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THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
Students hope campus carry has limited effect
▶ ANGIE BALDELOMAR
@ AngieBaldelomar
A as concealed carry begins at the University, students expect some minimal changes to the overall campus atmosphere.
Any person over the age of 21 now has the right to carry concealed weapons in any building owned by the state that doesn't have the security measures required (metal detectors and security guards at any point of entrance). Universities and hospitals were given a fouryear exemption that ended Saturday.
A 2015 Board of Regents
survey done across all universities in Kansas said that out of the 10,886 student responses, 70 percent wanted the law amended so that guns were not allowed on campus. Many bills in the legislature attempting to amend this law have failed to gain traction, making guns on campus a reality.
"I think after the first year of it nobody's going to care because they're just going to get used to the
For many, the exemption ending won't change much, if anything, in the campus atmosphere. Sophomore Travis Perkins, from Maize, said he doesn't think anything will change.
fact that people might have guns," he said.
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The fact that people are allowed to carry handguns open and concealed outside campus grounds is a reason why Perkins thinks this won't change. That and the fact that people won't know who is carrying a weapon, he added.
At the University of Kansas, in the fall of 2016, 41 percent of undergraduates, or 7,637 students, were 21 or older, making them old enough to carry a weapon. This number does not take
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Andrea Ringenberg/KANSAN Students and faculty gather on Wescoe Beach in April to protest the upcoming implementation of concealed carry on campus.
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July brings significant administrative changes to KU
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▶ CHANDLER BOESE
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Andrea Ringgenberg/KANSAN Dr. Doug Girod speaks to the press after being named the University's next chancellor in May.
This past Saturday, July 1, brought plenty of changes to the University, from a new chancellor to concealed carry on campus to the departure of several senior administrators. But there are some changes that will be delayed this July as well.
The position of vice chancellor for public affairs has been unofficially empty for a couple of weeks now and will continue that way until incoming Chancellor Dr. Doug Girod names an interim vice
Tim Caboni left the post in mid-June to become the
chancellor.
president of Western Kentucky University, but his tenure officially expired July
1, said Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, the University's director of News and Media Relations. She said the University is waiting for Girod to take office before naming a temporary replacement.
Like the Public Affairs Office, the Department of Student Housing will go without a leader for a couple weeks, as outgoing director Diana Robertson retired in the last week of June and incoming director Sarah Waters won't begin until July 17.
However, some of the most high-profile adminis-
rative changes should go off without a hitch. Outgoing Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little officially stepped down Saturday as Girod took her place.
Incoming business dean L. Paige Fields of Trinity University was scheduled to take over the School of Business on July 1 and incoming social welfare dean Michelle Carney is beginning in July as well. Both of those positions have been held on an interim basis for a year.
Girod's previous role as executive vice chancellor of the University's Medical
Center should also transition smoothly to Robert Simari, the dean of the School of Medicine who's been named interim vice chancellor.
The provost's office is also undergoing two internal shifts. Acting vice provost for diversity and equity Jennifer Hamer is stepping into the role permanently. Internal pick Christopher Brown, currently head of the environmental studies department, takes over as vice provost for faculty development just as his predecessor Mary Lee Hummert steps down.
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New signs on campus doors, put up last week, warn individuals not to openly carry a weapon in campus buildings.
A: Back in 2013, the state legislature passed an amendment to the Personal and Family Protection Act. The law mandates that all public facilities, with the exception of K-12 public schools, should be open to concealed carry unless they provide adequate security measures. Adequate security measures include metal detectors at all public access entrances and armed security personnel to go with them.
What you need to know about concealed carry on campus
Q: Why are we getting guns on campus?
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Q: So anyone will be able to walk into Budig 120 with a gun?
A: Yes, and no. There are certain restrictions that still apply with this law. Only concealed carry, not open carry, is allowed on campus, so you should never be able to see another student's handgun in a public area. Moreover, the law only applies to people 21 years old
or older. As of 2015, though, people are not required to go through training or be issued a permit to carry a gun, but they do have to possess it legally. The University has a policy about how the weapons have to be carried, like it always being in a holster and in the owner's possession if it's in a bag.
into account international students who are not allowed to carry concealed weapons. Although there were 6.155 graduate students, over a sixth of them were international students.
Q: What do most people think about the change?
International students, who make up around 9 percent of the University's total population with 2,300 students, could feel particularly unsafe with the carrying of concealed weapons on campus.
A: In fall of 2015, the Board of Regents conducted a statewide survey of student, faculty and staff. The results showed that campus carry isn't popular for the majority of those people. In response to whether they want concealed guns on campus, 82 percent of faculty and 70 percent of students said no. As for if they thought campus carry would impact their decision to live or work at the University, 61 percent of faculty responses and 58 percent of student responses said it would.
Ed Saragih, an international student from Indonesia who graduated in May, said international students face not only coming to a country with a radically different gun culture than their own, but the overall experience with them might be completely different from their home countries.
"One reason why people decide to go to the United States for education is because they know it's at least a safer place than the area near where they could go to college in their country, and if that feeling of safety is being discounted, what else do they have?" he said.
Charles Olcese, director of International Student Services, agrees that it all comes down to safety. Amidst dealing with executive orders and regulations, the spring semester also
brought more students inquiring about concealed carry and how it would affect them.
To assuage their feelings, his office hosted a variety of forums, one of which included Chief of Police Chris Keary. Olcese said that the fact that international students, as individuals with nonimmigrant visas, are not allowed to possess guns is another point of worry for them.
"That is another level of anxiety or feeling vulnerable, so what we tried to do was to address that, trying to put that in context for them, and one of the things that the police chief was very helpful in doing was in articulating that while campus carry or concealed carry is new to the campus, it has been the law in Kansas for five years," he said.
Still, for Saragih, concealed carry coming to campus was what propelled him to finish college a year earlier than expected.
"My experiences with guns are not experiences where guns are fun, or guns are the best thing in the world," he said. "Guns are terrorizing people, that's what I know of guns."
Cody Campbell, a junior from Wichita, said his fear comes from the easy access to guns.
In 2015, Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill that allows people to carry concealed weapons without a permit. This might be another factor to explain many people's uneasiness with concealed carry being allowed on campus.
Now, Saragih said, he expects students to be more cautious of how and what they talk in class discussions, especially in controversial topics. If he hadn't been able to graduate earlier, he said he would have taken more online courses or courses where attendance was not required.
Nic LaPonte, a law student from Seattle who spent five years in the army, said carrying a gun is a big responsibility, and whoever who does it needs to be aware of this responsibility.
"Unless you've had a
tremendous amount of weapons training, of handgun experience, of that sort of experience with those weapons, it can be seen as more of a novelty than it can be a serious responsibility," he said.
Ultimately, Perkins thinks that the number of people who will carry would be "minuscule," an idea Olcese agrees with.
"You won't know people have guns, it's not open carry; it has to be concealed," he said. "It really should be business as usual; it's just a new reality for us, and for many of us it's a scary reality. It means something more philosophically more than it does practically."
LaPonte said the University needs to implement programs and trainings to reduce the risks of accidents happening. Perkins agreed.
"I think the University should be very open about what they're doing to make sure that for those people who want to bring guns on campus have the proper training and know what they're doing." Perkins said.
In late June, the University released more details on implementation procedures where a required training for staff, faculty and students is mentioned. However, it does not say when or how these trainings would happen.
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ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
Miranda Anaya/KANSAN proactice facility and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
thing else at the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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How a new alcohol law could boost Lawrence festivals
▶ ANGIE BALDELOMAR @AngieBaldelomar
A recently passed bill might help festivals and summer events promote Lawrence by allowing the consumption of alcoholic beverages in designated common consumption areas.
Earlier this month, Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law a bill that would allow counties and cities to choose areas for consumption of alcohol outside bars and restaurants that sell it.
