| Date | Opponent | Result/Time |
| Nov.3 | FORT HAYS STATE(Exhibition) | W,107-68 |
| Nov.10 | PITTSBURG STATE(Exhibition) | W,103-45 |
| Nov.13 | HOFSTRA | W,101-65 |
| Nov.17 | Memphis St.Louis Mo. | W,57-55 |
| Nov.19 | CENTRAL ARKANSAS | W,94-44 |
| Nov.25 | OAKLAND | W,89-59 |
| Nov.27 | TENNESSEE TECH | W,112-75 |
| Dec.2 | ALCORN STATE | W,98-31 |
| Dec.6 | UCLA Los Angeles Calif. | W,73-61 |
| Dec.9 | RADFORD | W,99-64 |
| Dec.12 | La Salle Kansas City Mo.(Sprint Center)W,90-65 | |
| Dec.19 | MICHIGAN | W,75-64 |
| Dec.22 | CALIFORNIA | W,84-69 |
| Dec.29 | BELMONT | W,81-51 |
| Jan.2 | Temple Philadelphia Pa. | W,84-52 |
| Jan.6 | CORNELL | W,71-66 |
| Jan.10 | Tennessee Knoxville Tenn. | L,76-68 |
| Jan.13 | Nebraska Lincoln Neb. | W,84-72 |
| Jan.16 | TEXAS TECH | W,89-63 |
| Jan.20 | BAYLOR | 8 p.m. |
| Jan.23 | Iowa State Ames Iowa | 1 p.m. |
| Jan.25 | MISSOURI | 8 p.m. |
| Jan.30 | Kansas State Manhattan | 6 p.m. |
| Feb.3 | Colorado Boulder Colo. | 8 p.m. |
| Feb.6 | NEBRASKA | 5 p.m. |
| Feb.8 | Texas Austin Texas | 8 p.m. |
| Feb.13 | IOWA STATE | 7 p.m. |
| Feb.15 | Texas A&M College Station Texas | 8 p.m. |
| Feb.20 | COLORADO | 3 p.m. |
| Feb.22 | OKLAHOMA | 8 p.m. |
| Feb.27 | Oklahoma State Stillwater Okla. | 3 p.m. |
| March3 | KANSAS STATE | 7 p.m. |
| March 6 | Missouri Columbia Mo. | 1 p.m. |
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Kansas uses depth to trump Texas Tech
"I thought that was one of our better halves all year," said sophomore forward Marcus Morris, who led the team with 20 points and eight rebounds. "I felt like we guarded really well, even though they got a few offensive rebounds."
The Jayhawks were winning by 24.
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It's been said that this Kansas team may be the deepest in the country, but that depth hadn't been on display this season like it was the first half of the game against Texas Tech.
Sherron Collins, Cole Aldrich and Xavier Henry were a combined 2-for-10 from the field after the first half Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.
"I think it's a good sign that when your two best players combine for
With the Jayhawks' big three ineffective, the rest of the team stepped up, shooting 12-of-21 from the field and scored 31 of the Jayhawks' 42 points.
— how many was it, four? — and you're up 24, that tells me that our bench is playing pretty good," coach Bill Self said.
If you take out starters not named Morris,you get 27 points,14 of the 23 rebounds,eight of the 10 assists, all three blocks and seven of the nine steals.
In other words, when you remove two preseason All-Americans (Collins and Aldrich), a high-touted recruit (Henry), and the
leading scorer on last summer's Under-19 national team (Taylor), you retain 66 percent of the scoring, 61 percent of the rebounding, 80 percent of the assists, 100 percent of the blocks and 78 percent of the steals.
"I wouldn't say we're the deepest in the country," Marcus Morris said. "We do have a deep team. I feel like we can score, but we are one of the better teams in the country as far as depth."
Then the second half began and all of the jayhawks' work in the
first half was washed away. The Red Raiders scored 45 points in the second half after just 18 in the first. The Jayhawks forced just two turnovers in the second, after 14 in the first. The Red Raiders shot 40 percent from the field in the second after just 20 in the first. And the Jayhawks 24-point lead grew to just 26, with a final score of 89-63.
"I thought we kind of relaxed," junior guard Tyrel Reed said. "We didn't really put two halves together like we should have. We competed really hard in the first half and in
All three players that spoke with the media after the game — Matcus Morris, Tyrel Reed and Brady Morningstar — mentioned that the team "played the score," rather than coming out with a step-on-theirthreat mentality.
the second half we did not do tha as much"
"At least they do listen a little bit. That's good," Self said, affirming that that was part of his post-game lecture.
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ers that spoke with the game — Marcus Reed and Brady mentioned that the score," rather than tha step-on-their-
much fault, though, with a 26-point thumping of a team that has spent time in the rankings already this year.
"It's a different thing we talk about after every game, on why we do good," Self said of his post-game press conferences. "It's whether so-and-so played a good game or whether so-and-so doesn't play as well, but the end result's still fairly favorable and that's because we've got good players. And we've got more than five.
tive about that?
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elf said, affirming
rt of his post-game
"Oftentimes we've got to keep the
Self said the team's best lineup Saturday was on the floor at the end of the first half: Reed, Morningstar, Henry, and the Morris twins. More notable than the presences in that lineup were the absences: No Aldrich, no Collins.
ones that aren't playing as well in the game, so you guys can say, 'What happened to him?' Well, what happened to him is the other guys were playing better that night."
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Coach Bill Self calls out instructions to his team. Kansas led the entire game, and improved to 16-1 overall, and 2-0 in the Bia 12 Conference.
For the Jayhawks? No problem.
Game to remember
— Edited by Anna Archibald
Marcus Morris
The sophomore forward may not have been the star of the show, but he was the most important with 20 points and eight boards. Ever since getting benched in Nebraska, he has put up 39 points and 15 rebounds in the past two games. The aggression has been absent a majority of the season, but it has definitely surfaced as of late. "He has responded," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "He's played very well the last couple of games."
Morris
The struggles of junior center Cole Aldrich, which may or may not have to do with the recent passing of his grandmother, have called for someone to take control in the post. Morris has been that guy.
Taylor
Game to forget
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Tyshawn Taylor
Self probably went with the hot hands of junior guards Brady Morningstar and Tyreel Reed, which contributed to a season low 12 minutes for the sophomore guard. Taylor didn't necessarily play poorly. He just had an ineffective outing with four points and two turnovers. It's not anything to get worked up over. The bench players just performed well and stole those minutes. Taylor will respond like he always does.
Stat of the night
14-2
In the first half, the Jayhawks showed some of their best defense all year, forcing 14 turnovers. But the
second half was lackadaisical and they could only manage two turnovers. The loss of aggression after garnering a big lead is a bad sign for Kansas.
"We can't play to the score,"Tyrel Reed said."You've got to play like it's zero-zero all the time and just come out there and compete and want to play basketball."
Quote of the day
"I forgot the video was even going to show. I just tried to play hard on both ends and try to steal extra possessions and get offensive rebounds."
Morris
- Marcus Morris on if the "Pop-up Video" contributed to his strong outing.
Prime plays
1ST HALF
(SCORE AFTER PLAY)
4:15 Thomas Robinson dishes a pretty pass behind the back of a defender to Markieff Morris, who laid it in. (27-14)
12:46 Tyrel Reed enters game. Tyrel Reed hits three.
Jayhawks up 11. (17-6)
2:40 CJ Henry sprints down the baseline and finds a wide open Brady Morningstar for a three. (34-16)
1:06 After Brady Morningstar grabs a loose ball he caused, he does a no-look pass to Marcus Morris who lays it in and draws the foul. (40-18).
:40 To continue the onslaught, Brady Morningstar causes yet another turnover and Marcus Morris took it in for a crowd-igniting dunk. (42-18)
2ND HALF
10:17 Markieff Morris stands at the top of the key, facing a straight-on three-pointer with no one in his face. He takes it. Swish. (64-40)
16:40 Cole Aldrich misses a mid-range jumper and Xavier Henry cleans it up with a one-handed dunk. (54-24)
3:48 Xavier Henry connects with Thomas Robinson on the best alley-oop play the Jayhawks have had in a while. (83-57)
4. 5 Though it was garbage time, Elijah Johnson's crossover dunk was quite the display of athleticism. (89-63)
Key stats
36.40
Xavier Henry moved past Paul Pierce for eighth place on the list for three-pointers by a Kansas freshman with 36. Kevin Pritchard is seventh with 40.
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The 63 points by the Red Raiders were their second fewest points scored in a game all season.
Sherron Collins' nine points moved him past Wayne Simien, who was at the game, for 12th
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Former Kansas basketball player Gary Padgett's grand-daughter, eight-year-old Paige Padgett, sung the national anthem.
Tyrel Reed's three steals were a career-high and Brady Morningstar's eight points were a season-high.
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because of his experience. But Morningstar, who is a year older
than Collins and one of the oldest players in the Big 12, is getting closer to Collins' level.
"I just try to be aware of everything around me," Morningstar said. "If you know how to
cific sixth man, Reed said, and the talent on the bench makes it easy
"If you know how to play the game it makes it easier — you see things slower."
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play the game it makes it easier — you see things slower."
The Jayhawks don't have a spe-
to play no matter who's in the game.
the table."
"It doesn't really matter who comes off first,who comes off whenever," Reed said. "I think we've got a lot of guys who can bring something to
Near the end of the first half against Texas Tech, the Kansas
lineup consisted of Markieff and Marcus Morris, Xavier Henry, Reed and Morningstar. With only two starters and three bench players, Self said it was the best he had out there all game.
"You looked out there today if you're going to pick who our five best players are, it wouldn't be probably all the starters, which I think is a positive thing," Self said. "It means you have depth."
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Kansas defeats Missouri despite recurring problems
Mistakes during game reminiscent of loss to Kansas State
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
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Kansas struggled to find its identity in Sunday's 72-59 victory over Missouri.
The first half could not have gone better for the Jayhawks. They played great defense, moved the ball on offense and for a brief moment used a combination of the two to make up for the loss of injured freshman guard Angel Goodrich.
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"In the first half we were like, 'Okay one of these teams is walking out of here with a win and let it be us.' Senior guard Sade Morris said. "We didn't want Missouri to get a win here on our court."
Senior guard Sade Morris makes a pass to junior center Krysten Boogaard during the first half. Boogaard scored eight points, and Morris had three assists on the day to go along with 15 points, a blocked shot and a steal.
That all changed in the second half when Kansas, slow-starting out of the locker room all season, let Missouri scratch and crawl its way back into the game.
"They're a scrappy team and that's what they do best," senior guard LaChelda Jacobs said. "They play hard and go after you hard. I think we were pretty confident and just kept going at them."
Everything may look all fine and dandy on the final stat sheet simply because the Jayhawks walked out of Allen Fieldhouse having won the Border Showdown. When everything is fully considered, it
becomes evident that the game bore disturbing similarities to the Jayhawks embarrassing 59-35 defeat at the hands of Kansas State.
Just as the Jayhawks failed to score a field goal for 10 minutes and 34 seconds in the game against Missouri, the team went 20-plus minutes without a field goal at K-State.
Numerically speaking, Sunday's field goal drought was only about half as bad as the one against the Wildcats. It's troubling because many of the same problems plagued the Jayhawks in both situations.
On Sunday Kansas only attempted eight shots, which is less than one attempted shot per minute. Half of those shots came on a single possession when Kansas fought for rebounds and put backs.
That shows a lack of aggressiveness and unwillingness to find and take open shots, another prevalent theme in the loss to the Wildcats. All of these similarities can be boiled down to one overarching statement; Kansas played ineffective offense.
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"We didn't attack," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "Which is what we did not do at K-State."
To complement the Jayhawks' ineffective shooting, tendencies, they also pitched the ball all over the fieldhouse during that stretch, turning the ball over 10 times. That severely contrasts with the meager eight turnovers the Jayhawks gave up in the entire first half.
scoreless habits were not the story for the entire game against the Tigers. They put up 18 shots in a similar 10-minute stretch in the first half, many of which were open. That helped boost them to a 34-12 run.
Luckily for the Jayhawks, their
One resounding. difference
between the Jayhawks second half struggles against Missouri and the loss at K-State involves the mind-set of both the Kansas players and coaches.
"There was fire the whole time," Morris said. "Absolutely."
Despite the extremely worrisome
trends exposed against K-State, and at times against Missouri, the fact that Kansas never lost its fire on Sunday should give it confidence going forward and help it avoid another relapse of uninspired play.
got to be the aggressor, you've got to attack, and you have to play two halves in this league," Henrickson said.
"The moral of the story is, no matter who you're playing, you've
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Senior guard Danielle McCray splits the Missouri defense. McCray scored a team-high 26 points in the Jayhawks 72-59 victory over the Tigers.
Edmonds asks for tryout at Cardinals charity event
ST. LOUIS — Jim Edmonds went on stage at Cardinals manager
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In Davis' first game as a starter, she tallied 13 points on 5/8 shooting and 6 rebounds. She helped clog the middle and shut down
What to watch out for
Missouri's post players and also caught everything thrown her way resulting in high percentage layups. Let the Boogaard and Davis start competition begin!
Point guard play
As Sunday's game showed, coach Bonnie Henrickson has three separate plans for the jayhawks point guard position. Senior guard LaChelda Jacobs started and played fairly well, junior guard Rhea Codio also saw some time at point guard and finally senior guard Sade
Morris got a chance to be the floor general. It's obvious when looking at the trios combined 6-to-9 assist-to-turnover ratio of six to nine, that it will take some time to even come close to matching the production that the now injured freshman guard Angel Goodrich maintained.
Quote of the day
Without such sharp shooting early on, the layhawks may have dropped their fourth straight game.
as much as she has improved"
—Coach Bonnie Henrickson on David
"I've never had a kid, from the first day of practice to now, improve
Stat of the day
That was Kansas' field goal percentage in a near perfect first half.
59. 4 percent
Reason to hope
It's a victory
After three straight losses and a 0-2 start to conference play, it's no stretch of the imagination to say that Kansas needed this victory. The Jayhawks played some of its best basketball of the season in the
first half before suffering a severe drop-off in efficiency during the second half. All things considered, though, the victory got the proverbial monkey of the Jayhawks back and puts them in position to make a run early in the conference season.
Reason to mope
A poor second half
The Jayhawks simply dominated the Tigers in the first half, outscoring their opponents 46 to 18. Everything seemed to be going the Jayhawks' way, but the Tigers found a way to get back into the game in the seond half. Missouri took advantage of a 10-minute Kansas field goal drought. While Kansas was able to make a late run and keep Missouri at bay, it will not always be able to count on having a substantial first half lead. That makes it essential for the layjawks to play two solid halves of basketball.
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"I'm in surviving mode. It's tough," said Parker, who only recently revealed that his foot was bothering him. "I can't look at myself in the mirror and say I can't play. It's just like nagging injuries. ... It's good days and bad days. I felt pretty good today."
Parker felt pretty good on Monday, then went out and scored 25 points as the San Antonio Spurs handed New Orleans a rare home loss, 97-90.
CHRIS PAUL Hornets point guard
David Wes,
scored 18 points for New
Orleans, which lost for only the
second time in its last 15
home games.
Chris Paul,
who fouled out in the final
minute, had
Parker said his back was stiff two nights ago when he scored only four points on 2-of-8 shooting at Memphis, which was San Antonio's second straight loss during a four-game road swing that concluded in the Big Easw.
"It comes down to us starters. We have to come out with more energy and set the tone."
A g a i n s t New Orleans, he routinely drove hard to the hoop, losing defenders on screens and finding lanes to the basket.
Starting in place of Richard Jefferson, who sat out with lower back pain, Hill drew the prima-
"I was trying to be very aggressive early
and 14 rebounds for the Spurs,
while George Hill scored 16 points
and Manu Ginobili had 11.
18 points and nine assists for the Hornets, while Marcus Thornton scored 16 points.
"It comes down to us starters.
We have to come out with more
"I was trying to be very aggressive early on and I tried to redeem myself. We had to bounce back."
on and I tried to redeem myself" he said. "We had to bounce back."
TONY PARKER Hornets point guard
Tim Duncan added 21 points
ry defensive assignment on Paul and helped get him into early foul trouble.
energy and set the tone," Paul said. "They really kept us in front of them. They never really let us get to the basket. We didn't get to the (free throw) line much at all. It's been the
"George did a good job playing defense on him, but you know it takes the whole
story for us. We've got to figure out other ways to win other than just making shots."
team to contain him." Parker said. "I thought overall we paid attention and made sure we're not giving him anything easy. Then it was my job on offense to try to get him tired and attack him."
San Antonio led by double digits for most of the game, going up by as many as 21 points when Duncan hit one of two free throws to make it 76-55 late in the third quarter.
The Spurs went into the fourth quarter with a 17-point lead, which the Hornets quickly trimmed with a 7-0 run to open the period.
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BY BERNIE WILSON
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SAN DIEGO — Maybe Rex Ryan already knows the score of the AFC championship game, too.
The rookie coach who, at one point, didn't know his Jets were still in playoff contention, then declared them Super Bowl favorites, will need some more bold predictions.
His Jets are still playing.
Rookies Mark Sanchez and Shonn Greene led New York to a
upset of San Diego in the divisional playoffs Sunday, each providing a touchdown in the fourth quarter that marked another Chargers postseason atfall
"It's a big win for our franchise," Sanchez said, "and we're not done."
Sanchez threw a go-ahead, 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dustin Keller three plays into the fourth quarter, then Greene gave the Jets some breathing room with a 53-yard scoring run on their next possession.
The upstart Jets (11-7), who have won seven of their last eight, advanced to the AFC championship game for the first time since 1999. They'll play at top-seeded Indianapolis next Sunday.
"You'd like to play your best games in January... and certainly...we did not do that today."
"A matchup that probably nobody wanted, but too bad," Ryan said. "Here we come!"
Of course, it was the Colts who pulled Peyton Manning and other starters in the second half of their Week 16 game against the Jets, who rallied for a victory that put them in control of their playoff destiny.
1-yard sneak with 2:14 left to pull the Chargers within three, the Jets recovered the onside kick.
Facing a fourth-and-1 from the 29 with 1:09 left, the Jets called timeout. Ryan decided to go for it and Thomas Jones bulled through the Chargers' line for 2 vards.
Before that game, Ryan said his holiday wish was for the Colts to rest Manning & Co.
The Chargers (13-4) not only saw their 11-game winning
NORV TURNER Chargers coach
"I don't know if Santa Claus will be that good to me again," Ryan said. "But
Sanchez pumped his fist and pointed his hand forward in the first-down signal.
On the sideline, Ryan lifted much smaller offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer off the ground in a bear hug.
"You'd like to play your best games in January in
streak end,
but suffered
yet another
playoff melt-down
after earning the
AFG's No. 2
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The Jets weren't able to capitalize on that pickoff, but Rivers' second interception was costly. On second-and-9 from his 5, Rivers underthrew Antonio Gates, who hadn't even turned around, with safety Jim Leonhard intercepting and returning it to the 16.
Sanchez, playing in his native Southern California, went from looking like the rookie that he is to a guy who has now has two straight playoff wins on the road. He was intercepted by Quentin Jammer midway through the third quarter, but the Jets got the ball back on an interception when the ball ricocheted off Vincent Jackson and into the hands of cornerback Darrelle Revis as both were sprawled on the ground.
I will say that I'd like to see Peyton Manning not play this week."
"I don't know if Santa Claus will be that good to me again. But I will say I'd like to see Peyton Manning not play this week."
games like this, and certainly, for whatever reason, we did not do that today," Chargers coach Norv Turner said.
He might be onto something. Maybe this week he'll predict the jets' opponent in the Super Bowl.
REX RYAN Jets coach
After the Jets finally did clinch a playoff spot by routing Cincinnati the following week, Ryan, their rookie head coach, created a postseason itinerary for his players that included the Super Bowl in Miami followed by a parade two days later.
"We believed the whole time, the whole year, when it probably wasn't the popular choice," Ryan said. "We don't have to apologize to anyone."
The Chargers let New York hang around long enough, and the jets finally got out of their own way, becoming the only road team to win in the divisional round.
On third
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and threw to
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After Philip Rivers scored on a
2-yard catch that put the jets ahead 10-7.
The Jets turned to their top-ranked running game on their next drive, and Greene, a third-round pick from Iowa, broke his long scoring run up the middle, running over safety Eric Weddle in the process.
San Diego's All-Pro kicker Nate Kaeding missed three field goals. He was wide left from 36 yards on San Diego's second possession and was short from 57 yards as the first-half clock expired. With the Chargers trailing by 10 with 4:38 to go, he was wide right from 40.
"Once I got to the second-ary, I had one tackle to break and I did, and it was off to the end zone," Greene said. "A lot of people didn't know about me, but they know about the jets."
Ryan pumped his fist and smiled after Kaeding's third miss.
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BY JIM O'CONNELL Associated Press
Texas survived its first week as the No.1 team in The Associated Press college basketball poll. The second won't be any easier.
The Longhorns (17-0) moved into the top spot for the first time in school history last week and they stayed there Monday, receiving 57 first place votes from the 65-member national media panel. They won 90-83 at Iowa State in their first game in the top spot and then beat Texas A&M 72-67 in overtime in their first home game as a No. 1 team.
Texas headed to No. 10 Kansas State on Monday night, then plays + Connecticut on Saturday.
Kentucky (18-0), which was No. 1 on eight ballots, Kansas, Villanova and Syracuse remained second through fifth. Michigan State, Duke and Tennessee all moved up one place to sixth through eighth, respectively.
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Saturday in Austin, Texas. Texas retained its 1. ranking
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Pittsburgh, which moved into the Top 25 for the first time this season just two weeks ago and has started 5-0 in the Big East, jumped from 10th to ninth. Kansas State was 10th, its first appearance in the top 10 since being ninth in the final poll of the 1972-73 season.
West Virginia was 11th, followed by Georgetown, Purdue, BYU, Gonzaga, Temple, Clemson, Wisconsin, Georgia Tech and Northern Iowa, which is ranked for the second time in school history.
The Tar Hears (12-6), who lost two games last week and three of four, dropped from 12th to No. 24, their first time below 13th in the poll since February 2006.
The last five were Ohio State, Mississippi, Mississippi State, North Carolina and Baylor. Ohio State and Mississippi State both returned to poll after being ranked earlier in the season.
Northern Iowa (16-1) moved in
on a 15-game winning streak that began following a loss to DePaul in the opening round of the Paradise Jam. The Panthers were ranked for three weeks in January and February 2006.
Ohio State (13-5) was out of the poll the last two weeks but returned following victories over Purdue and Wisconsin. The Buckeyes have won three of four since the return of Evan Turner, who missed six games after breaking bones in his back while dunking. They split the games he missed, so all but one
Mississippi State (15-3) was 100 in the preseason Top 25 but was gone quickly following a season opening loss to Rider. The Bulldogs have won 12 of their last 13 games, including their first three Southeastern Conference games.
UConn (11 6) dropped out from 15th following losses last week to Pittsburgh and Michigan that gave the Huskies their first three game losing streak since closing 2006-07 with four straight
defeats. They were 12th in the preseason poll and ranked as high as 10th this season.
of their losses have come when Turner was out.
Miami (15-3) moved into the poll for the first time this season at No. 23 last week. The Hurricanes didn't fare well as a ranked team, losing to Virginia Tech and Virginia.
Florida State (14-4) saw a three-week run in the rankings end after losing to North Carolina State last week. The Seminoles, who were 25th, followed that loss with a win over Virginia Tech.
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In Kansas' first Lawrence-based swim and dive meet since Dec. 31, junior julia Kuzhil and her teammates defeated Nebraska rather easily, 182-109, on Saturday.
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In the 100 backstroke event, her time of 55.20 seconds broke the Robinson Natorium record set in 1993. That time met the NCAA 'B' qualifying standard.
Kuzhil, who competed in the NCAA Championship in her first year at Kansas last season, won the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke events to lead the Jayhawks against the Cornhuskers.
Kuzhil also broke the pool record in the 200 backstroke with her time of 1:59.42, surpassing the previous record set in 2008.
Senior Meg Proehl met the
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Both of those scores were career highs for Proehl.
The Jayhawks improved to 6-4 in dual competition with the victory.
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Team picked to finish ninth in conference
The Kansas softball team was picked to finish ninth out of 10 teams in the Big 12 Conference preseason coaches poll. Kansas finished ninth last year with a 21-31 record, including 6-11 in Big 12 play. Kansas is returning six starters and will be led by first-year coach Megan Smith.
Oklahoma was picked first with seven first place votes while Missouri was picked second with three first place votes. Baylor, Nebraska and Texas rounded out the top five.
Kansas opens the season Feb. 12 at the Marriott Hobby Invite hosted by the University of Houston.
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Knee surgery to sideline Avs star
Hejduk won't be at the Vancouver Games after playing in the last three Winter Olympics for the Czech Republic. He was a member of the gold-medal winning team at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano.
DENVER — Avalanche forward Milan Hejduk will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday and miss up to four weeks.
He's missed six games this season because of the injury, and watched Monday's skate around leading up to a game with the Edmonton Oilers.
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Missouri narrowly defeated Kansas for the second year in a row at the Kansas versus Missouri Dual this weekend.
Missouri won by only 20 points, but the loss to a rival still didn't sit well with Kansas.
"Nobody wants to lose to Mizzou," freshman Andrea Geubelle said.
However, the lajyahwks did experience some success with many athletes hitting provisional marks or setting personal records. Meeting a provisional mark qualifies an athlete to be considered for a spot in nationals later in the year.
Geubelle hit a provisional qualifying mark in the triple jump with a distance of 12.74 meters.
"It really motivated me to see
that I could hit provisionals," Geubelle said. "It makes me want to work that much harder."
Geubelle wasn't the only jayhawk to have a solid showing.
Sophomore Rebeka Stowe, freshman Kathryn Lupton, sophomore Cori Christensen and senior Lauren Bonds all contributed to the Jayhawks' victory in the distance medley event with a time of 11 minutes 48.82 seconds.
The women's pole vaulting team also had a very successful weekend, winning the first six places in the event. Juniors Jaci Perryman and Abby Jones tied for first place with a vault of 3.7 meters.
Senior All-American, Jordan Scott, led the men's team with a vault of 5.35 meters, improving from his last meet by almost six inches. Freshman Corey
Shank set a personal record of 5.05 meters and finished second behind Scott.
After the meet, Shank credited pault vault and high jump coach Tom Hays for his improvement.
"Every practice is great just between all of our jumpers pushing each other," Shank said. "Coach Hays, being the best vault coach in the nation, [makes] it pretty easy to get better."
Senior Reggie Carter won both the 60-meter and 400-meter dash. Freshman Kyle Clemons finished right behind Carter in the 60-meter dash and also placed first in the 200-meter dash.
The Jayhawks will have another chance to compete against Missouri at the end of February at the Big 12 Championships.
-Edited by Becky Howlett
NBA
Flynn keys Minnesota win
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Al Jefferson added 23 points and 13 rebounds to help the Timberwolves complete their biggest comeback of the season against the stunned Sixers.
Andre Iguodala had 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Sixers but missed a jumper at the buzzer that would have given Philadelphia the win in regulation.
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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Core Bryre Leath, left, bats the ball away from Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson (3) during the first quarter of Monday's game in Minneapolis.
Flynn had four points and a key steal in the first minute of the extra period to get the Wolves on track for just their ninth victory of the season.
Minnesota trailed by 17 points at halftime, but Ryan Gomes scored 14 of his 16 points in a 33-18 third quarter to get the Wolves back in the game. Damien Wilkins added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Wolves.
Willie Green scored 16 points and Allen Iverson had 11 points and nine assists, but hardly played in the fourth quarter and overtime for Philadelphia.
Now, 7eers coach Eddie Jordan really might start feeling the heat. Team president Ed Stefanski recently refused to guarantee Jordan would last the entire season, and this collapse against the worst team in the Western Conference certainly won't help his cause.
Philadelphia cruised out to a huge early lead thanks to torrid shooting and another lackluster start by the young Timberwolves, who missed 22 of their first 29 shots
The Sixers, who have struggled to score points all season long, rolled up 57 in the first half and only turned the ball over four times to build a 17-point lead at the break.
This came three days after coach Kurt Rambis said he was "embarrassed" for his players' defensive effort in a 135-110 loss at Memphis on Friday night. Rambis didn't even take questions during that brief postgame evaluation and went so far as to have a team spokesman notify reporters before the end of the game that he was going to be ready to talk immediately after the game was over.
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The Wolves played without Kevin Love, who missed the game because of an illness.
The Timberwolves finally started to play like Rambis wanted in the third quarter. A 13-2 run put them back in the game and Flynn hit a 3-pointer to tie the game 73-73 late in the period.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Coppin State loses 8th in a row as S.C. State cruises
ORANGEBURG, S.C.—Jason Flagler scored 26 points to pace South Carolina State in an 87-65 win over Coppin State on Monday.
Flagger shot 11-for-13 from the field and added nine rebounds for the Bulldogs (8-7, 2-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). Darnell Porter contributed with 25 points and eight rebounds.
Flagger hit back-to-back baskets to open the second half, giving the Bulldogs a 44-32 lead with 19:10 remaining.
A 3-pointer from Coppin State's Michael Harper cut the lead to 48-39 with 17:35 to play, but the Eagles would get no closer for the remainder of the contest.
Sam Coleman finished with 12 points and seven rebounds to lead the Eagles (5-11,0-4), who have now lost eight straight games.
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The Shawnee County Coroner's office has completed its autopsy of Eric Bittlingmayer, a 21-year-old Lawrence sophomore who died last weekend. The autopsy found a combination of amphetamines, THC, opiates, and benzodiazepines, medications used to treat anxiety issues. Though drugs were found, no cause of death has been determined by the medical examiner.
Bittlingmayer was found on Sunday evening when police responded to an unattended death at his apartment in the 1300 block of Kentucky. There were no immediate signs of foul play, said Kim Murphree, records manager for the Lawrence Police Department.
Services will be held at Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St., Friday morning. Visitation will occur at 9:30 followed by the service at 11.
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FUNDRAISER
Coaches encourage Haiti relief donations
BY TIM DWYER
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Fortunately, people in Lawrence are willing to help.
There's no shortage of people in Haiti needing help after the devastating earthquake hit the island nation Jan. 12. The death toll, according to CNN, is up to 72,000 people. The survivors are not much better off.
"The average income down there is less than one dollar a day," Kansas coach Bill Self said at a Monday press conference. "So for people to put in 20 bucks, or 100 bucks, seems pretty nominal, compared
going through."
Self is part of a fundraising initiative hosted by the Kansas Athletics department. Donations were collected at Saturday's men's
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WACKY WEATHER
Beware of the FOG
Students should use caution during risky weather
BY ANNA ARCHIBALD aarchibald@kansan.com
Lori Jacob's Facebook status on Sunday warned her friends of the spooky overcast sky.
"it's like something out of a horror movie!"
Jacob, a junior from Overland Park said she was getting tired of the "fog and all the nasty weather."
David Mechem, assistant professor of atmospheric science, said that lingering fog wasn't uncommon, but that clarity was on the way.
"Fog is made up of small water droplets suspended in the air," he said. "Basically it is clouds on the ground."
He said the lasting fog came from a combination of three factors: a stable atmosphere, moisture and a cold surface.
As long as these exist, so will the fog.
"What will start causing it to be less prevalent is moving into more of an active weather pattern, which is less supportive of fog," he said. "It will most likely warm up and we'll probably get some rain in the next few daws."
Jacob said she would prefer any other weather to the fog.
"I was out at night parking my car with a friend and there was some random guy standing on the corner with his dog," she said. "It was so creepy."
The fog, however, doesn't just make walking outside "creepy." Driving has also been a concern for students, faculty and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Jacob said that she was driving the other day with her friend and that they couldn't make out any of the street signs through the fog.
"We screamed," she said. "It was just too weird."
She said that her 2008 Ford Focus had fog lights, but that they didn't help much in the dark, especially when a person crossed the street wearing dark clothing.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol website, there have been eight auto accidents since Jan. 14 involving two or more vehicles, four of which involved a fatality. None of these reports, however, have been directly linked to the fog.
Edna Buttler, Kansas Highway Patrol technical trooper, said fog-related accidents were preventable.
"Inattentive driving is the number one cause of crashes in Kansas," she said. "But if everyone drives for the weather, they should be fine."
- Edited by Kirsten Hudson
DRIVING TIPS
1. You should never drive faster than you see.
2. Expect to be able to come to a stop.
3. Increase following distance and decrease speed.
4. Don't use bright lights as they will only reflect the light back.
5. Listen for traffic because you may not be able to see it.
6. Be patient. Don't pass lines of traffic.
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...and flooding
BY NANCY WOLENS
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Students handle maintenance issues caused by recent melting snow and ice
Warmer temperatures are causing snow from Lawrence's recent winter storm to begin melting, creating household problems for students.
Burton Barrish, a junior from Chicago, came back to his apartment after winter break and found more than a foot-and-a-half of water standing in his bathroom and kitchen from a pipe that had burst.
"The water actually went through my kitchen down into my friend's apartment
The difficulties with bursting pipes and potential leaks from the rising temperatures are caused by excess water that doesn't get absorbed into the ground, J.F. Devlin, associate professor of geology, said.
below me," Barrish said. "It basically caved in his ceiling and it got all of his clothes soaking wet."
Barrish said that maintenance from his apartment complex fixed the pipes, but that one room in his apartment had mold and a bare floor after crews pulled up the soaked carpet.
Devlin specializes in research with ground water hydrogeology, which deals
with water existing underground or on the surface of the earth. If it rains hard, or if the snow melts rapidly, Devlin said, the water was being delivered into the ground faster than it could handle. Any additional water, beyond what the ground can take, flows onto the surface.
"Ultimately, in a city like this, the excess water is going to end up on the streets, the gutters or in the storm sewers." Devlin said. "The water will channel its way to the lowest points and that is where you may run into problems."
If there is a light rain or if the snow melts slowly enough, the water has time to sink down into the ground, reducing
the risk of short-term flooding.
Jared Leighton, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Topeka, said the ground in the region was now frozen down to four inches. He said that the frozen layer couldn't necessarily take in the amount of water that was melting, but that the snow was now melting at a manageable pace and was releasing slowly.
"As of now we have had no problems with flooding," Leighton said. "We're keeping our fingers crossed that the snow melts slowly."
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Student Health Services will host an Employee Wellness Fair from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Amber Student Recreation Center.
The Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St., will host "Unwrapping the Past: A solo exhibition by Lynda Andrus" from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is free.
- The Kansas men's basketball team will play against Baylor at 8 p.m. in Allen Fieldhouse. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
If you would like to submit an event to be included on our weekly calendar, send us an e-mail at news@kansan.com with the subject "Calendar."
Jan. 21
THURSDAY
The Kansas African Studies Center will host a Martin Luther King Spring Welcome Back Reception for faculty, staff and students from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 10 of Bailey Hall. The reception is free.
Student Union Activities will screen the movie, "Whip it at" 8 p.m. in woodruff Auditorium. Tickets are $2 for KU students and $3 for the general public.
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Opera singer Sasha Cooke will perform at the Lied Center at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students and $18 for adults.
The University will host a Martin Luther King Jr. banquet featuring Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, ll, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. Tickets are $20 and must be purchased no later than Jan. 21: www.oma.ku.edu.
- Watkins Memorial Health Center will have an H1N1 course from noon to 2 p.m. in the first floor conference room. The clinic is open to all KU students, faculty, staff and retirees.
■ KU Opera presents "The Sorrows of Young Werther" from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for general admission.
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Jan. 25
Three faculty members will present "Food for Thought: The Culture of Food in the United States" from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union. Tickets are free.
Jan. 23
Ayu Saraswati will present "Cosmopolitan Whitening: The Effects and Affects of SkinWhitening and Tanning Advertisements in Transnational Media" from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Hall Center for Humanities. Tickets are free.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center is providing an EmPower self defense workshop taught by martial artists from Premier Martial Arts in the Martial Arts room of the Ambler Student Recreation Center from 1 to 3 p.m. To register, call the ETWRC at 785-864-3600 or e-mail amckay@ku.edu or etwrc@ku.edu. The workshop is free.
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Jan. 26
The KU Blood Drive will be from a 4 to 5 p.m. in the big 12 Room of the Kansas Union.
The KU Natural History Museum will have its first Science on Tap discussion, "Kaw Kinetics: Hydroelectric Energy in Lawrence" at 7:30 p.m. at Free State Brewing Co. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Sarah Hill-Nelson, owner-operator of Bowersock Mills and Power Co., will present the history of hydroelectric power in Lawrence and address the pros and cons of using the Kansas River for energy. Admission is free.
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Degrees offered: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of General Studies, minor
School: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Required credit hours: A Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies requires 124 total credit hours for graduation, with 45 junior and senior hours, or 40 junior and senior hours for students who entered before Fall 2003. Students are required to maintain a 2.0 GPA to graduate, with a 2.0 GPA in junior and senior Environmental Studies (EVRN) courses. A Bachelor of Science degree differs from the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of General Studies degree in that it does not require a foreign language or a Non-Western Culture course, has a stronger chemistry and math component, requires fewer Humanities and
Social Science courses and has a different English requirement. Students may graduate with honors by maintaining a minimum overall GPA of 3.25 and a 3.5 GPA in the major, and completing an individual honors project.
Sample of major courses:
"Scientific Principles of Environmental Studies;"
"Environment, Culture, and Society;" "Environmental Policy Analysis;" "Environmental Law;"
"GeoSpatial Analysis;" "Methods of Analyzing Geographical Data;"
"Field Ecology;;" "Capstone Project."
Scholarships: Four categories of awards are given through the Ruben Zadigan Environmental Studies Scholarship in areas of service and leadership, academic merit, undergraduate research and environmental study abroad. Students are encouraged to attend office hours in the Environmental Studies program office in 252 Snow Wednesdays, Fridays, and the second and fourth Thursdays of the month during the spring semester.
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Career possibilities:
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On Friday the KU Public Safety Office reported that an officer found a driver to be in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at a traffic stop at the 1500 block of West 15th Street.
On Sunday a resident of Hashinger Hall reported that their laptop and
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On Monday someone stole a briefcase, iPod, and laptop from the fourth floor lobby of the Kansas Union. The items were valued at $675.
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Man uses fox urine against protesters
PORTLAND, Maine - A 36-year-old Maine man facing assault charges after allegedly spraying fox urine on protesters and a police officer outside a Portland restaurant. Police said the man was arrested Sunday night after spraying a group outside The Front Room restaurant protesting what they call labor violations. Restaurant owner Harding Lee Smith was the target of a lawsuit claiming he's been violating state and federal wage and hour rules.
Police said the suspect lived in an apartment above the restaurant, but did not work there. Smith told The Portland Daily Sun that Murphy might have been reacting to the protests that had been taking place outside his restaurant. Fox urine is commonly used as a repellant to keep animals away.
Burglar enters house and cooks
EASTON, Pa. — An eastern Pennsylvania man was charged after he allegedly broke into a home, cut his hair and prepared
fried chicken before being discovered. The man was charged with breaking into the home in Easton, about 50 miles north of Philadelphia.According to court documents, the homeowner returned home Sunday to discover him cooking chicken.
Authorities said the man threw a rock through a window to get inside and appeared to have rummaged through every room in the house. He also showered.
The man faces burglary, criminal trespass and other charges and was being held on $15,000. bail.
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The University of Kansas athletics department, Self and his wife Cindy, and women's basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson will all match a portion of the money raised, doubling the donations sent to Haiti. Self said he wanted the fundraiser to bring in thousands of dollars.
"I'm hopeful that we can raise a minimum of 25, and then match it, so wed be able to give 50. I think that would be a good number," Self said. "I was really
"I'm hopeful that we can raise a minimum of 25, and then match it, so we'd be able to give 50."
"As a college student with no formal medical or professional
big deal right now. Let's have some people over, put a bowl out and see if they want to donate." Nielsen said, adding that he thought the party was a success. The party raised $225 in donations.
hoping wed raise close to 50 and be able to match that or at least a pretty good portion of it, and give close to 100 thousand to them."
The total amount raised will be announced at the men's basketball game tonight against Baylor.
Cantwell said fundraising seemed to be the only way they could help with earthquake relief.
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Students are finding ways to raise funds for Haitian relief too. Kris Nielsen, a senior from Overland Park, and Devon Cantwell, a sophomore from Topeka, decided to host a party at Cantwell's house to raise whatever funds they could.
"Me and Devon were just sitting around and were like, 'Hev, this is a
training, the only thing I could think to do is provide monetary assistance," Cantwell said. "What better way to get a bunch of college students to donate money?"
Cantwell said
her friends were not sure which agency they would use to donate the money. Nielsen said they would look into donating through the Athletics Department to double the total.
According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, a newspaper dedicated to covering nonprofit organizations, charities have raised more than $220 million in donations for Haitian earthquake relief as of Tuesday afternoon.
Edited by Megan Heacock
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Ohio State University President Gordon Gee talks to students on the university campus in Columbus, Ohio. Gee is the highest-paid school president in this year's public school survey and his pay is worth more than $1.5 million during salary, retention and deferred compensation.
College presidents lose pay increase
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The recession has reached the executive suites of the nation's public universities and colleges, putting a stop to a string of large annual pay increases for school presidents.
A survey released Monday by the Chronicle of Higher Education showed compensation packages of chief executives at public schools leveling off in 2008-2009, rising a relatively modest 2.3 percent. One in 10 saw their pay decline. Some who did get raises or bonuses gave the money back to their schools.
