, the lurking danger of Gardasil is women treating it as a "Get Out of jail Free" card.
Clinical trials conducted over a five-year period did not span enough time for cervical cancer to appear. Although the tests showed that the drug may prevent vaginal lesions from HPV that can lead to cervical cancer, we cannot confidently say that Gardasil directly prevents it.
Gardasil prevents against only two types of HPV. These types account for 70 percent of cervical cancers cases, but not all. According to The New England Journal of Medicine, suppression
But the real kicker is Gardasil's longevity is still questionable. The drug has only been on the market for two years, and the FDA admits on its online Gardasil fact sheet that protection time and long-term side effects are not yet determined
of these strains may encourage other mutations of the virus to flourish. Overestimating Gardasil's effectiveness may give a false sense of security and deter women from testing for HPV and cervical cancer regularly.
The shot is intended to last a lifetime, but the drug has only been studied for seven years. When will we know if a booster shot is needed, when a vaccinated woman contracts HPV or cervical cancer?
Oberthaler is a Wichita junior in English.
editorials around the nation
Federal legislation prompted by a spate of food safety scares, some of them deadly, took effect recently. It will require labels identifying the country of origin of fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts, meats and frozen produce. Seafood origin has been labeled since 2005.
Why we need to know where food comes from
Food and other goods from some countries have been the source of so many incidents that the mere mention of the country's name can cause alarm, as in the case of China.
Although the country-of-origin label might unfairly taint some harmless goods, consumers have a right to know where food was produced and where decide for themselves.
Although this law is a good beginning, more can be done.
Given a choice between apples grown in China and those grown in upstate New York, many consumers might prefer the latter, even if they have to pay more for them.
Education, tighter food handling rules and other precautions are needed to prevent food-borne illnesses. To do so would require expanding the role of the Food and Drug Administration, which often finds itself reacting to outbreaks
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MONDAY,OCTOBER13,2008
NATIONAL
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A U.S. forest service firefighter battles towering flames burning along Little Tungung Road, in the Angeles National Forest, about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Ron Haralson says the blaze has charred up to 750 acres in the nugget area of Little Tuuua Canyon.
Wildfire engulfs more of L.A.
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LOS ANGELES — Firefighters backed by water-dumping helicopters and planes gained ground Sunday on a wildfire that destroyed two homes and forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people in a rugged area 20 miles north of downtown.
Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Ron Haralison said the blaze charred up to 750 acres and also burned a garage, several sheds and three motor homes.
No one was seriously injured. A firefighter and one resident reported minor breathing problems.
Haralson said firefighters are "getting a really good handle" on the blaze that started early Sunday. But powerful Santa Ana winds are
expected to arrive in the evening, and gusts could spread embers igniting brush, grass and chaparral in the area.
About 450 homes were evacuated early Sunday when the blaze moved southeast toward city limits, said U.S. Forest Service spokesman Stanton Florea.
"It burned right down to a couple of neighborhoods," Flora said.
The fire was burning south of the Wildlife Waystation, an animal sanctuary and rehabilitation facility set on 160 acres.
The nonprofit agency houses more than 400 animals, including lions, bears and deer.
Officials were loading up the animals in case the fire switched direction.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Elsewhere in California, firefighters halted the spread of a wildfire that burned about 300 acres of heavy brush, destroyed a home and threatened several wineries in Napa Valley.
More than 1,500 firefighters were called in to work the blaze, which state fire officials said was fully contained by Sunday morning.
Investigators said Saturday a rock struck by a car ignited the wildfire Friday afternoon.
Strong winds in the hills near the wine country town of St. Helena caused the fire to spread quickly.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said all evacuation orders had been lifted, allowing 100 people to return home after the flames forced them to flee.
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At a Paris meeting of European leaders Sunday, countries that use the euro agreed to temporarily guarantee bank refinancing to ease the credit crunch. French President Nicolas Sarkozy it would apply in 15 countries through the end of 2009 and was "not a gift to banks."
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Jittery investors awaited the reopening of stock markets — the Dow Jones industrial average just completed its worst week ever, plummeting more than 18 percent — and hoped for bold, coordinated international steps to address the crisis.
Administration doesn't disclose next steps for global financial crisis
President Bush met at the White House with top global financial leaders on Saturday in a display of unity and said afterward that they had agreed to general principles to combat the crisis. Bush, who had spoken about the crisis for 22 of the past 27 days, went biking at a state park in Maryland on Sunday morning and then kept to a private schedule the rest of the day.
The administration has not indicated when it would announce its next steps.
President Bush smiles during the G20 ministerial meeting at the International Monetary Fund Saturday in Washington. From left, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, and Bush.
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"I am hopeful that tomorrow, the Treasury will announce that they're doing it. And they have to do it quickly ... markets are waiting." Schumer, (D-N.Y.), said.
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreading financial crisis. With a new trading week dawning, U.S. lawmakers urged quick action by the Bush administration on measures to make direct purchases of bank stock to help unlock lending.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, said an administration proposal to inject federal money directly into certain banks, in effect partially nationalizing the banking system, "is gaining steam."
Democrats also are lining up behind House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan to bring lawmakers back to Capitol Hill after the Nov. 4 election to work on a second economic relief plan. The idea is "give the middle class and the average citizen the same kind of relief that we try to give the financial sector," said Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
Top Democrats are suggesting a $150 billion measure that would extend jobless benefits, provide more money for food stamps and finance some construction projects, such as rebuilding bridges and roads. It would also include either a tax rebate or tax cut.
Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, the second-ranking House Republican, said he would help on a plan "that makes sense" but is not laden with huge public works projects or bailouts for states that
"Although we in the United States are taking many extraordinary measures to ease the crisis, we are not pursuing policies that would limit the flow of goods, services or capital, as such measures would only intensify the risks of a prolonged crisis," Paulson said.
In another step aimed at easing the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve on Sunday approved the $12.2 billion acquisition of troubled Wachovia Corp. by Wells Fargo & Co. Wachovia is the latest in a string of major banks and financial institutions that have been felled by the financial crisis. The Fed action was expected.
Meanwhile, the World Bank pledged to protect poor and vulnerable countries and nations with rapidly developing economies. Mexican Finance Minister Agustin Carstens, who heads the bank's policy-setting committee, said the bank and the IMF will draw on the full range of their
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As the International Monetary Fund and World Bank held their annual meetings over the weekend, Paulson warned the bank's policy-setting committee of the dangers of "inward-looking policies."
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And so all eyes Saturday — in the press box at least — were focused on the Kansas student section rather than the field during kickoffs. A local paper's front page story read "After coachs plea, focus is on fate of obscene chant."
It was warm and sunny — very sunny in Lawrence on Saturday. A beautiful day for a football game in a country where beautiful days have been scarce as of late.
Sen. John McCain — in an effort to regain momentum — kicked up attacks on Sen. Barack Obama, inadvertently whipping up some supporters into a brutal frenzy. Some shouted at recent campaign stops that they want this "terrorist" dead.
Saturday offered a brief hiatus from a volatile presidential campaign trail and a wild and wooly Wall Street, described by many as "riots every day."
They did—as loud and clear as ever —and those that cared to follow the game saw No.16 Kansas rally from another punchless start to eventually crush Colorado.
That's right. Above all else right now, you should care most about whether a few thousand students drop the f-bomb on kickoffs.
Oops, Last Friday, McCain urged at a Lakeville, Minn., town hall meeting to show respect for his opponent. It was too late, as his own supporters responded by booing him.
There was something different about this contest — the Jayhawks' second conference game and last game of the season's first half. Several key flaws that plagued the season's first half were addressed while a glaring one was put under Mangino's microscope.
Kansas 30, Colorado 14.
For the third consecutive game, the Jayhawks were shut out during the first quarter. Yet while that led to a 20-0 half-time deficit at Iowa State, Kansas avoided a similar disaster with stellar defensive play and an offense that again bloomed in the second half.
As emphatic as the Kansas student section was in being heard in all its obscene glory on ESPN2, the subject of their mantra — special teams — frequently failed to live up to the chant.
At times students would have been better served shouting "Make a f*cking trouble" or "Return the f*cking pun!"
Comical at times, Kansas' return units played a huge role in giving its offense poor field position for much of the game.
But everything else was in place Saturday. Todd Reeing simply didn't miss — completing 27 of 34 passes with no interceptions. Old Faithful Kerry Meier sprung to life in the second half, nearly notching a fourth consecutive 100-yard game.
Now comes the second half of the
Six games through and six crucial games left, Kansas forcefully answered its once woeful rushing attack. Junior Jake Sharp returned to shifty form while adding some new highlights to his resume. Once dismissed as mere change of pace back, Sharp carried the workload for the Jayhawks with 31 rushes for 122 yards and three touchdowns — all career highs.
KANSAS 30,COLORADO 14
Defensively, the Jayhawks were as good as ever. It speaks volumes about this unit when a coach has to pull his own sorry son. Colorado coach Dan Hawkins had no choice but to put quarterback Cody out of his misery after sophomore defensive end Jake Laptad chased him 16 yards backwards into his own end zone, bringing the poor fellow to the turf for a game-changing safety.
Buffed and waxed
Jake Sharp leads charge as Kansas uses ground game to dispatch Colorado
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Junior running back Jake Sharp pauses for a key block from freshman tight-end Tim Biere on his way to the endzone for a touchdown in the second quarter. The touchdown was the first of Sharp's three in the game. Sharp carried the ball 31 times for 118 yards, leading the Jayhawks to a 5-1 record with the 30-14 victory against Colorado at Memorial Stadium. Go to Kansan.com for complete coverage from Saturday's game.
Noticing their buddy was a little down in the dumps, quarterback Todd Reesing and wide receiver Kerry Meier decided to pull running back Jake Sharp aside from practice a few weeks ago for a chat.
The three are close friends off the field, and the two encouraged Sharp to stay positive. They promised him that his time would soon come.
It came on Saturday. Making his first start in almost a month, Sharp looked more like the player who had 821 yards rushing as a backup last year than the one who had only 62 yards rushing in the first three games of the season before his demotion.
Sharp had a career-high 31 carries, rushing for 118 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 16 Kansas to a 30-14 victory against Colorado on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
"He's really come to life," said coach Mark Mangino. "He's really comfortable, and were really pleased with his performance. He's a guy that plays well based on sheer determination. He's a determined guy. He has a lot of heart."
Kansas battled poor field position for much of the first quarter and fell behind 7-0 for the second straight game. But that's when sharp went to work, rushing five times for 37 yards on the lahayws' next drive, including a 1-yard touchdown run that tied the game 7-7 with 8:56 left in the second quarter.
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"I just told Jake that he has to keep his head up and keep fighting." Reesing said. "We kind of had a round robin thing going at running back and were trying to find someone with that consi-
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Jayhawks lose in overtime against Cowgirls
SOCCER
BY ANDREW WIEBE
awiebe@kansan.com
STILIWATER, Okla. — Sixty agonizing seconds separated Kansas (8-5-1) from a marquee road victory over No. 13 Oklahoma State (12-1-1) Friday night at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex.
Leading 2-1 and weathering a desperate late-game barrage by the Cowgirls, coach Mark Francis' team fell 60 ticks short. With just over one minute remaining a wayward shot struck a Kansas defender's arm, Oklahoma State clawed back into the game with the ensuing penalty kick and followed that by scoring a golden goal two minutes into the first overtime for a shocking 3-2 victory.
"I kind of felt like we got robbed," Francis said. "I thought the game was ours then right at the end it ended up not being
ours. I had no issue with our team today."
season, claiming an early lead on junior defender Estelle Johnson's first career goal and breaking a 1-1 tie late in the first half when senior Missy Geha rattled in her second goal of the season off the right post.
For 89 minutes, the lajayhs played what Francis called their best soccer of the
A. J. K.
But the positives couldn't console Kansas' emotionally drained players and coaches after suffering their second overtime loss of the season.
"It hurts," Johnson said. "We dominated the whole game, but that is how soccer is. Sometimes you can dominate
Johnson
the whole game and still lose."
Apart from junior forward Kasey Langdon's point-blank equalizer in the 31st minute, junior goalkeeper Julie Hanley kept Oklahoma State in check, tying a career-high with nine saves, until the home team threw bodies forward the final 10 minutes.
Oklahoma State outshot Kansas 8-2 in the last 10 minutes of regulation and the ensuing overtime.
Though Kansas appeared to be in control after Geha's goal in final minute of the first half, Francis said he stressed maintaining pressure in the second half.
"We definitely went in to halftime saying we needed to score another goal." Francis. "There was no doubt. Having the wind with us, we felt like we needed to take some shots when we had the opportunity."
Oklahoma State made the most of their opportunities when it looked as though the game was out of reach and carried that momentum into the overtime period. Kansas came out strong, but a lightning-quick counter attacked the game for the coach Colin Carmichael's team.
Senior midfielder Yolanda Odenyo, neutralized for most of regulation, slide Langdon in behind junior defender Kim Boyer where she applied a flawless finish to send the home crowd into hysteresis.
KANSAS ENDS WEEKEND WITH DRAW AGAINST OKLAHOMA
Two days after Kansas' heartbreaking loss in Stillwater, Okaa., the Sooners held
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BASKETBALL
Five-star power forward verbally commits
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
Thomas Robinson didn't bond with any single player during his official visit to Kansas last month.
"Anything you do with one of them," Robinson said. "you're with the rest of them."
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He didn't feel an untidy with a specific coach, either. And that's what he loved about it.
Robinson, afive-star power forward recruit from Washington.
He didn't feel an undeniable connection
Robinson
D. C., became the first player to orally commit to Kansas from the class of 2009. He said the togetherness of everyone in the program was the main reason he selected Kansas over Memphis, which he had pegged as his other finalist.
He informed Kansas coach Bill Self of his decision late Thursday night. Robinson, whom rivals.com ranks as the 18th best player in the nation, is the first
five-star commit for the layhawks since Darrell Arthur and Sherron Collins chose them in 2006. Robinson knows exactly why he's such a highly touted player.
"Rebounding." Robinson said.
The one-word answer works. Robinson averaged 13 rebounds per game during his junior season in high school at Riverdale Baptist just outside of Washington, D.C.
Robinson has transferred to Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H., to polish the rest of his game for his senior season. The rebounding, well, it's still going to be his strength.
Just ask the people who have followed him. Shay Wildeboro, a recruiting expert and jayhawkslant.com senior editor, said Robinson was elite at grabbing boards.
"To be honest with you, he's probably the top rebounder in his class." Wildeboor said. "He's got a motor that never stops."
Wildeboor said Robinson was barely a top-100 player when rivals.com first released their recruiting ranking. Robinson, however, impressed scouts and coaches throughout the spring and summer in amateur tournaments.
He jumped all the way to the No.18 ranked player in the country, Kansas, Memphis, Miami and Southern California all offered him scholarships, according to rivals.com.
After narrowing his options down to Kansas and Memphis, Robinson visited both campuses a few weeks ago.
His trip to Lawrence, which included attending the national championship ring ceremony, stuck out.
"I also hopefully will win a championship," Robinson said. "A national championship."
"The ring ceremony was definitely great," Robinson said, "but it didn't have much impact on my decision."
Robinson hasn't given much thought to what he hopes to accomplish as a jayhawk. He says he wants to excel in school and get a degree — and do one other thing.
Nope, the only reason Robinson gave for his commitment was the feeling of family within the Jayhawk basketball program.
WHAT ROBINSON MEANS TO OTHER RECRUITS
With the commitment of Robinson, Self is down to only two available scholarships to spend on the class of 2009. At least seven top 25 recruits will be in Lawrence for this weekend's Late Night in the Phog.
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Heading up are John Wall, a point guard and No. 1 ranked player in the nation, and Xavier Henry, a shooting guard and No. 3 ranked player. Both Wall and Henry have said they are deciding between Kansas and Memphis — the same situation Robinson was in.
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quote of the day
"Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts."
Distance runner Steve Prefontaine,
January 25, 1951 - May 30, 1975
fact of the day
trivia of the day
Ethiopian Halle Gebruselassie set the men's world record in the marathon on Sept. 28 in Berlin. Gebruselassie finished the marathon in 2:03:59.
Q: When did the women's marathon become an Olympic sport?
A: 1984, at the Los Angeles Olympics.
KU sports this week
Wednesday
Wednesday
Volleyball: Missouri, 6:30 p.m.
(Columbia, Mo.)
Thursday
Thursday
Tennis: ITA Central Regional
Tournament (Salt Lake City,
Utah)
Friday
Swimming & Diving: Arizona State, 3 p.m. (Tempe, Ariz.) Soccer: Texas A&M, 4 p.m. (Lawrence) Tennis: ITA Central Regional Tournament (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Saturday
Saturday
Swimming & Diving: Northern Arizona, 11 a.m. (Flagstaff, Ariz.)
Volleyball: Oklahoma 7 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Football: Oklahoma, 2:30 p.m.
(ABC) (Norman, Okla.)
Tennis: ITA Central Regional Tournament (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Cross Country: NCAA Pre-Nationals Invitational, TBA (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Running clears one's mind and sole
BY MARK DENT
mdent@kansan.com
The Waddell and Reed Kansas City Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5-K take place this Saturday. Several KU students will run it. So will elite runners. So will senior citizens.
That's the best part about running. Anyone can do it. It's a sport in which you challenge yourself and try to beat your own best times, and especially a sport for college students.
The college years really are the
best of our life. We're young and surrounded by thousands of other people in the same age group who share similar interests.
We go to parties, pay $1.75 for gigantic beers at Louise's on the right night, watch national-championship basketball and walk down tree-lined Jayhawk Boulevard during the fall as the leaves change into red, yellow and orange.
But it's still tough. There are midterms, essays, Ramen noodles and occasional bouts of homesickness. At times, college isn't so fun.
Running takes away the stress. When you run, you lose your mind in a good way. You can pound out all the negative thoughts from a day of studying or worrying about a boyfriend or girlfriend by throwing on the headphones, stepping out
Famous poet Rudyard Kipling said it best when he wrote about the power of running in his poem "IF"
side and running for 20 minutes.
"If you can fill the unforgiving minute/With sixty seconds worth of distance run./Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it./And — which is more — you'll be a Man, my son!"
ALL ABOUT ROB SCHNEIDER
Well, everyone in the student section yelled the expletive-laced ode to Rob Schneider during kickoffs at Saturday's football game. Mark Mangino's speech obviously didn't work the first time through.
I'm sure everyone is sick about the media spectacle surrounding the chant, but when the University
of Kansas becomes synonymous with Rob Schneider, something needs to be done.
Don't know Schneider well enough? Here's a sampling of the countless movies that he's made a fool of himself in.
"The Animal!" "Deuce Bigalow;
European Gigolo." "Little Nicky"
"Little Man." "You Don't Mess
With the Zohan." And last but not least,
"The Hot Chick."
It gets better. "The Animal" was so bad that distributor, Sony Pictures, invented a critic so it could feature a positive blurb on the movie poster.
Forget about the profanity. Just think about those movies. Think about Schneider. Think about how he hasn't said anything funny that isn't about making copies.
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Worst of all, when that ball gets kicked in the air and you pause for one second and then let loose with the Rob Schneider special, you are endorsing "The Hot Chick."
Every time you say that chant, you affiliate yourself and the University with Schneider. You sound trashy, just like the characters Schneider plays in all his movies.
That alone should make us stop.
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They fumbled at their own 4-yard line on their second play from scrimmage. They were going nowhere until a fluke turnover flipped the momentum. They blew a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter. They set themselves up for a gimme field goal to win the game, then committed a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
But this is the start of the Jim Hasletse era, so maybe the ball is finally going to bounce the Rams' way. The defense forced the Washington Redskins offense into its first three turnovers of the season, and Josh Brown kicked a 49-yard field goal on the last play Sunday to give the two-touchdown underdogs a 19-17 victory.
"I'm kind of, like, blank. I don't know if I want to cry or laugh."
Rams linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa said. "A lot of emotions hit me at once. It's different, but a good different."
A lot of emotions? Darn right. There was plenty of the bizarre in a game that ended the franchise's eight-game losing streak over two seasons and helped put Scott Linehan, fired two weeks ago before the bye, firmly in the rearview mirror.
The Redskins, guilty of playing down to the opposition after two big NFC East road wins, appeared set to win their fifth straight game when Clinton Portis' 2-yard run with 3:47 left gave Washington a 17-16 lead. St. Louis, however, had enough time to mount a comeback. Reinstalled starter Marc Bulger hit Donnie Avery down the right sideline for a 43-yard gain on third-and-13 to move into field-goal territory.
But the Rams (1-4), being the Rams, nearly botched it from there. With his team trying to kill the clock
to set up for the easy kick, lineman Richie Incognito said something to an official that prompted a yellow flag. Brown, who was already 3-for-3 in the game, no longer had a chip shot to win it.
"I was just kind of angry," Brown said.
Incognito claimed he doesn't know what he said to provoke the official, and Haslett also tried to plead his player's case.
"If you're going to call a penalty on a guy who swears — if he did swear — then there's going to be a lot of flags flying out there." Haslett said.
Washington (4-2) was playing as a huge favorite for the first time under coach Jim Zorn, and it showed. Portis said the Redskins overlooked the Rams, who were supposed to be the first of three easy wins in the soft part of the schedule.
"The headlines got good. The guys started high-fiving. Portis said. "We hadn't thought ahead all season
long until this week. ... The previous four games, the focus was there?
The Redskins entered the game as the only team in NFL history to open a season with no offensive turnovers through its first five games, but that bit of good fortune ended with three lost fumbles in four possessions.
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teney, Jake's a hard working kid. He kept his chin up and continued to learn, and it's paid off for him."
Sharp's 31 carries were the most for a Kansas running back since Jon Cornish in 2006, and his 118 yards rushing were the most by a Jayhawk since Brandon McAnderson rushed for 132 yards against Oklahoma State last season.
"I guess for anyone who has ever doubted the fact that I can't do that, there you go." Sharp said. "If you keep working hard and plugging away it usually comes back to you. And it did."
Kansas led just 9-7 at halftime but could have trailed if not for a strong performance from the Jayhawk defense. Kendrick Harper and Darrrell Stuckey both had interceptions and Jake Laptad sacked Colorado quarterback Cody Hawkins in the end zone for a safety, the first KU safety since Maxwell Onyegbule had a sack against Southeastern Louisiana last season.
"The defense bailed out the special teams" Mangino said.
The special teams unit struggled to say the least, having problems in almost every phase. Daymond Patterson and Dexton Fields both fumbled punt returns, Jacob Branstetter missed a 39-yard field goal and Marcus Herford averaged just 13 yards on two kick returns against the worst kickoff coverage team in the nation in the Buffaloes.
The Jayhawks' average starting field position on the first five drives was their own 16 yard line, with their best start in that span being just the 24 yard line.
"I'll make sure that we get that corrected," Mangino said. "That is my number one priority going into practice this week."
Reeing completed 27 of 34 passes for 256 yards and one touchdown, a five yard strike to Dezmon Briscoe that capped a 12-play, 78-yard drive that made it 16-7 Kansas late in the third quarter. Reeing now needs just six completions to move past Frank Seuer for the school record.
Sharp, who had just 21 carries his entire freshman season in 2006, added touchdown runs of seven and eight yards in the fourth quarter as the Jayhawks pulled away for the 16-point victory.
Kansas now travels to Oklahoma for a nationally televised ABC matchup on Saturday against the Sooners, who were ranked No. 1 before losing 45-35 to Texas on Saturday. After opening the season 5-1 and 2-0 in conference play, Kansas will now play four Top 10 teams in a span of seven weeks.
"I see an opportunity for our football program to make a statement." Mangino said.
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MEIER BANGED UP
Despite having nine catches for 94 yards, Kerry Meier appeared to be injured for most of the Jayhawks' 30-14 victory against Colorado. Meier had an obvious limp and was on the bench for several key third down plays, normally the time that he excels.
After the game, he sidestepped multiple questions about his health. Here was the brief exchange with reporters:
Question: Is your health a concern at all?
Meier: "Offensively and defensively, we played great tonight. Special teams needs to come along but we'll fix things this week and get ready for the Sooners."
Question: Are you at 100 percent?
Meier: "I go out and try to play 100 percent. I might not be all the way there, but I'm going to play my heart out and see how things go"
Question: Are you limited at all?
Meier: "Offensively, I think we played well enough to win the ballgame. We just made more plays than Colorado did and executed just a little bit more and came out on top."
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ABC announced this weekend that the Kansas—Oklahoma game on Saturday will begin at 2:30 p.m. and will be televised on the network. The Jayhawks would have been traveling to play the nation's top team had the Sooners not lost 45-35 to Texas on Saturday. Instead, Kansas will now face a hungry and fired up Oklahoma squad wanting to make a statement.
Texas will play host to Missouri, who lost 28-23 at home to Oklahoma State, on Saturday at 7 p.m. That game will be televised by ABC as well.
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Hawks' defense drives victory
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Jake Laptap fired out of his defensive stance and rushed past Colorado's offensive line.
The sophomore defensive end is a quarterback's nightmare. He's 6-foot-4 and 250 pounds with plenty of speed to get up field in a flash, as he did midway through the second quarter.
With the offensive line behind him, Laptad tracked down Colorado quarterback Cody Hawkins and wrapped him up for a sack — his team-leading fifth of the year — and Kansas' first safety of the season.
The strange thing was that the Buffaloes started the play at their own 16-yard line.
"I was really surprised." Laptad said. "I was expecting him to cut back in, but he didn't cut back in at all. He just kept trying to get farther away."
Laptad's safety put the Jayhawks up 9-7 and they never relinquished the lead, cruising to a 30-14 victory.
The play was unusual, to say the least, because Hawkins could have tossed the ball out of bounds at any time. Instead, he kept retreating towards his own end zone where Laptad took him down.
"Honestly, I didn't even think about a safety when that play started," junior safety Darrell Stuckey said. "But when it ended I was like, 'What line were we on?'
Laptad's safety set a defensive tone that helped carry Kansas until the offense finally came around.
The Jayhawks' offense started with three punts and a missed field goal, but luckily the defense was solid throughout the game.
That wasn't always easy, as Kansas' special teams often put its defense in tough situations.
"The defense balled out the special teams today," Mangino said. "You can do everything perfect with 10 guys and one can break down. But I'm not going to lie to you, there were two or three guys on some units today that didn't do their job."
Stuckey is one of the few starters who also plays on special teams.
"I don't think we lack the ability, but it's more about us going out there and being prideful about it," Stuckey said.
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Crawford was open because he faked out cornerback Kendrick Harper with a double move and help didn't arrive in time.
Harper shrugged off the play and finished with three pass breakups and an interception. Harper has dealt with a plethora of injuries throughout his career, including being carted off the sidelines in week two. After the game Mangino called him a "happy cat" because he made it through unscathed.
"Poor guy, he finally played two weeks in a row." Mangino. "If we can just keep him healthy and keep him going, he'll get better as we go."
Hawkins was pulled from the game — by his father, no less — in the fourth quarter for freshman quarterback Matt Ballenger.
Kansas' defense tortured Hawkins all afternoon, as he completed only 8 of 22 passes with two interceptions and that one memorable sack.
The credit for that 16-yard loss may belong to Hawkins for simply not using his head, but Stuckey said Laptad's hustle epitomized Kansas defense.
"It showed desire, it showed effort and it showed a commitment and dedication to getting to the football on defense," Stuckey said. "Jake did everything he had to do to get to the quarterback, by any means necessary."
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"But we may have lost the two best defensive players in the history of the school, in one year. You don't get over losing Aqib Talib and James McClinton at the snap of a finger. We're not that good."
Jake Sharp shuffled seven yards for his third touchdown of the game. The score put Kansas
up 30-14 with 10:29 to go in the garne and Colorado responded by substituting freshman quarterback Matt Ballenger into the game.
Kansas coach Mark Mangino talking about his team's defensive performance:
GAME TO REMEMBER:
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safety gave the Jayhawks a 9-7 lead with 8.07 left in
8-of-22 passing with two interceptions and took a 16-yard sack for a safety. He did have two touchdowns but his mistakes doomed Colorado.
"We're getting that style of defense back that we wanted to play. I know everybody says
Last week he spurred Kansas to a furious comeback. On Saturday he carried the entire rushing load, running a career high 31 times for 118 yards and three touchdowns.
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Sharp was the only running back to receive any carries and he made the most of it by pounding out the clock with a 3.8 average per carry.
Yikes. Hawkins' play was so bad that his own father — and coach — pulled him in the fourth quarter.
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<table><thead><tr><th></th><th colspan="2">Kansas</th><th colspan="3">Colorado</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Total Yards</td><td colspan="2">407</td><td colspan="3">233</td></tr><tr><td>First Downs</td><td colspan="2">22</td><td colspan="3">16</td></tr><tr><td>Rushing Yards</td><td colspan="2">151</td><td colspan="3">86</td></tr><tr><td>Passing Yards</td><td colspan="2">256</td><td colspan="3">147</td></tr><tr><td>Time of Possession</td><td colspan="2">28:01</td><td colspan="3">31:59</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><strong>Kansas (5-1, 2-0 Big 12)</strong></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Rushing</td><td>ATT</td><td>YDS</td><td>AVG.</td><td>TD</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>118</td><td>3.8</td><td>3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>33</td><td>4.1</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Passing Todd Reesing</td><td rowspan="2">COMP/ATT 27/34</td><td>YDS</td><td>TD</td><td>INT</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>256</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Receiving Kerry Meier Dexton Fields</td><td>No.</td><td>YDS</td><td>TD</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>94</td><td>0</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>49</td><td>0</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><strong>Colorado (3-3, 0-2 Big 12)</strong></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Rushing Rodney Stewart Cody Hawkins</td><td>ATT</td><td>YDS</td><td>AVG.</td><td>TD</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>77</td><td>4.3</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>13</td><td>2.2</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Passing Cody Hawkins Matt Ballenger</td><td rowspan="2">COMP/ATT 8/22</td><td>YDS</td><td>TD</td><td>INT</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>90</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5/8</td><td>57</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Receiving Josh Smith Cody Crawford</td><td>No.</td><td>YDS</td><td>TD</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>38</td><td>0</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>33</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
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Texas claims No.1 in both polls, Oklahoma State defeats Missouri in Columbia
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NO. 1 TEXAS 45,
NO. 4 OKLAHOMA 35
Hook 'em Horns: The question surrounding Texas entering this weekend's biggest game was could the Longhorns run the ball? Chris Ogbonnaya and Cody Johnson answered that with a resounding yes. Ogbonnaya averaged 8.3 yards per carry and rushed for 127 yards while Johnson carried the ball three times and scored three short yardage touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Jordan Shipley caught 11 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown, and also scored on a momentum-shifting 96-yard kick return.
Bummer Sooner. Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford threw for 387 yards and five touchdowns, but his two interceptions proved costly. Even worse was the Sooners' rushing attack, which stumbled to 48 yards on 26 carries. Running back DeMarco Murray gained six yards on seven carries and was a major reason Oklahoma controlled the ball for less than 23 minutes. Bradford and his receivers performed well, but it wasn't enough to overcome Oklahoma's inept running game or 10 penalties.
Next up for No. 1 Texas: No. 11 Missouri
Next up for No. 4 Oklahoma: No. 16 Kansas
NO. 7 TEXAS TECH 37,
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Lucky in Lubbock. Excluding the score, everything in the box score suggests that Nebraska won Saturday afternoon's game. The Red Raiders were out-gained (471 yards to 421), had almost half as many first downs (29 to 16) and were doubled up in the time of possession battle (40:12 to 19:48).
Still, Texas Tech came up in the clutch and snuck out of the game with its perfect record intact. Quarterback Graham Harrell was efficient, completing 20-of-25 for 284 and two scores. Cornerback Jamar Wall intercepted Joe Ganz to seal the victory.
Say it ain't so, Joe: One week after
allowing the most points at home since World War II, Nebraska looked ready to steal a road win from Texas Tech. Quarterback Joe Ganz scored three fourth quarter touchdowns (two passing, one rushing), but his final throw is the one he'll remember.
Trailing 37-31 in overtime and under duress, Ganz tried to flick the ball out of bounds. Instead he tossed it right to Jamar Wall for a game-ending interception. It was a tough loss for the Cornhuskers, who out-played the Red Raiders for most of the game.
Ganz finished with 349 passing yards. His final interception was the only turnover of the game.
Next up for Nebraska: At Iowa State
Next up for Nebraska: At Iowa State Next up for No. 7 Texas Tech: At Texas A&M
NO. 8 OKLA. STATE 28,
NO. 11 MISSOURI 23
Cowboy Up: Oklahoma State running back Kendall Hunter continued to annihilate defenses, rushing 24 times for 154 yards. Hunter's 68-yard touchdown
less than a minute into the second half spurred the Cowboys to their improbable upset in Columbia. Quarterback Zac Robinson was the second leading rusher with 34 yards and a touchdown. Robinson also got it done through the air, throwing two second half touchdowns to Damian Davis.
O Danny boy: The stage was set for a Heisman-worthy drive. With Missouri trailing 28-23, quarterback Chase Daniel took over at his own 35-yard line with 2:40 left in the game. It looked as if Daniel and Co. would make the game-winning drive, salvaging his Heisman Trophy hopes and the team's national championship dreams.
Instead, Daniel tried to squeeze a pass into Jeremy Maclin, only to have it intercepted by Patrick Lavine with 1:41 to go. It was Daniel's third interception of the game. Also, Missouri only rushed for 64 yards.
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BAYLOR 38,
IOWA STATE 10
Artful victory; Coach Art Briles' Bears never gave the Cyclones a chance. Baylor stormed out to a 21-3 halftime lead, thanks to freshman quarterback Robert Griffin's two touchdowns (one passing, one rushing). For the game, Griffin completed 21-of-24 passes for 278 yards and two scores. His primary target was freshman Kendall Wright, who caught seven passes for 132 yards and both touchdowns.
Awful Austen: One week after nearly picking off No. 16 Kansas, Iowa State quarterback Austen Arnaud turned in his worst performance of the season.
Arnaud completed just 21-for-41 passing with one interception. He also threw a touchdown, but it came with Iowa State already trailing 38-3. The Cyclones rushed for 86 yards and committed 10 penalties.
Next up for Iowa State; Nebraska
Next up for Baylor: At No. 8 Oklahoma State
KANSAS STATE 44,
TEXAS A&M 30
See Josh Run: Wildcat quarterback Josh Freeman was efficient through the air — 21-for-26 for 234 yards — but he was lethal on the ground.
Freeman rushed 18 times for 95 yards and four touchdowns. Kansas State's rushing attack was the best it has been all season. Freshman Logan Dold carried 21 times for 115 yards and a score. The Wildcats rushed for a season high 215 yards.
Average Aggies: Texas A&M kept trying to crawl back into the game, but Kansas State had an answer every time. Aggie quarterback Jerrod Johnson threw for 419 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Freshman wide receiver Ryan Tannhill caught 12 passes for 215 yards and a score. Still, the Aggies couldn't offset the Wildcats' balanced attack.
Next up for Kansas State: At Colorado Next up for Texas A&M: No. 7 Texas Tech
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Crimson squad defeats Blue in intrasquad meet
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Before the Crimson-Blue intrasquad meet, the Kansas coaches sat down and tried to split up the two squads up as evenly as possible so that the meet would come down to the last relay. They did exactly that.
The Crimson squad prevailed, claiming victory against Blue 144-142 Friday night at Robinson Natatorium.
Crimson took a commanding lead from the start with a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay, led by sophomore transfer Iulia Kuzhil, sophomore Joy Bunting, senior Ashley Leidigh and senior Anne Liggett. Kuzhil picked up two more first-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke events. The Crimson squad also got help from Leidigh in the 100 and 200-yard butterfly events with two firsts. Sophomore diver Erin Mertz cleaned up in the diving competition for Crimson with a score of 303.00 in 3-meter diving and 272.70 in 1-meter diving.
The meet helped transition the team from preseason workouts to the meet season. Before intrasquad, the team focused heavily on dry land workouts including running and lifting weights, and limited swimming time.
"Now that we're transitioning into swimming, they're a lot more fit athletically," coach Clark Campbell said. "So our challenge as a coaching staff is to take that and based fitness and transfer it into aquatic fitness."
Campbell said he thought the team was where it needed to be right now, but that they weren't ahead of the curve. Right now, Kansas swims around 40,000 meters per week and will gradually climb to 60,000 meters, but that won't happen until January.
The intrasquad meet gave Campbell a chance to see the team executing skills correctly at the beginning of the season.
"I always have a high degree of expectation that we do our skills correctly: starts, turns, relay exchanges," Campbell said. "Because in that 25-yard pool, your skills make you or break you."
For now, the swimming and diving team will concentrate on its trip this weekend to Arizona.
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Say goodbye to Gonzalez?
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tony Gonzalez, the most productive tight end in NFL history, will be traded to a contender if the Kansas City Chiefs get the right price.
Three people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the nine-time Pro Bowl player could be dealt before the Tuesday trade deadline. The three didn't want to be identified because a deal hasn't been struck.
Gonzalez, who holds the NFL tight end record for receptions, touchdown catches and yards receiving, is active in civic and charitable affairs and enjoys great popularity in Kansas City. He has
Two people involved in the situation said there had been discussion with the New York Giants, but that talks had not been productive.
always said he would like to end his career with the Chiefs, who drafted him in the first round out of California in 1997.
But the Chiefs (1-4) are rebuilding from the bottom up and not likely to contend for the Super Bowl any time soon. In spite of all his personal accomplishments, Gonzalez, 32, has never even won a postseason game.
He would like an opportunity to play in a Super Bowl and the rebuilding Chiefs would like to acquire extra draft picks.
Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson is a notoriously tough negotiator and would probably demand at least a second-round pick for the man many Chiefs fans believe is the greatest offensive player in team history.
The Giants traded tight end Jeremy Shockey to New Orleans
last summer for Nos.2 and 5 drafts pick in 2009. Shockey's replacement, Kevin Boss, has been a disappointment even though the defending Super Bowl champs are undefeated.
Gonzalez has 21 catches in five games this season for a sputtering Kansas City offense. Gonzalez caught 99 passes for 1,172 yards in 2007. The tight end's career-high for reception came in 2004 when he caught 102 passes for 1,258 yards.
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SAN DIEGO — Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers solved their Patriots problem and perhaps saved their season.
Rivers threw three touchdown passes and San Diego's defense stuffed quarterback Matt Cassel on fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line to highlight a 30-10 victory against the Patriots on Sunday night.
It was a measure of payback against a team that had beaten the Chargers three straight times, including in the playoffs the last
two seasons
Rivers drew raves for his toughness by playing the AFC championship game with a shredded ligament in his right knee, but he couldn't get the Chargers into the end zone that day and they lost 21-12 to the Patriots at Foxborough.
He had no trouble Sunday night, when he threw touchdown passes of 49 yards to Malcom Floyd, 4 yards to Vincent Jackson and 1 yard to Antonio Gates. It was the fourth time this season that Rivers threw three TD passes. Rivers completed 18 of 27 passes for 306 yards.
have to face Tom Brady, out for the season with a knee injury. Cassel, making his fifth career start, was sacked four times and intercepted once.
Of course, the Chargers didn't
After a disheartening loss to Miami, LaDainian Tomlinson said the Chargers were heading into a "critical time." Rivers threw a touchdown pass of 49 yards to Malcom Floyd and another of 4 yards to Jackson in the first half.
Rivers threw a 4-yard scoring pass to Jackson just before halftime. Tomlinson became the 17th player to rush for more than 11,000 career yards.
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NEW YORK — Texas rode its resounding Red River Rivalry upset right to No. 1.
The Longhorns leapfrogged No. 2 Alabama on Sunday and sit atop The Associated Press Top 25 in the regular season for the first time in 24 years after beating Oklahoma 45-35.
Texas received 39 first-place votes and 1,599 points from the media panel. Alabama received the other 36 first-place votes and 1,582 points.
Texas' jump to No. 1 is the largest since Miami went from No. 6 to No. 1 on Aug. 29, 1988, after beating preseason top-ranked Florida State 31-0 to start the season.
"Being ranked No. 1 shows respect for what we've accomplished through the early part of the season, but nobody really knows who is No. 1 at this point," Texas coach Mack Brown said Sunday.
It certainly has been a fluid situation.
For the second time this season, three of the top four teams in the country lost on the same weekend. While the losses by the previously top-ranked Sooners, Missouri and LSU weren't stunning, they did a number on the rankings.
The Longhorns are the fourth No. 1 team this season, following Georgia, Southern California and Oklahoma. So it's just more of the same following an unpredictable 2007 season that had four No. 1 teams and eight different teams ranked second.
Unbeaten Penn State moved up three spots to No. 3. The Sooners dropped three spots to No. 4 after their first loss. Florida jumped six spots to No. 5 after pounding LSU 51-21 on Saturday night.
No. 6 Southern California is
South Florida and Michigan State completed the first 20.
No. 14 Utah, No. 15 Boise State and No. 16 Kansas all held their spots. No. 17 Virginia Tech was followed by North Carolina, which jumped four spots after beating Notre Dame 29-24.
Ohio State is 12th and LSU is 13th, a nine spot drop after getting drubbed in the Swamp.
followed by Big 12 rivals Texas Tech and Oklahoma State, which upset Missouri 28-23 and has its highest ranking since November 1985 when the Cowboys were seventh.
No. 9 BYU and Georgia round out the top 10.
Texas was also No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll and the Harris poll, with Alabama second and Penn State third. The coaches' poll and the Harris poll are used by the Bowl Championship Series to determine which teams play for the national title. The first BCS standings will be released Oct. 26.
The final five were Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, which lost its first game of the season at Mississippi State on Saturday and dropped eight spots, Pittsburgh, Ball State
"Our team has just played well for six weeks and we know more about where we are today than we did last Sunday, but we have a long way to go and a lot of room to improve." Brown said. "Every week, we're seeing teams learn the hard way that the only poll that matters, or lasts, is the final one. No one remembers who was No. 1 after six weeks last year. If we're No. 1 in late January, it becomes a statement."
Missouri dropped eight spots to No. 11. The Tigers could vault right back up the polls when they play Texas in Austin on Saturday.
Brown and the Longhorns made that kind of statement in 2005. They won the national title after spending the entire regular season ranked No. 2 behind USC, then beating the Trojans 41-38 in the Rose Bowl.
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Texas quarterback Colt McCoy flashes a hook 'em horns sign after beating No. 1 Oklahoma 45-35 on Saturday in Dallas. Texas is ranked No. 1 in this week's Associated Press Top 25 Press.
The Golden Bears were the only team to move into the rankings this week. It's their second time in the Top 25 this season.
and California.
Auburn dropped out after losing its third game of the season.
AP Top 25
1. Texas (39) 6-0 1,599
2. Alabama (26) 6-0 1,582
3. Penn State 7-0 1,492
4. Oklahoma 5-1 1,306
5. Florida 5-1 1,284
6. USC 4-1 1,247
7. Texas Tech 6-0 1,210
8. Oklahoma State 6-0 1,184
9. Brigham Young 6-0 1,131
10. Georgia 5-1 1,081
11. Missouri 5-1 984
12. Ohio State 6-1 908
13. LSU 4-1 893
14. Utah 7-0 834
15. Boise State 5-0 714
16. Kansas 5-1 620
17. Virginia Tech 5-1 540
18. North Carolina 5-1 416
19. South Florida 5-1 397
20. Michigan State 6-1 371
21. Wake Forest 4-1 330
22. Vanderbilt 5-1 258
23. Pittsburgh 4-1 182
24. Ball State 7-0 166
25. California 4-1 115
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Hinson will join Kansas as the men's basketball director of external relations. His duties will include heading fundraising initiatives and connecting with former players.
Hinson coached at Missouri State for nine years. He also played college basketball with Self at Oklahoma State and coached with him at Oral Roberts.
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Francis said the game was typical for a Sunday match with players still recovering from Friday's intense contest with Oklahoma State.
The loss was all the more frustrating considering Kansas created plenty of chances offensively, Francis said.
"We had ample opportunities to score," Francis said. "We missed a couple right in front of the goal. You just can't miss those kinds of chances and expect to win the game."
HANLEY SEES RED AGAINST COWGIRLS
Junior goalkeeper Julie Hanley was shown a red card following Kansas' overtime loss to Oklahoma
State on Friday night, forcing her to miss Sunday's contest with Oklahoma.
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Both coaches were also given yellow cards during a tense point late in the second half.
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MONTEMAYOR
(CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Jayhawks' schedule — a real bitch of a slate ahead. Beginning with a trip to No. 4 Oklahoma on Saturday, the Jayhawks will welcome No. 7 Texas Tech, No. 1 Texas and finish the regular season at Arrowhead Stadium versus No. 11 Missouri.
As unclear as to how a tougher schedule would play out, the forecast for this second half is actually clouder in the best possible way.
While Kansas was waxing Colorado, Texas out-dueled the once infallible Sooners in a game where neither produced much on the ground. The high-flying Red Raiders were nearly upended in overtime against sorry Nebraska while Missouri's Heisman hopeful Chase Daniel threw three picks at home before falling 28-23 to Oklahoma State. No team in the mighty Big 12 is unstoppable.
Should Kansas' overall season's success mirror their individual games, we may be in for another surprise in Lawrence, as the Jayhawks appear to be hitting their stride at halftime.
Edited by Rachel Burchfield
MLB
Rays win, tie AL series with one victory each
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — B.J. Upton and the Tampa Bay Rays won a game of home run derby with a shallow fly ball.
Pinch-runner Fernando Perez dashed home on Upton's sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and the Rays outlasted the Boston Red Sox 9-8 early Sunday, evening the AL championship series at one game each.
The series shifts to Fenway Park for Game 3 Monday, with left-hander Jon Lester pitching for Boston against Matt Garza.
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Dodgers fight back against Phillies
LOS ANGELES — Tired of getting brushed back in the NL championship series, Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers came out ready to fight their way back against Philadelphia.
Blake DeWitt's bases-loaded triple off Jamie Moyer capped a five-run first inning, and the feisty Dodgers beat the Phillies 7-2 on Sunday night to trim Philadelphia's lead to 2-1 in the best-of-seven series.
The benches and bullpens emptied moments after Los Angeles starter Hiroki Kuroda threw a pitch over Shane Victorino's head, with an angry Ramirez barking at the Phillies during the dustup.
But there were no punches or ejections, and the Dodgers played with poise all night.
a matchup of right-handers.
Kuroda pitched effectively into the seventh for Los Angeles, which will try to even the series Monday night. Game 1 loser Derek Lowe, working on three days' rest, will face Philadelphia's Joe Blanton in
Kuroda buzzed Victorino in the third, apparently an attempt to retaliate for Philadelphia's Brett Myers throwing behind Ramirez in game 2.
Plate umpire Mike Everitt immediately warned both teams. Victorino shouted at Kuroda while pointing at his own head and upper body as if to say: "It's OK to throw at my body, but not my head."
Victorino grounded out to first baseman Nomar Garciaparra and then exchanged words with Kuroda near the bag. Both dugouts emptied and the bullpens followed, but no punches were thrown and there were no ejections.
Dodgers third base coach Larry Bowa and Phillies first base coach Davey Lopes appeared to be two of the angriest participants in the near-scuffle, yelling at each other before the teams cleared the field. Ramirez also came in from left field to bark at the Phillies and had to be restrained by teammates, manager Joe Torre and an umbrella.
Myers threw behind Ramirez in the first inning of Game 2 on Friday, and Los Angeles' Russell Martin was brushed back as well. The soft-tossing Moyer hit Martin with a pitch in the first inning Sunday night, and reliever Clay Condrey knocked down the Dodgers' catcher in the second.
Martin was hit by another pitch in the seventh, by Chad Durbin, drawing a boos from the crowd and prompting Ramirez to climb to the top step of the dugout, but he took first base without incident.
The Phillies and Dodgers don't have a recent history of animosity, unlike Boston and Tampa Bay, the ALCS participants. The Red Sox and Rays have played two peaceful games in their series after a nasty brawl in June.
The Phillies and Dodgers have played 11 times this year including eight in the regular season, with the home team winning every game.
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OCTOBER 13,2008
How do you defend a title?
How do you climb Mt. Everest
— two times in a row? How do
you defend a title when your best
player sprints off to the NBA?
How do you defend a title
when fans need to buy a program
for the actual purpose of
figuring out who's on the team?
"We had no idea what to expect," Barry now says.
All-American Danny Manning was gone, off to play in the NBA. And maybe the biggest change was the guy on the sideline. Larry Brown, the architect behind the NCAA title, had skated off to coach the San Antonio Spurs, and in his place was a dark-haired, fresh-faced assistant from North Carolina named Roy Williams.
Scooter Barry may be able to answer those questions. Barry is 42 years old. Lives in California. But in 1989, He was a starting guard on a Kansas team coming off a national championship. Barry thought his senior year would be about defending the title he helped win in 1988. But then the NCAA told Barry and his teammates they wouldn't be defending their title. They were getting banned from the NCAA tournament for recruiting violations, and it was all very confusing because nobody on the team had anything to do with any of it. Not the coach, not the players, not anybody.
And things got real complicated when, just weeks after Williams replaced Brown, Barry found out Kansas was banned from the 1989 NCAA tournament because of some improper benefits given to former recruit Vincent Askew two years earlier.
That 1989 team didn't really look anything like the 1988 team.
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So Barry, a captain on the '89 team, was stuck trying to defend a championship he couldn't defend.
But Williams ralled his team. They won some games to start the season. But then came a rash of injuries, and it didn't help that Manning was gone. Kansas finished 19-12. They missed the NCAA tournament, of course. They were the first defending champs to be banned from the tournament.
So Barry would like to answer the questions about defending a championship. But he can't. He never got the opportunity. But he can feel for the returning players on this year's team. And the new ones.
That's the story of this season. How will Kansas respond after finally cutting down the nets?
"They're starting over and they have to carry the burden of a title," Barry says.
How will those seven newcomers respond?
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Coach Bill Self cuts down the nets after the Jayhawks advanced to the Final Four during the NCAA tournament in March. Self spent the last two weeks putting his team through boot camp.
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Imagine this. Five oclock, Friday evening at the foot of Mount Oread, Fans, thousands of them line a sidewalk in all directions, waiting patiently. Many of them are students, but many of them have come from all over the state. A farmer from Gardner. A barber on Massachusetts Street whose family has been in business for nearly a century. An insurance salesman from Topeka. An oil refinery worker from El Dorado. A doctor and his teenage son from lola. A family of five from Overland Park. All of them, dressed in blue.
Fans surround Allen Fieldhouse, the home of college basketball. The season doesn't start for another month, no exhibition games, no cheerleaders doing back flips after a free throw is made. In the surrounding parking lots there are several cars with Obama and McCain bumper stickers. But for all these stickers, there are far more with the Kansas Jayhawk. A few fans that have been waiting at the front of the line since sunrise fold up their camping chairs and press toward the entrance. A woman stands guard at the entrance of the 53-year old building.
That's what the scene will look like for Late Night on Friday.
"The doors don't open for 30 minutes," she'll probably say.
The spectacle used to start at midnight, but was switched to an earlier time a few years ago. Once a year, fans flock to Allen Fieldhouse to ring in a new season of Kansas basketball. It was here at the turn of the 20th century where a physical education instructor from Springfield, Mass., brought to Lawrence a game he created in which players shot a ball into a peach basket. For the better half of the next century, a man named FC. "Phog" Allen perfected the game and turned coaching it into a profession. He is responsible for the building of the Fieldhouse and the school's ascension into a basketball powerhouse. Later coaches would hold the position as an honor, for there is no more prestigious job than Kansas basketball.
The man at the reigns of the program is Bill Self. As a country boy from Okmulgee, Oka, Self has been around the sport since his days as an all-conference player in the '80s at Oklahoma State. Since then, he has taken each school he has coached at to unprecedented levels, including Kansas. After leading Kansas to its best record in school history and winning the first National Championship in two decades, Self has become a hero in Jayhawk Nation. But for all his success, he is a busy man. After an early morning trip up Jayhawk Boulevard to field questions from the media, he is focused on continuing his success. After last season, he lost five seniors to graduation and another three underclassmen to the NBA Draft. For the past couple of weeks, he has been putting seven new guys and returning players through his
basketball boot camp.
A day before, players took photos and responded to questions about the upcoming season from reporters on the court in the field house. Sitting in the bleachers next to the court, a couple of guests watch the occasion. Wearing one of his finest suits, Self might walk down a staircase between seats and greet the two. "Hey Lance. Hey Xavier. How's it Going?"
That's what it might look like on Friday.
He then heads onto the court for a team picture. If the day's events unfold as Self would like, the two young men watching commit to Kansas. As two of the top basketball recruits coming out of high school, they are considering both Kansas and Memphis — the team the Jayhawks defeated for the National Championship.
This is college basketball at the University of Kansas in 2008. It's been over a 110 years since James Naismith brought the sport to Lawrence. It's been 56 years since Phog Allen took Kansas to the NCAA Championship and then took seven of his players on to take the gold medal for U.S.A. in the Olympics. A few years later, Wilt Chamberlain would begin a Hall-of-Fame career. In the late '80s, the legendary Larry Brown recruited and coached Danny and the Miracles to a National Championship. Roy Williams, led Kansas to more wins in the '90s than any other program and was a great recruiter. Williams
had 17 players drafted by the NBA during his tenure. Now, Self must continue the legacy and land top recruits year in and year out.
This could be the discussion amongst fans waiting outside on Friday. Ever since Mario Chalmers made The Shot that led to Kansas' victory over Memphis, fans have wanted to relive the glory. For the past six months, anticipation has grown high and expectations even higher. Self has done what Williams couldn't. He closed the deal, won a championship and restored order. It had been two decades since Brown took Kansas to the big dance.
Self has also done what Williams couldn't do — stay at Kansas. Speculation rose about whether Self would leave Kansas when Oklahoma State fired its coach. Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, an Oklahoma State alumnus, was to make an offer Self couldn't refuse. Self stayed at Kansas.
At about 5:30, and fans will pack into Allen Fieldhouse for Late Night in the Phog. All 16,000 of them, if the place is full, will want to see what their hero has put together for the season.
The players will dance and perform skits, but there is no game - just a 20-minute scrimmage. The fans have embraced Bill Self and trust him with their team. Players will come and go throughout the years, but Self is here to stay. As the eighth coach in Kansas basketball history, Self understands what he means to them.
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On a Monday night in early April, Sherron Collins drove up court in San Antonio and — before slipping and sliding four feet — forever entrenched himself in Kansas basketball highlight lore with the biggest assist of his life.
You know the rest. Mario drained it, Mass Street was turned upside down and students were granted a day off from classes to welcome home the champs and recover from the late night liba.
The summer of our discontent
"Where were you?" became a pertinent question to ask a fellow Jayhawk regarding the night of April 7. But the real story is about players, coaches and some recruits would (or wouldn't) be in the days, weeks and months that followed.
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But two days after cutting the net in the Alamodome, Self found himself in Stillwater, Okla., meeting with his alma mater's athletic director for more than two hours. The Oklahoma State Cowboys had a head coaching vacancy. They wanted Self to be their man and the deep recesses of T. Boone Pickens' pockets were thought to come into the fold.
Suddenly, impossibly, talk shifted from Mario and the Miracles. "Where were you Monday?" was replaced by "Will it happen to us again?"
But Jayhawk nation instead had more reason to be whipped into a frenzy for the weekend's parade as Self said thanks but no parade as his alma mater. He is going to stay in Lawrence for a long time with a 10-year, $3 million-per-year contract.
Chalmers and Arthur really had no business declaring for the draft as they nearly missed not being guaranteed a dime.
But that wouldn't be the two's only questionable decision.
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Nine players - including the starting lineup from the national title game - either graduated or declared for the NBA draft.
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Kansas went from the highest of highs with the deepest team in the nation to the greenest. On a team with five freshmen and four sophomores, Collins, a junior, was assumed to be the leader of the 2008-09 team. Little went right for Collins after April 7.
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Suddenly they were gone.
While at the August NBA rookie symposium where first year pro hoops players are advised what NOT to do, Chalmers and Arthur were booted out of the program and fined $20,000 after they were caught with two women and a strong odor of marijuana in their hotel room.
In June, a Douglas County judge ruled in favor of a former Jayhawk Towers employee that had filed a civil suit against Collins alleging that he exposed and rubbed himself against her in a Jayhawk Towers elevator in May 2007 despite being told repeatedly to stop. The judge ruled in July that there was insufficient evidence to charge Collins in a criminal case, and Collins' civil lawsuit was conveniently set for trial on April 15 at 9 a.m. – well after the final shot of the 2008-09 season.
With the 13th pick in the NBA draft...
Three of Kansas' early entrants into the June 26 draft — junior Brandon Rush, sophomore Darrrell Arthur and junior Mario Chalimers — were banking on their championship win to equate to lottery pick money. None were selected higher than Rusb's selection at 13.
I'm not going to further demonize them but won't mince words either in including this incident for some perspective of this wild offseason.
An interesting footnote to this occurred about a month ago. Michael Beasley, formerly of Kansas State, was fined $50,000 — more than the combined fine of Chalmers and Arthur — for his role in that same incident. You try and tell me that none of those three could have used another year or two of college before landing large sums of money.
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Either way, vindication came for the embattled Jayhawks when they returned to Lawrence last month to receive their championship rings and the adoration of the fans whose lives they left a mark on. A celebration and reminder of a time just five months removed but oh so far away.
Chalmers and Arthur slid in the draft and switched teams several times before landing with the Heat and the Grizzlies. Darnell Jackson landed in Cleveland,
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So ends this ride that started with an ascent up the Alamodome court by Collins. So begins the next. Only this ride has no clear direction, no way to anticipate the sharp turns and corners and ups and downs. But it's that unpredictability that all great rides are known for.
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From returners to newcomers to future recruits, here's what fans should keep their eyes on as the defending national champions take the court this year.
1. Sherron Collins' health
The junior point guard is returning from offseason knee surgery and will be fine.
knee surgery and will be for the start of the season. Collins, however, missed six games last year and has played at below 100 percent during stretches of both of his seasons as a Jayhawk. To put it bluntly, the Jayhawks can't afford
for that to happen this year. Collins, who has averaged nine points per game for his career, is the only proven offensive commodity returning. If he can stay healthy, Collins has All-American potential. If he doesn't, Kansas might be in for a long season.
3. Aiming at another Big 12 Championship
Sure, the Jayhawks would love to repeat and bring home another national championship. But first — and more realistically they need to focus on winning their conference. Kansas has won six of the last seven Big 12 titles, but if it did it this season it might be the most remarkable one yet. Tearns aren't supposed to win conference titles after losing six of their top seven players and bringing in seven newcomers. Kansas could defy that thought with a championship season in 2009.The Big 12 Conference coaches aren't expecting it, as they only picked Kansas third in the Big 12 preseason poll.
4. Junior college recruits at Kansas?
Jayhawk fans were surprised to see two junior-college transfers in Self's latest recruiting class. Junior guards Mario Little and Tyrone Appleton, however, aren't your ordinary junior college recruits. They were two of the most highly regarded junior college players in the nation. Self brought them to Lawrence
to contribute immediately.
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No, the Tigers didn't make it onto the Jayhawks' nonconference schedule this season. Self and Memphis coach John Calipari, however, are competing head-to-head for three of the best recruits in the nation for 2009. Oklahoma City guard Xavier Henry and Raleigh, N.C., guard John Wall are choosing between the two schools, and Wolfeboro,
N. H., forward Thomas Robinson already chose Kansas over Memphis, according to Rivals.com. Rivals.com ranks Wall as the best player in the nation while ESPN.com gives the honor to Henry. According to Rivals.com, Kansas is targeting eight prospects for its next class. Self, however, only has three available scholarships, so the spots may fill fast.
2. The maturation of Cole Aldrich
Kansas coach Bill Self has already tabbed Aldrich, a sophomore center, as the leader of the Jayhawks and raved about his progression. His defensive abilities were never in doubt. Refer to last year's Final Four game against North Carolina. Aldrich came in during the first half because of foul trouble and effectively defended Tyler Hansbrough, the national player of the year, and recorded seven rebounds and four blocks. Aldrich has work to do offensively, though. He doesn't have a wide arsenal of post moves, and he struggles finishing around the basket. Aldrich did show signs of improvement last season when he scored a career-high 11 points against Texas Tech in the last regular season game of the year.
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When Mario Chalmers hit the clutch threepointer that tied the 2008 NCAA National Championship game?
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"I was at my boyfriend's house. There were about 70 people there watching it altogether, and right before the shot, everyone held their breath, you could just hear a big inhale and right when he made the shot everyone just started screaming and jumping. They had a huge upstairs and big downstairs so there were people in both places, and the people downstairs were banging on the ceiling and the people upstairs were jumping on the ceiling, and I remember thinking the floor was going to cave in. It was crazy."
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the game, and I remember right
before Chalmers hit the shot, the
entire apartment was silent. I had
my head down and was just trying
and then he made the basket,
and everybody, which was like 30
people in this tiny apartment, just
went crazy. Bodies just got pushed
together, alcohol and champagne
went flying everywhere and we
all fell over because we were so
excited."
STACY CARTER De Soto junior
"I was watching the game at The Reserve. We were all standing in a circle holding hands, and I actually closed my eyes because I was so nervous. I didn't think he was going to make it and I didn't want to see that, so I had my eyes closed when the shot actually went in. And when I opened them everyone was screaming and crying. It was the most exciting moment ever."
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"Iad about 25 people over at my house to watch the game, and when he made the shot we all just jumped up and went wild. It was shocking, we were in absolute shock that he actually made the shot."
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Overland Park senior "Championship night was one of the craziest, best moments of my life. I wasn't sure what was going to happen leading up to the shot. It was tense and I remember feeling pretty scared. But after he made it, we pretty much knew we were going to win. There was no doubt in my mind. It was a crazy, awesome night to say the least."
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BRIEN MARTI Erie, Pa., junior
"We were all at my friend's house and after he made the shot, I was on top of a pile of people who were all jumping up and down."
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Expectations for team high despite rebuilding season
You'd think the expectations would be lower, right?
Kansas wins its first Natty in 20 years, proceeds to lose seven of its eight best players — including all five starters — and then adds seven newcomers to the mix. Yep, lower expectations, right? Rebuilding, right?
Well, don't expect Kansas students to temper their expectations. At least, if you believe our totally unscientific poll results. 96 (961) percent of the 70 KU students interviewed predict
that Kansas will advance to — at least — the Sweet 16. Meanwhile, 73 percent have their eyes on the Elite Eight, and 36 percent think Kansas can go back to the Final Four.
And then there's this. Ten percent of people believe Kansas will become the third team in the last 17 years to repeat as champions.
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Guard Steve Harvey averaged 9.1 points for the Cornuskers last season.
NEBRASKA (20-13,7-9 BIG 12)
Key losses — center Aleks Maric, forward Shang Ping, guard Jay-R Strow- bodes
Key newcomers - quard Eshaunte Jones
Breakdown — Coach Doc Sadler is going into his third season as the coach at Nebraska. Sadler is 37-27 in his two seasons with the Huskers, and he is only the second person to record 37 victories in the first two years of coaching the Cornushkes.
one other coach to do it was Paul Schlisser in 1921
With the departure of Australian center Aleks Maric, the Huskers will lack size in the post. Adding to the loss of Maric, freshman center Christopher Neimann was ruled ineligible by the NCAA for the 2008-2009 season.
Neimann, Sadler's prized recruit from Germany played on a club team in Germany that included professional players. That leaves junior Chris Balham — at 6-foot-8 — as the tallest player on the roster with significant playing time.
Backcourt play will determine whether the Huskers are above .500 in Big 12 Conference play. With Maric gone they will have to have a team effort on the boards.
Look for junior guard Ryan Anderson to step up as the go-to guy for Nebraska this season.
Neimann's ineligibility will hurt the Huskers when facing teams with true centers in the post. Sadler and the Huskers will also have to rely on a four-guard lineup throughout the season.
In year three, Sadler may find it difficult breaking into the top half of the Big 12.
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Key losses — center Jiri Hubalek,
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Key newcomers — center Justin Hamilton, forward Jamie Vanderbaken, forward Clinton Mann, forward L.A. Pompea, guard Wes Eikmeier, guard Dominique Buckley
Breakdown — The Cyclones lose three out of their top four leading scorers from last year. One of the departures came out of nowhere when sophomore forward Wesley Johnson left the team. Many in the program think the relationship between Johnson and coach Greg McDermott came to a crossroads.
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I Certainly was seeing playing Iowa State sophomore forward Craig Brackins started all 32 games for the Cyclones last year and will be key retURN this season. time, averaging 27 minutes per game.
win just one out of their last 10 games, losing their last five. McDermott had lofty expectations upon his arrival at Iowa State and had a successful first year that didn't carry over to the second season. With four key players on the rotation and a lack of upperclassmen, the Cyclones will turn to senior guard Bryan Petersen and sophomore forwards Diane Garrett and Craig Brackins. Both Petersen and Brackins started all 32 games for the Cyclones last year, and Garrett came off the bench, averaging 22 minutes per game.
All six newcomers were three-star recruits on Rivals.com. One of the newcomers who will be a likely contributor is freshman Dominique Buckley. Buckley was a first-team all-state pick as a senior in Detroit. Another key newcomer that will receive time on this young Cyclone squad is freshman Justin Hamilton. The 6-foot-11 center played on his Utah prep team that was in the top 25 in the high school national rankings. Hamilton set a single-season school record with 77 blocks during his senior season. McDermott may be on the hot seat with another shaky season. If McDermott can create some "Hilton Magic," the Cyclones may receive an NIT bid and save McDermott's job.
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KANSAS STATE (21-12,10-6BIG12)
Key losses — forward Michael Beasley, forward Bill Walker
**Key newcomers** — guard Denis Clemente, forward Victor Ojleye
**Breakdown** — So who's left? Forward Michael Beasley, after a historic freshman season, now resides in Miami. Beasley's former sidekick, forward Bill Walker, is trying to make a living playing for the Boston Celtics. so who does second-year Kansas State coach Frank Martin have left? Sophomore guard Jacob Pullen is back after an up-and-down freshman season. Sophomore forward Dominique Sutton returns as well. And Martin adds depth in the backcourt with Miami-trainer Denis Clemente no longer eligible. But where will the scoring come from? Well, Martin will have to rely on a team-oriented offensive strategy and hope his team buys into his defense-first philosophy. The Big 12 coaches aren't exactly optimistic. One year after K-State advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament, the Big 12 coaches picked the Wildcats to finish eight in their preseason poll.
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COLORADO (12-20,3-13BIG12)
Key newcomers — forward Trey Ecklok, forward Austin Dufault, forward Nate Neal, guard Ryan Kelley, guard Nate Tomlinson
Key losses — guard Marcus Hall, guard Richard Roby, forward Marcus King-Stockton, guard Xavier Silas
Toby Veal, guard Ryan Kelley, guard Nate Tomlinson Breakdown — If last season was bad for the Buffaloes, don't tell Colorado fans what's in store this year. Colorado's all-time scoring leader, Richard Roby, graduated, along with the Buffaloes' next two leading scorers. Roby surpassed the 2,000-point mark in his career and landed fourth on the alltime Big 12 scoring chart. One of the key problems for the Buffaloes last year was their lack of big men. Coach Jeff Bzdelik brought in a few missing puzzle pieces in his first recruiting class at Colorado. Time will tell whether Bzdelik's recruiting efforts will help the Buffaloes dig their way out of 12th place in the Big 12.
Bzdelik will try out his Princeton offense again this season, with the possibility of using freshmen recruits Trey Eckloff and Austin Dufault to excel in his system. Eckloff and Dufault have the versatility and size to work the constant motion, passing, and back-door cuts of the Princeton offense.
Sophomore Cory Higgins, who started all 32 games last season, is the leading returning scorer for the Buffaloos and will have to fill the leadership role that is now vacant with Roby gone.
Bzdelik will be given time to develop his own system and bring in more recruits. But it could be another long season in Boulder for Bzdelik.
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MISSOURI (16-16, 6-10 BIG 12)
Key losses — guard Stefhon Hannah, guard Marshall Brown, guard Keon Lawrence
Key newcomers — forward Kim English, center Steve Moore, guard.
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breakdown — So far the Mike Anderson era has been a struggle. In two seasons at Missouri, Mike Anderson's teams are 34-28 — and without an NCAA tournament appearance. Entering this season, the Tigers will move forward without guardsts Hennah, Marshall Brown and Keon Lawrence, who transferred to Setton Hall. Senior forward Leo Lyons returns to lead the offense after averaging 13.1 points per game last season. He'll be joined in the frontcourt by senior forward DeMarre Carroll — Andersson's nephew — who averaged 13.0 points per game in 2007-2008. Senior guard Matt Lawrence will lead the backcourt. The Big 12 coaches tabbed Missouri to finish seventh, just outside the top half of the conference. Missouri fans would most likely like to see more progress than that.
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Keylosses — center DeAndre Jordan
key losses — center AiNatore Jordan forward-center Joseph Jones Key newcomers — guard Dash Harris, forward David Loubeau
forward-center Joseph Jones
*key newcomers* – guard Dash Harris,
forward David Loubeau
*Breakdown* – Coach MarTurgeon,
a Kansas alum, will be hard-pressed to
find the same success he did last year
after losing his two leading rebounders
and two of the three big men who
started every game last year. The Aggies
would love to have DeAndre Jordan,
who was taken 35th in the NBA draft,
but the seven-footer left for the
league and hasn't looked back. Also
gone, to graduation, is Joseph Jones,
who led the team in scoring during
the 2008 campaign while starting every
game the Aggies played. Despite
the losses, coaches picked A&M to
finish fifth in the conference.
6-foot-9 power forward Bryan Davis will look to carry the inside game on his broad shoulders with help from Chinemelu Eloum, a 6-foot-10 sophomore out of Houston, and true freshman David Loubeau, who comes to Texas A&M as Rivals' No. 63 recruit in the country. Expect Loubeau, who picked the Aggies over UCLA, Pittsburgh and Florida among other top schools, to contribute immediately.
The strength of ABM lies with its guards. After leading the Aggies in scoring last year with just more than 12 points per game, 6-foot-7 Josh Carter comes back for his senior campaign and looks to repeat the feat. Also back are junior Donald Sloan and senior Dominique Kirk, who joined Carter in starting all 36 of the Aggies' games last year.
The good news for A&M fans is that all three of them can score, averaging more than eight points per game. The bad news is that not one of them is a pure point guard, Kirk and Sloan split time last year and both finished with more than 120 assists.
The task for Turgeon is figuring out whether one of them will claim the position for his own, or if it will be incoming freshman Dashan "Dash" Harris, Harris, Rivals' No. 93 recruit in the country, will likely see time from the country, will likely see time from the
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Point guard Byron Eaton will be the center of the Cowboy offense this season after averaging 11.5 points in 2007-2008.
OKLAHOMA STATE (17-16,7-9BIG12)
Kev losses — guard-forward Marcus Dove
Key newcomers — forward-center Teeng Akol, forward-
Holdem Kirkland, coach Travis Ford
Breakdown — Oklahoma State will miss guard/forward Marcus Dove more than the statistics reveal. Though his 9.5 points and 5.7 rebounds per game weren't going to have him competing for any postseason accolades, the 6-foot-9 Dove was without question the best defender the Cowboys had, and his lockdown abilities will be hard to replicate.
They will not, on the other hand, miss former coach Sean Sutton, who resigned under pressure with a 39-29 record in two years after replacing his legendary father as coach. New coach Travis Ford should prove to be a good one, but it may take time. Ford, a former University of Kentucky standout and All-SEC guard, is coming off a runner-up finish at the NIT with the University of
Massachusetts. His career record is 190-146, and he went 62-35 in three years at UMass.
This year the Cowboys will revolve around bulldog point guard Byron Eaton. Measuring in at 5-foot-11 and 215 pounds, Eaton has time and again proved his mettle as a primetime point guard for the Pokes, leading the team in assists and averaging 11.5 points per game. Also returning is leading scoring James Anderson, who started 31 of the teams' 33 games as a freshman in 2008, more than any player besides Dove.
Anderson will be forced to shoulder a little more of the load, as Oklahoma State will likely run a four-guard system unless they can find someone to fill Dove's shoes in the paint. The only retunee with significant playing time inside is Ibrahima Thomas, so the task falls to Sudanese freshman Teeng Akol or juco transfer Malcolm Kirkland.
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The Texas Tech Red Raiders have their work cut out for them this season after losing leading scorer Martin Zeno to graduation.
After those two, the Red Raiders may be in trouble. No other returning player started more than 17 games or
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Breakdown — Coach Pat Knight has his work cut out for him with this year's Texas Tech team. Knight took over the team from his legendary father Bobby for the last 11 games of the year, going 4-7, and retained the position for the 2008-2009 season.
**Key losses** — guard Martin Zeno, guard Charlie Burgess
**Key newcomers** — forward Corbin Ray, guard Tyree Graham
After losing leading scorer Martin Zeno to graduation, Knight will be forced to pass the tiers to senior skipper Alan Voskul, who hit 50 percent of his three pointers in 2008, and sophomore John Roberson, who had an impressive freshman campaign, averaging 12.2 points per game and leading the team in assists.
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averaged more than eight points. The real struggle for Tech is rebounding. Remarkably, Zeno led the team in rebounds with only 4.5 per game. Damir Sulajic, 6-foot-9 senior, led all returning players with only four boards per game.
Knight does have one thing going for him and that is his coaching pedigree. His father has more wins than any coach in Division 1 history, and the younger Knight has shown some of that ability.
Of his four wins, two of them came against ranked foes that were leading the Big 12 at the time — No.5 Texas and No.18 Kansas State.
Knight, who was a four-year letterwinner at Indiana under his father, coached the team to its only road victory in conference play, something he'll have to continue to do if he wants the team to finish higher in the conference than its preseason position, 10th.
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Key losses
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point guard and had 104 assists more than anyone else on the Texas squad in 2008, will leave a void in the Lonchmann offense that few can答应 to fill.
Attempting that Herculean feat will be 5-foot-11 senior A.J. Abrams, who up to this season has played Robin to Augustus's senior AJ.
The Longhorns' greatest struggle will be replacing All-America point guard D.J. Augustin, who was selected ninth by the Charlotte Bobcats in last June's NBA Draft, Augustin, who won the Bob Cousy Award as the nation's best
A sweet-shooting guard out of Round Rock, Texas, Abrams will shift over to the point after playing the last three years as an undersized two-guard.
The Longhorns dominating inside game should help Abrams' transition. Damion James, a 6-foot-7 junior swinger, exploded on the scene last year while averaging a double-double in points (13.2) and rebounds (10.3).
Also on the inside will be 6-foot-10 senior Connor Atchley who, along with James, led the team in three-point percentage, burying 41.3 percent of his shots from beyond the arc.
Clint Chapman and Alexis Wangmene should both see extended playing time as sophomores, along with junior Dexter Pittman. He tips the scales at 298 pounds.
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Key losses — guard Aaron Bruce
Key newcomers — forward Quincy Acy, forward Anthony Jones
Breakdown — The Baylor Bears, last year's surprise of the Big 12, come into the 2008-2009 season with high aspirations. The Bears are tied with defending national champion Kansas at third in the conference preseason poll released Tuesday. Expect Baylor to live up to the hype.
After a fabulous coaching job from Scott Drew in the 2007-2008 season, the Bears add two four-star recruits in Anthony Jones and Quincy Ack — the 44th and 84th-ranked recruits in the country, according to Rivals.com — and bring back their top five scorers, including All-Big 12 guard Curtis Jerrells, Jerrells, a 6-foot-1 senior, also led the team in assists with 121. Behind Jerrells is LaceDarius Dunn, a 6-foot-4 sophomore guard out of Monroe, La, who was second on the team in points despite playing as the sixth man. After receiving a Freshman All-America honorable mention last year, Dunn should really explode onto the scene in 2008. The sweet-shooting sophomore will likely start for the Bears as a swingman and bump either Jerrells or senior Henry Dugat into the point guard role formerly filled by Aaron Bruce and Tewcey Carter.
Bruce, who graduated after starting 24 games at the point, is the only real loss for the Bears this year. The Bears will surely miss the three-year starter's veteran presence, along with his 8.4 points per game. Also gone is forward/center Mark Shepard, who started seven games, but only averaged 1.6 points and 2.4 rebounds.
While the Bears' guards should again be among the best in the Big 12, the same can't be said about their inside presence. Behind 6-foot-9 forward Kevin Rogers, the Bears have a pair of 7-footers in Josh Lomers (7-foot) and Mamadou Diene (7-foot-1). Despite their size, both averaged less than four points and four rebounds per game.
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OKLAHOMA (23-12, 9-7 BIG 12)
Key losses — center Longar Longar, guard David Godbold
Key losses — center Longar Longar, guard David Godbold
key newcomers — guard Willie Warren, forward Ray Willis
Breakdown — For the first time in the 13 year history of the Big 12 conference,
the Oklahoma Sooners are the preseason favorites. Picked to finish No.
1 in the conference, barely edging out Texas, the Sooners look to back up
the hype.
It won't be easy for OU to do so. Their margin is slim in the coaches' poll, as only six points separate the Sooners from three other schools.
Freshman combo guard Willie Warren, the No. 10 recruit in the country according to Rivals.com, should provide a legitimate outside threat that, when coupled with returning All-Big 12 sophomore forward Blake Griffin, should help Oklahoma stake its claim to a top spot in the conference.
Add in sniper Tony Crocker, who hit about 42 percent of his threes last season, and quick-handed guard Austin Johnson, who led the Sooners in both assists (91) and steals (39) last season, and the Sooners will have a legitimate chance of unseating four-time defending champion Kansas as the regular赛季 Blo 12 champions.
The Sooners' weakness will be their bigs, even though Griffin is listed by many as a potential No. 1 pick in this summer's NBA Draft. The graduation of Longar Longar will hurt more than most people realize, as the 6-11 center went largely under the radar while he led the team in blocks and was second in both rebounds and points per game.
Expect Griffin's brother, senior Taylor Griffin, to step into the power forward role while Blake moves to center, but don't expect him to produce as well as Longar.
Coach Jeff Capel has the best team he has ever had at Oklahoma, but it remains to be seen whether he can bring it all together.
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THE TROJAN FIGHTERS ARE IN THE CENTER OF ITS MOVEMENT.
Band members act wildly in hope of distracting an opponent shooting a free throw. The band performs at every home game, some away games and every postseason game.
Members cherish time with team
BY TRIGG EDWARDS tedwards@kansan.com
Auditioning for anything can cause great commotion, stress and anxiety, but trying out for the pep band is more than that. It is an awkward experience.
From Oct. 7 to Oct. 8, auditions seized the lives of those who were vying for a position on the pep band. Unlike the marching band, the pep band consists of 30 participants and primarily plays at basketball games. Potential members of the pep band must audition in order to join. Any student, regardless of major, is eligible, but another prerequisite to join is that you must have participated in the marching band.
Alexandra Gregory, Crane,
Texas, was one of the freshmen who
tried out for the pep band.
"They just sat there staring at me," Gregory said. "It was kind of awkward. I played 'Fighting Jayhawk,' I'm A Jayhawk' and most of 'Free Bird.' It lasted less than 10 minutes."
For many freshmen, the whirlwind experience of being so directly associated with the University of Kansas basketball team is just one step away.
Being in the pep band can be encompassed by a crescendo of emotions. These emotions and experiences can be known by only those who have been on the pep band. From not knowing anyone at the University, to having an immediate family of band members, from sweating during two-a-day marching band practices, to celebrating the momentous victory, last year's freshmen went through several emotional stages.
Sara Minor, Lawrence sophomore, arrived at Kansas last year without knowing many faces. To meet new people, she decided to join the marching band. This left a good taste on her tongue. After the dates for the pep band audition times were listed, she decided to audition, and it worked out for the best.
"People that I have befriended on the basketball band have become my best friends," Minor said. "I knew the people from marching band. I already had a connection with them, and the traveling solidified our friendship."
During the Big 12 and the NCAA tournaments last year, the pep band shadowed the basketball team, which was eventually bound
for the Final Four. The pep band followed the team to Omaha, Neb., Detroit, Mich., Kansas City, Kan., and last, but certainly not least, San Antonio. Lucky for the band and the basketball team, they traveled in style to each game in a plane chartered by the University.
While stationed at a tournament site, the pep band and the basketball team stayed at the same hotel. But despite flying together and staying in the same place, the members of the pep band and the basketball team weren't allowed to associate. Nathan Hutchcraft, Lenexa sophomore, was a member of the marching band along with the pep band last year.
"We aren't supposed to associate during the season," Hutchcraft said. "They are supposed to get rest."
But they still felt a special connection during the championship. At the end of overtime, every band member was at a loss for words. Some of them broke down in tears.
Taylor Smith, Fulton, Mo., sophomore, was there as a band member when the game expired in overtime.
"It it was awesome, it felt like everything we did had paid off. It paid off when we got to go to all of those places. Going free was awesome and winning made it better," said Smith.
For every home game, the pep band has ritualized their routines to an exact science. The band will play before the home games "The Song of Summer," which is a song composed of classic songs from the Beach Boys to Jerry Lewis. They also will take requests from the audience. During the actual games a routine called "Beat the Clock" is performed. The purpose of "Beat the Clock" is to finish the song when the clock hits zero. They also play the role of a cheerleader.
"I felt like I was more than just a part of the crowd. I felt like we initiated the energy. We made it more enjoyable to watch the game." Smith said.
All interviewed members of last year's Pep Band felt like being in the band wasn't merely about playing music, surviving an audition, watching college basketball and having a role in the crowd volume. It was something greater than that. They were a part of the price of admission.
"You're not just a spectator," Hutchcraft said. "You're involved with an experience for the fans, whether it's hearing the band or eating a hot dog."
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While taking their shift, students generally use the time to get class work done. Wireless Internet is available for the students to use in the building.
Basketball season is approaching at a fast pace this year. As it gets closer, excitement and desperation are on the rise among KU fans. Excitation for the games to start and desperation to claim the best tickets possible for each game. With such high levels of desperation around campus, many students are making preparations for camping.
Students plan every detail of how it works, from deciding the date camping begins, to when random camp call is taken during the day. Any group that wants to participate in the lottery for the upcoming home game must show
always present to represent their group.
Camping out was successful for Sanger his sophomore year as well, and his group's effort allowed them to sit front-row for the Missouri and Kansas State games.
This tradition is not only practiced by upperclassmen. The prospect of prime seats has many freshman making their arrangements.
Camping was so successful for Sanger his freshman year that he formed and organized a group for his sophomore year.
When a camping group is organized, it's important that an accurate schedule of shifts is given to every member someone is
Many students have enjoyed the benefits that come with spending their basketball season camping at Allen Fieldhouse. Steve Sanger, Oklahoma City junior, has been involved in the process for the last two years.
"I was in a group my freshman year. We got really good seats. They were front-row for the Texas game," Sanger said.
up with all members accounted for the morning after the previous game.
"I have already met tons of random people just by telling them I am setting up a group," said Kylinn Gerstner, Colby freshman. "Everyone wants to be involved."
The Facility and Event services is the group that helps supervise camping each basketball season, but the students do the most work.
"I have been here for six years, and it has been around a lot longer than I have," Casey Cook, the director of Facility and Event Services, said. "They used to do it outside but with the extreme weather they decided to bring students into the Fieldhouse."
Camping out for tickets at Allen Fieldhouse is a strategy to attain the best seats for basketball games. Students will wait for days before each game in order to receive the best seats possible. This is a tradition that has been carried out for a long time at the University of Kansas.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2008
Women's basketball preview
Application of returners' experience from past seasons will be key to top last year's 17-16 season record
BY DANNY NORDSTROM
dnordstrom@kansan.com
The Kansas women's basketball team has optimistic hopes after a disappointing 17-16 finish last season.
The Jayhawks return four starters this year, including junior guard-forward, Danielle McCray. McCray led the Jayhawks in scoring and rebounding last season, averaging almost 15 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. She, along with junior guard Sade Morris and sophomore center Krysten Boogard, hope to lead Kansas to a much better season in 2008-2009.
With all but one starter returning for Kansas, the Jayhawks should be a competitive team in an extremely tough Big 12 conference.
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After going 4-12 in conference play last season, the layhawks hope to compete with teams like Oklahoma, Texas, and Iowa State who were ranked one, two and three respectively in the Big 12 Coaches Preseason Poll earlier this week. Kansas' own ninth-place
prediction should allow the team to coast under the radar until they establish themselves as a dominant force in the Big 12.
With the direction of coach Bonnie Henrickson and the leadership of McCray, the Jayhawks should improve on last season's 10th-place finish in the Big 12.
McCray and Morris' impressive performances last season need to be elevated further if Kansas hopes to contend for a Big 12 title. With two years of starting experience for both players, McCray and Morris should be the driving forces behind Kansas' offense this year.
The two, along with senior guard and returning starter Ivana Catic, need to create offensive opportunities often and help each other get open, as all three are excellent shooters. Catic had a team-high 105 assists last season. Her unselfish play will be the glue that holds Kansas' offense together.
Guard Sade Morris begins a drive to the basket against Oklahoma. The team expects Morris and Danielle McCray to step up as team leaders.
Morris' 17-point performance against No.17 Oklahoma last season was also solid. If she can season numbers like these in difficult
games on a consistent basis, the layhawks' offense should be exciting and effective.
The inside play of Boogard will be another decisive factor for Kansas this season.
Standing at 6-foot-5, Boogard is full of potential and will play a vital role in the Jayhawk offense. Last season she averaged 9.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, earning her a spot on the All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
Boogard was also named Kansas' most improved player at the team banquet. Morris and McCray have to get the ball to Boogard often, and the sophomore must continue to improve if Kansas wants to compete this season.
Kansas' returning starters are not the only players who will be vital to the team's success this season. The play of freshman guards Aisha Sutherland and Angel Goodrich will have a large impact on the Jayhawk team as well.
play earned her WBCA/State Farm All-American Honors and a McDonalds All-American nomination. Goodrich and Sutherland will provide excellent depth to an
Goodrich was one of the top prospects from the class of 2008 and should provide depth at the guard position. Her high school
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already young team and should be effective additions at the guard position.
Kansas begins play on Nov. 2 against Hays State.
If last season's team can mature and grow as a whole, the Jayhawks will pose a serious threat in the Big 12 North and should be on their way to a successful season.
Jayhawks hope to continue growing into stars
BY DANNY NORDSTROM
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Last season McCray led the layhawks in scoring - 14.9 points
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and aggressive defense will be vital to a more experienced but still young Kansas team, McCray's breakout performance in the
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last season was categories. Her
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BASKETBALL PREVIEW 11C
Jayhawks have talent; now they need to show it
BY ANDREW WIERE
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The Big 12 sent 31 teams to the NCAA Tournament during the past five seasons. Every March, half of the conference disperses around the country to represent Big 12 basketball.
In fact, the Jayhawks haven't tasted NCAA Tournament play since the 1999-2000 season, the last of nine straight NCAA appearances under coach Marion Washington.
Every team but one has been a part of March Madness. Every team but Kansas.
For the first time since Lew Perkins handed control to Bonnie Henrickson in March 2004, she has a team all her own and talent spread evenly throughout the roster.
Whether or not Kansas finally
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puts its mark on the Big 12 after eight years depends largely on two things: winning on the road and protecting the basketball.
Had Henrickson's team done either of those last season they may have played meaningful basketball in March. Kansas started the season 13-4, rolling through weaker nonconference opponents and picking up a few solid victories. But they did so while battling through chronic turnover problems.
Once the Big 12 season rolled around and those lost possessions
found their way into the hands of the likes of Oklahoma's Courtney Paris, Texas A&M's Danielle Gant and others, Kansas' NCAA hopes withered.
The Jayhawks averaged 19.7 turnovers per contest to only 13.3 assists. Though solid defensive play and junior guard Danielle McCray and sophomore center Kristen Boogaard kept Kansas in games, it won very few.
The Jayhawks lost 12 of 16 conference games and were winless away from Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas played in the WNIT, but that was little consolation for a team that lost five straight to conclude regular season play.
In March the Big 12 sent eight teams to the Big Dance. Once again Kansas wasn't one of them.
But with the start of every season hope springs eternal.
McCray and Boogard are a year older. Heralded freshman Angel Goodrich adds another option for Henrickson at point guard. The NCAA Tournament is a legitimate goal for Kansas.
It's now or never for the Jayhawks. Learn to gut out victories on the road and value ball security or risk drifting further from relevance in the Big 12.
But with the start of every season hope springs eternal. McCray and Boogaard are a yearolder. Heralded freshman Angel Goodrich adds another option for Henrickson at the point guard spot. The NCAA Tournament is a legitimate goal for Kansas.
It's now or never for the layhawks. Learn to gut out victories on the road and value ball security or risk drifting further from relevance in the Big 12.
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Danielle McCray returns to the Jayhawks this season as the leading scorer and rebounder from the 2007-2008 season.
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South teams take five of six top spots in Big 12 preseason coaches poll
BY DANNY NORDSTROM
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MISSOURI (10-21, 2-14)
Last season's 2-14 conference record will be difficult to improve on, as the Big 12 is extremely tough
this season.
The Tigers will return five starters, including senior guard
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The Wildcats return three starters this season after winning the Big 12 in 2008. Senior forward, Marlies
Gipson, who averaged 7.5 rebounds per game and had 70 blocks on the season, will be a key player for the
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Wildcats. Guard Shalee Lehning will also play a vital role. She will have to step up her game after the loss of star point guard Kimberly Dietz. Kansas State finished its season with a second-round loss to Louisville in the NCAA Tournament, 80-63.
Last season the Cornhuskers finished sixth in the Big 12 with a solid 9-7 conference record, going 9-8-0.
After making it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament two years in a row, Nebraska has the sweet
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OKLAHOMA (22-9, 11-5)
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BAYLOR (25-7, 12-4)
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Gant may have to step up her assist total this year, as the Aggies graduated stellar point guard A'Ouongia
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12C BASKETBALL JAYHAWKS IN THE NBA
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BY TOMMY POWERS
tpowers@kansan.com
Brandon Rush No.25, shooting guard Indiana Pacers Kansas 2005-2008
Being a lottery pick certainly has its perks. Brandon Rush, who was selected No. 13 overall by the Portland Trailblazers and
then traded to Indiana,
did not have to participate in the
NBA Orlando Pro Summer
League like the rest of the
Pacers' rookies; his roster spot
Brian Jackson
Rush
is guaranteed. Although he is listed as the second-string shooting guard on the Indiana depth chart and will be sharing time with five other potential shooting guards. Rush should get the playing time that a lottery pick deserves. Rush is the kind of player who could make the Pacers a playoff team again, especially on an Eastern Conference team that fell just one game short a year ago.
Mario Chalmers No. 6, point guard Miami Heat Kansas 2005-2008
Just two months and eighteen days after Mario Chalmers hit arguably the greatest shot in
Kansas basketball history, the young point guard was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 34th overall pick in the 2008
Honorable Senator
Chalmers
NBA Draft. Shortly thereafter, Chalmers was traded to the Miami Heat for two future second-round
draft picks. Aside from his now-infamous expulsion from the NBA's rookie symposium for fraternization with two women and alleged marijuana use, a charge he shared with fellow Jayhawk teammate Darrell Arthur, "Rio had quite a productive summer. Chalmers started all five games for the Heat in the Orlando Pro Summer League and averaged 15.8 points, two rebounds, 5.4 assists and two steals per game, earning him All-Summer League Second Team honors. Also vying for the starting point guard spot, a position that the Miami Herald recently reported was "in desperate need of an upgrade," are Chris Quinn, who started 26 games for the Heat last season; Marcus Banks, who in 12 games with the Heat started only two; and the recently signed Shaun Livingston, who is still recovering from a gruesome knee injury. Look for Mario's production to increase as he progressively earns more and more minutes throughout the season.
Darrell Arthur
No. 00, power forward
Memphis Grizzlies
Kansas 2006-2008
Just a few days after he slid
of the NBA Draft's first round, Darrell Arthur said he be playing with a chip on his shoulder during his rookie season.
Arthur was
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quoted as saying this just a few days after he had fallen drastically on draft day after inaccurate blood tests suggested that he had kidney problems. He was eventually selected by New Orleans with the 27th overall pick, but Arthur didn't stay a Hornet for long. He was first traded to the Trailblazers then dealt to the Rockets and lastly shipped to the Grizzlies, finally finding his home in Memphis. Its obvious why he's got that chip on his shoulder. In Las Vegas Summer league play, Arthur started all five games and started to prove why he should never have been slept on, averaging 13.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.8 blocks per game. Arthur should get significant minutes during the regular season in spite of the fact that he is currently listed as the third-string power forward for the Grizzlies, playing behind starter Hakim Warrick and second-string Antoine Walker.
Arthur
Darnell Jackson
No. 00, power forward
Cleveland Cavaliers
Kansas 2004-2008
Darnell Jackson is one of Lawrence's most beloved Jayhawk from the 2008 National
Championship squad and that's why Kansas fans felt so gratified when Miami selected Jackson with the 52nd overall pick in the 2008 NBA
Jackson
draft. He was quickly moved to Cleveland. Coach Mike Brown compared Jackson to the legendarily tough Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus. Perhaps that's why they signed him to a guaranteed two-year deal. In the Las Vegas Summer League, Darnell started four out of five games and averaged 5.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Jackson is listed as fourth on the preseason
depth chart at the power forward position and will be behind Ben Wallace, J.J. Hickson, a fellow rookie, and Lance Allred, the NBA's first deaf player.
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Paul Pierce No. 34, small forward Boston Celtics Kansas 1995-1998
Paul Pierce is coming off a dream year in Boston in which he was able to finally lead the Celtics to their 17th NBA Championship
after ten frustrating seasons with the franchise. It helped that Boston went out and got future hall of fame players Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen
Pierce
in the offseason. Pierce averaged 16.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.18 assists and 1.36 steals per game in the '07-'08 season. His No. 34 jersey will eternally hang in Allen Fieldhouse and may someday also grace the rafters of the TD Banknorth Garden.
Drew Gooden No.90, power forward Chicago Bulls Kansas 1999-2002
Since graduating from Kansas in 2002, Drew Gooden has played for Orlando, Cleveland and Chicago, where he new teams with fellow Jayhawk Kirk Hinrich.
According to Chicago's preseason depth chart, Gooden is currently the starting power forward for the Bulls. In the '07-'08
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Kirk Hinrich
season he averaged 12 points,
8.6 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per
game. Gooden recently spent
four weeks in Vancouver training
so that he could be healthy for
the entirety of the '08-'09 regular
season. His No. 0 jersey is retired
at KU.
Harrison
No. 12, point guard
Chicago Bulls
Kansas 1999-2003
Since being drafted seventh overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 2003 NBA Draft, Kirk Hinrich has been their starting point guard. The '08-'09 season may be slightly different for Hinrich thanks to a
Hinrich
player whom Kansas fans are quite familiar with: former Memphis Tiger and first overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft Derrick Rose. Rose is
almost certainly a lock for starting point guard, which would ultimately equate to a heavy reduction in minutes for Hinrich, especially given that he has seemingly fallen out of favor with new head coach Vinny Del Negro. Hinrich averaged 11.5 points, five assists and 1.2 steals per game in the '07-'08 season.
Scot Pollard
Scot Pollard is an unrestricted free agent coming off a year in which he was a member of the 2008 NBA championship-winning Boston Celtics, Kansas' favorite goofy-haired free spirit probably
First Pillar
No. 66, center
Boston Celtics
Kansas 1993-1997
won't be returning to Boston for the '08-'09 regular season but may get picked up somewhere midway through the season. If not, Pollard can
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Nick Collison
No.4, power forward
Oklahoma City Thunder
Kansas 1999-2003
The '08-'09 season will be a strange change of pace for Nick Collison, who begins his sixth year in the NBA, and not because he changed teams but because he changed cities. The Thunder,
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which used to be the Seattle Supersonics, will play their first season in Oklahoma City this year with Collison as the starting center. Alongside him
Collison
After being teammates at Kansas, Kirk Hinrich and Drew Gooden reunited as members of the Chicago Bulls, Chicago drafted Hinrich in 2003 and traded for Gooden last season.
is former Texas Longhorn Kevin Durant. Collison averaged 9.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 0.8 blocks
per game last season. His jersey is also retired at Kansas.
Jacque Vaughn
No. 11, point guard
San Antonio Spurs
Kansas 1993-1997
Two years removed from helping the San Antonio Spurs win the NBA championship in 2007; Jacque Vaughn continues to produce as the backup point guard to two-time NBA All-Star Tony
Parker. In an average of 15.4 minutes per game last year, Vaughn averaged 4.1 points, 2.1 assists and 0.3 steals per game. His numbers should stay
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about the same, which last year nearly identically mirrored his career averages of 16.6 minutes, 4.6 points, 2.5 assists and 0.5 steals per game. His No. 11 is retired at Kansas.
Vaughn
Julian Wright No.32,small forward New Orleans Hornets Kansas 2005-2007
Orleans came within one game of the Western Conference finals last
Wright
In the 57 games that made up his rookie season with the New Orleans Hornets, Julian Wright averaged 11.2 minutes, 3.9 points, 2.1 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.2 blocks and 0.5 steals per game. In the Las Vegas Summer League, Julian started all six games for the Hornets and averaged 11 points, five rebounds, two assists and nearly two steals per game. Coach Byron Scott is hoping Wright can bring energy to a Hornets team that has a young and talented nucleus. New
season. Wright will be asked to come off the bench and play a supporting role to stars Chris Paul and David West. If there is one thing Jawhawk
fans know about Julian Wright, it's that he can certainly energize a crowd while he energizes his team.
Raef LaFrentz
No. 9, center
Portland Trailblazers
Kansas 1994-1998
On September 26 Raef LaFrentz successfully underwent arthroscopic shoulder surgery and will be sidelined for 6-8 months. His minutes have slowly dwindled over the years, averaging 7.5 in 39 games last year, despite the fact that
he stands to make $12.5 million this year, the final of his contract. Greg Oden should hog most of the minutes at center for the Trailblazers.
Mike Rowe
There's no place like home court Eerie mystique of Allen Fieldhouse has its own charm
provided that he stays healthy. During his career LaFrentz has averaged a respectable 10.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. During his four-year career playing at Kansas, Raef never lost a game at home, going a perfect 58-0.
LaFrentz
Phog Allen's bronze eyes stare out at the University of Kansas
Peyes star out at the University of Kansas campus. A whistle hangs around his neck, his left hand pins a basketball against his left hip and his right hand rests against the other. There's a stern look on his face as if he's daring you to trespass upon his hallowed grounds, the Fieldhouse that bears his name.
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Few come now, just days before practice starts for the defending national champions. Even when they do, when they walk past Phog and through the glass doors to stand on the giant Jayhawk tiled into the foyer floor, it is eerily silent. Allen Fieldhouse is an empty shell, hollow and dead without the living organism that is the Jayhawk fan base. "KANSAS" reads the red-on-blue lettering of the display case on the left, visible from outside.
The monuments, like this one, stay the same, albeit with a few new additions. They are proud tributes, standing as a testament to the tradition of a school that once called the father of basketball "Coach." That was James Naismith, and the court in Phog's temple of the game is named in his honor.
Plaques hang on the walls, commemorating retired jerseys as if they were commemorating the gods of the hardwood. Perhaps they are. The names on them are easily recognizable: Wilt, Paul Jo Jo, Danny. Perhaps someday Mario or Brandon or Russell or Darrell or Darnell will join them.
BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
The national championship trophies are the centerpieces of the collection, if not in location, certainly in magnitude. There is a letter jacket with a 1952 championship patch folded under the 1988 national championship trophy, which has a net draped over it. Standing next to that is a new trophy and a new net, cut down last April. They can't help but bring a smile to any Jayhawk's face as they remember Danny and the Miracles of 1988 or Super Mario and the Shot earlier this year.
And then there's the inside of the arena. The silence does nothing to break its majesty. The jerseys that were commemorated in the foyer hang here from the rafters, and next to them four national championship banners are suspended: 1922, 1923, 1952 and 1988. A fifth will go up Oct. 17. A sign that would fit in classic literature hangs opposite the jerseys on the north wall: "Pay Heed, All Who Enter; Beware of the Phog." And of course, Naismith Court rests below this.
That court has seen its share of memories, more good than bad. There was the 150-95 destruction of Kentucky. There was Dick Vitale giving Nick Collison a standing ovation for his 20-point. 23-rebound
performance against Texas in 2003. And in that same year on senior day, when Collison and Kirk Hinrich were taken out late in the game, legendary Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton walked down from his bench so he could shake their hands. Then there was another senior day, 1988, when Archie Miller, who could barely walk, took a final shot as a Jayhawk off one leg. And then there are the great seasons. There have been 22 conference championships won by teams, that called this court home. Two went on to win it all. Last year's team was one of 15 that have gone undefeated at Allen Fieldhouse.
But there wouldn't have been any of the winning without the fans, or at least it wouldn't have mattered. Kansas has led the conference in attendance for 22 years running. There hasn't been an open seat for the last 111 games. And the Rock Chalk chant has long been acknowledged as one of the most feared in college sports.
The life will soon return to the 54-year-old Fieldhouse. Its quiet now, but students will come back and the once-hollow shell will be roused. "Beware of the Phog" they will say, but even that will be drowned out by the long, sonorous tones of "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, KU" Allen Fieldhouse will again shake up to the rafters as the Jayhawks try to become the third repeat champion since UCLA's seven-year run ended in 1973.
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2008 Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball Schedule
Date Opponent Location Time
11/04/08 vs. Washburn (Ex) Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
11/11/08 vs. Emporia State (Ex) Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
11/16/08 vs. UMKC Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
11/18/08 vs. Florida Gulf Coast Lawrence, Kan. 8:00 p.m. CT
11/24/08 vs. Washington Kansas City, Mo. 9:00 p.m. CT
11/25/08 vs. Florida or Syracuse Kansas City, Mo. 6:45/9:15 PM CT
11/28/08 vs. Coppin State Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
12/01/08 vs. Kent State Lawrence, Kan. 8:00 p.m. CT
12/03/08 vs. New Mexico State Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
12/06/08 vs. Jackson State Lawrence, Kan. 1:00 p.m. CT
12/13/08 vs. Massachusetts Kansas City, Mo. 1:00 p.m. CT
12/20/08 vs. Temple Lawrence, Kan. 1:30 p.m. CT
12/23/08 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. 9:30 p.m. CT
12/30/08 vs. Albany NY Lawrence, Kan. 8:00 p.m. CT
1/03/09 vs. Tennessee Lawrence, Kan. 1:00 p.m. CT
1/06/09 vs. Siena Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
1/10/09 at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. 12:00 p.m. CT
1/13/09 vs. Kansas State Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
1/17/09 at Colorado Boulder, Colo. 2:30 p.m. CT
1/19/09 vs. Texas A&M Lawrence, Kan. 8:00 p.m. CT
1/24/09 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 1:00 p.m. CT
1/28/09 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 6:30 p.m. CT
1/31/09 vs. Colorado Lawrence, Kan. 3:00 p.m. CT
2/02/09 at Baylor Waco, Texas 8:00 p.m. CT
2/07/09 vs. Oklahoma State Lawrence, Kan. 2:30 p.m. CT
2/09/09 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. 8:00 p.m. CT
2/14/09 at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. 2:30 p.m. CT
2/18/09 vs. Iowa State Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
2/21/09 vs. Nebraska Lawrence, Kan. 3:00 p.m. CT
2/23/09 at Oklahoma Norman, Okla. 8:00 p.m. CT
3/01/09 vs. Missouri Lawrence, Kan. 1:00 p.m. CT
3/04/09 at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 8:30 p.m. CT
3/07/09 vs. Texas Lawrence, Kan. 3:00 p.m. CT
2008 Kansas Jayhawks Women's Basketball Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Location | Time |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 11/02/08 | vs. Fort Hays State | Lawrence, Kan. | 2:00 p.m. CT |
| 11/09/08 | vs. Washburn | Lawrence, Kan. | 2:00 p.m. CT |
| 11/14/08 | vs. Sacred Heart | Lawrence, Kan. | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 11/18/08 | vs. Iowa | Lawrence, Kan. | 11:00 a.m. CT |
| 11/23/08 | at Saint Louis | St. Louis, Mo. | 4:00 p.m. CT |
| 11/30/08 | vs. New Orleans | Lawrence, Kan. | 2:00 p.m. CT |
| 12/04/08 | vs. San Jose State | Lawrence, Kan. | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 12/07/08 | at Marquette | Milwaukee, Wis. | 2:00 p.m. CT |
| 12/10/08 | vs. Western Illinois | Lawrence, Kan. | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 12/13/08 | at Creighton | Omaha, Neb. | 3:00 p.m. CT |
| 12/21/08 | at UCLA | Los Angeles, Calif. | 4:00 p.m. CT |
| 12/23/08 | at Pepperdine | Malibu, Calif. | 3:00 p.m. CT |
| 12/31/08 | vs. Houston | Lawrence, Kan. | 2:00 p.m. CT |
| 01/04/09 | vs. New Mexico State | Lawrence, Kan. | 2:00 p.m. CT |
| 01/07/09 | vs. Fairfield | Lawrence, Kan. | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 01/10/09 | at Kansas State | Manhattan, Kan. | 6:00 p.m. CT |
| 01/14/09 | vs. Missouri | Lawrence, Kan. | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 01/17/09 | vs. Texas Tech | Lawrence, Kan. | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 01/21/09 | at Nebraska | Lincoln, Neb. | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 01/24/09 | vs. Kansas State | Lawrence, Kan. | 11:00 a.m. CT |
| 01/31/09 | at Texas A&M | College Station, Texas | 4:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/04/09 | vs. Colorado | Lawrence, Kan. | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/07/09 | at Missouri | Columbia, Mo. | 1:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/11/09 | at Texas | Austin, Texas | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/14/09 | vs. Oklahoma | Lawrence, Kan. | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/18/09 | at Colorado | Boulder, Colo. | 8:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/22/09 | vs. Iowa State | Lawrence, Kan. | 12:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/25/09 | at Oklahoma State | Stillwater, Okla. | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/28/09 | vs. Nebraska | Lawrence, Kan. | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 03/04/09 | vs. Baylor | Lawrence, Kan. | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 03/07/09 | at Iowa State | Ames, Iowa | 7:00 p.m. CT |
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**The Monument Rocks, large ancient chalk formations, stand in the northeast of Kansas. The Nature of Kansas Lands, released today, captures the beauty of Kansas landscapes. So many people have misconceptions about Kansas because of what they have seen in movies," said Jason Fitzell, executive director of the Kansas Land Trust. The book provides photos and facts about the landscapes from local locations.**
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Waterways, woodlands and 80-million-year old rock formations aren't usually associated with Kansas, but Elizabeth Schultz hopes to change that.
Schultz, professor emerita of English, is one of the contributors for the book "The Nature of Kansas Lands," which was released today and was sponsored by the Kansas Land Trust.
The book shows Kansas' biodiversity and landscapes, from Buck Creek Valley in the northeast, to the ancient Monument Rocks in the northwest and the Flint Hills in the east.
"I believe wherever people live, they should become familiar with it and know it deeply," Schultz said. "They will then take care of it."
Beverley Worster, editor of the book and president of the Kansas Land Trust Board of Directors, said contrary to stereotypes, Kansas had a variety of landscapes, including cliffs, grasslands and high plains.
She said pictures and ecological information supplemented the essays to show the diversity.
"It is meant to stimulate people to leave the four-lane, eight-lane highways and rediscover the state," Worster said.
Worster said many people, even Kansas natives, didn't learn about Kansas because textbooks in the United States were often geared toward California, New York and Texas.
"You grow up believing that every beautiful place is somewhere else, every famous person lives somewhere else, and every exciting event occurs somewhere else," Worster said. "When you graduate, you kind of want to go to somewhere else."
She said she hoped the book would cause readers to reconsider the values of Kansas' natural landscapes and think about how they could preserve them for future generations.
Profits from the book will support the Kansas Land Trust, a nonprofit organization that protects and preserves lands of ecological and scenic significance in Kansas.
Jason Fitzell, executive director of the Kansas Land Trust, said the Land Trust had protected 7,000 acres of land from development in Kansas. He said the organization wanted to double that number in the next five years.
Worster said preserving Kansas' nature could be beneficial for many reasons. She said some areas were home to endangered species.
She also said preserving native soils could contribute to national security.
"We are making sure that some of the best soils in the United States are going to be there for food production forever," she said. "This is very important concept that many countries overlook."
Kelly Kindscher, associate scientist for the Kansas Biological Survey and courtesy associate professor of environmental
studies, wrote the ecosystem facts for the book
He said he was surprised to learn about the diversity of animals and plants in Kansas as well as the state's different landscapes. He said he encouraged students to take road trips to visit different areas of Kansas during school breaks.
His favorite places in Kansas include Horse Thief Canyon in Hodgeman
County in the southwest, the Cheyenne Bottoms in central Kansas and the Flint Hills in southeast Kansas.
"The Nature of Kansas Lands" is published by the University Press of Kansas, and is available for order at its Web site or at the Oread Bookstore in the Kansas Union.
— Edited by Ramsey Cox
ENVIRONMENT
Program integrates climate change, public policy
BY JOE PREINEk
jpreiner@kansan.com
TULA
A new program offered at the University helps graduate students warm to ideas of applying their interests to Earth's changing climate.
Climate Change, Humans and Nature in the Global Environment, or C-CHANGE for short, focuses on interdisciplinary training for Ph.D.-seeking graduate students. The goal of the program is to relate various fields of study to the environment.
Five graduate students in various fields of study are taking the course this semester. They are the first students of the eventual 22 who will complete the training program during the next five years.
Participants listen to a lecture on the changing legal climate presented by Andrew Torrance, associate professor of law, in Spooner Hall Monday afternoon. The part is of a new program that will focus on relating various fields of study to climate change and the environment.
Joane Nagel, University distinguished professor of sociology and project director of the C-CHANGE program, said getting funding for the program was competitive. She said that of the applications the National Science Foundation received, only about 20 percent were awarded funding. Nagel said the program, which is the first of its kind in Kansas, was important for understanding policy processes.
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"The biggest issue here is policy," Nagel said. "Policy decides whether your research findings are used or not. The training will
KU NAVY ROTC
KU Navy ROTC completed tasks at an outdoor challenge course Sunday. They learned basic leadership and communication skills by doing teambuilding activities like crossing a line of hanging tires and climbing over a 20-foot wall.
Training emphasizes teamwork
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Department of theatre to diversify itself
The Multicultural Theatre Initiative, a new student organization, works to increase diversity in University theatre. The organization is rehearsing for its first production, playwright Joe Penhall's "Blue/Orange."
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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. Police in North Carolina say a woman hunted rats on her property caused a scare at a neighboring public school.
The Times-News of Hendersonville reported Friday that a bus driver saw the woman and officials thought she was an armed student on school property. They kept students and staff inside the Balfour Education Center for about an hour until police determined she wasn't a threat.
Authorities say the woman wasn't on school property, wasn't doing anything wrong and had a rifle to shoot rats. She wasn't identified. Sheriff Rick Davis says a call to authorities about the woman was properly handled.
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ODD NEWS Hot dog-eating champ wins pizza eating contest
The 24-year-old from San Jose, Calif., says he fasted for more than a day to prepare. He folded and squeezed the slices to make them easier to swallow.
He downed 45 slices in 10 minutes Sunday to win the first Famous Famigliia World Pizza Eating Championship in New York's Times Square.
He won a contest in Tennessee last month by wolfing down 93 Krystal hamburgers in 8 minutes.
NEW YORK — Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again — this time proving he's a pizza powerhouse.
The 24-year-old rocketed to competitive-eating celebrity when he won Coney Island's July Fourth hot dog eating contest in 2007. He took the title again this summer by gulping down 59 dogs in 10 minutes.
Mass. House of Reps chooses official book
BOSTON — The question of whether to choose an official book for the state of Massachusetts made for a whale of a debate.
That was a compromise after some lawmakers questioned Rep. Christopher Speranzo's proposal to dub Herman Melville's 1851 classic the "official book," given the state's rich literary history.
The state House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill naming "Moby-Dick" the state's official "epic novel."
Rep. Cory Atkins said she was "appalled" and contended her district in Concord has "more authors per square mile than any other."
The bill needs to pass the Senate and get the governor's signature.
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The student group event "The Aftermath of DC v. Heller: Should We Care About Gun Control?" will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Drive Room in the Burge Union.
The Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meeting will begin at 3 p.m. in the Provost Conference Room in Strong Hall.
The lecture "Brazilian Cinema and Global Hollywood" will begin at 5 p.m. in the Conference Hall in Hall Center.
The seminar "Beards, Clocks and the Angel with the Sundial at Chartres Cathedral" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The lecture "SUA Hunger Banquet" will begin at 6 p.m. in the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
NATIONAL Cancer survivors to speak at bus tour stop
The Fight Back Express bus will stop in Lawrence from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct.16 at the University's Shenk Complex at the corner of Clinton Parkway and Iowa Street.
The six-month nationwide bus tour, sponsored by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, urges people to fight cancer with the power of their voices. It is open to the public and will give visitors the chance to share stories with members of Congress through the electronic Picture A Cure program, which is a petition to support access to quality health care for all Americans.
From 10:20 a.m. to 10:40 a.m., local cancer survivors will speak. A bus signing will take place before and after the presentations. The bus will also stop in Wichita and Topeka and will travel until election day, Nov. 4. The bus will travel through 48 states by the end of the tour.
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Trader Steven Marcus works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Wall Street snapped back Monday from last week's devastating losses after major governments announced further steps to support the global banking system, including plans by the U.S. Treasury to buy stocks of some banks.
Dow Jones jumps 936 points after 2,400-point drop
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NEW YORK — Wall Street snapped back from last week's devastating losses after major governments announced further steps to support the global banking system, including plans by the U.S. Treasury to buy stocks of some banks.
All the major indexes rose well over 6 percent, and the Dow Jones industrials gained 936 points.
The hope on the Street was that the market was finding a bottom after eight sessions of devastating losses that sent the Dow down nearly 2,400 points.
But while a rebound had been expected at some point, Wall Street can expect to see volatile, back-and-forth trading in the coming days and weeks as investors work through their concerns about the banking sector, the stagnant credit markets and the overall economy.
But the market did appear to take heart when the Bush administration said it is moving quickly to implement its $700 billion rescue program, including consulting with law firms about the mechanics of buying ownership shares in a broad number of banks to help revive the stagnant credit markets
and in turn get the economy moving again.
Neel Kashkari, the assistant Treasury secretary who is interim head of the program, said in a speech Monday officials were also developing guidelines to govern
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help minimize the disconnect between research and policy."
Nagel said researchers are seldom trained in understanding the interactions between science and policy. The C-CHANGE program helps address the problem, making the trainees more effective advocates for the issues they research.
"It will help make me an informed, well-rounded scientist." Reed said.
Alexis Reed, Great Bend graduate student and C-CHANGE trainee, specializes in global change ecology. Because the topic of the program is closely related to her area of study, she said she could focus on the policy aspect of the class.
Trish Jackson, Sterling graduate student, said she recognized the importance of the course. She said overcoming the communication barriers among the disciplines was an invaluable experience.
Jackson, who focuses on urban soil, said she hoped to use the skills she gained to help urban gardeners. Jackson said urban soil often contained toxins that were harmful to human health. In the long run, she said, she wanted to use the experience to preserve the planet at the community level and to encourage healthy living for people.
TheC-CHANGEprogrambrings students such as Jackson and Reed together. The five members take the course together, commenting and evaluating each other's work. The process helps them understand a broader range of disciplines and how they apply to climate change.
"C-CHANGE is an incredible
opportunity to explore multiple aspects of this issue," said Linda Williams, Gardner graduate student and program member. "This can only improve my own understanding, broaden my approach to and enhance my own research."
Williams comes to the program from the other side of the educational track. A public administration student, she said the C-CHANGE program would allow her to understand the issues from a viewpoint other than public policy. Williams said the experience would make her research more complete and of a higher quality.
Various academic departments nominate students for the C-CHANGE program. Nagel said the NSF was interested in training the next generation of environmentally aware leaders in the sciences. She said the foundation was committed to supporting interdisciplinary training because it thought issues were seldom accomplished by people working alone.
Graduate students in C-CHANGE program:
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Linda Williams, Gardner public administration
Trish Jackson, Sterling geography
Anna Kern, Topeka sociology
Alvin Bonilla-Rodriguez,
Boqueron, Puerto Rico,
geology
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For information on how to become a licensed Foreign Language Teacher, contact the School of Education at http://soe.ku.edu/prospective-students/teacher_education.php
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Theatre to mix culture
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Erik LaPointe, Kansas City, Mo., senior, and Tosin Morohunfola, Overland Park junior, rehearse for "Blue/Orange" in Murphy Hall on Sunday night. The play, presented by the Multicultural Theatre Initiative, is scheduled for Nov. 15 and 16 at oldfather Studios.
BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER
bentsminger@kansan.com
The Multicultural Theatre Initiative depicts the challenge of race relations in its inaugural production, "Blue/Orange" by Joe Bonball.
The founders of the organization chose cast and crew from the department of theatre for "Blue/ Orange." Morohunfola said the MTI would hold auditions for future productions to give students who were interested in theater — but not theatre majors — an opportunity to get involved.
would depict lifestyles different from those of the audience.
Members of the MTI, a new student organization, work to increase diversity in theatre at the University.
"MTI begins the dream of a colorblind theatre and believes in creating diverse, thought-provoking theatre," Ford said.
Morohunfola said the organization diversified the theatre productions by presenting new perspectives and experiences that
Ford said the MTI will address cultural and sociological representations of cultures through themes such as race, gender, sexuality and religion. Ford said theater allowed actors to shape universal stories in new ways.
Tosin Morohunfola, Overland Park junior, Brandon Ford, 2007 graduate, and DeAndrea Herron, 2008 graduate, formed the group last summer.
"If we stop viewing ourselves by our labels, and just see people as people, then we realize that a good human story can be told in any language to any group of people," Ford said.
"Blue/Orange" features two psychiatrists discussing the mental state of their patient. One psychiatrist thinks his patient is crazy while the other says the patient is simply displaying his cultural background. Morohunfola said the production would make the audience think about race relations.
Chelsie Shipley, Lakin senor and vice president of the MTI, will play the part of a female psychiatrist. Shipley said theater could be powerful because it could keep people talking after the show ended.
"It's a very interesting conversation to determine what's crazy and what's culture," Morohunfola said.
Ford said the MTI would feature productions that cast minority students. He said some plays weren't brought up at the University because of a lack of diversity within the department of theatre.
Morohunfola said a show had to inspire the MTI before they would pick it. The group also considers which plays are most important and which would be most unique.
"My belief is that theater can really be an instrument for social change," Shipley said.
Morohunfola said the MTI would try to establish connections with other campus groups in the future. Although the MTI isn't an official part of the KU department of theatre, Morohunfola said he hoped that would change in the future.
The MTI will present "Blue/ Orange" at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 and 16 at Oldfather Studios.
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Hometown celebrates 007 actress
BY MARIA DANILOVA ASSOCIATED PRESS
British actor Daniel Craig, left, and Ukrainian actress and model Olga Kurylenko, right, promote their upcoming James Bond film "Quantum of Solace." Kurylenko is visiting her homewomen in Ukraine while the two actors are in Russia.
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BERDYANSK, Ukraine — Olga Kurylenko, the model and actress who stars in the upcoming James Bond movie, began acting by playing Santa Claus' young wife in a school play in her Ukrainian hometown.
Teachers remember Kurylenko the 28-year-old brunette who charms 007 in "Quantum of Solace," for the determination, drive and luck that turned her into a Bond Girl.
"She was such a talented girl," said her hometown piano teacher, Halina Kulchitska. "Even if she hadn't become James Bond's girl, she still would have gotten some big role."
Kurylenko grew up in this city of 140,000 on the Azov Sea in southeastern Ukraine, where monuments made from giant metal anchors dot the city center and middle-aged men spend their free time fishing along the main embankment, cigarettes in their mouths.
Raised by her mother, Marina,
an art teacher, and her grandmother,
a doctor, Kurleykeno and her
family lived in a three-room apartment not far from the city center. That was a luxury by Soviet standards, when many lived in communal flats, sharing the kitchen and bathroom with several families.
Today her crumbling five-story apartment building, where carpets, comforters and underpants are hung to dry in the courtyard and children play on rusting slides, is testimony to how far she's traveled since then.
In Moscow on Monday to
promote the film, Kurylenko expressed incredulity over being a Bond Girl. "I still don't believe it and don't think that I realize it yet," she told Associated Press Television News.
In the movie, Bond (Daniel Craig) and Kurylenko's character, Camille, try to save Bolivia's water supply.
"Camille is quite a strong woman, very independent. She carries a wound which comes from her childhood," said Kurylenko.
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
Your luck has improved, but you're facing new problems. If it's not one thing, it's another. Keep on your game face. Important people are being favorably impressed.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Opinions are strong and tempers are short, so caution is advised. It's wise to keep out of an argument that doesn't really concern you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7
The hard part is almost over.
Don't give up; give it one more try. Schedule your celebration outing for tomorrow. You'll have more time then.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6.
By now you should know what works and what doesn't, what's real and what's make believe. With a little work, you can minimize your losses. Don't give up.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Make the tough decision, and then you can relax. You and a loved one may even find a way to get something you've had to do without. Put your heads together.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 6
Take time out to reassess the situation in which you find yourself. You can and most probably will succeed, by the way, after a few setbacks.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
today is a 7
If you'd like to spend more than you really can afford,
start looking around for another source of income. It's out there, it's different, and you can use it to produce results.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
You don't have to pull any punches. You're providing a service. You're helping a person who's waffling decide which opinion is best.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
You can figure out what's true and what isn't simply by using logic. Don't believe what anyone says; do gather lots of data. Put together a case that's irrefutable.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
Travel and communications are going to become rather complicated. Go early or not at all. You have plenty to keep you busy; don't worry about that.
Just because your feelings were hurt doesn't mean you can take revenge. Be bigger than that, after commiserating with your friends. Let them talk you out of the blues.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 7
There will be a test, and you'll be asked some really tough questions. Don't assume you already know the answers. Do the homework.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 6
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18 Pig's home
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5 Work hours
6 “— We Got Fun?”
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8 Venetian noble
9 Enthusiastic
10 Fool-proof
11 Shoe part
16 Speed
20 TV alien
21 A Biblical Mary
21 Witticism
22 TV lawyer Stone
23 Coffee additive
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The 72-year-old actor was visibly moved as he received France's most prestigious prize at a ceremony in Paris on Monday.
PARIS — Dennis Hopper has been named a commander in the French Legion of Honor.
recognizes Dennis Hopper
In The Cinematique Francaise in Paris is opening an exhibit on Hopper this week that will run
through Jan. 19.
Hopper's screen credits include "Apocalypse Now","Blue Velvet" and 1969's "Easy Rider",which he also directed.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2008
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
KU
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Congratulations Kansas students, you're an embarrassment to our University.
Two reasons why I've lost respect for KU
After this past week, I've lost a lot of respect for all of you. First, I took a venture to JuicyCampus.com and noticed the things I hated about high school are still prevalent at the university level. I'm not exactly sure who the majority of the people are that post on there, but it looks like the members of fraternities and sororities are loving this particular Web site because it caters to their gossip-loving selves.
And then I went into Saturday hoping coach Mark Mangino's message would be loud and clear, and the students would stop the immature chant. I was really wrong.
I took a stop down at the student gate before the game started and interviewed about 10 or more students. Overwhelmingly, the response to the video was that it made them want to do it louder. Most of these people were freshmen, and I could tell they weren't exactly here for football, but more
for the "woo, let's get drunk and do something" crowd.
The others who said they weren't doing it were older (one was even in law school here). They said that it was trashy and that it didn't represent our school. I agree.
I almost feel embarrassed when I look back at what other generations did for this country. They stood up for women's rights and equality for all. And what does our university rebel upon? Mark Mangino's plea to the student body. And the students here just completely disrespected him.
That's what I find pathetic
— that we rebelled against a video.
I took a look at the comments on the various articles on national sports Web sites. They don't find our chant funny they think it's distasteful. It looks bad on our University and student body.
Unfortunately, they're getting a glimpse of less than a third of our students and what's even more unfortunate is the IQ of those individuals.
Way to go Jayhawks.
— Joe Davis is a junior from Coventry, Conn.
We could be growing the green economy, too
our addiction to oil.
Since 2001, the Dow Jones average has climbed just 2 percent. By comparison, the wind industry has grown 339 percent and the solar industry a whopping 579 percent, and both cut global warming pollution and
Congress's $700 billion taxpayer-funded Wall Street gamble has me thinking about odds and how our money might be better spent. Clearly our economy needs help, but shouldn't we be looking for the bigest bang for our buck?
A recent report estimates that investing just $100 billion in the green economy would create 2 million new jobs while the same amount would generate just 1.1 million jobs in the financial services sector.
Write a thank-you note to Ben and Paul
Lily Siebert is a sophomore from Lawrence.
This November the smart voter will bet on the candidate with the judgment to spend our money on solutions that help the economy, create jobs and protect the environment.
I have no problem with the selling of a printed-off Internet copy of the U.S. Constitution on eBay, and I have no problem with poking fun at the amendments. But I do have a problem with the misunderstanding of the United States financial crisis at large. When I tell people that my major is economics, I am met with a raise of the eyebrows and an outward sigh, as if I missed the memo that the study of economics equates to a life of misery and certain boredom.
Yet here we are, in the middle of one of the defining historical
events that have happened during our generation, and from what I can tell, students around campus just don't care.
One thing the U.S. Constitution never guaranteed was the right to a healthy economy. And although it did grant freedom to vent one's frustration, it was never meant to be an excuse to flaunt one's ignorance.
Next time you're looking to make a statement, how about writing a thank you letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson or Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Ben Bernanke? Your government is doing more for you than you think.
Lindsay Mayer is a senior from Leawood.
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Who are the biggest victims of Big Tobacco?
FRUIT FOR THOUGHT MATT HIRSCHFELD
I've never been a smoker. Never have and probably never will. I don't mind when my gay friends smoke, either. I was alarmed, though, when I came across a study that reported LGBT people are 40 to 70 percent more likely to smoke than heterosexu1 people.
The study, LGBT People & Smoking," cited reasons such as higher levels of social stress, frequent visits to bars and clubs, higher rates of alcohol and drug use, and the tobacco industry directly targeting LGBT people.
I reflect on what I have done to escape the tighter grasp that smoking has put upon the LGBT community. When I graduate, start looking for full-time job and living in the "real world," I'll face more social stress, but I won't turn to smoking for comfort — a therapist maybe, but not tobacco. I go out to bars and clubs occasionally in Lawrence and Kansas City, but their respective smoking bans in bars solves the smoking influence problem for me. And I know my limits concerning alcohol, and as for drugs, I've never tried the stuff.
The other is when tobacco
Maybe I'm oblivious to tobacco advertising, but the study cited two instances when LBT could have been more influenced to smoke than heterosexual people. One was advertising campaigns such as "Project SCUM," which was a late 1990s marketing campaign of Camel cigarettes to LBGT and homeless people in the San Francisco Bay area.
The campaigns need to focus on the LGBT community's increased social stress and higher rate of alcohol and drug use. Then and only will the community show more of a willingness to be educated about the problems of smoking and not be lumped together as helpless victims of advertising.
Hirschfeld is an Augusta senior in journalism.
companies offer financial support to LGBT bars and festivals but sometimes prohibit locations from allowing any anti-tobacco promotion onsite. (I actually find antismoking ads, such as www.thetruth.com singing ads, more annoying than thought-provoking.)
LGBT people are not victims to cheap piles of tobacco advertising. I'll concede that the LGBT community probably does smoke more overall for the other reasons the study cites (social pressure, bar frequency, alcohol/drug abuse). I have managed to escape the clutches of tobacco advertising, but the rest of the LGBT community is also not made up of mindless consumers drooling over the latest Camel ad.
People, and not just in the
LGBT community, know that it isn't "cool" to smoke as it was once promoted in the 1950s and '60s. If anti-smoking campaigns want to reduce the number of LGBT smoking, consider ads that don't condescend with singing, cartoons and "disturbing" (yet, forgettable) facts about smoking.
I found a better way to get into politics
CAPITOL POLITICS ROSS STEWART
I've been receiving an increasing amount of e-mails from organizations lately because of the upcoming election.
But these things do anger me, so the e-mails are a good tactic for getting contributions. They're basically telling me to look at those people over there and imagine them with power. And because those people are crazy, when it is suggested that I donate $5 to "stop them," it sounds like an easy solution.
I don't dislike activism. I just dislike activism that just asks you for money all of the time.
I was a member of the MoveOn.
org e-mail list until I realized earlier last week that whenever the group e-mailed me, all it was really doing was sending me an e-mail that says, "Hey, here's something that should anger you — please donate $5."
Well, it's not.
But these marketing pseudophilanthropic endeavors don't appeal to me. College students don't have as much expendable income as companies believe they do. But, instead, what we definitely have is an excess of time.
Instead of asking us for $5,
which we would rather use on a burger or a tasty brew, political
or activist groups should offer an e-mail list that only asks for time.
Money is great it makes the world go round, but every poet will tell you time is more valuable than money.
So if you want to be politically active, do not donate any of your money to a political campaign the rest of this election season.
Instead, only respond to e-mails or invitations that ask you to take part in what you believe to be the greater good with your time.
Politicians might be in horrible debt, but we weren't the ones who said they should turn running for office into a pissing contest. So we shouldn't pay for it.
Life is a sorry waste if money is worth more than time.
Stewart is a Wichita senior in journalism.
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I built the ping-pong table in the Templin basement.
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I now know more about the scrotum. Thanks, community health
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Eleven hours, eight minutes and 57 seconds until "High School Musical 3"
--with that.
--with that.
If you lost a Sprint camera phone near the tennis courts, I turned it into Watkins. Sorry I couldn't get to it before it was run over by the bus, but it looks like it's still working.
Thanks, professors, for waiting a whole 24 hours before the midterm to give us a study guide
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Yesterday I found an empty pint of Captain Morgan in the bathroom by the Math Testing Center. I can totally identify
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Why are people discussing the looks of the Hanson brothers when clearly there are bigger fish to fry? For example, how bad we're going to kill Memphis tonight.
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So I was woken up at 4:45 by some drunk walking up and down the hall pounding on
doors.
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Who? Mike Jones!
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I hate when people say "Rock chalk Jayhawk, go KU" because "go" is not part of the chant. Please stop.
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Why are all women just a big cup o' crazy?
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The girl wearing the Cornish jersey in UBS on Saturday needs to come back in so I can formally propose to her.
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The divorce is settled. And Kansas got the house, cars, custody of the kids, the 401K and a shot at a national cham- nionship.
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If you want to riff on someone, at least do it efficiently.
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The Phi Psi who was working the door at the Wheel last Thursday: You're insanely hot and have gorgeous blue eyes. Wanna hook up?
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2008
KU NAVY ROTC
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Steve Thomas, Leavenworth senior, and Jake Flynn, Maize freshman, assist other members of the Bravo Battalion through hires in a net during a training exercise at Adams Campus Challenge Course during the KIJ Navi ROTK'1 LR training day.
Training exercises teach teamwork, communication
TROOPERS
BY HALEY JONES
hjones@kansan.com
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SCOUTS
Midshipman Jonathan Weishaar climbed onto the shoulders of midshipman Ed Rostetter, Circleville sophomore, in an attempt to climb over a 20-foot wall at a KU Navy ROTC training exercise Sunday.
Weishaar, Wichita senior, reached for the hands of two squad members who would help pull him up and over the wall as Jose Nicolas. Marine officer instructor, approached the squad. Nicolas glanced around, looking for the midshipmen's fake rifles.
"Where's your security?" Nicolas shouted.
Mark Perry, Kingwood, Texas, graduate student, watches Alpha 1 battalion at Adams Campus Challenge Course on Sunday. The objective of the obstacle was to get everyone over the wall with a minimal amount of help from other cadets. Techniques included jacket arms together to use as a rope or lapping belts together to pad caddies up and over the wall. KU Navy ROTC held the training to improve leadership and teamwork skills.
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From atop Rostetter's shoulders,
Wishaar said, "On the other side of
the wall, air"
of the wall, sir."
"That doesn't seem like a good idea to put all the security on the other side," Nicolas said. "You can't use your arms now. You
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"Negative," Nicolas said. "He's goin' up."
just got shot in both arms."
The squad began to devise a new plan to get the now-armless Weishaar over the wall. The squad propped a stretcher against the wall and hoisted Weishaar onto the top edge of the stretcher. The two squad members on top of the wall pulled him safely over the edge.
Weishaar dropped his arms to his side.
The KU Navy ROTC midshipmen focused on developing leadership and communication skills by tackling obstacles at the Adams Campus Challenge Course on Sunday. About 70 midshipmen split into squads of about 12 and completed a circuit of tasks that integrated realistic scenarios into training exercises. Nicolas said the obstacles were designed to make the most of learning opportunities.
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"We're leavin' him down here then."
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Jake Flynn, Maize freshman, crawls over a "lava" pit on a wooden board during the Adams Campus Challenge Course ROTC training day Sunday. The cadets were punished for failure by having their hands bound, being blindfolded and sometimes were even banned from talking.
"Not only are they learning teamwork, they're learning communication skills and leadership abilities," Nicolas said. "We
always throw in a twist."
Nicolas said midshipmen had to complete the wall challenge as if it were a tactical maneuver and provide security at all times. He
said the squad failed to secure the area, putting the lives of the squad members in danger.
"Simple tasks like going from one location to another become complex tasks when you're in the military," Nicolas said. "Especially in today's world with Iraq, if you're not vigilant or observant, you can actually get struck."
The squad had forgotten to provide security while completing the obstacle, but the midshipmen quickly realized it and created a perimeter.
"You can't get too focused on what you're doing and lose focus on what's going on around you," Nicolas said. "In real life, you could have put the entire squail in danger."
In another obstacle, a leader
who was allowed to use only one arm, led midshipmen, two of whom were blindfolded, across a line of hanging tires. The squad switched leaders at each obstacle. Annie Goeckel, Sammamish, Wash., sophomore, said the frequent flux of squad leaders forced people out of their comfort zones.
"It also allows people to learn to listen and take charge of the situation on their own," she said. "Everybody's leadership style is different and this lets you experience the differences."
In the tire obstacle, Geoff Macfadden, Ridgefield, Conn., freshman, was the souder leader.
Macfadden fell before reaching the end of the obstacle. The rest of the midshipmen who had already made it across had to run until two more reached the other side. Though only one squad member fell, the squad was disciplined as a
single unit.
"It's a lot tougher than I thought it would be," Macfadden said. "It's definitely harder to be handicapped
— especially when you're a squad leader"
Adam View and Justin Goodwin, both officer candidates, are enlisted in the Navy and have already served on active duty. They watched the squads during the obstacles and offered advice to help the midshipmen improve their communication and technical skills.
View said the officer candidates were there to give professional experience and help the freshmen and sophomores learn how to lead.
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COMMENTARY
How the Big 12 may challenge the SEC
BY ALEX DUFEK
adufek@kansan.com
FOOTBALL
Everybody wants to be judged on a level playing field, unless the one doing the judging is the BCS.
SEE DUFEK ON PAGE 6B
The Southeastern Conference knows all about that.
In college football, whether they say it or not, all of the conferences strive to match the popularity and success that football has achieved in the SEC. The passionate fans, the tradition and the difficulty of the conference's teams are all areas that the schools of the SEC take great pride in.
The SEC has witnessed it firsthand for a number of years. When a conference has six teams ranked in the top 16, as the Big 12 does and the SEC certainly has before, the teams tend to beat up on each other and hurt everyone's chance at a national title.
However, the Big 12 is doing its best to challenge the SEC as the strongest conference in football. The debate will most likely rage on for the majority of the season, but there is a side effect to increased success of the Big 12.
With so many talented teams in the conference this season, even in the middle tier, it's unlikely a national title contender will emerge from the Big 12.