As it is, Lawrence does not allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages in any public street, sidewalk alley, highway, road or public parking lot.
Sgt. Amy Rhoads, Public Affairs officer from the Lawrence Police Department, said that as of now, Lawrence has no ordinance up
for consideration regarding the adoption of this bill, so no changes are expected for the current ordinances on alcohol consumption in public areas.
"This bill does not immediately change anything in Lawrence unless the City takes advantage of the language allowing it to adopt an ordinance," she said in an email.
tle more time to plan for it, might lead us to talk to the bars," he said.
Anything that brings more people to the city and gives more freedom to the people here to enjoy themselves responsibly, I think that that's a win for the city."
Under this bill, these designated consumption areas can be created for special events such as festivals.
Quinton Cheney, one of the Lawrence Field Day Fest organizers, said a bill like this could help improve the experience of festivals like the one he organizes.
"Knowing something like that was a possibility, especially if it's going to be a possibility in years going forward, and we have a lit-
Quinton Cheney Lawrence Field Day Fest organizer
Cheney said the implementation of this bill could improve festival goers' experience.
Lawrence Field Day Fest, in its sixth year, celebrates local music by bringing together more than 100 bands from Lawrence, Kansas City and Topeka.
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"They could take their drinks with them and finish it on the way to the next venue," Cheney said.
To him, an implementation of this bill would be not only possible now, but also beneficial for the city.
"One of the things that makes Lawrence what it is is live entertainment," he
said. "Anything that brings more people to the city and gives more freedom to the people here to enjoy themselves responsibly, I think that that's a win for the city."
New campus carry info suggests more training to come
▶ CHANDLER BOESE
@Chandler_Boese
Just days before concealed carry was legalized on campus, the University released a few more details about the implementation of this policy.
On Thursday, June 22 the University posted a policy online that gives the implementation procedures for concealed carry at the Lawrence campus. According to the notes on the procedures, they were posted in conjunction with the University's official weapons
policy.
As of Saturday, anyone over the age of 21 is allowed to carry a concealed weapon on the University's campus and in any buildings, unless they are equipped with adequate security measures. This change is the result of a 2013 state law, which the University had been exempted from for four years.
The implementation procedures give more details to the University's plans regarding adequate security measures, training and communication.
In the training portion of
Though the University has previously held information sessions on campus carry and the change is a topic of discussion at freshman orientation, the University has previously not announced any plans for any sort of mandatory all-student training.
the policy, it states that "all faculty, staff, and students are required to receive training concerning the University-Wide Weapons Policy and these Procedures."
Not only will large athletic events be given a permanent exemption to weapons,
Under the law, both of these will require adequate security measures, which include metal detectors and security guards. KU Athletics has previously announced plans to purchase this equipment, but the Yoder campus has not.
The procedures also say that individuals or groups holding an event on the Lawrence campus can request adequate security measures through an ap-
but so will the entire Law Enforcement Training Center that the University operates in Yoder.
plication. There are specific guidelines on who can fill out the applications, what they must include, etc.
The communications portion of the procedures state that "The University shall widely distribute the University-Wide Weapons Policy and these Procedures to its faculty, staff, and students and shall prominently publish the University-Wide Weapons Policy and Procedures in the University's Policy Library and on a webpage dedicated to the carrying of concealed handguns on University campus
The link was not added onto the University's concealed carry information site, concealedcarry.ku.edu until this past Wednesday June 28.
premises."
The Kansan had previously requested access to further details on the implementation of concealed carry on the Lawrence campus and had been denied. Spokespeople from the University's, Public Affairs Office have not commented on whether or not these procedures were related to that request.
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KATY SWAN
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At the end of 2016, the total national student loan debt exceeded $1.4 trillion.The average debt per student is over $37,000,and 43 million students borrow money to attend college. Nonetheless, millions of people do not attend college due to financial problems.
State universities in Kansas will see a tuition increase for the 2017-18 school year. Most of the increases span from 2.5 to 2.9 percent for both in-state and out-of-state students.
For a resident student, this is approximately a $200 increase, and for a nonresident student, about a $520 increase.
With the University's tuition being the most expensive in the state, tuition already higher than the 2015-16 academic year, and Kansas' ongoing budget problems, things are looking grim for students who pay their own way through college. While a 2.5 percent increase seems minuscule to many, to some it is a breaking point. That's simply more money to borrow, more hours to work, more stress to have.
According to the National Student Financial Wellness Study conducted at Ohio State University in 2015,70 percent of college students feels stressed about money issues. Approximately 32 percent of students reported neglecting their studies because of finances. Some students reduce their class load to cut costs, while others take breaks from school or transfer to a cheaper institution.
However, more than 75 percent of students surveyed think college is "a good investment for their financial future."
This is with good reason. It is stressed time and time again that those with a college degree make more money in their lifetime than someone who does not, on average.
But, paying off loans can delay many life events, such as owning a home, getting married and starting a family, and saving for retirement.
The idea that anyone can "pull themselves up by their bootstraps" and pay for higher education is an outdated one. For some, this is simply untrue. Many different factors influence a person's ability to pay
for the costs of college. For most, this is not due to laziness or grades but to genuine financial problems.
While loans are able to cover a large portion of tuition, especially students who receive pell grants, there are unceasing additional costs included in higher education like housing, meals, books, fees, parking passes, sports tickets, travel costs and entertainment (because who wants to work their way through the alleged "best years of your life" and have absolutely no fun?).
Countries with free (not entirely free, taxpayers
absorb portions of the costs) tuition like Germany and Denmark have received praise. While it would be a complicated endeavor for the United States to employ such a plan, and no one attending the University currently will probably see improvements before graduation, I can only hope to see progress towards the growing issue of college affordability.
Katy Swan is a junior from El Dorado studying community health and psychology.
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ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
Miranda Anaya/KANSAN poor proactive facility and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
thing else at the University.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Lawrence Arts Center artist-in-residence Tressa Jones explores space in time in 'a capacity to become more'
I am happy to be here. I'm very interested in the arts and want to share my experiences with you.
▶ COURTNEY BIERMAN
@courtbierman
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Mussy Minear/KANSAM Tressa Jones is the artist-in-residence at the Lawrence Arts Center. Her solo show "a capacity to become more" will be on display at the Lawrence Arts Center from June 30 to July 22.
The Lawrence Arts Center opens exhibitions of four artists' work today, including printmaker-in-residence Tressa Jones as part of Final Friday.
Jones' exhibition is the culmination of the year she's spent in Lawrence working at the Arts Center. Her solo show, titled "a capacity to become more," is an exploration of space and time through the juxtaposition of sea and sky-inspired prints.
Lawrence is the latest stop on Jones' journey. Born in Boston, she's lived and worked across the United
States. She received her MFA in Montana, whose vast, open landscape partially inspired "a capacity to become more" when she thought about it in comparison to the "more manageable" landscape of Kansas.
"a capacity to become more" includes a series of rectangular prints in various
"That western landscape is so expansive it almost does overwhelm you, and it can be awe-inspiring in kind of a dreadful way," Jones said. "So coming here I felt like the landscape seems a little bit more manageable, more attainable. The horizon was there, but it wasn't so far, and it wasn't so overwhelming."
shades of blue evenly spaced along the middle of the wall. Stacks of prints sit atop a line of sawhorses of varying heights that runs through the center of the oblong gallery space. The viewer is meant to stand directly in front of the sawhorses, the wall prints hung on either side, to convey a sense of distance. It feels a little like gazing at the horizon.
Cate Richards is the exhibitions coordinator of the
The work of artists Bisa Butler, Sonji Hunt and Lola Jenkins is on display as well in adjacent Lawrence Arts Center galleries as part of the upcoming National African American Quilt Convention.
Lawrence Arts Center.
tinct facets in our arts community: the National African American Quilt Conference and our residency program."