Presidential salaries at public universities and colleges have come under greater scrutiny as many bursting-at-the-seams schools raise tuition to offset steep declines in state funding.
The latest figures show that the economy and fears of a backlash over perceived high salaries are trumping the argument that public schools need to pay top dollar for
top talent.
"Students and families have had to tighten their belts, so I bet they'll appreciate seeing some restraint among college presidents," said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, a critic of executive pay at colleges and other nonprofits. "Holding off on raises is in sync with the reality for families trying to pay for college in the midst of high unemployment and the worst economy in decades."
Over the previous six years, annual pay increases of 10 percent or more became the norm for many public school presidents. So while base salaries rose for two-thirds of top executives in the 2008-2009 survey of 185 public universities and community colleges, the dollars involved were significantly smaller. The median compensation package for public school top executives in 2008-2009 was $436,111. Eleven public university presidents earned $700,000 or more, down from 15 the previous year.
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MARTHA COAKLEY
Democratic candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Goakey concedes after losing a special election on Tuesday in Boston. The election was held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of SeparEd Kennedy.
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BOSTON — In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century, leaving President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in doubt and marring the end of his first year in office.
Addressing an exuberant victory celebration Tuesday night, Brown declared he was "ready to go to Washington without delay" as the crowd chanted, "Seat him now." Democrats indicated they would, deflating a budding controversy over whether they would try to block Brown long enough to complete congressional passage of the health care plan he has promised to oppose.
"The people of Massachusetts have spoken. We welcome Scott Brown to the Senate and will move
to seat him as soon as the proper paperwork has been received," said Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin said he would notify the Senate on Wednesday that Brown had been elected.
The loss by Democrat Martha Coakley in the Democratic stronghold was a stunning embarrassment for the White House after Obama rushed to Boston on Sunday to try to save the foundering candidate. Her defeat on Tuesday signaled big political problems for the president's party this fall when House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot nationwide.
Brown's victory was the third major loss for Democrats in statewide elections since Obama became president. Republicans won governors' seats in Virginia and New Jersey in November.
"I have no interest in sugar-coating what happened in
Massachusetts," said Sen. Robert Menendez, the head of the Senate Democrats' campaign committee. "There is a lot of anxiety in the country right now. Americans are understandably impatient."
Brown will become the 41st Republican in the 100-member Senate, which could allow the GOP to block the president's health care legislation. Democrats needed Coakley to win for a 60th vote to thwart Republican filibusters. The trouble may go deeper: Democratic lawmakers could read the results as a vote against Obama's broader agenda, weakening their support for the president. And the results could scare some Democrats from seeking office this fall.
Turnout was exceptional for a special election in January, with light snow reported in parts of the state. More voters showed up at the polls Tuesday than in any non-presidential general election in Massachusetts since 1990.
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Yale offers free online courses
BY SUSAN SNYDER McClatchy Tribune
PHILADELPHIA — A stay-at-home mom in Maine. A physics teacher in an under-supplied school in Quito, Ecuador. A food-service-supply salesman in Lancaster, Pa., laid up for months with little to do after a hang-gliding accident. And two out-of-work West Philadelphia men looking to take an intellectual journey from their living room.
They are among millions around the world who have been attracted to Yale University's free courses on the Web, complete with audio and video lectures, syllabi and supplementary materials.
"It was such a great thing to me," said Steve Ziegler, 40, of Lancaster, who during his recovery watched Ivy League English-class lectures on Cormac McCarthy's novel "Blood Meridian," which quickly became one of his favorite books. "I was able to get more out of something that I love because Yale put these courses online."
More universities are beginning to upload full-length, free courses through iTunes, YouTube and the international consortium site OpenCourseWare.
The University of Pennsylvania put up an environmental course and a psychology course on its "open learning" site last year, with plans to expand.
Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa., launched a Christian
spirituality course and an urban sociology course, also in the last year.
The University of Delaware started a page on iTunes last month with courses currently restricted to staff and students, but with some likely to become public.
While some worry such projects are tantamount to giving away perhaps a university's most prized treasure, its teaching, others say the projects fulfill a mission to disseminate information widely.
Of the eight Ivy League schools, Yale has been a leader, with 25 free courses online and 11 more coming this fall.
"We wanted to share our academic treasures more widely with the world," said Diana E.E. Kleiner, a history of arts professor who directs the project
Since the website's launch in December 2007, more than 2 million from 193 countries have viewed, though not necessary.
"We wanted to share our academic treasures more widely with the world."
DIANA E.E. KLEINER Yale history of arts professor
ily completed, courses, she said. Many others have tapped into the courses on iTunes and YouTube, she said. Though these are the same courses taken for credit by Yale undergraduates on campus,
they are noncredit on the Web.
The learning is self-directed. There are no grades, no feedback, no course credit and no class-time interaction with faculty. Participants send e-mails to professors, which some opt to answer.
Some of Yale's star professors take part, including economics professor Robert J. Shiller, who wrote "Irrational Exuberance," about bubblelike market behavior.
The project is being funded by a $3 million, four-year grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
One of the biggest challenges is raising funds to add new courses, Kleiner said.
Such ventures can be costly.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002 launched.
OpenCourseWare site and eventually uploaded materials for all of the university's 1,950 courses, said Steve Carson, external relations director for MIT OpenCourseWare. Thirty classes offer video.
by outside sources. The university spends about $3.6 million a year to maintain it, some of which also is funded from the outside.
It costs about $30 million; all but $5 million funded
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Students leave for march
Journey to the Capitol aims to draw support and outlaw abortion
BY ROSHNI OOMMEN roommen@kansan.com
More than 100 KU students will begin a pilgrimage today to Washington D.C. to participate in the March for Life.
The students, as part of the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center, will make the journey to the Capitol in an effort to reverse the ruling of Roe vs. Wade. This 1973 Supreme Court case made abortions legal in the U.S. More than 200,000 people are expected to participate in this year's march.
Joel Haug, a sophomore from Atchison, participated in the pilgrimage last year and is planning to make the journey again this year.
"Its an eye-opening experience, seeing that many people united for a single cause." Haug said. "It's pretty powerful."
The 22-hour trip costs more than $300 per student, but with donors and fundraising efforts by the group, students only need to pay $50 each.
Michael Miravalle, the
evangelism and outreach coordinator at the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center, said keeping the cost low had been especially important to the center this year.
He said making sure each student was able to participate was very important to the center.
"This is our first time fundraising." Miravalle said. "Because of the shape of the economy, we've had to pick up the slack."
"The March for Life is very impacting," Miravalle said. "It's rare anyone feels like they're not taking part of something bigger."
The group's trip to Washington, D.C. is part of the ongoing movement to outlaw abortion in the U.S.
The March for Life is so important to some participants that they're willing to miss up to three days of school to attend. Lizzy Alonzi, a sophomore from Tulsa, said she was more than willing to miss her classes in order to do something that she felt was so important.
"College is about figuring out what's important to you." Alonzi said. "For us, it's life, and this is
what we're doing to protect it."
Though abortion opponents are making the 1,000-mile trip to the nation's Capitol, some campus groups remain staunchly in favor of abortion rights.
Laura Kozak, co-president of the Commission on the Status of Women, said a ban on abortion would deny women's rights.
"By denying women safe, affordable abortions, it's denying them rights to health," Kozack, a junior from Kansas City, Mo., said. "If those wings aren't available, women could seek less healthy options that could harm them."
The commission is an on-campus student group, dedicated to resolving issues facing women, including reproductive justice, affordable birth control methods and access to safe medical care. As a group, Kozak said, the commission favors abortion rights in an effort to protect women's health.
The group of 110 students from the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will return to Lawrence Sunday.
Edited by Drew Anderson
EDUCATION
Obama asks for extension on grant
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FAIRFAX, Va. — President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he'll ask Congress for $1.35 billion to extend an education grant program for states, saying that getting schools right "will shape our future as a nation."
The $787 billion economic stimulus program that Obama signed into law soon after taking office included $4.3 billion in competitive grants for states, nicknamed the "Race to the Top" fund. States must amend education laws and policies to compete
for a share of the money.
The deadline to apply for the program is Tuesday, and officials expect more than 30 states to apply. The Education Department is expected to announce its first of two rounds of awards in April — with Obama saying that not all who enter will get a grant.
The president said that extending the program would allow more states to win grants. He also wants to use some of the $1.35 billion for a similarly competitive grant program for local school districts.
"Offering our children an
outstanding education is one of our most fundamental — perhaps our most fundamental — obligations as a country" Obama said in brief remarks. "Countries that out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow, and I refuse to let that happen on my watch."
The "Race to the Top" fund and the opportunity to compete for the billions of dollars it holds was designed to encourage states to rework their education systems and bring them more in line with Obama's vision. Education is largely a state and local responsibility.
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Randy McCoryt, a lawyer for Catholic Legal Services, gives legal advice to several hundred Haitians at the Notre Dame Gothic Church in Miami. The Obama administration is allowing Haitians who were in the United States illegally to apply for temporary protected status.
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Illegal Haitian immigrants to be given protected status
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MIAMI — More than 100 Haitians crammed inside a Catholic church Tuesday to ask questions about a federal government designation that will allow possibly hundreds of thousands of illegal Haitian immigrants to work in the U.S. and send money home during the next 18 months.
Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas said Haitians will be able to start filing their applications for the Temporary Protected Status Thursday, the day official notice of the program is expected to be published in the Federal Register. Only those in the U.S. before the earthquake hit their Caribbean homeland a week ago will be eligible.
Mayorkas warned that applications sent before Thursday would likely be delayed.
Haitians have already started showing up at centers to get help filling out the forms.
At Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic
Church in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood, Randy McGrory, head of Catholic Charities Legal Services, fielded questions, mostly in Creole, about whether applicants could bring family members from Haiti, whether they could qualify for college financial aid and whether they could get any help paying the $470 application fee.
Although the government has cautioned the protection is only temporary — 18 months to be exact — some of those applying hoped it would lead to a longer reprieve.
Julie Bermane, 19, of Miami, said she has lived in the U.S. since she was 3 but because she was here illegally has been unable to go to college or get a job.
"There's a lot of things in my life that I want to do, but this stuff has been holding me back," she said. If her application is granted, she said, "I can go out and see the world."
"We are drawing on expertise from the past" to be ready for the onslaught, said Mayorkas, who also cautioned applicants to be wary of people who may try to scam those looking for help filling out applications.
The agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security is expecting about 100,000 to 200,000 applications.
The U.S. has granted temporary protected status to about 350,000 people from Central American and African countries.
Mayorkas is heading to Miami Wednesday to educate people on the process and take calls from around the country.
More meetings will be held in Orlando and Tampa, as well as Newark, N.J. and New York City, where the highest concentrations of Haitians live.
Mayorkas said the agency has redesigned its website, wwwiscus.gov, so information about Hattius can be easily found in English, French and Creole.
Also, the agency's call center, reachable at 1-800-375-5283, is open five hours longer from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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Kim Scherman found a new way to save money this semester: She rented her textbooks instead of buying them.
"I had never rented, but I was just frustrated with textbook prices," Scherman, a sophomore from Eudora, said.
Scherman rented her books from Chegg.com — a move that saved her $258. Companies such as Chegg and BookRenter, another online company, allow users to rent books and ship them back at the end of the semester.
In response to students increasingly turning to sites such as Chegg and BookRenter, University Book Shop, 1116 W. 23rd St., has started its own renting program this semester.
At University Book Shop, customers can now pay half the price of a new book to rent it for the
semester. After students return the rental, it is sold as a used book. University Book Shop rents about one-quarter of its titles, Colby Venema, manager of University Book Shop, said.
"The prices have gone up dras
tically, and this will also give students more used books in the future," Venema said.
When Kayla Higginbotham, a junior from Overland Park,
able to rent the rest of them."
When students weigh the costs of renting versus buying, more factors than the price come into play. Book production can also take a toll on the environment.
Chegg gives its shoppers a way
"I had never rented, but I was just frustrated with textbook prices."
went into University Book Shop for her textbooks this semester, she wasn't looking to rent her books.
But when she left, she said, she wished she could have rented more than just one.
KIM SCHERMAN
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The general idea is to offset the carbon footprint, Johannes Feddema, professor of geography and environmental studies, said.
According to its website, Chegg has planted more than 4,000 acres of trees, which is four times the size of the Lawrence campus.
"When I went to check out, I got
the choice between Guatemala, Lake Tahoe and somewhere in Africa," Sherman said. Because of her interest in Latin American studies, she chose to plant her trees in Guatemala.
To tell other students about Chegg, Scherman, along with Nolan Kappelman, a junior from Lawrence, and Gina Cohn, a sophomore from Overland Park, made fliers about Chegg and spent a few hours handing them out on campus.
Although some students are sold on the idea of renting, others have their reservations.
Colleen Young, a freshman from Chicago, sticks to buying her books from the bookstore.
"It is just easier," Young said, "I can walk in and get what I need. Then I just take them back to the same place when I'm done."
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SAN FRANCISCO — San Diego Mayor jerry Sanders opposed gay marriage — until he learned his daughter was a lesbian in a committed relationship.
The mayor took the witness stand on behalf of two same-sex couples suing to overturn Proposition 8, the state's voter-approved ban.
He testified Tuesday during a trial on California's same-sex marriage ban that the change was a defining moment in his personal life and his political career.
"The kickoff for the campaign, a lot of people weren't there," Sanders testified.
Sanders, a Republican, said he lost support within his party and had to work harder to be re-elected after he opposed the 2008 ballot measure.
The trial, in its sixth day, is the first in a federal court to examine whether denying gays and lesbians the right to wed violates their constitutional rights. Throughout the trial, backers of the ban have tried to show the ballot measure was not motivated by deep-seated bias toward gays. Such "animus" would make it more difficult for the measure to pass constitutional muster.
Brian Raum, a lawyer for Proposition 8 sponsors, cross-examined the mayor about his one-time opposition to gay marriage.
"You don't believe that you communicated hatred to the gay and lesbian community, did you?"
Raum asked.
"I feel like my thoughts were grounded in prejudice, but I don't feel like I communicated hatred," Sanders said.
Raun also played a commercial produced by the Proposition 8 campaign claiming supporters were subjected to vandalism, slurs and physical violence during the 2008 election.
"You would agree that it's wrong for people to suffer violence as a result of their political views, would you not?" Raum asked.
"I would," Sanders agreed, adding he could not verify that supporters of the ban in San Diego experienced widespread harassment or if the ad was a campaign tactic.
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San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, center, speaks at a news conference next to his daughter Lisa in San Francisco on Tuesday. Jerry Sanders took the witness stand on behalf of two same-sex couples suing to overturn Proposition 8, California's voter-approved gay marriage ban. Lisa Sanders is married to Meagan Yaple. At left is San City Attorney Dennis Herrera.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Newspaper owner Morris Publishing Group filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday as part of a plan worked out with creditors to cut its debt by about $288.5 million.
The privately held owner of daily newspapers including The Augusta Chronicle, Savannah Morning News and Topeka Capital-Journal announced last week that it would file a "prepackaged" plan, preapproved by a majority of its creditors, in federal bankruptcy court.
Its filing Tuesday comes as the holding company for MediaNews Group Inc., owner of The Denver Post and San Jose Mercury News, is working out its own Chapter 11 plan with creditors. More than 10 other newspaper publishers have filed for bankruptcy protection since December 2008.
Newspapers struggled during
control of the company after emerging from Chapter 11. Bondholders would receive no equity in the company in the exchange. But the
the recession... as advertisers pulled back on their spending and readers continued their shift to online news. The these trends have made it harder for some publishers, such as privately owned
These trends have made it harder for some publishers ... to repay debts they took on for acquisitions during better times.
MediaNews and Morris, to repay debts they took on for acquisitions during better times.
The company's plan lowers Morris' overall debt to $126.5 million from about $415 million. The restructuring plan includes a bond exchange that would trade the company's existing unsecured debt for $100 million in new bonds — erasing $178.5 million owed to creditors.
The restructuring plan would allow Morris' owners to maintain
"Once the restructuring is finalized and approved by the court, we will be on much firm-
new debt would carry a higher interest rate of 10 percent to 15 percent.
The exchange must be approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Morris said about 93 percent of existing noteholders voted in support of the reorganization plan, short of the 99 percent the company needed to settle its debt out of court.
er financial ground," said Sandra
Sternberg, a Morris spokeswoman.
Morris' court filing said the company had $175.5 million in total assets and $482.4 million in liabilities.
Court documents list Wilmington Trust FSB as the company's largest unsecured creditor, pegging the company's claim at $278.5 million. Newsprint vendor Abitibi-Consolidated Sales Corp. claims it is owed $365,000 and more than a dozen other creditors are claiming accounts of less than $100,000.
Sternberg said the company expected no interruption in normal business and hoped to emerge from Chapter 11 in six to 12 weeks. Morris has 1,847 full-time employees and 335 part-time workers.
The Morris newspaper group started in the 1940s when William S. Morris Jr purchased The Augusta Chronicle, where he began working as a bookkeeper in 1929.
The company has daily newspapers in eight states — Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, South Carolina and Texas — as well as more than 60 non-daily newspapers and magazines. The Florida Times-Union is the company's largest newspaper, followed by The Augusta Chronicle and the Savannah Morning News.
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CELEBRITY
Polanski, wife win less than expected
PARIS — A Paris judge ordered three French publications Tuesday to pay damages to Roman Polanski and his family for printing unauthorized photos — but the sums were a fraction of what the filmmaker had demanded.
Polanski and his wife had sued two French newspapers and two French magazines for a total of about euro150,000 (S217,215), complaining the publications ran photos that invaded their privacy. With most of the decisions in, they have so far been awarded euro12,500.
Many of the photographs at issue depicted Polanski, his wife or children in or near the Swiss Alpine chalet where he has been under house arrest since early December, awaiting word on whether he will be extradited to the United States on a 32-year-old sex case.
Invasion of privacy suits by celebrities are common in France, Polanski's permanent residence and the country in which he lived for three decades.
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Visitor to Poe's grave misses anniversary
POETRY
BALTIMORE — It is what Edgar Allan Poe might have called "a mystery all insoluble": Every year for the past six decades, a shadowy visitor would leave roses and a half-empty bottle of cognac on Poe's grave on the anniversary of the writer's birth. This year, no one showed.
Did the mysterious "Poe toaster" meet his own mortal end? Did some kind of ghastly misfortune befall him?
"I'm confused, befuddled," said Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum.
only deepened the mystery over his identity. One name mentioned as a possibility was that of a Baltimore poet and known prankster who died in his 60s last week. But there is little or no evidence to suggest he was the man.
The visitor's absence this year
Poe was the American literary master of the macabre, known for poems such as "The Raven" and grisly short stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart,""The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Pit and the Pendulum."He is also credited with writing the first modern detective story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."He died in 1849 in Baltimore at age 40 after collapsing in a tavern.
HOROSCOPES
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
More is better in the persuasion department, as long as you speak gently. Talk to several people before making a decision.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6.
As long as you keep your own responsibilities in mind, you can help others and enjoy the process. Add your personal stamp.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Today is a 7
Make significant changes as early as possible. You'll feel better for it, and others will adjust more easily when they are awake and alert.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Take off in a direction of your choice. Do this early and stick to your decision. If you act like a leader, opportunities will come. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Seize the day! You now can make changes that seemed impossible before. As you take off in a new direction, be sure to keep inventing. You may obsess over details.
Re-establish your independence while also honoring your partner's desires. An ambitious idea moves forward because you've thought it through to the end.
Today is an 8
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Listen to what others say. Their ideas are on target now. Share the task of revising plans and make sure that family members agree.
SCORPIO (October 23, Nov. 21)
Today is a 5
Go your own way. don't let anyone persuade you. otherwise, if you can work independently you'll get 10 times more done, and will results
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
You don't have as much energy today. Stick to well-travelled pathways and postpone action on original ideas. A friend invites you out for supper.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Independence counts for a lot today. Move your ideas forward and plan a new initiative as well. Balance your checkbook.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Whistle while you work, but not too loudly. Others may do better with silence. Don't stifle your happiness, though. It's good for them. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 5
Even though you want to go off by yourself, logic suggests dealing with responsibilities first. Deviate a plan to be at home as early as possible.
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8 Sleeping
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13 Press
14 “Arrive-derci”
15 Lummox
16 Triangular
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21 Brewery products
24 Despots
28 Measures of luminous intensity
Fat
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34 Novelist Ephron
46 Expand a computer file
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55 Before
56 Enthusiastic
57 Right on the map?
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59 Took the bus
60 Fling
61 Potent stick
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2 Brat’s stocking stuffer
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5 “... man — mouse?”
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8 Way in
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10 Listener
11 Dress in
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19 Scoundrel
22 A util.
23 Dieter's entree
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51 Past
52 Affirmative action?
53 Long March leader
54 Foolish one
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--what it feels like to have lost a son, many lost a friend with the death of Jason Wren nearly a year ago.
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I'm doing my good deed and reminding everyone to pick up their student tickets for basketball today or
It's so much easier just to do it online - $1 per ticket is totally worth it.
I just got rejected in my own dream.
--what it feels like to have lost a son, many lost a friend with the death of Jason Wren nearly a year ago.
--what it feels like to have lost a son, many lost a friend with the death of Jason Wren nearly a year ago.
All the pounding maintenance people do in AFH makes it so annoying to camp!
--what it feels like to have lost a son, many lost a friend with the death of Jason Wren nearly a year ago.
I'm really okay with GSP staying single gender. It's more entertaining that way.
--what it feels like to have lost a son, many lost a friend with the death of Jason Wren nearly a year ago.
I just got rejected in my own dream.
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Imagine what Neal from "White Collar" and Michael from "Burn Notice" could accomplish if they ever got together
--what it feels like to have lost a son, many lost a friend with the death of Jason Wren nearly a year ago.
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I hate Frank Martin but he wears the hell out of that suit
Pay attention before asking questions in class. I don't want to hear the professor explain simple things five times.
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My dorm room smells like bad decisions.
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It's weird how people are getting engaged, and having babies. I, on the other hand, have never even been in love.
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The relation between having babies and being in love is not indicative of causation
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The fog this week has made me feel like some creature from Stephen King's "The Mist" is going to come out and eat
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The first and only time I was happy those tractor-driving sheep jockeys won!
--what it feels like to have lost a son, many lost a friend with the death of Jason Wren nearly a year ago.
Until this semester, I thought Blackboard was a
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It's sad that teams like KSU have their seasons bent on beating a select few teams to feel like they've accomplished something.
--what it feels like to have lost a son, many lost a friend with the death of Jason Wren nearly a year ago.
I think my betta fish is obsessed with me or something.
I forgot working out is hard.
--what it feels like to have lost a son, many lost a friend with the death of Jason Wren nearly a year ago.
--what it feels like to have lost a son, many lost a friend with the death of Jason Wren nearly a year ago.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Lawsuit only brings more harm to students
Though it may be difficult for most students to imagine what it feels like to have lost
There's no doubt that more could have — and should have — been done the night that Jason lost his life to alcohol. But for Jason's parents to accuse 10 unidentified "John Does," all members of Jason's fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, as contributors to his death is not only offensive, but also flagrantly callous.
Soon after he heard word of his son's death, Jay Wren said he didn't blame the members of Jason's fraternity (The Kansan, March 11, 2009). The lawsuit filed last month reflects Wren's drastic change of heart and accuses 10 Sigma Alpha Epsilon members of negligence contributing to Jason's death.
Such an accusation stains the lives of 10 individuals who aren't so different from Wren in wondering what could have been done to prevent Jason's death.
Unless the Wrens accept an early
If the case makes it before a jury, the identities of the 10 Does will be revealed, permanently engraving their names in the public record as contributors to Jason's death. The guilt they must already feel weighs heavily enough without the added stress of a trial.
settlement, it could lead to a tense and emotional trial with unwarranted collateral damage.
Depending on the jury's verdict, some or all of the Does could be responsible for paying a percentage of the requested $75,000, a minimum amount that could dramatically increase by the end of the trial. Even if the jury rules in favor of the Does, the cost of lawyer fees could easily put anyone, let alone a student, in years of debt.
Even more disheartening is the thought of the trial itself. As defendants, the 10 Does will defend themselves by providing the strongest cases for why they're not at fault for Jason's death. Among the best arguments undoubtedly is to accuse lason of causing his own death. Forcing the 10 Does, presumably some of whom were
To avoid those unfortunate events, there should be an early settlement releasing the 10 Does entirely from the lawsuit — before it goes to trial and before their names are released — to ensure minimum damages.
Jason's close friends, to stand trial for his death is wrong.
Though the Wren's efforts in bringing attention to the dangers of alcohol are commendable, involving 10 Sigma Alpha Epsilon members appears excessive. Sparing them the embarrassment and burden of a trial is more than reasonable — it's the right thing to do.
Regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit, no amount of monetary compensation will ever be enough to replace Jason's life. The loss of one life has been bad enough. There's little to gain from harming the lives of others, especially those who were close to Jason.
Koehler
kopf
—Michael Holtz for The Kansan Editorial Board
AROOJ KHALID
ECONOMICS
Still holding out for promised changes to financial structure
In January 2006, an ambitious Illinois senator, Barack Obama, stood at the podium of the Lobbying Reform Summit in Washington, D.C.
The flooding of federal money and the consequent 2009 surge in the stock market may prevent another outright depression.
He spoke of the revolutionary president Theodore Roosevelt's opposition to a political system dominated by robber barons, railroad tycoons and oil magnates.
"Today, we face a similar crisis of corruption," Obama said, "and I believe that we deserve similar leadership from those in power as well."
Now, more than a year after the world economy was first sent spiraling into a recession that left one in 10 U.S. citizens unemployed, there couldn't be a better time to increase shamefully lax financial regulations.
After eight years of tax cuts for the wealthy and a rising deficit, Obama was preaching to the choir. We were all ready for another Roosevelt; many of us thought Obama was going to fill this role.
However, this current condition may also be simply temporary if necessary legislative changes to discourage exploitive practices by Wall Street executives aren't passed
On the night Obama was elected president, I was walking down Massachusetts Street. Many people hung out the windows of their cars and yelled at the top of their lungs. I shared their enthusiasm for changes coming to Washington.
Yet, Obama's early ambitions to reverse legislations catering to corporate interests linger unfulfilled.
Recent exposures of abusive practices in an unregulated free-
Ultimately, Madoff's firm was responsible for $65 billion in missing investments and nearly $18 billion in losses for his investors.
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Perhaps the most well known case involved Bernie Madoff, who pled guilty to 11 felonies after his massive Ponzi scheme was discovered.
Without proper market regulations, individuals such as Madoff will continue to stoop to astoundingly low levels to gain wealth.
BY BRADEN KATZ bkatz@kansan.com
for-all market have been shocking.
Issues such as investment firms growing too large, a prominent criticism by many economists who witnessed the domino-like demise of financial firms because each controlled astonishingly massive portions of the market, continue to go unanswered.
These fraudulent actions cannot be tolerated in a healthy market.
Yet, inherently, there are many systematic problems that can rise in trying to increase profits.
In addition to size, there have been few changes in the markets of derivative securities. Many believe the opaque and complex nature of these systems is a leading cause of the 2008 market crash.
With the largest drop in the stock market since the Great Depression, any government body interested in
protecting its citizens would act to control those responsible.
However, the very people who gambled with, and lost, billions of investors' dollars continue to conduct business as usual.
In fact, employee compensation on Wall Street firms rose during the past year.
In one example, during the first three quarters of 2009, Goldman Sachs set aside an astounding $16.7 billion for paychecks and bonuses, despite having received $10 billion in federal funds months earlier.
Banks continue to sit comfortably with federal money. Yet they refuse to approve loans for local development.
Just down the street from my home in Overland Park, a commercial shopping center that would have provided needed jobs to the local community has halted construction. Its unfinished structure sits on top of a massive man-made hill. Undoubtedly, this served as a million-dollar blow to developers
Millions of people's lives have been dramatically affected by economic recession. The idea that public opinion matters in U.S. government continues to be an illusion as financial firms enjoy record profits while the rest of us pay both in taxes and a poorly performing market.
Obama still has time to prove he is capable of making necessary changes to financial institutions; however, it does seem that time flies, even when you're down and out.
Katz is an Overland Park junior in political science and creative writing.
POLITICS
Failure to achieve a post-racial era
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama was touted as a dazling unifier who transcended race. Fast-forward to today and the race issue has not been erased or even pushed to the back burner.
As evidenced by three quotes, that made news just last week, race is as big an issue as ever.
The Right Idea
Former Illinois Gov, Rod Blagiovich also said of Obama,
"This guy, he was catapulted in on hope and change, what we hope the guy is. What the f...?
Everything he's saying's on the teleprompter. I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes."
It was also revealed that when former President Bill Clinton went to solicit Sen. Ted Kennedy's endorsement for then Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential run that Bill Clinton told him in reference to Obama that, "A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee."
In the first example, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was forced to apologize for his remarks published in a new book that called Obama a "light-skinned" black man "with no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one."
Today, the story getting the most attention is of Sen. Reid's remarks. As a response, many Republicans have asked for him to step down as Senate majority leader just as Sen. Trent Lott had to step down in 2002 for much less severe words. On the face of it, calls for Reid to resign are over the top.
Had any one of these quotes come from Republicans, it would have destroyed their whole careers. Because the speakers are Democrats, Obama, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, the Congressional Black Caucus, and their allies in the media stammered to be the first in line to forgive them and move on as if nothing ever happened.
But in order to highlight the obvious double standard that exists today, Republicans are doing
BY CHET COMPTON
the right thing.
Democrats have thrived on using racism as a political tool. As long as politicians stand to gain from throwing out accusations of racism, it will remain a popular way to incite one group against another.
The unrealistic nature of a post-racial era under the new administration was easily predictable by looking at Obama's past. As a community organizer, Obama spent his days learning how to rub raw the sores of discontent.
Obama took a page right out of the playbook of Saul Alinksy, a famous community organizer and author of the book, "Rules for Radicals." Obama built his political capital on bringing people to the "realization" that they are miserable and their unhappiness is the fault of unresponsive government, greedy corporations, and racism.
By promoting this idea, Obama inspired people to band together and "demand what they deserve." Voila, he had himself a fired-up base of support.
This country deserves better than a parade of politicians making public apologies for remarks some people find offensive. This all begins with realizing that cries of racism should never be used as a political tool. That's the right idea.
Compton is a Wichita senior in political science.
The news of the day, through the words of someone else
Chatterbox
"There is no new incentive for anyone to try to enter the United States illegally by sea."
—Coost Guard Lt. Cmdr, Chris O'Neil, spokesman for the Homeland Security Task Force Southeast said in response to the anticipated influx of Haitian refugees.
"Students and families have had to tighten their belts, so I bet they'll appreciate seeing some restraint among college presidents."
—Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said in response to a new survey released by the Chronicle for Higher Education showing that pay for public education chief executives leveled off in 2008-2009.
"In a disaster of this magnitude there's no way that the government, which has other responsibilities as well, national security and other responsibilities — you just can't deal with this just with government money."
—Former President Bill Clinton said in a call for citizens to donate toward Haitian relief funds.
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STUDENT LIFE
KU metalsmithing design student is one of a kind
BY ROSHNI OOMMEN
roommen@kansan.com
When Sierra Winter graduates from KU in May, she will be the only person representing her major.
Winter, a senior from Manhattan, is a metalsmithing and jewelry design student and she's one of only three KU seniors in her program. Jon Havener, professor of art, said that most years an average of six students graduate from the program.
This year, because of plans by her classmates to study abroad. Winter is the only student graduating.
"I enjoy the small program." Winter said. "The professors are really good. They know you, your work methods and how you design."
That inspired her to create several pieces of art, some of which she has sold.
Winter discovered her passion for creating jewelry when she took a metalsmithing class during her sophomore year.
Lauren Hunt, a senior from Leawood, said she was fortunate
ENCAY
to recognize her interest in metal-
smithing before college.
"The majority of people didn't realize it was what they wanted to do." Hunt said. "So they had to start over again halfway through college."
Hunt said students who discovered their metalmithing interest at KU mostly graduated later than planned or avoided the extra year by not joining the major.
Winter's hard work has kept her on pace, though. Winter spends almost five hours in the studio each day making earrings, rings and necklaces.
Sierra Winter, a senior from Manhattan, shapes a ring Sunday afternoon in the Art and Design building. Winter is the only KU student graduating in May with a bachelor degree in fine arts with an emphasis in metallmithing and jewelry design.
"Sierra's an ambitious student," Havener said. "She likes to build complex pieces of jewelry. She's expressing herself through a wearable art form."
For Winter, metalsmithing and jewelry design has become her passion rather than just an academic focus.
"What I love most about jewelry is that it can individualize anyone," Winter said on her website, where she sells her work. "If an ordinary woman walks into a room and is wearing a breathtaking piece of jewelry, she suddenly becomes the
center of attention."
Winter started selling her jewelery at open houses and other venues. Almost one year ago, she also started selling her products on etsycom, a website that serves as a marketplace for homemade accessories and novelties.
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"I realized that making jewelry is much more fun than working as a waitress or in retail." Winter said. "I could just sell my products."
Winter's friends also acknowledge her passion and devotion to the art.
Kelsey Liuzzo, a junior from Cleveland, Ohio, has been friends with Winterfor three years. Liuzzo, who owns some of Winter's necklaces, rings and earrings, said she recognized the uniqueness in Winter's art.
"She makes stuff that makes people happy," Liuzzo said. "She wants people to feel beautiful."
This spring Winter started an internship with Kylie Grater, a local jewelry designer and owner of Early Jewelry.
Grater said she was looking forward to giving Winter more responsibility in her business.
1 have enjoyed working with
Sierra." Grater said. "Having an intern that is mature is great for me, knowing they can work efficiently and are not wasting a business's
time. Sierra takes instruction well and has a great attitude."
Winter may not be the only student representing her major in
May, but she said the experience is more than worth it.
Edited by Taylor Bern
TORNADO INVOLTION: A large tree was uprooted and fallen onto the sidewalk in a residential area. Two workers in hard hats are seen walking away from the tree, with a house visible in the background.
NATIONAL
Second serious storm rips through LA
Associated Press
BY ROBERT JABLON
LOS ANGELES — The second in a series of storms roared into Southern California on Tuesday, bringing heavy rains and winds that smashed windows, submerged cars and flipped an SUV along a stretch of coastline.
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The thunderstorm surged ashore with fierce, rotating winds in southern Los Angeles County beach towns and areas of Orange and San Diego counties.
WORKERS gather around a large tree on the roof of a home in Corona del Calif. Monday afternoon, Forecasters said storms lasting through at least Friday could drop 20 inches of rain inland and 18 inches along the coast and in the valleys of Southern California.
Kimmara Acosta, 51, a saleswoman at Castle Tile in Costa Mesa, was sitting at her desk in the showroom when she saw palm trees outside blowing horizontally.
"The wind kind of whipped through the parking lot and the window blew in," she said, still breathless a half-hour later. "It was like an explosion. My mind said 'earthquake' and I ducked under the desk."
The wind threw shards of glass across the room, but tile displays
and a desk protected Acosta.
No major damage or injuries were reported during the storm. Parker showed the thunderstorm
the ground, Southern California tornadoes tend to start as waterspouts and then dissipate quickly when they come ashore, Gonsalves said.
said Philip Gonsalves, a National Weather Service meteorologist in San Diego.
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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday tentatively approved an ordinance to close most of the city's medical marijuana dispensaries, winding down months of debate on how to limit the rapid spread of such clinics.
BY GREG RISLING
The ordinance, if passed next week by a simple majority of the 15-member council, would cap the number of dispensaries at 70 and require them to be at least 1,000 feet from "sensitive uses"—schools, parks and other public gathering spots.
The local law would put an end to the proliferation of pot dispensaries. As many as 1,000 have cropped up over the past few years. That's more than the number of Starbucks and public schools in the city. Four
dispensaries were open in 2005, when city officials first discussed a local medical marriana law.
The ordinance would also likely force remaining clinics that comply to move to industrial areas because of the distance requirement.
"I think it's a beginning point," Councilman Ed Reyes said after Tuesday's meeting. "We have to get control of this issue and shape a policy to make medical marijuana more accessible to those who need it."
While other California cities such as San Francisco, Oakland and West Hollywood have been able to regulate medical marijuana, Los Angeles city officials have discussed an ordinance for years, trying to adopt language that jibes with state law.
The number of clinics has exploded with more than 600 in the past 10 months.
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Football coaches move forward
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BY NICHOLAS ROESLER
TRYING TO GET HIS BALANCE
When Athletic Director Lew Perkins released Mark Mangino in December, Jayhawk nation let go a sigh of relief for the end of the finger-pointing-negativity the story brought the University and the football team. But while everyone on the outside started to breathe easier, the staff that Mangino assembled began a mad hunt to find a new home.
- Edited by Megan Heacock
As sports fans, we do not always see past what SportsCenter might report. Because Mangino was let go, most of his staff members were in danger of losing their jobs.
Newly hired coach Turner Gill is coming into the Kansas football program with the same goals ("beat Missouri"), but a new philosophy and an entirely new staff. This leaves all of Kansas' ex-coordinators and in coaches they never really wanted to be. Despite their unfortunate fate, they've managed to move on.
It is also important for all of the fans of Kansas to respect and be grateful for what the entire staff did under Mangino. One of the perils coaches face is to give their entire life, passion and love to the program. They are not only trying to build a successful team, but they are also influencing the players' lives.
Ed Warriner, Kansas' offensive coordinator from 2007 to 2009, led the layhawks to the Orange Bowl in his first season and directed an offense led by 5-foot-11 quarterback Todd Reesing on the way to breaking enough records to adorn a room. Because Gill has his own offensive coordinator, Chuck Long, Warriner has teamed up with ex-Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly at Notre Dame as his new offensive line coach.
These losses happen all over the country, including Buffalo, Gill's former school, and that's part of the profession. Assistant coaches must be able to carry a certain sense of dignity in order to walk away from a program for which they have given so much.
Others have not been so fortunate to find a slot at other universities. Clint Bowen, Kansas' defensive coordinator last season, interviewed at Kansas State but did not get the job. Not to say that Kansas fans are glad he did not get the job at Kansas State. In this economy, it is understandable that a person would take any job available.
This is the reason they deserve admiration. Yes, they are ultimately judged by their performance in the win and loss columns. But they should also be respected for the sacrifice they give to a program that might not be their home come tomorrow.
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Freshman guard Xavier Henry drives to the basket for a layup during the first half Saturday afternoon. Henry shot four-for-eleven from the field for 14 points
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Xavier Henry isn't going to take over a game. Not while senior guard Sherron Collins is around.
Whenever the Jayhawks needed a hero in games such as Memphis, Cornell and Tennessee this season, only one player consistently stepped up — Collins.
Not the freshman guard who was recruited for his multiple scoring methods. Not the physically imposing 6-foot-6 18-year old who can take the ball to the
rim any time he wants. Not the lefty who scored 31 points earlier this season and simply called it a "wood game."
Kansas coach Bill Self said earlier this season that Henry might be hesitant while learning to be aggressive, yet stick to the plays. Henry said himself all he wants to do is play within the team and to do what he's told.
When Henry was asked if he was going to take over a game sometime this season, his answer walked out of the locker room.
"No," Henry said, pointing to Collins. "That's that man's job
right there."
Henry may very well be the best pure scorer on the Kansas roster, and during the first part of the season he looked it. But as the stakes have increased for No. 3 Kansas, which plays Baylor tonight at 8, Henry has been deferring to the veterans.
Self said Henry still had far to come.
"I don't even consider X a great scorer yet," Self said. "I think his ceiling is very high, considering he's a good scorer and a real good shooter. But I think he can do more to score, whether it be getting to
the hole, getting to the free throw line, things like that."
Still, Self said, he has never coached a freshman as talented as Henry.
"He's the best freshman that I've had. No question about that," Self said.
"You know your line on the team," Henry said. "This is Sherron's team — Sherron and Cole." We know if we're going to get something done, we give it to them. And maybe if it's not their night, somebody else needs to step up."
The problem with first-year
To read about the Jayhawks' game against Baylor, see pages 7B and 8B.
players, Collins said, is they spend most of their time finding a balance between personal and public expectations.
'He just wants to do so good and when he doesn't do good, he kind of gets disappointed in
SEE HENRY ON PAGE 7B
Freshman forward Carolyn Davis lays the ball in during Sunday's 72-59 victory against Missouri. Davis scored 13 points in her first career start.
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In the biggest game of the season — in a must-win home game against Border War rival Missouri — coach Bonnie Henrickson unchained her latest freshman star.
With freshman guard Angel Goodrich out from an ACL injury, everyone expected senior guard LaChelda Jacobs to be a newcomer to the starting lineup. But few foresaw a second new starter entering the mix. Just as it looked as if Kansas was shorthanded, freshman forward Carolyn Davis arrived in colossal fashion.
"She's 16-for-20 in practice yesterday in traffic," Henrickson said. "She's manhandled all the posts inside."
In Sunday's 72-59 victory against the Tigers, Davis started for the first time in her career, scored 13 points and gathered six rebounds. She was a constant force in the paint, exhibiting her soft hands when corralling passes flung from all directions. Then she displayed her polished skills by finishing plays with high-percentage layups.
an area where former starter
"It was just any other game. That's how I look at it. It was just another game," Davis said.
Right before the game Davis said she received advice to play as though there was nothing different.