Despite the SEC's ability to bring home national championships with a two-loss LSU team last year and a one-loss Florida team two years ago, history doesn't bode well for this year's top conference squads.
Another factor to consider is the unpredictable upset. It would be very naive to assume that two or three of the mediocre Big 12 teams don't knock off one of the conference's top dogs before the end of the year — especially after watching Nebraska go to Texas Tech
In the 10 years since the inception of the BCS system of selecting a national champion, only three times has a team with a loss on its record won the national title. Last year, the only team with two losses to ever compete for a title in the BCS was the LSU Tigers.
After watching Saturday's conference clashes, it's hard to have any confidence that a team will go undefeated in the Big 12. A one-loss season even seems like an extremely daunting task because of highly talented teams within the conference.
Texas' victory against Oklahoma, paired with Oklahoma State's victory against Missouri, should have gotten Big 10, Pac-10 and even SEC executives excited about national title chances. In both games the lower ranked team emerged victorious, but both contests could have gone either way.
It seems as though only a turnover here or a first down there could have swung the momentum in the favor of the other team. The bad news for the Big 12 is that last week was just the beginning.
The three undefeated teams remaining — Texas, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech — haven't played each other yet. Oklahoma State and Texas Tech must both take on Oklahoma, and Texas Tech will also face the unenviable task of trying to break the 13-game home winning streak Kansas is riding at Memorial Stadium in two weeks
Although Texas just knocked off No. 1 Oklahoma, its schedule doesn't get easier anytime soon. The Longhorns will match up against the Big 12 North's top two teams, Missouri and Kansas, as well as take on the two other undefeated teams in the south.
KU
Kansas kick returner Marcus Herford looks to cut off a block during a kick return Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Coach Mark Mangino said he will make special teams changes. "I am going to get these special teams squared away," he said.
Mangino to make special changes
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
Coach Mark Mangino has seen enough. After watching his special teams units perform poorly for the second consecutive game, the seventh-year coach has promised to shake things up.
"After today's exhibition," Mangino said Saturday, "whether it's personnel or schemes or both, we have to make changes.
We're not going to do this anymore."
down," Mangino said. "But I'm not going to lie two you, there were two or three guys on some units today that didn't do their job."
The problems were across the board on Saturday. Daymond Patterson and Dexton Fields both muffed punts. Jacob Branstetter missed a 39-yard field goal. And Marcus Herford, who has struggled all season after being named a pre-season All American, averaged only 13 yards-per-kick-return against the Buffaloes — the worst rated kickoff coverage in the nation.
"All it takes is for one guy to break
The Jayhawks' average starting position for their first five drives was their own 16-yard line. Their best start was their fifth drive when they started from the 24-yard line. It almost mirrored last week's game against Iowa State when the Jayhawks battled poor field position much of the first
half and fell behind 20-0.
"I'll get that corrected," Mangino said. "If there's one thing that I do here during my tenure as the head coach, I am going to get these special teams squared away.
"We won some games over the years where we had lesser talent than the opponent, but we won the field position battle. And we're not doing that."
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Soccer team needs to win four of five remaining games
Almost a year of preparation comes down to five games for coach Mark Francis and Kansas. The Jayhawks' 5-0 start seems like a distant memory.
Six Big 12 games have resulted in a disappointing 2-3-1 record with two overtime losses. At 8-5-1 overall, Kansas can't afford to lose more than one game if it has any hope of meriting an at-large NCAA Tournament berth. Luckily, four of the Jayhawks final five games will be played at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex. Unfortunately, two of those contests will be against No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 10 Texas. Kansas is 2-20-3 against the two all-time.
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Kelsey Clifton dribbles the ball up the field.
Volleyball team must overcome Missouri and Oklahoma
A critical stretch of matches are in store for Kansas in the coming weeks. This week, the Jayhawks face boarder rival Missouri. It is a must win for Kansas, which can't afford to fall any deeper into the Big 12 standings as they are tied with Missouri for seventh. Up next is Oklahoma, who, despite losing core players from last year's ranked squad, will still provide a challenging match-up. For the Jayhawks to even think about sneaking into the NCAA tournament they have to win against Missouri and Oklahoma, as they will face the more challenging teams of Texas A&M and Baylor to finish out the month.
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Junior setter Katie Martin-cich dives down to dig a serve during the first match Wednesday evening against Texas A.M. Martin-lead the Jayhawks with 11 digs in Kansas' 3-2 loss to the Aggies at the Horeisi Center.
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quote of the day
"All I know is we lost. Someone had to lose. They were a great team. We were a great team. We did one thing very uncharacteristic of what we did all year. Whenever we had a lead in the sixth or seventh inning, we won the game. But we had leads in the first two games and lost."
George Brett, 1998 Baseball Digest
Judge teams based on statistics, not polls
fact of the day
Royal's outfielder Willie Wilson struck out 12 times against the Phillies in the 1980 World Series. Wilson led the Royals with 230 hits during the regular season during which he struck out 81 times in 705 at bats. 1980 was also the year George Brett hit .390. Brett had 175 hits on the season, 55 less than Wilson, who hit .326.
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Source: Baseball Reference
What else is new?
College football season is at its midway mark, and the polls are fluctuating as quickly as the wind of public opinion reshuffles the presupposed powerhouses and fledgling flavors of the week.
To err is human, and the pollsters do a lot of erring. This preseason, Associated Press voters earmarked West Virginia, Clemson, Auburn and Arizona State as some of the nation's 15 best squads. Considering the poor showing by the AP poll — usually much
The numbers don't look especially auspicious for Kansas. The Jayhawks are ranked 28th in the nation, trailing no-name programs such as Ball State and Minnesota. But that's the great thing about stats: They don't lie. They don't take reputation or past successes into consideration. And face it —
more legit than the joke that is the Coaches' Poll — maybe it's time we started ignoring the experts' whims in favor of some hard data.
That's where the Sagarin Ratings come in. The ratings, compiled by stat guru Jeff Sagarin and included as part of the BCS formula, judge teams' merit based on strength of schedule, margin of victory and home/road performances. Teams shoot up and down the charts in the season's opening weeks, but everything seems to level out by midseason.
escaping Iowa State with a two-point victory isn't a good win.
The ratings predict a 1-5 slide the rest of the way for Kansas, with the only victory coming against 57th-ranked Kansas State. Sagarin agrees with the conventional wisdom that Kansas will fall to all four of its nationally ranked opponents (Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Texas and Missouri) and ventures onto a limb to predict a loss at 36th-ranked Nebraska.
Elsewhere in the Big 12 Conference, the statistics back up what everybody already knows: No. 1 Texas is outstanding, No. 5 Oklahoma is elite, No. 9 Oklahoma State is dangerous, and No. 11 Texas Tech and No. 18 Missouri aren't too shabby either. Oh yeah, and No. 104 Texas A&M is absolutely horrendous. The Aggies are ranked behind eight FCS (formerly
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Division 1-AA) teams.
The warm weather might not agree, but it's that time of the year again. Ear-damaging decibels, camping groups, alley-oops and the euphoria that only the greatest sporting venue in the world can provide: Basketball season in Lawrence is fast approaching.
Kansas media day is Thursday, Late Night in the Phog is Friday and Big 12 media days are next week, meaning everybody will become acquainted with the seven new Jayhawks in short order. After all the buildup and hype, the Jayhawks will tip off their regular season on Nov. 16 against UMKC.
Only 33 more agonizing days until the beauty of college basketball comes back. Only one more painful month until Kansas earns some attention for something other than its students embarrassing themselves with a classless and moronic kickoff chant.
trivia of the day
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Godspeed, basketball. Godspeed.
What team was the last of the 16 original National League and American League franchises to win a World Series championship?
The Philadelphia Phillies won their first World Series championship in 1980, 97 years after being founded in 1883. Their opponent in 1980? The Kansas City Royals.
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KU sports this week
Today
No events scheduled
Wednesday
Volleyball: Missouri, 6:30 p.m.
(Columbia, Mo.)
Thursday
Tennis: ITA Central Regional Tournament (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Friday
Swimming & Diving: Arizona State, 3 p.m. (Tempe, Ariz.) Soccer: Texas A&M, 4 p.m. (Lawrence) Tennis: ITA Central Regional Tournament (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Saturday
Swimming & Diving: Northern Arizona, 11 a.m. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) Volleyball: Oklahoma 7 p.m. (Lawrence)
Football: Oklahoma, 2:30 p.m.
(ABC) (Norman, Okla.)
Tennis: ITA Central Regional Tourn-
ment (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Cross Country: NCAA Pre-Nationals Invitational, TBA (Terre Haute, Ind.)
KICK THE KANSAN: WEEK EIGHT
Pick games. Beat the Kansan staff. Get your name in the paper.
This week's games:
1. No, 1. Missouri at No, 1. Texas (score)
2. No. 12 Ohio State at No. 20 Michigan State
3. No. 16 Kansas at No. 4 Oklahoma
4. Kansas State at Colorado
5. No. 22 Vanderbilt at No.10 Georgia
No. 15 LS at south cal
No. 18 North Carolina a
8. No. 21 Wake Forest at Maryland
9. No. 25 California at Arizona
10. Oregon State at Washington
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3) Beat the Kansan's best prognosticator and get your
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4) Beat all your peers and get your picture and picks in the paper next to the Kansan staff.
5) To break ties, pick the score of the designated game. Submit your picks either to KickTheKansan@kansan.com or to the Kansan business office, located at the West side of Stauffer Flint Hall, which is between Wescoe Hall and Watson Library.
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Gonzalez had left the Chiefs' locker room Monday by the time reporters were admitted.
At 32, Gonzalez plans to play at least one more season and possibly two. Although he's shown no signs of slowing down, his age could be an impediment to a deal because the Chiefs are not likely to let him get away cheaply.
With the rebuilding Chiefs having quarterback problems while working 15 rookies into their system, Gonzalez's numbers are down. He caught 21 passes and scored two touchdowns the first five games as the Chiefs went 1-4.
Gonzalez's teammates came back Monday from their bye week and tried to get ready for Sunday's game against unbeaten Tennessee without letting the possible loss of one of the best players in team history become a distraction.
Waters dismissed speculation that the Chiefs would resent Gonzalez for wanting to bolt the young, developing team.
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Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips pauses during a news conference at the Cowboy's practice facility Monday in Irving, Texas. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has a broken finger on his throwing hand and could be out for up to four weeks. Romo broke his right pinkie on the first play of overtime in a 30-24 loss at Arizona on Sunday, according to a posting on the team's official Web site.
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IRVING, Texas — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has a broken finger on his throwing hand and could be out for up to four weeks.
Romo broke his right pinkie on the first play of overtime in a 30-24 loss at Arizona on Sunday.
The injury leaves the Cowboys (4-2) with 40-year-old Brad Johnson as the starter for Sunday's game at St. Louis. Johnson, who won a Super Bowl with Tampa Bay, hasn't started a game since 2006 in Minnesota.
"Obviously, it's unfortunate for Tony to have to go through something like this. He'll recover
quick, he has a great attitude about it," Johnson said. "At this time, it's really just important for the offense especially to just kind of catch on to my snap count, and the way we manage the huddle. ... I'm excited about the opportunity, worked hard to get here."
Coach Wade Phillips said Romo won't need surgery on his finger, and the timing of his return "depends on how fast that heals." The Cowboys have three games before an open date Nov. 9.
Romo wasn't in the locker room Monday when it was open to reporters, but Johnson described Romo as being in good spirits.
When linebacker Greg Ellis was told about Romo's broken finger, he got a somewhat stunned look.
on his face and exclaimed. "Wow!" Bradie James said the players will have to rally around each other.
"We've got to play relentless football now without our signal caller, our leader, our captain on the offensive side," James said. "That's the thing about a season; you never know what can happen. You hope you are playing some real good ball when things go down, so here we are and now we've got to make some adjustments and move on."
Receiver Terrell Owens refused comment, getting agitated when he saw cameras recording him. "Today is not Wednesday," he said, referring to the day he routinely talks to reporters.
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Big Brown's racing career ended Monday when the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner injured his right front foot during a workout at Aqueduct Race Course in New York.
Michael lavarone of IEAH Stables, co-owners of Big Brown, said the 3-year-old colt tore a three-inch piece of flesh off the foot after it collided with his right rear foot while working over Aqueduct's turf course with stablemate Kip Deville.
"This was a complete fluke," Iavarone said. "He hadn't had issues with his feet for awhile and to have him come up just like this was a shock to all of us."
Iavarone said the injury would take around two months to heal, making it impossible for Big Brown to run in The Breeders' Cup Classic on Oct. 25 at Santa Anita. With the strapping bay due at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Ky. by the end of the year to begin his stud career, Iavarone said there simply isn't enough time to get Big Brown back on the track one last time.
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The injury itself isn't life-threatening, lavarone said, but added it's important to make sure infection doesn't set in while he recovers.
"I expect the next few days to be pretty rough on him," lavarone said. "We've got to take care of him."
Iavarone watched from the backstretch at Aqueduct while Big Brown completed the six-furlong work and thought his horse was ready for a possible shot at reigning Horse of the Year Curlin in the BC Classic until Iavarone returned to the barn and saw the troubled look on trainer Rick Dutrow's face.
"It looks like he grabbed himself in a bad spot," Dutrow said.
Big Brown will spend several weeks in New York while he recovers before being shipped to Three Chimneys. The injury caps a brilliant but somewhat controversial career for Big Brown, who won seven times in eight starts, including dominant runs in the Derby and the Preakness, and earned $3.6 million.
His bid to become the first Triple Crown champion since 1978 ended during a bizarre Belmont Stakes
The Belmont came after Dutrow admitted he took Big Brown off the anabolic steroid Winstrol, though Dutrow claimed the decision had nothing to do with Big Brown's poor performance. The horse was also dealing with a painful quarter crack in his left front hoof. That injury is unrelated to the one he sustained Monday.
in which he was eased by jockey Kent Desormeaux at the turn and he trotted across the finish line far behind the rest of the field.
"I am equally disappointed that Big Brown and Curlin will never compete against each other," Jackson said in a release. "It was a dream of mine and thousands of other fans of the sport."
Big Brown bounced back from the Belmont with wins in the Haskell Invitational and the Monmouth Stakes and was poised for a shot at Curlin, horse racing's all-time leading money winner. Not anymore, a fact that "sadened" Curlin's majority owner Jess Jackson.
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"We're just going to let the horse kind of dictate that, let him heal from his foot injury and whenever he healed and ready, he'll come," Clay said.
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Big Brown's retirement leaves the spotlight squarely on Curlin, who became the first North American horse to eclipse $10 million in earnings with a victory in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park last month.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tommy Bowden is out as Clemson's football coach.
Bowden and the school split Monday in the middle of his 10th season, which started with the Tigers ranked No. 9 and picked to win the Atlantic Coast Conference. But an opening 34-10 rout by Alabama and recent losses to Maryland and Wake Forest raised calls again for Bowden's ouster despite a recent contract extension.
The school appointed receivers coach Dabo Swinney the interim head coach. A news conference was scheduled for Monday afternoon.
"I appreciate the opportunity Clemson University gave me and the support of the administration while I was here," Bowden said in a statement released by the school.
"I also want to thank all the players and coaches who worked so hard for this program the last 10 years. I wish Clemson University nothing but the best in the future."
He did not immediately return a message.
Clemson went 72-45 (43-32 ACC) and made eight bowl appearances under Bowden, who was honored as ACC coach of the year in 1999 and 2003. But the son of storied football coach Bobby Bowden seemed unable to meet expectations.
Bobby Bowden said Monday his son "felt like it was fixin' to happen; he felt like it was inevitable."
On Monday, Tommy Bowden had two meetings with athletic director Terry Don Phillips and "we agreed that this is the best solution for the direction of the program," Bowden said in the statement.
An athletic department official told The Associated Press that
Phillips first told Bowden that he expected the Tigers to play in the ACC title game, or changes would be made at the top of the football program. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity before the announcement, said Bowden met again with Phillips and told the athletic director that he should make the change now.
It was not immediately clear whether the school will have to buy out Bowden's contract. Under the extension Bowden signed this year, which tied him to the school until 2014, Clemson would have to pay him $4 million if he was fired.
The departure ends a season of harsh criticism for Bowden, who on Friday announced he was switching quarterbacks from Cullen Harper to Willy Korn. The displeasure of the Tiger faithful was familiar.
In 2000, the Tigers started 8-0 and rose to fifth in the country, only to lose three of their final four
games. Four years later, Clemson followed its nine-win 2003 with a 1-4 start.
Two years ago, the Tigers looked like the class of ACC. They opened 7-1, only to go on a 1-4 closing slide that included an unexpected, 13-12 home loss to Maryland.
Clemson won nine games last season and, with experienced skill players on offense, figured to be the league's powerhouse this fall. Harper was picked this summer as favorite to win the ACC player of the year and the Tigers to win their first league crown since 1991.
"He's thankful for the experience he got there at Clemson," Bobby Bowden said. "He has no hard feelings towards them. This is just the nature of this game right now. He's disappointed but he's got his priorities in order in his life so he'll move on and won't lose a minute of sleep over it. At least I don't have to worry about him beating me again."
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Clemson head football coach Tommy Bowden has left his position at the university. Clemson had signed a contact extension that tied him to the school until 2014, but it's not clear whether the school will have to buy out the contract. Bowden's father said his son had no hard feelings toward the school.
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Pujols undergoes elbow surgery 2005 MVP should recover in time for 2009 spring Cardinals training
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ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols had elbow surgery Monday and the St. Louis Cardinals star is expected to be ready for spring training.
The 2005 NL MVP underwent a 25-minute outpatient procedure to relieve nerve irritation in his right elbow, which had led to numbness, tingling in his ring finger and pinkie, weakness in his grip and pain along the inside of the forearm. Dr. George Paletta, the team physician who performed the surgery, said Pujols experienced those symptoms over the last month of the season.
The surgery Pujols had was not the reconstructive procedure that has long been discussed. Such an operation might have sidelined Pujols, whose .357 average ranked second in the major leagues last year, for the first half of next season. Now it is hoped the 28-year-old slugger won't require that procedure.
"My opinion is we've managed this thing quite successfully," Paletta said on a conference call. "I'm still optimistic that we can manage this thing without surgery for the remainder of his career.
"I would not describe this as a big-deal procedure, no"
Paletta described the surgery as "a relatively minor procedure" to relieve compression on the nerve and irritation of the nerve. Pujols is scheduled to begin physical therapy this week and strength training in six weeks, and is expected to resume full baseball activities in
three months.
A follow-up MRI scan on Pujols' elbow after the season showed no change in the ligament and indicated that the nerve was the source of his complaints, Paletta said. Studies were sent to specialist Dr. James Andrews in Alabama, who concurred with Paletta's diagnosis.
Pujols has played for several seasons with a partially torn ligament in the elbow and isn't able to fully extend his arm, but Paletta said that's not unique. The doctor added that Pujols' range of motion was much better last season than in 2007.
Pujols hit .321 with eight homers and 27 RBIs in September, his second-lowest monthly average, although he finished with eight hits in his final 12 at-bats. He totaled 37 homers and 116 RBIs.
"Albert's performance is remarkable day in and day out, regardless of what's going on." Paletta said. "Certainly, what he did over the course of the last month makes it even more remarkable."
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Tampa Bay Rays 'Carl Crawford runs into Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varkeit as he tries to score on a single by Diner Navarro in the eighth inning in Game 3 of the American League baseball championship in Boston on Monday. Crawford was out at the plate.
AL series: Rays move up 2-1 over Sox
BY JIMMY GOLEN ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — B.J. Upton, Evan Longoria and the rest of the Tampa Bay Rays are bashing their way through their first trip to the play-offs.
Upton and Longoria homered off a suddenly shaky Jon Lester, and the power-packed Rays cleared the Green Monster four times to beat the Boston Red Sox 9-1 Monday for a 2-1 lead in the AL championship series.
Rocco Baldelli and Carlos Pena also sent shots over Fenway Park's famous left-field wall as Tampa Bay tied the ALCS home run record. Behind Matt Garza's pitching, the Rays put the defending World Series champions in a postseason hole for the first time since they overcame a 3-1 deficit against Cleveland last year to win the pennant.
The Rays also hit hard on the basepaths. Carl Crawford bowled over Boston catcher Jason Varitek on a play at the plate — there
was no immediate reprisal in a matchup between teams that have tangled in the past.
Garza, the only Tampa Bay pitcher to lose in the first-round series against the Chicago White Sox, held the Red Sox scoreless through six innings before they made it 5-1 in the seventh.
Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield faces Andy Sonnantine in Game 4 of the best-of-seven series on Tuesday night.
Upton, whose shallow sacrifice fly in the 11th inning won Game 2, hit a three-run homer in the third that sailed completely out of the park. Longoria added a solo shot later in the inning.
Baldelli had a three-run drive in the eighth and Pena hit a solo homer in the ninth.
After Garza left, J.P. Howell escaped a jam and pitched two scoreless innings. Edwin Jackson closed out the victory.
Lester, who hadn't allowed an earned run in four previous postseason outings — including last
year's World Series clincher against Colorado — gave up four earned runs on eight hits in 5 2-3 innings. He gave up an unearned run on Varitek's passed ball in the second, then caused his own problems in the third.
Jason Bartlett singled and Akinori Iwamura doubled off the Monster before Upton hit a towering shot that cleared the wall and the Monster Seats atop it — his fifth homer of the playoffs. One out later, Longoria hit his fourth home run of the postseason, tying a rookie record set by Miguel Cabrera in 2003.
A lifetime Ray, Baldelli had never appeared in the postseason before. Pena is well-traveled — this is his fifth team, including the Red Sox — but he somehow managed to avoid appearing in a playoff game until arriving in Tampa Bay.
The four homers tied an ALCS record achieved nine times previously, most recently when the Red Sox hit four on Saturday.
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One reason for the problem on special teams could be due to Mangino's willingness to give younger players a chance to play. Some freshmen and sophomores, banished to the bottom of the depth charts on offense and defense, have been given a chance to see the field on special teams.
"We've given some guys an opportunity to get out there and play," Mangino said. "You know, give them a chance to get in the game, get a little sweat going, be
a part of it and contribute. Some guys have taken advantage of that and others have not."
In the past, Mangino has played key starters on special teams including Jon Cornish, Brandon McAnderson, Derek Fine and Aqib Talib. While reluctant to do that again, it seems that Mangino doesn't have much of a choice.
"We have had some starters that have played special teams here for years," Mangino said. "And we would have this year, but
we have some kids who have had offseason surgeries and chronic injuries and they are playing, but we are getting everything we can from them at the line of scrimmage on offense and defense ... I think some of those older kids are a little bit upset with the way we are playing on special teams. I told a couple of them to get ready, you're back on special teams, and they were fine with it."
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and force overtime last week.
Dangerous quarterback Robert Griffin and his Baylor Bears will get a crack at all three undefatted teams before its all settled.
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With all these obstacles looming in the Big 12, other conferences have to like their chances. The road for the Penn State Nittany Lions and legendary coach Joe Paterno looks much easier. Having already knocked off Illinois when they were ranked No. 22, the Lions have their most difficult games at No. 12 Ohio State and at home against No. 20 Michigan State. if Penn State can sneak through those two games, a national little spot is theirs for the taking.
Another team always in the national title picture, USC, likes what it sees developing the Big 12. The Trojans were upset by Oregon State only a few weeks ago, but if the Big 12 beats up on itself enough, their odds to compete for another title are good.
Oklahoma State wide receiver Damian Davis catches a 31-yard pass for a touchdown as Missouri safety Hardy Ricks and Oklahoma State's DeMarcus Conner look on during the fourth quarter on Saturday in Columbia, Mo. Oklahoma State knocked off Missouri, 28-23, and muddled the Big 12 outlook.
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No. 6 USC is already ranked above two of the Big 12's undefeated squads, and its schedule looks promising. The Trojans have only one ranked team on their remaining schedule — a home showdown with No. 25 California.
However, this isn't completely new to the Big 12. It has seen conference teams knock each other silly before. In 2002, the final BCS rankings had four teams ranked between No.7 and No.13. Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas State and Colorado all suffered from competing in a well-rounded
conference.
Sometimes not everyone gets a fair shake of things. Just think about overtime in the NFL. In the end, the Big 12 will get the recognition of being one of the top two conferences in college football this season. Some might even truly recognize how difficult
it is and proclaim it as the best in the land.
However, the conference won't be able to claim that any Big 12 team is the nation's best at the end of the year because of it.
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While much of the nation is cringing at the economy, Massachusetts Street vendors may have an ace in the hole: KU students. Some stores did not have falling sales last month.
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CRIME
Cat killings prompt offer of reward
A serial cat mutilator is on the loose in Lawrence and there is a $2,500 reward for information leading to his capture. Mary Prewitt, director of the Kansas State Humane Society of the United States, said whoever was convicted could face a felony penalty, including a year in jail, a mandatory psychological evaluation and restrictions on owning animals in the future.
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ATHLETICS
Mangino's request falls on deaf ears
Coach Mark Mangino's plea to stop the kickoff chant at football games came up short last weekend. The Athletics Department, student leaders and The Kansan are searching for alternatives to the chant.
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HOWARD ENJOYING THE RIDE
Making KU football 'big-time' and cheering for his brother in the NLCS is full-time job
Ryan Howard and the Philadelphia Phillies are one game away from the World Series. Chris Howard, Ryan's brother, is now playing an important role in the Kansas Athletics Department.
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Philadelphia Phillies first baseman and 2006 National League MVP Ryan Howard has hit home runs in dozens of ballparks around the country. But his brother, associate athletics director Chris Howard, remembers two in particular.
The date was April 7, 1999. Chris was finishing up law school at Kansas and Ryan was a freshman at the university then known as Southwest Missouri State. The Bears were in Lawrence to play the Jayhawks at Hoglund Ballpark.
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Ryan had wanted to go
Kyla had mended to Kansas like his brother but was told no thanks by the Kansas coaching staff, because they already had a first baseman, and they just weren't that interested in him.
Chris hurried from class down to the game and saw Ryan standing in the on-deck circle. He went right down by the fence and called his younger brother over.
"I said, 'Hey, remember these guys said you weren't good enough to play for them. You're nothing but a big scrub." Chris said. "So he went up there and the guy grooved him one and he took it out onto Naismith Drive — an opposite field bomb"
That afternoon Howard went 5-9 with five runs scored, five RBIs and two home runs to lead the Bears to a doubleheader sweep of the Jayhawks as he stuck it to Kansas for not offering him a chance to play.
Nine years later, Ryan is one victory away from reaching the World Series, and his brother Chris is an associate athletics director at Kansas where he works as the senior administrator for the football, track and field, and cross country teams.
Chris, who is 12 years older than his brother, spent time in the Army after earning his undergraduate degree at Kansas before deciding on a career in sports administration. He returned to Kansas for both graduate school and law school before latching on with a law firm in Kansas City.
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A worker finishes some of the final stages of floor construction at the new addition to the Student Recreation Fitness Center. The opening of the addition has been postponed multiple times because of delays in construction. The grand opening is scheduled for Oct. 24 if construction is completed.
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Mary Chappell, director of recreation services, said the project was delayed because a product that prevented moisture from entering the building was not applied to the walls where the two buildings — the addition and the existing recreation center — meet. She also said that rainy weather had a significant effect on construction because the addition
The $6.3 million David A. Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center, originally slated to open in May 2008, is near completion. The 45,000-square-foot addition to the Student Recreation Fitness Center will provide students with a virtual golf simulator, martial arts studio, four gymnasium courts, an extension of the indoor track and two racquetball courts.
The Ambler addition, which was named in honor of David A. Ambler, vice chancellor emeritus for student affairs who is now retired, is scheduled for dedication at 3 p.m. on Oct. 24. Construction began in May 2007 and was projected to be complete by May 2008.
"We just started having delays and missing target days," Chappell said. "Just numerous delays on and on and on."
Although construction is nearly complete, some of the inside is still in the works. Chappell said she didn't think the gymnasium courts, which are made of synthetic wood, would be completed by the dedication ceremony. She said the contractor was still in the process of pouring the synthetic courts and that the courts would have to be cured, varnished and painted.
was located in a valley and that the brick exterior was applied incorrectly.
"Our anticipation is when we cut the ribbon we won't be able to bounce balls on the court," Chappell said.
She said the addition's features were determined by a consultant who talked to different parties such as the Athletics Department, Recreation Services, and Health, Sports and Exercise Sciences to see what they wanted in a recreation center addition.
The synthetic wood courts will have a dasher board system, similar to walls of an ice hockey rink, which would frame the court and prevent balls from bouncing away.
The center also has a virtual golf simulator allowing students to go to the driving range without going outdoors. Chappell said the golf simulator was popular at other schools and would be a fun option for students especially during the cold months.
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"it's not as intimidating as going to a full-fledged golf course?" Chappell said.
Chappell said the boards would provide more space and give students more flexibility for the types of sports and games they could play on the courts.
Adam McGonigle, Wichita junior and student body president, said Student Senate contracted a St. Louis-based aquatics planning and engineering firm, Counselman-Hunsaker, to create several proposals for another recreation center expansion project. A new aquatic center was one of the platforms McGonigle was elected on last spring, but he said there were no formal plans for building an aquatic center yet.
Though the Amber Center brings several new options for student workouts, it does not include an aquatic center.
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Elizabeth Boresow has defied expectations since she was a little girl.
Boresow, Overland Park freshman, was in fifth grade when she was diagnosed with a form of autism called Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified, or PDDNOS.
At the end of seventh grade her diagnosis changed to a syndrome disorder called Asperger's syndrome, which is a developmental disorder that affects social instincts. But after years of training, therapy, mentoring and support from family and friends, Boresow has achieved her dream of becoming a Jayhawk.
Although Boresow's family is filled with KU fans and alumni, she was discouraged from attending such a large university. She looked into schools such as Baker University in Baldwin city, but she knew she had to be true to her heart.
Now, halfway through her first semester, Boresow has already achieved amazing accomplishments.
Several of those accomplishments included learning to do things for herself, such as filling out her own forms and meeting
"When you go somewhere different, you have to re-learn a lot of things." Boresow said. "I had to start taking responsibility for myself, become self-advocating." Boresow said.
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One of the biggest comforts for Boresos is that all her classes are located in Murphy Hall. She is taking marching band, women's chorale, music theory, guitar and percussion.
Despite never taking piano lessons. Boresow tested out of all her necessary piano credits and is getting paid to play for the University.
"I like music and I like helping people," she said. "I've seen firsthand the powerful things music can do. Music helps make the world better."
She said friends from high school and the people she's met around campus have also made the adjustment easier.
Elizabeth Boresow, Overland Park freshman, volunteers for Autism Awareness and helped organized Abby's Run for the Heart to raise money for the research of viral myocarditis. Boresow is currently taking five music classes for 11 credits.
When Boresow isn't cheering on the football team with her trombone or meeting new people, she spends her time volunteering for Abby's Run for the Heart. On July 31, 2001, Boresow's cousin Boresow died after viral myocarditis caused
"I never thought I'd be here," she said. "I always wanted to go to KU. I've wanted to play for the basketball pep band since fifth grade."
a viral disease to attack her heart.
"It seemed like she had the flu." Boresow said. "My sister and I came back from camp and our little brother, Matt, told us Abby died. At first we thought he was kidding. (Our family) wanted to make something good out of it so we decided to start the run. So far we've raised over $0.5 million for research." Boresow said.
Although she was at school, she still spent her free time recruiting runners. Last Sunday more than 2,300 people attended the run, raising $83,000.
Every April, for Autism Awareness Month, Boresow helps people understand and become more aware of her disease. She
plans on raising autism awareness at the University this year. In 2008, her high school classmates donated $3,000 in her name for autism research at the University in celebration of her many accomplishments.
Boresow said she wasn't sure whether her new friends knew about her disability, but she said she thought they knew she was different. And she wouldn't have it any other way.
"We all have a lot of different things to offer the world. Mine may just be hanging out in the lobby, answering various math questions," she said.
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JUNIOR AND SENIOR PRESENTATIONS
את תחילת המשפטים בקרחבה מגדלת האופיינון.
I will not tell you the truth. It is my duty to inform you about the truth. I will not tell you the truth. It is my duty to inform you about the truth.
Levi Tichelt of Brooklyn, N.Y., encourages Brian Kueffer Leawood senior, to shake the lulav in his hand Tuesday in front of Stauffier-Flint Hall. Kueffer shook the lulav while repeating the prayers after Tichelt for the first day of the Jewish holiday, Sukkot. He received a brownie. Tichelt said the holiday celebrated a time when the Jews wandered the desert for 40 years. He came to visit his siblings, who are students at the University, and said he was happy to be on campus Tuesday, because "students here smile more."
DONATION Bloch gives $20M to Med Center for research
The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. received a $20 million donation Tuesday from Annette Bloch to
The funds for the donation were set aside by Bloch's late husband, Richard, co-founder of H&R Block.
The Med Center will rename an area of its Westwood campus for the Blochs, as well as add the
help finance its cancer services.
name to the radiation oncology building on its main campus.
Bloch said in a news release she hoped the donation would help the Med Center reach National Cancer Institute status, which would allow it to compete for funding.
She said she thought the hospital was a special place and something Kansas City was fortunate to have.
The donation will be used to finance the Cancer Center's research and practice.
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The University of Kansas has just submitted a request to the Board of Regents to create a new School of Arts to replace the School of Fine Arts.
Jack Martin, deputy director of university communications, said the request was submitted recently and he suspected the Board would review it within the next couple of months.
"Students will be able to complete the program study without being disrupted," Martin said. "We don't want this to be negative."
Martin said current students in the School of Fine Arts shouldn't worry about classes within the old or new programs being transferred.
The School of Fine Arts currently includes the art, design, music and dance departments.
If the Board of Regents pass the request, the new School of the Arts will include the department of art, the department of dance, and the department of theater and film. The new school will be part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The department of Design will join the School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Selected design classes will join the School of Art within the new school.
Martin said the new school would be led by an associate dean and would require no additional funding or staff reductions.
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From there, Chris went on to work as an investigator for the NCAA, where he investigated schools such as Alabama and Georgia for infractions within their athletics departments. He also trained professional sports agents on the NCAA rulebook so they would know their limits.
He took a job with LSU in Fall 2003 working with NCAA compliance. His job evolved and Howard soon became one of the most important pieces to the puzzle in the athletics department at LSU. While he was in Baton Rouge, the LSU football team won the 2004 national championship.
Soon after, Kansas Athletics Director Lew Perkins contacted Chris about joining his staff at Kansas, as he had done before Chris took the job at LSU. The two chatted at the Division I athletics directors meetings in 2006.
"I just saw a lot of qualities in him as I got to know him and talk with him that I thought he could be a benefit for us," Perkins said. "He's been around a lot of major programs, he's worked for the NCAA,
he's a Kansas graduate — he's been
around athletics his whole life."
Howard had been contacted by several schools about possibly joining their athletics departments, but he knew he wanted to get back to Lawrence.
"Lew said, 'We're really trying to build football. We're trying to get big-time football, and we need Jayhawks in there to help us.' Howard said. "He pulled at the heart strings a little bit and I said, 'You know, maybe this is a good time to go back.'"
Soon after he arrived, Howard sat down and watched the game film from each of the Jayhawks' games in 2006. He realized Kansas didn't have the depth or talent that LSU had, but he saw some fundamental elements that he liked. He also noticed that the team lost four games in the last two minutes.
"The biggest thing right now is establishing a tradition and establishing a history and a track record," Howard said. "Fans are fans, and the same fans that root for KU basketball would root for football and really any KU sport, if they are winning."
"They could have been 10-2." Howard said. "They didn't know how to win close games. I started meeting the players and they asked me what the difference was from
Perkins hired Howard with
LSU to here and I said, "There's no difference. It's all here. The facilities are pretty much the same. But last year, LSU pulled out four games in the final two minutes, because they believed they could win."
Howard met regularly with coach Mark Mangino to work on ways to improve the program. He was the administrator who oversaw the completion of the $31-million Anderson Family Football Complex that was completed this summer. He also helped Qaib Talib and Anthony Collins research their draft statuses before the two decided to leave early for the NFL Draft last year.
"He has great qualities to be an athletic director," Perkins said, "No question about it."
After seeing what it took to turn LSU into a national football power, Howard said he knew the same thing could be done at Kansas.
expectations that he would eventually help turn the football team into a national power. Because the team won the Orange Bowl last year and has started this season 5-1, it appears they are on the right track.
"He's doing better than I thought, and I had such high expectations for him," Perkins said. "He's doing a great job. He's a very bright, engaging, smart, loyal employee. He works very well with the coaches, he is a great communicator with the student athletes, and he is a key player in terms of what our missions and goals are. Everybody in the department has a great deal of respect for him. He's the whole package."
Though Howard is pleased with his job, he hopes to someday become an athletics director.
Though Howard's first priority is his job, he takes time each day to check the Phillies' box score to see how his brother did. He talks to his brother four or five times a week through text and on the phone, offering him words of encouragement when he's struggling and words of praise when he's doing well.
And if Ryan and the Phillies can win one more game, Chris will put his work with the football team on hold so he can attend to some more important business.
"I told him that I've been with programs that have won national championships and it's the same thing whether you're here or at the professional level," Howard said. "You have to take it one game at a time, control what you can control, and just enjoy the journey."
"Definitely," Howard said. "I will be there for the World Series."
Howard, who grew up as a St. Louis Cardinals fan and still roots for them when they didn't play the Phillies, went straight from the football game at Iowa State last Saturday to Milwaukee to see the end of game three of the Phillies' division series against the Brewers. He stayed and saw the Phillies ditch the series the next day in game four.
Edited by Scott R. Toland
AMBLER (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
He said that once Senate received proposals from the design firm, he and Michael Gillaspie, Ashland senior and student body vice president, would bring the proposals to student focus groups to evaluate what students wanted.
David Ambler spearheaded many efforts to improve student success at the University during his 25 years as vice chancellor for student affairs, including the $17-million Student Recreation Fitness Center, which is operated by student fees.
Ambler attributed all improvements of campus programs to students who he said were committed to enhancing the University, even when they didn't personally benefit. He said his job was to help students who wanted to improve campus life with projects such as the recreation center.
"The naming of this building is not really about Dave Amber," Ambler said. "It's about the incredible dedication, loyalty and commitment that student leaders have made to the University over the years."
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Interim Replacement Seats Available
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1 Fine Arts Seat
2 Social Welfare Seats
Applications due by 5pm, October 21st
Applicants will need to attend StudEx that night at 5pm in the Wheat Rm at the Kansas Union!
Applications are available in the Senate Office!
WHO: Lutheran Campus Ministry
WHAT: Corn Maze at Gary’s Berries
WHEN: Friday October 24th
WHERE: meet at the Bethany House, 18 E. 13th ST., at 7pm!
For more information contact: lutherans@ku.edu or visit kulutherans.org
John McCutcheon Benefit Concert
Winfield folk artist
7:30 pm @ First Presbyterian Church
Advance tickets for $20 at the community Mercantile and Mass Street Music
Tickets $25 at the door
Proceeds benefit the sistering relationship between Lawrence and El Papaturro, El Salvador
BE A PART OF THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION FOR SPRING SENATE ELECTIONS!
Applications Due October 20th by 5pm
The Elections Commission Chair shall:
A. Preside over Commission meetings, and shall vote only to make or break a tie,
B. Serve as spokesperson for the Elections Commission,
C. Represent the Elections Commission in other organizations,
D. In conjunction with the Elections Commissioner, propose annual changes to the rules,
E. In conjunction with the Elections Commission and Commissioner, submit a report describing and evaluating the conduct of the election to the Student Executive Committee, while providing future recommendations, and
F. In conjunction with the Elections Commission, certify to the Student Executive Committee that the results are valid and free from any material distortion.
The Elections Commission Outreach Chair shall be charged with creating a plan to increase voter turnout by utilizing all available means to promote and advertise the election in a non-partisan nature. Towards this purpose, the Outreach Chair will have the advertising budget of the Elections Commission at his or her oversight. Available in the Student Senate Office or online at http://studentsenate.ku.edu
Real People’s Guide to Human Sexuality
The ECM will be hosting a series of lectures on sexuality this fall. Come join in and learn how sexuality affects you! Don’t worry, they’re free!
Oct. 15... Intimacy with Dr. Dennis Dailey
Oct. 22... Jealousy with Dr. Dennis Dailey
Oct. 27... TBA with Regan Dodd
Nov. 5... Panel discussion on Feminism
Nov. 10... How to Ruin a Relationship with Dr. Robert Minor
Nov. 19... Communication and Fighting Fair with Dr. Dennis Detwieler
All Lectures will be held at 7:30 pm at ECM.
Hope to see you there!
You can also check us out at ecmku.org.
4A ENTERTAINMENT
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 15,2008
Conceptis SudoKu
3 1 4
2 7 9 8
1 3 2 4 9
9 6
1 5
1 5 7 4
2
8 9 6 3 7 1 5
Difficulty Level ★★★
Difficulty Level ★★
Answer to previous puzzle
3 9 2 4 7 8 6 5 1
4 6 1 3 2 5 7 8 9
5 7 8 1 6 9 2 4 3
2 8 6 7 9 4 1 3 5
7 3 9 2 5 1 8 6 4
1 4 5 6 8 3 9 2 7
8 1 4 9 3 2 5 7 6
6 5 3 8 1 7 4 9 2
9 2 7 5 4 6 3 1 8
CHICKEN STRIP
The Inner Turmoil of Multiple Choice Mid-Terms
It can't be A. that also rules out C... I don't even know what B means.
What!? All of the above AND none of the above? Now I have no idea.
You have to be kidding, this is question one?
OUT OF FIFTY?!
CHARLIE HOOGNER
NUCLEAR FOREHEAD
Cornel
Beware the...
March of the
Dinos...?
Personal!
JACOB BURGHART
SKETCHBOOK
Can I help you sir?
Yeah, is this model good for, uh, bird watching?
Can I help you sir?
Yeah, is this model good for, uh, bird watching?
Yes, but it's even better for naked neighbor watching.
I'll take it.
Yes, but it's even better for naked neighbor watching.
I'll take it.
JESUS AND JOE DIMAGGIO
HEY,
TARJIS!
I GOT SOME
STRAWBERRIES
IF YOU WANT
SOME.
THIS TIME
OF YEAR?
THEY ARE
PROBABLY
SOUR.
THAT'S
PRETTY
RACIST
BRO.
HE'S JUST
GOT HIS DOWN
CRAZY LITTLE
WORLD BOY...
I'M
HIP.
MAX RINKEL
SEARCH FOR THE AGGRO CRAG
Nick, our super-sexy stud of a
NO GOVERNMENT SAY!!
NO REGULATION!!
PRIVATE INSTRUCTURE!!
G VARLOSOS
WORKING
AT
WAL-
MART!!
Nice, air super-sexy stud of a hero, discusses economic politics
NO GOVENMENT SAY!!
NO REGULATION!!
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION!!!
"G YEAR OLD WORKING AT WALL MART!!"
PERFECT SOCIALIST STATE!!
EDUCATION2 PUBLIC!
HEALTH CARE2 PUBLIC!!
AGRICULTURE2 PUBLIC!!
First Public
OF THE
Church
United
States!!!
hero, discusses economic poli
PERFECT SOCIALIST STATE!!
Education? PUBLIC!
HEALTH CARE? PUBLIC!!
Agriculture? PUBLIC!!!
FIRST PUBLIC
OF THE
CHURCH
UNITED
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with 3rd Party Advocates.
MORE SUMMER CAMPS!!
MORE SEQUELS!
Surprisingly,
the least
song of
the
sequel three.
NICK MCMULLEN
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
You can make the decision now and proceed with confidence. The next few major surprises will be in your favor, although they may take you in unexpected directions. That's OK, you're good at regaining your balance.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Todav is an 8
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6.
Don't let worries get you down, take action. Conditions have changed. It might still take you a while to achieve your goal, but it's good to stay busy. Take one step at a time.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
People have strong opinions, but they don't always have the facts. Listen to all the arguments with a critical ear. Get them to prove they know what they're talking about. That ought to be interesting.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Focus all your attention on your work. You'll get a new assignment soon that also brings more authority. Don't worry, you can do it.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
If you don't plan ahead, you'll waste a lot of time running back and forth. Everything's urgent, but keep thinking all the time. You'll have to make adaptations quickly. This is a test.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 6
The trick is to keep from spending more than you bring in, as usual. To avoid embarrassment and confusion, shop very wisely. You can win at this game. You have natural talent.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
The pace is quick, and the orders are not clear. Try not to get frustrated. Assess the situation and figure out what needs to be done. You may wind up in a leadership position.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
You never ask for applause, but you sure don't have to turn it down. Somebody thinks you're marvelous. Appreciate his or her good judgment. Smiles all around.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19) Today is a 5
You've had more groundless promises than you need. Some people just can't seem to tell when they're fabricating an outcome. Only bet on a sure thing.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Ask people directly for the facts and you'll get them. Be diplomatic if you must, but don't beat around the bush. You need to know. Make that clear, and you'll get to the truth.
Your enthusiasm and productivity are drawing rave reviews. Everybody thinks you're great. Accept the applause, the appreciation and the cash. The more you practice, the better you get.
PISCES (Feb.19-March 20)
Today is an 8
1 "Cheers" order Cleo's line
12 Neue case
13 Prohibit
14 Incursion
15 Grotesque carving
17 Raised Sailing vessels
18 Like wet roads
21 Sleep phenom location
22 Locaction line
36 Heart line?
38 Switch settings
40 Likely
41 Karma
43 Collection
45 Accommodated
47 Squat
51 Duel tool
52 Chickpea
54 Gangster's gal pal
55 Time of your life?
56 Celebrity
57 Race place
58 Tier
59 Rent
DOWN
1 Pleads
2 And others (Lat.)
3 Franc replacement
4 Severity
5 Immeasurably deep
6 "Erie Canal" mule
7 Iron
8 Traveled around the world?
9 Corsage flower
10 Told tales
11 Whirlpool
16 Oil cartel
10 Tease
23 Biz deg.
24 Yes voter
25 Jon Arbuckle's cat
27 Zodiac sign
29 Demonic tyke
30 Bumped into
32 Grand
34 Remove a light-bulb
37 Packed away
39 Belgrade dweller
42 Candice's dad
44 Raise a glass to
45 Half (Brest)
lecher-
ously
12 Needle
case
13 Prohibit
14 Incursion
15 Gro-
tesque
carving
17 Raised
18 Sailing
vessels
19 Like wet
roads
21 Sleep
phenom
22 Loca-
tion
23 Gasoline
stat
26 Nev.
neighbor
28 Jeans
material
31 Support
group?
33 Roman-
ian
money
35 FDR is or
it
Solution time: 21 mins.
A B E T    S A W    M A S H
R O D E    H I E    A G U E
M A G A Z I N E    G O R E
S T Y     O F T    A N G E L
      M O T    E L I
C R E A M    B A F F L E D
B O R G    H U T    I O T A
S T A D I U   M O C   T C A D
      A V E    A D O
D O L L Y    P R O    S I P
E P E E    M A G R I T T E
L A I N    A G O    L O C O
E L S E    P E N    K A H N
24 Yes voter
25 Jon Arbuckle's cat
27 Zodiac sign
29 Demonic tyke
30 Bumped into
32 Grand
34 Remove a light-bulb
37 Packed away
39 Belgrade dweller
42 Candice's dad
44 Raise a glass to
45 Half (Pref.)
46 "Once — a time ..."
48 "Do — others ..."
49 Despot
50 Gridlock noise-maker
53 In olden days
Yesterday's answer 10-15
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Yesterday's Cryptoquip: IF I AM REMOVING AUTUMN LEAVES FROM KNOLLS IN MY YARD, YOU MIGHT SAY I'M RAKING THE MOUNDS.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: S equals T
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OPINION
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
5A
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2008
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LET'S GO INTO /RAQ
BECAUSE OF...
WMD
DEMO-CERTIZING
THE MIDDLE EAST
ENERGY
SECURITY
SADDAM
AXIS OF
EVIL
CREATING
A NEW
FRONT
AGAINST
TERRORism
"LET'S GET OUT OF /RAQ
BECAUSE...
WE'RE LOOSING
IN IRAQ
RETRENТ
WILL FIR
THE ECONOMY
WE'VE BRIGHT
SECURITY THROUGH
THE SURGE I
DIDN'T
SUPPORT
WE NEED TO
SURGE
MONGISTAN
INSTEAD
IT'S NOT
POPULAR
IT'C OUSTS TOO
MUCH MONEY
What if 50 million rationals can be wrenge?
What if 50 million rationales can be wrong?
- Nick Samboluk is a doctoral student from Lawrence.
Why was there an attack near a 'safe' campus?
Last Saturday evening, our son and his cousin, both KU students, were attacked and viciously beaten by four thugs in the 900 block of Ohio Street around 10 p.m.
This was a heinous, savage, brutal attack, which should actually be categorized as attempted murder, as our son was knocked unconscious, and then kicked repeatedly in the head and face while lying limp and unconscious. How is it that even the most hateful savage attacker does not stop stomping on the head of his limp and possibly lifeless victim's head in this situation? Fortunately, a good Samaritan happened onto the brutal scene and had the fortitude to scream at the four attackers, who then ceased their bludgeoning bloodfest while he still had a pulse. She may have saved his life, and we would love for her to come forward so that we might express our deep gratitude for her compassion and bravery.
She and his cousin were able to hoist him into her car and transport him to the emergency room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where the fine and capable E.R. team treated him for
a bilaterally fractured jaw, which was displaced, and multiple facial lacerations and contusions. We brought him home to New Mexico as soon as he was stable, and he has had two titanium plates surgically placed on the jaw fractures. His upper and lower teeth are wired together for the next eight weeks. He lies here at home, suffering silently and sedated, staring at the ceiling above his bed, while his attackers roam free and likely proud of their latest "feat." This all because of an unprovoked, apparent hate crime, a mere four blocks from campus. We say "hate crime" because there was no altercation or intent to rob — only to brutalize.
Obviously, this sort of thing should not happen anywhere, but it should most certainly not be happening four blocks away from the "safe" and beloved KU campus, to innocent kids who have come there to enjoy four quality years of their lives, as they attain their degrees.
The good citizens of Lawrence and parents of innocent students deserve to know what goes on, and they deserve more and better protection for their children.
Steve and Lynn Gibbs are parents of a KU student and live in Santa Fe, N.M.
Historical Exhibition
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Every person has the right to be pro-abortion, I mean prochoice, if they wish to do so.
Where does Jesus say it's OK to murder a child?
The Sixth Commandment states, "You shall not murder." In my years of religious education, I do not recall Jesus ever saying it is OK to murder an unborn child. And it is a child. For those who argue that an embryo is not a living child, then you must not really be pregnant. According to JFAweb.org an unborn child's heart begins beating at three weeks
Personally (nonreligiousbiased), abortion is wrong.
I come from a family that has a history of divorce and substance abuse, among other types of abuse. In living through these struggles, I have come to realize that having a child will be the best thing that will ever happen to me. It will be my chance to show someone unconditional love and compassion. I could not even imagine killing my child because he is an "inconvenience" to my life plans.
I was deeply offended after reading the statement that Jesus is pro-choice in the letter to the editor "How Can Jesus Belong to the Republican Party" (Oct. 13). After 13 years of Catholic education, I want to give you a little Jesus 101.
You were once an unborn child with loving parents who wanted to bring you into this world. To those of you who remain unconvinced, I hope if in the future you are in a situation in which you are considering abortion, that you will remember that, like you, your unborn baby has a want to live and a right to life.
- Mark Wolf is a freshman from Kansas City, Mo.
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It's crystal clear why I switched deodorants
THE ENVIRO-
MENTALITY
SONYA ENGLISH
"Did you know your cooking causes cancer?" "I would, but I read somewhere that getting you your purse has been linked to cancer." "I can't, I think I'm coming down with armpit cancer."
This is what I heard all weekend long.
Doing too much homework, listening to hip-hop music, discussing politics — all cancer-causing, according to my friends. The claims, though varying in degree of creativity, were in protest to a verbal blunder that I fear will forever discredit me.
Tragically, considering I want to be a journalist, all too often when I source information, all my memory serves up is, "I read somewhere once."
That's exactly how I know ("know") that deodorant's dangerous ingredients are a big deal. At least that's what I digested from an article I read last year about aluminum salts in antiperspirants.
I am certain that my new deodorant is about the most exciting thing that's happened to me all week. Although most deodorants contain a fine-print list of chemicals so long it hardly fits on the stick, my "Body Crystal" is made entirely of mineral salts.
I READ THAT REGULAR DEODORANT CAUSES CANCER!
DUDE, WHO COMES UP WITH THIS STUFF?
CANCER RISKS
DEODORANT COMPANY
HA HA HA!
"What's wrong with my multi-
ingredient deodorant?" one friend
asked, while the others awaited my
answer with equally dispassionate
expressions.
"It's one ingredient," I exultantly reported to my friends.
And then I did something no self-respecting environmentalist, journalist or cool person should ever take. Quickly and without censoring my strong-willed yet unjustified defiance, I said something I thought I left behind in elementary school.
I succumbed to the temptation of hyperbole. And lying, for all I knew. I was filled with instant regret, knowing that with that
"It's going to give you cancer."
DEODORANT COMPANY
HA HA
HA!
unedited slip of the brain, the greatest deodorant that ever was took a backseat to my foolishness.
I was surprised, and guilt-stricken, to find that indeed aluminum salts in antiperspirants could be a major player in breast cancer in women. Like other personal care products, the debate isn't whether the chemicals are dangerous but rather how much is safe to put in your body over time.
threats of aluminum compounds in antiperspirants. In fact, the Environmental Working Group rated this deodorant No. 1 in a safety assessment test.
The Body Crystal looks just like a clear, solid deodorant. It's dry, and nothing in it keeps it moist, so you dip it in water before putting it on. I bought mine for about $6, which is twice as much as the Secret deodorant I've used since puberty. Your deodorant's secret may be its health risks, and playing it safe is worth a few cents a day.
Although deodorants use fragrances and chemicals to mask and to kill your funk, aluminum compounds in antiperspirants prevent sweat and toxins from leaving the body.
Mineral salts in the crystal form a layer so odor-causing bacteria can't form. The salts form a compound called "alum," which is the ingredient you'll read on the label, that contains a natural aluminum salt, but it doesn't pose the health
The Body Crystal is the most effective deodorant I've ever owned.
And that is the hyperbolic statement I plan to stick to when singing its praises.
English is an Overland Park junior in journalism and economics.
As U.S. activates its military, others do too
[Image] A group of men holding rifles, possibly during a military or war-related event. The faces of the individuals are not clearly visible due to the monochrome filter.
THIS ISLAND EARTH JOSHUA ANDERSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oct. 7 marked the seven-year anniversary of our invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of the so-called War on Terror. Despite this and the fact that we live in the information age, the vast majority of Americans are still unaware of the many fronts of the conflict.
Dan Thompson took the words from my mouth when he wrote in his column for The University Daily Kansan on Oct. 6 that the war in Iraq was being fought by the military, not the nation. Waging war is too easy, he asserts, making it possible for Washington to wage "grand campaigns in distant corners of the world with only the slightest inconvenience to most of us."
have constantly paid the price of our activity in Afghanistan, and the Bush administration has constantly put pressure on its leadership to do something about the influence of al-Qaida and the 'Taliban in the mountainous northern regions.
Waziristan, a mountainous region in northwest Pakistan, has seen an escalation in fighting between the Pakistani Army, the Taliban and tribal paramilitary groups. The number of displaced people could be as high as 300,000, with some 20,000 refugees crossing into Afghanistan.
Distant corners, like Waziristan, are quite possibly the next Sudan, where the War on Terror has been raging for four years.
Pakistan is no stranger to the U.S.-led war on terror: Its borders
As early as 2004 the Pakistani military has in some form or another waged their part in the War on Terror.
Patience in Pakistan, however, is wearing thin. The emergence of a more proactive tribal paramilitary, which resists both the fascism of the Taliban and the recklessness of the Army, is a sign that the populace is more than fed up with the chaos.
It is, after all, their people — normal civilians — who bear the brunt of this war. The United States, for our part, disregards the sovereignty of Pakistan, sending helicopters and unmanned drones
into Waziristan. Pakistani troops fired on a couple of American helicopters, forcing them to turn back.
The government and military of the United States desperately needs to learn that it cannot trounce upon the sovereignty of any nation at its whim, and we cannot disregard the autonomy of the regions we meddle while we wage our war.
We didn't think the consequences of our actions spread from the Middle East to south Asia and beyond.
The American people need to take a proactive stance in learning where this war is being fought and by whom. In so many parts of the world, as in Waziristan, innocent civilians are paying the price of our actions.
Anderson is a Perry junior in creative writing.
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Dude, "Chinese" is not the preferred nomenclature. "Asian-American" please.
--online is sick. Call me if you want me to feel better. Here are a few comments I've vomited up from my online past.
This is the worst basketball preview ever because there's not even a roster in it.
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--online is sick. Call me if you want me to feel better. Here are a few comments I've vomited up from my online past.
--online is sick. Call me if you want me to feel better. Here are a few comments I've vomited up from my online past.
I miss the vibrating condom commercial.
If Oprah were an economy,
it would have a greater GDP
than that of the Bahamas.
--online is sick. Call me if you want me to feel better. Here are a few comments I've vomited up from my online past.
To the people who were basically having sex in front of Blake at roughly 1 p.m. Stop.
FREE FOR ALL
After all Britney has been through, leave Britney alone!
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--ass!
You (bleep)in'hot dog!
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I learned something during Family Weekend about my roommate: (i.e. I'm skipping the whole nice apple/ apple tree comparison.) A piece of shit doesn't fall far from the
Sign of the Apocalypse: University scientists discussing how we are all gonna die!
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I know he peed on someone, but I still love R. Kelly.
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I use all my gas in the dorm parking lots trying to find a coat
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Free For All: HELP! I attract crazy people! I must have some strange magnetic power that attracts nutters to me. I feel like Jennifer Love Hewitt on Ghost Whisperer, except weirdos find me instead of ghosts!
Any advice?
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Why doesn't Mrs. E's have more diet drinks?
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That's twice now that you haven't put my take in the paper! Free for All, why do you hate me when I all I do is love?
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Jason Bourne could kick Chuck Norris' butt.
I'm in love with a trooper. (Sung to the tune of "I'm in love with a stripper.")
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To the girl who didn't want to sit with me at Mrs. E's tonight. I still think you are smin'
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6A NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2008
ELECTION 2008
Dole Institute encourages student civic engagement
BY JESSE TRIMBLE
jtrimble@kansan.com
The Dole Institute of Politics proposed that students "Get Engaged" with politics
this semester. To encourage involvement, the Institute will show the final presidential debate tonight at 7:30, with a discussion to follow.
Civic Engagement Week, which spanned almost
events included debate watches, visits to campus by political candidates,
"On the Issues" discussions, jubilee Café breakfasts and study groups with Dole Fellows Joe Gaylord and
"It's just as important for students to know how to be polite and get along with people and agree to disagree. Students do make a difference."
BARBARA BALLARD Assistant director for outreach
three weeks, began on Sept. 26 with the first presidential debate and included more than 30 events and programs. The final event, a debate watch party called "The Final Debate: What Do the Undecides Think?" will take place today.
Ray Strother.
Barbara Ballard, assistant director for outreach at the Dole Institute, said the point of Civic Engagement Week was to get students involved at their schools and communities.
"After they graduate we want them to be involved in the communities in which they live," Ballard said.
Jill Nowak, McPheron freshman, Anna Frantz, Topeka junior, and Kelsey Hill, Hoxie sophomore, volunteer Tuesday morning at the Jubilee Cafe, located at First United Methodist Church. Jubilee Cafe provides breakfast to in-need members of the Lawrence community. The facility runs on donations, and the Dole Institute of Politics compensated the Cafe this month to help keep it open.
Clarissa Unger, Colby senior and Democratic delegate for Kansas, said she thought the presidential election helped bring attention to events the Dole Institute sponsored.
Kansas
Scheduled civic engagement
Unger said y groups with Gaylord
Unger said Strother's focus had been on political communications and the different ways campaigns tried to get out their messages.
on running campaigns and how they work from the inside."
Several student organizations also teamed up with the Dole Institute during this presidential election year.
the study groo and Strother had seen sizeable increases in attendance from last year. Normally, she said, about 20 students attended, but this year 40 to 50 students did.
Michael Gray, Buhler junior and Student Legislative Awareness Board Legislative director, said the event "Rock the Vote" had been very successful during the past month. SLAB and Student Union Activities sponsored "Rock the Vote". Specifically, SLAB sponsored "On the issues" sessions for discussions about health care and energy sustainability.
"Gaylord's focus has been on the basics of campaigns," Unger said. "He's
"Hopefully with programs like we've had in civic engagement we will continue to inspire students."
MICHAEL GRAY SLAB legislative director
Gray said field practitioners and politicians who came to the Dole Institute discussed what might happen with health care and the environment once Sen. Barack Obama (D-ill.) or Sen. John McCain endorsed.
(R-Ariz.) becomes president
He also said he thought the abundance of student involvement was related to 2008 being an election year.
"It brings high interests to campus and hopefully with programs like we've had in civic engagement, we will continue to inspire students" Gray said.
Alex Rock, Lawrence senior and student advisory board coordinator for the Dole Institute, said although many students had registered to vote, many still needed to.
"There been great participation as far as registration goes — such
a good amount of people that it makes it exciting" Rock said.
Rock said a discussion would be held after the final presidential debate tonight.
"I think it's a good time to voice your own opinions," Rock said. He said the discussion might help clear doubts for undecided student voters.
Rock said that on Oct. 23 the student advisory board would play host to a segment on the Kansas City news radio station KMBZ-AM on channel 980.
Ballard said civic engagement
was not only about involvement, but was a way of life.
"It's just as important for students to know how to be polite and get along with people and agree to disagree," Ballard said, "Students do make a difference."
Gray said SLAB would continue its voter registration efforts in front of Wescoe Hall until the deadline on Oct. 20.
The SLAB table will be set up
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Students ignore Mangino's request to stop vulgar chant
An offensive line showed up again for last Saturday's game against Colorado, but it wasn't the one on the field.
BY JOE PREINER
jpreiner@kansan.com
The chant, "Rip his fucking head off", continued.
Coach Mark Mangino's video
fell well caught on deaf ears before
last weekend's football victory. His message graced the Megavision video screen as he asked students and fans to come up with something more classy and unique. Despite the respect Mangino garners from the KU community for his success with the program, no one seemed to listen.
to hear the chant that had been receiving so much media attention. Thanks to an unresponsive majority of the student section, many families and children subjected their unknown ears to the profane kickoff line.
When the game began, more than 49,000 people were able
Matt Erickson, editor of The University Daily Kansan, attended the Kansas-Colorado game Saturday. Trying to gauge the
effect of Mangino's message, he said he listened for the chant. Although nearly as loud as before, Erickson said he thought fewer
people were engaging in the cheer, but the ones who were did so wholeheartedly.
Gabe Bloyer,
Wichita senior,
said the chant
and want classy fans."
Josh McCullough, O'Fallen, Mo. senior, has participated in the kickoff chant since his freshman year. He
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showed disrespect for more people than just fans.
said he refrained from joining in during last weekend's game.
"Not only are you going against the coaches now," Bloyer said. "But you're also going against the players who want to be a classy team
"I used to do it before this last game," McCullough said. "But I was sober
for this last one, too. I don't know if
that's a coincidence or not."
McCullough said he didn't think anything regarding the chant would change until students found an alternative kickoff tradition.
The Kansan continues to work on creating a game plan for replacing the chant. Though nothing significant has been proposed to this point, Erickson said meetings between student leaders and the University were tentatively planned for next week.
The football team travels to Norman, Okla., to play No. 4 Oklahoma this Saturday. Although the chant is not expected to cease overnight, Mangino, student leaders and the Athletics Department hope that it will change sooner rather than later.
— Edited by Andy Greenhaw
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Reward offered in local cat mutilation investigation
BY ANDY GREENHAW agreenhaw@kansan.com
The Humane Society of the United States and the Lawrence Humane Society are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for a recent string of cat mutilations in Lawrence.
The announcement came days after local resident Mark McCanon found his 13-year-old white Manx
cat, Sugar, gutted in his backyard with its hind legs and tail lying nearby. Other neighbors on the 3200 block of West Ninth Street found their cats mutilated on different occasions, and police reports indicate that several other incidents of animal cruelty occurred in September.
Midge Grinstead, executive director of the Lawrence Humane Society, said a cat's severed head was also found in Centennial Park.
lated cat body was discovered six weeks ago, and the most recent victim was discovered Friday.
Grinstead said the first muti
She said she wouldn't discuss any leads for fear that it might compromise the investigation. But she said she thought that, based on similar animal cruelty cases from the past, the suspects probably lived in the neighborhood on the 3200 block, where many of the cat killings took place.
Mary Prewitt, director of the Kansas State Humane Society of
the United States, said it was obvious that these mutilations were human acts committed intentionally.
She said they included decapitations and evisceration with clean cuts rather than the kind of ragged edges that resulted when inflicted by the teeth of another animal.
A person convicted of this type of crime, Prewitt said, could face a felony penalty, including a year in jail, a mandatory psychological evaluation and restrictions on
owning animals in the future. People who intentionally torture animals often go on to commit violent crimes against humans, she said.
"The most notorious example of that in Kansas is Dennis Rader, the so-called BTK murderer," Prewitt wrote in an e-mail. "He admitted to 'practicing on animals' before going on to commit some of the most gruesome crimes the state has ever seen."
Crimestoppers is also offering
a separate reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to felony arrests. According to a press release by the Humane Society of the United States, Crimestoppers pays rewards for the suspect's arrest, while the Humane Society of the United States pays rewards if the suspect is convicted.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at a press conference with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, background, at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The government recently announced its intention to inject up to $250 billion into the banking sector in order to free up credit and relieve pressure on the financial system.
Federal cash infusion aims to alleviate banking woes
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WASHINGTON — Big banks started falling in line Tuesday behind a rejiggered bailout plan that will have the government forking over as much as $250 billion in exchange for partial ownership — putting the world's bastion of capitalism and free markets squarely in the banking business.
Some early signs were hopeful for the latest in a flurry of radical efforts to save the nation's financial system: Credit was a bit easier to come by. And stocks were down but not alarmingly so after Monday's stratospheric leap.
The new plan, President Bush declared, is "not intended to take over the free market but to preserve it."
It's all about cash and confidence and convincing banks to lend money more freely again. Those are all critical ingredients to getting financial markets to function more normally and reviving the economy.
The big question: Will it work?
There was a mix of hope and skepticism on that front. Unprecedented steps recently taken — including hefty interest rate reductions by the Federal Reserve and other major central banks in a coordinated assault just last week — have failed to break through the credit clog and the panicky mind-set gripping investors on Wall Street and around the globe.
Initially the U.S. government will pour $125 billion into nine
The Dow Jones industrials declined 77 points on Tuesday after piling up their biggest point gain ever on Monday on news of Europe's rescue plan and in anticipation of the United States' new measures.
major banks with the hope that they will use the money to rebuild their reserves and to increase lending to consumers and businesses. Another $125 billion will be made available this year to other banks for cash infusions.
"The needs of our economy require that our financial institutions not take this new capital to hoard it, but to deploy it," Paulson said.
Treasury switched gears deciding to first use a chunk of the $700 billion from the recently enacted financial bailout package to pay for taking partial ownership
"Government owning a stake in any private U.S. company is objectionable to most Americans — me included," Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in announcing the initiative. "Yet the alternative of leaving businesses and consumers without access to financing is totally unacceptable."
"This plan will work if we wind up with everybody pretty well capitalized," Kashyap said. "But if it doesn't reach that point, we'll be back in soup down the road."
Whether the $250 billion will be sufficient to encourage banks to lend again is hard to tell, said Anil Kashyap, professor of economics and finance at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. The Treasury Department arrived at the $250 billion figure after consulting with banking regulators.
In return, the government will get ownership stakes in the financial institutions. Banks, meanwhile, will have to accept limitations on executives' compensation.
The government is counting on banks not to just clutch onto the cash, which aggravated the credit crisis to begin with.
stakes in banks, rather than using the money to buy rotten debts from financial institutions. The government said it still intends to buy the bad mortgages and other toxic assets, another move aimed at getting credit flowing again.
Economists as well as both Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill had argued that the capital injection plan was a more effective way to battle the financial crisis.
The government's cash infusions are attractive to banks because they are having trouble getting money from elsewhere. Skittish investors have cut them off, moving their money into safer Treasury securities. Financial institutions are hoarding whatever cash they have rather than lending it to each other or customers.
The economy's problems also are taking their toll on the government's coffers. The 2008 budget deficit hit an all-time high of $454.8 billion. The red ink probably will be a lot worse next year as the costs of the government's rescue of the financial system and the economic hard times clobber the federal balance sheet, economists predict.
Bush said Tuesday that an additional $100 billion would be needed in connection with covering bad assets. That would leave $350 billion of the $700 billion program, presumably to be spent by the next president.
The first bank to take advantage of the program was Bank of New York Mellon which announced it would sell $3 billion in preferred shares to the Treasury. Other banks initially participating include Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, and State Street Corp.
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Market finally starts to stabilize Closing bell doesn't ring in triple-digit losses or gains
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It was the first time in nine sessions that the Dow Jones industrial average didn't close with triple-digit losses or gains although it did swing in a 700-point range. The Dow closed down 76 points a day after its record 936-point jump.
Big advances by many bank stocks offset some of the declines in the Dow and the Standard & Poor's 500 index, giving them a better showing for the day than the Nasdaq composite index, which fell more than 3 percent. The technology-dominated Nasdaq also lagged ahead of a profit report from Intel Corp., as investors were reminded of the troubled economy and its impact on corporate earnings.
Profit-taking set in after the Dow surged more than 400 points at the opening. Wall Street is expected to see jittery trading in the weeks and perhaps months ahead because of worries about the economy; stocks also tend to ratchet up and down when they're recovering from a plunge like the one Wall Street has suffered in the past two weeks.
"We don't know if the bottom is in," said Lincoln Anderson, chief investment officer and chief economist at LPL Financial, referring to the market's advance Monday after huge losses last week. "We certainly expect heightened volatility for a fair amount of time while we sort out just exactly what's going on."
President Bush said the government would use a portion of the $700 billion financial bailout passed at the start of the month to inject capital into the nation's major banks, which have been slammed by souring mortgage investments. The move follows a similar one announced Monday by European governments to invest about $2 trillion in their own troubled banks.
The revised bailout plan differs
"These steps are not going to turn the real economy on a dime," he said of the government intervention. "The two keys to the fundamental economy right now are the job market and the housing market and both of those remain distressed."
Robert Dye, senior economist at PNC Financial Services Group, said the government's actions likely will help revive the credit markets, but now that the plan is place, investors are shifting back to concerns about the economy.
"This begins to penetrate the core of the problem," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at New York-based brokerage house Avalon Partners Inc.
from the original in that it aims to capitalize banks, not just buy the troubled assets off their books that could leave the banks with losses.
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No downturn for downtown as nation's economy slumps
Some retailers reported strong sales in September
BY RYAN MCGEENEY
rmcqeneey@kansan.com
The ongoing economic roller coaster that has affected nearly every aspect of financial activity, from the housing market to the stock market, may not yet be bearing down on Massachusetts Street retailers.
Lawrence's downtown district, a mixture of bars, eateries, clothing boutiques and other magnets for disposable income, generally
enjoys a steady revenue stream
lets are fortified by student loans
enjoys a stea throughout the school year,powered in part by KU students.
Although many students survive on the marginal income supplied by part-time jobs at or near min.
"I was expecting the worst upon my return, but I came to find that September was still a good month."
ALIA SACHEDINA
Owner of Africa Adorned
sophomore,
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Looking through a rack of long-sleeve T-shirts at Creation Station, a downtown boutique, Bianca Fernandez, Lawrence the economic
Bianca Fernandez, Lawrence sophomore, sorts through a clothing rack at Creation Station, one of many clothing boutiques in Lawrence's downtown shopping and bar district on Massachusetts St. Despite the decline in the economy, some retailers said business had not slowed down.
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problems hadn't really changed her shopping habits, which she described as relatively frugal to begin with.
"I still live with my parents
"I still live v because the dorms are so expensive," Fernandez said. "The only things I really have to spend money on are groceries and gas, but I also look for things that are cheap. That really helps."
sales had been too erratic to show a larger trend for this financial quarter.
Morgan Mattison,
"This week has been really slow, but the week before that was
"I don't think the clientele here is really affected. The stock market may have crashed, but it doesn't really matter to people who shop here."
MATT SCHMITT Employee at Creation Station
owner of Eccentricity, a clothing boutique near the intersection of Seventh and Massachusetts streets, said that week-to-week
super busy," Mattison said. "It hasn't been as bad as I thought it was going to be."
Mattison and other retailers estimated that students represented about 30 percent of their clientele.
A bonus of the college sales demographic is that students are routinely joined by their families on weekends and for special events
such as homecoming week, when merchants see dramatic increases in retail traffic.
Alia Sachedina, owner of African Adorned, a downtown boutique that primarily specializes in jewelry, recently returned from a seven-week trip outside the United States.
She said the instability of the stock market while she was away didn't do much to bolster her confidence in the future of retail, but she said she hoped the economic crunch wouldn't affect business too much.
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"I was expecting the worst upon my return, but I came to find that September was still a good month, a strong month for me," said Sachedina, who took over ownership of the boutique two years ago when her mother, the store's original proprietor, retired after 21 years.
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"I'm just remaining hopeful that we'll have a strong Christmas season," Sachedina said. "I know everywhere, businesses are having difficulty. Even overseas, there was a lot of discussion of economics, of people scaling back their consumption of luxury items."
Some downtown businesses have managed to insulate themselves from economic downturns through niche marketing and specialized inventory.
Joel Pfannenstiel, owner of Astrokitty Comics & More, cited a combination of a dedicated fan base and the serialized nature of comic book releases as the foundation for his business survival.
"I haven't looked at our numbers," Pfannenstiel said. "I look at our bank account and whether we're up or down compared with last year. It just varies month to month."
Matt Schmitt, an employee with Creation Station for the past two years, said he thought that the shoppers attracted to the boutique weren't particularly bothered by economic externalities.
"I don't think the clientele here is really affected," said Schmitt, who also said the majority of consumers in the shop were probably between the ages of 17 and 23.
"The stock market may have crashed, but it doesn't really matter to the people who shop here."
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Coach Mark Mangino knows Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and his team very well — and the state of Oklahoma knows Mangino
The seventh-year Kansas coach was the offensive coordinator at OU in 2000 when the Sooners won the national championship. He also recruits hard from the state of Oklahoma as 12 players on the KU roster are from the Sooner state — the third highest of any state.
Oklahomaans follow Mangino and Kansas, so Sooner fans will send Mangino notes of congratulations when the Jayhawks
Mangino returns to the state, people will stop him at the gas station to talk football or just to say hello.
win a big game. When
"When I got off the bus the last time I went down there, the fans were outside the gate and they were telling me," Welcome home," Mangino said. "I guess if you win a national championship then they declare you a resident of Oklahoma forever. They treat me like I am still a part of their program."
Mangino worked as an assistant coach with Stoops at Kansas State before joining him at OU. Though Mangino tried to keep the focus on the
game, it was easy for him to say good things about his friend.
"He is a very close friend of mine," Mangino said. "He is a guy that I can always count on, and he can count on me. But we are both competitive. It has absolutely no effect on the competition that takes place on Saturday"
Mangino's squad will be definitive underdogs going into Saturday's matchup. As of late Tuesday night, the Jayhawks were 18-point underdogs to the No.4-ranked Sooners.
"I always love being the underdog," said linebacker James Holt, Oklahoma native. "I've been an underdog a lot in sports like in high school and stuff. It's just great being able to prove people wrong when they pick against you. That's always a big motivator."
Even though Kansas is 20-3 in its last 23 games and has gone 9-1 in its last 10 Big 12 games, most national punits are predicting a rout for the Sooners. Kansas lost 41-10 in 2004 — the Jayhawks' last trip to Norman.
"Because of the name on our jersey, that's how its going to be," said Chris Harris, who also is from Oklahoma. "From here on out, we know we're going to be the underdog. We thrive on that, we like being the underdog."
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Jayhawks prepare for tough conference stretch
BY ANDREW WIEBE
awiebe@kansan.com
After 14 games, Kansas's season is over.
Kind of.
The Jayhawks' 5-0 start has slowly faded from memory, and the rigors of the Big 12 Conference have taken their toll, resulting in an 8-5-1 record with five games remain-
Five games left to prove they belong in the postseason.
"I told the players today. 'We have a fivegame season,' coach Mark Francis said. "It's a new animal. We aren't addressing whom we are playing. We have five opponents, and the first one is this Friday."
"Our goals this year were to win the big 12 and make the NCAA Tournament," junior forward Shannon McCabe said. "Basically to have any chance of doing either of those we have to win these last five games."
That opponent is No.
6 Texas A&M (12-1-L)
5-01), which should pose the toughest test for Francis' squad so far this season. The conference-leading Aggies have allowed one goal in six BIG 12 games while finding the back of the net 12 times.
"We aren't addressing whom we are playing. We have five opponents, and the first one is this next Friday."
at-large bid.
Kansas may not be focusing on individual opponents, but the players and coaches know every game is essential to qualifying for the Big 12 Tournament in November, let alone to earning an NCAA Tournament
To do that Kansas will have to defy history. In the 13 years the University
MARK FRANCIS Kansas soccer coach
has fielded a women's soccer program, the Jayhawks are 15-31-5 against the four teams that make up the remainder of their Big 12 schedule; Texas A&M, No. 14 Texas, Baylor and Missouri.
Kansas can count only two victories in 25 games against the Aggies and Longhorns, but junior defender
Kim Boyer said the team couldn't let history dictate the way it prepares.
"They are both outstanding teams," Boyer said. "Coach touched on it this week. They are both beatable, but any team in the conference is beatable on any given day."
Fortunately for Kansas, four of its final five games will be played at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex, where it is 4-2 this season.
The layhawks will play Francis Marion this Sunday in addition to their conference schedule.
Lawrence is also where Kansas has enjoyed its best form this season, scoring 13 goals while allowing seven. What the Jayhawks haven't done lately is hold leads. Kansas is 1-3-1 in games that in which it opened the scoring since Sept. 21.
"It sets up pretty well for us," senior midfielder Jessica Bush said.
Francis' team has outscored Big 12 opponents 6-2 in the first half, but opponents hold an 8-3 advantage in the second half and overtime. He said the problem wasn't a lack of scoring opportunities, but rather inefficiency in front of goal.
"I feel like at the beginning of the season we were getting all the right bounces, and things were kind of going our way," McCabe said of Kansas 5-0 start. "Our luck has kind of changed towards the end, but its like that in soccer. One day you're up and the next day you're down."
For now the Jayhawks are concentrating on staying positive and taking each game as a separate challenge.
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"The season is coming to a close really quickly," McCabe said. "It went by really fast so we have to take advantage of the opportunities we have now."
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Senior midfielder Jessica Bush moves the ball up the field while a defender applies pressure in a game earlier this season. Bush and the Jahaywha are entering a difficult; five-game stretch, which will close the regular season.
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quote of the dav
"Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple."
— Barry Switzer,
former Oklahoma football coach
fact of the day
trivia of the day
Oklahoma, Kansas' opponent on Saturday, holds the NCAA record for most rushing yards in a game. The Sooners ran for 768 yards against Kansas State in 1988.
Q: When was the last time the Kansas football team defeated Oklahoma in Norman, Okla.?
A:1996. Kansas defeated Oklahoma 52-24 on Oct. 25, 1996.
ku sports this week
Today
Volleyball: Missouri, 6:30 p.m.
(Columbia, Mo.)
Thursday
Tennis: ITA Central Regional Tournament (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Swimming & Diving: Arizona State, 3 p.m. (Tempe, Ariz.) Soccer: Texas A&M, 4 p.m. (Lawrence)
Friday
Tennis: ITA Central Regional Tournament (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Saturday
Swimming & Diving: Northern Arizona. 11 a.m. (Flagstaff, Ariz.)
Volleyball: Oklahoma 7 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Football: Oklahoma, 2:30 p.m.
(ABC) (Norman, Okla.)
Tennis: ITA Central Regional Tournament (Salt Lake City, Utah)
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Tennis: ITA Central Regional Tournament, (Salt Lake City, Utah)
BY ANDREW WIEBE
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Almost two weeks ago, soccer coach Mark Francis approached junior Kim
Boyer with an unexpected request. Kansas' defense needed a spark, and he wanted to shake things up.
play."
Francis wanted to give Boyer, a forward for her two-plus years in Lawrence, a shot at left defender to broaden his choices defensively. Most of all, he wanted her unique combination of size and athleticism on the field." When coach came up to me it was kind of like, "Whoa!" said Boyer, who, at 5-foot-10, is the tallest Kansas player. "But I can play wherever we need to me
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And play she has. Boyer contributed 62 solid minutes in a substitute role against Oklahoma State on Friday
Boyer
before making her first career start as a defender against Oklahoma two days later.
"Kim did well," Francis said. "When she came into the Oklahoma State game, she played well. She just ran out of gas on Sunday."
It's a strange development for someone who made 12 starts and contributed four goals and two assists last season. But Boyer said she had spent some time playing defender a few summers ago.
"It's still new," Boyer said. "I was really nervous before the game against Oklahoma because I was starting, and it's just a lot different
from playing forward."
One of the most challenging aspects of the switch has been the nonstop running required from a marking back in Francis' system. Boyer said being responsible for tracking back defensively while joining in the attack had been physically demanding, but she was adapting.
She also said it took time to adjust to the organization and constant communication required to play on the back line, as opposed to the relative freedom and ability to create she had as an attacking player.
"Being on the opposite side of the ball and seeing the game from another point of view is different," Boyer said. "As a forward your back is toward the goal and you have to combine to get in. But when you are playing defense, you are the one behind the ball and you can see the whole field."
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The United States has already qualified for the hexagonal stage of World Cup Qualifying after four consecutive victories in pool play. Tonight at 7 on ESPN, Bob Bradley's team will play the first of two "meaningless" qualifiers against Trinidad and Tobago.
Though the result won't affect the Americans' qualifying campaign, it does give Bradley the opportunity to offer the future of the national team a little face time.
Expectations are U.S. fans will see Jozy Altidore, Freddy Adu, Jose Francisco Torres and Charlie Davies in what should be a sneak preview of the next generation of American talent.
In the tradition of Mark Cuban's short stint at Dairy Queen, check out Clippers guard Baron Davis' time as a fast-food employee. Type in "Baron Davis McDonald's," and let the ridiculousness begin. The only hint I will give you is "Starburst car."
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Senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart kills a shot past two Texas A&M blockers at the match Wednesday. Uhart had 11 kills and aced two serves Wednesday night at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center. Kansas killed just short of a victory, losing 3-2 to the Angels.
Kansas plays its first game in a week tonight against Missouri
BY JOSH BOWE
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Volleyball coach Ray Bechard has been through his fair share of battles. And although he knows tonight's match is not technically different from any other match, no one can deny the importance of the Border Showdown.
Kansas travels to Columbia, Mo., to tackle Missouri at 6:30 tonight. Because both teams have identical Big 12 records at 2-5, Bechard conveyed the importance of the rivalry at practice Monday.
"I tried to explain to them what Kansas-Missouri means to not only people within our program but all jayhawk fans," he said. "But the most important thing is that we're tied in the standings."
It will be an interesting matchup because Kansas has not played a match since last Wednesday's heartbreaking loss to Texas A&M. How much rust the Jayhawks still have will be critical at the start of the match. But Bechard rested the team over the weekend because he thought it was important for the players to have time away from volleyball.
"There's 100 things you'd like to work on Saturday," Bechard said. "But if you don't take care of the other side of it, three weeks from now it'll be a little more difficult."
Senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart said she welcomed the break and took the time to focus on the personal side of her life.
"We rested our legs and got to spend our own personal time!"
she said. "Now we just back in with fresh mind, fresh start."
Of the "100 things" the Jayhawks need to work on, a better start is near the top of Bechard's list. But aside from the starts of matches, Bechard also focused on how to finish matches. Kansas' last two fifth sets have been anything but smooth. The Jayhawks have compiled 11 errors in those past two set fives. With the fifth set going to only 15 points, errors are costly.
"We were a little disappointed in set five." Bechard said of the Texas A&M match. "It's important that we stay aggressive the whole time."
As for playing on the road for the Border Showdown, Bechard said he knew it was a hostile environment but was not too worried about that affecting his team's play.
"I don't think they care for us that much," Bechard said of Missouri fans. "But we'll have the same size court and net as we do here, and we just got to get as comfortable as we can as soon as we can."
Uhart will be traveling to Tiger territory for the last time in her career, but she said she was pretty confident in the team's chances on the road. Kansas beat Missouri last year in Columbia in five sets.
"We need to remember what that feels like," Uhart said. "It's an away game, but if we can come back with a victory, then we'll grow as a team."
The growing needs to take place sooner rather than later because the Jayhawks are running out of time to bulk up their NCAA tournament bid resume. Kansas will face off against perennial powers, such as Texas, Nebraska and Kansas State, and cannot afford to fall back any further in the standings before the rough stretch begins again.
Bechard said the team was absolutely feeling an urgency to win.
"We know that the next three matches are matches we have to win to win with some success before the next round," Bechard said.
- Edited by Lauren Keith
CROSS COUNTRY
Runners set for Pre-Nationals
Jayhawks travel to Indiana this weekend to race in NCAA Invitational
BY JASON BAKER jbaker@kansan.com
Two weeks after making an impressive showing in Stillwater, Okla., at the Cowboy Jamboree, the Jayhawk cross country team will compete in the NCAA Pre-National Invitational in Indiana on Saturday.
The event will take place at the La Verne Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, which will serve as the NCAA Championship course in November.
"It's a real flat course that's man-made and has perfect footing." sophomore Amanda Miller said.
Many of the top-ranked schools are scheduled to compete at Pre-Nationals, including most of the teams from the Big 12 Conference.
Some Kansas runners are eager to compete at this meet against a high level of competition.
"It's exciting to go up against some good athletes and see how we compare," redshirt freshman Kara Windisch said.
Windisch said the team was getting more confidence from
every workout.
"We've gotten better at speeding up from our workouts and getting faster at longer distance," she said. "We feel a lot stronger going into this race."
The meet will be the largest meet for the team so far this season.
"Last race, I didn't know how to run it, because I still had a lot left in me at the end," she said.
"This week I'm hoping to go out quick and get close to (junior Lauren) Bonds and Amanda and close the gap."
"There are so many people.
Stowe said she was prepared for this race after having one 6K under her belt.
you could be one second from your teammate and you don't know it," freshman Rebeka Stowe said after talking to some of the experienced runners.
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Freshman Sam Bird said he was excited about racing in his home state.
"It's nice to be at a familiar course," said Bird, a Columbia City, Ind., native who has run the course 10 times. "It's a good course; it can either be a great course or a real bad course. I've faired average and I hope to have a good race."
Another runner hoping to have a good race is sophomore Nick Caprario. Caprario ran a personal best at Pre-Nationals last year and wants to do it again this year.
Junior Lauren Bonds, who has been one of the top runners for the Jayhawks, said she looked forward to seeing how she and the rest of team compared to some of the top Division I teams in the nation.
"For me, it's exciting to see the caliber of the runners that we're going up against," he said.
"Pre-Nats is a big race," Bonds said. "This is our chance to make a statement and show everyone that this is not a fluke."
The women's 6 KRaces will begin at 11:00 a.m., followed by the men's 8K Races at 12:10 p.m.
Edited by Scott R. Toland
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Holl and Harris — two KC defensive stars — both grew up rooting for Oklahoma. Holt's dad played for coach Barry Switzer at Oklahoma and his grandma gave him OU clothes for Christmas. Both have attended games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and have seen how crazy the 85,000 screaming fans can be. Both wanted to play for OU, but neither were recruited by the Sooners — meaning Saturday is not just another
"Going against a team that you grew up wanting to play for — it's got a different meaning," Holt said. "Hopefully I can show them what they missed out on."
So does the rest of the team, and they are ready to prove once again that they can compete at the national level. A victory against No. 3 Virginia Tech didn't seem to do it, but maybe a win at No. 4 Oklahoma will.
"We have everybody right where we want them," Mangino said. "This is the position we like coming from. When it's coming up on the home stretch, wed rather be coming around the bend three or four paces behind the pack. We always are best when we're coming from the rear"
MEN'S BASKETBALL
— Edited by Andy Greenhaw
Jayhawks to tip off against Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse
BY CASE KEEFER ckeefer@kansan.com
They've heard freshman Tyshawn Taylor is a menace to defend, freshman Travis Releford plays like Brandon Rush and incoming junior Mario Little can be an immediate difference-maker.
Kansas fans have heard a lot about their basketball team this season.
Come Friday, they'll finally get to see the 2008-2009 Jayhawks. Late Night in the Phog will kick off at 6:30 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse on Friday, marking the beginning of basketball season.
As usual, Late Night in the Phog will include performances and introductions to all the members of the men's and women's basketball teams. ESPNU will telewise portions of the event, which will also include the unveiling of a commemorative 2008 NCAA National Championship banner. And
then, of course, comes a scrimmage.
COLLINS AND LITTLE HONORED
A major question heading into the season for Kansas: who will emerge in leading the Jayhawks on the floor alongside junior guard Sherron Collins? The Big 12 Conference coaches think it might be junior-college transfer Mario Little.
Coach Bill Self and his staff will split the Jayhawks into two teams and the players will end the night with a 20-minute game against each other. The scrimmage doesn't carry much significance and is often just another part of the festivities.
Not this year. Fans will pay extra attention Friday night because most of the players will be unfamiliar. Seven newcomers: guards Taylor, Releford, Little and Tyrone Appleton, and forwards Marcus Morris, Markieff Morris and Quintrell Thomas — will play for the first time in front of an audience at Allen Fieldhouse.
The ceremony should wrap up at about 9:30 pm. The Jayhawks will then have more than two weeks to prepare for their first exhibition game on Nov. 4 against Washburn University.
The Big 12 announced Little as the Preseason Newcomer of the Year Tuesday. Little beat out highly touted Oklahoma freshman forward Willie Warren, who was named the Preseason Freshman of the Year.
- Edited by Andy Greenhaw
Griffin was the only unanimous selection and is also the conference's Preseason Player of the Year.
Collins received Preseason All Big 12 Team honors. Collins joins Baylor guard Curtis Jerrells, Texas guard A.J. Abrams, Texas forward Damion James and Oklahoma forward Blake Griffin on the team.
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The Cowboys have to be utterly dejected after their overtime loss to the Cardinals. Not only did they lose the game on a blocked punt, but they also lost multiple players for multiple games. The biggest name to go down was obviously quarterback Tony Romo, who will miss up to four weeks. The Cowboys also lost running back Felix Jones for two to four weeks, and punter Mat McBrian broke his foot on that game-ending blocked punt and will be out six to eight weeks. The NFL also suspended corner Adam "Pacman" Jones on Tuesday for at least four games.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, right, loses the football as Arizona Cardinal Darnell Dockett makes a hit in the second quarter on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. The play was ruled an incomplete pass. Romo will miss this week and possibly more with a broken finger.
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SOUND THE FEASTING HORN(S)
The Rams actually won a game, and against a good Redskins team. What's even more spectacular is that they did it with almost no offense. The Redskins committed their first turnover of the season and gave the ball away three times in the game. The St. Louis defense had a 75-yard fumble return for a touchdown and sealed the victory with a field goal at the end of the game.
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Minnesota won by unlikely means on Sunday. Yes, quarterback Gus Fronterre threw for nearly 300 yards in the game and running back Adrian Peterson added 111 yards on the ground, but they found the end zone only once for a touchdown. The Vikings got some help from Detroit quarterback Dan Orlovsky,
who made one of the weirdest plays you'll see this season. Backed up deep in his own territory, Orlovsky rolled out on a boot leg but ran too far back and out of the end zone for a safety that ended up being the deciding factor in the game. Maybe he can call Colorado quarterback Cody Hawkins for advice.
THUNDERCATS, HO!
The Jaguars are back on track. After the running game struggled through the first five games of the season, running back Maurice Jones-Drew got jump-started on Sunday in Denver. Jones-Drew ran for 125 yards on 22 carries while teammate Fred Taylor battled injury problems. Quarterback David Garrard also had a solid game with 276 passing yards and a touchdown. The Jacksonville defense forced three turnovers on the way to a big victory against the Broncos. Jacksonville needs continued success from the running game to compete in the AFC South division, where all the teams are starting to heat up.
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Fear the Reaper" to heal, we will never know. Schaub led the Texans to their first victory of the season after two consecutive losses by seven total points. If Schaub keeps showing he knows how to run the passing game, the Texans may not be completely out of the playoff picture.
Speaking of the AFC South, Houston quarterback Matt Schaub recovered from sickness last weekend to burn the Dolphins for 379 yards and one touchdown. If he listened to Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't
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look like it, as Anderson threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns on Monday night. Wide receiver Braylon Edwards was also struggling but broke through with five catches for 154 yards and a touchdown. Even running back Jamal Lewis began to look like the
workhorse of old, with 21 carries for 88 yards and a touchdown. If the Browns can keep the offensive ship righted, they may be able to challenge for a playoff spot again this year.
Edited by Brenna Hawley
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Commissioner suspends Dallas cornerback for at least four games
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was suspended for
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will then determine the
Jones was in repeated legal trouble while with the Tennessee Titans
full length of the suspension following the Cowboys' game in Washington on Nov. 16.
and was involved in an alcohol-related scuffle Oct. 7 with one of his bodyguards at a private party in Dallas.
The disturbance at an upscale Dallas hotel came only six weeks after Goodell reinstated Jones from a 17-month suspension.
At an NFL meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla., Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he had spoken to the player, whom he described as "devastated" by the news. Jerry Jones last week said the team wouldn't
In a letter to Jones on Tuesday, Goodell cited a "disturbing pattern of behavior and clearly inconsistent with the conditions I set for your continued participation in the NFL."
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"We respect and support the decision of the commissioner," he said in a statement released by the team. "I regret that this issue has brought negative attention to the Cowboys and the NFL.
"We move forward with a very clear knowledge as to what the process will be for a possible reinstatement. Adam is well aware of where he stands and what he has to do."
The league said reinstatement would depend on strict compliance with treatment plans by the NFL and the Cowboys and an evaluation by "clinical experts."
The player's agent, Worrick Robinson, didn't immediately return messages left with his assistant and on his cell phone.
Dallas police said officers responded at about 11 p.m. on Oct. 7. Officers said the matter was over by the time they arrived and that some hotel employees reported overhearing a tussle in the men's restroom in the lobby.
The player and his bodyguard, part of a security detail provided by the Cowboys to be with him at all times, said everything was OK. Police said both were driven from the hotel by an acquaintance, and the bodyguard didn't want to press charges.
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Above: Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria is walked to first by Boston pitcher Manny Delcarmen, left, with the bases loaded to score Akinori Iwamura in the sixth inning in Game 4 of the ALCS in Boston on Tuesday. The Rays lead the series 3-1 after routing the Red Sox 13-4.
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Curtis McClinton. His name laces the rim of Memorial Stadium, an omnipresent testimony to a Kansas football great. If you recognize McClinton's name at all, that's probably how. Before this weekend, I was similarly uninformed. Our loss.
With the recent release of the Ernie Davis biopic, "The Express," additional attention has justifiably been shifted to the too-often overlooked Syracuse tailback. As the trailers remind us, he was the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. He led Syracuse to a national championship, defeating the undefeated Texas Longhorns in Dallas' Cotton Bowl.
Needless to say, Davis faced prejudices we can scarcely imagine today. Davis wasn't even allowed to attend the post-Cotton Bowl banquet, at which he was to be named the game's MVP.
From 1959 to 1961, Davis presented himself as a model student-athlete. Such was the respect for Davis that, when he was awarded the Heisman, President Kennedy sent him the following telegram: "Seldom has an athlete been more deserving of such a tribute. Your high standards of performance on the field and off the field reflect the finest qualities of competition, sportsmanship and citizenship. The nation has bestowed upon you its highest awards for your athletic achievements. It's a privilege for me to address you tonight as an outstanding American, and as a worthy example of our youth. I salute you."
Certainly, Davis was deserving of that salute. And Davis' story deserves the spotlight it now has. Americans, especially football fans, should know Ernie Davis.
BY ALEX BEECHER
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Similarly, Kansas football fans
should know Curtis McClinton — and not just as a name plastered on Memorial Stadium's Ring of Honor.
First of all, McClinton was a fantastic football player. He was recognized as such and was named an All-American in 1961, and All-Big Eight from 1958-1961.
Despite primarily serving as a blocking back, McClinton managed to compile 1,377 yards during his three years at the University of Kansas (a more impressive total than it initially sounds like, considering the shorter seasons and lower-scoring games of the time). As if that weren't enough, McClinton won the Big Eight's hurdle championship all three years he competed.
McClinton would go on to find success at the professional level as well, playing eight seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs franchise (his rookie year was spent in Dallas before the team relocated to Kansas City). He was named AFL Rookie of the Year, and a three-time pro bowler.
— even garnering the game's MVP honors in 1962. He scored the first touchdown by an AFL player in Super Bowl history, and he played on the Chiefs' world championship team in January 1970. McClinton would eventually be named to the Chiefs Hall of Fame.
Had McClinton accomplished only that, he would merit being highly regarded. But for all of his success as a football player,
McClinton would further distin guish himself after his playing days ended.
He earned a master's degree, then a doctorate. His post-graduate studies were spent at Harvard's Kennedy school of government.
His scholastic endeavors finished. McClinton found employment with Amtrak. His next foray was into the world of government, where he moved on to the Department of Commerce. McClinton would also serve as the Deputy Mayor of Washington, D.C. McClinton then found his way back into the private sector, working in city development and investment banking.
In 1992, McClinton returned to the local area, establishing himself in Kansas City. His impact in the community was significant. McClinton was the founding president of the Black Economic Union of Greater Kansas City, an organization that has since worked to develop struggling minority communities
Years after he shelved his cleats, McClinton hadn't forgotten football. To help promote leadership, teamwork, and education to children in urban communities, McClinton established the Curtis McClinton Keys League. Hundreds of kids now benefit from that benevolence.
Unfortunately, I can't offer the kind of salute to McClinton that Kennedy did to Davis. The words of a President just so happen carry more weight than those of a college sports columnist of no particular repute. But that's fine — so long as more can now properly appreciate the man who is represented at the north end of Memorial Stadium.
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Kansas has finally settled on a feature running back, as Jake Sharp was the only back to carry the ball last Saturday, Coach Mark Mangino may throw Jocques Crawford or Angus Quigley into the mix a little bit on Saturday, but Sharp has settled in as the No. 1 guy. Kansas will need that offensive balance to keep Oklahoma's defense guessing, which means Sharp must turn in another workman-like effort and grind out the clock.
BYTHE NUMBERS
(2008 averages and national rank)
24th scoring offense (34.3 ppg)
7th
7th passing offense (331.9 ypg)
88th rushing offense (124 ypg)
27th scoring defense (18 ppg)
68th
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12th rushing defense (93.7 ypg)
PLAYER TO WATCH
Junior wide receiver Kerry Meier
Meier ranks third in the nation with just under nine catches per
Meier
game, but he appeared to suffer from a mild injury last week. Kansas needs him on the field, especially on third down. Meier has excelled in converting third down attempts. Oklahoma ranks 17th in the nation on third down defense, allowing only 30 percent completions.
QUESTION MARKS
Can Kansas score a first-quarter touchdown?
It may not matter in the grand scheme of the game, but Oklahoma hasn't allowed a first-quarter touchdown, so Kansas could gain some momentum by doing just that. Field position will be crucial in the Jayhawks' effort to get on the board early.
Who will win the third-down battle?
Kansas' offense ranks third in nation in third-down efficiency while Oklahoma's defense ranks 17th in stopping teams on third down. One of these units will triumph, and it could be the difference between a close game and a blowout.
COUNTDOWN TO KICK-OFF
STEAMING SOONERS
GAME DAY
Kansas meets former No.1 Oklahoma, fresh off loss to Texas
Kansas 5-1,2-0 Big 12.
OFFENSE
Another slow start plagued the offense in the first half against Colorado, but once again Kansas put it together in the final 30 minutes. Running back Jake Sharp sparked a comeback against Iowa State. This time he carried the Jayhawks to victory and rushed a career-high 31 times for 118 yards and three touchdowns. The passing game wasn't spectacular, but Todd Reeing managed the
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game with 27-for-34 passing for 256 yards. Kerr Meier caught nine passes for 94 yards despite dealing with a minor leg injury.
Sharp
★★★★
Oklahoma
DEFENSE
Even in defeat, Sam Bradford looked like he might be the best quarterback in the country. Bradford threw for 387 yards and five touchdowns in last week's loss to No. 1 Texas. His two interceptions were costly, but they were just his fourth and fifth of the year. Juaquín Iglesias and Manuel Johnson are two of the best wide receivers in the nation. Oklahoma's only weakness seems to be its once-strong running game. The Sooners managed just 48 rushing yards last week.
Sophomore defensive end Jake Laptad looks more like an elite pass rusher every week. Laptad recorded Kansas' first safety after chasing down Cody Hawkins for a 16-yard loss, and he leads the team with five sacks. In the secondary, senior cornerback Kendrick Harper looked better in his second game back from injury. He had a first quarter interception and three pass breakups. Kansas
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Bradford
OFFENSE
Nick Sullivan
is tremendous against the run, but the shuffling in the secondary has led to less-than-impressive numbers.
Laptad
Coach Mark Mangino blames the special teams for the offense's consistently slow starts. Poor kick coverage has allowed Kansas' opponents to win the early field position battle and forced the offense to dig itself out of an immediate hole. Mangino vowed to make some changes, and it looks like more starters will see time on the various special teams units. Mangino needs to fix this before
SPECIAL TEAMS
Mangino was an assistant coach on Bob Stoops' Oklahoma staff from 1999 to 2001. He served as the offensive coordinator from 2000 to 2001, helping guide the Sooners to the national championship in 2000. Mangino said his No.1 priority this week was to correct the special teams, which he said caused a lot of the offensive problems. Saturday will be a great chance for Mangino to prove he can scheme with the best of them.
Mangino
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COACHING
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Crow
DEFENSE
The pressure is on sophomore Brandon Crow and freshman Austin Box to try to replace starting linebacker Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds went down with a season-ending knee injury last week.The junior was the only linebacker who entered the season with starting experience and he ranks second on the team with 44 tackles. If Crow and Box perform ably, the rest of the defense is more than capable of picking up the slack.
★★★★
★★★☆
MOMENTUM
Kevin H.
Consecutive lackluster first halves leave much to be desired, but the important part is that Kansas recovered and won both contests. The Jayhawks are the only team in the Big 12 North without a conference loss, yet they head into Norman as 18-point underdogs. That's just fine, according to the players who said that they thrive when no one else thinks they can win. That’s certainly the case this weekend, and they'll have to steamroll that negative energy into a perfect effort to come out victorious.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Oklahoma's kickoff coverage unit cost it a lot of momentum in the first half against Texas. The Sooners had just taken a 14-3 lead when the Longhorns' Jordan Shipley took the ensuing kickoff for a 96-yard touchdown. Punter Mike Knall also continued to struggle, averaging just 34.3 yards per punt. Oklahoma's return game is stellar, but the other aspects of its special teams could
Knall
other aspects of its special teams could use a lot of work
COACHING
★★★☆☆
Bob Stoops has taken some recent criticism for faltering in big games — he's 1-4 in bowl games since 2003 — and last week's game will certainly add fuel to that fire. Still, there's no denying his team's prowess at home. Stoops is a career 57-2 at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The Sooners currently hold a 21-game home winning streak, the longest in the nation. Also,
Stoops is undefeated since 2002 in games following a loss
★★★
☆☆
MOMENTUM
Texas was Oklahoma's first real test of the season and a couple of mistakes cost it dearly. However, as a team the Sooners didn't play poorly and going back home is a comforting feeling for a downtrodden team. Oklahoma has a great chance to regain the No. 1 ranking by season's end but Stoops' players know that doesn't happen without a resounding victory on Saturday. They tripped last week, but the Sooners haven't fallen.
Jake Laptad
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AT A GLANCE
Oklahoma's No. 1 ranking vanished almost as quickly as it appeared. The Sooners will be eager to take out their frustrations on somebody, and the Jayhawks have the unenviable task of playing in Norman one week after a difficult loss. Beating up on Kansas won't get them back to the top of the hill, but it won't hurt either. Oklahoma has buried its opponents 110-6 in the first quarter and it will try and jump on Kansas early on Saturday.
BYTHE NUMBERS
(2008 Averages and National Rank)
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4th
scoring offense (47.2 ppg)
passing offense (365.3 ypg)
rushing offense (157.2 ypq)
53rd
37th
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37th scoring defense (19 ppg)
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Senior wide receiver Juuaquin Iglesias Sam Bradford is cool and calm in the pocket, but it helps that
PLAYER TO WATCH
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Iglesias
he's got a wideout like Iglesias to whom he can throw. Iglesias has 30 catches for 493 yards and five touchdowns. He also changes field position with 23.8 yards per kick return.
QUESTION MARKS
Who will replace middle linebacker Ryan Reynolds?
Stoops is turning to a pair of youngsters — freshman Austin Box and sophomore Brandon Crow — to replace his best defensive player. Last Saturday, outside linebacker Travis Lewis made up for the loss with 19 tackles, and his play could counteract Reynolds' absence this weekend.
Will DeMarco Murray get back on track?
Sam Bradford made up for the running game with 387 passing yards, but Murray's six yards on seven carries have to be a concern. Oklahoma may be talented enough to beat Kansas with nothing but passing, but eventually Stoops will need his formidable rushing attack to return.
BIG 12 SCHEDULE
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Time Channel
No. 1 Texas vs. No. 11 Missouri 7 p.m. ABC
No. 4 Oklahoma vs. No. 16 Kansas 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 7 Texas Tech at Texas A&M 11 p.m. FSN
No. 8 Oklahoma State vs. Baylor 2 p.m. No TV
Kansas State at Colorado 6 p.m. FSN
Nebraska at Iowa State 11:30 p.m. Versus
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NORMAN WILL FALL SILENT IF...
Kansas plays its best all-around game of the Mark Mangino era. It will take an excellent performance from the offense, defense and special teams, and a lot of the bounces need to go the Jayhawks' way.
GALE SAYERS WILL WEEP IF...
Oklahoma jumps out on top, as it has in every game this season. The Sooners own the first quarter, and it would be nearly impossible to dig out of a hole in Norman. Kansas must throw the first punch.
TOP 25 TELEVISED GAMES
PREDICTION Oklahoma 42, Kansas 20.
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No. 9 Brigham Young at TCU 7 p.m. No TV
No.15 Boise State vs. Hawaii 7 p.m. ESPN
Saturday
Channel
No. 2 Alabama vs. Mississippi 2:30 p.m. CBS
No. 3 Penn State vs. Michigan 3:30 p.m. ESPN
No. 6 USC at Washington State 2:30 p.m. No TV
No. 10 Georgia vs. Vanderbilt 11:30 a.m. ESPN360.com
No. 12 Ohio State at No. 20 Michigan State 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 13 LSU at South Carolina 7 p.m. ESPN
No. 14 Utah vs. Colorado State 2:30 p.m. The Mtn.
No. 17 Virginia Tech at Boston College 7 p.m. ESPN2
No. 18 North Carolina at Virginia 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 19 South Florida vs. Syracuse 11 a.m. ESPN360.com
No. 21 Wake Forest at Maryland 11 a.m. ESPN360.com
No. 23 Pittsburgh at Navy 2:30 p.m. No TV
No. 25 California at Arizona 9 p.m. No TV
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The Jayhawk defense tries in vain to keep Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray out of the end zone during Saturday's 45-31 Oklahoma victory at Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla. Oklahoma scored 45 points against the Kansas defense, gaining 674 yards of total offense, including 206 yards rushing and 468 yards passing. For full coverage of the Jayhawks' second loss of the season, SEE WRAPUP ON PAGE 4B.
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CONTEST
Students can help choose new chant Online voting for replacement cheer begins today at Kansan.com
BY RYAN MCGEENEY
rmcgeeney@kansan.com
The University Daily Kansan, in conjunction with Student Senate and University Relations, is promoting an effort to replace the chant that has become associated with kickoffs at Jayhawk football games in recent seasons.
The chant, "rip his picking head off," which was taken from dialogue in the 1998 Adam Sandler movie "The Waterboy," has been criticized for its vulgarity and lack of class. Shouted by Kansas fans as a kicker sends the ball downfield, the chant has come to be a primary complaint for those wanting a family-friendly atmosphere at Memorial Stadium.
Adam McGonigle, Wichita junior and
Several days before the layhawks' game against Colorado last week, University Relations distributed an e-mail to students featuring a video in which Kansas football coach Mark Mangino addressed Jayhawk football fans, requesting them to stop saying the chant.
"I don't think the chant that's being echoed is very original, and I think it's very offensive to some people in the crowd." McGonigle said. "I think a lot of students are interested in being more respectful."
"There are mixed reports as to how well it went at the last game, but I think it has improved," McGonigle said. "Students who
student body president, said the current chant didn't accurately reflect the sentiment of the majority of lavhawk fans.
did it were in the minority."
Voting for the new chant will conclude on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
Matt Erickson, editor in chief of The Kansan, said the paper would have a selection of alternatives posted on Kansan.com today. Fans will have the opportunity to vote online for a new chant, which may be introduced during Saturday's game against Texas Tech.
"I want it to be something uniquely suited to KU," Erickson said. "Our other traditions are unique to the school, like the Jayhawk mascot. The current chant is better suited to a more generic school with a generic mascot, like a Tiger or Wildcat."
Edited by Rachel Burchfield
CAMPUS
Proposed changes may become reality for School of Fine Arts
The School of Fine Arts will become the School of the Arts if the Kansas Board of Regents passes the University's proposal within the next couple of months.
FULL STORY PAGE 4A
The School of Fine Arts currently includes the art, design, music and dance departments.
ARTS
Magazine chooses graduate's photo out of thousands for cover
JPG Magazine featured a recent KU graduate's photo, which shows a scene from the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival. The photographer, Melissa
Madison Fuller, discusses her passion for photography.
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Crossword... 6A
Horoscopes... 6A
Opinion... 7A
Sports... 1B
Sudoku... 6A
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ODD NEWS Mother steals daughter's identity;'cheers' insanity
GREEN BAY, Wis. — A 33-year-old woman accused of stealing her daughter's identity to attend high school and join the cheer-leading squad has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Wendy Brown faces a felony identity theft charge after enrolling in a Wisconsin high school as her 15-year-old daughter, who lives in Nevada with Brown's mother.
According to a federal complaint, Brown attended one day of classes, practiced with the cheerleading squad and went to a
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Officers started pursuing the driver after he took off into an alfalfa field and jumped irrigation ditches that the sheriff's cruisers couldn't cross.
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The lecture "Paradigm: a stimulus presentation system" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 206 Blake.
The film event "Shiri" will begin at 7 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The concert "Faculty Artist Michael Davidson, trombone" will begin at 7:30 p.m in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The public event "U.S. Elections 2008: The World is Watching" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
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ODD NEWS Grave markers used as walkway discovered
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A worker doing a sewer line replacement at a home made an erie discovery: Huge slabs of grave markers.
Brian Darwin pulled nine of about 60 granite pavers out of the ground Wednesday night. When he flipped one of the 100-pound slabs over a day later, he was stunned.
An inscription read: "Beloved Wife, Mother Viola T.
Bagnasco, 1901-1969."
Caryl Arnet, owner of monument maker Arnet's Inc., said the markers might have been used as a walkway because they contained misspellings or other errors.
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Homecoming involves more groups than just Greeks
BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER
bentsminger@kansan.com
The Homecoming Steering Committee created two new events to get a more diverse group of student organizations involved in homecoming activities this week.
David Wilcox, Manhattan junior, is vice president of the committee. He said the committee wanted to give students the opportunity to get involved non-competitively as individuals as well as with their organizations.
The committee created a Jayhawk Renaissance Festival and Homecoming Cookout for the week. The cookout will replace the annual pep rally and feature the Jayhawk Jingles contest.
"Homecoming is now for the entire campus to have a good time with," Wilcox said.
The Jayhawk Renaissance Festival will feature info tables for student organizations and a Kansas University Endowment Association cash-grab box with money and scholarships. The Juggling Club and Fencing Club may also perform.
Emily Enright, Manhattan senior and daily event co-chair, said the festival would be similar to
the info fairs during Hawk Week. She said students would have the opportunity to learn more about student organizations away from the chaos of the beginning of the year.
The homecoming competition is divided into two categories Greek Life and Student Life. Wilcox said the division helped keep the competition fair because certain groups had more members and could afford to spend more money.
Organizations earn points for participation and also for first, second and third place finishes in competitive events. Students can also earn points for their organizations by attending events such as the Student Union Activities-sponsored Gabriel Iglesias show.
Wilcox said the homecoming competition was more competitive this year because there was a more diverse group of organizations participating.
"We're going to let as many people compete as possible because that's the fun of competition," Wilcox said.
The committee held a new informational meeting for interested students and groups this year. Wilcox said they wanted to make it clear the competition wasn't
Monday Medieval Monday in front of Wescoe Hall 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
events
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Homecoming Murals in front of
Wescoe Hall 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Crayon Painting
with Watercolor
Wednesday
Kristin Moody, Wichita senior, and Madeline Johnson, Overland Park sophomore, paint pieces of cut cardstock to assemble the feathers of a Jayhawk for their homecoming float. The scholarship hall community is working together on the project by dividing different parts of the Jayhawk to each scholarship hall and uniting for the final assembly.
Jayhawk Renaissance Festival on Strong Hall Lawn 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Thursday
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Thursday
Chalk n' Rock in front of Wescoe
Hall 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday
Crimson and Blue Spirit Day in front of Wescoe Hall 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday Parade on Jayhawk Boulevard 9 a.m. KU vs. Texas Tech 11 a.m.
For a complete list of events visit http://www.homecoming.ku.edu/
calendar.shtml
restricted to certain organizations.
restricted to certain organizations.
The St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center student organization.
tion is participating for the first time. Tara Elpers, Wichita sophomore and president of the group, said it would be a good opportunity to make connections with students and other organizations on campus.
"I think it's just a great way to get the St. Lawrence name out there," Elpers said.
The All Scholarship Hall Council has participated in the competition before but is getting more involved this year. Madeline Johnson, Overland Park sophomore and programming chair for the council, said students wanted to have a greater presence during homecoming week.
kind of a building block for next year," Johnson said.
Events will continue throughout this week and the committee will announce the winner of the competition during halftime of the football game against Texas Tech on Saturday.
"Hopefully this is going to be
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ECONOMY
Investors look to stock market during global economic recession
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NEW YORK — With little question the U.S. is in the grips of a recession, investors this week will lean on a stream of earnings and economic reports to help determine exactly how prolonged and painful the downtown might be.
There's certainly been fresh evidence the credit market has begun to thaw. But, that alone might not be enough to restore confidence
in the stock market at a time when investors are clamoring for stronger signs of a bottom.
Trying to predict a floor for major U.S. stock market indexes has proven to be a difficult task. Wall Street ended a volatile two-week run fairly stable on Friday, and there were indications that bank-to-bank lending rates eased and that some companies returned to the bond market to raise cash.
Those indicators might have previously been enough to reassure anxious investors that the worst is over for the stock market. However, amid a financial crisis not seen for decades, analysts still remain cautious.
"If you can survive the whip-lash of this bottom formation, then stocks look ridiculously cheap," said Edward Yardeni, president and market analyst at Yardeni Research. "But, there are bigger questions. Investors still want to see the light of day in this credit crisis, and they want to know if the current recess-
sion will be relatively short and shallow."
Sunday evening, stock index futures signaled a slightly higher open. Dow Jones industrial average futures rose 54, or 0.61 percent, to 8,825. Standard & Poor's 500 futures rose 7.30, or 0.78 percent, to 940.50; while Nasdaq-100 futures rose 7.00, or 0.53 percent, to 1,318.
He said the biggest question facing Wall Street is whether the stock market's current levels have priced in all the pain that goes along with a recession. Indexes could slip even further if the market is side-swiped by a disappointing batch of economic news or dour corporate reports.
It was impossible to tell whether the market would hold at those levels by the time trading resumes Monday. Markets in Asia and Europe could set the tone for the start of the week in the U.S., and any news developments before the opening bell on Wall Street will
ultimately determine how U.S. stocks fare.
Traders return to work Monday with a bit of history lingering over the session. Sunday marked the anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash known as "Black Monday". The Dow plunged 22.6 percent that day to mark the largest one-session percentage decline ever.
Economic reports this week include September's index of leading U.S. economic indicators on Monday.
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
The World Family Concert with Music and Dance... from around the world.
Monday, Nov 3rd - 7 pm
At Woodruff Auditorium
John McCutcheon Benefit Concert
Winfield folk artist
7:30 pm @ First Presbyterian Church
Advance tickets for $20 at the community Mercantile and Mass Street Music
Tickets $25 at the door
Proceeds benefit the sistering relationship between Lawrence and El Papaturro, El Salvador
Student Night
6-8 PM,
Thursday,
Oct. 30
Spencer Museum of Art
Real People’s Guide to Human Sexuality
The ECM will be hosting a series of lectures on sexuality this fall. Come join in and learn how sexuality affects you! Don’t worry, they’re free!
Oct. 15... Intimacy with Dr. Dennis Dailey
Oct. 22... Jealousy with Dr. Dennis Dailey
Oct. 27... TBA with Regan Dodd
Nov.5... Panel discussion on Feminism
Nov.10... How to Ruin a Relationship with Dr. Robert Minor
Nov.19... Communication and Fighting Fair with Dr. Dennis Detwiler
All Lectures will be held at 7:30 pm at ECM. Hope to see you there!
You can also check us out at ecmku.org.
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WHO: Lutheran Campus Ministry
WHAT: Corn Maze at Gary’s Berries
WHEN: Friday, October 24th
WHERE: meet at the Bethany House, 18 E. 13th St., at 7pm!
For more information contact: lutherans@ku.edu or visit kulutherans.org
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E. In conjunction with the Elections Commission and Commissioner, submit a report describing and evaluating the conduct of the election to the Student Executive Committee, while providing future recommendations, and
F. In conjunction with the Elections Commission, certify to the Student Executive Committee that the results are valid and free from any material distortion.
The Elections Commission Outreach Chair shall be charged with creating a plan to increase voter turnout by utilizing all available means to promote and advertise the election in a non-partisan nature. Towards this purpose, the Outreach Chair will have the advertising budget of the Elections Commission at his or her oversight.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2008
Fine Arts considers changes New name, organization could be in school's future; administrators assure students of a smooth transition
BY JESSE TRIMBLE
jtrimble@kansan.com
The University will reorganize the School of Fine Arts and rename it the School of the Arts, pending the approval of the Kansas Board of Regents.
The School of Fine Arts currently includes the art, design,
music and dance departments. If the Regents passed the request, the new School of the Arts wou ld include the department of art and the department of dance. The department of theater and film would also become part of the school.
"This decision will benefit me and everyone else."
AMY VIRGINIA BUCHANAN Theater Major
Under the proposed plan, the music department would still be a part of the school but would be given greater autonomy, including having its own dean. The department of design would join the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, though some design classes would be part of the School of the Arts.
The school would still operate as part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
John Gronbeck-Tedesco, interim dean of the School of Fine Arts, said that, although classes would be changed, no student would have to take more courses and that every student had the right to be informed of the changes.
"Students who come in on a particular catalog are entitled to finish their degree on that catalog," Gronbeck-Tedesco said. "These new changes cannot affect students who came in on a previous catalog."
Amy Virginia Buchanan. Stillwater, Okla., senior and theater major, said she wasn't worried about the changes being made.
"As a whole, the faculty would never make a decision that wouldn't directly benefit students," Buchanan said. "They've always made it very clear that they want
to take care of us. This decision will benefit me and every one else"
Buchanan is on the Undergraduate Theatre Council, a student group that works with department administrators.
"Although we knew about it, I didn't realize it was going to happen so soon, so it shook me up a little bit," Buchanan said.
Gronbeck-Tedesco compared fine arts degrees with professional degrees like those offered
in law, engineering and pharmacy. He said that the specific area of the school that the students entered would affect how similar their degrees would be to professional ones.
to take additional classes if the Regents allowed the University to implement the proposed changes.
"I'm personally not concerned about being able to find a job either," Buchanan said. "What prospective jobs will be looking at will be my resume, not so much my college degree."
Andy Jackson, Overland Park sophomore and music education major, said he wasn't concerned about the proposed changes. Jackson said he received an e-mail from the School of Fine Arts last week informing him about the proposal.
"Instead of having one dean that does everything, the music department will have a dean just for us, which will allow us to do more things that apply specifically to music students," Jackson said.
Jackson said the high level of interaction between fine arts students and their advisers would also help make the transition smoother if the proposed changes took place. Students in the school are assigned a specific
"Instead of having one dean that does everything, the music department will have its own dean just for us..."
Buchanan said that she had been assured she wouldn't need
ANDY JACKSON Music Major
If a student entered into the arts curriculum and chose a bachelor's degree, he said, the student's degree would be considered a broader endeavor than a professional degree.
adviser whom they meet with regularly to ensure that they get all their required classes into their schedules, Jackson said.
game," Jackson said.
Gronbeck-Tedesco said the new plan was cost-effective and would require no additional funding or reductions in staff. If passed, the plan would go into effect in July 2009.
— Edited by Adam Mowder
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Today's Homecoming Events Monday, Oct.20
- Medieval Monday, Wescoe, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Free food, Wescoe, Noon-1 p.m.
- Quest for the Homecoming Grail kickoff
- Basketball tournament, KU Rec Center
- Homecoming Murals. Wescoe. 10 a.m - 2 p.m
- Basketball Tournament, KU Rec Center
Tomorrow,Tuesday,Oct.21
Quest for the Homecoming Grail Clue Clue #1
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WASHINGTON — Colin Powell, a Republican and retired general who was President Bush's first secretary of state, broke with the party Sunday and endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, calling him a "transformational figure" while criticizing the tone of John McCain's campaign.
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POLITICS
Republican Colin Powell announces Obama support
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Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell speaks during a taping of "Meet the Press" at NBC on Sunday in Washington. Powell, a Republican who was President Bush's first secretary of state, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president Sunday, and criticized the tone of Republican John McCain's campaign.
"It isn't easy for me to disappoint Sen. McCain in the way that I have this morning, and I regret that," Powell said on NBC's "Meet the Press," where he announced the endorsement and delivered a serious blow to the aspirations of his longtime friend, Arizona Sen. McCain.
The former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman said either senator is qualified to be commander in chief. But after studying both, he concluded that Obama is better suited than McCain, the standard-bearer of Powell's own party, to handle the nation's economic problems and help improve its world standing.
The endorsement by Powell amounted to a stunning rejection of McCain, a 26-year veteran of Congress and a former Vietnam prisoner of war who has campaigned as the experienced, tested candidate who knows how to keep the country safe.
But, Powell added: "I think we need a transformational figure. I think we need a president who is a generational change and that's why I'm supporting Barack Obama, not out of any lack of respect or admiration for Sen. John McCain."
Powell's endorsement has been much anticipated because of his impressive foreign policy credentials, a subject on which Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, is weak. Powell is a Republican centrist popular among moderate
voters.
At the same time, Powell is a black man and Obama would be the nation's first black president
— a goal Powell considered pursuing for himself in 1996, before deciding not to run. Powell said he was cognizant of the racial aspect of his endorsement, but said that was not the dominant factor in his decision.
Powell expressed disappointment in the negative tone of McCain's campaign, his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate and their decision.
ming mate and focus in the closing weeks of the contest on Obama's ties to 1960s-era radical William Ayers, saying "it goes too far."
Aco-founder of the Weather Underground, which claimed responsibility for nonfatal
"I think we need a transformational figure. I think we need a president who is a generational change and that's why I'm supporting Barack Obama."
COLIN POWELL Former Secretary of State
"Well, I've always admired and respected Gen. Powell. We're longtime friends. This doesn't come
bombings in the United States during the Vietnam War-era, Ayers is now a college professor who lives in Obama's Chicago neighborhood. He and Obama also served together on civic boards in Chicago.
United States, which is the job of the vice president," he said. "And so that raised some question in my mind as to the judgment that Sen. McCain made."
"This Bill Ayers situation that's been going on for weeks became something of a central point of the campaign," Powell said. "But Mr. McCain says that he's a washed-out terrorist. Well, then, why do we keep talking about him?"
Powell said McCain's choice of Palin raised questions about judgment.
McCain seemed dismissive of Powell's endorsement, saying he had support from four other former secretaries of state, all veterans of Republican administrations: Henry Kissinger, James A. Baker III, Lawrence Eagleburger and Alexander Haig.
"She's a very distinguished woman, and she's to be admired. But at the same time, now that we have had a chance to watch her for some seven weeks. I don't believe she's ready to be president of the
as a surprise," McCain said on "Fox News Sunday."
A sked whether the endorsement would undercut his campaign's assertion that Obama is not ready to lead, McCain said.
"Well, again, we have a very, we have a respectful disagreement, and I think the American people will pay close attention to our message for the future and keeping America secure."
Powell also said he was troubled that some Republicans — he excluded McCain — continue to say or allow others to say that Obama is a Muslim, when he is a Christian. Such rhetoric is polarizing, he said.
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Kidnapped boy returns safely to relieved father
Mexican drug dealers posing as police abducted the 6-year-old for four days
BY KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS — A 6-year-old boy abducted from his home at gunpoint was safe in his father's custody Sunday as police tried to untangle any ties the young-ster's family had to the Mexican drug dealers suspected of taking him.
Puffinburger
MISSING
Cole Putnburger
Police were interviewing Cole Puffinburger after he was found alone Saturday night on a quiet street outside a Methodist church in Las Vegas.
"We're speaking with the boy today," FBI spokesman David Staretz said Sunday. "I know he's been interviewed by law enforcement, and we'll probably get a better idea of where he've been."
Robert Puffinburger waits to talk at a news conference in Las Vegas early Sunday. Robert's son Cole Mason Puffinburger, who was kidnapped Wednesday, was found alive Saturday in Las Vegas.
Cole's father, Robert Puffinburger, was a picture of relief at a news conference, as he smiled, cried and thanked police and neighbors for helping to bring
Cole home.
"I'm just so glad he's safe," his father said.
appeared sparsely furnished, with a bare mattress on the living room floor. No one answered the door.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Staretz would not comment further on what had happened to Cole in the four days since he was snatched from his mother's home by two men posing as police officers. Police have said they believe the abduction Wednesday was an attempt by drug dealers to send a message to the boy's grandfather.
Robert Puffinburger and police had concentrated search efforts on a largely Hispanic neighborhood a few miles from where Cole was found. They posted fliers in English and Spanish with a photograph of the boy, a slight, smiling blond in glasses.
Cole was found in "extremely good condition" but was taken to University Medical Center as a precaution, Las Vegas police Capt. Vincent Cannito said. Cole was treated and released to his father's care early Sunday, hospital spokesman Rick Plumber said.
Robert Puffinburger would not comment on Cole's mother or her father, 51-year-old Clemens Tinnemeyer, who police say may have stolen millions from dealers involved in trafficking methamphetamine.
On Sunday, a blue painted sign in the front yard of the home from which Cole was abducted read,
"Welcome Home Cole." The home
Tinnemeyer was scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate Monday in Riverside, Calif. He was arrested there Friday and was being held in nearby San Bernardino on a material witness warrant issued by a federal court in Nevada.
Las Vegas police didn't know whether Tinnemeyer had a lawyer. Police have declined to elaborate on what role he played in the drug operation or whether the kidnappers had been seeking a ransom.
Tinnemeyer described himself as a carpenter of 22 years when he and his wife, Diane, filed for bankruptcy in 2001. The couple live in an older Las Vegas neighborhood of weathered rambler-style homes on acre lots.
The Tinnemeyers have lived there for close to 20 years, according to a neighbor who didn't want to be identified because he feared for his safety.
ing and going, he said. Cole was often at the home in the care of his grandmother, who works in a lunchroom of the local elementary school.
Until about two years ago, the house was busy with cars com-
Tinnemeyer spent time in what he said was a recording studio behind the home, the neighbor
said. He left in a motor home in May. The neighbor said he continued to see Diane Tinnemeyer daily but had not seen her husband since.
Messages left at a number believed to be for the Tinnemeyer home were not returned. A black
Staretz said authorities continued the search Sunday for another "person of interest," a Mexican citizen identified as Jesus Gastelum.
pickup truck sat in the driveway Sunday, but no one came to the door.
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A Palestinian woman is denied entry by an Israeli border policeman as she attempts to cross the Kalandia Checkpoint on her way to pray at the Al Aqa Mosque for the holy fasting month of Ramadan, between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah Sept. 19, 2008.
Israel considers land exchange deal
BY ARON HELLER ASSOCIATED PRESS
JERUSALEM — Israeli leaders are seriously considering a dormant Saudi plan offering a comprehensive peace between Israel and the Arab world in exchange for lands captured during the 1967 war. Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday.
Barak said it may be time to pursue an overall peace deal for the region since individual negotiations with Syria and the Palestinians have made little progress.
Barak said he has discussed the Saudi plan with Prime Minister-designate Tzipi Livni, who is in the process of forming a new Israeli government, and that Israel is considering a response.
Saudi Arabia first proposed the peace initiative in 2002, offering pan-Arab recognition of Israel in exchange for Israel's withdrawal from Arab lands captured in 1967 — the West Bank, Gaza Strip, east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
The 22-member Arab League endorsed the plan last year.
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Analyst Ghassan Khatib, a former minister in the Palestinian Cabinet, said interest in the plan was "a little bit late" but welcome.
ment in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.
rare issues on which Arabs have consensus."
"I strongly believe that the Arab initiative is the best approach to peace between the Arabs and the Israelis," he said. "It fulfills all the legitimate objectives of Israel and those of the Palestinians and at the same time it has this regional dimension and it reflects one of the
While Israel's outgoing prime minister, Ehud Olmert, has welcomed the Saudi plan, he and other leaders want to keep small parts of the territories captured in 1967. Israel also objects to language that appears to endorse a large-scale return of Palestinian refugees to lands inside Israel. Israel says a massive influx of Palestinians would destroy the country's Jewish character.
Israel has said the plan is a good basis for discussion, but expressed some reservations.
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ENTERTAINMENT
'Housewives' actor crashes bike
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Gale Harold was in critical condition Wednesday after the "Desperate Housewives" actor crashed his motorcycle the day before, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Harold was awaiting further tests at USC Medical Center, spokeswoman Adelaida De La Cerda said. She gave no further details on his injuries.
Publicist Nancy Seltzer said Wednesday that Harold fractured his shoulder, and "Housewives" creator and executive producer Marc Cherry said he apparently has swelling on the brain but is expected to recover.
"We're hearing he's going to be fine, but he's going to be recovering for a couple of weeks." Cherry said.
Selzer said no one else was injured, but did not provide further details on the Tuesday wreck, which was first reported by TMZ. The California Highway Patrol said it had no information about the accident.
Harold plays Jackson, the boyfriend of Teri Hatcher's character Susan Mayer on the ABC show. The character plays a pivotal role in the fifth season's eighth episode, a November sweeps installment which finds several Wisteria Lane residents trapped inside a night-club fire.
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Cherry said Harold had been filming scenes all week for the episode and had been scheduled to be on set Tuesday.
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Actor Gale Harold and actress Teri Hatcher both star in ABC's "Desperate Housewives." Harold crashed his motorcycle earlier last week.
HOROSCOPES
You and your partner don't have to agree on everything, of course. Avoid a touchy subject that could cause an argument. Be nice. It couldn't hurt.
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)
Today is a 7
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)
Today is a 7
Keep up your investigation. It may not be a good idea to ask direct questions, yet. See how much you can figure out all by yourself. Then all you'll need is verification. If you can do this, it's very impressive.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 21)
Today is a 7
The task is difficult, but the pay is pretty good. Push yourself to be efficient, even if you don't feel like it. The more you do, the more you'll get. And the less time it takes, the better.
CANCER (JUNE 22-JULY 22)
Today is a 7
If you're facing a tough decision, think on it for a while longer. Make a list of the pros and cons for each of your options. You want to follow your heart, of course, but also use your head.
You're coming up with a few troubling thoughts. These are only areas that need further clarification. Don't worry about them; write them all down. It'll turn into a "to-do" list.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG.22)
Today is a 7
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)
Today is a 7
Be careful when meeting with associates. They'll have wonderful plans, which totally exceed the budget. Also, make sure they don't talk you into providing services at a loss.
LIBRA (SEPT.23-OCT.22)
Today is a 7
You're gaining status in your career, as your skills improve. Use the latest technology, too. Take whatever help you can get, to be your most effective.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)
Today is a 7
Today is a 7
It's not a good time to mail pack-
ages or cinch long-distance deals. If
you can wait just a day or two, your
chances of success improve. Chill.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)
Today is a 7
You and your team have some pretty good ideas, but can you get them to happen? You can, but it will take longer than you had hoped. Don't give up, save up.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)
Today is a 7
EXPLORE (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)
Today is a 7
Don't let your partner speak for you in an important business matter. You can handle the situation directly, yet still be diplomatic. Let the person who outranks you do most of the talking.
AQUARIUS (JAN, 20-FEB, 18) Today is an 8
Work ought to be kind of fun, since you're in the mood to stay busy. Postpone travel, and anything else that involves venturing into the unknown. Get some of the already known stuff checked off your lists first.
If you get overindulgent, your savings account will suffer. Sometimes you just have to do it, though. This is a call you'll have to make. You can make more money later.
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How Budig turned into a 'waste' land
The two freshmen sat in Budig eating their breakfast out of a paper bag — a grab and go from Mrs. E's. The professor stopped lecturing. She scolded them for eating in class, perhaps afraid they would leave a mess.
These two students threw everything away after the professor said something, but too often, KU students don't throw their garbage away or recycle it.
and it covers the floor of hallways and classrooms.
Maybe the scolding was harsh. But maybe her actions were necessary. Food means wrappers and paper bags. Trash.
It takes an extra 30 seconds at the most to do the right thing. Thirty seconds. Probably less, and there's no mess left behind to clean up.
So find a trash can. They're all over campus. If it's a newspaper, bottle or anything else recyclable, go to a recycling bin. Sometimes they're tough to find, but they're on campus, too.
OUR VIEW
If students start properly disposing their trash, it will prevent classrooms from looking like Hoch Auditorium on a recent Wednesday.
The place was empty. Classes
were done, but remnants littered the ground. Newspapers were in the aisles and under seats. Pieces of notebook paper were too. A few red Coca-Cola cups and food wrappers completed the picture.
The janitorial staff picks it all up, eventually, and the floors are trash-free in the morning. But the janitors could be doing other work rather than cleaning up
Students also need to do a better job of recycling. According to KU Environmental
Services, the number of items recycled on campus actually declined last year for the first time since the recycling program was started in 1992.
debris that easily could have been thrown in a garbage can.
That trend needs to change. It's in the student body's hands to recycle and properly dispose of trash.
The beauty of the University depends on it. Right now, it's the classrooms and buildings that have newspapers and cups littering the ground, but Jayhawk Boulevard could be next if students don't make a change.
Mark Dent for the editorial board
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Why can't the student body be more creative?
I love the student body's enthusiasm for the football team, but to continue the kickoff chant after Coach Mark Mangino's plea showed real disrespect to a great coach at KU. Surely the intelligence in our student body can come up with something funny and clever without being vulgar. At least change it to "fricken" or "friagin" if nothing else.
Remember that we have bowl and TV executives who
scrutinize our moves. It puzzles me why this chant has suddenly taken on a life of its own after all these years, though. However, our students have to be more creative and disciplined. Please be better than other student bodies. Be good role models for the young children who attend and respect our coach and athletics director who have worked so hard to make this a great program for a great university that you attend.