"We're celebrating not just our Final Friday in a community that loves art so much, but also these two dis-
Jones said no matter
where she is, she finds a sense of hope and calm in the rich blue colors of the horizon. The sea and sky are infinite, but that means they contain more possibilities.
"It can relate to hope in that it's also a lot of potential for things to expand into something else, and to embrace that unknown aspect of things being overwhelming — and think of it as hope as opposed to something being anxiety provoking," she said.
"a capacity to become more," will be on display at the Lawrence Arts Center from June 30 to July 22. It is free and open to the public during the Arts Center's normal operating hours.
Barry Crimmins visits Free State Festival for night of politics & comedy
► COURTNEY BIERMAN
@courtbierman
Comic Barry Crimmins bared his soul at Lawrence's Free State Festival.
Crimmins was greeted with a standing ovation immediately upon walking onstage.
The comedian visited the festival on Friday night to perform a 90-minute set. The show, titled "Atlas's Knees," was mostly about his life experiences, including heartbreak, childhood trauma, the political climate, and, of course, his love for Lawrence.
"I miss this town when I'm
not here like I miss my dogs when I'm on the road," he said.
"Atlas's Knees" wasn't a traditional comedy show. Crimmins was testing the waters with material that seemed to be mostly improvised. Although it was a funny evening, there were long stretches of time during which little laughter was heard from the audience - this was when Crimmins went on impassioned tirades against a host of political issues.
"It was fun to see somebody early on in the process rather than a fully-fleshed hour-long setup," said audience member Alex Joyce.
The show began with a dig at campus carry, which was scheduled to go into effect the day after the show.
"God knows when you're a freshman in college you can't overreact to anything," Crimmins said.
Continued with his take on the Trump administration's attempts to discredit the media: "We shouldn't hate the media. We should hate podcasters, but we shouldn't hate the media."
"Savaging women's reproductive rights makes some men feel less impotent."
And kept going with a handful of one-liners sprinkled throughout the show.
These were delivered at a podium placed stage right, which Crimmins said was the designated area for comic relief.
Crimmins ended the mgm by taking questions from the audience. What does he think of Brownback? He despises him — more specifically, Crimmins thinks he's a "punk, phony, dishonest creep." What are his dogs' names? Lettie and Lu. When is he moving to Lawrence? He doesn't know, but he assured everyone that we're not getting rid of him so easily.
Before Crimmins left the stage for good, he told the audience about a show he did a recently. After this show, he was approached by a former comic from the Boston area who told Crimmins about his time in federal prison, serving a sentence for possession of child pornography.
The man was looking for sympathy, and Crimmins, who has dedicated decades of his life to helping victims of sexual violence, wasn't having it. Crimmins had a few explicit and impassioned choice words for the man before ending the night, leaving the audience to walk out of
the theater almost in a daze processing the rollercoaster range of emotions they'd witnessed.
The takeaway from the show was how genuinely grateful Crimmins was to be there. He praised the Lawrence Arts Center for holding the Free State Festival despite reduced funding. He said that if we had any hope that we would emerge from these trying times, it was because of the arts.
"Where there's art, there's hope," he said. "And that's why I love this place."
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Miranda Anaya/KANSAN or broactice facility and
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
thing else at the University.
Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Sofia Coppola creates haunting, erotic thriller 'The Beguiled'
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Sofia Coppola is back. After a four-year hiatus (not including "A Very Murray Christmas") the director, screenwriter and heir to the Coppola throne returns with "The Beguiled," a Southern Gothic meditation on sexual repression and deprivation.
Isolation is the signature emotion of Coppola's characters - she's built her career on it. And as Coppola's grown up, we've seen the characters in her films put in increasingly adult situations.
Now "The Beguiled," a remake of a 1971 film of the same name, deals with that emotion in a more sinister way. Union soldier Corporal John McBurney (Colin Farrell) is on
death's door when he finds 12-year-old Amy (Oona Laurence), a student of Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies. She takes John home, where he's fawned over by the roughly half-a-dozen women and girls of the school.
It's hardest for Edwina (Kirsten Dunst) who's obviously infatuated with the corporal from the start. Although
The residents of the boarding school haven't seen a man in years. It's the middle of the Civil War, and any sweethearts, husbands or brothers they might have had are long gone — and possibly dead. Essentially, the girls are all dressed up with nowhere to go. They were raised in a culture of high necks, lace and pastels that taught young women that every action should be done with men in mind.
Greek revival architecture against a bleak backdrop of dim light and grayish vegetation. The looming wrought iron fence around the house is a barrier between the women and the hell of the outside world.
Every scene toes the line between menacing and ethereal. Coppola lets the scenery
still young, she's probably an old maid by the standards of the bellum South. Martha (Nicole Kidman) is even older, and her age allows her to show more restraint. Alicia (Elle Fanning) is a teenager, and shamelessly flirts with the corporal - who returns her advances.
and the subject matter speak for themselves. The camera is more a voyeur than a participant in the sexual tension between the characters, and it drifts through the rooms of the house like a ghost.
"The Beguiled" has flaws. For one, Hallie, the slave character played in the original film by Mae Mercer, has been
Underneath the women's lovely, doll-like appearances is something sinister. When their soldier's presence becomes more threatening they find that years of sexual deprivation are good fuel for survival.
All of Coppola's films can fall back on two redeeming qualities: production design, and Coppola's thoughtful, steady directing. "The Beguiled" has both. The dreamy production design frames the boarding school's stunning
omitted from the remake altogether. Coppola explained her decision by saying that the film was more about gender than race, and that it would be disrespectful to include the character when the story doesn't deal with slavery as a political issue. That might not be totally unfair, but it does seem evasive - especially since no one in the Coppola family seems to go out of their way to include people of color in their films.
But, "The Beguiled" is still a welcome project from a director whose work we've been lucky enough to see mature over the last two decades. Coppola is still relatively young, and she's still growing as an artist and a human. Maybe with her next project she'll listen to criticism and grow up even more.
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Q&A: Comic Barry Crimmins talks Lawrence, Trump and bears
Comic Barry Crimmins performs a 90-minute set at the Lawrence Arts Center's Free State Festival on Friday night.
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Barry Crimmins loves Lawrence.
The veteran comic and activist returned to Lawrence for the Free State Film on Friday with his new show "Atlas's Knees."
Crimmins filmed an hour-long comedy special titled "Whatever Threatens You" at the Lawrence Arts Center last summer. The Louis C.K.-produced special is available for streaming.
The Kansan caught up with Crimmins to talk about his career, the political climate, and what it is that makes Lawrence special.
The Free State Festival first hosted Crimmins after the release of the 2015 documentary "Call Me Lucky," directed by fellow comic and Crimmins' longtime friend Bobcat Goldthwait which details Crimmins' life, from cutting his teeth on the Boston comedy scene (and helping numerous others do the same), to opening up about being molested as a child and using his experiences to help others. In the '90s, Crimmins found a corner of an AOL chatroom that was being used to traffic child pornography. He contacted the FBI and eventually testified before Congress. Almost 150 convictions were made as a result.
You're a truth-teller comedian. What are the truths that need to be told today?
First off, never trust anyone who claims sole possession of the truth. I try to be truthful. I try to do humor that if you at least dug away at it for a while you would find that it's basically motivated by love, even if the love is just behaving stupidly and looking dumb. I was a disciple of Twain from early on, and Vonnegut. I just realized there were big laughs in stating the obvious that no one was stating. I guess part of the truth is to tell it even if it might cost you a little something.
And you've consistently done that. Not necessarily at the expense of fame, but definitely at the expense of emotional security.
Not to be self-aggrandizing, but it was at the expense of my fame, too (laughs).