The advice paid dividends and showed in Davis' efficiency. She finished the day converting 5-of-8 shots from the field. She also sunk all three of her free throw attempts
To read about the Jayhawks' game against Iowa State, see page 3B.
Krysten Boogaard struggled at times.
On the defensive end, Davis helped shut down a talented Missouri front court. Her primary assignment, junior forward Shakara Jones, averaged 10.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game heading into Sunday's game. After a day with Davis, Jones managed to post just six points and three rebounds.
Davis said that off the court she was a nice person, but that her
SEE DAVIS ON PAGE 3B
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money, I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok."
— Shaquille O'Neal
FACT OF THE DAY
Baylor currently ranks third in the Big 12 in scoring defense, allowing just 62.4 points per game. The Bears ranked 10th last season.
Source: big12sports.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many times has Kansas State defeated the No. 1 ranked team in basketball?
A: Three. K-State knocked off top-ranked Texas 71-62 Monday night at home for the school's third-ever victory against a No.1 team.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Wayne Chism scored all 11 of his points in the final seven minutes and No. 8 Tennessee held off Alabama for a 63-56 victory Tuesday night.
Scotty Hopson scored 17 points and the short-handed Volunteers (15-2, 3-0) remained in survival mode, overcoming cold shooting by making it an even tougher night for the Crimson Tide shooters.
Tennessee held Alabama (11-7, 1-3) to only one basket in the final three minutes, 30 seconds and made 5 of 6 free throws down the stretch to secure the victory.
The Volunteers shot 39 percent but limited Alabama to 38 percent and held leading scorer Mikhail Torrance to three points.
The Vols are now 5-0 playing without four players either suspended or dismissed following their Jan. 1 arrests, including a 76-68 victory against then-No. 1 Kansas on Jan. 10.
Baseball values the leather
MORNING BREW
In baseball's steroid infested era, we used to say "chicks dig the long ball."
We're still about a month away from spring training and major league baseball is already changing its course.
Several top-notch organizations are using newly discovered statistical gems to find previously unaddressed advantages. In the post-steroids area, the trendiest statistic to date is UZR.
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As the buzz of offseason free agency signings and trades simmers, one can take a look at several competitors and notice a considerable shift in what is now perceived as a winning product.
Simply put, UZR is the most precise way to evaluate a fielder's effect on a game with numbers. And the currency is baseball's gold: runs.
According to Fanggraphs.com, UZR (ultimate zone ratings) measures "the number of runs above or below average a fielder is in both range runs and error runs combined."
The Boston Red Sox geared its offseason toward pitching and run prevention with the acquisitions of pitcher John Lackey, shortstop Marco Scutaro, center fielder Mike Cameron and third baseman Adrian Beltrue. Last year, the Sox failed to outmash the Yankees with their bats. So based on what was available in the market, Red Sox GM Theo Epstein and senior advisor of baseball operations and statistics guru Bill James followed a different path. They decided that finding a way to slow down the fiery offenses of the American League was less costly and could be just as effective as loading up on big bats.
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point is confidence. Defense, at this point, can be evaluated with the same degree of precision and the same degree of agreement among different methods as offense." James said.
Other teams are catching on. Also this offseason, Seattle Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik quickly pounced on speedster third basemen Chone Figgins once he free agency. Figgins is a master with the glove and has tremendous plate discipline. Zduriencik also dealt for ace pitcher Cliff Lee and replaced home-run bashing first baseman Russell Branyan with glove friendly Casey Kotchman.
Last season, the Detroit Tigers replaced aging shortstop Edgar Renteria with UZR king Adam Everett.
This season, the Oakland As will field an outfield of Coco Crisp, Rajai Davis and Ryan Sweeney. While those three combined to hit just 12 home runs in 2009, GM Billy Beane feels that having three guys with crazy wheels and a steady glove will make up for it. And of course, it's much cheaper than signing an overrated free agent like Matt Holliday for seven years and $120 million (see St. Louis Cardinals).
Much like Beane's emphasis of on-base percentage with his teams of the previous
THE MORNING BREW
decade, this year's story is defensive metrics. Soon, this league will no longer be dominated by burly bashers, but instead crowded with those that flash the leather. Can you say, "chicks dig the 6-4-3 double play?"
MUSIC FROM THE VAULTS
I'm 19 years old and clinging to my final year as an official teenager. Yet, regardless of age, I will forever have that same rebellious feeling every time I blast Sonic Youth's "Teen Age Riot". The timeless anthem is the introduction and finest point on the 1988 double-album masterpiece "Daydream Nation".
Sources: Fangraphs.com, Boston.com
Sonic Youth practiced what would become a highly influential style of art-rock. The album wavers through numbing instrumentals and near abrasive screeches while never losing its fluidity. While "Daydream Nation" is best suited to listen to as a whole, if I had to pick, other highlights include "Cross the Breeze", "Eric's Trip", "Providence" and "Candle".
Edited by Drew Anderson
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
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Women's basketball at Iowa State, 7 p.m.
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Wyandotte officials approve plans for KC stadium
18,000-seat stadium, the new home to the Kansas City Wizards, is scheduled to be open for the 2012 season
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than four months of negotiations between the developer and the
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Wyandotte County officials have approved an agreement for a $414 million development that includes a soccer stadium for the Kansas City Wizards and an office complex for medical software maker Cerner Corp.
and Wyandotte County.
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County approved the new agreement Tuesday night. The plan includes an 18,000-seat stadium to be completed by the 2012 soccer season and 4,000 new Cerner jobs.
Cerner, based in Kansas City.
The agreement ends more
Gov. Mark Parkinson praised the agreement, which helps Kansas "get back on track."
" T h e proposal we offered was responsible and
"The proposal we ofference was responsible and did not overreach; as a result,we were successful."
MARK PARKINSON Kansas Governor
n Kansas City, Mo., will build a new 600,000 square-foot office campus. The first building on the campus is scheduled to be under construction by Dec. 1, 2011.
The project, which is being devel-
did not overreach; as a result, we were successful." Parksion said in
Lane4 Property Group, is being subsidized with $85 million in state tax credits and cash and $144.5 million in STAR Bond assistance.
oped by OnGoal LLC, the owner of the Kansas City Wizards, and
County officials approved the development agreement and authorized issuing the STAR Bonds.
"This is a great day for soccer in Kansas City," said OnGoal CEO Robb Heineman. "After a lengthy process to keep the team in the metropolitan area, OnGoal and the Kansas City Wizards are thrilled to receive final approval for our stadium and fields complex."
Under the plan, the first 1,000 Cerner Corp. employees are to be working at the planned office development by the end of 2012.
If Cerner doesn't fulfill its job obligation, a $30.4 million penalty must be paid by Kansas Unified Development, the development entity formed by OnGoal and Lane4.
The developers announced in September they were moving the stadium and Cerner office project to the area near the Kansas Speedway.
It had been slated for a property in south Kansas City, Mo., but that deal failed.
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on multi- year contracts with relievers Huston Street and Rafael Betancourt on Tuesday, according to people familiar with the negotiations.
"We like the character of our guys, how it relates to the team environment, and we like their toughness."
Rockies General Manager Dan O'Dowd said. "We like the character of our guys, how it relates to the team environment, and we like
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Street will get $22.5 million over three years and Betancourt $7.55 million over two seasons, the people said, speaking separately. They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreements were not yet final.
their toughness."
Foxsports. com first reported the deal with Street, and The Denver Post reported the Betancourt deal.
"We know that there are going to be ups and downs with the bullpen, but we like what we have,"
Colorado
also agreed to a $3.25 million, two-year deal with outfielder Ryan Spilborghs and a $1.9 million, one-year contract with pitcher Jason Hammel.
All four were eligible for salary arbitration.
Street solidified the Rockies' bullpen last season by saving 35 games in 37 chances. He stumbled
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Hammel was picked up from Tampa Bay in a trade last April for a minor league pitcher and finished 10-8 with a 4.33 ERA. The 27-year-old righty was one of five Colorado starters to win at least 10 games in 2009.
Spilborghs appeared in 133 games last season, playing all three outfield spots. He hit .241 with 24 doubles and eight homers, including the first game-ending grand slam in team history that capped a 14-inning affair against San Francisco on Aug. 4.
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coach has been pushing her to play otherwise.
"You need to be really aggressive to play in the Big 12," Davis said.
With her newfound aggression, Davis has elevated her game to once unprecedented levels and earned a starting spot.
"A month ago, maybe even three weeks ago, she was not prepared to do this," Henrickson said.
Now, despite Goodrich's injury, Kansas looks deeper than ever at the post position.
"I've never had a kid, from the first day of practice to now, improve as much as she has improved," Henrickson said.
If Davis continues to start and repeats Sunday's statistics, Henrickson will hold a world of ability past her starting five. With junior forward Nicollette Smith and the aforementioned Boogaard all coming off the bench, Henrickson holds a full artillery of capable second options.
A three-way point guard collaboration of Jacobs, junior Rhea Codio and senior Sade Morris might equate to a thinner, Goodrich-less back-court. However, a front court featuring Boogaard, Smith, sophomore forward Aishah Sutherland and Davis can compete with the physicality and skill of the Big 12's finest post players.
"That's going to help us out in the long run." Jacobs said.
Davis said that having Boogaard in practice had helped her round out and refine her skill set.
"She's helping me become stronger, because I have to be strong to play against her," Davis said.
At the beginning of the season, Boogaard was the unquestioned starting center and proved it in practice. One month later, Davis was the starter and playing against Boogaard a little differently.
"I learn from all of her mistakes and she can learn from mine," Davis said. "Now in practice, I can score on her and stop her consistently."
Now, the two will push each other for one starting position.
"I'm not going to say who is going to start on Wednesday. It's a great competition," Henrickson said. "We haven't had two bigs at that size or length that we've been able to play here."
Finding one starting position for Boogaard or Davis isn't a bad problem for Henrickson to have. But as long as Davis plays the role of the aggressor, starter or reserve, the minutes will come.
probly fuss at her more. She hao a lot of good tools to be successful, but she had to change her mind-set. She had to be more comfortable attacking and being assertive here," Henrickson said pointing to the court in Allen Fieldhouse. "And then she can be the one lovable Carolyn Davis outside."
"We fuss at her, sure, and I
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Key to the game
Offense
Simply put, Kansas needs to run an effective and efficient offense to have a chance to upset the No. 20 Iowa State Cyclones on their home court. Iowa State currently leads the Big 12 in scoring defense and allows only 52.8 points per game. To counter that, Kansas will need to look to its seniors and newly appointed starting point guard LaChelda Jacobs to find open players and avoid turnovers. Kansas cannot afford to have many empty possessions.
Keep an eye on
Sade Morris
In the event that both senior guard LaChelda Jacobs and junior guard Rhea Codio struggle to command the Jayhawks' offense, senior guard Sade Morris will take over at the helm. Morris brings a little more of an aggressive style to the point guard position as she looks to score more often than her counterparts. Kansas fans saw a brief preview of this in the closing minutes against Missouri when Morris scored 10 of her 15 points in the final eight minutes while running the offense.
Opponent to watch
Alison Lacey
Iowa State senior guard Alison Lacey poses a huge threat for the Jayhawks. She is in the top five of the Big 12 in scoring average and assists average, and leads the conference in free throw percentage. To top it off, Lacey rarely makes mistakes as she also has the highest assist to turnover ratio in the Big 12. Kansas struggled to defend Oklahoma State's Andrea Riley, a player similar to Lacey, allowing the Cowgirls senior guard to score 30 points in a 70-68 loss. Kansas senior guard Danielle McCray went toe to toe with Riley the entire game and will have to do that against Lacey if Kansas hopes to even its conference record.
Quote of the day
Andrew Taylor
"We've got a shopping list of things we can be better at, and we can do that overnight with a change of a mindset."
— Coach Bonnie Henrickson
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Toronto Maple Leaf left wing Alexei Pinakovsky celebrates as he skates through his second goal against Atlanta Thrashers goaltender Ondrej Pavelec during the first period Tuesday night. Pinakovsky's efforts weren't enough at Atlanta won 4-3.
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Atlanta scores four goals in victory against Toronto
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ATLANTA — Ilya Kovalchuk scored two goals, giving him 30 for the season, and the Atlanta Thrashers beat Toronto 4-3 on Tuesday night to extend the Maple Leafs' road woes.
The Thrashers scored four straight goals after Alexei Ponikarovsky's two first-period goals in a span of 32 seconds.
Pavelec, who stopped 37 shots, held on for his third win in his past four starts.
Rich Peverley's power-play goal 28 seconds into the third period broke a 2-2 tie. KovalchuK's second goal gave Atlanta a 4-2 lead 4:20 into the third period.
Vesa Toskala stopped 28 shots in his first regulation loss in nine career games against Atlanta.
Toronto's Niklas Hagman scored 1:23 later, but Ondrei
Kovalchuk and Evander Kane had second-period goals for Atlanta.
Toronto has allowed 13 goals in the first three games of its five-game road trip. It leads the league with 177 goals allowed.
The Maple Leafs have won only two of their last 12 road games, including their 4-3 win at Nashville on Monday night.
Ponikarovsky continued his history of strong play against the
Thrasher's. He had two goals and an assist in Toronto's 5-2 home win over the Thrasher's on Dec. 7. He has 15 goals — more than against any other team — in 21 career games against Atlanta.
Kovalchuk, who had a streak of goals in three straight games end with Monday night's 1-0 loss at Florida, fired a shot from beyond the left circle past Toskala for the Thrasher's first goal 2:43 into the second period. His third-period goal was deflected into the net off Toskala's pads.
Garnet Exelby, who played for Atlanta from 2002-09, made his return to Philips Arena with the Maple Leafs.
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Georgia Tech head coach Chan Gailey walks out on the field as his team takes on Samford in a college football game Sept. 8, 2007, in Atlanta. The Buffalo Bills announced they hired Gailey on Tuesday.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. Chan Gailey was hired by the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday, getting a second chance to prove himself as an NFL coach and inheriting a team that has missed the playoffs for 10 straight years.
The team scheduled an afternoon news conference but did not say why. Three people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press that Gailey would be introduced then. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had yet to announce the move.
The Buffalo News and FoxSports, com first reported on Monday that Gailey had emerged as the top candidate and was expected to be hired this week.
Gailey replaces Dick lauron, who was fired in November. He takes over a team that finished 6-10 and becomes the Bills' fifth coach since Hall of Famer Marv Levy retired following the 1997 season.
Gailey has spent 15 of his 38 years of coaching in the NFL. In his two years coaching the Dallas Cowboys, he went 18-14 and led the team to consecutive playoff appearances — both losses. He was dismissed after the 1999 season, and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has acknowledged his mistake in firing Gailey.
Gailey has been out of football since he was fired as the Chiefs' offensive coordinator in August, two weeks before the season opener. He was entering his second season with Kansas City after a six-year stretch as Georgia Tech's coach, during which he went 44-33 before being fired in 2007.
The Bills hit several bumps during their coaching search. They spoke with former Steelers coach Bill Cowher in an attempt to lure him out of broadcasting. Last week, Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer rejected the Bill's request for an interview.
Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier was considered the top candidate after interviewing two
weeks ago. Frazier's stock appeared to climb even further after his defense shut down the Cowboys in Minnesota's 34-3 win in the playoffs Sunday.
The 58-year-old Gailey fits the profile set by newly hired general manager Buddy Nix, who preferred hiring someone with head-coaching experience.
Unlike Frazier, a career assistant, Gailey has run college and pro teams, including a two-year stint as coach of the World League of American Football Birmingham Fire in 1991-92. He also coached Troy State (1983-84) and Samford (1993).
At Georgia Tech, Gailey led the Yellow Jackets to six bowl appearances, but his time there ended after a 7-5 finish and going 0-6 during
against rival Georgia.
With Buffalo, Gailey's top priority will be sparking an offense that has finished 25th or worst in yards gained in each of the past seven seasons.
Finding a franchise quarterback would help, too. A combination of injuries and futility led the Bills to go through three starters this past year. The team has not had a starting quarterback stay for more than three years since Hall of Famer Jim Kelly retired following the 1996 season.
Gailey would also need to warm up to Bills fans, who spent the past two weeks clamoring for the team to hire Cowher. Fans raised $1,125 to rent a billboard in Buffalo last week urging team owner Ralph Wilson to hire Cowher.
KU Athletics ties record GPA
ADMINISTRATION
Athletes recognized for semester success
BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
twitter.com/jaysonjenks
Kansas' student-athletes tied an all-time high for a fall semester with a combined 2.99 grade-point average.
Women's golf led all teams with a 3.43 GPA. Eight teams finished with GPAs that surpassed the 3.0 mark. Women's cross-country finished just behind golf with a 3.42 GPA, followed by women's track and field with 3.28 and volleyball at 3.27.
By earning GPAs of at least 3.0, 274 student-athletes, or 53 percent of active rosters at Kansas, were recognized on the Athletic
Director's Honor Roll. Thirty-four of them achieved perfect 4.0 GPAs.
Football earned a 2.73 GPA the highest for that sport since GPAs were first tracked in 1986.
"These student-athletes show remarkable determination," Athletics Director Lew Perkins said in a statement. "It takes a special person to match athletic intensity with determination in the classroom. These grades are a credit to them, their professors and to our outstanding student-athlete support staff. We're very proud of all of them."
The members of the Athletics Director's Honor Roll will be recognized at halftime of tonight's men's basketball game against Baylor.
Edited by Megan Heacock
STUDENT-ATHLETE
GRADE SUMMARY
FOR FALL 2009 TEAM
Baseball: 2.75
Men's Basketball: 2.95
Women's Basketball: 2.82
Football: 2.73
Men's Golf: 2.95
Women's Golf: 3.43
Rowing: 3.10
Softball: 3.22
Soccer: 2.93
Swimming & Diving: 3.03
Tennis: 3.26
Men's Track & Field: 2.97
Men's Cross Country: 2.92
Women's Track & Field: 3.28
Women's Cross Country: 3.42
Volleyball: 3.27
Spirit Squad: 2.93
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himself," Collins said. "And I tell him there's a game where that's going to happen. I don't do everything I want to do.
"I tell him 'shoot the ball," Collins said. "Stop thinking and go play."
Collins said that, because of Henry's freshman status, he might not recognize the extent of his influence on the team.
"I can't let anybody else see me mouting," Collins said. "But it's the same way with him because he doesn't know it, but he's kind of a leader as well."
Edited by Katie Blankenau
BIG 12 BASKETBALL Cornhuskers hold highest ever rank
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska women's basketball coach Connie Yori said she was not worried about the Cornhuskers' highest ranking ever going to her players' heads.
Yori told reporters Tuesday that her players are grounded and not taking anything for granted after getting off to a 16-0 start. The Huskers rose to No. 7 in the Associated Press poll this week.
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Kansas prepares for tough game against Baylor
MEN'S BASKETBALL
BY COREY THIBODEAUX
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
twitter/c/_cthibodeau
Before the season, many wouldn't have expected No. 25 Baylor (14-2, 2-1) to be ranked, but today it meets with No. 3 Kansas.
The Bears up-tempo style mixed with their long-armed defenders has senior guard Sherron Collins pumped for today's game.
"I always enjoy playing, especially fast games," he said. "I like to push the ball and get in those up-court, up-paced games."
Collins won't be having all the fun. Junior center Cole Aldrich is anticipating his own match up against one of the premier centers in the league.
Baylor's junior center Ekpe Udah leads the Big 12 with 4.4 blocked shots per game, as well as 11.4 rebounds. He also averages 14.1 points per game, making him an all-around threat. This is the kind of challenge Aldrich loves.
"They've got the best shot blocker in the Big 12 so far with Udoh," Aldrich said. "It's going to be a fun game. It's going to be a real tough one though."
On top of that, Baylor has Lace-Darius Dunn and Tweety Carter, both who average more points
than Collins, the layhawks' leading scorer. Also, Carter leads the league in assists with seven per game.
Coach Bill Self anticipated Baylor being talented, but not to this extreme.
"I knew theyd be good," Self said, "but I think they probably surpassed a lot of people's expectations except maybe their own on how well they've played."
The Jayhawks should know better than anybody how good the Bears can be after losing 71-64 in the Big 12 tournament last season. During that game, Baylor found the perfect style that has made them so successful.
"They're playing a 2-3 zone," Self said. "They kind of caught lightning in a bottle so-to-speak, playing it late in the season last year and they really hurt us with it in the Big 12 tournament."
But that game was on neutral ground. Kansas is 7-0 against Baylor in Allen Fieldhouse. The last time the two teams played there two seasons ago, it was an epic 100-90 victory for the Jayhawks.
Still, Self was upset with the amount of points his team gave up at home that game. Collins said he wants today's game to be quick-paced, but not at the expense of defense.
KANSAS VS. BAYLOR
Day: Wednesday
Date: Jan. 20, 2010
Location: Lawrence, Kan.
Time: 8:00 p.m. CT
TV: ESPN2
"Coach Self is a defensively minded coach," he said. "We know we've got offense, but we've got to guard on the other end. Like he said, nobody can beat you if they can't score on you."
Junior guard Brady Morningstar, the Jayhawks' best perimeter defender, said he doesn't want the Bears to have one of those games.
Baylor averages just under eight three-pointers a game and Kansas is having trouble guarding the perimeter this season. In games against teams such as Cornell, Nebraska and Tennessee even bad shots went in for Kansas' opponents.
"We've got to learn to play defense this game and hope they don't make shots and hope we do make shots," he said. "Just go out there and have fun."
Edited by Katie Blankenau
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Junior guard Tyrel Teel hits a jump shot over Texas Tech game Mike Davis. Reed finished with five points in the Jayhawks 89-63 victory against the Red Raiders.
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Shockers defeat Panthers, snap 15-game win streak
Wichita State uses stifling defense to upend No.20 UNI
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WICHITA — JT Durley had 19 points, Graham Hatch added 14 and Wichita State knocked off No. 20 Northern Iowa 60-51 Tuesday night to end the nation's second-longest winning streak at 15 games.
Wichita State (17-3, 6-2 Missouri Valley Conference) had a tough shooting night, hitting just 3 of 18 from 3-point range, making up for it with scrappiness and stingy perimeter defense. The Shockers are off to their best start since opening 18-3 in 2004-05 and haven't lost in 12 games at Charles Koch Arena, including two wins over ranked teams.
Northern Iowa's Wkazdo Ahelege attempts to score over Wichita State's JT Durley during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Tuesday in Wichita.
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Northern Iowa (16-2, 7-1) made several runs after a miserable first half at both ends, but came up short after being ranked this week for the second time in school history.
Jordan Eglseder had 14 points to lead Northern Iowa, which shot 2 for 13 from 3-point range.
Northern Iowa trailed by 12 after a miserable first half at both ends, but didn't need long to get it all back.
After all but ignoring Eglseader in the first half, the Panthers worked the ball into the big seniors on three of their first four possessions of the second to hit five straight shots to score the first eight points.
The Shockers didn't score until Gabe Blair dropped in a midrange jumper at 15:15, then used a steal and a fastbreak layup by David Kyles to get themselves and the crowd back into it. Wichita State held Northern Iowa scoreless over its next six possessions to push the lead to seven, then went on another mini run to go up 48-39 on Hatch's fastbreak layup with just
In three minutes, the lead was down to two.
The Shockers didn't hesitate in taking the ball to the rim and used nifty passing between post players to set up layups and dunks when the Panthers collapsed. Wichita
under 4 minutes left.
Northern Iowa tried to mount another run, but Wichita State made 13 of 17 free throws to seal it after falling to get to the line in the first half.
Wichita State was just as aggressive on defense, smothering Northern Iowa's post players and cutting off drives while still getting out to the perimeter shooters.
State's inside success opened up the perimeter and the Shockers hit from there, too, opening the game 10 for 17 from the floor — despite a couple of early jittery airballs — to go up 22-9.
The Shockers went right at the Missouri Valley's best defense early, working the ball into the post despite the presence of Eglseder, a mammoth 7-footer.
Northern Iowa shot 8 of 25, missed all seven of its 3-point attempts and had a season-low 17 points at halftime.
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Ludwick skips arbitration signs one-year contract
ST. LOUIS — Outfielder Ryan Ludwick and the St. Louis Cardinals have avoided arbitration for the second straight season, agreeing Tuesday to a $5.45 million, one-year contract. The
31-year-old Ludwick hit .265 with 22 homers and 97 RBIs last season for the NL Central champions. He agreed to a $3.7 million one-year deal last February after becoming an All-Star for the first time in 2008. Ludwick is likely to bat fifth again. He said at the team's Winter Warmup that he was looking forward to
following Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday in the lineup.
"Albert and then Matt, onbase percentage-wise, those guys are on base a lot," Ludwick said. "So whoever is hitting in the five and six slot is going to be pretty excited."
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Royals players finalize contracts
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KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Third baseman Alex Gordon and right-hander Robinson Tejeda bypassed arbitration, agreeing Tuesday to one-year contracts with the Kansas City Royals.
Gordon gets $1.15 million after making $457,000 last season.
He was the second pick in the 2005 amateur draft and was once thought of as the cornerstone of the team's future. But his career has been slow to develop and he missed 79 games last year after undergoing hip surgery. He wound up batting, 232 with six home runs and 22 RBIs in 49 games.
Tejeda got a raise from $437,000
to $950,000. He can earn another $50,000 in performance bonuses; $25,000 each for reaching 23 and starts.
Pitching out of the bullpen most of the year, Tejeda was 4-2 with a 3.54 ERA in 35 games last season.
He will get an opportunity in spring training to work his way into the rotation.
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KU
TIPOFF
AT A GLANCE
These teams have two of the top defenses in the Big 12 and they feature the league's top two shot blockers — Ekpe Udoh (4.4 per game) and Cole Aldrich (3.7). Kansas and Baylor rank No.1 and No.2 in both field goal percentage and field goal percentage defense. The Jayhawks are 14-2 all-time against the Bears, splitting last year's season series 1-1. The last time these teams played, Baylor won 71-64 in the 2009 Big 12 Championship. Kansas was the No.1 seed while Baylor was a No. 9 seed. Baylor went on but lost to Missouri.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Xavier Henrv
We all know Sherron Collins
can score whenever he wants. Re-
cently, Henry said he would defer to his senior leader when the pressure was
Henry
ALEXANDER TEMPEST
high. But Collins countered by challenging the freshman to step up more offensively. This game will be fast-paced and suited to Henry's style, so now would be the time to prove that he can keep up with Collins, even if he won't admit it.
How will the Jayhawks at tack the zone?
QUESTION MARK
Baylor plays a 2-3 zone and the team has a lot of length. The Jayhawks had trouble against zone defenses this year when they couldn't establish a post game and resorted to jumpshots. Don't expect a huge game from Marcus Morris or Cole Aldrich. Brady Morningstar and Sherron Collins said the key was to keep the ball moving and hit open shots.
"If you just rely on shooting three-pointers all game, if you're hitting them that's good," Morningstar said. "But if you're not, you've got to get some other ways. I guess we'll see how we play."
HEARYE HEARYE
"Well I'm neutral. And, uh, can they both lose?"
— Before the Texas and Kansas State game Monday, coach Bill Self ksed about which team he would root for.
GAME DAY
KANSAS ENTERS THE ZONE
The Bears' stellar 2-3 zone defense awaits the Jayhawks tonight. NO.3 KANSAS VS. NO.25 BAYLOR 8 p.m., ALLEN FIELDHOUSE, ESPN2
BENINIAN BOYD
Collins
KANSAS (16-1) STARTERS
Sherron Collins, guard
Nobel Prize winner in Physics
Collins said he would enjoy this game because of Baylor's fast style. He leads the Jayhawks with 15.6 points per game, which is good for 10th in the Big 12. He is hitting 86.2 of his free throws, second in the league, and is currently going on 11 straight makes.
Taylor
Tyshawn Taylor, guard
The sophomore has scored double figures in two of the last four games,but was ineffective for the most part against Texas Tech. He played a season-low 12 minutes in that game. Taylor ranks 11th in the Big 12 with 3.7 assists per game and is 12th in assist-to-turnover ratio with 1.9 per game.
PETER MCKINLEY
The two-time Phillips Big 12 Rookie of the Week is second on the Jayhawks with 15.1 points per game. His point production has dropped off significantly in the past few weeks, but it took a small step forward after he scored 14 against Texas Tech. The zone coverage Baylor plays will give Henry plenty of chances to knock down shots. If he does, expect 20-plus.
Xavier Henry, guard
Henry
Marcus Morris, forward
Morris
Morris has averaged 19.5 points in his last two games. But we've seen flashes like this dissolve into ineffectiveness. He has vowed to keep the aggression through the rest of the season, so maybe the benching against Nebraska worked. He ranks third on the team behind Collins and Henry, scoring 11.6 points per contest. He is second on the team with 5.4 rebounds
Cole Aldrich, center
per game.
Aldrich is one of three players in the Big 12 averaging a double double, with 10.8 points and 10.2 rebounds. A teary-
Aldrich
ALBERTO
eyed Aldrich talked Monday about losing his grandmother, Ann Aldrich, over the week-end. Her health was weighing on his mind and some have speculated that it was affecting
that it was affecting his play. But neither Aldrich or coach Bill Self would ever admit it. "He's an absolute stud," Self said after announcing Aldrich's grandmother's passing on his weekly "Bill Self Show."
SIXTH MAN
BRAITH MAN
Brady Morningstar, guard
The revolving door of six men contin-
ues to benefit the buoyant Girls.
The revolving door of sixth men continues to benefit the Jayhawks. Each game
M. A. HADRIKOVA
a new hero emerges and Morningstar is at the forefront at the moment. He had a season-high eight points and six rebounds against the Red Raiders, in addition to a platoon of
defensive gems. In eight games this season he has 26 assists to only eight turnovers.
Morningstar
Corey Thibodeaux
BAYLOR
(14-2)
STARTERS
POLICE
KANSAS
22
Carter
Carter is listed at 5-foot-11, but Sherron Collins has at least a couple inches on the pint-sized Baylor point guard. It hasn't provided too much of a problem for Carter, who is the leading assist man in the Big 12 with 7 per game. He can also score when he has to, averaging 15.3 points per game.
Tweety Carter,guard
If Carter is passive in his shot selection, then Dunn is relentless. He's a natural scorer who can put the ball in the basket from anywhere on the floor. His 56 three-pointers lead the team, as do his 99 field goals. Dunn averages 19.1 points per game, good for third in the conference.
.
Dunn
Anthony Jones, forward
Jones is a monster at small forward, measuring 6-foot-10. His length will make him a nightmare for Xavier Henry when the Jayhawks have the ball, as the Bears play a tenacious 2-3 zone that is particularly successful because of the Bears' length. It may make sense to combat Jones' size with Marcus Morris at the three, but Bill Self nixed tha in the week.
Jones
Ekpe Udoh, forward
Udoh may be the most complete player on the Baylor roster. He has an Aldrich-esque defensive presence, leading the Big 12 with almost 4.5 blocks per game, and he can change the course of a game on either end of the floor.
He averages just more than game and a conference
PETER LUCAS
He averages just more than 14 points per game and a conference-best 11.4 reboundss.
Udoh
Josh Lomers,
center
Lomers' biggest contribution is his wingspan. A legitimate 7-footer, Lomers anchors Baylor's zone defense with a
Mohd Nawaz Alam
steady veteran presence under the hoop. He's solid offensively, averaging 7.2 points per game, but is a surprisingly poor rebounder. He averages 3.8 per game.
Lomers
SIXTH MAN
Quincy Acy,guard
Acy is an absolute weapon off the bench and continues the flow of guards with passing-lane-filling length. He stands at 6-foot-7, meaning he can come off the bench at either
forward position without a huge drop in defensive presence. He averages 9.1 points per game.
Acy
Tim Dwyer
BAYLOR TIPOFF
ATAGIANCE
The Jayhawks have the ability to break the Bears' zone if they don't turn the ball over. That will likely translate into increased minutes for Brady Morningstar — who may start ahead of Tyshawn Taylor.
and Tyrel Reed, both of whom have a reputation as smart players. The biggest threat at the Jayhawks present is their three-joint shooting ability. The easiest way to beat a zone defense, other than getting the ball inside, is to knock down perimeter shots. The Jayhawks' 42 percent mark from distance tops the conference.
PLAYERTOWATCH
Marcus Morris
LaceDarius Dunn
Dunn has been on a rampage since conference play began,
Beveringham
12-best
25.3 points per game. Brady
Morningstar,
Tyshawn Taylor and Tyrel Reed
will split time
defensively on Dunn, but,
silencing him.
Dunn
is likely out of the question. If they are able to slow him down to the tune of 15 points or so, the Jayhawks should roll.
QUESTIONMARK
Who wins the battle at power forward?
Ekpe Udoh's is a force on both sides of the ball, as detailed to the left, but Marcus Morris hasn't been bad himself since the Jayawicks entered conference play. Morris' 19.5 points per game and 7.5 rebounds in Kansas' two conference games lead the team. Udoh is right there behind him with 13.7 points and 11 rebounds in Big 12 play.
HEARYE, HEARYE
"Like he said, nobody can beat you if they can't score on you."
- Sheeron Collins, asked about why Sell was upset the last time Baylor visited Kansas, a 100-90 lot of 90 layhawks victory
BIG 12 SCHEDULE
Game
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BIG 12 CONFERENCE
ALLEN FIELDHOUSE WILL ROCK IF...
The Jayhawks come out sniping. The goal of a zone defense like Baylor's is to stop the ball from getting inside, so hot shooting from three-point range renders it basically ineffective. Don't be surprised if Tyshawn Taylor's minutes are cut again in favor of Tyrel Reed and Brady Morningstar, both of whom are better shooters from distance.
PHOG ALLEN WILL ROLL OVER IN HIS GRAVE IF...
SCHEDULE
Kansas commits 15-plus turnovers. Eight to 12 turnovers will happen against a defense with the Bears' collective length and one-man block party, Ekpe Udoh, in the paint. If the Jayhawks give away many more possessions than that, though, the Allen Field-house faithful could get silenced in a hurry.
Prediction:
KANSAS 84, BAYLOR 71
Date Opponent TV Channel Time
Jan. 23 at Iowa State ESPN 1 p.m.
Jan. 25 MISSOURI ESPN 8 p.m.
Jan. 30 at Kansas State ESPN 6 p.m.
Feb. 3 at Colorado ESPN2 8 p.m.
Feb. 6 NEBRASKA ESPNU 5 p.m.
Feb. 8 at Texas ESPN 8 p.m.
Feb. 13 IOWA STATE ESPNU 7 p.m.
Feb. 15 at Texas A&M ESPN 8 p.m.
Feb. 20 COLORADO Big 12 Network 3 p.m.
Feb. 22 OKLAHOMA ESPN 8 p.m.
Feb. 27 at Oklahoma State ESPN 3 p.m.
March 3 KANSAS STATE Big 12 Network 7 p.m.
March 6 at Missouri CBS 1 p.m.
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The herbal mixture K2 causes a marijuana-like high when smoked. The Kansas House of Representatives and Senate are considering bills that would make the chemicals components in K2 illegal.
State legislature could ban K2
BY ERIN BROWN
ebrown@kansan.com
The possession and sale of an herbal mixture commonly referred to as K2 could become illegal in Kansas if bills circulating in the state legislature pass.
K2 is a name for a mixture of plant materials with added synthetic chemicals. When smoked, these chemicals produce a high similar to that of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, said Sgt. Steve Lewis of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
"If people are acting and misbehaving
at the same level as someone intoxicated by alcohol or high on drugs, in my way of thinking, it's not a good thing," he said.
House Bill 2411, sponsored by Robert Olson, R-Olathe, and Senate Bill 348 would make the synthetic cannabinoids JWH 018 and JWH 073 found in K2 illegal. The mixture goes by different names in other parts of the state and country. At The Sacred Journey, 1103 Massachusetts St., it's sold as The Third Eye and Ramblin Rose. The store sells the substance as an incense.
The House took no action on H.B. 2411 Tuesday, after hearing testimony
from users and sellers of the substance. A Senate committee recommended approval of S.B. 348 last week after law enforcement officials voiced concern about the herbal mixture and its possible harmful effects. The full state Senate is expected to consider the bill Thursday.
Although lawmakers are concerned about harmful effects, few studies exist to validate or negate those concerns.
"Because these drugs bind better to the receptors in the brain than THC, there is a higher chance for long-term effects," said
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What is K2?
K2 is made up of plant materials mixed with synthetic chemicals. In Lawrence, it is marketed and sold as incense, but when smoked, it is supposed to produce effects similar to THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
K2 does not appear on drug tests, which makes it a popular alternative to marijuana, as K2 holds much less of a risk of being discovered.
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Project receives LEED award
BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
The environmentally friendly house that Dan Rockhill and his architecture students built in Kansas City, Kan., last year recently received LEED platinum certification, making it the first residence to receive that designation in the Kansas City area.
Rockhill is a JL Constant distinguished professor of architecture and director of Studio 804, a not-for-profit design-and-build program at the School of Architecture. He said he and his students set out to build the most technologically advanced house in the area. They built the house in the Rosedale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kan., near the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Megan Rux Sevier, a 2009 graduate and a KU alumna with a master's degree in architecture, was one of the 22 team members who worked on the house at 3716 Springfield St. She said this was the capstone to a fulfilling project.
"Building sustainable has its own set of challenges, but in my opinion, it is how all buildings should be designed and built," she said.
LEED Platinum is the highest rating level possible in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System. The system awards points for meeting green building criteria, including use of sustainable resources, energy savings and carbon dioxide emissions reduction.
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BY JESSE BROWN
jbrown@kansan.com
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After realizing the engineering buildings on campus are a bit lacking in recycling bins, five engineering students have taken it upon themselves to make sure their peers have a place to put their used cans and newspapers. But to them, it's a little more personal than just recycling.
The five students are all members of the recently reorganized American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and their purpose behind expanding the recycling program runs as deep as their heritage.
The American Indian Science in Engineering Society has placed 40 recycling bins in Eaton Hall, Learned Hall and Spahr Engineering Library. There are 40 to 50 trash bins in comparison.
"From a personal standpoint, being Native American, one of the philosophies that they always teach us is that Earth is your mother," Len Neefera, a junior from Lawrence, said. "A lot of it is taking care of what's been given to us."
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Trudy Curley, a sophomore from Lawrence, re-established AIES in
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"This recycling thing is pretty much a big step for us." Trudy said.
The group has added 40 recyclin bins near Eaton Hall, Learned
Hall and Spahr Engineering Library. Twenty are made of cardboard and collect plastic and aluminum items while the other 20 are made of plas-
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The Kansas African Studies Center will host a Martin Luther King Spring Welcome Back Reception for faculty, staff and students from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 10 of Bailey Hall. The reception is free.
- Student Union Activities will screen the movie, "Whip It" at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium. Tickets are $2 for KU students and $3 for the general public.
The KU Law Federalist Society is sponsoring the lecture, "Tort Reform: Cut Costs, Not Care," presented by Mark Behrens, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Shook Hardy & Bacon from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 104 of Green Hall. The event and accompanying lunch are free.
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- KU Opera presents "The Sorrows of Young Werther" from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for general admission.
Watkins Memorial Health Center will have an H1N1 clinic from noon to 2 p.m. in the first floor conference room. The clinic is open to all KU students, faculty, staff and retirees.
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Three faculty members will present "Food for Thought: The Culture of Food in the United States" from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Big 12 Room on Level 5 of the Kansas Union. Tickets are free.
Jan. 23
Ayu Saraswati will present "Cosmopolitan Whitness: The Effects and Affects of Skin-Whitening and Tanning Advertisements in Transnational Media" from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Hall Center for Humanities. Tickets are free.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center is providing an Empower self defense workshop taught by martial artists from Premier Martial Arts in the Martial Arts room of the Ambler Student Recreation Center from 1 to 3 p.m. To register, call the ETWRC at 785-864-3600 or e-mail amckay@ku.edu or etvrc@ku.edu. The workshop is free.
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The KU Blood Drive will be from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union.
The KU Natural History Museum will have its first Science! on Tap discussion, "Kaw Kinetics: Hydroelectric Energy in Lawrence", at 7:30 p.m. at Free State Brewing Co. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Sarah Nelson-owner-operator of Bowersock Mills and Power Co., will present the history of hydroelectric power in Lawrence and address the pros and cons of using the Kansas River for energy. The event is free.
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Opera singer Sasha Cooke will perform at the Lied Center at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students and $18 for others.
The University will host a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration banquet featuring U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Missouri) from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Kansas Room at the Kansas Union. Tickets are $20 and must be purchased no later than Jan. 21: www.omaku.edu.
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The Dole Institute of Politics will host "Pizza & Politics with David Schimke" from noon to 1:30 p.m. Schimke is the editor in chief and general manager of Utne Reader. KU students only.
Norman Yetman, professor of American studies and sociology, will present the University-Community Forum "Voices From Slavery: The Federal Writers' Project Slave Narrative Collection" at noon in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building. This event is free.
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Enter the bowling alley and people are greeted with four game pads, one arcade game and a slew of students stomping to Dance, Dance, Revolution.
DDR instructor Susan Hoffman said she had been privileged to teach this vigorous health, sport and exercise sciences course for the past four years.
Many students cringe at the thought of an early Friday morning class. But at 8 a.m., the first floor of the Union is booming with a party-like atmosphere.
"I really didn't think students would do this," Hoffman said. "But students do like to do it, and I think they get a lot more out of it than they ever dreamed they would."