— Robert Holmes is a season ticket holder who lives in Dexter.
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My face contorts, tics and quivers in an angry gymnastics of muscle twitches. The throbbing vein in my forehead, the little barometer of rage that assumes three dimensions when you're truly furious. has bulged out in the shape of a mushroom cloud, hovering over the psychic Hiroshima incinerating my mind.
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Children have unattainable dreams, so we need to help them unattain those dreams as quickly as possible. Had someone handed me a shovel 10 years ago and just told me to start digging, a lot of trouble and woe could have been saved.
Sure, in the short term, disabusing children of their dreams might seem to be kind of harsh, but just remember that in the long run it's actually a lot of fun for you.
I stand across from a screaming, grabbing, pulsating larval mass of kids. They're everywhere, climbing all over me. One child has so tightly grafted his limbs around my leg he looks like some ghastly, underdeveloped Siamese twin sprouting from my knee.
You don't really need any formal training, what with your already keen, pop-culture-inculcated sense of irony. And you will quickly learn the other necessary skills, like the important role that hypocrisy and outright lies play in moral education. Can you say "it's possible to have fun without alcohol and smoking isn't cool" with a straight face?
out, sporting Obama T-shirts in one last self-destructive bender of hope, audacity and change.
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If so, man, I need your help. The little shit attached to my leg has quite possibly done just that, and I see three kids assuming classic cry posture — seated, with arms out front like they are dangling invisible marionettes.
"Well isn't that just fantasst—"
"Hey, Grant! Grant! Grantgrantgrantgrant!" screams a bouncing, chubby little one, bulging out of his overstretched Wal-Mart wear like a large salami stuffed in a tiny sock. He grips a crayon drawing in his Cheeto-filmed fingers. "Lookit what I'm sending into Highlights!"
Jagged crayon slashes intersect randomly. It is either a crappy picture of a castle or a perfect representation of the Pictionary card "Delirium Tremens."
"Mister!" interjects my Siamese leg-twin, the cuteness of his little freckle face somewhat challenged by the alarmingly ripe farts wafting upward. "You sound like the leader on Power Rangers."
Gimme some of that Ultimate Truth, stat!
"Oh, well thanks, I gues—"
I chose this mess, I tell myself. I chose it, and I'd choose it again. I'm here with these kids based on principle. We have a responsibility — we jaded, ironic college students — to
"The BAD GUY leader," he says, solemnly, as I struggle to resist the urge to morph into a giant, rubber-suited robot and start karate chopping randomly.
instruct and warp the next generation into the sort of deformed creatures that are capable of thriving in our thoroughly effed civilization. It's our duty to take the cult-ishly credulous young, those little sentient tampon pads who just absorb everything, and then feed them the blue liquid of Ultimate Truth.
No. Me and you need to step up, to become a set of Big Brothers and Big Sisters who have actually had big brothers and big sisters.
If not us, then who? Our career teachers? Well, if you combined all of your elementary teachers, you might scrape up enough social and real world skills to run an unsuccessful fourth-meal shift at Taco Bell.
We need volunteers willing to engage in a little child disabuse. To disabuse children of those dreamy notions that will eventually leave them shaking and strung-
Would a real big brother ever take you to the county fair or go "shoot hoops" with you? Sure, but only as the precursor to some sort of psychological torture. I still experience incontinence whenever I see a basketball, and my therapist says I'll probably never be able to eat funnel cakes without seizing. But those psychological calluses have perfectly prepared me for a life of shitty jobs and sadistic girl-friends.
Reichert is an Oberlin graduate student in law.
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"We've had enough of Democrats," he insisted. "We've had enough of Republicans. They do the same things. They're the same thing."
Every third party candidate must rehash the obligatory rhetoric of our nation's bankrupt two-party system. But this year Americans actually do have a significant choice between the two major party's candidates. The quadrennial ritual of Nader's candidacy seems ineffectual and strikingly out of place.
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His passion for consumer advocacy and political reform has become an admirable but unrealistic endeavor. This year's campaign will have even less of an influence than it has in the past. Nader's relentless insistence on the "two-party dictatorship" detracts from the more plausible and practicable
About 40 minutes into Nader's meandering speech, the large projection screen behind his lectern reverted from the Nader-Gonzalez logo to the soothing constellations of a Windows screensaver. It was a tragically appropriate symbol of his latest campaign for president.
All of us owe Nader for introducing crucial political issues into mainstream discourse. His challenge to the pernicious influence of corporations in politics remains as relevant today as it ever has been.
government to achieve the type of European-style proportional representation that he champions.
The problem is that Nader advocates the dismantling of the two-party system, not simply a change in the two parties' policies. It would take a drastic reworking of our
And this is precisely the positive role that third parties can play in American politics. They have been able to introduce new issues into the national discourse that the major parties have neglected. Take, for example, Eugene Debs' socialist party with its demands for workers' rights, many of which were eventually implemented in the New Deal.
The two-party system is inextricable from the type of single seat plurality and winner-take-all elections that we have used in the United States since this nation was founded. This won't change now. It won't change in 100 years.
I disagree with Adam Wood: Democrats and Republicans are not the same thing, and certainly not in this election.
But even if he were correct, he should challenge the two parties to change instead of challenging the premise of the system.
Thompson is a Topeka senior in economics and political science.
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ELECTION 2008
McCain pushing for swing state Ohio
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TOLEDO,Ohio—Evoking " Joe the Plumber" near his hometown in this pivotal state, Republican John McCain on Sunday cast himself as the guardian of
middle-class workers and small-business owners who fuel the economy.
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McCain flew to Toledo, near where "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher lives, from the state capital of Columbus amid the GOP's push for this swing state and its 20 electoral votes.
The Holland, Ohio, plumber was in New York making the media rounds with his family, but McCain has been evoking his spirit after making him the focal point the final presidential debate between McCain and Obama. McCain also mentions Wurzelbacher at his rallies after the plumber was videotaped questioning Obama about whether his tax plan would keep him from
buying the two-man plumbing shop where he works.
While some analyses showed Wurzelbacher faring better under Obama's plan than McCain's, McCain has lashed out at Obama for saying that while his policies may force some to pay higher taxes, they were designed to "spread the wealth around" by targeting only families making over $250,000 annually.
"Sen. Obama is more interested in controlling who gets your piece of the pie than he is growing the pie," McCain told a crowd of several thousand.
McCain is now employing someone who made those calls against him to highlight Obama's association with a Vietnam War radical.
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Melissa Madison Fuller stood among the crowd to snap pictures of The Flaming Lips at the Wakarus Music and Camping Festival. Her camera restlessly followed the lead singer, Wayne Coyne, amid bright, wielding flashlights.
"It's one of the most intense experiences," said Fuller, a 2008 graduate from Ottawa. "I was completely absorbed into this brilliant, beautiful man."
"It itted out to me from the first time I saw it as a rare capture of the energy and excitement that can be found at a live music show." Minor said.
Fuller also made small trips near Lawrence to take pictures while she was studying at the University
Fuller said she was shocked when she found out the news.
Four months later, her picture, "A Flaming Lip," appeared on the cover of JPG Magazine, a photography magazine published in San Francisco. JPG Magazine has ties to an online community site and features pictures contributed to the Web site from its members.
Laura Brunow Minor, JPG Magazine's editor in chief and 2003 graduate and KU alumna, said Fuller's picture was selected among 20,000 photos submitted to the online community site for the October-November 2008 issue.
"I could shape the way my children and my friends' children think about what our life is like," Fuller said.
"I want to capture the beautiful, intimate moment that people love each other, and that convinces you that they are happy." Fuller said.
Fuller has taken pictures since she was in high school. She said she enjoyed taking pictures of her friends and family the most.
"My brother and I were outside screaming," Fuller said.
Her camera captures scenes of everyday life of people around her. Some pictures just depict her friends hanging around in an apartment kitchen. She watches people and releases a shutter when she finds an expression or moment that will stand out in people's memories.
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"It's such a good reason to explore," Fuller said.
of Kansas. She drove around the country and photographed her friends in a grassland or by a lake.
She said during her driving she also found places like abandoned schools and houses, which turned out to be her favorite places to photograph. She said one of the weirdest places she visited was a missile silo located in south Lawrence.
Fuller also said photography allowed her to the meet many people she sought for different photo opportunities.
"It's a cool way to connect with people. I build relationships out of nothing. I make friends because of
photography," Fuller said.
She graduated from the University in May with a bachelor's degree in psychology. She moved to Nashville, Tenn., and now tries to build her career, which now consists of band photography and portraits. Her camera follows people wherever she goes.
Jordan Ryan, Salina senior, and one of Fuller's friends, said she always enjoyed getting photographed by Fuller.
"She's very passionate and curious about the world," Ryan said. "She's not settling for mediocre things in her life. She always creates photos that speak to her."
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ECONOMY Freddie Mac secretly paid consulting firm $2 million
WASHINGTON — Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting firm $2 million to kill legislation that would have regulated and trimmed the mortgage finance giant and its sister company, Fannie Mae, three years before the government took control to prevent their collapse.
In the cross hairs of the campaign carried out by DCI of Washington were Republican senators and a regulatory overhaul bill sponsored by Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb) DCI's chief executive is Doug Goodyear, whom John McCain's campaign later hired to
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Freddie Mac's payments to DCI began shortly after the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee sent Hagel's bill to the then GOP-run Senate on July 28, 2005. All GOP members of the committee supported it; all Democrats opposed it.
and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole," the senators wrote in a letter that proved prescient.
Unknown to the senators, DCI was undermining support for the bill in a campaign targeting 17 Republican senators in 13 states, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The states and the senators targeted changed over time, but always stayed on the Republican side.
In the midst of DC1's yearlong effort, Hagel and 25 other Republican senators pleaded unsuccessfully with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., to allow a vote.
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OKLAHOMA 45, KANSAS 31
Hawks lose after hard-fought matchup
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NORMAN, Okla. — Jake Sharp had just rushed four times for 58 yards and scored on a 17-yard touchdown run to cut the Oklahoma lead to seven at 31-24.
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It was early in the third quarter, the Kansas defense got a big stop, and it was time for Sharp and the offense to take the field with a chance to tie the game.
But when the Jayhawks' offensive unit trotted out to take its position, it was Jocques Crawford — not Sharp — who stood behind Todd Reesing at the tailback spot.
That meant Sharp, who ignited the Kansas comeback at Iowa State and appeared on his way to possibly do it again, was forced to the bench for Crawford.
Junior quarterback Todd Reesing fumbles the ball on a scramble during Saturday's game against Oklahoma at Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla. The Sooners defeated the Jayhawks 45-31. Reesing completed 24-of-41 passes for 342 yards and two touchdowns, but he also threw two interceptions. The Oklahoma defense pressured Reesing all game, sacking him five times. Kansas' defense, on the other hand, put very little pressure on Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford and recorded no sacks.
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But despite being down by only one touchdown with still more than nine minutes remaining in the third quarter, Mangino and the coaching staff decided that they had to switch from the ground attack to the air.
"We needed a bigger body for pass protection," Mangino said. "We didn't have much of a choice. We were behind and had to throw the ball so we needed a bigger guy there to protect."
Reeing had passed for 258 yards at that point, but trailing just 31-24 with almost 25 minutes remaining in the game seemed like an odd time to give up on what just scored them a touchdown on the previous drive.
The layhawks punted on three-straight possessions before Sharp saw the field again and ended up punting on five-straight possessions following the touchdown. The Hawks eventually scored late in the game to make the final margin 45-31 in favor of the
SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE 4B
SOCCER
Hawks knock off No.6 Aggies
BY ANDREW WIEBE awiebe@kansan.com
Kansas needed something to kick-start its season.
When No. 6 Texas A&M's boisterous, towel-twirling bench inspired its crimson and blue counterparts to reply in like fashion, coach Mark Francis' team got the boost it desperately needed in its quest for the postseason.
"A&M always has a pretty rowdy bench," junior forward Shannon McCabe said. "They had a cheer that said 'We're going beat the hell out of Kansas' Things like that. Our bench out-yelling them kind
of settled them down and it got us excited on the field"
The end result was one of the biggest victories in the program's 13-year history.
with the home bench stoking the tie, Kansas (10-5-1, 3-3-1) rode a magnificent McCabe first-half goal to a record-setting 1-0 victory over Texas & M&M Friday afternoon at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex. The sixth-ranked Aggies represent the highest-ranked opponent any Jayhawk soccer squad has ever defeated.
McCabe scored the game's only goal in the 29th minute when junior midfielder
SEE SOCCER ON PAGE 8B
COMMENTARY
Big 12 North teams go south
So 2008 was supposed to be different. This was supposed to be the year the Big 12 North stood up to the big bad heavyweights from the South and said, "Enough." 2008 was the year Kansas backed up its historic 2007 and Missouri cemented itself on the national stage.
An hour after Sam Bradford finished knifing through Kansas' defense, Texas began its Missouri [tail] kicking, and the Big 12 North was left wounded and humiliated.
Kansas meet Missouri. Missouri meet Kansas. Brothers in blowouts. Rivals in routs.
Oops.
Kansas was gashed. Missouri thrashed, and the North's reputation trashed.
Of course, Big 12 division dominance has run in cycles. Buoyed by national power Nebraska and plucky Kansas State, the North reigned during the Big 12's initial seasons. In three of the Big 12's first four seasons, the North finished the season with the conference's top two teams in the final Associated Press poll.
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BY RUSTIN DODD
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But then Bob Stoops rebuilt the Sooners, and Mack Brown landed with the Longhorns, and the Big 12 South began to rise again.
The South had Varsity programs and the North fielded freshman "B" teams. And it was ugly. Real ugly.
And it didn't help that the Nebraska program was in shambles and Bill Snyder left K-State to rot in mediocrity.
In 2004, led by Oklahoma and Texas, the South finished 15-3 against the North. In 2006, the South won 13 and lost just five.
But then 2007 provided hope for the weary men of the North. Armed with little gutsy quarterbacks, Kansas and Missouri led a Northern gridiron renais
SEE DODD ON PAGE 7B
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Late Night unveils new faces National Championship banner
BY CASE KEEFFR
ckeefer@kansu...
Sherron Collins committed to Kansas immediately after attending Late Night in the Phog in 2005.
The atmosphere and intensity of the crowd at Allen Fieldhouse for a glorified basketball practice amazed him. He didn't think it could get any better. But the junior guard changed his mind after participating in 2008's Late Night in the Phog Friday night.
"This was probably the best atmosphere," Collins said. "Night since I've been with Collins."
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quote of the day
"I would say so."
Junior defender Estelle Johnson responding to whether this was her biggest victory for Kansas soccer after Friday's 10-9 victory against Texas A&M.
fact of the day
trivia of the day
KU soccer is third in the Big 12 with 45 conference victories since 2001, Kansas won a share of the 2004 Big 12 regular season championship with an 8-2 conference mark.
Q: Who led Kansas in points in 2004 when coach Mark Francis' team captured its lone Big 12 title?
A: Forward Caroline Smith had 32 points that season on 11 goals and 10 assists.
ku sports this week
Wednesday
Volleyball: Baylor, 7 p.m. (Waco,
Texas)
Thursday
Swimming: Texas A&M, 6 p.m. (Lawrence)
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Football: Texas Tech, Home-
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Volleyball: Texas A&M, 6:30
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Women's Golf: The Derby,
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Soccer: Baylor, 1 p.m. (Lawrence)
Women's Golf: The Derby, final day (Auburn, Ala.)
Robinson and Taylor similarities startling
BY MARK DENT
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They're like Kennedy and Lincoln. Russell Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor have so much in common it's beyond coincidence.
They both play point guard. They're both from the New York City area (Jersey City for Taylor and the Bronx for Robinson). They both played for a high school basketball powerhouse (St. Anthony's for Taylor and Rice for Robinson). They both chose Kansas instead of Georgia Tech. Their first names are both composed of seven letters.
All they need is the rumor about a secretary.
But here's the real comparison:
Tyshawn Taylor played like the college version of Russell Robinson in high school, but now that he's in college, he'll play like the high school version of Russell Robinson.
Whoa. Did that make sense?
Probably not, so here's what I mean.
Robinson was a scorer in high school. A gunner. He wore No. 23, like MJ, and he shot the ball. A lot.
Robinson could make three pointers, and despite being 6-foot-1, he could bang inside with guys who were three or four inches taller than him. In his first year at Rice High School, he and Lincoln's Sebastian Telfair were the only freshmen in the Bronx to start. By his senior year, he was averaging 22 points and eight rebounds.
Somehow, the scoring and athleticism didn't make it to Lawrence on Robinson's trip west.
It might've been the injuries. Robinson played injured every year in high school. He broke both his wrists and both his ankles and suffered from chronic shin splints. By the time he got to Kansas, he was damaged goods.
"I'm not as quick as I used to
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be," Robinson once said
Taylor
The other part was his team. His freshman year, Robinson was supposed to give the ball to Wayne Simien. The next thr
years, he had Brandon Rush,
Mario Chalmers, Julian Wright and
Darrell Arthur to feed.
So he adjusted. He showed his best trait was that ability to evolve as he turned from a scorer
into a defensive specialist and distributor.
Those words describe Taylor's job in high school exactly. He averaged 10 points and five assists a game for St. Anthony's, a team stocked with high-level prospects that won the mythical national championship last season. Coach Bob Hurley needed Taylor to pass. Not score.
It will be different in college. No legitimate scorer returns for the Jayhawks. Sherron Collins score but he's dealt with injuries and weight problems. Cole Aldrich hasn't proven he's ready yet.
Taylor is the one. He dropped 47 points in a summer league game, led the team in scoring in two out of three Canada exhibitions and at Late Night on Friday.
It's early, but Taylor has adapted like Robinson did. He shoots. He drives. He scores. He's the high
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school version of Russell.
DECISION TIME 2008
Todd Reesing is a candidate for the O'Brien award, which is given to the nation's top college quarterback every year. As of last weekend, he was in ninth place. But you can change that. Visit voteobrien.org to vote Reesing as the winner.
CROSS COUNTRY
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Both teams struggle at Pre-Nationals in Indiana
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
Having run the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind., 10 times before, freshman Sam Bird has seen bad races. Unfortunately for the Kansas Cross Country team, they got the bad end of the deal as it faced some of the toughest competition they've seen all year at Pre-Nationals this weekend.
The women's team placed 23rd out of 41 teams and the men placed 36th out of 40 teams as the Jayhawks competed against top-ranked Division I schools across the country, including teams from the Big 12 Conference. Because of the number of schools entered in at Pre-Nationals, the competition was divided into two races: the blue race and the white race.
Washington took first place overall with many of its runners finishing in the top 10. KU finished in 23rd place, with the help of junior Lauren Bonds and sophomore Amanda Miller finishing in the top 100. Bonds finished first for the Jayhawks for the fourth consecutive meet and took 64th place with a time of 21:24. Miller finished second for the team and 94th overall with a time of 21:47.
Miller felt like the team could have had a better performance.
"If we took the same thing that we did at Oklahoma State to Pre-Nationals, we could've been in a better position." She said.
One factor in the team's performance was the absence of freshman Laura Nightengale. Nightengale was dealing with a leg injury and stepped out of
competing to make sure that she was ready for conference play.
With Nightengale out, it gave senior Megan James a chance to step up for the team. James finished in 146th place and third for the Jayhawks. "Megan starred on and helped
"Megan stepped up and helped us out a lot," Miller said of James.
Another factor was that this was the first time the team competed in the seated race. For the past two years, the team competed in the open races. The blue race consisted of 280 runners, which was new to the freshman.
"It was different because I'm not used to that many people in one race," freshman Rebeka Stowe said. "I wasn't as mentally prepared for it as I should've been."
Next was the men's 8K. The men competed in the white race, where Stanford took first place overall. The Jayhawks took 36th place, with freshman Donny Wasinger being the frontrunner
for the Jayhawks and taking 160th place overall with a time of 25:21. It's the second race this season the freshman finished first for the team since the Bob Timmons Invitational back in August.
"I don't think our race results reflect how well we perform," he said.
"We need to get all the guys to run a good race at the same time"
Wasinger said the team needed to work on consistency.
Wasinger said he consciously tried blocking out the hundreds of competitors in his field "Seeing that many people ahead can wear on you mentally", he said. "But I tried to remain calm and collective and run my own race."
Some of the runners thought Wasinger ran a smart race. "Donny ran the smartest time," junior Isaiah Shirlen said. "He was our seventh man through the first 2K. By the end of the race he was our number
team results
KU Women: 23rd, 20:4.2
Lauren Bonds-64th-21:24.9
Amanda Miller-94th-21:47.7
Megan James-146th-
22:19.6
KU Men: 36th,25:43.4
KU Men: 36th, 25:43.4
Don Wasinger-160th-
25:21.1
Bret imgrund-183rd-
25:36.2
Isaiah Shirlen-187th-25:37.4
one man by 15 seconds."
Shirlen said he went out too strong and it affected him throughout the race.
"I went though the first mile at 4:41, which you shouldn't do. I pretty much drug along the rest of the way."
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Freshman guard Angel Goodrich kicks the ball out to junior guard Danielle McCray during the women's basketball scrimmage Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse. Goodrich will battle for the starting point guard position this season with junior guard LaChelda Jacobs and senior guard ivana Catic.
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Late Night scrimmage ends with 17-17 tie
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
BY TAYLOR BERN
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The women's basketball team didn't raise any banners at Late Night in the Phog. Nor was Bonnie ball responsible for making fans cry with last season's highlights.
"It felt like this year people were more into it," junior Danielle McCray said.
"It was even more fun than last year," added sophomore Nicollette Smith.
Still, the deafening excitement for Bill Self's boys flooded into the women's portion of Kansas' annual tradition, and it resulted in the best Late Night of the Bonnie Henrickson era.
The team started practicing its dance routines at the start of school and kept up with it three times a week leading up to the performance.
Freshman Angel Goodrich didn't visit Late Night before committing to Kansas, so Friday was her first look at a full Allen Fieldhouse.
"I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be," Goodrich said. "It was exciting having so many people watch you."
Henrickson said she watched dance practice for the first time, and it made her more nervous than she's ever been at Late Night.
"I walked away thinking "That's why I don't dance in front of 16,000 people, because I look worse than that." Henrickson said. "If they have fun, I'm all for it."
The team split into two groups for the dance routines. Goodrich and fellow freshman Aishah Sutherland were in the first group, which danced to Ne-Yo's "Closer."
The second group donned trench coats and boogied down to "When I Grow Up" by the Pussycat Dolls.
After the dancing, the layhawks changed into their jerseys and prepared for the first practice of the season. Goodrich emerged from the fog first, leading Kansas out of the tunnel.
The teams, split into red versus blue, played a back-and-forth contest that very much resembled the first practice after a long off-
"They looked a little anxious and a little nervous at first, but then they kind of settled into a decent rhythm," Henrickson said.
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Neither team could gain much of an advantage and the contest ended in a 17-17 tie.
The game came down to a showdown between Goodrich and senior Ivana Catic with time running out. Goodrich looked over to Henrickson for a play, and while the incumbent guard was trying to run the play, last year's starting point guard stole the ball and took it down the court.
Catic traveled as she tried to score the decisive points, but the play showed that competition at every position will be stiff this season.
Goodrich and Sutherland will each have a chance to crack the starting lineup because Henrickson has started a freshman every season at Kansas.
"Kids come here understanding that there's an opportunity to play right away as a freshman, if you produce," Henrickson said.
Senior Marija Zinic, who has come off the bench for the majority of her career, led all scorsers with
seven points.
"We just told her, 'It's your senior year, and if you can rebound the basketball then you can help us." Henrickson said. "At some point you need to figure out that this is your last go-round and make the most of it."
Smith said that the team chemistry at this point is better than it was last year and the team seems more motivated to perform after a disappointing end to the 2007-08 campaign.
The sparkplug in turning the corner and getting to the NCAA tournament could be its new pint-sized point guard. Goodrich doesn't have a championship ring, but as much as any of the men's team, she appreciates wearing the crimson and blue.
Kansas coach Bill Self agreed. Self, Collins and the rest of the Jayhawks gathered underneath the scoreboard at the northwest corner of Allen Fieldhouse to watch the 20-minute highlight video and banner ceremony in its entirety.
"I'm so excited for practice to
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Self said he had nothing to do with putting the video together and saw it for the first time alongside the 16,300 fans filling Allen Fieldhouse.
— Edited by Rachel Burchfield
"I almost started crying," Self said. "I don't think I was the only one."
Self especially liked the way the video was chronologically compiled. It started with highlights from the regular season before pausing to uncover the new Big 12 Championship banner.
start," Goodrich said. "Putting on this jersey felt so good."
From there, it was on to the NCAA Tournament and a new Final Four banner. After prolonged highlights of the Final Four game against North Carolina and national championship against Memphis, the black tarp dropped and exposed the 2008 National Championship banner.
"I thought that was big-time," Self said. ___.
The night, however, consisted of more than just nostalgia for the basketball team. It also provided an opportunity to dance.
Junior guard Mario Little took full advantage. Little's moves led the tuxedo-cloaked juniors — plus redshirt-sophomore Brady Morningstar — in a dancing rendition of Missy Elliott's "Ching-a-ling."
The juniors capped off their performance by tearing off their jackets and letting loose on the Allen Fieldhouse dance floor. Self looked at his assistant coaches on the bench, put his head down and lost it laughing.
"I've been working with them on some different things," Self said. "I thought Brady started all that nonsense. That was funny."
If the juniors owned the dancing portion of the night, the freshmen stole the show in the inter-squad scrimmage.
SELF GETS ANOTHER COMMITMENT
Eliiah Johnson, a point guard from Las Vegas, sat behind the Jayhawk bench chewing on a sucker during Late Night in the Phog Friday.
He must have come away impressed. Johnson orally committed to Kansas Saturday night while still in Lawrence for his official visit, according to rivals.com.
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Oklahoma City's Xavier Henry, the No. 3 ranked player in the nation, is the most highly touted of three. No.16 Dominic Cheek, from Jersey City, N.J., was high school teammates and best friends with current Jayhawk Tyshawn Taylor. Michael Snaer from Moreno Valley, Calif., the No.11 player in the nation, rounds out the list.
Former Jayhawk Darnell Jackson made several appearances on the number of highlight videos shown at Late Night in the Phog. The videos showed Jackson making big plays and celebrating.
His weekend wasn't quite as fun. Jackson, who now plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, broke his wrist and is out indefinitely. Jackson played four exhibition games before sustaining the injury.
"He's had a good camp," Cleveland coach Mike Brown told the Associated Press. "Now, he has to figure out the other side of it, to stay in shape and keep learning."
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Down to their last chance, the Tampa Bay Rays left no doubt they were World Series-worthy.
"it's unbelievable," center fielder B.J. Upton said. Baseball's doormat since starting play in 1998, the Rays were a 200-1 shot to win the World Series before the season started. Now, they'll host the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 Wednesday night.
The Rays nearly let it slip away when they blew a seven-run lead late in Game 5 and lost meekly Saturday night. But when rookie David Price struck out J.D. Drew with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning, Tampa Bay showed it had plenty of resolve, too.
The Rays completed a stunning run to their first pennant, holding off the defending champion Boston Red Sox 3-1 Sunday night behind Matt Garza's masterful pitching in Game 7 of the AL championship series.
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Senior comerback Kendrick Harper misses a tackle on Oklahoma receiver Jauga Iglesias during the first half of the game. Iglesias torched the Jayhawk secondary for 10 receptions and 178 yards in the first half. He ended the game with 12 catches and 191 yards. Oklahoma gained 674 total yards in the game.
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NORMAN, Okla. — Manuel Johnson, Oklahoma's leader in catches, receiving yards and touchdowns, left during the first drive of Saturday's game with one catch for 21 yards and a severely injured left arm.
"I really didn't notice at all." Kansas safety Darrell Stuckey said.
He never returned, but it didn't seem to matter.
Bradford's 468 yards and three touchdowns spurred Oklahoma to its 22nd consecutive home victory, a 45-31 triumph over Kansas.
Without its leader, a Sooner receiving corps as deep as the Grand Canyon helped quarterback Sam Bradford accumulate the most single game passing yards in school history.
"I'm really impressed with Sam Bradford," coach Mark Mangino said. "He's everything they said he would be and more."
The Sooners piled up 419 total yards by halftime and senior wide receiver JuAquia Iglesias — whose stats entering the weekend were second only to Johnson — set single-half school records with 10 catches for 178 yards. Iglesias finished with 12 grabs for 191 yards.
"Sam had an incredible day and Juuaquin had one of the best days ever here," Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said.
Stuckey said his secondary unit
In his third game back from injury, cornerback Kendrick Harper's duty on Saturday was to keep Igliesias in check. Obviously that didn't go as planned, but Mangino was reluctant to substitute anyone else into his place or move cornerback Chris Harris over to the other side.
"We can't afford to be thin where we can't rotate guys," Mangino said. "We tried to give our linebackers a bit of a blow today. In the secondary, we just don't have that luxury"
failed to remain in its coverages and keep on top of its assigned receivers.
Eventually, Mangino put freshman Corrigan Powell into the game. Powell was one of three freshmen to play cornerback in Harper's absence.
Powell appears to be the future at cornerback, but Mangino said he's not comfortable starting him in the present.
"It's one of those things where you go into the game knowing what you have to do, so that's never an excuse," Stuckey said.
"We've been working with some younger kids who we think are on the cusp of helping us, but we'll see," Mangino said. "We can't put them out there if they're not ready."
Kansas' lack of depth forced guys like Stuckey and safety Justin Thornton to play almost every defensive snap.
The secondary struggled to get a handle on Iglesias all day, but the biggest problem was that he wasn't
the only one killing them.
While Kansas' Dezmon Briscoe was the only show in town for the Jayhawks' passing attack, Iglesias was responsible for just 41 percent of Bradford's yards and he didn't catch any of his three touchdowns.
"We feel our best asset is using all of them and making them defend all of them," Stoops said. "Sam does a great job with his reads and getting the ball to the guy who is most open."
Stuckey entered the postgame press conference with a black eye from practice this week, but it symbolized the beating Kansas' secondary and its leader took. The Jayhawks didn't play well enough to win, but Stuckey said he can learn more from a loss than a win.
"Even when you win, you go back and look at film and see the mistakes you made." Stuckey said. "You still learn more from those mistakes than the times you succeeded."
Stuckey said that a loss makes or breaks a team. Now sacked with two defeats, it's time to find out what Kansas, and its secondary, is made of.
"Anytime you look back on your life when you made a mistake or failed, you always remember how you failed or what you did to make yourself fall," Stuckey said. "It's kind of hard to critique when you did things perfectly."
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Junior safety Darrell Stuckey trips up Oklahoma kick return DeMarco Murray during the opening kickoff return Saturday. Coach Mangino said after the game that special teams was one area where the Jayhawks improved this week.
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"We had some opportunities," Sharp said. "But at the end of the day, we came up short."
No. 4. Sooners.
Kansas scored a first-quarter touchdown on a one-yard run by Crawford, the first touchdown a team has scored in the first quarter against Oklahoma all season. In fact, Oklahoma had outscored its opponents 110-6 in the opening quarter minutes before the Jayhawks matched the team at 7-7 going into the second quarter on Saturday. Kansas was close to tying the game at 14 in the second quarter before Reesing was intercepted at the two-yard line to end a potential scoring drive. It was Reesing's second interception of the game and meant that — along with a Jacob Branstetter field goal on their next drive — the Jayhawks scored only three points on two trips to the red zone in the first half.
"When you're playing a really good football team like Oklahoma, you can't make many mistakes," Mangino said.
Still, Kansas trailed 24-17 at the half despite the two turnovers and allowing 419 yards to quarterback Sam Bradford and the Sooner offense. Bradford passed for a school-record 468 yards, with 313 of those yards coming in the 30 minutes of the game.
Mangino stressed all week that his team would need to play smart football to compete with the vaunted Sooners in Norman. After having just one penalty in the first half, Kansas had six penalties for 62 yards in the second half.
"With all the turnovers we had and the big difference in yards they had, we were only down seven," said Dezmon Briscoe, who had a school-record 12 catches for 269 yards and two touchdowns. "We were like, 'Hey, we're still in this.' We never once doubted ourselves or hung our heads."
"Any time you're playing in a big game against a good opponent, any penalty and turnover is going to be magnified." Reeing said.
Reeing was 24-41 for 342 yards but was sacked a seasonhigh five times and had the two key interceptions in the first half.
The Kansas defense struggled to even slow down Bradford and the Oklahoma offense. The Sooner's leading receiver Manuel Johnson left with a broken arm in the first quarter, but Oklahoma didn't miss a beat. Oklahoma had 674 yards of offense.
Kansas fell to 5-2 on the season but remained the only team in the Big 12 North with a winning record at 2-1. Four teams — Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas State — are all 1-2 and Iowa State is 0-3.
In the end, it was a shootout and Kansas just couldn't keep up.
"We gave it our best shot," Mangino said. "Our kids played their tails off. A couple plays here, a couple plays there and you give yourself a chance."
"It's not like we came out and got upset," Reesing said. "People thought we were going to lose by 20 points so we did better than most people expected. We're still in the thick of things in the Big 12 North. We have to learn from it and come out ready to play next week."
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Junior running back Jake Sharp outruns the Oklahoma defense during a first-half carry Saturday at M in punts.
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FINALLY SOME TRICKERY
On the jayhawk's first play of a drive from their own 36 yard line early in the second quarter, quarterback Todd Reesing handed the ball off to running back Jake Sharp. Sharp gave the ball to Meier for what looked to be a reverse. But Meier pulled up and looked for a receiver downfield. The deep receivers were covered, but Meier found Dexton Fields for a 15-vard gain.
It took seven games, but we finally saw the Kerry Meier wide receiver pass that we knew was coming at some point.
The Jayhawks used a couple of other trick plays, including a reverse to Dezmon Briscoe that was good for
a 13-yard gain and a first dow third quarter.
SPECIAL TEAMS IMPROVED
After struggling with field during the first six games of the Kansas special teams unit much better on Saturday, Runni Jocques Crawford took over as the kick returner and returned his firs kickoff return for a team season. 42 vards.
Jacob Branstetter also na 23-yard field goal in the second after missing a kick last week Colorado.
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Total Yards 491 674
First Downs 26 36
Rushing Yards 134 206
Passing Yards 357 468
Time of Possession 25:47 34:13
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Jake Sharp 12 103 8.6 1
Todd Reesing 13 9 0.7 0
| Passing | COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
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| Todd Reesing | 24/41 | 342 | 2 | 2 |
| Receiving | No. | YDS | TD |
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| Dezmon Briscoe | 12 | 269 | 2 |
| Kerry Meier | 4 | 24 | 0 |
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Chris Brown    ATT    YDS    AVG.    TD
DeMarco Murray  12    92    7.7    1
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Receiving No. YDS TD Juaquin Iglesias 12 191 0 Quentin Chaney 6 105 0
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IT WAS OVER WHEN...
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"That hurts a lot. I don't think anybody is going to argue that. Converting third downs in a game like this on the road is big, and we have been pretty good at it all year but today we just weren't so good."
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Todd Reesing on the Jayhawks converting Just two of 12 third down tries.
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sance.
The North was back, they said.
And that's what made Saturday so frustrating. And that's why we wanted to scratch our head.
Oklahoma and Texas aren't just better. They're faster and stronger and bigger and they're more disciplined and they have all-American talent all over the field and quarterbacks taller than six-feet, and well, it all just seems a little unfair
College football's a curious institution. More than any other sport -- college or pro -- tradition matters. It all seems to easy for the Oklahoma's and the Texas's and the USC's. They play in palaces with massive video boards with goofy names like gorilla-tron. And they recruit studs, and they outspend people, and year after year the vicious cycle continues. The rich become richer.
But the advantage goes beyond the field. College football is the only sport where polls are actually used to help determine who will play for the national title. And a lot of poll voters can't help themselves. They look at the program's name and they think about history.
Oh. This team's not a traditional power. Better slide them down a few spots.
Not following? Let's look at the past 20 National Champions.
1988 - Notre Dame
1989 - Miami, Fla.
1990 - Colorado (AP), Georgia Tech (UPI)
1991-Miami,Fla.(AP),
Washington (Coaches)
1992 - Alabama
1993 - Florida State
1994 - Nebraska
1995 - Nebraska
1996 - Florida
1997 - Michigan (AP)
1998 - Tennessee
1999 - Florida State
2000 - Oklahoma
2001 - Miami, Fla.
2002 - Ohio State
2003 - USC (AP), LSU
National Champs
2004 - USC
2005 - Texas
2006 - Florida
2007 - LSU
Notice a trend? Aside from the bizarre Colorado/Georgia Tech split title in 1990, and Tennessee's breakthrough in 1998, the last 20 years have been thoroughly owned by college football's good ol' boys.
And that's precisely why 2007 had so many fans giddy. We were one week away from a Missouri — West Virginia National Championship. The peasants were finally sticking it to college football's nobility. Maybe we finally have parity, we thought.
And then comes a day like Saturday. Oklahoma and Texas showed that speed still kill — and thrills — and talents still trumps everything else. And you look at the top six teams in the Associated Press Poll:
1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Penn State
4. Oklahoma
5. Florida
6. USC
And you realize nothing has changed. The nobles still rule. Parity is a dirty little myth.
Edited by Ramsey Cox
VOLLEYBALL
Bring in the Noyes, bring in the funk
Savannah Noyes aids Jayhawks in at home victory against Sooners
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe1@kansan.com
Contradicting her own last name, senior Savannah Noyes has quietly been the Jayhawks most consistent player since Big 12 play started.
But after last night, the middle blocker could not have been louder.
Noyes and the rest of her Kansas teammates picked up a critical win last night at the Horesji Family Athletic Center against Oklahoma, winning in four sets (27-25, 17-25, 26-24, 25-22).
"Obviously excited about beating a real quality team," coach Ray Bechard said.
Noyes, who has led the
Jayhawks in hitting efficiency since Big 12 matches have started, posted a season high 17 kills at a .577 clip. Noyes also threw in six
digs and three block assists for good measure.
"I was just hitting the ball that Nicole [Tate] gave me." Noyes said, attributing her success to the freshman setter. "We we're passing well and in system."
It was not a picture perfect match for Kansas, who crept close to its season high in errors with 29. And after Noyes' .577 hitting percentage, the only other Jayhawk to hit above .200 was the setter Tate. To add on even further, Kansas failed to be the first team to reach 20 points in every set except for the fourth and deciding one.
"I told the team after Missouri, we're not losing again at home."
The Jayhawks had to rally when most of their players were not playing up to par, which makes Noyes' game ever more important.
"She was bouncing some balls tonight," Bechard said of Noyes with a smile. "One of the better nights I've seen her have."
Bechard was pleased to see some of his players excel at places they are normally not accustomed too. For example, junior defensive specialist Katie Martinicich recorded her first block assist of the season, having to play some
key minutes at the front line after Kansas only had one substitution left during the important third set.
The victory gave Kansas its third in the conference, tying Missouri for seventh place. However four teams ahead of Kansas have four wins, while fourth place Baylor sits with five. The home victory kept the Jayhawks in the hunt for climbing out of the Big 12 cellar and with two straight road matches coming up, Bechard knew the importance of winning on their home court.
"Everybody was trying to do something, maybe if it wasn't their best skill," Beard said. "They tried to help the team somehow."
RAY BECHARD Volleyball coach
"I told the team after Missouri, we're not losing again at home," Bechard said. "That's the attitude we got to have."
though the starts were not as crisp as Bechard would have liked to see, he could not have been happier with the finishes. Kansas played well from point 20 to finish in every set except for set two, the set Kansas lost. Once the Jayhawks reached point 20 in sets one, three, and four they out scored the Sooners 17-10.
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"We were good in end game, from point 20 on." Bechard said. "We could have had a little more urgency in the other five point segments."
Besides Noyes' production, two other Jayhawks finished with double-digit kills. Sophomore outside hitters Karina Garlington and Jenna Kaiser finished with 17 and 10 as Garlingen's total tied Noyes for match high honors.
For senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart, she was just relieved the Jayhawks did not drop another match in a row. Uhart now wants to put together consecutive successful matches
"We simply need momentum," Uhart said. "This is really important that we go to Baylor and get a victory out of it."
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— The match was Kansas' third annual Dig for the Cure match.
Right before the start of Fall Break, Kansas fell in four sets to Missouri last Wednesday (25-20, 25-19, 21-25, 25-19). Kansas was led by Karina Garlickton's 17 kills and 12 digs for her third double-double of the season. Missouri only had 14 errors for the entire match, playing a clean match the whole way.
Nicole Tate finished with 51 assists and 12 digs, her sixth double-double of the season. Garlington followed with her fourth double-double adding 11 digs with her match high tying 17 kills.
Fans showed their support by wearing pink t-shirts. Kansas had 75 digs for the match to help out the cause for Breast Cancer.
Four Kansas players finished with double digit digs with sophomore libero Melissa Manda leading the way with 16. Kansas also ended with three solo blocks and 14 block assists. Junior middle blocker led the team in block assists with four, while senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart took charge with two of the three solo blocks.
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Monica Dolinsky fought off an Aggie defender to slide her streaking teammate in on goal.
Once McCabe latched onto Dolinsky's pass, she took a touch towards the endline and unleashed a seeing-eye drive from a tight angle that nestled itself just inside the top corner of the back post for her third goal of the season.
"It was a battle, and I barely got it off," Dolinky said. "I heard her yell my name, and I found her."
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Junior forward Shannon McCabe works around a tangle with a Texas A&M defender during Friday afternoon's 1-0 victory at the KU soccer complex. McCabe contributed the game-winning goal, her third goal of the season.
"When I hit it, time went into slow motion." McCabe said.
As sensational as the goal was, there was some disagreement on whether McCabe intended to cross the ball or take a crack on frame.
"I actually thought it was a cross," junior defender Estelle Johnson said. "I'll let you talk to her about that."
"It looked like a cross," Francis said. "But we'll take it."
McCabe wasn't so forthcoming. When asked to reveal her true intentions, she just smiled.
"I don't really think it matters," she said. "At the end of the day it went into the net. I think that should be what counts."
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Even more amazingly, the goal was only the second Texas A&M has allowed in seven Big 12 games. The Aggies' (12-3-1, 5-2-1) only previous loss went to No. 2 North Carolina in College Station more than a month and a half ago. Texas A&M lost to Missouri at home on Sunday.
The victory is the first in a string of five games that will decide whether or not Kansas breaks its three-year NCAA tournament drought. Beating a Top-10 team certainly boosts the Jayhawks' post-season chances with four crucial games remaining.
"We were kind of at a turning point in our season where this was a must-win game if we wanted to get in the tournament." McCabe said, "This is my third year here, and we haven't made the tournament."
Kansas was 8-3 before a rough 0-2-1 stretch against Colorado, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma over the last two weeks. But unlike those games, the Jayhawks defended
for all 90 minutes against the Aggies and got the right bounces when it they needed them most.
"It was really intense," Johnson said of a game in which four yellow cards were handed out, all in the second half. "I think the only thing that can compare is the Oklahoma State game. They were coming constantly at us the last five minutes or so."
The Aggies began the game on the front foot as well, looking the more determined of the two sides during the opening 10 minutes. But behind its bench's encouragement, Kansas retook control through McCabe's strike while limiting Texas A&M to two shots on goal and one corner in the first half.
Five minutes before halftime freshman midfielder Beth West had the Aggies' best opportunity of the game, thumping Hanley's left post with a curling right-footed shot.
At halftime the Jayhawks shifted formations to better handle the Aggies' dangerous wide play, removing freshman forward Emily Cressy for sophomore midfielder Sarah Salazar.
Kansas nearly doubled its lead three minutes into the second half when freshman forward Kortney Clifton found McCabe with space in the penalty area. The Tulaa, Okla., native evaded her marker and crashed a shot off the near post to narrowly miss out on her second goal.
West had another opportunity to pull Texas A&M back into the game in the 71:31 minute, but her header was just wide off a corner kick.
The Aggies outshot the Jayhawks 17-9, but the home side led 4-3 in shots on goal. Francis said the victory ranks high on his list at Kansas.
"I was really proud of the kids and how hard they fought today," he said. "There really wasn't a time in the game where I felt like we lapsed."
Following the victory, players and coaches celebrated together before heading to "Late Night in the Phog" next door at Allen Fieldhouse.
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Junior forward Shannon McCabe scored a hat trick and four others added a goal apiece as Kansas dominated Francis Marion 7-0 at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex Sunday afternoon.
Kansas set a school record with seven goals, and McCabe's tied
the all-time record for points in a game with seven. Junior midfielder Monica Dolinsky also had a goal and two assists for Kansas. The Jayhawks outshot their opponent 34-4 with 17 of those shots coming on goal.
Coach Mark Francis' team led 2 at half-time, but five goals in the
opening 20 minutes of the second half sealed the record-breaking victory. Sophomore midfielder Erin Ellefson scored her first career goal on a driven shot from 20 yards for Kansas' final goal.
— Edited by Rachel Burchfield
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Coach Mark Francis' team postseason dreams remain intact with Friday's marquee victory over the Aggies.
The victory gives the Jayhawks NCAA Tournament resume a boost, but more importantly they have solidified their spot in the conference standings. The top eight teams qualify for the Big 12 Tournament November 5-9 in San Antonio. Kansas is in seventh place on 10 points after seven games, but is six points ahead of ninth-place Baylor and Oklahoma.
Kansas has now defeated three ranked teams this season; No. 20 Purdue, No. 18 UCF and No. 6 Texas A&M.
STANDING 'O' FOR JAYHAWKS
HISTORIC KU SOCCER VICTORIES
Following Kansas' record setting victory against Texas A&M, the team was greeted with a standing ovation by the 16,300 spectators at Friday night's "Late Night in the Phoor."
Where does Friday's victory
against No. 6 Texas A&M rank among the program's 138 all-time victories?
All of Kansas' victories over ranked opponents have come with Francis at the helm. In 2004 the Jayhawks beat No. 7 Clemson 3-1 at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex and outlasted Texas A&M 1-0 in College Station on route to their only Big 12 Championship.
Two years later freshman Shannon McCabe scored with 26 seconds left to cap off a wild 4-3 victory against No. 12 Duke at home. Senior Holly Gault scored twice and freshman Monica Dolinsky added another as Kansas overcame a 2-0 deficit.
The layhawks last victory over a ranked opponent came last year against No. 18 Missouri when freshman Katie Williams scored twice to fuel a 2-1 triumph on senior day.
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Jackson gutted out the remainder of the first half but was removed for a 13-minute period in the second half. She finished the game wearing a black compression sleeve.
Jackson watched from the bench on Sunday as her teammates thrashed Francis Marion 7-0. Francis said she could have played if necessary, but it was more important to rest her before next weekend's games with Texas and Baylor.
DOUBLE-DIGIT VICTORIES
Kansas reached the 10-victory mark for the seventime in coach Mark Francis' 10 years guiding the program. The Jayhawks are 114-75-14 under Francis with one Big 12 Championship coming in 2004.
Junior forward Shannon McCabe more than doubled her season point total against Texas A&M and Francis Marion, going from eight to 17 points. She also tied a Kansas record for points in a single game with seven against Francis Marion with a hat trick and an assist.
HUGE WEEKEND
FOR MCCABE
FRANCIS FINED BY BIG 12
Coach Mark Francis was fined $2,500 for his behavior towards the referees following Kansas' 3-2 overtime loss to Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla. Francis confronted the officials following the game and kicked a large trashcan.
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5. "Right between the eyes!" 8 percent
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TRENDS
A student by any other name...
University releases top undergraduate names
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
fchambers@kansan.com
Lauren Hendrick, Salina junior, didn't realize she had a popular first name until she met five other Laurens in her sorority pledge class on her first day at the University.
"Many of my friends call me by my last name to avoid confusion," she said.
The names Lauren, Jessica, Sarah, Emily and Elizabeth are the most common for undergraduates at the University, according to Michael Harry, IT consultant for the registrar. Matthew, Michael, Andrew, Christopher and John were the five most registered undergraduate male names for this semester.
The popular boys names here are similar to national trends in the 1980s. Four of the five top names at the University rank in the Social Security Administration's top five as well, according to its Web site. KU girls' names are ahead of their time, however. Jessica was the top name on both KU's and the SSA's lists, but Emily was not even in the top 10 nationally from 1987 to 1990, the years that the majority of undergraduate students were born. Emily would not reach No. 1 on the national list until 1996.
Jeffrey Moran, associate professor of history, said he thought the popularity of certain names was random and that people named their children the same without knowing it. However, he said were three observable changes in name trends during the late 1980s.
CONGRATULATIONS IT'S A BOY!
He said there had been a revival of pioneer names among women, which may explain the popularity of the name Sarah.
Some male students followed Moran's hypothesis.
Moran said that religion reappeared as a dominant influence and that names reflected renewed interest in religion. Historians refer to the 1980s as the "rise of the religious right" because Protestants became a powerful force in the Republican party and in the nation.
However, Moran said popular boys' names in the United States had always been Bible-based.
"They usually rotate around the 12 apostles," he said. "No one is naming their kid Judas — Matthew, Mark, Luke and John."
CONGRATULATIONS IT'S A GIRL!
Jessica Lauren Emily Sarah Elizabeth
PLEASE CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING names:
Christopher Willdermood, Paola junior, said his parents chose his name because it was a derivation of "Christ," Michael Gillaspie, Ashland junior, said he was named after the Archangel Michael. Matthew Bertino, Ossining, N.Y., junior,
PLEASE CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING names:
Matthew Michael Andrew Christopher John
What do you think? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MOST COMMON BOYS' AND GIRLS' NAMES ARE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS?
Bryan S.
AARON ELSTON Mulvane freshman "I've met a lot of Johns — that's the most generic name. Girls' name would maybe be Ashley."
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JARED MARTIN
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On guys, I don't
know, Blair?"
Victoria McClellan
said his mother picked his name because it meant "God's gift."
MARY ADAMS Rolland, Mo., freshman "I think John is very common, and I have also met a lot of Collins."
Several women also said their names were based on religion.
Moran said movie stars and politicians influenced popular names, even if parents didn't want to admit it.
Mary
"I don't think anyone sits down and down and says, 'I love Sarah Jessica Parker'
Elizabeth Collison, Shawnee senior, said her parents selected her name because it meant "God's promise."
SARAH
ELIZABETH
MCCANDLESS
and names their child Sarah or Jessica," he said. But then he added, "If a celebrity has it, it becomes much more in the realm of possibility, so it rings normally."
Hendrick said she knew she was named after celebrities but did not mind.
"My parents named me after model Lauren Hutton and actress Lauren Bacall, both women who they considered to be very talented and beautiful," she said.
Graphic by Brenna Hawley/KANSAN
Fairway freshman "I was going to say Sarah, but that's my name, so I don't want to be egotical ... Emily?"
Multiple KU students with common names said they were not surprised their
top KU names
Male
Matthew 341
Michael 336
Andrew 294
Christopher 254
John 225
Female
Female
Jessica 235
Lauren 212
Emily 206
Sarah 204
Elizabeth 178
——Source: Michael Harry.
IT consultant for the registrar
name was at the top of the list, but they were still excited to find out.
"I think that's awesome that my name is in the top five," Willdermood said. "I wouldn't have picked a better name for myself."
But not all students with common names said they enjoyed sharing their name with hundreds of people.
"It can sometimes be really obnoxious having a really popular name," Emily Hane, Topeka junior, said. "I will sometimes get phone calls from my friends intended for another Emily that they know, but because they have so many Emils in their phone, things can get confusing. It is nice that everyone can spell it and pronounce it correctly, just sometimes inconvenient."
Edited by Lauren Keith
ATHLETICS
ESPN's schedule conflicts with parade organizers Organizers forced to schedule 'Hail to the Hawk' parade one hour earlier than planned
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
Organizers of Saturday's homecoming parade had planned weeks in advance to start the parade at 10 a.m. They had the parade's route, participants and schedule set up and confirmed. Then, ESPN made things a little bit more difficult.
The network announced Oct. 13, that it would be televising Saturday's Kansas-Texas Tech football game from Lawrence and that it would begin at 11 a.m. Whoops.
That meant the organizers had to change the parade's start time to 9 a.m. to avoid time conflicts. They had less than two weeks to contact each of the parade's 45 groups to make sure the new schedule
"We had to make sure everybody could still make it that early," said Tizzi Noblot, St. Louis senior and parade co-chairwoman. "We have some groups coming from Kansas City, Mo., and now we have to start signing people in about 7:30. Getting people there that early is just a hassle."
With the game starting just two hours after the parade, organizers are worried that early-morning tailgaters could crowd the streets and make it difficult to get both the parade's participants and spectators in the right places on time.
"We have to somehow get everyone onto Jayhawk Boulevard at the Union before the traffic gets into town," Noblot said. "Otherwise, we won't be able to get all 45 groups lined up on time."
would work.
"That's another problem because we're having issues getting everyone to the Union without using Indiana Street," Noblot said. "We're concerned with getting the floats up the steep hill because normally we just take them up Indiana Street, but this year we have to take them up 12th, which is obviously way steeper."
The parade's staging area is near the construction zone for the Oread Inn. In years past, organizers have used Indiana Street to line up the groups, but it is closed this semester, causing even more difficulties.
The parade's route will run from the Kansas Union down Jayhawk Boulevard to the Chi Omega fountain. The close proximity of the game and parade gives students and spectators the opportunity
to stop and see the parade before walking down the hill for the game.
"It's right on the way," said Jade May, Osage City sophomore. "I didn't go last year, but we might stop by since the timing works out."
While organizers can't spill the beans on some of the parade's surprises, Noblot said it could be one of the best homecoming parades ever, despite all of the problems.
"There's a big ending. I can tell you that," Noblot said. "Our theme is 'Hail to the Hawk' so everything is based around that. Everybody should wake up a little bit earlier and come watch the parade on their way down to the game. It's going to be a good time."
— Edited by Andy Greenhaw
CHAPTER 10
SPECIAL EDITION
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The Alumni Band performs in the homecoming parade last year. This year's parade on Saturday has been moved from 10 a.m. to 9 a.m. because ESPN will begin televising the Kansas-Texas Tech football game at 11 a.m.
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JENNIFER MARTIN Pittsburgh freshman
Bradley K. Anderson
DO YOU THINK THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS HAVE BECOME TOO NEGATIVE?
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"Yes. No one wants to sit and hear them bicker, but rather what they're actually going to do."
Peru, ill, sophomore "Yeah, all it is nitpicking, and you can't pick out anybody's good qualities from just that."
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I am a native of New York City. I have been studying at Yale University since 2014. I was the first woman to graduate from Yale's College of Law. I am a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the University of Florida Law School. I have been actively involved in the legal community, serving as a member of the University of Florida's Alumni Association and the University of Florida's Legal Research Group. I am a certified paralegal with the American Bar Association (ABA). I am also a licensed attorney with the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PAB).
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JASMINE ESCOBEDO Lawrence sophomore "Obama not really, John McCain seems to be bashing him to win it"
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LANCASTER, Calif. — The folks who silenced the nation's first "musical road" are singing a different tune.
Workers on Wednesday began carving grooves on Avenue G that will produce notes of the "William Tell Overture" when cars drive them.
The high desert city north of Los Angeles placed the grooves on another road, Avenue K, last month for a Honda commercial. The quarter-mile strip was engineered to play the notes — better known as the theme for "The Lone Ranger" — when motorists in Honda Civics hit them at 55 mph.
The city paved over that stretch two weeks later after neighbors complained the noise was annoying and kept them awake.
The city, however, received hundreds of calls praising the road and decided to recreate the road in an industrial area.
It was believed to be the first such musical road in the United States, although there are others in Japan, South Korea and Holland.
"You drove over it and you didn't know what to expect. When we got to the end of it, I was smiling ear to ear," said Genevieve Skidmore, 80.
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Parties, government spend big money for big election
BY CARNEZ WILLIAMS editor@kansan.com
The Kansas Democratic Party, Republican Party and Douglas County government are responding to the wave of popular enthusiasm for November's elections with some big spending.
While the Democratic Party hired more campaign workers in anticipation of a high voter turnout — 140 canvassers this year, up from 120 in 2006 — the Kansas Republican Party's candidates for the Kansas House of Representatives and State Senate candidates outspent Democratic candidates by 74 percent. The Douglas County Clerk's office reallocalized money in its budget to increase its Election Day budget to $175,000, up from $150,000 in 2006.
The parties' and county's spending and staffing booms are partly aimed at the 451,786 unaffiliated registered voters in Kansas, said Matthew Anderson, field director for the Kansas Democratic Party. Anderson said it was key for campaign canvassers to move door-to-door discussing election issues with undecided voters.
"Many people don't make their mind up until the election," he said.
Though Democrats are hiring more campaign workers to reach
voters, Craig Campbell, Kansas Republican Party chairman, said the party wouldn't spend its money doing the same. The Party usually pays 10 to 20 percent of its candidates' campaign expenses.
"We're not taking anything for granted." Campbell said. "We're still going to work hard."
According to the Federal Election Commission, Democratic candidates for the Kansas House of Representatives have disbursed about $830,995 in the state compared with Republican candidates who spent $2,840,142. Democratic candidates for the Kansas Senate have disbursed $897,717 compared with Republic Senate candidates who spent $1,993,054. Political candidates spend this money or
Joe Gaylord, former GOP political strategist, said a successful campaign should spend at least 65 to 70 percent of the candidate's contributions on "voter contact," including TV, radio and print advertisements.
It is equally important for political candidates to make their contribution dollars work for them while trying to reach voters.
Still, he said, the best way to get a vote is to ask for it. He said that the candidate running must also be viable, have an organized campaign and have adequate finances to run the campaign.
everything from advertising to paid campaign staff.
"Winning campaigns don't rise like a Phoenix out of the ashes." Gaylord said. "There's some rock they're built on."
Still, for most people, the business of campaigns and elections is about more than money.
Benne Garcia, 23-year-old Democratic canvasser, said it felt good getting out the vote and getting paid for the work.
Keeping up with Kansas politicians' increased spending to entice voters to the polls, some local government agencies have undergone budget expansions to manage the expected record voter turnout. Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said the Clerk's Office had also expanded its budget $25,000 to hire about 250 more poll workers this year. Shew said the intensive labor, supplies and workers needed to operate polling stations and machines — which will cost about $50,000 this year compared with $25,000 in 2006 — were too important to cut.
"The turnout in November is going to be so huge, we have to have an increased number of poll workers." Shew said. "That's one of the last places I'd make cuts."
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LAWRENCE
Local elections, initiatives can be as important as national elections Mike Amyx says students registered within city limits should learn about local issues and vote in local elections
BY JESSE TRIMBLE
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City officials expressed concern last week about how little students actually know about the elections. Local elections, that is.
"I received questions from the class concerning if students could vote on city initiatives." Amyx said. "I wanted to stress how much anyone can vote on city issues just as long as you are registered to vote in Lawrence city limits."
Mike Amyx, city commissioner for Lawrence, spoke with a business class at the University recently about how important local elections are. When Amyx left the class, however, said he felt some students aren't as aware of the issues as they should be.
Monday was the last day to register to vote in Kansas.
Brandon Schwager, Lawrence sophomore and political science major, said it was important for students to be aware of the presidential elections and local elections.
"For the last eight years that Bush has been in office I haven't changed my daily routine." Schwager said. "But issues like the 'T' and others have the potential to affect my day-to-day life."
Lisa Patterson, communications
manager for Lawrence, said there would be two full pages of ballot questions concerning local issues.
"From state senator, state representatives, judicial positions there are a lot of issues that voters have a chance to weigh in on," Patterson said.
Patterson said local campus groups such as the Student Leadership Awareness Board had done an excellent job of registering students to vote. She said the group and the Dole Institute of Politics had tremendous success.
"But are the students educating themselves about topics that will be on the ballot?" Patterson said. "That's what I'm concerned about."
"But for the students who are registered within the city," Corliss said, "I just want to make sure they are aware can vote on these issues that are out there."
Both Patterson and Amyx said students' lack of knowledge about local issues could mean they were more concerned with issues back in their hometowns.
, David Corliss, city manager, said that for the students who commuted or who lived in Lawrence for academic purposes, he could understand why they wouldn't register to vote in the city.
Specifically, Corliss mentioned the free sales tax proposal, which would support street and sidewalk maintenance, public transportation and the expansion of public transportation.
Corliss said elections within the city took place more often than every four years. County commissioner seats will be voted on in November and three city commissioner positions will be voted on in the spring.
Patterson said the city Web site, www.ci.lawrence:ks.us, was the best place to find more information about issues and people on the ballot.
"Other than that," Patterson said, "students need to be keeping their eyes on local forms of media."
Schwager said the University could take the initiative on local voting issues, too.
"I think there could be more discussions about local issues on campus, to help make students aware of what's going on," Schwager said.
He said voting wasn't just self-motivated, but was something that needed publicity through groups and organizations on campus.
- Edited by Becka Cremer
NATIONAL Palin breaks with McCain on gay marriage laws
NEW YORK — Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin says she supports a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, a break with John McCain who has said he believes states should be left to define what marriage is.
In an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network, the Alaska governor said she had voted in 1998 for a state amendment banning same sex marriage and hoped to see a federal ban on such unions.
"I have voted along with the vast majority of Alaskans who had the opportunity to vote to amend our Constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman. I wish on a federal level that's where we would go. I don't support gay marriage,"
Palin said. She said she believed traditional marriage was the foundation for strong families.
wed to actress Portia de Rossi, has urged Californians to reject Proposition 8.
McCain, an Arizona senator, is supporting a ballot initiative in his state this year that would ban gay marriage. But he has consistently and forcefully opposed a federal marriage amendment, saying it would usurp states' authority on such matters.
As governor, Palin vetoes a bill that would have denied benefits to the partners of gay state employees. In a debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden, Palin said she was "tolerant" of gays and said she supported certain legal protections for same-sex couples, like hospital visitation rights.
"I think it's regressive" he said.
"It thinks it unfair, and so I vote 'no'."
In the CBN interview, Palin said she would speak out if she heard a supporter at a rally yell violent or threatening comments about Barack Obama.
Biden, meanwhile, said during an appearance Monday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" that if he lived in California he would vote against a ballot measure that seeks to ban gay marriage. DeGeneres, who is gay and newly
Biden added that he and Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, opposed a similar initiative nationally.
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"What we have heard through some mainstream media is that folks have hollered out some atrocious and unacceptable things like 'kill him,'" Palin said, referring to a Washington Post article about her rallies. "If I ever were to hear that standing up there at the podium with the mike, I would call them out on that, and I would tell these people, no, that's unacceptable."
LEGISLATION
Protestors hold signs in front of the Creighton Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., on Thursday. The organizers of the protest against Nebraska's safe hawk law hoped it will help convince state lawmakers to convene and put an age limit in the law before the regular legislative session starts in January. Nebraska's law allows anyone to leave a child as old as 18 at a state-licensed hospital without fear of prosecution. On Monday, a Michigan mother drove about 12 hours to HOmia and dropped off her 13-year-old son at medical center.
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the first couple of weeks of the new year.
Heineman has authorized Health and Human Services to spend up to $100,000 promoting a help line operated by the United Way for parents and guardians. The state is also sending letters to all adoptive parents and guardians of children who are former state wards providing phone numbers and Web sites of agencies that can help them if they are having problems with their children.
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LINCOLN, Neb. — Stung by the abandonment of children as old as 17 at Nebraska hospitals, the governor and lawmakers struck a deal Monday to rewrite the state's safe haven law so it applies only to infants up to three days old.
A rash of drop-offs in recent months, particularly those of teenagers and from out of state, thrust the state into the national spotlight. The law was ridiculed on an episode of "Saturday Night Live" this past weekend.
Forty of the 49 senators in the unicameral Legislature and Gov. Dave Heineman have agreed to the changes, Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood said during a news conference on Monday.
The state's safe-haven law allows caregivers to abandon children — interpreted by some to include those as old as 18 — at hospitals without fear of prosecution. The age cap would change Nebraska's safe-haven law from the most lenient in the country to one of the most restrictive. Sixteen other states have a similar 3-day-old age cap.
At least 18 children, aged 22 months to 17 years, have been abandoned since the law took effect in July, including a child from Iowa and a Michigan child who was driven from there by his mother.
Heineman has said he would prefer not to call a special session to change the law before the regular session starts in January, though he indicated that if more out of state children were abandoned under the law he might change his mind.
The Nebraska law, intended
Flood said lawmakers would likely quickly change the law in
to prevent infants from being dumped or abandoned in dangerous places by mothers who don't want them, has had "serious, unintended consequences," Heineman said. "This law needs to be changed to focus on infants."
INTERNATIONAL Leader of Canadian Liberal Party resigns
Dion said Monday he'll stay on as leader until a new leader is elected by the party.
TORONTO — Canadian opposition Liberal Party Stephane Dion says he'll resign as leader of the once-dominant party after last week's bitter election loss.
Dion campaigned for last
Tuesday's election on an unpopular environmental tax during slowing economic times. His party suffered a drubbing, dropping to 76 seats in Parliament from 95.
Mexico cracks down on Cuban-U.S. immigration
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has agreed to deport Cubans caught trying to sneak illegally through
Mexican territory to reach the U.S.
The agreement with Cuba is a step toward cutting off an increasingly violent and heavily used human trafficking route.
Mexico and Cuba signed the agreement Monday at a ceremony in Mexico City.
Mexico rarely sends back Cubans caught entering the country illegally.
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CELEBRITY Tim McGraw releases newest children's book
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As the father of three girls, Tim McGraw understands the challenges that face dads who want to please their daughters.
So the children's book he co-wrote with Tom Douglas has some advice: As long as you're spending time with them, it doesn't really matter what you do
"My Little Girl," to be published today, tells the story of a father in a dark cowboy hat who spends a fun day with his little girl Katie doing nothing in particular.
They stop by the farm co-op, gaze up at the clouds and play on a tire swing.
The 41-year-old country singer said he enjoys spending time with his daughters — ages 11,10 and 6 — but if he did what they liked doing, he'd be spending a lot of time shopping at the mall or getting pedicures.
"It's something that as a father you kind of have to sacrifice what you want to do. If I want to go to the farm and shoot guns or ride four-wheelers in the mud when it's 40 degrees ... the girls aren't really interested in doing that," he said.
But McGraw said his daughters like coming along while he does simple, everyday stuff, like
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them with you. It makes all the difference in the world," he said.
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Your luck is improving again.
Rapidly advance. Your odds of success are higher than usual now, in all endeavors. It's still a good idea to watch where you're going, however. Don't leap off any tall buildings.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
As you're setting priorities, don't forget your own home and family. They're the real reason you're working so hard, aren't they! If you don't have them yet, do this anyway. You soon will.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today is a 9.
Ask all the questions that pop to mind. You'll find out the rest of the story, and more than you wanted to know. It's also a very good time to do research for your next novel, and interrogate suspects.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Today is a 7
Stick with the jobs you already know will bring a steady income.
At least one of those will pay even better, very soon. Develop your natural talent.
(July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
The answers are becoming clear.
Priorities sort themselves out.
Not only are you feeling more intelligent, you're also getting luckier. Take decisive action now.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 6
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 6
Don't launch into any new projects just now; mull them over a little while longer. This is your excuse to hide out and think before making major decisions.
This can take the form of a nap, if appropriate. Don't try this while driving.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 9
This next part will be easier than the previous assignment. It's a group activity, and could be a lot of fun. And you'll learn an important lesson. Enjoy.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
You try to avoid confrontation, but this time it could actually work. A wealthy person is in a generous mood. Remind him of what he owes you.
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Money's the theme, especially that which you share with others. This includes loans, and odds are good you can find a better deal now. Check your interest rates. Move your money around.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18) Today is a 7
OK, now you can launch new projects and take on new partnerships. Only join up with solid, reliable, strong, creative types. That's your favorite kind of person anyway. This will be easy.
You'll have to face the work that's built up. There's no way around it. You're finally in the mood, so knock it in no time at all. You'll amaze even yourself.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
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38 Whatever number
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40 “A Bell for —”
43 Summer footwear
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Jurors in Britney Spears' driving case go undecided
The jury deliberated less than two hours Monday at a San Fernando Valley courthouse.
LOS ANGELES — Jurors in Britney Spears' driving case say they can't reach an unanimous verdict.
they were deadlocked. The eight women and four men are sifting through roughly a day's worth of testimony and arguments in the case.
Shortly after being read more instructions, jurors indicated
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In addition, students who are forced to break rules to consume alcohol they can obtain legally may not see the harm in buying alcohol for students who are minors. They are already breaking rules and smuggling booze like a criminal, so there is little incentive to follow the rest of the rules about alcohol.
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Why can't of-age adults drink at KU?
Drinking in bars is seen as an alternative to the ban, but there are problems with that.
The University is, officially, a dry campus. Alcohol is not allowed anywhere.
The ban encourages students to spend money away from campus, depriving on-campus facilities of potential revenue.
But students drink anyway. Considering that banning alcohol has been ineffective, the University should consider changing its policy to allow alcohol on campus for students who are 21 or older.
For students who are already
21, banning alcohol makes no sense. These students are considered responsible adults everywhere else but on this campus. This is tantamount to saving that
students' ability to responsibly consume alcohol is dependent on where they are geographically.
The Athletics Department would also benefit from a wet
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Obviously, alcohol does not stop a college from reaching for excellence.
unless somebody calls in with a complaint, campus officials will take no action concerning alcohol use on campus. Princeton has no policy restricting
campus. One of the reasons NASCAR is popular is because drinking is allowed in the infield. The Athletics Department is missing out by keeping beer out of Allen Fieldhouse. It might even pay for some of those practice field trees.
The University should change its policy concerning alcohol. It is sending money away from the college and the Athletics Department, encouraging students to handle their booze irresponsibly and increasing the risk of drunken driving.
Other colleges have policies that allow alcohol. For example, the official policy at Yale is that
The policy is not working. Other colleges have realized that regulation and control of alcohol on campus is more effective than a dry campus policy, and it's time our University did, too.
alcohol use on campus by anyone over the age of 21. Neither does Cornell.
—Sam Lamb, special to the editorial board
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
dent section. On that we agree Here's where we differ.
So, which is it?
Who does the student section remind you of?
My friend says you all sound like a bunch of jorts-wearing Mizzou fans. I say you sound like future drop-outs who will, one day, likely try to be a degree out of K-State after washing up on the sidewalks of Aggieville 10 or 12 years from now.
My friend and I are having a disagreement that we hope the current University of Kansas students can settle for us.
As alumni who have graduated from the University and dedicated much of our time cheering for the Jayhawks, we are humiliated to hear that trashy "rip his f***ing head off" cheer coming from the KU stu-
— Julie Dunlap is a 1997 graduate living in Lawrence.
Nader would end the war in Iraq, adopt a single-payer health plan, cut the wasteful military budget, enact a living wage of $10 per hour, promote solar power first and crackdown on corporate crime.
How Nader is different than the other two
have not done, and I would encourage them to look into the Nader/Gonzalez ticket as a viable alternative.
In response to Dan Thompson's column on Ralph Nader (Oct. 20), people can look to see what is still on the table since the Democrats took over in 2006. Endless war, threats to Iran, nuclear and coal power, corporate welfare and inadequate health care reform.
For those who argue that Nader's campaign does not have a purpose, it does. He actually represents change, instead of just hoping for it.
I would argue there is still little difference between the Republicans and Democrats in this election except minor tactical policy changes. Look at the larger picture and people can see what the Democrats
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How over-regulation has ruined Wall Street
THE RIGHT SIDE
ADAM POOLE
You may be surprised to learn that, as early as 2001, officials in the Bush administration have been doing just that.
Been following the stock market recently? It's a little shaky. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down about 40 percent from its all time high of over 14,000 just a year ago, and chances are your or your parents' 401k plan is in the tank, too.
In 2006, Republicans introduced legislation, cosponsored by Sen. John McCain, that would have re-regulated Fannie and Freddie and limited the amount of subprime mortgages issued. Had this legislation passed, we may have avoided this mess altogether, but it was blocked by Democrats who were wholly devoted to their contrived notion of affordable housing.
The now corrupt housing giants have been contributing to lawmakers' campaigns, Republicans and Democrats alike, and one Fannie executive used to be in bed — literally — with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chair of the House Financial Services Committee.
You've probably heard of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and how they are the source of the problem.
"Affordable housing" is Democrat code for a $200,000 house of cards.
What happened? Who is to blame? According to both presidential candidates, the culprit is greed and corruption on Wall Street.
Then, in 1977, President Jimmy Carter expanded regulation over Fannie and Freddie to give disadvantaged minorities a better chance for home ownership. It was a laudable goal, but it was poorly implemented.
But they successfully served a good purpose for many years. Fannie was established as part of the New Deal to create a market in home loans, Freddie was established to provide competition for Fannie. They made buying a home possible for many Americans.
Corruption played a part, but this crisis is much too serious for such a trite explanation.
In 1995, President Bill Clinton further expanded regulation over Fannie and Freddie, ordering them to increase the number of subprime loans to half of their total portfolio. Home prices sky rocketed far beyond the rate of inflation, causing a severely unstable bubble in the housing market. We are now witnessing the consequences.
How delightfully vague.
For a moment, let's pretend that government over-regulation didn't cause the problem, and let's ask why the government didn't recognize the problem and try to fix it.
In just three short years, Sen.
Last week a man called "Joe the Plumber" confronted Obama on this issue. Obama responded by telling the man that he didn't want to punish his success — he just wanted to take his money and spread it around. We used to call that socialism.
Barack Obama managed to rack up about $12,200 in donations from Fannie and Freddie, according to NPR. This is the second most in the Senate. Contrast this with McCain who has taken just more than $16,000 since 2005, according to the Los Angeles Times.
More troubling, though, is Obama's economic plan. In a time of crisis, he would raise taxes on a crucial sector of the economy: small businesses.
This is true, basically because hot dog vendors are included in their statistics. But it is the more successful small businesses, those making more than the $250,000 mark, which provide for more than 50 percent of the total revenue, and provide millions upon millions of jobs. Raise their taxes and you hurt production and stifle job growth.
Supporters of his plan will tell you that the majority of small businesses, those that earn less than $250,000 a year, will not see an increase.
And that, my friends, is why I am a proud Republican.
Poole is a Wichita senior in political science and psychology.
My personal economy might need a bailout
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I mean, come on people, if I go bankrupt, what would that mean for the economy? It would completely collapse if I couldn't afford the occasional medium cappuccino and delicious muffin from the Underground. Without that $3, the University might not immediately be able to replace a light bulb in a restroom somewhere in Summerfield.
Do you know what I hate? I hate it when I spend more money than I actually have, and then the government doesn't want to pay me back for it.
I want to cringe at.
I showed off a secret dark side, one born of years living in a red state, with people who think the word "tax" being part of the English language amounts to Communism, as I read about the EESA, or, as I call it, the Give A Man A Fish Act of The Last Year The People Who Sponsored This Hold Elected Office.
At what point will there be a real solution to our economic problems in this country? The federal government has a responsibility to deal with problems like the subprime mortgage crisis that got Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in trouble and other economic issues, but simply throwing money at major firms isn't going to solve anything in the long run. When will business practices be more regulated to prevent messes like we're in now? Will it be soon enough to make a noticeable difference?
Truly, it would be chaos.
The spat of corporate bailouts has been driving me crazy. It isn't just how I feel about them. To tell the truth, I don't have some all-encompassing opinion of corporate bailouts. Some I accept, and some
When news of the federal government's buyout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac broke, I groaned, shrugged and was hopeful that somebody could set them straight.
see that my U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda voted against it. It only came back to life in both chambers of Congress after a number of earmarks were added to sway a few wayward politicians from both parties. That's right, the quick fix was passed by mixing it up with another serious fiscal issue the Legislature has been wrangling with.
When the insurance giant AIG was placed in a similar situation, it elicited a somewhat similar response. I added a "This is just getting silly" after the shrug this time.
Then there came the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. That was the moment that I changed my reaction, altering it to a pronounced rolling of the eyes, and a "Seriously now!"
The initial proposal ended up failing in the House of Representatives. I was pleased to
Call me a glass-is-half-empty type, but it's going to take something big to convince me.
Cohen is a Topeka senior in political science.
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Genocide, Global Warming,
Sarah Palin. And we're really worried about "Rip his fucking head off"?
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like it.
--should be jealous.
Fellow students, please do away with doing away with "Rip his fucking head off!" It's funny, we're in college, go back to Missouri if you don't
--should be jealous.
Women of Kansas, when you are tired of being treated like objects by those assholes that you meet, the good guys will
How many points is hitting a girl riding on a bike while texting worth?
--should be jealous.
I saw two frat brothers grinding on each other in the Boom Boom Room. I think they were trying to be ironic, but they just came off as homo-
--should be jealous.
Chase Daniels Heisman hopeful, more like Heisman hopeless
--should be jealous.
My boyfriend threw up all over himself last night and I cleaned it up. I think I deserve
--should be jealous.
--should be jealous.
No, you deserve a new boyfriend.
I'm drunk. Shit.
--should be jealous.
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I just wanted to say that I am in Dallas right now standing outside of Chuck Norris' house, so everybody at KU
Since when do we have cowboy hats on national championship banners? They might as well just put "Sponsored
by TBS."
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KU got wrongfully screwed. The referee should be fined and fired.
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Dear Free for All, life after Lisa is not so bad after all.
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What a wonderful morning
There's a whoopie cushion buying condoms at Wal-Mart.
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There's going to be a midnight showing of "High School Musical 3" on Oct.24.
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I think the taste of spermicide is disgusting.
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I gave fellatio while watching Family Guy. Life does not get better
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I have to admit that I have a huge crush on the guy who delivers the off-campus news papers to McCollum. Saying "hi" to him is the highlight of my 3-7 a.m. shift
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BUSINESS
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2008
University, Coca-Cola near end of new negotiations
Previous contract expired more than a year ago
BY HALEY JONES hjones@kansan.com
The University is in the final stages of negotiating the renewal of its contract with the Coca-Cola Company. The previous 10-year contract expired June 30, 2007, and the University has been in negotiations with Coca-Cola since then.
Theresa Gordzica, chief financial officer of Business and Financial Planning at the University, said there were no major issues causing the delay, but finalizing the language regarding marketing, logo and licensing issues took some time. She said she expected the contract to be finalized in the next couple of weeks after the final details were worked out.
"It's just a more technical world than it was 10 years ago when we signed the last agreement." Gordzia said.
contract generated about $5 million over its 10-year span, which was allocated to National Merit scholarships, scholarships for dependents of University employees, program funding and Coca-Cola products for University and student group events. She said National Merit scholarships received about $200,000 per year, the employee dependent scholarships received about $150,000 per year and student programming received about $500,000 per year.
"It's taken a while to get the dotted and the 'ts crossed'"
Gordzica said entities such as the Athletics Department and the Memorial Unions, which received profits from the previous contract, did not experience an interruption in funding or profit.
Gordzica said the previous
Gordzica said although the University received proposals from Pepsi and Coca-Cola, it decided to renegotiate its contract with Coca-Cola because of its relationship during the past 10 years. She said the most compelling reason the University chose Coca-Cola was because it worked with the company for so long and because it submitted a strong proposal for a new contract
"It's taken a while to get the i's dotted and the t's crossed."
Funding generated by previous Coca-Cola contract during 10-year contract
THERESA GORDZICA Chief financial officer of business and financial planning
National Merit scholarships: $2 million
Employee dependent scholarships: $1.5 million
products while the University was negotiating the new contract. She said that student groups could apply for programming funds or products through the Vice Provost
Student programming:
$1 million
The University received a payment from Coca-Cola in the final year of the contract, which gave it sufficient funds to continue scholarships and program funding in the period between contracts.
Coca-Cola funding
for Student Success Office. She said she she did not know how many groups had received funding this year.
David Mucci, director of KU Memorial Unions, manages the events and programs in the Unions. He said the previous contract brought revenue to
the Memorial Unions and it was maintained even after the contract expired. He said he was glad the University continued funding the various programs and scholarships affected by the previous contract.
The employee dependent scholarships are awarded to students whose parents are University faculty or staff. Gordzica said the amount and size of the scholarships awarded varied depending on the number of applicants.
Julia Barnard, Lawrence freshman, received a Coca-Cola scholarship because both of her parents are University faculty. She is still receiving the scholarship even though the contract has not been finalized. Her father, Philip Barnard, is an associate professor in the English department, and her mother, Cheryl Lester, is the director of the American Studies program. Barnard said the scholarship prevented her family from having to take out a loan to pay for school.
Edited by Lauren Keith
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The bug is back
Flu season is gaining momentum in the United States, and as a response, Student Health Services will begin holding clinics around campus today to help students avoid getting sick.
BY JOE PREINER jpreiner@kansan.com
Watkins Memorial Health Center will offer not only the standard flu shot this semester, but also a new nasal mist. The mist costs $10 and the normal cost shots $15.
Patty Quinlan, nursing supervisor at Watkins, said despite the cost discrepancy, both vaccination methods were equally effective.
In past years, the organizations would narrow the strains down to three main possibilities. They then create vaccines from a combination of these strains and send the vaccines out to pharmacies.
The process for making the flu vaccine has also changed this year. Quinlan said scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization monitor the influenza virus year-round. In doing so, they are able to determine which strains of the virus are the most common and likely to affect the greatest number of people.
Mai Do, marketing coordinator for Student Health Services, said the process had not been very effective during the last flu season.
flu clinics this week
Tuesday — 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.at the Kansas Union (Fourth floor Traditions Area)
Thursday — 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at The Underground (Wesco Hall)
Wednesday — 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Mrs. E's (Lewis Hall)
Last year, the combination of the three strains left many people afflicted with the influenza virus despite receiving vaccinations because other strains of the virus were more common than the CDC and WHO had anticipated.
The CDC reported this month that several states have already seen cases of the flu this fall. It said the earliest signs showed the vaccine had been effective, matching well with the current circulating strains of the virus.
"It's a guessing game by scientists," Quinlan said.
Though Watkins has not yet seen a single case of the virus on campus this fall, the season is just beginning. Quinlan said getting the vaccine as a preventive measure was a smart
option for students. Even with the vaccine, she said, it was possible to contract the virus. The effects of the virus were not as severe for those with some form of the vaccine, Quinlan said.
The nasal mist, which is a new option for flu vaccines this year, comes at a cheaper price than the normal injection. The mist differs from the standard injection in that it is generally reserved for students who are healthy and well, with no history of asthmatic problems. Though the nasal mist is less expensive, the evaluation process administered by Watkins' nurses takes longer. Quinlan said the side effects that accompany the nasal mist were also stronger than those of the shot.
Pat Peterson, Wheaton, Ill., senior, said he planned to get the flu shot soon. A hectic schedule and demanding class load motivated his decision.
"I'm way too busy with school and extracurricular activities like 'Rock Chalk' to get sick," Peterson said, referring to the Rock Chalk Revue.
Student Health Services will host the flu clinics throughout the rest of October and into late November. The clinic's hours and locations, as well as tips for staying healthy, were sent to all KU students and faculty last Friday via e-mail.
Edited by Andy Greenhaw
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Ten hours a day, every day, Elizabeth Feudale-Bowes confines herself to a galvanized-steel-and-porcelain shed outside her house. Inside are a toilet, a metal cabinet, a box spring with the metal coils exposed, and a pile of organic cotton blankets. Aluminum foil covers the window.
The place is as austere as a prison cell — but it's also her sanctuary from an outside world that she says makes her violently ill.
She and her husband call the structure "the bubble"
This bubble, though, may be about to burst: A judge has ordered it taken down by the end of the month.
Some of the couple's neighbors in suburban South Whitehall Township complained that the 160-square-foot building is unstable and so unsightly it could drag down their property values. The couple also hooked up electrical, water and sewer service without securing permits.
"For the wife's medical problems, there is sympathy. For the owner's defiance of the township's lawful directives, there is no excuse."
Feudale-Bowes, 52, said she was diagnosed several years ago with "environmental illness," described as extreme sensitivity to everyday substances.
Judge Carol McGinley ruled earlier this month.
Some doctors question whether environmental illness is a genuine physical disorder and suggest it is psychological. Feudale-Bowles says she was diagnosed by Dr. William Rae of Texas, who has been accused by the Texas Medical Board of promoting "pseudoscience." He vigorously disputes the charge and continues to see patients.
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Hawk fans should see the glass as half full
'TWINTOWERS'
BY ALEX DUFEK
adufek@kansan.com
The Kansas basketball and football teams combined for an astonishing 49 wins and only four losses last year.
Kansas fans never even had to witness a loss at Memorial Stadium or Allen Fieldhouse because the teams went undefeated at both venues.
However, that was last year and this is, well, this year. It's easy to say that matching last year's success would be nearly impossible.
The Jayhawks easily had the best two-sport record in NCAA Division-I athletics last year. Kansas was the only school to go to a BCS-bowl game and also advance to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament. The only other team that even came close was West Virginia, which won the Fiesta Bowl in football and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in basketball.
Despite last year's success, we live in a society where people care a lot about what someone has done for them lately.
Nine teams that Kansas will face in the non-conference season participated in post-season play last year. Michigan State, Temple, Arizona, Tennessee and Kent State all played in the NCAA tournament. Tennessee and Kent State both won their conferences.
Expectations are always high in basketball. After losing all five starters from last year's squad, the Jayhawks are going to have some major growing pains, and their non-conference schedule isn't going to make it any easier.
Both teams were knocked out by another one of the Jayhawks' future foes: the University of Massachusetts, the runner-up in the 2008 NIT. Kansas will also face NIT-participant New Mexico State.
If that's not daunting enough, Kansas will most likely face Washington — who appeared in the College Basketball Invitational — and either Florida or Syracuse in the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic in November. Syracuse advanced to the quarterfinals of the NIT last year and Florida advanced to the semifinals.
This is all before the conference season even begins. Once Kansas enters conference play, it will have to deal with talented squads such as Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas.
Then there is the rest of the Big 12, which will give Kansas some troubles as well. Oklahoma State beat the Jayhawks, despite Kansas' best record ever.
There is reason to think that one or two teams in the middle or lower parts of the conference could beat Kansas at least once this season. If Kansas was to go about 23-10 it would seem like a let down after last year, but it would be a season a school such as Colorado would die for in basketball.
As far as football goes, the Jayhawks are sitting at 5-2 with a tough schedule ahead. With the way the Big 12 is shaping up, I think a lot of people would say Kansas will finish with seven wins, maybe eight. This would have been a stellar mark for Kansas football a few years ago, but it may seem like a let-down to some Jayhawk fans this year.
It shouldn't. Neither should a 23-win basketball season. Just think about Kansas' neighboring schools and how they have had to deal with losing. Kansas isn't losing the way some other Big 12 North schools are. They aren't suffering losing seasons. They aren't getting blown out.
Nebraska, Iowa State and Colorado are all struggling more so than Kansas In football, Nebraska has suffered
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Matt Kleinmann freezes when he sees Marcus or Markieff Morris walking alone on campus.
Kleinmann, a senior center, tries to take a quick glance at the face to determine which one of the two Morris twins it might be. It doesn't work. Kleinmann can't tell them apart yet, so he has to choose a simpler greeting.
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"Hey" Kleinmann says, "What's up twin?"
Freshman guard Tyshawn Taylor notes that Markieff has a bigger head. Senior guard Brennan Bechard looks at their eyebrows. Marcus' seem to be thinner.
Kleinmann is not the only one who struggles to differentiate between the two freshman forwards from Philadelphia. The twins' teammates and coaches are facing
the same problem, but they are beginning to compile identification strategies.
Perhaps the Morris twins have not shared the secret to telling them apart with everyone.
"Normally," Marcus said, "I'll cut my sideburns off so I can be clear."
The Morris twins.
however, are not agitated by the failure to identify them. Not the least bit. Marcus and Markieff have grown up at each other's sides.
Not only are they used to it, but the twins embrace it. Marcus and Markieff
made it clear early in the recruiting process that they would be attending the same college. They've always played on the same basketball team, so they figured there was no reason to stop in college.
But the similarities between the twins go beyond basketball.
Their favorite subject is math. Their favorite food is cornbread. Their favorite TV show is "Martin." They share the exact same tattoos — including one etched on their arms that reads "Twin Towers."
"They do everything together," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "They even dress alike."
So the biggest difference between the twins is the sideburns. Until they step on the basketball court. It's not that one is substantially better than the other — they both were ranked as top 50 recruits in the 2008 class — but their games have just
developed differently.
The 6-foot-9, 235-pound Markieff plays primarily inside and is known as a fierce reboucher. He averaged 12 rebounds per game last year at APEX Academy in New Jersey.
The 6-foot-8, 225-pound Marcus can play either inside or on the perimeter. He likes to move around and takes more jump shots.
"I can play all five positions on the court," Marcus said. "It depends on how the match-ups are going."
Both Marcus and Markieff will have a chance to start for the Jayhawks right away this season. Self said the twins brought a dimension to the game that Kansas did not have during his first five years as coach big men who can shoot.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY,OCTOBER21,2008
quote of the day
"It was nice to get points on the board. We didn't want to get shut out again."
— Tyler Thigpen, on avoiding the Chiefs' second-consecutive shutout on Sunday
fact of the day
trivia of the day
The Kansas City Chiefs, which are 1-5, have not started a season 1-6 since 2001. Kansas City finished 6-10 in 2001.
A:1977.
ku sports this week
Today No events
Wednesday
Volleyball: Baylor, 7 p.m.
Waco, Texas)
Thursday
Thursday
Swimming: Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Friday
Swimming: Big 12 Relays, 9 a.m.
(Lawrence)
Soccer: Texas, 3 p.m. (Lawrence)
Women's golf: The Derby, day
one (Auburn, Ala.)
Saturday
Football: Texas Tech, Homecoming, 11 a.m. (Lawrence)
Volleyball: Texas A&M; 6:30 p.m.
(College Station, Texas)
Women's golf: The Derby,
second day (Auburn, Ala.)
Sunday
Soccer: Baylor, 1 p.m. (Lawrence)
Women's Golf: The Derby, final day (Auburn, Ala.)
NFL Larry Johnson accused
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Larry Johnson accused of assaulting woman
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City running back Larry Johnson is being investigated for spitting a drink in a woman's face at a nightclub during the Chiefs' bye week. This is the fourth time in five years he's been accused of assault.
Kansas City police are investigating a report of non-aggravated assault against Johnson for an incident at Club Blonde on Friday. Ashley Stewart, 28, said Johnson told her he was going to kill her boyfriend, then spit a drink in her face, acording to the police report.
The case has been assigned to a detective and will be investigated as resources become available, police spokesman Capt. Rich Lockhart said. Johnson has not been charged in the case.
Johnson was charged with simple assault last month for pushing the side of a woman's face at a club in February. He was benched for Sunday's game against Tennessee for breaking team rules.
Soccer and baseball and basketball, oh my!
BY ASHER FUSCO
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If you sat through Kansas football's four-hour Oklahoma adventure this Saturday, you could be forgiven for swearing off offense. If defense is what you're seeking, turn your attention to Kansas futbol.
The Jayhawks went 2-0 last weekend without allowing a goal to either No. 6 Texas A&M or Division-II Francis Marion. Sure, Francis Marion is a schedule-filler, but Texas A&M is among college soccer's elite.
In the crisp and competitive victory Friday afternoon against the Aggies, Jayhawk forward Shannon
McCabe delivered the difference-making goal from an unimaginably difficult angle. In Sunday's rout of the Patriots, McCabe added three goals and an assist. The Jayhawks' late-season run is precisely what the program needs after narrowly missing the NCAA Tournament each of the last three seasons.
Add Kansas' non-conference success (7-2 with victories against two ranked opponents) to its surprising upset over A&M, and you've got a possible NCAA Tournament team. With regular season tilts remaining against Big 12 title contenders No. 14 Texas and unranked Missouri, Kansas soccer is worth watching.
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The Tampa Bay Rays are where they should be: The World Series. After polishing off the one-dimensional Chicago White Sox and the
aging Boston Red Sox, the Rays should be big favorites against the National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies.
The Rays are young, inexperienced and wide-eyed. So what?
Tampa Bay won 97 games in the regular season — the second-best record in the majors. That's right, the Rays were better than the Bo Sox, much better than the White Sox and substantially better than the Phillies.
Tampa Bay's lineup has it all: Power (Carlos Pena and Evan Longoria) speed (Carl Crawford and Jason Bartlett) and a potent mix of the two (B.J. Upton). The Rays' rotation is deep. Scott Kazmir can neutralize the Phillies' left-handed hitters, Matt Garza is an intimidating fire-baller, and James Shields is as steady as they come. They also have an underrated bullpen and an excellent defense.
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star Darnell Jackson won't get a chance to make his NBA regular season debut until at least a month after the start of the season.
File this one in the "life ain't fair" file. Because of a fractured wrist, former Kansas basketball
The power forward, drafted in the second round and signed by the Cleveland Cavaliers, fought through personal problems and emerged as one of the key players on Kansas' 2008 national championship team. During his time at Kansas, Jackson embodied everything that is good in college athletics. He overcame difficult circumstances, he played hard, he mentored teammates and he always found a reason to flash his endearing smile.
After playing well in training camp and four exhibition games, Jackson faces yet another uphill battle — proof that bad things sometimes do happen to good people.
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Delta Chi 1 falls to Beta A1 in flag football semi-final
BY NIKKI SCHENFELD
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In the final minute of the semifinal flag football game Monday night, Delta Ch11 players and fans could feel victory. Within 32 seconds, that chance at victory was taken away.
In the greek flag football semifinals game between Beta Theta Pi and Delta Chi, Delta Chi1 held
onto the lead until the final 28 seconds. Beta A1 had first possession in the game but on first down quarterback Chris Wolfe, Winona, Minn., junior, was sacked and later turned over on downs.
On Delta Chili's first drive, quarterback Andrew Dockter, Lenexa junior, threw a complete pass on third down to Ryan Hahne for a touchdown with a successful one-point conversion leaving
Delta Chi1 in the lead 7-0.
Wolfe ran for two first downs, and on the next play he ran the ball into the end zone for a touchdown. Beta A1 was unsuccessful on the one-point conversion leaving the score 7-6.
With two minutes left in the first half, Wolfe intercepted the ball from Dockter, but Beta A1 was unable to score a touchdown before the half ended.
Delta Chi1 started the second half, but on third down, Dockter was sacked by Cooper Merrill, Leawood sophomore, forcing Delta Chi1 to punt. In the final six minutes both teams were forced to turn over the ball on downs.
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The one-point conversion ended the game, 13-7.
"I was able to lose the tackler," Wolle said. "I saw Merrill get open, and I threw as far as I could."
Beta A1 will play Sigma Nu2 today at 5 p.m. at Shenk Recreational Fields for the championship.
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New England Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel hands off to running back Sammy Morris during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos on Monday night in Foxborough, Mass. The New England Patriots finally dominated the way they did when Tom Brady was playing. Matt Cassel threw three touchdown passes in his best game since taking over for the injured quarterback, Sammy Morris rushed for 138 yards and New England routed the Denver Broncos 41-7 Monday night. Randy Moss caught two touchdown passes, doubling his total for the season but far short of his NFL record of 23 last season. New England forced five turnovers and finished with 257 rushing. For one night, at least, the post-Brady blues were shoved aside by a complete performance.
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Senior wins 50-and 100-yard freestyle
BY ADAM SAMSON asamson@kansan.com
Senior Maria Mayrovich led the Jayhawks with wins in the 50-yard freestyle (23.48 seconds) and the 100-yard freestyle (50.54 seconds). Junior Emily Lanteigne also came away with two first-place finishes in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle events. The Jayhawk divers swept the diving events as senior Hannah McMacken claimed first place on the 1-meter board, and teammate sophomore Erin Mertz
The KU women's swimming and diving team went two-for-two on the weekend with victories over the Arizona State Sun Devils and Northern Arizona Lumberjacks. The most impressive victory on the weekend came with a 149-147 win over the 20th-ranked Sun Devils on Friday at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center.
won on the 3-meter board.
KU's two victories this past weekend helped them improve to 2-0 on the season. The team will look to capitalize on its 2-0 start with a tough dual meet ahead this Thursday at home against Big 12 conference opponent Texas & M&M.
In addition to the team win, the KU divers, including McMacken and Mertz, qualified for the NCAA Zone Meet in March. Junior Meg Proehli qualified for the Zone Meet as well with her first place finish on the 1-meter board on Saturday at Northern Arizona.
With an exciting victory Friday afternoon, the Jayhawks breezed past the Lumberjacks Saturday with a 197-107 win. Never looking back, the Jayhawks swept the entire field, winning all 14 swimming events and both diving events.
"The weekend was a confidence booster for us — especially at the beginning of the season," Proehl said.
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Rays and Phillies to meet in opening game Wednesday
BY BEN WALKER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Game 1 is Wednesday night at
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Brad Lidge's only blemish this season came in the All-Star game. Turns out that loss means a lot more now.
Because of that one slip-up, Lidge and the Philadelphia Phillies will open the World Series on the road — against the Tampa Bay Rays, the team with the best home record in the majors this year.
who could've imagined this matchup back in March, when Rays rookie Evan Longoria homered off Cole Hamels in spring training.
One of the oldest franchises in baseball against one
"Just seeing them in spring training, my impression of them was that they were more like an American League lineup."
of the newest, linked by a single thread — a history of failure.
While Maddon was a coach with the 2002 Angels when they won the World Series, this matchup is full of newcomers. Of all the players involved, the only one with a hit in any previous World Series is Phillies backup outfielder So Taguchi.
The Phillies, the losing team in pro sports history, with only one championship to their name. The Rays, sad sacks since joining the majors with Arizona in 1998, with the worst record in baseball last year.
The Rays capped their turnaround by dethroning the Boston Red Sox 3-1 Sunday night in Game 7 of the AL championship series.
"Obviously, winning is the silver lining. We would have been happy to do it in four," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said hours before Game 7.
And while Fox TV executives might've hoped for something seemingly more attractive — say, Cubs-Red Sox — the likes of former NL MVPs Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard, along with B.J. Upton, Shane Victorino, Chase Uley and ALCS MVP Matt Garza certainly give fans a fresh look.
will have been off a week by the time they play the opener.
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Oh, another theme coming this October: rest vs. rust. The Philles
Friendly rivals, too. While the teams haven't met in the regular season since 2006 and Rays reliever Trever Miller is the lone Series player who's spent time on both sides, the clubs see a lot
"Just seeing them in spring training, my impression of them was that they were more like an American League lineup. I thought their offense, they could pound the ball up and down the lineup. I was really impressed with that," Maddon said recently.
Maddon grew up in Hazleton, Pa., about 100 miles from Philadelphia, and admits he didn't root for the Phillies as a kid. Over the past few years, he's become more of a fan.
The Phillies have trained in the Tampa Bay town of Clearwater for more than a half-century and maintain a year-round fan base in the area that includes Phils Hall of Famer Robin Roberts.
of each other every spring.
"Ive always been a big fan of their MVP guys, but I liked Victorino also. He made a big
impression on me in spring training," he said. "The thing I didn't know about them is how good their pitching was."
Tampa Bay dropped the "Devil" from its nickname this year and played like a different team, led by a rotation of James Shields, Scott Kazmir, Andy Sonnastine and Garza.
The Rays went 97-65 to win the AL East, breezed past the Chicago White Sox in their first playoff series and held off Boston. Quite a feat for a team that had never won more than 70 games, and had finished last in every season except one, before this remarkable run.
Upton has hit seven home runs this postseason — after hitting only nine all year — and Longoria has homered six times in the playoffs.
That home run Longoria hit in March off Hamels, the NLCS MVP, seems like a long time ago. The Tampa Bay third baseman delivered a much more key hit in July — his eighth-inning double tied the All-Star game, and Kazmir outpitched Lidge in the 15th for a 4-3 win, giving the AL home-field advantage in the Series.
Lidge is 46-for-46 in save chances without a loss this year. That defeat in the All-Star game looms larger now, because the Rays play so well at home. Somehow, they figured out how to play the crazy caroms off the catwalks — some of those balls remain in play. Still, the Trop Shop remains a good candidate for baseball's first postseason replay.
After starting out the season as 200-1 long shots to win the World Series, the Rays have a chance to become the first club to go from worst in the majors to champs in a single year.
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NEW YORK — Suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones has entered an alcohol treatment center.
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The league suspended Adam Jones for at least four games last Tuesday for again violating its personal conduct policy.
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The Cowboys had employed the bodyguards to try to keep
lones out of trouble.
"They lost their job when he got suspended. They lost it because there's no more Adam to look out for," Jerry Jones said after a news conference announcing a company the Cowboys are forming with the New York Yankees to handle concession and merchandise sales at their new stadiums.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will determine the full length of the suspension after the Cowboys play Nov. 16 at Washington. Goodell has said a lifetime ban remains a possibility.
The league has said reinstatement will depend on strict compliance with treatment plans and an evaluation by "clinical experts."
Asked later Monday if he believed the treatment will help Adam Jones deal with his problems, Cowboys coach Wade Phillips stammered a bit before reiterating that he wasn't going to discuss players not with the team.
"Same as last week, he's not with
us" Phillips said. "My concern is the guys that are with us, and try to get them to play well."
The previous suspension cost Adam Jones the entire 2007 season for the Titans. He was traded to Dallas in April, with Tennessee receiving a fourth-round draft pick. The Titans were also supposed to get a sixth-round next year, but because Jones has been suspended again, Dallas will instead receive their fifth-round pick in 2009.
After the trade, Jones stayed out of trouble until the scuffle at an upscale Dallas hotel. Jerry Jones has said that banter between the player and his bodyguard got out of hand, resulting in the scuffle and a small glass item on the vanity in the restroom being damaged. Dallas police responded to a disturbance call about 11 p.m., and the matter was over by the time they arrived.
The player and the bodyguard, Tommy Jones, told police everything was OK. Police said both were driven from the hotel
by an acquaintance, and the bodyguard didn't want to press charges.
Jerry Jones has acknowledged alcohol was served at the party, but that witnesses told him the player's "conduct should not be interpreted as over-drinking."
Adam Jones was arrested six times and involved in 12 instances requiring police intervention after Tennessee drafted him in the first round in 2005.
Jones started all six games for the Cowboys before being suspended, partly because Pro Bowl cornerback Terence Newman has been injured. Jones had 25 tackles and 11 pass deflections and averaged 5.0 yards on 16 punt returns.
Jones was an elite cornerback and kick returner in his first two seasons with the Titans, but the accumulation of arrests and legal problems, including his connection to a shooting at a Las Vegas strip club, led to his suspension without pay in April 2007.
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ST. LOUIS — Had Rams coach Jim Haslett had his way, running back Steven Jackson wouldn't have been on the field during the play he got hurt in Sunday's win against the Dallas Cowboys.
As it is, though, Jackson stayed one play too long and suffered a slightly strained quadriceps, an MRI revealed Monday.
"I had just told them to get Jackson out of there and he got hurt that play," Haslet said.
Having Jackson healthy for
But Haslett expects Jackson to be available to play this week against New England.
the game against New England will be imperative as it usually is considering Jackson's value to the offense.
"It was a slight strain." Haslett said. "He will be limited this week but he should be fine for the game."
Jacks son rumbled for 160 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries against the Cowboys in the Rams' surprising 34-14 blowout victory.
results of that test revealed more than a bruise but not much more according to Haslett.
"I had just told them to get Jackson out of there and he got hurt that play."
JIM HASLETT St. Louis Rams head coach
It was that 25th and final carry, a play that coincidentally went for just a 1-yard gain, where Jackson planted awkwardly as he fell to the turf.
In the moments after the game, Jackson declared the injury just a bruise pending the MRI. The
Jackson isn't likely to practice much this week, especially early in the week, but that could change as the week goes on.
"We'll see how he is,"
Haslett said. "He probably won't do much early in the week."
If Jackson can't go against the Patriots, the Rams will turn to a three-pronged running attack featuring Antonio Pittman, Travis Minor and Kenneth Darby.
Elsewhere on the injury front, the Rams had a mix of good news
and bad.
Receiver Derek Stanley took a helmet to helmet hit from Dallas safety Keith Davis that left him motionless for a few minutes. After walking off on his own power, Stanley was taken to a St. Louis hospital for observation.
Apparently, Stanley is OK as he checked himself out of the hospital last night and will be reevaluated before he returns to the field this week.
Safety Todd Johnson suffered a bruised kidney and will likely miss a couple of games. Receiver Drew Bennett's foot has not healed and he will be out again this week.
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Left tackle Orlando Pace, who missed Sunday's game because of a slightly torn quadriceps, worked out Monday and is expected to return to practice Wednesday.
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St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson runs past Dallas Cowboys linebacker Bradie James on his way to an 18-yard gain during the first quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday in St. Louis. Hodgson had three touchdowns and ran for 160 yards in the Rams' 34-14 victory.
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In practice and pick-up games, the twins regularly take shots that would be considered out of the range of most big men. They are not doing it just for fun. The twins make the shots most of the time and their versatility has wowed teammates.
a really fun thing to see — a big guy grab a rebound, come down the court, pull up and take a jumper."
Marcus, on the opposing team, scored six points and showcased his athletic ability by not turning the ball over and driving to the basket.
"You can't pigeonhole them at any one position," Kleinmann said. "It's a really fun thing to see
Mystery surrounded the Morris twins' abilities for fans going into Friday's Late Night in the Phog scrimmage. Because of a delay in being cleared academically eligible by the NCAA, the Morris twins didn't accompany Kansas on its trip to Canada during the Labor Day weekend for three exhibition games.
The twins also had not arrived on campus yet in June when the team hosted two open inter-squad scrimmages. No one aside from teammates and coaches had seen them play.
It did not take long for Marcus and Markieff to introduce themselves during the scrimmage at Late Night. Markieff scored the second most points of all the Jayhawks with 13 and recorded the most rebounds with six. He converted on two tip-ins, made a three-pointer from the left wing and added a fadeaway jumper.
"Marcus, you can see how skilled he is for a big guy," Self said after the scrimmage. "That is a skilled guy. He's going to be a
tough match-up."
"And then Markieff, he got down and knocked and banged and did some things."
Marcus describes the opportunity to play alongside his brother for the defending NCAA National Champions as "awesome";
"I guess their excuse was, 'I don't play hard when I play against my brother'" Taylor said.
Neither of the twins mind who becomes more successful for the Jayhawks. Believe it or not, they are so close that they aren't even very competitive towards each other. Taylor said the twins often refuse to play one-on-one against each other.
Marcus does not like to admin he usually beats Markieff when they do play against each other. Marcus counters it by saying he would rather win against Markieff in video games, but loses most of the time.
Maybe that's why they don't mind being confused for one another. They even have fun with it sometimes.
Take the time in third grade in Philadelphia when Marcus and Markieff were in different classes. Markieff said they decided to switch classes because they knew their teachers would not notice.
"When my mom found out, we couldn't do that anymore," Markieff said. "We're all in the same classes this year, so there's no reason to switch."
Being in the same classes, however, creates the nusance of telling the twins apart for teachers at the University.
Just remember, look at the sideburns.
— Edited by Jennifer Torline
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some of its worst losses in school history over the past two years and they're 9-10 in their last 19 games.
Iowa State has also been struggling. The Cyclones went a combined 17-27 in the two sports last season and are off to a 2-5 start in football this year. Colorado reached a bowl game in football last year, but finished the year at 6-7.
They are struggling to compete in basketball. They went 12-20 last season and suffered many blowout losses.
Kansas fans are very fortunate for what they have going here in Lawrence. They should really cherish these years because they can vanish fast.
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Sophomore defensive tackle Jamie Greene and senior defensive end Russell Brorsen watch and wait after a second half Oklahoma touchdown during Saturday's game. Kansas offense averaged one-tenth fewer yards per play than Oklahoma, and it ran 25 fewer plays. Kansas lost the game 45-21.
Mangino's solution for the pass rush problems against Oklahoma
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much blame for not disrupting Bradford's rhythm.
When a defense surrenders 674 yards, there's plenty of blame to go around.
The line failed to record a sack for the first time all season.
Kansas' secondary was scrutinized after Saturday's 45-31 defeat for allowing a record 468 passing yards from Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford. However, the defensive line deserves as
In addition to no sacks, it allowed a season-high 206 rushing yards.
Basically, Kansas' front four was pushed around all game by Oklahoma's offensive line, which outweighs its counterparts by more than 40 pounds per man.
"They were the first ones in the locker room to get a game ball," Sooner coach Bob Stoops said of his behemoths. "To be able to be balanced and protect the quarterback and the run, they were really solid."
The Sooner offense moved efficiently up and down the field on Saturday. Oklahoma converted on 7-of-16 third down attempts and 7-of-8 trips to the red zone.
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That means that even when Oklahoma ran the ball, the running backs were sprinting past the line and into the second level most of the time.
"Everything just fell right in place where it should be," Sooner running back Chris Brown said. "It was very balanced all across the board: running, passing the ball. Guys were making blocks all the way down the field."
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"Tackling, from what I could see on the sideline, was not crisp," coach Mark Mangino said. "There's a lot of things that weren't the way that wed like for them to be."
Mangino had a seven-man rotation on the defensive front, which wore them all down by the fourth quarter.
Stuckey and senior cornerback Kendrick Harper set career highs with 12 and 13 tackles, respectively. In fact, Kansas' top nine tacklers on Saturday played at either linebacker or defensive back.
"We have a lot of guys that are on the field and hardly ever come off on defense," Mangino said. "A lot of the defensive linemen are playing a lot of reps because we're a little short-handed."
Junior defensive tackle Caleb Blakesley didn't play because of an injury, and it's unclear if he'll be available for the homecoming game against Texas Tech.
Kansas can't make a trade or sign any free agents to beef up its struggling and depleted defense, so there's only one thing Mangino can do.
"You just try to get them better," he said.
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Second-year law school student died on Friday
BY ANDY GREENHAW agreenhaw@kansan.com
KU students lost a fellow Jayhawk during fall break.
Andrew Mullin, a KU graduate in the School of Law, died at his home in Lawrence on Friday, Oct. 17.
Jill Jess, associate director of KU news and media relations, said she didn't know how Mullin died. The Douglas County
Coroner's Office was not available to comment on the incident.
Gail Agrawal, dean of the School of Law, said Mullins' friends and teachers would remember him for his "dry wit and ability to turn a phrase." After rereading his personal statement he wrote when applying to Law
Mullin
School, she said.
"He had a way with words that gave you some insight into his soul and himself as a person — his self-deprecating humor; a little sense of irony."
Mullin was the second Law student to have died in recent months.
"One of the hardest things I have had to do as a dean is attempt to console grief stricken families and classmates." Agrawal said in an e-mail. "There is a special pain and sorrow in mourning a student, inevitably younger, with so much promise to be
fulfilled and so much life to be lived. We extend our deepest sympathies to Andrew's family and friends"
Chancellor Robert Hemenway also sent his condolences to Mullin's family and friends.
"On behalf of the entire University community... our hearts go out to them at this time of great loss," Hemenway said in an e-mail.
Mullin, a Summerfield Scholar, was a second-year law student who graduated with distinction with a bachelor's in English from the University in 1998. He participated in the University Honors Program and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He also studied at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
A memorial service is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday at Asbury Methodist Church, 5400 W. 75th St., in Prairie Village.
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as of 11 p.m. on Tuesday:
1. "Go... Jayhawks!" – 46 percent
2. "Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU!" – 24 percent
3. "Make me weep!" – 11 percent
4. "Right between the eyes!" 8 percent
5. "Rock Chalk Jayhawk!" – 8 percent
Total votes:1,195
Student-submitted chant poll standing as of 11 p.m. on Tuesday:
1. "Kayyyyyyyy (kick) Youuuuuuuuu"
- 55 percent
2. "Knock him back to (team home-town!)!" - 16 percent
3. "Rock chalk, beak' em hawks!"
- 7 percent
4. "Goooooooo (kick) KU!" - 7 percent
5. "Off with his head!" - 7 percent
6. "Beak' em hawks!" - 5 percent
Total votes: 1,129
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Students see consulters about debt
The increasing amount of student loans and credit debt among University graduates is leading to higher levels of stress among those entering the job market. Local organizations are counseling some students on how to handle their finances.
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Ricky Brown, Norman, Okla., junior, gets his picture taken with a milk mustache by healthy Options for Movement Exercise. Body Acceptance and Savvy Eating, or HOMEBASE, at the Student Recreation Fitness Center on Tuesday. HOMEBASE, a taskforce within Student Health Services, gave out free milk, took milk mustache pictures and awarded prizes in a drawing to help promote calcium and milk awareness among students.
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Milk mustaches promote importance of calcium
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Got milk?
According to the National Dairy Council, three 8-ounce glasses of milk can account for almost all daily calcium needs. A diet lacking in calcium can lead to unhealthy bones, and milk provides the body with nine essential nutrients. Along with being a good source of calcium, milk
Ann Chapman, dietitian for Student Health Services, said students were not getting enough calcium in their daily diets. She said most students who went in to have their eating habits evaluated didn't drink milk. Chapman said it was more common for students to drink pop, water or iced tea with their meals.
Student Health Services hopes students do. A milk mustache event held at the Student Recreation Fitness Center Tuesday aimed to educate students about the importance of milk in their diets.
Sarah Mann, Overland Park senior, said she had never been much of a milk-drinker. Whether living with her parents during high school or living on her own, Mann said she had milk with her cereal. Otherwise, the occasional glass was all she drank.
"It's amazing how much milk consumption has gone down" she said.
But not all students can get their calcium from milk or dairy products. The National Dairy Council estimates about 25 percent of the U.S. population suffers from lactose intolerance. The condition doesn't mean those individuals can't consume dairy products, it means their bodies can't break down lactose, a key ingredient in dairy products. The National Dairy Council suggests that people with the condition supplement their diets with yogurt or aged cheese, such as cheddar.
also offers a large amount of vitamin D, which helps bones absorb the calcium.
Diana Spathis, Chicago senior, discovered she was lactose intolerant halfway through her freshman year. She includes calcium in her diet by taking calcium pills daily. She said avoiding problem foods had never been difficult.
Chapman said college students often removed milk from their diets without thinking of the long-term effects. She said students could go four years without drinking milk and not give it a second thought because they didn't feel the effects.
Spathis said she didn't often think about the prevalence of calcium in her diet, but would if it became a health issue.
"I've always been a really picky eater," Spathis said. "It was never really a problem. I just eat what I like. If something makes me sick, I stop eating it."
"Your bones aren't going to feel weak now," Chapman said. "You aren't going to notice it until you get older. Strengthening bones is a process that's years in the making."
Tuesday's event took place in the front entrance of the recreation center. Students
were offered free samples of white, chocolate or soy milk. In addition, students could have their picture taken wearing milk mustaches, win prizes and learn more about the importance of calcium.
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Ann Chapman, coordinator of nutritional services, Brook Castrop, Olathe senior, and Garry Noravong. Olathe senior, (left to right) promote calcium and milk awareness at the Student Recreation Fitness Center on Tuesday. This is the second year Student Health Services has given out free milk, and it plans to have another event in the spring. Chapman said students should drink more milk to keep their bones strong as they grow older.
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ODD NEWS Hospital charges $162, doesn't provide treatment
DALLAS — A woman says she waited 19 hours at Parkland Memorial Hospital's emergency department for treatment of a broken leg and never did get to see a doctor — but still got a bill for $162.
Amber Joy Milbrodt, who said she broke a bone in her leg while playing volleyball, received the bill two weeks after her Sept. 24 visit.
Parkland officials say the bill was appropriate because a nurse spent time checking her vital signs to assess her level of need.
But that's not how Milbrodt sees it. "It should have been more like them paying me for having to sit in the emergency room for 19 hours," she told The Dallas Morning News.
The assessment by the nurse, which lasted a few minutes, established her place in line that night. By that time, Milbrodt said she had already been waiting about 3½ hours.
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Milbrodt, 29, who has no insurance, said she does not plan to pay. After leaving the ER, she rested at home for a few days and then put her leg in a brace, which she still wears. It seems to be healing, she said.
She still had not been called more than 15 hours later, so she gave up and went home. She had an X-ray taken at a chiropractic school where she is a student, which confirmed that she had a fracture.
"She's not paying for waiting," says Rick Rhine, the hospital's vice president in charge of billing. "She's paying for the assessment she received."
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Hospital officials say they need more beds to handle the excessive number of patients who need care. A bond measure on the Nov. 4 ballot would provide funds for a new, larger hospital.
A few days before Milbrodt's visit, a 58-year-old man who went to the ER with stomach pains also waited 19 hours — and then suffered cardiac arrest and died.
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Fort Worth's large public hospital, John Peter Smith, shares Parkland's policy of charging for a triage assessment. But other hospitals in Dallas, such as Baylor University Medical Center, don't charge if the person never sees a doctor.
Christopher Hendry, the school's vice president of college advancement, told the MetroWest Daily News of Framingham he approved the letter, which he said was written in a marketing style expected to appeal to younger donors.
"With the recent economic downturn and loan crisis, it has become even more important for Framingham State College to receive your support. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah," one part of the letter read.
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The Sept. 5 letter, signed by the president of the school's alumni association, was sent to about 6,000 recent graduates who hadn't donated to the school. It used standard fundraisers pitches, interspersed with sentences of nothing but "blah."
Alumnus Ken Shifman, a 2003 graduate, said the letter 'insults
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — An attempt to reach younger donors with a breezily written letter that uses the word "blah" 137 times has some Framingham State College alumni questioning the school's professionalism, judgment and ... blah, blah, blah,
the intelligence" of alumni.
However, Hendry notes that after the "blah" letter was sent, the school collected about $2,000 from nearly 40 alumni who had never previously given money.
"It just doesn't seem like something from a legitimate university." Shifman said.
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The workshop "Conducting Unclassified & USS Searches" will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 103B in Carruth-O'Leary Hall.
The lecture "University Forum: Presidential and Congressional Election 2008" will begin at noon in the ECM center.
The public event "Physical Therapy — It's All About Move ment" will begin at 9 a.m. in front of the Kansas Union.
The seminar "African Immigrants in Italy" will begin at 11:30 a.m. in Alcove J in the Kansas Union.
The seminar"Papyrus, Parchment, Paper: A Brief History of Map-Making" will begin at 2 p.m. in the Spencer Research Library.
"Flu Immunization Clinic" will begin at 10 a.m. in Mrs. E's.
The Homecoming event "Jayhawk Renaissance Festival" will begin at 10 a.m. in Strong Hall.
The workshop "Research Administration 101: Guide to the Administration of Sponsored Projects at KU" will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Apollo Room in Nichols Hall.
The meeting "Introduction to Research for New Faculty" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Governors Room in the Kansas Union.
The seminar "Should Student Health be a Public School Imperative? A Research Agenda and a Policy Debate" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in the Hall Center.
The lecture "Political Communications: The Art of the Science or the Science of the Art?" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
"Latinos, Immigration, Politics:
A Panel Discussion" will begin
at 5:30 p.m. in the Big 12
Boom in the Kansas Union.
"Media Coverage of Campaign 2008: Magic or Misguided" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The film "Tournees French Film Festival" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The concert "Visiting Artist Brian Gnojek, clarinet" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Park.
As a part of a very full week of Homecoming activities, today's KU Renaissance Festival has been moved inside to the KS Union, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check out www.homecoming.ku.edu.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008
STUDENT SENATE
Senate set to vote on new campaign regulations
Proposed election rules about coalition spending and campaign lengths are part of bill for tonight's meeting
BY HALEY JONES hjones@kansan.com
Student Senate is scheduled to vote tonight on whether to cap
Student Senate vote tonight or the amount of money student coalitions can spend on their campaigns during Senate elections at $6,000. If passed by full Senate, the bill would also shorten the time coalitions
Committee chairman, said condensing the elections cycle would allow those involved in elections to focus on academics while also dedicating time to Senate elec-
"We don't have a cap on the presidential election,why do we need a cap on this one"
BILL WALBERG El Dorado Hills, Calif., senior
would be allowed to campaign to keep the elections from interfering with students' education at the University.
Mason Heilman, Lawrence junior and Student Executive
tions. He said it would decrease the amount of harassment students not involved in campaigns would have to experience on campus. Senate elections have deviated from
serving their purpose to enhance students' education, he said.
"We really tried to strike a balance between making sure candidates can get out their message and students can hear that message
Some student senators who opposed the bill said it would not increase the impartiality of the elections process.
while not being overly bombarded" Heilman said.
Adam Wood, Lawrence senior, said the time limit was unfair to smaller coalitions because they couldn't do as much as the larger ones in six weeks. Wood said it would be "basically impossible" for Senate to accurately enforce a spending limit.
"Larger campaigns can afford to exceed the spending limit by budgeting enough money to afford the fines they would have to pay for going over," Wood said. "Why kid ourselves? Let's not delude ourselves that this somehow is going to be fair."
Elise Higgins, Topeka junior.
said campaigning before the spring elections last year lasted six months and several coalitions, including former coalitions United Students and ConnectKU, spent
about $10,000
on their campaigs while
others spent
t h o u s a n d
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coalition,
Students for
Liberty, spent
just $75. She
said the elections process
should be more
cutting campaign time but not the campaigns' budgets. He said that it was difficult to get students involved in the elections and that putting a cap on the budget would
"This will actually create an artificial barrier on how much honest people can spend."
Bill Walberg, El Dorado Hills,
Calif., senior, said he agreed with
regulated and the time limit for campaigning should be set at six weeks, including elections week.
ADAM WOOD Lawrence senior
take away from the coalitions" "social budgets," which included making buttons, posters and having kickoff parties.
"We don't have a cap on the presidential election. Why
do we need a cap on this one?" Walberg said. "I think it should be a microcosm of the real thing if people are going to take us seriously."
Wood said the bill did not accomplish either of its objectives to regulate elections and help out the smaller coalitions. He said it weakened new or third party coalitions because they did not have an established base of support or financial stability at the beginning of a campaign.
"This will actually create an artificial barrier on how much honest people can spend." Wood said.
The senators debated about whether some rules were better than no rules, regardless of their enforceability.
Sarah Shier, Salina freshman,
said even though the rules might
not be enforced perfectly, it would
be better to punish disobedience
rather than to ignore it.
—Edited by Scott R. Toland
Student Senate
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Saturday, October 25th from 10AM-4PM
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WHO: Lutheran Campus Ministry
WHAT: Corn Maze at Gary's Berries
WHEN: Friday October 24th
WHERE: meet at the Bethany House, 18 E. 13th ST., at 7pm!
For more information contact: lutherans@ku.edu or visit kulutherans.org
6th Annual Silent Auction to benefit House that Greeks Built
Saturday Oct. 25
Campanile Hill
9 a.m.
Stop by our tent on Campanile Hill to bid on KU Memorabilia and bring us closer to building our 5th house!
House that Greeks Built is a program that partners with the Lawrence chapter of Habitat for Humanity to build homes in Douglas County.
FEDERALIST SOCIETY
Speaker: Becky Norton Dunlop,
Heritage Foundation
Topic: “Off Shore Drilling: An Alternative to Funding Terrorism”
Thursday October 30, 2008
12:30 – 1:30pm
Green Hall (Law School Building), Room 106
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22.2008
FINANCES
Organizations counsel students on personal debt
BY RYAN MCGEENEY
rmcgeeney@kansan.com
When University graduates enter the workforce in the months following their walk down the hill, the mountain of accumulated debt from college may prove to be a heavier burden than they anticipated.
According to Robert Baker, education coordinator and counselor at the Housing and Credit Counseling Institute in Lawrence, people are using credit reports more often to determine eligibility for cell phone plans, insurance rates and even employment.
"You're just going to find that you have less choice in general for anything that involves a credit reference, especially for loans," Baker said.
Baker estimated that he and other counselors at the Institute saw between 40 and 50 KU students each month. He said many of them made their first visit when the six-month grace period on government student loans ended.
"When we see students post-graduation, often it will be at the end of summer or early fall," said Baker, who noted that graduates who seek debt counseling were often already reaching a crisis
point.
"They're seeing what that 10-year repayment schedule is. They're seeing what their final take-home pay is going to be, and there's a disconnect there."
John Wade, a psychologist with KU Counseling and Psychological Services, said debt often contributed to the stress that clients at the University's clinic were dealing with. Despite that observation, he said, there were no statistics pointing to debt-related stress as a primary complaint of individuals seeking psychological counseling.
"I've worked with clients for whom finances are a real concern
and stress in their lives," Wade said, "but I'm not sure if I've ever had a client whose main concern is just that. We're stressed because we're busy, because we're crunched for money, because our debt is increasing, and often, those issues stay in the background."
Baker said procrastination in dealing with debt issues further exacerbated financial stress.
"I would say that about half the clients we see wait until things are in the crisis stage," Baker said. "About 25 percent of all former students who come in with student loan concerns, it's not when they realize they might not be able to
afford it, it's when it's gone into default, and now they're in danger of garnishment or collection by a third party."
Stephanie Covington, associate director of the Office of Student Financial Aid, is part of the Financial Literacy Task Force, a project that began in August with the goal of educating students on the use of credit and other financial instruments. Covington said that a main goal of the task force was to preempt the difficulties that a growing number of students were encountering with their debt.
"We've looked at what's going on
nationally and want to be proactive in determining the needs of KU students," Covington said. The Office of Student Financial Aid posted a financial literacy guide on its Web site. www. financioaid ku.edu
"Finances are a big reason that students may drop out of school," Covington said. "There's a lot of data that suggests that students have, looking back, admitted to making mistakes with their money. We just want to make sure that students know what resources are available to them."
— Edited by Brenna Hawley
'Superstition ain't the way'
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At the end of almost every day, Steve Sobczak recalls the same thing: He bought two bags of chips, two bottles of soda and lunch — all of which were on campus.
Sobczak, Kansas City, Mo. graduate student, is one of many students choosing to eat on campus to avoid wasting expensive gasoline, among other reasons. As a result, KU Dining Services is seeing more student activity and larger revenues than ever before.
DINING
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Campus eateries enjoy record profits, increased student traffic
BY JACOB MUSELMANN
Alecia Stultz, assistant director of dining retail, said every dining venue on campus had 100 more customers per day on average since last year. This increase is due, in part, to the enrollment of 30,102 students this year — the largest the University has ever had.
"It's almost awful — it's like I can't go fast enough," Emma Swendson, Atchison freshman and
Hawk Shop employee, said of the increased student traffic. "I'm getting frustrated, and so are they"
Each year, KU Dining Services tries to increase its revenues by 3 to 5 percent, Stultz said. Last year, the highest sales day for The Underground was $18,181. Stultz said the Underground surpassed that figure an average of once a week this year.
KU Dining Services spent about $8,000 this year for outdoor seating to alleviate crowding at The Underground. This is the third consecutive year Dining Services has expanded outdoor accommodations.
Because of rising food costs, students are also spending more when they eat at campus dining locations. The average amount students spend per visit has increased to $4.28 per meal, up from $3.98 last year.
"It's been challenging for us," David Mucci, director of KU Memorial Unions, said. "We weren't expecting the explosion in
food costs that we've had."
KU Dining Services also launched its "Lose the Lids" campaign, an effort to reduce waste by moving lids and straws beyond the cash registers in campus eateries. It resulted in a 60 percent decrease in 32-ounce lid usage since the beginning of the year, which has saved approximately 3,000 lids and $108.
Stultz said that the little money saved was always quickly spent elsewhere.
"That money can go toward four cases of crunchy chicken for the crunchy chicken cheddar wraps," Stultz said.
The next step for KU Dining Services was to use eco-friendly cardboard salad containers. The new containers are 11 cents cheaper than the old containers with lids. Stultz said Dining Services was trying to reduce its use of Styrofoam and petroleumbased products.
Edited by Mary Sorrick
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008
NEWS
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Political T-shirts gain popularity
Local companies producing shirts before the presidential elections
BY KAYLA REGAN editor@kansan.com
Americans are letting their clothes do the talking this election year.
Melissa Padgett, manager of Third Planet, 846 Massachusetts St., said she noticed the rising demand for political T-shirts when more people began asking for and buying the shirts after the 2004 election. Consequently, Third Planet ordered its first t-shirts supporting Sen. Barack Obama (D-III.) after the primaries at the beginning of 2008. The store now sells five different lines of Obama shirts and has another on the way.
Padgett said Third Planet had a hard time keeping its 36 lines of different political shirts on the shelf. She said that because customers bought the shirts, which sell at an average price of $19.95, it made sense to stock them.
"We wouldn't do it if they didn't
sell” Padgett said. “We put our money where our mouth is.”
Aside from Third Planet, other t-shirt distributors are also profiting from this election season. In 2004, Ryan Redcorn, a graphic designer and 2004 graduate, founded Demockratees, a T-shirt design company. He said he made $15 per week by selling his shirts to Third Planet and worked from a 500-square-foot apartment in Clearview City.
He said he made $6,000 per week from Demockrates. He said he sold his T-shirts to national community leaders from organizations such as The Native Vote and he worked from a 3,000-square-foot warehouse.
Blue Collar Press, one of the first companies to produce Redcorn's designs, is also catering to the demand for political clothing. The company just released 12 original political t-shirts. Hoping to sell at least 100 shirts before the election, Blue Collar Press had the shirts available to customers the
first week of October.
For Sean Ingram, owner of Blue Collar Press, the recent success of the political-t-shirt business is easily explained.
"Two things drive t-shirt sales; when somebody's excited about something and when somebody's pissed off about something," Ingram said.
Ingram said despite how trendy political T-shirts were, Blue Collar Press couldn't expect its new T-shirt lines to bring in any substantial profit past Nov. 4, the day of the presidential election.
A graph tracking weekly product sales of political items on Cafépress.com, another apparel company, shows the sales figures for items supporting former presidential candidates such as Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) fell dramatically after her campaign ended. Ingram said he would donate any election shirts left over after Nov. 4 to Goodwill.
Looking past the election dead
Line, Third Planet is busy planning for Jan. 20, the official end of the Bush presidency. To say goodbye to all of its anti-Bush apparel, the store will hold a "Bush-Burning Sale" from October to the inauguration date.
Unlike Third Planet or Blue Collar Press, Demockratees is not expecting the demand for its political T-shirts to go down. In fact, Redcorn said the company, which breaks even, is on pace to double its selling rate in the next year, potentially making a $6,000 profit. He said he separated Demockratees shirts from simple political T-shirts by making sure his products highlighted diverse issues reflective of his own ideologies.
"A lot of the reason I've stayed in business is that my ethics are congruent with the messages on the shirt. My business plan is congruent with it, and the people who are buying it are congruent with the message." Redcorn said.
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Redcorn said screenprinting gave normal people exposure to complex issues that might be under the radar. He said that his shirts could act as a billboard that
raised awareness for a cause and could express a personal opinion or belief.
Edited by Brenna Hawley
NATIONAL Faith-based pharmacy refuses to sell birth control
CHANTILLY, Va. — A new drug store at a Virginia strip mall is putting its faith in an unconventional business plan: No candy. No sodas. And no birth control.
Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy is among at least seven pharmacies across the nation that are refusing as a matter of faith to sell contraceptives of any kind, even if a person has a prescription. States across the country have been wrestling with the issue of pharmacists who refuse on religious grounds to dispense birth control or morning-after pills, and some have enacted laws requiring drug stores to fill the prescriptions.
In Virginia, though, pharmacists can turn away any prescription for any reason.
"I am grateful to be able to practice," pharmacy manager Robert Semler said, "where my conscience will never be violated and my faith does not have to be checked at the door each morning."
Semler ran a similar pharmacy before opening the new store, which is not far from Dulles International Airport. The store only sells items that are health-related, including vitamins, skin care products and over-the-counter medications.
On Tuesday, the pharmacy celebrated a blessing from Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde.
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WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 22,2008
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Charles Johnson S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Professor for Excellence in English, University of Washington, Seattle Oct. 22 | Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium | 7:30 p.m.
Charles Johnson's lecture draws upon his recent essay, "The End of the Black American Narrative," in The American Scholar. He is the author of four novels, including Middle Passage, which won the 1990 National Book Award, the first African-American to win this prize since Ralph Ellison in 1953. He was a MacArthur fellow in 1998 and a 2002 recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature.
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HOROSCOPES
It's a lovely day for just about anything your heart can desire. Say yes to whatever comes along. That's just the good stuff, of course. You always do better as a good guy than any other kind. Don't even try the dark side.
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 9
Finish up the job at hand. Delegate whatever you can. Teach others what you've discovered, so they don't have to learn it the hard way. Besides, they might get it wrong.
Soon, you'll be much too busy doing whatever you're doing to do any research or planning. Better figure out what you want to accomplish right now, while you have a moment.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today is an 8
CANCER (June 22-July 22) Today is a 7
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
KU HALL CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES The University of Kansas
They say if you do what you love, the money will follow. It also works if you find out where the money is, and learn to love doing that. It's not quite as easy, but it's worth a try.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Don't wait, conditions won't get better than this for quite a while.
Make your mind up quickly and take action on what you've been thinking about.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 5
More planning is required. You'll have to live with the choices you make now for quite a while. So take your time and remove all doubt within your own mind. It'll take a while, but that's OK.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
Costs could quickly get higher than you expected, so be careful.
Only get what you really need and you'll avoid the danger. You hate it when you have to put something back.
You're not in the mood to be ordered around. You're liable to say the very thing you decided to keep quiet about. Don't worry, this tense situation could work out to your profit.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
It's a good time for expansion. This can mean anything, from beating your old best time on your walk around the block to launching a world cruise. You have the green light.
Escape the tyranny by standing up to a person who doesn't have your best interests at heart. You don't have to do this alone. Get a bunch of your friends to help. There's strength in numbers.
Turn down a request for funds from a group you support. Make sure your own bills are paid first. Also, make sure this group isn't spending your donation for nice offices. Check it out.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
Your work is attracting attention again. You're being considered for more authority. You can handle it, so take it on. You're growing in skills and confidence.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18) Today is a 7
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7 Pop flavor
8 First sign of spring?
10 Rags-to-riches author
11 Mythical sailor
13 One of a bridal quartet
16 Hot tub
17 Bet both ways
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The overcrowding of buses and parking spots has run rampant.
Walk instead of waiting for buses
An epidemic is striking the University of Kansas.
Parking has also been a major issue. KU Parking and Transit oversells permits each year, yet some students somehow still feel it necessary to drive to class.
The Kansan reported last month that the ridership of campus buses had doubled this year. That makes about 12,000 riders per day, or about 40 percent of the total student population.
First off, it'll help solve the bus problem that arose when students voted to do away with bus passes. Buses are later than usual and more packed than usual, and it's still somewhat nice outside.
But there's one solution to both problems; Walk.
And when winter comes, all you need to do is buy some warmer clothes and have a nice enjoyable walk in the beautiful snow. It builds character.
Secondly, it'll free up some parking spaces. Some students actually have to drive to class for legitimate reasons, like physical disabilities, not just because they're a little late and are too lazy to walk for 20 minutes to get to class.
Thirdly, it will help you be healthier. Obesity is an epidemic in our country. In 2007, the Centers for Disease Control found 25 to 27 percent of Kansas' population was obese. Walking is one of the easiest ways of combating obesity.
OUR VIEW
So suck it up and walk to class. If you're worried about being late, then leave a little earlier. It is possible to graduate from the
University without having set foot on a bus or driving to class.
Get outside. Enjoy nature.
The University's campus is one of the most beautiful in the nation.
You can still have your iPod on.
Pretend you're in a music video.
Walking will be much more enjoyable than being packed like a sardine into an overcrowded, smelly bus or wasting time looking for a parking space. And you'll be healthier for it.
— Caleb Sommerville, special to the editorial board
How Wall Street sank a hook in our mouths
MUSINGS FOR THE DOOMED
ZACHARY GRAHAM
BYE.
Sorry,
I can't
do this.
In contrast, the suicide rate during the Great Depression was 17
Marissa Saffron 08
BYE.
Sorry.
I can't
do this.
I'm honestly surprised that more people aren't committing suicide these days to get something accomplished.