When I came into comedy, it was only 20 or so years since plenty of people in show business had suffered through McCarthyism. I realized that a lot of older people in show business were kind of suggesting I tone it down. I think there was a great, big, new unwritten rule in show business about kind of keeping your mouth shut. But generally if you went far enough for them to even begin to redbait you, you shut up. And I got red-baited early on. I mean, I'm not a communist — I could never take the meetings (laughs). But socialism's fine, I just don't believe in it for the Pentagon. I believe
the stuff that sustains life and protects our incredibly delicate and remarkable coincidence of a habitat.
Even today, you consider it a 'remarkable coincidence,' despite everything that's going on?
All that stuff doesn't change a lot of what a tiny little molecule on a speck of sand this planet is. It's cosmic, or whatever you want to call it. I'm no scientist, but I appreciate the fact that I'm sitting in my yard, which is attached to a beautiful forest that's 4,000 acres of state land. I could never afford to own 4,000 acres, but the only other time any other humans come up here is to kill the animals (laughs),
and I clean up the litter after them.
What kind of animals do you see up there?
The bears up here don't bother anybody, and they're harmless. I've had bears pass through my yard in the summer you get to know it well enough, you can smell them coming through. One time I got out of my car in my driveway — it was like 4 a.m. I get out of the car, and I sense something. I turn around, and there's about an 8-foot bear standing there looking at me like, 'It's 4 a.m. You're not supposed to be here.' I go 'Sorry, man I'm just going home.' I left my bags in the car and just walked in the house. The bear just kind of went 'harrumph' and walked away.
You've helped a lot of other comedians get their start. What does it mean to have helped people like Paula Poundstone and Tom Kenny and Bobcat Goldthwait?
This is no knock on janitors, but comedians are the janitors of show business. There's a certain ilk of comic who's desperate and will do anything for a laugh, and it kind of applied to all of us. As a result, it's one of the reasons you get treated like crap.
I'd been doing comedy in most of the country by the time I got to Boston in '79, and I was just looking to start a room. It was
just my idea that if people were treated well and felt like somebody, that would transfer to the stage. And I think it did.
All I did was golden rule people. You need every advantage you have.
How did you first end up at the Free State Festival in Lawrence?
In the '90s I played it a couple of times, so I knew it was a hip town. I also know my history, and when I first got there I was very happy to see that Lawrence knew its history too.
We did all these festivals for "Call Me Lucky," [Bobcat Goldthwait] and I. The movie showed, and we did a Q&A with the audience, and we went 45 minutes longer than we were supposed to, but they let it go. It was really quite a remarkable night. While I was sitting up there and looking at that audience, I knew [Louis C.K.] wanted to shoot a special with me, and that was when I decided, 'I'm going to come back and shoot it at the Lawrence Arts Center because it's perfect.' I just love the people of Lawrence because they're very progressive, but they're also kind and sweet. There's a courtesy and decency. They're just very generous and open, and I just can't think of a more ideal audience.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
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Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice infrastructure upgrades. Miranda Anaja/KANSAN
ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
Miranda Anaya/KANSAN poor practice facility and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
thing else at the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Sporting Kansas City forward Dom Dwyer fouls in the box leading to a penalty kick in the 75th minute against Dallas in 2015.
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When defender Ike Opara missed a wide-open header from six yards out on Saturday night against the Portland Timbers, it looked like it was just going to be one of those nights for Sporting Kansas City.
Despite missed chances, combined with a plethora of debatable calls made by referee Alan Kelly, Kansas City came from behind to claim a 1-1 tie. It was a game that few fans will look back on fondly, with the course of the evening producing sloppy passing and disruptive decisions from the referee.
With both teams losing key players to their respective nations for the Gold Cup this month, the game seemed to lack a spark for the first 25 minutes, with only three shots and zero of them on goal.
The game was also the first time this season in which Kansas City was pushed back into its own half at Children's Mercy Park. It eventually culminated into the opening goal for the Timbers in the 26th minute.
On a quick breakaway, Portland defensive midfielder Sebastian Blanco took the ball into Kansas City's final third before playing it sideways to Portland captain Diego Valeri. Valeri ran into open space before firing into the roof of Tim Melia's goal from 25 yards out.
Kansas City forward Gerso Fernandes was taken down from behind in the penalty box, prompting calls for a penalty around Children's Mercy Park.
Seven minutes later,
With Gerso staying down, referee Kelly let play continue until the ball was eventually kicked out of play. Gerso had to leave the field with what manager Peter Vermes described as a dislocated shoulder.
The game continued in similar vein, with Kelly producing three yellow cards before half time, resulting in Kansas City heading into the break with two yellow cards and zero shots on target.
Shortly after the break, it was the close-range miss from Opara in the 52nd minute that ended up springing Kansas City into life.
Sensing a goal coming, the home crowd began to rile up, until finally substitute Daniel Salloi clinched the tying goal in the 61st
minute.
"It's huge," midfielder Roger Espinoza, who provided the assist on Salloi's goal, said. "Good for him on his confidence. He's a guy who's been fighting, playing well in practice and it's great for him that he was able to do that for us."
"It didn't even look like Tim [Melia] had any effect on the play at all, he [Adi] just dove," Vermes said. "Just like there was quite a few other dives in the game from their guys."
Just when the momentum seemed to be swinging Kansas City's way, Kelly interfered again, awarding Portland a penalty in the 73rd minute after he judged goalkeeper Tim Melia took down Portland forward Fanendo Adi.
Fighting off any kind of disappointment, Melia went on to save the penalty, which Valeri shot down the middle of the goal.
Both sides continued to battle for the game-deciding goal for the remainder of the game,but neither could gain the advantage.
Children's Mercy Park. The match will start at 7:30
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Dzwierzynski: Don't blame KU for Border War hiatus
Associated Press Kansas coach Bill Self holds the ball while directing his team during the first half of a game against Texas Tech in Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday, Jan. 7. Self responded to criticism from a University of Missouri chancellor last week over the topic of the dormant Kansas-Missouri rivalry.
BRENDAN DZWIERZYNSKI @BrendanDzw
The Border War is dead. All of the tradition dating back to Bleeding Kansas, a heated football series dating back to 1891, and a basketball series that never failed to excite fans on either side, all of it is gone in the wake of Missouri leaving for the SEC in 2012.
With all that in mind, it's OK that Kansas has rebuffed any attempts to revive the rivalry.
Earlier this month, Missouri athletic director Jim Sterk said he'd like to restart the rivalry. That was followed by statements earlier this week from Missouri's former chancellor, R. Bowen Loftin, blaming Kansas basketball coach Bill Self's ego for the Border War not resuming.
Add in a report from the Alabama website that there was a "lucrative" offer to start the rivalry back up, and it's clear that Mizzou is trying desperately to bring the showdown with Kansas back.
From Kansas' perspective, there's no practical reason to do so.
A&M)
First of all, it's Missouri that left the rivalry behind. They chased the money and the exposure that comes with the SEC, and that's understandable (also, who actually wants to be in a conference with Texas? Just ask Texas
It's understandable why you would lead your program in that direction, but don't forget that there are consequences for your actions.
While it makes sense why you would chase greener pastures, it's ludicrous to believe your relationship with past programs would just remain perfectly fine.
It's you, Missouri, who walked out on the rivalry, so you have to deal with the repercussions.
Secondly, it doesn't make sense for Kansas to schedule Missouri in either basketball or football. On the basketball front, Missouri's ineptitude in recent years would have negatively affected Kansas' strength of schedule, and one year
of high-profile recruits doesn't guarantee future success in Columbia.
For football, it's just not practical to add Missouri to the schedule. The Jayhawks are improving under their current format of scheduling, one that doesn't need to be changed.
With only three nonconference games to schedule (what a
concept, SEC, playing nine conference games), it becomes tougher for Kansas to maximize the number of home games they play in any given year.