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Although there is some outside work required — two essays on goals and reflections — students are more than willing to look past the homework aspect. According to Hoffman, students can benefit from the course.
learn how to focus in and get rid of some of the excess noise around you, and I think that can be transferred to all kinds of things that you do in college," Hoffman said.
Allison Ho, a senior from Topeka, enrolled in DDR after needing one credit hour to complete her spring schedule.
"I'm a bio-chem major and a chemistry minor, and this is the first fun class I've taken." Ho said.
Ho isnt the only person majoring in the sciences to take the course. Since the first
year the class was offered. Hoffman has seen everyone from law students searching for a lighter class to athletes who are looking to improve their foot speed.
"We get everybody from somebody who has never seen it before to someone who makes you go, 'I'll never be able to do that. That's crazy,' because they're just moving so fast," Hoffman said.
Three years ago, Burton Gepford, a senior from Shawnee, said he hadn't played DDR. In fact, he wasn't enrolled in the class, but rather worked at Jaybowl and occasionally participated in Hoffman's class. Now Gepford, Jaybowl's recreation coordinator, has mastered the machine and was offered to teach a section of the course.
As an instructon, Gepford said he hoped to teach his students the fundamentals of the game but wanted them to understand
that he's not expecting them to become professionals.
"I want them to get better every day, and that's the goal," Gepford said. "As long as I see that they improve from the beginning of the semester to the end of the semester, I'll feel like I did a good job teaching."
Hoffman shared the same expectations for her students. She said she thought that students will leave the course with more than just a newfound knowledge of the game.
"I tell them you don't have to look pretty," Hoffman said. "Just show up and participate — the benefits are yours."
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"We designed a platinum-level home, so we knew we had built a home that would meet and exceed the platinum certification criteria," Jared Eder, a 2009 master's graduate and KU alumnus who worked on the project, said. "It's nice to make it official."
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Rockhill said the design process started when the group decided what land to purchase, which didn't happen until December 2008. From there, design takes about a month. The group started building in January 2009 and finished the house in May.
The house designed and built by the team from Studio 804 is for sale at 3716 Springfield St. in Kansas City, Kan. The house is listed at $255,000.
The house has 24 solar panels and a residential wind turbine, which the group designed to return excess electricity back to the power grid. The group also placed an energy recovery ventilator in the house, which exchanges outside and inside air to maintain a more constant temperature in the house.
"It's a complex, very laborious program that everybody is involved with." Rockhill said. "It's not an easy thing. It's not like you just win an award. At the end of it, you're more relieved than anything that it's over."
That sort of energy-saving costs money, though. Studio 804 is financed through donations on its website and, in the case of this house, through money from selling the property. On the group's
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"That's all he needed to say" she said.
MIAMI — Tammy Gage cries every time she turns on the TV and sees the devastation in Haiti. And though she already has three daughters, she didn't hesitate when her husband suggested that they adopt from Haiti.
Gage and her husband Brad are among many Americans expressing interest in adopting children who have been left orphans from the quake last week. Adoption advocacy groups are reporting dozens of calls a day.
The need is vast. Even before last Tuesday's deadly magnitude-7.0 earthquake, Haiti, one of the world's poorest countries, had 380,000 orphans, according to UNICEF. There is no counting children newly orphaned by the quake, but aid groups estimate the number is in tens of thousands.
Before new adoptions can occur, officials need to establish that
The road to adoption is a long one. The orphans coming to the U.S. now are children who either had already established a relationship with potential parents in the country, or who were certified as orphans before the quake but hadn't been placed with parents yet, said Chris Bentley, a U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services spokesman.
the children are identified by the Haitian government as orphans; there have been reports of families selling their children to adoption brokers. And potential families need to be cleared, too.
"All this is a 2-year process minimum," Difilipo said. "Some families have waited five years."
New solutions may be enacted for these orphans, though, said Mary Robinson, CEO of the National Council for Adoption. Her advocacy group has gotten an offer from Puerto Rico to serve as a resting place for children until they are adopted.
State Department spokesman Darby Holladay said the orphans are one of the highest priorities for the U.S. government.
He said the U.S. Embassy in Haiti has processed immigrant visas for 46 orphan children whose cases were ready for processing. In addition, there have been 100 humanitarian waivers for orphans.
Gage and her husband Brad had discussed adopting before, but she was moved by the devastation in Haiti. "Really, I wanted to get on the next flight out and help these people," she said.
I am a teacher in the city of Cairo, Egypt. I teach English to students from kindergarten through high school. I love teaching because it allows me to connect with the world and help children learn new skills. I also enjoy taking them on trips to different countries to see their culture and learn about their traditions.
Bentley also said there will be a task force to help Haitian children come into the U.S. for adoption.
The Gage family knows that adoption can take a long time, but plans to stick it out.
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tic and collect either newspapers or office pak. He estimated that the halls had about 40 to 50 trash bins in comparison.
In addition to improving recycling in the engineering buildings. Necefer said the group wanted to prove to the engineering students and faculty that recycling is an integral part of responsible engineering. He said though the University worked to make campus buildings more efficient, students and faculty shouldn't forget to recycle.
"Being an engineer, it's like we look for where to improve efficiencies," Necefer said. "Even though recycling and waste management
isn't necessarily a direct mechanical engineering application, it's still an efficiency. This building still produces waste."
Necefer said he had seen some resistance toward the group's sustainability goal when several recycling bins were vandalized.
"Part of it is just providing the choice," Necefer said. "I'm not trying to force anything on anybody because that's counterproductive."
Necefer and other members of AISES are seeking funds from Student Senate today to help finance the project.
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Jeremy Morris, senior forensic scientist with the Johnson County Sheriff's Office.
He said that studies hadn't confirmed the long-term effects but that short-term effects include dependency.
"Does this stuff need to be looked at a little closer? Sure," Morris said. "But it needs to be taken out of the hands of the public."
The use of K2 has resulted in hospitalizations in Maine, Florida, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas, Morris said. But if the bill passes, Kansas will be the first state to make these chemicals illegal.
Matthew Rader, an employee of The Sacred Journey, said several different people had purchased the product, ranging in ages from 18 to about 75. The store doesn't sell the product to anyone under 18, he said.
Rader said he didn't know of any health problems associated with use of the product.
"There's not enough research," he said. "We see people regularly with no sign of harmful effects."
Rader said that he and other
employees were open to the idea of taxation and regulation but that he thought making these chemicals illegal would not necessarily stop anyone from using the product.
"More harmful drugs like tobacco and alcohol are already flooding schools," he said. "Outlawing instead of regulating will hurt more than help, and kids will get a hold of drugs anyway."
Morgan Monsees, a junior from Overland Park, said she had smoked K2 and described it as a relaxant. Monsees said she didn't know why lawmakers want to ban it.
"It is just another substance control issue," she said, "If it has not caused problems, then why make it illegal?"
Rader said that The Sacred Journey and other stores that sell herbs weren't causing a commotion and that he didn't see the harm in selling the product.
"We are just normal people," he said. "We aren't trying to hurt anyone."
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ODD NEWS
Thief makes off with bales of hay
WELLSVILLE, Pa. — It's a crime with high bale. Police in central Pennsylvania are trying to find out who took more than 200 bales of hay from a farm early this month. State Police said someone broke into a barn in Wellsville, York County on Jan. 3 and took about 245 bales of hay.The barn's owner does not live on the property.
Trooper Matthew Pavone said the hay is worth about $1,000.
Man bargains for longer jail sentence
OGDEN, Utah — A Utah man has chosen to fight heroin addiction by spending more time in jail. Damon Conrow was
sentenced Tuesday on a charge of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance after asking to "plead up" to a first-degree folony. The charge had been a second-degree felony, but Conrow wanted a longer sentence.
Conrow said he'll soon be happier than he is now because he'll get off heroin. He said within about eight weeks of going to jail, he expects withdrawal symptoms to ease so he can start having normal sleeping patterns.
The 25-year-old pleaded guilty in December.
On Tuesday, 2nd District Judge Pamela Heffernan gave Conrow one last chance to change his mind and withdraw his guilty plea. Conrow declined.
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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal employee in California is suing the Obama administration to force it to provide health benefits to her same-sex spouse.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management told Karen Golinski that it was refusing to extend benefits to her wife because federal law prohibits the government from recognizing gay marriage.
The Office of Personnel Management says the Justice Department told it to ignore the judge's ruling because it went against the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.
The office made its decision over the objections of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, who called the move illegal discrimination.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Francisco federal court asks for an order to provide Golinski's spouse with health benefits afforded to spouses of federal employees.
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APPOMATTOX, Va. — A bomb squad discovered a multitude of explosives Wednesday at the home of a man accused of shooting to death eight people, and crews were detonating the devices as more details about the suspected gunman came to light.
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Christopher Bryan Speight, a 39-year-old security guard, surrendered to police at daybreak Wednesday after leading authorities on an 18-hour manhunt following the slayings at a house in rural central Virginia where deputies found a mortally wounded man and seven bodies.
As of Wednesday afternoon, bomb squads had detonated seven explosives. The blasting was expected to continue into Thursday.
Speight had no weapons when he hurrendered. He was wearing a bulletproof vest over a black fleece jacket, camouflage pants and mudcaked boots. Neither the Sheriff nor a state police spokeswoman would disclose what Speight said when he gave up.
Authorities remained tight-lipped on most details surrounding the slayings, including any possible motive. Nor did they immediately identify any of the victims or their relationship to the suspect. Investigators would say only that he knew his victims.
Speight, who was jailed while awaiting charges, co-owned and lived in the home where some of the bodies were found.
Reporters were allowed to see
Neighbor Monte W. Mays said Speights mother deeded the house to Speight and his sister in 2006, shortly before she died of brain cancer.
Mays, the county's retired commissioner of accounts, said Speight was a good neighbor. They waved as they passed each other on the
road and sent their dogs out to play with one another.
Speight had long been a gun enthusiast and enjoyed target shooting at a range on his property, Mays said. But the shooting recently became a daily occurrence, with Speight firing what Mays said were high-powered rifles.
"Then we noticed he was doing it at nighttime," and the gunfire started going deeper into the woods, Mays said.
Mays said the entire community is devastated and wondering what
"The only one who's going to know now is Christ" he said.
triggered the slayings.
David Anderson, co-owner of the Sunshine Market grocery store in Lynchburg, where Speight sometimes provided security, said Speight was worried that his sister and brother-in-law wanted to kick him out of the house.
Speight never wanted to talk about it, but he "constantly paced the floor," Anderson said. "I thought he was going to wear a trench in it."
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SAN FRANCISCO — Gay men and lesbians are a politically unpopular and relatively powerless force in the U.S., even though the public tends to think otherwise, a political scientist testified Wednesday during a historic trial on the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban.
Stanford University professor Gary M. Segura cited hate crime statistics, anti-gay remarks by elected officials, the relatively low number of gay office holders nationwide and the success rate of ballot initiatives such as
California Proposition 8 to argue that gays do not possess a meaningful degree of political power.
"By any measure, gays and lesbians would have to
defeats for the gay rights movement dating back to the 1970s, including 33 of the 33 measures dealing with marriage.
Segura said Proposition 8 was part of a chain of ballot box
be understood as a minority faction," Segura said. "People who accept the normativity of heterosexuality have held power essentially forever"
— called Segura to the witness stand to buttress their argument that gays are a disadvantaged group that deserves the same protections from discrimination afforded other vulnerable minorities under the U.S. Constitution
Lawyers for two same-sex couples suing to overturn Proposition 8 — California's gay marriage ban
GARY M. SEGURA Stanford University professor
Attorney Charles Cooper, who is representing Proposition 8 sponsors, argued in his opening statement that gays enjoy substantial political power as evidenced by the array of political officials and labor and religious groups that opposed Proposition 8.
That measure was motivated not by "ill-will nor animosity toward gays and lesbians, but special regard for the institution of marriage," he said.
"People who accept the normativity of heterosexuality have held power essentially forever."
Earlier Wednesday, a gay Colorado man testified that
the reversal therapy" he underwent as a teenager to change his sexual orientation drove him to the brink of suicide.
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witness stand to demonstrate that a person's sexual orientation cannot usually be changed.
James Campbell, a lawyer for the ban's sponsors objected to Kendall being allowed to testify, saying it was irrelevant to the legal issues in the case. Campbell cross-examined Kendall, asking if he ever believed the therapy could help, since he had been forced to go by his parents.
"Your only goal for conversion therapy was to survive the experience, is that true?" Campbell asked.
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Despite stern pleas from authorities and door-to-door calls by police officers and sheriff's deputies, some residents refused to comply with evacuation orders issued for Los Angeles-area foothill communities below the steep San Gabriel Mountains where 250 square miles of forest burned in a summer wildfire.
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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — A third powerful Pacific storm pounded California with heavy rain and snow Wednesday, forcing evacuations of hundreds of homes below wildfire-scarred mountains, shutting a major interstate and unleashing lightning strikes on two airliners.
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When they told Los Angeles County deputies they weren't
While most others in the Frazers' community appeared to be complying, officials in nearby Los Angeles reported only about 40 percent compliance by residents of 262 homes in that jurisdiction.
leaving, the deputies asked them to fill out forms stating they'd been advised of the danger. They also were warned it might not be possible to rescue them.
Police Chief Charlie Beck sternly urged the rest to go.
"We're not doing this because your carpet is going to get wet; we're doing it because your life is at risk," Beck told a press conference.
Steady rain was expected to
By early afternoon, part of Interstate 5 was closed due to snow and ice in 4,100-foot-high Tejon Pass north of Los Angeles. Vehicles were to be escorted down from the pass by Highway Patrol officers.
Two Southwest Airlines aircraft were struck by lightning Wednesday morning after reaching their arrival gates in Burbank, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said.
Two people on one plane reported feeling numb and were taken to a hospital, he said.
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ECM begins 12-week study of Jesus
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Lauren Tulles, a senior from Carl Junction, Mo., discusses the historical Jesus in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Faith Forum Wednesday.
About 20 people attend the event to see the first selection of the movie "First Light; Jesus and the Kingdom of God."
BY JESSE BROWN
jbrown@kansan.com
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Ecumenical Christian Ministries hosted its weekly Faith Forum last night, kicking off a 12-week study of the history of Jesus.
About 20 people attended the event to view the first chapter in the movie "First Light; Jesus and the Kingdom of God," to learn about the historical context of Jesus.
ECM Minister Thad Holcombe led the event, which included a dinner, a brief introduction of the video and a discussion.
"I think it went really good for a first meeting," Holcombe said. "What we wanted is to have a cross generation and I know there'll be about five or six more students next week."
The first week focused on the understanding of the gospels. Organizers noted that Jesus lived in the first one-third of the first century, but the gospels were written toward the last part of the first century when the authors told their interpretations of his life.
"I think it's really to kind of connect the really intellectual understanding of a history of a faith tradition," Holcombe said. "Understand it in an intellectual way, but connect it with the heart"
Holcombe said he also thought the video and discussion are important because most identify with their respective time periods. He said he hoped the videos
helped people understand the historic context of Jesus' time, which can help people sympathize with what Jesus and others were going through.
Lauren Tullis, a senior from Carl Junction, Mo., said she was impressed with Wednesday's meeting.
"I think it's really great information because it allows us to understand Jesus and Christianity in a historic context." Tullis said. "It's how we understand everything else, so to have this kind of framework and to understand it is beneficial."
Tullis said the different generations' talking with each other was a positive thing so one could see the diverse perspectives that each person has.
Bobbie-Francis McDonald is an elder, one who makes decisions about the congregations direction at the First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence and a supporter of ECM. She said it's a nice thing to be
able to speak with younger people about the subject.
— Edited by Anna Archibald
"For me, it was important because I don't get a lot of opportunities to engage with young people, college-age students," McDonald said.
The video shown has 12 chapters so Holcombe and the ECM will continue the discussion for 11 consecutive weeks on Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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NEW YORK — "Law & Order," meet "The Practice."
After all, why retire? He's only 90.
90-year-old DA takes a new job
"Taking time off makes me nervous," Morgenthou quipped at a news conference Wednesday announcing his new post at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Hes "of counsel" — a term sometimes used for former public officials and others entering private practice at senior levels — to the roughly 225-lawyer firm, which represents a roster of major financial institutions and corporations. He and the firm say it's not yet clear which clients he'll work with.
Three weeks after stepping down from his 35-year job as Manhattan's district attorney — where he became the model for the original DA of TV's "Law & Order" — Robert Morgenthau has a new job at a prominent law firm.
Morgenthau finished his long run as head of one of the nation's most prominent prosecutor's offices on Dec. 31. His successor, fellow Democrat Cyrus R. Vance Jr., was elected in November.
As Manhattan's U.S. attorney for eight years before being elected as the borough DA in 1974, Morgenthau embodied the figure
of a prosecutor for decades. But he began his legal career in private practice and returned briefly in the 1970s.
As DA, he built a reputation for going after corporate fraud and other financial crimes. But he said Wednesday he was looking now forward to "helping businesses succeed and take on workers" at a time of high unemployment.
Wachtell. Lipton's clients have ranged from the Treasury Department to Wal-Mart Stores Inc., according to the firm.
The firm represented Bank of America Corp. in its 2008 purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co.
— a deal that has spurred a lawsuit from federal regulators, who say the bank hid the brokerage's losses from shareholders. The bank says it disclosed sufficient information before shareholders approved the deal.
Wachtell. Lipton doesn't have any clients with cases involving the Manhattan DAs office, the firm said.
Partner Daniel A. Neff said the firm valued Morgenthau's "remarkable wealth of experience, contacts and judgment." And for his part, Morgenthau said he was eager to get back to work.
"When I left the (DA's) office, the only thing I knew was that I wasn't going to sit on the beach," he said.
LAWRENCE
Students find employment at The Oread's new restaurants
BY ALEESE KOPF
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When The Oread started hiring two weeks ago, students began competing for opportunities to work for the new hotel at 1200 Oread Ave. Students primarily sought information about employment through e-mails, phone calls and in-person walk-ins to The Oread, Nancy Longhurst, the hotel's general manager said.
With several hundred visitors during its open house last Sunday, The Oread Hotel has excited public interest. Many students, however, have visited out of more than mere curiosity.
A set of rules for the search for the most efficient way to sort a list.
The Oread has multiple restaurants and bars. On a given night, as many as 50 students might be employed by The Bird Dog bar alone.
The Oread is still hiring and therefore unsure of the exact number of student employees, McCormick said. The hotel will eventually employ about 250 people, she said.
Longhurst said the hotel is still in need of staff for the Five 21 res.
Career Center, said few students had come to the center looking for part-time positions, but had used the center for information regarding internships. The Oread offered four student internships pertaining to marketing and management. Information for these positions was made available through the Career Center in November at the internship fair, and Hill said the posts are now closed.
On a given night, as many as 50 students might be employed by The Bird Dog bar alone.
Patti McCormick, The Oread's director of media, events and public and community relations, said 75 percent of the hotel's employees are students, who work primarily as servers and bartenders.
Megan Hill, associate director for career networks at the University
Erin Bremer, a sophomore from Manhattan, said it was the atmosphere and the overall unique feel of The Oread that made her want to work there. She now works as a server for The Bird Dog, a restaurant inside the hotel. She said the ability to try new jobs, such as cocktail and fine dining serving, also added to the experience.
for the Five 21 restaurant scheduled to open Feb. 1
When looking for a student employee, she said, restaurant managers search for candidates who will go above and beyond their
expected duty to make sure every customer is taken care of.
In addition to having a friendly attitude, eagerness is another sought-after trait, she said. Experience can be developed and improved, but for Longhurst, a positive attitude is essential. She said she saw many advantages in hiring student versus non-student employees.
"All the students are great," Longhurst said. "They're very enthusiastic. They want to work here and are proud to be able to work here."
Edited by Katie Blankenau
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"We are here because you committed perjury," Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner told Kilpatrick. "You pled guilty and you agreed to pay $1 million in restitution, but you have not been responsible in paying it. You have not been credible in this courtroom and you, again, have not been honest to the city of Detroit."
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A judge on Wednesday called Kilpatrick deceitful and self-serving while ordering him to come up with more than $300,000 for restitution to the city within 90 days or possibly face a return to jail.
Former mayor could return to jail
DETROIT — Kwame Kilpatrick lost his job as Detroit's mayor and his freedom, in part, for telling lies.
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FISH BOWL
JACK I HAVE SUBDERMAL
HEMATOMA, I HAVE
TWO WEEKS
TO LIVE
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HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
You've reached the balance point with work and respon sibilities. Now it's time to pursue social activities with flair. Join the party!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Today is a 6
AUGUST (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
It may be hard to get through
to an older person now. Don't
worry. You'll get another
chance. Follow through on
social plans.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
Give a female permission to
carry your message today.
You don't need to be the
bear of news. You just need
it to be delivered.
CANCER (June 27-July 22)
Today is a 8
Cultivate a relationship with
your favorite person today.
Spend extra time together
and let yourself be carried
away.
LEO (July 23-Aug.22)
Today is a 6
You have your marching orders. Don't be afraid to start out early and work hard all day. A female begs you to take a break for supper. Follow her instructions to the letter.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 6
Exert yourself to push aside an obstacle at work. Challenge yourself to move up a rung on the career ladder. A female provides support.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Todav is a 6
Connect with a female who has a special connection to private information. Don't expect her to reveal her sources. Just accept the data gracefully.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
If you collaborate with a much older person, you'll love the results. Both of you feel vindicated when the news gets out. Feel free to pat each other on the back.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.22-Dec.21)
Today is a 5
Get down to business early and stick to it. Most of the day is spent clearing up mistakes and trying to grasp what seems like an ancient concept.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
A woman presents a compelling argument, It's unique and yet practical. It's hard to imagine anything working better than that.
Relationships have been tough lately. You get a handle on how to communicate your ideas reasonably, without seeming boring. Get exercise later.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Todav is a 5
Share the stage with a female who knows her lines perfectly. Even if you ad-lib, she can handle the banter. Who knows where the play will take you?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 5
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4 Visibility hindrance
8 Be a model
12 Sch. org.
13 Ugandan despot
14 Easter emblem
15 Sharp turns
17 Shaving cream add-in
18 Knock
19 Surmised
21 Nicklaus contemporary
24 Corrode
25 Foreman rival
26 Pinch
28 Incenses
32 Equi-voques
44 Big Mac or Whopper
46 Fame
50 Doo follower
51 Diner employee
52 Terrier type
56 Heche or Hathaway
57 List-end ing abbr.
58 401(k) alternative
59 Stagger
60 Say it ain't so
61 Roulette bet
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1 Speedometer stat
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3 Tiny, as a fracture
4 Occur
5 Parisian pal
6 Pizzazz z
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8 Credit cards
9 Rem-brandt creations
10 With 11-Down, having dark peepers
11 See 10-Down
16 Aries
20 Corn spike
21 One of the Three Bears
22 Astrig- gent
23 Horse and buggy, e.g.
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29 Classical music lover
20 Foil's cousin
31 Crystal gazer
31 Diver's aid
35 Chest protector
38 Pop
40 Without courtesy
43 Used 42-Across
45 "Go, team!"
46 Cicatrix
47 Sound quality
47 Top-notch
49 Wee parasite
53 Scooted
54 Anger
55 "Way nooll"
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Solution time: 23 mins.
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--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
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My anthropology professor looks like Charlie Chaplin and has the personality of a rock.
I have decided to ask her out. Problem: I only see her once a day, and when we pass in the hallways on our way to class.
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
I am pretty sure that the guy on the computer next to me at Anschutz is high. Stop staring at the IT KU webpage and smiling at it. It's weird.
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
What is love? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me. No more.
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
Jesus didn't want us to be cannibals so he turned himself into crackers.
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
I'm not fat, I'm fluffy.
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One of my friends just realized he kneed a future Olympian in the crotch during wrestling practice once. My friends are awesome
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
I wish I had something pro-
found to say...but I don't.
To the boy who stole my heart six years ago: I still love you.
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
Mmm...10 cent cookies from Dillons.
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I really want to move my cat into my dorm room, but I think he'd whine when I'm in
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
Glitter is the herpes in arts and crafts
He's the one,but he plays air guitar 24/7.
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
What is up with these bear like jackets I've been seeing lately. I'm pretty sure bears are becoming extinct. Stop wearing them.
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
I hate my uterus right now.
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
I think I finally found the one. :)
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
Getting high alone on a Tuesday night. This is in no way depressing.
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
I'm craving a rice cake right now. WTF is wrong with me? I'm gonna make a REAL cake.
KU Bookstore, you make me angry when I step foot inside
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
Why can't I have a threesome:
Oh yeah, because my boy-
friend's a nude
--recognizable cigarette brands can be purchased from the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union. Today, the Board of Regents will consider banning the sale of tobacco products on university campuses.
Tobacco ban should pass
EDITORIAL BOARD
Mariboro, Camel,
Parliament, American
Spirit. All these
Although all students have the right to choose whether to smoke, the University should not be profiting from a product that is damaging to the students it is here to serve. The Regents should vote in favor of banning tobacco sales from university campuses.
Removing cigarettes from campus will not take away the right to choose whether to smoke. It will simply show that the University does not profit from a choice that is a health risk to students.
The money from the Hawk
Shop goes directly back into the Union, which is an affiliate of the University. Although it is separate, some of the Union's profits are used for student activities and go back to the University for programs such as new student orientation.
In a Kansas editorial from February 2009, David Mucci, director of KU Memorial Unions, said the profits from tobacco sales did not represent a substantial sum.
Weston White/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Losing this small amount would not hurt the University financially which lends even greater support for the ban.
"We're not afraid to lose the money," said Mucci.
In an obvious paradox, not only can students buy cigarettes on campus, they can also receive assistance to quit smoking through a Student Health Services' program called Kan-U-Quit at Watkins
As a leader in education and progress, the University should not benefit from or support a product that is ultimately a heath risk for students. Having tobacco products behind the counter is condoning and enabling the habit. Though the choice to smoke remains in the hands of the student, the Regents will be making the right decision in removing Kansas universities from association with tobacco sales.
Health Center. The University has recognized the problem but is still selling the product causing it.
Caitlin Thornbrugh for The Kansan Editorial Board
Call the Board of Regents today to support the ban:
785-296-3421
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He who [uses] mercenary troops can never be solidly or securely seated. The wise prince, therefore, has always avoided these arms.
M. SMITH
In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back,
or they weigh you down, or they bind you. " — Machiavelli,
The Prince, 1513
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POLITICS
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PMCs are counterproductive to peacekeeping
War breeds tragedy; this is inevitable. But, greater tragedy occurs when needless and preventable violence takes the lives of ordinary people living in a warzone. This truth is evident in the recent arrest of two former Blackwater employees working in Afghanistan.
The unfortunate Blackwater example highlights the problematic issue of the use of private military contractors.
Two Americans, Justin Cannon and Christopher Drotleff, formerly employed by Paravant LLC, a subsidiary of the company commonly referred to as Blackwater, were charged with the murder of two Afghan civilians in Kabul last year. The men allegedly opened fire on a vehicle involved in a traffic accident in front of their convoy. The men were armed, despite a U.S. military order forbidding the contractors from carrying weapons.
Although more widely publicized than others, the incident is just one of many involving contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq. In another case in 2007, five Blackwater employees opened fire in Baghdad's Nisour Square, killing 17 Iraqi civilians. Charges against these employees have been thrown out.
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What the use of these companies has done is to proliferate violence while creating a void of accountability, both to the contracting government and to the public. There exists a serious lack of government oversight with regard to the contracting and conduct of PMCs.
The widespread use of PMCs presents a unique dilemma in war: On the one hand, if they were to act in a responsible manner, they might have a role to play in peacekeeping around the globe. However, this never has been, and probably never will be, the case.
Blackwater is a private military corporation (PMC). PMCs are essentially mercenary armies and gun-ship hire. In Blackwater's case, this includes an air force and navy.
DEVIN LOWELL
This often results in gross misconduct, not just limited to murder of civilians. Just one of many past examples is last year's assault of a female contractor in Iraq by her coworkers.
PMCs allow the government to expand its use of force without the oversight or input of the public—the taxpayers funding these wars. The idea of armies loyal only to their salaries is a dangerous enough one. Couple that with secretive, often nobid contracts, and it becomes an exponentially greater threat to democracy and international order.
If, however, a system of international and domestic accountability and oversight could be established, and the PMCs prove a willingness to take legal responsibility for their actions, then they might present an opportunity rather than a hazard. In instances of humanitarian crises, it might prove easier for a PMC to act than any national military to intervene.
Until this becomes the case, the use of PMCs should be severely restricted or entirely banned. The growing insurgency in Afghanistan is only fueled when Americans commit murder or otherwise cause unnecessary civilian deaths, and any new counterinsurgency strategy there should be wary of that.
Lowell is a Concordia senior in journalism and political science.
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Charlotte: "just keep talking about his big cock."
Samantha: "Correction
- his big, beautiful cock.
Carrie: "We're using the C-word now?"
This excerpt from the popular TV show "Sex and the City" is an example of how the show was changed the way we talk about sex. The deposition of explicit sexual language and pictures was called revolutionary and provocative.
But was it really?
We've come a long way when it comes to talking about sex. Obviously, sex has taken place since man existed; it's inherent in our nature as procreating human beings.
There were kinky people in old Rome and there are kinky people today. There were people who complained about it thousands of years ago and there are people who complain about it today. These things haven't changed.
What has changed is the consciousness that we have a freedom to talk about anything we want not be persecuted unless someone is hurt. But who should decide what is hurtful when it comes to sex?
Sex, in a purely physical sense, is considered a good thing. It creates life, satisfaction and orgasms. When deprived, bodies show a need for sex through cravings or dreams. Yet, somehow, sex has become a scapegoat for people who claim to have a monopoly on morally correct behavior
While no one can prevent what is done in the privacy of bedrooms, many people try to prevent us from seeing it. For example, anything that is considered "lascivious" or "too graphic" cannot be shown on TV.
Is this really the best policy? Who doesn't remember the momentary exposure of Janet Jackson's breast during the 2004 Super
LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX
P. ROSALIE MORGAN
CAROLINE BLEDOWSKI
cbledowski@kansan.com
According to sex therapist Marty Klein, there is no indication that the rates of sexual violence and child abuse have increased after the "wardrobe malfunction" at the Super Bowl. Yet many people connect sex or the human body to something that is harmful.
Bowl halftime show? Maybe we would have forgotten it if it wasn't decried as such a scandal.
According to some, even the words used to describe sex and the body can turn innocent people into violent sexual monsters, willing to do anything for sexual satisfaction. However, the only outcome of a ban on sex talk is a lack of information.
This shouldn't be allowed to happen at a university. After all, by the age of 19 (yes, dear college freshmen), 69% of men and 77% of women in the U.S. already had sex, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. If you can do it, why can't you talk about it?
Let's show Oprah that we have vaginas and penises and that we are not afraid of saying so.
Even Oprah, the icon and ideal for many women, is not able to speak correctly about human body parts. Her version of the vagina is called the "va-jay-jay." We can do better.
Cheers to the vagina. I hope I never hear "va-jay-jay" again.
Bledowski is a Cracow, Poland, graduate student in journalism.
LAUREN BORNSTEIN
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? What's up with the fog?
PINCER LEE
You know how drivers seem to get worse in bad weather? Well, what's up with people who walk in the middle of a street where there is no crosswalk in the fog? Real smart, people.
So you think, "No problem, I'll illegally walk into visibility limited traffic. There's no way a car would ever hit a pedestrian they can see."
But, wait, what does fog do again? Oh, yeah. It obscures vision.
Word to the wise. If you're seeing bright lights 100 feet away, but not the shape of the car, get the hell out of the road. Even if you're covered in reflectors and lights (which I doubt you are), the driver can't see you until it's too late.
So, move bitch. Get out the way
PETER LINCOLN
CHANCE
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There can only be one explanation for this fog: a mystery.
That's right, somewhere on the outskirts of Lawrence, Old Man Jenkins has jerry-rigged a cardboard cutout of a monster onto his glass truck (it's invisible!) and is terrorizing his next door neighbors.
So, don't be surprised if the Mystery Machine rolls up out of the fog (don't worry, it's moving); that's just cheap animation). Just make the gang feel at home by letting them solve the mystery. The fog will be gone in no time.
And if you can, try to find out what Shaggy and Scooby are smoking. Now that is a real mystery.
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BUSINESS
Former student tastes sweet success in tea company
BY JENNY TERRELL iterrell@kansan.com
Joe Sander and Joe Huckey
Jordan Scherer and Bryan Comiskey started Wiseman Tea Co. in 2009, and they sell a selection of teas online and in the Chicago area.
A year ago, Jordan Scherer, a former KU student, was stuck in his townhouse in Chicago with a nasty cough and a runny nose. His roommate, Bryan Comiskey, then a junior at DePaul University, brewed him a cup of tea. Scherer said the tea was high in antioxidants, supplying him with energy he needed to feel better.
At that moment, neither of them could have dreamed of what was to come — the beginning of their adventure to founding Wiseman Tea Co. in Chicago.
The two friends began having tea on a regular basis and discussing the idea of starting a company to turn their passion for tea into a business.
In July 2009, Wiseman Tea Co. became incorporated and now sells tea online and to several stores and cafes in Chicago.
"It's been a lot of work and a crazy 12 months but definitely exciting and worth it," Comiskey said.
Although now a senior at DePaul University, Scherer credited his two years at the University for his appreciation of nature and the gifts it has to offer.
"KU helped me find myself." Scherer said.
He said the University opened
He said taking general elective courses in environmental studies opened up a new perception of how he looked at nature, partly because he learned to appreciate the environment and not take it for granted. He said he felt encouraged to "go green," a concept that has continued to influence him as an entrepreneur.
Wiseman Tea is friendly to the environment. Scherer said, because it is loose-leaf rather than bagged. Loose-leaf tea is usually fresher and leaves less dust in the bottom of the cup, he said.
Scherer said he preferred tea to coffee because tea provided lasting energy rather than the initial caffeine burst of coffee that wears off after a few hours. He said this was because tea is made from leaves and therefore it contains
chlorophyll that the body has to break down, which prolonged the energy source.
Along with the provided energy from tea. Scherer said he also enjoyed its history and the fact that tea was sourced from around the world.
"It's like getting a taste of the world through each sip of tea," Scherer said.
Edited by Kate Larrabee
Herbal tea is made from other herbs, leaves, and spices, but does not contain leaves from the Camellia sinensis plant. Types of herbal teas include mate and rooibos teas.
Get the facts about tea:
Black tea is the most processed of all teas. The tea leaves are dried and set out to oxidize for about four hours, which is what gives black tea its deep reddish-brown color. Common types of black tea include Darjeeling, Earl Grey and English Breakfast teas. Chai tea is made from black tea, but milk and sugar are added. Black tea also has the most caffeine.
Not all teas are created equal. To be authentic tea, it must come from the plant Camellia sinensis . Depending on how it's treated, those leaves then become white, green, oolong or black tea.
*Oolong tea* (pronounced wu-long) is also a processed tea. Similar to black tea leaves, oolong tea leaves oxidize, but to a lesser extent, usually two to three hours.
Green tea leaves do not oxidize like black and oolong tea leaves, instead they are steamed. The tea can be either green or yellow in color. Green tea is typically associated with health benefits, such as a decreased cancer risk, but the benefits are debated.
White tea is similar to green tea, but far more uncommon. It is picked before the buds fully open.
Source: http://www.teeausa.org/general/501g.cfm, http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/
tea.htm
ODD NEWS
Prank snowballs into endangerment
ANSONIA, Conn. — Police said a prank turned dangerous when a man angry about a snowball hitting his car allegedly pulled a knife on a group of youths and kidnapped one of them.
No one was injured.
Joshua Good, 25, was to be arraigned Monday on charges including first-degree kidnapping, threatening and reckless endangement. The kidnapping
charge carries up to 25 years in prison.
Woman refuses sex still faces charges
Police said a group of people were throwing snowballs near Colony Park Friday night when Good's car was hit. Police say Good threatened them with a knife and forced a 13-year-old boy into his car.
Authorities say Good drove the boy home and didn't hurt him.
Good posted $150,000 bail.
He didn't immediately return a phone message Wednesday.
MARLBOROUGH, N.H. — Police said a man and woman from New Hampshire are each facing prostitution charges after the man called police to say hed paid for sex, but the woman then refused.
Police said the man called police on Monday to say he'd paid the woman and a third party $150 to have sex with him on Sunday, but she wouldn't follow through.
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Smog covers downtown Los Angeles in April 2009. A new study in the journal Nature finds that while U.S. controls on air pollution have been driving down a major ingredient of smog, ozone blowing over from Asia is raising background levels over western North America.
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BY JEFF BARNARD
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Ozone blowing over from Asia is raising background levels of a major ingredient of smog in the skies over California, Oregon, Washington and other Western states, according to a new study appearing in Thursday's edition of the journal Nature.
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The amounts are small and so far, only found in a region of the atmosphere known as the free troposphere, at an altitude of two to five miles, but the development could complicate U.S. efforts to control air pollution.
Though the levels are small, they have been steadily rising since 1995, and probably longer, said lead author Owen R. Cooper, a research scientist at the University of Colorado attached to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colo.
"The important aspect of this study for North America is that we have a strong indication that baseline ozone is increasing," said Cooper. "We still don't know how much is coming down to the surface. If the surface ozone is increasing along with the free tropospheric ozone, that could make it more difficult for the U.S. to meet its ozone air quality standard."
The study is the first link between atmospheric ozone over the U.S. and Asian pollution, said Dan Jaffe, a University of Washington-Bothell professor of atmospheric and environmental chemistry.
He contributed data from his observatory on top of Mount Bachelor in Oregon to the study.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering lowering the current limit on ozone in the atmosphere by as much as 20 percent, and has been working with China to lower its emissions of the chemicals that turn into ozone.
Ozone is harmful to people's respiratory systems and plants. It is created when compounds produced by burning fossil fuels are
hit by sunlight and break down. Ozone also contributes to the greenhouse effect, ranking behind carbon dioxide and methane in importance.
Ozone is only one of many pollutants from Asia that reach the United States. Instruments regularly detect mercury, soot and cancer-causing PCBs.
Jaffe said it was logical to conclude that the increasing ozone was the result of burning more coal and oil as part of the Asia's booming economic growth.
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KANSAS 81, BAYLOR 75
Collins captures fans and court
Jason Riese
BY ALEX BEECHER abeecher@kansan.com
Sherron Collins is the type of competitor who would jumping the console to
Marcus continues hot streak
displug the console to avoid losing a game of Madden. He likes to have control over everything, to master all possible circumstances. In theory, that should be a bit more difficult in real life than in the virtual world. Reality isn't so easy to unplug, nor does it offer a "quit" option, a reset button or manually adjustable difficulty settings. When the game is close, as it was Wednesday night, you can't set the game to "easy" and toss in half-court threes (that only works during practice, as the Youtube video demonstrates).
Instead, you have to buckle down and find other ways to make things happen. Not just for you, but for the entire team. Wednesday night against Baylor, that's precisely what Collins did.
Not that this should come as a surprise. Collins entered the season a consensus pre-season All-American, the undisputed leader of the nation's supposed best team. So the idea of him leading Kansas to victory isn't surprising.
A good point guard runs the offense effectively. They do, in every conventional sense, the same sorts of things that Collins did. But a great point guard, which Collins is, does more. A great point guard turns thousands of fans into a collective force by virtue of his creative play.
Of course sometimes, creativity isn't enough. Sometimes,
Collins whipped an already electric crowd to a more furious frenzy by leunching a string of And-1 quality moves that would make Hot Sauce blush. Hed then either finish, kick to an open shooter or dish one of Kansas' on-the-spot big men for an emphatic flush.
But it's not just that he did it,
it's how.
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Sophomore forward Marcus Morris winds up for a dunk against Baylor Wednesday night. Following the 81-75 victory, the Layhawks moved to a 3-0 Bin 12 record and 17-1 overall
Rebounds in final minutes seal victory
BY COREY THIBODEAUX
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Since the beginning of conference play, there's been a new Marcus Morris.
Morris, the sophomore forward who coach Bill Self has deemed most improved from last year, hasn't shown that improvement all season. But his game against Baylor showed he may be over his deficiencies.
Morris had 22 points and eight rebounds in Kansas' 81-75 victory against Baylor Wednesday. Even though senior guard Sherron Collins and junior center Cole Aldrich are considered the leaders of the team, Morris is slowly earning that title as well.
"We know who our leaders are and I'm just trying to lead by example," Morris said.
Whether it was the benching at Nebraska or being pulled aside by teammate Brady Morningstar and his coaches, Morris has turned his flashes of brilliance and lulls of non-existence earlier this season, and his benching three games ago, for the better.
"I think the coaches got to him," Collins said. "He wants to help us win. I mean his intentions are good. He's just a little bit lazy at times."
Collins, who scored a game-high 28 points, has seen a recent change in his sophomore big man in more than just his play.
"He's talking more, he's more vocal, he he's joking around a little bit more," Collins said. "That's just Marcus, though."
In the past three games, Morris is averaging 20.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. As good as those numbers look, that hasn't been what Morris strives for.
"I don't worry about points," he said. "I just want to win."
Where Morris goes, the Jayhawks go. Coach Bill Self said it was a great game, with Morris being a big part of that, making plays to close out the game. Self said Morris has been wrongly scrutinized by the media in recent weeks.
"He's too honest with the media," Self said. "He says he has to play harder so the perception
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Kansas struggles, falls 53-42 at Iowa State
McCray finishes with just six points
BY MAX ROTHMAN
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The disappearance of senior guard Danielle McCray was the demise of Kansas.