What are we supposed to take away from this? According to the Centers for Disease Control, the data from this summer showed that the suicide rate in America was 11.1 suicides for every 100,000 Americans.
I heard the story about Karthik Rajaram, a California man who killed his mother-in-law, his wife, his three children and then himself. Many are speculating that the financial crisis drove him to it. He had an MBA but no job, and his stocks were plumming.
And then we have the story of Addie Polk. Polk is an elderly woman in Akron, Ohio, who shot herself multiple times as the local sherriff tried to escort her away from her foreclosed property. She lived through the ordeal, and officials at Fannie Mae said they would forgive the loan and allow her to keep her house.
Addie Polk reminds us of our grandmothers, a woman who had lived in the same house for 38 years and, seemingly, was taken advantage of by a subprime lender. Both had the same problem because they couldn't afford their mortgages and both tried the same method to end the problem.
Rajaram was a successful businessman who had lived in an exclusive gated community. He was an Indian immigrant who had lived the American dream.
The reason these stories are intriguing and garnering national attention is because they strike at the heart of our society.
Will we reach the levels that the Great Depression gave us? I don't know.
But what I do know is that we need to have more protection for people who are being affected, from the rich, successful Rajarans to the poor, elderly Polks.
per 100,000 Americans.
For starters, the government should have immediately provided assistance to help those who needed it the most. Instead of bartering about earnarks and the pork on the taxpayers' dimes, there should have been communication about how to protect the taxpayers.
MARIAM SAIFAN
We need better basic lending practices. There should be complete transparency, and the burden should lie on the lenders.
Ultimately, they are giving the money. Yes, people should know that they should buy only within their means, but the responsibility lies on the lender to make sure their customers have the ability to pay.
I hope I won't have to read about an increasing suicide rate in the coming months. I hope the government's plan works. I hope people get to keep their houses.
But hope just isn't enough for some people.
Graham is a Columbus, Ohio graduate student in exercise physiology.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
SENATOR OBAMA—SHOULD WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE OR QUALITY HEALTHCARE?
I THINK WE NEED BOTH
SENATOR OBAMA—SHOULD WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE OR QUALITY HEALTHCARE?
I THINK WE NEED BOTH.
SHOULD ABORTIONS BE EASIER TO GET OR HARDER?
I THINK WE NEED BOTH.
SHOULD I TAKE A LEFT OR A RIGHT TURN?
I THINK WE NEED BOTH.
Now that's a nuanced answer!
SHOULD ABORTIONS BE EASIER TO GET OR HARDER?
I THINK WE NEED BOTH.
I THINK WE NEED BOTH
Now that's a nuanced answer!
— Nicholas Michael Sambalu is a doctoral student from Lawrence.
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What's greener than your reusable bags?
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FARM FRESH POLITICS CARA MCCONNELL
When most people think about saving the environment, they think about recycling, driving their car less or, for the true activist, making their Facebook carbon neutral with some slew of fancy applications.
At the grocery store, these people do their part to cut down on petroleum use by bringing their own reusable bags, often printed with some sort of "green" slogan, despite rarely actually being green in color.
When you bite into a crisp Washington apple, that apple is covered in more than just wax to give it that beautiful, glossy sheen — it's dripping in oil all the way back to its state of origin.
But when it comes to fuel use, what kind of bag you use is less important than what you're putting in it.
That's because that apple has had to be shipped across the country — in a refrigerated truck, no less — just so it could take up space in grocery stores where other, gassing low apples could be.
National and international transport has become more efficient, which means it's easier than ever to import specialty food items and out-of-season produce from across the globe. In addition, fuel used for international freight traveling by air or sea is tax-exempt, which also cuts costs. So although transport may be cheap, the environmental price is high.
As the United States approaches winter, when it's more difficult to grow and harvest food, the environmental cost of produce goes way up as we start enjoying "fresh" fruits from places such as Chile.
An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but if it's not local, it's definitely not shrinking your carbon footprint.
Fortunately, people such as Will Allen, former pro basketball player, now the CEO of Growing Power and recent recipient of a MacArthur Foundation genius grant, are stepping up to the challenge.
To address the lack of local produce in urban areas, Allen has developed a system of vertical indoor farming, which saves space in areas where land is at a premium. This practically eliminates the environmental costs of transportation by growing food right in the neighborhoods that will consume it.
Allen's urban farm, located in the center of Milwaukee, uses a unique three-tiered system of
plant and fish farming, which saves space, water and huge amounts of fuel. It also cuts carbon emissions. This system is what Allen hopes will allow him to build "vertical farm skyscrapers" in other cities in the future.
As global trade becomes easier and faster, food needs to stay local and slower.
Within Lawrence, organizations like the ECM and the campus garden grow some of the produce to sustain their projects. In addition, several community gardens as well as the local farmers market provide the community with opportunities to grow or buy local produce.
Although most of us aren't being handed $500,000 no-strings-attached grants, we can still help by buying locally grown and produced foods. You may have saved some petroleum with your reusable shopping bag, but if it's full of imported produce, it's just as delusional as emblazoning a blue bag with the phrase "I'm green."
McConnell is a Dallas junior in English.
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I have no tests this week, my 8 o'clock class got canceled and I just found four Mike & likes in my bag. It's going to be a good week.
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What's a girl gotta do to get into the Free for All?
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Hey Matt, why don't you make some time for your girlfriend?
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Anyone who believes in horoscopes isn't smart enough to be at KU anyway.
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Where the hell did my horoscopes go? I want to know how my day is going to go.
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To the person who stole my sunglasses, you're a jerk. Enjoy the $200 pair.
I would just like to say that I think that useless reading in college should be banned. Thank you.
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Evangelical Christians shouldn't be allowed in college. What do they need with all that "education" when all they need is the Bible?
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Motorcycle gang arrested
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Law enforcement officers investigate the home of Ruben Cavazos, former national president of the Mongol motorcycle gang, Tuesday in West Covina, Calif. At least 38 members of the Southern California-based motorcycle gang were arrested under a federal radeeteering indictment that included charges of murder, attempted murder, assault, as well as gun and drug violations, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spokesman Mike Hoffman said.
LOS ANGELES — Dozens of burly, tattoo-covered members of the Mongol motorcycle gang were arrested Tuesday by federal agents in six states following a three-year investigation in which undercover agents infiltrated the group.
At least 38 members of the Southern California-based Mongol Motorcycle Club were arrested under a federal racketeering indictment that included charges of murder, attempted murder, assault, as well as gun and drug violations, said Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spokesman Mike Hoffman.
During some arrests, sharpshooters stood guard on surrounding rooftops as motorcycles were lined up and confiscated.
"It's going to be a large hit to their organization. We are arresting many of their top members," Hoffman said.
Among those arrested were the gang's former national president, Ruben Cavazos.
Federal and local agents had 110 federal arrest warrants and 160 search warrants that were being served across Southern California and in Nevada, Oregon, Colorado, Washington and Ohio. The sweep, dubbed Operation Black Rain, was to continue throughout the day Tuesday, agents said.
Hoffman said the Mongols had been recruiting members of Los Angeles street gangs to assist in their operations.
The Mongols are primarily Latino and formed because the Hells Angels refused to allow Hispanic members.
Four ATF agents infiltrated the gang and were accepted as full members, a difficult process that requires winning the trust of the gang's top leaders over a period of
months, Hoffman said.
The agents were required to live away from their families in homes set up to make it look like they lived a Mongols lifestyle, Hoffman said. Four undercover women ATF agents also were involved in the operation, pretending to be biker girlfriends and attending parties with the agents; women are not allowed to become full members of the gang.
"If you go to a party all the time and you don't ever bring a girl around, it's kind of weird," Hoffman said. "Someone might get suspicious."
To be accepted in the gang, the ATF agents had to run errands and were subject to a background check by private detectives.
Outside Cavazos' home in West Cowina, about 18 miles east of Los Angeles, a red, custom-modified Harley-Davidson motorbike sat outside. No occupants were home but several police and ATF agents were seen going through items in the house.
Cavazos wrote a memoir titled "Honor Few, Fear None: The Life and Times of a Mongol," published by HarperCollins in June.
HarperCollins publicist Sarah Burningham in New York City said she only handled book-related issues for Cavazos, but would forward an e-mail from The Associated Press requesting comment.
At least 22 motorcycles were on display outside the Los Angeles Police Department's main building Tuesday morning. All were modified, chrome-covered Harleys with custom artwork. One had a fiberglass skull on the clutch, another's kick stand had been modified to make it look like bird talons. Several bore Mongols insignia.
Las Vegas police reported serving several warrants at homes in southern Nevada, where five men were in federal custody pending an appearance before a federal magistrate, said Natalie Collins, spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's Las Vegas office.
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for the worst and be positioned for the best," Schuster wrote. "This includes addressing the uncertainty, challenges and opportunities ahead. In doing so, we ensure the long term success of this wonderful company."
In a letter to workers, CEO James Schuster said that Hawker Beechcraft was a highly leveraged company that carried nearly $2.4 billion in debt. He noted that its interest expense this year would be close to $190 million, equivalent to more than $500,000 a day.
"The best way to think about it in my mind is that we must plan
everything," Broom said.
Schuster said employees would be advised during the coming weeks of "necessary actions," although he did not specify what they might be.
Union officials had not yet talked to the company, Machinists spokesman Bob Wood said.
Hawker Beechcraft spokesman Andrew Broom confirmed the letter was mailed to employees last week but declined to comment Tuesday on whether it meant lay-offs were imminent.
Hawker Beechcraft employs more than 9,000 people worldwide. About 7,000 work at the company's Wichita plant.
"It was just talking about what is going on in these economic times — that we are planning for
Schuster wrote that the company's debt burden required it to be exceptionally diligent in the management of its business.
That means, he said, that it is more important than ever to focus on fundamentals; delivering aircraft on time and on budget; improving quality and reducing warranty cost; completing product development programs on schedule; improving productivity; and providing customer support.
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Kickoff chant candidates ready to meet press
FANCY FOOTWORK
BY TAYLOR BERN
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All too frequently, our generation has been criticized as apa thetic, unproductive and just generally lazy.
Now is our time to step up and destroy that perception. We have an opportunity to institute a real change in the world, to shine a light where there was once darkness, to silence the critics.
An election is our opportunity for this generation's recovery. All we have to do is make the choice no one else can.
Not between a maverick and a mesiah, mind you. That little election in November pales in comparison to the Kick the Chant Campaign.
The environment? I'm going to be around for another 80 years, tops. All those icebergs have to last at least that long, don't they?
The economy? As long as my check from The Underground clears, I'll be OK.
joe the Plumber? If I hear any more about him, I may rip my own fucking head off.
The truth is that the decision as to what the new kickoff chant will be is the most important one you will ever make. It dwarfs such trivial matters as who will lead the free world for the next four years.
So, let's meet the candidates.
First up is "Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU!" Truly, this is a candidate for the right-leaning traditionalists out there. Although this chant is strong with the base, it remains to be seen whether this candidate can bridge party lines and appeal to the more progressive Jawhaws.
If that choice seems just two letters too long, then "Rock Chalk Jayhawk!" should be your selection.
Still, there are those who think the University should look elsewhere for solutions. Multilateralists might favor the Notre Dame-inspired "Go... Jayhawks!" Although this appeal to one of college football's superpowers may seem like a valid means of solidifying Kansas' place on the national scene, some say that such a decision is just too derivative.
"Right Between the Eyes!" is a suggestion inspired by Kansas alumnus Kevin Harlan that could face similar problems. For a member of the KU coverage team to actually carry out the spoken intent of this chant, they'd have to break several NCAA rules. It's also likely that reaching inside an opponent's face mask could result in a substantial rise in broken fingers on the team. Some have also noted that, by no fault of his own, Harlan's sounding vaguely like sportscaster Marv Albert could give an entirely new (and woefully disturbing) twist to this chant's meaning.
The next choice, "Make'em Weep!" stands as a testimony to KU's fight song. Unfortunately, sensitive parents are already lining up to criticize the student body for this potentially traumatic choice. Still, this candidate has a lot of experience, making it a strong contender.
Don't like any of these choices? There's a second poll with suggestions from students. Online voting ends at 5.p.m. today.
That provides yet another reason why this vote is better than the one to decide the president. People complain about the lack of a legitimate third party in the United States' political system, but no such biases appear here. There are already five choices, not to mention the other six suggested by
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Junior safety Justin Thornton gets tripped up on a cut by Oklahoma wide receiver Juana Irglesias during Saturday's game. The Sooners rushed for a total 674 yards, which is the fifth-most allowed yards in Kansas'1,169-game history. Kansas' defensive recovery will be important when the Jayhawks face Texas Tech's offense, which ranks second in the nation.
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Three days after the Kansas defense had one of the worst statistical days in the history of the school, players met with the media on Tuesday to try to explain what happened.
As safety Justin Thornton said, "It was a little bit of everything."
"I was embarrassed," Thornton said. "I feel like we're a good defense and I think
The KU defense allowed 468 passing yards to Sam Bradford and the Oklahoma offense, the third-most passing yards allowed by a Kansas defense in the 118-year history of the program. The run defense didn't do much better, allowing more than 200 yards rushing for the first time in 34 games. The 674 total yards were the fifth most allowed in the school's 1,169 game history.
we're better than what everybody's seen. They put yards up on us that they didn't even put up against less talented teams."
Oklahoma ran 97 offensive plays, which
Oklahoma has 97 of is more than any team he has run against Kansas this year. Some defensive players also were forced to help the struggling teams by joining those units as well. The combination was a tired group of Jayhaws gasping for air on the sidelines.
played a whole game's worth of snaps in one half. That takes a toll on you."
"I was more tired than normal and I
In addition to allowing Oklahoma receivers to make wide-open catches, the
"We're out to make a statement. We're going to come out, play hard and rebound from this."
than normal and couldn't figure out why," Thornton said. "But then we were watching the film and I realized we ran 60-something plays in the first half, and that's on average what we run for a whole game. So we pretty much
JUSTIN THORNTON Kansas safety
write open catches, the KU defense struggled with their tackling. Several OU plays could have gone for short gains, but missed tackles allowed them to move the ball right up the field.
One reason for the poor tackling could be because the team rarely does any full-contact drills once
season begins. They will do some specific tackling drills, but rarely will they wrap up players and force them to the ground.
"We didn't tackle very well." Thornton said. "We had a lot of missed tackles. That
is one thing that the coaches and all of the players will be focused on this week in practice is just being more physical and getting guys to the ground."
"We had been pretty good at it until this past week," said coach Mark Mangino.
The vibe among players discussing the defensive problems was that the problems were surprisingly small and correctable. That's good news for KU fans, because Saturday's opponent, Texas Tech, is one of the top passing teams in the nation and runs a spread offense similar to Oklahoma's.
Thornton and the defense promised not to let another game like Oklahoma happen again.
"We're out to make a statement," Thornton said. "We're going to come out, play hard and rebound from this."
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Freshman point guard Angel Goodrich defends senior point guard Ivan Datic during Friday night's scrimmage. Coach Bonnie Hennickson announced Tuesday that Goodrich would be out for the season with a torn ACL.
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Freshman Goodrich out for entire season
BY DANNY NORDSTROM
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Freshman point guard Angel Goodrich will have to wait one more season before she can play for Kansas. The true freshman tore her ACL during Sunday's practice and will be out for the entire season.
"At media day, I said I wouldn't hide my excitement for what I thought she could do for our program, and I'm not going to try to hide my disappointment for her, personally," Henrickson said.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson solemnly addressed the media Monday, informing them of the injury.
Henrickson said the injury happened one hour into the team's second practice Sunday afternoon. After executing a crossover dribble, Goodrich landed wrong on her left leg and went down. Goodrich's six-month recovery period will begin with surgery, which will take place next Wednesday.
Goodrich was a top prospect from the class of 2008 and most likely would have seen substantial playing time this season. During her senior year of high school, Goodrich averaged 14 points, six assists, five steals and four rebounds per
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
New players trying to make smooth transition
Self has high expectations for young team
BY CASE KEEFER ckeefer@kansan.com
They talk about last season's historic run to the championship, but only half the players on Kansas' roster this season were even part of it.
They reflect on the national championship game against Memphis, but only two current Jawahors played in the game.
Defending national champions, the lavahows are. Same team, they are not.
"There's going to be a lot pressure coming from winning the national championship" freshman guard Travis Releford said. "We just want to be able to come out every game knowing that we are the defending national champions."
It might be tough to tell, however, by looking at the roster. Sophomores Cole Aldrich and Tyrel Reed and junior Sherron Collins are the only scholarship players left on the roster who played last season.
Defending national champions returning without the bulk of their roster is nothing new. In fact, it's common. Florida, which won back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007, lost its top six players going into last season. The Gators struggled throughout the year and missed the NCAA Tournament.
The five starters are gone. Eight of the top ten players in minutes — the two remaining are Collins and Aldrich — either graduated or declared for the NBA Draft. So where do the Jayhawks go from here? Kansas coach Bill Self hauled in a class of seven recruits that Rivals.com ranked as the second-best in the country. Most of them will contribute right away.
"I don't know what the ceiling is, but I can tell you this: Expectations will not change one bit, regardless of how young we are." Self said.
But the Jayhawks aren't expecting
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quote of the day
"Distributing the ball to all the different skill players is our biggest emphasis. We're not a team that hands it to one guy and throws it to two. We want all five skill positions to touch the ball."
Texas Tech coach Mike Leach
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Texas Tech senior quarterback Graham Harrell has thrown for 112 career touchdown passes, including 23 this year.
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A: Colt Brennan. Brennan finished his career in 2007 with 131 touchdown passes.
Volleyball: Baylor, 7 p.m.
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Swimming: Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
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Soccer: Texas, 3 p.m. (Lawrence)
Women's golf: The Derby, first day
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Football: Texas Tech, Homecoming, 11 a.m. (Lawrence)
Volleyball: Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m.
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This isn't a ecology for Kansas' 2008-09 season. Rather, it's the last respects for the preseason excitement that was budding around Bonnie ball. We hardly knew ve.
Sunday
As a disappointing season came to its disappointing end in the NIT, I heard the prophecy that an Angel was coming to save the Jayhawks.
She was going to be a lightning rod for the jayhawk offense — the piece of the puzzle coach Bonnie Henrickson so desperately needed.
Angel Goodrich, a 5-foot-4 fireball out of Tablequah. Okla., signed with Kansas as the No. 9 point guard in the country, according to ESPN/Hoopgurls.com.
Goodrich was going to be a mash-up of Kansas' current point guards, combining LaChelda Jacobs' athleticism with Ivana
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Catie's floor leadership. She flashed some of that potential at Late Night in the Phog, scoring four points and dishing a sweet assist to Danielle McCray for a crucial three-pointer.
However, my stomach turned with one text message early Tuesday morning. Three hours later Henrickson confirmed the grim news at an impromptu press conference.
"Having been excited about Late Night for about 48 hours, one hour into practice Sunday,
For the second time in less than a year, Henrickson lost a promising freshman point guard to an unpredictable practice injury.
Angel Goodrich tore her ACL," Henrickson said.
On Feb. 5, freshman Chakeitha Weldon jump-stopped to avoid a teammate and then fell to the ground in intense pain.
Weldon decided in September to continue her basketball rehab closer to home, transferring to Appalachian State. Angel's presence on the team eased the loss
At Sunday's practice, Kansas' third of the season, Goodrich crossed over to her left hand and made the jump-stop that will haunt her for six months of rehab
Weldon tore her right anterior cruciate ligament; Goodrich tore her left. Neither player made any contact with a teammate during
her injury.
It's a devastating loss for a team that hasn't played a game, and even more so for one that went through the same thing last season. Henrickson was visibly distraught Tuesday.
Goodrich isn't alone in her pain. She's the third Big 12 player to tear an ACL this preseason, and Weldon is just a phone call away if Goodrich wants a comrade-inknees to talk to.
It's a long,road back to the court and it officially begins with surgery next week. Goodrich will
"At media day I said I wouldn't hide my excitement for what I thought she could do for our program, and I'm not going to try to hide my disappointment for her," Henrickson said. "For her and her family, that's just not a very fun part of this profession."
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That means prehabilitation in the preseason and a long regular season of rehabilitation.
I have no doubt that the feisty little guard will work her way out of this rut, but I don't know that this year's team will do the same.
"She'll start some rehab today," Henrickson said. "Prehab, they call it."
go under the knife in Lawrence, but before she does, she must strengthen herself as fast as possible to make the first few weeks of recovery easier.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Mike Singletary replaced his coaching mentor Tuesday with a vow to build on what Mike Nolan started with the San Francisco 49ers.
Singletary acknowledged mixed feelings when the 49ers asked him to be the interim successor to Nolan, the dapper coach whose teams never played as well as he dressed. Nolan was fired Monday night after seven games in his fourth consecutive dismal season.
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"Right now, the guys realize that we do have something here." Singletary said. "To what degree, I don't know, but we do have something special here. It's a matter of stepping in and being able to bring it together, and that's something I've done all my life."
After four straight losses culminating in Sunday's 29-17 defeat to the New York Giants, the 49ers didn't even wait until their bye next week before replacing Nolan with Singletary, who has been Nolan's right-hand man since he entered coaching in 2003. Singletary also will be a candidate for the permanent job after the season, general manager Scot McCloughan said.
The 49ers also fired offensive line coach George Warhop, one of Nolan's original assistants. San Francisco has yielded a league-high 29 sacks this season.
"I don't think there's one right time for a decision like this," McCloughan said Tuesday. "If you
Nolan restored competence to a franchise that finished with the NFL's worst record in 2004, but he has the lowest winning percentage (.327) among any San Francisco coaches who made it through more than one season with the team. He barely avoided dismissal after finishing 5-11 last season, but couldn't even make it to midseason this fall.
go off past experience and talking to people, the bye week is usually the best for this, but I think with the distractions on the outside, the most important thing this week is for us to be ready for the Seahawks"
Instead of logically delaying a decision on Nolan's fate until the bye following Sunday's home game against Seattle, McCloughan and owners John and Jed York suddenly couldn't wait another day to get rid of the family's choice to fix the 49ers, who have endured five consecutive losing seasons and haven't made the playoff since 2002.
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Red Raiders' attack poses a unique challenge for Big 12 coordinators
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A hard-hitting safety for Kansas in the early-90s, defensive coordinator Clint Bowen said he couldn't play defensive back in today's spread-heavy BIG 12.
The lajhwahs' leader with 114 tackles in 1993, Bowen said today. Big 12 scarcely resembled his days
"I'd have to be a linebacker" Bowen said. "I can't cover these fast guys."
in the Big 8. The power and isolation runs that dominated that league have given way to a full-court spread attack on nearly every campus.
Bowen doesn't have to worry about suiting up and learning a new position.
This season the results are building Heisman campaigns on offense and leaving the defenses huffing and puffing.
but it is his job — and that of every defensive coordinator in the conference — to figure out how to stop this offensive monster.
"They've thrown the ball 343 times this year, and Graham Harrell's been sacked one time when their guard fell over."
"I've talked to a couple of coordinators at other schools," Bowen said. "If you look at the numbers that these offenses in this conference are putting up, it's kind of making us not look so good on the defensive side of the ball."
defensive units rank in the bottom 25 nationally. It's not that defenses haven't made steps toward containing the spread, but Bowen said those advances weren't always easy to spot.
Coach Mark Mangino agreed.
"Right now, with spread offenses, very few people are playing what I would call great defense," he said.
CLINT BOWEN Kansas defensive coordinator
Seven Big 12 offenses rank in the top 25 in total offense — led by Texas Tech at No. 2 — but none of the defenses rank higher than Oklahoma at No. 34. In fact, four
Of course, sometimes a defense makes all others jealous by obliterating a high-powered spread offense, as 'Texas' did in its 56-31 victory against Missouri.
"Texas is such a special monster," Bowen said. "They've got four guys that no one can block, so
it's unfair for them."
For teams without a beastly defensive line, stopping the spread requires creative ways of getting to the quarterback.
ing Texas Tech is the answer, but Bowen said the Red Raiders could handle the pressure.
Some may say blitz-
"They've thrown the ball 343 times this year, and Graham Harrell's been sacked one time, when their guard fell over," he said. "It's not as easy to get to him as people think."
Last week against Texas Tech, Texas A&M tried rushing three linemen and put the rest back into coverage. Kansas' coaching staff put a stopwatch on the Aggie pass rush, and sometimes Harrell stood in the pocket for up to 14 seconds before firing a pass.
Even if a secondary had all 11 players trying to play coverage, it probably couldn't keep a receiver from getting open for 14 seconds, especially if that receiver was Texas Tech sophomore Michael Crabtree.
Crabtree won the Biletnikoff
Award as the nation's top receiver last year, and in 2008 he has 103.4 yards per game and 12 touchdowns.
Bowen said Crabtree was so effective because he could run sandlot routes, which means he breaks off his original route when it's covered and finds open space for Harrell to throw to him.
Harrell and Crabtree have hooked up for more touchdowns in the past year and a half than any other quarterback-wide receiver combo.
On top of the duo's apparent psychic ability to read each other's mind, Texas Tech's offensive line scheme plays a huge role in the passing attack.
Each lineman lines up almost three yards apart from each other. This creates more space for blitzes up the middle, but also makes rushing the ends null and void.
"It really negates any edge pressure," Bowen said. "You run around the ends, but just by the nature of the distance the quarterback has time to throw it."
That zany lineup has forced many coaches to concinct an equally zany defense — such as A&M's eightman secondary — but Texas Tech counters that with slice-and-dice runs. Mangino said it was easy for a coach to get in his own way when preparing for the Red Raiders.
"People that come up with these new-fangled defenses and all kind of different looks that they don't normally do, they get into more trouble than the people who just try to play the defense they've been playing all year," Mangino said. "I think it's a recipe for disaster."
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Stuckey's had plenty of experience on both sides of the ball in football's flavor of the-decade and he said it will last only as long as the defenses allow it to.
game's going to keep changing. The question is always going to be there — it's just going to change."
"In the past you always hear about the power-I, or how are you going to stop this running back," Stuckey said. "Now it's the spread. It's going to keep evolving and the spread."
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Our generation has been given a bad name. It's time to change that perception and show everyone that we're not just crazy kids with backward hats and hippityhop music.
The so-called Greatest Generation had to face the Great Depression and a world war. Until now, our generation had no comparable challenges to face down.
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that to happen. Aldrich said the Jayhawks were confident they'd get back to an elite level, although it might take a little longer than usual.
"We all know we're going to be good," Aldrich said. "It might take a little while to get there because we have such a young team and don't know how to play with each other yet. It's all going to come."
The Tar Heels,however,reload.
Perhaps a better comparison than last season's Florida team for Kansas would be the 2005 North Carolina Tar Heels. North Carolina returned only one of its top eight players a year after winning the national championship.
ed with a recruiting class ranked as the best in the country.
They still made the NCAA Tournament as a three seed before
being upset by George Mason, who eventually made the Final Four, in the second round.
T he Jayhawks think they have enough talent to be a force by the end of the season. Self
He'll worry about everything else after that.
"I've thought a lot about last year and why last year was so
"It might take a little while to get there because we have such a young team and don't know how to play with each other yet."
COLE ALDRICH Sophomore forward
special and how we can put ourselves in a position to duplicate that in the near future," Self said. "It's going to be very, very difficult, but it is for everybody."
said the goal, as always, was to win the Big 12 Conference this season.
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game. Her high school play also earned her a WBCA/State Farm All-American Honors and a
game. Her high earned her a V All-American McDonald's All-American nomination.
collegiate level
collegiate level.
Henrickson stressed that although Goodrich's injury is
The news of Goodrich's injury when the excitement from Friday's Late Night in the Phog celebration was still lingering. In the women's scrimmage,
"We're disappointed for her, but we've got returning players who are experienced. For some, it's a door that opens."
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Goodrich had two points and four assists for the red team, showcasing her ability to compete at the
"We're disappointed for her, but we've got returning players who are experienced," she said. "For
some, it's a door that opens and for others it's having to be asked to do a little bit more."
Henrickson said that Goodrich's teammates were upset but that she knew they would be able to regroup.
"It didn't take them long to say 'We can get it done, and we're confident in each other.'" she said.
If the surgery and rehabilitation are successful, Goodrich will return as a redshirt freshman for the 2009-10 season.
The Jayhawks will take the court for the first time this season on Nov. 2 against Fort Hays State for an exhibition game. The regular season begins Nov. 14 when Kansas plays Sacred Heart.
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2008
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008
VOLLEYBALL
Jayhawks looking for conference road victory tonight
BY JOSH BOWE jbowe@kansan.com
If there were a way Kansas could take the Horesji Family Athletic Center on the road with them for every match, the season outlook might look a little brighter.
"We've got off to slow starts," Bechard said of the team's road woes. "That's pretty typical. I think teams try to get comfortable on the road."
Although their record won't indicate it (2-3 at home and 1-4 on the road), the Jayhawks look like a different team when they have played on
their home court.
keys to the game
Hasn't this been mentioned before? Unfortunately until Kansas fixes this problem, it will continue to be an issue. It is amplified now that the Jayhawks are playing on the road against one of the premier defenses in the conference.
Strong start:
Offensive balance: If Kansas again relies on outside hitter Karina Garlington for most of the offense, Baylor will key in on her and force other Jayhawks to contribute. If nobody steps up, it could be a long night.
Players to watch:
Kansas:
Jenna Kaiser: The sophomore
outside hitter needs to return to the form she showed against Texas & M, when she recorded 18 kills. With Savannah Noyes and Natalie Uhart playing well, a strong showing from Kaiser will bolster the offense.
The Jayhawks have looked competitive against ranked conference powers Texas and Kansas State, even taking K-State to five sets. An impressive five-set comeback against Iowa State and a four-set slug match with Oklahoma round out the home victories.
Baylor:
But Kansas is not out of the picture in the conference yet. Just one match separates six teams. That's why Bechard is concerned about Baylor, which Kansas plays tonight at 7.
**Anna Breyfogle:** The junior middle blocker is part of a Baylor defense that leads the conference in blocks overall and blocks per match. Breyfogle leads the defense up front with 1.64 blocks per set. Kansas will have to work around her imposing presence to score. Breyfogle also chips in 1.66 kills per set.
"I think whichever team can win on the road obviously is going to separate themselves from the rest of that group" Bechard said.
Though Kansas has been competitive against quality teams at home, it has looked sloppy on the road against lesser foes.
— Josh Bowe
Kansas scrapped out an ugly victory against Texas Tech in four sets, but lost to Colorado and Missouri, two teams Kansas needed to beat to stay ahead of the middle pack in the conference. A victory against Baylor will help propel Kansas toward a topfive standing.
Freshman outside hitter Allison Mayfield jumps to attempt a block during Saturday's victory against OKahla at the Horeis Athletic Centers.
"There are a bunch of teams fighting for top five and this is our way to clamp it," senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart said.
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problems had less to do with focusing on the opponent and more with focusing on Kansas.
"It's really just KU's side," Garlington said. "We just have to play KU volleyball and start set one strong."
Sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlington said fixing the team's road
As for tonight's opponent, Bechard had nothing but positive things to say about Baylor's program, which, under coach Jim Barnes, has improved vastly this season. The Bears are fourth in the conference with a 5-4 record, and post an overall record of 13-6, which is also fourth-best in the conference.
"Coach Barnes has done a great job." Bechard said. "Each year he's been putting more pieces together and he's got a team that fits what he likes to do."
Specifically Bechard mentioned how well the team served and blocked. The Bears are in the top two in the conference in every defensive category.
Baylor also leads the conference in service aces, mainly because of its setter, junior Taylor Barnes.
"They get a lot of instant points that way." Bechard said. "It'll be quite a challenge for us."
not as fluid as they liked.
The Jayhawks have shown the ability in past matches to grind it out, and against Baylor, they might have to do it again.
It might be bad timing Kansas to face a defense like Baylor's. The Jayhawks' offense has been inconsistent at best, with front row players not all playing their best at the same time.
"We have to make smart shots. Offensively, you've got to have a little diversity." Bechard said. "With that I think you can keep them off balance a little bit."
could give Kansas its most impressive road victory of the season and certainly an NCAA Tournament resume-booser.
Against Oklahoma on Saturday, Kansas compiled 29 errors, approaching its season-high, 31. One positive was that the layhawks were able to win a match when the offense was
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SPORTS
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St. Louis Rams, Chicago Bears become hot teams for fans' rosters this weekend
Plenty of points went up on scoreboards this weekend both in decisive victories and in nail-bitters. Here's what you need to know about this weekend's NFL action.
The Titans looked godly in their rout of the Chiefs on Sunday. Running back Chris Johnson looked like the light-footed
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struggle with only two catches for 31 yards. St. Louis running back Steven jackson helped pick apart the Cowboys with 160 rushing
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messenger Hermes, and teammate LenDale White looked like Atlas, supporting the weight of the team on his strong frame.
The Rams demolished the decimated Cowboys 34-14 on Sunday, leaving Dallas to look through that hole in the stadium's roof to ponder what things are to come.
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BATTERING RAMS
Way to kick a team while its down, St. Louis. The Rams demolished the decimated Cowboys 34-14 on Sunday, leaving Dallas to look through that hole in the stadium's roof to ponder what things are to come.
The problems keep piling up for the Cowboys. The acquisition of receiver Roy Williams was supposed to ease the pain of the injury problems, but Williams didn't record a catch in his first game with the Cowboys. And fellow wide receiver Terrell Owens continued to
yards and three touchdowns
Dallas quarterback Brad Johnson helped with three interceptions on the day. The Cowboys will be better off as soon as quarterback Tony Romo can return to the
field.
OFFENSIVELY CHALLENGED?
Who would have thought two of the least explosive offenses in the NFL would put up a combined 89 points this Sunday? Nevertheless, that's what happened when Minnesota played Chicago this weekend. Two of the best defenses in the league failed to put its best foot forward, allowing a combined 766 offensive yards in the game.
Chicago's special teams and five Minnesota turnovers turned out to be the difference in the divisional battle. Chicago is now in a tie for the division lead, but Minnesota quarterback Gus Frerotte proved he could spark the pass offense.
And with star running back Adrian Peterson to anchor the ground game, don't be surprised if Minnesota challenges for the divisional title.
WILL THE REAL
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yards and had two interceptions returned for touchdowns in the game. The injury to running back Joseph Addal has made the offense almost one-dimensional, but Manning will have to find a way to spark the passing offense against a very tough Tennessee defense — a must-win game for the Colts.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008
SOCCER
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Junior racked up three goals and an assist Sunday, bringing home another victory for surging soccer team
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Junior forward Shannon McCabe paused to think of an answer after a reporter posed the question: When was the last time you scored three goals in one game?
"I've never scored three goals in a game," McCabe said. "Well, maybe when I was 11."
If McCabe's three-goal performance against Francis Marion on Sunday truly was the first
time she's accomplished the feat.
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and has scored four goals in her last two games, giving her six for the season. And McCabe's performance hasn't gone unnoticed: she was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week.
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"I think the balls are just bouncing my direction," McCabe said. "Throughout the games I've taken shots that haven't gone in or crosses that nobody gets on, but everything has just fit into place."
None of McCabe's goals, though, were as big as the one she scored against Texas A&M on Friday. Not only did it give Kansas a 1-0 win against the sixth-ranked Aggies — the highest-ranked team the Jayhawks have ever beaten — but it also kept Kansas' postseason hopes intact.
Entering the final five games of the season, coach Mark Francis and his players stressed the importance of winning out. Those games, the Jayhawks insisted, represented a new season.
"By approaching it that way, our destiny is really in our own hands," Francis said. "We don't have to rely on anybody. We just looked at it as a separate season because it's a different entity."
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McCabe's final goal came after senior Jessica Bush laced
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McCabe topped off her day with an assist to freshman Kortney Clifton.
"All season, she's done well," Bush said, "but the last few games she's really stepped it up. She's been executing for us, and that's what we've needed."
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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3C BEHIND THE MASCOT
4C ROCK CHALKTIVITIES
5C SAYING GOODBYE
6C JAY-JOGGING
7C FRESHMAN OVERLOAD
8C TIMELINE: KU FROM THE
9C PAST TO THE PRESENT
10C KU BARS AROUND THE US
11C KANSAS TAKES ON TECH
12C DOLLA'DOLLA'BILL Y'ALL
13C STEERING COMMITTEE
14C OLD SCHOOL JAYHAWKS
15C A LOOK AT THE TEAMS
16C KU SPIRIT CROSSWORD
Cover photography by Jerry Wang and Allison Richardson/KANSAN
LETTER FROM
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BY ALISON CUMBOW
Whenever I hear the word,
"Homecoming," my mind
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days. My friends and I spent
long hours talking about who
we hoped would ask us to
the dance, and way too much
money getting our nails french-
manicured.
Now, that word means I will get to see my recently graduated friends who are coming back to their old home away from home.
This year, it also means that my parents — a little bit older alumni than my returning buds
this year, it also makes us my parents — a little bit older alumni than my returning buds — are coming to Lawrence for the weekend. They both went to the University, it's where they met, and it's the reason why so many TV's were broken when I was a kid — thanks, KU athletics.
I was born with Jayhawk blood, and my mom made sure she showed our entire neighborhood some KU spirit by making me wear a crimson and blue cheerleading uniform every year for Halloween until I was 10.
This weekend, I am looking forward to reintroducing my parents to college life through the tradition of homecoming: tailgating for the game as early as possible, eating pancakes for breakfast on the Stauffer-Flint lawn, watching the floats on parade and cheering our team to victory against Texas Tech at Memorial Stadium.
Inside this year'shomecoming section are stories about the traditions of the University, the lives of the mascot, interesting KU history, homecoming events and much more.
I hope readers of this section have a fun weekend, I wish the football team the best of luck and I want to thank all of the people who helped put this together.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008
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The Secret Life of your local mascot
An in-depth look at when the Jayhawk was created and how it got its wings
BY TRIGG EDWARDS tedwards@kansan.com
Walk through the Edwards campus at any time of day, and there will be an absolute certainty that statues and pictures of the image which is most associated with the University of Kansas will come into sight: the Jayhawk. This great mythical bird is on almost anything and everything remotely connected to the University. Jayhawks are see on T-shirts, shorts, pants, backpacks, and even on notepads. The Jayhawk seems to exist as if it had the tremendous ability to be in many places at once.
Now, the one 3-D embodiment of the Jayhawk and therefore, the University of Kansas, is the mascot. The mascots are not comprised of a suited duo but instead
they are cohesive unit that functions as if they were two indistinguishable partners. To do so
those who are mascots never reveal their true identity; this means to anyone — the media, their professors and most certainly that random stranger they met at a bar. But once their tenures as
them you're a Jayhawk mascot. It is highly discouraged to tell people you're a mascot. We never broke
"It became like an alter ego. I was one person in suit and another out of the suit."
JESSICA VIET
Former Jayhawk Mascot
mascots have ended, the former Big and Little Jays are lifted from this code.
Nick Ekker, 2006 graduate, recalled his time as a mascot and also commented on this rule. "You couldn't go up to people and tell
the 4th wall." Ekker said. Both the little and big Jays are bound by honor to avoid breaking character because, in the words of former masco Adam Reese, 2006 Graduate. "If you break character you
crush the dreams of little children everywhere."
The life of a mascot often goes unseen. It remains to be in the shadows, yet is still shining in the light.
"The athletic events are part of
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Ian marsh, Overland Park resident and husband of a Kansas graduate holds his two year old daughter, Lindsay Marsh, up to meet Jay, Ian and Lindsay Maresh were in attendance at the 2008 Men's篮球 Awards Ceremony.
what you have to do; they are promotions, birth day parties, weddings and funerals." Ekker said, "I did a Capital One commercial. The first thing I had to travel for was a commercial with three other mascots." The busiest time for every Jayhawk is indeed homecoming. It is when the spirit squad and the Jayhawk are always in high demand; they are wanted at numerous events throughout the greater Lawrence area. It takes a high toll on them, and as a result, fatigue sets in. But like the mythical Jayhawk, they fight on.
"There are tailgates, parties, the alumni associations, parades and photo opportunities," Ekker said. "It was like being a kid and being able up play around." The climax of homecoming just so happens to be a Big 12 conference football game.
Game day, was and still remains to this day, a breath-defying experience that none of the former jays could possibly forget. Nerves run high — especially during the first game. When you can draw the attention of thousands of people, pride steps in the way. The games for Chris Viet. 2005 graduate, were a great but nerve-racking events.
"It's a big deal. I was always nervous the first times, once I got into it, it was second nature. The first few times were tough to adapt." Viet said.
Wherever the KU teammate goes so follows at least one mascot. In the past, one of these mascots was Jessica Viet, 2006 Graduate, who is married to Chris Viet. Going to the away games can be a intimidating situation. You're facing thousands of blood-thirsty people just waiting for KU to lose — and lose soundly.
"Depends on the game, if its Kansas State University or Mizzou you send Big Jay cause there is a risk of altercation," Viet said. "But basketball, you only travel
for tournament games. You always trade off." Those who have the fortune of going to the tournament games often do so because of seniority. All of the mascots will be seen fully suited during games, but few will know the ends and outs of their daily lives.
As mascots, living a double life comes with the job. Sadly, like every great superhero, the other life they led caught up to them. The alter ego eventually met its counterpart.
"It became like an alter ego. I was one person in suit and another out of the suit. It was fun to be somebody completely different." Viet said. The time in the mascot would be reflected even when they are out of the suit.
"My friend had the big Jay walk when he was walking around campus. You would over exaggerate everything," said Chris Viet. "It feeds into your regular life."
The privilege of becoming a mascot is too tangible of an honor to take lightly. There was a sense of duty among the former
"Its an honor to be the mascot Its not something you can use at your own discretion." Viet said.
mascots who were interviewed that is presently as it was during their time at the University. It's something that simply can never be taken away from them. Nothing could possibly interfere with their time as a mascot.
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Emily Enright, Manhattan senior, works for the homecoming committee at a table selling homecoming T-shirts. Students can buy T-shirts throughout the week on Wescoe Beach for $10. The Homecoming committee is encouraging students to sport their T-shirts in exchange for free items Friday.
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From floats to competitions to BBQ's, the 2008 KU Homecoming shapes up to be an eventful week
BY HALLIE MANN
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The University of Kansas homecoming celebration has been a tradition for Kansas since 1912. Even though the football team is preparing for its competition against Texas Tech University, KU students will have the opportunity to compete in a series of events against each other. Jayhawks from all types of campus groups will compete in events ranging from a campus wide hunt for The Homecoming Grail to riding floats down Jayhawk Boulevard.
David Wilcox, Manhattan junior, is the co-director on the Homecoming Steering Committee. He has worked hard to provide a range of events for all students to be involved. Events such as the Homecoming Student BBQ and the Information Fair have been added to let students get involved with homecoming without having to be in a group, according to Wilcox.
"We still want students to get involved even if they're in a group
or as an individual who doesn't have the budget to compete in the bigger events," Wilcox said. Students will also have the opportunity to win free giveaways during the week on Wescoe Beach starting Monday of Homecoming Week.
The rest of the events planned for
homecoming week are geared as a competition between the different student groups. According to the Kansas Homecoming 2008 web site, the events are broken into two categories.
additional points to the winning groups. Participation events, such as the pancake breakfast, Stuff the Bus (a collection of non-perishable items for local food banks), and Jayhawk Jog, a race through the KU campus, are awarded points based on how many people show
participation events and competitive events, both of which can earn points. During the competition events like 3 on-3 basketball, float decorating, and Jayhawk Jingle, which will be during the Homecoming BBQ, points are awarded to everyone who participates, as well as
DAVID WILCOX Manhattan junior
up from each organization. The overall point winners will be announced d u r i n g halftime of the football game on Saturday. Many different groups will be competing this year including of the Greek
a large portion of the Greek system.
The Greek organizations on campus have made it tradition to compete in the Homecoming events. Cassie Fago, Lincoln, Neb., junior, is a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority and is competing in this year's events.
"(Homecoming) is fun because it's a good way to do a campus thing, not just a Greek thing." Fago said. Last year, Fago's sorority took second place and they are looking to do just as well this year, Fago said. According to Fago, Alpha Chi Omega will be competing in all of the events again this year and while attendance is not mandatory for the members, it's highly encouraged for them to participate.
"My favorite event is the float," Fago said. "We worked all week on it last year and during the parade it spit popcorn and moved and it was just so cool to see it completed." Fago said the float competition was very secretive among the Greek community and that each sorority and fraternity would build their floats in covered tents and try to spy on other groups' floats. Other campus groups such as the residence and scholarship halls participate in the Homecoming competitions also.
Chelsea Brown, Olatne sophomore, lives in Sellards Scholarship Hall and is planning to compete with her hall and Sellards'
brother hall, Pearson.
"We do it but we don't do it well," Brown said. Sellars did fair last year in the events and Brown is planning on trying to do at least one event and the parade. Deck the Halls is an event only done by scholarship and residence halls and will feature this year's theme, Hail to the Hawks. Sellars is planning on doing Deck the Halls, the mural competition, and the parade, Brown said.
Another competition during homecoming is the EXCEL Award.
"We don't have as many people participating as the Greeks do but it's a good way for us to get involved with other people on campus," she said. Outside of the point system events, actively involved upperclassmen have the chance to compete for the Excellence in Community, Education, Leadership, or an ExCEL award.
"This event is a renovated idea of the traditional Homecoming Queen and King award," said Wilcox. "It's designed to reward students based on their leadership skills and their role in the
community here at KU." Out of all the entries, five female and five male students will be chosen as finalists and will interview with the ExCEL committee. The finalists will be featured in an ad in The University Daily Kansan and mentioned at halftime while two finalists will receive a $500 award and the chance to become involved in student activities throughout the remainder of the school year. The competition is open to students who have at least 90 credit hours,a minimum 3.0 GPA, and a reference from a faculty or staff member of the University.
Homecoming is a time for celebration for KU students. The Homecoming Steering Committee has created a series of competitive and relaxed events designed for groups all over campus.
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BY KATHRYN MCSTOWE editor@kansan.com
As homecoming approaches again, seniors get one step closer to their walk down the hill in May. It will be a particularly bittersweet experience for those seniors graduating this December.
Brittany Jeter, Overland Park senior, will be one of many students who will be graduating at the end of the fall semester. Jeter, who will be graduating with a degree in journalism, plans to move out of her parents' house
and look for a job graduation. J et e r remembersher time spent at the University as memorable, crazy and all together too short.
have moved away are coming back for this year's homecoming game." Jeter said. "Alumni come back for these games and tailgates and I think I will definitely be coming back for games, too."
"I'm definitely going to miss
Annie Booton, Leawood senior, will also be graduating this December after three and a half
"I'm definitely going to miss KU sports, especially tailgating before games, going to The Wheel and watching the games, all that stuff."
But this homecoming certainly won't be the last for Jeter and her friends.
KU sports, especially tailgating before games, going to The Wheel and watching the games, all that stuff. I'm really just going to miss it all," Jeter said.
BRITTANY JETER Overland Park senior
"A lot of our friends who have already graduated and
years at the University, with a degree in political science.
" M y favorite m e m o r y from KU will definitely be listening to the band play the night before football
games at The Hawk or Wheel." Booton said. "I don't know why but I have always liked game days in the fall. There is something so wonderful about them."
Booton will continue to live in Lawrence following graduation, as she prepares to start applying for law school. She hopes to eventually attend law school in
Kansas City, Chicago or Los Angeles. Yet, despite being far from Lawrence, Booton said
she would still remember her Jayhawk roots and make it back for games.
Booton said that looking back throughout her time spent at the University made her realize the importance of things she never thought mattered in the beginning. She said she didn't always know the mostabout University traditions, such as the meaning of the love her friends who will still be in Lawrence and will also come back
For those seniors who have already entered the professional realm, early graduation will give them more time to pursue their careers.
Mallory Gaune, Lenexa senior, works part-time at an advertising agency in Kansas City, Mo. She said once she graduates in December, her company would discuss making the transition from a part-time position to a full-time one. Gaune, who will
graduate with a degree in journalism, said she was excited about graduating early, and although she would miss college life, she was ready for a change.
friends who will still be in Lawrence and will also come back to reconnect with friends who have already graduated.
Jeter said her advice for students who are at the other end of their college careers was to, most importantly, branch out.
"A lot of my friends who have graduated already are coming back for this homecoming, and so I know I will be coming back, too, after I graduate."
"A lot of my friends who have graduated already are coming back for this homecoming, and so I know I will be coming back, too, after I graduate," Gaounce said. "There's always people here to stay with, so I'll be back."
"Just go out and do everything, and don't be afraid to meet new people, because it goes by way too fast," Jeter said.
MALLORY GAUNCE
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"I have had some great times here, especially events with my sorority like the big date pinafore, or the homecoming parades we did with other fraternities; I'll miss all of that." Gaunce said. "But I think leaving before my friends will be the hardest part, I'm going to miss them the most. But I am definitely ready to be done with all the schoolwork. It's never really been my thing."
Yet despite her excitement to graduate and finish school, Gaunce, like Jeter and Booton, won't be leaving Lawrence behind in a trail of dust. She says she will come back for games and to visit
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The Homecoming Steering Committee gave the University of Kansas students homecoming spirit for the past week.
The Committee hosted many events collected to the medieval theme, Hail to the Hawks, which included the annual mural contest, Rock 'n Chalk, on Wescoe Beach, and the all-day Crimson and Blue Day on Friday. "We wanted a theme that reflected all of KU's great accomplishments in 2008," said Megan Atkinson, senior and homecoming publicity director. "Every year it's exciting to have a new theme."
Along with the old events, the committee brought in some new events to Homecoming Week.
"The new events will definitely set apart from last year," Atkinson said. "We came up with a ton of new ideas."
The new events included Medieval Monday, where the committee passed out free chicken legs and donated Burger King hats to the students on campus, the Jayhawk Renaissance Festival, the first annual homecoming mixer at Ellsworth Hall, hosted by the Community/Campus Outreach, and the Homecoming Barbecue, which substituted last year's pep rally, but still included the Jayhawk Jingle. Another event this year also deals with the new theme. The Quest for the Homecoming Grail began on Oct. 20 and lasted the rest of Homecoming Week with clues in the University Daily Kansan. "We tried to put the some of the clues in Old English to give it a little twist," Atkinson said.
A not-so-new event that sparks up school spirit is the signing of the Good Luck Banner on Wescoe Beach. Students have a chance to write good luck notes and their names to the Kansas football team before the big homecoming game. Quotes like "Beak 'Em Hawks" or "Rock Chalk Jayhawk" were included on the banner. The Steering Committee puts thebanner in the football team office so all the team members can see the support that KU students have for them.
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main point for these new events was to include more student organizations and involve more students as a whole to enjoy and understand the spirit of homecoming at the University. To help with this, the Steering Committee made a contest for scholarship and residence halls and organizations on campus. One competition for the organizations was the banner competition. The winning banner will be displayed at the homecoming parade. Another competition that was included was the residence hall homecoming decoration contest. One event that included students from all around campus was the Jayhawk Jog that kicked off homecoming events on Oct. 12. With more than 200 participants
running or walking to support the United Way of Douglas County, the Homecoming Steering Committee since 2002 has found ways for students to come together.
Mary Duarte, junior and the coordinator for Jayhawk Jog, said, "It's great to see students, faculty, alumni and community members all running in the spirit of homecoming and to help out the United Way."
Throughout all of homecoming week, about 20 organizations participated, including both academic and student groups.
Another organization that is making homecoming eventful this year is Student Union Activities. With an hilarious performance from comedian
Gabriel Inglesias on Wednesday, SUA showed homecoming spirit. Jacque Lumsden, a senior who belongs to the Steering Committee and SUA, said that it has been a tradition to bring the homecoming comedian.
"SUA is very happy to work with the Homecoming Steering Committee because we realize how important it is for students to be involved," Lumsden said.
The events for today start with a Pancake Breakfast at 8 a.m., which leads to one of the oldest events at homecoming: the parade. The parade ceremony has been around even before the Homecoming Steering Committee was created. The parade will feature different sorority and fraternity floats, and the Grand
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WEDNESDAY: OCTOBER 22, 2005
HOMECOMING SECTION
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Class of 2012 exceeds past enrollment
BY BARBARA PLATTS bplatts@kansan.com
The masses of students that circulate through campus each day is roughly enough people to inhabit a small country. There are all kinds of students, each with varying credit hours and different goals for the future. Graduate students are working to attain their masters, seniors are dreading the end of their college experience, and others, have just entered the university in the large freshman class. The overwhelming number of freshman roam the campus each day, leaving the dorms in the morning, going to class in the afternoon, and stuffing the dining halls to full capacity at mealtimes.
This year's incoming class has grown significantly since last year's class. The Office of the University Registrar's 20-day count reads that the incoming freshman class currently has 5,999 students. This is a 9.9 percent increase from last year's freshman class count. With such a growth in population, an upsurge in students can be been seen anywhere and everywhere on campus
"I have never seen campus this busy," Nate Salazar, a junior from Santa Fe, N.M., said of the fluctuation of students around campus. "It's as congested as the last cold I had."
The residential halls have experienced a fluctuation from this large class, as well. Jennifer Wamelink, associate director of Residence Life said that the increase was certainly noticeable. "As of the 20-day numbers, the resident halls on campus are at 98 percent capacity." Wamelink said. "Last year at this time the dorms were only 88 percent full."
With practically full resident and scholarship halls, it was challenging to accommodate everyone who requested to live on campus. "There was a waitlist in June and July for the residence halls," Wamelink said. "But there were cancellations, so late applications were able to be accepted."
Students will often hold a spot in a residential hall until they make up their mind of where they want to live. When many students cancelled their housing applications, the rooms were filled according to the waiting list.
With the full and cozy atmosphere in the dorms this year, certain measures had to be taken to make sure students were accommodated properly. Resident staff was put through certain training before the school year started. The training was to help to deal with any conflicts that may arise between roommates. RA's have been informed to work with the students on their floor to try and keep roommates happy because there is not as much space available to switch rooms.
Although there was much more work going on this summer at the Department of Housing to accommodate so many freshmen. Wamelink said that it is worth the extra effort.
"We like being full. It makes the environment more homey and it makes it more comfortable for the students," Wamelink said.
This large class size is noticeable in other areas, as well. Students in all grades have begun to see the effects when it comes to getting a meal. Around noon for lunch and 5.p.m. for dinner, the dining halls and many food outlets on campus are packed to the limit with lines brimming out the side doors.
Sheryl Kidwell, assistant director for KU Dining Services, said she agrees with the effects the large freshman class has on the dining halls. "We have seen a significant increase in the number of customers in our dining centers. We are up to about 375 students on meal plans from last year." Kidwell said.
With more hungry students on meal plans, dining halls often have a line and a crowded seating area.
"Our dining rooms are, at times, filled to capacity during peak service hours," Kidwell said. "We are more than able to accommodate their needs."
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In 1866, a year after the Civil War ended, the University of Kansas officially opened. The campus consisted of one building, North College. Tuition was $30. The campus and its members survived dust storms, the Great Depression, drafts,
Vietnam war protests, and the burning of the Kansas Union, to become what it is today: a "center for learning, research, scholarship and creative endeavor" that houses a record-breaking 30,102 students and 129 buildings, according to the University's Web site.
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If you have ever wondered where you will watch KU games once you are an alum and have moved away, you may find comfort in knowing that many bars pride themselves in being a KU watch site for sporting events. After speaking with several alumni who live across the country, I found that watching KU games with hundreds of other fans does not end once you leave the hill. There are KU bars all over the country decked out with flags, bartenders wearing KU stickers or in some cases bartenders making special drinks named after the Jayhawk.
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In Chicago there are quite a few KU watch sites, including Junior's, which is owned by previous KU all-star Gale Sayers. Will Cook, 2001 graduate and Chicago native, watches the KU games at Kincade's. "All of the KU bars in the city are special in their own right, but for me the bar of choice has always been Kincade's. The back room called Lucille's, or better known by KU fans as Lucy's, is the best place to watch a KU game in Chicago," Cook said.
If you show up to Kincade's hoping to watch the game, you may want to get there early. Cook said there can be up to 300 people for a regular season game and close to double that for more important games. If after graduating you have any interest in getting together with alumni outside of watching the games together, there are also special events within the select cities planned. In Chicago, there are several events throughout the year, including a cruise for Big 12 alumni, Cubs games and even the Chicago Blues Festival.
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If graduation takes you to the southwest, you can find many alumni gathered at The Upper Deck, in Scottsdale. Carol Hilbert, fourth-generation KU alumna.
said that the two-story bar fills up entirely with KU fans for big games, and a small number even come out for those pre-season games. The bar was especially full on the day of the championship game last year — one of Hilbert's favorite memories from watching KU play.
"It would be hard to beat feeling like we were all instantly transported to Lawrence, Kansas when Mario hit that three pointer. People were hugging and crying and jumping up and down just like at any Lawrence bar, packed with KU fans," Hilbert said. So even if you aren't watching the game in Lawrence, you can still feel like you are at the Upper Deck.
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The New York alumni also get together for multiple events outside of games, such as an outing to the Bronx Zoo and Jayhawks on Broadway, where alumni go out to eat and see a Broadway show together.
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If you head south post-graduation, you will find alumni watching games at The McKinney Avenue Tavern (or the MAT to regulars) in Dallas. Laura Veazey, KU alumna, said this bar was where the majority of the younger alumni watch the games, but that other site sites in the city are very accommodating to families. Veazey said the MAT has been a watch site for six years. If you are thinking of attending this bar for
100 fans with the way we were cheering." Being a KU alumni means more than just great sports to Bocox. "Being a KU alumni to me means feeling proud about where I went to school, knowing the great academic reputation it holds as well as the great sports tradition the school has as well."
the homecoming game you may not find many alumni around. Veazey said most of the alumni return to 'the hill' for it. Veazey said that being a Jayhawk means a lot to her and that "it's a great feeling to see someone in KU apparel, tell them 'Rock Chalk', and get a 'Rock Chalk' right back."
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HOMECOMING SECTION 11C
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Kansas will face eighth-ranked Red Raiders this Saturday at Memorial Stadium
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The last time Texas Tech was in Lawrence in 2004, the Jayhawks led 30-5 with just 48 seconds remaining in the second quarter and looked ready for the upset. Kansas went scoreless in the second half, gave up a 70-yard touchdown run with two minutes left and lost 31-30.
The Jayhawks hope for better results on Saturday when they host the Red Raiders in the 95th annual homecoming game at 11a.m. on ESPN.
Texas Tech arrives with a perfect 7-0 record and a number eight national ranking but they haven't exactly played the strongest of competition. The Red Raiders' non-conference schedule - Eastern Washington, SMU, Massachusetts, and at Nevada - was rated as one of the worst in the nation. Their three conference games so far - Kansas State, Nebraska and Texas A&M - are all in the lower half of the Big 12.
But that will change quickly for the Red Raiders, who play No. 1 Texas, No. 8 Oklahoma State and No. 4 Oklahoma in their three games after leaving Lawrence.
Kansas has played two ranked opponents in 2008 but has lost both games, 37-34 at No. 19 South Florida in September and 45-31 at No. 4 Oklahoma on Saturday.
Texas Tech boasts one of the nations best offenses, featured by Heisman Trophy candidates
Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree. Harrell has passed for 2,761 yards and 23 touchdowns in just seven games. Crabtree, one of the top receivers in the nation, already has 51 reception for 724 yards and 12 touchdowns. The Texas Tech offense is averaging more than 45 points per game.
Kansas, meanwhile, boasts one of the top receiving units in the nation. Kerry Meier has a league high 57 catches and Dezmon Briscoe's 700 yards receiving ranks third in the conference. Quarterback Todd Reesing has passed for 2,322 yards, the fourth most of any quarterback in the Big 12, and has thrown 17 touchdowns.
Texas Tech is the best team in the Big 12 at converting third downs. The Red Raiders have converted a league high 55.6 percent
of the time on third down white Kansas ranks third at 49.5 percent. The Red Raiders, however, have committed the most penalties in the Big 12 with 61 in just seven games. Kansas is the second least penalized team in the Big 12 Conference with just 34 penalties through seven games.
The Jayhawks have 28 players from the state of Texas, the most of any state on the KU roster, while Texas Tech has just one player from the state of Kansas.
Luckily for Kansas, the game is in Memorial Stadium where the Jayhawks have won 13 straight games and hold the 4th longest active home winning streak in the nation. Kansas is 22-2 at home dating back to 2006.
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Homecoming brings back alumni, and their money for the weekend
BY NORA SIMON nsimon@kansan.com
Nothing, it seems, adds more to the Lawrence economy and atmosphere than thousands of extra people who flock to the University for game day weekends
Football and basketball weekends in lawrence are considered "million-dollar weekends,"
ceeds, the more business it brings",
said Chuck Warner, interim president and CEO of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. "It's very beneficial for the town."
"The more the football team succeeds,the more business it brings."
said Judy Billings, director of the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau. Homecoming weekend especially boosts revenue for local businesses.
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Businesses across town must adjust to accommodate the large numbers of fans coming to see the Jayhawks play for homecoming weekend.
T he Eldridge Hotel,
701 Massachusetts St, sells out its 48 suites as soon as the football schedule for the next year appears.
"We could sell another hundred rooms, if we had them," said Nancy Longhurst, the hotel's general man.
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"Our restaurant business will probably benefit the most because so many come in and eat in our restaurant and bar" Longhurst said. "And they're all happy to be back, and that's a fun time for us."
Most hotels completely sell out long before game day arrives. Baymont Inn & Suites, 740 Iowa St., has been sold out for game day weekends since May this year.
"We're booked solid for every home game that we have," Peggy Williams, general manager, said. "Because of our being located the distance that we are, everyone comes
back here, KU is great for our business."
Free State Brewery, 636 Massachusetts St., adds more employees for home game weekends and adjusts the timing of staff members to make sure the restaurant can accommodate a full house, restaurant manager Alex Hamilton said. Homecoming weekend brings back alumni and generates more business, Hamilton said.
"If they're going to come to a football game, they're going to come to homecoming," Hamilton said. "I think that benefits the whole town. Just for us personally, it's not only good for business, but we get to see people we don't normally see come back from out of state."
Homecoming, and any game day weekend, adds work to any restaurant's staff. At the Salty Iguana, 4931 W. 6th St., more liquor and food is
purchased, and the restaurant offers a special game day menu, among other special deals. More people in town means good things for businesses, general manager LeAnn Brook said.
"It just brings people town, the more the merrier," Brock said. "That's what it takes for businesses to thrive. Any reason to bring people into this location, it's going to help."
"If they're going to come to a football game, they're going to come to homecoming."
"It's fun," Hamilton said. "People are in a good mood. People are jovial, especially when KU is doing well. People are just more upbeat and positive."
ALEX HAMILTON Free State Brewery manager
Not only the boost to business, but also the atmosphere generated during these game day weekends makes businesses happy to be open and to see people come back to town.
The traffic that KU athletics brings to Lawrence helps the local community thrive, Warner said.
is here," Warner said. "When the football and basketball programs draw as big of crowds as they have been, it really adds to the economy and making Lawrence the fun place it is to live and work."
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BILL SALOME 1952 graduate from Wichita. He currently lives in Law-
"In 1952 the basketball team won the National Championship and seven of the players went to the Olympics. Also, the Korean Conflict started and that included all of us."
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MATT ROGERS Wichita senior
"It would have to be winning the 2008 National Championship. I was sitting at my buddy's house watching the game with my face in my hands thinking that we are going to have to wait another 10 years for this when Mario Chalmers hit the shot."
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"There wasn't one thing to do, but everybody had to take Western Civ and do the English proficiency exam, which was a few hours of writing that evaluated your spelling, grammar and how well you put ideas together. Many, many people failed."
Miriam J. Bustos
RACHAEL BEAUMONT
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WHERE DO YOU GO AFTER FOOTBALL GAMES?
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"The Wheel and the Hawk is where most people went — it's been a long standing tradition. I used to also love going to the movies at the Union because they were so cheap and you could take a date out for five bucks, what a deal! They were old movies too. My favorite was when they played the old Hitchcock movies."
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"My first memory was when I came here last year to meet with my ROTC scholarship adviser. I was walking down Wescoe beach and the bells went off and I just thought how surreal it was going to be next year to be a Jayhawk."
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There is one week out of the year when students, faculty and the community come together to celebrate the University, its traditions, and its athletics. What
spectators may not know is that there's a committee making the magic of homecoming come to life. The Homecoming Steering Committee in conjunction with the Alumni Association work to create the
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"We've been able to bounce ideas off of each other to put together the best possible combination of events."
"Since then, I think it has grown and definitely expanded." Alderdice said. "We still rely on all those groups to be a part of homecoming. It is easier because the people that
school spirit that Kansas is known for during homecoming week.
STEVEN ELLIOTT Special events co-chair
Before the Steering Committee was formed, homecoming was a mix of events put on by the school's student organizations.
"Different groups on campus had their hand in it," Jennifer Alderdice, the Steering Committee's advisor said. "Homecoming was really just the parade. It was on a Friday afternoon and then there was the ExCEL award. You just had to hope that someone would really step up and do something."
Richard Johnson, the dean of students in 2001, wanted to make KU homecoming a bigger and better event to compete with his previous school, The University of Missouri. With that idea in mind, Johnson created the Steering Committee
interview to be on a committee are definitely interested in being in charge of that event."
T he e Al u m n i Association beganhousing the Steering Committee in 2005.
Preparation for homecoming begins immediately after the previous homecoming ends. Applications are taken until November and interviews begin in December. There are six committees within the Steering Committee along with the positions of ExCEL and Jayhawk Jog chair, awards coordinator, treasurer, and co-director. After a committee of about 20 students is chosen, the preparations begin.
"This is my first year on the committee," Elizabeth Norblot, senior, said. "I am the co-parade chair and my duties are to put the parade together, make sure we have all the proper permits to have it on Jayhawk Boulevard, make sure to have a wide range of entries,
find a closing act for the parade, and making sure everything runs smoothly on the actual day of the parade."
The newly selected committee is taken on a retreat in January after returning from winter break and then continues to meet twice a month in the spring semester. The committee does not meet in the summer but instead has a summer retreat before school begins and when classes start, meetings are resumed every Sunday.
"We want to bring it back to the students. How can we maximize student happiness," David Wilcox,
"Surprisingly enough it takes a
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Each year the Homecoming Steering Committee comes together to make homecoming week special for the year they are planning for.
our weekly meetings leading up to Homecoming Week, we've been able to bounce ideas off of each other to put together the best possible combination of events we could think of," said Steven Elliott, Wichita senior, and the committee's special events co-chair. "It's so much fun working with people who care as much about KU and its traditions as I do."
Manhattan junior and the committee's other co-director said. "They don't want to see the same homecoming back to back every year."
homecoming special for the year is by choosing a theme. This year's theme, Hail to the Hawk, was chosen to celebrate the accomplishments of last year's basketball and football teams.
"The deciding of the theme was really hard this year," Rodee said. "We wanted something that encompassed our great athletic year."
Many of the members of the committee have found the experience rewarding.
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"I think the friends you make
Exhausted by homecoming week, many of the members enjoy watching and participating in the events they planned for nearly a year.
along the way, both on the committee and in the other contacts you make during the process are key," junior Mary Duarte and the committee's ExCEL and Jayhawk jog chair said. "All year you work toward a goal in which the whole University will take part in and benefit from. It's a very rewarding organization to be involved with."
"I became involved because I like being a part of the process of planning major events here at KU. I thought this would be something different that would give me good experience and would be great to have on my resume," Nathan Mack, senior, and daily events co-chair said. "I also really love the University and thought that homecoming was a good way for me to encourage others to get involved and give back to the university."
"It's fun to see the other organizations' floats and creativity after the entire week and it's a great feeling of accomplishment
after a sleepless week filled with homecoming events," Kristen Watkins, senior, and publicity co-chair said.
"I love Chalk n' Rock because it's fun to see what other organizations come up with, and to all be chalking together on Wescoe Beach," Megan Atkinson, senior, and publicity co-chair said. "This year we have a lot of new events."
"My favorite event is the Jayhawk Jingle," Sylvia Davis, junior, and special events co-chair said. "Campus organizations do a 'school spirit' rendition of a popular song and also the KU fight song. It is hilarious, entertaining, and an opportunity for anyone to perform on a stage. I have participated for the past two years and this year I get to organize the event."
Homecoming has become the bigger and better event the previous dean of students Richard Johnson had hoped for. The magic they disperse on homecomingweekleaves students, faculty and the Lawrence community wanting more. With their commitment to homecoming and the university traditions are kept and spirit is amplified.
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The University of Kansas has a long and grand history. When the University was founded in 1865, it was barely a university. It had no money and only three professors. There used to be days when people could swim in Potter's Lake and the KU colors were yellow and blue like Michigan. There was once a time when the state was proposing to put the university in Manhattan.
Although the history of the Jayhawks has been a quite interesting series of events, some students don't know much about it. Overland Park sophomore Lauren Beebe is a first generation Jayhawk, and she said she wasn't up to par with the University's history. Fewer students know of the obscure events like the Maypole Scrap and the burning of the Kansas Union, both of which held great significance to KU's history.
According to Mark Hersey, Kansas Department of History from kuhistory.com, the rivalry with Missouri is the second oldest Division 1 college football rivalry in the country. Kansas' first game against MU was played on Halloween Day in 1891 in Kansas City's Exposition Park. This was the first time the Jayhawks wore Crismon on the gridiron and it was also the first in a series of many victories for the Jayhawks with a score of 22-8. The Rock Chalk chant could be heard for hours in the streets of Kansas City celebrating the Jayhawk Victory.
Since the beginning of the Border War, the rankings now stand at 54-53-9 with Missouri in the lead (no game was played in 1918 due to an epidemic). This is
a disputed count because of the game in 1960. Kansas, who used an illegal player (Bert Coan), counts this game as a victory but the official NCAA record and Missouri see it the other way.
Alyson Smith, Overland Park sophomore, is prepared for this year's game.
"Everyone should get so excited and I think we'll be better prepared this time," Smith said.
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According to Henry J. Fortunato, Kansas Department of History from kuhistory.com, this almost annual event every May 1 or May Day, allowed male students to engage in a campus wide brawl, pitting classes and colleges against each other, taunting and jeering at professors and students, and taking temporary captives.
A few days later on May 20, 1952, a mob attempted to force their way into several sorority houses screaming "We want silk!" to the startled sorority girls. This epic panty raid was followed up by
"Right before I came to Lawrence, there was a lot of violence and dissidence on campus," Antonio said.
Campus rivalries between the greek houses have also stirred up memorable events. According to Kevin Armitage, Kansas Department of History from kuhistory.com, in May of 1952, a 1,500-man mob attempted the largest panty raid in KU history. The raid was caused when a few of the male students antagonized by a group of female students a few days earlier that had stolen some furniture from two fraternities.
This event was mainly seen as an expression of school spirit and harmless fun. Although some sustained minor injuries, only two freshmen were severely injured. In 1905, the Maypole scrap was officially laid to rest with a mock funeral condemning the annual event.
In April 1973, junior Dan Wessel, also known as "The Great Wessellini" and "Lorenzo the Magnificent" attempted to take flight in a home-made flying contraption.
These extreme demonstrations attracted the attention of President John F. Kennedy who made an appearance on campus and ABC, who made a movie filmed in
Sociology professor Robert Antonio, who came to Lawrence in 1971, remembers the turbulent times at KU.
a harsh reprimand of Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy warning that further forced entrances and theft would not be tolerated on the KU campus.
Nora Burt, Chicago junior said one of the current rivalries in the reek system is Derby Days. "All the sororities compete against each in different events to find this hat," Burt said. "We try to outsmart the rest of the sororities to win."
The late '60s and early 70s were a time of dissent and protest on the KU campus. On March 8, 1965, a sit-in was conducted in the Chancellor's office to protest the
racial policies of the university. A few years later, the Kansas Union was burned down via a firebomb explosion on April 20, 1970.
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According to Douglas Harvey, Kansas Department of History from kuhistory.com, on the afternoon of April 23 Wessel launched his cruse flying machine down Campanile hill and vowed to make it over the scoreboard of Memorial Stadium. Unfortunately, Wessel barely made it past the ramp and his 32-foot flyer was snapped in half. Wessel emerged unharmed and was cheered, despite his failure.
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But this would not be Wessel's final stunt. In his senior year, Wessel attempted to turn himself into a human cannonball. Wessel, dressed in tights and a cape, attempted to roll down a ramp inside of a Plexiglas bubble on a skateboard. On April 27, 1974 a crowd of 4,000 students turned up to watch "Lorenzo the Magnificent" attempt to fly over Potter Lake. This event was so exciting that professors cancelled class and one physics class even tried to calculate Wessel's probability of success. Again, Wessel's launch was a failure after the ball repeatedly got stuck on the launch ramp. To Wessel, neither of these events was a failure because he was able to draw so many people to watch.
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Each year, students try to leave their mark on campus and find a way to put themselves in the history books. Although all of these events may seem random, they have each played their part in Kansas' history. Kansas has changed so much over the years that current students might not even recognize parts of the campus. All in all, the Jayhawks have made their mark in the Big 12 and the nation both academically and athletically and hopefully will continue to do so long into the future.
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The history of the Jayhawks and Red Raiders Kansas will face Texas Tech this weekend...
BY HALLIE MANN
hmann@kansan.com
Everything is bigger in Texas, especially football. This weekend Kansas will face off against Texas Tech University for our homecoming game. Like all colleges, the Red Raiders have their own superstitions and rituals for football games. But will this be enough to beat the Jayhawks this Saturday?
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TEXAS TECH...
According the Texas Tech University Web site, the University was originally founded as Texas Technical College was founded in Lubbock, Texas, in 1923 with a class of 914 students. Currently it has about 28,000 students in its eleven colleges and graduate school. Texas Tech is home to the Red Raiders, which have been represented by the Masked Rider and Raider Red, will surely be in their scarlet and black apparel at the game this weekend. Texas Tech is the only campus in the state of Texas that is home to a major university, a law school and a medical school on the same campus.
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Both teams have their own pregame superstitions and one of the more private traditions of the football team is the Double T saddle. A statue dedicated to Double T, one of the many horses ridden by the Masked Rider, is found just outside the locker room. For luck, the Red
Raider football players will touch the statue on their way out to the game.
The Texas Tech mascot, Raider Red, was created in 1972 by one of the members of the Saddle Tramps, a student group that supports men's athletics. Raider Red was created to replace the Masked Rider who would burst into the stadium on his trusty black steel during each game. Like Baby Jay and Big Jay, Raider Red's identity is a secret. While Raider Red has his two 12 gauge shotguns Big Jay and Baby Jay should not be afraid. In a two on one brawl, they could easily take down Raider Red and his oversized cowboy hat.
If the Red Raider mascot isn't enough to get Texas Tech pumped for a game, then the Goin' Band from RaiderLand might be able to do the trick. Originally when the band was formed in 1925 it only had 21 members. Today the 400-member band in their black matador style costumes will be seen at Memorial Stadium this weekend to support their team. The Jayhawk Marching Band will play throughout the game and during halftime to show the Red Raiders how it's done.
The Red Raiders are also known for the infamous 'Guns Up' hand gesture. The 'Guns Up' signal was also created in 1972 by a Texas Tech graduate who was attending law school. The idea is that Texas Tech will shoot their opponents down. The gesture is used by Red Raider fans and students as a greeting or after a victory at a football game. Hopefully KU fans will not have to see this gesture at Saturday's game.
The Jayhawks might not have a hand signal to rival the Red Raiders but they'll get the message when Kansas fans shake their keys telling them to pack it up and go home after the Jayhawks score.
Before each home football game, students can party at RaiderGate, Texas Tech's official student tailgating section. Free food and live music are just part of the largest party on campus. Kansas also has a huge tailgating area on Campanile Hill where Jayhawks can get ready for the game. There may be a turf war for tailgating spots on the hill if Texas Tech fans plan to come out for the game.
THE GAME...
Even when it's not homecoming for Texas Tech, fans and alumni cheer on the Red Raiders. Wichita sophomore Kevin Neslage was born in Lubbock and his father is a Texas Tech graduate.
"It's going to be a good game," Neslage said. As a college football fan, Neslage has always watched Texas Tech on television. "Lubbock is just different from where most people come from." Neslage said, "there's no big cities in west Texas and it just has a different feel than Kansas." Neslage and his father will be attending the game on Saturday with Neslage in blue cheering for the Jayhawks and his father will be in scarlet for the Red Raiders.
The game itself will be close for Kansas. According to ESPN, Texas Tech is ranked eighth by the Bowl Selection Committee. While Kansas had a great performance last year at the Orange Bowl we are going to have to pick it up if we want to see another bowl game.
Texas Tech is 3-0 on the road and 3-0 in conference play giving them a substantial boost coming into the game this weekend.
Ryan Diehl, Hays freshman,
thinks the game against Texas Tech
will be tough for the Jayhawks
who are coming off of a loss this
weekend. Diehl doesn't think that
because it's homecoming the game
is any different. "This game is pretty
important since we lost at home
this last weekend," Diehl said. " (Texas Tech) can throw the ball pretty well," Diehl said, "but Kansas has worked out some the problems they have with their offense and defense." Diehl is predicting a victory for the jayhawks.
While KU students will be celebrating all of this week for homecoming, the true test of the Jayhawks will be at the game on Saturday. When those boys from
Lubbock step on to the field, they mean business. With one of the best wide receivers in the nation the Jayhawks will really have to step up and play their best to beat the Red Raiders.
With the support of all of the KU students and fans, the wave of blue shirts and waving wheat will show the Red Raiders the spirit and tradition that we hold so dearly at Kansas.
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Wednesday, Oct. 22 Campus Hub Crawl all campus and Strong Hall lawn, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Campus Offices and Residence Halls Homecoming Décor Judging, Campus, 3 p.m. Comedian Gabriel Iglesias, Lied Center, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at 864-SHOW or the SUA ticket box office.
Thursday, Oct. 23
Thursday, Oct. 23
Chalk n' Rock, Wescoe Beach, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Homecoming BBQ and Jayhawk Jingles Contest,
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Friday, Oct. 24
Friday, Oct.24
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Kansan.com users have voted, and now two chants will face off to determine which one will become a new KU football tradition.
The Kansan-submitted winning chant is, "Go ... lahvaws!"
The student-submitted winning chant is, "Kayyyyyy (kick) Youuuuuu!"
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Erica Binns dons a bright blue wig, fiery red contact lenses and a white form-fitting suit. The outfit cost $300 to make and took six months to construct. She didn't make it for Halloween; she made it for an anime festival.
Binns, Olathe senior, modeled her latest costume on a character from
Neon Genesis Evangelion." Her costume won a prize at Naka-Kon, an anime festival in Kansas City, Mo., where she competed with other fans who dressed up as various Japanese cartoon characters.
Hogan said many Americans still believed anime was only for children, but she said it could be instead accessible to a wider audience because of its solid plots and variety of genres, including comedy, fantasy and romance.
"To me, anime is another medium of sitcoms." Hogan said.
the club had more than 40 members this year.
"I like the challenge of creating a character and pulling off."
William Tsutsui, professor of
"I like the challenge of creating a character and pulling off the costume convincingly."
ERICA BINNS
Olathe senior
pulling off the costume convincingly" Birns said.
Binns is among a growing number of Japanese anime fans at the University of Kansas. Not many students dress up as anime characters, let alone create character costumes; however, Dee Hogan, Leavenworth junior and president of the KU Anime Club, said that more students are getting interested in anime and that
"A lot of Americans, especially American youth, have really come
processor of history who studies Japanese history and popular culture, said Japanese animation had spread across the world during the past 15 years.
to enjoy and really identify with anime and its sensibilities," Tsutsui said. "The anime popularity is going to be a peak soon."
Michiko Ito, Japanese studies librarian, said the success of the two children programs "Sailor Moon" and "Pokemon" was a turning point of the anime boom in the U.S. After the two programs became popular in the late 1990s, more Japanese anime programs
were exported to the U.S., including series that older audience could enjoy.
Erik Buchholz, St. Louis senior, said he enjoyed the complexity of anime. He said while many anime series were set in imaginary and fantasy world, some of them portrayed the dark side of society and challenged what people took for granted, such as gender roles.
"It makes social norms visible by breaking them," Buchholz said.
Tsutsui said anime was largely based on Japanese cultural and social backgrounds, and it could be hard for the American audience to understand all the contexts.
"In one way, that's an appeal of anime," he said. "It allows Americans to imagine things."
He also said Japanese anime could be appealing to Americans who didn't fit into the mainstream popular culture.
"Americans who like anime see themselves as being rebellious, opposing American pop cultures because anime is so different from Hollywood and traditional narratives Hollywood puts out," Tsutsui said. "They see themselves as kind of an underground movement opposing American society."
American fans also contributed to the creation of the anime subculture
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International organization raises awareness of AIDS
BY JESSE TRIMBLE
jtrimble@kansan.com
Megan O'Malley didn't know when she traveled to South Africa last summer that two girls she met would die from AIDS before she returned to the United States.
O'Malley, Overland Park senior, traveled across the world to work with the AIDS Haven in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, through AIESEC, an international student exchange organization.
The focus of the AIDS Haven is to counsel children and adults with AIDS, to educate those who live with someone who has AIDS and to educate children with AIDS. The Haven also provides support groups
O'Malley said the two girls — Siphokazi, who was nine, and Sisipho, who was four — were the two children in the orphanage who most looked up to her. She said two more children were brought in to fill vacancies at the orphanage immediately after Siphokazi and Sisipho died.
"It fluctuates so much, sadly," O'Malley said. "No one should ever have to attend the funeral of a child."
for those affected and creates on-going staff education in handling death.
To help raise awareness for the AIDS epidemic in Africa, AIESEC will sponsor an event, "Explore Africa", for the AIDS Haven at 7 p.m. at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
AIESEC, the world's largest student organization, sends 4,500 students each year to work in different countries around the world and the organization is present at 1,100 universities in more than 105 countries.
Marley Parsons, vice president of events for AIESEC in Kansas, said that once a month the group sponsored Global Village events, such as "Explore Africa," that focus on different countries. She said people from different countries set up tables with pictures, clothing and food.
"They just talk about their culture and represent all different aspects of their country," Parsons said.
attend the events. This evening, Kansas Africa Relief, or KAR, UNICEF, Peace Corps, Oxfam and KU for Uganda will attend the event. Parsons said the countries that would be represented this evening were Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Senegal, South Africa, Ghana and Ethiopia.
She said different organizations also
Parsons said the events focused on demonstrating different aspects of each country's cultures.
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Megan O'Malley, Overland Park senior, traveled to South Africa last summer and worked in an orphanage for children with AIDS. O'Malley traveled with AISEC, an international student organization.
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Student Senate voted to separate the bill that would have shortened the time allowed for campaigning prior to elections and cut the amount of money coalitions can spend on campaigning. The bill was separated into three parts and each part was voted on individually. The first part, which limited the amount of time allowed for campaigning activities prior to elections, passed. Senate voted to table the two other parts, which would have created a new Elections Reform Board and limited the amount of money coalitions could spend on their campaigns. Senate will reexamine the two pieces of legislation and eventually submit them to the Elections Commission. The Elections Commission is an unbiased board of disinterested individuals who create rules for Senate elections.
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SYLVANIA, Ohio — A police officer was suspended for three days without pay in a tussle over whether he whacked his mustache to regulation length.
The facial hair of Officer Ron Dicus was the subject of a three-hour hearing Tuesday night before the SyLVania Township Board of
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A criminal complaint charged Kelly with grand larceny and attempted grand larceny after her arrest in a Manhattan supermarket Oct. 15. It said she took a wallet, left by police as bait, from a shopping cart. An officer recovered the wallet from Kelly's "bra area," it said.
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KU donor seldom seen after being removed as CEO
BY B.J. RAINS
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The phone rings, but Tom Kivisto doesn't answer. It doesn't matter who's calling — he doesn't pick up.
The former Kansas basketball player and long-time donor to the Athletics Department hasn't been heard from much since July 18. That's when he was removed as president and CEO of his own company, SemGroup LP, which filed for bankruptcy after citing losses of at least $2.4 billion. According to the company, Kivisto owes at least $290 million for trading losses associated with one of his private companies.
The field at Memorial Stadium was named Kivisto Field in 2006 after Kivisto pledged $12 million to the department to help pay for the new football practice facility that was completed this summer.
It's unclear exactly how much of the $12 million has been paid, but published reports say that at least $4 million has already been
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Kivisto
When Kivisto was ousted at SEm Group, some questioned if he would still be able to come up with the remaining
money he had promised. But according to Dale Seuferling, president of the KU Endowment Association, Kivisto is on schedule with his payments.
"The obligation that Mr. Kivisto has to KU is current and up to date," Seuferling said. "It's currently satisfied to this date."
Its unclear exactly what would happen if Kivisto were unable to pay the remaining debt to the
department.
Donors who pledge large amounts of money to the University as Kivisto did typically will set up a payment plan with the Endowment Association and make certain payments on the dates chosen by the donor. According to Seuferling, Kivisto hasn't missed any payments, but he wouldn't say how much had been paid or when the next payment was due.
Kivisto returned to Lawrence to make his first public appearance when he watched the KU-Sam Houston State game Sept. 20 as a guest of Associate Athletics Director John Hadl.
"We don't get into specifics like that publicly," Seuferling said.
Kivisto founded SemGroup, an energy company which transports oil from the well to the refinery, in 2000 and turned
it into one of the nation's top private companies. According to www.forbes.com, the company made 47 acquisitions in eight years — bringing in revenue of $13.2 billion.
Kivisto made and eventually lost his money by hedging, a process that usually minimizes financial risk. Companies such as SemGroup bought barrels of oil for a certain price and then predicted what the barrels would be selling for two months later — committing themselves to sell at that price. If the actual price in two months ended up being lower, then the company profited. If the market price was higher than the committed price, then the company would have to pay for the difference itself and lose money.
With the rise in oil prices in the last year, SemGroup was losing money too often to
profit. According to The Kansas City Star, it looks as if Kivisto thought the price would even out and come back down so he kept hedging and continued to lose money. Now, the company is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and it's possible that Kivisto's questionable actions could send him to jail.
Since his removal, he has made only one public statement. He has done no interviews and has not talked to several of his friends. It appears he has secluded himself inside his Tulsa home, waiting for a chance to tell his side of the story.
"With an investigation under way, I cannot answer any of the pressing questions or comment on speculations regarding the SemGroup situation," Kivisto said in the statement in late July. "With investigations, and
the complexities of the issues, these explanations are slow in coming. I trust, however, as the facts and truths surrounding this chain of events are revealed, the SemGroup employees will regain their trust in what they initially believed."
And while he reportedly owes $290 million to SemGroup and some of his remaining $12 million pledge to the University, Kivisto has the support and backing of many who have been associated with him.
"Tom Kivisito has been a member of the Kansas athletics family for a long time," said Jim Marchionh, associate athletics director. "We still consider him a member of the family and we support him as much as we can."
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"There's another side to Africa," Parsons said. "Sure, there is famine, war and AIDS, but there are other aspects to Africa, too."
O'Malley will speak about her experience in South Africa this evening at the event.
O'Malley said that her trip was something she would never forget. She was inspired to join AIESEC from reading about Africa in a political science course.
"When I found the AIESEC Web site, it was like a dream come true," O'Malley said. "The internship was such a good opportunity and the organization just led me straight to it."
O'Malley, who lived in an AIDS orphanage for two months in South Africa last summer, said 35 percent of people in South Africa had HIV.
She said 20 to 30 children.
who ranged from one week to 10 years old, stayed at the orphanage. AIDS had affected all of the children in some way. Some had parents who died from AIDS, while others had contracted the virus themselves.
While in the South Africa, O'Malley said she visited classroom of students ranging from first through 12th grade and spoke with them about AIDS.
"It's a difficult message to convey," O'Malley said. "Not only with applying the message to the age group you're speaking to, but also because there's a certain stigma about it there and most people don't like to talk about it."
Beverly Mack, professor of African studies said it should be a requirement for all students to go to a foreign country.
"We are so insulated," Mack said. "Students don't know anything about Africa, Israel, the Middle East because we are totally absorbed in our own life culture, which is a dangerous life."
Mack said the University should expose students to disciplines and cultures that were different from their own. She said the point of education was to open our minds.
"And you can't do that if you focus every conscious thought on our own culture," Mack said.
Mack said the personal, social and governmental rewards would be tremendous if students would just go outside of their own country.
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ANIME (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Some devoted fans attend anime festivals, known as conventions, which take place in several major cities across the country and feature costume and video game contests and karaoke. Tim Howe, Mission junior, went to a convention in Tulsa, Okla., last summer. He said he and his friends drove to Tulsa to see a guest speaker at the convention, who was one of his favorite voice actors. At the convention, Howe dressed up in a traditional Japanese warrior outfit that his friend made. He said many attendants dressed up as anime characters, and that he had a fun time socializing with them.
Some other fans publish fan fictions, in which anime fans
rewrite stories using their favorite characters.
Tsutsui said some people were worried that the anime trend would negatively influence American youth because some anime programs contained violence. He said the anime boom should bring more benefits than harm, such as increasing young people's interest in Japan. Tsutsui said 25 years ago, when he was studying Japanese at Harvard, more students were studying Japanese because they were interested in martial arts and Zen Buddhism. He said over time, American students' interest in Japan shifted to business and now to popular culture.
For example, Tsutsui said some KU students, like Tim Howe.
enrolled in Japanese classes because they were motivated by their interests in anime. Howe studied in Japan for three months in 2006. He said his interest in Japan branched out from anime to Japanese history.
Students on campus can also learn about anime in the classroom. Michiko Ito taught a Japanese course last year which combined language and anime for advanced level students. She said students watched anime and read comics in Japanese and discussed the background of those materials. The materials included "Cyborg 009," which was created in the late 1960s and renounced war.
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India sends first spacecraft to moon,joins elite group
Nation's economy, technological advances help launch country into space race with China, Japan
BY GAVIN RABINOWITZ AND SETH BORENSTEIN ASSOCIATED PRESS
Indian Space Research Organization chairman G. Madhavan Nair, second left, and his colleagues hold a model of India's maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1, or Moon Craft in ancient Sankrit, after its successful launch at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, north of Chennai, India, on Wednesday. India launched its first mission to the moon Wednesday, rocketing a satellite up into the pale dawn sky in a two-year mission to redraw maps of the lunar surface.
NEW DELHI — India launched its first mission to the moon Wednesday, rocketing a satellite up into the pale dawn sky in a two-year mission to redraw maps of the lunar surface.
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Clapping and cheering scientists tracked the ascent on computer screens after they lost sight of Chandrayaan-1 from the Sriharikota space center in southern India. Chandrayaan means "Moon Craft" in ancient Sanskrit
Indian Space Research Organization chairman G. Madhavan Nair said the mission is to "unravel the mystery of the moon."
"We have started our journey to the moon and the first leg has gone perfectly well," he said.
Chief among the mission's goals
is mapping not only the surface of the moon, but what lies beneath. If successful, India will join what's shaping up as a 21st century space race with Chinese and Japanese crafts already in orbit around the moon.
As India's economy has boomed in recent years, it has sought to convert its newfound wealth — built on the nation's high-tech sector — into political and military clout. It is hoping that the moon mission — coming just months after finalizing a deal with the United States that recognizes India as a nuclear power — will further enhance its status.
sights," Pace said.
Until now, India's space launches have mainly carried weather warning satellites and communication systems, said former NASA associate administrator Scott Pace, director of space policy at the George Washington University.
While much of the technology involved in reaching the moon has not changed since the Soviet Union and the U.S. did it more than four decades ago, analysts say new mapping equipment allows the exploration of new areas, including below the surface.
"You're seeing India lifting its
India plans to use the 3,080-pound lunar probe to create a high-resolution map of the lunar surface and the minerals below. Two of the mapping instruments are a joint project with NASA.
In the last year, Asian nations have taken the lead in moon exploration. In October 2007, Japan sent up the Kaguya spacecraft. A month later, China's Change-1 entered lunar orbit.
Those missions took highresolution pictures of the moon, but are not as comprehensive as Chandrayaan-1 will be or NASA's
have of the moon."
NASA has put probes on Mars' frigid polar region, but not on the rugged poles of the moon. Yet the moon's south pole is where NASA is considering setting up an eventual human-staffed lunar outpost, Pace said.
The moon's south pole is "certainly more rugged than where Neil Armstrong landed. It's more interesting. It's more dangerous," Pace said. "We need better maps."
Beijing in 2003 became the first Asian country to put its own astronauts into space. It followed that last month with its first spacewalk.
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More ominously, last year China also blasted an old satellite into oblivion with a land-based anti-satellite missile, the first such test ever conducted by any nation, including the United States and Russia.
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"We don't really have really good modern maps of the moon with modern instrument," Pace said. "The quality of the Martian maps, I would make a general argument, is superior to what we
half-a-billion-dollar Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter scheduled to be launched next year, Pace said. The most comprehensive maps of the moon were made about 40 years ago during the Apollo era, he said.
The $80 million mission will test systems for a future moon landing, with plans to land a rover on the moon in 2011 and eventually a manned space program, though this has not been authorized yet.
The Indian mission is not all about rivalry and prestige. Analysts say India stands to reap valuable rewards from the technology it develops and, according to Pace, it already shows increased confidence in difficult engineering and quality control.
And the Indian space agency was already dreaming of more.
"Space is the frontier for mankind in the future. If we want to go beyond the moon, we have to go there first," said Indian space agency spokesman S. Satish.
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Stores benefit from growing popularity of Halloween
BY MICHELLE SPREHE msprehe@kansan.com
As a child, Kyle Billings vaguely remembers trips to the tiny Fun & Games store in Downtown Lawrence during the Halloween season. Thirty years ago, it sold a small number of costumes, accessories and toys. Billings bought the store 10 years ago and last year, moved it to a building four times larger on 23rd Street to allow for the growing demand of Halloween items.
According to history,com,
the popularity of Halloween has increased so much through the years that Americans spend $6.9 billion on the holiday annually.
which makes it the second-largest commercial holiday.
The Halloween industry no longer consists of only costumes and candy. Andrew Goodrich, assistant manager at Spirit Halloween said decorations, novelty items and accessories were all big sellers in Lawrence because of all the college parties.
"It has exploded in what is offered," said Billings. "Ten years ago it was minimal. But now quality has increased and costs and inventory gets larger each year."
Unlike its competitors, Fun & Games has costumes, wigs and makeup for sale year-round. To meet the Halloween demands, Billings carries more than 1,000
different styles of costumes.
"Some requests we get are off the wall," Billings said. "If we don't have a costume, then I try to help them put something together."
Billings said about 75 percent of his yearly profit comes from the Halloween season.
Sara Rice, assistant manager at Party America, also said that her store relied heavily on the Halloween season for most of its profit. Rice has worked at Party America for 10 years, watching the trends come and go, and says the season is bigger than it used to be.
"I think it's becoming more of an adult holiday," Rice said.
Rice said that most of the
"Guys will be whatever," Rice said. "They won't come in and say, 'I've got to be a cow'."
customers who bought costumes tend to be women. The most expensive costume in Party America is a musketeer girl for $100.
During the past 10 years, the prices of costumes have changed only slightly, but the quality has changed dramatically, Rice said. Once made out of plastic, most costumes are cloth now. The realistic qualities of masks, costumes and face paint have also improved.
If customers are looking for high-quality, realistic costumes, they can go to Sarah's Fabrics.
which rents the theater-quality costumes for 24 hours at an average cost of about $30.
"It makes me laugh when people come in here and say they bought a costume online where it's a costume in the front, but just a thin piece of fabric in the back," said Kathy Barland, Sarah's Fabrics employee.
Billings said that renting was a good alternative if customers didn't want to buy something they might only wear once. In 2006, census,gov recorded 2,077 costume rental establishments in the nation.
"Fewer people I know in the industry are doing rentals," Billings said. "It's a lot of work because if the costumes come back damaged
or stained you have to fix them."
Selling costumes online is a new approach Halloween stores are to reach customers. Spirit Halloween has a Web site with hundreds of costumes for sale for men, women and children. Plus sizes, decorations and accessories are also available online.
Billings started a Web site for Fun & Games last summer. No sales have been made yet but Billings said he was optimistic. Billings said he saw a need for an online store because the holiday was always expanding and he wanted to be able to reach more people.
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"It's an adrenaline rush," said Clark, an atmospheric science major, and one of a growing number of women going into broadcast meteorology.
Kathryn Clark, a tan 20-year-old blonde loves all kinds of weather. But when the sky darkens and a storm rolls in is when she really gets excited. Ever since she was a sophomore in high school, Clark, a Dallas junior, and her dad have gone out in his Yukon SUV chasing tornadoes just for fun.
At the University of Kansas there has been a rise in the number of women taking meteorology classes.
Donna Tucker, associate professor of atmospheric science, said this was the first semester in her 15 years of teaching that an equal number of men and women had taken her senior weather analysis and forecasting class. The class had previously been male-dominated.
Nationally, the number of women in broadcast meteorology is on the rise. Of the National Weather Association's 980 members in 2008, 24 percent are women. That's up from 21 percent in 2006. In 2005, the American Meteorological Society reported that 19 percent of its 545 members in broadcast meteorology were women.
"When I was a youngster myself, all I ever saw were men in the profession," said Erin Little, a broadcast meteorologist at KMBC-TV in Kansas City, Mo. "Now in any station across the country you see women in the field.
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"In the past, women were looked at as weather bunnies," she said. "Now, women have improved their image by obtaining degrees in meteorology — proving they are just as smart as their male counterparts."
But both women and men are likely to have trouble finding jobs in the field when they graduate. Tucker said meteorology jobs were available for about 10 percent of graduates and for 2008 and 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects opportunities for broadcast meteorologists to remain rare and highly competitive.
The lack of jobs is also driving salaries lower and causing the job's perks to disappear.
rologist of WJHL-TV in Johnson City, Tenn., gathered information from more than 150 broadcast meteorologists in 210 markets. He found that news stations paid for 66 percent of meteorologists' haircuts in 2006 compared with 61 percent in 2008. Also, stations that paid for yearly gym memberships decreased from 19 percent in 2006 to 11 percent in 2008.
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Despite these statistics, Clark said she wasn't worried about finding a job. She's looking into learning Spanish because she said there were only three or four Spanish-speaking broadcast meteorologists in the country.
No matter what happens with a job, though, she can always chase those tornadoes.
"I love all of it. All the good stuff," she said.
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Lindsay Lohan was arrested in July 2007 after commanderine a sport utility vehicle. Three men who were in the SUV recently filed a lawsuit seeking $25,000 in damages.
A wild ride that led to Lindsay Lohan's arrest has sparked another lawsuit.
Court records show that three men who claim they were in a sport utility vehicle that Lohan commanded in July 2007 sued the "Mean Girls" star last week. Their allegations include battery, false imprisonment and that the actress was negligent when she allegedly took over an SUV belonging to one of the men to chase her recently fired assistant.s
That chase ended when the assistant's mother called police because she was being followed and led Lohan toward a police station. Officers suspected Lohan was drunk and arrested her.
Lohan eventually pleaded guilty to two counts of being under the influence of cocaine stemming from the Santa Monica arrest and an earlier drunken driving arrest in Beverly Hills. She served 84 minutes in jail and reained rehb.
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called the lawsuit "absurd."
He claimed the men were having fun during the chase and questioned why they waited more than a year to file suit. "It just doesn't make sense," McPherson said. "They had ample opportunity to get out of the car.
Monica, where Lohan is also being sued for emotional distress by a woman who was in the car that was being chased by the actress.
"It's three guys who want to get a lot of headlines," he said, "and want to make some money."
An attorney for the men, identified as Ronnie Blake, Jakon Sutter and Dante Nigro, had said last year he hoped to avoid filing a lawsuit against Lohan. McPherson said there were some early talks, but no settlement was reached
The case will be heard in Santa
The lawsuit, which seeks more than $25,000 in damages, was first reported by celebrity gossip Web site TMZ.
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BOSSIER CITY, La. - Miss Teen Louisiana lost her crown 11 days early after being arrested on charges of leaving a restaurant without paying and carrying marijuana.
RPM Productions Inc., the sponsor, took back the title on Tuesday after learning that Lindsev Evans.
18, of Blanchard, had been arrested, president Paula M. Miles said Wednesday.
Evans will have to return her sash and crown, but won't have to return any other prizes or cash equivalents, Miles said.
A call to Evans' parents' house was not answered Wednesday. Miles said she had been told that the three women with Evans told police that Evans, alone in the group,
Bossier City police booked all four on theft charges, three on drug charges and two on drug paraphernalia charges, he said.
had paid her bill. But Bossier City spokesman Mark Natale said Evans admitted not painting.
The next Miss Teen Louisiana will be chosen Nov. 1 at a pageant in Lafayette.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY OCTOBER 23.2008
Ranting about the football chant
Newspaper shouldn't back the University's demands
ROSS STEWART
I've never been this ashamed of the publication I've worked for before.
Every day I walk into Stauffer-Flint, the journalism building on campus, and see the First Amendment on the wall. My education in this field has explicitly covered my rights as a journalist. The government has no right to meddle in my affairs as a journalist and cannot influence or censor my work.
With that in mind, understand my feelings about The University Daily Kansan teaming up with Student Senate and University Relations, the University's PR department, on changing the vulgar and tasteless chant that is yelled during the football games.
I couldn't care less about the chant itself. What I care about is what is supposed to be the independent student voice on campus, The Kansan, folding over for the administration.
We receive no direct funding from the state, and in doing so, the administration forfeits all power over the editorial content.
So the voice of the students is signing on with the voice of the University. I want to make it clear that those are not the same thing. This is a public, state-funded university, and the University does not own the paper. Nor do they have the same agenda. One seeks money while the other seeks the truth.
This started out in a normal and what should be permissible fashion. All students received an e-mail from football coach Mark Mangino. While looking like a deer in headlights, he asked students to get loud and abandon the chant.
No complaints about this.
And then came something that in the newspaper world should not be permissible: a blatant PR piece ran as a front-page article in an independent newspaper.
The Kansan ran several articles that plainly stated that
it was tearing up with Student Senate and University Relations to change the chant. New chants have been voted on at kansan.com, where readers were given five new chants to choose from — note how voting to keep the chant was not an option.
The real focus of this change is ticket sales, TV time and money, even though it has been made to look noble for a common student or ticket buyer. It's not about the students, what we want to say or what we think is permissible.
We are being astray. And The Kansan is leading you there.
You know what this means? We are no longer allowed to make our own traditions unless they are approved by University Relations. The trend has just started.
And the worst part about it is the credibility of our newspaper is at stake.
This is no longer about a silly kickoff chant. It's about a free and credible press.
As a newspaper, we are supposed to seek truth. Not once did I see an article that had data to show that this chant was found to be unacceptable by the majority of the student body. Not once did I see an article that even touched on this idea of collecting information.
We did what the University wanted us to do, which was to preach its moral guidelines.
This has no place in a news section. This is what opinion pages, pages like this, are for. If the University felt this way, it could've had a representative write us a letter, and we could've run it on this page.
Then a discussion could've commenced. And we could've seen what the student body really wanted.
There's been debate as to what our university stands for, whether this chant is trashy and what our morals are.
But my question is, who defines what this university is all about?
Evidently University Relations, and you know who isn't going to be doing a damn thing about it — The Kansan.
Stewart is a Wichita senior in journalism.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Why Kansas should keep the current kickoff chant
I, like most students, enjoy our vulgar kickoff chant. I am not going to defend our chant as creative or intelligent, but it is a tradition.
This letter to the editor will probably not make The University Daily Kansan because its content is contrary to the opinions of the editors at The Kansan. Nevertheless, it is my belief that The Kansan and the student government are in cahoots with the Athletics Department to further regulate our traditions as fans.
pect them to remain. As Kansas fans, we are better than that. Look at K-State and its pathetic "new" traditions like the really intimidating power towels. Furthermore, one obscenity does not make us white trash like Missouri — I really fail to see any proof in that argument.
Students go to football games to relax and have fun for a few hours after an intense week of class and work. We do not want to be "creative" or "cute" at football games. We're there to see Kansas dominate. The whole idea of creating new traditions is stupid and unnatural.
Ben Terwilliger is a junior from Olathe.
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"Missourians probably look at that and the publicity that it's gotten." Ashel said, "and they probably look at it as, 'See, Kansans aren't as holier-than-thou and respectful as they think they are.'"
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Kansans, and KU supporters, have always tended to see themselves as moral and just, Ashel said. Missourians, and MU supporters, resent them for what they'd call an elitist attitude.
When I'm in the student section at Memorial Stadium and students let the F-bombs fly in unison, I hear them screaming one of those two mottoes loud and clear. If it weren't for the blue shirts and the Jayhawk at midfield, I might well forget which state this is and which university I attend.
for self-determination, the right to decide for themselves what to do.
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And those Missourians could hardly find better evidence of hypocrisy than a defiantly obscene student section.
Kansans have always said,"Take the high road," and Missouri's rallying cry is more along the lines of "Don't tell me what to do."
Patrick De Oliveira, associate opinion editor 864-4924 or pdeoliveira@kansan.com
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Since The University Daily Kansan began its campaign against the kickoff chant two weeks ago, I've seen passion bordering on nastiness from both supporters and defenders of the "Waterboy"-inspired yell. Some on the front lines of this fight, such as one Free for All commenter Tuesday, have grown so bitter that they're thrown out the lowest of insults for a KU student or football fan: You're acting like a Missouri fan
"It's funny," the commenter said. And then came that mother of all put-downs: "Go back to Missouri if you don't like it."
MATT ERICKSON
Remind me: Which state are we in again?
Ouch. This chant defender rocked my world, and it wasn't just because he or she used the word "funny" in connection with the chant inspired by Rob Schneider, the comic genius behind such riots as "The Animal" and "The Hot Chick."
No, more unsettling than that is the suggestion that those who oppose the chant are acting like our rivals to the east.
When Ashel, a KU alumnus, came to Lawrence to interview history experts and others, he heard stories of Jayhawkers, the anti-slavery militants who clashed with pro-slavery Missourians and burned down the town of Osceola, Mo., in the name of freedom. The Jayhawkers gave KU its mascot, and their anti-slavery furor helped give Kansans a passion for taking the moral high ground.
acting like they're wearing black and gold instead of crimson and blue, it's not the chant's foes.
Ashel went to Osceola, where "Jayhawk" might as well be a swear word. He learned about how Missouri's backlash against the Jayhawkers, including William Quantrills massacre of Lawrence, helped give Missourians a passion
I'm sorry to break it to the commenter, but if anyone here is
For some historical perspective on this issue, I consulted Erik Ashel of the Kansas City cable station Metro Sports. Ashel has produced a documentary called "Border War" about the Kansas-Missouri rivalry, which premieres next month.
Ashel traced the rivalry back to its Civil War roots, when free-state Kansas clashed with slave-state Missouri, Kansas, of course, picked the right side of that fight. Since then, that fight has colored how Kansans, as well as KU students and fans, have seen themselves and Missourians.
Let's leave the chant behind with the losing
MARK DENT
One of the strangest moments of the Mark Mangino era came on a Tuesday in September two years ago.
A little perspective first. Mangino is anything but a poet and definitely not a Poet Laureate. He answers most questions with short statements, doesn't "deal with hypotheticals" and times his weekly press conferences so he arrives at noon sharp and escapes exactly 20 minutes later.
But on that Tuesday, he turned into a regular Alfred Lord Tennyson. Mangino talked about KU fans, souls who had toiled and wrought through the worst, and how they filled the stadium, when four years earlier so few of them came that assistant coaches joked that they couldn't tell if a game was going on. He talked about the team bus rides to the stadium and how it now took a long time to make the half-mile drive from the practice facility because the town bloomed with life on game day.
who tailgate for hours beforehand and then show up on time to games. One with players who might not have the same talent as the boys from Texas or Oklahoma but fight harder to gain an edge.
Unfortunately, as the fans piled into the stadium to watch good football, a certain obnoxious kickoff chant caught on and became part of that tradition.
For Mangino, it was beautiful,
like he was announcing the arrival
of Kansas football. He might've
been a year ahead of schedule, but
he was right.
It's a shame. Real football schools don't resort to shouting lines from "The Waterboy" at every kickoff.
If fans want to be taken seriously, they need to stop worshipping Rob Schneider. Good football schools don't need gimmicks.
Kansas is building a legitimate football tradition, one with fans
Of course, Kansas hasn't always been good.
In 2001, the Terry Allen era was at its worst. Kansas gave up 244 points in five losses to K-State, produced one more NFL player than you or I did and let renegade players like Mario Kinsey run wild.
To top it off, Al Bohl, the man who would later sell Jayhawk merchandise at a personal garage sale and claim Roy Williams held him like a dove in his hand before crushing him, was overseeing the mess as the athletic director.
I would've wanted to rip someone's head off, too. So students did. Sort of.
The trashiest chant in the history of this school started with a murmur that year. From the band. At least, that's the legend according to students at the time.
Kellis Robinett, a KU graduate and former Kansan sports editor, was a freshman during the 2001 season. One game, he's not sure which one it was, he heard an almost whisper-like sound coming from the band. He asked other fans about it and found out what they were saying.
Soon, the chant caught on among the hard-core fans in the student section, and a few started shouting it late in games. By then, Kansas was usually down 63-0, and you had few options. You could go home. You could stay bored. Or you could say the chant.
It was about entertainment, forgetting the inferior product on the field and about sticking it to Allen, Kinsey and the dove. Students needed it. Now they don't.
KU football matters. There are no more blowouts. The team has lost at Memorial Stadium just twice since 2005.
If the Jayhawks come close to the Big 12 North title the next couple of years, Kansas can stake a claim to be part of at least the B-list of college football powers. And college football powers don't associate with F-list actors.
Notre Dame fans scream "Go Irish." Alabama has "Roll Tide Roll." Michigan yells "Let's Go Blue." The Rob Schneider special wouldn't fit.
So why should it fit here?
Dent is a Overland Park senior in journalism. He is a Kansan managing editor.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Other places on campus that are vulgar as well
People like Brother Jed and his followers shout profane terms, such as whore, slut or "the damned" at everyone, and yet we tolerate it, and even enjoy it (otherwise no one would listen).
Shock politics of 15-foot displays showing aborted fetuses in front of Strong Hall are clearly controversial, even emotionally trying to some, yet we tolerate it.
I don't know whether to defend or condemn the chant. I know the chant is no more offensive than many of the numerous comments that come from elsewhere on campus.
ESPN highlights of bones broken by helmets, and ankles, elbows and knees contorted in unnatural ways are more uncomfortable than this chant.
I applaud them even though I do not agree with them. I do not approve of the chant's vulgar word choice and violence. But I do applaud the unity with which the student section presents it. This is football. Football is violent. Football is vulgar.
With the constant bombardment of music,pop culture and the Internet,parents have more important issues to be fearful of.
Sports aren't always family-friendly environments. To expect anything different beyond the level of peewee football is foolish
R. W. Smith is a senior from Pleasanton, Calif.
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But some of the players said they liked the chant
Swearing, like drinking, is part of football. For less vulgar chants, watch other sports.
Many students who take the time, money and emotional involvement to attend the games love the chant.
According to an article in The University Daily Kansan from Sept. 9, coach Mark Mangino can't even hear it. The article also identified some players who like the chant.
This is the best chant, and it's certainly better than anything proposed. The chant is the only football-only chant we have.
It's just plain fun to scream at the top of your lungs "Pir his fucking head off!" To do it in public with other people while cheering on your favorite team is a unique experience.
The student section wants this chant after they work so much in and out of the classroom, take time to support the football team and pay a lot for it.
Emily Herold is a Junior from Kansas City, Mo.
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As a KU grad, I am very sensitive to looking, acting, sounding or even smelling like Mizzou. KU is known for its great teams, great athletes and, yes, classy fans.
Football games aren't the place to cuss like a sailor
Certainly, someone can come up with a better chant that our future Jayhawks may hear without earmuffs.
If not, can I suggest an alternative word like "freaking"? A minor change would make a big difference in the eyes of the media, our alumni and all those haters out there who look for a reason to dislike us.
There is a time and a place to cuss like a sailor. A sports game that is being broadcast on national television and where children are in attendance does not seem like one of them. If you continue to disrespect our coach and pleas from the community, you risk going from "Water Boy" to "Dumb and Dumber"
So, please, give us a fucking break and stop the chant.
Carrie Mandigo is a 1989 graduate who is a season ticket holder and lives in Lawrence.
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Corporate profit forecasts, a jump in the dollar and falling oil prices signaled investors are fearful that an economic slowdown will sweep the globe even if lending begins to approach more normal levels.
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DOUBLE TAKE
KU should make push for this QB
BY STEPHEN MONTEMAYOR
smontemayor@kansan.com
Michael Crabtree Dezmon Briscoe
6-foot-0 Height 6-foot-0
214 pounds Weight 200 pounds
21, RS Sophomore Age 20, Sophomore
Carter (Dallas) High School Cedar Hill (Dallas)
Biletnikoff Winner, Consensus All-America 2007 Honors Honorable Mention Freshman All-America
2008 Stats (National Rank)
51 (11) Receptions 43 (T27)
724 (T9) Yards 705 (11)
103.4 (T9) Yards/game 100.7 (11)
12 (2) Touchdowns 8 (T6)
Enjoys cutting hair Fun Facts Loves Scooby-Doo fruit snacks
Sophomores Dezmon Briscoe and Michael Crabtree could have been teammates. Instead, they will go catch-for-catch on Saturday.
Dallas duo dominates D-backs
TEXAS TECH
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BY TAYLOR BERN
tbern@kansan.com
He is built like a running back — 6 feet, 220 pounds — and runs a 4.5-40-yard dash that pales in comparison to the in-game speed he has demonstrated on Friday nights the last four falls.
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As often as he is likely to toss an 83-yard touchdown, North Kansas City Highs David Parker is equally likely to shift, dodge and dash his way to paydir — leaving the field behind him.
He could be Kansas' quarterback of the future. He damn well should be.
With Todd Reesing's farewell tour kicking off September 2009, there is no better time for Kansas' next great quarterback to learn from its current legend. Did I mention there is essentially zero risk with this kid?
None. No risk. How often does the opportunity arise to land a player as athletically gifted as Parker is and who has sterling character to boot? No need to work on his leadership skills. Parker needs no conduct symposium. He doesn't need schooling on how to not spit liquor in a woman's face at a nightclub or avoid sketchy situations
Army, Air Force, Navy and Wyoming have bitten thus far, but Kansas, Missouri, Kansas State and Texas Christian remain on Parker's radar.
Rated the sixth-best high school football player in the Kansas City area by Jeremy Crabtree of Rivals.com, Parker is that versatile, dynamic signal caller tailor-made for college football. However, just one college campus will have this weapon of mass production next fall.
See, when Parker isn't scoring six touchdowns in a single game, he is involved with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Future Business Leaders of America, DECA and presides
SEE QUARTERBACK ON PAGE 6B
They both come out of Dallas, they play the same position and their stats gravitate closer each week.
These days, sophomore wide receivers Dezmon Briscoe and Michael Crabtree are looking more like equals than an upstart and the king of his position.
"It would have meant a whole lot more if we would have won." Briscoe said.
Crabtree still edges Briscoe in every catching category except yards per reception (Crabtree: 14.2, Briscoe 16.4) but the margins have grown smaller. A big reason for that is Briscoe's 269-yard, two-touchdown performance in last week's 45-31 loss.
Crabtreat re-wrote the NCAA record books last year with 134 catches for 1,962 and 22 touchdowns, all freshman records. Kansas didn't play against the freshman
phenom last year, but Briscoe said he was always aware of Crabtreat's production.
"I paid attention to him a lot," Briscoe said. "As a receiver, you always give props to other receivers who are in your conference that do well. He did phenomenal last year"
Coach Mark
said we have to offer him," Mangino said. "He made some moves that you don't see everywhere."
Two Kansas players, freshmen Jeremiah Hatch and Lubbock Smith, went to the same high school as Crabtree, Dallas Carter. Briscoe said those two filled him in on Crabtree's high school exloits.
All in all, Mangino's Dallas receiver has turned out pretty well, too. Starting as a true freshman last season, Briscoe
Mangino could have done the same, as Kansas made a scholarship offer to Crabtree.
"I watched him play one time in practice during spring, and as soon as I saw him I
"As a receiver, you always give props to other receivers who are in your conference that do well."
DEZMON BRISCOE Kansas wide receiver
caught 43 passes for 496 yards and seven touchdowns.
In addition to last week's performance, Briscoe has two games with more than 120 yards receiving and another with three touchdowns.
starlar outings. In games against South Florida and Iowa State, he combined for 5 catches, 58 yards and no touchdowns.
However,he has also had a few less-than-
"Dezmon has shown some signs of being a really good player," Mangino said.
"But Dezmon has to develop consistency and play at that high level every week. Crabtree plays at a high level every week. He understands it, and I think Dezmon is starting to understand that."
Briscoe said that there were similarities between the two but he didn't compare himself to Crabtree now.
"He's already proven himself and I'm still trying to get to his level," Briscoe said. "I can't really put myself at his caliber right now."
Briscoe said he would be ready to put himself with Crabtree if he out-duelled his counterpart on Saturday's homecoming game. The receiving gauntlet has been thrown down and the underdog seems ready for the fight.
"I like accepting challenges," Briscoe said. "For me to try to match his game, it should be fun."
Edited by Brenna Hawley
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
Texas Tech to start fan at kicker
BY TAYLOR BERN
From the football coach who brought you tips for a first date and performed the worst weather report ever seen comes a story you wouldn't believe. Until you heard it was Mike Leach.
During Texas Tech's Sept. 20 game against UMass, Matt Williams, a Texas Tech student, drilled a 30-yard field goal to win one month's free rent. On the way back to his seat, an assistant told Williams that coach Leach would like to meet with him the following Tuesday.
"So you got free rent, and maybe at the end of the year he might even have a scholarship," Kansas coach Mark Mangino joked. "That's a great story. I think that's awesome."
One month later, Williams will suit up and start in Saturday's game at Memorial Stadium. No wav? Wav.
Williams hasn't suited up yet because he's a transfer student from Tarleton State, where he kicked for the Texans. Special teams coordinator Clay McGuire initially didn't think Williams would qualify because of transfer rules, but earlier this week he was cleared.
"That is the way I understand it, yeah." MeGuire told RedRaiderSports.com on Tuesday. "He's got a real good shot. Only Mike Leach could bring a guy out of the stands and make it work."
Williams isn't the only regular student to start at place-kicker. In 2006, Steve
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Freshman Taylor exceeds analysts' expectations
But people are asking a similar question about the freshman guard's
Tyshawn Taylor's performance on
July 17 at Penn Valley Community College hasn't become quite as legendary as Mario Chalmer's miracle shot in the National Championship game last April.
47-point, 17-rebound and six assist per
formance in the Kansas Pro-Amateur League game — were you there that night?
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"No, actually I wasn't," freshman forward Quintrell Thomas said. "But he made sure I heard about it."
None of the Jayhawks were in Kansas City that night to witness Taylor's exhibition, where he led his team, the Hawks, to a lopsided victory against the Cavaliers.
Not even sophomores Tyrel Reed and Cole Aldrich or junior Mario Little, who all were his teammates in the league. They missed the game that night. That's how Taylor said his outrageous performance began.
Taylor's finest hour impressed Thomas, who also played in the league, for a different reason. Thomas said the nature of the league made it even more difficult to accomplish the feat.
"It was just me," Taylor said. "And I was
"I was surprised anyone could score
like, 'man, I'm going to just play."
Taylor's eyes widen and he smiles when the game is brought up more than four months later. Thomas said Taylor, his roommate, has stopped reminding him about the 47 points he scored. That doesn't mean Taylor has forgotten about it.
"The team we played against, they weren't that good," Taylor said. "But I mean, I still scored 47 points."
Well, not just him. Taylor's teammates that night included a few junior college players and former Kansas guard Nick Bradford. Taylor made it clear early in the game, however, that he would be in control.
Taylor said 47 points set the league record for this year. That's impressive considering the caliber of players who participated throughout the summer — including NBA players such as Chaucey Billups of the Detroit Pistons and Ronnie Brewer of the Utah Jazz.
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Running back brothers to meet in homecoming game
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Junior junior back Jacques Crawford takes a handoff from junior quarterback Todd Reeing during Saturday's game at Oklahoma. Crawford will play this weekend against his broth Aaron, who is running back for Texas Tech.
BY B.J. RAINS
rins@kansan.com
"I didn't want to go there and be in a competition with him."
Believe it not, KU running back Jocques Crawford was almost a Texas Tech Red Raider — twice.
Crawford signed a letter of intent with Tech coming out of high school but decided to go to junior college instead. Then, he committed to Tech again before changing his mind and signing with Kansas this spring.
JOCQUES CRAWFORD Kansas running back
Crawford soured on Tech for several reasons. They wanted him to play safety.
This weekend the two teams will meet in an 11 a.m. matchup at Memorial Stadium to celebrate Homecoming.
but he wanted to play running back. Also, his brother Aaron is a sophomore running back for the Red Raiders and Crawford didn't want to have to compete with him for playing time.
"I only had two years left and they barely run the ball anyway," Crawford said. "I just felt like he needed as much opportunity as he could to get the ball in his hands there. I didn't want to go there and be in a competition with him. I would have loved to have play with p
to have play with my brother but that wasn't a situation that I
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quote of the day
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game — the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us."
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Chiefs sign Mighty Quinn; KC'jumps for joy'
fact of the day
Reggie Jackson had four consecutive home runs spanning Games Five and Six of the 1977 World Series.
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Q: How many career games has newly signed Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Quinn Gray played in?
A: Eleven. Gray played in a career-high eight games in 2007.
BY RUSTIN DODD
rdodd@kansan.com
So did you hear? Damon Huard is cashed. The Kansas City Chiefs veteran quarterback suffered a right thumb injury during the Chiefs 34-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Now he's reportedly done for the year.
So we've got Huard and Brodie Croyle on the Chiefs quarterback scrap heap. Of course, this ended up being a blessing in disguise. Why, you ask? It's simple. Because of their sketchy quarterback situation, the Chiefs have signed former Jacksonville Jaguar quarterback Quinn Gray. And why is this awesome? Because it reminded me of the best No. 1 song of 1968 Manfred Mann's "Mighty Quinn."
Come all without, come all within You'll not see nothing like the
Mighty Quinn
(Whistle) Do-do-do-do,
Kansas City's losing ... games and fans
dododo-do
There's bad vides at Arrowhead,
there's nobody in the-stands
Everybody's in despair, every girl and boy
But when Quinn the quarterback, gets here
Everybody's gonna jump for joy
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn ...
Welcome to Kansas City, Quinn. Here's to you becoming the best Kansas City athlete named Quinn, since Mark Quinn hit 20 home runs for the Royals in 2000.
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I have to be honest. There's another reason I love Quinn Gray. And that reason would be Gus Johnson. Not familiar with Gus Johnson? He's an announcer for CBS sports who broadcasts NFL games and the NCAA tournament.
Remember the guy who made the classic call at the end of the Xavier-Ohio State game during the 2007 NCAA tournament? Yep, that was Johnson screaming, "This is MARCH MADNESS!"
So how do Gray and Johnson fit together? Well, here's my Quinn Gray story. So it's New Year's Eve 2006. Kansas City was playing Jacksonville at Arrowhead Stadium with a playoff bid on the line. And here comes our protagonist, Mr. Gray. He's coming off the bench in a valiant attempt to lead the jaguars to victory.
Johnson was on the call that day, working for CBS. And I'll always remember this. Gus Johnson loved
Quinn Gray. It started slow A compliment here, then another one. Then Johnson got louder and louder ... and louder. Johnson could not stop talking about Gray. Dude just loved Gray. I don't know why I remember that, but apparently a lot of people remember that. We're in the midst of Quinn Gray-mania here in Kansas City, and somewhere, Gus Johnson is smiling.
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There's no way around it. Being a senior makes you a little sentimental. And on Wednesday, it made think of Michael J. Fox. I always loved Fox. Loved "Family Ties," loved "Spin City" and I definitely loved "Teenwolf." Anyways, back to being sentimental.
Being a senior, you realize pretty quickly that the real world is looming. The days of going out to the bar on a whim on a Tuesday or Wednesday? Those days are drying up. Football game days? We only have three left.
And so I was surfing around YouTube on Wednesday, looking
for a suitable video to share with the world.
And you never know when these moments of college nostalgia are going to hit. But I started to think about the first time I heard about YouTube. I was a young freshman, sitting in Budig 110. And my professor said, "So have you guys heard about this new site called YouTube?"
There were a few nods, and some grumbling, and then our Professor showed us the first YouTube video I ever had the pleasure of seeing.
"Brokeback to the Future." Remember the mash-up of "Brokeback Mountain" and "Back to the Future?" It's still going strong on YouTube. The video he showed us that day has now been viewed more than 5 million times.
I'm not sure why I get so much joy out of watching Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd with the "Brokeback Mountain" soundtrack playing in the background. I think, maybe, it's because it just makes me think of college.
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While Kansas was wondering how to combat Baylor's intimidat
Uhart
ing defense during this past week, the Bears' offense decided it would challenge the Ja y h a w k s as well on Wednes day night.
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Baylor swept
Kansas 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 27-25)
at the Ferrell Center in Waco,
Texas in a dominant offensive
showing. The Bears hit for an
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three sets.
"We just could not stop them," coach Ray Bechard said. "It gives you no chance to make things happen when they are hitting that high
of an efficiency."
Looking at the numbers does not make it any better. Baylor accumulated 59 total kills, which was 23 more than Kansas.
The Bears also finished with four players having double digits in kills. Sophomore outside hitter Ashlie Christenson led the way with a match high of 14 kills.
The lowest individual hitting percentage for a player that recorded at least one kill for Baylor was .308, by freshman middle blocker Briana Tolbert. That would have ranked fourth best for the jayhawks.
"Our defense behind the block was just out of whack," senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart said. "We weren't coordinated together."
The Jayhawks did hit for a respectable .245 percent and had 11 errors compared with the Bears' 12.
Usually a .200 hitting percentage or higher will keep a game competitive for Kansas, but Wednesday night was not the case.
"That's above our goal," Bechard said of the .245 percent. "That's
for the entire match, each of them early one-point leads.
Except for the third set — which saw the lavahys try to
good enough to win matches on the road,but you cannot allow a team to hit with the efficiency that they did."
K an s a s
finished with
only 35 digs,
compared with
"Our defense behind the block was just out of whack. We weren't coordinated together."
compared with Baylor's 48.
After Kansas used 75 digs in four sets to beat Oklahoma on Saturday, the 35 digs was a big drop off.
NATALIE UHART Middle blocker.
Baylor kept the pressure on all night. Kansas only held three leads
"That was a surprise," Bechard said of the defense. "But this Baylor team, I think they are a top 25 team."
win their way back before losing 27-25 — it was a seesaw match to see who could keep scoring points.
and two.
Eventually Kansas could not keep up, and Baylor ran away in sets one
"I thought we battled pretty hard throughout set three." Bechard said. "But once again on the road, we got to find a different level of defensive mindset to be successful."
Even with Baylor playing at the top of its game offensively,Uhart said she knew things could have been done differently to stop the
Bears aggressive attack.
"I'm not going to take away from what they did tonight because they hit their shots," Uhart said. "It was our side that was the problem tonight."
Kansas falls to 3-7 in conference while Baylor increases its lead of fourth place with its 6-4 conference record.
The Jayhawks are on the verge
Christenson
of running out of time this season.
With no Big 12 Tournament for volleyball, these are the only matches that Kansas has to prove itself worthy of a postseason bid.
"We can't drop anymore," Uhart said. "We are running out of games that we have to win, so that's what we think about every day."
NOTES:
While the offense was diverse as everyone contributed a solid hitting percentage, the number of actual attempts could have been better for Kansas. Freshman setter Nicole Tate had more kill attempts (15) than blockers Savannah Noyes and Brittany Williams.
"She's (Tate) scrambling at the net trying to make something happen." Bechard said. "That's just an idea of not getting your setter as many options as youd like to get her."
For a team that has been struggling with errors, the Jayhawks only had 11 errors, which is their lowest number in conference play.
"Eleven in three sets is not a lot of errors at all," Bechard said. "Anytime you error less than 15 percent that's excellent."
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ST. PETTERSBURG, Fla. — Cole Hamels, Chase Utley and the rest of the Philadelphia Phillies shook off a week's worth of waiting and turned it into a World Series win.
Hamels escaped trouble to win his fourth postseason start, Utley hit a two-run homer in the first inning and the Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in the opener Wednesday night.
The worst-to-first Rays flopped in their first game in baseball's ultimate event, managing just five hits.
The Philies showed little evidence of rust. They'll try to make it two in a row at Tropicana Field when Brett Myers pitches against James Shields in Game 2 Thursday night.
“It’s huge,” Phillies closer Brad Lidge said. “You try and downplay it, but obviously you’re coming into a place like this, you want to make sure you get the first game, especially because you got your ace on the mound. It’s really important to do that.”
The team that won the opener has captured the Series 63 of 103 times, including 10 of the last 11. But the team with home-field advantage has taken 18 of the last 22 titles.
Hamels, MVP of the NL cham
pionship series, improved to 4-0 with a 1.55 ERA this postseason. He had only a pair of 1-2-3 innings, but the composed 24-year-old left-hander allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings.
Ryan Madson pitched a perfect eighth. Lidge worked the ninth for his 47th save in 47 chances this year, silencing the Rays and their cowbell-clanging fans. Carl Crawford homered for Tampa Bay, but playoff stars B.J. Upton and Evan Longoria went a combined 0-for-8. The Rays didn't get a hit over the final four innings.
Scott Kazmir, selected two picks ahead of Hamels in the first round of the 2002 amateur draft, struggled with his control and gave up three runs, six hits and four walks in six innings.
The Phillies could have romped but went 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position. Their other run even scored on an out, an RBI grounder by Carlos Ruiz.
Philadelphia, seeking the city's first major title since the NBA's 76ers in 1983, had six days off after beating the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL pennant, while the Rays didn't finish off the Boston Red Sox until Game 7 on Sunday night.
also started the Series with wins in 1915 and 1983, but dropped the first game in 1950 and 1993.
The Phillies also won the opener in 1980 against Kansas City, starting them to their only title since starting play in 1883. Philadelphia
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victory over 20th
After a victor ranked Arizona State, the Kansas swimming and diving team will have its hands full with a matchup against the back-to-back Big 12 women's champions Texas A&M. In the first Top 25 poll released last
(USA) was a bronze medalist in the 800-meter freestyle relay.
"The nice thing about the Big,
12 is that you're able to compete
"The nice thing about the Big 12 is that you're able to compete with the best in the world with whatever sport."
CLARK CAMPBELL Head coach
week, the College Swim Coaches Association of America slotted Texas A&M at No. 9.
with the best in the world with whatever sport," swimming head coach Clark Campbell said. "I know our team is really excited swimming that level of
The Aggies return four swimmers who participated in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Triin Aljand (Estonia), Alia Atkinson (Jamaica) and Julia Wilkinson (Canada) all came out with national records in Beijing, while Christine Marshall
competition."
Campbell expects the team to be at a higher level than where the team was last week at Arizona State and said the focus of this weekend will be on the dual meet.
The KU women carry momentum from their last meet against Arizona State into the dual meet
against Texas A&M at 6 tonight at Robinson Natatorium. With solid performances this weekend, the Jayhawks could be in contention for cracking the Top 25.
"Whenever you beat a top-20 opponent on the road in their facility, that plays a bigger role in the minds of the voters," Campbell said. "We have to compete well in both the dual meet and the relays as well and hopefully if things work out, we'll be in the Top 25."
Fans will also see the Texas A&M and Missouri men duel at 6 tonight at Robinson Natatorium, and Missouri women will get a chance to meet Texas A&M with three heats in each event, although Missouri won't be scored against the Jayhawks.
Following tonight's dual meet, the Jayhawks will host the Big 12 Relays Friday starting at 9 a.m.
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in the standings and would need to win and have Hamilton finish no higher than seventh, or finish second while the Briton finishes out of the points to keep the drivers' title from going to McLaren for the first time since 1999.
SHANGHAI, China — Lewis Hamilton is hoping his second shot at becoming Formula One's youngest champion turns out better than the first.
For the second straight year the McLaren driver takes a seven-point lead into the final race of the year. After losing the 2007 title to Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen because of a botched pass and gearbox problems in the sea.
Hamilton, at 23, would be F1's.
"I still need to pull together a strong qualifying lap,be competitive during the race and avoid failing to finish."
son-ending Brazilian Grand Prix, the Briton knows that while his lead may be comfortable it isn't safe.
LEWIS HAMILTON McLaren.driver
"You can still take absolutely nothing for granted," he said ahead of Formula One's title showdown
on Nov. 2. "I still need to pull together a strong qualifying lap, be competitive during the race and avoid failing to finish."
Hamilton took an easy victory in last week's Chinese
youngest champion, eclipsing the mark set by Renault's Fernando Alonso, who was 24 years and 59 days when he won in 2004.
Hamilton has played down the comparison with 2007 and is trying to convince others, and perhaps himself, that the pressure is all on Massa, racing in front of his home fans.
"I've always liked racing at home. You can absorb every- thing positive from the fans and that helps you do your best."
Grand Prix, where he achieved the combination of win, pole position and fastest tap for only the second time in his career.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa is second
"I know that Felip
FELIPE MASSA
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Hamilton said on his Web site.
Felipe is very proud to be Brazilian, and that he'll be pumped up to perform in front of his home crowd — and that gives you extra confidence and a mental boost for the whole weekend."
handed."
Massa, upon his return to Brazil from China, where he finished a distant second, disputed Hamilton's view.
"Ive always liked racing at home." Massa said. "You can absorb everything positive from the fans and that helps you do your best.
But Ferrari is likely to have the advantage in Brazil, where Bridgestone is likely to go back to softer tires.
"The pressure from the fans only helps. It's always better to have it."
Tires will also likely be a factor in Brazil.
McLaren also must be conservative with Hamilton's equipment. He goes into the race with the same engine he used in China, while both Ferraris will have new power.
While Ferrari showed greater race pace in Singapore and Japan, McLaren was clearly superior in China.
The race in Shanghai used the hardest of Bridgestone's tire compounds. That mitigated McLaren's habit of using up its tires more quickly than Ferrari. The Italian team — which takes longer to get heat into its rubber than McLaren and loses that heat more quickly — struggled for grip in the long, slow Shanghai bends.
The British driver will also be using the same gearbox for the third straight race. McLaren has not shown any vulnerability with gearbox reliability this season, but the memory of last year's failure will be prominent in the team's thinking.
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KICKER
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Texas Tech coach Mike Leach in September nabbed a fan who will suit up at place-kicker on Saturday. Matt Williams hit a 30-yard field goal during a contest on Sept. 20 and Leach was so impressed that Williams will be the Red Riders' starting kicker against Kansas.
Aponavicius of Boston College played his first game of organized football against Virginia Tech and hit two field goals. A graduate assistant spotted Aponavicius kicking field goals in 2005 and invited him to join the team.
However, rarely has a student been pulled from the stands and added in the same season.
Leach was searching the stands for a kicker because his have been worse than awful. Senior Cory Fowler and freshman Donnie Carona have combined to hit only 4-of-8 field goals and missed six extra point attempts.
Mangino said he's been so frustrated that he considered grabbing someone from the stands, but never acted on the impulse. Still, he understands the logic.
"Hey, in this profession, you do what you've got to do to win," Mangino said. "If there are a couple
of guys running around our stadium here that can cover Crabtree, we would invite them to come down"
You hear that wannabe Jayhawk athletes? Show the man what you've got.
Lubbock is becoming the haven for walk-on athletes. Former basketball coach Bob Knight opened his roster for one walk-on in 2006.
The difference was that the Red Raiders' fiery coach used a reality show on ESPN to find his lucky man. The spacey football coach opted for an in-between quarters giveaway contest.
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QUARTERBACK
(CONTINUED FROM 1B)
over a multicultural peace group called Reach Out.