Also, splitting gate revenue from a game at Arrowhead Stadium or losing a home game and getting no gate revenue every other year by playing a home-and-home
series just doesn't make sense given the current state of Kansas football.
Obviously, the biggest drawback in all of this comes from the fans' perspective. The Border War is one of college sports' most revered rivalries. It was a unique one, too, considering its historic roots predating the modern age of college athletics. It's harsh that fans of both programs don't get to witness the fierce games between the Jayhawks and Tigers anymore.
As unfortunate as that is, make sure you direct your anger toward the University of Missouri.
Self, who snapped back with comments of his own in response to Loftin's, shouldn't concern himself with the opinion of a man who was disliked by faculty and students alike at Missouri before he resigned.
The criticism from Loftin isn't deserved, especially since Self is taking the most appropriate stance given Kansas' situation.
The Border War is dead, at least for the near future, and maybe forever. Before pointing fingers, maybe Missouri should remember that it's the one that bolted from over a century of tradition to chase cash, not Kansas.
ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
amranda Anaya/KANSAN or proactice facility and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
thing else at the University.
Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Wait nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year award
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Then-senior libero Cassie Wait celebrates after a point against West Virginia. Kansas won in three sets.
▶ WESLEY DOTSON @WesDotsonUDK
Former Kansas libero Cassie Wait can add another accolade to her successful career with the volleyball program.
Wait was nominated by Kansas Athletics for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year award on Tuesday.
In 2016, Wait, a three-year starter at libero, led the Jayhawks to their first-ever Big 12 Conference title. She also earned Big 12 Libero of the Year and Kansas City Sports Commission Sportswoman of the Year honors.
have eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics service and leadership through their collegiate careers.
According to the NCAA's official website, the NCAA Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who no longer
Wait graduated with a business degree in three years in May 2016 with a
finished her first academic year at the University's School of Law.
3. 90 GPA before enrolling in law school, according to Kansas Athletics. She is a three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree and a member of the University's Honors Program.
Wait was a key player in leading the Jayhawks to their first-ever Final Four appearance in 2015. She also finished her career with 104 wins and holds
The Gardner native just
the program's best fouryear winning percentage (.819). During her senior season, Wait led the Big 12 in digs per set (5.10) and finished second in career digs at Kansas $ ^{a} $ (1,958).
Wait is one of seven Big 12 athletes nominated by her school for the award.
Others include Kansas State's Katie Brand (volleyball), West Virginia's Kadeisha Buchanan (soccer), Oklahoma's Jennifer Carmichael (outdoor track and field), Oklahoma State's Courtney Dike (soccer), Texas' Gia Doonan (rowing) and Baylor's Blair Shankle (tennis).
In the next step of the selection process, NCAA conferences will select up to two conference nominees from each of
the school nominees. The committee will then choose the top 30 honorees with 10 coming from each division.
From the top 30, the selection committee will determine the top three honorees from each division and announce the nine finalists in September.
The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then chooses the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year from those nine.
The top 30 honorees will be recognized and the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced at the annual award ceremony on Oct. 22 in Indianapolis.
Swain: The Chiefs may be rebuilding, but future is already here
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When the Chiefs fired general manager John Dorsey on the same day they extended coach Andy Reid's contract, I was surprised.
Why would an organization continue to take steps that, from the outside, look like the beginning of a re-build?
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Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid stands on the field as players warm up for a game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati.
The Chiefs are currently stuck in the middle. They are not talented enough to compete with the likes of the Patriots and the other elite NFL teams. Yet, they have an aging defense and, in Alex
Smith, a quarterback whose arm isn't getting any better.
Their recent release of receiver Jeremy Maclin on June 2, and the departure of Jamaal Charles last year, combined with drafting quarterback Pat Mahomes II with the No.10 pick, indicates the direction the Chiefs intend to head in - a swift rebuild.
Reid, for all of his ingame faults, is one of the best coaches at developing quarterbacks and building offensive schemes that fit the quarterback best.
Mahomes has a cannon for an arm and showed it
frequently in his three years at Texas Tech. Mahomes has all the tools to be a great NFL quarterback, but what he needs most is time.
lion in cap room.
History has shown us that quarterbacks that sit their first two years behind a veteran starting quarterback tend to adapt better. Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers are two players who exemplify this.
As a 49ers fan, I envy the position the Chiefs are in — according to Over the Cap, they have $11,355,262 in available cap room for this season, and will go into the 2019 offseason with $81 mil-
With a rebuild comes tough decisions. Players who are on the books for $15 million plus have to be seen as moveable. In the Chiefs' case, Justin Houston ($22,100,000 a year) and Travis Kelce ($5,418,400 a year) are two players who could be on the move if the organization completely buys into a full rebuild.
Both players will command a lot of return in a trade, and the Chiefs could be looking at a first-round pick and two second-round picks, as well as younger players for both Houston
(28 years old) and Kelce (27 years old).
By committing to a rebuild it allows the Chiefs to re-shift their focus from Smith to Mahomes. The
Chiefs should bide their time with Mahomes as a backup until they are able to make big moves and become a serious contender for the Lombardi trophy.
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Miranda Anaya/KANSAN proactice facility and
ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
thing else at the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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After two decades of being sponsored by Coca-Cola, the University decided this week to make Pepsi its official beverage company.
Coca-Cola has had a partnership with the University since 1997, which entails selling Coke products on campus (in vending machines, KU Dining operations, etc.), free products for some events and activities, and funding for scholarships and programming. The original contract was renewed in 2007, but that expired last Saturday, July 1.
Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, the director of News and Media Relations for the University, told the Kansan via email Friday that the University had selected Pepsi as its official beverage provider. She could not give any more information.
PepsiCo includes beverage brands like Pepsi, Gatorade, Mountain Dew and Naked juice. While the details of the partnership with the University are still being decided, other partnerships have included increased student scholarships, sustainability programs, career development opportunities and student programming.
For Kansas State, which is also a Pepsi school after renewing its contract in 2015, the deal means that Gatorade products are provided to their athletic programs.
Pepsi has been the brunt of some controversy earlier this year for its ad depicting a protest being stopped by model Kendall Jenner offering police a Pepsi. Many critics called the ad "tone deaf," and Pepsi pulled the ad with a public apology.
The Kansan reached out to both Pepsi and Coke for comments on Friday and did not immediately receive a response.
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The University will transition to Pepsi products after being sponsored by Coca-Cola for two decades. Missy Minneu/ KANSAN
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New partnership could offer students free textbooks
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When some students pull up their class lists next fall, they may be surprised to find that there's a new option next to one of their required textbooks: "free PDF."
This cost-free PDF option is one of the benefits of the University's new partnership with OpenStax, a program that creates professional-grade textbooks and then distributes them for free. Under the pro
gram, the University will get to expand its efforts to offer affordable, and even free, books.
"No one will wait for their loans to buy the book or not buy the book and take academic risks in doing that or take fewer courses if their textbook is free," said Josh Bolick, a scholarly communications librarian who has spearheaded the effort.
In order to get these open textbooks, faculty members will have to select one of the available texts
as a class' required material, instead of a traditional commercial product. Faculty can get open educational resources, as they're broadly known, from OpenStax and other venues like the Open Textbook Library.
In order to encourage these choices, KU Libraries offers grants to faculty members who do choose to use open educational resources for their classes.
"I never want someone to adopt something that they feel like is lesser quality, or going to be less effective,"
Most of the current OERs focus on classes and subjects with the highest potential for large enrollment, Bolick said, like core, introductory or high-interest courses.
Bolick said. "But if they look at an open textbook and they say, 'Oh, this is good, I can imagine adopting this,' then we want to incentivize that activity."
For those students whose instructors decide to assign an open textbook,
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they'll be able get a PDF of the book online, print it themselves or buy a printed version of it at the KU Bookstore. Any of those options would cause it to come out cheaper than a commercial book, according to James Rourke, the bookstore's assistant director for academic resources.