The Jayhawks were without their scoring leader and emotional catalyst for too long and consequently fell to Iowa State 53-42, descending to 11-6 on the season.
"We feel kind of down," senior guard Sadie Morris said. "It was one that we could have gotten."
Because of two early fouls, McCray was sidelined for more than 10 minutes in the first half. She scored zero points, missing all three of her shot attempts, and was as invisible as a preseason second team All-American could be.
When she finally returned in the second half, McCray was a non-factor. She scored just six points, a season low and the first time she failed to reach double digits, on three of 13 shooting and zero of five on three pointers. She also surrendered five turn-overs.
"I'm just thinking, 'don't let her get a good shot,'" said Denae Stuckey, Iowa State's senior guard and sister of Kansas safety Darrell Stuckey.
Her six rebounds and the attention she always garners only somewhat negated her offensive woes.
"To hold her to six is the stat that will jump off the page." Iowa State coach Bill Femnelly said of McCray's low total.
"Every time I had the ball, someone was in my face," McCray said. "There were two or three people right there."
As a result of the dimmed star, Morris returned to her role as the savior.
As she has been all season, Morris was the team's rock on Wednesday - a model of consistency.
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Playing as a point guard and a wing, she operated lock-down defense on Iowa State's senior
guard Alison Lacey, one of the most prolific all-around players in the Big 12. Morris also added 16 points, three rebounds and three assists.
"We're asking her to do an awful lot right now," Henrickson said. "Guard the best guy, play the point and now we need her to score."
Senior guard Sade Morris fires a shot in the first half against Iowa State at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. Morris played all 40 minutes of the game and led the team with 16 points.
Morris was the main reason Kansas trailed only 25-20 at halftime.
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“Going into the locker room, when we're that bad offensively and Danielle is in that much foul trouble and it's 20-25, I'm thinking we're OK,” Henrickson said. “We had just been horrible and it's a two possession game.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Ive missed like 5,000 free throws. If I had at least hit half of those, then I would be at 30,000 right now."
— Shaquille O'Neal
FACT OF THE DAY
Shaquille O'Neal became the fifth player to score 28,000 career points Jan. 19 against Toronto. He scored 28 points in the game.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Who is the all-time leading scorer in the NBA and how many points has he scored?
A: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar He leads the NBA with 38,387 points. Karl Malone is second with 36,928 points.
— NBA.com
SCORES FROM LAST NIGHT
NCAA Men's Basketball:
Baylor at No. 3 Kansas --- KU81-75
No. 4 Villanova at Rutgers --- Nova 94-68
No. 6 Duke at NC State --- NCST 88-74
Iowa at No. 7 Michigan State --- MSU 70-63
No. 14 Georgetown at No. 11 Pitt --- GU 74-66
No. 12 West Virginia at Marshall --- WVU 68-60
Wyoming at No. 13 BYU --- BYU 81-66
Xavier at No. 17 Temple --- TEM 77-22
Michigan at No. 19 Wisconsin --- WISC 54-48
St. John's at No. 21 Connecticut --- CONN 75-59
Wake Forest at No. 23 N. Carolina --- WAKE 82-69
South Carolina at No. 24 Ole Miss --- MISS 66-57
Big 12 Men's Basketball:
Iowa State at Texas Tech . . . TU/71-87
Colorado at Oklahoma St. . . OKST 90-78
Big 12 Women's Basketball:
Kansas at No. Iowa St ... ISU 53-42
No. 13 Oklahoma at Missouri ... OU 62-11
No. 17 Oklahoma at Texas ... UT 77-63
MORNING BREW
Fan forums provide outlet for Jayhawk smack talk
One thing that makes rivalries so great is the interaction between fans. Internet forums provide a place where fans from each team can go and make fun of its rivals. Humor yourself and take a look at some of the most recent outrageous comments made by rival fans about Kansas basketball. My thoughts are in italics.
BY MAX VOSBURGH vosburgh@kansan.com
From University of Missouri fan website www.showmemizou.com.
Sedaliabbfan (after Kansas' loss to Tennessee):
"Good, now Self is actually going to have to do some coaching instead of just sitting back watching his blue chippers roll over teams."
The AP just sent out a release announcing they were going to revoke Bill Self's 2009 AP Coach of the Year award. They cited Sedaliaabbfan and explained that after reviewing the tapes of last year they noticed that Self actually wasn't even at half of the Jayhawks games and indeed was at 23rd Street Brewery "watching his blue chippers roll over teams."
From University of Missouri fan website www.tigerboard.com;
"KSU and MU have won in Lawrence more than any other teams in the country...KSU 35 times, MU 34 times. We know it can be done so we have nothing to fear."
McMuffin:
"KU at Allen, This is the win that I really want, and that I believe our team wants. This will be the win we get..."
BoilerTiger:
KKappl02 in response to BoilerTiger:
"Of course we can beat KU and they know it. I'd love to snap their home winning streak."
When Kansas lost at Missouri last
THE MORNING BREW
year, you also knew the Tigers would come to Lawrence and end the home win streak. Thankfully, John Brown showed up and put a stop to that nonsense.
From the Kansas State University fan website www.kstatefans.com:
Allpurple (referring to Kansas basketball)
"be very afraid! We're coming after you, we won't back down, we won't give up and we won't let you walk on us. We're going for first, so get the hell out of the way! Thank you!"
Be afraid? Should we fear the beard?
The only thing I fear about Jacob Pullen's beard is that mine might look like that one day.
Kmwildcat:
"Back in the late '80's, before the Berlin Wall fell and the USSR broke up, KU played an exhibition game against the Russians. I think they actually did more than once. I am a red-blooded patriotic American, but I unashamedly rooted for the Russians. Can you top that?"
Yes, Sasha Kaun was 8-2 in his career against Kansas State.
From the University of Kentucky fan website www.catspause.com.
the Big XII, maybe win the whole thing since they almost beat Kansas on their home court. There is no way Kansas would handle the hostile road environment of Newman Arena up in Ithaca New York!"
Meeks43atthebuzz:
"Kentucky is dominant, and you know why? Because we are undefeated at 18-0, because no other team in the country is undefeated and because we -- KENTUCKY!!!!!"
Wildcats302:
UKcat3r1:
"I think Cornell would finish top 3 in
"UNC fans and KU fans won't like this. They tend to claim everyone outside of UK hates our fanbase. I guess its just those right below us on the todem pole like them who hate us. The middle America down to earth fan bases seem to appreciate us."
Ceralvo:
"If we were to go unbeaten to the title, would we be equal to those who did this before, or would we be the "worst unbeaten champion ever"?"
If John Calpari's antics put you on probation after this year and erase a Final Four appearance, would you be equal to those to whom he has done this before or would you be the "most devastated fan base ever?"
Edited by Anna Archibald
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY No events scheduled.
FRIDAY
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SATURDAY
Men's basketball at Iowa State, 1 p.m.
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Women's basketball at Oklahoma, 2 p.m.
Women's swimming vs. South Dakota/ Northern Iowa, 3 p.m.
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Men's basketball vs. Missouri, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY No events scheduled.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
BASKETBALL
Women's basketball vs. Colorado, 7 p.m.
PGA
Bertsch succeeds on unfamiliar course
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Shane Bertsch hopped out of his RV and excelled on a course he hadn't seen in over 10 years, opening with a 10-under 62 at the Hope Classic for a two-stroke lead over Alex Prugh and Jeff Quinney.
Bertsch posted the best round of his PGA Tour career Wednesday, making 10 birdies without a bogey.
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Fans choose fading all-stars
BY MARK KRAM McClatchy-Tribune
PHILADELPHIA — As the NBA tabulates the ballouts for the 2010 All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium on Feb. 14, we once again have come upon some anomalies.
It seems to happen every year in one of the four major sports, wherey an undeserving player finds himself voted in by his adoring fans. But as the NBA prepares to announce the starting squads Thursday, there is a strong likelihood that two players will be voted on who have had somewhat less than stellar seasons. In fact, one of them has had virtually no season whatsoever.
The two players are the Sixers' Allen Iverson, the once-dynamic guard who began the season in Memphis and who has only lately begun to contribute for a struggling Sixers team. And the other is Houston guard Tracy McGrady, who averaged just 3.2 points in six games since coming back from knee surgery and is on leave from the team as the Rockets have tried to work out a trade.
Both players have had superlative careers.
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Both have been far off their game this year.
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Allan Whitman, and he win ten you that the system is broken. Whitman, the president of Allied Steel Industries, has had a front-row seat at the Sixers games for 44 years. He compares the All-Star balloting to the voting that declares the winners on "American Idol" or "Dancing with the Stars." He said it has less to do with how well a player performs in the season at hand than with his overall popularity.
he a starting All-Star backcourt man? No. Not off this year's performance."
A n d McGrady?
"Quite frankly, the whole thing is ridiculous," Whitman said. "I love lverson. I think he's played terrific since he's come back to Philadelphia, involving his teammates in a way he never did as a young player. Is
Whitman said, "This year he hasn't even been playing."
McGrady has not said definitively if
"We're building, we're promoting,and we're enhancing the visibility of the sport so fans have much more of a rooting interest."
PAT WILLIAMS Former Sixers general manager
he plans to play if selected. He had a narrow lead over Steve Nash, of Phoenix, in the most recent vote totals released.
Iverson, who led Orlando's Vince Carter by 185,000 votes, indicated that it depended on how he was feeling physically.
"That's an honor and a reward because without the fans there wouldn't be us," Iverson said. "I"
Technology has allowed fans greater access to voting than ever before. Fans are able to vote online in each of the four major sports. In the case of the NBA, MLB and the NHL, the fans vote in the starting team (with the exception of the pitchers in baseball), with the balance of the roster being selected by coaches or league officials. In the case of the NFL, Pro Bowl voting is divided equally among the
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think my situation is unique being that I haven't played as much as a lot of the other guys, but the fans want to see me play. That is a good feeling to know that people who support us ... want to see me play"
coaches, players and fans. Given some of the odd patterns in voting in the NBA — which opened up this year via text message — some have suggested that the league re-examine the voting process in light of the advances in technology.
spokesman said fans are allowed to vote once every 24 hours on their mobile phones and once every 24 hours on NBA.com.
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Orlando Magic senior vice president Pat Williams said he thought the system is not broken.
"Any time you ask fans to get involved you have the voting in the hands of people who are not who we would call experts," said Williams, the former Sixers general manager. "However, the involvement of the fans is more valuable to us in the long run. We're building, we're promoting, and we're enhancing the visibility of the sport so fans have much more of a rooting interest."
Former Flyers forward Keith Primeau asks the question: "How do you create an environment that allows your supporters to be included in the process without jeopardizing the integrity of that process?"
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The Spartans led by 19 midway through the second half. Matt Gatens hit a three-pointer with 2:05 left to cut the deficit to 64-61, but the Hawkeyes couldn't get any closer.
to open 7-0 in league play was the 1977-78 squad led by Magic Johnson.
Durrell Summers had 12 points for Michigan State, and Kalin Lucas added 11. Gatens scored 17 points for Iowa (7-12, 1-5). Aaron Fuller had 13 points and nine rebounds.
Every other team in the Big Ten already has at least two losses this season. But the quest for the conference title is about to get tougher for Michigan State. Six of the Spartans' next eight games are on the road.
to Michigan State 71-53 in Iowa City on Jan.9. But the young Hawkeyes, with only two upper-classmen on their active roster, couldn't come all the way back in this one.
Iowa had beaten Tennessee State and Penn State since losing
Michigan State was sluggish early, particularly on defense. Iowa jumped out to a 19-14 lead midway through the first half, making eight of its first 13 shots from the floor.Michigan State scored the next 15 points, capped by Lucas' 3-pointer and Morgan's dunk, to take a 29-19 lead with 6:30 left in the half. The 5-minute scoreless streak cost the Hawkeyes, who trailed 35-23 at halftime.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Dwight Howard had 32 points and 11 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic held off the Indiana Pacers for a 109-98 victory Wednesday night to end a three-game losing streak.
Danny Granger's jumper cut the Pacers' deficit to 96-88 with 6:34 remaining, leaving what was left of an Orlando crowd that had filtered out early stunned. But Indiana never got closer.
Matt Barnes added 16 rebounds, 10 points and six assists to help the streaky Magic build a 29-point first-half lead before going cold. Orlando had lost seven of its last nine games, and letting this one slip could have been a catastrophic blow.
Granger finished with 25 points and Troy Murphy had 17 points and 10 rebounds, not nearly enough to help the Pacers avoid their third straight loss.
The Magic took out their frustration on Indiana from the opening tip.
Howard slammed a two-handed alley-oop dunk from Barnes in the opening minutes, and Vince Carter added another rim-rocking alley-oop from Jason Williams moments later to stretch the lead to 22-8.
But they were just getting started.
The Magic extended their lead mostly from outside, shooting nine of 13 from three-point range in the opening half. They shot 60 percent from the floor before intermission, with six different players connecting from beyond the arc, going ahead 59-30 barely halfway through the second quarter.
The Pacers only added to their frustration.
They had poor passing — a few errant throws landing in the stands — and poorer shot selection. Indiana could do little on a night when Howard, the reigning defensive player of the year, was active and agressive in the paint.
With Orlando's ball movement and shooting at its best for the first time in a while, the Pacers were wined and had their hands on
their waist early and often.
Indiana coach Jim O'Brien's fractured the small toe on his right foot surely took a beating in this one, pounding the floor with his flip-flops — which he's wearing to mask the pain — with every gaff.
This was one chance even the Magic couldn't blow.
Orlando was able to keep the Pacers away in perhaps the most surprising way. Howard, hovering around 60 percent for his career on free throws, was 16 for 24 from the line.
Howard also added another alley-oop dunk — this time from Carter — with 1:34 left that essentially sealed the win.
The Magic kicked off the second half of their streaky season with the kind of victory that happened often a year ago on their way to the NBA finals. But blowouts have been rare for them this season.
They didn't lost three straight in Stan Van Gundy's two-plus years as Orlando's coach until doing it twice this month. They were defeated in four straight — including an ugly loss at Indiana — and followed that with two wins before being dropping three in a row. The stretch was capped with a loss at the Los Angeles Lakers in a finals rematch Monday.
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Baylor 30 |45----75
Kansas 30 |51----81
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Javhawk Stat Leaders
Points
KANSAS 81.
PETER MCKAY
Sherron Collins 28
Rebounds
Assists
Marcus Morris
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Baylor
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Tyshawn Taylor 5
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Ekpe Udoh 4-9 1-1 4 3 10
Anthony Jones 4-6 1-2 6 0 9
Josh Lomers 0-0 0-0 4 1 0
LaceDarius Dunn 8-14 5-8 9 9 27
Tweety Carter 5-13 3-9 1 7 17
Quincy Acy 4-4 0-0 9 0 10
Nolan Dennis 0-0 0-0 0 0 1
A.J. Walton 0-2 0-1 0 0 0
Cory Jefferson 0-0 0-0 1 0 1
Total 25-48 10-21 34 13 75
Kansas
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Thomas Robinson 0-1 0-0 3 0 0
Cole Aldrich 4-7 0-0 4 2 10
Xavier Henry 3-13 2-7 4 2 12
Sherron Collins 9-16 5-9 1 4 28
Tyshawn Taylor 0-3 0-1 0 5 0
Marcus Morris 8-11 0-0 8 1 22
Tyrel Reed 0-1 0-1 0 0 0
Markieff Morris 2-6 0-0 5 1 4
Brady Morningstar 1-4 1-3 1 3 5
Team 3
Totals 27-62 8-21 29 18 81
Schedule
*all games in bold are at home
Date Opponent Result/Time
Nov. 3 FORT HAYS STATE (Exhibition) W, 107-68
Nov. 10 PITTSBURG STATE (Exhibition) W, 103-45
Nov. 13 HOFSTRA W, 101-65
Nov. 17 Memphis, St. Louis, Mo. W, 57-55
Nov. 19 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W, 94-44
Nov. 25 OAKLAND W, 89-59
Nov. 27 TENNESSEE TECH W, 112-75
Dec. 2 ALCORN STATE W, 98-31
Dec. 6 UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif. W, 73-61
Dec. 9 RADFORD W, 99-64
Dec. 12 La Salle, Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center) W, 90-65
Dec. 19 MICHIGAN W, 75-64
Dec. 22 CALIFORNIA W, 84-69
Dec. 29 BELMONT W, 81-51
Jan. 2 Temple, Philadelphia, Pa. W, 84-52
Jan. 6 CORNELL W, 71-06
Jan. 10 Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. L. 76-68
Jan. 13 Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. W, 84-72
Jan. 16 TEXAS TECH W, 89-73
Jan. 20 BAYLOR W, 81-75
Jan. 23 Iowa State, Ames, Iowa 1 p.m.
Jan. 25 MISSOURI 8 p.m.
Jan. 30 Kansas State, Manhattan 6 p.m.
Feb. 3 Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 8 p.m.
Feb. 6 NEBRASKA 5 p.m.
Feb. 8 Texas, Austin, Texas 8 p.m.
Feb. 13 IOWA STATE 7 p.m.
Feb. 15 Texas A&M, College Station, Texas 8 p.m.
Feb. 20 COLORADO 3 p.m.
Feb. 22 OKLAHOMA 8 p.m.
Feb. 27 Oklahoma State, Stillwater, Okla. 3 p.m.
March 3 KANSAS STATE 7 p.m.
March 6 Missouri, Columbia, Mo. 1 p.m.
Freshman guard Xavier Henry stretches up to slap students' hands following the Javahaws' 81-75 victory. Kansas moved to 17-1 following the victory and 3-0 in conference play.
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is that he doesn't play hard. There's a difference between playing hard every possession and competing every possession. He's getting to the point where he's learning how to compete better."
Aldrich didn't have his best night, scoring 10 points and grabbing two rebounds. But Morris has been there whenever Aldrich is being double-teamed or struggling on offense.
"He's finding easy ways to score," Aldrich said. "He's not making any really tough plays, just getting his nose dirty, like he was today, and finding a way to get to the free throw line and make his free throws."
With the layhawks clinging to a two-point lead in the final two minutes, Morris grabbed two offensive rebounds and was eventually fouled. He sank both free throws.
Those plays were just a microcosm of what he's done the past three games. And For Self, that's what he has expected out of Morris all season.
"He's done a good job on the offensive glass here the past few games," Self said. "He's playing to his strengths. He played very, very well tonight. Very well."
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Sherron Collins is a great college basketball player. At this point, that's not an opinion. It's a fact.
Ask Bill Self, who readily admits Collins is one of the best players he's ever coached.
Ask his teammates, even preseason All-American Cole Aldrich, who's quick to say that Collins is "the leader of this team."
Ask the little girl, no more than 8 years old, standing in the tunnel her hero just left the court through, wearing an ear-to-ear smile, an oversized Jayhawks hat, and holding a "Sherron A Rivers" sticker.
Sherron Collins is a great basketball player for all the reason he showed Wednesday night, as he strapped the Jayhawks to his bulldog shoulders, scoring 28 points and carrying them to an 81-75 victory over the No. 25 Bavlor Bears.
"It is amazing what he can do" Marcus Morris, who finished with 22 points of his own, said. When we're down, he can carry us, and that is what a true leader does. I'm not surprised when he steps up on nights like tonight."
To say that Collins is the only reason the Jayhawks won is to discount another brilliant performance by Morris, but it's not far from the truth. After the Bears went on a 10-0 run that tied the game at 65 with just over 3:30 left in the game, Collins pulled the team aside after a timeout.
"We look to him to make big shots, but he loves it. He enjoys being in that position."
"We're all right," he told his teammates. "I got this."
Morris knew it was true
"He is very poised in the huddle," Morris said. "Every time we go into the huddle, he will tell us that he has our backs. We know what that means — he's about to turn it on and take over."
COLE ALDRICH junior center
Then he took over the game. With 2:39 left, Collins scooped in a lay-up to put the Jayhawks up two. One minute later, a long Collins three put the Jayhawks up five. The clock goes inside a minute, and Collins somehow pulls down a rebound over Baylor's towering front court and gets fouled. He hit the free throws, icing the win.
"That is the thing that comes with his territory," Aldrich said. "When you're the leader of the team, you have to do that. Sherron is the point
guard, the leader,
the general of our
team. We look to
him to make big
shots, but he loves
it. He enjoys being
in that position."
Sometimes the Jayhawks need their deep bench. The bench scored 27 points while playing a major
role in an 89-63 whooping against Texas Tech on Saturday,
Sometimes, though, deep benches are overrated. The Jayhawks had just four bench points Wednesday, but it didn't stop them from knocking off the first team to shoot more than 50 percent from the field against Kansas in 91 games.
"That wasn't even on my radar tonight," Self said. "If we take Sherron out of the starting lineup, we've got 28 bench points."
That's not likely to happen, though. Sherron Collins is a great college basketball player.
Edited by Michael Holtz
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Sophomore forward Marcus Morris saves the ball from going out of bounds during the first half against Baylor. Morris shot 8-of-11 for 22 points during Kansas' 81-75 victory Wednesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
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Those moments call for the kind of steely-eyed "Bruce Bowen in his prime and at his filthiest couldn't lock me down" determination Collins showed last night. It was as if, script in hand, Collins launched his own retaliatory barrage at the most opportune moments
teammates don't knock down those open threes. Sometimes the big men don't finish in the lane. And sometimes, the other team does connect from downtown.
But that's only what will show in the box score. And of course, 83 percent of all statistics are false anyway. To truly gauge Collins' impact on a game, you have to be in Allen Fieldhouse to witness it. You have to see how he glares at his opposition, mouthpiece dangling to the side. You have to see him during stoppages, pounding his chest, his intensity palpable. Most of all, you have to see how the crowd and his team-mates react.
Collins connected on five of his nine three point attempts and totaled 28 points.
Mathematics tells us that the difference between Kansas and Baylor was six points Wednesday night. But that's another misleading statistic.
The real difference was number four.
Edited by Katie Blankenau
Game to remember
Senior guard Sherron Collins
Collins played his best game of the season in dismantling the Bears down the stretch. His final line of 28 points and four assists doesn't say nearly as much as his second half stats. Collins went 6-of-7 from the field, 4-of-5 from long range and 5-of-6 from the free throw line for 21 points after the intermission. Basically not missing is, apparently, a heck of a way to keep a team from climbing back in a game.
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Game to remember - Part 2
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Bill Self called Morris' performance "unbelievable," going on to say that it was "probably the best game he has played since he's been at KU." The reason for that lies in his second half numbers, similar to Collins'. Morris went 4-of-5 from the field and 6-of-7 from the free throw line, putting in 14 points while pulling down five rebounds. The highlight was two key offensive boards in the last two minutes as the Jayhawks held off the furiously rallying Bears.
Stat of the night
52. 1%
The Bears shot 25-of-48 from the field, good for 52.1 percent. It broke a 91-game long streak of Jayhawks
opponents held under 50. Self wasn't worried because "they didn't get good open looks tonight;" but it was a streak that the Jayhawks were proud of.
Quote of the night
"We're all right. I got this."
Sherron Collins, after Baylor went on a 10-10 run to tie the game at 65.
A. M. SMITH
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Prime plays
1ST HALF (SCORE AFTER PLAY)
6:01- There seems to be a trend of the Jayhawks hitting a three right after the Bears take the lead. This time, it was Sherron Collins. (22-20)
8:35- The Bears had just taken the lead on a three and Xavier Henry returns the favor on the other end to take the lead right back. (19-16)
18:01-Sherron Collins' penetration gave a wide open dunk to Cole Aldrich and Marcus Morris on consecutive possessions. For Aldrich, he looked shocked to have such an easy basket. (6-4)
:01 Just before the half and the Jayhawks trailing. Sherron Collins took the ball to the bucket in the waning seconds. He missed, but Markieff Morris was there to clean it up and tie the game at halftime. (30-30)
2ND HALF
6:32 Marcus Morris missed a free throw, and Cole Aldrich fought for the rebound, giving Sherron Collins a wide-open three. He hit it to put the Jayhawks up 10. (63-53)
1:49 Marcus Morris grabbed two offensive rebounds on the same possession to set up a couple free throws he knocked down. (71-67)
sluggish. But Sherron Collins brought them back from behind yet again with a three-pointer. (35-34)
0:54 Sherron Collins scored four quick points for the Jayhawks, hitting his fifth three of the game and then getting one out of two free throws, essentially putting the game out of reach. (75-69)
8:53-Baylor looked like they were about to make a little run, but Markieff Morris put it to a halt by drawing an offensive foul. You could say he took one for the team with how hard he hit the floor. (54-49)
10-of-12,35
Sherron Collins and Marcus Morris took over the second half, combining for 35 points on 10-of-12 shooting.
Key stats
11-of-12
34,29
Free throw shooting down the stretch is important. Just ask Derrick Rose. The Jayhawks shot 11-of-12 from the line in the last five minutes of the game to ice the victory.
The Jayhawks were out-rebounded by Baylor by a 34-29 margin, but Bill Self was happy
with the team's effort regardless. Baylor is the top rebounding team in the Big 12 and has yet to be outrebounded this season.
15-2
Historically, Kansas owns the Bears. The Jayhawks moved to 15-2 against Baylor with the win.
27
Baylor's LaceDarius Dunn poured in 27 points Wednesday. It was the most a single player has scored against the Jayhawks this season.
- Tim Dwyer and Corey Thibodeaux
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IOWA STATE 53, KANSAS 42
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RECAP (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Kansas kept it close for much of the second half. Just as Morris was to thank for her first half heroics, Henrickson looked to the bench for a second半 spark.
Freshman guard and birthday girl Monica Engelman gave Kansas its best chance at a comeback.
"For a young kid, she hit some big shots." Henrickson said.
When it seemed like all hope and energy were lost, Engelman scored a career high 10 points,
But Engelman could only bring her team to within three points of the Cyclone's lead before the gap ballooned.
all in the second half. Whether it was a clutch three, an intercepting steal or an assist to Morris, Engelman was an electric force off the bench.
"If we got a couple of stops towards the end, maybe it would have been a different outcome," Morris said.
"You've got to find a way to score fifty" Henrickson said.
now 1-23 when scoring less than 49 points.
Kansas must regroup and find some positives before taking on No. 13 Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., this Saturday.
Under Henrickson, Kansas is
"We've got to feed off each other more on the road." McCray said.
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Engelman scored 10 points in the 53-42 loss.
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BY ANDREW TAYLOR
ataylor@kansan.com
There's a certain legend surrounding Hilton Coliseum, the home of the Iowa State Cyclones. It's said that the building possesses a certain magic that helps guide the home team to unexpected victories.
While little magic was needed for the No. 21 Cyclones to defeat the Jayhawks 53-42, the occupants did manage to see a little "magic," as Kansas freshman guard Monica
began to discover her potential and look more than a little like senior guard Danielle McCray.
M c C r a y , the Jayhawks leading scorer, picked up her second foul with 12 and a half minutes to play in the first half and then rode the bench
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the rest of the way. That forced other Jayhawks to step up and try to fill some big shoes — a theme that has become a little too familiar after the injury to redshirt freshman guard Angel Goodrich.
The help the Jayhawks needed to survive the first half with a manageable deficit of five points came from a mirai of places, but most notably from freshman guard Monica Engelman.
"When Danielle was in foul trouble, 1 said, 'Monica, you're Danielle now,' coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
Through 16 games Engelman had provided a solid spark for the Jayhawks off the bench, averaging 3.7 points per game in relief efforts for senior guard Sade Morris and McCray
In the first half Engelman had one turnover and no points.
While Engelman's physical dimensions and the number on her jersey all stayed the same, her style of play changed drastically.
"She finally figured out that she was Danielle in the second half," Henrickson said, "so better late than never."
"She was in a little bit of birthday fog in the first half," Henrickson.
Engelman began knocking down open shots that helped dig into the Cyclones' lead and she nearly eliminated the freshman mistakes that plagued her play in
"She was in a little bit of a birthday fog in the first half."
BONNIE HENRICKSON coach
said. "She went one dribble pick up three times going left and then she finally put it on the floor and took one."
the first half.
Most would that kind of clutch performance from the team's preseason All-American, McCray, not a freshman
Then unexpectedly at the start of the second half, the "Hilton Magic" struck for Kansas. No one in the stands saw it and certainly no one sitting on press row saw it, but Engelman transformed into Danielle McCray.
from San Antonio, Texas
"My teammates, they challenge me and my coaches encourage me to take shots like that," Engelman said.
Engelman finished the game with a career high 10 points, all scored in the second half. She even outscored the real McCray by four.
"It gives off energy to everyone, and it gives her confidence that she can knock that down," McCray said, "and it gives me confidence that I don't have to score for us to be in it."
Despite the tough loss, which moves Kansas to a 1-3 record in conference play, the Jayhawks at the very least know that it is possible to survive without McCray.
While Engelman's career performance last night was certainly a welcome event for the Jayhawks, they will need to ask much more of the freshman guard if they wish to get back on the winning track this season and stay competitive in seasons to come.
"That's what we've been trying to tell her," Henrickson said. "You're Danielle next year, you've got to be more aggressive."
When McCray ends her eligibility this season, Engelman will have to be McCray full time. That entails more than just making up for part of the 20.9 points per game that McCray averages, it also includes an increased leadership role.
Edited by Kate Larrabee
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PHILADELPHA — Former 76ers guard Andre Miller scored 24 points and Jerryd Bayless had 14 of his 18 in the fourth quarter, leading the Portland Trail Blazers to a 98-90 victory over Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
LaMarcus Aldridge added 23 points for the Trail Blazers, who played the second half without two-time All-Star guard Brandon Roy, who left with a strained right hamstring.
Sixers center Samuel Dalembert arrived at the Wachovia Center at 6:57 p.m. and started. He had been on a two-day goodwill mission to his native Haiti, which is recovering from a devastating earthquake. He had 15 rebounds and 10 points.
Averaging 23.4 points, Roy left after scoring 10. He grabbed his right thigh after banking in a 10-footer with 1:02 left in the second quarter and is listed as day-to-day.
The Blazers overcame his loss thanks in part to Miller, who signed with Portland in the off-season.
Portland led 90-83 with 3:12 to go, but the Sixers scored six straight points, and a steal and layup by Andre Iguodala cut it to 90-88 with 1:38 to go. Iguodala led the Sixers with 23 points.
Miller then made two free throws, and after Elton Brand hit an 8-footer with 59 seconds left, Bayless and Aldridge each made two free throws to clinch the victory.
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UNC drops third straight
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Freshman C.J. Harris scored a career-high 20 points and Wake Forest beat No. 24 North Carolina 82-69 on Wednesday night to send the Tar Heels to their first three-game losing streak under coach Roy Williams.
Ishmael Smith had 20 points, and Al-Farouq Aminu added 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Demon Deacons (13-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). They hit 56 percent of their 3-pointers and were 7 of 8 from long range in the second half of their first victory in Chapel Hill since 2003.
Harris had 13 points in the second half and fellow freshman
The losing streak is their longest since they dropped five in a row under Matt Doherty in 2002-03.
Will Graves scored 16 points to lead the Tar Heels (12-7, 1-3). The defending national champions, who have dropped four of five, were playing their first game since falling to No. 24 — their lowest ranking in The Associated Press Top 25 since 2006.
Ari Stewart added 11 points tor Wake Forest, which was coming off a 20-point loss three nights earlier at Duke but salvaged a split against its top instate rivals by winning its second straight against North Carolina.
The Tar Heels made it a one-point game shortly after halftime before Wake Forest's first-year guards fueled the 18-6 run that put the Demon Deacons in complete control."
Stewart closed the run with three straight threes in a 90-second span, capping it with a 25-footer that stretched it to 58-45 with 10:45 to play. Even after the spurt was over, the threes kept falling: Harris swished a pair 30 seconds apart from the same spot on the left wing, stretching the lead to 68-53 with 7:26 left.
Travis Wear and Deon Thompson had 13 points apiece, and Graves pulled North Carolina to 40-39 with a three with 17 minutes remaining before the Tar Heels faded to the fourth 1-3 start in ACC play in program history.
Two key members of North Carolina's front line were on the
bench in sport coats and ties. No 2 scorer Ed Davis sat out with a left ankle injury and 7-footer Tyler Zeller missed his third straight game with a stress fracture in his right foot.
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But it was in the backcourt where Wake Forest had its way with the Tar Heels.
North Carolina's guards have struggled since Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington left early for the NBA — and Smith and the Demon Deacons exploited that weakness repeatedly at both ends of the court.
Smith beat the Tar Heels down-court three times for early layups before Harris and Stewart took over from long range after the break. Meanwhile, North Carolina finished 6 for 26 from beyond the arc against the ACC's best defense against the three.
Smith had 10 points in the first half for the Demon Deacons, who went ahead to stay during a run of 10 straight points. Gary Clark put them up for good with — what else? — a three-pointer about nine minutes in that made it 19-18.
Hawks overthrow Kings
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ATLANTA — Jamal Crawford scored 20 points to lead a strong effort by Atlanta's backups, and the Hawks bounced back from a sluggish start to beat the Sacramento Kings 108-97 on Wednesday night.
Crawford, perhaps the NBA's top sixth man, led the Hawks in scoring for the 14th time this season, also knocking down the 22nd fourpoint play of his career. Maurice Evans had several big plays, as well, during the decisive third quarter as the Hawks pulled away to hand the Kings their fifth straight loss and
Tyreke Evans led Sacramento with 24 points, and Kevin Martin added 23.
Joe Johnson scored 17 points for the Hawks, But the Atlanta reserves made the difference, outscoring Sacramento's 45-30. Crawford's four-point play in the final period left him only two behind Reggie Miller for the most in NBA history.
Before a sparse crowd at Philips Arena, the Kings went up 44-33 on Jason Thompson's layup with 5.30 left in the first half. The first place Hawks finally awoke from their slumber. Johnson hit a fadeaway
jumper, then put it off softly off a drive.
Atlanta closed on a 21-8 spurt to lead 54-52 at the break, then kept it up in the third. A 10-2 spurt at the start, capped by Smith's dunk off another alley-oop pass from Bibby, pushed the Hawks to a double-figures lead. After Sacramento closed to 72-68 late in the period, the Atlanta扑umps put it away. Zaza Pachulia drove strong to the hoop to get the momentum back on Atlanta's side.
Sacramento jugged its lineup, starting Jon Brockman and Donte Green in hopes of matching up better with the Hawks on the inside.
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Duke drops game against N.C. State
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Tracy Smith scored 23 points, Dennis Horner added 20 and North Carolina State stunned No. 7 Duke 88-74 on Wednesday night.
Javi Gonzalez had 15 points for the Wolfpack (13-6, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), including a critical 3-pointer that beat the shot clock with about four minutes left. It was N.C. State's first home win against Duke since 2004 and the first win against the Blue Devils overall since the first round of the 2007 ACC tournament.
By the time it was over, Wolfpack fans were charging the court for the kind of win they haven't savored since an upset of highly ranked rival North Carolina in coach Sidney Lowe's first season.
Kyle Singler scored 22 points to lead the Blue Devils (15-3, 3-2), who fell behind by double figures in the first half and by as many as 17 points in the second half.
This was hardly the outcome anyone could have expected. Despite a tough loss at Georgia Tech earlier this month, Duke had looked every bit like the top team in the ACC. All three of the Blue Devils' league wins had come by at least 20 points, while their defense had allowed less than half of teams to even crack 40
percent shooting against them
N. C. State, meanwhile, was picked to finish last in the league in the preseason and was still struggling to gain its footing in Lowe's fourth season as coach at the program he helped lead to a national championship as a player.
Yet behind Smith — and perhaps some more magic in Lowe's red coat he wears for rivalry games — N.C. State hit shot after shot to build a 10-point first- half lead, then pushed that margin all the way to 69-52 on Horner's dunk with 8:53 left.
Smith shot 10 for 12 to lead a balanced offense that had five players in double figures. Most impressively, N.C. State shot 58 percent — including 64 percent in a first-half performance that charged up the home crowd — while the Blue Devils hit just 39 percent.
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Panthers' home win streak ends
BY ALAN ROBINSON
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PITTSBURGH — The score was tied late, and the Pitt students were stomping their floor-level sets so passionately it caused the grandstands to ripple like a wave. Pitt's home-court advantage is one of the best in college basketball, and Georgetown knew this would be difficult.
Turns out it wasn't quite as hard as the Hovas expected.
Chris Wright scored 27 points.
No. 12 Georgetown held No. 9
Pittsburgh scoreless for four minutes in a late run, and the Hoyas ended the Panthers' eight-game winning streak with a 74-66 victory Wednesday night.
Austin Freeman and Greg Monroe added 13 points each. Monroe also fed Julius Vaughn inside for a key basket that made it 66-58 with 3:50 remaining after Vaughn put in a free throw to complete the three-point play. Vaughn scored.
11 points.
"We believe we're a secondhalf team. We were aggressive and took what the defense gave us," Wright said.
Gilbert Brown scored a career-high 20 points for Pitt, but the Hoyas (14-3, 5-2 Big
Pittsburgh led 56-54 on Jermaine Dixon's three-pointer with 7:48 remaining, but the Panthers didn't score again until Brown made two free throws with 3:48 remaining that cut the Hovas' lead to 63-58.
Wright hit a three-pointer that put the Hoyas ahead for good at 59-56 before Wright and Freeman dunked on successive possessions to finish a decisive 9-0 run.
The Hoyas shut down Pitt's leading scorer, Ashton Gibbs, by limiting him to eight points — 9.5 below his average — on 3 of 16 shooting, 2 of 8 from three-point range. Gibbs also was the primary defender on Wright, who repeatedly hurt the Panthers inside and out.
Wright is averaging 18.7 points in his last seven games.
"We have different guys on different nights, and it was his (Wright's) night and his teammates kept finding him," Thompson said.
"I noticed they were closing
"There are so many good players,good teams (in the Big East),you have to work and work and hope the stars are aligned properly, and they were tonight."
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JOHN THOMPSON III Georgetown coach
Pitt (15-3, 5-1) missed a chance to go 6-0 in the Big East for the first time and lost for only the third time in 13 home games against ranked opponents since the Petersen Events Center opened in 2002.
East) halted Pitt's 31-game home winning streak a season after the Panthers stopped Georgetown's 29-game run at home by winning 70-54.
"There are so many good players, good teams (in the Big East), you have to work and work and hope the stars are aligned properly, and they were tonight." Georgetown coach John Thompson III said.
on me a little bit (on outside shots)," Wright said. "So I wanted to attack the basket and create some havoc for them."
Pitt hadn't lost at home since a 75-73 defeat to Louisville on
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"We win games with defense, but we lost this game with defense," Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said. "I'm very disappointed. We haven't defended the way we can, and it caught up to us."
Georgetown and Louisville are the only visiting teams to win twice at the Petersen Events Center, where Pitt is 125-11. The Hoyas also won there 67-64 on Jan. 5, 2005.
Georgetown's Greg Monroe, right, scores over Pittsburgh's Gary McGhee in the second half of the Hoyas' 74-66 victory against the Pittsburgh Panthers on Wednesday.
Wright scored 12 points in the
first half as Georgetown, coming off an 82-77 loss to No. 4 Villanova, made its first five three-point attempts while taking leads of 19-11 and 25-17.
Wright's early scoring was a good omen for the Hoyas, who
dropped their previous three to Pitt. Georgetown is 13-0 when Wright scores in double figures but has lost all three games — to Villanova, Marquette and Old Dominion — in which he didn't.
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CALENDAR
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thursday jan. 21st
THEOLOGY ON TAP
Henry's on Eighth.
5:30 p.m., free, all ages
POKER PUB
OPEN PUB
Conroy's Pub,
6 p.m. & 9 p.m., free.
all ages
THE JUNKYARD JAZZ BAND American Legion, 7 p.m., free, all ages
"THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB"
Lawrence Community
Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
$14-$20, all ages
NEON DANCE PARTY
The Jackpot Music Hall
10 p.m. $1-$5, 18+
LETTUCE INN
The Jazzhaus, 9 p.m.
$3, 21+
BOTH/JABBERJOSH
The Replay Lounge,
10 p.m. $3,21+
+
JOE COLLEGE JAMFEST:
BENEFIT SHOW
The Granada, 9 p.m., $10,
all ages
friday,jan.22nd
MIDNIGHT MOVIE MADNESS PRESENTS "ALIEN"
ALEN
Liberty Hall, 11.30 p.m., $5,
all ages
SELLOUT
The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., $6.
21+
THE LEPERS
The Replay Lounge.
10 p.m. $2, 21+
STIK FIGA/ D/WILU
STIK FIGA/DWILU
GREEN ENEMY
DJ MAX JUSTUS
The Jackpot Music Hall.
10 p.m.. $5-$7. 18+
HIDDEN PICTURES/
PET COMfort THE CAVES
The Eighth Street Tap
Room, 10 p.m., $3.21+
+
SONICA SUTRA
The Bottleneck, 9 p.m.
all ages
KU OPERA PRESENTS:
"THE SORROWS OF YOUNG
WERTHER"
Murphy Hall, 7:30 p.m.