"My extracurricular activities make me who I am," Parker said. "I want to help out and use my influence to make a difference at school and use my faith, beliefs and honor to set an example and help with the community."
Parker's decision to get involved with those activities has translated to even stronger leadership skills on the football field
- where he has been able to honelose skills since his first varsitystart as a freshman.
So what would Parker look like in Crimson and Blue?
"I love the teamwork there and the coaches' love for the players," Parker said. "They are a team in everything that they do. It is a great school."
You've got to believe that the Jayhawks' spread offense would have Parker licking his chops. However, Reesing will be closing the books on a stellar career during Parker's presumed freshman year. Wouldn't someone as motivated as Parker expect to start right away?
"It'd be an honor to play behind (Reesing) and would be a great situation that would make me better," Parker said. "You've got to follow before you lead."
Okay, well what about Kale Pick, who will have had the opportunity to get familiar with the offense for five semesters before the start of the 2010 season? Or incoming freshman Jordan Webb — who has verbally committed to Kansas?
That's all right, Parker says, he's love to contribute at wide receiver and tailback while he waits for the chance to line up under center. Furthermore, if and when Parker starts as quarterback, the opportunities for options or other trick plays are endless.
Parker said he was not yet close to settling on a school but hoped to make his decision by February. It is a big decision for Parker. One that he says is based on faith, the best fit for his talents and the best academic situation.
Mark Mangino and Co.: It is not too late. What you have here is a no-risk investment, with benefits that will spill over into all sectors on campus.
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"Hewatched our game so he was critiquing me a little bit on the kickoff return and he thought me getting hit was funny"
If Crawford had gone to Tech as a safety, then there could have been a Crawford brother on offense and defense.
wanted to be in."
Crawford took over the kick returner duties for the Oklahoma game and returned his first career kick for 42 yards. It's been a struggle for Crawford, who has had to adjust to not being the main running '1' kick for the first time in his career.
"I try to be confident in my and just wait for my time to coil and be patient," Crawford sai "Jake had a few breakout games the past two, three games, so he is doing what he can do. I just hope that ne day, my time comes like it."
"I try to be confident in myself and just wait for my time to come and be patient."
"I thought about it a lot," Crawford said. "At one point in time, I was like it might be kind of nice to have a Crawford on this side of the ball and a Crawford on that side of the
foot fracture and may take a red-shirt this season, meaning he won't be playing in Saturday's matchup. But the two still talk almost daily
ball. I did keep that in mind a lot, but when it came time for me to sign, defense just wasn't what I wanted to do and I wanted to go play offense somewhere."
JOCQUES CRAWFORD Kansas running back
— Edited by Br. Hawley
Aaron Crawford is out with a
Crawford came to Kansas as the National Junior College Player of
Crawford said. "I didn't think it was funny, but we just joke around like that. He loves me and I love him. We talk a lot."
47 because at the Pro-Am, it was a team of five," Thomas said. "It's hard to score 47 points without rest."
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The exhibition games prove the 6-foot-3 guard from Jersey City, N.J., has the talent to make an impact for the Jayhawks immediately this season. Kansas coach Bill Self has also praised Taylor's skills. Self said a player like Taylor was a rarity at Kansas.
The performance was definitely the biggest highlight since Taylor moved to Lawrence in June, but it wasn't the only one. Taylor thrilled the crowd at an open scrimmage as part of Bill Self's basketball camp this summer when he scored 19 points, had four rebounds and three steals.
TAYLOR (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
"He's one of those few guys who you can recruit to Kansas that is better than his hwv." Self said.
Rivals.com ranked Taylor as only the 77th best player in the nation in the recruiting class of 2008 — second-lowest out of the five incoming freshmen. He might not have come in with much hype, but the outlandish 47-point game in July is helping to change that.
He started all three exhibition games during the team's Labor Day weekend trip to Ottawa, Canada, and averaged 14 points — the second-most of all the lawthaws.
"I was just going. It was fun," Taylor said. "That's the highest I've ever scored in a game before."
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BY BETH HARRIS Associated Press
ARCADIA, Calif. — Curlin was made the early 7-5 favorite Tuesday in a field of 12 for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic.
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Curlin would likely earn Horse of the Year honors for the second consecutive year if he defends his title Saturday at Santa Anita in his first race on a synthetic track.
Brown in the field, Raven's Pass, winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in his last start, was made the 6-1 second choice. Like Curlin, Raven's Pass will be trying a synthetic surface for the first time.
Go Between, the Pacific Classic winner, was the third choice at 8-1.
"It's kind of anticlimactic because we've been running big races all year and pointing toward this."
Undefeated Casino Drive of Japan, Todd Pletcher-trained Fairbanks, and Duke of Marmalade and Henryrthenavigator, both trained by Irishman Aidan O'Brien, were all 10-1.
Last year, Curlin won the Classic by 4$^{½}$ lengths on a sloppy track at New Jersey's Mommouth Park. He's expected to run in ideal conditions Saturday, with the forecast calling for sunshine and temperatures in the low 80s.
This year's Breeders' Cup features an all-female, five-case card on Friday, capped by the $2 million Ladies' Classic, previously known as the Distaff.
Zenyatta is the star of that show, with an 8-0 record that made her the 3-5 early favorite. Her owner Jerry Moss, who co-founded A&M Records, named the 4-year-old filly for the 1980 album "Zenyatta Mondatta" by The Police.
Midshipman and Street Hero, winners of the major 2-year-old races in California, lead the 13-horse field for the $2 million juvenile.
MICHAEL IVARONE Big Brown's principal partner
If Curlin falters and Zenyatta stays unbeaten against defending champion Ginger Punch (9-2) and last year's runner-up Hystericalady (15-1), she could be the rare filly to have a shot at Horse of the Year.
"That's something we really don't want to talk about," trainer John Shirreffs said.
Both 2-year-olds are proven runners on the artificial surface, with Midshipman winning two of his three starts on it, and Street Hero finishing in the money on it in five starts. His lone victory came over Midshipman in the Norfolk Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 28.
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The 14 races to be run Friday and Saturday are worth $25.5 million.
Midnight Lute returns to defend his title as the 7-2 second choice in the $2 million Sprint for Baffert. Saturday's 6-furlong race will be just his second start this year and third since winning the Sprint by 4% lengths last year at Monmouth Park.
Baffert also considered running Indian Blessing in the Sprint, but opted instead to run her in the $1 million Filly & Mare Sprint, where she drew the No. 5 post.
Street Boss is the Sprint's 3-1 favorite.
Kip Deville will defend his title in the $2 million Mile on the turf for trainer Rick Dutrou, who also trains Big Brown. The colt was suddenly retired because of an injury, denying the Breeders' Cup its most intriguing matchup between Big Brown and Curlin.
“It's kind of anticlimactic because we've been running big races all year and pointing toward this,” said Michael Ivarone, Big Brown's principal partner who also co-owns Kip Deville.
Kip Deville is the 5-1 third choice and drew the No. 2 post; he started from the seven hole when he won by one length last year on Monmouth's turf that had been softened by pouring rain. Goldikova is the race's 3-1 favorite.
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— Wait a While comes into the $2 million Filly & Mare Turf as the 3-1 favorite, having won three of her last four starts for Pletcher.
— Stardom Bound brings a two-race winning streak into the $2 million Juvenile Fillies, including the Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita, where she rallied from 11th to win by 3% lengths.
— Undefeated Maram looks to extend her streak to three in a row in the $1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf from the No. 3 post.
- Pyro, considered a Triple Crown contender after winning the Louisiana Derby, tries to close out his season with a victory in the $1 million Dirt Mile.
- Paddy The Pro arrives for the $1 million Juvenile Turf off two straight victories in Ireland. He drew the No. 8 post under Gomez.
- Salute the Count will make his 45th career start in the $1 million Turf Sprint for Dutrow. The 8-year-old will be challenged by Idiot Proof, runner-up in last year's Sprint who switches to the grass this year.
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Fyne Print/Capsule B/
Sudden Blunt Trama.
Davey's Uptown, 9:30 p.m.,
21+,$5.
The Floozies/Gem. The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+,$3.
friday, oct.24
Mest/Automatic Love Letter/QuietDrive/Rookie of the Year. The Granada, 6 p.m., all ages, $16-$18, www.mypace.com/mest.
Don Quijote De La Mancha. Folly Theater, 8 p.m., $6+, $22-$35.
Horrorshow II. Lawrence Arts Center, 8 p.m., all ages, $6.
Halloween Party '08.
Crimson and Brews, 9 p.m.
18+, $5-$7.
Film: The Dark Knight.
Kansas Union,Woodruff
Auditorium, 8 p.m., all ages,
$2.
Jolie Holland/Herman Dune. The Jackpot, 9 p.m.
18+, $10-$12.
Dactylis/Bandit Teeth.
Eighth Street Tap Room, 10 p.m., all ages, $3.
Ras Neville and the Kingstonians. The jazzzah, 10 p.m., 21+, $4.
Red Kate. The Replay
Lounge, 10 p.m., 21+, $3.
Lawrence ArtWalk
2008. Downtown Lawrence,
10 a.m., all ages, FREE.
saturday, oct.25
Four Year Strong/I am the Avalanche/This is Hell/A Loss for Words.
The Bottleneck, 6:30 p.m., all ages, $10.
The Republic Tigers.
The Beaumont Club, 7 p.m., all ages, $10, www.myspace.com/therepublictigers.
Stepping Out Against Breast Cancer. Crown Toyota Pavilion, 8 p.m., all ages, $35.
Diplo. The Granada, 8 p.m., all ages, $15.
Queers & Allies Clinton Lake bonfire. Clinton State Park, 9 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Halloween Bash. The Jackpot, 9 p.m., 18+, $5-$7.
Bob Schneider/Amie Mirielle. The Bottleneck, 10 p.m., 18+, $15.
The Fourth of July. The Gaslight Tavern, 10 p.m., 21+, $5.
Midday Ramblers/
White Mule. The Replay
Lounge, 7 p.m., 21+, $3.
sunday, oct. 26
Deep Thinkers/Akil the MC. The Record Bar, 9:30 p.m., 18+, $10-$12. www.myspace.com/deepthinkers.
Shelley Short/Alexis Gideon. Eighth Street Tap Room, 10 p.m., all ages, $3.
www.myspace.com/shelleyshort.
monday, oct.27
The Susan G. Komen on the Go. Kansas Union, 9 a.m., all ages, FREE.
MSTRKRFT/LA Riots/
Felix Cartal. Liberty Hall,
8 p.m., all ages. $15, www.
myspace.com/lariotofficial.
Torche/Coliseum/
Clouds/The Old Black.
The Jackpot, 10 p.m., $18+, $10,
myspace.com/torche.
The Futants/Prize
Country/Latin.
The Record Bar, 10 p.m., 21+,$7,
www.myspace.com/prizecountry.
Michelle Malone. Davey's Uptown, 8 p.m., all ages, $10.
tuesday, oct.28
Alanis Morissette.
Midland Theater; 8 p.m., all
ages; $35-$50, www.alanis.com.
Beloved Binge/
Edincoat/The Feverbell.
The Record Bar, 10 p.m.
21+,$7.
D Numbers/1,000,000
Light Years. The Replay
Lounge, 10 p.m., 21+, $2.
wednesday, oct.29
Haunted Halloween.
Kansas Union, 11 a.m., FREE,
www.suaevents.com.
The Academy Is.../We
The Kings/Carolina
Liar/Hey Monday. The
Beaumont Club, 7:30 p.m., all
ages, $17.00, www.myspace.
com/theacademyis.
A Night of Rock and Roll Horror, Screenland, 8 p.m., all ages, $10.
Jonathan Richman.
The Bottleneck, 8 p.m., all ages,$15-$16.
venues
The Beaumont Club
The Bottleneck
4050 Pennsylvania St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 561-2560
737 New Hampshire St.
(785) 841-5483
Davey's Uptown
3402 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-1909
Eighth Street Tap Room
801 New Hampshire St.
Lawrence, Ks.
(785) 841-6918
Folly Theater
1020 Central St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 842-5500
Midland Theater
1228 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 471-9703
The Record Bar
1020 Westport Rd.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-5207
C. A. BURRICK
editor's note
When I worked at a fabric store, I could spend an entire 8-hour shift wandering the aisle
of fabric, contemplating which hue of taffeta or which pattern of fleece best captured my essence as a human being.
My boss, Karen, was of a much different mind-set regarding work. Karen was in her 50s, rigorous and resolute, and a strict disciple of the manic rhythm of retail.
She scolded me for sitting on the counter to rest my feet, even when there were no customers in the store. She wouldn't let me wear a sweater over my short-sleeved uniform, even when the store's temperature seemed to dip near arctic lows in the winter.
And, of course, I wasn't allowed to shop while I worked—a reasonable yet nearly impossible decree. I couldn't help it if, while paying ever-so-close attention to vacuuming the dingy brown carpet beneath me, I happened to be distracted by the new fashion prints just begging to be transformed into dresses and drapes and anything in between.
The maddest I ever saw Karen, though, was when I asked a young couple what they planned to make with the 15 yards of brown fabric they were buying, to which they replied that they were dressing up as "shit" for Halloween. I laughed hysterically for a good 10 minutes, then suggested they use textured moleskin fabric to up the authenticity of their poo look. The conversation horrified Karen, as well as the three other older women in the vicinity.
Most of the store's customers happened to be older women, and this often presented problems. A jittery woman with a heavily powdered face once complained that I looked like a "tart," while another woman refused to let me cut her fabric because my nails were painted black, apparently a clear sign that I was affiliated with the devil and intended to curse her Winnie the Pooh flannel.
My trials and tribulations at the fabric store showed me, among many other things, the glaring work ethnic differences between older and younger generations of employees. To my elders, I was an obscure deviant of a thing, prone to laziness and unprofessional behavior.To me, they were out-of-touch work zombies who zapped all the fun out of the job.
Carly's story on page 15 explores this phenomenon of generational differences in the workplace, and she'll tell you how to avoid all the common faux pas young employees tend to make.
And FYI: Discussing Halloween costumes based on bodily functions isn't mentioned in the story, but I'd say it's generally frowned upon.
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3
NOTICE
More than skin deep
The motivations and implications of body modification
By Sean Rosner
srosner@kansan.com
Kelly McReynolds first went under the needle her freshman year. Sitting awkwardly in a barber chair with her shirt pulled up to expose her back, she waited nervously until the buzz of the needle broke the room's silence.
McReynolds, Santa Fe, N.M., senior, had been planning this for weeks. A fan of Man Ray's photograph "LeViolon d'Ingres," which depicts a woman with f-shaped holes similar to a violin's on her back, McReynolds decided to replicate the photo by getting two f-shaped holes tattooed on her own back. Now that the time had come, though, she was beginning to second-guess her decision. Holding her friend's hand, she stared at the white tile floor and braced for the painful process to begin.
"When the needle hit the skin, it wasn't as jolting as I expected," McReynolds says.
McReynolds since has returned to the tattoo parlor twice to add to her collection of body art, and she is one of many people doing so today. Once the trademark of prisoners and bikers, body modifications such as tattoos and piercings exploded into popular culture in the early '90s and have continued to grow in popularity.
A 2006 study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that 36 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 29 had at least one tattoo. That same survey found that 32 percent of people in that age group had at least one body piercing, which is a piercing somewhere other than in the earlobe.
So how did tattoos and body-piercings go from counterculture to commonplace? Clinton Sanders, professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut and author of the book Customizing the Body; The Art and Culture of Tattooing, says the growth in popularity of tattoos and body-piercings has been a natural progression. Sanders says most people get tattoos and body-piercings because they see someone they know or admire, and the growth fuels itself. Sanders also attributes the popularity to television shows like LA Ink and Miami Ink, which have turned tattoo artists into celebrities.
Though the inspiration to get a tattoo or body-piercing may come from others, it can be extremely personal. Sanders says
body modification is important because it allows people to set themselves apart from the ordinary. He says that tattoos especially because of their permanence, are a huge commitment to the ideas of the people who have them.
"Tattoos are the ultimate stability in a world that is dominated by change," Sanders says.
Matt Simon, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, has a quote by the ancient Persian poet Rumi covering his left arm, which reminds him to take risks and think independently. On Simon's right arm are four bands representing life, death, love and sympathy for others, things he says he would give his soul to. Simon says his tattoos represent ideas that he wants to live his life by.
"I wanted to incorporate them into my body, so they are a part of me physically and not just in my mind," he says.
As body modifications have grown in popularity, so has their acceptability. Sanders says that although tattoos and body-piercings used to be a way to "thumb your nose" at society, they have since lost their deviant appeal.
The declining association between body modifications and delinquency has changed the opinions of people who once found them unbecoming.
Steven Bridgman, a tattoo artist at BDC Tattoo, 938 Massachusetts St, has a full sleeve of tattoos, as well as tattoos on his neck and hand.
"I don't even scare little kids anymore." Bridgman says.
But one place that is still relatively inhospitable to tattoos and body-piercings is the workplace. David Gaston, director of the University Career Center, says acceptance from employers has not changed as quickly as tattoo and body-piercing popularity has grown. He says that the issue can vary depending on the industry, because some job fields require less face-to-face interaction and some job fields are more relaxed about appearance.
But Gaston is quick to note that career paths can change unexpectedly, and students should be prepared for whatever they are faced with.
"Students need to think through things before they do them," he says. "I remember folks telling me that when I was younger. Nothing has changed."
Photos by Ryan McGeeney Kelly McReynolds poses in the same position as the woman in artist Man Ray's 1924 photograph, "Le Violin d'ingres." McReynolds has also has a skin tattoo on her left side.
Ray's 1927 d'Ingres." McReynolds snowflake tattooed on her lep
Tattoo and body-piercing trends
Naval rings, tribal armbands tattoos, and Asian calligraphy tattoos have all had their share of the limelight, but what's hot today? Tattoo artists Scary Carrie and Steven Bridgman from BDC Tattoo discuss what's currently big in body art.
- Tattoos on the rib cage:
Though it is one of the most painful places on the body to get a tattoo, the rib cage has become a popular canvas for tattoo artists lately. The ribcage offers a big area for detailed pieces, and can be easily concealed.
- Portraits: "Portraiture is fucking enormous right now." Carrie says. Black and gray portraits have been a tattoo staple for years, often used as a way to pay tribute to a lost loved one or favorite celebrity, but full-color portraiture has made a big splash recently.
- Gauged earlobes: Though generally relegated to certain subcultures, the act of stretching an earlobe piercing has taken off lately. Most gauge sizes stay around or less than one inch, though Carrie says that people could stretch their earlobes down to their waists if they really wanted to.
- Stars: Whether in a group, alone outlined or filled in, stars are highly sought after. "Everybody wants a nautical star now," Carrie says.
4
October 23, 2008
NOTICE
Question Answer
3.15
5
Argentina Carejo!
Monserrat
He please go
Abbo
Road
Contributed photo
Chuck D challenges America's youth to get involved in the presidential election.
with Chuck D, rapper and activist
Chuck D is best known for his 20 years as frontman for the rap group Public Enemy, but he's also known to be highly outspoken about politics and activism. He took a few minutes to talk with Jayplay about college radio, the state of hip-hop and rap today, the presidential candidates and students' responsibility to be involved in the upcoming election.
Q: You came to the University in 2005 to celebrate KJHK's 30th birthday. What memories of KU have stuck with you?
A: One of the things I found out about that night was that the KU radio station was the one that Wilt Chamberlain used to have a show on. I think that was before the AM/FM switch.I remember the record room where the radio station does its broadcasting from was impressive also.
Q: You had a radio show when you were in college. What kind of show was it?
A:Yeah, back on WBAU at Adelphi U. in Long Island. We had a show that showcased hip-hop,back when hip-hop was only about singles and there-were very few albums. There were no guarantees on recordings, so we'd actually record some of the local artists on our own, and people would think they were records.
Q: What do you think of college radio today!
A: I think college radio has to really reestablish and find itself on helping out local talent. I think too many college stations are trying to copy what the regular radio
does.I think it's a decision that affects the innovation of finding new music and new artists.
Q: What's your take on the state of hip-hop and rap music today?
A: I'm a little bit envious of the way that other genres take care of themselves, and really envelop themselves into the projection and knowledge of their history. I feel that rap music and hip-hop was led down a neglectful path. Often you see the artists, producers, labels, lawyers and accountants—and at the end of the day the fans know very little about what they're lovin'. The stories are not told well enough to be preserved.
I became a fan of rap music and hip-hop because I knew it was a genre that was based on knowledge and the playing of records. And if you knew the record, you knew the musician. You knew the whole history of why started to make their music, the break beats and everything. It was a quest for musical knowledge of the pioneers that I wanted to aspire to myself.
Q: You're known for being politically active and working with Rock the Vote. What role are you playing in this election?
A: I think the most important part I play is guiding the artists of the last 10 or 15 years to step up in their responsibility to lead. Whether it's the Green Party or Democrats or Republicans—whatever it is, so long as it's forward and correct, then I'm down. But to get out there at age 48 and be one of the few that's depended on to get 22-year-olds to vote is stupid. I don't believe an artist who's 24 or 25 years old—especially young black artists—should defer to somebody older because they feel that they're not adult enough yet to tell people.
Q: What can students at the University of Kansas do to become more politically involved?
A: I tell them that it's a big world out
there. So you want to involve yourself with movements. If you ask a lot of questions, there's always organizations that will find some answers for you. Involve yourself in an organization. Then you'll be able to form your own personal position off of that. But be sure to spend a little time in your own little head, so you know it's your own path that you walk on.
What are your thoughts on Republican presidential candidate John McCain?
A: You know I'm the guy who wrote "don't believe the hype," so perception is something I choose to stay away from. But perception is the only thing I can go on, and he appears to be a nice, gentle, 73-year-old guy, even teddy bear-ish. Who knows that's an act or a trained persona, but I feel that, if elected, McCain will say around June, "Hey, this job is crazier than I thought," and in July he'll turn it over to Sarah Palin.
Q: What about Democratic candidate Barack Obama?
A: Barack Obama, regardless of what you think, seems like he'll roll up his sleeves on day two and go to work.
Q: What would you say to someone who thinks voting is a waste of time?
A: I'd tell them that voting is as important as washing up in the morning. Now, you don't have to wash, but you can't go around saying that something stinks when it could be you.And another thing about voting, just because you voted doesn't mean that you get immediate props. Just because you washed doesn't mean you're going to get a standing ovation because you scrubbed your tail. That was an obligation you had to fulfill to yourself because you're mature enough to understand the responsibility of cleanliness.
Matt Bechtold
$10.29 Steak Night
steak, salad and side
8 oz. Renegade Sirloin w/KUID
Thursday night
LONGHORN
3050 Iowa STEAKHOUSE 785-843-7000
The best steak in Lawrence
55 Years and Still
Amazing.
You're not around for for 55 years unless
you have something amazing to offer.
SERVING UP TRADITION
JOHNNY'S TAVERN
Just 'cross the bridge
October 23, 2008
5
NOTICE
More than skin deep
The motivations and implications of body modification
By Sean Rosner
srosner@kansan.com
Kelly McReynolds first went under the needle her freshman year. Sitting awkwardly in a barber chair with her shirt pulled up to expose her back, she waited nervously until the buzz of the needle broke the room's silence.
McReynolds, Santa Fe, N.M., senior, had been planning this for weeks. A fan of Man Ray's photograph "LeViolon d'Ingres," which depicts a woman with f-shaped holes similar to a violin's on her back, McReynolds decided to replicate the photo by getting two f-shaped holes tattooed on her own back. Now that the time had come, though, she was beginning to second-guess her decision. Holding her friend's hand, she stared at the white tile floor and braced for the painful process to begin.
"When the needle hit the skin, it wasn't as jolting as I expected," McReynolds says.
McReynolds since has returned to the tattoo parlor twice to add to her collection of body art, and she is one of many people doing so today. Once the trademark of prisoners and bikers, body modifications such as tattoos and piercings exploded into popular culture in the early '90s and have continued to grow in popularity.
A 2006 study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that 36 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 29 had at least one tattoo. That same survey found that 32 percent of people in that age group had at least one body-piercing, which is a piercing somewhere other than in the earlobe.
So how did tattoos and body-piercings go from counterculture to commonplace? Clinton Sanders, professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut and author of the book Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing, says the growth in popularity of tattoos and body-piercings has been a natural progression. Sanders says most people get tattoos and body-piercings because they see someone they know or admire, and the growth fuels itself. Sanders also attributes the popularity to television shows like LA Ink and Miami Ink, which have turned tattoo artists into celebrities.
Though the inspiration to get a tattoo or body-piercing may come from others, it can be extremely personal. Sanders says
body modification is important because it allows people to set themselves apart from the ordinary. He says that tattoos especially because of their permanence, are a huge commitment to the ideas of the people who have them.
"Tattooos are the ultimate stability in a world that is dominated by change," Sanders says.
Matt Simon, Omaha. Neb., sophomore, has a quote by the ancient Persian poet Rumi covering his left arm, which reminds him to take risks and think independently. On Simon's right arm are four bands representing life, death, love and sympathy for others, things he says he would give his soul to. Simon says his tattoos represent ideas that he wants to live his life by.
"I wanted to incorporate them into my body, so they are a part of me physically and not just in my mind," he says.
Photos by Ryan McGeeney Kelly McReynolds poses in the same position as the woman in art Man Ray's 1924 photograph, "Le Violin d'Ingres." McReynolds has also has a snowflake tattooed on her left side.
As body modifications have grown in popularity, so has their acceptability. Sanders says that although tattoos and body-piercings used to be a way to "thumb your nose" at society, they have since lost their deviant appeal.
The declining association between body modifications and delinquency has changed the opinions of people who once found them unbecoming.
Steven Bridgman, a tattoo artist at BDC Tattoo, 938 Massachusetts St, has a full sleeve of tattoos, as well as tattoos on his neck and hand.
"I don't even scare little kids anymore," Bridgman says.
But Gaston is quick to note that career paths can change unexpectedly,and students should be prepared for whatever they are faced with.
But one place that is still relatively inhospitable to tattoos and body-piercings is the workplace. David Gaston, director of the University Career Center, says acceptance from employers has not changed as quickly as tattoo and body-piercing popularity has grown. He says that the issue can vary depending on the industry, because some job fields require less face-to-face interaction and some job fields are more relaxed about appearance.
"Students need to think through things before they do them," he says. "I remember folks telling me that when I was younger. Nothing has changed."
Ray's 1924
d'Ingres." McReynold
snowflake tattooed on her le
Tattoo and body-piercing trends
Naval rings, tribal armbands tattoos, and Asian calligraphy tattoos have all had their share of the limelight, but what's hot today? Tattoo artists Scary Carrie and Steven Bridgman from BDC Tattoo discuss what's currently big in body art.
- Tattoos on the rib cage:
Though it is one of the most painful places on the body to get a tattoo, the rib cage has become a popular canvas for tattoo artists lately. The ribcage offers a big area for detailed pieces, and can be easily concealed.
- **Portraits:** "Portraiture is fucking enormous right now," Carrie says. Black and gray portraits have been a tattoo staple for years, often used as a way to pay tribute to a lost loved one or favorite celebrity, but full-color portraiture has made a big splash recently.
- Gauged earlobes: Though generally relegated to certain subcultures, the act of stretching an earlobe piercing has taken off lately. Most gauge sizes stay around or less than one inch, though Carrie says that people could stretch their earlobes down to their waists if they really wanted to.
- Stars: Whether in a group, alone outlined or filled in, stars are highly sought after. "Everybody wants a nautical star now," Carrie says.
4
October 23,2008
NOTICE
Question Answer
with Chuck D, rapper and activist
3.15
Better
for ever!
Argentina
Canajol
Mendoza
He please go
there.
Abbe
Road
Contributed photo
Chuck D challenges America's youth to get involved in the presidential election.
Chuck D is best known for his 20 years as frontman for the rap group Public Enemy, but he's also known to be highly outspoken about politics and activism. He took a few minutes to talk with Jayplay about college radio, the state of hip-hop and rap today, the presidential candidates and students' responsibility to be involved in the upcoming election.
Q: You came to the University in 2005 to celebrate KJHK's 30th birthday. What memories of KU have stuck with you?
A: One of the things I found out about that night was that the KU radio station was the one that Wilt Chamberlain lused to have a show on. I think that was before the AM/FM switch. I remember the record room where the radio station does its broadcasting from was impressive also.
Q: You had a radio show when you were in college. What kind of show was it?
A:Yeah, back on WBAU at Adelphi U. in Long Island. We had a show that showcased hip-hop,back when hip-hop was only about singles and there-were very few albums. There were no guarantees on recordings, so we'd actually record some of the local artists on our own,and people would think they were records.
Q: What do you think of college radio today?
A: I think college radio has to really restablish and find itself on helping out local talent. I think too many college stations are trying to copy what the regular radio
does.I think it's a decision that affects the innovation of finding new music and new artists.
Q: What's your take on the state of hip-hop and rap music today?
A: I'm a little bit envious of the way that other genres take care of themselves, and really envelop themselves into the projection and knowledge of their history. I feel that rap music and hip-hop was led down a neglectful path. Often you see the artists, producers, labels, lawyers and accountants—and at the end of the day the fans know very little about what they're lovin'. The stories are not told well enough to be preserved.
I became a fan of rap music and hip-hop because I knew it was a genre that was based on knowledge and the playing of records. And if you knew the record, you knew the musician. You knew the whole history of why started to make their music, the break beats and everything. It was a quest for musical knowledge of the pioneers that I wanted to aspire to myself.
Q: You're known for being politically active and working with Rock the Vote. What role are you playing in this election?
A: I think the most important part I play is guiding the artists of the last 10 or 15 years to step up in their responsibility to lead. Whether it's the Green Party or Democrats or Republicans—whatever it is, so long as it's forward and correct, then I'm down. But to get out there at age 48 and be one of the few that's depended on to get 22-year-olds to vote is stupid. I don't believe an artist who's 24 or 25 years old—especially young black artists—should defer to somebody older because they feel that they're not adult enough yet to tell people.
Q: What can students at the University of Kansas do to become more politically involved?
A: I tell them that it's a big world out
there. So you want to involve yourself with movements. If you ask a lot of questions, there's always organizations that will find some answers for you. Involve yourself in an organization. Then you'll be able to form your own personal position off of that. But be sure to spend a little time in your own little head, so you know it's your own path that you walk on.
Q: What are your thoughts on Republican presidential candidate John McCain?
A: You know I'm the guy who wrote "don't believe the hype," so perception is something I choose to stay away from. But perception is the only thing I can go on, and he appears to be a nice, gentle, 73-year-old guy, even teddy bear-ish. Who knows if that's an act or a trained persona, but I feel that, if elected, McCain will say around June, "Hey, this job is crazier than I thought," and in July he'll turn it over to Sarah Palin.
Q: What about Democratic candidate Barack Obama?
A: Barack Obama, regardless of what you think, seems like he'll roll up his sleeves on day two and go to work.
Q: What would you say to someone who thinks voting is a waste of time?
A: I'd tell them that voting is as important as washing up in the morning. Now, you don't have to wash, but you can't go around saying that something stinks when it could be you. And another thing about voting, just because you voted doesn't mean that you get immediate props. Just because you washed doesn't mean you're going to get a standing ovation because you scrubbed your tail. That was an obligation you had to fulfill to yourself because you're mature enough to understand the responsibility of cleanliness.
Matt Bechtold
$10.29 Steak Night
steak, salad and side
8 oz. Renegade Sirloin w/ KUID Thursday night
LONGHORN
3050 Iowa STEAKHOUSE 785-843-7000
The best steak in Lawrence
55 Years and Still
Amazing.
You're not around for for 55 years unless
you have something amazing to offer.
SERVING UP TRADITION
JOHNNY'S TAVERN
Just 'cross the bridge
October 23, 2008
5
NOTICE
Shake-ya-boogie with SELLOUT!
Behind the scenes with a local cover band
by Nina Libby nlibby@kansan.com
If you want to get down to the sounds of Journey, Bob Marley and Aretha Franklin, then SELLOUT! is the cover band for you. The Lawrence-based band is made up of eight ordinary people who transform into their favorite icons to play pop classics. Gene Simmons, Elvis Presley, Wonder Woman and Marilyn Monroe are just some of the faces you'll recognize on stage at SELLOUT! shows as the musicians play smash hits to get the crowd movin' on the dance floor.
Steve Ozark, SELLOUT! bassist and Gene Simmons look-alike, started the band eight years ago with guitarist Nick Kounas. Ozark says the band prefers covering pop songs rather than producing their own songs.
"We didn't name the band SELLOUT! meaning selling out venues. We named it meaning we've sold out completely—what we like to call cheese with extra cheese." Ozark says.
SELLOUT! plays over-the-top hits from the past 40 years, and focuses on '70s disco and '80s pop tunes.
"I go to all the SELLOUT! shows at the Jaz-
zhaus because I can dance to the music they cover," says Rachel Stelmach, Overland Park senior and SELLOUT! fan.
Steven Kurutz, author of the book Like A Rolling Stone: The Strange Life of A Tribute Band, explains the appeal of bands covering pop classics.
"Think about going out to a club on a Friday night. Do you want to hear songs you've never heard of or songs that you can dance to and have fun to?" Kurutz says. "Cover bands will get an immediate reaction from the audience when they play songs that the crowd is familiar with."
SELLOUT! is by no means a full-time job.The band performs on weekends at venues like the Bottleneck, the Jazzhaus and occasionally at weddings. When they're not performing, the members of SELLOUT! are working 9-to-5 jobs.
For the members of SELLOUT!,performing is a time to release and relax.
"Playing in SELLOUT! is both a passion and hobby for me," Ozark says. "Playing bass keeps my hands in shape, keeps me young, kills me early and as long as we're learning new songs it's exciting.'
Here's a look at the people of SELLOUT! as both performers and professionals.
photos by Alex Bonham-Carter
SELLOUT! poses at The Jazzbaz before playing for a packed crowd on October 4. The band impersonates characters of American history, fictional and non-fictional. The usual set of SELLOUT! is "jukebox covers from the past and present," with an emphasis on requests from the audience.
Jenny Smith — Singer
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Smith was recruited for SELLOUT! after a former member of the band saw her perform at a Renaissance festival four years ago.
During the week, Smith is a distributor for Mel-O-Cream International, Inc., a business that makes bakery products for supermarkets.
Before SELLOUTI, Smith was a lounge singer at Harrah's Casino in Kansas City, Mo.
"I consider myself an entertainer; not a musician," Smith says. "After performing with SELLOUT! I realized that no other gig is as fun as this one."
"I started as Cyndi Lauper, but we had a personality conflict with that costume," Smith says. "Joan Jet was way too racy because I was about 40 pounds heavier at that time."
Smith says she picked Marilyn Monroe as her stage personality after a number of failed costumes.
Nick Kounas — Guitarist
On stage he is Jim Morrison,but during the week, Kounas is busy running two businesses.
Kounas started Splash Placement, an advertising agency in Lawrence four years ago. He also owns six rental properties in Lawrence.
He graduated from the University of Kansas 10 years ago with degrees in business and advertising.
Kounas acts as a "hype man" at SELLOUT! shows. He sometimes stops the vocalists to get the audience to sing along, or he'll jump off stage and play his guitar on the dance floor.
"SELLOUT! is a revolving door for a musician," Kounas says. "I've performed with nine different female singers, seven drummers, four horn players, five guitarists and two keyboardists."
Kounas has seen members leave and return and some that never come back.
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Steve Ozark—Bassist
Ozark owns Ozark Talent, a talent agency that has booked more than 29,000 concerts on five continents for an assortment of bands. He started the business 20 years ago and has booked groups such as Alkaline Trio and Savoy Brown.
Ozark came to Lawrence in 1985 after completing his master's degree in education at the University of Missouri.
"I moved to Lawrence to play bass for The Backsliders," says Ozark, who has also played bass for Bo Diddley, Spencer Davis, The Coasters, The Drifters and The
Marvelettes.
Ozark started playing music in eighth grade after being injured playing basketball.
"I won the Mr. Camp award for South Side Chicago basketball camp in eighth grade, but the knees went out, so I took up music," Ozark says.
His Gene Simmons costume is a perfect fit.
"I like being Gene because people who know me don't know it's me, and it hides my age." Ozark says. "At least I'm younger and less ugly than Gene."
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Stephanie Kacsir Singer
Kacsir is a fashion buyer for kids' accessories and shoes for 4,400 Payless Shoesource stores. She lives in Topeka with her husband and children. She graduated from Kansas State University with degrees in fashion merchandising and business.
On the weekends, Kacsir belts out songs by Prince and Def Leppard in her infamous Wonder Woman costume.
"I was Olivia Newton John from Grease, but then my little girl told me I looked ugly with blonde hair," Kacsir says. "I couldn't find a character I loved, so I settled on Wonder Woman."
During the week, Kacsir travels as a fashion buyer throughout the United States and sometimes internationally. She says singing is her passion, and SELLOUT! is the perfect opportunity for her to release some tension from work.
"We all have full-time jobs, but we work together to make the band happen," Kacsi says. "I sometimes travel all over the world for work, so the band is very flexible with my availability."
Kacsir says she is content performing with SELLOUT! and has no plans to pursue other musical endeavors.
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A bag workout
Ask any of my friends and they will tell you that I'm a bag fiend.Messenger bags,duffels,tobes and the occasional man-purse are all part of my ever-growing collection.I've already added three more since I arrived in France.
The French share my love of bags, and this love is all-inclusive—even the straight guys wear bags on their shoulders. Among the recognizable bags is a style that I haven't noticed much in Lawrence or even New York City. Many young French people are sporting old-fashioned gym bags of all shapes and sizes.
Lightweight, roomy and unfussy, gym bags offer a laid-back alternative to a purse or a messenger bag. They are also inexpensive, and are versatile enough to go with any casual outfit. Girls have brightly colored bags in hot pink, purple and yellow, while guys carry bags in a more neutral
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You can purchase this style of gym bag for about $20 at American Apparel or Urban Outfitters. Check out the accessory lines of sports labels like Adidas and Puma.
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Guy: I'll be there in a jumpsuit and a fedora. What are you guys going to wear?
Guy 1: You going to get a fish taco?
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That something is an item selected at random from the company's warehouse. A pair of jeans, a kitchen appliance or even electronics such as iPods or video games are all fair game. Sami Bay, director of operations for The Something Store, says the company boxes up items according to how many orders it receives. When the time comes to ship the orders, an employee grabs a box, puts an address on it and sends it out.
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Coffee has earned a bad rap for everything from its caffeine, which can cause jitters, to its color, which can stain teeth. In truth, java isn't all bad for you. Its caffeine works wonders as a stimulant and its antioxidants help health in a variety of ways.
Though coffee is most commonly used for quick pick-me-ups during late night study sessions or morning classes, caffeine can boost the body as well as the brain by enabling faster muscle contractions during athletic activity. "Its properties as a stimulant can improve the way your muscles work," says Philip Gallagher, assistant professor of health, sport and exercise sciences at KU. The caffeine in coffee is actually powerful enough to be considered a "controlled" substance by the International Olympic Committee.
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While ear candling may feel good, it can be very dangerous. Ferguson says there have been cases reported of people having the hot wax drip into their ear canal and burn them. She also says that ear candling doesn't actually do anything and the "debris" found in the cone isn't ear wax, but wax from the candle.
Ferguson says if you have problems with ear wax you should see your doctor before trying any home remedies.And if self-management is recommended, the
Ear candling is an ancient practice used to remove wax from the ear. Ear candles are narrow hollow cylindrical cones made of cloth and wax. The tip of the cone is placed into the ear. After it is lit it burns for about 10 minutes. Once the ear candle is extinguished it is believed that the remnants in the cone are wax from the ear.
Sarah Ferguson, assistant professor of speech-language-hearing: sciences and disorders at the University of Kansas, says, "Ear candling (a) is unnecessary and (b) can be dangerous." She also says there is no reason to remove ear wax unless the ear canals are so plugged that it causes discomfort or hearing loss.
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Red and blue don't always mix
While U.S. politics are heating up headlines, politically mixed relationships are feeling the burn
By Matt Hirschfeld mhirschfeld@kansan.com
When my friends and I get together, it can sometimes be a political lovefest. Most of our political thought is like-minded, but we have one friend (yes, only one) who is of an opposite political affiliation, and he always remains quiet. We attempt to playfully antagonize him, and still not a peep.
"You should never discuss politics with friends," he says as a rule of thumb.
We concede and back off. We're friends—we can avoid politics to keep the peace.
The same can't be said for intimate relationships. Couples share their lives—including politics—with each other, and silence isn't always an option.
Couples with different political affiliations can have a difficult time knowing where to draw the line when America's politics get confused in the politics of a relationship. Couples can feel as if they are voting against their partners when voting for political beliefs and values. Some know when to call it quits and leave their beliefs on the ballot, while others can't resist the urge to push the hot button issues to the point of ruining a relationship.
Clarissa Unger has answered her campaign phone, "Kansas for Obama," ever since Sen. Barack Obama was tapped as a Democratic presidential candidate. As deputy state coordinator for Students for Barack Obama, the Colby senior is heavily involved in electing Obama as
president. She's so involved that, in part, it cost her a relationship.
She had been dating her now ex-boyfriend for almost a year and when the story
She had been using the term for almost a year, and when the state primaries and elections began to heat up before the end of last year, she started spending more time campaigning. Her ex, a Republican, became upset because they weren't spending enough time together.
"There was one point when he told me that he thought I was more interested in the campaign than I was him, which actually I think was probably true," she says.
"He wasn't too excited about it at that point, and so I spent New Year's Eve with Barack Obama instead of him," Unger says.
Men's and women's different expectations about political beliefs affect how couples communicate the issue, says Ken Dolan-Del Vecchio, author of Making Love, Playing Power: Men, Women, and the Reward of Intimate Justice. "Men have been
He wasn't as involved in campaigning for the opposing party, which augmented Unger's frustration. As the end of 2007 neared, she says the two broke up over a phone call that involved Unger telling her ex that she had the opportunity to attend a New Year's Eve party with Obama.
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Luke Matheis has also become skilled in negotiating differences. Matheis, a member of KU College Republicans, has dated several liberal women while at the University. The Overland Park junior says his conservative politics formed when he started college. He maintains that same tolerant mind through each relation. He says that when discussing politics, his g
taught to set the agenda," he says. "They feel they are entitled to their needs." He says women, however, think they need to fight for fairness regarding issues they strongly believe in.
Dolan-Del Vecchio offers James Carville and Mary Matalin as an example of political opponents who manage a relationship without politics becoming a problem. Carville worked as a campaign adviser for Bill Clinton in the 1992 presidential election, and Matalin worked on George H.W. Bush's campaign as a strategist to get Bush re-elected in the same election. And yet, Dolan-Del Vecchio says they learned to negotiate the differences. The couple has been married for 15 years and has two daughters.
friends listen to what he has to say, and he listens to what they have to say.
"It's their beliefs, their opinion, and that's what they think. I have my reasons for why I think the way I think. I don't really get defensive about it at all," Matheis says.
Diana Carlin, professor of communication studies, says couples should attempt to try to understand and respect their partner's beliefs. Politics is a value and emotionally laden issue in relationships, and politically mixed couples may give each other issues to think about when discussing politics, but they are not going to admit change in political beliefs right away.
That's how Carlin and her husband have learned to deal with being registered with different political parties. She says that, when they discuss politics, they usually talk in a lighthearted fashion, but also have serious conversations. She says each of them is willing to concede when the opposing party makes sense.
"While it's important, you realize it's not worth jeopardizing a relationship," she says.
A couple who has the same political affiliation should be a less complicated stroll to the voting booth. But Gina Burrows and George Dungan could only be so lucky. Both are members of KU Young Democrats, and Burrows, vice president of the group, says she and her boyfriend of nine months, Dungan, communications director of the group, supported different candidates in this year's Democratic presidential primaries. Burrows, Salt Lake City junior, backed Sen. Hillary Clinton, while Dungan supported Sen. Barack Obama.
In February, when the two caucused for their respective candidates in Lawrence, they were on opposite sides of the building during the caucus. Dungan, a Lincoln, Neb., junior, says the experience of being on opposite sides was more fun than anything because he knew Obama was going to blow
Alyson Beach had no such luck during the 2004 presidential election. The 2007 graduate broke up with her now ex-boyfriend of one-and-a-half years just before the presidential election between Democratic Senator John Kerry and Republican Governor George W. Bush. Her ex-boyfriend is more conservative, she says, and it wasn't a coincidence that they broke up just before the election.
Clinton away in delegate support. Burrows also says that during the six-month delegate battle between Clinton and Obama, friends made jokes and assumed because she was dating Dungan. Burrows would be an Obama supporter, too.
Burrows is now an Obama supporter, and both she and Dungan support Obama's pick of Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate. She says she and her boyfriend also bond over questionable political moves of the opposing party, such as Sen. John McCain choosing Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. "We both unified over the outrage for Democrats, and me as a woman," Burrows says.
"He would see something for Kerry and I would see something for Bush and it would just escalate to something unnecessary," she says.
Burrows says when Clinton conceded in June, it was an "l-told-you-so" moment for her boyfriend, but the couple has managed to strike a balance of knowing when to joke and when to be respectful of one another. It helps that they have a similar political basis to return to if discussions become too heated, she says. Dungan says most of the time he enjoys having different opinions so they can actually talk and discuss politics and not just always agree.
Beach says she is more of a passive person when it comes to bringing up politics, and she says her ex couldn't resist making remarks when politics came up. The two are still friends and can now actually discuss politics without fighting, she says. Because the two aren't attempting to make a relationship work, fewer obstacles are present.
"It's nice to be with someone with the same political leaning,but it's even better when she's her own person with her own views," Dungan says.
Politics was definitely a factor in the breakup, she says, and now is more wary of dating guys with strong political differences in the future.
"It definitely made me gun-shy about the whole thing," she says.
Couples can learn to accept each other's beliefs without feeling threatened, says Lawrence clinical social worker Ruth Shadel. She says that couples who disagree on issues such as politics should attempt to actively listen. Active listening involves one person explaining a point he or she is attempting to make, and the other person explaining back what he or she heard.
"It's not a matter of agreement, but to understand what they are saying." Shadel says. Active listening helps clarify why certain issues, such as politics, could be a problematic factor in the relationship.
Shadel says couples who are attempting to actively listen usually fall into one of two categories. One person has the fear of confronting the situation and chooses to avoid the situation entirely.The other can't resist,pushing his or her beliefs on his or her partner instead of keeping his or her beliefs to his or herself.Either factor can lead to conflict and can hinder understanding to accept differing beliefs without feeling threatened.
Lori Hutfiles, former Democratic state representative from Johnson County, has her 13-year "conflict" under control. She is in a politically un-unified marriage and met her husband, Mike, in Topeka while he was
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- Lauren Conrad of The Hills and Laguna Beach fame clapped for Republican support at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in April, but she remained silent for Democrats. Her Hills co-star and ex Brody Jenner supports Barack Obama.
- Actor James Caan donated the maximum bid ($4,200) to Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential bid campaign, but he's now a supporter of Sen.
John McCain and attended the 2008 Republican National Convention.
- Politically oriented celebrity couple Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and journalist Maria Shriver are supporting different presidential candidates in this year's race. Schwarzenegger, following his party's suit, supports Sen. John McCain, and Shriver, niece of former President John F. Kennedy, supports Sen. Barack Obama. The couple announced their support of the two candidates within four days of each other. They've been married since April 1986 and have four children.
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working for the Speaker of the Kansas House and she was serving her term as state representative. She now works for the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics and he is a republican lobbyist in Topeka. They have a son, Sam, 7, and a daughter, Kierstin, 10.
While in college, Huffles says, she never would have imagined she would marry a Republican, but says this can actually strengthen relationships because the couple crosses boundaries that would never be touched in politically similar relationships.
She says she is a big environmentalist but has a weakness for warm, long showers. Her husband sometimes interrupts her in the shower and says, "Lori, Al Gore is on the phone and he said
enough already! You're killing the polar bears!" Hutfles says her daughter responds, "Who's Al Gore and why is he calling mommy?"
Her daughter occasionally sees the couple sparring over political issues, Hutflies says, but Kiersten just laughs and says, "I love my parents because they argue about important things like global warming and ice sheets in Antarctica. Other parents argue about silly things."
Hutfels says both she and her husband being moderates also helps. A lot of people are in the massive middle, she says, and identify themselves within each party but have more in common than they think. But she and her husband also know at the end of the day what's important.
"You need to respect that they feel as strongly about politics as they do, even if they're not exactly the same," she says.
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By Carly Halvorson chalvorson@kansan.com
Every morning during my internship with a non-profit insurance association last semester, I would log into my company email, my personal e-mail and, most importantly, Facebook. After more than seven months of being able to learn what couple broke up or browse my friends' photos while getting paid $13 an hour, one fateful morning. I was greeted with "the rat," the company's nickname for a prohibited Web site. My Facebook usage had finally caused my employers to block the Web site. I was frustrated that they took my favorite time-waster away from me, but then my rational side took over and I asked myself, "Shouldn't I be working, anyway?"
With some companies going as far as creating recess periods during the workday, many have noticed a general trend in the new crop of young employees. According to a study by Roger Hill at the University of Georgia and Susan Fouts at Western Carolina University, employers from the babyboomer generation have grown increasingly frustrated with their young employees, noticing a lack of work ethic and overall laziness when it comes to work.
When describing her own work ethic, Chelsea Rutrough, Salem, Va., freshman, admits the amount of work she puts in is dependent on how important the outcome is to her. In general she works hard, but if she doesn't care much, Rutrough says she doesn't put in as much effort.
"I work hard and put in as much as I need to get what I want out." Rutrough says. "Students don't want to be stuck at work. They would rather go to work, do what they have to, and leave as soon as they can."
In her article, "The Work Ethic, in a Modern Guise," Joanne Ciulla, author and professor at Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, says recent college graduates enter the workforce with three qualities that set them apart from older generations: a sense of entitlement to a do-over; expectation of rewards based on time put into work and not the quality, and feeling they are above average compared to their peers.
"These aren't necessarily bad qualities." Ciulla says. "It's just that every generation, every change gives employers different challenges in terms of what they have to work with."
Ciulla cites the current education system as a significant contributor to these behaviors, and she says grade inflation is the main culprit.
"Grade inflation is the saddest failure of the education system." Ciulla says. "If students go through college getting A's and B's all the time, they end up thinking they're pretty good, and the problem is that some of them really aren't. I don't believe in blaming students. It's an education issue."
In her article, Ciulla calls this the "Lake Wobegon effect," which is based on a fictional town created by author Garrison Keillor in which all the children believe they are above average despite evidence to the contrary. Having such an attitude can lead to students working less but expecting more. Even worse, Ciulla says, is that young workers do the bare minimum in order to keep their paychecks, and getting fired is of little concern because they can always get another job
Others point the finger at more general
Common work faux pas
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Employees young and old aren't perfect, and everyone needs a little help on what to do (and not to do). According to Mannersmith, an etiquette consulting firm, student employees tend to make the following mistakes.
Watch what you write
Using abbreviations more suited for chat rooms, neglecting to use punctuation and forgetting to check spelling are all regarded as signs of laziness. It's important to maintain professionalism in all areas of the workplace. Also, e-mail is open to scrutiny by employers. Many companies adhere to the New York Times rule: If you aren't comfortable with the contents of your e-mail being published on the front page of the Times, you should reconsider what you're about to say.
Use sick days appropriately
The name says it all. Sick days are intended for when you feel truly ill, not for recovering from the night before. It's easy for employers to tell when a person is legitimately sick or just doesn't want to come in. So, calling in sick the day after the NCAA championship probably wasn't the best idea.
Work when you're at work
"Stealing time" is just as bad as stealing tangible objects from your company. This is when you are physically present at work, but doing other things instead of your job. Short breaks throughout the day to check e-mail or to surf the Web are generally acceptable. However, don't make these breaks too long or too frequent. Limit yourself to a 5- to 10-minute break every couple hours.
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offenders, such as the student's family or the community where he or she grew up. If a student is raised in a home in which the parents are unsatisfied with their jobs, it will be difficult for the student to become attached to a job, as well.
"How much would you really worry about career opportunities with a company if you're planning on getting a better job in a year anyway?" says Brandon Dekosky, Overland Park senior.
Dekosky says he thinks that, for students, the interest is more in the dollar figure on the paycheck than advancements in a career. Because of such priorities, Dekosky says employers would most likely complain that students don't show enough dedication to their jobs.
However, not all employers see student workers as lazy workers. Using generational nicknames, such as "baby boomers" for those born between 1940 and 1960 and "Generation Y" for those of us born between 1982 and 2001, can actually cause division within the workplace. Kathy Buzad, assistant director for the American Federation of Teachers, a trade union, says these labels promote expectations of the certain behaviors associated with each category.
"We really have a problem with the stereotyping of behaviors." Buzad says. "People say that younger workers don't care as much as older workers do, but that isn't true. We need to be very careful of this categorizing. It can cause divisiveness in the work place."
In her experience working with teachers and union organizers, Buzad says she has not noticed a difference between her older and younger employees.
A final reason that could account for the differences between older and younger employees is work environment. Paul Marquardt, a client relations manager for Embarq, provides internal consulting to the Internet and phone service company from a human resources perspective. According to Marquardt, older members of the workforce feel these work ethic difference exist because younger employees weren't exposed to as much manual labor as the older employees.
"Now that we're moving into a more technological age, many folks think that a younger person's work ethic must be lower." Marquardt says. "People tend to glorify the way things used to be as how things should be, and that's just not true."
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All I hear about college is that you have sex EVERY DAY! I haven't had sex yet, and I go to The Hawk every day to hang around with drunk girls. Why won't they sleep with me? Douglas, freshman
Francesca: I don't think it takes a sexpert to tell you the reason you're not getting laid is because you are clearly a CREEPER. You are forgetting most girls don't come to the bar drunk. Sure, many girls are tipsy when they arrive, but they can still recognize you as that guy who mysteriously shows up at The Hawk every time they do.
What the hell are you doing at The Hawk anyway, McLovin? Drunk girls won't sleep with you because your voice still cracks when you say hello. If they were looking to screw someone in their class, they would go to Hashinger Hall's Singing Bee, or whatever activity the dorms have planned for that night—not to the bar.
Stop going to the bars to try to pick up women. You will have better luck in the lobby of your residence hall.Those drunk girls have to go somewhere after last call,and the lightweight freshman that are the most likely to sleep with you will be going back to the dorms
Matt: Alcohol is not always a precursor to sex. If you think this, you have a lifetime of blurry nights and a lot of apologizing to look forward to in your future. I don't know where you came up with this notion—perhaps from an older sibling or a friend, but it needs to end.
I'll concede that alcohol is an effective social lubricant, but it doesn't always work as lubricant for the bedroom. Sex can turn sloppy, and sometimes your partner can pass out before you even get there.
And please, don't take Fran's advice about stalking the residence hall lobbies. That's breaking news of a residence hall stalker waiting to happen. And even if you do, the inebriated girls will probably be surrounded by their smart, cautionary friends.
It's also not uncommon for freshmen to have fake IDs, but save yours for buying alcohol at a liquor store. For the time being,
bars are not your scene.
I would also like to take this opportunity to commend and thank these "Hawk girls" Douglas is pining for. Thank you for not living up to the stereotype of "drunk girls." Thank you for avoiding such freshmen as Douglas. And thank you for knowing when to say "No, thank you."
Why is it that guys just want sex and then become uninterested? If the sex is good, why not pursue the relationship? Isn't sexual attraction part of the relationship?
Janet, junior
Francesca: The general consensus among my guy friends is that it is possible for good sex to turn into a relationship, but unlikely. When guys go looking for a one-night stand, they aren't planning for a relationship, no matter how amazing the sex. One guy told me that if the sex is good, he usually assumes it was a one-time occurrence. You both might have been wasted, inhibitions were gone, so you were throwing each other against the wall—but sober sex is probably not going to be that kinky with someone you barely know.
Also, the sex might not have been as good for him as it was for you. Another friend said that when guys are really drunk, it's difficult to even get it up, much less have good sex. And even if it was good, it's likely your partner won't remember it anyway.
All the guys I talked to also said the qualities they look for in a hook-up are immensely different than what they look for in a potential love interest. "Dating isn't just
about sex," one friend said. Even if the sex is good, you and your one-night stand have to have a spark in other areas besides the bedroom.
Unless you're just looking to get laid, too, then don't have sex with guys you're not dating.
Matt: It's all about the chase. Janet:
In strictly sexual situations, guys want you
until they have you. When they have you,
they'll consider a relationship beyond sex.
Try finding guys who want more than sex in the first couple of dates. You will have established that you want more out of a relationship and the sexual attraction will be at its height because the mystery will still be alive.
I disagree a bit with Fran's friends. If the sex is good, it is more likely a relationship will develop. Guys will be coming back for more, and feelings beyond sexual will eventually develop.
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For the past seven years, this Florida artist has conquered the dance floor with his own ready-made cocktail of crunk, Brazil's baile funk, dance hall electro and Bhangra beats. He's helped such artists as M.I.A. break onto the main stage with his mixtapes, and he recently worked with recent Lawrence visitor Santa-gold.
KJHK station manager Elise Stawarz says the station looks for artists for its annual birthday party that fit its alternative sound, and Diplo proves to be the perfect fit. "This birthday party shows our longevity and the support of the students to keep this station going for so long," Stawarz says. The celebration will likely include a birthday cake and a piñata. The party starts at 8 p.m., costs $15 to enter and is open to all ages. Diplo will be joined by fellow Mad Decent label mates Abe Vigoda, Telepathe and Boy 8-Bit. Check out the record label site at http://mad-decent.com/blog/ to see what you'll be missing if you don't come along for the ride.
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Party like a patriot Be a maverick and shake up election season
By Brianne Pfannenstiel bphannestiel@kansan.com
Because real politicians can't always be as entertaining as their Saturday Night Live couptrates, students are trying to shake up politics as usual this election season by adding a few simple twists to traditional political events. For many of us, this will be the first time we get to vote in a national election. Here are a few ways Lawrence youth are adding a little fun to the process by stepping up to promote political awareness and involvement in fresh ways that appeal to younger voters.
Buhler senior Michael Gray decided to help host a watch party with an "Americana" theme for the vice presidential debate on Oct. 2 complete with fried chicken and mashed potatoes.
Political party
"We're all sort of political nerds," Gray says. "We're all involved in student government and we talk about the election, so [the debates] provided new commentary for us to discuss."
Although 52.4 million people watched the first presidential debate, that number could hardly compare to the nearly 70 million who tuned in to see Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden battle it out Oct. 2 in the VP debates. Students had plenty of options to choose from when deciding where to tune in on the action, and whether it was at Abe and Jake's, the Kansas Union or Nunemaker Center on campus, students found exciting ways to spice
up the evening.
The watch party at Abe and Jake's Landing began with a conference call with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to generate discussion before the debate was shown on a big screen TV. Other students chose to participate in a focus group at Nunemaker Center. Manhattan junior Rita Weiss says she enjoys the atmosphere of watching the debates in a group.
"I like watching with this group," Weiss says. "I like hearing people's thoughts as it's going on. I definitely had my own opinions, but this initiates dialogue."
Study participants at Nunemaker turned dials that corresponded to how they felt about the candidates' words as they spoke. The data compiled at KU will eventually be combined with data from colleges across the country, according to study organizer Mary Banwart, associate professor of communication studies.
Get out the vote
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 41.9 percent of people aged 18-24 voted during the last presidential election in 2004, a full 10 percent lower than voter turnout for people ages 25-44. That was a dramatic increase from the 32.3 percent of 18-24 year olds who turned out in the 2000 election, but activists are looking for an even bigger youth turnout this November. Many student activists are taking it upon themselves to see that young people are getting registered by creating exciting ways to entice them to the polls.
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Politically correct cocktails
After this marathon election season, relentless advertising and never-ending media coverage, we could all probably use a stiff drink come Nov. 4. Here are a few patriotic cocktail ideas to celebrate Election Night.
Red, White & Blue Martini
4 oz. ice
1 oz.Vodka
2 oz. pineapple juice
3 tbsp. Coco Lopez coconut milk
1 oz. Half and Half
1/2 tbsp. Blue Curacao
1/2 tbsp. almond-flavored liqueur
Blend first five ingredients and pour into martini glass. Pour in almond-flavored liqueur so that it sinks to the bottom. Lightly pour Blue Curacao along rim of glass so that it floats on top to create red, white and blue layers.
The Arizona Maverick
4 oz. ice
1 oz. Buffalo Trace Bourbon
3/4 oz. simple syrup
3 lemon wedges
1/2 of a ripe peach
1 oz. champagne
Muddle the peach and lemon in the simple syrup, then add the bourbon and ice and shake well. Train into an ice-filled, old-fashioned glass. Top off with the champagne and garnish with a slice of peach.
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County chapter of Paint Kansas Blue, two Democratic activist groups, have created a "Baracktoberfest Pub Crawl" in which they start at opposite sides of Massachusetts Street, and hit bars between Sixth and 11th streets, registering anyone in sight to vote.
"We decided to get people registered at bars because a lot of times these are people who are interested in politics but don't know that they need to get registered or how to register," says John Cross, a KU graduate and the Douglas County Student Outreach Director for the Kansas Democratic Party. "It's really about finding people who are interested in politics and empowering them."
Dustin Hall, another KU graduate, has seen potential students and young voters have to sway elections, and has created a Facebook group urging Democrats and Republicans to register to vote.
"The first time I was able to vote was the year A Gore and President Bush were running against each other" Hall says. "I didn't know the whole registration process and by the time I figured out where I needed to be and what I needed to do I had missed the deadline already."
Hall is trying to make sure that this same thing doesn't happen to other young
voters by informing people about their options and responsibilities. But the process doesn't stop with registering or voting.
"There are so many ways for students to get involved." Cross says. "Our generation has never had such a huge opportunity to have our voices heard. It doesn't begin and end with that one vote on Nov.4."
Getting involved
The party doesn't have to end just because the debates have. Election Day is just around the corner, and what better excuse to throw a party on a Tuesday night? Invite your friends over for a rousing game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey, or, if you prefer, Pin the Lipstick on the Pit bull. Ask guests to dress as political figures and award the best costume with an I.O.U. of some kind—courtesy of our failing economy. Look for more theme, decoration and game ideas on Web sites like shindigzparty wordpress.com.
You can also get involved with the election by volunteering at polling sites in Douglas County. Students interested can check out Web sites for the Kansas Republican and Democratic parties online at www.ksgop.org or wwwksdp.org for more information.
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Brewing your morning cup of coffee from a conventional pot every day can get boring. Making coffee with a French press is a simple and unique alternative to brewing the standard cup of joe.
A big difference between coffee from a French press and coffee from a conventional pot is the flavor. Phil Duncan, a barista at Starbucks, 647 Massachusetts St., says French press coffee has a stronger flavor. The oils, which give coffee its flavor, are retained more in the French press, Duncan says. The screen-like filter doesn't absorb as much of the flavor as a filter in a regular pot.
Step 1: Boil the water. Duncan says to use two tablespoons of coffee per six ounces of fresh water.
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What are your Halloween costume plans?
TAMPA BAY
I kind of want to do the old white-sheet-as-a-ghost costume. It's the old Americana, cliché costume that you see in cartoons, but you don't really see anybody wearing it anymore.
—Lena Withers, Loveland, Colo., graduate student
Wednesday Addams. I think it would be interesting and stand out from the other costumes. I didn't plan on buying the costume until I saw it at a store and tried it on. It fit perfectly, so I got it.
—Sarah True, Shawnee senior
Alison
I'm going to be Artie's girlfriend because Artie from The Adventures of Pete & Pete is awesome and everyone would want to date him. It's going to be homemade, so I gotta find some tights and the glasses.
—Corinne Depperschmidt, Wichita sophomore
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Sarah Palin. I want to do something buzzworthy, and it's projected to be the most popular costume this year.I'm making it myself because its easy: blazer, skirt, heels and a fake rifle. —Laura Kelly, Lenexa junior
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I want to be a robot because it looks super legit. It'd definitely be homemade because all you need to do is take a cardboard box and tape some aluminum foil on it.
—Kelsie Lange, Lawrence sophomore
I'm going to be a boxer because one, they're badass and two,the only thing I'd have to buy is a pair of blow-up gloves.I already have shorts,a sports bra and my bathrobe—just in case it gets cold. Tasha Parman,Derby senior
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I'm going to be a cat because cats look sweet, but if you get on their bad side they can attack you. Just like me.
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I'm going to be a police officer, because I think it's really sexy to put someone in handcuffs.
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MOVIE: W.
Oliver Stone's W. was supposed to be the film that broke the recent flop-fest that political films have been going through in the past few months. It's my guess, however, that W. will simply be joining the list of reasons why studios need to stick to escapist action and horror flicks for the next year.
W boasts an all-star cast featuring Josh Brolin as Dubya, James Cromwell as Bush Sr., Jeffery Wright as Colin Powell, Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice, Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney.The movie alternates between the years of Dubya's rise to power and his tenure as president. It shows his partying days, in which he is protrayed as having a serious drinking problem—as well as the Bush family dynamic, which pushes him to run for governor and eventually to president.
The movie garners laughs and has some serious moments, but overall felt like it couldn't decide what kind of film it wanted to be. Some of the actors have admirable character performances, but the use of hyper-mannerisms and well-known Bushisms made many of the portrayals feel more like you were watching an SNL parody rather than a serio-comic biography.
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Jeffery Wright as Colin Powell and James Cromwell as H.W. both turn in excellent performances. The movie doesn't portray Dubya as a malicious, power-hungry socialite, but instead as an ignorant, good-hearted stooge who desires his father's respect and who was manipulated by those around him, specifically by Dick Cheney. Oliver Stone missed the mark with this one. If you want to see a solid political film by Stone, rent JFK.
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MOVIE: Body of Lies
Body of Lies is a modern-day political thriller set in the Middle East and Europe. The story follows covert intelligence officer Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his struggle to bring down the deadly terrorist leader Al-Saleem. Ferris is run by Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe), the reigning czar of black-ops in the Middle East for the CIA. Every day Ferris must track, torture and kill suspected terrorists, all the while unsure if he can trust those he is working with or if he is even able to rely on his boss. Hoffman is portrayed as a loving family man in his personal life, but an unflinching leader in an organization that has no oversight and very little accountability. Ferris must ultimately decide if he is willing to sell his soul for the safety and good of his country.
Ridley Scott directed this very capable thriller that takes a few predictable turns, but generally keeps the tension high and the audience guessing. Several scenes are especially exciting, including a high-speed helicopter chase and a clandestine pick-up in the middle of the desert. DiCaprio turns in a characteristically strong performance, but Crowe steals the show with a performance that simmers with spookiness
Body of Lies shows the power and ability of the government through its technology,
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but the film also presents the scary possibility that, despite all of our technology,the government may still be fairly powerless in the face of terrorism. It asks not only the question, "Who watches the watchmen?" but also "What if the watchmen are no longer effective?"
If you enjoyed movies like Munich, Rendition, or Syriana, you will enjoy Body of Lies.
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MOVIE: The Express
In recent years, a formula has developed in sports movies: Find the story of a team or individual where race had been an obstacle, and make a movie.
Of course it's more complicated than that, even if movies like Remember the Titans and Glory Road make it seem easy. Those films are by no means bad. The Express, however, goes a bit deeper.
The Ernie Davis story deals with racism at the height of the civil rights movement, but it turns into something bigger in the end. Davis helped pave the way for the acceptance of black athletes in sports with his amazing football skills and his hard work, but died at age 23 from leukemia, having never reached his goal of playing in the NFL.
Rob Brown plays Davis, a member of the Syracuse University football team in the 1960s and the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy. His journey is as remarkable as it is heartbreaking.
The acting here is solid, anchored by Dennis Quaid's turn as Ben Schwartzwalder, Syracuse's head football coach. Brown's heartwarming performance as Davis pairs well with Quaid's hard-nosed portrayal of Schwartzwalder.
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THE EXPRESS
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MARK TURNER, JACK KAYSEN, JIM O'NEILL, LESLIE ROBERTS, JUSTIN BURTON, HOWARD LEE, JOHN HUDSON, RALPH MCKLENZ, JOSÉ CARLOS, JIMMY SULLIVAN, JASON MICHAEL, KEVIN COOPER, JOHN HARDY, JAMES ROBERTS, ROBERT WESTRUFF, JIM MOORE, JONATHAN HAMMOND, JACQUELINE PARKER, KENNY GOODMAN, JOHN DAVID ROBERTS, JAMES ROGER, JOHN HARDY, JASON MICHAEL, KEVIN COOPER, JOHN HARDY, JAMES ROGER, JOHN HARDY, JASON MICHAEL, KEVIN COOP
The film is by no means perfect. It runs a little long and has some overly sentimental dialogue. In the end, though, the incredible and tragic story makes up for the film's shortcomings.
No movie could truly live up to Ernie Davis' story, but The Express is more than worth the price of admission and will keep you thinking long after you leave the theater.
★★★
Mark Arehart
MUSIC: Ben Folds, Way To Normal
Since his foray into a solo career, Ben Folds has kept himself busy producing, arranging and entertaining in a variety of ways. With his latest release, Way To Normal, Folds is back and armed with his upbeat piano-rock and smirking, humorous attitude.
On the first track, "Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head)," which is live, Folds laughs at himself while describing a concert in Hiroshima during which he fell and hit his head. The fun—and occasional profanity—continues with the fast-paced track "The Bitch Went Nuts," which captures Folds' sarcastic and almost angry outlook on life and, of course, love. Folds collaborates with Regina Spektor on the track "You Don't Know Me." and the two sound as if their voices were destined to be paired, with vocals bouncing back and forth in a lighthearted, easy dialogue about how even the closest couple can't truly know everything about one another. The song "Effington" is cleverly humorous, as well, with Folds wittily contemplating a "new effing life" in a "wonderful effing place."
Moments of quieter, reflective piano
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melodies aren't lost on Folds' new album, however. The song "Kylie From Connecticut" has the same light, earnest piano melodies as older Folds tracks like "The Luckiest" and "Landed."
While Folds' blunt sarcasm seems unusual for a 42-year-old, and even a bit recycled from his past albums. Way To Normal is filled to the brim with catchy hooks and cynical humor paired with genuine emotion. With this album, Folds continues his tirade against broken relationships and his search for a normal life, no matter what that life may hold.
★★★
—Amanda Sorell
MOVIE: The Duchess
What is the meaning of friendship?
Can a friend be shared with your enemy?
Can friendship turn into romance? Would you sacrifice your own well-being for the sake of a friend? The Duchess presents all these questions.
The movie centers on the epic figure of Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, played incredibly by Keira Knightley. The film opens in April of 1774 when a marriage contract is made between Georgiana's mother, Lady Spencer, and the Duke of Devonshire, played by Ralph Fiennes. Georgiana's only duty is to give birth to a son, who will be an heir for the Duke.
The marriage ceremony and wedding night are awkward, and Georgiana naively believes the Duke married her out of love. While she bears and adopts daughters, the marriage becomes strained because of her supposed inability to bear a son. To distract herself from her husband's distraught and disgusted attitude toward her, Georgiana dives into the arenas of fashion and politics, where she reconnects with childhood sweetheart Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper), and old emotions come alive again.
Along the journey, Georgiapicks up a best friend. Bess Foster, to accompany her on vacations and outings. But Bess is
THE
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not what she seems.
From the writers who brought you 2005's Casanova, The Duchess finally provides Keira Knightley with the role she's been waiting for. She is not a soccer player, a hit woman, a princess or a pirate, but simply a woman who is tested with the trials of her time.
The Duchess is a movie you cannot miss.
★★★★
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By Susan Melgren smelgren@kansan.com
There are some things every ablebodied person living with modern conveniences should know how to do. Plunging a toilet is one of them. Unfortunately for me, I've had more than my share of firsthand experience with this. Not because of any fault of my own, but because I live with a lot of other people.
I'm halfway through my fourth year in Douthart Scholarship Hall. Part of "schol hall" living is taking responsibility for the hall's upkeep by cooking or cleaning. Some personality quirk allows me to pull wet clumps of hair out of drains without finching, but the sight of leftover food makes me want to gag. So I signed up to clean bathrooms.
Usually this job isn't so bad. Apart from shedding lots of hair and leaving tooth-paste in the sink, girls are relatively clean in the bathroom. Every once in a while I encounter a mess that makes me wish I knew how to cook, but never in my five semesters of cleaning bathrooms had I seen a mess like the one I found on a May morning last semester.
It was a little before 9 a.m. on a Thursday, and I headed to our community bathroom to pee before my aerobics class. I don't remember what I was doing when I noticed it, but the sight made me stop. We have three toilet stalls in our bathroom, and someone had clogged the middle toilet. Normally I wouldn't care so much, but I had to clean the bathroom that day, and I feared this mess would still be there when I got around to cleaning.
The mess was horrific. Whoever had clogged the toilet had the good sense to turn the water off before it spilled over the rim of the bowl, but the murky water was backed up right to the edge and was lapping dangerously against the rim. The sight and smell of it turned my stomach.
I used a different stall and went to aerobics. I checked on the mess periodically throughout the day. It was still there. I wasn't surprised. It was the responsibility of one person, and whoever she was, she surely wouldn't fess up now.
When 7 p.m. rolled around, I knew I couldn't put off cleaning the bathroom any longer. With a sense of dread, I begrudgingly cleaned every other surface in that bathroom, leaving a wide berth around the middle stall. By this time, the mess had only worsened. Someone had stupidly tried to fix the clog by flushing the toilet
again so that the water had spilled over the edges and covered the floor in a footwide radius around the toilet.
I rolled my jeans up tightly and put on my worn-out blue Old Navy flip-flops. I heaved a huge sigh and grabbed the old plunger with the red wooden handle from the supply closet down the hallway. Then I waded in.
I had plunged a toilet before. It was disgusting, but it only took a few minutes worth of work. This, however, was the Goliath of clogged toilets. I stood for 30 minutes in the liquefied version of someone else's shit, thrusting that plunger again and again into the bowl until my back ached, my hands were blistered and tears streamed down my cheeks.The water would recede, so I would flush the toilet only to have it back up on me again. I switched plungers and flushed the bowl time after time to no avail.
The more I plunged, the angrier I became. Fury spread through every part of my body. My muscles tensed up, my heart rate accelerated and my veins flooded with adrenaline. I was so mad I wanted to throw up. All the while the cheery yellow walls of the stall mocked my pain.
Finally, my efforts worked. After cleaning and replacing the plunger, I took a long, hot shower. Steam covered the black tile walls of the shower as I thoroughly scrubbed every inch of my body, desperate to get the filth off. In my mind, I made another note in the book of wrongs I keep against community living.
Several months removed from that day, I no longer feel angry. I understand that not everyone facing a clogged toilet knows how to fix it. The water rises, panic hits, you run, and someone else is left to mop up your mess. I can now say I've been that person.
Cleaning that toilet was one of the worst moments I've had living in a scholarship hall. Living with a large group of people is always challenging. The size allows for a certain anonymity when it comes to taking responsibility. With 20 people sharing that bathroom, I could never narrow down the number of culprits enough to pin the blame on anyone. I still don't know who made the mess, and it's probably better that way.
And it's okay. What can you do? After all, shit happens. At least I know how to clean it up.
Photo Illustration by Ryan McGeeney After much plunge, sweat and tears, Susan conquered the commode at her scholarship hall and gained new perspective on community living.
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BLACKSMITHING IS BACK
Course returns after hiatus
PARKSIDE SCHOOL OF METALWORKING
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Student support and additional funding prompt the comeback of lecturer Walt Hull's blacksmithing course
BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER bentsminger@kansan.com
The harsh sound of metal striking metal fills the air as Walt Hull uses a hammer to bend a spare piece of steel into the shape of a tree branch.
Kate Dinneen, blacksmith instructor, and Chris Hinton, Overland Park junior wait for the forge to heat up their steel materials. Dinneen along with Walt Hull teach the blacksmithing class, a new class in the school or architecture.
Hull, adunct lecturer and local blacksmith, owns Walt Hull Iron Works and teaches a blacksmithing class to University students. Students in the class, "Topics in Design: Blacksmithing," are currently designing their major projects.
The class meets once a week for three hours at Hull's shop in Pleasant Grove. Students watch Hull demonstrate for the first hour of class and then work to develop their own techniques for basic skills such as punching a hole.
Hull said he hoped to give students insight into what could be done with blacksmithing because he often received overly complicated designs from clients.
The class is made up of eight architecture, two art and two design students. Garret Wilson, Grayslake, Ill., graduate student, said the class was unique because it gave students the opportunity to see the relationship between what artists drew by hand and what they actually created.
Wilson said he planned to create a set of tongs with animal heads that would appear to eat what was being picked up for his major project.
Other students are creating projects
Other students are such as tables, candelabras and wine racks.
Joshua Behder, St. Louis senior, said the class provided hands-on experience that architecture students didn't often receive. He said the most challenging part of the
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Whit Bones, Tulsa, Okla., senior, has worked with metals in sculpture. He said he hoped to use what he was learning in the class as part of his art in the future.
he decided to get involved after students expressed interest in bringing the blacksmithing class back.
Although the shop could be dangerous. Hull said, most accidents were easily avoidable with common sense. The first day of class included an in-depth safety lecture.
To take a look at the class in action, check out www.kansan.com/videos
Hull first taught the class in 2006, but was unable to continue last year because the School of Fine Arts was no longer able to fund it.
The School of Architecture and Urban Planning is helping to pay for the class this year. John Gaunt, dean of the school, said
Jon Havener, professor of design, helped propose the idea while Wilson worked to generate student interest.
"It was really the students that made it happen by their support," Wilson said.
Hull graduated from the University with a degree in English. He also taught English as a Second Language and Linguistics before working at a steel fabrication plant
as a truck driver.
Hull said he eventually transitioned into a position in the shop and became interested in the ornamental side of steel work.
The only formal blacksmith training
Hull received was at workshops, none of which lasted more than 10 days. Most of his knowledge came from observing other blacksmiths and experimenting with his own techniques.
Hull works with clients from Lawrence and Kansas City and completed patio railing for downtown businesses such as the Free State Brewery Company, Teller's and Papa Keno's.
"Once you start doing it eight hours a day,you develop a lot of your own tricks," Hull said.
Hull will teach the class again next semester. He said he hoped to continue the class in the future, but has not made any definite plans.
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Walt Hull works to mold a piece of iron on Thursday night during a blacksmithing class now being offered at KU. The class meets on Thursday nights at a shop just outside of Lawrence.
Town hall about election airs live from campus
ELECTION 2008
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
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He's running for a seat in the Kansas House of Representatives as a Democrat, yet Tyler Holmes, Overland Park freshman, said that didn't necessarily mean he would vote for Barack Obama as president on Election Day.
thought Barack Obama was going to be a clear-cut change, and unfortunately. I thought it really ended up being the lesser of two evils," he said. "My ballot is still up in the air."
Holmes was one of 16 KU students who had the opportunity to voice his political views on NewsRadio KMBZ 980 Thursday morning. The popular AM station"s "Kansas City's Morning News" program with E.J.
The hosts asked the students questions on a range of topics, including who students were voting for and why, and what they thought about "Saturday Night Live" 2008 election sketches.
Becker and Ellen Schenk played host to a live student hall hall forum at The Robert I. Dole Institute of Politics.
accomplishments of the Kansas Democratic Party and Kansas Democrats like Dennis Moore.
Holmes said he was registered as a Democrat because he was inspired by the
"I consider myself a Kansas Democrat, but the Kansas Democratic party considers me a Republican at the national level," he said, further explaining why he was still an
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KICK THE CHANT
Kansan online poll unveils winner
Derek Meier, transportation coordinator and Independence sophomore, said scheduled stops on routes 24 and 28 had been shifted five minutes earlier. He said the move would help students arrive at their destinations on campus in time for classes that start on the hour.
We have a winner.
Kansan.com users have voted in the second round of the Kick the Chant campaign, and "Kayyyyyyy (kick) Youuuuuu!" has come out on top. Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll and shared their comments and opinions with the Kansan online and in print.
"What I've struggled with is I really
Get ready to start a new KU football tradition this Saturday by shouting the new chant when the Jayhawks kick off.
Starting Monday, the Park and Ride service will begin running in five-minute intervals at 7 a.m., an hour earlier than the service currently begins running at that frequency. Route 21, Campus Express, and route 27, which runs service between campus and Bob Billings and Kasold streets, will also run with increased frequency.
"We tweaked the schedules based on rider feedback." Meier said.
TRANSPORTATION
Bus routes modified in response to rider feedback
Updated maps and schedules of the KU On Wheels routes can be downloaded from the Parking and Transit Web site.
Just beyond the mid-semester hump, KU Parking and Transit is responding to rider feedback and altering selected route times and frequencies. It is also considering truncating one route to address overcrowding concerns.
BY RYAN MCGEENEY rmcgeeney@kansan.com
The Daisy Hill portion of route 29, which runs to Second and Michigan streets, has been removed in order to better maintain the route's schedule.
On Thursday, Oct. 30, Parking and Transit will hold a public comment session regarding the proposed elimination of a stop at Irving Hill and Engel roads on the Park and Ride Express route. The change is intended to reduce overcrowding on the route by forcing some passengers to use the Campus Express to reach the Daisy Hill residence halls.
The hearing will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. Comments can also be e-mailed to kupark@ku.edu until 4 p.m., Oct. 30. Parking and Transit administrators will reach a decision on whether to eliminate the stop Oct. 31.
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In the past few years, the exchange rate of the dollar has reached all-time lows, leaving students and advisers feeling crunched financially when planning or participating in trips abroad. However, this drop in value has hit at a time when universities nationwide are pushing studying abroad. While more students than ever are studying abroad, students, professors and administrators are changing the ways they conduct the programs.
Last year, the dollar dropped by five percent in relation to the pound and ten percent against the euro. In response, professors are changing the structures of their programs abroad to keep costs down.
Mary Klayder, lecturer in the English department and teacher of the British Summer Institute study abroad program, said affordability was a top priority.
Klayder began teaching the British Summer Institute in 1990. Eighteen years later, the program has been reduced from seven weeks to four and a half weeks.
"When I was in college, I was poor and I couldn't study abroad," she said. "As a director, I must think about how much this costs."
David Wiley has also noticed that fewer students are spending summers in London, one of the most expensive cities in Europe. The high cost of living in Scotland has also been a deterrent for students. Despite this, the majority of programs continue to grow.
Katie Wetzel, Manhattan senior, who spent last summer studying Shakespeare at Oxford in England, was struck by how expensive food was.
"The students arrived and they were hit by two things," Karr said. "Italy has suffered as much inflation as us. For Italians, things were expensive and on top of that, we had the weak dollar."
Klayder also found that more students than ever were considering short-term programs.
No matter what, students will be spending more money now. Staff members at the Office of Study Abroad are doing their best to prepare students for the rising costs. Lopez said the staff was rewriting its budget worksheet to prepare students for how much money they would actually spend. However, despite preparation, students can never really be ready for the shock factor upon arrival.
Robert Lopez, study abroad outreach coordinator, said he expected the price of study abroad to increase a little each year. This was the case with the Italian institute that has hosted University students participating in the Summer Language Institute in Florence, Italy for the past 40 years. This year, Debra Karr, lecturer in the French and Italian department, led the program.
The most common solution was to stock up on snacks at grocery stores instead of eating out. Klayder arranged several years ago for students in London to live in apartments where they can cook instead of eating out. In the summer institute in Italy, students live with host families who provide breakfast and dinner. A cooking class is also included in the program fee.
Instead of traveling to seven places, the students travel to three all to cut costs.
Klayder noted that many students also limited the amount of times they would go out. Wetzel, too, said her group as a whole tried to "have a good time together without going out."
"Every year, the price goes up a little bit," Karr said. "But this year the Italian director felt so bad for the Americans that she didn't raise any of the prices for us."
Katie Billups, Dallas junior, is one student thinking outside of the study-abroad box to find an affordable program. Billups plans on studying in Argentina or Peru this spring instead of a more common European destination.
"It is like your money just evaporates with just eating," she said. "It just goes!"
"We started to look forward to our bread and cheese lunches," Brianne Pfannenstiel, Lawrence junior, said. Pfannenstiel studied in Italy with the Summer Language Institute.
"It was mainly a cultural draw, but I had a budget of what I could spend," she said. "South America is cheaper and I could travel more."
ger, would we have had 10 more?"
Students also found themselves cutting down on travel. Karr noticed that the group she led in 2008 limited their travel much more than her group in 2007. She found this the saddest part.
"We had 18 more students in 2008 versus 2007," Karr said. "But I wondered if the dollar was strom-
"I learned about the concept of pregaming in Europe," Wetzel said.
"Going out and clubs cost," she said "But if you do your research ahead of time, you can find the places that are free."
But she also noted that there were ways to be smart about going out.
"It was sad when I heard students say 'I would like to go to Pompeii. But can't because I don't have the money,'" she said. "Here they are, they are in Italy, they have a desire to see a fantastic site and it is money that is holding them back."
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"I was at Winchester Cathedral," said Wetzel. "A few people didn't want to go in, and I was like, OK, I'm here, when am I going to be here again?"
Study abroad prospects look good for the future. Even if the dollar dips in value again, the nationwide push will continue. And more scholarships and loans will continue to be offered, making it possible for more students to make their voyages.
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The seminar "Statistical Methods for In Vitro Assays in Drug Discovery" will begin at 9 a.m. in the Simons Auditorium in the Higuchi Biosciences Center.
Kansas will play host to the Big 12 Relays. They will begin at 9 a.m. in the Robinson Natatorium.
The seminar "Staying Safe in Cyberspace" will begin at 2 p.m. in Continuing Education.
The student group event "KU Professionals for Disability: CRL Learns: Capacity Building" will begin at 3 p.m. in 247 JP.
The seminar "From Refugees to Domestics: Cultivating Central American Subjects in U.S. Media and Film" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The homecoming event "Crimson and Blue Spirit Day" will begin at 10 a.m. in Wescoe Hall.
The seminar "Pre-Law Information Session" will begin at 12 p.m. in Nunemaker Center.
The lecture "What Does a Liberal Society Owe the Disadvantaged?" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Conference Hall in Hall Center.
The lecture "Julie Eizenberg, AIA, Architect" will begin at 11:30 a.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Soccer vs. Texas will begin at 3 p.m. at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
The lecture "The La Venta Olmec: How did they move those giant stone heads to their city in the jungle?" will begin at 4 p.m. in the International Room in the Kansas Union.
The social event "TGIF will begin at 4 p.m. in Adams Alumni Center.
The lecture "How did the Olmecs move those giant stone heads?" will begin at 4 p.m. in Alcove J in the Kansas Union.
The seminar "Expanding the synthetic capabilities of the cell" will begin at 4 p.m. in 130 Budig.
The entertainment event "FREE Cosmic Bowling" will begin at 10 p.m. in Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
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The KU Air Force ROTC will fly a plane over Memorial Stadium before Saturday's homecoming game against Texas Tech. The plane is an AT-38C provided by the 435th Fighter Training Squadron based out of Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, in honor of Homecoming Week. The pilots scheduled to飞 the plane are Capt. Bryan Meek, KU alumnus who graduated in 2000, Capt. Patrick Bridges, Capt. Penn Brown and Capt. Dave Evans.
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Stephanie Bell, Leawood junior, answers a question during a discussion about the upcoming election at the Dole Institute of Politics Thursday morning as Jay Edwards of News Radio 980 KMBZ looks on. The radio station broadcasted from the Dole Institute to get students' opinions on the presidential candidates.
Stephanie Bell, Leawood junior, said if she had to select one of the two candidates, she would vote for Obama because of his ability to connect with young voters.
"Assuming I don't put in a writein, it's my only choice at this point," Bell said after Schenk pointed out that Bell had little in common with Obama, a 47-year-old black man.
George Dungan, Lincoln, Neb., junior, said he too would vote for Obama because he supported Obama's initiative to make college affordable for all students. Dungan said he liked Obama's plan to exchange community service for tuition dollars because he planned on joining AmeriCorps or Teach For America after college.
"I want someone who can represent the entire nation," he said, "someone who has experience."
Students generally had similar views on "SNLs" portrayal of the candidates and the sketches' effects on the election.
Alex Earles, Salina sophomore and John McCain supporter, said voters needed to focus on which candidate was the best choice overall.
Jesse Vaughn, Mound City senior and president of KU College Republicans, said he watched "SNI" for the comic relief and the program would not influence his vote.
"I know that Democrats don't want to give her any credit," he said of Palin's appearance on "SNL" last Saturday, "but she did get them the highest ratings in 14 years."
Amanda Applegate, Wichita senior and Obama supporter, also said she watched the sketches purely for entertainment.
"A lot of their portraits, even of Barack Obama, have a little bit
of basis in truth," she said. "They wouldn't be funny otherwise."
Thursday's event was part of the Dole Institute's Civic Engagement Week, which was extended to a month this year because of the presidential election. The KMBZ 980 morning radio hosts said they broadcast from the University
because they thought it was important that the youth vote was not overlooked. The show also came to the University at the request of Bill Lacy, director of the Dole Institute. Lacy is a regular on the morning show at 7:20 a.m. on Tuesdays.
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Government repays veteran's family The kin of the soldier in WWII received the payment because he was wrongly imprisoned for part in riot
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ORLANDO. Fla. — It took six decades, but a wrongly convicted World War II veteran's family is finally getting his back pay with interest.
Samuel Snow's widow, Margaret, and son, Ray, received a check for $27,580 on Thursday, 64 years after Snow was wrongly convicted of participating in a riot that led to his imprisonment for more than a year. Snow died at age 83 in July, hours after the Army apologized and reversed his dishonorable discharge.
Ray Snow compared his father to the Biblical hero Job — an upright man who was punished for no good reason.
"A good, upright man who was struck down ... yet he held on," Ray Snow, 56, a school teacher, said after his family received the check. "He held onto to the belief that this could be done."
Snow was among 43 soldiers court-martialed for participating in a 1944 riot at Fort Lawton in Seattle that led to the lynching of an Italian prisoner of war. Those
found guilty of rioting, 28 in all, were sentenced to as much as 25 years in prison. It was one of the largest courts martial of World War II.
A year ago, the Army Board for Correction of Military Records set aside Snow's conviction, noting that prosecutors had withheld important evidence and that the defendants were denied access to their attorneys. The board also ruled that four soldiers who petitioned the board, including Snow, should be given honorable discharges and compensated.
Not long afterward, Snow received a check for $725 — the amount the Army said he would
have been paid between the time he was convicted and the time he was released from prison about 15 months later. It was not adjusted for inflation and failed to include 64 years worth of interest. At the time, the Army claimed the amount was in keeping with regulations.
Earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., filed legislation to award interest on the back pay owed Snow and any other soldier who has a conviction overturned by courts or the Army Board for Correction of Military Records. It was passed as part of the Defense Authorization Bill,
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U. S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) speaks at the Structural Biology Center dedication ceremony on Thursday afternoon. U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-KS); U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS); Steve Warren, vice provest for research and graduate studies; Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Richard Lariviere, provost (left to right); also spoke at the event. "The research conducted here at KU is world-class," Roberts said.
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A dedication ceremony for two new wings of the Structural Biology Center took place Thursday on West Campus.
The additions, which have been under construction since 2006, were completed this month. They will house about 100 researchers in biomedical and bioscience fields. The researchers will be analyzing and evaluating proteins with medicinal potential.
semester and joined the staff after spending 10 years at Penn State.
Kevin Boatright, director of research communications at the University, said the construction of the center had cost about $22.2 million. The research that will be conducted within the Structural Biology Center, or SBC, is largely funded by research grants. During the past decade, the SBC project had been awarded more than $60
million in federal research grants.
Peterson previously told the University Daily Kansan that
Each of the new wings will house a different specialization. One wing is reserved for the Specialized Chemistry Center, part of the deal in the $20.1 million
"This is as new as it gets. These two additions really complete the building."
KEVIN BOATRIGHT Research communications director
Peterson, a Kansas Bioscience Authority Eminent Scholar, was recruited by the University last
grant from the National Institutes of Health in September. The other wing will cater to the specific needs of Blake Peterson, professor of Medicinal Chemistry, and his research on finding and developing drugs to combat cancer.
he believed researchwas all about failure. He said having even a small percentage of studies work out meant he was doing a good job.
Boatright said about 100 researchers would make use of the finished SBC. The researchers range in experience from graduate students to faculty professors.
The majority of the work researchers will perform in the SBC will be related to bioscience. Researchers will study the structure of protein molecules and evaluate their medicinal potential. Boatright said the researchers would create "libraries" of these molecules. Once promising targets are found, researchers will evaluate the molecule's ability to target specific illnesses, eventually becoming pharmaceuticals.
Boatright said that although the new wings were not yet functional, the center itself has been operating since June.
"This is as new as it gets," Boatright said. "These two additions really complete the building."
An open house accompanied the dedication ceremony, allowing the public to see exactly what was new within the building. Boatright said the open tour let people see what researchers would be working with.
Boatright also said the SBC on West Campus would eventually house of the School of Pharmacy. He said having related fields working in close proximity would benefit the research down the road.
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"Kirk Douglas, in a way, has saved many lives — not just through his art, but through his humanitarian contributions to the planet," Spielberg said.
Douglas has funded 400 playgrounds in Los Angeles schools.
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Every once in a while, you just have to splure. If you're planning on doing it with company or family money, however, better get your partner's OK.
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Take a moment to get organized.
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For the next four weeks, a lot of things seem to be getting easier. It won't all work out well, however. The flaky stuff will crumble. Prepare yourself for several big reality checks.
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Finally,homecoming is more inclusive now
In high school,homecoming is about class competitions, theme days and selecting a king and queen who are the top choices of the students. Everyone is involved.
be nearly impossible to make everyone feel involved.
Every year, the Homecoming Steering Committee faces this task. According to vice president David Wilcox, its goal is to make the average student notice Homecoming Week.
At the University, not so much. There's chalk on sidewalks, a parade on Saturday, a sense that only greeks participate in the events and nothing that engages
Of course, college isn't high school. About 30,000 students attend the University. It would
the entire student body. The week just doesn't feel special.
And although that goal may not be achieved for everyone, this year, the committee has done a better job of reaching out to students and coming up with new events to involve them.
These events included the Jayhawk Renaissance Festival on Wednesday and the Homecoming BBQ, which was scheduled for Thursday. Everyone who attended the Renaissance Festival got a
prize, and the BBQ was supposed to feature free live music and free food.
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Any student could've gone. Not just greeks or members of organizations.
The Committee took a more proactive approach in getting the message out about Homecoming Week. It set up a table on Wesco Beach two weeks ago and also
sent detailed e-mails at the beginning of the school year to every student organization reminding them of Homecoming Week.
Unlike past years
St. Lawrence Campus Center competed in events for the first time, and the All Scholarship Hall Council is more involved than in past years.
these e-mails stressed that any organization could participate in some of the competitive events but not all if financial limitations wouldn't allow. The strategy worked.
The Committee's plan wasn't perfect. There's still plenty of apathy toward Homecoming, and there always will be. But more students and different groups are involved. That's a start.
Mark Dent for the editorial board
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
What advice the pundits can glean from 'Seinfeld
Some financial news pundits must not watch "Seinfeld" The pundits have come to the revelation that everything they ever professed about the economy was wrong and that market is behaving in the exact opposite to the way it should be.
Jim Cramer, CNBC's personal Howard Beale, was on "The Colbert Report" and explained that it wasn't predatory lending and an overall lack of regulation it was ... wait for it ... too much regulation!
Yet a number of them have come back from wherever pundits go when they're not pundit-ing, presumably some rip in the fabric of space time, to put their latest spin as to what the cause of the housing crises and subsequent stock market turmoil really was.
This was echoed by an opinion piece in The University Daily Kansan titled "How Over Regulation Has Ruined Wall Street" (Oct. 21). The piece explains that Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and the Community Reinvestment Act were really responsible and not corporate greed.
Fannie and Freddie are not without blame, but let's look at the root cause of the crisis: those who did the original lending of the subprime mortgages. Private sector mortgage service companies, like Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., made 50 percent of these loans. Banks made another 30 percent.
These companies were not subject to any government regulation, including CRA. According to a report by a private legal firm, institutions that were covered by CRA were half as likely to resell these loans to other parties.
Fannie and Freddie generated virtually none of the $1.5 trillion in subprime mortgages. The CRA did not require banks to fail to verify that their clients had a legitimate source of income or not make sure they had made payments in the pas
Maybe then they'll be able to help us get out of the financial crisis. Either that or they will wind up working for the Yankees.
These pundits should remember Jerry's advice, "If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right."
- Adam Meredith is senior from Lenexa.
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Why insignificant news trumps the real news
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NICK MANGIARACINA
NIN
The first issue featured hard-hitting articles like "How area ruler can save the world," a movie review of "Apocalypse Now," some famous quotes and a short poem I wrote about writing. We didn't settle though. OK, we initially did settle out of laziness, but after the fourth issue we decided to start improving the paper.
In fact, we really had no idea what we were doing. We enjoyed reading the satirical newspaper The Onion and figured we could do the same, or something similar at least. The first few issues weren't great by any means.
Although we began with overhauling the design, the focus later became the content. The assumption became that no issue was perfect and because of this we never took ourselves too seriously.
It was in October 2002 that the first issue of the The Graffiti Review came out. A friend of mine and I had decided to start up a monthly paper in response to the badly edited, trite and often pointless articles in the school newspaper. However, this is not to say that our paper was the greatest piece of literature since War and Peace.
But worse than taking up two-thirds of the front page was seeing the tiny box at the bottom of the front page that read, "Dow Jones loses 450 points / The loss is the worst since the Sept. 11 aftermath."
After quickly dismissing the school shooting idea, I decided it was more likely that someone had instead set off a bomb. But then I learned of the tragedy that had struck campus: a bicyclist flying into the back windshield of a car.
bicycle story. There are slow days, but this was not one of them.
The first time came when I saw the nearly 9-by-6-inch picture of a student bleeding on the front page. Because of the gigantic size of the picture, the near two-thirds of the page the story took up and the serious nature of this paper, I thought that someone had gone on another rampage.
The question I asked of both readers and myself was, "What was wrong with the last issue?"
So the audience tuned out, or the ones who tuned in became so angry that next time they wished they'd never started reading.
We tried not to take ourselves too seriously, and if we accomplished anything, we accomplished this. The problem with taking yourself too seriously is that you run the risk of parodying yourself, which is why The Onion and programs like "The Daily Show" even exist. Unfortunately, two stories in this paper in the last month have been the type of stuff such outfits routinely make fun of.
Say it ain't so, Kansan, say it ain't so!
Had the box instead read. "Gorilla steals sandwich from Jimmy Johns." I could understand devoting so much space to the
It wasn't easy seeing this paper stoop to the level of the big news networks.
The problem was that they were above the fold with giant pictures and took up most of the front page. The narrow focus worked against them and became like a journal entry or an in-class essay.
If this had just happened once,
I wouldn't be writing this. And
then came another story that took
up most of the front page with
another massive picture — this
time about snow cones.
I know this is a college paper, so no one is expecting perfection or professional quality from it, but this time around the stories were fine.
Mangiaracina is a Lenexa senior in journalism.
I'm still disturbed that anyone would try all of Tad's Tropical Sno flavors not once, but twice.
In the process they become esoteric and irrelevant to anyone not directly affected.
However, more disturbing is the prospect that something, anything, of more importance happened on that day and was marginalized in favor of this story.
If a tree falls in a forest, we make porn about it?
THOUGH
FEMME FIRE
CAITLINTHORNBRUGH
I try to do my part for the environment. I recycle, try not to drive my car if I can help it and buy local when possible.
However, I was recently introduced to a new way to save the planet: epor porn. A Web site called Fuck for Forest is exactly what it sounds like — people doing dirty deeds to clean up the environment. Now, truly, everything has become about sex.
Before entering the Web site, there is a disclaimer that says, "If you are underage or offended by truth of love," this probably isn't for you.
I clicked and was shown a picture of a naked woman on her knees, her hands clasped in a praying position. The background was, surprise surprise, a forest.
If you can get past the disturbing picture, you see the opportunity to become a member. You donate $15, which all goes to "saving the forests" and get one month of access to videos and photographs.
leering over the woman and the forest. Apparently her naked body was going to stop deforestation.
I'm guessing the 'save the forest' part was the huge chainsaw
I am very proudly not a member, but I'm guessing the photos are more naked women surrounded by leaves and trees.
Members can also view "recycled porn," which is donated by users.
In a world where every second 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography, this seems to be a valid way to earn money for the environment.
Although the intention is good, if a major environmental group won't even accept your donations, this is not the best way to be saving the planet.
But the erotic overpowers the ecological. The World Wildlife Federation in the Netherlands and Norway rejected a donation from FFE
Calling it "eco" porn doesn't
Grist magazine published an article in 2004 that said the founders of the site claimed that the project had raised $50,000 so far. This was, in large part, thanks to the fact the couple had sex on stage at a concert. Am I the only one who thinks sex should stay in the bedroom? Or at least on the hill or in the stacks.
change the fact that it's just porn in front of a forest.
There is porn for everyone. FFF features a link to "veg porn" featuring "titillating tofu eaters"
I have heard the arguments about porn being liberating and about how it's the models' choice to participate.
Whether you like porn or not, naked women is not the best way to save the environment.
This does not change the fact that it's objectifying. Every second $3,075.64 is spent on pornography, so I guess I'm in the minority.
Instead, donate your $15 to an environmental activist group that has kept its integrity.
Thornbrugh is a Lenexa junior in creative writing.
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Uniform thought is the biggest character ever created on TV
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Every time I see a couple walking and holding hands tightly on a beautiful fall day, I think to myself, "They really need somebody to play red rover with them."
To the insane person screaming at E's; Please go home.
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I'm all right, I'm just fine,and you're a tool.
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Ever since I started pledging my tobacco use has gone through the roof.
There are so many nice tits on campus. It is so hard to stare at all of them, but damn I am
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I saw my friend almost get hit by a car yesterday, and I laughed. Is it wrong that I don't feel bad about that?
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Why is ResNet so stupid?
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I think we could all use a little global warming right now. Jeez, I wish Al Gore would have been right about something.
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It is raining outside, and it totally sucks for homecoming week. Really? Come on Mother Nature, you suck.
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We have got to do something about Jaywalking. I just saw a woman with two kids cross 23rd Street in the pouring rain when the crosswalk was only a block away.
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Center addition dedication today
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KU students will have access to more basketball, racquetball, badminton and multipurpose courts in a few short weeks when the addition to the David. A. Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center opens.
The 45,000 square-foot addition will also provide students with a golf simulator, martial arts room and multiple courts where they can play sports such as dodgeball, cricket, soccer and floor hockey. The track has also been extended to one-fourth of a mile long. The center is scheduled for dedication today at 3 p.m.
Mary Chappell, director of recreation services, said that despite the many delays and difficulties in construction, the center was only a few weeks away from opening.
Chappell said excessive rain caused construction problems when workers discovered they had not applied a product that kept out moisture. The moisture was enough to slow down construction
Rainwater prevented construction workers from pouring the floors of the multipurpose courts, which will be composed
new area stats:
Total size: 145,000 square feet
of a synthetic material similar to that of the running track. Chappell said the amount of moisture in the floors of the multipurpose courts was decreasing by about a pound per week.
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Track length: 1/4 mile
Six wooden multipurpose courts that can be used for basketball, volleyball and badminton
Two synthetic (track-like material) courts for hockey, soccer, dodgeball and cricket
A group of students decided to take advantage of the rainwater and designed a 5,000 squarefoot rain garden with more than 2,500 native plants. The $40,000 rain garden was funded by Student Senate, a grant from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and KU Recreation Services. It is the largest student-designed and constructed landscaping project on campus.
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"We're using water rather than getting rid of it." Porter said.
England Porter. Independence senior, said the rain garden would help manage the runoff water created by the recreation center.
The extension of the running track sits above the basketball and multipurpose courts and connects with the existing track to provide a quarter-mile track for students.
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options for student programming and events. He said the new track could be blocked off for groups such as ROTC or intramural sports teams to work out or practice on.
main, assistant director of facilities and membership, said the new courts and track provided Recreation Services with many more
The intramural sports clubs, which have been practicing in Robinson Center during construction of the addition, will return to practice at the Ambler Center when it opens.
The floor of the new addition to the David A. Amber Student Recreation Fitness Center is seen from above before the dedication ceremony, which will be held at 3 p.m. Friday. The new addition to the Student Recreation Fitness Center features two new basketball courts, a multipurpose court, two new raquetball courts and a new martial arts room, as well as an addition to the current track, which will stretch the total length to a quarter of a mile.
They will use the new martial arts room for practice because the old martial arts room was turned into an extended weights area.
Chappell said two of the scoreboards were already damaged when
they were delivered, so Recreation Services sent them back to be rebuilt. She said they were scheduled to arrive next Friday.
"You can't control those kinds of things," Chappell said. "We didn't want to accept something that wasn't good."
Another hiccup in construction came when Recreation Services determined that the area built to house the golf simulator would not be big enough.
Heinerman said the ceiling was too low and the lights would have been hit during the backswing of
the golf club. He said that once the golf simulator arrived, it would be relocated to the northeast corner of the building, next to the multipurpose courts.
Chappell said that the area originally meant for the golf simulator could be designated for stretching or stationary bikes, but that the staff would wait to see how students used the area before installing any equipment.
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NATIONAL Coast Guard rescues two more Alaskan fishermen
JUNEAU, Alaska — Searchers on Thursday headed to the site where two fishermen were missing after their vessel sank in frigid and storm waters off Alaska. Five other crew members died and four were rescued.
Coast Guard rescuers pulled the survivors from a life raft about 15 hours after the distress call. They were rescued in 43-degree water near the Amchitka Pass, which links the Bering Sea to the Pacific Ocean about 1,400 miles southwest of Anchorage.
A C-130 airplane and a Jayhawk helicopter were dispatched to search for the men still missing from the sinking of the Katmai, which sent a distress signal around 1 a.m. Wednesday. The aircraft were to arrive by midmorning.
The crew's survival suits, physical condition and their efforts to keep one another semi-warm and awake all could have helped them endure, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Levi Read.
It wasn't clear what happened to the 93-foot Katmai. The Coast Guard received an e-mail from another boat saying the Katmai had lost steering and was taking on water. Read said.
"They were in good spirits and in good shape" Read said. "They asked to stay, so they could continue to help with the search."
One of the bodies found was recovered by a fishing vessel that helped the Coast Guard with the search.
The Coast Guard reported 10-to 15-foot seas in the area, with winds from the north at 34 mph. The area had a mix of rain and snow.
The Katmai was carrying a load of cod and heading toward Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island, Read said. Dutch Harbor is 800 miles southwest of Anchorage.
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COMMENTARY
Forget the chant; focus on football Texas Tech
BY BRYAN WHEELER
bwheeler@kansan.com
While fans and media have worked themselves into a frenzy over an absurd chant, I would like to take this moment to point out that there still is a football game this Saturday. It isn't just any football game though. ESPN will be televising what may possibly the biggest game to hit Memorial Stadium in over a decade. Oh yeah, let's not forget it's Kansas' homecoming, too.
This is a chance for Mangino to prove that his program can beat a legitimate team. And he knows this. After downing Colorado 30-16 two weeks ago, he said he saw a "great opportunity" in the coming weeks for his team to prove itself against four ranked opponents.
Kansas is ranked No. 19 in the AP Poll and currently leads the Big 12 North. No. 8 Texas Tech is undefeated and trying to make a statement in the toughest Big 12 South division in years. But for Kansas, the stakes are as high as any game in Mark Mangino's career, aside from the Orange Bowl.
As it stands, Kansas is 5-0 against unranked teams this year. Against ranked opponents, they are 0-2. If Kansas falls to Texas Tech this weekend, pollsters will doubtfully leave it as the only team in the Top 25 with three losses.
Should Kansas win Saturday, its chances of winning the Big 12 North for the first time in school history will be well within reach. A victory would also make the Jayhawks bowl eligible and give them a chance to go back-to-back bowls for the first time ever.
Is a victory likely? The betters think so and that is why the Jayhawks are one point favorites against a team ranked 11 spots higher than them. Texas Tech is also a team that has struggled this season against three inferior opponents — Eastern Washington, Nebraska and Texas A&M.
But if you turn to the back page of the sports section and look at the countdown to kickoff you will see that Texas Tech has one of the most lethal offenses in the nation.
That doesn't mean Kansas doesn't stand a chance though. Todd Reesing has established himself as a big-time college quarterback and he also has his own variety of daggers to throw into the Red Raiders' secondary.
It has been four years since the Red Raiders rode into Lawrence. The last time out, Kansas was a team struggling to find its identity, Texas Tech was the AP No. 16 team in the nation that went on to beat No. 14 California in the Holiday Bowl. Kansas got out to an early 25-point lead, but lost by a Scott Webb field goal attempt in the last few minutes of the game. The Jayhawks have since established themselves as one of the toughest teams to play at home in the Big 12.
Homecoming or not, the layhawks will put up a good fight on their own turf. At the moment, Kansas has a 13-game winning streak at home and is 21-4 in its last 25 games in Memorial Stadium. Couple that with a mild-mannered, yet vocal student section, then Kansas has the edge in this game.
— Edited by Arthur Hur
BIG 12 MEDIA DAY
Coaches note uplifted conference
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
OKLAHOMA CITY — Big 12 Conference coaches heard the murmurs the last few years.
They felt slighted when experts around the nation didn't consider the Big 12 one of the elite conferences in college basketball. They didn't understand why the NCAA Tournament selection committee only picked four Big 12 teams to play for the title two years ago.
Analysts pointed to the fact that since the conference formed in 1996, no team from it had won the National Championship. The
Big 12 was overdue. Kansas ended the criticism when it defeated Memphis 75-68 in the National Championship in April. Coaches at the Cox Convention Center for Big 12 Media Day were thankful.
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"That was just a question that had to be answered." Texas coach Rick Barnes said. "Kansas answered it, so we'll give everybody a chance to come up with another question now."
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The skeptics probably will come up with a new one. The conference lost most of its best players from a year ago. Five of the six players named to last season's All-Big 12
At Big 12 Media Day on Thursday, Kansas coach Bill Self said he was glad last year's championship victory had helped silence critics of the Big 12.
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Sopnomore wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe celebrates a touchdown with senior wide receiver Dexton Fields during Saturday's loss at Oklahoma. The Jayhawks play host to the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a Saturday game to cap off Homecoming Week. Kansas and Texas Tech both have highly ranked offenses, but low-ranked pass defense. Kansan football writers Taylor Bern and B.J. Rains break down Saturday's game.
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SOCCER
Seniors aim for their last chance at a Tournament
BY ANDREW WIEBE
awiebe@kansan.com
Missy Geha closes her eyes at night and visions of the NCAA Tournament dance on the backs of her eyelids.
"That's what I dream about," the senior midfielder said. "I have dreamed about it for the three years that I've been here. It's my last opportunity."
It's an opportunity that is fast dis
It's an open-
appearing for Geha
and fellow seniors,
goalkeeper Stephanie
Baugh, defenders
Jenny Murtaugh and
Kristin Graves, mid-
fielder Jessica Bush
and forward Sara
Rogers, none of whom
have experienced the
P. A. R. H.
Geha
Kansas (10-5-1, 3-3-1) will play its final home games of the regular season beginning today at 3 p.m. against No. 14 Texas and follow that up by celebrating senior day on Sunday at 1 p.m. against Baylor.
With three regular-season games remaining, Mark Francis' team controls it own destiny in the battle for one of the 40 NCAA Tournament spots that have eluded it for the last three seasons. Win their final three games and the Jayhawks are more than likely in the field of 40. Lose even one and the odds are stacked against them.
"This group of seniors has done very well here, but I think not making the tournament yet has been a really big disappointment for them," Francis said "Once you get in, if you are playing well anything can happen."
Last weekend Francis' team registered arguably the biggest victory in school history, squeaking past No. 6 Texas A&M 1-0 behind a breathtaking goal from junior forward Shannon McCabe. The Jayhawks followed that up by dispatching Francis Marion 7-0 with ease.
Now, as the team's six seniors watch their careers wind down, the focus isn't on Texas (10-2-3, 3-2-2) or Baylor (5-9-2, 1-5-1). Each game is just as important as the last.
Despite Francis' team growing confidence, the roadblocks it overcame to get to this point are keeping the focus from drifting from anything but getting results.
"Any one of the games could make or break our season," Bush said. "Like we've been telling the team, you just have to go game by game."
Even one loss could signal the end of Kansas' postseason hopes. The Jayhawks were ranked No. 38 in the country in the latest RPI rankings released by the NCAA.
Nevertheless, Geha is optimistic about Kansas' chances. She said the finality of her last weeks as a layhawk won't really hit until she steps off the field for the last time.
Until then Geha is just working toward living her dreams and cherishing the little time she has left with her teammates.
"I'm enjoying the ride," Geha said. "I've only got four weeks at the most with my season. You've got to love every day of it."
Edited by Ramsey Cox
SWIMMING & DIVING
KU plays host to Big 12 Relays
SEE SOCCER SENIORS ON PAGE 5B
BY ADAM SAMSON
The Big 12 Relays only comes around Lawrence every four years, and the KU swimming and diving team plays host to the relays starting at 9 a.m. today at Robinson Natorium.
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It marks the first time since the 2004-05 season that the layhawks have hosted the event. The meet will feature all six Big 12
Conference schools with women's swimming and diving teams, including Missouri, Iowa State, Nebraska, Texas and Texas A&M. It will also host the three Big 12 schools that have men's swimming and diving teams: Missouri, Texas and Texas A&M.
With all the conference schools at the meet, the Big 12 Relays serves as a competitive preseason Big 12 matchup. Diving head coach Eric Elliot said the competition lets all the coaches and swimmers see what they have
and how ready they are for the year.
"You want to put your best foot out there and show off a little bit," Elliot said. "But you
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Senior Danielle Hermann pushes herself as she does the backstroke. The swimming and diving team will host the Big 12 RELays at 9 a.m. today at Robinson Natatorium.
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No Beasley and no Walker mean no win for K-State
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
OKLAHOMA CITY — Now, it all makes sense.
Kansas State coach Frank Martin explained the unexplainable Thursday at Big 12 Media Day at the Cox Convention Center. In a sentence, he rationalized how the Wildcats could lose to their in-state rival, the Jayhawks, 24 straight times at home before last year's 84-75 victory.
"If you don't have pros on your team," Martin said, "your chances of beating Texas and Kansas are out of the window"
We already
Walker
knew Kansas State's triumpn last season at Bramlage Coliseum came because of the duo of freshmen Michael Beasley and Bill Walker, who are now both in the NBA.
We weren't so sure what went wrong for Kansas State during the near quarter-century that preceded that game. How could the
Wilddeats not_bat their_rival at least once in Manhattan?
It had to be something mental or just pure bad luck, right? No, Martin said what was obvious but blurred during that stretch - Kansas State just had nowhere near the talent of Kansas.
Take the 2006-2007 season, for example. The Wildcats were a feisty team under first-year — and only wear —
Martin
coach Bob Huggins. It was a season symbolizing the revitalization of the program.
Kansas State was going to
at Bramley Coliseum — it would be the ultimate statement that the purple was back. It was a close game, but Kansas won 71-62.
"Two years ago, we played about as hard as any team I've ever been a part of could play," Martin said. "We had no chance to beat Kansas."
The numbers support Martin's theory of future professionals being the key to beating the Jayhawks. During the 24-year stretch, Kansas produced 25 players who spent time in the NBA. Kansas State had three.
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With Beasley and Walker last season, the Wildcats had almost double that number on one team. So what about this year?
"I don't know from our team if we're going to have any pros," Martin said.
Uh-oh. Between junior guard Sherron Collins, sophomore center Cole Aldrich and the freshmen Morris twins, Kansas figures to have at least a couple future NBA players.
Kansas State senior forward Darren Kent, on the other hand, won't be lining up next to Elton Brand anytime soon.
If Martin's reasoning is right, expect Kansas to start another streak at Bramlage Coliseum this season.
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BIG 12 FOOTBALL
NFL scouts salivate over Mizzou's other Chase
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Before he was a three-time NFL Pro Bowl tight end, Paul Coffman had to walk on at Kansas State and make the Green Bay Packers' roster as an
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The path has been a lot smoother for his son. Everyone knows about Chase Coffman, Missouri's athletic, glue-fingered tight end who's almost certain to be a high draft pick next April.
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At 6-foot-6 and 255 pounds. Coffman is larger than some defensive linemen. But he has the skill to make leaping one-handed grabs and hurdle countless hapless defenders. It's no surprise Coffman is a leading candidate for the John Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end.
In college at least, better than old dad.
"He made a lot of plays and had a great career in the NFL," but I don't know if he was as athletic as me", Chase Coffman said. "I don't trash talk to him, but I think he would agree.
"I've been blessed to have these opportunities."
The Tigers (5-2) were No. 3 two weeks ago and are No.16 now after consecutive losses to Oklahoma State and top-ranked Texas.
Coffman refuses to let Missouri's recent struggles drag him down, either.
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2. No. 9 Oklahoma State at No. 1 Texas
3. No. 14 South Florida at Louisville
6. Colorado at No. 16 Missouri
5. Baylor at Nebraska
4. Virginia Tech at No.24 Florida State
7. Wyoming at No. 14 TCU
8. No.3 Penn State at No. 10 Ohio State
9. No. 13 Vanderbilt at Mississippi
10. No. 6 USC at Arizona
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Pat Knight considers it the greatest compliment he can get when someone tells him he's done something reminiscent of his father, Hall of Famer Bob Knight. That doesn't mean he's trying to be just like his dad in his first full season as the coach at Texas Tech
"I have to have a focus of win-
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24. 2008
SPORTS
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KICK THE KANSAN
Staff members make their weekly game picks
Texas Tech@Kansas Texas Tech Kansas Kansas Kansas
Oklahoma State@Texas Texas Texas Texas Texas
Georgia@LSU LSU Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgia
South Florida South Florida Louisville Louisville
Virginia Tech@Florida State Florida State Florida State Florida State
Baylor@Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska
Colorado@Missouri Missouri Missouri Missouri
Wyoming@TCU TCU TCU TCU TCU
Penn State@Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State
USC@Arizona USC USC USC USC
BY ANDREW WIEBE (56-24)
Associate Sports Editor
BY CASE KEEFER (55-25)
Basketball Writer
BY MARK DENT (51-29)
Managing Editor
BY RUSTIN DODD (51-29)
Sports Editor
Drew Bergman
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Overall Record: 56-24
Kansas
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Georgia
South Florida
Florida State
Nebraska
Missouri
TCU
Penn State
USC
Matt Erickson
Editor
Overall Record: 52-38
Kansas
Texas
LSU
Louisville
Florida State
Nebraska
Missouri
TCU
Ohio State
USC
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Overall Record: 52-28
Kansas
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LSU
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Florida State
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Jayhawks to hit road for matchup at College Station
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
Starting tonight Kansas will be seeing some familiar faces, but hopefully not familiar results.
"I'm just challenging the seniors to step up each road trip they take," coach Ray Bechard said. "This is the last time they'll play in that gym, to make it a memorable one."
The jayhawks will start the second round of the Big 12 conference on the road this Saturday against Texas A&M at 3 p.m. Texas A&M defeated Kansas at home two weeks ago in five sets.
Like the Jayhawks, the Aggies only have one victory since they last played each other in Lawrence. Both teams are coming off sweeps from talented teams. Texas fell to Nebraska while Kansas dropped three sets in a row and lost to Baylor.
Baylor exposed what was the most consistent part of Kansas' game this year: the defense.
One of the reasons Bears junior setter Taylor Barnes had her way with the layhawks' was the lackluster serves, which didn't throw Baylor off balance. It let the Bears go into their offense without any trouble.
"It's doable," senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart said of a road victory tomorrow. "We've played them before, we've seen them before, so hopefully we can
Getting things turned around will not be an easy feat in College Station. The Jayhawks have never beat the Aggies at their home, which is one motivation for Texas this weekend. With a 4-6 conference record, Texas is on the bubble of a postseason bid. And with a three-match losing streak, the Aggies do not want to drop four in a row.
go in there and do what needs to be done"
For once though, Bechard does not have to worry much about his team's offense. The match against the Bears could have been closer if Kansas' defense was up to par.
"We got to get to a different level of defensive mindset to get that turned around." Bechard said.
Part of the change Kansas will have to make is its start against Texas. Kansas lost two sets before
battling back in the five set loss. If the Jayhawks are in the same position this Saturday, it won't be as easy to come back on the road.
"Some of the teams we played in the first round, we had some success against — many we didn't, so we're trying to flip that." Bechard said.
drawing board and come back with a plan."
If the defense doesn't turn around, Kansas could be sitting out of the NCAA tournament for the third consecutive season. Reversing some of the outcomes from the previous ten matches are required.
"We dropped into a little bit of a hole when we played them (Texas A&M)." Bechard said. "We'll obviously go back to the
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2008
FANTASY FOOTBALL
Bengals, Eagles and Jaguars, oh my
Players from Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Jacksonville can fill your roster
BY KELLY BRECKUNITCH
kbreckunitch@kansan.com
Find yourself in a bind filling out your fantasy roster? Here are some players that could come up big on the spot this weekend.
CEDRIC BENSON, RB,
CINCINNATI BENGALS
Cincinnati has all sorts of trouble right now. With quarterback Carson Palmer suffering from an injury, the passing game has faltered. The Bengals have to lean on the running game, and Benson has replaced Chris Perry as the starter. Benson is a workhorse and could grind out a big game against a mediocre Houston defense.
KEVIN CURTIS, WR,
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
Curtis is finally coming back
Curtis is finally coming back
from his injury earlier this season.
Rookie DeSean Jackson and Reggie Brown have filled in well, but Curtis is a definite upgrade at the position.
Curtis quickly became quarterback Donovan Mnabb's favorite target in his first season with the Eagles.
If you have a struggling receiver or someone on a bye, Curtis could easily fill the void.
MARCEDES LEWIS,TE,
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
Lewis is really the only starting tight end that you could pick up right now. He hasn't had a great season by any standards, with only two touchdowns and 151 receiving yards, but the Browns' defense is not completely strong in the middle of the field. Lewis could have a decent game and probably a red zone touchdown, so use him if you need a tight end.
BENJARVUS GREEN-ELLIS,
RB, NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS
The Patriots have been hit hard in the past week. The team lost running back Laurence Maroney
for the season before last weekend's game and backup Sammy Morris went down in Monday night's game. LaMont Jordan is still dealing with an injury and could have limited playing time this weekend. Green-Ellis filled in after Morris was injured on Monday and scored a touchdown and rushed for 65 yards. He could be a big part of the Patriots' running game on Sunday and be an acceptable starter.
PREDICTION SURE TO GO WRONG
Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints will get pounded for a second week in a row against San Diego. The Saints will be jet-lagged for the game in London and have another poor offensive outing, against an average San Diego defense. Considering Brees is arguably the best quarterback in the NFL and unlikely to have another poor outing, if the Saints do get destroyed, you can probably assume hell has frozen over.
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Accuser in Duke rape case writes book
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Woman maintains that she was attacked; family of player considers lawsuit
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DURHAM, N.C. — The woman who prosecutors determined falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape maintains in a new memoir that she was attacked, a claim that provoked an angry lawsuit threat from one player's family.
Crystal Mangum, who appeared publicly Thursday for the first time since making the allegations, says in her book being made available online Friday that she is not "looking forward to opening old wounds" but that she had to defend herself.
"Even as I try to move on with my life, I still find it necessary to take one more stand and fight," she writes in an excerpt of the book, "The Last Dance for Grace; The Crystal Mangum Story."
Mangum's remarks drew an immediate rebuke from attorneys, and the family of one exonerated
"I want to assert, without equivocation, that I was assaulted. Make of that what you will. You will decide what that means to you because the state of North Carolina saw fit not to look at all that happened the night I became infamous."
player said they were considering a lawsuit. Jim Cooney, who represented player Reade Seligmann in the criminal case, said attorneys would review the contents of the book.
"For 2½ years, this woman has attempted to destroy Reade's life," Cooney said. "We aim to put a stop to it."
Mangum told police that she was attacked at a March 2006 lacrosse team party where she was hired to perform as a stripper. After a disastrous local prosecution that eventually led to downfall of the district attorney, the state attorney general's office concluded there was no credible evidence an attack ever occurred.
The state's investigation found there was no DNA or medical evidence, or witness accounts, that confirmed Mangum's story. The inconsistencies in Mangum's account, the state found, "were so significant and so contrary to the evidence that the State had no credible evidence that an attack occurred in the house that night."
Mangum declined to answer questions about case details Thursday, including when asked directly whether Seligmann, Dave
Evans and Collin Finnerty — the three cleared players — attacked her. Vincent Clark, co-author and publisher of the book, said repeatedly "the case is closed" and Mangum accepts the conclusions of state prosecutors.
"At this point, it doesn't really matter," she said. "What matters is for people to know my account of what happened and for all of us to learn from it."
Seligmann's father, Phil Seligmann, called Mangum's comments "simply a pathetic attempt to further her need to remain in the public eye at the expense of demonstrably innocent individuals."
"Her incoherent passages are not based on facts, but are quite simply false ramblings," Seligmann said in a statement. "She ignores all of the verifiable facts of the case.
"No crime of any kind took place involving Ms. Mangum or any member of the Duke men's lacrosse team. We are presently evaluating all available legal options. If Ms. Mangum and those associated with her continue to slander Readie, we will have no choice and will not hesitate to utilize these options."
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Senior Sunday at 1 p.m. against Baylor
Missy Geha, Midfielder
Overland Park, Kan.
Key Stat: 66 starts in 68 career games
What is your best Mark Francis moment?
"When coach was saying everyone needed to be on the same mindset, he used a
boat and oars. And if people fall out they are going to fall in with monsters. If you lose your oars it's like losing your focus and you won't go anywhere. It was this crazy, long, drawn out story that had to do with everyone being on the same page."
Geha
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Kristin Graves, Midfielder Stillwell, Kan. Key Stat: 2,871 minutes played
Best non-soccer moment at Kansas?
"When we were in Brazil we got to go white water rafting. It was one of the coolest things that I've ever done in my life. And Miss fell out of her boat and
slammed against the rocks, which was not funny at the time but it's kind of funny now. The
monsters
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Sara Rogers, Midfielder/
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Leawood, Kan.
Key Stat: Four career goals
What is your best Mark Francis moment?
"His pregame speeches
"His pregame speeches ...
some are really good but some
are pretty funny. I don't think
he remembers, but he told us one our freshmen year and he told it again last year"
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Stephanie
Baugh, Goalkeeper Kansas City, Kan. Key Stat: One goal allowed in 166 minutes this season
What is your best associate head coach Kelly Miller moment?
"It's just priceless watching Kelly and Julie (junior goal-keeper Julie Hanley) together. They are just always fighting. Kelly has a way of pushing Julie's buttons. It's just terrific. Julie likes to push his buttons
too, and she always tires to do something to shock him when he's not paying attention or being really obnoxious.
Littleton, Colo.
Key Stat: 54 starts in 58 career games
Jenny Murtaugh, Defender Littleton, Colo.
Most memorable soccer moment at Kansas?
Baugh
"Our win against Duke my sophomore year was pretty big. [Junior forward Shannon
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Murtaugh
Maccabe scored with 26 seconds remaining to give Kansas a 4-3 victory] It was crazy. It was pretty sweet."
Jessica Bush, Midfielder
Jessica Bush, Midhelder Blue Springs, Mo.
Key Stat: 14 career goals, 21 assists
What is your best Mark Francis moment?
"Probably his pregame speech at Mizzou. He told a joke about a Mizzou guy and a Kansas guy who got in a car accident. After the accident they decide to toast to it and the Kansas guy gives the Missouri guy a drink. The Missouri guy drinks
up then says 'Are you going to drink yours?' and the Kansas guy says 'No. I'm going to wait until the cops get
here.' It's a
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Bush
funny thing I remember about coach."
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don't want to show everything."
The atmosphere at the Big 12 Relays is much different from a championship meet featuring the same teams at the end of the season.
"Big 12 Relays is a three-ring circus," swimming head coach Clark Campbell said. "A lot of opportunities for racing, which is good, but it's not something that is pressure filled like the Big 12 Championships in February."
Today's meet will give the teams a chance to maintain their conference rivalries with low-key races, but still on a competitive stage.
"There's the Texas-Texas A&M thing, Mizzou and Kansas have their rivalry, and Iowa State-Nebraska have their rivalry, but it's a very friendly rivalry," Campbell said.
Campbell said the Relays were a great way to start the season and build support for each other in the conference because the ultimate goal is to get as many athletes they can from the Big 12 into the NCAA Championships.
"The idea of support and the conference behind each individual really sets our conference apart from other ones in the country," Campbell said.
In addition to hosting the Big 12 Relays, the KU swimming and diving team will be hosting a group of recruits. The meet will give the recruits an opportunity to see a big meet held at Robinson Natorium, an opportunity that's rare.
"Our pool is different in that it's a little bit older, but it's a great venue for a college dual meet or the Big 12 Relays," Campbell said. "It's fun for swimmers and recruits to see a big meet outside of a Taj Mahal-type facility where they swim nationals."
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team either graduated or declared for the NBA Draft — the exception being Oklahoma sophomore Blake Griffin.
But some of the conference coaches said Kansas' championship was helping them reload. Colorado coach Jeff Bzdelki said a conference team winning a National Championship made recruits more likely to come to a Big 12 school. Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford took it a step further.
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"We've probably talked as much about Kansas as ourselves a lot of
time in our recruiting," Ford said. "But no question, it helps the whole league."
K a n s a s coach Self said he was happy that other coaches thought it helped their
Appleton hadn't practiced because of a hip flexor injury. Junior guard Mario Little, nursing a stress fracture in his leg, has continued to participate in only parts of practice.
Oklahoma State senior point guard Byron Eaton weighed 246 pounds when he showed up for summer workouts in Stillwater.
WATCH OUT FOR EATON
Now, he is down to 210 pounds — his ideal weight. Eaton led Oklahoma State to a five-game winning streak near the end of
"It lets the rest of us know we can get it done," Turgeon said. "It will give us credibility, too."
But Turgeon wasn't rooting for the jayhawks just because he graduated from Kansas.
"Our goal isn't to make the NCAA Tournament, but it's to have the opportunity to get back there and win some games."
Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon never doubted the Big 12's strength. The second-year coach said he was impressed with the conference before he became a part of it last year.
"From my vantage point, it's ridiculous that the Big 12 had to validate the play of our league in men's basketball," Self said.
programs and the league as a whole.
He pointed out that the conference produced a lot of Final Four teams recently — before last season, five Big 12 teams had made the Final Four in the past five years. It was also the only conference with two teams — Kansas and Texas — in the Elite Eight last season.
But that doesn't mean he agreed. Self doesn't think the Big 12 had anything to prove.
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Both of Kansas' junior college transfers are battling injuries. Self said junior guard Tyrone
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Baylor basketball coach
last season.
In the victory against Kansas during that streak, Eaton scored a career-high 26 points.
"He kicked us pretty good when we played at Okla o homa State last
year," Self said
ANDERSON EXPECTS A BREAKOUT YEAR
Missouricoach Mike Anderson's first two years in Columbia haven't gone exactly according to plan.
The Tigers have posted losing Big 12 Conference records both years and have not made the postseason. But Anderson said his team this year was better equipped than the first two to run his style of full-court pressure defense.
"I'm really excited about the team," Anderson said. "When I get excited, that means good things are on the horizon."
AN EVENTFUL DAY FOR DREW
Baylor coach Scott Drew loves Big 12 Media Day.
He said it had landed on a special day two years in a row for him.
"Last year, my wife gave birth to a baby boy named Peyton," Drew said. "And this year, it's my birthday."
Drew, who turned 38 years old Thursday, was cheery about more than his birthday. He said he had enjoyed coaching a team that returned four starters because it heightened expectations.
"Our goal isn't to make the NCAA Tournament," Drew said, "but it's to have an opportunity to get back there and win some games."
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- Crimson and Blue Spirit Day, Wescoe, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Sign the good luck banner; Wescoe, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- KU's American Gladiator, photos and autograph signing and free cake Wescoe noon - p.m.
- signing and free cake, Wescoe, noon-1 p.m.
- Ambler Rec Center dedication, 3 p.m
- AURH/ASHC Hall Homecoming dance, Ellsworth, 9 p.m.
- Tomorrow, Saturday, Oct.25
- Pancake Breakfast, Stauffer-Flint Lawn, $5, 8:30–10:30 a.m.
- Parade, Jayhawk Boulevard, 9 a.m.
- Tailgate at the Adams Alumni Center, 8 a.m.
- KU vs. Texas Tech, kickoff, 11 a.m.
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ATAGLANCE
KU KICKOFF
The Jayhawks will play their fourth straight day game when they host Texas Tech in the 96th annual homecoming game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The game will be televised by ESPN and will feature a pregame flyover by the KU Air Force ROTC. Kansas can move to 3-1 and stay atop the Big 12 North standings with a win.
BY THE NUMBERS
(2008 averages and national rank)
24th
24th scoring offense (33.86 ppq)
6th
passing offense (335.43 ypg)
84th
rushing offense (125.43 ypg)
47th
47th scoring defense (21.86 ppg)
99th
passing defense (250.43 ypg)
29th
rushing defense (109.71 ypg)
PLAYER TO WATCH
Jocques Crawford. After struggling to see the field at running back, Crawford was given a chance at kick returner against Oklahoma and
Crawford
PETER HARRIS
made the most of it. Crawford's first career kick return went for 42 yards and coach Mark Mangino has indicated that he will again be returning kicks against Texas Tech.
QUESTION MARKS
Can the Kansas secondary slow down Texas Tech? The Texas Tech offense comes in as the fifth highest scoring team in the nation and will provide another steep test for the Kansas secondary. After giving up the fifth most yards in the history of the school to Oklahoma, can they rebound and play better against Texas Tech? If not, it may be another long day for Kansas fans.
Can Kansas keep the streak alive? The Jayhawks have won 13 straight games at Memorial Stadium — the fourth longest active home winning streak in the nation — but haven't played a ranked team at home since the beginning of that streak when they played the then No. 25 Iowa State Cyclones in 2006.
COUNTDOWN TO KICK-OFF GAME DAY
KANSAS VS. TEXAS TECH 11 a.m. Saturday, MEMORIAL STADIUM, ESPN
HOMECOMING SHOWDOWN
Two high-powered offenses will trade shots
Kansas
5-2, 2-1 Biq 12
OFFENSE
Sophomore Dezmon Briscoe is quickly becoming one of the top wide receivers in the nation. Briscoe set the school record in both catches and yards against Oklahoma last Saturday, with 12 catches for 269 yards and two touchdowns. Add in Kerry Meier, Dexton Fields and Johnathon Wilson and the Kansas receiving corps has to be considered one of the best in the nation. They will need a big game on Saturday, as will running back Jake Sharp, who has rushed for more than 100 yards in each of the past two games.
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★★★☆
DEFENSE
Coming off one of the worst statistical games in the 118-year history of the program, the Kansas defense will face another stiff challenge against Texas Tech. Cornerback Kendrick Harper struggled once again to contain his receiver and allowed the Oklahoma offense to put up the fifth-most yards against a Kansas defense in school history. Justin Thornton
and Darrell Stuckey continue to play well at safety, and they will need another big game if they expect to slow down the high-powered Tech offense.
Harper
★★★★
Coach Mark Mangino called the Jayhawks' performance on special teams against Oklahoma the best that they had been all season. Jocques Crawford took over for Marcus Herford at kick returner and returned his first career kick return for 42 yards. Alonzo Rojas has kicked at least one pount of 50 or more yards in three straight games, including a 77-yarder
SPECIAL TEAMS
Johan Kunz
Rojas
against Iowa State. Jacob Branstetter has been solid at field goal kicker and will have the advantage over a walk-on kicker from Tech who was chosen from the stands.