For example, in the fall of 2016, a large introductory physics course switched
from a traditional commercial book to an OpenStax book. The traditional one was $298 new for each of the 343 students who had been enrolled in the fall of 2015. The OpenStax book, if purchased at the bookstore, cost $48.50. However, of the 328 students enrolled the next fall, only 15 percent purchased the book.
"If you think about those numbers, I think it's a tremendous win for the institution, for that faculty
member or department that opted to go that route," Rourke said. "To see numbers like that, I think we want to do the best we can to promote that."
Rourke said a move toward open textbooks is something the bookstore (which is non-profit) is absolutely behind, since it contributes to student success. The bookstore will keep informing both faculty members and students about open textbooks and
their usage, Rourke said.
The partnership with OpenStax is still in the early stages, but, right now, Bolick expects it'll involve lots of conversations with other member institutions and OpenStax itself in furthering the movement for open educational resources.
"OpenStax is really high-profile and really at the center of the open educational movement, they're really a major player," Bolick said. "This gives
me direct access to a lot of expertise that they have in advocating for and implementing greater adoption of open educational resources and particularly, open textbooks."
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To do this, Bolick said, OpenStax will work with the University to create a strategic plan for expanding open educational practices into the future.
Looking forward, the libraries, bookstore and several other University offices will look to further the efforts to increase textbook affordability.
"We hope to grow the proportion of courses which you can take at KU in which the materials are free or open," Bolick said. "We're working hard to advocate for, and educate, and provide support for instructors who choose to adopt these materials instead of traditional ones."
Campus carry training to be optional
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As campus carry goes into effect at the University, many may have questions about this change. The University is now saying it will address these questions through an optional online training.
As of July 1, anyone 21 years old or older can carry a concealed weapon on campus grounds or inside campus buildings.
In mid-June, the provost's office had posted procedures for implementing concealed carry on campus. In these procedures, all students, staff and faculty were to receive training in the safety information regarding campus carry, like how to report violations and what the potential sanctions were. Now, the University is saying the training will be optional.
Jill Hummels, the communications manager in the provost's office, told the Kansan via email on Monday that the earlier procedures had been posted by mistake. She said they were a previous draft of the procedures and that the final draft had been posted once the mistake was realized.
The training on campus carry will focus on the University's policies and procedures surrounding guns on campus. It's currently under development and will be offered online. Hummels could not say for sure when the training would be available, though she said the start of the fall semester would be ideal.
Because the University is not legally mandated to do the training, Hummels said, administration decided not to make it mandatory for anyone in the University community to take the training.
"While it is important that citizens, residents and visitors are aware of and familiar with this particular law, that responsibility always rests with the individual," she said via email.
Information on concealed carry as also been available for months in the form of the University's concealed carry website and various information sessions.
Beside the change in the training, the final procedures also do not exempt the Watkins Health Center and law enforcement training center in Yoder from concealed carry.
Hummels said concealed weapons will generally be permitted at the Yoder campus, but administrators there will be able to make some activities or spaces gun-free if deemed necessary.
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ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
...
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
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or proactice facility and
thing else at the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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I see examples of sexism every day, which is infuriating, but I think the most frustrating thing is having to prove to someone that sexism actually does exist.
Sexism nonbelievers have a magical power of being incapable of seeing blatant sexism in front of them. I say that this is a super power because it seems completely unrealistic.
Sexism is so deeply ingrained in our society. We see sexism in our media, in marketing of everyday products, in the workplace, and in our everyday language, it is almost impossible to
escape.
Trying to reason with a sexism nonbeliever is hard. Sexism is rarely tangible, it is hard to point to one solid thing and say, "Look, here is sexism." Instead, it is the accumulation of comments, attitudes and behaviors.
Proving the reality of sexism to a nonbeliever has become exponentially easier since Donald Trump became president.
Trump is sexist, and his ability to win the electoral college and become president proves
at least to some extent that sexism is not a greatly diminishing quality, but instead is a clear example that you can be sexist and still hold the highest position in the world.
Trump is the tangible
thing we can reference as an example of sexism.
Trump recently let his sexism show when tweeting at Mika Brzezinski, one
Trump referenced her menstruation and blamed it for her harsh questions.
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The President is threatened by women with power who oppose him, and chooses to insult their looks and femininity rather than their ability to do their job."
of the hosts of Morning Joe calling her "dumb as a rock," and insulting her looks, saying "she was bleeding badly from a face-lift."
Trump has a history of using bloody imagery when insulting women. When going after Megyn Kelly from Fox News,
with power who oppose him, and chooses to insult their looks and femininity rather than their ability to do their job. He is obsessed with women's looks and insults their appearance when he really wants to insult them as people.
Trump has insulted other women's looks in the
past as well, like comedian Rosie O'Donnell, Miss Universe Alicia Machado, reporter Natasha Stoynoff, singer Cher, Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington, supermodel Heidi Klum and so many more. There is actually a sexism tracker that documents every sexist comment Trump has made since the 1980s to now.
Trump has repeatedly thrown sexism into our faces, making it impossible to ignore its existence today.
Both Republicans and Democrats cannot stand behind his sexist comments and will hopefully start holding him accountable for his disgusting behavior, so that everyday people become accountable as
well.
I hope that seeing Trump in power will be the shock that this country needs. I hope he will be the thing we can point to and say, "look, here is sexism," that will show nonbelievers that this is real, this is a problem, and that we need to make a change from the top down to eliminate sexism.
Maybe it's idealistic, but maybe Donald Trump is exactly what we need to say enough is enough.
Madison Van Nortwick is a junior from Denver studying English.
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Fish House gives its pitch to become a Lawrence staple
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Ayrick Madeira is fully aware why someone might question this place before stepping inside. Mass Street Fish House and Raw Bar is, quite literally, a fish out of water - a fish house and raw bar in the middle of Lawrence, where the closest body of saltwater is over 800 miles away.
There is, without a
doubt, a stigma that comes with seafood in the Midwest. Part of it is valid: Most everyone has heard horror stories about a friend eating clam chowder or smelled the foul scent that can linger in grocery stores. Seafood is not always seen in the best light in this part of the country.
But that stigma is exactly what Madeira, along with his staff, is trying to shake. During an hour at the Fish House,
something along the lines of, "It doesn't smell like fish in here," was uttered a half-dozen times, a testament to the freshness
...in the Midwest, it's meat and potatoes, so how do you get people to try other things?"
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of the seafood Madeira is selling.
"My personal mantra, since I order all the seafood, is I only order it if it's fresh," Madeira, 29, said. "Good products, good ingredients, they speak for themselves."
The restaurant is a culmination of Madeira's prior experience paired with the influence of his Lawrence friends and his executive chef - Kealan O'Boyle — he's met along the way. Three years
in at the University, he dropped out, realizing his real passion was in the kitchen. In the seven years since, he's worked with 715. Teller's, helped open Merchants, then started selling seafood around Kansas City for Northeast Seafood Products.
Madeira, as well as O'Boyle and most others at the raw bar, can tell any customer where the fish or oyster came from, when it was in the water, what time it came out, how it is
farmed - he knows it all.
Before he opened the Fish House, he toured clam and oyster farms looking for the right ones to put on the rotating menu of oysters that come from the East and West Coasts, fresh and salt water. He went to one farm in the Olympic Mountains in Washington, farmed oysters himself, and stayed in a log cabin, a la Bon Iver, except seafood.
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Former contestant on "The Voice" Taylor Phelan will visit Lawrence on Monday in promotion of his first EP as a solo artist. Phelan will perform at The Bottleneck with opener Faintheart.