$5-$10
FUNDED/PROJECT PAYDYR
RECEPTION AND PRESENTATION WITH MEL CHIN
Lawrence Arts Center,
7 p.m., free, all ages
saturday,jan.23rd
POKER PUB
Conroy's Pub,
6 p.m. & 9 p.m., free,
all ages
"THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB"
Lawrence Community
Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $14-$20,
all ages
LEFT ON NORTHWOOD/
VLIPER ROOM DANCE FLOOR/
DALERIA
The Bottleneck, 9 p.m.
all ages
UUVWNWZ! THE DACTYLS/
BANDIT TEEN/T
MUSCLE WORSHIP
The Jackpot Music Hall,
10 p.m., 18+
SHANKS AND SIDENER ROCK
AND ROLL DJS
The Eighth Street Tap
Room, 10 p.m., $3, 21+
RED KATE/ HEIDI PHILLIPS/
ANIMALS WITH ARMOUR
The Replay Lounge
10 p.m., $2, 21+
SELLOUT
The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., $6,
21+
sunday,jan.24th
MLK BANQUET
Kansas Union, 6 p.m., $20
**POKER PUB**
The Pool Room,
7 p.m. & 10 p.m., free, 21+
NANA GRIZZL
The Replay Lounge.
10 p.m. $2, 21+
SPENCER AND BRADEN/
HAWLEY SHOFFNER/
BARRIGAN
The Eight Street Tap
Room, 10 p.m. $3, 21+
The Bottleneck 737 New Hampshire St.
The Jackpot Music Hall 943 Massachusetts St.
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The Jazzhaus 926 1/2 Massachusetts St.
FACULTY RECITAL SERIES:
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Swarthout Recital Hall,
7:30 p.m., free, all ages
monday, jan. 28th
MEN'S BASKETBALL
KANSAS VS. MISSUORI
Allen Fieldhouse, 8 p.m.
all ages
The Replay Lounge 946 Massachusetts St.
BREW AND VIEW
MOVIE NIGHT
The Jackpot Music Hall,
8 p.m., free, 18+
The Eighth St. Taproom 801 New Hampshire St.
The Granada 1020 Massachusetts St.
The Pool Room 925 Iowa St.
Lawrence Arts Center 940 New Hampshire St.
Wilde's Chateau 24
2412 Iowa St.
The Bottleneck 737 New Hampshire St.
Duffy's 2222 W. 6th St.
Conroy's Pub
3115 W.6th St., Ste.D
tuesday,jan.26th
THE 90 DANCE COMPANY
PRESENTS
"TRANSFORMATIONS"
Lawrence Arts Center,
7 p.m., $5, all ages
SUA STUDENT LECTURE
SERIES FEATURING BLAKE
MYCOSKIE
Led Center, 7:30 p.m.
free, all ages
TUESDAY NITE SWING
Kansas Union, 8 p.m., free,
all ages
YO LA TENGO
The Granada, 9 p.m.
$17-$19, all ages
SCIENIEE ON TAP:
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Free State Brewing Company
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wednesday jan. 27th
ENDWELL/GRIZZLY ADAMS/
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The Jackpot Music Hall,
6 p.m., all ages
POKER PUB
The Pool Room, 7 p.m.
& 10 p.m., free, 21+
VISITING ARTISTS SERIES:
JON LEWIS, TRUMPET
Swarthout Recital Hall,
7:30 p.m. Recital, all ages
BRANDON JENKINS/
THE DEEBLES
The Bottleneck, 9 p.m.
all ages
GET FOOLISH WITH SPENCE
The Eightth Street Tap
Room, 10 p.m., $3.21+
THE BEARS OF BLUE RIVER/
ANOTHER HOLIDAY
The Replay Lounge,
10 p.m., $2, 21+
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From grocery to books to entertainment, we're able to get almost everything we need and want within a few miles of campus and home. Lawrence's "walkability" grants us an independence from automobiles that's a privilege not present in many American cities. Sure, it sucks sometimes (mainly on rainy days), but, given circumstances, we consider ourselves lucky to live where we do.
Check out Tanner's photo essay on Terrebonne, a little corner of Cajun flavor and personality, on page 8. Perhaps you'll find a homey new hangout of your own among the shops, cateries and venues that populate downtown — or at least an appreciation for the characters who make them great.
But the appeal of downtown businesses isn't just the convenience. No, the real charm of restaurants such as Terrebonne, 805 Vermont St., and the myriad other local businesses in Lawrence is their character.
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Lately there has been a lot of press and discussion about the potential absence of the much talked about, little understood G-spot.
In our last episode of Kansas in Heat, my cohost, Michelle, and I attempted to dispel the rumors that women do not have G-sports. Allow me to take this opportunity to let you know the truth about the mythical G-spot and dispel any rumors that both sexes may have about it.
The G-spot is named after Ernst Grafenberg, a German gynecologist who located and identified it. The G-spot is a sensitive erogenous area located two-thirds up the front wall of the vagina, though many women think it is located about two inches up on the front wall. It is basically an elevated bump that could vary in size between that of a dime or a quarter.
But here's the catch: The G-spot is not some magical button that is guaranteed to cause an extreme orgasm for women every time it's stimulated. Both the experience and the nature of the G-spot can be very different depending on the woman.
Many women say they can't feel anything in this area. This may happen for several reasons.
First, you may have difficulty experiencing
G-spot stimulation because you need to be really aroused to feel it. Second, it is difficult for a lot of women to angle their finger in such a position to stimulate it. It also may be very small.
I recommend getting a partner to stimulate and find your G-spot. For many women, constant pressure on the G-spot will feel better than the typical stroking or rubbing that takes place in masturbation. Many sexual experts and researchers agree that the G-spot exists and can be thought of as any other potentially erogenous zone, like behind your elbow or near your neck.
I once got an e-mail from a listener claiming that by saying women have a G-spot that can cause orgasms I am putting undo pressure on women to climax for their partners. Not at all; I am just saying that the G-spot is real and is another potential erogenous zone on the human body. For some women the stimulation of the G-spot can create a very intense orgasm that sometimes can actually cause female ejaculation. For others, this may not be the case.
My advice to women who would like to discover if the G-spot is an erogenous zone for them is to find a partner to help locate and stimulate it. Not all women are sensitive in this area, but for others
it is a major turn on.
For partners looking for something new or different in their sexual activity, G-spot stimulation could be your answer. Stimulation of the G-spot could happen with a longer finger that is curved upward at the end. The best position for intercourse to stimulate the G-spot is vaginal rear entry, or "doggy style," because it then becomes easier for a penis or dildo to stimulate the front wall of the vagina.
Men may also have a G-spot equivalent. The female G-spot is actually believed to be similar to the prostate gland in men.
So, go do some exploring of your body and see what you find.
// MIKE ANDERSON
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five questions // PAZ LENCHANTIN AND MAVIS MEYER two people, five questions, see how they stack up. // LESLIE KINSMAN
PAZ LENCHANTIN
Paz Lenchantin was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Throughout her musical career, she has worked with the likes of Billy Corgan, Maynard James Keenan of Tool, Jenny Lewis and Queens of the Stone Age. Today, she is the bass player for The Entrance Band.
The nicest thing someone has done for me is given me a place to sleep when I really needed one.
I can't own a pet being a musician. I would have to give my computer away if I had to.
Pee.
I would just ask them politely.
I'm trying to write that one currently.
WHAT'S THE NICEST THING. SOMEONE HAS EVER DONE FOR YOU?
WOULD YOU RATHER GIVE UP YOUR COMPUTER OR YOUR PET?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR 24 HOURS IF YOU WOKE UP AS THE OPPOSITE SEX?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO HANG OUT BACKSTAGE WITH YOUR FAVORITE BAND!
WHAT ALBUM WOULD REPRESENT YOUR LIFE SOUND TRACK?
Mavis Meyer is a Lawrence senior majoring in philosophy and classics.
My friend actually crocheted me a penis pillow. She worked on it for a year. It's one of my favorite things ever given to me.
For practicality's sake I'd have to give up my pet. If I ever want to graduate, I'll need my computer for school.
I would probably go carousing — booze, sex and drugs. No one would care because I'd be a dude. I couldn't get away with that being a girl.
My favorite band is Nine Inch Nails. I think I'd be too nervous to meet them. I wouldn't want to break the illusion by meeting them though. You have idols and I wouldn't want to ruin it.
I'd have to pick *The Fragile* by Nine Inch Nails. I could listen to it for the rest of my life.
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MAVIS MEYER Mavis Meyer is a Lawrence senior majoring in philosophy and classics.
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our weekly peek at a fish in the KU sea.
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hometown: Overland Park year: Senior major: Business interested in: Woman
Ideal date: Something out of the norm like rock climbing or bowling.
Main hobbies: Snowboarding, working out, watching KU games.
Favorite Lawrence hangout: The Sandbar.
Favorite quote: "In Church they say to forgive. Forgiveness is between them and God. I'm here to arrange the meeting." — Man On Fire
Major turn off(s): Smoking, drama.
Major turn on(s): Easy-going, likes sports.
Notices first in a potential partner: Her chest.
Attractive personality traits: Sarcastic, but in a funny way.
// KATY SAUNDERS
Why I'm a catch: I have a good sense of humor and I'm a pretty chill guy.
how we met // VALERIE GUNN & BLAKE KASSELMAN
all great relationships had to start somewhere.
A romantic relationship was a long time coming for Valerie Gunn, Baschor senior, and Blake Kasselman, Bonner Springs senior. The two net when they both attended the Baschor High School versus Bonner Springs High School rivalry basketball game their junior
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year of high school. Kasselman told Gunn that he looked like her current boyfriend and that she should dump him to date Kasselman instead — not the smoothest move, by any means.
Rivally turned romance. Blake kasselman (left). Bonner Springs seniors and Valerie Gunn. Basehor senior, met at a high school basketball game while cheering for opposing teams.
"I not only was caught off guard, but I was completely turned off by his lame attempt at a pick up line," Gunn says.
After four years and persistence on Kasselman's part, the two — now KU students — began casually hanging out. Two weeks before Gunn left for a semester abroad in Spain, she told Kasselman she was in love with him. They spent the next five months apart, but kept in constant communication through e-mail and video chat.
The time apart put a strain on their young relationship, and upon her return to the United States, Kasselman and Gunn went through an adjustment period. "I was adjusting to being back home and he was adjusting to having a serious girlfriend around," Gunn says.
They started out as high-school rivals, but grew into friends and even made it through the stress of a long-distance relationship. "There's just something different about falling in love with your best friend," Gunn says.
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// LINDSAY CLEEK
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When Lisa Son, Wichita senior, logged onto her Facebook account last October, she never expected what was to come. On the familiar blue and white screen she noticed a new friend request. When she clicked on the link she was shocked to see who wanted to be her newest Facebook friend — her dad.
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Lisa's father, Thomas, joins a growing number of adults older than 50 who have signed up for Facebook. According to a March 2009 U.S. Census Bureau and www.bookofodds.com survey, the odds a person 55 or older has a Facebook or Myspace account are 1 in 4.17. Many members of this new generation of Facebook users have teenage or college-aged children like Lisa and her sister Lily, who is also a KU senior. This presents a unique challenge for parents, who must balance a Facebook "friendship" and a real life relationship with their children.
Hi sweetie! Can't wait to be your facebook friend LOL. :) I just wanted to make sure that you're eating all of your veggies, and remember to do your laundry!!! Hope you're having a great week. I'll call later this week to talk. Love you, pookie!
Susan Smith Kuczmarski, author of The Sacred Flight of the Teenager: A Parent's Guide to Stepping Back and Letting Go, says although a close relationship between parent and child is important, clear boundaries should be set on the relationship. "The bottom line is that parents should never try to be their teen's best friend." Kuczmarski says.
Vickie Hull, Lawrence marriage and family therapist, agrees with Kuczmarski, saying that parents need to make it clear to their children that "friend" is a Facebook term and they are still their parents and not their friends.
Hull recommends that before signing up for Facebook, parents have a discussion with their children to set guidelines about how they will use the account. Hull says this kind of open communication can help to avoid Facebook-related conflict. "Make some rules, like no embarrassing toddler photos or airing the family's business for all the world to see." Hull says.
If the thought of being Facebook friends with your parents is enough to send you into a cold sweat, you're not alone. Lisa and Lily both admit that when they received their dad's friend request they were immediately struck with a sense of panic. Lily deleted or untagged herself in any pictures she feared her conservative parents would disapprove of. "I'm pretty sure most parents wouldn't want to see their kids out partying and drinking when the whole purpose of college is to go to school," she says.
Parental control It is important to set boundaries when it comes to posting family pictures or potentially embarrassing wall posts. Vickie Hall, Lawrence Marriage and family therapy, says parents need to understand that being Facebook friends don't mean they can become their son or daughter's best bud.
Wes Crenshaw, licensed psychologist at the Family Therapy Institute Midwest, thinks more young people should take Lisa's advice. He says that people are kidding themselves if they think that anything they post on Facebook is actually
Photo illustration by Jerry Wang and Laura Fisk
Now the sisters have changed the privacy settings on their profiles so they control what their dad can see. Although startling at first, their dad's presence on Facebook may end up benefiting the sisters in the long run. Lisa says it made her learn to not be so open on her profile.
private. According to Crenshaw, Facebook users often don't realize that things they post on Facebook may come back to haunt them someday. "Employers have a stack of resumes a mile high now and Facebook is a neat tool to skim off the applicants by the ton." Crenshaw says, "If there are a lot of things on Facebook that you wouldn't want your mom to see, then it's likely an employer is going to be unimpressed too."
Your Facebook life doesn't have to be over if you receive a friend request from mom or dad. If you utilize the advanced privacy settings, there's no reason why you can't continue your Facebook life as usual. Lily says by changing some of your settings, you can be friends with your parents but still be yourself. You may even learn to like being Facebook friends with them. Lisa says her parents and relatives use Facebook to share pictures with each other, and she admits she enjoys posting things on her dad's wall. Besides, you can always untag those naked baby pictures your Aunt Sally thought were too adorable for words.
OH, CRAP.MYPARENTS JOINED FACEBOOK.
Jeanne Leitenberg and Erika Brooks Adickman created www.myparentsjoinedfacebook.com in February 2009 after Leitenberg's father created a Facebook account.
"It was especially weird when my dad changed his relationship status to 'married.' It was like, 'Well, I guess even though you and mom have been married for 26 years it's not really official until it's on Facebook," Leitenberg says.
The site was created so that people like Leitenberg could have a place to "cope" with all the embarrassing things their relatives do on Facebook. After receiving thousands of submissions in the past year, the girls never cease to be entertained.
JEANNE: "I'm a big fan of the submissions where parents overshare. One of our very early posts included a mother putting as her status update that she was 'hot and flushy'. I'm sure when Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook he never thought people would be discussing menopause on there."
ERIKA: "My personal favorites are the ones that point out a generation gap. A mom will be upset by something her son posts only to find out that it's a movie or TV quote."
Readers are invited to submit their relatives' embarrassing wall posts, status updates and everything in between to myparentsjoinedfacebook@gmail.com.
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celebritweets // KE$HA (keshasuxx)
Twitter musings of the rich and/or famous.
Men I try to date suck ass * corrected 6.25AM Jan. 12th
Men suck ass
6:25 AM Jan 12th
i need a parrot.
10:40 AM Jan 11th
And the fart was left unclaimed. Little did he know that I saw him commit the crime.
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i just got a teenage mutant ninja turtles snuggie. this is not a test. this is real life shit.
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boner.
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Id like to challenge Susan Boyle to a televised glitter gun duel... 11:38 AM Jan 7th
// TAKEN FROM TWITTER.COM BY ANNA SOBERING
celebritweets // LADY GAGA (ladygaga) Twitter musings of the rich and/or famous.
pretty genius, big huge man banging on the car window outside the arena,
trying to sell me scalped tickets to my own show. youuuu skalliwag
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Just spent the morning at kuma's, judas priest burger and cheap beer, denim +leather, brought us all together. 3.11 PM Jan 9th
time to drink a bottle of wine and sketch for the new tour. st.louis was brilliant, there's eyeliner on my knee, and blood on my elbow.shady 11:18 PM Jan 7th
thank you to all my fans for voting for me! we won 2 people's choice awards little monsters!
11:17 PM Jan 7th
On the 5th day of the new decade, Bad Romance became my fifth US #1 record! Little monsters free yourselves and celebrate! I love u baby
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To my little monsters! May your only pains in 2010 be champagnes! I love u.
New years resolution: to enjoy life/warhol electroblond xgagaloo
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Two shows, about 13 outfits, 15,000 little monsters, and sticky champagne, and I don't care if its miami I'm still wearing leather 9:24 AM Dec 31st, 2009 from TwitterBerry
// TAKEN FROM TWITTER.COM BY MARY HENDERSON
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GIRL: I'm not a jersey chaser - I'm a jersey catcher.
GIRL : She, like, has to feed cows and stuff and I'm like, 'Come on, live like a real person please.'
**GIRL**: My friend has a thing for girls named Moran.
**GIRL:** I can't help myself I really love those 70-year-olds.
GUY: Captain Morgan?
GUY : My cat's name is Baby Princess Face ... what?
GIRL : No. Just Morgan.
GUY: That's boring.
GIRL: It's my job to role-play and he kept asking me to switch roles. It was an interesting experience.
GIRL 1 : I hope I get As on all three tests.
GIRL 2 : Aids?
**GUY 1**: My friend sent me a text saying she was going to stalk me.
**GUY 2**: That's a scary text to wake up to.
**GIRL:** Oh my god, I'm out of the loop
What is he talking about on Twitter?
GIRL : I got my first sex-related injury!
GIRL 2: I don't understand what you're saying.
GIRL 1 : You have to understand what I'm saying. Like, how can you not understand what I'm saying?
GIRL : I only have five minutes.
**GUY:** He gave it up. He dominated.
**GIRL:** Who knew sports could be so dirty?
**GUY:** What are you going to do with the other four?
GUY : I've been meaning to pay my respects to Billy Mays.
GIRL : God! Why does everyone have a Twitter? I guess I need to get one.
GUY : Oh, sandwich where have you been all my life?
**GIRL:** Is that a pen in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
// ERIN DEKOSTER AND MARY HENDERSON
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Carl Latham was not born in Louisiana, nor has he ever lived in the southern state. Yet one might easily reach the conclusion that this amicable, bearded man lives ubiquitously. He's a Lawrencian body fixed inside the tiny restaurant known as Terrebonne, 805 Vermont St., with a soul that inexorably flows through the veins of Louisiana's Cajun country. West of the Archafalaya Basin in southern Louisiana is where the real Cajun food can be found, Latham says, which sure enough is where he learned to cook. "I'd end up at the cook-offs, soaking up everything that they'd tell me and everything I'd see," he says.
Not knowing how a Cajun restaurant would fare in a city like Lawrence, starting the business more than two years ago was a bit of a gamble for Latham and his wife, Carol, who helps manage
Terrebonne. "We thought it would be fun to have our own 'ma and pa' type of place, but we just didn't know how much work it was going to be," Carol says.
The couple hit a rough patch just two weeks after they opened the restaurant when Carol came down with a brain aneurysm, nearly taking her life as she spent nine days in intensive care in a Kansas City hospital. Carol was absent for two months, but Carl kept the business going after receiving help from friends and family.
Through the ups and downs, the small restaurant has endured the seasons, and will always carry a touch of the interesting for the couple. "It's brought us close in a lot of ways, and then some days we go home not talking," Carol says.
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A customer clicks down on an andouille po-boy sandwich for lunch. Terrebonne's andouille sausage carries a bit more spice and Caun flavoring than its more mild. French counterpart
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Carl enjoys a momentary tull in business by catching up on some news. His reading would be cut short, however, as a customer enters the restaurant.
Close time. Carol begins sweeping the floor as 3 p.m. nears. Terrebonne originally included dinner hours as well, but a lack of business led them to limit hours to lunch only.
Cario places a batch of freshly-baked brownies for sale. Brownies are just one variety of desserts offered daily.
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that's disgusting // SHARING DRINKS
dude, gross.
Last weekend when you took a drink from your friend's cup you shared more than just a tasty beverage. Sharing cups transfers saliva between people, which could result in contracting flu or cold-like viruses and bacteria. Not to mention you could also get meningitis or mononucleosis.
Barbara Schnitker, director of clinic services at the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, says that contracting different diseases depends on whether or not you've been exposed to it.
You may be receiving something you've never had.
"If someone's gums are bleeding there is a chance you could contract Hepatitis B or C," Schnikter says. "Sharing cups is discouraged."
College kids are more vulnerable to different diseases because of close living quarters she says.
People's immune systems react differently to a variety of viruses or bacteria, which is why you may be violently ill whereas your roommate may experience little-to-no symptoms.
Bottom line - don't share cups. It's disgusting.
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Throwing a frat party is as simple as following the "Three Bs" rule. All you need is booze, babes and beats.
The first two come in various forms of class, age and accessibility, and now the last is conveniently available in the form of Fratmusic. com. a music playlist web site dedicated to showing all the polo-wearing pledge brothers a grand ole time.
jayplay says // CHECK OUT FRATMUSIC.COM
Fratmusic.com wants you to "party with the best," and avoid any occasional blunders with the usual iPod DJ-ing from a freshman's sound system. Current popular playlists satisfy any guy's priorities on a given Friday night. Want to reel in a few underage and overdressed girls? Try the "For the Ladies" mix. Need some quality bonding with the dudes? "Bro-ing Out" has you covered. And just in case you like to keep it classy, "Study Mix" is filled of Tchaikovsky, Bach and Mozart to classically whisk those
beat-blasting hangovers away.
Fratmusic.com is also sure to satisfy plenty of different tastes for a great frat playlist. There's techno for the guys that prefer bopping in darkened, black light rooms, country for the beer-guzzling folks, and a power hour playlist if you really want to get down to business. Not only can playlists be streamed, but they can also be uploaded and rated.
The Phi Kappa Psi chapter at Purdue University currently sits atop the best-rated playlists with their eclectic collection of Miley Cyrus, Pitbull and Madonna.
Fratmusic.com alleviates any anxiety about keeping the music fresh, leaving you to tend to the jungle juice and drinking games.
// KELC1 SHIPLEY
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Frat-tastic. Fratmus.com is a music playlist web site that provides bumpin' beats for your party. Playlists range in decade and genre, assuring fratters of a good time.
jayplay says // GET A TWITTER ACCOUNT (AND FOLLOW JAYPLAY!)
We here at Jayplay like to think we're grounded enough to not become the kind of social media snobs who pass final judgement on people's interconnectivity. In fact, we urge you to disconnect from the 'book from time to time to chill out here in the real world.
Go on, follow me.
But we think the future of social networking lies in Twitter. Twitter is a useful and important tool that connects friends, but can also connect you with your favorite celebrities, news outlets, scientists, bloggers, causes, companies, et cetera, in a way no other social networking site allows you to.
Twitter, with its 140-character post limit, may seem overly simple or silly, but, when used well, opens up a pool of important, interesting and entertaining information for its users.
Other than my personal friends, some of my favorite tweeters include several of my beloved English comedians (Stephen Fry, Graham
// ALEX GARRISON
(twitter.com/alex_garrison)
Through Twitter, I've been the first of my friends to know about world news events. I've also discovered cool new web sites I now love, contributed story ideas to one of my favorite TV shows and communicated with a few popular bands.
Linehan, Peter Serafinowicz, to name a few), magazines (Mental Floss, Discover) and other information outlets (Al Jazeera, NPR, Pitchfork).
So, give tweeting a shot if you haven't already. I bet you'll find something about it you enjoy.
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in the life of ... // A CANDLEMAKER
living vicariously through others is ok with us.
Bob Werd likes to see his creativity go down in flames.
Werd, a candle maker and the proprietor of Waxman Candles, 609 Massachusetts St., has been making candles for 40 years. He says that what started out as an interesting
hobby eventually turned into a business and ultimately, a lifestyle.
Werd says he spends an average of six days a week in the shop, tending to all the aspects of his business. A portion of the day is spent doing paperwork and a portion is spent managing the 40,000 pounds of wax and the plethora of other materials used to craft the candles that he keeps on hand.
The rest of the day is spent working on the candles. Werd heats and prepares each kind of wax, pours and tends to candles as well as carves and styles each design.
Werd serves as an excellent example of an interest turned livelihood. Don't be afraid to
invest in your passions, he says. Committing to what you enjoy can bring a life of fulfillment.
// BEN SULLIVAN
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Pouring to perfection. Bob Werd, candle maker at Waxman Candles,
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it's not all about fast food and beer pong
get some culture // BROADWAY AT THE LIED
A taste of Broadway is heading to Lawrence with the Lied Center hosting The Drowsy Chaperone, a raving romp of a musical that won five Tony Awards in 2006. The show is currently on tour throughout North America.
The show is set in the living room of the "Man in Chair," who decides to cure his blues by throwing on his favorite record, a flashy musical from the '20s called The Drowsy Chaperone. As the record spins around, the set and cast flood the small living room of the man as the world of the show is brought to life around him via a phonograph.
What follows is the story of a love-struck starlet trying to leave show business to get married and her producer, who is being muscled by two mobsters disguised as pastry chefs, doing everything he can to destroy their relationship to save himself from excruciating physical pain. Madness ensues, tricks are pulled and deception reigns supreme.
The musical is set to hit Lawrence at 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 1. Tickets are available through the Lied
Center box office and are $18 for students.
THE CLOWN OF BENEDICTINE
// BEN SULLIVAN
Show stopper, Cast members of The Drowsy Chaperone will perform at the Lied Center Feb. 1.
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essential life skills // RECOVERING FROM A PC in case of emergency, read quickly. CRASH
Your computer breaks down. You scream with all that you have and lose strands of hair with every strenuous stroke across the top of your head. You collapse and wonder, "Well, what do I do now?"
There are many things that can cause your computer to crash. Mat Wehner, sales manager for UNI Computers, 1403 W. 23rd St., says that many computer help services run diagnostics for more than 20 possible causes of a crash. Windows offers you a couple of options to try on your PC to help restore your system.
Begin by restarting your computer. As soon as your computer goes from power off to power on, start tapping the F8 key about once every second. It is natural for your computer to beep at you during this process, so don't worry if it does.
Once a black screen with some text comes up, choose "Repair Your Computer." Click "Next" when it asks you to select a keyboard input method, keeping it on U.S. It will then ask you for a username and password. Fill this out with the administrative username and password, or the main one that you use to log in to Windows.
You will then have a couple of options. Choose "Startup Repair" if your computer will not start. Choose "Re-image your computer" if you have created a backup of your computer and you want to restore it to that. Choose "System Restore" if you want to set your computer back to a previous
configuration.
If you are uncomfortable performing these actions or they do not fix your problem, there are several resources available. The Burge Union and Kansas Union tech shops are able to help repair your computer, as well as several computer service businesses in Lawrence including UNI Computers and Best Buy, 2020 W, 31st St.
Computers can be frustrating and cause problems for everyone. But once you run into a problem — though it may feel like it — it's hardly the end of the world.
// TAYLOR BROWN
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Reboot Just because your computer breaks down doesn't mean you have to. Follow a few simple steps to repair your computer and all will not be lost.
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This little yellow summer dress is too sweet for the slush of January, but it can't stay hanging up in your closet unworn for much longer. A leather jacket, £372 from Sanctuary Clothing, available at Bauhaus, takes the dress from sacramento to suitable.
here's still snow on the ground, and it's unthinkable to go outside without your coat and gloves, but skirts are showing up in stores and swimsuit season looms ahead like the mountain of clothes it takes to keep you warm in the cold.
Buying spring and summer
Baking spring and summer clothes is one of the only bright spots in this icy season, and even though it's not always practical, there are some pieces that you shouldn't wait to buy. Mixing those summer pieces into your winter wardrobe is easier than it may seem.
Marilyn Haines, Salina junior, hasn't started her spring shopping yet, but she has certainly started thinking about warmer weather. Haines says she'd like to give her wardrobe a much-needed injection of color this spring.
"I always get excited about floral prints when the weather starts to warm, mostly in the shape of mini-dresses," she says.
Bauhaus, 11 W. 9th St., is preparing for the new season. Owner Natasha Kasl decides what pieces the store will sell each season.
Crocheted clothes was one of the most popular trends at Market, Kastl says. Market is the event where designers present their pieces for stores to decide what to carry. BCBG, Ella Moss and Free People were some of the brands who carried crocheted pieces.
Before things get too heated, Alyssa Thiel, Lawrence junior, says she'll use layering to work spring items into her wardrobe. She plans on wearing fall blazers over her new spring tops and dresses.
Aimee Lippencott, eastern fashion manager for Nordstrom, says that not only are blazers a good way to make the transition from seasons, but that the boyfriend blazer look will still be popular this spring in softer fabrics than the structured fall version.
Haines is also on the blazer bandwagon, especially over a floral dress.
There's a consensus among all four women that tights and leggings are the best way to make a winter/spring hybrid outfit cohesive.
"I like to put delicate spring items with hard-dered things," she says.
"Leggings and tights automatically make anything wintery." Tiel says.
Kastl and Lippencort both agree that tights work under shorter hemlines for spring and using colored tights is an easy way to bring interesting hues into an outfit.
Thiel uses her "unhealthy obsession" with boots to her advantage as the weather begins to
Mix and match winter and spring pieces for a fresh look.
slowly warm up. She says boots can be worn with almost anything and they're practical in the snow.
Haines prefers vintage coats in fun colors and styles. Chubby faux furs, bracelet-length sleeves and swing coats also make her list for fun outerwear.
Both Thiel and Haines use outwear to keep their winter outfits from going too drab.
Thiel uses different jackets and coats to change up an outfit.
When you need to shed that jacket or coat, Kastl advises reaching for the lightweight scarf you've already got in your closet. She says that it has become just as important an accessory as the bracelet or necklace.
"Women use them to finish their outfit now, not just for warmth," she says.
Stacked bangles are on Kastl and Lippencott's radar. Not just the run-of-the-mill gold bangle, but raffia, plastic and silver bracelets are becoming popular. Lippencott says that you can mix these materials for a more eclectic look.
If you find yourself buying a bright summer dress or perfect skirt to show off your tanned legs while the thermometer still sits well below 40 degrees, you're not alone.
"If I see something I like, I'll probably buy it, even if it's a pair of flats or a summer dress and it's snowy out." Thiel says. "I'm not the most practical shopper."
Practicality be damned. Spring is just around the corner.
You can't say no to that tropical blue T-shirt, and a layered crochet top helps you stay warm on your walk between classes. Crocheted top by Free People, $108; T-shirt by Splendid, $49, both available at Bauhaus.
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A bright yellow piece can be mixed in to give a drab outfit a pop of color.
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Instead of studded bags seen in the fall, look for more functional hardware like zippers.
Bag, $75; top by Ella Moss, $95;
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Buy one in the women's section or go rogue and swipe an authentic piece from a boy's closet. Blazer by La Rok, $297; dress by 12th Street by Cynthia Vincent, $138; boots by Jessica Simpson, $137; all available at Bauhaus.
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Whether they're singing '70s disco, '80s pop or classic rock, Sellout's cheesy, party-ready renditions of hits have it covered.
In 2001, the concept for the band emerged when members Nick Kounas and Steve Ozark were fishing on a boat. Ozark says Sellout is lucky because sometimes cover songs can be more popular than original music. Rather than struggling to book gigs and play empty venues, Ozark suggested to Kounas that they perform songs people already know and love. Their song list includes popular hits from a wide range of eras, from Justin Timberlake's "Sexyback" to Kiss' "Rock and Roll All Night."
Oark says they decided to sellout completely and perform the most over-the-top smash hits thus, the name and concept.
Members say Sellout's history is interesting because they have performed with nine different singers and seven drummers, four horn players, five guitarists and two keyboardists. Ozark says this change in the line-up is more of a natural progression and they don't want to put pressure on the band. Kounas says people will respond to a song they love, no matter who is on stage performing it.
Each member gets to bring out his or her inner rock star by adopting an on-stage persona. Ozark
is known as Kiss star Gene Simmons. Other alter egos include Martlyn Monroe, Rick James and Wonder Woman.
Ozark says Sellout has gained a loyal fanbase in the Lawrence area. He says it's like a big homecoming for them every time they play in front of a Lawrence crowd.
Sellout will be playing at 10 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday at the Jazzhaus, 926 Massachusetts St.
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"Burrito King — It's cheap, it's good and I've been going there since I was 15 or 16.It's a Lawrencian tradition."
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movie review // 'THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR Hollywood hits, indie flicks and everything in between. PARNASSUS'
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a movie that doesn't defy comprehension so much as invites it. It's a bright, fanciful whirligig of a movie that harkens back to director Terry Gilliam's conceptual glory days, with films such as Time Bandits, Brazil and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
Gilliam's latest foray into the fantastical introduces audiences to Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer), who runs a traveling show in which audiences can enter into his mind and achieve either salvation or damnation based on the choices they make there. Parnassus is a troubled soul himself. Many years ago, he made a deal with the devil (Tom Waits) to achieve immortality. Now the devil wants to collect his due: Parnassus' daughter, Valentina (Lily Cole). Along for the ride is a new, shady addition to the group: the mysterious Tony Shepherd (the late Heath Ledger), who may or may not be the key to saving Valentina from the underworld.
The way Gilliam handled Ledger's death is quite interesting, and serves to give the film another interesting layer. Every time Tony enters Parnassus' mind, his appearance is different. He's played, at various points, by Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell. It's a movie that gives Tony's already curious character even more intriguing facets.
The Imaginartium of Doctor Parnassus is the kind of film that perhaps takes two viewings in order to take everything in. As with most of Gilliam's other movies, it's visually amazing, chock-full of immaculate costumes and sets designed to the last detail. It's full of messages, too — good versus evil, selflessness versus greed and personal gain versus integrity. It's a lot for one movie to handle, and perhaps because of this, "Parnassus" trips over its own feet a couple of times, but it still an admirable feat to attempt.
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music review // VARIOUS — 'CASUAL VICTIM KJHK's weekly guide to sonic consumption. PILE: AUSTIN 2010' (MATADOR)
"Casual Victim Pile," Matador's latest compilation of Austin, Texas, bands, is, rather cleverly, an anagram of "Live Music Capital." Although I have never personally witnessed a live show in Austin, I do know they have an extended history of great music. This compilation only reinforces that they've still got it.
I'm delighted to kick off the new year with music as good as this, and there's something for everyone pop, psychedelic, punk and new wave.
I thought compilations of unknowns from a specific region were only reserved for 30 to 40-year-old soul, punk, garage and psychedelic artists, but this is not so. Matador provides us with some of the best up-and-coming underground acts from the heart of the Lone Star state.
★★★
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AUSTIN 2010
BAD SPORTS
DIKES OF HOLLAND
THE DISTANT SECONDS
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FOLLOW THAT BIRD!
KINGDOM OF SUFFERING
FLEISH LIGHTS
THE GOLDEN BOYS
HARLEM
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LOVE COLLECTOR
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music review // STEDDY P. — 'STYLE LIKE MIND'
KJHK's weekly guide to sonic consumption.
Kansas City emcee Steddy P. didn't drag his feet releasing a second album on the heels of Dear Columbia ... PS, his first album and an homage to his Missouri stomping grounds.
Locally, he may be remembered for his solid opening performance at the Talib Kweli show at The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., awhile back and for various other appearances in Lawrence hip hop shows.
Somewhere between all the live performances, Steddy P. kept up with production, banging out Style Like Mind in a hash of daily-life rhymes and classic hip hop bravado. In the beats department, there is plenty of funky urban-laced hip hop production, while a few tracks are interestingly jazz-oriented.
The album takes an interesting approach in representing classic hip hop without sounding dated.
In addition to the scratches by DJ MAHFJ, the album doesn't go without some good old battle record rap quotes. Hip hop followers
might also recognize vocal samples dropped in from the Scratch documentary, nodding to that late 1990s to early 2000s era.
As far as regional hip hop goes, Style Like Mind is quite a speaker-worthy disc that certainly pulls its weight in Midwest hip hop.
★★★☆ // PETER ADANY
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OBITUARY
Friends remember student's motivation, friendliness
BY ELLIOT METZ emetz@kansan.com
When Hollie Farrahi met Eric Bittlingmayer during her freshman year, there was one thing she noticed almost immediately.
"He had a really infectious laugh," said Farrahi, a junior from Kansas City, Mo. "He was always happy and
things were always pretty effortless with him."
Bittlingmayer, a sophomore from Lawrence who died last weekend, was known among his friends for many things, especially his friendliness and intelligence.
Brianna Heard, a junior from Lawrence, said "Ever since I met him in junior high at Bishop
Seabury, Eric was always incredibly intelligent."
Bittlingmayer graduated from high school one and a half years early in 2006. When he arrived at the University of Kansas, he excelled in academic life.
"He was always so motivated," Farrahi said. "He thought he was invincible."
Bittlingmayer had a wide variety of interests, including travel, politics, and technology. He also enjoyed cycling, basketball, baseball, and running.
Bittlingmayer was working on a Bachelor of Sciences degree with honors in Biochemistry, and he was planning to attend law school after his anticipated 2011 graduation.
Friends of Bittlingmayer said he loved the idea of a new challenge.
"I remember he just decided to take the LSAT one time on a whim, and he did really well on it," Farrahi said. "He was really excited about law school, he loved the logic of it."
According to his personal website, Bittlingmayer held a 3.61 GPA and was a National Society
of Collegiate Scholars honoree. He also was a note-taker for Disability Resources.
"He always cared about people so much," Farrahi said. "It made him happy when his friends were happy."
Edited by Kelly Gibson
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Michael Austin, a senior from Lawrence, left, and Charles Martinez, a doctoral student in music from Wichita, rehearse Monday afternoon for the opera, The Rake's Progress. The first live performance is scheduled for Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m., at Robert Baustian Theatre in Murphy Hall.
School of Music offers unique experience for students interested in opera performances
BY ALISON CUMBOW
alisonc@kansan.com
When he was born, the first thing Michael Austin's dad did was rock him in his arms and sing The Eagles "Hotel California." Although Austin doesn't remember his father's song, it obviously made a lasting impression. Twenty-one years later, Austin spends most of his time in Murphy Hall in pursuit of a bachelor's degree in music performance.
He is also training to become an opera singer.
Not long ago, Sasha Cooke was chasing her opera dreams. On Sunday the mezzo-soprano will be performing at the Lied Center. Cooke received her master's degree from The Juilliard School, and graduated from the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program of the Metropolitan Opera. At 24, Cooke has been there and done that when it comes to being an opera student.
Austin said his dream was to be hired with an opera company in New York, and to eventually get an agent. In the meantime, he will keep practicing and learning as much as possible until his instrument — his voice — matures.
"I have to wait for my voice to decide what it's going to do," he said. "Sometimes it can be really frustrating, there are infinitely more things that I can't sing right now than I can."
Until Austin's voice fully develops
likely in his late 20s or early 30s — getting to a breakout moment in opera will be a waiting game.
Austin joined choir in 11th grade as a way to earn a trip to Disney World. After graduating, he began taking private voice lessons. Despite his preparation, Austin didn't get into the voice program in KU School of Music as a freshman.
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SEE OPERA ON PAGE 6A
UPCOMING EVENTS
Michael Austin, Anna Hoard and Charles Martinez all have roles in the School of Music's upcoming opera. "The Rake's Progress," which opens on Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert Baustian Theatre in Murphy Hall.
Sasha Cooke will be performing at the Lied Center on Sunday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m.
LAWRENCE
Fundraiser supports Joe College's legal battle
BY ANNIE VANGSNES
anniev@kansan.com
Hollie Farrahi, a junior from
What originally started as a class project turned into a fundraiser concert for Joe College, 734 Massachusetts St. Thursday night. Seven Kansas City and Lawrence bands performed at the Granada in a concert to raise support for the business.
Kansas City, Mo., chose to study Joe College for a strategic communications class project and had to build a campaign for the business. Her group came up with the idea for the fundraiser and followed through with it this semester.
Farrahi, project coordinator,
said she wanted the event to build
community support and to be a
fun thing for students to do on a
Thursday night.
Farrahi said the event wasn't about negative sentiments surrounding the legal battle between Joe College and Kansas Athletics Inc. that have been going on for the past few years.
"It's kind of like a 'help out the little man thing,'" she said. "We want to make the focus really local and it's a positive thing."
In September a federal judge ruled that Larry Sinks owed
Kansas Athletics Inc. $667,507 in attorney fees in addition to the $127,337 in damages for "trademark infringement"
He said $1.8 million came through athletics from trademarks and $752,456 was given directly
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director, said profits from trademarks are submitted through the athletic department, but a portion is given back to the University.
THE SUNSHINE
SUNSHINE
Rusty Scott, a Lawrence player, plays in front of a crowd Thursday night at the Granada. Seven bands from Kansas City and Lawrence helped to raise money for Joe College.
See an audio slideshow at kansan.com/videos
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I, for one, think intimacy has no place in a marriage. Walked in on my parents once and it was like seeing two walruses wrestling."
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester, Glee
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Seventy songs were used in the first thirteen episodes of Glee. The show has not been denied use of any song they have requested from its respective owner during production of the first 13 episodes.
Friday, January 22, 2010
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The actor who played the father on "Leave it to Beaver" was born in Lawrence. His name was Hugh Beaumont, born here in 1909 and died in 1982. He was still a boy when his family moved to Tennessee.
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SATURDAY
Watkins Memorial Health Center will have an H1N1 clinic from noon to 2 p.m. in the first floor conference room. The clinic is open to all KU students, faculty, staff and retirees.
Jan.23
KU Opera presents "The Sorrows of Young Werther" from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for general admission.
Student Union Activities will screen the movie, "Whip it" at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium. Tickets are $2 for KU students and $3 for the public.