COACHING
The only questionable coaching move by the Kansas coaching staff was benching Jake Sharp in the third quarter of the Jayhawks' 45-31 loss to Oklahoma last week. Sharp had just rushed for 58 yards on four carries and pulled
Kansas to within seven at 31-24 with a 17-ya TD run, but didn't appear in the Jayhawks' next three series — all of which ended in punts. Moving Jocques Crawford to kick retainer and several starters to special teams seems to have worked out well for the coaching staff.
★★★★☆
Even though the Jayhawks are coming off a 45-31 loss to Oklahoma, they gained confidence by realizing that they could hang with the No.4-ranked Sooners.Having the game in Lawrence will surely fire up the Jayhawks, who have won 13 straight games at home. Homecoming weekend and a pregame flyover will surely have the Jayhawks pumped up for this one as well.
★★★☆★
MOMENTUM
★★★☆
OFFENSE
7-0,3-0 Big 12
Texas Tech's offensive prowess over the years is well documented, but this version of coach Mike Leach's spread offense may be the most lethal yet. Quarterback Graham Harrell and wide receiver Michael Crabtree are each considered one of the best in the nation at their positions. Crabtree has 103.4 yards per game and 12 scores, and Harrell has completed 70
★★★★★
percent of his passes and scored 28 total touchdowns. The biggest difference in this year's team is the suddenly relevant running game. Shannon Woods and Baron Batch have teamed for 893 yards and 12 touchdowns.
DEFENSE
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The Red Raiders allow 351 yards per game, which puts them in fourth in an offense-heavy Big 12. The problem is that almost 260 of those yards come via the pass, which means they're susceptible to teams that can air it out, which almost every conference team does. Defensive end Brandon Williams is a 6-foot-5 terror who has eight tackles for loss. Texas Tech's
secondary is experienced but they haven't been tested much this season.
★★★★☆
SPECIAL TEAMS
B. J.Rains
Matt Williams was a fan who won a free month's rent with a 30-yard field goal. Now, he's Texas Tech's starting kicker. Besides that situation, the Red Raiders have a decent special teams unit. Senior receiver Eric Morris is a solid punt returner, averaging 11.6 yards per return. On kick returns, LaRon Moore and Jamar Wall each average more than 20 yards per return.
★★★☆☆
Morris
COACHING
Mike Leach is a pretty strange guy, but he's proven himself to be a great coach. He first developed the spread offense at Kentucky in 1997 and since then his offenses have been among the best in the nation. Defense and a running game generally fall to the wayside on Leach-run teams, but a team that can score 50 points at any time is always dangerous. Leach preceded Mark Mangino as offensive coordinator at Oklahoma.
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MOMENTUM
Some say that Texas Tech hasn't proven anything yet, but all the Red Raiders can do is play the teams on their schedule. Thus far they've done that and come out victorious every time. Tech needed overtime to dispose of Nebraska two weeks ago and stranded with Towsa & M in
the first half, but 7-0 is all you need to know. This game starts a brutal four-game stretch, but this team is built to handle it.
★★★★
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TTU KICKOFF
AT AGLANCE
This is the last game against a Big 12 North team for Texas Tech. The Red Raiders have already disposed of Kansas State 58-28 and edged Nebraska in overtime 37-31. Texas Tech is known for its ridiculous offensive numbers, but now it has a more balanced attack Quarterback Graham Harrell and wide receiver Michael Crabtree still run the show, but coach Mike Leach now has a pair of running backs who make Tech even more dangerous.
BY THE NUMBERS
(2008 averages and national rank)
5th
1st
5th scoring offense (45.9 ppg)
passing offense (418.4 ypq)
rushing offense (138.6 ypg)
68th
43rd
103rd
scoring defense (21.1 ppg)
passing defense (258.6 ypg)
12th
rushing defense (92.4 ypg)
PLAYER TO WATCH
Sophomore running back Baron Batch. Taking advantage of defenses dropped back to protect against the pass. Batch has
Batch
led Texas Tech's suddenly super running game with 491 yards. He averages 7.6 yards per carry is second only to Crabtree with 105.9 all-purpose yards per game. Batch has five total touchdowns this season.
QUESTION MARKS
Will Texas Tech avoid costly penalties? The Red Raiders are the most penalized team in the Big 12, averaging 8.7 per game. It hasn't caught up with them yet, but it's only a matter of time before they incur a big penalty at the wrong time.
Will Matt Williams make a kick? Williams' amazing story of D-II transfer to lucky student to Texas Tech kicker comes full circle on Saturday. Will he be the guy to fix the Red Raiders' woeful kicking game?
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No. 4 Oklahoma at Kansas State
No. 8 Texas Tech at No. 23 Kansas
No. 15 Missouri vs. Colorado
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PASSING THE BALL
MEMORIAL STADIUM WILL ROCK IF...
The Kansas defense can slow down Texas Tech enough to allow Todd Reeing and company to win the shootout. Expect a high-scoring game as both teams rank in the top 20 in passing and bottom 20 in pass defense.
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GALE SAYERS WILL WEEP IF...
The defense gives another poor performance and allows Texas Tech to put up record breaking numbers like Oklahoma did last week. If the Texas Tech offense has a field day, it will be a quiet exit for Jayhawk fans as they leave Memorial Stadium.
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PREDICTION:
Game
Kansas 42, Texas Tech 39
No. 2 Alabama at Tennessee 6:45 p.m. ESPN
No. 3 Penn State at No. 9 Ohio State 7 p.m. ABC
No. 5 USC at Arizona 9:15 p.m.
No. 7 Georgia at No. 13 LSU 2:30 p.m. CBS
No. 10 Florida vs. Kentucky 11:30 a.m. ESPN360.com
No. 14 TCU vs. Wyoming 5 p.m. The Mtn.
No. 16 South Florida at Louisville 2:30 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 17 Pittsburgh vs. Rutgers 2:30 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 18 Georgia Tech vs. Virginia 2:30 p.m. ESPNU
No. 21 Brigham Young vs UNLV 1 p.m. The Mtn.
No. 22 Northwestern at Indiana 11 a.m. Big Ten Network
No. 24 Minnesota at Purdue 11 a.m. ESPN Classic
No. 25 Florida State vs. Virginia Tech 2:30 p.m. ABC
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Carl Kramer, St. Louis senior, glances disparitely at the scoreboard near the conclusion of Saturday's homecoming game against Texas Tech. The Red Raiders defeated the Jawhawks 63-21. See WRAPUP on page 48.
TRAGEDY
3 K-10 fatalities in past week
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KU employee Allen Eastland, Wichita junior James Keeton among those killed in accidents
James Keeton
BY RYAN MCGEENEY rmcgeeney@kansan.com
A deadly collision Saturday evening marks the fifth vehicular accident and the second and third fatalities within a single week on K-10 in Douglas County.
Allen L. Eastland, a senior electrical trade worker with KU Housing Maintenance, and Daniel J. Harpool of Missouri both died when Harpool, who was traveling eastbound on the two-lane highway, drifted to the left of the centerline and collided with Eastland's vehicle. The wreck occurred near Clinton Lake, just west of the intersection of Clinton Parkway and Wakarusa Street. The Kansas Highway Patrol was dispatched to the scene shortly before 7:30 p.m.
According to the KHP, Harpool, 51, was wearing his seat belt, but Eastland, 56, was not.
"It's very important that people understand that you should not drink and drive," Butler said. "Always wear your seat belt — that's the best defense against a drunk driver if you're involved in a collision."
Trooper Edna Butler said it appeared that alcohol may have been a factor in the accident, but that the incident was still under investigation.
Pam Morris, budget manager for the TRIO educational opportunity program
at the University, had lived with Eastland for the past 13 years. She said Eastland was returning from his father's cattle ranch in Spring Hill when the accident occurred. Eastland had been feeding his father's cattle twice a week since his father broke his leg about two months ago.
"He was a jokester and fun-loving," said Morris, who had first met Eastland at Gardner-Edgerton High School, where they both graduated in 1967. "He had a big heart, and he'd do anything for anybody. He was a kidder, always laughing or making people laugh."
Two days before Saturday's wreck, the University lost its third student to a vehicular accident this semester when James H. Keeton Jr., Wichita junior, collided with another student, Maria B. Thorson. Milwaukee doctoral student, on K-10 approximately one mile west of Lawrence.
"He was a friend to all, stranger to none," Mabrey said. "Even if you only met him one time, you'll never forget him."
Eastland is survived by his two sons, Derek and Mike Eastland, four grandchildren, and his father, Francis "Shorty" Eastland.
Mike Mabrey, Morris' son, described Eastland as a gregarious man who made friends easily.
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Keeton, who was not wearing his
The collision occurred when Keeton, driving eastbound, attempted to pass a limousine on the two-lane highway. His 2008 Ford Focus collided with the 2003 Toyota Corolla that Thorson was test-driving. Revenew, a car salesman, rode with Thorson from the lot.
seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene. Thorson and her passenger, John Revenew, 56, were both wearing seat belts and were evacuated to area hospitals.
Allen Eastland
Keeton, 21, was pursuing a double major in biology and history. Spenser Fitzpatrick, Leavenworth junior, remembered Keeton as an amazing person willing to go to great lengths to come to the aid of a friend in need, including driving a mutual acquaintance home to Omaha, Neb., for Christmas when his own transportation failed.
"He was probably the most reliable, trustworthy person I've ever met in my life," Fitzpatrick said. "If I needed something, I knew I could call him and that he would always be there."
Keeton is survived by both of his parents, James and Carmen Keeton, brothers Matthew Moreno and Ruben Keeton, and his sister, Kathy Keeton.
A funeral mass will be held for Keeton at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Wichita. The Keeton family has asked that memorials be sent to Blessed Sacrament, 124 N. Roosevelt, Wichita 67208.
Services have not yet been arranged for Eastland.
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FOOTBALL
Old kickoff chant prevails
The new kickoff chant chosen by KU students to replace the controversial "rip his fucking head off" chant came with mixed results Saturday against Texas Tech. The students chanted "Kayyyyy Youuuuuu" during each kickoff but still chanted the profane chant right after.
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On Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Gridiron Room of the Burge Union, the top five most influential Americans will be revealed. Lewis and Templin R.A.s have worked since September to narrow down a list of the top 100 most influential Americans to the top 10. The top five will be announced and discussed Tuesday night.
DESIGN
Heavy metal rocks German exhibition
Metalsmith and jewelry seniors will present their handcrafted jewelry in Germany. The Ostholstein-Museum in Germany will display students' work along with work by other jewelers and ceramic artists from Germany.
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For members of the KU Swimming Club, swim practice is all about doing what they love with people they enjoy. Though improving strength and stamina are important aspects of swim practices, socializing and having fun in the pool are what the club likes to emphasize.
"It's a very low-key and social club," said Valerie Shands, St. Louis junior and the club's treasurer.
Shands and 35 other swimmers meet at the Robinson Center pool on Tuesday, Thursdays and Sundays.
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Club vice president Jamie Padzensky. Andover junior, said practices were organized with workouts to follow but everyone could swim at their own pace. While practices are relaxed, Padzensky said the
"We're open to all students and abilities," said club President Dan Johnson, Grand Rapids, Mich., junior.
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Johnson said the club could satisfy swimmers looking to swim recreationally and competitively.
"Everyone gets what they want on an individual level," Emily Berman, Tulsa, Okla., junior, said.
Members of the KI Swimming Club meet on Tuesday, Thursday and Sundays to socialize while improving their swimming skills. The club is open to all students.
With more university swim clubs, the KU Swimming Club is able to travel and compete with other schools.
Johnson said more Big 12 universities were sponsoring swimming clubs. Colorado was the first to have a swimming club and the University of Kansas was the second. Now Nebraska and Missouri have clubs too.
Last weekend the club traveled to Dallas and won the meet. They have four other meets scheduled in Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and a national championship in Ohio in March.
ing a meet in Lawrence and actively fundraising during KU football games for its expenses.
The club is working on organiz-
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The public event "All Majors - Senior Day" will begin at 8:15 a.m. in the Kansas Union.
The public event "Breast Cancer Awareness Event - Susan G. Komen for the Cure" will begin at 9 a.m. outside the Adams Alumni Center.
The workshop "Lunch & Conversation: Working with Multilingual Writers" will begin at 12 p.m. In 135 Budig Hall.
The film event "Lumuba" will begin at 7 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The lecture "Prospects of a New Cold War over Ukraine" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Malott Room in the Kansas Union.
The student group event "Delta Delta Delta - Make Your Meal at the Wheel" will begin at 10 p.m. at The Wheel Pizza Company.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon will present "Conquering the Wilderness: Imaginative Imperialism and the Invasion of Legoland" today and hold an extensive question-and-answer session tomorrow. The visit is part of the Hall Center for the Humanities lecture series.
Chabon won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay."He is also the author of "Wonder Boys"
Kansas Public Radio is cosponsoring the event and the Sosland Foundation of Kansas City is providing support.
Kristine Latta, associate director of the Hall Center for the Humanities, said the center worked with various agencies to bring speakers from different areas of the humanities to the University.
The lecture will take place from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the ballroom in the Kansas Union. The question and answer session will take place at 10 a.m. in the Hall Center for the Humanities conference room.
Both events are free and open to the public.
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Forging a multi-cultural community
Students for Global Awareness works to ensure the voices of KU's international students are heard
BY HALEY JONES
hjones@kansan.com
A group called Students for Global Awareness is working to help international students at the University get the most out of the fees they pay.
Jeff Siler, Overland Park junior and chairman of Student Senate's Academic Services Board, said he started the group last year hoping it would help international students get involved and have more representation in student leadership. Siler said the growing international population at the University made it more important for students and student groups to foster a community, regardless of culture, religion or race.
elected governing representatives." Siler said he was concerned
"Every international student I've talked to said they weren't really a
SGA has weekly meetings where members of any student group on campus — usually ethnically or culturally based groups — can
"Every international student I've talked to said they weren't really a part of the student body."
meet people, share ideas and learn how to secure funding from governing bodies such as Student Senate.
The mission statement of SGA says every student is paying the same student fees and is "entitled to effective administration by their
"If you asked international students on campus
part of the student body," Siler said. "We wanted to bridge that gap by using a student connection."
whether they're involved in campus or their student fee money is being effectively spent, I don't think they would say they're getting the most bang for their buck." Siler said.
that some of the international students weren't aware of how they could get involved in campus life.
Wendy Yung, a 2008 graduate from Hong Kong, was a member of the Hong Kong & Macau Student
Association for four years.
She said that funding from Student Senate, but that most groups for international students did not know funding was available.
a little out of it but not that much.
Yung said SGA would not only
She said some of her friends who were international students
"They are here for studying,but they also want to get to know more American people and learn their culture."
didn't know how their student fees were being spent or that the Senate even existed when elections came in the spring.
"No one knows anything unless you are really active on campus," Yung said. "So I guess, for me, I get
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help international students learn about the political process of requesting group funding, but also help them make American friends. She said many international
students found it difficult to assimilate into American culture and meet people.
"They are here for studying, but they also want to get to know more American people and learn their culture," Yung said.
SGA has garnered support from Student Senate, and several members of the executive board have become involved with the group. He said that 35 student groups were on the official e-mail list, but that SGA wanted to reach new groups.
Yaser AlZaver, president of the International Student Association, said SGA had been a good place for members of his group to forge partnerships with other international student groups. He said although the International Student Association had a student senator who helped the group request funding, SGA would help other groups without student senators to secure more publicity and funding.
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Metalsmith students and faculty show bling at German exhibition
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Juliet Cline, Lawrence junior, welds a jewelry project on Tuesday. Clime said that all of her work was playing on the relationship between the natural and mechanical worlds.
Jewelry travels to Eutin, Germany
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA
smiyakawa@kansan.com
Britta Tobias, Topeka senior, handcrafted a necklace and brooch symbolizing childhood memories with her sister. The tiny pieces of silver and aluminum portrait musical notes and photo negatives.
"It's a very non-objective interpretation of my theme;" Tobias said.
Tobias is one of 10 metalsmith and jewelry students who enrolled in a senior studio class and are displaying their handcrafted jewelry at an exhibition at Ostolstein-Museum in Eutin, Germany. The students and faculty of metalsmith and jewelry are leaving for Germany tomorrow.
Lin Stanionis, associate professor of design, teaches the metalmetsm and jewelry class and said this was a rare opportunity for design students to present their works outside of the country. The exhibit will also feature jewelers and ceramic artists from Germany and Finland.
The KU students gained the opportunity to participate in the
exhibition through the Lawrence sister-city program, which links Lawrence and Eutin. Stanionis said this was the second time since 2000 that KU students participated in the exhibition in Eutin.
"The goal of the class is to train students so they could have a place to start right away". Stanionis said. "They have pressure to show their work to professionals, but I want them to feel proud of what they are doing."
The 10 students have worked on their jewelry since the beginning of the semester. Each of them chose a theme and created three pieces of jewelry out of a variety of metals.
"A lot of people are expressing themselves through their own theme." Tobias said.
Robert Goetsch, Overland Park senior, created a silver ring shaped like an apple core and an arch bracelet made of crushed aluminum cans. He said much of his art was inspired by glimpsing other people's lives while biking or walking near his neighborhood.
He said he was looking forward to presenting his work to other artists in Germany.
"I'm excited about meeting people and how they look at my work," Goetsch said.
Tobias said the students would explain their jewelry to visitors and other artists, including German professional artists and students from Finland, during the exhibition. The KU students were the only group of people from the United States, she said, and the biggest challenge was to create jewelry that could compete with other professionals.
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"We're bringing out our techniques and staff," Tobias said. "We want to show them we can be professional."
The students received scholarships from the Chancellor's office, the School of Fine Arts and department of design, which covered most of their expenses for the exhibition.
JANE S. MAYER
The exhibition in Germany will start from Oct.31 to Nov.2. Stanionis said after the exhibition in Germany the students would present their work at 6 Gallery,716 1/2 Massachusetts Street,from Nov.28 to 30.
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Kaylin Hertel, Leawood senior, rolls chain mail for a project she is working on in her jewelry class on Oct 20. Hertel and her classmates have been working hard on their projects in preparation for their trip to Germany to show their work at the Ostolstein-Museum.
FOOTBALL
Efforts for a new kickoff chant fail Students yell old and new chants at Saturday's game against Texas Tech
BY B.J. RAINS rains@kansan.com
Well, it worked — kind of.
"I stopped saying it," said Matt
The new kickoff chant student's voted for on Kansan.com, "Kayyyyyy Youuuuuuu!." was heard throughout Memorial Stadium on Saturday. But so was the controversial "rip his fucking head off" chant.
Wroughton, St. Louis junior,
"It's just stupid and doesn't really do anything for me. I said the new one though, and I'm glad that some
"Coach asked us to stop. I don't know what else it should take."
BEN PREWITT
Council Bluffs, Iowa, sophomore
Coach Mark Mangino recorded a video urging students to come up with something better before the game against Colorado.
"It might have worked better if Mangino was looking at the screen and not reading off some card away from the camera," said Douglas Campbell, Chicago senior. "It just looked kind of poorly done. He should walk to the 50 vard line and ask the students
other people did too. Hopefully we can get that one to drowned out the old one."
The problem with the two chants is that both can be said within the time before kickoff. The "Kayyyyyyy Youuuuuuul" chant ends right when the traditional "rip his fucking head off" chant begins, meaning students can yell both chants at kickoff.
Fans and alumni cheered when the students yelled the new chant, but quickly quieted when they heard the old chant return seconds later.
"I think it's a positive thing that the students are actively trying to do something about it," said Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director. "Hopefully it will raise some awareness about how ill-advised it is. But ultimately, it's up to the students themselves to make that decision."
The chant has become national news in recent weeks with a discussion about it appearing on ESPN's "Pardon The Interruption."
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dents to vote on a new chant. The winner was announced on Friday and the new chant was shown on the ribbon boards at the north end of Memorial Stadium during each Kansas kickoff in Saturday's game against Texas Tech.
"Coach (Mangino) asked us to stop. I don't know what else it should take." Ben Prewitt, Council Blues, Iowa, sophomore, said. "I mean, personally, I think that's disrespectful to him to just ignore it and keep going."
Before the first kickoff, students asked each other if they were going to do the new chant. Most did, but some still yelled the old one. The only time the chant wasn't heard was in the fourth quarter when the student section had emptied out.
University officials, the Athletics Department and students have tried, with little success, to devise ways to stop the chant completely.
Edited by Ramsey Cox
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Vote measures influence
BY JESSE TRIMBLE
jtrimble@kansan.com
With all eyes focused on highprofile candidates in elections this year, residence halls Lewis and Templin have initiated a debate among students on the top 10 influential Americans. The discussion will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Gridiron Room of the Burge Union.
The idea for the discussion originated from a Discovery Channel special called "The Greatest American," a program that named the top 100 Americans.
The Lewis and Templin staff created a modified version by first taking the votes of students from Daisy Hill and Oliver residence halls to narrow down the list to the top 25. From there, a campus-wide vote was conducted in front of Wescoe Hall, which reduced the list to 10. Students will vote for the final five online until Tuesday and the results will be released at the event.
Amelia Bray, Kansas City, Kan. junior and resident assistant in Templin Hall, said the resident assistants and Cody Charles, complex director for both Lewis and Templin, worked on the event since September.
"We decided to take out a lot of the contemporary figures the Discovery Channel had listed to narrow it down a bit more" Bray said.
The goal, Bray said, was to get students to decide who the most influential Americans are, whether they were contemporary or historical figures, dead or alive.
Bray said she voted for the more historical figures because she said they took precedence over contemporary figures.
"Those people will never fall out of our history books." Bray said.
She said after she voted, she regretted not voting for one influential contemporary figure — Walt Disney.
"He has had a huge influence on our culture," Bray said. "He didn't write the Declaration of
Independence, but he has had more influence on economics and how people see America."
The top five most influential Americans will be discussed and debated on Tuesday and students will discuss whether they support the most chosen American.
Bray said five members of the University debate team would also assist students with voicing their opinions during the discussion.
"I think it's a good idea to have more experienced individuals there to get the ball rolling." Bray said. "Then the pressure is not all on the students and they are more receptive to coming."
Mark Marquez, Kansas City , Kan., junior and resident assistant for Lewis Hall, said it was important for students to voice their opinions on who they thought was the most influential American.
"Everyone has different opinions on who has shaped the country we live in today," Marquez said. "That's why we're having the forum."
Bray said that she thought the forum was especially important during the election year.
"We want to know why people think about the skills these people have and as leaders how they influence us as Americans and KU students," Bray said. "What do students value in our leaders?"
Daniel DeJong, Overland Park junior and resident assistant for Templin Hall, said it wasn't about the individual people on the list, but was more about getting students to
the nominees
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think about the process as a whole especially with the upcoming elections.
"It's about what kind of things are important in our country and what really matters in the long run." Delong said.
DeFong said voting online should continue until Tuesday afternoon. To vote, visit http://groups.ku.edu/~greatestamerican.
—Edited by Rachel Burchfield
ELECTION 2008
Obama excites Colorado crowd
BY BEN FELLER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DENVER — Back in the city where he claimed history, Barack Obama presided Sunday over a Colorado rally so enormous and energetic that even he seemed surprised at his following.
"Goodness gracious," Obama said as he took the stage and peered at the human mass in Denver's Civic Center Park. Smelling victory, Obama supporters were everywhere, packing even the steps of the state Capitol way off in the distance.
In a campaign of huge Obama rallies across the United States, the Denver gathering topped them all. Local police put the crowd estimate at "well over" 100,000 people.
The setting, on a sparkling day in this battleground state, said perhaps more than Obama did in his actual speech. It rippled with the kind of enthusiasm found at victory rallies.
Later, in Fort Collins, there was more symbolism in the eyes of Obama backers. Obama spoke to tens of thousands of people on a Colorado State University lawn known as "The Oval."
Obama's campaign is capitalizing on the scope of such rallies to get people to cast votes early, permitted in Colorado and more than two dozen other states.
"How many people have early voted?" Obama said, eliciting cheers from people bundled up in fleece. "That's what I'm talking about."
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CHICAGO — It was the cradle of Jennifer Hudson's greatest triumphs. It's now the scene of her darkest hour.
The Oscar-winning actress and singer has often credited her rise to fame to her upbringing in the impoverished neighborhood on Chicago's South Side where she went to grade school and sang in church.
At that church, her sister pleaded for the safe return of her 7-year-old son, Julian, on Saturday, a day after the siblings' mother and brother were found shot to death at the family home in the Englewood neighborhood.
"I don't care who you are, just let the baby go," Julia Hudson said to a crowd from the podium of the Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church with the boy's father, Greg King, at her side.
"I know he's out there," she pleaded. "Just let him put. Put him
Authorities were holding a suspect with ties to the family, but no one had been charged Saturday. Law enforcement sources told the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times that William Balfour was in custody, and the man's mother said he is Julia Hudson's estranged husband.
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Julia Hudson did not address her relationship to Balfour, who was named in an Amber Alert issued after Julian's disappearance. An alert remained in effect Saturday warning people to be on the lookout for Julian, possibly in a white Chevy Suburban.
Julia Hudson noted that her brother's white truck was missing, but authorities did not say if it was the same vehicle mentioned in the Amber Alert or whether they were seeking additional suspects.
"My greatest fear has already happened," Julia Hudson said. "My greatest hope is finding my child."
An autopsy Saturday showed Darnell Donerson, 57, and Jason Hudson, 29, died of gunshot wounds, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Their deaths were ruled homicides.
Actress Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother were found shot dead Friday at a Chicago home. Police are also searching for her kidnapped nephew.
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25 Unknown man
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY OCTOBER 27,200
FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD
the poster child of a particular Lawrence style of government: an admirable embrace of social benefits that sometimes lacks management skills.
tem make the T hard to defend in its current setup.
vote
YES Transit!
283 0
Poor route planning, scheduling and a complete lack of coordination with the University bus sys-
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What is not hard to defend is an important social right: easy and efficient access to transport. Propositions 2 and 3 are a vote of confidence for the $ \mathrm{T_{1}} $ , and people should be confident in a system that will work once it is set up correctly.
Vote to save public transit in Lawrence
Providing adequate funding is the first step in meeting Lawrence's needs for a comprehensive, coordinated, efficient and convenient transit system.
The Lawrence Public Transit System, called the T<sub>1</sub> has become
The way to fix the T is simple: Merge with the KU bus system. On its own, the T is too small to achieve a sort of critical mass, where it circulates enough so that its ridership grows large enough to support the system.
The story of the T and the University is the story of two very different bus systems: one embraced by its ridership, the other suffocating under goals it could never achieve. The student body has increased funding for its bus system over the past couple of years and students are clearly enamored with having a bus that is extremely useful.
The University's bus system has double the number of riders it did in past years when it became funded by the entire student body this semester through measures that were passed in the spring.
ELECTION 2008
OUR
CHOICE
Voting yes on Propositions 2
and 3 would provide a mechanism to make the T bus system much more stable.
The T is crucial for foreign students. These students don't have driver's licenses, so they rely on the 23rd Street and South
the T provides
Iowa routes that the T has.
The University bus system covers some of these areas, but it only does so until the ludicrously early hour of 6 p.m. with some routes having last pick up by 5:30 p.m. College students need longer hours than this which
Gas prices are a question mark from one day to the next, but with the downturn of the economy, more people are realizing that driving a car may soon be a luxury. For some, that has already come true, whether by choice or by luck. Some depend on the T as their primary source of transportation, and taking that system away leaves these students and Lawrence residents with no options.
For a community that has acknowledges and has made some progress in combating climate change, seeing the city's mass transportation system die is a step backwards. Lawrence should put fewer cars on the road, not more, if the city truly wants to reduce its carbon emissions.
People should vote yes on Propositions 2 and 3. With adequate funding, a unified system is possible, and the University is the best example of this.
Most importantly, Lawrence, including the University, will fulfill the promise of a progressive place that serves its people well.
- Alex Doherty for the editorial board
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
It's alumni, students' job to end football chant
The so-called football chant from "The Waterboy" is a disgrace to our alma mater. Don't get me wrong — I love that movie, but I also love the history, traditions and honor of my school. With the Athletis Department doing all it can to destroy the integrity of The Hill, Memorial Stadium, and Allen Fieldhouse for the sake of money and greed, it is up to us — alumni and students — to
defend what's great about our school, our teams and our tradition. "Rip his f-ing head off" is not worthy of that tradition and does not contribute to its honor.
We have the most original and historically significant mascot in the nation, a true symbol of the fight for freedom and for what is right. Our football kickoff chant should reflect that The Jayhawk and Jayhawkers everywhere deserve better.
Tom Field is a 2005 graduate from Kansas City, Kan.
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Democratic candidate is Carolyn Campbell, a state legislator who has been involved with the Topeka Public Schools Board of Education since 1995. She trouncesRepublican candidate Bob Meissner in public service and political experience. She adamantly supports teaching evolution.
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There are plenty of other reasons to elect either candidate. Schools need adequate funding and effective teachers. But they also need officials who are acutely aware of appropriate curriculums. Take the time to elect someone with that knowledge.
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In comparison, Meissner has been a practicing dentist for the past 31 years. He served on the Shawnee Mission School Board of Education for 12 years. He ran four years ago for the Board but lost to Democrat Bill Wagnon. Under Meissner, health class curriculums will benefit greatly from increased Timmy the Tooth cartoons, but science will suffer. Meissner does not believe in outright banning evolution, but he does support "the debate over different theories" of life origin within the scientific discipline. This all sounds open-minded, but "alternative views" usually mean a candidate is cradling intelligent design under a coat of objectivity, which is one deadly conceal and carry law.
FROM THE DRAWING BOARD
IRAQ
Oberthaler is a Wichita junior in English.
How voters can help the state BOE evolve
I LICHEN THIS TO SCIENCE KATIE OBERTHALER
As a denizen of a college town, my encounters with children are rare and brief and they leave me wondering the fatality rate from roller skate shoe inserts. The children I see mostly are in the playground next to the Dole Center. My concern for children has amplified, and not just because the playground also connects to the Center for Experimental Biology.
State Board of Education elections are approaching on Nov. 4. This means the evolution debate is off the back burner again and tasting like burn PTO fundraising kettle corn. For the past four years, the Board has had a 6-4 conservative majority. However, only one Board member is running for reelection. The Board, and the state science curriculum, is again up for grabs.
The BOE doesn't seem german to college voters. Most simply vote down the party line on the ballot anyway. However, uninformed voting produces ramifications even for post-secondary students.
First, evolution is almost unanimously accepted by professionals in every scientific arena. Failing to teach evolution properly in public schools misrepresents academic discourse. It also prompts
The Kansas evolution debate is not insular. A great portion of the country already assumes we still churn our own butter, and our ongoing evolution debate makes us seem just as archaic to the rest of the nation. You can bet generalizations about our incompetence won't stop at high school diplomas. Kansans, including KU students, are all lumped under the same steeple-bearing roof of ignorance. The Bible Belt isn't just seen as a giant yellow girdle of wheat on the waist of America — others consider it a constricting element upon the knowledge and credibility of all of us, not just grade school children. Electing a candidate who won't amplify this negative image is crucial to improving everyone's reputation.
Unsystematic curriculums inadequately prepare children for higher education and inhibit interest in science-related fields. Scientific inquiry from adolescents is especially pertinent now, when innovative biology and chemistry can benefit from advanced technology, which cures fatal diseases, harnesses new medications and uploads my consciousness onto my computer so I don't have to keep re-typing my Facebook password. Children may be loud and dirty, but their bowl cuts and Aeropostale polos comprise future opportunities.
In the local district, the
tepid approaches to the subject from teachers, which results in incongruent knowledge among students.
LOCAL ON THE 8s In case you overslept, here are top stories in local news.
- A special video from Coach Mangino at the beginning of the last home game did not deter students from yelling the traditionally obscene kickoff chant. For the next game, Mangino has personally offered to eat every transgressor.
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Christina Snyder @ FLICKR.COM
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The Lawrence Recovery and Hope Network had an awareness booth at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. The booth offered support for those in need of assistance after thinking that fifth turkey leg was a good idea.
T. The new wing of the Student Recreation Fitness Center will open on Oct. 24 after numerous delays and setbacks. The addition includes necessary state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for more students who commit to vigorous, regular exercise for two weeks, maximum.
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5. Kids Voting is in need of volunteers who are willing to sacrifice their voting time on Nov. 4 to demonstrate to Kansas children just how much their votes will never matter.
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Some fraternities report strong membership despite not having a house in which to live. Luckily, The Hawk is open every day.
put one foot in front of the other to get to class.
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The University is being fined $80,000 for improperly handling hazardous waste materials by the EPA. In its defense, the University discussed its extensive waste recycling program, Potter Lake.
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Two Missouri residents who support Republican presidential nominee John McCain were surprised to find a charge on their most recent credit statement to Barack Obama's campaign, the Democratic presidential nominee. The two Republican voters are citing Internet fraud, but Democrats are calling it "spreading the wealth."
- compiled by Katie Oberthaler
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OMG, I just saw a Puritan woman with an iPhone in Target.
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There's about a good 70 percent of KU girls who need to be given a heavy sedative.
--online is sick. Call me if you want me to feel better. Here are a few comments I've vomited up from my online past.
I got to stand in the front row of the Ben Folds concert, and it was olarious
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America: Back-to-back World War champions.
I'm in love with a stripper
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Attention KU students: Don't let the man take our chant.
I took a New Testament and promptly threw it in a trash can. Does that make me a sinner?
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Halloween is the last day before the titties go into hibernation for the winter.
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KU Athletics Department, I would like to thank you for making it as difficult as possible to pick up basketball
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Julie, give me my cat carrier back. Gus is very, very upset That's his bed. He wants to sleep in it
--online is sick. Call me if you want me to feel better. Here are a few comments I've vomited up from my online past.
The only thing that is worse than a girl holding a grudge is a guy holding a grudge.
--online is sick. Call me if you want me to feel better. Here are a few comments I've vomited up from my online past.
I've been up all night writing a paper and my roommate just started having sex. It's 7 a.m.
Only four more paragraphs to go.
--online is sick. Call me if you want me to feel better. Here are a few comments I've vomited up from my online past.
Hey! We didn't vote for the old chant, so we shouldn't vote for the new one.
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This just in: Student body elects football chant. The winner is (drum roll, please) "Rip his fucking head off."
--online is sick. Call me if you want me to feel better. Here are a few comments I've vomited up from my online past.
Free For All, where were you today? I looked all day for you buddy.
--online is sick. Call me if you want me to feel better. Here are a few comments I've vomited up from my online past.
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So the other day I overheard a sorority girl saying that she gave up pasta for Lent. Real stretch there, sister.
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No. 1 deal breaker; Finding out he's a Republican. Or he has a girlfriend. They're both as bad
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MONDAY,OCTOBER 27,2008
Lawsuit filed against Lawrence trafficway
BY JOE PREINER
jpreiner@kansan.com
A lawsuit in opposition to the South Lawrence Trafficway is the latest attempt by environmental groups and Haskell Indian Nations University to thwart the proposed construction on the trafficway.
The lawsuit, filed by several environmental groups and Haskell on Friday, appeals to the spiritual and environmental importance of the wetlands through which the proposed trafficway cuts.
The construction project aims
to reduce the amount of pollution and congestion created by traffic on Lawrence streets. The project would divert traffic from traveling through the city via 23rd Street by offering an alternative bypass around the area. The trafficway has been in legal limbo for about 15 years, and the new lawsuit adds yet another delay.
Ryan Callihan, Lenexa senior and vice president of KU Environics, said the trafficway was not a bad idea, but the proposed route did not adequately address the importance of the Haskell-Baker Wetlands.
He said that while the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration had offered compromises, each one involved destroying the wetlands.
"Everything they've proposed is ruining the wetlands," Callihan said. "It's also all in complete disregard for the spiritual reasons Haskell wants the wetlands there."
England Porter, Independence, Kan., senior and vice president of the newly formed Ecoconjice group, said the wetlands had been an integral part of Haskell students' study and traditional way of life. She
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The red line was the first proposal for the trafficway. The green line represents the current proposed route. The blue line is the alternative route proposed by KDOT. The yellow line is another alternative route that runs through the wetlands. The purple line is the route that groups approve of.
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The Baker Wetlands is the proposed site of the South Lawrence Trafficway. The construction of the trafficway is being opposed by Haskell Indian Nations University and several environmental groups. The Wetlands Preservation Organization has proposed a route south of the Wakanausa river, away from the wetlands.
said the wetlands had been the site of many tribal burials, the locations of which Haskell has not revealed to KDOT. Porter said the problem with the trafficway project was not due to a lack of communication between groups, but rather complete negligence.
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The Federal Highway Administration and KDOT have tried to reach a compromise with those opposed to the project.
According to the 42-page lawsuit, KDOT completed the necessary Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement, a survey of potential economic and environmental effects of the project that had been a previous point of controversy.
With the necessary procedures complete, the Federal Highway Administration issued a Record of Decision, allowing KDOT to proceed with the controversial project.
Jason Hering, Hutchinson senior and president of Ecojustice, said the groups opposing the project wanted more discussion regarding alternate routes for the construction. One alternative the environmental groups are willing to compromise on is a route that would steer traffic south of the Wakarusa River. This option would allow the wetlands to remain intact while still diverting traffic and pollution away from
Lawrence streets.
This option would require a considerable increase in funding to complete, Callihan said. He said it would greatly help the project proceed toward completion. According to the lawsuit, an option taking the traffcway south of the river has not been seriously considered by KDOT or the Federal Highway Administration.
KDOT has offered to make up for the loss of wetland areas by creating about 300 acres of manmade wetlands in the surrounding area.
Hering said that while manmade wetlands had been effective in
past projects, the land KDOT was offering to convert was previously used for farming, with soil that was not pesticide-free.
Environmental groups such as the Wetlands Preservation Organization, headed by Haskell student Patrick Freeland, have banded together with tribes in resistance to the project.
The University and Haskell groups will join with others as plaintiffs in the lawsuit, with KDOT and the Federal Highway Administration acting as defendants in the ongoing process.
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TEXAS TECH 63, KANSAS 21
Hawks fold under onslaught
Kansas can't match Red Raiders' offense in Saturday's blowout
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BY B.J. RAINS rains@kansan.com
It was only fitting that when Kansas finally forced Texas Tech into its first punt with just 2:28 left to play, the Jayhawks fumbled the ball and gave it right back.
It was a game that even those that picked Tech to win couldn't have seen coming — a 63-21 trouncing by the visitors that left the Jayhawks with their worst home loss in six years.
"We got a good old-fashioned butt- whooping today and we know it." coach Mark Mangino said.
"We're ticked off because we know we can play better than that," senior linebacker James Holt said.
Neither did anyone watching. The teams were tied 14-14 at the end of the first quarter and the game appeared well on its way to be the shootout that everyone expected. But then Texas Tech scored 49 unanswered points to take a 63-14 lead before a late Kansas touchdown cut the final deficit to 42 points.
Anything and everything that could have gone wrong for the Jayhawks on Saturday did. Todd Reesing threw three interceptions and lost a fumble and Texas Tech scored touchdowns on nine of 13 drives as the KU defense looked dismal for the second straight week.
"We figured we could do that all day" Reeing said.
Kansas had consecutive scoring drives of 79 and 72 yards in the first quarter when it looked fully capable of keeping up with Texas Tech's powerful offense. A 10-yard strike from Reesing to Dezmon Briscoe tied the game at 14 with 1:09 left in the opening frame.
But the Kansas offense soon found out that wouldn't be the case. The Jayhawks' next seven possessions featured a punt, a fumble, another punt, three straight interceptions and a turnover on downs — good for zero points and only 38 yards of offense in almost three full quarters of football.
Reesing's 154 passing yards ended a streak of 12 consecutive games in which he had thrown for more than 200 yards. His three interceptions came in a span of only five plays during the Jayhawks' only three
SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE 4B
xas xax Tech receiver Michael Crabtree breaks through the Kansas defense to score one of Tech's nine touchdowns during Saturday's game at Memorial Stadium. Crabtree finished the game with nine catches for 70 yards and two touchdowns. The Red Raider offense tallied up 556 total yards of offense for the name, the second straight name where the Kansas defense has given more than 600 yards.
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COMMENTARY
Loss ends football dream
For the record, the jayhawks did, technically, stop the Texas Tech offense before all the fans left.
Once. Sort of.
Unfortunately for the Jayhawks, that really was about as proud as they could feel about themselves on Saturday. The Red Raiders destroyed Kansas 63-21 and ripped away the Jayhawks' reputation along with it. They came in as a team that still had national respect, one that was actually the Vegas favorite against a top 10 team. By 1 p.m. Saturday, that wasn't the case. Every time Graham Harrell waited in the pocket for what felt like an eternity and picked whichever receiver was the most open in that long second half, came this painful, unwelcoming shot of reality. Kansas is out of the national spotlight, out of the warm comfortable bed it had been dreaming in since the storybook 2007 season ended with the Orange Bowl Championship.
Tech faced a third and 25 deep in its own territory. Shannon Woods rushed for 21 yards. Then it was halftime. Cue the cake and dancers.
Thered been minor doses before. Kansas had two losses coming in. But one was to a good Oklahoma team on the road, and the layhawks were in the game in the third quarter. The other came at South Florida, and Kansas and Todd Reesing rebed back late but couldn't come all the way back
They did enough to keep the mirage from fading away in those games. They did enough to stay ranked. They did enough to show that they weren't the same Kansas team from two years ago or one from the Terry
BY MARK DENT
mdent@kansan.com
There was no such deception on Saturday. The game could've been a Saturday Night Live skit, except no one even bothered to watch it. For historical purposes, here's how
Allen era.
SEE DENT ON PAGE 4B
"Our goal this year is to make it to the NCAAs," Francis said. "In the bigger picture, today puts us in a situation where we've got 11 wins. Everybody that I've talked to has said you've got to really have 12 wins at minimum you can have an at-large bid."
BY ANDREW WIEBE
awiebe@kansan.com
Jayhawks still have a shot at NCAA Tournament after a split weekend
SOCCER
ment Nov, 5-9 in San Antonio, but coach Mark Francis said his team needed one more victory, at the very minimum, to have any chance of accomplishing their preseason aims.
SEE SOCCER ON PAGE 8B
After splitting another pair of weekend games, Kansas is still alive in its fight for its place in the NCAA Tournament.
A 1-0 loss to No. 14 Texas on Friday spoiled the first of the season's final games at the layhawk Soccer Complex this weekend, but Kansas (11-6-1, 4-4-1) rebounded to clinch a spot in the Big 12 Tournament by beating Baylor 1-0 on senior day.
The jayhawks will be either the sixth or seventh seed in the conference tourna-
Jayhawks finish third at Big 12 Relays
BY ADAM SAMSON asamson@kansan.com
SWIMMING & DIVING
KU women's swimming and diving wrapped up the Big 12 Relays on Friday with 62 points and tied for third with Missouri. Texas won the relays with 102 points and Texas A&M women finished right behind the Longhorns with 98 points.
Last season at the Big 12 Relays, the Jayhawks finished fourth behind Missouri, but the KU women are competing at the
level where they can consistently be in the top half of the Big 12.
"Our goal is always to be the best team in the Big 12 North and bridge the gap to the Texas schools," head swimming coach Clark Campbell said.
Campbell recognized sophomores Iulia Kuzhil and Amanda Maez as swimmers with solid performances on Friday.
The best finish of the day for the Jayhawks was the 4 by 25 yard medley relay, a team that consisted of Kuzhil (backstroke), senior Danielle Herrmann
OKLAHOMA CITY — Cole Aldrich wears his national championship ring only on special occasions — such as Big 12 Media Day last Thursday.
(breaststroke), senior Ashley Leidigh (butterfly) and senior Maria Mayrovich (freeze) with a second-place finish behind the Longhorns. Other other relays on the day gained third-place points.
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KU divers, senior Hannah McMacken, junior Meghan Proehl and sophomore Erin Mertz took home a first-place finish on the 1-meter board with 274.85 points. Mertz also made it to the final round in the shoot-out session.
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As Aldrich walked from room to room in the Cox Convention Center to talk to various media outlets, players from other Big 12 teams stared at the shiny silver piece of jewelry. Especially Oklahoma sophomore forward Blake Griffin.
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Griffin, who has known Aldrich for almost five years, walked up to Kansas' sophomore center and expressed his envy. Griffin told Aldrich he planned to get one for himself.
"Good luck man." Aldrich told Griffin. "It's not easy."
A national championship ring is about the only thing that can make Griffin jealous lately. Since the Sooner forward decided to stay in college for another year six months ago, he's received more praise and accolades than he can remember.
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Halloween is four days away. And for those who have trouble coming up with a scary or unusual idea, you can always be an athlete.
We all did that as kids. Growing up in Kansas City, Riddell Chiefs helmets and jerseys ruled the night as little Derrick Thomases and Neil Smiths trick-or-treated.
I was never a Chiefs player, but I was once Ken Griffey, Jr. My parents bought me a Mariners shirt and then took it to a T-shirt store to have Griffey's name and number printed on the back. It wasn't the exact Griffey uniform, but I couldn't have been happier.
Griffey is getting a little old now, but here are three athletes worthy of dressing up as this Halloween.
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— Roger Federer, tennis star:
The king of cool. Who wouldn't want to be like Federer? He's won more Grand Slams than anyone not named Pete Sampras, yet he's about as likely to brag about himself as he is to double fault on a match point.
The other players say he is one of the nicest guys on tour. And my God, what a forehand.
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Like Federer, this costume would be modest. Wear a polo shirt and a pair of athletic shorts — preferably white because that's what hed wear at Wimbledon — and tie a bandana around your forehead. Carry a tennis racket if you feel like it.
— David Price, rookie Rays pitcher: So your friends might call
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to go for the real thing, here's a good choice. Coughlin is a gold medallist and world-record holder. Although other Olympians got more headlines in Beijing, she became the first woman athlete to win six medals at one Olympic games.
He was a first round draft pick in 2007, and now he's closing World Series games. For the costume, grab a Pays jersey if you can afford it, or otherwise find a shirt and hat and tell everyone you're Price.
But be careful with this costume. It would be cold and extremely awkward to wear a swimsuit to a party, so this is what I would recommend: Find a Speedo shirt and a pair of shorts and then wear goggles.
you a bandwagon fan if you support the Rays. Who cares? The Rays are too likeable and too good not to cheer for. And Price is the coolest.
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Mangino isn't as outgoing as Leach, so I doubt he take a first date out to dinner. Hed probably recommend they go to Signs of Life for a cup of coffee and maybe to study. That way if the girl seemed interested, the atmosphere would allow for a good conversation, and if she didn't, they could always do more studying than talking.
About a month ago, a freshman at Texas Tech wrote in a question to coach Mike Leach's TV show about
Leach's response was more than a minute long. He suggested a casual restaurant for dinner, one where they serve little salad so the girl would have to order a real meal, followed by a movie and then coffee.
dating. He wanted to know where to take a first date.
So what would Kansas coach Mark Mangino suggest? Here's my guess.
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The men's golf team will compete in the Baylor Intercollegiate today and tomorrow in Dallas. The 54-hole event will conclude the team's fall season and will take place at Royal Oaks Country Club.
Leading the Jayhawks will be sophomore Nate Barbee. Barbee ranks seventh overall in the Big 12 with a scoring average of 71.38. Barbee has had one top-5 finish and three top-20 finishes in tournaments this season.
As a team, Kansas ranks fourth overall in the Big 12 with a scoring average of 291.25. Rounding out the Jayhawks starting five will be seniors Walt Koelbel and Andrew Storm and freshmen Ian Anson and Blake Giroux.
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WEMBLEY, England — A trans-Atlantic trip was just what Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints needed to get their season back on track.
The Saints (4-4) held off a late comeback by the Chargers, who came from 37-20 down early in the fourth quarter and were driving for the tying touchdown. But linebacker Jonathan Vilma picked off a pass by Philip Rivers with just over a minute to go. Brees took a safety in the final seconds to complete the scoring.
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Brett Favre trudged back to the New York Jets' sideline after throwing his third interception, this one returned for a touchdown, and the fans let him have it.
"I've heard them in Green Bay before," Favre said. "I don't blame them, but it was a little premature, as we see now."
"I knew one thing: I'd go down swinging, however that may be," the 39-year-old Favre said after his 41st career fourth-quarter comeback. "I just wanted to give those guys a chance."
The heavily favored Jets (4-3) overcame three interceptions by Favre and an upset-minded Chiefs (1-6) team using its third-string quarterback.
"I believe that's why they brought him in here," said Coles, who played after suffering a concussion last weekend. "No matter what the circumstances are, he always gives you a chance to win. I know he's a little old, but he still can play."
Leon Washington returned Steve Weatherford's punt 37 yards — and even dragged the punter on his back for a few of those yards — to put the
Jets (4-3) in terrific field position at the Chiefs 46.
"Talk about a monkey on your back, huh?" Washington said with a laugh. "You don't want the kicker to tackle you, so I was trying hard to get away from him."
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Favre finished 28-of-40 for 290 yards and two touchdowns and the three INTS. Washington caught a pass for a score and ran another in, and Thomas Jones also ran for a touchdown.
Tyler Thigpen, making his second NFL start, got the Chiefs (1-6) downfield quickly for one final shot. But his pass on fourth-and-1 to Will Franklin was knocked away by Drew Coleman.
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BY JOSH BOWE
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Coach Ray Bechard wanted his team to reverse its fortunes for its last ten Big 12 matches. But he probably did not want his Jayhawks to take it so literally.
What was not reversed was the outcome as Kansas was swept again Saturday afternoon in College Station to Texas A&M. After playing well offensively but failing on defense against Baylor last week, the Jayhawks sputtered offensively against Texas A&M.
It was a rough ending to a two-match road trip to say the least. Kansas hit an anemic .041 percent and almost had as many errors (24) as kills (28). No Jayhawk reached double-digits in kills as sophomore outside hitter Jenna Kaiser led the team with nine.
"In this conference, on the road especially, you have to have both sides of the net in order," Bechard said. "We didn't have our side of the net in order offensively."
However, the defense that was non-existent against Baylor, showed up for the Aggies. Three players finished with double-digit kills as sophomore libero Melissa Manda paved the way with 12.
Kansas now sits with all alone in seventh place in the Big 12 with a 3-8 record. The only team with a worse record in conference is winless Texas Tech. With the team stagnant in the standings, Bechard wants his players to look at themselves individually.
"It's frustrating, a matter of us taking a little more personal
accountability" Bechard said.
It was not even as if the Aggies had a standout match on offense. A&M only finished with one player in double-digits in kills, junior Mary Batis with a match-high 11. After that, the Jayhawk defense did a solid job of not letting any other players step up and hurt the team.
Sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlington does not see the situation as bleak as it may be. But she was at a loss of words for the offense's drab performance
"We just ran into a lot of trouble putting the ball away and getting clean swings," Garlington said. "So we're just struggling in a lot of different areas."
But regardless, Saturday's match was a backbreaker for Kansas. During a season there are moments that could be singled out as the beginning of the end for a team. But Beachard won't let that happen for the Jayhawks. He never questioned the Jayhawks' effort throughout the match, even if the execution was not there.
If there is a bright spot at the end of the tunnel for Kansas, it is that they finally can return to the comforting confines of the Horejsi Family Athletics Center on Wednesday. To add fuel to the fire, Kansas will be playing archival Missouri as well. If there was ever a moment the Jayhawks needed a spark, this Wednesday could be it.
"That's going to be huge," Garlington said of the upcoming match. "I really think it'll help us get some momentum back."
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A strange stat tells the tale of Kansas' offensive woes Saturday after noon. Three players finished with as many kills as errors. Middle blockers Natalie Uhart and Brittany Williams and outside hitter Jenna Kaiser were the culprits. Their 16 combined kills were nullified with the accompanying 16 errors.
Freshman Allyson Mayfield saw her most action since Jenna Kaiser was sidelined with her elbow injury and she took advantage. Mayfield had four kills in nine attempts, leading Kansas with a .444 hitting percentage. She was the only Jayhawk to hit above .200.
kid would work harder," Bechard said. "But we let Kansas down in that regard from the standpoint of just having that competitive confidence that we needed to be successful."
Sophomore defensive specialist Mel Townsend has not played since October 4th as she recovers from a fractured wrist. Townsend was involved in some parts of practice this last week, but her return is still uncertain.
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But Ryan and his young teammates learned more about themselves on Sunday — a lot of it positive — in one of the more
difficult venues for a visitor in the NFL, and against one of the more perplexing defenses.
The score was 27-14, but the game was closer than that.
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Texas Tech wide receiver Michael Crabtree flexes for teammates after completing one of the Red Raiders' nine touchdowns against the Jayawards during Saturday's game at Memorial Stadium. Texas Tech moved up to No. 6 in the AP poll on Sunday while Kansas fell out of the Top 25.
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NEW YORK — Texas Tech has its highest ranking in the AP Top 25 in 32 years, and a chance to make another momentous leap coming up.
For coach Mike Leach's Red Raiders, the Texas game will likely be the second of four straight against ranked teams
The Red Raiders moved up two spots by overwhelming Kansas, 63-21 on Saturday. Texas Tech hasn't been ranked this high since Nov. 15, 1976, when coach Steve Sloan had the Red Raiders 8-0 heading into a big home game against No. 9 Houston. Texas Tech lost to Houston, 27-19, and finished that season 10-2 with a loss to Nebraska in the Bluebonnet Bowl.
The Red Raiders moved up to No. 6 in the poll released Sunday as they get ready to host No. 1 Texas. In the process, Texas Tech knocked Kansas from the rankings.
A second consecutive weekend when highly ranked teams ruled produced little change at the top of the media rankings.
No. 7 Southern California slipped a spot after edging Arizona 17-10 on Saturday night. No. 8 Georgia moved up a spot heading into its huge Southeastern Conference game against East Division rival Florida.
Texas is a unanimous No. 1 for the second week in a row, receiving all 65 first-place votes, and the rest of the top five remained the same: No. 2 Alabama, followed by Penn State, Oklahoma and Florida.
No. 10 Utah, No. 11 Boise State and No. 12 TCU all have hopes of breaking into the Bowl Championship Series from conferences without automatic bids.
No 9 Oklahoma State dropped two spots after losing 28-24 in Austin to the Longhorns.
Texas Tech's big win at then-No. 19 Kansas knocked the Jayhawks out of the rankings. After Texas comes to Lubbock on Saturday, the Red Raiders are home for Oklahoma State, then have a week off before playing at Oklahoma.
For the Longhorns, the Texas Tech game will be their fourth straight against a team ranked in the Top 11. The Longhorns has navigated safely through Oklahoma, Missouri and Oklahoma State in October, but those games were all at home or on a neutral field. The trip to Lubbock will be the Longhorns' toughest road test yet.
Ohio State dropped three spots to No. 13 after losing 13-6 to Penn State in a game for first-place in the Big Ten.
No. 14 is Missouri and LSU dropped four spots to No. 15 after a 52-38 loss to Georgia.
No. 16 Florida State, BYU,
Ball State, Tulsa and Minnesota round out the first 20. The Golden Gophers, 7-1 after going 1-11 last season, have their highest ranking since the final poll of the 1999 season.
The final five include three teams that have yo-yoed in and out of the rankings this season.
No. 21 North Carolina and No. 22 Michigan State both dropped out last week but are back in this week.
No. 23 Oregon is back in the rankings for the third time this season and first time in a month.
No. 24 South Florida is the only Big East team left in the rankings. The Bulls dropped 10 spots after losing 24-20 at Louisville.
No. 25 Maryland is ranked for the first time since 2006.
Along with Kansas, falling out were Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech and Boston College.
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possessions in the third quarter.
"Ive never had that happen to me in a lot of years of football." Reesing said. "Sometimes when things go bad, they can get real bad. You can't really sugarcoat it — we just don't play very well. We tell apart in the second half."
The Red Raiders, meanwhile, scored touchdowns on eight of nine possessions to start the game. Their only mishap came when they started a drive with just 31 seconds left before halftime and decided to run out the clock.
Quarterback Graham Harrell was 34-42 for 386 yards and five touchdowns and Michael Crabtree, the Red Raiders' All-American sophomore wide receiver, had nine receptions for 70 yards and two touchdowns, despite playing with a slight limp.
"When you only get three stops the whole game and one of them included a missed field goal, it's frustrating," Thornton said. "We let things unravel and it turned into a blowout."
Not even wearing red jerseys for the first time in 2008 could help the Jayhawks avoid one of their biggest losses since Mangino took over in 2002. Kansas, which had been 6-0 when wearing red, had only 315 yards of total offense to Tech's 556.
The Red Raiders' 63 points were the most scored against Kansas since they lost at Texas 66-14 in 2005.
During the forgettable second and third quarters, Texas Tech had the ball for almost 25 of the 30 minutes played. Fans started leaving soon after halftime and the student section was almost empty by the time the game came to an end.
"It happens to everybody from time to time in college football," Mangino said. "You just get a day where the snowball starts rolling downhill, and it gets bigger and downhill and before you know it, you have no chance to stop it and it runs you over. That's what happened to us today."
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Safety Justin Thornton and cornerback Chris Harris switched positions for Saturday's game. Thornton, who said he hadn't played cornerback since high school, was matched up several times with All-American Michael Crabtree, while Harris spent most of his time alongside Darrell Stuckey at safety.
"We had to do something," Mangino said. "We were really struggling at that position and Thornton has quick feet and hips and can play that position. Is that the ideal position for him? No, he's better at free (safety) but I think our choices were somewhat limited in that area."
Freshman Daymond Patterson appeared on defense for the first time, lining up at cornerback. Previously, Patterson had only returned punts and played sparingly as a wide receiver.
BOWL GAME UPDATE
With five victories, the Jayhawks remain one victory away from bowl eligibility. But a 6-16 record doesn't guarantee a bowl game, as evidenced by the Jayhawks 2006 season when they were not selected despite winning six games.
To ensure a bowl invitation, the Jayhawks need to win two of their last four games. With stiff tests remaining against Texas and Missouri, Saturday's matchup with instate rival Kansas State becomes almost a must-win game.
"We got our butts whooped today but the season's not over yet," said quarterback Todd Reesing. "We have a lot of football left to play and we have some chances to put ourselves in a position to win the north and get a good bowl game. We just have to bounce back and stay positive."
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Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell throws a pass during Saturday's game. Harrell connected on 34-of-42 of his passes, racking up 356 yards and five touchdowns.
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bad it got:
—Kansas lost its Homecoming game by 42 points. It was the worst Homecoming loss ever, and the first time since November 22, 1941, that it lost by more than 30 points on Homecoming. That was three weeks and one day after Mount Rushmore was completed. John McCain was five years old. Yep. That long ago.
—Tech scored 49 unanswered points. Its 63 points were the most the Jayhawks had given up at home since 2002, when they gave up 64 to Kansas State.
-Eleven different Tech players caught passes.
— Reesing took five snaps in the third quarter. He threw a pick on three of them, all to the same player.
Thing is, it is not. Not to perennial top 25 programs, teams the Jayhawks are trying to emulate. For instance, Virginia Tech hasn't lost at home by 30 or more points in 11 years. During K-State's good run in the '90s, the Wildcats lost by more than 30 at home just once.
- "It happens to everybody from time to time in college football," coach Mark Mangino said.
Mangino said there was no sense of panic in the locker room after the game, more of a sense of disbelief. He told all of this to reporters, Lew Perkins and a man wearing a yellow blazer and fiery red tie. A patch on the left side of the man's gaudy suit featured a Fiesta Bowl emblem. He must've had the wrong press conference.
But wait. The patch also featured the Insight Bowl logo. That's more like it. Or is it?
It wasn't supposed to happen to Kansas. Not this year. The lajahawks were supposed to prove 2007 was a fluke and establish themselves as a worthy Top 25 team.
Kansas probably needs two victories to secure a spot in a bowl game. The team that played on Saturday will get smoked by Missouri and Texas, no questions asked. The Jayhawks will have to win two tough games, against rival K-State and at improving Nebraska, just to make a minor league bowl like the Insight.
Ouch. Waking up from the dream was supposed to hurt. But not this much.
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VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX
IT WAS OVER WHEN...
Todd Reesing's fumble gave the Red Raiders the ball in Jayhawk territory. A quick Texas Tech score made it 28-14 and it soon steamrolled from there.
GAME BALL GOES TO.
The mad scientist of the spread offense looked every bit the part
Graham Harrell. The Texas Tech quarterback picked apart the KU secondary, going 34-42 for 386 yards and five touchdowns.
southeast corner of Memorial Stadium.
GAME TO FORGET...
Todd Reesing. In arguably the worst game of his Kansas career, Reesing passed for only 154 yards, threw three interceptions and lost a fumble.
QUOTABLE...
"In our locker room, there is no panic or feeling bad. Nobody's taken that route. We don't do that here. This program has had to fight through losses before and tough times before and we will continue to do that. There is no doubt in my mind our team will be ready to play next week. I'm not concerned about that."
Coach Mark Mangino on how his team will rebound:
oit's tackle du
B. J. Rains
on Saturday, with a wind-worn manne that waved in every direction. Still, it's impossible to deny the amazing concoction he put on
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ing Saturday's game at Memorial Stadium.
Harrell's postgame smile shined as bright as the stars over Lubbock, and he had plenty of time to get it ready. The nation's leading passer watched the final 12 minutes of the game from the sidelines with a baseball cap on instead of his helmet.
the field.
What started as an old West-style shootout turned into target practice for the Red Raiders, as gunslinger Graham Harrell bulleted five touchdown passes and ran for another to spur Texas Tech's 63-21 blowout of Kansas.
"That's what you want to do every game," Harrell said. "It's all about having fun. When we have fun, that's when we're at our best."
Harrell started the festivities with a 55-yard bomb to Edward Britton less than three minutes into the game. The Jayhawks (5-3, 2-2) shot back, but Harrell was ready with rapid fire.
He orchestrated an eight-play, 83-yard drive and capped it with a four-yard strike to favorite target Michael Crabtree. Again the Jayhawks tied it, but those were the last points they would score until late in the fourth quarter.
Tech (8-0, 4-0) had barrels of fun in Lawrence as six different Red Raiders reached pay dirt.
Texas Tech owned the second and third quarters in every way, shape and form.
In that span, the Red Raiders
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The Red Raiders were 9-for-13 on third down attempts, and the play that epitomized their nonstop mojo was a third and goal from the 16 yard line late in the third quarter.
Running back Baron Batch, who accumulated a game-high 117 all-purpose yards, said the reason for Tech's increased vigor in this game was a better perspective. Batch said his team used to look ahead to
controlled the ball for over 24 minutes, out-gained the Jayhawks 377 yards to 34 and ran up 42 straight points.
"Sometimes you get on a roll." Leach said. "There's a point when you kind of have momentum and the ball starts rolling your direction."
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Harrell dumped off a short pass to Crabtree, who made a couple of spins, cut upfield and forced his way into the end zone. On the play, Crabtree shrugged off five Kansas defenders and the umpire.
Tech has had its share of doubters this season, and even the mad scientist would go only as far as to call them "better than average." But the gunslinger, armed with a cannon and a smile, knows that his undefeated team could be something more.
"I saw him and I didn't want it to be one of those South Carolina things, so I had to get out of the way," Crabtree said.
That statement is probably true for a lot of the Red Raiders. After all, a conference matchup between ranked foes rarely results in such carnage.
Crabtree was referring to last
Harrell said he believed the Jayhawks felt defeated early in the third quarter. Tech safety Darcel McBath encouraged that feeling with three straight third quarter interceptions. McBath said he hadn't had a game like that since peewee football.
week's South Carolina — LSU game, where an umpire basically tackled South Carolina's quarterback. Tackling referees was about the only thing that could've helped Kansas on Saturday, but the Big 12 officials weren't cooperating.
Crabtree echoed that sentiment when dealing with a question regarding the buildup for next week's Lone Star showdown.
"Hype?" Crabtree said. "I don't feel hype, I just see footballs. Whatever they say, I really don't listen to it."
games like next week's clash with No.1 Texas, but now they take it one game at a time and play each one with a purpose.
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Hook 'Em Horns: The entire country is running out of adjectives to describe Heisman-favorite Colt McCoy. Texas' wonder boy had another amazing afternoon, completing 38-of-45 passes for 391 yards and two touchdowns. He also led the team with 41 rushing yards and another score. McCoy did commit two uncharacteristic turnovers, but the Longhorn defense tightened up and held on for a hard-fought victory.
Cowboy Down: Kendall Hunter continued his assault on run-vulnerable Big 12 defenses. Hunter scampered for 161 yards and a touchdown, averaging 8.9 yards per carry along the way. However, quarterback Zac Robinson couldn't keep pace with McCoy, and the Cowbys were hurt by one costly turnover and five penalties. Still, Mike Gundy's crew proved they deserve to stay in the Top 10.
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Boomer Sooner: Oklahoma played a game's worth in the first half, and it really didn't need the final 30 minutes to decide this one. With the game tied at 28-28 and eight minutes left in the first half, the Sooners exploded for 27 points before halftime. Oklahoma's defense forced five turnovers and held Kansas State to 64 rushing yards. Oklahoma tailbacks Chris Brown and DeMarco Murray teamed for 246 yards and three touchdowns.
Texas quarterback Colt McCoy runs off the field after they defeated Oklahoma State 28-24 in an NCAA college football game in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. McCoy's play this season has elevated him to the top of Heisman Trophy discussions.
Don't Forget to Bring a Towl: Josh Freeman put up a mind-blowing 478 passing yards, but his three interceptions told the more important story. Kansas State forced only one turnover and couldn't make Oklahoma pay for its eight penal-
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Big Mo: After losing two games in a row, Missouri needed a patsy to take out its frustrations on. Enter Colorado. Quarterback Chase Daniel recaptured his Heisman form with a very impressive performance. Daniel completed 31-of-37 passes for 302 yards and five touchdowns. Jeremy Maclin was his favorite target, as he caught 11 passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns. Chase Coffman's seven receptions made him the career leader in catches for a D-I tight end.
Barbecued Buffalo: Freshman quarterback Tyler Hansen started ahead of coaches kid Cody Hawkins, and a fumble on first down put Colorado in an immediate hole. Hansen led the team with 30 yards on the ground, but Hawkins came into the game and out-passed his compatriot. Colorado managed just 199 offensive yards and was shut out for the first time since 1988.
NEBRASKA 32
BAYLOR 20
Bo Knows Bo: The Cornhuskers struggled through the first 30 minutes, but they owned the second half. Nebraska scored the final 15 points as quarterback Joe Ganz helped his team ice the game with two second-half touchdown passes. Ganz finished with 336 yards while running back Marlon Lucky led the rushing attack with 83 yards and one touchdown.
Bummed Out Bears: First-year coach Art Briles was oh-so-close to winning in his first trip to Lincoln, which anyone will tell you isn't easy. However, his team couldn't put together a full game. Freshman Robert Griffin led the ground game with 121 yards and a score, but he struggled through the air, complete-
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TEXAS A&M 49,
IOWA STATE 35
Gig 'Em: This game had little relevance on the conference as a whole, except for the South to flex its muscle over the North from top to bottom. Aggie quarterback Jerrod Johnson played his best game of the season, completing 31-of-39 for 381 yards and four touchdowns. A&M used a barnload of backs to carry the load, and that group finished with three rushing touchdowns.
Coming Up Lames in Ames: Statistically it was an even game, but the Aggies just came up with more clutch plays. Wide receiver R.J. Sumrall caught nine passes for 143 yards and 11 receivers caught a pass for Iowa State. The Cyclones put up 574 yards but lost two turnovers.
INTRAMURALS Beta A1 blows by Sigma Nu2 in a windy game
The wind was a huge factor in the Greek men's flag football championship game Sunday afternoon with Beta Theta PI taking full advantage. Chad Evenson, Springfield, Mo., senior, said "We won the coin toss and we wanted the wind on our side for both halves; they (Sigma Nu2) weren't able to throw the ball long." The wind helped Beta A1 to a 20-6 victory.
Both teams's defenses put pressure on the quarterbacks forcing the quarterbacks to throw many interceptions. Sigma Nu started the game and during first possession and third down threw a pass which was picked off my Tommy Grutzmacher, Platt City, Mo., senior, on Beta A1. Grutzmacher was Beta A1s most valued player.
On Sigma Nu2's second possession they were forced to punt the ball to Beta A1. Quarterback Chris Wolfe, Winona, Minn., junior, led Beta A1 on fourth down by throwing a complete pass for first down. On Beta A1's second first down Sigma Nu put
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pressure on Wolfe but he was able to avoid the sack and threw for Beta A1's first touchdown. The extra point conversion was unsuccessful leaving the score 6-0.
On fourth down Wolfe passed the ball to a Beta A1 player, who quickly passed the ball to Grutzmacher for a touchdown. The score was 14-0 at the half.
Beta A1 had the option to defend or start the second half with the ball. Since the wind was such a big factor Beta A1 chose to defend; keeping them on the same side playing with the wind. Sigma Nu was forced to play the entire game against the wind but started the second half with a complete touchdown pass from quarterback Michael Jolley to Bryson Kellerman, leaving the score 14-6.
In the final minutes Wolfe ran the ball into the end zone for a touchdown leaving the final score of the championship game for Greek men's flag football 20-6.
Grutzmacher said, "We had high expectations and we fulfilled them; it was a fun run."
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DOLINSKY POWERS KANSAS PAST BAYLOR
Junior midfielder Monica Dolinsky drove a swerving free kick into the upper corner with the wind behind her back in the eighth minute to lead Kansas, past Baylor and send the team's six seniors out on a high note.
"Monica is smart," Francis said. "She knew she just had to put it on frame, and the wind would kind of take care of the rest of it."
Kansas outshot Baylor 17 to 10 and registered nine shots on goal while its opponent managed to test junior goalkeeper Julie Harley just once.
With the wind behind their backs in the first half, the Jayhawks had seven shots on goal to the Bears' one and seemed unlucky to be only one goal ahead. In the second half the windy conditions disrupted Kansas' possession game, but Baylor couldn't conjure up any scoring chances of their own.
"I think it hurt us probably all game," Bush said of the effect the wind had on the game. "We had the
wind the first half and that helped us a lot, but in the second half it was ugly"
FIRST HALF GOAL DOOMS JAYHAWKS
Senior defender Kasey Moore scored the game's only goal in the 22nd minute as No.14 Texas defeated Kansas in a physical and evenly matched game.
Francis' team recorded three more shots than the Longhorns, but the versatile Moore latched onto a pass over the top and applied a classy finish to send the Jayhawks behind for the first time in three games.
The lone goal held up as Kansas lost its offensive edge in the face of a deficit and Texas kept numbers behind the ball.
"We lost our rhythm a little bit," Francis said. "We didn't do things in the second half that I thought we did well in the first half — playing the feet, connecting, I think we got caught playing a little too direct."
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SWIMMING (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
On Thursday, the Jayhawks dropped a close one in its dual meet against the Aggies 133-106.
Herrmann set a new pool record in the 200-yard individual medley clocking in at 2.03.83. Herrmann's pool record and first place, paired with her second place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke, led the way in swimming action.
"Daniellele 200 (individual medley) was the highlight of the meet," Campbell said. "She has set several high goals for the season and she is well on her way to achieving them."
Another notable swim was the 200-yard medley relay where Kuzhil, Herrmann, Leidigh and Mayrovich finished second and were only .5 seconds from first place.
In diving, sophomore Erin Mertz recorded two first-place finishes in 1- and 3-meter diving. Proehl added a second-place finish on the 1-meter
final results:
1st - Texas - 102 points
2nd - Texas A&M - 98 points
3rd - Kansas - 62 points
3rd - Missouri - 62 points
5th - Iowa State - 42 points
6th - Nebraska - 28 points
board and McMacken added to the strong diving performance with a third-place finish on 3-meter.
Next up on the Jayhawks' agenda is the Border Showdown in Columbia, Mo., next weekend for a dual meet on Saturday.
"The Missouri meet is a very fun competition," Campbell said. "Our rivalry brings out the best in both teams."
Edited by Ramsey Cox
The Big 12 Conference coaches named him the Preseason Player of the Year. He's considered an All-American candidate. Most 2009 NBA Draft projections list Griffin as the first or second pick.
BASKETBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1 B)
"He's the best player in the country," Kansas coach Bill Self said.
But people outside the Oklahoma basketball program never expected this to happen. After averaging 14 points and nine rebounds per game last season as a freshman, Griffin was a surefire first round pick in the 2008 NBA Draft.
Experts assumed Griffin would follow the lead of other highly-regarded freshmen — such as Kansas State's Michael Beasley and Bill Walker and Texas A&M's DeAndre Jordan from the Big 12 — and enter his name into the draft.
It was the end of March and Oklahoma's basketball program was in a state of chaos. The possibility of the Sooners losing their best player was only part of it. Louisville embarrassed Oklahoma in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 78-48 victory in Birmingham, Ala. Stories reported South Carolina wanted to fill its coaching vacancy by hiring Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel.
When the Sooners returned to Norman, Okla., after being ousted
"There were a lot of rumors flying around out there about both of us," Capel said. "I said, 'Let's take a couple of days and let this die down a little bit — the season, the sting of how we just lost — and let's get together."
from the tournament, Capel sent Griffin a text message.
Before Capel left for San Antonio to attend the Final Four, he sat down with Griffin and told him what coaches tell players in these situations.
Bradley
If Griffin wanted to play in the NBA next year, Capel would support his decision. If he wanted to come back to Oklahoma, well, Capel would gladly accept that too. Capel assured Griffin that he wasn't going anywhere and would be the Oklahoma coach next season regardless.
"I've always wanted to play on a team with high expectations coming in and have the chance to win championships," Griffin said. "That really excited me."
He knew that's exactly what Oklahoma would be if he came back. The Sooners return five of their top seven players in minutes from last season — including Blake's older brother, senior Taylor Griffin — and added
Griffin thought about it, but he didn't have to think hard. He wanted to return for another year of college basketball.
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Griffin waited to inform Capel of his decision until after the Final Four. Capel was ecstatic when he found out, but not surprised.
"He's a kid that doesn't follow the norm," Capel said. "He doesn't follow what everyone else is doing. He does what he thinks is best for him."
Griffin spent all summer practicing his shot to add range and become more than just a threat inside the paint. Now, he's ready for the season to start.
But first, he has to attend functions like Big 12 Media Day,where reporters flock around him in droves and even opposing coaches rave about his ability.
Kansas doesn't play Oklahoma until February 23 when the Jayhawks travel to Norman, but Self still answered questions about Griffin.
"We tried recruiting Blake." Self said. "I think he has all the pieces to be great."
Griffin wants to be more than great this year. He wants what Aldrich has — a championship ring.
Edited by Rachel Burchfield
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Blanton's homer combined with two homers from Howard gave the Phillies a 10-2 victory and a 3-1 World Series lead over the Tampa Bay Rays.
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thanie Brooks, Mendota Heights, Minn., senior, watches a video in the Susan G. Komen bus that was outside of the Adams Alumni Center on Monday. Brooks was volunteering as a peer health educator to help spread teness of breast cancer and practicing safe breast health.
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BY JOE PREINER jpreiner@kansan.com
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is rolling to a stop, just as the Susan G. Komen On the Go tour did Monday.
The pink mobile breast cancer education center parked in front of the Adams Alumni Center for one of the final stops on its nasonwide tour.
The Komen On the Go vehicle gives passers by the opportunity to learn about breast cancer. The pink trailer, one of two owned by the Komen Foundation, expands into an awareness center. Flat-screen televisions and laptop computers provide information on the issue of breast cancer.
Nick Blake, a Komen On the Go team member, works full time with the touring center. He said breast cancer affected everyone.
The Komen On the Go canpaign began four years ago and has gained ground on its way to the now national tour. Now in its fourth year, the tour covers between 20 and 25 states and stops in about 150 cities during a six-month period.
"There are so many passionate people," Blake said. "People leave here feeling empowered and encouraged. It's a really positive reaction."
The Komen Foundation raised more than $275 million in the past year, and invested about $1 billion in breast cancer research during the last 25 years. According to its Web site, an estimated 180,460 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed this year.
Aftan Martin, Lawrence senior and a volunteer for Komen On the Go, said most of the students she talked to were all for the cause and well informed.
Breast cancer, while primarily affecting
women, also affects men. Although their risk is low, men still possess the necessary tissue for developing it. The Komen Foundation aims to address everyone affected by the disease, regardless of sex.
Eric Hammond, Overland Park sophomore, braved the wind and cold to learn more about the disease.
"I don't know anyone personally who has breast cancer," Hammond said. "I want to keep it that way."
women or older people. Younger people need to realize it's never too early to be aware of the disease." Blake said. "It can happen to almost anyone, at any age."
The most effective way for people to
avoid breast cancer is early detection. The Komen On the Go center provided information on how to perform self-exams, and stressed the importance of annual mammograms for women.
"It's taboo to think that it's just for
Edited by Kelsey Hayes
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Texting has g2g for student drivers
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS fchambers@kansan.com
When Gina Littlejohn, Lenexa sophomore, was driving to high school one morning, she received a text message.
Littlejohn waited to respond to the text until she came to a red light, but before she was finished the light turned green. Littlejohn pushed on the gas pedal without looking up and immediately felt her car stop and then quickly bounce backward. She had hit the car in front of her.
Luckily for Littlejohn, the passenger in the other car was a friend's mother, so legal action was not taken. But Littlejohn had to admit to her parents she had been text messaging when the accident occurred.
In a study by Paul Aatchley, associate professor of psychology, 72 percent of the 321 KU students he surveyed said they texted while driving. Atchley's study, conducted last fall, looked at why students talk on their cell phones while driving.
Athley said he decided to begin another study that focused only on texting after he found a "surprising" percentage of students who said they texted while driving even though they knew it was dangerous.
The number of car accidents associated with cell phone use in Kansas has almost doubled in the past five years, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation's Web site. Although cell phone use accounted for only 0.5 percent of the total number of accidents in 2007, 161 people were injured and seven people were killed. Text messaging is not its own category on KDOT's accident evaluation form, and Bob House, a research analyst for KDOT, a new form would take effect in January for the first time since 1990, although text messaging is not listed on it either.
No laws in Kansas ban drivers from using phones or other mobile electronic devices. Only seven states and Washington, D.C., have laws regulating cell phone use while driving. California was added to the list just last month after investigators confirmed that a commuter train engineer was text messaging when his train collided with a freight train, killing 25 people and injuring more than 130 others.
The Kansas Legislature discussed a bill in 2000 that would have required drivers to use hands-free devices, but the bill did not pass.
StateRep. Barbara Ballard (D-Lawrence) said telecommunication companies blocked the bill. Ballard said some legislators might be interested in reintroducing the bill, but she said she thought the push for legislation would have to be initiated by car insurance companies.
Ballard said she would most likely support a bill that regulated cell phone use while driving if it were brought before the Kansas House of Representatives again.
Ballard said this was a safety issue because people "might end up getting injured or killed because of your negligence."
Lawrence considered similar legislation in 2006, which would have made it the first city in the United States to regulate cell phone use in vehicles, but the bill died in the Traffic Safety Commission before reaching the City Commission.
Some KU students said they occasionally text messageed while driving even
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A survey of 321 KU students found that 72 percent of them send text messages while driving.
though they knew it wasn't safe.
"Anything that takes your attention off the road while you are driving is dangerous and stupid," Tyler Thress, Wichita senior, said. "While a law is a nice idea, I think it will be difficult, if not impossible, to enforce."
Some students don't text and drive — not anymore at least — and LittleJohn is one of
them. Her parents took away her text messaging until this summer, more than two years after her accident. Littlejohn said she intended to keep the feature this time.
"I pretty much had to beg them to give it back, and now I never text and drive," she said.
Edited by Lauren Keith
PHILANTHROPY
Local chapter of Engineers Without Borders works to improve quality of life in Bolivia
A group of KU engineering students, Engineers Without Borders, is working to improve communities in developing nations. The group is scheduled to return
to a village in Azacillo, Bolivia, in December before its final trip there next summer.
The group will work to improve the water quality and create environmentally
sustainable infrastructures for the community.
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The boy, from the Atlanta suburb of Smyrna, was dropped off at BryanLGH Medical Center East
The woman said she had tried but failed to get her son admitted to Boys Town in Nebraska.
He is the third child from out of state brought to Nebraska to be abandoned under the law; abandoned children from Iowa and Michigan have been returned to their home states.
in Lincoln on Saturday night, said Todd Landry of the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Georgia boy's mother, who has not been identified, told the Lincoln Journal Star in a story published Monday that she regretted her actions but thought the safe-haven law was her last chance at saving her troubled son.
Nebraska and Georgia officials are working together to decide what to do with the boy, who was placed in residential shelter care, Landry said.
Most states let parents and guardians drop off children up to
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The law, intended to protect newborns, includes the word "child," which some have interpreted to mean teenagers. Most of the Nebraska Legislature's 49 senators have agreed to amend the law.
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The Dow Jones industrial average skidded 203 points to its lowest close in $ _{5/2} $ years, with almost all the decline coming in the last 10 minutes of the session.
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Sigma Nu officially reinstated
BY MICHELLE SPREHE editor@kansan.com
After losing its charter in 2005, Sigma Nu fraternity received its reorganization certificate Saturday night at Abe and Jake's Landing, marking its official return as a chapter. The fraternity was officially recognized by the University when it came back to campus last fall.
"It was closed by alumni because they felt the chapter was going in the wrong direction," said Jordan Herbert, Olathe sophomore and president of Sigma Nu.
To regain its charter, the fraternity had to create a petition that logged its efforts for improvement and then had to submit it to Sigma Nu's national office.
"It shows that we are running
a house that instills the values of Sigma Nu and we can do it on our own," Herbert said.
to" LeRoy said. "I saw it as a good opportunity to start something new"
John LeRoy, Leawood senior
John LeRoy,
and vice president of the fraternity, was a new member when the charter was taken away.
"We were shut down because of the alumni and hazing violations," LeRoy said. "It wasn't what I
"It's important to let each member know what they are getting in to, I saw it as a good opportunity to start something new."
Chad Guempel, St. Louis freshman, said that he was told about the past problems and that the fraternity didn't have a charter when he joined. He said he decided to join because he liked the house and the people in it.
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LeRoy said members of the house didn't trust one another after he was lied to.
"I was kind of hesitant to immediately join because I didn't know how obtainable getting a charter would be," Guempel said. "But they told me they'd gone through the process of petitioning and they would have the charter
"It's important to let each member know what they are getting in
was expecting because I was told there would be no hazing”
back with in the next few years."
Alumni helped with recruitment until the fraternity officially became a chapter again. Herbert said the fraternity gained 33 new members and estimated 20 more would join next year.
"I think we'll have more pull on campus during recruitment next year because were one of the older houses and we'll gain more respect now that we are an official chapter," Guempel said.
Herbert said that it took a year and a half to finish and submit the petition but that it usually took two or more years.
"It's really surprising because it was such a quick turn around." LeRoy said. "It gives us something to take pride in and freedom to enjoy our achievement."
Edited by Lauren Keith
NATIONAL
Teens pleads guilty to murdering his family
Psychiatrist says parents abused the 16-year-old
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TOWSON, Md. — A Maryland teen pleaded guilty Monday to fatally shooting his sleeping father, mother and two younger brothers and then going back to a friend's house to play video games.
Browning's grandmother, Margaret Browning, was in the courtroom Monday morning as attorneys hammered out the deal but was not present when her grandson entered the plea. Other relatives did not speak to reporters as they left court.
Nicholas Browning, 16, of Cockeysville pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder in the February slayings of John W. Browning, 45; Tamara, 44; Gregory, 14, and Benjamin, 11.
emerged from the house to say something was wrong with his father. The friend's father saw John Browning's body and called police.
Browning wept in court as prosecutors described the crime.
Browning later confessed to the slayings and told police where they could find the murder weapon.
Assistant State's Attorney S. Ann Brobst asked Baltimore County Circuit Judge Thomas Bollinger to lift a gag order that barred attorneys from speaking to reporters. The judge declined, saying it would be lifted after Browning is sentenced Dec. 2.
A sheriff's deputy brought him a box of tissues, and Browning wiped his eyes and blew his nose.
In exchange for the plea, prosecutors will not seek a sentence of life without parole. Instead, they will seek a maximum of two consecutive and two concurrent life sentences, meaning Browning could eventually be released on parole. Under state law, he would serve at least 23 years behind bars.
Browning was a week shy of his 16th birthday at the time of the slayings, too young under state law to face the death penalty. But his motive remains a mystery.
Other than noting that Browning had been arguing with his father, police and prosecutors have said little about what led to the slayings. A psychiatrist testified at an earlier hearing that Browning was physically and verbally abused by his parents and thought he could do nothing to please them. State psychiatrists found Browning had no diagnosable mental illnesses.
According to a statement read in court Monday, Browning walked home after midnight from a friend's house. He shot his parents and brothers in their heads as they slept and then returned to the friend's house and played video games, pretending nothing had happened.
The next day, Browning and his friends went to a shopping mall, and he placed several calls to his family, leaving them messages to say he loved them and would see them soon. A friend's father drove him home, and Browning
A classmate said Browning had talked about killing his family, but the classmate assumed Browning was joking.
CAMPUS Topeka banking executive explains financial crisis
For those who feel increasingly lost in the waves of news about the imploding housing and credit markets, help is on the way.
Andrew J. Jetter, president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, will deliver the 2008 Anderson Chandler Lecture at 7 p.m. today in the Lied Center.
Jetter said his speech, "Looking Ahead: The Future of Housing Finance in America",would address the issues affecting housing finance,including market structures and regulation.
Jetter said the boom-bust cycle of the housing market over the past seven years didn't have to lead to the country's current economic instability. But extenuating circumstances exacerbated the market's downturn. He said understanding those factors was key to righting America's economic future.
"What I'm really going to do is take a look at how we got to where we are today in terms of credit markets — the core of the problem having to do with the huge run-up in housing prices and the mortgage securities that were issued that were backed by those prices," Jetter said. "I'm going to explain how that created the issues that we have today, and then make some suggestions about what we should do in the future to improve the mortgage finance system."
"We have boom-busts all the time," Jetter said. "That's not unusual. They're just part of human nature. People are emotional. They see opportunities to make lots of money, and they jump in. So why was this so damaging? It has to do with how mortgages are financed today."
Jetter said that from about 2004 to 2007, private lenders primarily mortgage brokers
—packaged large numbers of mortgages together and sold them as securities with often-dubious credit ratings. Part of the mentality behind the
- primarily mortgage brokers
Jetter
ratings was that housing prices would continue their upward trend indefinitely.
"Huge amounts of money flowed into the mortgage market, which just drove the appetite for these securities to be issued and more mortgages to be made," Jetter said. "That combined with the housing bubble, which popped. It became clear that a lot of the collateral that was supporting these mortgages was not nearly as good as originally believed."
NATIONAL Feds derail alleged plot to assassinate Obama
WASHINGTON — Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday.
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The spree, which initially targeted an unidentified predominantly African-American school, was to end with the two men driving toward Obama," shooting at him from the windows"; the court documents show.
In all, the two men whom officials described as neo-Nazi skinheads planned to kill 88 people —14 by beheading, according to documents unsealed in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Tenn.The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.
An Obama spokeswoman traveling with the senator in Pennsylvania had no immediate comment.
Sheriff's deputies in Crockett County, Tenn., arrested the two suspects — Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., and Paul Schlesselman 18, of Helena-West Helena, Ark. — Oct. 22 on unspecified charges. "Once we arrested the defendants and suspected they had violated federal law, we immediately contacted federal authorities," said Crockett County Sheriff Troy Klyce.
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'Musical'tops box office
The popular franchise scored big over the weekend with $42M
BY DAVID GERMAIN
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LOS ANGELES — Crazed killer Jigsaw has been done in by a bunch of singing and dancing teens.
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Disney'S "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" hoofed its way to the top of the weekend box office class with $42 million, while Lionsgate's horror sequel "Saw V" had to settle for second place with $30.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
A big-screen sequel to the Disney Channel TV movies, "High School Musical 3" had a record opening for a song-and-dance flick, easily beating the previous best of $27.8 million, set last summer by "Mamma Mia!"
"High School Musical 3"
and "Saw V" combined to send Hollywood revenues soaring. The top 12 movies took in $120.5 million, up 41 percent from the same weekend last year, when "Saw IV" led the weekend with a $31.8 million debut.
"It was good vs. evil at the box office, and both won," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Media By Numbers. "That combination of a G-rated and an R-rated movie, both chasing completely different audiences, proved to be a huge success."
"Saw V" pulled in about the same amount of cash over opening weekend as the last three flicks in the franchise about the diabolical jigsaw, but it was the first that failed to finish at No.1 since the original "Saw" debuted in third place in
2004.
The horror crowd was simply outnumbered by young fans and their parents turning up to see how senior year played out for the "High School Musical" cast — led by Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu.
Mark Zoradi, president of Disney's motion-picture group, said the continuing story of lovebirds Troy and Gabriella played largely to the TV audience of young girls, though the big-screen version also broadened the "High School Musical" fan base.
"There's no question there's a female skew to it and a family skew to it," Zoradi said. "The movie is working not only to that core preteen audience, but also aging up a little bit and also bringing in some boys."
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Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron attend the premiere of "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" in Los Angeles on Oct. 16. The film brought in $42 million on its opening night.
"High School Musical 3" also pulled in $40 million in 19 other countries where it has opened, among them Great Britain, Germany and Spain.
The previous weekend's No. 1 flick, 20th Century Fox's action tale "Max Payne," fell to third place with $7.6 million, raising its 10-day total to $29.7 million.
The weekend's other wide release, the Warner Bros. police saga "Pride and Glory", opened weakly with $6.3 million to come in at No. 5. "Pride and Glory" stars Edward Norton and Colin Farrell in a tale of corruption among a family of New York City cops.
Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," starring Angelina Jolie as a single mom tormented by police handling the investigation of her missing son, got off to a healthy start with $502,000 in limited release. It played in 15 theaters to averaged a strong $33,441 a cinema.
compared to $11,593 in 3,623 theaters for "High School Musical 3." Distributor Universal expands "Changeling" into nationwide release Friday.
Also in limited release, Sony Pictures Classics' "Synedcoche, New York" had a solid opening of $172,926 in nine theaters, averaging $19.214. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a writer staging a mammoth theater production that fills warehouses, and the directing debut of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman ("Being John Malkovich").
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Today is a 7
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
You're lucky to have a good friend teaching you the game. That's the person who's pushing you ahead, by the way, not the one trying to push you down. Just in case there was any doubt.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today is an 8
You're being pushed to produce more and more in less time. This is making you tough, but don't lose track of your objective. Keep practicing and improving your skills. Someday you'll be a star.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Express your love, but not in a way that will cost you a lot of money. Passion is highly favored, but financial dealings are not. Proceed with caution
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
This would be a good day to stay home and work on household projects. Let your partner or business associates take care of the other stuff. You have to fix something.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Every once in a while, you're overtaken by an obsession. You can't get it out of your mind.
This is something you'll be able to use in business, but it might be a search for the world's very best chocolate graham-cracker cheesecake.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
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How about doing something that makes you feel better about yourself? A new outfit, a trip to the spa? Get something you've been wanting. Go for it!
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The more information you uncover, the more thought you have to give to actions and possible consequences. Don't rush into anything. Take time to review your options.
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5 From the beginning
9 Affliction
12 Midwestern state
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14 Moreover
15 Ticket booth income
17 Carpet
18 Transaction
19 Poem
21 Distorted
24 Verdi opera
25 Full house, e.g.
26 Brown-bagger's option
30 Past
31 Satan's purchases
32 As well
33 Sports page summary
35 Jalopy
36 Predicate word
37 Borscht ingredients
38 Tex-Mex recipe
40 "The Thin Man" dog
42 Actor Holbrook
43 Hingeshelled reptile
48 Puncturing tool
49 A Great Lake
50 Once around the sun
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7. "W," $5.3 million.
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TUESDAY OCTOBER 28 2008
FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD
THE UNIVERSITY DARBY KANSAN
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Re-elect Francisco for state senator
Kansas Senate, District 2
The main issue
in Kansas' last legislative session was the proposed coal plants in Holcomb, and proponents of the plant have promised to make it an issue again.
Kansans have realized that coal's time has come to an end, and Francisco has consistently supported clean energy and opposed the coal-fired power plants.
This is why the Kansan editorial board has chosen to endorse incumbent state Sen. Marci Francisco. Most
Unfortunately, the local elections seem to have gotten the least amount of attention even though they may be the most important because of how they influence students' lives.
Opposing supposedly cheap energy is not an attractive political position to take in light of the economic crisis and the surely higher energy bills that will come this winter. But it's time for Kansas to move forward in its energy policy, and Francisco has been that progressive candidate.
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Francisco's challenger, Scott Morgan, supports similar clean energy initiatives but had not given definitive answers about
what he would do until recently. Morgan told the Lawrence Journal World in June that he didn't know how he would have voted on the coal plants but has now given more details about how he would allow coal plants with a time line to phase them out
OUR CHOICE
on his Web site.
The majority of Morgan's print and online advertisements that have appeared in The University Daily Kansan say that Morgan supports the Amethyst Initiative to start a discussion about lowering the drink
ing age. Although this was an obvious attempt to hook college students, this conversation isn't even relevant at the state level yet, and Kansas has other, much more pressing issues to work on. Including this issue among energy, higher education and taxes is laughable.
Kansas House of Representatives, District 44
Incumbent Rep. Barbara Ballard is running unopposed and has the Board's support.
- Lauren Keith for the editorial board
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Don't always trust the media about elections
My fellow voters — Political ads are designed to appeal to the emotion, not the intellect. Check out the "why" and "how" of what any candidate proposes and beware of demagoguery. Know political history. You may be surprised to discover that what one side is accusing the other is often distorted and omission of facts. I certainly was when I did my own research.
Martin Luther King once said we should judge others by the content of their character, not the color of their skin. I think he
was referring to all people and not just one particular race. I don't have to remind you that this is a very historic national election for both parties. Fair-minded voters won't allow the media and politicians to do their thinking for them. I encourage you to read the article for Orson Scott Card, Meridian Magazine, titled "Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn on the Lights?", an opinion piece that laments the current state of journalism. It should be required reading for every student of journalism.
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Would Kansas really go back to Roberts?
CAPITOL P
ROSS STEWART
I had the chance to meet Jim Slattery, who is running against Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), in Wichita last week.
And I'm no fan of Roberts.
He repeatedly brought up how Roberts voted to add $3 trillion to our national debt over the past seven years. And then he asked me how much it takes to get someone fired, namely Pat Roberts.
My answer was that, evidently,
it takes a lot.
I didn't get to interview Slattery, but I did get to hear him speak. And when I shook his hand and introduced myself as a columnist at The University Daily Kansan, I told him I wrote about state politics. In our conversation, he made a good point.
But that isn't the part I find so scary, that Roberts sucks just look at government spending and the joke that is the Senate Intelligence Committee. And the scariest part is that Kansans don't care.
Slattery has been gaining some popularity, but it's still going to be a long shot getting him into the Senate.
Why is that? Why is it that we have seen what President Bush, who Roberts closely identifies with, has said and done to this country and some people still think it's a good idea to elect Bush's supporters back into office?
Stupidity, maybe. Or it could possibly be that no one really cares. Apathy is a subject that has been mulled over time and again in newspapers. People are so apathetic. Blah, blah, blah.
But when you try to get that next loan for school next semester and you're denied, thank Republicans like Roberts for deregulating the markets, which has led us to the economic crisis we're in. Or thank him when you can't pay for school because you lost your college fund. Keep those things in mind when you're voting in November.
I know I'm voting for Slattery.
Yes, I'm a yellow dog Democrat.
But that's not without reason.
Even with an unjust war and incomparable government spending and growth, Roberts still tries to cover up for his buddy in White House when reviewing whether the war in Iraq was handled well
THE NEW YORKER
Because, after all, this is your life we're talking about and these guys have a say in it. Better choose wisely.
Don't like it? Then vote Roberts out. Get someone new in who will treat you like a constituent and not just a number that gets him a paycheck.
Slattery
or whether it even should've happened at all.
The world is a joke, and it's making you the punch line.
Stewart is a Wichita senior in journalism.
Why it's not always bad to be a single-issue voter
FRUIT FOR THOUGHT MATT HIRSCHFELD
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I'd always thought it was stupid when people voted based on a single issue. Whether they were voting only regarding abortion rights, the death penalty or any other hot button pushers, I thought they might as well just write in a vote for themselves.
Gay rights will take only baby steps in this election. Neither candidate is taking huge strides in supporting or opposing gay rights, but one is at least going in the right direction.
Marriage between same-sex couples in California is legal. A ballot initiative in California, called the California Marriage Protection Act, seeks to ban marriage between same-sex couples and will be voted on next week in California. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama opposes this attempt
to amend California's constitution, labeling it as divisive and discriminatory. Obama opposes same-sex marriage, though.
When I cast my vote in a week, though, a lot of my vote will be based on the candidate's position on gay rights. It will be, though, more than a single-issue vote.
Republican presidential nominee John McCain supports the initiative, which would undo the May 2008 California Supreme Court ruling that legalized marriage between same-sex couples.
That's the main issue this election season, but gay rights go beyond marriage.
For adoption, McCain is an adoptive father himself, but he opposes same-sex couples adopting children. Obama supports same-sex couples adopting.
For the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, McCain thinks it works and considers LGBT people in the military an intolerable risk. Obama seeks to repeal DADT and wants to allow LGBT people to serve openly.
For hate crime legislation, McCain has voted against including sexual orientation into Federal Hate Crimes legislation in 2000, 2002 and 2004. Obama supports the Matthew Shepard Act, which outlaws hate crimes, including those committed on the basis of sexual orientation.
For discrimination, McCain voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which
prohibits discrimination against employees based on sexual orientation. Obama supports the bill.
For HIV/AIDS prevention, McCain supports the fight against HIV and AIDS but has not released a formal plan. Obama released a six-page report detailing exactly what he plans to do.
McCain consistently touts his voting record.
Well, I am looking,and all I see is a consistent aversion of LGBT people and their rights.
I vote Democrat because most of my political ideals are more in line with Democrats than Republicans. If gay rights were, for whatever reason, more advocated by the Republican candidate, I would consider voting Republican.
It's that important to me. It affects me, right now. It affects the viewpoint of the media. It affects how people look at gay rights and the LBGT community. It goes past a single issue and affects it more at a personal level than any other bill, legislation or law could.
I can look past other issues and vote for the candidate who knows I am an equal citizen — nothing more, nothing less.
Hirschfeld is an Augusta senior in journalism.
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Student group helps villagers in Bolivia
Engineers Without Borders will build 27 composting latrines in Azacilo
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These Bolivian villagers were visited by KU Engineers Without Borders, a student group that is planning to build composting latrines for the community. The group will also complete a health survey of the community and measure water quality before beginning the project.
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A group of KU engineering students is helping provide safe water, sanitation and infrastructure for people in developing nations while getting experience in engineering.
Engineers Without Borders is a national organization that partners with developing communities to improve their quality of life. Craig Adams, professor of engineering and faculty adviser to the KU chapter of EWB, said the group built composting latrines and water purification systems.
"There's no better way to make a difference than directly having these projects built," Adams said. "But also teaching these future engineers and scientists how they can make a difference in the world."
The KU chapter of EWB began about six years ago. The chapter has completed projects in Juarez, Mexico, and is working on projects in Guatemala and Azacilo, Bolivia. The group has 42 official members but up to 60 students attend the monthly meetings.
Jodi Gentry, president of EWB, said students were able to get experience doing the same things they would be doing for an engineering company, but on a smaller scale.
"The technology is simple, so it's easy for students to wrap their brains around." Gentry said. "They are learning about the phases of a project and picking up the fundamentals at the same time."
Four students and two mentors are preparing to go to Azacilo in December, Azacillo has no sanitary facilities. The students will complete a site assessment that involves talking to the community, completing a health survey, testing
the water quality and forming ideas for the design of 27 composting latrines.
Composting. latrines are portable toilets that are designed to collect waste underground and store it for decomposition. The materials break down into organic matter and can be used as fertilizer to grow food for people or livestock.
Gentry said the group was planning to send 10 students to Azacilo to start work next summer. Some students went in May to do a pre-assessment and meet with the community.
Adams said one of the biggest challenges was helping local people take ownership of a project so it would be truly sustainable.
"There's a tremendous amount of need in the world, as we all know, and the logistics of providing that need is very difficult," he said.
Political tension in Bolivia delayed the group's trip to Bolivia from October to December. Adams said the group used local facilitators to establish initial contact with leaders in the village. He said students worked closely with faculty advisers to address the needs of each community.
Members of EWB fundraise to pay for travel expenses to and from project sites. Students who go to the site also pay for a portion of the expenses. Adams said fundraising gave people who wanted to help developing nations an opportunity to support them.
Mary Adams, Rolla, Mo., freshman in architectural engineering and publicity coordinator for EWB, said she was interested in traveling to Hispanic countries and building sustainable systems that helped people.
"I thought it would be a great way to incorporate all my interests." Adams said. "With my career,
I'd like to work overseas helping others."
Adams said KU EWB planned to build and expand until different groups of students were working on several sites each year. He said he anticipated KU EWB would be working in two to three countries simultaneously within the next two years.
Before they leave for Bolivia in December, EWB and a group called Concerned, Active and Aware
Students will be trick-or-treating for non-perishables on Halloween. The event is called "Trick-or-Treat So Others Can Eat."
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Then something happened. Three days later, I'm still not sure what exactly took place, but we do know this: Texas Tech shut down Todd Reesing and the Kansas offense and strolled by the Kansas defense to revenge last year's basketball loss by shellacking the Jayhawks 63-21.
SEE DUFEK ON PAGE 5B
COMMENTARY
Let's wish Texas Tech luck this Saturday
BY ALEX DUFEK
adufek@kansan.com
On Saturday, Kansas football players and fans got a chance to experience what Texas Tech basketball players and fans felt on March 3.
Initially, it all seemed routine for Kansas. In the opening 10 minutes of the first half Kansas slowly built up a solid lead against the Raiders. With 9:55 left in the first half, Kansas led 25-16. Following a Texas Tech timeout the Hawkys exploded, going on a 26-10 run to end the half leading 51-26.
A similar situation to the basketball blowout occurred early in the game. In the first quarter, the teams appeared to be exactly what they were on paper. Tied 14-14 at the end of the first, both offenses were cruising down the field at will with few defensive barriers standing between them and the end zone. It seemed as though we would hold a track meet more exciting than the Kansas Relays.
Sometimes it's hard to look at a situation through someone else's eyes.
The Jayhawks would go on to crush the Red Raiders 109-51. Rare scoring threats broke loose for the Hawks, Jeremy Case went lights out, scoring 9 points. Russell Robinson went a perfect 5-5 from the field and 2-2 from the foul line to chip in 15 points. When the massacre was finally over, 15 out of the 16 players on the Jayhawk roster scored. The loss was the most lopsided in Texas Tech history.
The Red Raiders arrived in Lawrence last March after an inconsistent season. On Feb.27, the team lost to Texas A&M 98-54, the largest margin of defeat in school history at the time, and on March 1, they knocked off No. 7 Texas 83-80 in the team's only victory against a ranked opponent last season.
They entered Allen Fieldhouse with a 16-12 (7-7) record to take on No. 4 Kansas. The Jayhawks were undefeated at home and clearly the favorite, but no one could have anticipated the beatdown that took place on the court that night.
Kansas shot a sizzling 59.7 percent from the field and unthinkable 58.3 percent from behind the arc. Meanwhile, Texas Tech shot a miserable 29 percent on the night on its way to suffering the biggest rout in the history of the Big 12.
After the game, coach Bill Self said he didn't enjoy winning by such a large margin. As someone who experienced a blowout loss or two during his coaching and playing career, it was apparent that he empathized with Texas Tech.
Ironically karma, in combination with the zany undeniable balance we all experience in life, lashed back at the jayhawks Saturday — on the football field, not on the court. Again, no one saw it coming. The odds-makers certainly didn't; No. 23 Kansas entered the showdown against No. 8 Texas Tech as slight favorites. Kansas had a 5-2 (2-1) record, was holding onto a 13-game home winning streak and had sole possession of first-place in the Big 12 North. Texas Tech came in at 7-0 (3-0), tied for the nation's longest winning streak at nine games straight.
However, Self's compassion didn't rub off on the Kansas fans or players. Allen Fieldhouse rocked all game long, the Kansas sideline was all smiles, and I doubt there were many good Samaritans on campus worried about the feelings of the Texas Tech faithful back in Lubbock.
AFTER THE SHOT
Self relives the dream
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Coach Bill Self's life has been a frenzy since leading Kansas in its 75-68 overtime victory against Memphis six months ago to win the national championship. This year, Self faces a different challenge: molding team out of mostly newcomers. "As long as they try hard I can live with anything, because they are going to be nood over time" Self said.
Veteran players say Self is prepared to coach young basketball team
BY CASE KEEFER ckeefer@kansan.com
Don't ask Bill Self how many times he's watched the film of the national championship game. He's lost count.
Maybe 50 times. Maybe more. Put it this way: Kansas' coach has watched his team's 75-68 overtime victory against Memphis so many times that his wife and children are sick of it.
"That's how I go to bed at night, I turn on the game tape and watch it." Self said. "I play the first part where we're playing well; I fast-forward through all the parts we're playing bad."
Self said he was stunned by the number of coaches who won championships but didn't take the time to relish the experience. He wanted to make sure he wasn't one of them.
"I've gotten to a point now where I fall asleep before I see Mario's shot," Self said.
The championship victory has turned Self's life into a constant frenzy in the six months since it happened. He has written a book, visited the White House, held a fund-raising event, attended an award show and made public appearances.
Not to mention the time already
allotted for recruiting and preparing for the upcoming season. But he's not exhausted. After a week and a half of practice with this year's team, he's energized.
"I hope I'm busy every off-season like this. That means we probably had a successful run," Self said. "But it's nice to get back to coaching your team and knowing where you're going to spend the night."
newcomers and only one returning player who averaged more than nine minutes per game last season — junior guard Sherron Collins.
Self emphasized the coaching part. He faces a much more daunting challenge than dealing with post-championship attention this season. He must mold a basketball team out of seven
With such a young roster, Self's job will change. He said he would have to be more patient. Self will be more of an instructor than an overseer.
Instead of watching to see whether his players are doing everything right, he has to teach them how to do it right to begin with. Self knows it's going to be frustrating at times.
But his veteran players believe in
SEE SELF ON PAGE 6B
BASEBALL
Price becomes head coach at SDSU After year as assistant, former Kansas player is tapped for position
BY B.J. RAINS
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Ritchie Price always wanted to be a head coach. He just had no idea it would happen this soon.
Price, a shortstop at Kansas from 2003 to 2006 and the son of baseball coach Ritch Price, was named the interim head
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baseball coach at South Dakota State after only one year as an assistant. And at 24 years old, Ritchie is the youngest NCAA Division I head coach in the country.
"I didn't think it would happen this quickly, but I was just fortunate to be in the right place at the right time," he said. "Even though I've only been a coach for one year, I've been in a Division I dugout for 15 years."
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now. As far as on-the-field things go, I've seen a lot."
Ritch has coached for 30 years and has been the head coach at Kansas since 2003. Ritchie grew up loving the game of baseball and attended most of the 1,100 games that his father coached along the way.
"He's the smartest player I've ever coached." Ritch said. "And I'm not just saying that because he's my son."
Ritchie holds Kansas career records for games played (255), at bats (1,022), runs scored (204) and hits (312). He was a four-time All-Big 12 selection and was chosen as the Big 12 Conference's best defensive stopshort after his senior season in 2006.
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"He was basically a coach on the field while he was at KU," said Ritchie's brother Ryne, who played at Kansas from 2006 to 2008 before being drafted by the San Francisco Giants last June. "He always knew where everyone should and made sure everyone knew what was going on and what base the ball should be thrown to."
Soon after, Ritchie was drafted by the New York Mets in the 18th round of the 2006 MLB Draft. But after a successful first season in the minor leagues, he was released by the Mets and decided to retire from the game he had played his entire life.
"It was pretty tough for him to give up the game." Rvne said
Ritchie Price, junior infelder, takes a rare swing at a pitch during the first game of Friday's doubleheader against South Dakota State. Price was 1-2 with a single and four walks during the 15-2 victory at Hoglund Ballpark. Kansas swept the four-game series.
"I think it took him a while to get over it, but now I think he looks back at it, and he's glad he got the chance to play pro ball, but it just wasn't for him."
SEE PRICE ON PAGE 5B
SOCCER
Senior Jessica Bush has seen her share of memories on the shortly cut grass at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex over the last four years.
compared with just 13 losses. It's where they scored 76 goals in just 38 games, and it was on this field where Kansas knocked off the highest-ranked team in school history.
Seniors eye tournament as they get ready to say good-bye
BY JAYSON JENKS
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It's where the Jayhawks won 24 games.
Rush
Bush
Oh, and it's also the site Bush's fiancé chose
to make his marriage proposal. Throw it all together and it's easy to see why each of the six members of the senior class showed a hint of sadness after a 1-0 win against Baylor on Senior Day.
"It's the ending of my career," Bush said. "It's where my best friends and my family are."
True, Sunday marked the seniors' final game at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
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quote of the day
"This program has had to fight through losses before and tough times before and we will continue to do that. There is no doubt in my mind our team will be ready to play next week. I'm not concerned about that."
Kansas football coach Mark Mangino,
after Kansas' loss to Texas Tech on
Saturday
fact of the day
trivia of the day
In 1947, Kansas defeated K-State 55-0 in football — the most lopsided game in the history of the series.
Q: What is the fewest rushing yards that the Kansas football program has ever allowed in one game?
A: Kansas held Kansas State to-56 yards rushing in 1992.
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ku sports this week
Today
Men's Golf: Baylor Intercolle
giate, last day (Dallas) Wednesday
glate, last day (Dallas)
Wednesday
Volleyball: Missouri, 7 p.m. (Lawrence)
(Lawrence)
Thursday No events
Friday
Soccer: Missouri, 6:30 p.m.
(Columbia, Mo.)
Tennis: Florida State Invita-
tional, all day (Tallahassee,
Fla.)
Friday
Saturday
Football: Kansas State, 11:30 a.m. (Lawrence)
Swimming: Missouri, 2 p.m. (Columbia, Mo.)
Volleyball: Kansas State, 7 p.m.
(Manhattan, Kan.)
Cross Country: Big 12 Championships (Ames, Iowa)
Tennis: Florida State Invita-
tennis: Florida State Invitational, all day (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Women's basketball: Fort Hays State, 2 p.m. (Lawrence)
Rowing: Frostbite Regatta, all day (Wichita)
Tennis: Florida State Invitational, all day (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Sunday
Season sees the end zone meet the Twilight Zone
Larry Johnson charged with simple assault
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Larry Johnson, already facing possible suspension by the NFL, was charged Monday with simple assault for spitting his drink in a woman's face. Several hours later, the Kansas City Chiefs indicated the two-time Pro Bowl running back would not play for the foreseeable future.
A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press Johnson would meet with league officials in New York on Tuesday. The person requested anonymity because the league hasn't announced the meeting.
Johnson also faces a Dec. 4 court date for another incident that occurred last February when he allegedly pushed a woman's face in another Kansas City nightspot.
BY ASHER FUSCO
afusco@okansan.com
It's the fourth time in five years Johnson has been accused of assaulting a woman.
Three Tuesday morning "sky-isfalling" football thoughts;
— Much maligned Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Tyler Thigpen outperformed Kansas funslinger Todd Reesing this past weekend. The formerly third-string Thigpen put together a turnover-free 25-for-36 passing performance in a 28-24 loss to the New York jets. The often-dept Reesing went 16-for-26, tossed three interceptions and lost a fumble. But the football world will most likely return to normaly next weekend: Thiggen faces former Jayhawk Aqib Talb and a tough Tampa Bay
secondary, while Reesing gets to play pitch-and-catch against Kansas State's porous pass defense.
— Daymond Patterson is playing defense. The electric freshman kickretower, who started the season as one of Kansas' most promising
THE MORNING
BREW
receivers, lined up at cornerback for a few plays Saturday. Considering the ineptitude of his team's defensive backfield, coach Mark Mangino can't be blamed for trying something new, but it's more than a little heart-breaking to know Patterson won't be devoting full attention to becoming a bonafide offensive threat.
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— There is only one easy victory left on Kansas' schedule (Saturday
Kansas State, it would finish 6-6. In that case, the Jayhawks would be barely bowl-eligible and probably on their way to the Petro Sun Independence Bowl. I've heard Shreveport, La., is nice in late December.
against Kansas State). From there, Kansas travels to Nebraska, hosts No. 1 Texas and faces No. 14 Missouri at Arrowhead. Nebraska's potent offense could pose problems for Kansas — the Huskers have scored 32
or more in every game this season. Texas is unquestionably the nation's best team. The Longhorns have won with fanfanie (against Missouri) and won with guts (against Oklahoma and Oklahoma State). Don't look now, but Missouri is the strongest squad in the Big 12 North. The Tigers demolished Colorado, 58-0, last weekend. If Kansas were to lose its final three games after defeating
RECOMMENDED READING
Start by picking up "The Miracle of St. Anthony" by Adrian Wojnarowski. Hailed as basketball's "Friday Night Lights," Wojnarowski's non-fiction of a New Jersey high school basketball team exceeds the hype. The book focuses on St. Anthony High in Jersey City, N.J., a small parochial high school that educates inner-city kids while fighting
Ditch the glossy photos and quasi-analysis of preseason basketball magazines in favor of "College Basketball Prospectus 2008-2009". More than 320 pages of text and numbers might seem boring, but they're certainly enlightening. Renowned basketball statisticians Ken Pomeroy and John Gasaway provide detailed breakdowns of every major-conference team, several myth-debunking essays and a 102-page statistical playground of cold, hard data.
Twenty days remain before Kansas basketball officially tips off, leaving plenty of time to devour some basketball literature.
an uphill battle to secure financial resources. If you're a hoops nut, savor the genius of St. Anthony coach BurHurley. If you're a casual fan, focus on the stirring human interest storylines, "The Miracle of St. Anthony" is especially relevant reading in Lawrence these days; Freshman guard Tyshawn Taylor is a St. Anthony grad.
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Keeping it rolling
Athletic Training
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Zach Vitztum, Hays sophomore of Beta Alpha2, attempts a shot during a floor hockey scrimmage match held Monday evening. The Beta Alpha2 won by help Phil Delta first the match by not showing up. Temperatures reached a low in the mid-20s on Monday evening.
NBA
Barkley praises Garnett for championship victory
NEW YORK — Charles Barkley understands the frustration of never winning an NBA title — so he enjoyed seeing Kevin Garnett finally take one home.
"I always root for great players, not just in basketball, in any sport," Barkley said Monday. "I think most of the players were happy for Kevin, because he's a good kid. He's a good player, so that was good. And to do it in Boston made
it even more special because of the Celtics dynasty.
"Paul Pierce is a terrific player, Ray Allen is a terrific player, but guys were truly happy for Kevin Garnett. I think that was a very positive win."
Barkley joined fellow TNT studio analyst Kenny Smith at a luncheon Monday — when Garnett and the Celtics get their championship rings before hosting the Cleveland Cavaliers.
TNT will broadcast nine Celtics games this season. Turner Sports president David Levy said Boston's championship was an interesting story because it "brought back a tremendous
TRACK AND FIELD Cuban hurdler anticipates rematch with Chinese rival
HAVANA — Cuban Olympic hurdles champion Dayron Robles hopes Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang will recover quickly from a foot injury so they can face off on the track again soon.
"Liu is a good athlete, a good rival, and I hope he recuperates soon so both of us can do our best in the 110-meter hurdles," the 21-year-old Robles said Monday.
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"Everything was just so much more focused," Daniel said. "There was more of a businesslike atmosphere."
Last year's fourth-place Heisman finisher showed Colorado why he was among the early season favorites this year, tying his own school record with five touchdown passes and setting a school record for completion percentage in Saturday's 58-0 rout.
It wasn't hard to get Daniel to buy into coach Gary Pinkel's demand that players forget about the road ahead and concentrate only on the next game. The starting offense mirrored that attitude, scoring on nine of 11 possessions against Colorado to provide momentum heading into this week's game at Baylor (3-5, 1-3).
"Chase was his normal, lights-out self, making little or no mistakes," Colorado coach Dan Hawkins said.
Daniel was far from awful in consecutive losses to Oklahoma State and Texas, completing 75 percent of his passes for three touchdowns. But he also totaled four interceptions in those games, failing to rise to the occasion.
Daniel's resume was tarnished two games ago when top-ranked Texas bullied Missouri's defense and he wasn't able to muster a response from the Tigers' high-powered offense.
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Coffman's one-handed grab in the back of the end zone for a 3-yard touchdown, Daniel said it was "just a little pop pass, a little Tim Tebow action." He added: "I'm going out and trying to be like him as much as I can."
Describing tight end Chase
In retrospect, Pinkel said he sensed that something was off during its two-week slide. He blamed poor play on distractions in the final 48 hours before game-time, guessing that players might have occupied themselves watching preview shows and getting carried away with the talking heads.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England midfielder Shalrie Joseph apologized for his comments hiting the Revolution wanted to injure a Kansas City Wizards player who had caused a season-ending injury to teammate Steve Ralston.
Joseph said Monday night he was "still caught up in the heat of the match" when he spoke after the Revolution lost 3-1 to Kansas City on Saturday.
"I regret implying that we were looking for payback. I know my comments don't reflect the feelings of my teammates or the club," he said in a statement released by the team.
The Revolution also apologized for Joseph's remarks. "There was no concerted effort to single out any player on Kansas City's squad. We would never condone such behavior.
ior or actions," the team said.
Joseph got a yellow card in Saturday's final regular-season game for arguing a red card against teammate Khano Smith for sliding into Kansas City's Herculez Gomez along the sideline. Ralston's right leg was broken Oct. 11 in a tackle by Gomez, who drew four fouls before being taken out of Saturday's game.
"We knew coming in that we definitely wanted to give him payback and make him know we didn't appreciate what he did to Ralston." Joseph said Saturday night, complaining that Gomez hadn't been penalized for the play on Ralston.
"I have a ton of respect for those guys. I don't really have much to say on the situation," Gomez told The Kansas City Star on Saturday.
New England faces Chicago and Kansas City plays Columbus in the first round of the playoffs.
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but the season isn't over quite yet. The Jayhawks still play rival Missouri on Friday — a game with rather significant postseason implications.
A victory against Missouri would give the Jayhawks 12 for the season.
"Everybody I've talked to says you have to have a minimum of 12 wins to put yourself in a situation to get an at-large bid," coach Mark Francis said.
And there it is, the Jayhawks' goal for the season and the ultimate goal of the six Kansas seniors since they donned the crimson and blue: the NCAA tournament.
The members of the current senior class have done plenty of good things at Kansas. They've
won 40 games, compiled a .570 win percentage and twice finished in the top four of the Big 12 standings.
The one thing missing most from that list is a trip to the NCAA tournament. In fact, the seniors haven't ever made it past the first round of the Big 12 tournament.
"Obviously I've been dreaming about going to the NCAA tournament," senior Missy Geha said. "Today was a do or die situation. We had to win; we had to come out on top.
"Besides Senior Day, the most important thing today was for us to win. We still have the rest of the season in our control."
Kind of. The only sure way
Kansas can clinch an NCAA tournament berth is by winning the Big 12 tournament. But, as Geha said, "Win as many games as we possibly can and hopefully we'll get in."
And Baylor marked the first obstacle to reaching that point. By dispatching the Bears, the Jayhawks clinched a spot at the Big 12 tournament in San Antonio.
"It's sad to think that I'm not going to play on this field ever again," Geha said after the game. "But we have a lot left in our season and that's what I most excited about. I want to go as far as we possibly can."
Following Sunday's game against Baylor, the six seniors
wrapped their arms around each other. Some held flowers, others simply smiled.
It's been a series of hits and misses the past four years, from nearly making the tournament their first two years to the first time in six years that a Kansas team didn't post double digit-wins last season.
But that, Francis said, is what makes these seniors so memorable.
"This year they want it so bad," Francis said, "and for no other reason than that I really hope we're able to get the job done and still be playing here in a couple of weeks."
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The loss was Kansas' worst since getting pounded 64-0 by Kansas State in 2002.
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Like the Kansas basketball team, the Raiders drove the score up by using reserves. The back-up quarterback Taylor Potts even got in on the action, throwing for his first touchdown of the year. Tech put up 556 yards of total offense and punted only once in the game. Kansas, on the other hand, was held to a season-low total yard mark of 315.
Just 236 days after Texas Tech fans witnessed a stunning loss to a team that would go onto become National Champions, Kansas fans suffered a similar fate to a Texas Tech team that is now No. 6 in the country and in the
thick of the national title hunt We should use this
We should use this opportunity to grow closer to our Big 12 brethren. Give credit where it's due. Texas Tech dominated Kansas in a fashion it hasn't been in years, just as the Jayhawks did to the Red Raiders in basketball a year before.
However, it's time to turn the other cheek and wish Texas Tech luck this Saturday against Texas, because it sure hurts a lot less to lose by 42 points on homecoming if your opponent knocks off the No.1 team in the country the next week.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs may not be as eager to sign former Pro Bowl quarterback Daunte Culpepper as many people thought.
Although adding the veteran quarterback to the roster remained a possibility, coach Herm Edwards indicated Monday that Culpepper may not even come in for an interview.
Culpepper, a three-time Pro Bowler with Minnesota, is the biggest name out there who might be available. And the Chiefs have had a big quarterback need since their top two, Brodie Croyle and Damon Huard, went out for the year with injuries.
Edwards said. "There's conversation involved in it and that's kind of where it's at."
Culpepper acts as his own agent. But Edwards said it was possible he will not be brought to town for a face-to-face interview.
But third-teamer Tyler Thigpen, in just his second NFL start, played much better than expected in a 28-24 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday.
"Correct. That's exactly right." Edwards said.
Gray and put him behind fourteer Inagle Martin.
Before suffering a serious knee injury in 2005, Culpepper was one of the league's most productive quarterbacks.
"You know, we've got one veteran," Edwards said. "He's played in some games. I think that helps you when you get a guy who plays the way (Thigpen) played. You go, Wait, wait, this guy did pretty good." I think he gave everybody some confidence, not only himself but also the team."
Last week the Chiefs signed former Jacksonville back Quinn
After throwing three interceptions in a 38-14 loss to Atlanta on Sept. 21 in his first NFL start, Thigpen went eyeball-to-eyeball with Brett Favre on Sunday and never blinked. He was 25-for-36 for 280 yards and two touchdowns and was never intercepted.
Rookie Jamal Charles, who had most of the Chiefs' carries against the Jets, had gone to the sideline with a high ankle sprain. Former Pro Bowler Larry Johnson continues to be deactivated pending review by the NFL over simple
with a late touchdown pass after the Chiefs went three-and-out on three straight runs by backup runner Kolby Smith.
Favre threw three interceptions, but salted away the 41st come-from-behind win in his great career
He retired prior to this season following one-year stays with Miami and Oakland but has indicated he would like to come out of retirement, and has spoken with Kansas City more than once.
assault charges and if Charles is not back this week, rookie kick returner Dantrell Savage would be the only other running back on the roster.
"That's not a done deal by any stretch of the imagination,"
To help Thigpen, the Chiefs changed their offense to things that would suit him, going with more no-huddle, spreading the offensive formation, what the Chiefs call "red ball."
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"I've definitely talked to him a lot more than I did before," Ritchie said. "We probably talk four times a week because something always comes up with compliance things in the office or certain situations on how to handle the players or whatever. There's constantly things coming up and I look to him for advice."
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Although Ritchie is still trying to learn the ropes as a head coach, he knows who he can call for advice anytime he needs it — his father.
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Ritchie was an assistant at South Dakota State in 2008 under Reggie Christiansen, a former assistant coach at Kansas. When Christiansen submitted his resignation during the summer, some South Dakota State players called Athletics Director Fred Oien to recommend Ritchie for the head coaching spot.
"It was a life-changing event because I had played baseball my entire life." Ritchie said of the quick end to his playing career. "It happened sooner than I wanted but I knew that ultimately I wanted to be a coach."
"I definitely make it a point to separate myself and keep the coach-player relationship." Ritchie said. "But at the same time, being a younger guy, I think I can relate to the players and understand what they are going through. I think the fact that I had a successful playing career gives me a little bit of instant credibility with them, which also helps."
Ritchie's mother, Cindy, called Ryne to tell him the good news about his brother. At first, he said he could only chuckle.
"I was like, 'What? He's a head coach? Man, that's tight.'" Ryne said. "It's pretty crazy to think he's a head coach, but I'm pumped for him."
The South Dakota State team went 22-27 last season and finished fifth in the Summit League. He is facing the tough task of not only being a first-year coach, but also having to lead players who are just a few years younger than he is.
used to play annually in Lawrence, but the games were taken off the schedule because Ritchie didn't want to have to coach against one his brothers. Robby, the third brother in the Price family, is a junior at Kansas this season and is on the baseball team and should graduate after the 2010 season.
Both Ritch and Ritchie are talking about renewing the series in 2011, meaning that Ritchie would have a chance to coach against the man who taught him to love the game of baseball.
"My dad never forced the game on any of us," Ritchie said. "He just tried to make it fun and enjoyable for us, and it worked. We just fell in love with it."
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his ability, Matt Kleinmann, a red-shirt senior center who has played for Kansas for five years, said he had seen Self bring too many teams together to think this season would be any different.
"Say what you want about how great of a leader Russell was last year," Kleinmann said. "I think coach Self will always be the soul of the team because he gets these guys where they need to be."
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With last year's team, Self said it would have taken five minutes for him to explain and the Jayhawks would be able to run it. It took about an hour with this season's team.
"On our play card last year for the national championship game, we had 53 plays that we could run — 53 different things we could do." Self said. "We've got in two right now, and we can't remember those two."
Self isn't upset. This is what he expected. He laughed with reporters after sharing the anecdote about the number of plays, but he wasn't
He said it was "so much fun" coaching this year's Jayhawks because no one understands what's going on. It's certainly a change from the past two years when Kansas returned all of its starters.
joking.
The veterans have noticed. Guys such as Collins, Kleinmann and red-shirt sophomore guard Brady Morningstar have all been around long enough to notice the difference. They might already know the plays Self is trying to teach, but they can enjoy watching him pass it on to the new players.
Morningstar said he thought this was the way Self preferred to coach.
"He teaches the game as well as anybody I've been around," Morningstar said. "He knows how to teach the young guys and stay on them."
Sophomore center Cole Aldrich — who is second among returning players in minutes and in points
— realized the coaching method had changed from his first year, Aldrich, however, also recognized a similarity between this year's team and last year's.
He said no matter how far along
the players were last season, they were never resistant to coaching from Self. Likewise, no matter how much this year's players are struggling, they remain eager to learn.
"We were all open and said, 'Coach, we want to be the best we can. Help us get there,' Aldrich said. "That made us really good last year, and that helped us win it last year. This team has the same trait."
The question is if this year's team can catch on fast enough to be elite. Self said talent wasn't an issue. He said this year's team should be able to compete for the Big 12 Conference championship like every other Kansas team for the past decade.
A lot is going to come down to the coaching. Self is prepared.
"It's going to be a roller coaster. I know that. I just need to be patient with them." Self said. "As long as they hard I can live with anything, because they are going to be good over time."
If all else fails, Self can always turn on the 2008 national championship game tape and skip to the part he wants to see.
Edited by Becka Cremer
NFL
Coaches get tough at Giants-Steelers game
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In his first game as an NFL head coach, Mike Singletary did what other coaches long to do but usually don't. Singletary sent a "me-first" underachiever to the locker room while the game was still going on.
In his 213th game as an NFL head coach, Tom Coughlin repeated what he's done what seems like 213 times: Coughlin sat down Plaxico Burress for nearly 20 minutes after he failed to show up at a physical therapy appointment.
following a traffic stop.
And in that giants-Giants-Steelers game, the Pittsburgh owner and coach, Dan Rooney and Mike Tomlin, deactivated Santonio Holmes after marijuana-filled cigars were removed from his car
Maybe those developments Sunday will have an effect on some of the NFL's showboats and miscreants. So might the two-game benching by Chiefs coach Herman Edwards of star running back Larry Johnson, who was charged Monday with simple assault for spitting a drink in a woman's face and faces suspension by the NFL.
Most likely not.
Why not? Because NFL players seem bound to showboat and misbehave — on the field and sometimes off, especially guys who earn their living catching the ball. Despite commissioner Roger Goodell's crackdown on the likes of Pacman Iones and the actions of Singletary, Rooney, Tomlin and
Coughlin, some players never get it. Every week, someone else goes over the line.
Still. Singletary's dismissal of tight end Vernon Davis and the coach's postgame rant on the subject — making public what coaches usually say in private — has already made it to YouTube, where a lot of players will undoubtedly see it.
Davis, the sixth overall pick in the 2006 draft, is not a "Chad" or a TO or even a Jeremy Shockey, in part because he hasn't achieved enough to attract the notoriety they get. He's simply an underachiever who speaks to the fraud called the Scouting Combine, where he wowed a number of team in tests with speed, strength and agility rare in a 6-foot-3, 250 pounder.
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Greenpeace protests dirty energy by biking
Student members travel to a representative's office to provide information about renewable energy
BY JESSE TRIMBLE
jtrimble@kansan.com
Students who favor clean energy for the future will show that support when they bike to Rep. Dennis Moore's office today.
Those students will deliver care packages and petitions encouraging action to prevent climate change to congressman Dennis Moore's offices in Lawrence and Overland Park.
John Gawin, Abilene senior and Greenpeace business intern in Lawrence, said the organization was not going to Moore's offices to protest climate change issues, but to show Moore that the people he represented cared about the environment. He said they wanted to provide him with information about the issue.
"We're riding bikes as a symbol," Gawin said. "Not as a sign of protest, but just to show we aren't being hypocritical and polluting the environment while we're on our way against polluting the environment."
Greenpeace is an international environmental organization with offices in more than 30 countries. The group bans together to oppose non-renewable energy, commercial whaling, and nuclear testing, and to prevent the threat of global warming. Gawin said the group wanted to see legislation passed in support of renewable energy at the national level.
"The main purpose isn't just to save the environment," Gawin said. "But it's also to create a lot of jobs in Kansas."
He said Suzanne Graham, Greenpeace field organizer, said that based on statistics from the Political Economy Research Institute, 19,000 jobs would be created for Kansans if Dennis Moore were to push for renewable energy initiatives.
These jobs could be building solar panels, wind turbines and transit systems. The transit construction could include building a train to reduce the number of cars on the road.
"That's actually something we can vote on right now — a mass transit system that goes from Lawrence to Kansas City for students who commute back and forth," Gawin said.
The care package presented to Moore's
office will contain letters from students and the Lawrence community telling why they care about environmental issues and why Moore should care, too. Gawin said they would also present a petition signed by 40 small businesses.
Gawin said that regardless of whether people believed in global warming, preventing it could benefit everyone, even in an economic sense.
"Global warming isn't just for environmentalists and hippie tree-huggers," Gawin said. "If we invest in all of these things like renewable energy, it will create jobs and boost our economy, because we are obviously in an economic crisis right now."
Matt Boyer, Salina senior and Greenpeace large event coordinator, said that as an evolutionary biology major, he looked at climate change from a scientific angle, too.
COAL
"You feel like we, as humans, are responsible for the damages, so we are responsible for fixing it," Boyer said. "I think it's the responsibilities of citizens to get involved. There are no party lines or anything. It has more of a scientific basis."
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Top, from left: Matthew Boyer, Salina senior, Melissa Pluss, Lincoln, Neb., senior, and John Gawin, Abilene senior, are planning to ride bikes to deliver hundreds of letters and business petitions advocating green jobs and global warming. Boyer, Gayer and Pluss along with fellow members of Greenpeace, protested coal at the Lawrence Energy Center on Sunday.
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MEDICINE
Med Center to start using acupunture
The KU Medical Center's Integrative Medicine Clinic will soon begin offering acupuncture in addition to its current roster of alternative therapies.
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Tax could create jobs, degree options for students
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A prosecutor is deciding whether to file criminal charges after an 8-year-old from Connecticut accidentally killed himself with a Uzi submachine gun at a gun fair in Massachusetts.
RESEARCH
BY ANDY GREENHAW agreenhaw@kansan.com
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A sales tax vote next week in Johnson County could open up degree, research and job options for the University of Kansas and its students for years to come.
The Nov. 4 vote would create a one-eighth cent sales tax in Johnson County that could generate millions of dollars for the University and establish a Kansas-Kansas State partnership called the "Johnson County Education Research Triangle."
The University of Kansas would use the money to establish the KU Cancer Clinical Research Center in Fairway, and the KU Edwards Campus Business, Engineering Science and Technology (BEST) Center in Overland Park.
According to the Triangle's Web site, it would divide the projected $15 million in tax revenue and distribute $5 million each to the KU Cancer Center, the KU Edwards Campus, and the KSU National Food Safety & Animal Health Institute.
The new cancer research center could create thousands of jobs for medical graduates and give medical students the opportunity to work directly with cancer patients. The Edwards Campus BEST Center would
offer 10 new business and engineering degrees and accommodate 1,000 additional students.
Aubrey Heckman, Independence, Kan., senior in the nursing program at the Edwards Campus, said she would vote for the new center because it would improve the University's national prestige.
"The KU Med Center is known nationally for its research." Heckman said. "An additional research facility like this would add to its prestige and probably attract more students."
The new cancer research center would serve 1,000 patients in about 40 trials per year. Amy Jordan, public affairs director for KU Medical Center, said the Hall Family Foundation agreed to donate a recently purchased office building to the University, which she said would save $10 million in construction costs.
David Atkins, vice chancellor for external affairs at the Med Center, said the cancer research center would not only create thousands of new jobs for medical graduates but it would also generate new life science enterprises at the University.
The Johnson County Education and
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KU Med Center
70,000 square ft. building
67. 000 square ft.
3,000 square ft. dedicated for office space
$25 million
worth of construction & equipment costs
$750.000
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1,000
patients in approximately 40 trials per year
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75,000 square ft.
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$23.3 million
worth of construction & equipment costs
$2.5 million for bond & debt
$650,000
needed annually for operations and maintenance
$1.85 million
for degree programs
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new degrees offered
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When Muhammad Ali appeared at the 1996 Olympics to light the flame, he was also given a new gold medal to replace the one that he threw into a river back in his early boxing years.
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Matt Clothier
BY LAUREN HENDRICK
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Matt Clothier remembers waiting for packages of CDs every month from BMG Music Service with his older brother Scott during their childhood in Wilmington, Del. A BMG membership and Led Zeppelin's first album quickly helped Clothier realize that music was his thing.
Clothier teaches English 102 and writing a dissertation about poet Robert Duncan. He has revised his thesis multiple times, but enjoys the writing process.
"I'm writing, and that's the important thing," he said.
Writing his dissertation occupies a lot of his time, but he still finds the time to play music. For 10 years, Clothier has been singing
and playing the guitar. His pursuit of music has landed him performances at different venues around Lawrence.
"I get paid, but it's more for fun," he said. Clothier has covered artists and played his own original pieces at places such as the Yacht Club, Abe & Jake's Landing, Johnny's Tavern and Zig & Mac's.
"It's not a bad gig. I get free drinks." Clothier said, "I play music that I like and my friends come."
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He said he had played Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" and Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" too many times, and he liked to sneak in personal favorites such as "Possum kingdom" by The Toadies and "Black" by Pearl Jam.
When Clothier isn't teaching, working on his Ph.D or strumming his guitar, he's working at Sunflower Cable.
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"No. I can't get anyone free cable," he said with a grin, as if he's answered the question too many times. Working two jobs and trying to finish his thesis by this spring keeps Clothier busy, and he's about to add another responsibility, fatherhood.
Emily Clothier, Matt's wife, is six months pregnant, and Matt said he
couldn't be more excited to be father. He just found out this week that they were expecting a boy, and they both plan on making music and reading a big part of their son's life.