The tour started last Saturday in Chicago, which is where Phelan began his music career as part of The Canes in 2011. Chicago is also where Phelan met and married his wife, Nikki. He and Nikki now have two daughters, Addison and Amelia, who they're raising in Dallas.
make sure that I do, like call my wife and FaceTime with my kids," he said.
This isn't Phelan's first tour, but he said it's still tough being away from his family. He reminds himself daily to not get caught up in the chaos of being on the road.
Contributed Photo "The Voice" contestant Taylor Phelan will perform at The Bottleneck Monday, July 10. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the concert starts at 9.
"There's just some big practical things I have to
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Phelan said his EP "1 of 2," which will be released on August 18, is a long time coming. After being eliminated from the top 20 of "The Voice" season seven in 2014, he started working on his music career full-time. The songs started to come together with the help of a few bandmates and Nashville-based music producer Josh Niles.
single from Phelan's upcoming EP. Lyrics such as "In every kingdom there's a crooked figure/That makes it easy to assign the blame/ From the bottom it's an unfair picture/But in the end, you see, we're all the same," are a plea for listeners to remember the humanity of whoever it is they're arguing with — especially in today's political climate.
"Settle Down" is the first
"In the beginning we didn't really know where it was going to go or what kind of shape it was going to take," Phelan said. "But we just started diving in."
After recording the first six songs, Phelan decided that the project would work best split into two EPs: "1 of 2" being the first installment, and "2 of 2," which will be released later this year, as the second.
"It's just a reminder that on every side of any argument, there's another human on the other side of it," Phelan said.
Phelan has been playing the EP live since 2015 which means audiences are already familiar with the songs. It also means fans have also been able to hear Phelan and his band develop the songs over time, as his background playing in a church band as a teenager encouraged Phelan to improvise from early on in his musicianship.
"We don't play the songs verbatim live," he said. "They definitely have their own feel, and from night to night they change subtly. They're still growing, and so audiences get to experience that growth as it's happening."
Kansas City, Missouri, resident Pheobe Rain has known Phelan for most of
her life. Her father was the pastor at the Texas church where Phelan first started playing music. She's followed Phelan from his gospel music roots to his time on "The Voice," and she'll be in the audience at his Lawrence show.
"I'm really excited for this one because the music with this newer band, it's
kind of a newer tune, and it's kind of more modern-y, more alternative," Rain said. "So I'm super excited about this, because I think it's some of his best stuff yet."
Taylor Phelan will appear at The Bottleneck on Monday, July 10. The show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are available online.
termoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
thing else at the University.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
Miranda Anaya/KANSAN
or proactice facility and
Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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O'Boyle is keen on sharing his knowledge, too. Both Madeira and O'Boyle aim to share the knowledge they have of seafood with their staff, knowing that is maybe the best way that information can be conveyed to the public.
"In my opinion, in the Midwest, it's meat and potatoes, so how do you get people to try other things?" Madeira said. "They don't trust seafood in the last 30 years... but we're wide open with what we're doing."
"Knowledge is the biggest thing," said O'Boyle, who is in his first executive chef position at age 25. "Teaching the public in seafood — we are in the Midwest, but it's
It's easy to chalk that touch of Lawrence up to just how ingrained
really easy to get straightfrom-the-ocean seafood nowadays."
For as much of the Fish House's products that are imported, the restaurant is still finding ways to connect to the community, too.
Much of the produce O'Boyle uses is vended by local farms, and he occasionally uses products from the Lawrence Farmers Market to craft something special, which is where O'Boyle said he finds his passion and inspiration in locally sourcing products to mix with imported seafood. Flowers that occasionally appear on the patio or on tables in the restaurant are from a bartender's mother, who lives in Lawrence.
Madeira, and the rest of his staff, is in the community.
There's one more thing that has helped keep the Mass Street, Fish House relatively busy since it first opened in December: The restaurant is original, and it's continued to fill a niche, and do it well. Madeira is very aware of that, too.
"Downtown (Lawrence) has a lot of restaurants, so you want to try to do something that's not covered by somebody else," Madeira said. "A raw bar and a fish house, nobody's done this big like we have... We want to be considered one of the staples of the Lawrence community."
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Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades. Miranda Anaya/KANSAN
termoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
miranda Anaya/KANSAN pro practice facility and
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
thing else at the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscious amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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► WESLEY DOTSON
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A new agreement reached last month between the Student Senate and Kansas Athletics will reallocate a part of the student section in Allen Fieldhouse to donors, as well as lower the price of student ticket prices next season.
Section 19 - which is located behind Kansas' bench in the middle and upper sections - will be reallocated to boosters, which will directly lower the student all-sports combo pack from $179 to $159. The section has about 400 seats, according to Associate Athletic Director Jim Marchiony.
One of the main driving forces behind the agreement was the decline in student attendance.
"The key fact, and the fact that made this all work so well for students and [Kansas] Athletics, is that students were not using nearly the number of seats that were allotted to them," Marchiony said. "That means that Athletics isn't 'taking away' seats from students, and students aren't 'losing seats."
Students will now be
According to the Kansas City Star, Kansas Athletics has typically reserved around 4,000 seats for students for home games, but student attendance has declined recently.
strictly assigned to the end zone sections behind each basket, as well as corner sections 20 and 21.
Marchiony said the agreement will benefit students, as it will lower the cost of football and men's basketball game tickets.
"We give a lot of credit to KU student leadership, which was purposeful in its desire to lower the price of student season tickets and saw this as a way to gain something
for students without sacrificing anything," Marchiony said.
The agreement will also have another benefiter: Pell Grant-eligible, low-income and first-generation students.
Kansas Athletics will reserve 20 season tickets for these students, and those seats will be given away for free through a lottery on a game-by-game basis.
"We also credit student leadership for caring
enough about their fellow students to ask Athletics to provide 20 free tickets every game for Pell Grant-eligible students," Marchiony said. "That displayed to us a genuine concern for students who otherwise would not be able to attend the games, and we were very happy to make that part of this arrangement."
according to the Kansas City Star.
This is the second time in the past three years Kansas Athletics has relocated student seating,
In 2014, Kansas Athletics switched 120 seats in Section U — located directly in front of Section 19 - to a donor location as a response to the University's student government voting to eliminate a student fee that provided Kansas Athletics with more than $1 million annually.
However, Marchiony said he doesn't believe this newest change will impact
the student experience at Allen Fieldhouse.
"I don't think this arrangement will have any effect on the student experience; the students will continue to make game day at Allen Fieldhouse the awe-inspiring home-court advantage that it has always been," Marchiony said.
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Miranda Anaya/KANSAN proactive facility and
termoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
thing else at the University.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Pro-campus carry speaker may come to KU this fall
▶ CHANDLER BOESE
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This fall, some students from the University's conservative organizations are looking to inject a new voice into the conversation surrounding concealed carry on campus: Antonia Okafor, a pro-campus carry advocate and conservative feminist.
College Republicans, Turning Point USA and the Network of Enlightened Women have entered into talks with Okafor to speak on the University's campus in early October. The organizations are hoping to put down a deposit in the next couple weeks and then pay the rest of Okafor's speaking fee with Student Senate funding.
Antonia Okafor, a pro-campus carry advocate, may visit the University this fall at the invitation of conservative student groups. Contributed photo
Okafor, currently a graduate student at the University of Texas, according to her website, helped push for getting concealed carry on campus at Texas colleges, a change that went into effect last August. Okafor also leads a movement called "EmPOWERed," which focuses on women's right to carry guns and the way that can increase their safety.
With concealed carry on campus having gone into effect in Kansas this summer, Victoria Snitsar, the vice-president of NEW and communications chair for College Republicans, said Okafor's perspective on campus carry as a black,
millennial conservative is sorely needed.
"Bringing somebody with those identities to our school will kind of shed a little bit of a different light on that conversation," said Snitsar, a junior from Santa Monica, California.