If you would like to submit an event to be included on our weekly calendar, send us an e-mail at news@kansan.com with the subject "Calendar."
Student Union Activities will screen the movie, "Where the Wild Things Are" at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium. Tickets are $2 for KU students and $3 for the general public.
A Dog Days winter workout run will start at 7:30 a.m. at J & S Coffee at 6th Street and Wakarusa Drive. Dog Days are free and open to the Lawrence community.
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Blake Mycoskie, founder and chief shopper at TOMS Shoes, will speak at the annual Student Union Activities Student Lecture Series from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Lied Center. Tickets are free but required. Tickets are available for pick up at the SUA Box Office through Friday, Jan. 22.
The KU Blood Drive will be from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union.
KU Opera presents "The Sorrows of Young Werth" from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for general admission.
Opera singer Sasha Cooke will perform at the Lied Center at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students and $18 for adults.
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
Jan.27
Jan.25
Norm Yetman will present the University- Community Forum "Voices From Slavey: The Federal Writers' Project Slave Narrative Collection" at noon in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building. This event is free.
Three faculty members will present "Food for Thought: The Culture of Food in the United States" from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union. Tickets are free.
The Dole Institute of Politics will host "Pizza & Politics with David Schimke" from noon to 1:30 p.m. Schimke is the editor-in-chief and general manager of Utne Reader.KU students only.
The Community Mercantile, 901 Iowa St.
will offer the class "A Day of Gluten Free, Dairy
Free, Egg Free Meals and Snacks" from 7 to 9
p.m. Tickets are $15 per person and $13 for
Merc Owners and senior citizens.
THURSDAY
Jan. 28
- Jayoung Hong will present a student piano recital/lecture at 4:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
- The Ballet Folkríca de Mexico will perform at the Lied Center at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for students and $28 for adults.
KUl ture : sledding
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BY BRENDAN ALLEN
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Scott Wedman, right, a junior from Lawrence, and friend Nicholas Strole, a senior from Lav.蜜 attending Grinnell College, led on campus Wednesday afternoon.
As the year's first batch of snow melts, a series of transformations spread throughout campus. Snow boots turn into tennis shoes and muddy foot trails turn into sidewalks.
At the center of KU's winter wonderland was the Campanile Hill; A frost-covered dream come true for Lawrence sledders. Armed with everything from circle sleds to lunch trays or even canoes, students welcome the long time tradition of throwing themselves down the hill at breakneck speeds year after year.
In fact, some students build enough excitement that they begin planning for their fun weeks in advance.
"I bought a sled way back in November, so I was ready" Maggie Gremminger, a senior from Shawnee, said. "Every year when it snows I want to get sleds, but I've always been too late. They're always sold out."
When the snow finally hit Lawrence, Gremminger wasted no
time getting out to the hills. At 2 a.m., shortly after the first snow hit Lawrence. Gremminger and her boyfriend took to the slopes.
"It was a romantic date for us, we didn't invite anyone," Gremminger said. "There was no one there, since it was in the middle of the storm. We had the whole hill to ourselves."
Campus sledding isn't always known for its serenity though. With the mixture of crowds of sleds and freezing conditions, the faint of heart may find the slopes to be more extreme than expected.
"One of my friends and I went sledding down the Campanile and the hill right behind Strong Hall." Jordan Boyd, a sophomore from Topeka, said. "It was really intense because the snow had melted the day before and then re-frozen during the night, so it was really slick to sled on."
Occasionally with all the frosty merriment, sledders throw caution to the wind.
"I don't know how many times we had to bail so we didn't rocket into a tree or go over a sidewalk," Boyd said. "My friend actually went as far
Not everyone can be so lucky, however. Belinda Rehmer, communications coordinator for Lawrence Memorial Hospital said that as of Jan. 12, the hospital has seen "11 sledding-specific injuries and accidents since Jan. 1."
as Potter's lake once and couldn't stop himself before he slid onto the ice. Thank goodness he didn't fall through."
"Avoid being stupid," Rehmer said. "If there's a lot of people sledding at once, it would be smart to avoid the congested area. You'll run into each other."
Rehmer said the culprit was a lack of common sense.
Campus sledding continues to thrive, through bruises and all.
Edited by Taylor Bern
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The University Daily Kansan has joined other state student media and organizations representing students in support of Dodge City reporter Claire O'Brien.
The Associated Press reported yesterday that O'Brien has been subpoenaed as a potential witness at the trial of a man accused of second degree murder. The state Supreme Court asked O'Brien to provide her notes documenting an interview she conducted.
O'Brien received notice of the subpoena Wednesday on behalf of Ford County Attorney Terry Malone, who has also pressed that she reveal the identity of a confidential source.
Attorney Mark Johnson filed a motion for leave to file amicus brief Thursday on behalf of the Kansas
Associated Collegiate Press, the Kansas Scholastic Association, The University Daily Kansan and the Kansas State Collegian. The motion is a request that all organizations participate as an amici curiae, which is a Latin phase that translates to "friend of the court." Johnson is also an instructor at The University of Kansas where he teaches a course about the First Amendment.
"We are supporting Claire O'Brien because as a student newspaper, we are strong proponents of the First Amendment," Stephen Montemayor, Editor-in-Chief of The Kansan and senior from Mission, said. "If one of our reporters were in a similar situation, we would hope to be afforded the same support by our peers."
O'Brien has been ordered to appear at the trial on Feb. 25 through March 5.
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STUDY ABROAD
Program educates on environment
BY ZACH GETZ
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Chelsea Cooley (second from left), a senior from Kansas City, Mo., studied abroad in the Sadhana Forest in India over winter break. Cooley spent three weeks helping reforest a 70-acre plot of once barren land.
Instead of going to Europe or some other standard spot to study abroad, Chelsea Cooley traveled to an area with no running water and little electricity — a small southeastern Indian village in the Sadhana Forest.
"I didn't even know where I would be sleeping," said Cooley, a senior from Kansas City, Mo. "It turned out I would be sleeping in an open environment that was very humid and hot."
Cooley discovered the University of Massachusetts Amherst program online that would take her to the community. The program allowed her to get hands-on experience reforesting desolated land.
Instead of studying and attending class in an air-conditioned room, Cooley said she spent most of her time outdoors.
"To keep a community like that running, you really have to do a lot of manual labor," Cooley said.
She helped dig ditches to catch rainwater and raise the watershed in the area to keep the soil moist.
"This land had desertification and was destroyed because people had tried to use it for things that it wasn't meant for," Cooley
said. "This project has only been around for six years and there's now a forest there and tall plants when nothing was there before."
Cooley said projects such as the one in the Sadhana Forest were important for the environment and reforesting once barren land was possible.
"There is damage that has been done, but we really have power to repair the damage." Cooley said.
Because the Sadhana Forest qualifies as an eco-village, Cooley said, the goal of the entire village was environmental stability.
"This place fulfills that goal because it's a vegan community, and animal and animal byproducts contribute to global warming in so many ways," Cooley said. "They are also reforesting the area, using biodegradable products, don't have running water and the electricity is all solar."
Although Cooley will receive school credit for her time spent in India, the eco-village volunteers weren't all students.
While Cooley's trip was not sponsored by the University of Kansas, the University is offering a six-week environmental studies program for the first time this summer.
Without luxuries like trash disposal services and running water, Cooley said, she realized how much waste Americans produce.
world that stumbled on this strange place."
"There were maybe 100 volunteers, and maybe only 10 were students," Cooley said. "The rest were just people from around the
Robert Lopez, outreach coordinator for the study abroad office, said that several students have expressed interest in the new program.
"We're catering it to environmental studies, biology, geography, ecology and evolutionary biology," Lopez said.
Program director Geetanjali Tiwari said the program would give students a chance to do field work and see a tropical ecosystem with an ancient history.
Edited by Kirsten Hudson
NATIONAL
Activist group to protest Islamic campus event
COLLEGE NEWS NETWORK
A newly formed activist group plans to protest an Islamic group's campus involvement at Oklahoma University Saturday.
The recently formed group, called Oklahomaans Against CAIR Hate, said the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is linked to terrorist activities overseas. The group wants to expose CAIR for what they see as a sponsor of terrorism, especially on the OU campus.
"CAIR tries to portray itself as an innocuous civil rights organization, but it is not." Cindy Crenshaw, Oklahomans Against CAIR Hate president, stated on the group's website.
But Roberta Clark, associate regional director for the Anti-Defamation League, said her organization does not see CAIR as a terrorist group with terrorist connections.
Ahmad Khattab, president of the OU Muslim Student Association, said the protesters do not understand what CAIR is and what it does.
"We've worked with CAIR for many years, and they've been very helpful in improving the image of Islam and Muslims in America," Khattab said. "When these people come on campus to protest CAIR, I feel they are attacking me personally."
Khattab said the group's accusations against CAIR do more harm than good.
"CAIR really does do positive things, and by throwing out
rumors and false accusations, they are showing that they are just here to be hateful." Khattab said.
The protest is scheduled to take place at the Oklahoma Memorial Union at 7 p.m. Saturday, but language on the website suggests the group will try to disrupt the CAIR sponsored event in Meachum Auditorium that evening.
"I hope that instead of disrupting the event and being rude, they would be willing to sit down and talk about our differences and clear some things up," Khattab said.
Leawood group receives $25.000
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Kids and Cars, a Leawood non-profit organization has received a $25,000 grant by the Chase Community Giving Group through a Facebook competition.
Kids and Cars works to prevent children from being injured or killed in and around cars. Half a million charities entered the contest in November
To vote for this organization, visit www.kidsandcars.org/ vote.
but only 100 groups advanced to the second round. Kids and Cars volunteer manager Amber Rollins said the group was the only in Kansas to make the top 100. The group that receives the most votes from supporters will be awarded $1 million, she said.
— Kirsten Kwon
NATIONAL
Marijuana tax heightens debate
COLLEGE NEWS NETWORK
A significant step was made last week in the fight to legalize marijuana in California, when the Assembly Public Safety Committee passed State Rep. Tom Ammiano's bill to legalize and regulate pot usage. Although the bill is technically dead because it did not meet the deadline for approval by another committee, many say history is in the making.
It is likely that attention will shift to the "Tax Cannabis 2010" initiative planned for the November ballot. If passed, adults over 21 will be able to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and to cultivate a small amount for themselves. Cities and counties would individually decide whether or not to tax the drug.
"This is the first time a bill of this kind was heard and passed in a committee," said Quintin Mecke, communications director for State Rep. Ammiano. "We've made quite a bit of progress with this issue."
The California chapter of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws (NORML) estimates that a legally regulated market for marijuana could yield the state at least $1.2 billion in tax revenues and reduced enforcement costs.
"It doesn't make sense for California to be paying money to arrest and imprison people when they could be making money by taxing marijuana," said Dale Geiringer, state coordinator of California NORML.
Many groups oppose the legalization of marijuana for health and safety reasons, however. The International Faith-Based Coalition led a rally last Tuesday protesting Ammiano's bill.
"Like tobacco and alcohol, there's no real way to regulate marijuana usage," said Taknesha Allen, youth representative for the International Faith-Based Coalition. The International Faith-Based Coalition plans to continue to fight marijuana legalization.
"I don't think that in our desperate times we should become drug dealers," Allen said. "We shouldn't legalize stupidity at the risk of everyone's lives."
The question of the carcinogenic effects of marijuana is also a topic of debate. Marijuana smoke is on California's list of known carcinogens, but advocates for legalization insist that it is safer than tobacco or alcohol.
"There are so many deaths each year attributed to tobacco and alcohol," Mecke said. "There have been zero deaths ever attributed solely to the use of marijuana."
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TELEVISION
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Late night drama to cost NBC up to $50 million
LOS ANGELES — Ending his brief reign as host of one of television's longest-running shows, Conan O'Brien on Thursday finalized a rich severance deal with NBC that releases the comediar
from "The Tonight Show" and frees him to join another network in time for the new fall season, an NBC spokeswoman confirmed.
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ment, hammered out over the last week, brings to an abrupt end O'Brien's nearly 20-year career with NBC, where he began as a staff writer for "Saturday Night Live" in the late 1980s. His separation from NBC includes a payout that will go down as one of the most eye-popping in the annals of Hollywood: O'Brien, who has two years remaining on his contract, will walk away with about $32 million, according to people close to the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
NBC agreed to compensate the show's staff members, including executive producer Jeff Ross. About 190 people worked on the show, including nearly 70 people who relocated to Los Angeles
Overall, NBC will have to shell out $40 million to $50 million to close the book on its late-night drama.
from New York early last year to work with O'Brien at the program's newly built studios on the Universal lot. NBC and O'Brien's team spent the last few days ironing out severance packages for all the show's workers.
O'Brien's final "Tonight Show" appearance will be Friday. But he may not be off the air for long. The comedian will be allowed to work on a competing network by September. Jay Leno will be back in his old time slot even sooner. Leno, who surrendered "The Tonight Show" to O'Brien last spring and then was handed his own prime-time show on the network at 10 p.m., will return to late night after NBC's Olympic coverage concludes at the end of February.
O'Brien's manager, Gavin Polone, said the talk show host would kick in some of his own money for his staff as well.
provided his side of the story on his program, saying he told NBC executives that he was skeptical that a prime-time show would work.
Meanwhile, Leno, whose primetime show ends Feb. 11, will face the challenge of improving on O'Brien's ratings. NBC has been trailing CBS' David Letterman and is tied with him in the coveted demographic of adults ages 18 to 49. During the last week, O'Brien's ratings have nearly dou
— he spent 16 years as host of "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" — and his short tenure at "The Tonight Show." Certainly this was not how NBC anticipated O'Brien's run with "The Tonight Show" playing out when it declared him the "king of late night" in June after he made his debut as host.
It was an undignified end to O'Brien's long career at NBC
The costly resolution ends two weeks of high drama that damaged the images and reputations not only of NBC executives, but also of Leno, who was
O'Brien, who has two years remaining on his contract, will walk away with about $32 million, according to people close to the negotiations.
painted as the villain by many in the media, including CBS' David Letterman, who took numerous jabs at Leno during the last week. He was also the target of a grass-roots Internet campaign to demonstrate support for the embattled O'Brien. Earlier this week, Leno
bled. Whether the backlash against Leno, fair or not, will hurt him when he returns to his old 11:35 p.m. time slot remains a question mark.
And finally, NBC, which is
already enduring a tough season, now has to spend heavily to develop new shows for the 10 p.m. hour, at a time when the General Electric Co.-owned network already conceded that it would lose about $200 million on its coverage of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Uplifting words pervade your space. Everyone seems to be in a festive mood. A female provides special treats for everyone.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Someone wants to travel today. If you already have reservations, that's great. If not, make a plan for later.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
More new ideas arrive by the hour. How to get them all into the plan? An associate provides the means to document everything.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Practical considerations work best today. Allow another person to make decisions. You don't have to be in control. You just need to be present to win.
LEO (July 23-Aug.22)
Today is a 7
Think about how you want to spend the weekend. As you're doing daily tasks, figure out what you'll need and make a list. Add something extra just for fun.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Today you find greater enjoyment in fulfilling responsibilities. You love every chance you get to find imaginative ways to get work done.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Everything goes well today on a practical level until someone comes up with a bright new idea. Run with it! This concept is much better.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a Z
Group efforts result in improved cash flow. Resist spending that new money. Instead, continue to formulate new ideas with convincing language.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
All of the best efforts today occur behind closed doors. Be polite but firm. You have a lot to accomplish by the end of the day.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19)
Today is an 8
If you can sort out the key principles in other people's arguments, you'll be home free on your own project. Acknowledge the support, both personally and professionally.
You now have an opportunity to fulfill a karmic debt. No problem. You're filled with inspired thoughts and plenty of energy.
It's a good thing you know where you're headed, because others in your group don't have a clue. It's like leading someone who's blindfolded.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
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Nick Jonas side tour largely sold out
Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers said he wasn't sure how ticket sales would go for his new side project, Nick Jonas and the Administration.
"It's so much different than anything I've done in the past, so I can never assume anything, and I didn't with this," Jonas said.
But the tour is largely sold out, whether it's from the Jonas name, or genuine interest in the music on his upcoming CD, "Who I Am," scheduled for release Feb. 2.
the idea for the side band came about after he realized that new tunes he was writing didn't necessarily sound like Jonas Brothers songs, he said.
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HUMAN RIGHTS
California court case still carries weight in the lives of KU students
Recently there has been heavy national coverage on the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger before the San Francisco district court. The case has involved debate of Proposition 8, the controversial California law banning gay marriage.
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To many students, this case may not seem relevant to their lives. It is, after all, in California. What's more, people outside of the LGBT community may not think the issue affects them.
That assumption is far from the truth. The ongoing battle over Proposition 8 has everything to do with the basic rights of individuals in the United States.
The outcome of the San Francisco case has the potential to change state laws and jurisdiction regarding gay marriage and other human rights issues.
In 2005, voters in Kansas passed an amendment per referendum banning same sex marriage, similar to California's Proposition 8. Now, 30 states prohibit gay marriage.
The case is about more than gay rights; it is about whether a state can restrict the rights of people.
Neither the state nor federal government can define marriage in religious terms, as that would be a breech of separation of church and state. Therefore, deny
Rights and the Law
BY KELLY COSBY kcosby@kansan.com
A church may certainly refuse to recognize a marriage. The government should not.
As everyone knows, for a long period in U.S. history, there was discrimination by the government against people because of race. This included denying the right to interracial marriage.
Some advocates of Proposition 8 may not understand or agree that gay marriage is a human rights concern. Perhaps it helps to think about the issue as analogous to racial discrimination.
The Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia declared Virginia's Racial Integrity Act unconstitutional and overturned the previous Case Pace v. Alabama, which outlawed interracial marriage. Therefore, states could not supersede certain unwritten rights still protected by the federal
Constitution.
Obviously, it would be outrageous, and I would go as far to say downright disgusting, if states still banned interracial marriage. Although, apparently some do not agree, namely Louisiana Justice Keith Bardwell, who recently resigned after his refusal to marry an interracial couple.
This comparison provides some much needed perspective in the gay marriage debate. No matter your views on the morality of homosexuality, this prohibition of marriage is oppressive. This is an issue of legally withholding rights, and not for the greater good of preventing harm.
It is my hope that eventually the San Francisco case will lead to the same acknowledgement for same-sex marriage as has been won for interracial marriage.
Because of the discriminatory nature of this state law—or any law regulating marriage based on sexuality, race, socioeconomic status—marriage laws should strictly be a federal issue. This would ensure protection for all United States citizens, regardless of where they live.
Cosby is an Overland Park sophomore in journalism and political science.
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HUMOR
A key skill: finding free food
First, I know what you're thinking; "Stuff KU Students Like? That sounds an awful lot like the title of the popular and humorous blog/book 'Stuff White People Like'. Did he steal that idea?"
Well, of course. But I prefer to call it "creative homage to previously-used material," or "laziness." It's all about perspective.
As any good KU student should know, the best sources of free food are the "school Year Kick-off Event." Throughout the first month of the school year, campus groups, churches and businesses throw barbecues and potlucks.
Don't look down on me. After all, it's hard to get through school without a little help from others especially when it comes to food. More simply, KU students like free food.
The goal of these events is to entice starving young students to pledge their loyalty to the particular group in exchange for a pulled pork sandwich and a juice box. It's proven to be a highly effective strategy.
Free food comes in many forms. It's important to be knowledgeable about all of these sources in order to have a successful college career.
Kick-off events are also great ways to sustain yourself for weeks without buying any of your own food. That's why I spend the entire month of July creating a School-Year-Kick-Off-Free-Food
Stuff KU Students Like
The SYKOFEFSSP includes times and locations of these events, any non-perishable items to take home and freeze and even possible gastroanomical complications.
A KU student can either cave in and focus on "studying" and "working a real job to buy my own food" as my friends like to call it. Or he/she can commit to finding every decent food giveaway possible.
As the school year progresses, however, free food becomes more scarce. This is when the real work begins.
Strategic-Sustenance Plan (or SYOFFSSP).
BY JOEL PETTERSON
This could include weekly campus group meetings, a nonprofit group raising awareness or the dumpster behind the Underground, although this is not technically a 'giveaway', as the manager has firmly pointed out to me several times.
Insider's tip: Boring classes are a great time to research potential free food sources. Philosophy might be enlightening, but not nearly as rewarding as 17 chicken wings at
the community poetry reading.
In the hunt for free food it's also important to lower your culinary standards. For example, I usually don't go for lukewarm, boiled hot dogs. But, if they're free, you can be sure I'm going home with about two dozen in my backpack.
Finally, if a KU student gets extremely desperate for free food, a trip home can be a great last resort. If your parents live within a day's drive, a strategically planned trip home can keep you from starving until those "Good Luck with Finalis" snacks start popping up.
I even created a simple mathematical equation for optimum parental food donations: (Cubic feet of your parents' freezer) + (Number of hugs given to mother) x(Grade Point Average)/(Number of siblings) = [Average volume of food received.]
I got a *b* + in high school calculus, so you can trust that equation.
So, in dedicating yourself to gaining some real life skills this semester, be sure to include the skill of earning food without, you know, working.
After all, if you give a KU student a fish, he eats for a day, but if you send him to the weekly fish fry, he should stuff the鱼 in his pocket and run home to freeze those suckers.
Petterson is a Prairie Village sophomore in journalism.
GUEST EDITORIAL
Heightening of airport security useless, wasteful
Getting up to go to the bathroom on international flights in the
national flights in the last hour is no longer allowed.
Passengers on inbound international flights to the United States have to pass through two separate layers of security. In the U.S., shoes must still be removed and put back on and liquids thrown away or bagged
These steps are all taken to stop terrorist attacks. All of them were put in place after one incident that was missed by security.
In the book
"SuperFreakonomics," the authors calculate that about 14 human lifetimes are wasted each year just from the one minute it takes passengers to remove and put on their shoes in an airport line. Of the millions of shoes removed and liquids checked, no terrorist attacks have been stopped by taking these steps.
In fact, according to statistician and blogger Nate Silver, the odds of being on a given departure which is the subject of a terrorist incident have been 1 in 10,408,947 during the past decade. Being a victim of a terrorist attack anywhere is exceedingly rare, as professor John Mueller of Ohio State has been trying to point out for a number of years.
Even including the 9/11 attacks, one is in less danger of being involved in a terrorist attack than they are of being injured or killed driving a car or walking down the street.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutalab's attempted bombing last December wasn't stopped by all of the security checks or the billions spent on gathering intelligence.
Despite the warnings of his own father that his son was a threat. Instead, he was stopped by individual passengers and personal incompetence.
Had the bombing succeeded, the risk of dying and the overall threat of terror would not have significantly changed.
Though the attack would have been an absolute tragedy, the excessive and unnecessary security precautions that would have been put in place would all have been unnecessary.
Thousands of lives each year are lost because of homicide, and those deaths are just as tragic. Homicide could be significantly reduced if due process and innocence were disregarded and draconian police tactics authorized and invasive surveillance techniques were utilized.
All of these tactics are regarded as bearing too high of a cost to liberty and were rightly rejected. Against terrorism they are seen as acceptable, necessary and, at times, not enough.
The randomness of terror and the media's quest for ratings combine to greatly overstate the threat Americans face
All of the added security checks and tactics aren't designed to make us safer; they are there so we feel that something is being done.
Politicians can use this threat to corral money for their constituents and push an expansion of government power that normally would be rejected.
It is a high price to pay for the illusion of security.
Jack Millman, The Lantern, College News Network.
Buzzwords What Kansan columnists have been talking about...
—Braden Katz, "Still waiting for promised changes to financial structure," Wednesday, Jan. 20.
"The idea that public opinion matters in U.S. government continues to be an illusion as financial firms enjoy record profits while the rest of us pay both in taxes and a poorly performing market."
"This country deserves better than a parade of politicians making public apologies for remarks some people find offensive."
—Chet Compton, "Obama fails to bring post-racial era," Wednesday, Jan. 20.
"Let's show Oprah that we have vaginas and penises and that we are not afraid of saying so."
—Caroline Bledowski, "Ending use of 'va-jay-jay', Thursday, Jan. 21.
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got in, and only seven were undergraduates," he said. "I was a freshman, and I was super seure."
Austin hadn't anticipated the level of competitiveness inside Murphy Hall. After more practice, he was accepted to the school after his second audition.
Within the opera community, there are many types of vocal styles. Based on those vocal styles, there are roles that each one typically plays.
Sopranos are generally the cute girlfriends, which means most of the leading roles are written for them. Tenors are cast as the lovers or boyfriends of sopranos. Mezzosopranos, like Cooke, are the bad girls. Baritones are the best friends who rarely get the girl and basses are the bad guys.
Right now Austin is a baritone, which means his voice is between the highs of a tenor and the lows of a bass. In the next few years, his vocal style might change completely.
A professor helped Austin find a job at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, where he's currently the youngest singer.
Anna Hoard, a senior from Topeka, is also a music performance student with an emphasis in voice at the University. Hoard said she was going to major in political science before she was given the lead role in a high school musical, "Into the Woods."
While men have to wait for their voices to develop, women's voices generally mature much earlier. Hoard, a mezzo-soprano like Cooke, said her voice didn't stop developing until her sophomore year of college.
Austin said the minimum fee for each performance is around $2,000 for a show singing chorus.
Charles Martinez, a third-year doctorate student in the School of Music and graduate teaching assistant from Wichita, said there was potential to make money in opera. He is 30 years old, so his voice – a tenor – is more developed.
"It's not uncommon to make $10,000 for one or two performances," he said. "It just depends who you are."
Austin auditioned for and performed in his first opera at Murphy Hall in 2009. It was a small role in La Traviata by Verdi.
"It's pretty competitive being at Murphy Hall," he said. "I go to school with my friends, but when opera season rolls around, they are your competition."
Austin said some of the students called Murphy Hall, Murphy High, because it reminded them of a high school at times.
"It's kind of dramatic, but you have to be kind of crazy to be an opera singer," he said.
The drama is compounded by "showmance s." Showmance is the phenom-
to understand your lifestyle than someone who has the same lifestyle?"
enon that occurs when two people in the same performance played characters in love, and they spent weeks together, all day and night, sharing voices, ideas, and developing their characters together.
The life of an opera singer is not an easy road. The six-figure salary is not guaranteed. The economy has also forced several opera companies to close.
"I go to school with my friends, but when opera season rolls around, they are your competition."
Julia Broxholm, voice professor in the music department and Austin's voice coach, said budgets are shrinking in some opera companies, so they're not able to offer the same kinds of fees as before.
"It's like movie stars, you hear about them doing a movie together, and now they're dating," Austin said. "But, who is better going
MICHAEL AUSTIN
Lawrence sophomore
Martinez, who recently finished
"I have friends who make really good money, but they're working toward retirement," he said. "I'm going to stay in this business as long as I can."
He said opera wasn't the typical "work until you're 55" type of job.
"I want to sing until I'm 70," he said.
Broxholm said despite the possibility of not making money as a singer, some people are crazy in love with it, and they just have to give it a shot. Even if that means living alone in hotel rooms, getting to go on stage means everything to them.
"It's also a hard life, there are lots of compromises, and lots of sacrifices," Broxholm said. "Stability of home, family, friends and relationships are almost always compromised."
Cooke said she would tell students trying to follow in her footsteps to sing or play the parts that lifted their spirits.
"Don't only play what you're told or what you're supposed to," she said. "Follow your heart, that's what people respond to."
While the pursuit to be an opera singer may include long hours, heavy competition, and unstable pay. Austin says being a performer is the only thing he feels like he could do forever.
PERSONAL GLANCE
Edited by Taylor Bern
WHO: Michael Austin, a sophomore from Lawrence
OTHER HOBBIES: Martial Arts, frisbee, hiking, fishing
MOVIEs: The Godfather,
The Empire Strikes Back
MUSICAL: South Pacific
Operas: La Traviata by
Verdi, La Bohème by
Puccini
CHARLES MARTINEZ'S
TOP 4 OPERAS FOR
BEGINNERS:
1. ) I Pagliacci by Leoncavallo
2.) La Bohème by Puccini
3.) La Traviata by Verdi
4.) Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart
JOE (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
to the University in the fiscal year 2009.
From that amount, $441,000 was designated for student scholarships, about $289,406 to student programming through Student Union Activities and $22,050 to the KU Medical Center bookstore.
The rest of the money from trademarks stays in athletics for its general operating budget, which includes coaches' salaries, supplies and other general costs.
Farrahi said she didn't know how the profits from trademarks were distributed.
scholarships every year."
Early in the night Farrabi said she thought the event was
Marchiony said it was "unfortunate" that students didn't understand where the money goes.
Topeka, attended the event and said she went to help raise some money and support for Ioe College.
going well and attendees were excited. She said this event was a trial run and there may be more events in the future, depending on the outcome.
"It doesn't detract us from what we think is an important stance," Marchiony said. "We think it's very important to protect the University's trademarks and one of the most important reasons is that so much money goes to student
"It's very exciting to know that people are coming out to support us. It touches me."
"These proceeds are going to help the
LARRY SINKS
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little guy bring the court case to the next level." Farrahi said. "It's community support; it's not even about the financial aspect."
"I think I'm here because I support Joe College and their right to print the T-shirts that they print and I had time and it sounded like fun," Hogan said.
Larry Sinks, Joe College owner, has filed an appeal to get the attorney fees dropped and said it may take up to 18 months for the case to be heard.
Kate Hogan, a junior from
Sinks said he
was thrilled by the showing of support and was hoping that his legal battles with the University were over.
“It's very exciting to know that people are coming out to support us,” Sinks said. “It touches me, it really does.”
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PHILADELPHIA — A Jewish teenager trying to pray on a New York-to-Kentucky flight caused a scare Thursday when he pulled out a set of small boxes containing holy scrolls, leading the captain to divert the flight to Philadelphia, where the commuter plane was greeted by police, bomb-sniffing dogs and federal agents.
The 17-year-old on US Airways Express Flight 3079 was using tefillin, a set of small boxes containing biblical passages that are attached to leather straps, Philadelphia police Lt. Frank Vanore said.
When used in prayer, one box is strapped to the arm while the other box is placed on the head.
"It's something that the average person is not going to see very often, if ever," FBI spokesman J.J. Klaver said.
The teen explained the ritual after being questioned by crew members of the flight, which had left LaGuardia Airport around
7:30 a.m. headed for Louisville and was operated by Chautauqua Airlines, authorities said.
Philadelphia about 9 a.m. without incident and was met by police, bomb-sniffing dogs and officials from the FBI and Transportation Security Administration.
Authorities said the plane was searched and passengers were questioned. The teen, who is from White Plains, N.Y., and was trav-
Officials with the airline, however, said crew members "did not receive
"Security today is a serious issue. You can't become educated up in the air."
SHMUEL GREENBERG
a clear response" when they talked with the teen, according to a statement issued by Republic Airways, which owns Chautauqua.
"Therefore, in the interest of everyone's safety, the crew decided to land in Philadelphia, where a more complete investigation and follow-up with authorities would be possible," the statement said.
The flight landed in
eling with his 16-year-old sister, was very cooperative. Vanore said.
"They were more alarmed than we were." Vanore said.
Klaver said the teen and his sister were never in custody and were cleared to continue their travels.
"He hadn't had the opportunity to pray, so that is why he did it on the plane." Frances Winchell said.
The teen's grandmother, who was waiting for him at Louisville International Airport, said the early flight left no time to pray before leaving New York.
She said the episode was traumatic for the boy, whose mother requested that he not give interviews.
H N C
"But in any event," she added, "all's well that ends well, and maybe some good will come to the world because of it."
The teen, who belongs to the congregation Young Israel of White Plains, is "a brilliant student" from "the sweetest family," said Shmuel Greenberg, the synagogue's rabbi.
The morning prayer ritual is supposed to take place within a few hours of sunrise, so it's understandable that the teen was doing it on the plane. Greenberre said.
The rabbi said he could see how someone unfamiliar with the tefillin could be alarmed.
"Security today is a serious issue. You can't become educated up in the air," Greenberg said. "I can definitely see a pilot or a crew that never saw it before in today's environment be very, very concerned."
The Republic statement said the airline would use Thursday's event "to further strengthen our commitment to both security and customer service."
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K-State's Martin is helluva coach
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BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
I like Frank Martin. There, I said it. Before you burn this sports page in effigy, or storm the Kansan newsroom, or simply decide to not read the rest of this column, give me a couple moments to explain.
It may only take one quote.
Martin was asked how he would keep his Kansas State Wildcats motivated after knocking off No. 1 Texas in Manhattan on Monday night.
"If they don't come in and compete," he said, "I am going to destroy them."
That's the kind of quote that journalists love to hear.
Granted, it's not Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green asking you to crown the Bears' derriere, but it's still a phenomenal instance of a coach being completely straight with the media.
My love of Martin (as a coach, not in a man-crush kind of way) goes beyond his periodical Ivan Drago statements.
It also goes beyond my childish enjoyment of his resemblance to an extra from the Sopranos. (Someone said he also looks like a cast member from Jersey Shore at a 20-year reunion, which then made me squirt Coke out my nose with laughter.)
Those are both reasons to admire Martin, but I mostly like the guy because he can flat-out coach.
Most people assumed Kansas State was left for dead when Bob Huggins bailed in 2007 after one year to coach his alma mater, West Virginia. Instead, Martin has taken the program and resuscitated it after just a few years on the job.
Leading up to the Texas game, Martin didn't sleep for two days. He felt his team was underprepared, so he worked his tail off to reverse that.
And that's what he did. He coached his team to victory against the top-ranked team despite woeful performances from his two best players. He brought the best out of Jamar Samuels and Curtis Kelly, who combined for 37 points against the nation's best front court.
He took a fan base that only sold out when Kansas came around and worked them into an impassioned crowd that energized the Wildcats past Texas, even as the Longhorns rallied time and again.
As a result, he turned the Big 12 into a three-horse race.
After the game Martin met Bobby Knight, one of his idols and a man familiar with competitive fire. Knight told Martin that his offense needed work, and that he'd be happy to help if Martin called in the morning.
I'm sure he did. It's what a great competitor would do.
He's Frank Martin. And he must break you.
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Baylor ends KU defensive streak
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Junior center Cole Aldrich gets a hand in the face of Baylor guard LaceDarius Dunn. Dunn put up 22 points and shot five-for-eight from the three during Wednesday's game.
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For the first time since junior center Cole Aldrich played his first game at Kansas, the Jayhawks allowed an opponent to make more than half their field goal attempts.
"Since I've been here, I don't think anybody has done that." Aldrich said after Wednesday's 81-75 victory against Baylor. "They just made some tough shots."
The Bears shot 52.1 percent from the field, ending a 92-game streak which the Jayhawks have held their opponents to less than 50 percent shooting. The last time it was done was Nov. 9, 2007, when Louisiana-Monroe shot 51 percent.
Senior guard Sherron Collins said even though they played well overall against Baylor, that stat didn't sit well.
"It is a little disappointing," he said. "I'm not going to say it isn't."
Baylor's LaceDarius Dunn finished with 27 points and Tweety Carter had 17 for the Bears. Despite junior guard Brady Morningstar's defensive effort against Dunn, Collins said, the Jayhawks could have done nothing to stop him. He added that if there was one weakness on this team, it was on the defense end.
"Brady played great defense on LaceDarius and he still had 27 points," Collins said. "Tweedy was still Tweety. We obviously can be better, but I thought we played a pretty good game."
However, coach Bill Self wasn't about to discredit his team's defense. Earlier this season, the jayhawks had games where they looked dominant, but Self said that that was the result of the opposition's failure to make shots.
That wasn't the case against Baylor.
"It's fool's gold when guys miss open looks," Self said. "They didn't get open looks tonight. We guarded them."
Since his team played so well, Self wasn't discouraged about allowing Baylor to get 52 percent
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Transfer pole vaulters join team, make early mark
BY SAMANTHA ANDERSON sanderson@kansan.com
The Kansas track team is starting the season with three new female pole vaulters who transferred from different colleges. Each one is ready to make her own contribution.
Two of the vaulters became Jayhawks at the beginning of the fall semester, junior Jaci Perryman and sophomore Alex Colvin. Junior Tara Turnbull is joining the team this semester. Each girl has her own reasons for why starting over again at Kansas was the best choice for them.
Coming out of high school, Kansas was originally an option for Perryman. Tom Hays, vertical jumps coach, recruited her and she was very interested in the program and the opportunity to learn from Hays. However, the
distance from her hometown of Phoenix, Ariz., made the transition to Kansas a little too daunting, and Perryman decided to stay closer to home and attend Arizona.
Perryman graduated from Arizona a year early and because she redshirted her freshman year, she still had two more years of eligibility after graduation. She decided to come to Kansas to work on her graduate degree. This gave Perryman the opportunity to utilize her last two years of competition and finally learn from Coach Hays.
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"I've always wanted to work with him," said Perryman. "I was excited to get this opportunity to do so. He definitely was a big factor in deciding to come here."
Perryman is already making a
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Sophomore Alex Colvin vaults during the Bill Easton Classic at Anschutz Pavilion on Jan. 8. Colvin, from Monument, Colo., transferred from San Diego State University and joined the Kansas track team in the fall.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief."
James Naismith
FACT OF THE DAY
James Naismith is the only coach in Kansas basketball history with a losing record. He was 55-60 in nine years as coach.
Source: Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Who has the highest winning percentage in Kansas basketball history?
A: Karl Schlademan. He won the first game in 1920 and didn't coach for the Jayhawks ever again, leaving his winning percentage at 1.00.
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No.10 Gonzaga 91, Pepperdine 84
No. 20 Butler 48, Loyola 47
Seton Hall 80, Louisville 77
Indiana 67, Penn St. 61
Florida 71, Arkansas 66
Jacksonville 85, Tennessee St. 67
New Mexico St. vs. Hawaii, late
Utah St. vs. Fresno St., late
San Diego vs. Saint Mary's, late
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Columbus Blue 3, Boston 2
Detroit 4, Minnesota 3
Washington 6, Pittsburgh 3
Ottawa 3, St. Louis 2
N.Y. Islanders 2, Florida 1 (SO)
Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Rangers 0
Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 2 (OT)
Carolina 5, Atlanta 2
Phoenix 4, Nashville 2
Buffalo vs. Los Angeles, late
Dallas vs. Vancouver, late
Chicago vs. Calgary, late
NBA Basketball:
Cleveland 93, LA Lakers 87
LA Clippers vs. Denver, late
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Bill Self is a millionaire, a National Champion and a stellar recruiter.
And now, he's a verb.
"Bill Selfin," coined by local rapper Beejay McLoyd, is making Bills (money) and then spending them on oneSelf. Considering Self's recent $50,000 donation to the earthquake victims in Haiti from his own checkbook, Bill Self hasn't been Bill Selfin' much recently.
McLoyd, 23. says his definition of the verb on his album The Bill Self Project isn't a slight towards Self. In fact, McLoyd talked to Self on the weekend of the Kansas-Oklahoma football game and came away with a lot of respect.
He uses the stage name B Double E and references Kansas basketball several times on The Bill Self Project. Show up to Tech N9ne's concert next Friday at the Beaumont Club in Kansas City and you'll get to see B Double E open. He'll probably flaunt his blue Paul Pierce jersey. Maybe you'll snag one of 100 free copies of The Bill Self Project.
"I actually got Bill Self a copy one night when he was at Salty Iguana," McLoyd said. "He was with his kids and they liked it, it was crazy."
"Bill $elf" is probably the catchiest, and cleanest, song on the album, but others talk up the "Hawks. McLoyd says the skits are comedic in nature, but the
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songs and lyrics are legitimate.
McLoyd spits that his cup is "filled to the top the just like Allen Fieldhouse." He made the game, so in turn, you should call him James Naismith. He's "clutch like Chalmers at the buzzer."
McLoyd played on Rush's AAU basketball team in middle school, but ended up playing football. Pretty well, too. He made All-Metro Honorable Mention as a wide receiver his senior year at Blue Valley North. He was recruited to play at Kansas but couldn't make grades.
McLoyd would know, since he says he hung out with Mario Chalmers, Brandon Rush and Darrell Arthur when they were at Kansas, after all.
"We used to always play Call of Duty," McLoyd said. "All the time when they were back in school. Brandon used to be my main boy before high school."
He couldn't get in to study, so maybe we should let him in to rap. "Bill Self"
should make it onto the pregame playlist that blares through Allen Fieldhouse before the band starts playing at 45 minutes before tipoff.
We can listen to Lil' Wayne at home anytime, but how many times in our lives will we hear a local rapper rapping about Kansas basketball, Allen Fieldhouse and Mario Chalmers as we sit in Allen Fieldhouse waiting for Kansas basketball and the next Mario Chalmers?
"Id feel like, shit, on top of the world," M.Clover said.
McLovd would love it.
If you want to check B Double E out, search "B Double E Bill Self Rap" on YouTube, turn up your speakers and enjoy.
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The Hoosiers led by nine with 6:20 left but couldn't shake Penn State and guard Talor Battle, who had a game-high 22.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Verdell Jones ill hit two late long jumpers, Devan Dumes scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half and Indiana held off Penn State 67-61 on Thursday night for its first road win of the season.
Andrew Ott's layup got Penn
The Nittany Lions erased an early 11-point deficit and tied the game at 40 after a layup by Battle and a foul shot by Chris Babb with 13-plus minutes left.
State within three, but Jones nailed a 3 with a defender in his face to get the lead back to 63-57 with 2:58 left, and another jumper more than a minute later to put the Hoosiers up eight.