His goals for the year are to welcome a healthy baby, finish his dissertation and record music.
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Hungry, hungry hippo
THE HIPHOPOLOGIST
Blimpo the hippopotamus snacks on fruit in his pond at Wildlife Safari zoological Park in Winston, Ore., on Friday. Blimpo's 33-year-old father, Morey, died last week, and now Blimpo is alone in his pond. Last week the orphaned hippo kept returning to the area of the park where employees found Morey. By next summer the park hopes to have a renovated hippo exhibit and a new companion for Blimpo. "A cute little girl would be nice," said Mary Lida, Wildlife Safari unguate supervisor.
LAWRENCE Landlord's body found in Mississippi St. house
The body of Frank Sandelius was removed from a basement apartment of a house at 1208 Mississippi St. at approximately 2 p.m. Tuesday.
who was a tenant in the house. Matt Toffrey, from the Douglas County Coroner's Office, removed the body.
Sandelius was the landlord of the property, according to Chris Dickinson, Wichita senior.
Dickinson said that Sandelius was about 80 years old, and that he was occasionally not lucid. Dickinson said he last saw the man about seven days ago.
ODD NEWS Democrats'flier misprint directs voter to hotline
-Ryan McGeeney
DETROIT — Michigan Democrats trying to arouse interest in absentee voting have accidentally directed people to a phone-sex line.
State party spokeswoman Liz Kerr says a flier that included two absentee ballot applications had
a misprint in the number for a campaign hotline.
The flier came from the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee and featured photos of presidential candidate Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin.
The error was first reported by WJB-KTV in Detroit. Kerr says the party apologizes for the misprint.
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The workshop "Research Administration 101: Guide to the Administration of Sponsored Projects at KU" will begin in 2:30 p.m. in the Apollo Room in Nichols Hall.
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The student group event "Up'til Dawn's Annual Letter Sending Event" will begin at 5 p.m. in the Ballroom on the fifth level of the Kansas Union.
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Boyer said even if the science was proven false, renewable energy and wind turbines would still help the economy and bring safe jobs to Kansans.
"I haven't been proud of my country's political process in a long
long time,
and this year I see the political process as a pendulum,
and we're about to swing in a very positive direction" he said.
Sears said Moore encouraged all constituents in Kansas' 3rd District to exercise their rights and express their opinions.
Glen Sears legislative assistant and deputy communications director in Moore's Washington, D.C., office, said Moore strongly believed free speech was fully protected by the Constitution.
Boyer said Greenpeace wasn't necessarily targeting Dennis Moore.
"With the election fast approaching, voting is another proactive way for individuals to make sure their voice is heard."
GLEN SEARS Deputy communications director
"With the election fast approaching, voting is another proactive way for individuals to make sure their voice is heard," Sears said.
"Like any politician, he's going to have to play the game," Boyer said. "It just so happens that he our representative right now, and if he doesn't get re-elected, we will focus or
A large banner read: "Kansas Gets It: Coal Is Dirty." Gawin said the rally wasn't intended to shut down the coal plant, but to say Kansas had been the leader in saying "no" to coal and that wind and solar power were the future of energy.
Gawin and Boyer participated in a Greenpeace event on Sunday at the Lawrence Energy Center. a coal plant outside Lawrence.
Boyer said that ultimately, renewable energy and global warming were nonpartisan issues for which people could accomplish change as a group.
"Both presidential candidates have proposed clean coal solutions," Gawin said. "That's impossible to do — it's something coal companies have put a nice term on to sound like they are environmentally aware."
Earlier this month, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius rejected a proposal for the additional coal plants in Holcomb.
.Nick Jordan instead."
Boyer said about 40 people from different age groups attended the event to protest coal plants in Kansas.
Gawin said there were six lobbyists for every congressman who supported oil.
"That just tells us they need another voice to tell them we need clean energy", Gawin said.
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Research Triangle will help us in our quest to be a national leader in the fight against cancer"Atkins said. "With new investments in clinical research and innovative cancer trials we can bring leading-edge treatments to patients here, close to home."
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"The economic impact of KU's Edwards Campus to Johnson County totals over half a billion dollars in its short existence," Clark
The Edwards BEST Center would offer four new masters degrees, two of which are in professional sciences. It will also offer four new bachelor degrees, but those four are already offered at the Lawrence campus, Bob Clark, vice chancellor for the KU Edwards Campus, said the Johnson County Education Research Triangle would have an enormous influence on the area's economy.
According to the Triangle's Web site, the new research complex will require $750,000 annually to operate and maintain. The Triangle will also allocate $1.75 million to the center for medical research annually.
said. "The Triangle initiative will double that impact in less than a decade."
Mary Ryan, associate dean for the KU Edwards Campus, said the Triangle had not yet determined what specific degrees it would add, but it had narrowed the choices down to 16.
According to the Triangle's Web site, proposed business graduate degrees include Facility Management, Design Management, and Strategic Health Communications. Proposed engineering degrees include Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management, Project Management, Bio-engineering Lab Management and Infrastructure Management. Proposed science degrees include Geographic Information Sciences, Bioscience Management, and Geology (with an emphasis on hydrogeology, environmental geology and geophysics). Proposed technology degrees include Educational Technology and Interaction Design.
Ryan said the bulk of these degrees were brand new additions that weren't offered at the Lawrence campus. According to the Triangle's Web site, the center would cost $23.3 million to construct, $650,000 per year to operate and $1.85 million annually to fund degree programs.
Kansas State University will use its allocated funds to build a new center in Olathe for the KSU National Food & Animal Health Institute. The new center would offer students 10 to 15 new masters degrees and 20 to 30 certification programs. The new center would hold an additional 1,000 students per year.
It would cost $28 million to construct, $950,000 per year to operate and $1.55 million annually to finance degree programs and research, according to the Triangle's Web site.
The Midwest Cancer Alliance Partners Advisory Board endorsed the Triangle last September and supported its passage on the Johnson County General Election Ballot on Nov. 4.
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Plan to target Obama, others stopped by local authorities
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BELLS. Tenn. — Two white supremacists charged with plotting to behead blacks across the country and assassinate Barack Obama while wearing white top hats and tuxes were likely too disorganized to carry out the plot, authorities said, and their planning was riddled with blunders.
Paul Schlesselman, 18, of Helena-West Helena, Ark., and Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, are accused of dreaming up the plan. While authorities say they had guns capable of creating carnage, documents show they never got close to getting off the ground.
Among the blunders: They drew attention to themselves by etching swastikas on a car with sidewalk chalk, only knew each other for a month, couldn't even pull off a house robbery and a friend ratted them out to authorities.
"Certainly these men have some frightening weapons and some very frightening plans," said Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who studies the white supremacy movement. "But with the part about wearing top hats ... it gets a bit hard to take them seriously."
Despite making sure the plot was stopped, authorities did not believe Cowart and Schlesselman had the
means to carry out their threat to assassinate Obama, said a federal law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
Asked whether the two suspects had Obama's schedule or plans to kill him at a specific time or place, a second law enforcement official who also was not authorized to speak publicly said, "I don't think they had that level of detail."
The two met online about a month ago, introduced by a friend and bound by a mutual belief in white supremacy, according to an affidavit written by a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent who interviewed them.
Together, they chatted about how they could carry out such a terrorist spree, officials said. Schlesselman volunteered a sawed-off shotgun that would be "easier to maneuver," and also took a gun from his father, according to an affidavit.
The plot referenced two numbers important to skinhead culture by aiming to take the lives of 88 people, and 14 of them would be beheaded. The number 14 refers to a 14-word phrase attributed to an imprisoned white supremacist: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children" and to the eighth letter of
the alphabet, H. Two "8's or "H"s
stand for "Hell Hitler."
But that may have been as detailed as it got. Last week, Cowart drove to pick up Schlesselman from his Arkansas home so the plot could begin, according to the affidavit. They decided to start with a house robbery, and asked a friend to drive them. But when they got to the driveway, they saw a dog and two vehicles, and got spooked.
Armed with ski masks and nylon rope they purchased at a Wal-Mart, they tried again the next day to get started. Authorities say they decided to fire on the windows of a church, then bragged about it to a friend. She told her mother, who alerted the local sherriff. Investigators were able to trace the shell casings to the pair, and took them into custody after spotting their car, decorated with chalk-drawn swastikas and racially motivated words, along with the numbers "88" and "14."
Schlesselman's family said Tuesday that it was unlikely he was seriously planning an attack, even though he expressed hatred for blacks. A high school dropout who was unsuccessful finding work, he often spent time on the computer, his 16-year-old sister, Kayla said. She said she often argued with him about his racial beliefs, and he would say things like "Obama would make the world suffer."
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Crockett County, Tenn. Sheriff Troy Klyce speaks outside the Crockett County Jail in Alamo, Tenn., on Monday. Two white supremocrats allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Barack Obama, federal authorities said.
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'Matchmaker' allows farmers to find the right fit for their crops
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MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vegetable grower Joe Buley, hoping to improve his life, has turned to a matchmaker. Not for his love life — for his veggies.
He's signed up for a
"Matchmaker" event in which farmers will be placed together for 10 minutes at a time with buyers from supermarket chains, restaurants, food cooperatives and colleges in hopes of forging new partnerships benefiting growers and retailers.
"It's an excellent opportunity for me to look at some new markets," said Buley, of East Montpelier, who hoping his baby bell peppers and winter greens get snapped up.
The event, which will be held Wednesday at the Three Stallion Inn in Randolph, was organized by
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I have a test tomorrow morning!
I can't go on my date feeling like this!
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the state Agency of Agriculture to help link sellers of local products with buyers that didn't know how to find them, said Helen Labun Jordan, the agency's agricultural development coordinator.
The reasons were obvious: Farmers wanted to sell their products wholesale to a large supermarket but didn't know how to get their foot in the door. And restaurants using a core group of farmers didn't know what else was out there, she said. They needed an efficient way to exchange information, hence the Matchmaker.
Organized like a speed dating event, the farmers will get 10 minutes each with individual buyers, to pitch what they grow and hear the needs of vendors like Shaw's and Hannaford Bros. supermarkets, food cooperatives and colleges.
"This is your chance to explore options for selling to larger scale buyers through one-on-one conversations that you schedule based
on who you want to connect with," the Agency of Agriculture said on its Web site.
"The Matchmaker is an event for anyone planning to expand to larger markets, anyone currently selling wholesale who wants to expand
The daylong event will include workshops on distribution options, systems for tracking sales
quantities are needed, where, and in what form, said Jim Harrison, president of the Vermont Grocers' Association.
Sometimes, growers think Hannaford's is too big to work with small growers, said Wendy Ward.
"It's an excellent opportunity for me to look at some new markets."
and preseason planning.
JOE BULEY Vermont farmer
The event will help to answer questions about what products farmers have, if they use a distributor or sell their products directly. For sellers, they'll learn what
Hannaford's "Close to Home" coordinator.
"Unlike some of our competitors, we don't have minimum-volume requirements when they're doing direct store delivery, which
55
is what most of our growers do" said Ward, "Some of our stores can accommodate a very small grower with just a few cases each week. We have other larger growers who do dozens of cases of every item."
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Charlie Sargent, dining services purchasing agent for Middlebury College, is looking for locally raised oats for the school's homemade granola.
"We're always looking to see what else we can buy with our dollar that is local. We realize how important the college is to the local economy," said Sargent.
The college now buys artisan cheeses, milk, ice cream, apples and other produce from Vermont farms and is open to buying more.
STANDING UP FOR KU
John Wilson will stand up for KU in the Kansas Legislature. John is a KU graduate, has taught classes at KU and is the former Co-Director of the KU Center for Community Outreach. He will fight to make sure our faculty and staff salaries are competitive and that we hold the line on tuition increases. John Wilson is the kind of legislator we need fighting for us in Topeka.
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5A
HEALTH
Germ infestations take over household appliances
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too. A new study finds that cold sufferers often leave their germs there, where they can live for two days or longer.
Scientists at the University of Virginia, long known for its virology research, tested surfaces in
the homes of people with colds and reported the results Tuesday at the nation's premier conference on infectious diseases.
Doctors don't know how often people catch colds from touching germy surfaces as opposed to, say, shaking a sick person's hand, said Dr. Birgit Winther, an ear, nose and throat specialist who helped conduct the study.
Two years ago, she and other
doctors showed that germs survived in hotel rooms a day after guests left, waiting to be picked up by the next person checking in.
For the new study, researchers started with 30 adults showing early symptoms of colds. Sixteen tested positive for rhinovirus, which causes about half of all colds. They were asked to name 10 places in their homes they had touched in the preceding 18 hours,
and researchers used DNA tests to hunt for rhinovirus.
"We found that commonly touched areas like refrigerator doors and handles were positive about 40 percent of the time" for cold germs, Winther said.
All three of the salt and pepper shakers they tested were contaminated. Other spots found to harbor the germ: 6 out of 18 doorknobs; 8 of 14 refrigerator handles; 3 of 13
light switches; 6 of 10 remote controls; 8 of 10 bathroom faucets; 4 of 7 phones, and 3 of 4 dishwasher handles.
Next, the researchers deliberately contaminated surfaces with participants' mucus and then tested to see whether rhinovirus stuck to their fingers when they turned on lights, answered the phone or did other common tasks. More than half of the participants
got the virus on their fingertips 48 hours after the mucus was smeared.
In a separate study, the University's Drs. Diane Pappas and Owen Hendley went germ-hunting on toys in the offices of five pediatricians in Fairfax, Va.
Tests showed fragments of cold viruses on 20 percent of all toys tested - 20 percent of those in the "sick child" waiting room.
CRIME
Convicted killer not sentenced to jail
R.I.P.
JULIAN
FROM THE
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COMMUNITY
(Chicago, Missouri,
Bell, Junction,
Robb o'woodie
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Raised the
Family
MY MOURN
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WHY PRO
A CHILD
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A cross with a photo of 7-year-old Julian King, nephew of singer and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, stands at a makeshift memorial Tuesday outside the home of Darnell Donerson, Hudson's mother, in Chicago. King was found shot to death inside an SUV on Monday. Donerson and her son, Jason Hudson, were found shot to death inside the home Friday.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The convicted felon suspected in the Chicago slaying of Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew was arrested on a drug charge in June, but authorities declined to return him to prison on a parole violation, internal parole records show.
Corrections Department spokesman Derek Schnapp said officials who reviewed the cocaine-possession case against William Balfour determined "the evidence that was presented during that time wouldn't have necessarily warranted a violation."
A judge dismissed the charge for lack of probable cause in July, but under the strict rules of the state's parole program, Balfour could have gone back to prison just for the arrest.
No one has been charged in the shooting deaths of Hudson's mother, 57-year-old Darnell Donerson, her brother, 29-year-old Jason Hudson, and 7-year-old nephew Julian King.
The older victims were found in the family's home Friday afternoon. Julian's body was found in the back of an SUV on Chicago's
West Side on Monday; authorities declared his death a homicide Tuesday.
Around the time the first bodies were found, Balfour's parole agent had reached him by phone after Balfour missed a meeting with him that day.
Balfour told the agent he was "baby-sitting on the West Side of Chicago," according to the documents, obtained by The Associated Press.
The agent said he thought he heard a child in the background during the call.
Balfour was taken into custody later Friday.
Balfour, Julian's stepfather and the estranged husband of Hudson's sister, served seven years for attempted murder and vehicular hijacking.
The Illinois Department of Corrections issued a warrant for Balfour on Saturday for violating terms of his parole by possessing a weapon and failing to attend anger management counseling and a substance abuse program, according to his parole history report.
Schnapp, the corrections spokesman, said the evidence again wasn't sufficient to warrant revoking parole.
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Answer to previous puzzle
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3 7 6 4 2 9 1 8 5
6 5 3 9 4 1 7 2 8
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CHICKEN STRIP
EXAM Wednesday
I'd like to talk a bit about the upcoming exam.
EXAM Wednesday
I'd like to talk a bit about the upcoming exam.
Have you been getting that weird vibe from our professor that there might be an exam soon?
Yeah, what's up with that?
Have you been getting that weird vibe from our professor that there might be an exam soon?
Yeah, what's up with that?
NUCLEAR FOREHEAD
WHY THE DUDOS WENT EXIST
MAX PAYNE
TAKE ME NOW, GOD!
DEAD END
SKETCHBOOK
Billy Mays.
Need I say more?
JESUS AND JOE DIMAGGIO
DREW STEARNS
OH, MAN,
WE LOST PUMKIN
AGAIN.
NO, NO WE DIDN'T.
CHOW DASH!
LOBSTAH 3.99
MAX RINKEL
SEARCH FOR THE AGGRO CRAG
So why did you run this way into a time machine?
Well, there weren't a lot of options available.
The Delorean was taken...
Phone bought taken...
Wow, so you just pick something and turn it into a time machine?
Dude, it's not rocket science.
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10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
Notes (March 21- April 19)
Slow and easy, it does not
gamble. Don't even take risks,
not coming to a complete stop at
the corner or driving five mph too fast.
Don't invest in a fantasy, either.
Don't make a silly error or fall for a sneaky trick.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 5
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Don't follow a leader who's going to get you into trouble. If somebody's talking about breaking rules, let them do it on their own. Make sure your own backside's protected.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Set aside a favorite fantasy, there's no time for it now. Do what you have to do, and you can do what you want later. Besides, it's always good to know how to defer gratification. It makes you stronger.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
It's usually good to follow your heart, but in this situation, your mind would be a better choice. Try to think clearly. The odds of making an expensive mistake are very high now.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a F
Today is a 5
Your personal experience clashes with somebody's fantasy. The best you can do may simply be to issue a warning. There's no guarantee they're listening, but you'll feel better.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Take care. You're in danger of being so interested in your favorite topic that you overlook important work-related paperwork. That would cause big trouble. And, as you know, you hate it when that happens.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Make sure you get any contracts you enter into down in writing. That handshake business works sometimes, but don't rely on it now. Too risky.
SCORPIO (Oct.23-Nov.21) Today is an 8
You really isn't getting to your way, but somebody's resisting. Can you overpower them? Probably, but take care. Work opinion may turn against you, if you look like a bully. Be charming instead.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7
Assign somebody to take notes. It's also not a bad idea to leave a tape recorder running during the proceedings. Be ready to remind people of what they said before. You might even uncover a couple of lies or grievous errors.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is 7.
The people who outrank you are very pragmatic now. Don't even bother to suggest theories that are still in the development stage. Put up a project that you've worked out, down to all the details.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18) Today is a 7
Today is a 7
of the things that prevent you from achieving your goals have no substance. They can be overcome with education, discipline and practice. Those are free and you can develop them on your own. Nobody can stop you.
ACROSS
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4 Mop the deck
8 First murderer
12 Actress Mendes
13 London gallery
14 Anger
15 Fleur-de- —
16 Plated critter
18 Pamphlet
20 Weir
21 Coagulate
24 Summer-time vacation site
28 Tall cupboards
32 Pale
33 — constrictor
34 Spanish hors d'oeuvres
36 Kennedy or Danson
37 "Hairy one" of the Bible
39 Sanction by ruling
41 Plasma-like fluid
43 George of "CSI"
44 Spelling contest
46 Blake of jazz
50 Famous
55 De-pressed
56 Vicinity
57 Malaria symptom
58 Corroded
59 1/746 horse-power
60 Unruly groups
61 Owns
DOWN
1 Ego
2 Malefiance
3 Simple
4 Inspiring romance, maybe
5 Gen. Sherman called it hell
6 $ dispenser
7 Rosary component
8 Black Sea peninsula
9 Have a bug
10 “— be darned!”
11 Ultra-modernist
17 Apply lightly
19 Green prefix
22 Exam format
23 Reservation residence
25 Italian wine region
26 At the home of (Fr.)
27 Jekyll's bad side
28 8-Across' victim
29 Optimistic
30 Sir's courtpart
31 Long story
35 1979 song by Robert John
38 Cheerful
40 Baton Rouge sch.
42 Coop dweller
45 Dutch chinese
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25 Italian wine region
26 At the home of (Fr.)
27 Jekyll's bad side
28 8-Across' victim
29 Optimistic
30 Sir's counterpart
31 Long story
35 1979 song by Robert John
38 Cheerful
40 Baton Rouge sch.
42 Coop dweller
45 Dutch cheese
47 Mediocre
48 Greek vowel
49 Rams fans?
50 Matlock's field
51 Mound stat
52 Obtain
53 In days past
54 Massage
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B O X O F I F C I E R U G
D E A L V V E R S E
A S K E W A I D A
H A N D B O X L U N C H
A G O S O U L S T O O
B O X S C O R E H E A P
V E R B B E E T S
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A W L E R I E Y E A R
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7A
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29 2008
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Slattery supports students' interests
United States Senate
The election between incumbent Pat Roberts and challenger
Jim Slattery features two choices: the continuation of old policies that are unjust, irresponsible and that have ultimately failed the American people or change that relates to what our generation seeks.
Roberts is the
The choice is clear; Jim Slattery.
Senate in 1997 is extremely conservative. He is radically anti-gay marriage and anti-abortion rights. Roberts has shown complete dis-
symbol of an outdated mentality that has failed to sufficiently address civil rights problems. His record since being elected to the
regard for our civil liberties by endorsing government wiretapping and deplorably refusing to prevent torture and the suspension of habeas corpus of detainees.
Slattery
Roberts sided with the Bush administration on the mishandled war and the fight against terrorism, and he has refused to acknowledge any mistakes by taking a strictly partisan stand.
between the rich and the poor.
Finally, he has failed to develop an economic policy that is responsible toward the majority of the population. He is a strong supporter of the Bush tax cuts. If the past years have shown anything, it's that trickle-down economics has increased the gap
ELECTION 2008
OUR
CHOICE
Slattery is not radically different than Roberts ideologically.
It is also
but he offers a moderate shift to positions that are more consistent with what America needs.
He is in favor of a responsible withdrawal from Iraq — an occupation that doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
refreshing to see Slattery propose a move toward universal healthcare coverage, a view that has increasingly become more popular as the plight of uninsured Americans is revealed. He also advocates a just and responsible economic policy that would benefit the middle and lower classes
Roberts may still have a stronghold in Kansas because of his cultural conservatism. But, by looking at Lawrence, we can see that those positions have the potential of becoming less popular, because our generation has, for the most part, supported women's and gay rights.
By virtue of being a college town, Lawrence provides some insight to the political changes that may come as a new generation steps into the civic arena.
Roberts' past decisions have tainted his record, and he clings to old mistakes without acknowledging that change is necessary. Slattery provides us the opportunity to construct a better society that is closer to what we as college students and the future of the country, hope it to be.
Patrick De Oliveira for the editorial board
Boyda has shown genuine progress
U. S. House of Representatives, District 2
There may be two women running for the 2nd congressional district, but the similarities
stop around there.
Incumbent Nancy Boyda and challenger Lynn Jenkins differ significantly in their positions.
Boyda
Boyda has
Bouda
accurately represented Kansans, but Jenkins would adopt the failed positions that the Bush administration clings on to.
Jenkins has yet to directly inform voters of her position on Iraq, but she gives no reason to suggest her stance would be any different than Ryun's or Bush's.
Jenkins appears to be the logical, "fresh" GOP answer to ultra-conservative Jim Ryun's failed reelection bid, but she essentially promotes the same failing stances on energy and taxes. She is in favor of drilling offshore and in ANWR, in addition to permanently extending Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest corporations.
Boyda addresses the issues that are most important to Kansans: the economy, national security and low healthcare coverage. Boyda takes the clear stance that our troop levels in Iraq should be reduced as soon as possible and that their presence in Iraq makes our national security more vulnerable because it reduces the level of readily deployable troops in the case of an emergency.
She wants to simultaneously promote small businesses and healthcare coverage by allowing small businesses to band together to provide lower rates. She wants to bolster government coverage with Medicaid and Medicare while cutting taxes on medical expenses.
America is facing a serious financial crisis. More than 40 million Americans do not have medical insurance. The current administration has overextended its troops to fight wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
America is suffering from too many problems to gamble on representatives without set visions for solving the issues.
Ray Segebrecht for the editorial board
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Déjà boo: Feeling I've seen this crap before
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MOVIES
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE MOVIE?
THE BAD GUY DOES EVIL THINGS,
THERE WAS A LOVE INTEREST,
AND THEN THE GOOD GUY WINS
IN THE END!
TYPICAL!
Let's take a look at what's been playing in theaters this fall. A platter of unique picks includes a sequel to a lame animated children's flick, another installment of 007's infinite career, a film adaptation of the latest teen fantasy series and a movie based on a video game. Hm, those sound familiar.
I have nothing against Daniel Craig as James Bond. Quite the contrary. But while watching this fall's previews, I can't stop myself from thinking that I've seen them all before. I tried to talk myself out of my déjà vu, reminding myself that, like snowflakes, no two movies are exactly alike.
For instance, the titles are always new. The "V" in "Saw V" helps to remind us that yes, there were only four previous "Saw" films, even though it seems like more. Even "Madagascar" added a nice "2" to its name to save us confusion.
There are differences. Subtle ones.
Among the other exciting innovations is a biopic, which, like all its relatives, seems to be about a David vs. Goliath struggle for truth and justice.
The main character is the guy who invented intermittent wind shield wipers. How cool is that?
Ultimately, I had to face it: Hollywood is running out of ideas. Maybe it hasn't quite hit bedrock yet, but boy, are we scraping the bottom of the barrel. Fortunately, I found a solution.
The rest of this year's "new" films cover a variety of topics. Well, two: WWII and the apocalypse.
During a debate about whether we had actually seen a movie being advertised or just one like it, a friend discovered the answer: Hollywood
needs a hiatus. The government, the MPAA or near-comatose audiences should demand that the industry just take a break.
Creativity, which I will lead, will evaluate proposed films. Anything particularly outstanding may be allowed to start production before the year ends.
It's a win-win situation, really. All those concerned with cinema production get to take one year off from work to formulate ideas.
We're already doing that any way.
And I mean real ideas, ones that actually haven't been done before.
Otherwise, the industry will be frozen while those brains tick away. I hope this genius plan will result in new life and credibility for the movie industry. If it doesn't, I will turn to Bollywood.
A Committee for the Conservation of Cinematic
Some may find this difficult. Any actors, directors or producers not inclined to participate can do charity work (with the exception of writers, who during this time will receive salaries equivalent to the combined revenues of Brad Pitt and Angelina Iolie).
But I almost forgot, what will audiences do without new movies for a whole year? We'll watch reruns, of course.
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Your field guide to USDA organic labels
THE ENVIRO-
MENTALITY
SONYA ENGLISH
All our fresh&easy grocery products are made without artificial colors and flavors, and have no added trans fats
The day I decided to eat organic is the day the grocery store became a personal hell.
Capitalism ensures that we have options for every last thing that we buy. Here's my standard decision-making process.
First I run the numbers: 16 ounces for $5 or 12 ounces for $3.50?
And then I factor in the time constraint. Can I eat 16 ounces in two weeks or should I pay more and have a solid month before expiration?
And there are always a few miscellaneous considerations. Can the masterminds of marketing sway me with their fancy jar? Does the recycling center take this kind of plastic? Wait, was this the one that tasted a little like hazelnuts?
When I added the factor of certified organic versus all natural versus local, I'd be gone so long my roommate was left to wonder whether I was grocery shopping across the street or in Nebraska.
Eating organic means putting fewer herbicides and pesticides into my body and into the earth. Food is healthier when it isn't genetically modified or exposed to radiation.
OK, simple enough. The hard part comes when you walk through those automatic double doors.
USDA Certified Organic is a label I'm noticing more, and it's often coupled with higher prices. That's probably because the process to become certified can be
expensive.
The label tells you that the product is approved by the United States Department of Agriculture. The place it was produced, the ingredients it contains and the practices of the company who made it all meet USDA standards.
The company has to pay a fee for certification, too, and some of this ends up on its selling price.
That's not to say that the label is a guarantee that these products are good for you. Their environmental effects vary. The food could contain synthetic pesticides that are still on the land from previous uses where food is now organically grown.
The couls and maybes drive me bonkers, but here's what's certain: "USDA Organic" tells you the product contains 95 percent organic materials and the other 5 percent are on an approved list. The USDA label "Made with Organic Ingredients" means at least 70 percent is organic and then there's "USDA 100 Percent Organic," which tells you it's the bomb.
all natural was better than nothine
When my budget stretched as far as it was going to go, I figured
Turns out, that's not always true. To the USDA, the word "natural" means no artificial ingredients, added coloring or heavy processing. Whole grain corn is natural and healthy, but refined into high-fructose corn syrup. it's more difficult for your body to process. Because it came from a plant, it can be described as all natural. Add weak oversight to the equation and you'll find that all natural doesn't tell much of anything about the product it describes.
Stress takes years off your life, so adopting my shopping habits won't get you anywhere. The take-home advice is this: Certified organic can be meaningful to you when you shop and all natural deserves less weight in your decisions than the fancy jar.
If the guesswork bothers you, the farmers' market is a perk of living in Lawrence. If you have a question about how the product was produced, ask the farmer.
English is an Overland Park junior in journalism and economics.
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MEDICINE KU Med Center to offer acupuncture next month
Patients seeking alternatives to western medicine will soon have more options at the University of Kansas Medical Center's Integrative Medicine Clinic.
Next month, the clinic will begin offering acupuncture therapy. In January, it will offer yoga classes and massage therapy. Although the Med Center already offers yoga and massage, including them in the Integrative Medicine clinic will give patients a more centralized outlet for treatment.
The program, which began with one person in 1998, has consolidated its offices into a single floor of the Med Center's Sudler Building in June.
The clinic already uses natur-
opathic treatments, nutritional counseling and intravenous therapy with doses of ascorbic acid. The intravenous treatments are part of an ongoing research program.
Garrett Sullivan, a medical doctor and research fellow with the clinic, said he typically saw patients two days a week. He worked with patients for about an hour at a time, as opposed to the standard 15 minutes that doctors consult with their patients during a traditional office visit.
"Being trained as a medical doctor, I find out what their symptoms and chief complaints are, but my therapy won't be focused toward pharmaceuticals, and that's part of what sets us apart," Sullivan said.
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BOSTON — A prosecutor said Tuesday he was investigating whether criminal charges should be filed after an 8-year-old boy accidentally killed himself while firing an Uzi submachine gun at a gun fair in western Massachusetts.
Christopher Bizill of Ashford, Conn., shot himself in the head when he lost control of the 9mm micro submachine gun as it recoiled while he was firing at a pumpkin. Police have said the shooting at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club on Sunday was an accident.
Hampden County District
Attorney William Bennett said he was investigating whether the gun fair violated the state's firearms law by allowing the boy to fire the machine gun, and also whether it was "a reckless or wanton act to allow an 8-year-old to use a fully loaded automatic weapon."
"At this point in the investigation, I have found no lawful authority which allows an 8 year old to possess or fire a machine gun," Bennett said in a statement.
Daniel Vice, senior attorney with the Washington-based Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said his interpretation was that Massachusetts law specifically prohibited "furnishing a machine gun
to any person under 18."
"It is unconscionable that the gun fair allowed and encouraged young children to fire machine guns," he said in a statement.
On Monday, Westfield police Lt. Hipolito Nunez said it was legal in Massachusetts for children to fire a weapon if they had permission from a parent or legal guardian and they were supervised by a properly certified and licensed instructor.
The section of the statute that mentions that exception, however, only lists rifles, shotguns and ammunition — and is silent on the use of machine guns.
Bennett did not return calls seeking additional comment.
The boy was attending the gun fair with his father and brother Colin, a sixth-grader. His father, Charles Bizil, said Christopher had experience firing handguns and rifles, but Sunday was his first time firing an automatic weapon. A certified instructor was with the boy at the time.
On Monday, Bizilj told The Boston Globe he was about 10 feet behind his son and reaching for his camera when the weapon fired. He said his family avoided larger weapons, but he let his son try the Uzi because it was a small weapon with little recoil. The family did not return messages for comment Tuesday.
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BOSTON — The Christian Science Monitor said Tuesday it would become the first national newspaper to drop its daily print edition and focus on publishing online, succumbing to the financial pressure squeezing its industry harder than ever.
Come April, the Boston-based general-interest paper — founded in 1908 and the winner of seven Pulitzer Prizes — will print only a weekend edition after struggling financially for decades, its editor announced Tuesday.
The Monitor's circulation has fallen from a peak of 223,000 in 1970 to about 50,000 now while its online traffic has soared. The newspaper gets about 5 million page-views per month, compared
with about 4 million five years ago and 1 million a decade ago.
The Monitor was one of the first newspapers in the country to put content online, beginning in 1995, when correspondent David Rohde was taken prisoner in Bosnia.
"Obviously, this is going to help with our costs, but it also enables us to put much more emphasis on the Web and basically put our reporting assets and our editorial assets where we think growth will be in a very tough industry in the future, which we think is the Web," said Editor John Yemma.
Cutting print editions also will help the paper reduce its dependence on sizable subsidies from its owner, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, which now provides more than half its operating budget, Yemma said.
Yemma said the move to "Webfirst" publishing will likely result in some job cuts, but it is unclear how many.
The Monitor is known for its in-depth international reporting, particularly in the Middle East.
In 2006, till Carroll, a freelance reporter for the Monitor, was kidnapped in Baghdad and released safely after nearly three months in captivity. Carroll, who was made a staff writer while she was still being held hostage but has since left the newspaper, described her ordeal in an 11-part series published in the Monitor.
Like many other newspapers, it has suffered as more people get their news from the Internet — which offers newspapers much less revenue even when it brings many more readers.
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BY ALEX BEECHER
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Several days later, the dust has settled Graham Harrell, Michael Crabtree and the rest of their Red Raider cohorts have finished their rampage.
TALKIN'TRASH
Having now had several days to gain some perspective on matters, it's more than a little disappointing that I've seen or heard a recurring sentiment on message boards, radio shows, and among the general fan base: fire Clint Bowen.
It seems Jayhawk fans need to be reminded that this is still Kansas football we're talking about. One amazing Orange Bowl campaign does not an elite program make, and this season has borne out that truth thus far. This is not to say that KU fans ought to accept losing, especially not in the fashion of Saturday's defeat. All it means is that Kansas fans, myself included, need to have some perspective. That means realizing this season was never going to be anything like last year's, and firing Clint Bowen wouldn't fix anything.
This doesn't mean I'm living in some kind of dream world either. There are stats for days that illustrate how porous Kansas' pass defense has been this season, Matt Grotte, Sam Bradford, and now Graham Harrell have all lacerated the Jayhawk secondary, resulting in three KU losses.
To be frustrated by those results is to be a fan. To be frustrated by Kansas' frequently nonexistent pass rush and often excessively soft coverage is also perfectly justifiable. That frustration is normal and natural. I'm a fan, and I feel it too.
It's undeniable that Bowen makes a convenient scapegoat for those frustrations. After all, defensive performances like Saturday's didn't seem to happen last year. And it is worth noting that Bowen wasn't the defensive coordinator last season. That would be Bill Young. Young has since accepted the defensive coordinator position at Miami, and Bowen was promoted from assistant defensive coordinator.
First of all, Ajib Talib is now playing his football on Sundays. If it's possible for an All-American to be undervalued by his own fan base, then it seems that might have happened here. Because of his knack for picking off wayward passes, quarterbacks would often shy away from throwing the ball anywhere near Talib. That left safeties Darrell Stuckey and Justin Thornton free to provide help to Kansas' less experienced cornerbacks, Chris Harris and Kendrick Harper
But even if Bill Young were still in charge of the Jayhawk D, things wouldn't be going much better. Circumstances are just too different.
SEE BEECHERON PAGE 5B
Although not as high-profile a loss, James McClinton's departure seems to have hurt the Jayhaws' defense just as much. His penetration on running plays has been missed, as has the need for offensive lines to double-team him.
And then there's the schedule. It's been beaten to death, I know, but it bears mentioning. The fact is, Kansas did not face any offenses last season as good as the two it has faced in the last two weeks — Missouri being the possible exception
Then business picks up even more. The final home game of the season is against Texas and Colt McCoy. If the Jayhawks' defense can survive that challenge, they'll be rewarded with a game against Missouri the next week.
The scary thing is, it doesn't get any easier, Kansas faces K-State this Saturday, and though the Wildcats will turn the ball over, they're also quite capable of putting up some big numbers. After that, Kansas takes a trip to Lincoln, Neb., to take on a revenge-minded Cornhusker team.
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Kansas State receiver Deon Murphy jogs off while the Kansas defense celebrates after Kendrick Harper (24) intercepted a pass intended for Murphy during Kansas' victory in Manhattan last year. Murphy has guaranteed to "take one to the run" during this year's game.
K-State speaks out before showdown
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
If Kansas State plays as well as it talks, the Jayhawks don't seem to have much of a chance Saturday in the annual Sunflower Showdown.
During Monday's session with the media, K-State kick/punt returner Deon Murphy offered a Rasheed Wallace-like guarantee to reporters.
"I'm taking one to the crib this weekend," Murphy said. "That's the bottom line."
The "crib" refers to the end zone, meaning Murphy is predicting to do what has
happened only one time against Kansas this year — return a punt or kick for a touchdown.
"He can do all his talking now -- we'll do the talking on the field," said linebacker Joe Mortensen. "That's how coach Mangino brought us up and that's how we're trying to play. If anything, it just fuels our fire."
"To me there's no guarantees in life,
"anything can happen," Morton sadden,
"I'm taking one to the crib this weekend. That's the bottom line."
DEON MURPHY Kansas State wide receiver
laughed upon hearing 10 kick return. Murphy's guarantee but refused to offer averaging 27.4 yards per return any return guarantees of their own. "Our kickoff and punt return teams will
" its been a crazy year in college football, so we'll see. We'll see what he does on Saturday"
Murphy is averaging just 10.8 yards per punt return but did have an 86-yard return for a touchdown earlier in the season. He has only 10 kick returns but is
be keying on him more now I guess," said cornerback Chris Harris. "If he has that confidence, good for him. We will just go out and do the best we can to stop him."
The 5-foot-10, 170-pound Murphy didn't stop his trash-talking with his punt-return prediction. He went on to predict that coach Mark Mangino and the Kansas coaching staff would wish they would have actively pursued more of the players on Kansas State's roster.
"They're probably going to wish they recruited this whole team, the way we're gonna play this weekend," Murphy said.
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Senior linebacker Mike Rivera tackles a Kansas State player last season. Kansas scored nine points in the final seven minutes and won the game 30-24. A victory this season would make Kansas football-eligible.
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Pride, bragging rights on the line Saturday
BY TAYLOR BERN tbern@kansan.com
"I really knew from the very beginning that I never wanted to have anything to do with K-State." Mike Rivera said with a smile.
That was the senior linebacker's response when asked whether Kansas State ever offered him a scholarship. Rivera is a Kansas kid who went to Shawnee Mission Northwest, and he doesn't mice words about his feelings for Saturday's opponent.
"I never really cared for their football or their educational program," Rivera said. "I pretty much knew from the beginning that, out of the Kansas schools, if I ever went anywhere, it would definitely be KU."
Saturday is the 106th meeting between
the teams, and each has plenty to play for.
Kansas (5-3, 2-2) and Kansas State (4-4,
1-3) are muddled in the mess of four Big 12
North teams that must win now to qualify for a bowl game. Coach Mark Mangino echoed the classic rivalry rant that records don't matter.
He said the game had been played with both teams winless, and the fans were still excited about it.
"It's state pride, and it's bragging rights," Mangino said. "This game will always be fun for the fans."
Rivera's Wildcat hatred runs as deep as any Kansas fans.
"I don't have any purple anything in my
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Freshman walk-on selected to join Jayhawks after tryouts
BY CASE KEEFER ckeefer@kansan.com
Jessica Juenemann thought nothing could exhaust her brother, Jordan.
Jessica said six or seven hours per day in the gym and weight room were the norm for Jordan Juenemann. Hays freshman. But after Jordan's first practice with
"He said it was the toughest thing he has ever done," Jessica said. "And he's ready for the challenge."
Kansas on Sunday night, he told lesica, 2008 graduate, he was drained.
Jordan juenemann's dream came true Sunday — he became the newest member of the jayhawk basketball team. Kansas coach Bill Self offered Juenmann, who was not available to comment Tuesday, an opportunity to walk on to the team after he participated in an open tryout Sunday.
"Like a lot of kids from Kansas, he's a kid that really wanted to play for the University of Kansas."
RICK KELTNER
Juenemann's former coach
Jessica said Self called Jordan into his office Sunday afternoon, gave him the news and told him to get ready for practice. Jessica didn't even learn her brother was the newest Kansas basketball player until after practice.
when he called Jordan
"We just had a little, quick conversation," Jessica said. "I congratulated him and he pretty much said he's ready to be a part of the team. He's honored to be a part of it"
Jordan told his high school coach he was on the team and detailed his first practice.
Rick, Keltner, Juenemann's high school coach, found out around the same time Jessica did. Keltner was on a five-mile walk
Juveniemen led the Hays High Indians to a 14-7 record last season and over.
"The last three and a half miles were pretty easy for me," Keltner said. "I'm so happy for Jordan — he's a good kid."
aged 17 points and six rebounds as the starting point guard. The Topeka Capital Journal named him third team All-State in Class 5A, and he was one vote away from being the Western Athletic Conference's player of the year.
Keltner said juemmann had plenty of opportunities to
play at a junior college or Division II school. The offers don't interest him.
So Juenemann dedicated himself to walking on to the team, according to Keltner. He worked out harder than he ever had before.
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"Like a lot of kids from Kansas," Keltner said, "he's a kid that really wanted to play for the University of Kansas."
Jessica said he spent time playing with former layhawks Wayne Simien and Jeff Hawkins. She barely saw her brother all summer because he was so busy.
He even reached out to Brad Witherspoon — the last Jayhawk to make the team through an open tryout — and
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quote of the day
"He didn't know who he was until he found basketball. It was the first time he really met black people."
Craig Robinson, Sen. Barack Obama's brother-in-law, on Obama's relationship with basketball
fact of the dav
Former Kansas basketball player and legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith is endorsing Senator Barack Obama.
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Q: At what Hawaiian high school did Barack Obama play basketball?
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ku sports this week
Today
Today
Volleyball: Missouri, 7 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Thursday No events
Friday
**Soccer:** Missouri, 6:30 p.m.
(Columbia, Mo.)
**Tennis:** Florida State Invitatio
al, all day (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Saturday
Football: Kansas State, 11:30 a.m. (Lawrence)
Swimming: Missouri, 2 p.m.
(Columbia, Mo.)
Volleyball: Kansas State, 7 p.m.
(Manhattan)
Cross country: Big 12 Champs-
ships (Ames, Iowa)
Tennis: Florida State Invitational,
all day (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Sunday
**Women's basketball:** Fort Hays State, 2 p.m. (Lawrence)
**Rowing:** Frostbite Regatta, all day (Wichita)
Tennis: Florida State Invitational, all day (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Postgame proposal stuns soccer player, team
Jessica Bush was still seething from Kansas' 1-0 loss to No.14 Texas as she trudged across the soggy Jayhawk Soccer Complex turf. Menacing storm clouds loomed above her head and raindrops fell steadily at her feet.
When the senior midfielder saw her boyfriend, Andrew Crocker, walking out on the field toward her, she had no idea that Crocker was about to do something that would change her life. Bush was more concerned with venting.
BY ANDREW WIEBE
awiebe@kansan.com
"He had to stop me and shut me up so he could talk," she said. "The first thing I said was, 'I am so pissed off.'"
Crocker didn't let her disappointment faze him. He dropped to one knee and popped the question to his girlfriend of a year
and a half as the rain came down around them and her teammates let out a tremendous shriek in the background.
"I didn't even hear it," Bush sad of her teammates' reaction. "I was crying, but I think I might have screamed, too."
"I thought it was pretty neat that it was raining." Crocker said. "Apparently, it's supposed to be a sign of good luck. I guess I have luck on my side now"
Crocker has Bush's 27 teammates on his side as well after insisting they be a part of his proposal. He said he couldn't imagine
a more appropriate place to propose to the woman who has made KU soccer her life since arriving on campus in 2005.
Rush
role Bush's teammates play. "That's why I wanted to do it in front of them. Trying to keep it from them and surprise them too was pretty fun, too."
"It's a huge part of her life," he said of the
Bush said the gravity of it all hadn't quite hit her yet. She will
Bush
graduate with a degree in community health in May and join her future husband in San Diego, where Crocker is almost four years into his commitment to the Navy.
Only six days into their engagement, the couple said they hadn't had time to think about specific dates or plan any wedding details, but one thing was certain: The wedding will definitely not be during soccer season.
Twenty-seven potential brides maids would have had plenty to say about that.
PLAYING DRESS UP
Even though Kansas will be in Columbia, Mo., on Halloween night for the season finale against Missouri, the team will have its own Halloween party tonight at
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coach Mark Francis' house.
Junior Estelle Johnson said not many costumes could stack up against last year's juniors dressing as the cast from "Saved By the Bell." Other classics include Oompa-Loompas and Francis' maraca man.
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West Bromwich Albion's Paul Robinson, left, misses the ball in front of Newcastle United's Geremi during their English Premier league soccer match on Tuesday at St James' Park, Newcastle, England.
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Inconsistent offense plagues struggling Jayhawks
BY JOSH BOWE
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If there is one thing to learn about freshman setter Nicole Tate this season, it's that she's honest. Maybe even brutally honest.
"Full responsibility. It is my whole job to make the offense work," Tate said. "If it fail."
Tate, who is from St Louis, did not hold back when addressing the extent of her role in Kansas' inconsistent offense this season.
then it's my fault."
Tate doesn't sugarcoat her performances. And though it would be a stretch to say the offense has failed outright, it must become more consistent if the lavwhaws
Bechard said.
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"It is my whole job to make the offense work. If it fails, then it's my fault."
Six Big 12 teams have posted hitting percentages of .200 or higher during conference play. Five of those teams have winning records in the conference. For Kansas to turn its season around, the offense has to come through against Missouri.
"I think we're going to get back into our rhythm that we need to be in," Tate said after Monday's practice. "Keeping up with the defense is important, but keeping an offensive
are to climb out of the Big 12 cellar. A victory against border rival Missouri tonight at the Horejsi Family Athletic Center would be a good start.
NICOLE TATE Kansas setter
edge agains Missouri would be great."
Kansas ranks ninth in the Big 12 in hitting percentage — a cold .195 for the season. That percentage falls to .186 for conference play. A respectable number for a quality team is about .200, coach Ray
Sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlington encourages her teammates during a match against Texas A&M on Oct. 8 at the Horesi Family Athletic Center.
Growing pains are inevitable when a freshman starts at any position. But the season is almost over, so Bechard expects Tate to correct those some of those
rookie mistakes.
"There are some bumps there," Bechard said. "But she's closer to being a sophomore in my book."
She sits fifth in the conference in assists, averaging just more than 10 per set.
Tate also leads the team in double-doubles, and her 64-assist match against Wyoming earlier this year still stands as second-most in the Big 12 for a single match.
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keys to the game
Coach Ray Bechard hasn't questioned the Jayhawks' effort this year. Their execution is another story.
Offensive Execution:
Crisp offensive play at the beginning could dictate the rest of the match. If Kansas can cut down on errors during the first two sets, the match will be competitive.
on its home floor. The Jayhawks look relaxed yet confident in their abilities. Add that to a surprisingly passionate home crowd that can't wait to show its disdain for Missouri, and Kansas should at least fare better than it did during a four-set loss to the Tigers in mid-October.
PLAYERSTOWATCH
It's no secret that Kansas has looked far more comfortable
Beware of the Horeisi:
Kansas' Nicole Tate: This should be no surprise. Tate
needs to rein in the Jayhawks' wandering offense. As Tate goes, so goes the rest of the offense.
More importantly, the deceptive left hand she uses for easy kills might be overdone. In Kansas' last four losses, Tate has a total of 48 kill attempts. This statistic is leading to indecisiveness at the net. Bechard said.
Tate needs to decrease her kill attempts to between six and eight to help keep her hitters involved and in rhythm.
to win."
Missouri's Weiwen Wang:
While redshirt sophomore Julianna Klein leads the team with 3.46 kills per set, sophomore Wang is second at 2.56 kills per set.
Wang is only 70 kills behind Klein. She leads Missouri hitters in hitting percentage, and if the Jayhawks focus solely on Klein, Wang could step in and hurt them.
"She's done a great job managing the role that she has, which is quite extensive for a freshman," Bechard said. "She's got a lot of experienced players around her, so that's what we need to draw.
Josh Bowe
need to draw on."
Any more losses and it might be too late to salvage hopes for an NCAA Tournament bid. Kansas is 1-5 in its last five matches, and the consi-
Those experienced players, such as middle blockers Natalie Uhart and Savannah Noyes, will compete in the Border Showdown for the last time as Kansas players. To add more value, only one match in the standings separates the teams.
"Every match of my senior year is important to me. It's the Border Showdown, so we've got to win."
NATALIE UHART Kansas middle blocker
tent struggles have weighed on the team. But as Tate improves, so will the offense. Uhart said she thought the team just needed a victory to relieve the pressure.
"We're trying to work on it in
practice, and it's just getting to the point where it's frustrating." Uhart said. "We're in a rut and we're trying to get out of it. It's not fun"
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Jeter's fall classic doesn't include baseball this year
BY DAN SEWELL ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI — No October baseball this year for Derek Jeter, but the New York Yankees short-stop did have a victory to talk about Tuesday.
Jeter and golfer Tiger Woods were in Orlando, Fla., working on
Gillette Champions promotions, including for a global online video gaming competition that opens Friday.
The shaver maker, part of Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co., is partnering with EA Sports in a tournament that culminates in February with winners playing Gillette endorsers such as Woods and Jeter in person.
Jeter said he took Woods down in "FaceBreaker" video boxing.
"We were just playing a game which I beat him in a few times," jeter said. "We've got video, photos, all the proof."
It's seemed like a long October for Jeter, whose Yankees missed the playoffs this year after a 13-season string of postseason appearances.
"It feels like it should be about
the middle of November, so it's been a little awkward," said Jeter, who hasn't been watching the World Series games between Philadelphia and Tampa Bay.
"If I'm not playing in it, I don't really want to sit around and watch, but I'd be lying to you if I said I'm not interested in what's going to happen."
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Titans, Westbrook, Browns stake claims to season
It was a fairly predictable weekend in the NFL, though some bottom-feeders gave the top contenders a run for their money. Here is what you can take away from the weekend's NFL action.
ALL THAT
There's no joking about it anymore, the Tennessee Titans really are that good. They used a 17-point fourth quarter to hand a crushing blow to the Colts, who fell to 3-4 on the season. The Titans picked off Peyton Manning twice and rode that strong defense to their seventh victory this season. Who cares if Kerry Collins is the quarterback? If the Titans continue to suffocate opponents with their defense, they'll be munching on a "Good Burger" on their way to a first-round bye in the playoffs.
WILD AND CRAZY KIDS
That's how you can view the AFC East division right now. Buffalo lost to last-place Miami on Sunday but still leads the division.
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kbreckunitch@ kansan.com
The Patriots barely escaped with a slim seven-point victory against the Rams, and the Jets scraped by the Chiefs even though quarterback Brett Favre threw three interceptions. Maybe we can turn to Nickelodeon host Omar Gooding
at the end of the season to come up with some crazy contest to decide the winner of the division because chances are, the division race will continue to be tight throughout the rest of the season.
DO, DO, DO, DO YOU HAVE IT? GUTS!
Philadelphia running back Brian Westbrook fought back from injury with a vengeance. After missing a game because of a hip injury, Westbrook came out of the bye week blazing.
Westbrook carried the ball 22 times for 167 yards and two touchdowns and added six catches for 42 yards to have a stellar performance on Sunday. Westbrook scaled the Aggro Crag with ease and kept the Eagles in a tight division race, helping them chalk up a victory.
physical challenge and play the Cleveland Browns right now?
DOUBLE DARE Would you like to take the
The Browns have reverted back to their 2007 form after a rough start this season. The Browns have won three of their last four games, which that includes serving the Giants their only loss of the season. Also consider that they lost to the Steelers and Redskins, two elite teams, by a combined seven points.
The Browns' offense has found its stride again and the defense has played well enough to keep them in a lot of games. If the队 keeps up this level of play, it could challenge for a playoff spot again.
LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE
The Giants appear to be on their way to the mecca of football after a heated battle against the Steelers on Sunday.
The Steelers had problems getting through the physical challenges, as quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw four interceptions, and multiple players left the game with injuries, including safety Ryan Clark. Maybe Olmec can give the Steelers some advice on the safest path to the Super Bowl.
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Tennessee Titans quarterback Kerry Collins passes against the Indianapolis Cubs behind the blocking of center Kevin Mawae (68) and guard Jake Scott (73) in the first quarter of an NFL football game in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday. Collins and Titans are 7-0 on and on the NFL.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Officers who responded to Isaiah Thomas' home after a 911 call reporting an overdose on sleeping pills found a man passed out on the floor and gave him oxygen until an ambulance arrived.
Authorities have not publicly identified Thomas as the victim, but a person familiar with the case has confirmed it was the former
Knicks coach and NBA star. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because of privacy concerns.
On Tuesday, Harrison Police Chief David Hall provided new details about last week's emergency in which officers were handed a bottle of prescription pills at Thomas' Westchester County home.
Hall said the bottle had a name on it, but he would not disclose the precise medication. He said
police called the overdose accident because there was no suicide note and no indication the victim suffered from depression.
Thomas has denied being the victim, and Hall again criticized the ex-coach for saying it was his 17-year-old daughter, Lauren, who required treatment.
"As parents, you try to protect your kids; you don't say they did something when it was you who did it." Hall said. "We know the difference between a 47-year-old man
and a teenager."
Thomas' spokesman, Jesse Derris, said, "This continues to be a private family matter and the family respectfully asks for privacy."
Some of the latest details about the Thomas case were first reported by Newsday.
Hall said the 911 call made late Thursday from Thomas' multimillion-dollar home in the Purchase section of Harrison went first to state police, then to Harrison.
They administered oxygen until an ambulance crew arrived and took over, eventually lifting the man onto a gurney and taking him to White Plains Hospital.
Harrison police on patrol nearby got to the scene first, saw a 47-year-old man on the floor and went into "standard operating procedure." Hall said.
He said it was his department's first call to Thomas' house. An emergency services log, with the names of the caller and the patient
blacked out, indicates the ambulance arrived at the house minutes before midnight.
Hall said someone at the house gave his officers a prescription bottle, and the officers gave it to the ambulance crew so the hospital doctors would know about it.
They then searched the house for other medications that might have been involved but found none, he said.
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Mangino replied, "I don't respond to other players' comments."
Several players, including quarterback Todd Reesing, were offered scholarships by both Kansas and Kansas State before ultimately choosing the Jayhawks.
"Yeah, I don't know about that," wide receiver Dexton Fields said in response to Murphy's recruiting comment. "A lot of the guys on this team might have been recruited by K-State, and they made their choice, so I don't pay any attention to that."
Murphy wasn't the only Kansas State player to speak out Monday. Center Zach Kendall said he thought Kansas State was the better team.
"Heart," Kendall told the Lawrence Journal-World. "I feel like we have more heart."
Fields laughed.
"Anytime someone doubts you or says that they are going to do something against you, it's your job to take that as a challenge and stop them from doing that." Fields said.
Freshman punt returner Daymond Patterson, who has already returned a punt for a touchdown, wouldn't make a similar guarantee for Saturday. He said that while the Wildcats were busy talking trash, the Jayhawks would be busy getting ready for Saturday's game.
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"We're going to let them talk in the media and we're just going to practice hard and hopefully prevent it on Saturday," Patterson said. "You just have to laugh about it because lots of people make guarantees, and sometimes they come through and sometimes they don't. We'll see."
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asked him questions. A lot of questions.
"When I first met him, he was kind of annoying because he was asking me tons of questions." Witherspoon said. "It was cool because he wanted it so bad, so I answered his questions."
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his last season with Kansas last year, soon came to realize that Juenemann was an ideal candidate to succeed him.
Witherspoon, who played
Witherspoon talked to Juenemann regularly and started to work out with him. Witherspoon said Juenemann was strong and talented enough to be
"I told him. 'It's a good opportunity.' Witherspoon said. "But you have to make sure this is what you want. If you're looking for playing time, this is not for you."
a Jayhawk.
Keltner said Juenemann knew exactly what he wanted to be a Jayhawk. When Juenemann
realized he had reached his goal,
Keltner said he was overwhelmed with happiness. "When he talked to me and told me he made it, I think I might have heard tears," Keltner said. "I'm so happy for the kid."
— Edited by Brenna Hawley
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wardrobe," he said.
Not every student shares that sentiment, though. In fact, some even dare to wear Kansas State gear to class.
“It's definitely confusing,” Rivera said. "I don't know why you'd be on KU campus wearing a K-State shirt. That's something that I don't really believe in, and I don't know why they would do it."
Rivera said it had been a long time since he saw a Kansas State-clad student. That may have something to do with Kansas' recent success against the Manhattanites.
In the past four years, the Jayhawks are 3-1 against the
Wildcats. Last season, Kansas scored nine points in the final seven minutes, knocking off No. 24 Kansas State 30-24.
That game propelled the Jayhawks to an eventual 7-1 conference record. This time they already have two defeats, but a victory would make them bowl-eligible.
In its history, Kansas has never made it to a bowl game in consecutive seasons. That could be erased with a rivalry victory on Saturday, and that sounds just fine to senior linebacker Joe Mortensen.
A native of Concord, Calif., Mortensen didn't appreciate this rivalry when he first arrived. He
said it took him a year and some history lessons to understand what it really meant.
"He goes to his hometown and gets hated on because he's a KU guy," Mortensen said. "It's a huge rivalry."
The plight of senior offensive lineman Adrian Mayes also helped the process. Mayes and Mortensen are roommates, and they've traveled together to Mayes' home in Manhattan.
Mangino said that no matter the outcome, each team earns only one victory or one loss. Still, that doesn't mean there's not something a little extra brought out of every player on
the field or fan in the stands.
"No matter what you did last week and no matter who you're playing next week, the fans and everybody look forward to this game," Mangino said. "More importantly, the players on both teams look forward to this game."
The "Sunflower State Showdown" label puts a flowery veil on this vicious rivalry, but Mortensen opted to cut to the chase.
"It's the battle of Kansas," he said.
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The frustrations have been bad thus far, and there will be plenty more to come. Quarterbacks will have all day in the pocket, and corners will give wideouts colossal cushions. Kansas will concede a lot of points. In the immortal words of Dan Hawkins, "It's the Big 12?" And in the Big 12, just about everybody can score, and just about no one can stop that from
— Edited by Lauren Keith
do with constructing past Kansas defenses than many will ever realize. The biggest reason to expect improvement is, of course, that we're only half done with Bowen's first season on the job. At this point in his Jayhawk tenure, many were gripping about the Job Mark Mangino was doing. Patience paid off then, and it will now.
And there's still every reason to believe that things will get better down the road. Bowen is widely recognized as one of college football's best recruiters — a skill that's especially important at Kansas, a place that traditionally hasn't been able to get a look from blue-chippers. Those close to the program also say Bowen had a lot more to
happening.
turn to elation. But it won't be easy.
The Big 12 is home to the best offenses in all of college football.
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as well.
One day, that frustration will
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PHILADELPHIA - In the middle of all this World Series chaos, Joe Maddon sounded rather calm.
Bumped to a hotel in Delaware until Game 5 resumes tonight — if the weather cooperates — the Tampa Bay manager and his young team rode out the storm together.
"I referred to it as kind of like getting snowed in, if I could go back to my roots," said Maddon, raised in nearby Hazleton, Pa.
Rain put the Series on hold Monday night, with the Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays suspended in the sixth inning with the score 2-all.
More rain and possible snow showers were expected Tuesday, so commissioner Bud Selig said
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Cameron Beckman poses with the trophy after winning the final round of the Frys.com Open golf tournament on Sunday in Scottsdale, Az.
Bekman won on the second playoff hole against Kevin Sutherland.
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PGA's finest sit out as underdogs see opportunity to seal spots on Tour
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Cameron Beckman was surprised to see his name attached to an online poll Tuesday morning, a pleasant reminder of how quickly fortunes can change on the PGA Tour this time of the year.
The tour's Web site posted this question: Which Fall Series winner was the biggest surprise?
"Forty percent were voting for me," Beckman said.
If only the tour had offered "all of the above" as an option. It might have been unanimous.
Really, there should be no surprises in the Fall Series because the players who might be expected to win aren't playing. Of the seven multiple winners on tour this year, none has teed it up in America since the Tour Championship.
That doesn't mean the Fall Series is a waste of time — certainly not to those scrambling to keep their jobs.
Sure, television ratings are abysmal (anywhere between 0.2 and 0.3), which is to be expected during football season. Then again, they weren't that much better a few years ago when these tournaments were the final stops on the way to the Tour Championship.
What's peculiar about this year are the guys winning.
Even so, the Fall Series is serving its purpose. Think of it as seven last chances to avoid Q-school. As for the golf? Two of the five events were decided in a playoff, and the other three were not decided until the 18th hole.
The inaugural Fall Series produced winners like Justin Leonard, Mike Weir, Chad Campbell, Stephen Ames and Steve Flesch, all of whom were past champions, if not major champions. Most
were looking to build confidence, or to finish the year with a victory so they could start the next year in Hawaii.
Now if Willie Mac can just remember to not give out his hotel room at the Ritz in Kapalua to a television audience.
This year smacks more of desperation.
"Nobody wants to go to tour school. It's horrible."
three of his last four holes to get into a playoff at the Viking Classic, where he outlasted Marc Turnesa. Goodbye, Q-school. Hello, Maui.
Among the
The others?
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Fall Series winners, the highest-ranked player on the money list going into his victory was Zach Johnson at No. 125. He is exempt through 2012 because of his Masters victory, but Johnson had a sour taste about how his year had gone until winning the Valero Texas Open.
Will MacKenzie was no. 178 on the money list until he birdied
Dust in Johnson, a big-hitting rookie, was No. 128 on the money list when he birdied his last two holes to win at Turning Stone.
Turnesa got his payback in
Las Vegas. Losing the playoff at the Viking Classic helped move him up to No. 138 and get within range of a card. His clutch birdie on the 17th hole for a one-shot victory gave him a job for the next two years.
"That's what this is supposed to be — a chase for the card." Beckman said.
This year was among the worst of his 10 years on tour. He withdrew from consecutive tournaments with
He was 176th on the money list,
and No. 447 in the world ranking.
Beckman already had sent in his application for Q-school. It looked as though he would have to make it through two stages, and he talked to wife, Jennifer, about his plight before heading for Phoenix and the Frys.com Open.
Beckman at least had to get into the top 150 on the money list to avoid the second stage of Q-school. That's when he popped a bigger question to his wife.
"I said, 'Do you think I can win?' And she said, 'I know you can win.' We didn't talk about it anymore." Beckman said. "I went right to the tournament, and I won."
One minute he was gearing up for Q-school, the next minute his wife was on the phone making reservations at Kapalua.
"Nobody wants to go to tour school," Beckman said. "It's horrible."
At the turn of the decade, he had the longest active streak on tour by making it through Q-school three years in a row. He failed in 2005, then made it a fourth time a year later.
It served him well Sunday at Grayhawk as he could feel himself surge into contention with every birdie in his round of 63.
"I had this putt one year in the second stage of tour school where my hands were shaking so bad," Beckman said. "I kept telling myself, 'This isn't as bad as tour school.' That relaxed me, and I made the putt."
Beckman should know.
Winning might be about the only guarantee of a card during this ball Series.
Bob Tway tied for 11th to earn $102,500, and that only moved him up three spots to No. 132. Steve Allan was tied for the lead early in the final round and finished with a double bogey to tie for seventh. He made $150,625 and moved up eight spots to No. 131.
The top 125 keep their cards.
The way this Fall Series has gone, both are perfect candidates to win. And no one should be surprised if they do.
ees will be chosen in January from among those 15 and two senior nominees, Bob Hayes and Claude Humphrey.
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The list of 133 nominees will be narrowed to 25 semifinalists next month, then to 15 finalists. Between four and seven induct-
This is Sharpe's first year of eligibility.
DENVER — George Karl and his staff are going back to their roots by both design and necessity.
He had little choice but to go back to the foundation of his teaching philosophies after management let Eduardo Najera and Marcus Camby leave in the off-season, stripping the Nuggets of their top two defenders.
Preaching defense when the Denver Nuggets gathered for training camp, Karl didn't even run an offensive set for the first few practices.
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round of the playoffs.
"If I can stop five people out there on the court myself then I'd be the best to ever play this basketball game."
Anthony is promising to put his offensive game on the back burner to help the Nuggets transform themselves into a team like the Spurs or Celtics, whose team defense has led to championships.
To change the team's culture, Karl is counting on a slew of new high-energy young players and a renewed commitment from his veterans, beginning with Carmelo Anthony, whom he trusts will bring with him the lessons he learned from the U.S. Olympic team that rode its tenacious defense to the gold medal in Beijing.
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son Wednesday night in Utah.
Denver's never been known for its 'D' but that's what Karl is counting on to make the Nuggets competitive in the ever-improving West.
He spent the last two years trying to match the Phoenix Suns' up-tempo style, and while that made for an exciting product, it didn't get them past the first
"We're faster and quicker and deeper with athletes at every position than ever before since I've been here," said Karl, who has failed to get his team past the first round of the playoffs since his arrival midway through the 2004-05 season.
"We as a coaching staff feel that there's a lot of differences to this team, but there's a challenge to take the differences and make it better," Karl said. "And after kind of a unique summer of rebuilding the psyche and spirit of our team, I think we're in a very good place.
"I know I can score with the best of 'em." Anthony said. "But that's really not an issue for us right now. We've got to stop people."
A n d Anthonv said
all the stopping starts with him.
"You will see a different me," he promised.
Aleader. A stopper. A rebounder. Whatever it takes. Hustling back to the paint, funneling a player toward the help.
Anthony, who also has a national championship at Syracuse to his credit, still smarts when critics bring up his notoriously soft defense.
"If I can stop five people out there on the court myself then I'd be the best to ever play this basketball game," Anthony said.
He knows as the team's superstar, though, he sets the tone and is its lightning rod.
"I'm pretty sure you guys will see a different defensive team this year from the Denver Nuggets."
The Nuggets averaged 110 points last season, second most in the NBA, but they allowed 107, also second in the league.
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Recent stroke prompted Olson's sudden retirement
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TUCSON, Ariz. — Lute Olson's doctor said Tuesday that the former Arizona basketball coach had a stroke within the last year and he advised him to retire.
The comments by Dr. Steven Knope at a news conference called by Olson's family offer the first
explanation for Olson's sudden retirement last week, two days after he appeared at the Wildcats' media day. Olson said at the time he was energized and looking forward to his 25th season with Arizona
wanted to fulfill his obligation to the community and the university"
"He was doing great over the summer and very much wanted to fulfill his obligation to the community and the university."
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body Brase, former Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson's daughter, sits in a press conference as she listens to Steven Knope, M.D., tell the media Tuesday in Tucson, Ariz., that Olson suffered a small stroke, will not need surgery and is on a blood thinning medication. Knope said Olson, who retired suddenly last week, was left with severe depression and impaired judgment.
Knoppe said Olson was resting at home and was on a blood thinner, and he was optimistic Olson would recover. The announcement ended almost a year of speculation about Olson's health. Rumors began to circulate when he took a leave of absence last season for what he
Knopa said an MRI confirmed the stroke in the frontal part of Olson's brain, which left him with severe depression and impaired judgment.
DR. STEVEN KNOPE Lute Olson's physician
"This is a rather cruel twist of fate," Knope said at a McKale Center news conference attended by two of Olson's daughters, Jodi Brase and Christi Snyder.
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later termed a "medical condition that was not life-threatening"
"He is quite literally devastated." Knope said. "He was doing great over the summer and very much
During the past few weeks, Knope said he had talked to Olson about retiring because Olson was struggling
to handle his workload as pre-season practice opened.
"He just couldn't put the pieces together," Knope said. "He couldn't do what he needed to do for the team."
a limb, this stroke occurred in a part of the brain where much of his intellectual function and his motor function was perfectly normal," Knope said. "So it wasn't quite apparent. The tipoff and the clue came in the last several weeks, when we began to treat what appeared to be a bout of depression that simply didn't respond."
Knope said he ordered the MRI on Monday after Olson did not respond to recent treatment for depression. The MRI revealed a stroke.
"Unlike a typical stroke that you may imagine where someone is unable to walk or talk or move
Knope said he had treated Olson for depression in the last year, during which Olson went through a contentious divorce from his second wife, Christine.
In April, Olson appeared ready to return to the grind of major college coaching. Olson told his doctor, "I love the garme, I can't wait to get back," Knope said.
But something had changed. Knope said the coach had responded earlier to antidepressants but in the more recent bout he did not and also exhibited out-of-character behavior.
One public example came when a combative Olson sparred with reporters during the April news conference to announce his return. He typically had cool but cordial relations with the media.
"I think we can attribute that behavior to the stroke." Knope said.
At media day last week, Olson expressed constriction about his
behavior that day. "I've wished I had that hour back many times," he said.
Olson's hands have trembled in recent years, prompting rumors
that he has Parkinson's disease. Knope said Olson suffered from a benign condition called familial tremor but did not have Parkinson's.
"There is no dementia going on in coach Olson," Knope said. "He had a mental status exam two days ago, and he scored almost perfectly."
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Now, finally, the Kansas City Chiefs had practically everyone back from the previous year's playoff team. Optimism reigned. Delighted to be KC's highest-paid player, Johnson even promised to set aside his sullen ways and be a leader.
But since that August afternoon in 2007, the Chiefs have played 23 games and won only five.
In their last 16 games, the equivalent of an entire regular season, they're a shocking 1-15. No team in the NFL during that stretch has been worse. Not the Bengals, nor the Raiders nor the Lions, although
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They're laden with rookies in the first year of a rebuilding movement that should have started a year ago and the youngsters have committed mistake after mistake, with players getting caught out of position, forgetting assignments, getting mixed up on coverage, trying to do too much. But all that addresses only the on-the-field setbacks that have beset a once-proud franchise that won 100 games in the 1990s.
Their No. 1 and No. 2 quarterbacks were cut down by season-ending injuries in the same game. Their punter, the only player on the team near the top of any meaningful statistical category, has been out with a groin injury.
Since that sunny August day in 2007, Johnson has led his team only in shocking behavior and faces court dates in two separate cases of simple assault against women. In the last one, a young woman alleges that Johnson spit his drink at her and threatened her boyfriend in a fashionable local nightspot.
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Signing Johnson to the huge contract was a gigantic mistake.
But the trade never happened, and now he and the embattled general manager are not speaking. Fans have taken Gonzalez's side.
So was making brittle Brodie Croyle their foundation quarterback. He's made eight starts and been injured four times and the Chiefs' rebuilding movement is floundering at the most important position.
the final minutes of the game the week before and break the record at home, Gonzalez asked to be traded. At 32, he also did not want to end his brilliant career with a team that can't win.
Last week, behind third-string
But since that August afternoon in 2007, the Chiefs have played 23 games and won only five. In their last 16 games,the equivalent of an entire regular season they're a shocking 1-15.
quarterback Tyler Thigpen, the underdog Chiefs almost pulled off an upset of Brett Favre and the New York Jets. They hatched an imaginative game plan, fought the good fight and held the lead in
But instead of heartening long-suffering fans, coaches only added to everyone's frustration by turning ultra conservative in the final decisive minutes, running into the line three straight times and quickly going three-and-out.
For the Chiefs in what could turn into their worst season ever, even good things have a way of turning sour. At Carolina on Oct. 5, the great Tony Gonzalez officially became the most productive tight end in NFL history. But instead of creating levity and light, it led only to more controversy.
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Classmates on the other side of the world
Twenty students at Mogadishu University in Somalia are enrolled in "Political Science Methods of Inquiry," a class taught by video at the University of Kansas by John Kennedy, assistant professor of political science. Violence has created new problems for the students in Somalia as they try to make it to class and maintain communication with the students here.
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Fall student night features Korean toys, techno music
Students can partake in mask-making, pumpkin carving and costume contests while listening to Asian techno music at the Spencer Museum of Art's annual fall student night from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight. The event is designed to promote an upcoming exhibit, "Toy Stories: Souvenirs from Korean Childhood."
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Trick-or-treating ban lifted after Pa. town petition
Oil City, Pa., has not allowed trick-or-treating for the past 16 years. The town banned the activity after an 11-year-old girl was murdered on her way home from a pre-Halloween party. The city is lifting the ban because a fifth-grader petitioned for it.
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Emma Willis nearly fainted when she found herself face-to-face with Big Jay after the homecoming parade her freshman year.
She wasn't excited to see him. She was scared.
"I like watching them, because they do funny things." Willis said. "It's not like I hate them. I love our mascots — from a distance."
Willis, Oskaloosa senior and member of the KU Marching Jayahawks, has a phobia of mascots. She sits in the stands during football and basketball games, keeping a close eye on both Baby and Big Jay. The closer they come to the band, the more anxious she gets.
Willis is one of many people in the U.S. who are afflicted with a phobia. According to the Mayo Clinic, more than 12 percent of people in the U.S. will experience a phobia at some point in their lives.
Fears and phobias are the focus of the waning October month. With Halloween a day away, many people will be facing their fears in the form of costumes and superstitions.
Ruth Ann Atchley, associate professor of psychology, said
phobias were closely related with fears but weren't necessarily
BIAS
the same. Fear is a basic, instinctual reaction, and a phobia is an intense, persistent and sometimes irrational fear.
Achley said fear stemmed from an evolutionary need to survive. Many fears come from stimuli in the environment that pose a potential threat. The filtering process the brain engages in is based on how salient the stimulus is. If something presents itself in a loud, glaring or startling way, it's more likely to be a source of threat, at least to the brain.
Achley said the things in our environment that caused those reactions were generally things of which we should be fearful.
Willis knows she shouldn't be afraid of the jayhawk mascot, but she can't control herself when Big Jay gets near. Willis describes the feeling as a sudden, urgent panic.
"It's like that feeling in your stomach when you think you've left something really valuable to you behind," Willis said. "Like in a gas station 50 miles away."
Many brain structures are involved with the feelings Willis experiences. Atchley said structures such as the thalamus, the brain's information relay station, drove the physiological responses associated with fear. Of these responses, the most common are an increased heart rate, rapid breathing and sweating.
closely related with fears but weren't necessarily ing.
emotional responses.
The second-ary emotion depends on the situation in which the fearful stimulus presents itself.
Atchley explained that a spider on the wall would evoke a different emotion than a friend with a mask jumping out from behind something would. The difference in the secondary emotions allows the human body to react accordingly, calming down if necessary or escaping from the threatening situation.
"It's the fight-or-flight response," Atchley said.
It's been three years since Willis first encountered the
It's been three Willis first KU mascots, and she still becomes uncomfortable in their presence. She has learned to be more com fortable around Baby Jay, but Big Jay and
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were closely related with fears but weren't necessarily to these responses, the most common are an increased heart rate, rapid breathing and sweating.
Reactions to fear often lead to secondary negative
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Jeff Turek doesn't care that Jayhawk teams won the Orange Bowl and the NCAA men's basketball championship. He doesn't care that Kansas plays in one of the most storied and famed arenas in all of college basketball. He doesn't wave the wheat or sing the alma mater in the stands. In fact, Turek couldn't care less about the Jayhawks — he's a Wildcat fan.
Turek, Overland Park senior, faces the task of attending school at Kansas while being a lifelong fan of Kansas State. His wardrobe consists of mostly purple — which he isn't afraid to wear around his Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house or when he goes to class.
"Almost everything I own is K-State stuff," Turek said. "I couldn't make the switch after being a K-State fan my whole life. I have like two KU shirts but that's it.
The rest is K-State."
Turek attends Kana is close to home, but he still hates the layhawks. His family roots for Kansas and his parents have football season tickets, but Turek will never change his alliance. He grew up loving K-State football and watched the Wildcats had four straight 11-win seasons from 1997 to 2000. He's not afraid to show his purple pride but Kana.
go to K.State, so they give me crap"
The rest is K-State."
"Youk attends Kansas because the school
"I'll be tailgating or walking around before the game, and everybody just assumes that I go to K-State, so they give me crap."
JEFF TUREK
Overland Park senior
"The only time it's real hard is when K-State plays at KU, because of course I'm all decked out in my purple." Turek said. "I'll be tailgating or walking around before the game, and everybody just assumes that I
but knows he will be out-numbered come Saturday.
"The usher came up, and I gave him my KUID." Turek said. "He was like. All right."
is the KU-KSU football game two years ago in Lawrence when he sat in the student section wearing K-State purple. Students were complaining because the student section appeared full, and K-State fans were taking up seats.
While Turek struggles as a K-State fan in Lawrence, Joel Campbell has the opposite problem in Manhattan. The K-State senior bleeds crimson and blue and has been a Kansas fan his entire life.
you're fine, but what are you doing wearing purple?"
He attends K-State because both of his parents work there, but he won't allow himself to become a Wildcat fan.
"There was no way I was ever going to change over to Kansas State," Campbell said. "They are our rivals. I know we're the better team, and they know we're the better team. They just don't want to admit it."
Campbell's closet features almost all Jayhawk apparel. Rarely, he said, does he attend class
really have any room to talk anymore.'
But that hasn't stopped them from try-ing. Campbell said the K-State studen
"It's been real easy to be a KU fan these past few years. All the K-State fans don't really have any room to talk anymore."
without wearing something that's Kansas related.
JOEL CAMPBELL Kansas State senior
"People say stuff, but that's fine, because I just voice my opinion right back," Campbell said. "It's been real easy to be a KU fan these past few years. All the K-State fans don't
the K-State student newspaper. The Collegian, printed an article about the investigation into whether former KU basketball player Darrell Arthur received improper grade changes while in high school but did not print anything about Kansas winning the Orange Bowl or the basketball national championship.
Campbell said he found conversations about how good the Wildcats are amusing.
"I see everyone wearing their purple, and I hear them drinking the purple Gatorade
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Where is the best place to find a last-minute Halloween costume?
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BY KIRSTEN HUDSON editor@kansan.com
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College students can be procrastinators, and that includes finding a Halloween costume. Despite the calendar showing only one day to go before All Hallows Eve, students can find the perfect Halloween outfit. Five retailers in Lawrence still have some goulish holligarb for sale.
5. Party America
Party America, located at 1441 W. 23rd St., still has a semi-varied selection of costumes, but those same costumes have few sizes available. The costumes range in price from $9.99 to $99.99. The store marked down many adult costumes to 10 percent off the original price, and some are marked down even further. Party America is keeping its regular store hours this week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Known for its low prices, Wal-Mart, located at 3300 Iowa St., keeps its Halloween costume prices low. Prices range from $8.99 to $19.99. Bob Garner, Wal-Mart manager, said the store has also marked down prices on some of its costumes.
4. Wal-Mart
"We still have a pretty nice selection," said Bob Garner, Wal-Mart manager.
Wal-Mart does have a variety
of costumes, but not to the same extent as stores that open specifically for Halloween, such as Spirit Halloween and Fun and Games. Last-minute customers at Walmart should prepare to dig for the costume they want. The store condensed the costumes for all age groups into one aisle, making it difficult to see all of the available costumes. Since the store stays open 24 hours a day, procrastinators can snag a costume at any hour.
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Several stores, including Party America, Target and Wal-Mart, still have a wide selection of affordable and fun Halloween costumes.
TARGET.
Target, located at 3201 Iowa St.,
has a limited selection of costumes.
The adult costumes available for
both men and women only fill
up half of an aisle. Prices range
from about $15 to $40. The store
offers the best sale on costumes
out of these five stores, taking 30
percent off the original price on all
costumes. Target opens weekdays
from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
3. Target
Spirit Halloween, located at 925 Iowa St., still has a variety of different types of costumes in the store, from the Geico gecko to the classic witch. The assortment of different types of costumes doesn't transfer to the sizes, though. Many costumes have only one size left, or the only costumes available in a certain category are as "one size fits most."
2. Spirit Halloween
"Everything is kind of pickeo over," said Clinton Haynes, manager of Spirit Halloween. "We've been open since August, so people have had a chance to come in and get the good stuff."
"There's nothing here now," said Emma Cook, student at Lawrence High School while shopping for a sailor girl costume. "When I came earlier this month there was a lot more."
Spirit Halloween offers no markdowns or sales on Halloween costumes until after Oct. 31. Prices at Spirit Halloween range from $29.99 to $99.99 with the average at about $39.99, Haynes said.
The store will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, an hour later than normal, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Fun and Games, located at 1601 W. 23rd St., offers a different alternative when picking a Halloween costume. Unlike other stores where customers view packaged costumes hanging on walls, Fun and Games has four 3-inch binders filled with pictures of the costumes for sale. Customers flip through the books,
1. Fun and Games
select a costume and then workers bring the costume to the customer to look over or try on.
The store still has costumes as varied as the candy in a 10-year-old's trick-or-treating sack. The costumes are also available in several different sizes.
"Since we're a year-round store, we can keep more costumes in the store and always have a good selection," said Kyle Billings, manager of Fun and Games.
Costumes range in price from $30 to $50.
The store opens weekdays from 10 a.m.to 8 p.m.,but usually stays open until 9 p.m. helping customers.
Don't let last-minute costume shopping scare you; these stores still have options to help you get dressed up this Halloween. If you still can't find that perfect outfit, all of these stores sell accessories and gruesome make-up, perfect for creating your own costume. Now all you have to worry about this Halloween is not overindulging on the candy corn and avoiding those pesky vampires.
Edited by Kelsey Hayes
Trick or treat, vote for me, I can run the country
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Pumpkins with the faces of the presidential candidates, Barack Obama, left, and John McCain, carved by Hugh McMahon, are displayed in New York, Tuesday.
CAMPUS
CAMPUS
'Rocky Horror Picture
Show' plays tonight
Student Union Activities will present its annual showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" tonight.
The film is considered a cult classic and tells the story of a stranded couple that takes shelter at the home of a singing transvestite. Attendees at the film generally dress up as characters.
The SUA showing will begin with a dance contest for the
"Time Warp" dance from the film. Students can also participate in costume and trivia competitions and SUA will provide prizes for the winners.
Attendees will also receive prop packs that will allow them to interact with the film.
Michelle Cumpton, Student Development Advisor for SUA, said the film had drawn 150 to 200 people in the past. She said the film helped bring in students who might not attend other SUA events.
8:30 and the movie begins at 9:30 tonight in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union. Tickets are $3.
Doors open for the contests at
Martin Luther King Jr., is voted 'most influential'
Brandy Entsminger
Martin Luther King, Jr., became the official winner of Tuesday nights debate on the "Most Influential American," sponsored by the Lewis and Templin staff. The top five candidates in the running
were discussed and debated on during the event at the Burge Union. Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and King. Jr., were the top five candidates for students to choose from.
Cody Charles, complex director of Lewis and Templin said it was a close race when the online voting narrowed on the last day among students. Charles said there was only a 13- or 14-vote difference between candidates.
Jesse Trimble
on campus
The "Annual Pharmacy Fair" will be held all day in the Kansas Union.
The "2008 State of the State Kansas Economic Policy Conference" will be held all day in the Big XII Room in the Kansas Union.
The workshop "Unclassified Professional Staff Evaluations-Presentation and Brown Bag led by Human Resources andEqual Opportunity" will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the International Room in the Kansas Union.
The Unclassified Senate Executive Council Meeting will begin at 12 p.m. in Alcove G in the Kansas Union.
The seminar "Responding to the Human Costs of US Border Policy; Local Activism in Arizona and Kansas"will begin at 12 p.m. in 318 Bailey.
The student group event "Off Shore Drilling: An Alternative to Funding Terrorism" will begin at 12:30 p.m. in 106 Green Hall.
"FREE Tea at Three' will begin at 3 p.m. in the lobby in the Kansas Union.
The panel discussion "Gendered Violence Forum" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 109 Green Hall,
The lecture "Punishment & Inequality in America" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The seminar "Come to Atnca and it is here!" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the International Room in the Kansas Union.
The lecture "Cretaceous amber forests from France - Paleoenvironment, taphonomy, and use of X-ray synchrotron microtomography for studying amber fossil inclusions" will begin at 4 p.m. in 103 Lindley Hall.
The lecture "The Ethical Conundrum of Intercollegiate Athletics" will begin at 4:30 p.m. in 150 JRP.
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At 4 a.m. tomorrow, there will be 111 hours before tipoff of the 111th season of KU men's basketball, having sold out 111 straight home games. Go new Jayhawks!
STANDING UP FOR KU
John Wilson will stand up for KU in the Kansas Legislature. John is a KU graduate, has taught classes at KU and is the former Co-Director of the KU Center for Community Outreach. He will fight to make sure our faculty and staff salaries are competitive and that we hold the line on tuition increases. John Wilson is the kind of legislator we need fighting for us in Topeka.
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Let's Work Together and Get Things Done
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"Please join me in voting for Republican Scott Morgan for the Kansas State Senate. As a registered Democrat and Obama supporter, I know that Scott can reach out to people of different political backgrounds to find solutions. He will work hard for KU and Lawrence in the state legislature."
- Maggie Cartar;
East Lawrence resident and retired KU Law School
Placement Director
Scott Morgan for State Senate An Independent Voice of Reason for Lawrence www.ScottMorganforSenate.com/KUStudents.htm
Paid for by Scott Morgan for Senate Committee, David Ambler, Chair; Brad Finkeldei, Treasurer
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008
NEWS
3A
CAMPUS
Political science class taught at home and overseas
BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER
bentsminger@kansan.com
Safiyo Xuseen lives in Mogadishu, Somalia, but she's also attending the University of Kansas.
Xuseen is a junior at Mogadishu University and is one of 20 students enrolled in a political science class taught by John Kennedy, assistant professor of political science. Kennedy teaches the class in person to students at Kansas and by video to students in Mogadishu.
As part of the class, "Political ScienceMethodsOfInquiry",20students at Kansas exchange e-mails with the students in Somalia. Jackie Prine, Omaha, Neb., junior, is partnered with Xuseen and has learned about Xuseen's family through the exchange. Prine provided the information about Xuseen.
Kennedy taught the class to students in Somalia for the first time last year. This year, violence in
the city and at the University has created new communication problems for some of the students.
On Oct. 14, the Mogadishu University dean of social sciences and one student were killed and five students were seriously injured during an attack on the college.
Kennedy said KU students learned about the attack from their partners in Somalia before some major news sources had detailed information.
Although none of the students involved in the class were injured, the violence affected the students in Somalia daily.
Rachel Yancey, Topeka senior, said she communicated with a woman in Somalia two or three times a week at the beginning of the semester. Now she hears from the woman about once every two weeks.
Students in Somalia can access the Internet at school computer labs and at Internet bars around
the city. Sometimes, communication breaks down because the University closes or because the violence keeps students from attending class, but Kennedy said the e-mails had been relatively consistent overall.
"As the fighting continues, so does our class!" Kennedy said.
E-mails between Yancey and her partner generally address issues from the class, but they also exchange basic information about their families. Yancey said her partner was one of the first women in her family to attend college.
Yancey said the class helped break down stereotypes about Somalia.
"It's an unstable country. It's an unstable government," Yancey said. "But life is still happening on an individual basis."
Sara Vestal, Kansas City, Kan. senior, exchanges e-mails with Abdullahi Yabarow, her class partner. Vestal said she mostified of
her contact with Yabarow because he was busy providing information to the United Nations about the situation in surrounding villages.
Vestal said the class had opened her eyes because while students at Kansas were making excuses for turning in papers late, students in Somalia were struggling to turn in assignments because their streets were being bombed.
"It just seems like they go through so much more to learn." Vestal said.
The majority of the violence in Somalia originated with two groups: pirates and clans.
Islamic Courts took control of the Somali government in June 2006, but were forced out by a transitional government supported by Ethiopia in January 2007. Piracy around Somalia has increased in recent weeks, and pirates are targeting Somali ships.
Much of the violence comes from clans fighting among them.
selves or from the transitional government trying to push the clans out of the country. Kennedy said it was ironic because the clans sometimes united to confront the government.
The people suffering the most in Somalia were civilians who were not directly involved with the fighting, Kennedy said. He said more Somali civilians had died in the city of Mogadishu than Iraqi civilians had died in the country of Iraq so far this year.
"We hear much more about Iraq, but there are more civilians dying in a smaller area in Mogadishu," Kennedy said.
Kennedy said the research methods students were learning could lead to future jobs that would help develop the country.
"Mogadishu University and the students are the future of the country," Kennedy said.
Edited by Jennifer Torline
SPENCER MUSEUM 'Time Warp' student night promotes art exhibitions
The "Time Warp" student night at the Spencer Museum of Art will combine Halloween, time and toys to reach out to students and the community.
Students on the Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board planned the event to promote the exhibition "Toy Stories: Souvenirs from Korean Childhood." Activities will include a costume contest, a station to make masks and the video game "We Heart Katamari." DJ DerekZ will play pop and techno music from Korea.
Students can also view the exhibitions "Time/Frame" and "Wendell Castle: About Time."
Sierra Falter, Lincoln, Neb., senior and president of the board, said the board wanted students to see that visiting the museum could be an opportunity to relax and enjoy the art.
"It's not something that has to be scary or stressful." "Fear early."
Student night is free and will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the museum.
Brandy Entsminger
Student Senate
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS October 30,2008
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Kanakuk & Kids Across America
Love Kids? Love Sports? Love Summer Kamp?
Love Christ?
Come see what working at Kanakuk Christian Sports Kamp is all about at the movie tour!
After the movie there will be sign-ups for summer job interviews!
When: November 5th at 8pm
Where: Alderson Auditorium on the 4th floor of the Union
For More information: www.kanakuk.com
Free HIV Testing at DCAP:
Douglas County AIDS Project offers a free walk-in HIV testing clinic
Last Friday of every month from 8:30 AM – 4:30PM.
Testing available other days by appointment.
This month’s clinic is on Friday, October 31st.
DCAP is located in the United Way Building at 2518 Ridge St., Suite 101.
For more info contact DCAP at 843-0040 or dcap@sunflower.com
Halloween Party
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30TH
9PM - 2AM
At CLUB AXIS
821 IOWA ST.
Tickets at the door
21: $2 w/ KU ID
18: $1 w/ KU ID
COSTUME CONTEST
DRINK AND DANCE!
FEDERALIST SOCIETY
Speaker: Becky Norton Dunlop,
Heritage Foundation
Topic: “Off Shore Drilling: An Alternative to Funding Terrorism”
Thursday October 30, 2008 • 12:30 – 1:30pm
Green Hall (Law School Building), Room 106
Sign up to be a Student Senate Tutor!
Set your own rates!
Give back to the University Community!
Fill out the form at http://studentsenate.ku.edu/tutoring/t tutors.html
Or pick up a form in the Student Senate Office at 410 Kansas Union.
(Non) Political Watch Party hosted by Lutheran Campus Ministry
Come watch your favorite candidate rise in the polls as votes come in!
At Bethany House,
18 East 13th St.
Watch party starts at 7:00.
Red, white, and blue snacks will be provided.
email lutherans@ku.edu or visit kulutherans.org for more information
AASU + LAMBDA PHI EPSILON
PRESENTS...
HALLOWEEN PARTY
@AXIS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
10PM-2AM
CLUB ANIS 9TH AND IOWA
AGES 18+
DISCOUNTS WI KU ID
DRINK SPECIALS! $2 POMESIKS SA
Student Night
6-8 PM,
Thursday,
Oct. 30
Spencer Museum of Art
AN EVENING OF COSTUMES, CANDY AND DANCING!
ACTIVITIES
Make Your Own Mask
Grow to Del Dorak?
Play We Love Grammar!
Free Candy and cookies
Learn the "Time Warp" dance, then hyperventilate to the Union at 8:30 PM
On KWY's showing of "Rocky Horror Picture Show"
WIN PRIZES
Best costume gets first pick of raffle prizes
EXPLORE EXHIBITIONS
"Wendell Castle: About Time"
Time/Frame
"Try Stories: Scavengers from Korean Childhood"
SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART
1301 Main Street
www.spencersmuseumofart.com
Mercury's Dream, 1989 Wendell Castle
Join and hundreds of people at the hottest annual...
Halloween Party
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30TH
9PM - 2AM
At CLUB AXIS
821 IOWA ST.
Tickets
at the door
24: $2 w/ KU ID
18: $4 w/ KU ID
COSTUME CONTEST
DRINK AND DANCE!
4A
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY OF
THURSDAY OCTOBER
FANS (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
FAMILY HA
KANSAS
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STATE
Jeff Turek, Overland Park senior, is a Kansas State fan, but he attends the University of Kansas. Despite his loyalty to the Wildcats, Turek said he attends KU because "I wasn't going to let a football team decide what school I went to."
and think they are the greatest no matter how bad they are." Campbell said. "It's tough keeping my mouth shut sometimes."
Campbell used to attend K-State games wearing KU gear. He was pelted with food and trash, so he decided to boycott K-State games and to watch them on TV.
"When K-State plays, 1 root
against them every time" Campbell said.
Sometimes it's tough for Turek and Campbell to root for their teams on opposite campuses, but they wouldn't change a thing.
"If we pull out a victory on Saturday," Campbell said, "It will make it all worthwhile."
Edited by Becka Cremer
FEAR
(CONTINUED FROM 1A)
other schools' mascots still give her problems.
"I think it's because I can't see their faces, and they don't talk," Willis said. "When that mascot head turns and looks straight at me, that's when I really don't do well at all."
Bridget Biggs, assistant professor in the University's clinical child psychology program, said overcoming fears and phobias was a basic process. The most common way to overcome a fear is using exposure therapy. Biggs said people often thought complete immersion in what they feared was the best way to get over it. She said
responses to fear
— Hair stands on end
Breathing rate increases
Perspiration
Pumilidilate
— Hair stands on end
— Intestines shut down
Source: Ruth Ann Atchley, associate professor of psychology
those people were wrong.
Instead, Biggs said, the most effective process involved taking small steps. She said starting with things that were only a little scary was effective. The body can only be scared for so long before the parasympathetic system kicks in and calms it down.
"It's like jumping into a pool of cold water," Biggs said. "There's that initial shock, but eventually your body gets used to it."
Biggs said overcoming a fear using exposure therapy was beneficial because unlike taking medication, therapy gave the person something to hang on to. She said therapy left people with skills to handle fears later in life. Biggs said overcoming phobias generally involved thinking through the situation logically and evaluating how rational the phobia was.
Willis said she would partake in Halloween festivities Friday. Although the probability of being surrounded by mask-wearing students is high, she said she wasn't worried.
common phobias
1. Arachnophobia (spiders)
2. Social phobia
3. Aerophobia (flying)
4. Agoraphobia
5. Claustrophobia (enclosed or confined spaces)
6. Acrophobia (heights)
7. Emetophobia (vomit)
8. Carcinophobia (cancer)
9. Brontophobia (thunder)
10. Necrophobia (death or dead things)
I HAVE A SUCCESSFUL NEXT CAREER
Source: www.WebMD.com
NATIONAL
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, (D-ill.), signs "I love you" in American sign language at the end of a rally in Sunrise, Fla. Wednesday.
"As long as they're talking to me" she said, "I'll be all right."
Edited by Becka Cremer
Obama asks Florida voters for support
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BY JIM KUHNHENN ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — He was the family man, the solutions-driven politician, the gifted orator. But for those who still harbor doubts about his candidacy, Barack Obama sought to present a special image — a man ready to sit in the Oval Office.
Amid a pastiche of American stories, the Democratic presidential nominee spent 30-minutes and more than $4 million of prepaid television time Wednesday delivering his final introduction to the public.
He capped the prime-time commercial with a live address from Sunrise, Fla., with a full-throated appeal for help and for votes.
"If you'll stand with me, and fight by my side, and cast your ballot for me, then I promise you, we will not just win Florida, we will win this election. And together we will change this country and change the world," he said to a roaring crowd.
The commercial and his live remarks from one of the main battlegrounds in the presidential contest represented a return to
the unifying themes of his speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention that launched him into national politics.
"In six days, we can choose hope over fear and unity over division, the promise of change
over the power of the status quo," he said. "In six days, we can come together as one nation, and one people, and once more choose our better history."
The ad was a dashing display of Obama's fundraising prowess.
He bought his way into millions of American homes just six days before the end of an exhausting, 21-month quest for the presidency.
As a message, the ad was equal parts Americana, stump speech and quasi-presidential address. The most formal scenes — Obama describing his government agenda
were filmed in a distinguished looking office with a flag and a backdrop not unlike that of the Oval Office.
The spot was a mix of prerecorded Obama and voters, plus a live appearance from the campaign trail by the candidate. He offered prescriptions for an ailing economy and a rescue plan for a middle class caught in tough times.
"I will not be a perfect president," Obama said. "But I can promise you this — I will always tell you what I think and where I stand."
Aldes described the unusual ad as a final summation of Obama's campaign. They put the total cost at roughly $4 million, enough to show it simultaneously on CBS, NBC and Fox. It also ran on BET, Univision, MSNBC and TV One.
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In addition to changing the White House you have the power to also change the Kansas Statehouse and Douglas County Courthouse.
Barack Obama and our local Democratic candidates represent the kind of change we need. You can help us create an economy that works for the middle class, promote renewable energy sources and provide health care for all citizens by supporting Democrats running for the Kansas Statehouse and Douglas County Courthouse.
JOIN ME IN VOTING FOR ALL THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ON NOVEMBER 4th
– Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
Paid for by the Douglas County Democratic Party. Carrie Moore, Treasurer.
THE UNIVERSITY HALL GANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008
NEWS
5A
FITNESS
Students in the Big 12 play hard at rec centers
Kansas ranks 9th when it comes to fees for facilities; Missouri and Nebraska lead the conference in costs
BY HALEY JONES
hjones@kansan.com
College campuses in the Big 12 conference are booming with construction and improvement of their recreational facilities. Despite a lagging economy in recent years, students at the University of Kansas, the university of Colorado, Kansas State University and others have voted to increase student fees to renovate their recreation centers. According to the Kerr & Downs Research Report, an estimated 400
indoor and 318 outdoor recreational facilities will be built for an estimated $4.9 billion.
The cost of building a recreation complex has gone from $2 million to $49 million in the past 20 years, with the majority of the facilities costing an average of $4.9 million, according to the report. Student recreation centers provide students with a retreat from the stress of school and provide universities with a marketable asset to prospective students.
national facilities
1. Missouri $256
2. Nebraska $217
3. Texas A&M $196
4. Colorado $194
5. Texas $185
6. OSU $159
7. Baylor $150
8. OU $142
9. Kansas $126
10. Texas Tech $120
11. Iowa State $90
12. K-State $75
Edited by Kelsey Hayes
Yearly student fees for recreational facilities
University of Texas: RecSports Facilities
Enrollment: 50,006 students
· 10 fitness and sports facilities on and off campus totalling more than 500,000 square feet
Anna Hiss Gym
- Opened in 1931: $400,000,
renovation in 1994
- Archery range
- Exercise rooms
- 1/2-court basketball
- 1/2-court basketball
- Dance studio
- Bellmont Hall Opened in 197
- Opened in 1972
- Martial arts
- Three squash courts
- Martial arts room
- Multipurpose rooms
- Exercise area with weight/
- Exercise area with weight conditioning equipment
- Steam Rooms
Gregory Gymnasium
- Renovated in 1962
- Seven multipurpose courts
- 1/27th mile trail
- Built in 1930: $500,000
- Renovated in 1962
SCHOOL CENTRE
- 1/7th-mile track
- Renovated in 1997: $26.3 million
Gregory Gym - Main Concourse, Courtesy of Jennifer Soerel. UT Recourse
- 10 racquetball courts
- training/conditioning room
- Climbing wall
- Two international size squash courts
training/conditioning room
Climbing well
ing room
· Separate faculty/staff weight
- Multipurpose rooms
- Weight training/conditioning room
- Billiards/game room with big screen TV
- Badminton
• Table tennis
• Sports Café
• Cardio theater
• Outdoor and wellness resource centers
• Retail store
• Steam and sauna rooms
• Separate faculty/staff locker rooms
• Aquatic complex: 1000 sq. ft.
• Opened 2005
• Heated outdoor lap pool
• Heated outdoor leisure pool
• Heated outdoor event pool
• Heated spa
- Poolside café
Recreational Sports Center:
120,000 square feet
• Opened in 1990
• Three multipurpose courts
• Eight racquetball courts
• Two international size squash courts
• Weight/conditioning rooms
• Exercise lounge
• Multipurpose rooms
• Aerobic/dance rooms
• Table tennis
• Lounge areas
• Screen TV
Texas Tech University: Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center
Enrollment: 28,422 students
- $10 million
- 242,000 square feet
- Opened about 1977
- Eight multipurpose courts
- Weights/fitness area: 6,530
- Speed bag room
- 12 racquetball/handball courts
- Aerobics/dance studios
- One squash course
- 1/8 mile track
- Large mat room
- Locker rooms with classrooms
Baylor University: McLane Student Life Center
Enrollment: 14,000
- Weight/fitness area: 10,000 square feet
- Opened in 1999
- $21 million
- 156.000 square feet
- Four multipurpose indoor courts
- 156,000 square feet
- Climbing rock: 52 feet high
- Martial arts training room
- Aerobics room: 2,400 square feet
Oklahoma State University Colvin Recreation Center
- One squash court
- Three conference rooms
- Massage therapy
University of Oklahoma:
Huston
Huffman Center
Aquatic center 1/0 mile trail
- One outdoor basketball court
- Seven racquetball courts
- Two outdoor sand volleyball courts
- Opened in 1969, remodeled 2004
- One squash court
- Three conference roo
Enrollment: 32,402
- Eight multipurpose courts
- $23 million
- Track
- 240,000 square feet
- 12 racquetball courts
Enrollment: 30,447 students
- Weights/fitness area: 9,500 square feet
- Weights/fitness area
. 111,000 square feet
- Cardio theater: 3,000 square feet
- Swimming pool
- Dance studios: 5,500 square feet
- Cardio room
- 1/6-mile track
- tion: $9.2 million
111,000
- Eight multipurpose courts
- Opened in 1992, 2003 addition $ 9.2 million
10. multipurpose.co.uk
- Multipurpose rooms: 4,500
- Swimming pool
- Climbing wall: 35 feet high and
- 150 square feet
- Three practice golf nets
- Four-hole putting green
- Four-hole putting green
- Two golf simulators
- Two golf simulators
- Four outdoor sand volleyball courts
- Locker rooms
University of Kansas
Enrollment: 30,102 students
- Opened in 2003: $23 million
- Expansion in 2008: $6.3 million
- 145,000 square feet
- Climbing wall: 42 feet high
- Weights/fitness area: 15,000 square feet
- 1/4-mile track
- Six multipurpose courts
- Five racquetball courts
- Two courts for indoor soccer/hockey, dodgeball and cricket
- Virtual golf simulator
- Martial arts studio
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Texas A&M University: Student Recreation Center
- Opened in October 1995
- Enrollment:47,925 students $36.4 million
- Weight/fitness rooms: 14,000 square feet
- 286,000 square feet
- Indoor climbing facility, 44 feet high and 3,500 square feet
* 1/4-mile track
- 14 handball/racquetball/squash courts
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- Four dance/activity rooms
- Four multipurpose courts
- Two indoor soccer courts
- Swimming pool, two spas
- Outdoor activity area (volleyball and basketball courts)
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- Outdoor resort-style outdoor pool and spa
- Archery room
University of Colorado at Boulder
- Opened in 1973
- Enrollment: 53,755 students
- 215,000 square feet
- 1990 expansion: $8 million
- Three basketball courts
- Weights/fitness area
- Climbing wall: 2,000
- Ice arena
- Three basketball courts
satellite pools
square feet
Weights/itness area
Seven racquetball courts
- Seven racquetball courts
- 1/10-mile track
- Swimming pool with two
- Dance/Aerobics studio
- Eight outdoor tennis
- Children's center
- Locker rooms with saunas
- Climbing wall
- Opened in 1987
- $14.9 million
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Sapp Campus Recreation center
Enrollment: 22,973 students
- 11 lacquetball co.
- Swimming pool.
- Swimming pool
- Opened in 19
- Eight multipurpose courts
- square feet
- Weights/fitness area:8,300 square feet
- Combative arts room
- Massage therapy
- Locker rooms
- "Outstanding Sports Facil-
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In the gym, there are rows of exercise machines. Some are weight machines and others are treadmills. The gym is large and well-lit with overhead lighting. There are also tables and benches where people can sit and rest. The gym has a high ceiling with steel beams and pillars. It looks like a modern gym with plenty of space for exercising.
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Kansas State University: Chester E. Peters Recreation Complex
Enrollment: 23,520 students
- Opened in 1976
- 1991 expansion: $6.3 million
- 1991 expansion $6.3 million
- 240,000 square feet
- 240,000 square feet
- 14 handball/racquetball courts
- Two wailyball courts
- Weight/fitness area: 10,000
- Three gyms that include 10
basketball courts
square feet
- Two running tracks, 1/8-mile and 1/14-mile
- Locker rooms with saunas
- Aerobic/multipurpose room
University of Missouri-Columbia: MizzouRec Student Recreation Complex
Enrollment: 29,761 students
- Original buildings built up to 100 years ago
- 2005 expansion: $50 million
- 300,000 square feet, multiple
- connected buildings
• Scroggs Peak: 42-foot high
- Scroggs Peak: 42-foot high climbing tower
- climbing tower
- 1/6-mile track
- Weights/fitness area
- Four racquetball courts
- One squash court
- Aquatic Center
- Red Hall Beverage Co.
The image shows a large indoor space with a high ceiling. The room is filled with lush greenery, including tall trees and various plants. In the foreground, there are two chairs with striped upholstery placed on a circular platform. The floor appears to be covered in mulch or gravel, and the walls are adorned with decorative panels. The lighting in the room is bright, enhancing the vibrant colors of the plants.
- Locker rooms
• Snack bar
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Courtesy of Laura Salarney, MizuofuRc Services & Facialities
- Boutique-style student services
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Grammy award winning artist Clifford Harris, right, known as T.I., signs a paper with his executive assistant India Al before he enters the Henry County Voters Registration Office to vote on Wednesday in McDowndon, Ga. This is the first time Harris has ever vested. He was convicted of a weapons charge earlier this year for trying to purchase guns from a federal agent.
Rapper T.I. gets to vote despite status as felon
Convicted felons eligible to vote under Georgia law if not on probation or serving jail time
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McDONOUGH, Ga. — TL originally thought his voting privileges were revoked as a convicted felon, until he researched and learned that under a Georgia law felons are eligible if they're not currently serving probation or a prison sentence.
"It's a relief," said the bestselling rapper, who stood in line for no more than 10 minutes on Wednesday before entering a polling center in suburban Atlanta to vote for the first time in his life.
"This what it is all about, not staying up late and waking up early to vote," he added. "Now rather than just talking about it, I'm being about it. I'm leading by example, and it makes me feel a lot better."
T. I., who already has two No. 1 hits off his new album "Paper Trail" ("Whatever You Like" and "Live Your Life" with Rihanna), does have several federal firearms offenses and ongoing community service endeavors, stemming from his arrest last October for trying to buy automatic weapons. But his lawyer, Steve Sadow, confirmed that he can still cast a ballot because his sentence doesn't start until late March next year.
"Until he is sentenced in the federal case, he doesn't have a conviction yet," said Sadow of his 28-year-old client, whose real name is Clifford Harris. "Even though he is a convicted felon, he has a right to vote since he is not serving probation and hasn't started his prison sentence."
A spokesman for the Georgia
Secretary of State's office confirmed that T.I. was eligible to vote.
With an "I'm a Georgia Voter" sticker planted on his black vest, T.I. signed autographs and took photos with several fans who were stunned to see the Grammy-winning artist in line to vote.
"It's inspirational what he is doing," said Nathirya Brown, 19, a first-time voter who was one of
the first to spot T.L. stepping off his "Respect My Vote" campaign bus. He and the nonpartisan group Hip-Hop Caucus launched a nationwide tour in late July to encourage voters between the ages of 18 and 29 to take a more active role in politics.
"Just him being diligent enough helps others find out their status as well." Brown added.
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The job still demands more of your attention, but you can take time to listen. A loved one needs to talk, and it wouldn't hurt you be there.
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By now, you should be able to see the situation more clearly. You'll also become aware of a job that needs to be done immediately.
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You've sometimes been a rebel without a cause, but that's changing. Soon, you'll see ways to turn some of your energy into folding green, or pink, or whatever color our money is now.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 2005
FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Why students should vote for Obama
For most college students, this is the first time we can vote for a president.
Ralph Nader's proposals
The editorial board went through some difficulty but finally sided with Barack Obama.
ELECTION 2008
OUR
CHOICE
were appealing, but we're disappointed by the lack of details on how to establish the changes he calls for.
John McCain's experience and past bipartisan efforts are positive, but a myopic understanding of what kind of change is needed has undermined his campaign.
We don't agree with all of Obama's positions, but his outlook is refreshing. He recognizes our country's problems
— the economic inequalities, the failed healthcare system, the misguided foreign policy — and has proposed solid plans.
Obama may not have McCain's experience, but he has much better judgment, whether it be in opposing the Iraq War or in picking an acceptable running mate, and we consider that to be much more important.
We also evaluated the candidates on individual issues. We did that because there is no perfect candidate. Although we can pick one to endorse, others may have better ideas in different issues.
OVERALL WINNER:
ECONOMY
McCain's plan to cut taxes is a rehash of a policy that served well in the past but comes off as out of touch with current needs. Obama's plan identifies the struggles of the middle and lower classes. His tax plan recognizes that cutting taxes for the wealthy has damaged the ability to finance many things that the entire population relies on.
Universal tax cuts have been favored for a long time. It now appears that the middle class recognizes the benefits of pooling resources through the government to obtain social benefits, such as health care and education.
Obama is also aware that spending can be helpful in stimulating the economy. The economic crisis demands new economic ideals. However, Obama would do well in taking some ideas from Nader, who has shed light on the structural problems of our economy. Nader's positions on NAFTA, fair trade and agricultural subsidies should be seriously considered if a truly effective reform is to take place.
中国军事改革纪实
1985年，中国军队进行了大规模的改革。在军队建设方面，军队规模由原来的几十万人增加到几千万人。军队编制也更加规范化。军队后勤保障体系更加完善。军队指挥体制更加科学化。
1986年，中国军队在武器装备上取得了重大进展。例如，军用飞机、坦克、导弹等现代化装备投入使用。军队信息化建设取得了显著成效。军队指挥体系更加智能化。军队后勤保障体系更加完善。军队指挥体制更加科学化。
1987年，中国军队在军事战略上取得了重大突破。例如，军队在反恐作战中取得了一些重要成果。例如，在伊拉克战场上，中国军队成功地摧毁了 ISIS 武装集团，保卫了国家利益。军队在南海区域取得了新的胜利。例如，在海防战中，中国军队成功地控制了海口港和南海地区的重要航道。
1988年，中国军队在军事文化上取得了重大进步。例如，军队成立了多个文化中心，如中国军事博物馆、中国军事科学院军事文化研究所、中国军事博物馆艺术研究所。中国军队的文化活动也更加丰富多彩。例如，军队举办了一场国际军事文化论坛，吸引了来自世界各地的专家和学者参加。军队的文化活动也更加丰富多彩。例如，军队举办了一场国际军事文化论坛，吸引了来自世界各地的专家和学者参加。
1989年，中国军队在军事技术上取得了重大突破。例如，军队在火箭发射
FOREIGN POLICY
We need a president who will reverse the unilateral attitude of the Bush administration. With that in mind, the candidate who is most capable of doing that is Obama
Obama might not have as much foreign policy experience as McCain, but he has surrounded himself with capable advisors.
CATEGORY WINNER:
Unfortunately, Obama is similar to McCain in that he is not considering reducing the size of the military so that we can invest on social services at home. The same is true to his unconditional support of Israel. Those are both things that Nader is ahead of either of the mainstream candidates.
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Obama, like Nader, has recognized that our occupation in Iraq is unsustainable and that we should end that war as soon as possible.
Obama's Indonesian background has shaped his views of the world. He realizes that not all is black and white and that where much of the gray dominates the last thing we need is a "maverick."The return to diplomacy with Obama is a heartening prospect.
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CATEGORY WINNER:
VICE PRESIDENT
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Throughout his campaign McCain used the experience card against Obama. And then he chose Sarah Palin as VP.
Joe Biden has much more experience than Palin and balances any lack of experience Obama might have.
In addition to his time as a senator, Biden has been the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. The importance of foreign relations is at an all-time high, and Biden would help guide Obama.
Palin has been governor of Alaska since 2006. Before that, she spent two terms as mayor of Wasililla and two terms on Wasililla's city council. Since her selection, she has made questionable comments and proved that she is not even close to prepared to be the vice president.
Biden has a reputation for making gaffes, but they are just that: gaffes. Palin, on the other hand, has shown she doesn't have much knowledge of the world outside of Alaska. Biden built a career on foreign relations, and Palin has seen Russia from her porch but not much else.
CATEGORY WINNER:
PRESIDENT OBAMA
ENVIRONMENT
It's refreshing to see candidates who acknowledge the consequences of climate change, energy consumption and the atrocious state of environmental policy.
Obama wants to invest $150 billion during 10 years to jump start research into alternative energy.
Obama and McCain say they would implement some sort of cap-and-trade program, but Obama's plan pushes companies harder. He said he would charge companies for permits instead of just giving them away, giving companies more incentive to clean up their act.
But Obama and McCain should take a few ideas from Nader and back away from the still hypothetical clean coal and offshore drilling. Nader opposes clean coal because no such thing exists. Obama has supported clean coal, but it doesn't jibe with Obama's "change" mantra. Obama finally gave in to offshore drilling this summer when gas prices reached $4 a gallon, but America should start its search for energy elsewhere.
CATEGORY WINNER:
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Our medical industry operates for profit, and compassion for our sick doesn't mesh well with profit. To ensure that sick Americans don't go without care it's necessary to have everyone chip in to help.
HEALTHCARE
That is Nader's plan. He wants to provide universal health care and pay for it with a flat tax.
Nader's plan would help the economy. Some American companies struggle to compete because they shoulder employee health care costs. Costs could be reduced because the government would benefit from economy of scale and because insurance companies would be cut out.
Obama wants the poor to receive care but has been less than explicit about where the money will come from.
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McCain wants to essentially end employer care, deregulate the market and let families shop around for their insurance company with a $5,000 tax break, which in most cases isn't nearly enough.
It is time to consider single payer health care, and Nader is the only one proposing it.
CATEGORY WINNER:
How the U.S. should choose its candidates
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Ryan: This proves the debates are an obsolete tradition that must be updated for modern times. We are impatient people. We demand action. This country cannot be run by just any Joe Six-pack. It requires a president that actually has a six-pack. We don't need candidates — we need gladiators. Thus, we propose a new format to consider, one that combines everything Americans admire — flowing mullets, tight spandex
Pope: If we, the people, have learned one thing from this year's slew of presidential debates, it's nothing. But if we've learned two things, the second would be that they are little more than glorified drinking games for an increasingly jaded populace. The key is to be so drunk that you are fully convinced you don't live in the country these two candidates are arguing about.
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Contestants ... er, candidates will go head-to-head against tough issues facing America with nothing but a pugil stick and the inbred offspring of a hockey and football helmet to protect them. They will have no choice but to deal with these problems directly or plummet 20 feet to the mat below. It's hard to stay focused when you're staring up at all 6-foot-5, 220 pounds of The Economizer when he's making his pecs dance in a taunting fashion.
In this next grueling event, it's hit or be hit as challengers endure a bombardment of rapid-fire questions from a tennis-ball cannon controlled by the ruthless Moderator. This should be an event that the candidates have much experience in — dodging more difficult queries and firing back their own prepared remarks with the hope of hitting the target. But they're racing against the clock, and if any unexpected
ASSAULT
subjects manage to catch them off guard, they'll be out, losing valuable points with the audience. And those things can leave a nasty bruise.
If things are still too close to call, challengers must battle it out one-on-one in this strenuous obstacle course designed to push them to their limits for our amusement. From the hand-bikes and balance beam to the giant cargo net and zip-line, whoever finishes first will be the kind of leader this country has truly deserved: strong, sweaty, exhausted and immediately regret-
This event ain't for the faint or heart or the camera-shy. Although some candidates might claim that the odds are unfairly stacked against them, they must take their turn through the media frenzy and try to return unscathed. Blocking the narrow, high-walled path to victory are three of the toughest obstacles in this competition: The Pundit-sher, a take-no prisoners opponent who's as stubborn as
THE GAUNTLET
a boulder and twice as big; The Manchor, who claims he's all about stone-cold facts yet still answers to the highest-bidder; and The Burialist, out for blood and not caring who nets hurt in the process.
THE ELIMINATOR
Pope is a Kansas City senior in English. Snyder is a Leawood senior in English.
Pope: So in the future, when you're following that year's exciting presidential race and every candidate looks like losé Canseco, you'll thank us for another brilliant idea.
Rest assured, if any senile senators manage to bumble their way through the previous trials, this event will stop them in their tracks like a Matt Kleinmann pick.
ting their decision.
Ryan: You're welcome.
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Marci Francisco has earned respect of peers
Sen. Marci Francisco (D-Lawrence) has earned the respect of her Senate peers, especially in the areas of environmental and energy policy. Marci understands that our country, while generating coal-powered electricity and burning foreign
peers over time by demonstrating competency, thinking ability and authenticity.
Careful, thoughtful renovation of existing old homes is often sounder than buldozing and landfilling because renovation doesn't waste all the thought, energy and materials that went into the original construction of the house.
— Chris Steineger is a state senator from Kansas City, Kan., and a 1992 graduate.
oil today, must gradually transition to the next generation of power sources that are clean and renewable and can't be disrupted by foreign powers.
When it comes to the environment, Marci practices true green, where one accepts personal responsibility to reduce consumption, avoid waste and recycle when possible.
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Nighttime trick-or-treating returns to small Pa. town
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Elizabeth Roess gathered signatures, wrote an essay outlining her argument and persuaded City Council two months ago to bring back nighttime trick-or-treating.
"I was a little scared that happened," Elizabeth said of the 1992 slaying of Shauna Howe, who was kidnapped while walking home from a pre-Halloween party. But she added: "I did this and now I'm so happy."
For weeks now, children and their parents in this struggling, working-class town of 10,000 about 80 miles north of Pittsburgh have been eagerly anticipating Halloween's return, though not without some tepidation.
Shannon Goodman got a tether to make sure her 2-year-old
daughter, who will dress as a witch, doesn't wander off while they go door to door: "It's going to be a lot of fun, but every parent who cares about their kid should have that fear," she said.
Fifteen-year-old Braden Craig said: "I have a gut-wrenching feeling something bad's going to happen."
The police department plans to have seven officers on duty Friday night, or about twice the usual number, in addition to four school security guards and all 10 of the town's crossing guards.
"If this all goes well, that's great, that's fantastic. I long for those days, too. But the world has changed," said Police Chief Robert Wenner, a father of five who was a patrolman when the murder occurred.
The local radio station has been running a public service announcement by Wener urging parents to accompany their children, examine any candy before it is eaten and make sure kids wear reflective material.
The police chief said Shauna's murder shattered the "Mayberry attitude" many people in OH City had toward their hometown.
Shauna, whose family no longer lives in the area, was abducted on Oct. 27. Three days later, her battered body was found under a railroad trestle eight miles away.
With the town gripped by fear that a child killer was on the loose, trick-or-treating the next day was held in daylight for the first time. Police watched from helicopters as parents led their children from house to house along quiet streets.
Residents also began locking their doors and driving their children to school. And every year afterward, the City Council voted to allow trick-or-treating in the
afternoon only, a move duplicated around the same time by many other U.S. cities and towns worried about children's safety.
The Oil City murder remained unsolved until a witness came forward four years ago and police turned to DNA evidence. Two brothers were arrested and convicted of murder and sexual assault. A third man pleaded guilty to murder.
Hoping to move Halloween back to night hours, Elizabeth, her mother, grandmother and family friends gathered 175 signatures. The 10-year old also wrote a paper in which she made her case. Among her reasons: Halloween decorations are best appreciated at night, and many people aren't home during the day to give out candy.
The council vote was unanimous. Elizabeth plans on dressing up as a Goth princess bride.
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COMMENTARY
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Beautiful game meets video games for the club lacrosse team
BY STEPHEN MONTEMAYOR
smontemayor@kansan.com
or grass glisten while thousands of fans cheer on the action with maniacal fervor. For several Kansas club lacrosse players and fellow classmates, the games' outcomes have financial implications — or in other instances, a shot of liquor (or six) must be taken.
Their pitch is a virtual one. Minute details such as blades of grass glisten while thou-
More importantly, the FIFA soccer video game series has opened gamers' eyes to a world in which football as we know it shrivels in the shadow of international soccer, and to a sport that they would have otherwise remained apathetic toward.
"If not for FIFA we wouldn't give a shit about soccer," Ryan Mattie, Overland Park junior, said. "Before FIFA, I didn't think of soccer as a sport."
SEE COMMENTARY ON PAGE 8B
For Mattie a lacrosse goalie -- his love of FIFA was born in high school, playing with fellow lacrosse teammates and developing his awareness of soccer in the process. It was that newfound interest in the sport -- fueled by the video game and the electricity of the 2006 World Cup -- that grew into a regular occurrence among friends and recently catalyzed their current FIFA "league" where, for $5, competitors can choose a team to play as and compete as they would in any international league, with the winner taking all.
Feeding the intensity of their gatherings, another FIFA innovation was born: DRIFIA, or Drunk FIFA. Competitors will take a shot when they are scored on, two shots for a red card, one for a yellow card and one after a loss. Recently Mattie and a friend departed with three bottles of liquor when they staged a best two-of-three contest, one game going to
This first go-around has surprised Mattie — who plays as German club Werder Bremen — in how many players the tournament attracted, and he plans on establishing a second $5-per-head pot for the championship leg of the season in addition to holding these digital seasons once a semester with a "World Cup" held each spring break.
Comprised of roughly half lacrosse players, roommates, relatives and friends, the league follows the table concept instituted by international soccer in which each team plays one another four times — twice at home and twice away — with the standings charted on a large dry grass field.
- with the standings charted on a large erase desk in Mattie's living room
With games being held in various apartments and on a number of consoles, the league calls in each game and meticulously documents the results. On occasion, a player who lives out of town visits and knocks out all of his games in marathon succession.
“It’s more interesting playing with the FIFA league.” Mattie said. “The sport has become more relevant to us, and I follow various leagues now. I've also developed a hatred toward the Italian Serie A.”
Fellow teammate Mike Blackman, Overland Park sophomore, is in third place, with Mattie in first, and agrees with the notion that the video game and their subsequent league has done wonders in giving him incentive to follow the team he chose, Juventus of the Italian Serie A, and the actual league, not to mention a sport relatively low on the United States' sporting spectrum.
The game itself often does its best to capture the intensity of an actual match overseas. The cash on the line further stokes the madness. While Blackman admits to spouting his fair share of pleasanties through the course of a match, Mattie recently was involved in a contest so heated it culminated in him grabbing a bag and throwing it across the room, shattering its contents.
BIG CROWD, BIG WIN
Sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlington comes up with a dig during the fourth set against Missouri on Wednesday at the Horesi Family Athletics Center. Kansas defeated Missouri to send the match to a fifth set.
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BY JOSH BOWE
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Normally, coach Ray Bechard stands up as he addresses the media after a match, but tonight he needed to sit down. And who could blame him?
Bechard jumped and fist-pumped more than he has all season after sophomore outside hitter Jenna Kaiser sealed the comeback in the Border Showdown. Kansas beat Missouri in five sets after trailing 12-7 in the fifth set.
It was a defining moment for the Jayhawks, and even more so for Kaiser. Kaiser's second consecutive kill came after her hitting error put Missouri up by one and serving for match point.
"Coach's always tell us to keep swinging, especially when it's match point," Kaiser said.
There was certainly no time to mull over a mistake in the fifth set; the set was tied seven times with two lead changes. The Tigers took their first lead at 6-5 and extended it to a five-point lead at 12-7. Bechard was proud of his players for keeping their heads up with Missouri so close to victory.
"It would have been easy to pack the tent at 12-7." Bechard said. "They got their very best server [Julianna Klein] serving for the match, and we passed a good ball and hit a good ball."
The layhawks had a picture-perfect start and ending. Kansas came out behind the energy of the home crowd to play its best set of the season, winning 25-12 in the
first set
set and an even worse -053 in the tmr
After set three, with all the momentum
riding with the Tigers, it looked as though
the Jayhawks were on their way to losing
their third match in a row.
"If we have a not-so-great set, we tell each other we get another chance to play right here," Kaiser said. "We each have a chance to do our own jobs and make our
Kaiser's teammates heard the message. Kansas dominated set four, holding Missouri to as many kills as it had errors in a 25-13 set victory.
team better."
But the main reason it came down to a fifth set were the atrocious sets two and three. After hitting 424 in the first set, it looked as if someone switched the uniforms. The Layhawks hit .118 in the second
"Sets one and four we played about as well as we played all year," Bechard said. "Then you gut it out in set five."
"It was a Jekyll-Hyde match from the standpoint that we controlled the begin-
SEE VOLLEYBALL ON PAGE 8B
Coaches weigh in on three-point line shift
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Then freshmen Cole Aldrich and Tyrel Reed celebrate a three-pointer during last year's Big 12 championship against Texas. Texas coach Rick Barnes said he is not worried about the new three-point line this season, which is moved back to 20 feet, 9 inches. Mario Chalmers hit eight three pointers in that game, leading the Jayhawks to their third straight Big 12 title.
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BY CASE KEEFER
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Texas coach Rick Barnes has bad news for the rest of the Big 12 Conference: The Longhorns can still shoot three-pointers as effectively as ever.
Texas led the Big 12 last season with 309 three-pointers — 34 more than the second place team, Baylor. But that was from 19 feet, 9 inches away from the basket. The NCAA decided to move the three-point line back to 20 feet, 9 inches for the upcoming season.
And Barnes figured it would have an effect on his team going into the season. Not yet, Barnes said. Longhorns such as A.J. Abrams and Connor Atchley — the two leading long-range snipers returning from last year's Texas team — aren't bothered by it. "After being in practice with it," Barnes said. "I'm not sure it will make that big of a difference."
The NCAA Men's Basketball Rule Committee, whose chair was Kansas associate athletics director Larry Keating, voted in favor of moving the line for the 2008-2009 season in May 2007. The committee listed numerous benefits that would come as a result of pushing the line back a foot. First of all, it would free up space between the inside players and perimeter players and unclog the middle of the court.
The committee had researched moving the line for more than a decade and concluded that shooting percentages would not drop significantly.
Players are even more adamant that they can still make three-pointers consistently. Kansas sophomore Conner Teahan, who made 12 of his 20 three-point attempts last
Now that the change has been implemented, coaches agree. Most of the Big 12 coaches at Big 12 Media Day in Oklahoma City last Thursday said the new line wasn't a major concern.
season, said the move was insignificant.
"I don't even know how much farther back it is," Teahan said. "It's rare to have somebody shooting right on the threepoint line anyway. Usually, you're a couple of inches back."
Kansas coach Bill Self isn't so convinced that the new three-point line won't change the game. He said he thought it was a necessary adjustment and would be good for college basketball in the long run.
In the meantime, however, Self thinks it will make players more susceptible to stepping out of bounds when they're getting set to shoot a three from the corner. Because the line is further out, there is less space between it and the sideline. That's not his only concern.
"I think it's going to affect all teams." Self said. "I think you're going to see more teams take bad shots this year, because they're going to take it just inside of the new three."
Self likes to refer to these shots as "two-and-a-half pointers" because they are in between the old three-point line and the new one. He said the Jayhawks took plenty of them during their Labor Day trip to Ottawa, Canada, to play three exhibition games — and they need to learn to refrain from that before the season starts.
But Baylor coach Scott Drew thinks the new line could actually cut down on bad shots. Drew said it might force coaches to ban certain players from taking three-pointers.
"A lot of coaches have front-line players that can flirt with the old college three," Drew said. "But now, we might not allow them to shoot that because of that extra foot."
Self said Kansas probably won't rely as much on three-point shots this season. As for Texas, well, that's a different story.
- Edited by Becka Cremer
FOOTBALL
Reesing spurned K-State offer, joined Kansas instead
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
The legend of the Todd Reesing video-tape has many versions. Some say he hailed it to coach Mark Mangino himself. Others say his high school coach mailed it in. Some even say that Reesing gave it to a friend on campus who walked it down to the office himself. Mangino doesn't even know how he got the tape — but he's glad he did.
"I've heard 10 different versions."
Mantino said. "I never really asked him
how I got the tape. The bottom line is, the tape got to me, which is good."
Reesing's tape was sent after his junior year of high school and contained highlights as well as a full half of a game. He sent it out to several schools around the country but received offers from only Kansas, Kansas State and Duke.
While attending a football camp at Kansas State, Reesing arranged to stop by the KU campus on his way back to Austin. Texas.
"It was interesting because the first time I had ever been to Kansas was to come look
at both the schools that were in Kansas," Reesing said. "I never thought that I'd end up going to school in Kansas growing up, but its working out pretty well."
Reesing and his father met with Mangino
"You could see that he was not a really big guy on tape, but boy, he made plays," Mangino said. "He made play after play after play"
Mangino and the coaching staff had already watched the video when Reesing stopped by the campus, and they were impressed with what they saw.
in his office, and Reeing impressed the coach with his confidence and the way he handled himself. The two then went on a campus visit while Mangino talked with his assistant coaches.
"I remember exactly what I said,' Mangino said. "I said, 'He's small, but I like him. I want to offer him a scholarship."
Reeing had been offered a scholarship by then-Kansas State coach Bill Snyder. But after two weeks of thinking it over
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quote of the day
"Personally, it's an
"Personally, it's an adjustment, leaving a place I loved to be. You just have to start over, it's kind of part of your job. When we come to the NBA, we don't have a lot of say in where we're going to be."
— Nick Collison, former layhawk,
current Oklahoma City Thunder
fact of the day
Former Kansas basketball player Nick Collison averaged a career-high 9.8 points per game during the 2007-08 season. This season, he'll be playing his home games closer to Lawrence. The Seattle Supersonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder during the offseason.
Source: Yahoo! Sports
trivia of the day
Q: How many career points did former Jayhawk Nick Collison score while at Kansas?
A: 2,097. Collison is second behind Danny Manning on the career scoring list at Kansas.
Could Palin's puck drop swing state?
BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
So Missouri is a swing state one of those states on presidential electoral map that is neither red nor blue.
And it's a biggie. There are 11 crucial electoral votes up for grabs. An Obama victory in Missouri may point to an election rout next Tuesday. On the other hand, a McCain victory keeps hope alive for the old Maverick. Maybe he can win in a squeaker.
But if Obama does win, and let's say he wins by a small margin, you may want to take a closer look at
hockey fans living in St. Louis
Wait, you say. Hockey fans? They should clearly be Sarah Palin supporters, right? You know, the self-described "hockey mom."
Funny you mention that. Did you see the St. Louis Blues-Los Angeles Kings game on Friday? Palin was there to drop the first puck. And to be honest, I've never been to an NHL game before. I didn't know they even dropped a first puck. I mean, it sounds a little like the first pitch at a baseball game, but a lot less exciting. At least when someone throws out the first pitch, you get the humor of watching some unathletic schub bounce a ball up to home plate. What do you get in hockey? What's exciting about dropping a puck five feet straight down? Where's the fun in that?
Where was I? Oh yes, Palin. So
she's out on the ice, and to accommodate her, they have a carpet to protect her from, well, falling. After all, ice is pretty slick.
And so St. Louis goalie Manny Legace is the first Blues player to skate on the ice. And somehow — although I'm not sure how — Legace takes an awkward step onto the carpet and strains his right hip flexor. Seriously, I'm not making this up. Legace, who is a great goaltender, according to my two St. Louis friends, has already missed one game, and he probably won't play today against the Carolina Hurricanes.
So if I'm a Blues fan, I don't know that I'm that happy with Sarah Palin.
And if Obama beats McCain by a few thousand votes in Missouri, we may be hearing about the "Legace
effect" for years.
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The Morning Brew presents its weekly YouTube suggestion with a liberal twist. Barack Obama is a basketball junkie. According to reports, he's been known to play pickup hoops before debates. Check out this YouTube video of Obama playing high school hoops in Hondulu.
Obama may have the body of Tayshaun Prince, but I'd compare his game to Reggie Miller's. He can stick the three; he's sneaky quick; and he plays smart. Search "Classic Obama: His high school basketball days" on YouTube. Enjoy.
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Today
No events
Friday
Soccer, Missouri; 6:30 p.m.
(Columbia, Mo.)
Tennis: Florida State Invitation-
al, all day (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Saturday
Saturday
Football: Kansas State,
11:30 a.m. (laurence)
Swimming; Missouri, 2 p.m.
Columbia, Mo.)
Volleyball: Kansas State, 7 p.m. (Manhattan)
Cross Country: Big 12
Championships (Ames, Iowa)
Tennis: Florida State Invitational,
all day (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Sunday
Women's basketball Fort Hays State, 2 p.m. (Lawrence)
Tennis:Florida State Invitation al, all day (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Rowing: Frostbite Regatta, all day (Wichita)
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5. No. 15 Florida State at Georgia Tech
6. No. 18 Tulsa at Arkansas
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9. No. 10 Utah at New Mexico
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Jayhawks wrap up fall season in Dallas
Team claims 10th-place finish out of 12 teams as it battles the elements
BY BRYAN WHEELER
bwheeler@kansan.com
High wind and cold temperatures came as a surprise to the men's golf team as it traveled south for the Baylor Intercollegiate, the final tournament of the fall season. At tee-off time Monday, it was 38 degrees at Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas.
The team struggled in its first two rounds of the two-day event and would finish 10th overall. The Jayhawks went on to finish for a fourth-best third round on Tuesday but did not gain any ground in the 12-team field.
After two rounds, the layhawks were 40 strokes behind first-place Texas A&M. The two best individual performances for Kansas came from sophomore Nate Barbee
results
Baylor Intercollegiate:
T29. Nate Barbee,
(78-75-71—224)
T32. Andrew Storm,
(77-78-70—225)
T47. Walt Koelbel,
(77-80-72—229)
T58. Ian Anson,
(82-75-79—236)
T60. Blake Giroux,
(88-75-74—237)
and the team's two freshmen, Ian Anson and Blake Giroux. All three had scores of 75 in the second round. Coach Kit Grove said the weather and the team's mentality affected their performance.
"This game is so mental. Especially with the young guys," he said. "When they get going the wrong way, they think, not only am I playing bad, but someone else is playing bad."
In the third round on Tuesday, the weather improved and so did the players. Barbee shot a 71, leaving him tied for 29th place with a three-round score of 224. He had finished the second round tied for 34th place and nine strokes over par.
"It was a good learning experience," he said. "Going into the offseason we know we have a lot to work on."
Seniors Andrew Storm and Walt Koelbel recorded a 70 and 72 respectively.
Storm finished tied for 32nd place with a three-round score of 225. Koelbel finished tied for 47th place
with a three-round score of 229.
Anson finished tied for 58th place with a three round score of 236. Giroux finished tied for 60th place with a three round score of 237. Giroux improved through each round recording 88, 75 and 74.
"I'm really proud of Blake," Grove said. "He really struggled the first day. He fought back and shot a couple pretty good rounds for us."
"Our goal is to make it to regionals," said Barbee. "If we have a good spring season that is definitely a possibility."
The team will not compete again until the spring season when it travels to Kona, Hawaii, for the Hawaii Hilo Invitational. With improvement over the offseason, the team will try to make it to the NCAA Regionals.
Edited by Scott R. Toland
SPEAKER ESPN journalist to talk at Green Hall today
A national basketball writer will be on campus this afternoon to give a guest lecture at Green Hall.
Chad Ford, who covers the NBA and the NBA Draft for ESPN.com and ESPN Magazine, will speak at 12:35 p.m. in Room 104 in Green Hall.