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St. Louis Blues' Cam Janssen (55) and Ottawa Senators' Matt Carkner (39) fight during first-period NHL hockey game action in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. The Senators won the game, 3-2.
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OTTAWA — Peter Regin got his third power-play point of the game with an assist on Chris Phillips' goal midway through the third and the Senators extended their winning streak to five with a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.
Regin, who opened the scoring in the first, got his second assist of the game as Phillips put a wrist shot from the slot past Chris Mason 10:29 into the third for Ottawa's third power-play goal of the game.
Brian Elliott stopped 27 shots to win his third straight start, and Milan Michalek also scored on the power play in his return after missing seven games because of a concussion.
Brad Boyes scored 30 seconds into the third to draw St. Louis even at 2 after Eric Brewer scored the Blues' first goal late in the second.
Mason made 27 saves for St Louis, which had won five of six.
Patrik Berglund, who did not dress for Wednesday night's 4-3 overtime win in Montreal, was back in the Blues' lineup as David Backes was sidelined by an upper-body injury.
St. Louis is 5-4-1 under coach Davis Payne, who took over behind the bench after Andy Murray was fired on lan. 2.
Ottawa built a 2-0 lead midway through the second with a pair of power-play goals.
Regin, who has five points in his last two games, scored his second
goal in as many games 16:09 in and assisted on Michalek's 17th goal 10:59 into the second. Alex Kovalev, who played his 1,200th regular season game, set up both power-play tallies.
Regin, who had a goal and an assist in Tuesday night's 4-1 win over Chicago, got credit for his eighth goal late in the first when Kovalev's centering pass went in off the Danish center's right skate.
David Perion scored an apparent tying goal for the Blues as time expired in the first. A video review showed that time had expired before the puck crossed the goal line.
Brewer redirected Perron's shot from the right side into the net from the edge of the crease at 18:53 to draw St. Louis to 2-1.
Seton Hall stops Louisville
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NEWARK, N.J. — Jeremy Hazell scored 25 points and Seton Hall held off a late Louisville rally to post an 80-77 victory on Thursday night, handing the Cardinals their third straight loss.
The losing streak is the longest for coach Rick Pitino and Louisville (12-7, 3-3 Big East) since the 2005-06 season. It also prevented the Cardinals from getting their 1,600th win in school history yet again.
Jordan Theodore added 17 points and Jeff Robinson 12 as the Pirates (11-6, 2-4) won for only the second time in seven games.
Edgar Sosa had 15 points to lead Louisville, but he also had a late layup attempt blocked with about 40 seconds to play and the Cardinals down 75-72. Mike Marra came off the bench to add
Seton Hall seemed to be in control when Robinson took a pass from Theodore and scored a slam dunk for a 72-59 lead with 4:40 to go.
10 points.
Louisville finally got its press working and ran off a 12-3 spurt
with Preston Knowles scoring on a rebound follow and Sosa stealing the inbounds pass and scoring with 1:22 to go to cut the lead to 75-72.
Theodore eventually got the loose ball and found Hazell for a dunk all alone, a play on which he was lucky the officials didn't call a technical foul for hanging on the rim with 34.7 seconds to play.
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The losing streak is the longest for coach Rick Pitino and Louisville since the 2005-06 season.
Keon Lawrence had the ball in the frontcourt when Sosa intercepted a lazy pass toward the foul line. The guard took off for what appeared would be a fast break that would cut the lead to a point.
However, Lawrence hustled back and blocked the shot and
onds left cut the lead to 77-74 and, after Thoedore made 1 of 2 free throws, Jerry Smith nailed a 3-pointer from the right corner with about a second to play to make it a one-point game.
Seton Hall had trouble getting the ball inbounds, but Hazell finally got it and was fouled with two tenths of a second to play. He made the second of two free throws and Smith did not get off a desperation 3-pointer before the final buzzer.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The significance of the stunning victory was not lost on Miami coach Katie Meier, whose team had just ended Maryland's 48-game home winning streak in dramatic fashion.
Riquuna Williams made two 3-pointers in the final minute, including the game-winner with 2.4 seconds left, to give the Hurricanes an 80-77 victory Thursday night. It marked the first time Maryland lost at Comcast Center since falling to Duke on Feb.18,2007.
"This isn't a big win unless Maryland's Maryland," Meier said. "We absolutely know what kind of program this is, and we have a ton of respect for that home winning streak. I'm honored that we were the team that snapped it."
"Every streak is going to come to an end at some point," Terps coach Brenda Frese said. "But I'm proud of what we've created here... Now it's time for this team to make a new streak."
Williams, the leading scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference, tied the game with a 3-pointer
as the shot clock expired with 48 seconds remaining.
"It was, get the ball off,"Williams said.
Then, after a Maryland miss, the 5-foot-8 sophomore guard drilled the game-winning shot.
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Williams finished with 19 points and Shenise Johnson had 17 for Miami (14-4,2-2).
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Senior guard Lachelia Jacobs forces Toy Richbow of Missouri out of bounds in Sunday's 72-59 win over the Tigers. Jacobs is the primary replacement for impound guard Angell Goodrich.
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The point guard position is crippling Kansas' offense. And it wasn't always that way.
Kansas once ran a fleet-footed offensive juggernaut.
Operated by freshman guard Angel Goodrich, the ambitious young leader used to race down the court and find her sprinting post players for easy layups.
Goodrich tore the ACL in her right knee, officially ending her season.
This transition-reliant offense directly benefited players like sophomore forward Aishah Sutherland and junior center Krysten Boogaard. The two started, hustled and ran the length of the floor, only to be rewarded with a perfectly placed pass by Goodrich.
"We've lost her and it tears all of our hearts out," coach Bonnie Hendrickson said.
Then the delivery girl went down.
Senior guard LaCheda Jacobs has since stepped in as the replacement starter, hoping to emulate the exhilarating style of her injured predecessor. Both Jacobs and Henrickson vowed that the loss of Goodrich wouldn't change the fast paced, post-feeding offensive gameplan.
"It's not time to reinvent the wheel." Henrickson said.
Yet the numbers have told a different tale.
It would be unfair to expect Jacobs and her freshly promoted backup, junior guard Rhea Codio, to match Goodrich's 7.1 assists per game. The pair have totaled just three assists in the past two games. Yet that statistic would not be nearly as daunting if it were only affecting the point guards. However, since Goodrich has been out of the lineup, several post players have gone from vital to
invisible.
With Goodrich in the lineup, Sutherland averaged 11.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. Since Jacobs has taken over the starting role, Sutherland has dropped her averages to four points and five rebounds per game.
Goodrich's absence has also been a detriment to Boogaard's play. Before the injury, Boogaard was an every-game starter, averaging 11.7 points and 6.5 rebounds. In large part to the ascension of freshman forward Carolyn Davis, Boogaard has been nothing but a scarcely utilized reserve since Jacobs has been the starter. However Boogaard has also shown much less ability in the time that she does see the floor.
"She doesn't play and produce," Henrickson said. "I'm not crazy about her energy. I'm not crazy about what we're getting on either end of the floor."
Many say that great point guards make the players around them look that much better. In Boogaard's case, until proven otherwise, it appears as if her success was entirely dependent on the play of Goodrich.
"It's not squatter's rights. You don't play just because you're old," Henrickson said. "Right now Krysten can help us, but Krysten has got to change her mindset a little bit."
Since Jacobs has taken over, despite her and her coach's words, the team has noticeably slowed its pace. Wednesday night's 53-49 loss at Iowa State epitomized the sluggish steps downward that the team has taken.
court, but was never able to convert the relay. As a result, Kansas was constantly stuck in a suffocating half-court set — the enemy of a transition offense.
Kansas tried to run its usual transition offense, as post players bursted down the floor in pursuit of an easy basket. Often, Sutherland and Boogaard would raise their right hand several inches above their defender, ready for the pass. But the signal was much more rehearsal than foreshadowing. Jacobs charged down the
"We just kept sticking it to them," Iowa State senior guard Denae Stuckey said.
Jacobs finished the game without an assist in 25 minutes of play. The post players combined to score just six points.
"You've got to be able to convert in the paint." Henrickson said.
Jacobs' absence of assertion has clearly slowed the offense to a primarily half-court mold. It might also cripple Kansas' hopes of a postseason in late March.
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Against the Cyclones last Wednesday, Kansas bench players not named Monica Engelman scored a combined zero points. That's despite earning 43 combined minutes of playing time. In conjunction with not performing on the court, the Kansas bench failed to provide energy for the players on the floor in a hostile environment with little to no crimson and blue. When Kansas has played without the fiery fans in Allen Fieldhouse this season, it has lost five games compared to just two wins. All of those players have a chance to redeem themselves by reversing that trend tomorrow when the Jayhawks travel to Norman, Okla. to take on the Sooners.
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Saturday's game will mark the third consecutive start for freshman forward Carolyn Davis. After putting up 13 points in her first against Missouri on Jan. 16, Davis only managed four points in her second outing against Iowa State. Davis should improve against Oklahoma, despite the Sooners' intimidating post players. The jitters of her starting her first game on the road will most likely have disappeared which will allow Davis to be the aggressive post player that the Jayhawks need her to be.
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Oklahoma senior forward Amanda Thompson will challenge Kansas all over the court. Thompson, a 6'1" native of Chicago, has the capability to play any one of the five positions available. She has even had a couple of opportunities to run point guard for the Sooners. Thompson's ability to step up her game when her team needs it the most makes the senior forward an even bigger threat to the struggling Jayhawks. In the Sooners' last two games, both close victories, Thompson earned double-doubles.
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Lady Bulldogs beat third-ranked Lady Volunteers 53-50
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ATHENS, Ga. — Porsha Phillips scored the go-ahead basket off a pass from Ashley Houts with 39
seconds remaining, then added two free throws that clinched No. 8 Georgia's 53-50 upset of third-ranked Tennessee in a rugged Southeastern Conference showdown Thursday night.
Houts led the Lady Bulldogs (18-1, 5-1) with 12 points and Phillips had 10, but this bruising game was decided at the defensive end. Georgia managed to win even though it missed 16 of its first 19 shots in the second half against
the Lady Volunteers (16-2,4-1).
Tennessee turned the ball over 23 times and couldn't stop the Lady Dogs from stealing it away at the end. Alyssia Brewer converted a three-point play that put the Lady Vols ahead, but Phillips scored the final four points to give Georgia one of its biggest victories in years.
The Lady Vols took a huge blow when Kelley Cain fouled out with 4:13 left. She picked up her fourth
foul, complained about the call and drew a technical that sent her to the sideline for the rest of the night.
Georgia snapped an eightgame losing streak to the Lady Vols, posting its first victory in the series since the 2004 SEC tournament. The Lady Dogs had not beaten Tennessee in Athens in a decade — a 78-51 victory on Jan. 17, 2000.
The home team managed
only seven points over the first 15 minutes of the second half, and Tennessee pulled away to a four-point lead that matched the biggest margin for either team all night.
Then, a stunning sequence sent the Lady Dogs into the lead. Houts swished a 3-pointer from the top of the key. At the other end, the senior guard knocked the ball away, broke out ahead of the pack and received a return
pass from Jasmine James for a layup that suddenly put Georgia ahead, 42-41.
After Cain put Tennessee back in front with a short book off the baseline. the 6-foot-6 sophomore
—a native of nearby Atlanta — let her temper get the best of her. After being whistled for a foul on Meredith Mitchell as the Georgia player drove the lane, Cain mouthed off to the officials, who tacked on the T.
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shooting.
"We played well," he said. "I wish we would have held them to a better percentage. That would have helped us quite a bit. They shot a good percentage, but we also got 15 steals."
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Those 15 steals were the most by Kansas in a Big 12 game since the 15 they had against Kansas State on March 1, 2008.
Freshman guard Xavier Henry had seven steals himself, the most by a Jayhawk all season. Not since Russell Robinson's eight against Yale on Dec. 29, 2007, has a Jayhawk stolen so many passes.
Now the Jayhawks are going on the road to face 12-6 Iowa State on Saturday where dual forwards Craig Brackins and Marquis Gilstrap await. The Cyclones' two best players have Collins hoping his team will be ready to tackle the defensive mismatches they will face.
"They have solid guards and a good four-man that can shoot the ball and stretch the defense," he said. "It'll be another tough adjustment, tough game. You know, it's the Big 12. Every game's going to be tough."
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MANHATTAN, Kan. — Bob Huggins quoted John F. Kennedy at his introductory news conference at Kansas State, telling anyone who listen there was no reason to shoot for second when first was available. You know, the kind of statement fans and supporters expect to hear from a new coach.
Frank Martin bought into it. Still does.
A former assistant to Huggins, Martin has the Wildcats reaching for No. 1 four years later, raising excitement and expectations to unprecedented levels in the Little Apple.
That approach led to one of the biggest wins in the program's history.
"That thought process never changed because he left," Martin said. "That's who we are. I'm not telling you we're better than the next guy, but that's how we prepare. We come in here every day and compete real hard, practice real hard and study real hard."
Fighting past a slew of personal issues and the type of pressure they've come to embrace, the Wildcats manhandled Texas on Monday night, riding their smothering defense and the energy of
a raucous crowd to knock the Longhorns from the unbeaten ranks.
How they did it is a sign of how far Kansas State has come.
A year ago, an off night by guards Jacob Pullen and Denis Clemente would have been disastrous for the Wildcats. Those two went a combined 4-for-24 against the Longhorns, but the front line.
led by Jamar Samuels' double-double, made up for it by scoring 46 of the team's 71 points against one of the best front lines in college basketball.
been in the league for 12 years, been here when it wasn't so good. You've got to feel good if you know Frank Martin. He's worked hard. I think a guy that has had to do it the hard way. He's done a great job here."
And Kansas
"We have to stay the course and keep the focus like we did for this game."
Even the Longhorns were impressed.
Martin has instilled his chip-on-the-shoulder mentality since the day he took over for Huggins in
State did it on a night three of its players could have had their minds elsewhere: Freshman Martavious Irving had a death in the family a few days before, Jamar Samuel's mother had undergone surgery and Luis Colon's cousin was shot and killed in his native Puerto Rico the day of the game.
He's not finished.
"Let's feel good for K-State," Texas coach Rick Barnes said. "I've
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2007, relentlessly riding the Wildcats, screaming at them, pushing them to never accept failure or lack of effort.
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Next game, Kansas State fell flat and lost to Missouri on the road.
pulled off a monumental victory against eventual national champion Kansas, ending a 24-game losing streak against their biggest rival. The fans rushed the court, the players danced on the scorer's tables and the party lasted well into the night.
This time, the Wildcats took what may have been an even bigger victory more in stride. The fans,
some of whom had waited overnight to get tickets, roared from their seats instead of stampeding to the court. The players ran over to high-five the fans in the front row, but didn't linger too long.
Once inside the locker room, Martin didn't have to remind his players victory was only one step in the journey. Pullen beat his coach to it, telling his teammates to not lose focus, to be just as ready for Oklahoma State on Saturday as they were for the Longhorns.
"So many teams beat a No. 1 team and lose their focus and lose the next game," said Pullen, a freshman on the team that beat KU in 2008. "We can't let anything sidetrack us; new rankings, new interviews, whatever the case may be. We have to stay the course and keep the focus like we did for this game."
In case the Wildcats didn't get the message, Martin will be there to remind them.
"It's not about celebrating this win. It's about being proud of what you did, but continue to grow," he said. "Obviously, you gain confidence beating a great team like Texas, but come (practice), if they don't come in and compete, I'm going to destroy them."
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Former Kansas pitcher Paul Smyth was recently named Minor League Baseball's Short-Season Reliever of the Year as part of the league's annual MiLBY Awards.
Smyth, a right-handed pitcher from Attascadero, Calif., graduated this past spring after a standout career as a Jayhawk. In his time at the University, Smyth appeared in a school-record 129 games and notched 27 career saves, good for second all-time in school history.
After graduation, Smyth was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 35th round of last season's amateur draft and spent time playing in both Vancouver (Rookie League) and Kane County (Short-Season Single-A). Smyth impressed in his first professional season, as he did not allow an earned run, a streak that spanned 36 1/3 innings in 25 games with both clubs. He also allowed just 16 base runners, while notching 37 strikeouts.
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difference. In the last three meets she was the top female pole-vaulter for the team.
"We expect her to be an impact person at conference." Hays said.
While Perryman was moving farther away from her family, Culvin, of Monument, Colo., was moving closer to home. Culvin's transfer from San Diego State University brought her closer to her family and also allowed her to join her sister, Kate, on Kansas' pole vaulting team.
"I saw how much she loved Kansas and just loved competing here and loved everything about Lawrence. It made the decision a lot easier," said Culvin.
both the meets she competed in as a jav Hawk.
The newest
Each of these girls, all with different backgrounds and reasons for coming to Kansas, all met many of the same difficulties.
One big difference is the practices.
"They are pretty much entirely different from the way that we warm up to the way that we do our mechanical workouts," Turnbull said.
"I wanted to go somewhere with a good coach."
The newest transfer, Turnbull, originally from Chesterfield, Mo., transferred from Purdue after her coach left the school.
The changes, while difficult at
"I wanted to go somewhere with a good coach and I did a little research and Coach Hays had quite good credentials so I went here," said Turnbull.
Coach Hays has experience with transfers and his coaching style gives them time to learn the way they learn best.
"What I do is the first four weeks of the fall I'm trying to learn how that athlete learns and then I'm trying to adapt my coaching style to what they need." Hays said.
Hays doesn't cater to the athlete, but he looks at what is the most effective method in getting an athlete to improve, whether it be watching films or learning hands-on. This could be one of the reasons his transfer athletes are making an impact already. Turnbull finished in third place in
TARA TURNBULL Junior pole vaulter
first, can make the girls better.
"I'm kind of starting from the beginning again being with a new coach," said Perrryman. "So there's a lot of things that I
have been improving that may not show immediately and if I can keep building on that I feel like I've had a great start to my improvements"
Transfer athletes don't just have to worry about practice. They also must adapt to a whole new campus away from the school that had become their home in the previous years.
Many transter athletes don't know anyone on campus and it can be hard to initially branch out.
"At first it was a little difficult to meet a lot of people and go out, so you just have to be outgoing and be open to meeting people," Colvin said.
With time, however, most athletes discover that jayhawk spirit.
"As time goes on, you know you just grow," said Colvin. "You bleed crimson and blue."
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Cardinal overcomes arrest
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ST. LOUISE — David Freese's drunk driving arrest in December has not dislodged him as the top contender for the St. Louis Cardinals' third base job.
But the 26-year-old Freese knows he has to grow up and earn the team's trust. During the team's Winter Warm-Up last weekend, he said he hadn't taken a drink since his DUI arrest for a blood alcohol content of .232 — nearly three times the legal limit.
Freese said he had a long discussion with general manager John Mozeliak not long after the arrest. He has entered a treatment program, although he said he was not an alcoholic, and said he had lost 16 pounds during offseason conditioning.
David Freese, of the St. Louis Cardinals, reacts to striking out in April 2009. Freese's drunk driving arrest in December has not dislodged him as the top contender for the Cardinals' third base job. But Freese, 26, said he knows he has to learn from the experience.
"It is an embarrassing and humiliating experience for me, my family and the organization," Freese said. "They obviously have high demands on you as a person on and off the field.
"As of right now I'm not drinking," Freese said. "The future is going to tell you what the future holds, but I'm just kind of taking it one day at a time."
"I've just got to learn from it, which I have."
Freese has had previous missteps; the arrest report from December listed him as a prior offender. At first, he worried the Cardinals might release him.
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"Obviously, right out of the gate that's the first thing you think about, your career." Freese said.
"They're making sure and I'm making sure I'm taking the necessary steps."
The gravity of the situation hit him after the December arrest.
"The Cardinals acquired Freese from the Padres in a deal for Jim
Edmonds after the 2007 season and he made the opening day roster last season before being sidelined by injuries. Third base is open after the departures of free agents Troy Glaus and Khalil Greene.
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ATAGLANCE
Kansas is 3-0 in Big 12 play this season while Iowa State is struggling with a 1-2 mark. And with Texas' loss to Kansas State, Kansas is the top team in the Big 12 as of now. The Jayhawks beat the Cyclones twice last year—82-67 in Ames, Iowa and 72-55 in Allen Fieldhouse. Iowa State forward Craig Brackins scored a combined 62 points in those games. Sherron Collins totaled 48 points for the Jayhawks in those games.
PLAYERTOWATCH
Sherron Collins
He is the man right now. Coach Bill Self said the greatest players can willingly score five points or 25 points for the benefit of his team, and that is exactly what
Collins has done this season. He is the only consistent player the Jayhawks have on the road and the most composed in pressure situations. During times of adversity there may not be a better player with the ball in his hands. In the event Kansas starts looking bad on the road, expect the senior guard to continue to shine.
DENIED
Collins
QUESTION MARK
Despite the records, will Iowa State be competitive just because it's a Big 12 game?
We've seen it a lot already this season, with Texas losing to Kansas State, Kansas getting a scare from Nebraska and a dramatic game between Oklahoma and Texas A&M. In conference games, anything can happen. At any point during this part of the season, the Jayhawks could dominate, get blown out or get involved with a squeaker. Some could argue the Jayhawks are feeding on the bottom of the Big 12 right now, but don't sleep on any of them the rest of the season.
HEARYE, HEARYE
"That is the thing that comes with his territory. When you're the leader of the team, you have to do that. Sherron is the point guard, the leader, the general of our team. We look to him to make big shots, but he loves it. He enjoys being in that position."
Cole Aldrich on Sherron Collins' leadership and taking control of games.
COUNTDOWN TO TIPOFF GAME DAY
KU INVADES CYCLONE ALLEY Iowa St. will be fired up, but KU leadership and talent will win the day NO.3 KANSAS VS.IOWA STATE 1 p.m., HILTON COLISEUM, ESPN
Collins
Morningstar
Mike
Henry
KANSAS (17-1) STARTERS
PETER HAFFMAN
Sherron Collins, guard
It may sound crazy, but Collins is not getting the national attention he deserves. The handful of players capable of taking over a game the way Collins does is quite small. He had 28 points against Baylor and is averaging 16.3 on the season, which leads Kansas. If the Jayhawks need a three, he can supply one. If they need to quiet the crowd, Collins will take the ball to the basket, while making it all look so easy.
Brady Morningstar, guard
Morningstar got the start for the spotty Tyshawn Taylor most likely for defensive purposes against Baylor's LaceDarius Dunn. With coach Bill Self's positive impression on his team, he may go with the start again. Morningstar started 34 of 35 games last season for the 'Hawks.
Henry had the most steals for a Kansas player since 2007 with seven against Baylor. He only turned the ball over twice, which is a good sign for the freshman. Of course, there is a significant difference for Henry in home and road games. The comfort level is high in Allen Fieldhouse, but the crowd at Iowa State will make his
life difficult,
especially
coming off a
game when
he went
3-13 from
the field.
Xavier Henry, guard
O
TAYLOR HARVEY
Marcus Morris,
forward
Two is a coincidence,
three is a trend. This marks the
third consecutive game Morris has
posted big numbers, all in conference
play. He is third on the team with 12.2
Morris
points per game. Sherron Collins said aside from his on the-court play, Morris had stepped up vocally. If and when Cole Aldrich becomes the dominant force we expected coming into the season, that duo rivals any front court in the country.
Cole Aldrich, center
PETER MCKINNEY
It's hard to get a read on Aldrich this season. He is one of the premier rebounders and shot blockers in the nation, but he hasn't left his imprint on any game this season. Against Baylor's long-armed zone defense, Aldrich only managed 10 points with four rebounds and failed to record a block the first time all season. Are the 10-10 games with
Aldrich
three blocks all the Jayhawks should be expecting from the preseason All-American this season?
SIXTH MAN
Tyshawn Taylor,guard
Being the sixth guard to enter the game against Baylor for unspecified reasons, it's hard to determine if Taylor will start or not against Iowa State. It seems this season is about getting into coach Bill Self's doghouse and working his way
out only to return a few games later. He looked good in his last game finishing with five assists and no turnovers in 15 minutes.
Taylor
IOWA STATE (12-6) STARTERS
- Corey Thibodeaux
Diante Garrett,guard
Garrett's the definition of a pass-first point guard, averaging a solid 5.2 assists per game. His 8.4 scoring average is certainly respectable, but the Jayhawks would do well to keep their hands in the passing lanes when Garrett has the ball. His favorite targets are Craig Brackins and Marquis Gilstrap, the only Cyclones to average double-figure scoring.
JIM HALLMAN
Scott Christopherson, guard
Gilstrap has been an absolute beast since coming to Iowa State and is the frontrunner for Big 12 Newcomer of the Year. He has a great scorer's touch, averaging 14.9 points per game, but the most impressive thing about him is his rebounding. From the small forward position, Gilstrap averages an impressive 9.1 rebounds per game.
Christopherson was thrust into the lineup by the bizarre departure of Lucca Staiger. Staiger, in between road games at Nebraska and Texas Tech, took a contract to play professional basketball in Germany and left the team. In Christopherson's first start, he went 3-of-10 from the field (3-for-6 from three point range), to finish with nine points and four rebounds.
Garrett
Marquis Gilstrap, forward
22
Marcus Morris
Brackins is one of the top players in the Big 12, but it's a surprise that he's even around this year to be that. Most experts pegged Brackins as a lottery pick and a surefire early entry into the 2009 NBA draft. He wasn't Cole Aldrich with the chance to come back and play for a national title contender, but Brackins had his reasons, and Iowa
Craig Brackins, forward
Marcus Morris
JONATHAN BORNSTEIN
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Christopherson
SAMANTHA BURTON
Brackins
Gilstrap
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ward,
State is better for it. He averages a team-high 16.2 points per game, to go along with 8.2 boards.
Justin Hamilton, center
Justin Hamilton, center Hamilton's an efficient scorer in he paint shooting 73.5 percent
from the field, but he's hardly filling up the stat sheets. He averages just 4.9 points and 3.7 rebounds while getting 17 minutes per game. Hamilton also averages a block per contest.
DONALD J. DUNN
Hamilton
SIXTH MAN
LaRon Dendy, forward
he's a power for he'll see his m
Dendy, a junior college transfer from Indian Hills Community College, gives the Cyclones a solid burst off the bench. Even though
elevated after the departure of Staiger, just so the Cyclones can have five men on the floor. If it's necessary - which it is now - the Cyclones can move Brackins to small forward and Gilstrap to shooting guard and put Dendy in at the four. Dendy's best game came against Texas, when he came off the bench for 14 points and six rebounds.
M. KWANELE
Dendy
Tim Dwyer
ISU
TIPOFF
ATA GLANCE
There's simply not enough talent on the Cyclones to run with Kansas, especially since Staiger bailed on the team. Brackins can be expected to be stellar as usual, and it should be entertaining at the very least to see him and Marcus Morris, who is quickly turning into one of the best post players in the Big 12, square off. Another match up to watch is Marquis Gilstrap against Xavier Henry. Gilstrap is one of the most talented players Henry has lined up opposite this year, and the Kansas freshman could take a few notes on how to rebound from the three position from the 6-foot-7 Gilstrap.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Craig Brackins
Brackins, a preseason All-Big 12 teammate of Sherron Collins and
tore the Jay-
hawks to pieces
the last time
Kansas was in
Ames. Brack-
ins put up 42
points and 14
rebounds, but
the Jayhawks
BENJAMES SMITH
Brackins
held on to win 82-67, due in part to a 26-point outburst by Sherron Collins, and in part to Brackins' utter lack of a supporting cast. While he picked up an excellent teammate in Marquis Gilstrap this year, there's still not enough to knock off the Jayhawks.
QUESTION MARK
Can Scott Christopherson fill the void?
Lucca Steiger wasn't exactly Sherron Collins, but he was vital to Iowa State. The 6-foot-5 German, who left his team earlier this week in the midst of a two game road swing, averaged 9.4 points per game. The biggest contribution he made was, perhaps, being there. He was one more talented body for the Cyclones, whose five losses prior to Texas Tech were all to teams that are, at the very least, NCAA Tournament hopefuls.
Christopherson is a good enough shooter to warrant mentioning - he's hitting 50 percent from behind the arc – but he's a bit of an unknown commodity. He should be fine defensively against whoever the Jayhawks start at shooting guard, Brady Morningstar is probably the favorite, but even that you can't be sure of.
HEARYE, HEARYE
"An opportunity to play professionally in my home country has come my way, and I've decided to pursue it right away. I will miss my teammates and the great fans at Iowa State, and I know this is a bad time to leave."
— Lucca Staiger, in a statement he released Tuesday about his departure from Iowa State
BIG 12 SCHEDULE
Time Time (CT) TV Channel
Texas A & M vs. Colorado 12:30 p.m. Big12 Networks
Connecticut vs. Texas 3 p.m. CBS
Baylor vs. Massachusetts 3 p.m. CBS
Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State 3 p.m. Big 12 Networks
Missouri vs. Nebraska 5 p.m. Big 12 Networks
Texas Tech at Oklahoma 7 p.m. TTSN
SCHEDULE
XII BIG 12 CONFERENCE
BABY JAY WILL JUMP FOR JOY IF...
Cole Aldrich comes to play. Kansas fans have waited a long time for Aldrich to have a dominant game. We all know what Sherron Collins can do, but it would be nice to see Aldrich get something like 20 points, 15 rebounds and 5 blocks. It's do-able with his skill set, but we haven't seen much more than a glimpse this season.
Like most opponents against the Jayhawks, the Cyclones make crazy shots. How many times this year has Kansas run down the shot clock on the opposition, only to see them hit a contested or falling away jumper? It is especially lethal in a road game—just look what happened at Tennessee. Last season, Craig Brackins scored 42 on the 'Hawks in his building, so he is sure to be fired up for this game.
HILTON COLISEUM WILL ROCK IF...
Prediction:
KANSAS 74, IOWA STATE 59
Date Opponent TV Channel Time
Jan. 25 MISSOURI ESPN 8 p.m.
Jan. 30 at Kansas State ESPN 6 p.m.
Feb. 3 at Colorado ESPN2 8 p.m.
Feb. 6 NEBRASKA ESPNU 5 p.m.
Feb. 8 at Texas ESPN 8 p.m.
Feb. 13 IOWA STATE ESPNU 7 p.m.
Feb. 15 at Texas A&M ESPN 8 p.m.
Feb. 20 COLORADO Big 12 Network 3 p.m.
Feb. 22 OKLAHOMA ESPN 8 p.m.
Feb. 27 at Oklahoma State ESPN 3 p.m.
March 3 KANSAS STATE Big 12 Network 7 p.m.
March 6 at Missouri CBS 1 p.m.
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Kelcee Sachtleben, a freshman from St. Louis, talks to a freshman from Leawood, Austin Trees, while camping out in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawk basketball team plays Missouri tonight at 7 p.m.
Dedicated fans camp for seats
BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
If the amount of campers at Allen Fieldhouse is any indication, Self will be proved prophetic.
Bill Self wrote on his new Twitter account Saturday that he expected the best crowd of the year when the Missouri Tigers come to Lawrence on Monday.
Jared McPherson, a senior from Olathe, is part of the camping group "Welcome to Lawrence, Bitch", and said he goes to all the lotteries.
"I've been going to the lotteries since freshman year. This is my fourth year," McPherson said. "I've never seen that many people. Maybe with all the hype this season, with being preseason No. 1 and all,
had something to do with it."
McPherson said the head of his group, Kevin Matlage, helped organize the lottery and that the official numbers were around 1500 campers comprising 96 groups at the lottery Thursday morning after the Baylor game — five days in advance of the Border Showdown.
Ian Sadler, who has worked for Kansas Athletics for a year and a half, co-hosts a pregame show called Center Court in Allen Fieldhouse. The show is designed to entertain the student section, allowed into the Fieldhouse in order of their group number about two hours before tipoff, with awards, prizes and celebrity interviews. Sadler said he was expecting a huge crowd, based on the amount of campers
he's seen so far.
"The crowd has been insane," Sadler said. "This year it's been ridiculous, the amount of campers. There's a ton more than we had last year, so we're expecting a huge crowd for Mizzou."
Last year's Missouri crowd was particularly rabid, as the fans had the chance to see the layhawks take on a team that defeated them just three weeks previous in Columbia.
This year, there is no intrigue of match — the Jayhawks don't visit Columbia until the last game of the regular season on March 6 — but once-top-ranked Kansas is primed to make a run at the national title, something that was out of the question last season.
"Since KU once again has an elite
team, people are going to compete harder for seats as close to the court as possible," said Nick Jackson, whose group Prestige Worldwide drew the sixth spot at the lottery. "The No. 3 ranking will always bring more pressure and more fan support."
Jackson and the majority of his group arrived at the lottery at 5:45 a.m. Thursday morning. In order to earn a spot in line, campers needed to go to the lottery, which starts at 6 a.m. Each group was allowed to draw a number for every five people in their group, and the lowest number they drew indicated their spot in line. Jackson said his group had 25 people at the lottery.
He said the last time the crowd was so large was when Kansas State's
Michael Beasley came to Allen Fieldhouse.
"The group was, for the most part, excited that we got such a high number, but most of us just wanted to get home and go back to sleep," said Jackson, a sophomore from Newton. "Now that the game's just a day away, everyone is really jacked up for it."
Jackson said part of the appeal was Kansas fans' reputation as some of the best in the country.
"This year, we're competing for a national title and Missouri always provides a good test," he said. "I want to be there to help provide the best home court advantage in all of sports."
Edited by Ashley Montgomery
GOVERNMENT
President appoints KU professor to EPA staff
BY AMANDA THOMPSON
athompson@kansan.com
athompson@kansan.com
Karl Brooks, associate professor in the history and environmental studies departments, will serve as one of 10 regional administrators for the Environmental Protection Agency. Brooks will be the head of Region 7, based in Kansas City, Kan., which covers Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and nine tribal nations.
President Obama has made a Jayhawk one of the newest members of his administration.
Brooks was told about his presidential appointment by EPA administrator Lisa Jackson the day before the news became
"I'm delighted," he said. "It's a huge honor — to be a product of this University, to work with President Obama and Lisa Jackson, and to do this really important work."
As the administrator of Region 7, Brooks' primary responsibility will be to serve as a link between the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., and different environmental law and policy makers in the region.
"My job is to be the eyes and ears of Lisa Jackson," Brooks said. "And it is a presidential appointment, so in some ways, it's to be
Brooks said his start date was still being negotiated, but he expects to start in the first half of February. He said presidential appointments usually last throughout the term of the president who makes the appointments, so he guessed he would be with the EPA through February of 2013.
public. Brooks said the news, though unexpected at the time, was exciting.
the eyes and ears for the White House on environmental policy here in this region."
PETER HUGHES
While fulfilling his duties with the EPA, Brooks will take a leave of absence from the University. But he described himself as a very happy employee, and said he plans to continue teaching classes in his
Ku professor of history Kai Brooks was recently appointed by President Obama to the adminis-
trator position of the EFA Region 7. Brooks will leave KU to fulfill the role sometime next month.
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Wren lawyer criticizes KU police
BY ANNIE VANGSNES
anniev@kansan.com
The attorney representing the family of Jason Wren, the 19-year-old KU student found dead in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house in March 2009, said he is concerned about the lack of an investigation by the police into the circumstances behind the night of Wren's death.
Stephen Gorny, the attorney who is representing the Wren family, said Jay Wren, Jason's father, wanted a complete investigation. He said he asked whether an investigation was done, and never got a confirmation.
The lawsuit, filed last November, raises complaints against alcohol policies of the University. Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the Interfraternity council.
Jake Droge, Interfraternity Council President, said the Greek Life staff reviewed the incident and determined there weren't any violations of IFC policies because there wasn't a sanctioned event planned that night. The IFC and Panhellenic Association both require chapters notify them of planned events, and regulates the consumption of alcohol.
Jill less, Associate Director of University Relations, said the University did not did not take any formal action against the chapter or any members of SAE because the they live in an off-campus property.
Droge said in situations where people are drinking in the house when it's not a sanctioned event it's the fraternity officers' responsibility the chapter follow these rules.
"It's mainly putting the people in charge, holding them responsible," Droge said "When you become the president of a fraternity or a sorority it's on your shoulders."
However, alcohol policies might be changing in fraternity and sorority houses anyway.
Droge said the IFC and Panhellenic organizations started updating the policies in December and have been talking to fellow organizations across the nation to learn about their policies. He said the policy revamp was not directly related to any of the alcohol-related student deaths in the last year, but it made them look at certain regulations more critically.
The alcohol policy includes rules about security, underage drinking and requirements to provide food and non-alcoholic beverages.
Droge said IFC and Panhellenic representatives might eventually require IFC and Panhellenic organizations to monitor rules and check IDs at parties, in an effort to curb underage drinking.
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"The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so I took on the actual attributes of the horrible vampire, Dracula."
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Three faculty members will present "Food for Thought: The Culture of Food in the United States" from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union. Tickets are free.
Ayu Saraswati will present "Cosmopolitian Whitening: The Effects and Affects of Skin-Whitening and Tanning Advertisements in Transnational Media" from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Hall Center for Humanities. Tickets are free.
TUESDAY
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Jan. 26
The KU Blood Drive will be at 4 to 5 p.m. in the big 12 Room of the Kansas Union.
The KU Natural History Museum will have its first Science on Tap discussion, "Kaw Netics: Hydroelectric Energy in Lawrence" at 7:30 p.m. at free State Brewing Co. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Sarah Hill-Nelson, owner-operator of Bowersock Mills and Power Co., will present the history of hydroelectric power in Lawrence and address the pros and cons of using the Kansas River for energy. Admission is free.
WEDNESDAY
Jan. 27
FRIDAY
The Dole Institute of Politics will host "Pizza &
Politics with David Schimke" from noon to
1:30 p.m. Schimke is the editor-in-chief and
general manager of Utne Reader. KU students
only.
Jan. 29
Norm Yetman, professor of American studies and sociology, will present the University-Community Forum "Voices From Slavery; The Federal Writers Project Slave Narrative Collection" at noon in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building. This event is free.
KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Taylor Smith on the bassoon from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.
Screening of "Zombieland" from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 with a KUID. $3 for the public and free with Student Saver card.
SATURDAY
Jan. 30
Ryan Fessinger will play the basoon as part of the KU School of Music's student recital series at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The Lawrence Scots will host the 14th annual Lawrence Scottish Festival at the Lawrence Arts Center beginning at 6 p.m.
THURSDAY
Jan.28
- Jayoung Hong will present a student piano recital/lecture at 4:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
- The Ballet Folkríko de Mexico will perform at the Lied Center at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for students and $28 for adults.
SUNDAY Jan.31
- "Four Flemish Tapestries" and "Chen Shaoxiong: Ink Things" at the Spencer Museum of Art from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Haiti Benefit Show at Liberty Hall at 7 p.m. with Yuca Roots, The Dactyls, Rachel Anderson and DJ Candlepants. Food will be provided from Genovese, La Parrilla and Zen Zero. All proceeds will be donated to the relief efforts in Haiti.
What do you think?
BY JASON SHOLL
What's one thing you think you could do to help the cause in Haiti?
P
MORGAN SMALLEY Wichita freshman
"I would rather just go there because there are a lot of scams when you donate."
PETER SCHMIDT
ALEX WAGMAN
Chicago sophomore
"I texted that number that donates 10 dollars to Haiti automatically"
automatically."
KATE OTTOSON
RATE OTISON
Omaha, Neb., freshman
"Get a group of friends to together to help raise money."
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SARAH PLAKE
Kansas City, Kan.
sophomore
would go there if I could."
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University introduces website for Spanish speakers
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BY SAMANTHA FOSTER
The University launched a new Spanish version of its website Thursday as a resource for the KU community.
Fred Rodriguez, interim associate vice provost of diversity and equity, said the new website, www.ku.edu/espanol, will provide information about the University to a Spanish-speaking audience.
"We're changing gradually but we're changing profoundly in terms of just demographics," Rodriguez said.
The University's Spanish language website is the only one of its kind among Big 12 universities. The University's new site functions as a separate branch of the primary
website. Baylor is the only other Big 12 university with a secondary language option; its website has a Google translator function that translates the entire site to Spanish.
"I think it's somewhat unique."
Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez said Latinos and Hispanics are the fastest-growing population group in Kansas. He said Latino and Hispanic families often do not know much about the University and, like all parents, want to know as much as they can about the place they're sending their children.
"Whatever information we can share in whatever language is most comfortable for that particular individual, the more information we can share, the better off we all
are," Rodriguez said.
Annie Mills, a sophomore from Tonganoxie, said she thought the Spanish-language version of the website was a good idea.
"If you have a site that's in their language they'll be sure to know what's on going." Mills said.
Catelyn Smith, a freshman from Spring Hill, said the site would be a great tool for the many Spanish-speaking students on campus.
"Their parents will be a little more comfortable with KU." she said. "They can figure out things even if they can't translate to English."
Rodriguez said the decision to create the website came out of recommendations made by the Latino Vision Council, which was established about a year ago to deter
mine what the University could do to strengthen its relationship with the Latino-Hispanic population of Kansas. He said the website would be a useful recruiting tool.
"it's one that I think really sends a strong message that we encourage diversity, we think it's something that strengthens this University and we think it's just a step in the right direction." Rodriguez said.
Thomas Hiatt, a sophomore from Shawnee, said he thought the website would increase interest in the University from prospective students.
"Whatever can attract minority groups to the school or people who don't speak English as a first language is a good tool." Haitt said.
The new site offers information about academics, admissions.
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