Ford's lecture is titled, "When Parties Bring Their Jumpshots
to the Table: Sports and Conflict Transformation."
In addition to covering basketball for the worldwide leader in sports, Ford works as a law professor at Brigham Young University-Hawaii.
Ford, who has alluded to being a big Kansas basketball fan in some of his writings, will hold a question and answer session after he completes his lecture.
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Once they were reminded, they couldn't help but wonder how a substance so easy to detect and dangerous if misused could wind up in the systems of high-paid athletes.
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Three-day game results in World Series win for Phillies
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BY BEN WALKER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA From losing team to longest game, the Philadelphia Phillies are World Series champions.
Strange as it was.
Strange as that sounds.
Brad Lidge and the Phillies finished off the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in a three-inning sprint Wednesday night to win a suspended Game 5 nearly 50 hours after it started.
Left in limbo by a two-day rainstorm, the Phillies seesaw to their first championship since 1980. Pedro Feliz singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh and Lidge closed out his perfect season to deliver the title Philly craved for so long.
"It's over," Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins said. "It's over, man."
Bundled in parkas and blankets, fans returned in force to Citizens Bank Park and saw the city claim its first major sports championship in 25 years. No more references needed to those sad-sack Phillies teams in the past and their 10,000-
plus losses.
It was among the most bizarre endings in baseball history, a best-of-seven series turned into a best-of- $3 \%$ showdown when play resumed in the bottom of the sixth inning tied at 2.
Two Rays relievers warmed up to start, and there was a pinch-hitter before a single pitch. "God Bless America" was sung rather than the national anthem and the seventh-inning stretch came quickly.
Despite low TV ratings and minus the mairs' most glamorous teams, fans will always remember how this one wrapped up. And for the first time in a long while, kids saw a World Series champion crowned before bedtime.
While former NL MVPs Ryan Howard and Rollins drive the Phillies, it was others who won it on this chilly night and sent the young Rays home.
Tied at 3, Pat Burrell led off the seventh with a drive off the centerfield wall against J.P. Howell, Chad Bradford relieved and one out later Feliz singled home pinch-runner Eric Bruntlett.
Rocco Baldelli's solo home run
off Ryan Madson, who relieved Cole Hamels when the game resumed, made it 3-all in the top of the seventh. The Rays almost got more, but All-Star second baseman Chase Utley alertly bluffed a throw to first on a grounder over the bag and instead threw out Jason Bartlett at the plate.
Pinch-hitter Geoff Jenkins, the first batter Wednesday night, doubled and later scored on Jayson Werth's bloop single.
In all, there were six new pitchers, three pinch-hitters and two pinch-runners when play restarted.
Manager Charlie Manuel, whose NL East champions clinched a playoff spot in the final week, guided the Phillies 'second overall championship in six World Series tries.
Once known as a city of champions, Philadelphia sports fell on hard times after Julius Erving and Moses Malone led the Sixers to the 1983 title.
Since then, the Phillies, Eagles, Sixers and Flyers made it to the championship game or round seven times, in total — and lost all of them.
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NEW YORK — Dumb jocks?
Not in this crowd.
The finalists for the Draddy Trophy, the so-called academic Heisman, were announced Wednesday. These 15 student-athletes blow away the negative stereotype that often gets pinned to college football players. They excel both at being students and athletes.
Star quarterbacks Chase Daniel from Missouri and Graham Harrell from Texas Tech are the most notable finalists selected by the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. Among the others is Ohio State receiver Brian Robiskie, Illinois offensive tackle Ryan McDonald and Georgia Tech defensive tackle Darryl Richard.
"So often, all the negative stuff commands the headlines," NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell said Wednesday in a telephone interview, "but there are a lot of great kids doing great things."
"When you read what these kids are doing you say, 'Man, I didn't do anything when I was in college'"
Take Richard, for example, who didn't have time Wednesday to do a phone interview with The Associated Press because after classes and practice he was
scheduled to preside over a town hall meeting with athletic director Dan Radakovich and other university leaders. Richard, who majors in management and has a 3.5 grade-point average, is the president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Board.
The 290-pounder also is a team captain and three-year starter with 9½ career sacks.
"You've got to be a real player (to be a Draddy candidate)," Hatchet said. "You can't just be a backup with a great grade-point average."
The Draddy Trophy is named after Vincent dePaul Draddy, who played football for Manhattan College in the 1920s, was chairman of the board for the NFF for 19 years and brought Izod and Lacoste shirts to the United States. The trophy was first awarded in 1990, months after its namesake died.
Past winners include Peyton Manning and Chad Pennington.
This year's finalists were chosen from 164 semifinalists. To qualify, a player must be a senior or graduate student, have a GPA of at least 3.2, be a starter and demonstrate leadership qualities.
Players from all levels of college football are eligible.
Draddy Trophy finalists
The winner will be announced Dec. 9 at the NFF awards banquet in New York. All the finalists receive an $18,000 scholarship toward postgraduate studies. The winner's
Chase Daniel
Missouri quarterback
Graham Harrell
Texas Tech quarterback
Ohio State receiver
Ohio State receiver Ryan McDonald
Ryan McDonald
Darryl Richard
Illinois offensive tackle
Darryl Richards Georgia Tech defensive tackle
Harvard cornerback
Rvan Berrv
Ryan Berry South Dakota State quarterback
scholarship will be increased to $25,000.
Brian Freeman
Casey Gerald
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Casey Gerald Yale cornerback
Quin Harris
Louisiana Tech linebacker
Colorado State linebacker Rvan Kees
Jeff Horinek
St. Cloud State defensive end Alex Mack
For some of the finalists, that scholarship money might be put aside for while.
California center
Greg Micheli
But having grown-up in an NFL family, Brian Robiskite knows planning on a long career in football is no way to ensure a secure future.
Robiskie, the son of former professional running back and longtime coach Terry Robiskie, is projected to be an NFL draft pick.
"You never know what can happen with football, but if you get your degree you always have that to fall back on," said Robiskie, a
Mount Union quarterback
Utah kicker
marketing major with a 3.54 GPA in Ohio State's business school.
"Seeing first hand how the business of the NFL is, it was always something I thought about."
Robiskie credits his parents, especially his mother, with teaching him the importance of education. Mom's rule in the Robiskie home was bad grades equals no football. That was enough to make sure Brian stayed straight.
"I was always too scared that she would end up sitting me," said Robiskie, who has 30 catches and five touchdowns this season for No. 13 Ohio State.
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The league has said it provided free broadcasts in the home cities of competing teams. But 13 lawmakers said in a letter this week to Roger Goodell that the NFL is too narrowly interpreting what a home city is.
WASHINGTON — Senators have asked the NFL commissioner to make game broadcasts on the NFL Network available on free television to more fans.
"The policy leaves behind NFL fans across the country simply because they live outside cities to which the NFL has granted franchises," according to the letter made public Wednesday. For example, the NFL does not consider the western Pennsylvania town of
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The senators want quick action so fans in every market receive free TV access to games played by their closest team or the team it has been historically aligned to. Eight games will air this season on the NFL Network, which is available in less than 40 percent of households. The league is in
a dispute with major cable companies over whether they should carry the channel as part of a basic package.
In a statement, the NFL said the goal was to provide the NFL Network to a national audience, but the "goal has been undercut by several of the largest cable operators."
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Another Saturday, another top 12 opponent for Mack Brown's Texas Longhorns.
No. 1 Texas will play a team, ranked 12th or higher for the fourth week in a row when it travels to
Lubbock to face No. 6 Texas Tech this weekend. The Longhorns are in their third week as the top-ranked team.
"The label of No.1 is hard to get and it's harder to keep." Brown said.
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College Gameday will be in Texas for the game and there are sure to be some fantastic features on the two quarterbacks. Longhorn quarterback Colt McCoy leads the country with an 81.8 completion percentage, while Red Raider passer Graham Harrell leads the nation in passing yards per game with 393.4.
"Graham is so accurate and smart and so competitive," Brown said. "Graham is probably the best quarterback they've had there.
Brown loves his signal-caller, but he also had nothing but praise for Leach's guy.
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Last week computer rankings were brought up to Texas Tech coach Mike Leach. The Red Raiders are ranked seventh in the BCS, but their computer average is lower than three teams ranked below them.
"I don't understand how it works," Gundy said. "I just know that if you win enough games, you stay up where you want to be ranked."
week, said his sons figure out the Cowboys' rank and call him each Sunday morning.
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Missouri coach Gary Pinkel's former do-everything quarterback Brad Smith is now a do-everything wide receiver for the New York Jets.
"That's the right term, you try to slow him down," Pinkel said. "You don't stop a guy like him. You have to contain him, make sure he can't out and run. He can break a defense down."
Griffin won the 400-meter hurdle conference title on the Bears' track team and in 175 pass attempts he has yet to throw an interception. During Monday's Big 12 teleconference, Pinkel was asked how to slow Griffin down.
Oklahoma middle linebacker Ryan Reynolds was a preseason Big 12 All-American, and his season-ending injury was supposed to ravage the Sooners' linebacking corps.
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Last week he notched 15 total tackles, two tackles for loss and two interceptions. The performance earned him Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors.
"He's really come on and been a great player for us," Oklahoma coach Stoops said. "He's been very consistent."
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In arguably the biggest moment of her young career, sophomore Katie Williams didn't fully grasp the situation.
Last year against border rival Missouri, Williams headed in two goals as the Jayhawks knocked off the Tigers 2-1. But it wasn't until later that the defender completely comprehended the degree of her accomplishment.
"I didn't really understand the significance of the KU-Missouri battle," Williams said. "But now
I do. It means more to me now than it did to me then."
On Friday, William s. a Houston native, and the rest of the defensive unit will once again play a major role
in the Kansas-Missouri rivalry. Entering the regular season finale against the Tigers; the Jayhawks have allowed just one goal in four games.
"Our defenders have to be able to play under pressure and be composed on the ball."
And they've done so with a balanced meshing of defensive pieces. Take Kim Boyer and Estelle Johnson for example. Boyer provides the Jayhawks with an offensive presence from the defender position, while Johnson, a self-described defensive-minded player, often covers those forward pushes.
and has learned a lot quickly.
But Boyer isn't the only one. The entire defensive unit has meshed and progressed as the season's continued. The same mistakes that cost the Jayhawks a few victories earlier this year, coach Mark Francis said, have been corrected.
"When other teams look at us, they don't really know where to focus their scouting report," Johnson said. "We have such versatile players they can't really focus on trying to shut us all down."
Perhaps the most versatile Jayhawk is Boyer. The junior began the year as Kansas' first substitute at forward before becoming a starting defender in the Oklahoma game three weeks ago.
Part of that improvement came by way of playing together. The majority, though, had a direct correlation with enhanced communication between members of the defense.
The layhawks have allowed just one goal after that game.
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"She's been incredible," Williams said. "Her long leg... Geez. She's really meshed with the defense
"Communication-wise, we're getting used to each other as the
season progresses," goalie Julie Hanley said. "A lot of it is communication, covering for each other and being in the right spot."
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While communication may have once been an area of concern for the
Jayhawks, athleticism has not. And arguably the most athletic player on the team also happens to be a defender.
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Sophomore Lauren Jackson Kansas's fastest player, provides the Jayhawks with the sheer athleticism needed to simply stick with quality offensive players.
"We have to be athletic enough to deal with athletically gifted forwards," Francis said. "The other thing is with our style of play. We try to possess the ball. Our defenders have to be able to play under pressure and be composed on the ball."
Only this time around, Katie Williams enters the game with a complete understanding of the rivalry.
"It's going to be like a blood-bath," Williams said. "It's always going to be a battle."
That all will be tested on Friday. Missouri plays a high-pressure, physical style of play that will no doubt challenge the Kansas defense.
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Junior forward Shannon McCabe, left, and junior defender Estelle Johnson embrace after the Jayhawks' 1-0 victory over Texas A&M Friday afternoon. McCabe scored her third goal of the season during the game.
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As a rookie free agent, Barth had competed with Novak throughout training camp and been among the final cuts before the season opener.
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The Chiefs (1-6) signed tree agent long snapper Thomas Gafford on Wednesday and placed Jean-Philippe Darche on injured reserve. Darche, the long snapper since 2007, injured his knee in last week's 28-24 loss to the New York Jets. He continued playing and the severity was not realized until Monday.
Last week, the Chiefs released place kicker Nick Novak, who had missed four of 10 field goal attempts, and summoned rookie Connor Barth from North Carolina, where he had been working at a golf course.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Misfortune continues to dog the struggling Kansas City Chiefs, who now are having to scramble to find replacements for almost their entire kicking unit.
In addition, punter Dustin Colquitt could miss a second straight game with a groin injury. Colquitt, averaging 47.9 yards, is one of the few Chiefs players
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He did not practice on Wednesday, and coach Herm Edwards did not sound encouraged about his status for Sunday's game against Tampa Bay. He was replaced by another free agent who had been out of the league, Since Weatherford.
Edwards has already lost his top two quarterbacks to season-ending injuries and starting running back Larry Johnson will be out at least a third straight game and maybe longer.
Darche will undergo knee surgery.
"You don't expect these things to happen to your long snapper," Edwards said. "We've done it all on our special teams — kicker, long snapper and punter. Other than that, we're OK."
Also unable to practice on Wednesday were cornerbacks Patrick Surtain and Dimitri Patterson and running back Jamaal Charles.
Johnson met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in New York but was at practice Wednesday. He was benched the last two games for breaking team rules.
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ning and the end and they controlled the middle." Bechard said. "I'm just glad we were part of the end."
Even sweeter than a set-five comeback is doing it against your archrival. Even though this match counts as one victory, Bechard knows it means more than that to Jayhawks fans.
"There's Jayhawk fans overseas or somewhere that are monitoring. The most important thing for them is 'What's the score between Missouri and Kansas in the Border Showdown?' Bechard said.
A look at the number; to see why Kansas won is staggering. Missouri leads the Big 12 in digs, yet Kansas out-dug them 92-68. The Tigers, however, accumulated 20 total blocks, but Kansas had 25 more kills than the Tigers. Five Jayhawks had double-digit kills, a season-high.
But senior middle blocker Savannah Noyes, who has played Missouri for the last time, said even though she didn't play her best match, only one stat mattered to her; victories.
"I'm just glad that we could win in our gym," she said, "And that's really all I wanted."
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overtime, rife with penalties.
With so many games played during the course of their season, Mattie and Blackman have noticed a growth in the virtual soccer skills of themselves and fellow contestants, while also a greater knowledge of the technicalities of the game.
As a sport noticeably different than the mainstream diversions most Americans are accustomed to, soccer can easily be dismissed as a pathetic back and forth contest featuring attempts to score on an abnormally large goal. These thoughts were shared by Mattie, Blackman and no doubt a number of their peers, but that consensus has been replaced with a new-found knowledge of the game. The seeds of a bit of a passion have been planted and — with the FIFA tournaments — a new tradition amongst friends was created.
It's fantasy futbol to the extent where you control the outcome. Whether you leave smashed or with a surplus of cash, this interpretation on the video game series is one example of an unconventional, yet efficient, gateway to broadening one's sports repertoire.
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Quarterback Todd Reesing's height kept him from getting offers at big-time schools. Before becoming a Jayhawk, Reesing turned down a scholarship to Kansas State.
Reesing called the KU coaching staff and said he was headed for Lawrence.
"It itt did take a lot of convincing for him to believe that I had
a chance to play. Reesing said, "He was the only person where it didn't take a lot of convincing. I didn't have to come throw the ball in front of him or anything. He saw the tape — he
they liked everything he did, it was a great concern for some people."
Reeing also was concerned about his height but hoped that
"You could see that he was not a really big guy on tape,but boy, he made plays. He made play after play after play."
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saw a guy who could make plays."
Reesing's height kept him from getting offers at other big-time schools. Several schools inquired about the 5-foot-11 gunslinger but soured on him when they saw him in person.
"As soon as they laid eyes on him in the hallway or at spring practice," Mangino said. "When they saw his size, even though
Mangino would see past his size on his videotape. He hoped that his talent would be the difference.
"I knew he wasn't going to like me for
my size," Reesing said. "That was really the only chance I had, for him to like the fact that I could make plays and throw the ball well."
Luckily for Jayhawk fans, Mangino got Reesing's tape and liked what he saw. Even his size.
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Lucky that he didn't suffer a similar fate as Tony Romo,whos been sidelined since breaking the pinkie finger on his throwing hand on Oct.12.
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The Denver Broncos' quarterback effortlessly validated the point, winging a pass nearly 60 yards downfield in practice Wednesday.
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The concern proved pointless as Cutler's zip hasn't dipped due to the dinged digit.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Jay Cutler declared the dinged-up index finger on his throwing hand is feeling fine.
Just ask Michael Pittman.
"He's playing like the Jay I know," said Pittman, who plans on being available Sunday against Miami despite sore ribs. "He's got a real strong arm, one of the strongest quarterbacks I've been around. I plan on Jay having a big game this weekend."
He had a game hed rather forget at New England. Cutler threw for a season-low 168 yards and two interceptions. He also sat out a series late in the first half due to the finger, leading to an elbow injury to backup Patrick Ramsey that knocked him out for the year.
Cutler was also banged up trying to chase down Andre Hall's second fumble of the game, with Patriots defensive tackle Vince Wilfork elbowing Cutler in the helmet.
"I think I got rolled up by (Rodney) Harrison and then on my way back up, I think (Wilford) gave me a forearm to the head," said Cutler, who felt "a little dizzy" following the hit. "I guess they called him in on it."
Willfork will be fined but not suspended by the NFL after meeting with commissioner Roger Goodell, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
With his finger no longer a concern, Cutler can turn his attention to another irksome issue — fixing a scuffling offense.
The Broncos may soon have some of their absent arsenal back as Brandon Stokley is nearing full strength after a concussion, while Selvin Young (groin) and Tony Scheffler (groin) both think they're close to returning.
All three practiced on a limited basis Wednesday along with Hall (ankle).
Cutler can't wait to have those playmakers back at his disposal.
"To not be a part of (the offense) in the past couple of weeks and having to sit back and watch has been tough," Scheffler said. "Hopefully, I'll get out here this week."
The return of Stokley could help alleviate the pressure on Brandon Marshall, who's drawing a steady dose of double coverage. Even with the added attention, Marshall is still tied for third in the league with 49 catches.
"It helps out our offense, what we're trying to do. It doesn't limit us," Cutler said.
"We've just got to find ways to get him the ball," Cutter said.
An effective ground game could open up things for Marshall and the rest of the receivers.
Enter Ryan Torain.
With Young hobbled, Hall having trouble holding onto the football and Pittman's ribs aching, the Broncos may trot out Torain, a rookie from Arizona State who's been missing since breaking a bone in his elbow in August.
"I'm excited to play." Torain said.
"It just feels good to be back."
His arrival couldn't come at a more opportune time.
"He just adds a little juice to the backfield," Cutler said. "To get fresh legs back there, it's definitely going to help. I think he's going to help us out a lot."
Before the injury, Torain was looking at carries in short-yardage situations, a role that Pittman thrived in before being promoted to lead tailback when Young went down.
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MARY PENNY
editor's note
I left for my internship in
New York last May with high hopes I boarded the airplane headed east never looking back. New York was going to be what I needed. I would discover what I wanted to do with my life. Maybe Sinatra would be right, maybe I was going to make it there.
And, indeed, New York is an amazing place. I partied in Union Square, delighted in three Broadway shows, drank martinis in SoHo, fought the crowds in Times Square and worked out at a gym next door
to the Apollo Theater in Harlem—experiences I'll remember forever. But, I should have known I'll always be a Kansas girl at heart.
By July the city had zapped my energy and tested my patience. I was sick of the rat race—the perpetually angry taxi drivers, the $7 bottle of water, the shoving through crowds. When the subway doors would slide open a blast of hot, smelly air hit my face as I stepped in to take my commute to work. I'd sit watching the underground blur outside the window, praying for my own pair of ruby slippers to take me back to Kansas.
I wanted to drive my Mustang. I wanted to eat a Sonic cheeseburger. I wanted to look at the night sky and
know that stars still existed.
It was then I realized as amazing as New York was, it wasn't my home. I completely related to Kid Rock when he sang."Lost in the Apple and I'm all alone, Cause New York's not my home."
That's what's important when you move out into the real world—finding the place where you feel comfortable. If you're not meant to live somewhere, you'll know it. Nina's story on page 12 may inspire you to check out the Big Apple or another place after college. But, where ever you end up, make sure it feels like home.
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All in good taste
By Lauren Hendrick editor@kansan.com
It's a Wednesday afternoon and sweet, sour, salty and spicy aromas fill the new kitchen at The Bay Leaf, a culinary store at 717 Massachusetts St.
How the age-old pastime is receiving new street cred from the youth
"Who wants to try some pad kee mao?" chef Dawn Haverkate-Ens asks a group of shoppers standing near her steaming wok. Garlic pops in a glaze of hot peanut oil and Haverkate-Ens adds bok choy, basil and rice noodles to create pad kee mao, a Thai dish known in English as "drunken noodles."
"It's fun to get other people excited about what I love," says Haverkate-Ens, who teaches Thai cooking classes and considers Thai food her favorite. Cooking classes at The Bay Leaf, which began in June 2007, are held throughout the week to help people learn new cooking techniques and dishes.
For owner Geri Riekhof, the addition of cooking classes is not only about getting people excited to try food from different cultures, but also getting people in the door.
"We are doing significantly better because of people's interests in creating new menus, new kinds of food, ethnic food and baking at home." Riekhof says.
Riekhof isn't the only one who has noticed an increased interest in cooking.The culinary market seems to be on the rise both locally and nationally.
Lisa Bakke, manager at Border's Books and Music, 700 New Hampshire St., has noticed an increase in the production of both culinary magazines and cookbooks.
"The reality TV trend has prompted people's interest," Bakke says. Not only are more people making their way to the cookbook section, but they're also buying culinary magazines. Bakke says Border's sells out of magazine issues every month, particularly a magazine called Clean Eating.
Cision, a media research firm, reports that established culinary magazines like Bon Appetit and Gourmet have seen their circulations increase more than 120,000 readers each since 2002. Cision also reported that during this same time period the magazine business has welcomed 50 new cooking and food publications.
The rise of culinary interest is also noticeable in other culinary classrooms near Lawrence and Kansas City. The Merc, 901 Iowa St., a community grocery and cooperative in Lawrence, has offered cooking classes for 20 years, but lately staff members have never seen classes fill so quickly.
"We are completely filling classes," says
Nancy O'Connor, director of education and outreach for The Merc. Cooking classes at The Merc cost $15 for two hours and are taught in a variety of areas including cake making, diabetic cooking, vegetarian cooking, preparing different cultural dishes and cooking for children.
"On a practical level, classes get people in the door;" O'Connor said, adding that the mission of The Merc is to make education accessible and affordable. "Attending a cooking class is the same price as going to a movie."
The Culinary Center of Kansas City has also seen its classes fill to capacity.The center, located at 7917 Foster St., Shawnee Mission, offers classes every day geared toward an assortment of interests and age groups.
"People in grade school, high school college and other careers take classes as a stress release," says Renee Lais, who makes class reservations at the Culinary Center of Kansas City."We are here to help the average person acquire skills." Classes are taught by the center's chefs and guest chefs from the Kansas City area.
While many people are interested in cooking classes for their own leisure, others are considering cooking as a career path.
"Without a hesitation, we have had to add classes because of the influx of applications." says Ona Ashley, associate professor of the hospitality and management department at Johnson County Community College.
The college has added more professional cooking classes and now teaches classes on Thursdays and Fridays, which has never happened in the department's history.
Ashley is glad to see people interested in the culinary field because jobs are available. Restaurants are always looking for skilled chefs and new restaurants are opening every day. Ashley also said fewer people eat at home these days.
"The food channel helps and hurts us," Ashley says. She says the channel has helped increase interest in cooking for a living, but does not show the entire job description of professional cooking."People are excited about what they see on TV,but they don't understand that people in the culinary business work evenings and weekends."
For people who are just interested in learning new cooking skills and recipes. The Food Network has sparked the right attention.
As cooking classes are filling up around the community, program coordinators are thanking The Food Network.
"I noticed that a lot of parents are saying
Katie
all their children watch is The Food Network," says Ashley.
HaverkateEns is interested in teaching as much as she can at The Bay Leaf. Cooking is therapeutic for HaverkateEns, and she hopes she can effectively share her passion
for food with everyone who attends her classes.
"Making and eating good food adds so much to the quality of life."
Photos by Jerry Wang Dawn Haverkae-Ens leads a cooking class at The Bay Leaf, a culinary store on Massachusetts St. Local businesses have seen an increased interest in cooking classes since the popularity of The Food Network has been on the rise.
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What's your favorite thing about fall?
Alicia
I like reading outside when it's nice during the fall, but not freezing. In the summer it's hot and you sweat.
—Vanessa Aldrich, Bync, Okla, master's student
I like going to football games.I just like the feeling. Everyone's really excited and pumped up.They're always screaming and the stands are always full. Amanda Coon, Overland Park sophomore.
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Taking naps and drinking coffee.
—Toku Murakami, Japan exchange student
I like when the leaves turn. I like going to Wells Overlook, beacuse you can see the whole town and it's really pretty.
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I am a teacher.
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It's refreshing from summer, and all the bugs go away.
—Tim Howe, Mission junior
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I like Halloween and trick-or-treating. This year I'm going to be a teacher. It makes you feel like a little kid again.
—Carly Carman, Augusta freshman
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College is usually a time for change but for some couples who are still in their high school relationships, college is a chance to strengthen their bonds
By Matt Hirschfeld mhirschfeld@kansan.com
"I know it's cheesy." Harden says. "But it's what we do."
Home Alone isn't a movie that evokes the thought of Christmas for many people anymore. But it does for Junior Harden and Lindy Johnson, who have watched the movie around Christmastime every year for five years, since they started dating the summer before their senior years of high school.
A family comedy isn't what kept Harden and Johnson together to survive the transition from high school to college. How do couples manage to stay together, with such different educational environments, people and social situations, and is it necessarily good that they did? Have the couples grown to their potential as individuals if they are still compatible with the same person they were with in high school? Or are they just ahead in the relationship game?
Harden and Johnson decided to stay together when they graduated high school. The Larned seniors attended different colleges their freshmen year and saw each other frequently when they returned home. Harden says they eventually came to the University their junior years and decided to live together because Lawrence was too much for them to handle on their own and because of money reasons.
When the couple started living together. Harden expected the transition to be simpler.
"I thought that being together for three years, I knew everything about her," he says. "And we moved in together, and found out I knew absolutely nothing."
Harden says he has never second-guessed keeping the relationship alive. When friends ask him about living with his high school girlfriend, he replies that he was absolutely sure it was what he wanted to do and knew his feelings wouldn't change even when he found out more about who she really was.
Fran Totta, licensed counselor and marriage and family therapist, says couples who have been together for so long can stand back and understand how much they've given each other and how much they really needed and helped each other throughout their relationship.
When Omar Honsy met his girlfriend, Courtney Berger, he had just graduated high school and she was starting her senior year. The couple has been together for three
When relationships begin at a younger age, Totta says, people grow and mature at different rates, and sometimes when people need to mature, they need to be out of a relationship to do so. She says very few couples can survive that. The ones that do, she says, started out with each person already having a strong sense of self.
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Zach and Kelly Saved by the Bell
Angie Cerdes, guidance counselor at Olathe Northwest High School, says high school relationships affect college decision-making more than she would like to see. "But in matters of the heart, I try to direct rather than give my opinion," Cerdes says.
Here are some of TV's high school couples who didn't heed the advice of their high school counselors and ended up together after high school.
Not even Mr. Belding could keep Bayside High's hottest couple apart.The two dated on and off in high school, and both ended up attending the University of California. They eventually married a couple years later in a park after an almost wedding in Las Vegas in the series' finale.
Cory and Topanga Boy Meets World
Cory and Topanga met in middle school, dated in high school and became engaged in college. Topanga gave up her chance to branch off and go to Yale after high school to attend the same college as Cory. The two married while still in college and ended up moving to New York because of Topanga's internship.
Whatever love spell Sabrina cast on her high school honey Harvey must have worked because the two dated for most of high school and ended up together at the end of the series.
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Kyle Reid and Chance Penner, Andover freshmen have dated for two years. The couple decided to stay together although they were faced with the dramatic changes that college can present.
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years, and Honsy, Wichita senior, says the most significant difficulty for the couple was the need to live on their own to gain confidence without being dependent on one another. Honsy says he was glad to have someone through all the changes that went on during college.
"It helps having someone next to you to go through that with," he says.
Honsy says that in college, the issue of independence arises more than it did in high school. In college, both he and Berger felt they needed to establish themselves as being independent.
"Being able to spend enough time with each other while still giving each other enough space to still not feel trapped—I think that was the biggest issue with transitioning," he says.
Totta says that if a relationship is secure enough to allow individuality and space, it is more likely to last than a relationship in which a couple is entirely fused together.
"It would be rare that people can grow and change if they're going to demand too much togetherness," Totta says. "They have to realize that they are kind of closing in on their world."
Kyle Reid and Chance Penner's
world actually became bigger when they discovered a larger gay population at the University than they had in their hometown of Andover.The freshmen couple has been dating for two years, and Reid and Penner agree that along with more opportunities to socialize with other gay people, more temptation is present, too.
Penner says they thought about taking a break from their relationship when they came to the University, but decided not to because it would be more comfortable to start a transition such as college with a significant other.
"We're pretty much an old married couple. We bicker and fight, but we get past it." Penner says.
Totta has counselled several married couples who met in high school, and she says it's amazing when couples manage to survive after being together for so long.
"It has happened," Totta says. "And it's beautiful when you see it."
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What's the difference between dating someone and seeing someone, and what are the boundaries?
Matt: "The Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow, but we've invented three times that many words for relationships." Sarah Jessica Parker's character said on an episode Sex and the City.
—Frank, senior
Talking is exactly what the name implies. The two of you talk on the phone, text, Facebook each other, maybe hang out, but only one of you or neither of you know if
The dating stage of any relationship is the most fun part. The only commitments that have been set are to be at a certain place at a certain time. No restrictions or boundaries have been decided. The main goal is to get to know the other person and judge whether a more serious connection can develop.
You, Frank, have thankfully narrowed it down to two definitions.
The caveat to dating, though, is that people can date as many people as they want at one time. It's only when these dates move into "seeing each other" territory that feelings more than fun are on the line.
The way to determine if you are ready for a connection beyond dating is to talk about it with the other person. You can't assume that just because you're going on several dates with the same person that her thoughts are in line with yours. If you assume the status of a relationship without discussing it, you might find yourself out in the cold with the Eskimos.
**Francesca:** I've always put those two terms in the same category of relationship-speak. I usually define relationships as talking, dating, a long-term relationship, engaged and married. So I'm going to translate your question to, "What are the differences between talking and dating?"
you see a long-term relationship together in the future. You are still basically getting to know each other. Dating is when you are going on dates, making out, having sex, whatever—you get the idea. Generally this is when you are boyfriend and girlfriend and you can count on each other to leave at least one evening a week open to spend time together.
These boundaries will never be clearly defined. No two relationships are exactly the same. Friends with benefits clearly don't fit into my rubric—I'd say that's a gray area between talking and dating—and neither do relationships where one or both parties are going on dates with other people.
The only people who can accurately categorize your relationship are you and your partner. The "so, what are we?" conversation isn't one many people want to have, but if you have been confused about the status of your relationship for more than a month, you need to go ahead and initiate it. As I have said before, don't waste time mending or creating a relationship with someone whom you can't see becoming your life partner. It's not worth the emotional distress, or worth your time.
Do guys find it weird when you meet them once and then friend them on Facebook? Nina, senior
Matt: It all depends on the situation.
Nina. If you casually met him once in class or at a party, with no opportunity to get his
full name, it's obvious you did all you could to seek him out on Facebook and friend him. This includes looking at his papers in class for his last name or asking around a party. I know many girls who would find this weird and a tad obsessive if a guy were to do it, so it's no different for a girl.
I would take suit with one of my friend's Facebook policies. She never requests friendship first. She waits until the other person requests friendship. This creates no ambiguity on your part, and then you can judge for yourself if it's too soon or too weird to be requesting friendship.
If that's too extreme for you, I would recommend at least three chance or intentional meetings between you and your potential Facebook friend before requesting friendship. By that time, you'll have established a connection with the guy beyond being in the guy's mind as "the weird girl who friended me after I barely remember meeting her."
Francesca: If you and this guy really hit it off, why wouldn't you Facebook friend him? The rules for Facebook friending guys are the same as the rules for friending girls. If you are interested in hanging out with that person, go ahead and friend him or her. If the person doesn't accept your friend request, then move on. At least you didn't get rejected to your face.
I added a guy on Facebook after the second time we talked. I would've added him after the first time we talked, but we didn't exchange names the first time, oddly enough. He didn't act weird about it and accepted my request. He even sent me a private message that turned into a string of messages, and now we always hang out after the class we have together.
The key is not to seem overzealous. Sending a friendship request to a guy you are interested in is not a deal-breaker, but stalking his Facebook profile and mentioning comments other people leave on it—especially girls—will get you de-friended or ignored. I actually had a boyfriend de-friend and then block me on Facebook because he was tired of hearing me nag him about his wall.
Go ahead and Facebook friend him, but let him make the next move. It should become clear pretty quickly after the Facebook request if he sees you as girlfriend material or not.
Bitch and Moan should not be taken as a substitute for professional, expert advice.
Send us your sex and relationship questions at bitchandmoan@kansan.com.
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Toxicity
By Sean Rosner
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Ninga attack.A member of Lawrence's Fresh Produce art collective leaps into action in front of one of Erik Johanssen's pieces of art in the "Toxicity Limits" exhibit at DotDotDot ArtSpace.
Photo by Jerry Wang
It's Saturday night and Haskell Square, at the corner of 19th Street and Haskell Avenue, is deserted, save for two storefronts buzzing with activity. One is the CrossTown Tavern, where middle-aged patrons gathered to drink beer and enjoy the weekend. The other is the shopping center's newest addition, DotDotDot ArtSpace.
Inside, about 20 people mill about as a DJ blasts Wu-Tang Clan from his station in the corner. The floor and one wall are covered with graffiti, and a bottle of whiskey sits in the middle of the room with a "free shots" sign beneath it. Though it looks more like a party, this scene is really the opening of local artist and KU graduate Erok Johanssen's exhibition, "Toxicity Limits."
Johanssen creates art using spray paint, acrylic paint and airbrushes, as well as digital photos and found patterns to make stencils. He calls "Toxicity Limits" a celebration of urban art. While creating the work for the show, Johanssen experimented with different mediums and even different mind states.
"My stoned paintings are more crisp and precise. My drunk painting are just paint all over the place," he says.
Johanssen is a member of the Fresh Produce art collective, a close-knit group of Lawrence artists working to revitalize the local art scene. Since forming in January 2007, the collective has allowed more than 100 local artists to showcase their work, held art shows around Lawrence, as well as in Kansas City and Tulsa, Okla., and have had an exhibit shown at the Spencer Museum of Art.
The group has come a long way since starting with a half-dozen artists almost two years ago,Yuri Zupancic,former KU student and one of the founding members of Fresh Produce,says the group formed out of a common desire to let the public see all the art being created in Lawrence.
"It seemed problematic to us that we were living in such a rich artistic community with such little public display," Zupancic says.
Throughout the next year, Fresh Produce picked up members and momentum by throwing parties and holding one-night shows at local businesses like Teller's. 746 Massachusetts St., and Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library, 1109 Massachusetts St. The shows and parties gave the artists an opportunity to
release pent-up creativity, as well as meet each other and build friendships. Most of the events had unusual themes, such as the "Pocket-Art Party," where attendees all brought miniature pieces of art and exchanged them with each other. For the "Bright Ideas" art show, the only light in a dark gallery came from the pieces themselves, which used light bulbs and glow-in-the-dark material.
Last March, members of the collective were approached by the owner of Haskell Square about moving into an available space. Ten of them, mostly founding members of the group, decided to seize the opportunity.
The space now serves as a home base for Fresh Produce. Though only 10 artists use the space as a gallery, having a place to hold the group's weekly meetings gives the entire collective stability. The artists who rent the space share it in three-week increments, each getting free reign over the walls during their allotted time. Before Johanssen's exhibit opened, the walls belonged to Spring City, Utah, senior Paul Flinders, who locked himself inside the space for 24 hours to create the paintings for his exhibit, "Wet Dreams."
Though the space is in an area that isn't exactly a hotbed for art in Lawrence, Whit Bones, Tulsa, Okla., senior and another founding member of Fresh Produce, says he likes the location because the rent is cheaper than it would be if the gallery were downtown. Because the renters can afford to pay for the space out of their own pockets, they face less pressure to sell pieces.
"We're able to do whatever we want because we rely on each other to pay the bills." Bones says.
Fresh Produce's biggest exposure so far came when the Spencer Museum of Art contacted the group about putting up an exhibit in the museum's 20/21 Gallery. The exhibit, which included masks, paintings, sketches, photos and video, aimed to capture the creative process of making art.It was on display from July 17 to Sept.21.
"It brought a lot of freshness and excitement to the museum," says Susan Earle, curator of European and American art at the Spencer.
Beyond getting exposure for local artists, Fresh Produce allows its members to grow and learn from each other. Bones and Johanssen both say the group setting gives artists with diverse backgrounds the chance to feed off of each other's ideas. It also provides some friendly competition.
"You see how much everyone's producing and you're like. 'I'm not just going to go home and watch TV' Johanssen says.
its position in the Lawrence art scene, the next step is maintaining it.
The group is always open to new artists, and Bones says there are no qualifications to be in Fresh Produce besides being committed to art.
Now that Fresh Produce has established
"The collective could go on for 10 years or 10 days. It really depends on new people coming in and taking the reigns," Bones says.
Where to find Fresh Produce
DotDotDot ArtSpace
1920 Haskell Ave.
Gallery hours: Thursday and Friday, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Aaron Storck's "Wizard Ningxt"
Opening reception Nov. 1, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., DotDotDot ArtSpace
"Seid Madr," works from Ostaf Heller Opening reception Nov. 21, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., DotDotDot ArtSpace
"Black Monday" art show and sales extravaganza December 1, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Teller's, 746 Massachusetts St.
On the Web
www.freshproduceartcollective.com
www.dotdotdotartspace.com
www.freshproduceart.wordpress.com
Want to get involved with Fresh Produce? The collective holds meetings at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the DotDotDot ArtSpace, 1920 Haskell Ave.All meetings are open to new participants.
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The Minneapolis hip-hop duo Atmosphere are on the road to paint the nation gold while promoting its fifth studio album, When Life Gives You Lemons,You Paint That Shit Gold. The "Paint The Nation" tour, which also features Abstract Rude, Blueprint and DJ Rare Groove, will be making a stop in Lawrence Nov. 6 at the Granada.
Previously recognized as an independent hip-hop group, Atmosphere is moving closer to mainstream territory with performances on MTV, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and the Late Show with David Letterman. Slug recently spoke with Jayplay about his latest album and tour.
Q: What's the story behind the name of your latest album?
A: My girlfriend was referencing something, and she said, "When life gives you lemons, you paint that shit gold," I liked it so I guess
my girlfriend accidentally named the album.
What's the most memorable moment you've had on tour?
A: I performed at the Hip-Hop Kemp Festival in Prague. It was my first time in the Czech Republic. There were a bunch of hip-hop artists there. It was kinda like a "Rapchella."
Q: Where's the most interesting place you've written a song?
A: I don't like to write while I'm on tour. I usually only write my songs at home on my laptop. I converted to a laptop about two years ago. It's a lot easier to write a song and edit on a laptop than it was writing in a notebook.
Q: How did growing up in Minneapolis affect the music you make?
A: Well, the cold weather kept me inside.
I didn't watch TV, so I started getting into music. Minneapolis had a big underground music scene. I hung out with kids who were into jazz, blues, punk rock and hip-hop. It was a very cross-genre scene.
Q What do you do as co-owner of Rhymesayers Entertainment?
A:As of right now, I'm mostly just focusing on Atmosphere. I was working in the office and helping other artists with their work for a time. But now I'm focused on Atmosphere, which has helped the label gather resources and fund some projects.
Q: If you could collaborate on a song with any musician, who would it be?
A: I just want to collaborate with my friends. Or Prince.
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Q: How has your music and performance changed since your 2002 album, God Loves Ugly?
A: I don't drink before I get on stage anymore. I've matured a lot since that time.
Now, I think a lot about my performance when I get on stage. It's like a play with different acts and characters.
Slug (foreground) is taking life's lemons and adding a gold sheen.
Slug and DJ Ant will be at the Granada Nov. 6.
Q: How did you come up with the name Slug?
A: Slug was shortened from Sluggo, which was my father's nickname.
Q: What was it like performing on Jimmy Kimmel and Letterman?
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Until recently, my knowledge of New York City was limited to souvenirs and landmarks. As a tourist I visited Brooklyn, saw the Empire State Building and bought a Yankees hat, but I never experienced what it's really like to be a New Yorker.
I was 10 the first time I went to the city with my family. I remember sitting next to my mom in the upper balcony of a dark theater, watching Savion Glover tap dance in his Broadway debut, Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk. I came back to New York in high
and stayed in Brooklyn with a native, and for the first time, experienced the city through
experienced the city and her day-to-day routine. I remember walking for hours to eat at a restaurant that offered condoms instead
of the usual after dinner breath mint. My two-week visit was just a taste of the city and not the whole story.
I'm graduating in May and will finally have the opportunity to choose where I want to live, but moving to New York seems like a giant leap from living in Lawrence. I wanted to find out what it's like to live in New York City, so I decided to ask some KU graduates about their life in the city that never sleeps.
Life in the Burg
Colin Rhoads, 2008 graduate, moved to Brooklyn in July to pursue a career in digital advertising. Rhoads is a media planner for Moxie Interactive in West Village.
The company produces digital media, such as pop-up ads and banners, to get consumers to interact with a client's brand. Rhoads was interested in digital marketing because he believes online marketing is the future of advertising.
"Finding a job is really about who you know and what connections are available to you. It was for me, at least," Rhoads says. "I stayed in New York for an entire spring break doing interviews, but I wouldn't have had those interviews if I didn't know someone working for the company." Rhoads says.
Rhoads knew someone who worked for Moxie Interactive through a mutual friend.
Rhoads lives in Williamsburg, a thriving art community that attracts young people. The neighborhood is filled with dive bars, art-supply stores, dress shops and restaurants. One of his favorite spots is Barcade, a bar lined with vintage arcade games with a rotating list of more than 20 microbrews and many local beers on tap. For lunch, Rhoads prefers the restaurant, Silent H, which offers banh mi, a popular Vietnamese sandwich. For dinner outings, he enjoys DuMont, a casual and cheap restaurant that serves everything from tamarind-braised ribs to macaroni and cheese.
"A good tag line for Williamsburg is 'where grit meets glamour', because that's exactly what it is." Rhoads says. "On the exterior it looks grtty and edgy, but there's more fashionistas walking the streets and cool restaurants on every corner than you'll find in a lot of areas of Manhattan."
For young professionals, Williamsburg is an alternative to living in Manhattan.There's a sense of community,and rent is not ridiculously expensive.
The community is infamous for its music scene, which unites people with similar tastes and styles. Rhoeds has found a community consisting of KU alumni. He goes to theVillage Pourhouse in East Village or Millholand's in Williamsburg to watch KU football and basketball games with fellow Jayhawks. Rhoads also
Broadway
alumni around the city showing their school spirit.
"The other day I saw a guy with a Jayhawk keychain hanging from his briefcase. I inevitably called him out, and shortly followed the salutation with a high-five before we parted ways," he says.
Rhoads knew he wanted to live in New York before he got a job with Moxie Interactive. He liked that there was such an eclectic group of people with different cultures, styles and personalities.
"This island is bound by water so you can only build up—not out—so there's no gated suburban communities," Rhoads says. "It doesn't matter if you live in a building with a concierge in Central Park West, you're still rubbing elbows with the street meat vendors and bodega clerks on the corner when you leave the building."
School at NYU
All of the classes are in the evening so students can have the opportunity for internships during the day.
Gianna Ida,a.2008 graduate,moved to the city for New York University's food studies program, in which she studies urban food distribution systems.The program explores foodways and culinary history as well as cultural and economic examinations of food.
"I only have class three days a week, and otherwise I either have tons of free time or I'm running all over the city tutoring, my job," she says.
Ida lives in South Park Slope, a neighborhood in Brooklyn with a mix of young professionals, Hispanic families and elderly Polish immigrants. Most people live in three-story row houses with little front patios and gates. It has a great mix of local businesses and hardly any chain stores. Ida says she can get everything she needs within a three-block radius of her apartment.
On her way to the subway, Ida stops at a Spanish bakery for a snack before heading into Manhattan. Her ride to NYU takes about 30 minutes, and if she's running late she can take a cab to the school. Ida says taking the subway can be a gamble. It can take you anywhere in the city, but you can never be sure how long it will take.
"For me, traveling to Central Park takes
as long as a drive to Kansas City. I never would have driven an hour to go to a park before, but the perception of travel is different here," she says."You have to plan ample time to get anywhere, and you have to learn how to set limitations for yourself."
Ida, also a designer,makes time to attend fashion shows. During the most recent Fashion Week,she attended three fashion shows including Vera Wang's in Bryant Park.
"Her show was incredible. I had chills the entire time," she says.
Ida was one of five finalists in last year's Project Runway competition at KU. She designed a menswear outfit in black and white including a pair of shorts, vest and shirt. Another design was a pocketed high-waisted skirt with a yellow hooded blouse.
"Fashion in New York is magical, but frustrating. Inspiration and opportunities to design are limitless here, but unfortunately money, time and space are not," Ida says. "My room is the size of a walk-in closet, so I haven't even been able to set up my sewing machine yet."
Adjusting to a smaller living space is one
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of many difficulties that some newcomers face. The thrill of arriving in New York is often tempered by the sinking realization of what an alienating place the city can be. The dauntingly high cost of living and the subway maze can make city life a battle.
"It definitely takes a certain personality to live in the city, but it's something you can develop while you're living here," Ida says. "The city will abuse you daily, and unless you can learn how to overcome it, you're continually overwhelmed."
Dance in the city
Morgan Forgarty,2007 graduate,moved to New York City with her roommate from college. They went to the city without jobs or a place to live so they settled at the YMCA for a couple of weeks while they searched for apartments.
Forgarty and her roommate found an apartment on Martin Luther King Blvd. in Harlem. She lives two blocks away from the historic Apollo Theater and Bill Clinton's office. Her neighborhood is bustling with street vendors selling fruit, Italian ice, flowers, socks and knock-off designer hand bags. Street artists paint pictures of African-American people, hoping to sell their art to pedestrians. Outside Forgarty's apartment are several book vendors selling literature on African-American history and culture.
"When my brother came to visit, he said Harlem looked like Sesame Street;" Forgarty says. I guess he was referring to the brick apartment buildings and the diversity of my neighborhood."
Forgarty says she is so distracted by the streets vendors, she hardly notices the commercial stores in her area.
Forgarty lives in Harlem because it's cheap, spacious and it's an easy commute to Manhattan. At night, she waits tables at Tablea, a restaurant in Manhattan. During the day she rehearses with the professional dance company, Notes in Motion.
Forgarty says moving to New York to dance was very difficult because she found herself distracted by everything the city has to offer.
"I came with one thing in mind—I wanted to create dance. But there was so much going on around me it was very hard to point myself in one direction," Forgarty says. "I wanted to experience everything the city has to offer all at once. It's been a year and I still have so much more to discover."
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If you're tired of the same twinkling lights and tiki torches for house party decorations, here are a few new ideas you can make with things you probably already have.
For getting in
Paper bag luminaires can light the way to your shindig. To make a basic sidewalk luminaire, fill a paper lunch bag with sand or pebbles and insert a votive candle and holder. It's that simple. If you want a challenge, you can cut out designs on the bag.
Check out Adrian Van Allen's designs at ReadyMade.com, complete with instructions.
For getting out
If your party spills into the backyard, you can keep guests out of the dark with milk jug lanterns. First, grab all of your empty milk or fruit juice cartons. Next, cut a flap into the side of the jug that's big enough to easily access your candle. Stabilize the jug with a couple handfuls of sand or small pebbles and remove the lid from the jug. Finally, position the lit candle and voila, a breeze-safe and electricity-free outdoor lamp.
For getting down
A house party just isn't the same without some dancing, so get your guests out of their seats with your very own
disco ball. You might have to spend a few bucks on a paper lantern, silver spray paint and double-sided tape, but you can use old CDs to decorate the exterior. To make your lantern disco-licious, cover it in silver spray paint and let it dry overnight. Next, attach the CDs to the painted lantern with pieces of tape. When your guests begin to arrive, point a light at the disco ball, turn up the music and get the party started.
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you need to jump-start your libido. Find a natural essential oil (cue back rub) to wake up your nose. Oils can't be used with latex, though, because they make latex weak.
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might feel like jazzing up your sex with a toy. Some toys are meant for a handful of uses and then have to be thrown
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out. Eco-friendly sex toys, however, are more durable, so you can use them for a longer period of time, which helps eliminate waste. Look for rechargeable sex toys, so you don't have to worry about buying and throwing away batteries. Some sex toys contain phthalate, which is a chemical found in some plastics and has been linked to cancer. Strgar says if you can smell your sex toy, you probably shouldn't be using it.
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We are headed down a dark, strange corridor. A shakedown is coming. Maybe it's the global warming or the manic economy, but it seems we're tumbling toward the end. But what awaits for us at the end! Some would say ZOMBIES!
Inspired by films like George A. Romero's Living Dead series and video games like Resident Evil, citizens dress like zombies and roam public places like parks, major city streets and bars. Called zombie walks, these outings have become popular year-round across the country and speak to the macabre in each of us.
Last year's zombie walk in Lawrence drew only around 30 participants. Thanks to more organization through Facebook and message boards like www.zombiewalk.com, this year's danse macabre involved an estimated 300 people. Zombie walks are not just for the 18 to 24 crowd. This year small children and older individuals took part in the lurch from South Park down Massachusetts St. and back.
These local revenants show that in the not-too-distant zombie apocalypse, if you can beat 'em, join 'em
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Above: Zombie zwagger! The jaunt down Massachusetts St. begins with the howls of the undead filling the night.
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Above. After seeing the event posted on Facebook, Clay Westerlumb, Lawrence junior, made sure to come to this year's Zombie Walk, held last Thursday in Massachusetts ST.
"It just seemed like something really cool to do," Westerlumb says. Costumed as a "war veteran zombie." Westerlumb was one of the more extroverted participants, unafraid to confront strangers in their cars or graan at dinner patrons.
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Above: You'd look even better to me dead.Tara Bergman, Seneca senior, applies liquid latex on her fiancée, Tyler Watts, 2008 graduate, hours before the walk starts. "It's amazing what you can do with a little Halloween makeup and information from the Internet," Bergman says. This was the couple's second zombie walk.
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Below left Tyler Watts prepares a solution of fake blood that will require water, red and blue food coloring and chocolate syrup for consistency and color.
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Touching up: Many participants made last-minute additions to their costumes, even at the South Park gazeeb just before the walk began.
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MOVIE: Pride and Glory
Gritty crime dramas generally follow a rigid formula. They begin with a series of crimes that the audience is meant to believe were committed by some character, follow the police/FBI's attempt to find said criminal, and end with a big reveal that one of good guys was behind the crimes all along. We're shocked and outraged, have our cathartic release, and everyone goes home happy. Pride and Glory follows this formula, but takes away the surprise in favor of developing the psychology of its main characters.
The movie depicts a family of New York cops who get caught up in corruption and murder for hire.The well-meaning Ray Tierney—expertly played by Edward Norton—joins a task force in charge of solving a murder spree in which four police officers under his brother-in-law's (Colin Farrell) authority lose their lives. From there he discovers a seedy underbelly to his older brother's (Noah Emmerich) department. More bloodshed and death are in store before the end, but unlike most crime films, Pride and Glory is able to keep you guessing.
The heart of this film is its transformation of the convoluted plot-driven crime drama into an emotionally connected family story. John Voight gives a stellar performance as the father, and the supporting cast is strong, making the movie a legitimate work of filmmaking art.
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Most of the developing material is sound, but the ending strikes a slightly silly chord, which keeps Pride and Glory from ascending into the next echelon of cinema. Don't let that dissuade you, however, from seeing this utterly violent yet touching thriller.
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MOVIE: Saw V
Saw V is the worst film in an already atrocious series. It's a movie made for the incompetent rabble that allows movies of this ilk to get produced.After five films of gratuitous violence, one cannot expect much semblance of a story remaining in the Saw franchise, but this is a minor point for those stupid enough to go see any of these films to begin with.
If you've followed the series, you know that Hoffman (no actor worth mentioning) is the apprentice of Jigsaw and plans to continue his master's demented "games." You would also know that Agent Strahm (again, no actor you will ever hear of) has discovered Hoffman's secret identity and is hot on his trail, setting up a gory showdown. Furthermore, if you follow the series, you probably don't care about good filmmaking or storytelling and only need to know that the rest of the movie is torture-porn filler.
Saw V is an offensive movie. It is an assault on intellect and creativity. The success of the franchise is emblematic of the declining tastes of a generation based on expedition. Each successive movie has
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been exponentially worse and less intelligent than its predecessor. That even the original Sow was not good or particularly interesting offers insight into the level of craftsmanship involved in this sequel. At this point, the franchise has gone from bad to sub-mental. Watching this movie is a truly regrettable experience. To get your obligatory Halloween fix, rent The Tenant or The Evil Dead instead.
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-Darron Carswell
MOVIE: Man on Wire
Sometimes a story seems just too good to be true. Take last year's surprise documentary hit King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, for example: ridiculous people engrossed in a seemingly ridiculous pursuit that just so happened to be real.
Such is the case with the story of wire-walker Philippe Petit in Man on Wire, another documentary about a group of people caught in a real and amazingly cinematic adventure. However, Petit's tale of walking on a tightrope between the two World Trade Center towers in 1974 isn't something to laugh at. It's a story jampacked with images and anecdotes that will leave you breathless. We hear from Petit and his accomplices in interviews, dramatic re-enactments, archival footage
and photograph after photograph of Petit seemingly walking on air hundreds of feet above the ground I lost count of the number of times I gasped.
MAN ON WIRE
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It doesn't hurt that Petit is a fantastic storyteller. It's clear he enjoys attention as much as he enjoys making mischief, and he talks to the camera while wildly gesticulating his plan. The people who helped him accomplish his feat are thoughtful, and obviously care just as much about their friend as they do about the importance of the act itself. From Petit's early stunts—such as walking on a wire between the bell towers of Notre Dame—to the final climatic act when we see him suspended between the World Trade Center towers, Petit and his friends have full command of the audience.
It's an amazing thing to see the story unfold, and to see the relationships between the people involved.
Man on Wire simply must be seen to be believed. It's an inspirational work that makes you want to go out and do something unbelievable. Maybe not walk on a high-wire (some of us are afraid of heights) but experience things that make us appreciate the people and places around us. This movie is wonderful, and every bit as thrilling as, well, watching a tightrope act.
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MUSIC: Ray LaMontagne, Gossip in the Grain
When a musical artist produces a unique blend of sounds that combine to form one distinguishable style, it's something special. Unfortunately for artists like Ray LaMontagne, having a good sound doesn't necessarily mean that every work is of the same quality.
Gossip in the Grain, LaMontagne's latest release, isn't a bad album, but it certainly lacks the originality and creativity that propelled the musician to his current status. LaMontigne's smooth yet raspy voice combines with the rich tones of his acoustic guitar to produce tranquil and sometimes soulful melodies on Gossip in the Grain. Obviously, the music itself isn't the problem—it's simply the song structure and originality here that are missing.
Songs like "Sarah" and "Winter Birds" have potential to be great tracks, but the actual substance behind them is not there. Whether or not this is because of the production work of the album is unknown.
While the album is definitely not LaMontagne's best, it does have some good tunes. LaMontagne's "You Are the Best Thing" is a lively mix of trumpet and smooth electric guitar sounds that accompany LaMontagne's tremendous voice.
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Also good is "Hey Me, Hey Mama." The song has a ragtime feel that incorporates a banjo into the mix. Its lyrics aren't anything special, but LaMontagne's voice is sharp and strong.
LaMontagne fans should check out Gossip in the Grain, but newcomers to the artist should look to earlier albums like Trouble on which LaMontagne is truly at his best.
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MUSIC: Pink, Funhouse
After listening to the infectious first single, "So What," from Pink's fifth album, Funhouse, one would expect her new CD to be a mix of party anthems and post-divorce tunes (She split from husband Carey Hart earlier this year). While there are plenty of tracks about the divorce, Pink's playful side so prominent on past releases is missing on this album. Funhouse is deeply introspective and often focuses on personal issues instead of the outside world and her partying lifestyle.
One of the album's best tracks, "Sober," features minimal instrumentation, something that is a theme for much of the album. It is a great showcase for Pink's fabulously gritty voice and sometimes uncomfortably personal lyrics.
Other standouts are "I Don't Believe You" and "Glitter In The Air,"heartbreaking tunes about her divorce and her sadness in its aftermath. The song's melodies are the best on the album. They're easy to sing along to, highly memorable, and do a great job of showing off the versatility Pink's voice.
While most of the tracks on the album are well-written and melodiously interesting, something seems to be lacking by the end of the disc. Pink just can't live up to the party girl image she's cultivated for herself on previous records. Writing music based on life experiences is a good idea, but so is offering the catchy, upbeat music to the top 40 audience she's cultivated for herself.
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Finding peace of mind
How a sin helped me escape my own hell
"Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been far too long since my last confession."
And so began a nearly year-and-a-half struggle in my self-inflicted hell.
My family is not religious.I can recall
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only a handful of Passes we attended in the Roman Catholic Church. Wednesday afternoons during my elementary school years were devoted to a Sunday school-type of class. I dreaded them. I never wanted to go until I started crushing on boys.
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and even then I wanted Wednesday to be
Thursday so I could go to gymnastics.
Seven-year-old Heather before her First Communion at Fort Leavenworth's Saint lenatus church in 1992.
In high school, I found myself believing in everything the Catholic Church didn't: abortion rights, gay relationships and birth control, in particular. My boyfriend and I started seeing each other when I was 16 and we dated through part of college. His family was more devout Catholic than mine, and sometimes my boyfriend and I butted heads because of our different moral views.
On March 16,2006, I walked into the St. Lawrence chapel and into a confessional.
I told my boyfriend we had to go to confession, and I meant ASAP.The only thought flashing through my brain was that I was going to die and spend an eternity burning in hell. First, I needed to collect my thoughts. And my sins.
Toward the end of February during my freshman year at KU, I borrowed my boyfriend's Catechism of the Catholic Church book and flipped through it out of curiosity in my dorm room.
I had almost a decade of sins to recount to a priest, and I didn't know how I was going to remember everything. Over a few weeks, though, I did manage to compile a gigantic list of sins. It probably reached 100.
The minute I knelt down and uttered that phrase for forgiveness, I started sobbing, so loudly my boyfriend said he could hear me over the fountain outside the
I freaked out. I realized I had a truckload of sins that had piled up, and I hadn't been to confession since I was 11.
One of the first things I read about was sinning. The Catechism breaks down the 10 Commandments based on the Church's beliefs. Anything sexual outside of marriage was a big no-no, missing weekly Mass is wrong and working on Sundays shouldn't happen—just to name a few sins.
Fear pulsed through my body when I read that dying with just one mortal sin purposefully unconfessed could lead a person to eternal hell. Why did I even care? I wasn't religious. But I suddenly found myself caring, and in a monumental way.
confessional.
After my first confession in years, I felt relieved. I was ready to start anew, so I quickly pushed away friends who I thought would cause me to sin. I even lectured my family on what was morally right and wrong.
In the process of
becoming more religious, I spiraled out of control. I became obsessed with tracking and counting sins. Religiously (no pun intended) I recorded sins on note cards and notebook paper; and the papers became so filled with my scribbles that I could hardly read them. I wanted to avoid confession as much as possible, though, and I went only a handful of times.
I had a routine of questions I asked myself if I ever felt like I had sinned, which was all the time, every day.
I'd reach for my hidden paper of sins and add to the daily—even hourly—growing list. It was a vicious cycle. I talked to my boyfriend about my problem, but he only saw the tip of the iceberg. I felt like no one could fully understand what was going on in my head.
I tried to completely change myself. "Bad" music was out of the question, especially anything with sexual lyrics ("I Kissed a Girl") would've been a definite no-go). I stopped reading *Cosmo*, one of my favorite magazines. My weekends didn't include Sundays, which now revolved around making sure I went to Mass. I stopped showing my boyfriend affection. I hardly gave him a peck on the mouth.
"Did you know it was a sin? Did you knowingly and consciously do it? Did you think about it before you did it and then act it out?"
"Ugh!" Idk. "I've done what that person wrote about!"
I'd battle with myself on whether my thought or action met those requirements. If I checked off all three requirements, I added the sin to my list. If I had any doubt about whether those requirements were met, I'd still add it.
I compulsively checked a Catholic Web site called EWTN. It has a Q&A section where people can ask anything about the faith. I read every question pertaining to sins each day for months, which only made me more scrupulous.
Out of all of my friends, I had always been the calm and logical one. In my high school Spanish class, my teacher asked my classmates who they would elect to be in charge if something went terribly wrong at school. All heads in the class turned toward me.
I was hanging out with a friend who was on mid-tour break from Iraq. We were definitely attracted to each other, which was made obvious when he moved in for a kiss. I resisted at first because my boyfriend and I were still together. He persisted, though, and a few times I said,"No, I can't do
Yet I was the one who went mental.
Almost a year and a half after picking up that Catechism, I reached my breaking point. I was mentally exhausted from counting and tracking "sins."
this", but never said why. Why was because I wanted to avoid confession and heartbreak.
I had said no multiple times, but he turned toward me one last time and mashed his lips against mine. I caved. That was the best make-out session I have ever had. For the first time in more than a year, I felt relief.
Since that summer; my scrupulous thoughts have significantly diminished. Sometimes things will creep into my head and I'll catch myself tightly closing my eyes for a split second or shaking my head, like I'm trying to squeeze or rattle the thought out of my brain.
I'm happy to say I haven't recorded a sin since that make-out session, and I can't even remember where I've stashed my hidden papers scribbled with sins.
I still believe in God and I still pray, but I don't go to Mass or confession anymore. And I'm okay with that right now.I have peace of mind.
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Zimbabwean student promotes gender equality
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA smiyakawa@kansan.com
Ennie Ndoro didn't know anyone in Kansas when she arrived at the University with her two children on a Fulbright Scholarship. She was the only student from Zimbabwe on campus — a fact that made her wonder whether it was wise to attend the University.
"I felt lonely," Ndoro said. "I just missed speaking my own language."
Ndoro said one of her life goals was to increase the number of female students and administrators in Zimbabwean universities, where fewer women attended and worked. She said after her graduation she wanted to return to Zimbabwe and design a leadership development program for women in higher education. She said she also wanted to develop more facilities for female students who have children.
"I've never felt offended," she said, "I take it as constructive criticism."
As a Fulbright Scholar, she came to the U.S. from Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2007 to pursue a doctorate degree in higher education leadership and policy studies. She is one of 30 students attending the University on a Fulbright Scholarship. She is not afraid to face American stereotypes of Africa or to talk about her country's politics.
Lindsey-Nunn said after she got to know Ndoro well, she was surprised how well she adapted to American culture and how much she achieved in school while raising children in a foreign country.
She was an administrator of the Women's University in Africa in Zimbabwe and taught gender studies before coming to the U.S. Her dissertation will compare women's administrators in higher education in the U.S. and Zimbabwe.
"I just think Emie is one of those rare people," Lindsey-Nunn said.
Angela Lindsey-Nunn, Salina graduate student, said Ndoro stood out from the crowd before she became friends with her.
"She walks with this silence, air of nobility," she said. "I was always looking for connection with strong women."
She said she was not a typical Zimbabwean woman, because she had been always articulate and not afraid of speaking about issues that were important to her.
"When I was a kid, my father told me, 'I don't think you could be ever married,'" Ndoro said.
Jane Irungu, associate director of African and African-American studies, said illiteracy rates were high among women in Africa. Resourceful women like Ndoro, who is in a doctoral program, would help reverse that trend, Irungu said.
Along with her work and academics, Ndoro has been involved in organizations dedicated to women's leadership and education in the U.S. and Zimbabwe. She recently participated in a conference in Chicago for African women living in the U.S. Using her experience as an international student, she works with the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center to design a mentor service for female international graduate students. She was an orientation leader for international students in the summer, and is treasurer of the Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board to plan art exhibitions. She also taught part of a literature class offered by African studies.
Ndoro's 14-year-old and 8-year-old sons came along with her to the U.S. Her 16-year-old son recently moved to the U.S. this summer. She left her husband and daughter home, but it wasn't an easy decision. She said some family members pressured her not to go, but her husband always supported her.
Ndoro said she seized every opportunity to explore her academics, got involved in the community and learned American culture with the hopes that it could someday help improve Zimbabwe's education.
"He said to me, 'Getting a Fulbright Scholarship is a big deal. If you lose this opportunity, it's something you will always regret for the rest of your life,'" Ndoro said.
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Anson Stancliffe, Lawrence senior, leads a small parade of art students across campus Thursday afternoon to celebrate the Spanish holiday "Los días de los muertos." Stancliffe, who occasionally executes public performance pieces under the name "Anson the Omery," led the troupe to the Stauffer-Flint lawn, where they hung and beat a small pinata which wore a sign reading "Hay Mas Tiempo Que Vido" which means "There is more than time to life."
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In its second year, Take Youth Professor to Lunch has already experienced a steady flow of participants this year.
Christie Appelhanz, assistant director to the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, considered the first year a success, with about 75 participants. This year, about 50 students have already participated, which is almost double in participation by December.
"We really have been pleased with the feedback were getting," Appelhanz said. "We've heard from students who say KU is a big place, and (Take Your Professor to Lunch) is a really good way to make it smaller."
The college first offered Take Your Professor to Lunch in
"It's really a simple concept," Appelhanz said. "The idea is that you have a certain type of a relationship inside the classroom. But if you take it out of the classroom, where it's less formal, it gives students the opportunity to expand that relationship to benefit them."
September 2007. The program aimed to foster student-faculty interactions by covering the cost of lunch for participating students and a professor of their choosing.
"You know them as a person rather than just a student in class, and that allows you to write a better recommendation." Professor Kozma said.
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Professor Kozma, who has been to lunch with two other students besides Gordy this year, said that she wished more students would take advantage of the program. She said that student-faculty interactions outside of class allowed her to get to know her students better, and therefore teach more to them, individually. Kozma added that the program would also help students with things such as letters of recommendation.
Take Your Professor to Lunch is open to any student majoring in a department or program in the college, including undecided stu-
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dents and pre-professional majors. The program is available throughout the academic year, and allows students to participate once per year.
Students may take any faculty member in the college to lunch in a group of up to three students. A date and time for the lunch should be arranged by the student and professor at least a week in advance before applying for the program. Approved students will receive a $15 meal voucher to cover the cost of the student and professor's meal. The vouchers can be used at The Underground, The Market, or The Crimson Cafe. The application form for the Take Your Professor to Lunch program is available at www.clas.ku.edu/outreach/lunch.
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Mandela has submitted her hair, which measure 8 feet 9 inches long, to the Guinness Book of World Records for the Longest Dreadlocks, the first entry in a new category.
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The Valero Nice N Easy, in upstate New York's Morrisville, offers free coffee to any police officer in uniform. Sgt. Steve Brody of the Morrisville State College University Police stopped daily to buy a newspaper and pick up a free cup of coffee.
Brody is now accused of taking about $30 worth of pastries over at least 17 separate occasions. Brody, 55, was ticketed for petit larceny.
Brody and his attorney declined to comment. Brody remains an employee at Morrisville; school officials say the case is a personnel matter and refused to further comment.
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Airport spokesman Phil Orlandella says the poodle evaded airport personnel for more than 17 hours and delayed at least eight flights.
About 15 state police, firefighters, operations personnel and even electricians chased Choochy late into the night, delaying flights for up 30 minutes.
The dog was treated for minor injuries at an animal hospital and returned to her family.
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Supporters' Web site offers 'Barack-o'-lantern' patterns
BY JESSE TRIMBLE
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Halloween's usual Jack-o-lantern faces are gleaming out with sneers and smiles from Lawrence porches, apartment complexes and small businesses. But one face this year is different.
Barack Obama's face, along with his campaign slogan "Yes We Can" and other familiar designs from campaign posters decorate pumpkins this year as Halloween is only three days from election day. Yeswecarve.com, a Web site not affiliated with the Obama campaign, displays photos of pumpkins featuring Obama-related themes. The candidate's supporters contributed the photos and stencils they used to make their own designs.
Gretchen Wieland, Sterling Ill., graduate, said she received a link to the site from a friend.
"The name is interesting in itself," Wieland said. "Yes we carve. So, I went on the site to check it out."
Wieland liked what she saw and decided to carve the horizon campaign symbol into her
"Barack-o'-lantern."
"There are so many examples of other pumpkins from people across the country that are supporting him," Wieland said.
Jonathan Earle, associate director of programming at the Dole Institute of Politics and professor of history, said of all the amazing election memorabilia from the past, he had never seen pumpkin carving.
"It's what the Obama campaign seems to have done that's new," Earle said. "It's encouraging supporters to go out there on their own and create viral messages."
Although the site wasn't sponsored by the Obama campaign, Earle said he thought the campaign probably encouraged it.
"It's encouraging people in your generation to participate in these things," he said.
Earle said he would personally carve a pumpkin with Vice President Dick Cheney on it.
Yeswecarve.com is free and visitors can download and print off stencils that others have submitted.
"What's the scarier than Dick Cheney?" he questioned.
Wieland will be working with the Kansas Democratic Party election night, but said she would light her pumpkin before setting off.
"Hopefully, I'll watch TV throughout the night and see an Obama victory, or in the morning if need be," she said.
Addy Ehling, Hutchinson graduate, said she also participated in the Obama pumpkin carving. She decided to carve the stencil titled "Obama ghost stencil" that spells out Obama with ghosts in place of the As.
Ehling said McCain supporters had said off-the-wall things about the site.
Ehling said that claim was silly because the pumpkin carving was creative, not malicious.
"Someone was saying it was weird people were using pumpkins," she said. "They were saying it was some kind of cult thing."
- Edited by Briun Scott
HALLOWEEN
Palin costumes popular among women this season
Stores see a boom in Palin-esque wigs and glasses
BY MICOLE ARONOWITZ
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Sarah Palin is proof that topical Halloween costumes never go out of style.
With the presidential election drawing near, many employees from costume stores in Lawrence have noticed a marked increase in sales of Palin-esque wigs and glasses.
"She is a character," Mihalevich said. "She is not just a normal person."
At buycostumes.com, an online costume retailer, those searching for a costume can find a variety
Amy Mihalevich, St. Louis senior, works at Sarah's Fabrics, 927 Massachusetts St., where there has been much interest in Palin wigs this week. The shop sells wigs modeled after the vice presidential candidate's signature hairstyle. Mihalevich said the look consisted of bangs in the front, half up, half down style, with brown hair and auburn highlights.
of accessories for a colorful Palin ensemble. The Web site features latex Palin masks, paper masks, a kit that includes a wig, glasses and a campaign button, and separately sold glasses and campaign buttons.
little time to order Palin items.
Karen Van Ert, director of marketing for buycostumes.com, said that in less than a week the store was sold out of its 200 Palin kits. It sold 4,000 paper Palin masks in a month and a half.
Kyle Billings, owner of Fun and Games, said the popularity of dressing as political candidates was a way for people to express either their like or disdain for the candidates. The sales for Palin
"It is fun for women to dress up as her because they can be creative with the look."
VamFrt said another feature of the site was the opportunity to vote with the purchase of a political candidate mask. She said since 2000, the poll had successfully predicted the next U.S. president.
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"It is fun for women to dress up as her because they can be creative with the look," he said. "She is definitely in the top ten."
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the constant coverage of the presidential race, it would seem that the political spirit would carry on over to Halloween. Billings said that aside from the interest in Palin costumes, this has been a slow political Halloween season.
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Congo government urged to end violence by U.N., U.S. Most fighting has stopped, but government still being criticized for pillaging and other crimes in the region
BY MICHELLE FAUL ASSOCIATED PRESS
GOMA, Congo — With a ceasefire appearing to halt most fighting, a rebel leader said Thursday he wanted direct talks with the Congo government on ending violence in the region, and envoys from the U.S. and U.N, were dispatched to help set up negotiations.
Sporadic gunfire could still be
heard Thursday night in Goma. the provincial capital of eastern Congo, but the city was calm for much of the day.
That was in sharp contrast to Wednesday, when tens of thousands of residents, refugees and government soldiers fled in a chaotic torrent ahead of advancing rebels. When the sun went down, drunk soldiers pillaged and raped in Goma, killing at least nine people in their homes, according to U.N. Radio Okiap.
"We want peace for people in the region," rebel leader Laurent Nkunda told The Associated Press by telephone after halting his advance on Goma and calling a unilateral cease-fire.
Nkunda also wanted to discuss his objections to a $9 billion-dollar deal that gives China access to vast mineral riches in exchange for a
railway and highway.
He also wants the urgent disarmament of a Rwandan Hutu militia that he says works with the government and preys on his minority Tutsi people.
Nkunda launched a low-level
"It's not acceptable for government soldiers to be fighting alongside genociders," Nkunda said. "We want peace for people in the region."
rebellion three years ago claiming Congo's transition to democracy had excluded the Tutsi. Despite agreeing in January to a U.N.-brokered cease-fire, he resumed fighting in August.
He alleges the Congolese government has not protected ethnic Tutsis from the Rwandan Hutu militia that escaped to Congo after helping slaughter half a million Rwandan Tutsis in 1994's genocide.
Congo has charged Nkunda himself with involvement in war crimes, and Human Rights Watch says it has documented summary executions, torture and rape committed by soldiers under Nkunda's command in 2002 and 2004.
Rights groups have also criticized government forces for atrocities and widespread looting in Congo.
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Getting ready for the big race After beating his goal and finishing fifth in the KC Marathon junior begins preparations to run in April's Boston Marathon
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA
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Robert Schmidt had run every day since April in preparation for his first marathon, the Kansas City Marathon. His goal was to finish the 26.2 miles in 2 hours 45 minutes and to qualify for the Boston Marathon.
With a time of 2 hours 39 minutes, Schmidt hit his goal.
"It was one of the best feelings in the world," he said.
Schmidt, Overland Park junior,
placed fifth at the annual Waddell
& Reed Kansas City Marathon on
Oct. 18. He ranked first among the
runners of his age group and is now
preparing for the Boston Marathon
— the world's oldest annual marathon — to be held in April.
Other KU students who ran the Kansas City Marathon and qualified for the Boston Marathon include Alex Rock, Lawrence senior, Andrew Henshaw, West Point, N.Y., senior, John McGreevy, Wichita sophomore, and Meredith Van Natta, Torrance, Calif., senior.
Schmidt participated in cross county while he was in high school. He said he had run a half marathon, but never experienced a full marathon until the Kansas City Marathon. Despite its length, he said the race was enjoyable.
"I felt tired afterwards, but at the
same time it was kind of energizing," schmidt said.
Schmidt's training for the Kansas City Marathon consisted of running in Lawrence. He said he set a weekly mileage goal — 100 miles during the summer and 75 to 85 miles during the school year — to motivate himself,
Stephan Thrun, Fairway sophomore and Schmidt's friend, said that Schmidt was usually busy
studying, practicing for marching band and training for the marathon, but that they occasionally found time to jog together.
"He's dedicated to what he does." Thrun said.
Annie LeCluyse, Phoenix,
Ariz., junior, met Schmidt through
Marching Jayhawks. She said she
was impressed by his discipline,
personality and leadership skills.
players.
"I heard that the Kansas City Marathon is much hillier, so I think (the Boston Marathon) should be easier for me."
Along with his passion for running, Schmidt is pursuing a double major in French and exercise science. He's a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and the Marching Jayhawks.
"He's very knowledgeable about sports and gives me good advice?"
"He has a great attitude on life," LeCluysse said. "He's very laid back and easy going. He goes with the flow."
Schmidt has played the trombone since he was in high school. In the Marching layhawks, Schmidt is a section leader for trombone
Schmidt also belongs to the pep band and performed in San
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Boston Marathon was to finish the race in 2 hours 36 minutes or faster. But Schmidt said he expected the Boston Marathon course to be less difficult than Kansas City's.
Schmidt said the preparation for the marathon taught him to set goals and manage his time well.
"I heard that the Kansas City Marathon is much hillier, so I think it should be easier for me." Schmidt said.
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Overland Park junior Robert Schmidt runs through Lawrence to stay in shape for competition in the Boston Marathon on April 20. Schmidt took fifth place in the Kansas City marathon with a time of 2 hours 39 minutes on Oct. 18.
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Thousands of Kansans register to vote just before cutoff date Number of eligible voters in the state shot up from 1.67 million to 1.73 million in five weeks before application deadline
BY JOHN HANNA ASSOCIATED PRESS
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additional Kansans registered to vote during the five weeks before the deadline and officials and activists believe the presidential
race spurred the record numbers.
"There's definitely a surge of interest." Mary Kay Culp, executive director of Kansans for Life, an
anti-abortion group long active in state politics, said Thursday. "The national election accounts for it. There's just interest everywhere, in general, in voting."
Thornburgh said an incomplete tally of the state's 105 counties at the end of last week showed 1.73 million registered voters, compared to almost 1.67 million on Sept. 15.
The registration deadline was Oct. 20, and Thornburgh's office plans to release final figures today.
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plans to reevaluate rules today. Kansas also has seen interest in advance voting.
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BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER
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Black high heels click across the floor of the Kansas Union ballroom on legs dressed in tights with holes on the upper thighs.
Matching black underwear and
corset complete the outfit, worn by
Paul Lyon, Lawrence senior.
Lyon was dressed in drag for the annual Student Union Activities "Rocky Horror Picture Show" event. The night included a costume contest, dance-off for the "time-warp," prop packs, a trivia contest and prizes.
The show's attendees came dressed as characters in low-cut tops, feather boas and jackets covered in sequins.
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Stephanie Patyk, Wichita senior and member of SUA, said the idea was to be as outrageous as possible without going too far. In the past, men stood on chairs in full drag, including high heels, and one man arrived wearing nothing but a trench coat and a sock.
Joe Day, Derby junior and cochairman of the films committee, said the movie helped attract fans who weren't as likely to attend other SUA events and were looking for fun that wasn't politically correct.
"As long as you can't get arrested for what you're wearing." Patyk said.
For the costume contest, Day said it wasn't just about looking the part; the winner had to act the part as well. He said it was interesting to see regular people dressed in clothing they would never consider wearing on an average day.
SUA members bought prizes for the costume contest and dance-off at the adult novelty store Cirilla's. The prizes included candy underwear and a vibrator called "The Rabbit."
During the movie, audience members traditionally heckle and throw items from the prop pack at the screen.
The SUA packs included rice for a wedding scene, a squirt gun for a rain scene, rubber gloves for a lab scene and toast for a scene in which Dr. Frank-N-Furter makes a toast.
Kellen Bolt, Iola freshman, attended the event. His first "Rocky Horror Picture Show" experience was one he organized with a group of friends. One of his friends had been to a show and helped the group learn all of the traditions.
Bolt dressed as Rocky for the SUA event. Rocky costumes traditionally consist of a curly black wig, gold underwear and gold boxer boots. Bolt said he worked for about 15 minutes every day this week to stretch white spandex and spray paint it gold.
Although Bolt couldn't find gold boxer boots, he borrowed a friend's shoes, Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars, to complete the look.
Melissa Johnson, Joliet, Ill.,
junior, started attending "Rocky
Horror Picture Shows" as a junior
in high school and has been to
about 50 shows since then.
Nancy Keller puts on red lipstick and David Hancock chooses a wig to wear at the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" screening at the Kansas Union on Thursday night. The screening was put on by Student Union Activities and was open to the public.
Johnson said she first watched the film with a group of friends on Halloween after seeing a costume from the film at a costume shop. She said the group was completely stunned, but addicted.
Johnson said her favorite part of
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"It's the only time in your life where you're going to get to shout in the theater and they're not going
to kick you out," Johnson said.
INTERNATIONAL
Taliban kills five in insurgency attack in Kabul
Edited by Arthur Hur
BY AMIR SHAH
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban fighters stormed the Ministry of Culture in the heart of Kabul Thursday, killing five people in an attack the president said aimed at derailing the government's new effort to draw militants into a peace process and end a seven-year insurgency.
The fighters shot their way inside the building, where one of the militants blew himself up, a police guard wounded in the blast said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and gave a similar account.
"Our enemies are trying to undermine the recent efforts by the government for a peaceful solution to end the violence," U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai said in a terse statement.
The Taliban's former ambassador to Pakistan said the two sides
The attack came three days after senior Afghan and Pakistani officials decided at a meeting held in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, to reach out to the Taliban militants to propose talks on ending the insurgency. The meeting was part of a process initiated by President Bush and his Afghan and Pakistani counterparts in 2006.
"There were three people. They were running. They opened fire on our guard first and then they entered" the building, Mohammad told The Associated Press from his
recently had contacts in Saudi Arabia. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the incoming head of the U.S. Central Command, Gen. David Petraeus, have both endorsed efforts.
While the Taliban regularly use suicide attacks against Afghan and foreign forces around the country, they rarely strike in Kabul.
Karzai's remarks suggested that elements of Taliban are seeking to sabotage the nascent efforts for reconciliation. But the attack is not likely to derail the overture because after years of unsuccessfully trying to repress the Taliban by force with the help of U.S. and NATO troops, the government has concluded talks are the only way out of the conflict. The Taliban has proved resilient, emerging with new force this year to challenge the government.
Amir Mohammad, a police guard who was wounded in Thursday's attack, said three assailants opened fire on police guards outside the Ministry of Information and Culture before entering its cavernous hall where one of them blew himself up.
hospital bed in Kabul.
The force of the blast flung Mohammed onto the street, where he lay unconscious among shattered glass and pools of blood.
Five people were killed in the attack, including a policeman, three ministry employees and a civilian, the Interior Ministry said.
An additional 21 were wounded, said Abdul Fahim, the spokesman for the Health Ministry, which supervisees the hospitals where the injured were taken.
The culture ministry was a pointed target. Before the U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban in late 2001 for sheltering Osama bin Laden, the regime banned art, music and television, vandalized the National Museum of Afghanistan and destroyed artwork or statues deemed idolatrous or anti-Muslim. Taliban fighters also blew up two giant statues of Buddha, cultural treasures that had graced the Silk Road town of Bamiyan for 1,500 years.
The ministry is in the center of the city, at a busy intersection lined with shops. One of the side walls of the building collapsed, while glass littered the roads nearby and office equipment was scattered over the area. The light-blue metal gates in the ministry entrance were twisted from being flung open.
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Four police were killed Thursday in Panjwai district of Kandahar province when their patrol vehicle struck a newly planted mine, said Zulmai Ayubi, the provincial governor's spokesman. He blamed the Taliban for the attack.
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Zabullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said three militants stormed the building by throwing hand grenades at the guards at the main gate. A man named Naqijullah from the eastern Khost province carried out the suicide attack. Mujahid told the AP. The other two men fled, he said.
Abdul Rahim, a witness, said he first heard machine gun shots and saw a policeman lying on the ground and then saw the explosion that rocked the building.
Ministry workers were helped out of the building by security personnel. Ambulances carried the wounded to hospitals.
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CHICAGO — The convicted felon suspected in the slayings of actress-singer lennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew told police he is innocent but balked at taking a lie-detector test, a police official said.
William Balfour, the 27-year-old stepfather of Hudson's nephew and estranged husband of her sister, told detectives he had a good relationship with the Hudson family, the police official said Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
When detectives asked Balfour to take the polygraph test, he stopped cooperating and refused to take the test, said the official, who is familiar with the investigation.
Balfour has been at the center of the investigation since shortly after the bodies of Hudson's mother, 57-year-old Darnell Donerson, and brother, 29-year-old Jason Hudson, were found Friday inside their home on Chicago's South Side. The
body of Balfour's stepson, 7-yearold Julian King, was discovered Monday in an SUV on the city's West Side. All three had been shot.
Meanwhile, a funeral home announced Thursday that services for Hudson's mother, brother and nephew will be held on Monday morning. The service at Apostolic Church of God on Chicago's South Side will be closed to the public.
Balfour had not been charged as of Thursday. Investigators were still gathering evidence and following up on leads, the official said. However, the official said police do not believe anyone else was involved in the killings.
It is possible that someone else drove the SUV with the boy's body inside and parked it on the West Side, the official said, but Balfour is "the only suspect in the killings (and there is) nothing to link a second individual" to them.
A police spokeswoman declined to comment on the official's statements.
Balfour's mother, Michele Balfour, has said Hudson's mother kicked Balfour out of the family
home last winter. She denied her son had anything to do with the killings.
It was unclear whether Balfour had an attorney.
On Wednesday, police found a gun in a vacant lot around the corner from where the SUV was parked.
"There was also some small bits of evidence recovered," Deputy Chief Nicholas Roti said. He did not elaborate and declined to take questions.
The gun, discovered in thick shrubs, was sent to the Illinois State Police crime lab for testing, Roti said.
Records show that Balfour was arrested with cocaine in his car in June, but authorities declined to return him to prison on a parole violation.
Corrections Department spokesman Derek Schnack said officials who reviewed the cocaine-possession case against Balfour determined "the evidence that was presented during that time wouldn't have necessarily warranted a violation."
Reiner, the wife of actor-director Carl Reiner and mother of actor-director Rob Reiner, died Saturday of old age at her home in Beverly Hills, her nephew George Shapiro said.
roles, Reiner was a painter and late in life became a jazz singer. During the Vietnam War, she was one of the organizers of the group Another Mother For Peace.
In "When Harry Met Sally," Ryan and Billy Crystal are sitting in a restaurant, arguing over whether women can realistically fake orgasms when Ryan demonstrates that they can.
Reiner was 65 when she began a career as a jazz singer. Over the next 28 years, she recorded seven albums and performed in clubs in New York and Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES — Estelle Reiner, who uttered the famous line,"I'll have what she's having," after watching Meg Ryan fake an orgasm in the movie "When Harry Met Sally,"has died. She was 94.
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After her vocal display, Reiner, seated at another table, quickly says, "I'll have what she's having."
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Move the items on your schedule around so you can have more time for fun. You're especially lucky now. Try out a few of your favorite games.
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Todays is a 7
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An expert can teach you an easier way to achieve your intended results. You don't have to reinvent the wheel.
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Today is a 6
Entertaining at home looks like your best weekend option.
You have a few chores that have been stacking up. Maybe your friends will help _stranger things have happened.
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Today is a 7
Study the situation again from a different angle. If you're working on a painting, turn it upside down. You'll be amazed at what you discover.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 9
Today is a 9
Money's pouring into your pockets. If that's not happening, shift a few things around so it will. For example, get a better job.
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Today is an 8
Hold off on travel, even the little doing-errands kind. Take care of cleaning up old messes instead. This weekend will be much better for running around town and country.
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Today is a 7
Definitely attend a social gathering tonight. All the surprises will be happy ones, including the tricks you play on others.
There's a crack in the glass ceiling that's been in between you and your loftiest goals. Push against it now and you're likely to break through. Watch out for the shards. No, just kidding. There won't be any. The glass is imaginary.
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Re-elect Moore for U.S.representative
United States
Representative, District 3
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan.) has won as a Democrat in the conservative 3rd district two years since 1998. His political triumphs include victories against ultra-conservatives such as Phill Kline and Kris Kobach.
Now he has a new challenge. Moore must beat Nick Jordan, a moderate Republican state senator, with many of the same promises for bipartisanship as Moore.
But Jordan hasn't proved he'll stay that moderate as a congressman yet. Moore has.
Moore
He's a candidate who's voted across party lines consistently during the last 10 years. People
M. KENNEDY
like Moore in Congress are more important than ever at this time when bipartisanship is needed to fix the alling economy. Moore deserves re-election.
He has solidified his reputation as someone who votes issue by issue rather than worrying about his party.
Moore has also
showed he would act on finding alternative energy sources and would try to cut down on America's dependence on foreign oil by supporting the Energy Independence and Security Act in 2007.
cuts. For someone who on his own Web site stresses the importance of math education for the youth, his ideas don't add up. Tax
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Jordan is running on a platform in which he promises to shake up Washington. But his plans are flawed. He wants to bring down debt and has criticized Moore for being part of a Congress that has compiled massive deficits.
cuts and debt go hand in hand.
Yet Jordan still promises tax
He's also criticized Moore for voting to approve the rescue plan, but economists have said the economy would be worse off if Congress turned down the plan.
Flawed promises and undeserved criticism
show a lack of experience. Jordan is a respectable candidate, but Moore has proven himself.
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PAUL ARMSTRONG
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"All human knowledge is tainted with an 'ideological' taint. It pretends to be more true than it is. It is finite knowledge, gained from a particular perspective; but it pretends to be final and ultimate knowledge."
MAX RINKEL
WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE PLAN FOR THE ECONOMY! STARTING IN JANUARY!
IT'S THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO HELP PRIVATE INDUSTRY OUT IN TIMES OF CRISIS!
THE LAST THING THIS COUNTRY NEEDS RIGHT NOW IS ECONOMIC SOCIALISM!
Um, I just worried a word about my mortgage? hello? guyao?
Reinhold Niebuhr
It's a demoralizing time to be a Republican. The nomination of Sarah Palin has split the party's ideological wing from its moderate pragmatists. Adherents of the former comprise an ideological school that came of age during the Reagan administration. Elevated by Reagan's rise and vindicated by his successes, they brought the concentrated support of their movement behind George W. Bush, and their efforts brought him to power.
Today, they resist the disconcerting implications of Bush's failures. Their reaction to the manifest failures of their ideology during the Bush years has been to demand ever stricter conformity with conservative doctrine.
Indeed, history carries stern lessons about political systems riven by such ideological hackery. It was similar ideological devotion that animated irreligious European intellectuals throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, and the history books are replete with chronicles of
The nomination of Palin is their coup, and their aim is to ensure the preeminence within GOP ranks of their ideology, an increasingly rigid canon, which fails to distinguish the present from 1981 and Barack Obama's policies from unfettered socialism.
warring movements and nationalisms, failed governments and other murderous consequences of that period.
This tendency of conservative elites to ideological purity is troubling not only because it portends political oblivion for the GOP in the short-term, but also because it runs counter to the political flexibility and governing pragmatism that philosopher Edmund Burke hailed as essential components of stable governments.
The free market is their gospel, and Reagan is their messiah, and anything less is socialism.
Customarily in America, it is left to liberals, leftists and godless intellectuals to make functional religions of their political ideologies, but now, conservatives too exhibit such tendencies.
Observe Fox News commentator Sean Hannity systematically dividing each of his callers and television guests into monolithic blocks of conservative true believers and unconverted liberals. Visit the Web site of the Heritage Foundation, a renowned conservative think tank, where a large banner asks with apparent seriousness, "What would Reagan do?"
Religion is by nature a dogmatic, uncompromising pursuit. Politics ought to be a pragmatic, flexible one. This important distinction goes back to Alexis of Tocqueville.
To de Tocqueville, the importance of religion in American life is that it acts as a check on the seductive ideologies to which human nature is naturally drawn. It trumps politics, relegating it to lesser realms where moderation and compromise are apt to prevail. By contrast, when the impassioned, uncompromising character of religious disputes is applied to politics, the result is factionalism, division, conflict and the obstruction of good governance.
When conservative political elites elevate ideology to the place of religion, it should raise red flags for moral reasons, if not strategic ones.
If far too few red flags are being raised, perhaps a well-deserved electoral landslide defeat early next week will do the trick.
Armstrong is a Dallas senior in business.
If we lose the T, could we lose Park and Ride?
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Every morning a bus waits outside of my apartment complex at 31st and Iowa. I am thankful for the bus system because it saves me from purchasing a parking pass I would need to drive on campus. If it weren't for KU on Wheels, a majority of students would have difficulty getting to and from classes every day. KU on Wheels provides a much-needed public service to students, as does the Transit System to the city of Lawrence. However, the future of the Lawrence Transit System is in danger.
Park and Ride receives some of its funding from federal dollars provided to the city of Lawrence. If the city has no bus system, it would receive no federal funding, and Park and Ride would lose its federal dollars as well.
The fate of the Lawrence Transit System hinges on two propositions. If a sales tax increase on the Nov. 4 ballot does not pass, the Transit System will not exist.
Students might think that because they may not use the T, the propositions on the ballot may not affect them. But KU on Wheels will be affected by the outcome of the vote, too.
more money at the gas pump and decreases the amount of carbon waste produced by vehicles. The Transit System provides an average of 1,600 rides each day, according to the Lawrence Transit Web site, and in 2006, ridership increased by 8.6 percent.
The T saves people from losing
People who rely most on the T are those with disabilities that do not allow them to operate a vehicle. Others may need to rely on the system based on age or financial hardship. People who may not be able to afford a car use the T as their only mode of transportation.
Likewise, those seeking employment can use the T to search for a job. Without the T, those with disabilities or financial hardships will face even greater challenges.
Also, students can ride both KU buses and T buses for free. T buses operate from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the week and also on the weekends. Students without vehicles in the University may rely on both KU buses and the T buses for transportation around Lawrence. Without the T, students must find another form of transportation on the weekends and after 6 p.m. during the week.
I am lucky to be provided transportation to and from campus each day, as I am sure many of you are, too. Remember other people in the Lawrence community who may also rely on public transportation when you go to the polls Nov. 4.
The T is a public service like the fire and police departments. No one would question raising taxes to protect our streets, so why not be just as willing to provide the public service of transportation?
Brown is a Wichita sophomore in journalism and political science.
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Kristen Freese has political flair, but when she sees others wearing the same black and white piece of fabric, she isn't annoyed. She made it.
Freese, Glasgow, Mo., graduate student, is the creator of "Obandas," bandanas promoting Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.
"Buttons and stickers kind of come and go," she said. "This way, you can be showing your support without being outlandish."
Freese, whose bandanas display the words "Vote for change," said she began selling the bandanas in
May 2008, before Obama was officially nominated and had adopted the slogan. She got the idea from similar anti-Bush bandanas she saw at a festival. She said it was primarily a business endeavor, but wouldn't have happened without the interest she had in the elections.
"Times are different now. We are getting further away from our evil past of separation and of segregation," she said. "I've gotta do this."
Although she had donated to the campaign in the past, she said her fund-raising efforts were meant to cover the overhead costs of the project and to pay for graduate school.
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"I love my Obanda," said Whit Bones, Tulsa, Okla., senior. Bones uses his to cover his face from sawdust and other debris during his sculpting classes.
"This is the first time in my voting life that I could actually get behind a candidate. He has really united a generation," he said.
Keith Campbell, deputy county clerk in charge of elections in Lawrence, said the office broke a new record this week for daily impersonal ballots received, and had already surpassed the number of early ballots submitted in 2004. He said many of the voters were students, sometimes coming in big groups or with their athletic teams.
"Capital gains don't resonate with college-aged kids," said Jonathan Earle, assistant director at the Dole Institute of Politics. "There has always been something about Obama striking a chord with younger people. He represents change. Students can make their own campaign."
Freese has sold about 350 bandanas so far, some of which were given away for promotion. She admitted the general undertaking had not been easy.
"I second-guessed myself at first," she said, referencing start-up costs and the initial ridicule she had received from some. Finding time for the business in the midst of school and work was also a big investment for a "small-time gig," she said. She's spent sleepless nights talking with tech support for her Web site, www.obandas.com.
Freese sold the bandanas at Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival, summer kickball games and even the Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans. Some of the festivals performers, including Erykah Badu, unexpectedly wore the bandanas during their performances. The bandana funds paid for that trip.
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graduate, said he saw Freese sporting a bandana while riding her bike and decided to buy one four months ago. He wears his on his backpack.
"It was the most exhilarating experience. I will never forget it," she said.
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"It's been a small success — the experience already has been, the financial parts we'll see about."
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This weekend's Sunflower Showdown will feature two of the most extraordinary quarterbacks to ever suit up for the Jayhawks and the Wildcats. In the Jayhawks' corner, you have Todd Reesing, and for the Wildcats, you have Iosh Freeman.
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On the field, these guys look a lot different running their respective teams' offenses. Reesing's play is best described by Spencer Hall of the popular college football blog "Every Day Should Be Saturday." After the Orange Bowl, Hall said that Reesing looked like "the world's most badass high school QB playing at the college level."
Reesing, the little guy listed at 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds, has his Orange Bowl ring and is in the process of rewriting Kansas' passing records. Freeman, listed at 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds, may be the best NFL quarterback prospect at Kansas State since AFC champion and longtime Patriots veteran Steve Grogan played at K-State more than three decades ago.
Freeman, who has the size of an NFL defensive end, is a dual threat to opposing teams and can run the ball at will. At the moment, Freeman has 13 rushing touchdowns to go along with 15 bombs through the air.
But off the field, these guys are something else, too. Reesing, a double major in economics and finance, is a straight A student likely headed to graduate school when he's done being the Jayhawks' gunslinger. Without a helmet and shoulder pads, you might not even be able to tell that Reesing is the starting quarterback for Kansas. Early this year, Lawrence Journal-World reporter Robert Riley didn't even recognize Reesing when working on an "On the Street" feature.
Standing over half a foot taller than Reeing, there's no mistaking Freeman. But what you may not know is that Freeman can tell a good story. When Freeman's not in class or studying game film of Peyton Manning or Tom Brady, he moonlights as a columnist for Sporting News Today. In his columns he's written about everything from spending his fall break talking to the media after a tough loss to his pet python Corby. In one column, he talks about feeding Corby rabbits and how his roommates don't like him keeping the snake in their living room.
Tomorrow's game marks the 106th meeting between Kansas and Kansas State. In the past, the Jayhawks have seen the likes of quarterbacks Bobby Douglass, John Haddl and Nolan Cromwell, The Wildcats have had Grogan, Lynn Dickey and Michael Bishop at the helm of its offense. Taking a look back into the history books, it's been a long time since both teams have had quarterbacks as good as they do now at the same time.
In 1968, Dickey and Douglass squared off in Manhattan. The Jayhawks won 38-29. Douglass went on to earn All-American honors and lead his team to the Orange Bowl. Dickey went on to set Kansas State passing records and was named the all-time greatest quarterback in the Big Eight conference by the Associated Press.
Forty years later, the game of football has changed quite a bit. The spread offense has turned the gridiron into what now seems more like the game of basketball with cleats. This new style of football has allowed Freeman to set the all-time Kansas State records for passing yards and touchdowns. Reesing has already broken the Kansas record for touchdowns and could break the record for yards if he gets 244 yards this weekend. With that, this year's Sunflower Showdown will be all about Freeman and Reesing.
Rivals talk trash,set to clash
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
A clock in the Kansas State training facility normally counts down the hours until the Wildcats' next game. But during the summer, instead of counting down to the teams' season opener against North Texas, the clock was set to count down to Saturday's Sunflower Showdown with Kansas.
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"Well, I'm glad they know when they're playing us," running back Jake Sharp said when told of the clock.
Saturday's 11:40 matchup is a must-win game for the Jayhawks. With tough games remaining at Nebraska and against Missouri and No. 1 Texas, the K-State game appears to be the most winable game remaining on the schedule. And still needing a victory to become bowl eligible, players know they can't lose a third straight game.
"This game is huge," said linebacker Mike Rivera. "This is the biggest game for us this year. It's a must-win. We have to dig deep and give it everything we have and leave it all out on the field."
While Kansas has praised Kansas State and quarterback Josh Freeman, the Wildcats have been busy guaranteeing touchdowns and talking trash. Punt returner Deon Murphy told reporters on Monday that he was "going to take one to the crib" during one of his punt or kick returns and later said that the Kansas coaching staff "will wish
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Junior running back Jake Sharp cuts his way through defenders during Saturday's game against Texas Tech. The Jayhawks and Wildcats will renew their rivalry tomorrow at Memorial Stadium.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Jayhawks look to avoid close losses this season
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BY JAYSON JENKS
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At the end of last season, though, she mixed it up. With the Jayhawks fresh off an 11th-place finish in the Big 12 Conference, Henrickson insisted her players join in watching the tournament selection show.
Each year come NCAA tournament time, coach Bonnie Henrickson and her assistants gather around a TV, brackets in hand, and watch as teams are slotted into the 64 team field.
"One, we really weren't sure they understood how the whole thing worked anyway, so it was probably an education session as much as anything," Henrickson said. "But also, they looked at teams that we beat or lost to in one-possession games getting in."
In conference play, the Jayhawks lost six of their 12 games by single digit margins and three games by six points or less. While those numbers may not scream close, heartbreaking losses, Kansas often
was a possession or basket away from pulling out a victory.
"Now, I know you're saying, 'Well, what do you mean close, you finished 11th?' Henrickson said. "We were that close. You're talking about consistency from media time out to media time out, from half to half and game to game.
And that was Henrickson's clear and simple message behind watching the NCAA tournament selection show for the WNIT-bound Jayhawks: We're close.
More than any improvements needed in quantitative fields, the layhawks must first learn to finish games. And it's something each player listed as an area in need of improvement at Kansas' media day.
"And then, having the discipline and toughness to finish a game and getting a stop or finding a way to score."
FORT WORTH
Part of the problem, sophomore Nicollette Smith said, dealt with Kansas'
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Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson makes her way to center court after Kansas's 82-62 loss to Oklahoma State last season. Henrickson wants her team to know that close losses last year likely kept the Jayhawks out of the NCAA tournament.
VOLLEYBALL
Jayhawks beat Tigers, head for the Wildcats
BY JOSH BOWE ibowe@kansan.com
While many of Kansas' players — and fans for that matter — might still be trying to catch their breath after the Jayhawks exhaling victory on Wednesday night, "Rivalry Week" continues for Kansas.
Kansas travels west to Manhattan
Saturday to face an in-state rival Kansas State at 7 p.m. While Coach Ray Bechard was understandably looking at the positives of Wednesday's five-set victory against Missouri, there were definitely some negatives.
"We're going to look at some things in sets two and three that kept us from closing the match out earlier," Bechard said. "We'll get ready to go."
Beachard specifically pointed out the hitting errors. In set three Kansas had 13 errors compared to 11 kills. If that sounds ugly enough, the percentage equates to -053. There are no teams that can win a set with that type of play, so Kansas will have to look to avoiding those sets against a far superior K-State, K-State has risen to No. 16 in the national polls and still sits in third place in the Big 12.
However, Oklahoma shocked No. 3 Texas at home Wednesday night, which
dented the Longhorns' lead of second place over the Wildcats to one match. With that extra incentive for K-State, Kansas will have to play a cleaner match Saturday night.
"There was definitely a different sense of urgency," sophomore outside bitter Jenna Kaiser said of sets two and three. "We came out in the first set intense and then somehow it kind of got lost in between."
But what was noticeably better about
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Don't get too confident: While Wednesday night's victory was exciting and a potential season saver, Kansas can't let that get to its head. Kansas State is a far more talented team that is ranked nationally for a reason. The Jayhawks must stay grounded even though after Missouri they could be a few feet up in the air.
But still believe: There's a difference in confidence and overconfidence. Kansas played Kansas State to a five set match in Lawrence earlier in October. The Jayhawks still need to have the confidence that they can compete. Especially after Oklahoma shocked Texas in Austin and Colorado stunned Nebraska in Boulder on Wednesday. Those two matches prove anyone can beat anyone in the Big 12.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Kansas: Jenna Kaiser
Kansas: Jenna Kaiser The sophomore outside hitter displayed a clutch performance against Missouri and complimented fellow sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlington. But Kaiser has always followed a great match with a less than stellar one. If Kaiser can buck the trend, Kansas could create a little magic in Manhattan.
Kansas State: Natalya Korobkova The junior outside hitter from Russia torched the Jayhawks for a season high 20 kills. Potential All-American Rita Lilim and her impressive 4.12 kills per set can be credited to Korobkova's production and easing the pressure on Lilim. If Korobkova gets 20 kills in Manhattan, Kansas could be in for a world of problems.
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Members of the volleyball team celebrate after a point during the fourth match, which Kansas won, sending the game to a fifth and final match. The team plays in-state rival, No.16 Kansas State, Saturday.
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quote of the day
"I truly believe that I'm the best quarterback in the conference."
Josh Freeman, at Big 12 Media Day this summer in Kansas City
fact of the day
trivia of the day
Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman has 39 career touchdown passes and 31 interceptions.
Q: What quarterback leads the country with a completion percentage of 81.8 percent?
A: Texas' Colt McCoy, McCoy has also thrown 21 touchdowns.
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Tennis: Florida State Invitational,
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Saturday
Football: Kansas State, 11:30 a.m. (Lawrence)
Swimming: Missouri, 2 p.m. (Columbia, Mo.)
Volleyball: Kansas State, 7 p.m. (Manhattan)
Cross Country: Big 12 Championships (Ames, Iowa)
Tennis: Florida State Invitational, All Day (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Sunday
**Women's Basketball:** Fort Hays State, 2 p.m. (Lawrence)
**Rowing:** Frostbite Regatta, all day (Wichita)
**Tennis:** Florida State Invitational, all day (Tabassee, Fla.)
CRIME
Six charged with hazing at a football camp
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Six youths were charged with conspiracy and other crimes stemming from a hazing case at a high school football camp in which young players were allegedly sodomized with broodstorms.
District Attorney Henry Valdez announced the Children's Court charges Wednesday and said he would decide within 10 days whether to seek adult sanctions against the youths.
The charges stem from allegations of sexual assault on younger players by older players at the Robertson High School camp Aug. 11-14. A state police report said younger players were told to "take it like a man" and that their attackers ignored their pleas to stop.
One football player was expelled and five others were suspended from school for the rest of the year. Those six were never publicly identified and it was not clear if they were the same six youths charged Wednesday.
KU starting safety discusses favorite thrillers
BY TAYLOR BERN
tbern@kansan.com
Hello, Darrell Stuckey. I want to play a game.
On this least holy of holidays, I want to find out if Kansas football's nicest player likes horror movies.
"I love the Saw series," he said.
"All five of them were good."
That's right, the layhawks' starting safety and all-humanitarian was chomping at the bit for last week's release of Jigsaw's revenge part five. That's a twist worthy of a good M. Night Shyamalan movie, a feat unaccomplished since he became M. Night Shamillionaire.
I'm not saying that nice guys can't enjoy a good murder every now and then, but at least give me
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“It’s not really a scary movie, it’s more of a thriller.” Stuckey said, “You don't leave there scared, you leave there thinking. 'Oh my goodness, I can't believe somebody could think of that stuff.'”
a reason.
I never realized that jigsaw was a thinking-man's killer. Wait, I guess that title doesn't really work for this titan of torture.
"He's not killing them," Stuckey said. "That's pretty creative, how he can think of ways to make people kill themselves or sacrifice themselves."
Apparently Jigsaw has many layers, kind of like an onion or an ore.
The Saw franchise, a Halloween tradition since 2004, started with a clever little flick that was filmed in 18 days. The film's popularity grew tenfold with the murder of Danny Glover, who finally got his come-ups for makin "Gone Fishin"
As Stuckey points out, this
series doesn't fall in line with the traditional cinema slashers, because the bad guy isn't doing the slashing. He's just a creepy, old pseudo vigilante with cancer. Think Bruce Wayne in 50 years with a sudden blood thirst.
Stuckey said he really enjoys the irony of the situations that Jigsaw puts his victims in. People who tried to commit suicide now fight for their lives or a hateful father murders when saving a life would end his nightmare.
Really, it makes sense. What football player doesn't like violence?
My surprise was more that Stuckey could find some highway we do it. We don't do it for revenge, we do it for correction and rehabilitation $ ^{109} $
THE MORNING BREW
Obviously I wasn't searching deep enough for Jigsaw's purpose, so Stuckey straightened me out with a life lesson from "Saw III."
"He got mad at one of his successors for killing people just to kill people," Stuckey said. "He said, 'That's not jigsaw, that's not the
Rehab with chains, barbed wire and the creepiest doll to ever ride a tricycle. Happy Halloween.
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
"Saw V" director David Hackl is already signed on for "Saw VI," which will continue the succession of Halloween releases next year. That's an amazing feat considering Jigsaw SPOILER ALERT — died in "Saw III."
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
Stuckey endorsed "Saw V" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. He said it resembled "Saw IV" with a plot that ties in all of its predecessors.
"Topac [died] too, but he still makes music." Stuckey said.
Stuckey has inadvertently solved America's greatest mystery. Tupac is alive and he's continuing Jigsaw's work.
— Edited by Arthur Hur
PGA
Price, Eger tied on top at Charles Schwab Cup
You can't catch me
SONOMA, Calif. — Nick Price made a 25-foot putt on the 18th hole to pull even with David Eger at 6-under 66 atop the leaderboard Thursday in the opening round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
Battling intermittent rains that are expected to get a whole lot worse on the weekend, Price and Eger took a one-stroke lead over Mike Goodes in the Champions Tour's season-ending event. Tom Kite, who played a bogey-free round along with Price, and Andy Bean are two shots back in the $2.5 million tournament, which also decides the tour's season-long Schwab Cup points competition.
"Given the forecast, I guess this was the round to get your good score in," said Eger, who sneaked into the field of the tour's top 29 players after an inconsistent season
Price also is out of contention for the Schwab Cup and its $1 million annuity after playing just a part-time Champions Tour schedule.
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Dan Erwin, left, Naperville, Ill., freshman, breaks away from Mike Schmidt, Evergreen Park, Ill., senior, during a tackle football game Thursday afternoon. Members of Delta Tau Delta organized the game to take advantage of the sunny weather and stay in shape.
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SOCCER
AC Milan looks to sign David Beckham in loan
MILAN, Italy — AC Milan is close to signing David Beckham in a loan deal that would allow the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder and former England captain to play in italy for a few months starting in January.
With the Major League Soccer season nearly over, Beckham is eager to join another club in Europe so he can remain in shape and keep his place on England's team for World Cup qualifying. England coach Fabio Capello has said he will not pick players who are not active.
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For the 17th time in the last 18 years, Kansas is ranked in the preseason USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches' Poll.
The defending national champions are ranked No.23 in the poll. Since the poll began in 1989, the Jayhawks have been unranked only three times. Their average starting position in the poll is seventh. Only two other Big 12 teams are ranked in the preseason poll — Texas at No.8 and Oklahoma at No.14. Baylor, Texas A&M and Oklahoma State also received votes.
North Carolina, which lost to Kansas in the Final Four last season, was a unanimous choice for No. 1. The Tar Heels return all their starters from last year's team, as opposed to the Jayhawks who return none. Connecticut, Louisville, UCLA and Duke round out the top five.
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll
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2. Connecticut
3. Louisville
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5. Duke
6. Pittsburgh
7. Michigan State
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22. (tie) Wisconsin
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Rams to honor former coach Vermeil Sunday
ST. LOUIS — It's no coincidence the St. Louis Rams will add Dick Vermeil to their stadium Ring of Honor on the quarterback who helped Vermeil win the franchise's lone Super Bowl also is in town.
Vermeil coached the Rams' 23-16 victory over the Tennessee Titans after the 1999 season, clinched by Kurt Warner's touchdown pass to Isaac Bruce. The coach will be honored at half-time of St. Louis' game against the Cardinals, whose offense is led by Warner.
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Vermeil picked the Cardinals game to be honored because he wanted Warner, who won two NFL MVPs with the Rams, to be there. That means a lot to Warner.
"One of the greatest years of my life was that year with Coach Vermeil, and winning the Super Bowl," Warner said. "I just can't say enough about him."
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Royals trade pitcher for Marlins infielder Kansas City gives up reliever Nunez gets first baseman Jacobs in return
BY TRAVIS REED ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI — The Florida Marlins traded power-hitting first baseman Mike Jacobs on Thursday to the Kansas City Royals for relief pitcher Leo Nunez.
The Marlins were shopping Jacobs because he was due a big raise in arbitration, and they have plenty of options at first base. In exchange, they got a right-hander who throws in the mid-90s.
"We are trading, from an area of depth to an area we wanted to create more depth in," said Larry Beinfest, Marlins president of baseball operations.
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A judge denied his request to attend arraignment through videoconference
BY LARRY O'DELL ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUSSEX, Va. — Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick won't be allowed to plead guilty to dogfighting charges by videoconference, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Vick's lawyers had requested that he be allowed to enter the plea from federal prison in Leavenworth, Kan., where he is serving a two-year term since admitting he bankrolled a dogfighting operation and helped execute dogs.
But citing high public interest in the case, Surry County Circuit Judge Samuel Campbell said it would be better for Vick to appear in person.
"I know from my conversations with Mike and, more importantly, his family that he's looking forward to getting this behind him," said Lawrence Woodward, an attorney for the former Virginia Tech and Atlanta Falcons star.
Prosecutor Gerald Poindexter preferred that Vick's plea wait until his release from federal prison. He objected to the video conferencing motion on grounds that it has never been used in Virginia and he didn't want the county to set a precedent.
Vick, 28, is set to enter his plea on Nov. 25. Under the terms of his plea deal, he would receive only a suspended sentence and a year of probation. If he is able to resolve the state dogfighting and animal cruelty charges, he would be eligible to transfer to a halfway house for the final six months of his term, according to court papers.
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Kansas to travel to Missouri for meet The Jayhawks will head to Mizzou for a Border Showdown this weekend
BY ADAM SAMSON asamson@kansan.com
The Jayhawks will take their 2-1 dual meet record to Missouri this weekend for the Border Showdown at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.
Last year's meeting between Missouri and Kansas ended with several records broken. In the end, Missouri was too much to handle for the Jayhawks and won 162-138.
The intensity of the rivalry will certainly be present Saturday afternoon. Missouri sits at 0-1 in dual meets, with its only opponent being Texas A&M last weekend in Lawrence. Missouri lost to A&M, 135-104.
What makes the dual with Missouri even more exciting is the fact that Missouri and Kansas tied for third place last weekend at the Big 12 Relays behind Texas and Texas A&M.
One intriguing matchup for the weekend will be on the diving board. Missouri senior Kendra Melychuk, who finished second in the 3-meter and third in the 1-meter board at the Big 12 Championships will face a deep and talented Kansas team. Senior Hannah McMacken, junior Meghan Proehl and sophomore Erin Mertz all placed in the top eight in at least one event at the Big 12 Championships. Missouri freshman Jordan Morcom is also
one to watch in diving, as she was named Big 12 Women's Diver of the Month. The meet will take place at 2 p.m. Nov. 1.
After Missouri, KU women's swimming and diving will return to Lawrence for a duel in the pool against Drury University at 6 p.m. on Nov. 7.
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Cubs express anger at being arguably MLB's worst
BY JIM LITKE
AP SPORTS COLUMNIST
Someone apparently took a bat to a pipe on his way out of the visiting dugout at Dodger Stadium the night before.
night of Oct. 4, occasioning a minor flood. Though it happened just minutes after the home team swept Chicago in the National League division series, and even though the club gladly picked up the
tab, there's no way it was one of the Cubs.
In three games against the Dodgers, they proved they couldn't hit anything.
The start of next season will mark 101 years that followers of the real-life's Bad News Bears have been wandering in the wilderness of blown chances and lost opportunities.
There's more than one way to measure futility, of course, but few better times of the year to do it. Once the World Series ends,
the complaining inevitably begins. Fans in the pro sports town that didn't win it start counting backward to the last time they did. If that isn't painful enough, they throw in the football, basketball and hockey teams. Add them alo-
gether and at least your won has won something; the title of Loserville.
ing a combined 100 seasons without a title by any of our four teams
— was filled by San Francisco. The last time the Giants won a World Series was 1954, when the franchise still called New York home. And talk about dimming memories: At the rate the current 49ers are disintegrating, it could be
decades before their fans see anything like the dynasty that claimed its last Lombardi Trophy in 1994. Factor in the NBA Warriors and NHL Sharks and it's still only 54 seasons total.
So let's remember: While Chicago ranks only 10th among the 13 towns that have teams in all four pro sports, nobody's got nothin' on Cub fans. The start of next season will mark 101 years that followers of the real life's Bad News Bears have been wandering in the wilderness of blown chances and lost opportunities.
Since the calendar of the new century turned over, the Red Sox and even the hated cross-town White Sox ended World Series droughts of 86 and 88 years, respectively, and two other franchises, the Diamondbacks and Angels, won their first. The late-arriving Marlins won their second. Who could blame Cub fans for believing this would be the year their unofficial motto — "Wait 'til next year!" — was going
Chicago had the NL's best record and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, not to mention a calm, proven leader in manager Lou Pinelli, the deepest starting rotation in either
to be retired?
league and a lineup with an international flavor that was expensive measured in any currency. What made the failure tougher to take wasn't just the hype that accompanied an even century
ring — especially run-producers Evan Longoria and Carlos Pena — plus a few of the hunches that Phillies manager Charlie Manuel played were sharp enough to win the World Series of Poker, let alone baseball.
Who could blame Cubs fans for believing this would be the year their unofficial motto — "Wait 'til next year!"— was going to be retired?
without winning it all. It was losing with the best team in baseball, during the regular season, anyway, when the postseason rewards the hottest.
That's how Philadelphia beat Milwaukee, Los Angeles and finally Tampa Bay. Their bats came to life while the Rays' were still stir-
The post-mortem filling the message boards on Cubs-related Web sites are still grousing about topics that were debated for most of the season: whether $14 million-dollar man Alfonso Soriano should have batted in the leadoff spot and $7 million Japanese import Kosuke Fukudome — especially since both were never colder than when heading into the postseason.
While the threats to boycott opening day come next season
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What the two clubs have in common is Piniella, who cleared out of Tampa before the Rays turned things around. He was intense as a ballplayer, but Piniella has mellowed as a manager, a trait some disgruntled Cub fans blame for the club's sluggish performance in the playoffs. They might be right, too. Once the Dodgers got on top in Game 1, all the fight seemed to leak out of the Cubs.
What Piniella needs to make clear when pitchers and catchers report to spring training next season is something the guy who busted up the plumbing on his way out has yet to learn: That the best time to take extra batting practice is before the game — not after.
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Kansas' performance was the communication. Throughout the season there has been plenty of missed
assignments
assignments and wrong passes when the Jayhawks lack proper communication. Against the Tigers, it was clear the Jayhawks needed to keep each other in sync more than ever.
believe that Missouri is the bigger rival, the players said K-State is bigger for them. Many of the
"Now we got an opportunity to play the other school that a lot of KU fans don't necessarily care for."
RAY BECHARD Kansas volleyball coach
"We have to communicate every single point," Kaiser said. "The hard work is paving off"
layhawks play with some of the Wildcats on club teams.
While all Kansas fans might
"We're all close with them all." Kaiser said.
the Missouri match. It would be the first ranked opponent the Jayhawks have beaten all season and would give them an extra
A and a victory against K-State would be far more valuable than
boost for a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
With the Missouri victory, Kansas should have much more confidence heading into another road match that gave the Jayhawks trouble all year. Sometimes one match can turn a down season into a successful one, and while Beachard would not say that Wednesday night was one of those turning points, he could not help but wish for it.
"Hipfully yeah," Bechard said. "Now we got an opportunity to play the other school that a lot of KU fans don't necessarily care for. So it's a good week if you can manage both of those."
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COUNTDOWN (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
they recruited this whole team the way we're gonna play this weekend"
Kansas has avoided any return bulletin board material toward the Wildcats, but have spent the week discussing just how important this game is.
"The fact that it's an in-state rival," coach Mark Mangino said. "There's added significance to it. Our kids look forward to it. It's a big game in that sense; we can't deny that."
Kansas State comes in with one of the worse run defenses in the nation. It ranks 105th out of
119 Division 1 teams in stopping the run, meaning Sharp and the running game should have a big day on Saturday. The Wildcats, however, do have one of the best offenses in the nation. They rank No. 13 in the nation with a scoring average of more than 38 points per game.
The Jayhawks have won two straight games in the series, meaning a victory on Saturday would give them a rare three-game winning streak in the Sunflower Showdown.
"As a senior, Id love to beat them three times in a row".
linebacker Joe Mortensen said. "That's something I want to go out with. We want to win this game and get bowl eligible."
While Mangino doesn't usually put added significance on any one game on the schedule, he knows that with bowl implications and a possible Big 12 North title on the line, this game means everything.
"It's state pride," Mangino said. "It's bragging rights. It's a big game."
And Kansas doesn't need a clock to know it.
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"The Big 12s is one of the most competitive races we've been in all year," sophomore Amanda Miller said.
Two weeks after a disappointing showing at Pre-Nationals, the Kansas Cross Country team heads to Ames, Iowa, this weekend to compete in the Big 12 Championships. The race will take place at Iowa State's cross country course, where the first Big 12 cross country meet took place in 1996.
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This race is a lot smaller than Pre-Nationals with only 12 teams, but it still carries the same amount of importance to the team.
This weekend the team will be taking nine runners on both the men's and women's teams to compete, including senior Megan James, luniors Lauren Bonds and Kellie Schneider and freshman Lindsay Schaefer for the women. Senior Brock Ternes, sophomore Nick Caprario and freshmen Sam Bird and Kaleb Humphreys will represent the men.
cross country teams in the nation.
"We want to do our best as a team and be satisfied as a team," freshman Donny Wasinger said. "Every race, there been a couple guys who've had really good races while the rest have not-so-good days. We want to show that we are a team with good talent."
Junior Isaiah Shirlen said that the Big 12 Championships was a good opportunity to show the rest of the conference how far they've come.
A factor that hurt the layhawks at Pre-Nationals was the absence of freshman Laura Nightengale. Nightengale was dealing with a stress reaction in her leg this season. Nightengale said she had been letting it heal for the past two weeks and expected to be able to race on Saturday.
The team will have some tough competition on its hands with some of the teams among the top
Shirlen, who previously ran for UNC-Charlotte in the Atlantic 10 Conference, said he wasn't intimidated in competing at the Big 12 meet.
But Kansas is going in this weekend to prove that it wasn't the team it was last year at the conference meet. The men finished seventh and the women finished 11th last year in Lubbock, Texas. And the team is confident in its abilities to place higher.
"In my mind it's not about redemption. We need to show and definitely prove ourselves to the rest of the conference."
"They've got guys like me that are more fit. The Big 12 is loaded with superstar talent and is a lot more competitive than the Atlantic 10," Shiren said.
"This reminds us of what we been preparing for all season," freshman Rebeka Stowe said. "It's the real thing. For us freshman, it's stepping up and getting points and to do as well as we can."
notes
On the men's side, 5 of the 12 teams are ranked in the USTFCCCA Top 30 poll. Those teams are Oklahoma State, Colorado, Texas A&M, Iowa State and Texas. On the women's side, 3 teams — Texas Tech, Baylor and Nebraska — are ranked in the USTFCCCA Top 30 poll.
Colorado has dominated the meets since the Big 12 started in 1996. The men have won every year, while the women have won 11 out of 12 years.
"The difference between sixth and seventh could be one point or passing one person," sophomore Alison Knoll said.
standings.
The women's team is looking to place in the top half of the
Having raced at Big 12's for the first time last year, Knoll said that the Big 12s was the one race to show your team loyalty.
"It really doesn't matter about individual performance; it's about helping the team. Passing every girl to help your team do well," she said. "It's the one race where you give everything you got."
Both races will be held at the Iowa State cross country course. The women will race in a 6K at 10 a.m., followed by the men's 8K at 11 a.m.
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ability to jump out to a quick start. Sure, it's a good thing, but Smith said the Jayhawks often became lackadaisal and lost their competitive edge.
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By the numbers...
38 — goals scored
2.11 — goals per game
1.22 — goals per game
in conference play
67 — shots by junior
midfielder Monica Dolinsky, third in the Big 12 35 — shots freshman forward Emily Cressy, second on the team to Dolinsky
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Monica Dolinsky, junior midfielder
As Dolinsky goes, so goes the Kansas offense. She is fourth in the Big 12 with 22 points, racking up eight goals and six assists in 18 games. Dolinsky hovers behind Kansas' three forwards and forces
Key victories
3-2 at No. 18 Central Florida, Sept. 19
1-0 against No. 6
Texas A&M, Oct. 17
opposing defenses to account for both the long-range shot and passing split.
Key losses
Missouri (12-5-0, 6-3-0)
Key losses
2-1 at No. 15 Florida,
Sept. 21
1-0 against No. 10
Texas, Oct. 24
Andrighetto
ristin Andrighetto, junior forward
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By the numbers...
36 — Goals scored
2.12 — Goals per game
2 — Goals per game in conference play
McCabe has six goals and five assists this season, more than doubling her previous career highs. Pushing up from her left forward spot, McCabe is just as likely to rip a shot or bend a cross. Her passing a hand on corner kick.
Alysha Bonnick,
Alysha Bonnick, sophomore forward True, Bonnick has experienced a slight statistical drop off from last season when she scored 11 goals and was named Big 12 Rookie of the Year. But she's still been productive and is tied for the team lead in g
ability also comes in handy on corner kicks.
65 — shots by junior forward Kristin Andrighetto 40 — shots by sophomore forward Alysha Bonnick
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Bonnick
Meghan Pfeiffer, junior midfielder Pfeiffer, who has started all 17 games for Missouri, has been a consistent player for the Tigers. And her two goals and three assists help pace the offensive attack.
Key victories
1- against Colorado.
Oct. 3
3- at Texas A&M,
Oct. 19
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Key victories
Key losses
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Aug. 23
3-0 at California,
Sept. 6
Key losses
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DAYTON, Ohio — A minor league pitcher accused of throwing a ball that hit a fan in the forehead was indicted Wednesday on two counts of felonious assault.
MLS Chicago Fire hold off Revolution. come to draw
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Brian McBride's header into the net was negated by an offside call in the 76th minute and the Chicago Fire escaped with a 0-0 draw against the New England Revolution on Thursday night in the opener of the Major League Soccer playoffs.
Chicago, which had never earned a point in six previous
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McBride had the Fire's best chance of averting the tie, when he bounced a cross from Justin Mapp past Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis. The linesman promptly raised his flag for offsides.
New England's best chance to score came a few minutes from the end when Sainey Nyassi brought the ball in from the right side and had it taken away just a few yards from the net. A
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THE UNIVERSITY OF DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008
Players who referred to Saturday's game as "must win" weren't far off in their assumptions. The Jayhawks remain one win away from being bowl eligible and the K-State game appears to be the most winnable game remaining on the schedule. A win over the instate rival is always big as well.
KU
KICKOFF
ATAGLANCE
(2008 Averages and National Rank)
BYTHEUMBERS
8th
32nd scoring offense (32.3 ppg)
passing offense (312.8 ypg)
75th
rushing offense (129.88 ypg)
76th
76th scoring defense (27.00 ppg)
111th
passing defense (271.4 ypg)
31st
rushing defense (113.25 ypg)
SUNFLOWER SHOWDOWN
PLAYER TO WATCH
Todd Rees-
Todd Reesing. The Austin native had the worst performance of his college career on Saturday, throwing three interceptions
Reesing
The Jayhawks'bowl eligibility may be on the line
and passing for only 154 yards. He was offered a scholarship by K-State, but decided to become a Jayhawk instead.
KANSAS VS KANSAS STATE 11:30 a.m. Saturday, MEMORIAL STADIUM, FSN
QUESTION MARKS
Will the pass defense improve? The KU defense is coming off two of the worst statistical games in the history of the school and now must face one of the nation's top scoring offenses in Kansas State. If the pass defense doesn't improve, it could be a third straight loss for the Jayhawks.
Will Kansas become bowl eligible? If the Jayhawks can win, they will become bowl eligible for the third time in the last four years. A 6-6 record will likely get the Jayhawks a bowl invitation, meaning it would be the first time in school history that Kansas goes to bowls in two straight seasons.
COUNTDOWN TO KICK-OFF GAME DAY
Kansas
5-3,2-2 Big 12
OFFENSE
Questionable play calling the last few weeks kept Jake Sharp from putting up more impressive numbers. With Kansas State ranked 105th out of 119 teams in stopping the run, expect Sharp to get plenty of carries Saturday. Sharp is averaging more than 90 yards per game in Big 12 play and had consecutive 100-yard games against Colorado and Oklahoma before a
Sharp
limited workload kept him to 80 yards on the ground against Texas Tech.
MEMORIAL STADI
★★★★
DEFENSE
N. KING
Changes were made to the secondary last week in an attempt to fix some glaring problems in the pass defense. Chris Harris was moved from corner to safety, and Justin Thornton was switched from safety to corner. Freshman wide receiver Daymond Patterson was also switched to corner-back — but none of the changes seemed to work Texas Tech scored 62 points and
was the second straight team to have more than 400 passing yards against the Javahaws.
Patterson
★★★★
PETER DUBOIS
Marcus Herford and Jocques Crawford split time returning kicks Saturday against Texas Tech. The Jayhawks still remain dead last, 119th out of 119 teams, in yards per kick return. Jacob Branstetter has made nine of 11 field goal attempts and punter Alonzo Rojas has averaged 41 yards per punt and had a 77-yard bomb against Colorado.
Herford
★★★☆★
SPECIAL TEAMS
COACHING
Coach Mark Mangino and offensive coordinator Ed Wariner have had some questionable play calling the past few games. After pulling Jake Sharp in Oklahoma when they trailed just 31-24 in the third quarter, the Jayhawks again went away from Sharp against Texas Tech. They tried to fix the secondary by making some personnel changes, but the changes didn't work out like they had hoped.
★★★☆★
MOMENTUM
Kansas State
After suffering the worst home loss in more than six years, Kansas doesn't have much momentum coming into the Sunflower Showdown against Kansas State. It's a rivalry game, which helps the Jayhawks, as does the Jayhawks' need for another win to become bowl eligible.
★★★★
— B.J. Rains
OFFENSE
4-4,1-3 Big 12
Josh Freeman, Kansas State's 6-foot-6, 250-pound signal-caller, will be an NFL quarterback, but that hasn't exactly translated into Wildcat wins. In the preseason, Freeman took offense to reporters' questions about the absence of Jordy Nelson. He said his offense was about more than one player. While that's true, this offense sure doesn't look the same without the
Freeman
do-everything wide receiver who's now suiting up for the Green Bay Packers. Freeman is Kansas State's best rusher and he thrives on being able to bowl over linebackers. That won't be easy against Kansas' linebacking unit.
★★★☆☆
DEFENSE
PETER M. BLANKER
Kansas State's defense has a few really good players, like defensive end Ian Campbell and linebacker Ulla Pomele, but it's terrible as a unit. The Wildcats surrender 441.6 total yards per game, which is good for last in the Big 12 and 109th in the country. Last week against Oklahoma, Kansas State gave up 55 points in less than 30 minutes. Kansas State's offense often
Campbell
puts its defense into difficult situations with turnovers at bad times, but the defense must still fight out of that from time-to-time.
KANSAN.COM
★★★★
SPECIAL TEAMS
Beamer ball is famous at Virginia Tech, but coach Ron Prince's special teams units have been close to that level for a while. Like the Hokies, the Wildcats are notorious for coming up with key special teams plays, like a fake punt or blocked field goal. Prince's team has pulled off a few of those tricks in the last year and a half, and it makes opponents preparation much more
PRESIDENT
Quarles
difficult. As far as traditional special teams, kick returners Aubrey Quarles and Deon Murphy each average more than 20 yards per return.
★★★☆
12
COACHING
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Following a legend like Bill Snyder isn't easy, but every year coach Ron Prince picks up one marquee victory to push his program forward. Last year he defeated No. 7 Texas in Austin, 41-21, and in 2006 he topped the No. 4 Longhorns, 45-42. It was enough for the athletic administration to give Prince an extension at the
beginning of this season. However, Prince's plot to bring in junior college players and not miss a beat hasn't worked out too well.
★★★★
MOMENTUM
Last week's blowout loss was embarrass ing, but the heart-breaking defeat was the previous week in Boulder. Kansas State lost 14-13 at Colorado, and that one point could turn out to be the difference between playing in a bowl game and watching them on TV.The Wildcats lost three of their last four games, and last year they were the No.24 team heading into this matchup. There's not much mojo in Manhattan right now.
★ ★ ★ ★
Taylor Bern
Check out game updates with photos, and "The Hot Route" podcast tomorrow on www.kansan.com.
KSU
KICKOFF
ATAGLANCE
Kansas has a separate rivalry with Missouri, but for Kansas State this is the only one with any meaning right now. These teams simply don't like each other and Kansas State is eager to reclaim its dominance in this series. This game is often close, and the key for the Wildcats is to avoid the big turnovers that have cost them dearly in recent games. The trash talking started as soon as the Oklahoma game was over and now it's time for Kansas State to back it up.
BY THE NUMBERS
(2008 Averages and National Rank)
Marcus Herford
13th
13th
scoring offense (38.5 ppg)
passing offense (291.9 ypq)
69th
rushing offense (134.3ypq)
98th
passing defense (240.8 ypg)
93th
scoring defense (31.4 ppg)
105th
rushing defense (200.9 ypg
PLAYER TO WATCH
Murphv
Junior wide receiver/punt returner Deon Murphy. Murphy started the verbal assault against Kansas when he guaranteed to
return a punt or kick "to the crib"
That comment alone is enough to keep your eyes on Murphy.
Not only to see if he backs up his words and scores a touchdown, but also to see if any Jayhawk defenders do their talking with an extra hard hit on him.
PETER KINNEN
QUESTION MARKS
Will the defense keep Todd Reesing under 300 passing yards? In four big 12 games, Kansas State has surrendered an average of 375 passing yards per game. The Wildcats can ill-afford to do that in Lawrence, so look to see if they challenge the Jayhawk receivers early.
Will the rushing game show up? In its four losses, Kansas State averaged 80 yards per game on the ground. In their four victories, the Wildcats ran for 189 yards per contest. Without a running game, this team doesn't stand much chance in any game.
BIG 12 SCHEDULE
Time (CT) Channel
Game
No. 1 Texas at No. 7 Texas Tech 7 p.m. ABC
No. 4 Oklahoma vs. Nebraska 7 p.m. ESPN
No. 9 Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 14 Missouri at Baylor 2 p.m. No TV
Colorado at Texas A&M 1 p.m. No TV
Saturday
BIG 12 CONFERENCE
MISS JOHNSON
UM WILL ROCK IF ...
Kansas figures out its secondary and is able to slow down the K-State offense. The Wildcats boast one of the top scoring offenses in the nation, and the KU defense has had two its worst games in recent memory. If the KU defense can turn it around, they should be able score enough points to win.
GALE SAYERS WILL WEEP IF ...
TOP 25 TELEVISED GAMES
Jake Sharp continues to see limited carries and the Jayhawks are unable to run the ball. K-State has one of the worst run defenses in the nation, meaning Kansas needs to pound the ball on the ground with Sharp. If they stay away from Sharp as they have in recent game, Kansas could lose its third game in a row.
PREDICTION:
4
Kansas 42, Kansas State 30
Game
No. 2 Alabama vs. Arkansas State 2 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 5 USC vs. Washington 5:30 p.m. No TV
No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 8 Florida 2:30 p.m. CBS
No. 10 Utah at New Mexico 8:30 p.m. The Mtn.
No. 11 Boise State at New Mexico State 6 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 13 TCU at UNLV 7 p.m. No TV
No. 15 Florida State at Georgia Tech 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 17 Minnesota vs. Northwestern 11 a.m. ESPN2
No. 18 Tulsa at Arkansas 1 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 19 LSU vs. Tulane 7 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 20 Brigham Young at Colorado State 5 p.m. The Mtn.
No. 21 Michigan State vs. Wisconsin 11 a.m. ESPN
No. 24 Oregon at California 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 25 Connecticut vs. West Virginia 11 a.m. ESPN360.com
Time
Channel
1