The organizations are hoping that Okafor's speaking fees, which can range from $5,000 to $15,000, according to her website, will be provided through Student Senate funding.
"We think it's good enough to be able to get Senate funding through in the first cycle, hopefully," Snitsar said.
While the organizations were always looking to bring in a speaker who could talk
about campus carry, Snitsar said she was really pushing for Okafor specifically because of her unique identities and focus.
"For NEW, we're really
all about empowering women and giving them a way to protect themselves is one
International students may struggle to get jobs under Trump
▶ KATHY WONG
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International students now face new challenges as they seek employment after graduation. The Trump administration's issuance of the travel ban and recent executive orders have made it more difficult for international students to obtain jobs and work visas in the U.S.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the order that puts
international students most at risk is the "Buy American, Hire American" plan an executive order President Donald Trump signed in April. If the U.S. Congress chooses to put it into action, this plan will limit the number of foreign workers in the U.S, as well as encourage American companies to hire Americans rather than foreigners. However, no actions have been presently made.
Recent University graduate Melanie D'Souza, from Oman, has faced significant challenges since the signing of the "Buy American, Hire American" order. This spring, she said she applied to dozens of jobs, but received very few offers.
"It's shocked," D'Souza said about the difficulty in her job hunt. "After the executive order, many companies changed their eligibility requirements online by offering jobs only to citizens."
According to an article
on foreignpolicy.com, the way that foreigners are able to legally work in the U.S is through applying for a work visa, the most common being the skilled worker H-1B visa. This year, H-1B visas will only be given to 85,000 out of 199,000 applicants through a lottery system, which is purely up to chance.
Therefore, companies can run a huge risk when hiring foreigners because of the cost it takes to cover all the legal and application
fees, when the individual may not even be able to receive the visa.
Because of these difficulties and costs, many small non-international companies are more hesitant and unwilling to put the time and money into hiring foreigners.
"I've had employers take back their offers because they learned about how much it would cost to hire a foreign worker," D'Souza said. "This has not only happened to me, but to many of my friends as well."
According to the Office of International Programs, as of the spring 2017 semester, for both the Edwards and Lawrence campuses, there were a total of 2,176 graduate and undergraduate international students enrolled.
"Changes have been discussed by legislators, the
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press, and people, but nothing has really happened," said Charles Bankart, the associate vice provost for international programs.
Bankart also said that the University is doing all it can to assuage and help students with their fears and concerns about finding a job.
"There is a perception that it is harder to get a visa, but we are doing everything we can via phone, video chat and emails to tell students that the critical thing is to apply for visas and travel arrangements as early as
possible," Bankart said. "We also do workshops every semester to advise students on how to find jobs and apply for work authorization forms, and the business school brings in international firms through career fairs."
D'Souza said many international students may not know of the challenges they
Through these efforts, Bankart wants to ensure that students understand that the Lawrence and Edward campuses are hospitable and welcoming toward international students and that both are part of the world community.
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have yet to face in the upcoming months and years, and should be prepared.
"The biggest takeaway is that if you thought that job
hunting four to five months in advance was safe you should apply a year in advance," D'Souza said. "Build strong intern relations and be strategic when looking for jobs. Go for big international companies because of the job security."
D'Souza said that international students should go for large international companies. This is because if they don't receive a visa, the company could be able to transfer them to an international office. However, it is best to keep in mind that not all companies are certified to hire international students.
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University attempting to put Title IX cases on hold
► CHANDLER BOESE
@Chandler_Boees
The two federal lawsuits, filed independently by two former female rowers, Daisy Tackett and Sarah McClure, allege that the University mishandled their reports of sexual assault, not offering them sufficient protection, not sufficiently punishing the alleged rapist and allowing
Two pending lawsuits alleging the University mishandled sexual assault could be temporarily stopped as the result of a recent motion.
Both cases are currently waiting for a judge's verdict
At the end of June, the University filed nearly identical motions to stay both cases, saying that the motions to dismiss will likely affect anything that might be done otherwise, which would make anything done before those motions are addressed moot.
their rowing coach to treat them unfairly. Now, as both cases await a decision on whether or not they will be dismissed, the University wants to halt any further proceedings.
on whether or not they will be dismissed, which the University is pushing for, saying that Kansas' dismissal of a related state lawsuit should prevent these cases from being tried.
Following the decision about the state lawsuit in March, the University filed to dismiss Tackett's case in April and McClure's case in June. The state suit had alleged that false advertising about the safety of the University's Student Housing had misled Tackett's and McClure's families.
Because of the pending motion to dismiss, the University says moving forward with the evidence-gathering processes would be a waste of time and resources, since the motion could alter those processes. It also says that a stay would minimize the possible harmful effects of making Tackett and McClure relive their sexual assaults.
"At the very least, Defendant anticipates that the court's pending ruling may alter the scope of discovery," the University wrote in their
motion. "Defendant is concerned that moving forward with discovery and depositions now may result in unnecessary time and expenses."
On Friday, Tackett and McClure's lawyer, Dan Curry of Kansas City, Missouri, filed a motion to oppose the stay, saying the University and court do not have enough to postpone the case. The nearly identical motions say that stays should only be granted when absolutely necessary, and nothing in this case would warrant that.
Furthermore, both Tackett and McClure are wanting to move forward with their depositions (the part of the evidence-gathering process where they will testify), despite the University's assertion that it would be troubling for them. Tackett is actually studying abroad this fall, according to the motion filed in her case, and this stay could complicate her plans surrounding that.
Curry's office did not respond last week to the Kansan's request for a comment on this case.
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Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
Miranda Anaya/KANSAN
or proactice facility and
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
thing else at the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old - it needs to be repaired and updated.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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President Donald Trump's effort to build a wall on the United States-Mexico border is not just about the wall, a former Obama staffer said at a University event on Tuesday.
Factors like trade and immigration, and the wall's effect on the economy, should all be carefully examined before such a drastic step is taken.
Alan D. Bersin, the former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, described Mexico as a vital partner to the United States, as part of the "Security, immigration, trade & the border: Will constructing a 'Big a$$ wall' solve America's issue with Mexico?" on Tuesday.
The talk was the fifth and final part of the summer discussion series on U.S.-Mexico relations organized by the Dole Institute of Politics.
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criminals and drugs from entering the United States. This has been met with opposition from Congress, which has refused to finance the endeavor.
Bersin, who served as assistant secretary and chief diplomatic officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during the Obama administration, said that the United States has developed an "integrated production platform" with Mexico.
On immigration, Bersin remarked that the number of people crossing the United States-Mexican border illegally is the lowest it's been in four decades.
campaign. Trump, instead, is in the process of renegotiating the agreement.
"Controlling that territory, sealing it, it's not doable," he said. "The border has never been totally controllable at any point because of the nature of the terrain, because of the nature of the socio-economics that are there."
"We've got to understand that we're linked with Mexico now in ways that our children and our grandchildren will benefit from," he said during the event.
Mexico is one of the main countries the U.S. exports to, and as Bersin explained, this relationship is linked to the United States' economic future. He highlighted that it was farmers in the Midwest who asked the current administration not to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as originally proposed by now-President Donald Trump during the election
derstanding on the importance of border relations with Mexico.
He said the majority of people entering the U.S. through the Mexico border, both legally and illegally, are coming from Central America, not Mexico.
"You don't change people's mind in one or five conversations, my goal is always been to get people to think about it in a different way, to kind of understand why sitting here in Kansas, we should care about the border," she said after the event.
"This idea that it's a Mexico problem is actually not the ease," he said.
Christina Luhn, Dole fellow and organizer of the summer discussion series, said, after the talk, she hopes attendees have a better un-
Bersin also highlighted throughout the talk the importance of having Mexico and Canada as U.S. partners.
Echoing Bersin's idea, Luhn highlighted the importance of Mexico in Kansas' economy, not only through exports, but also with immigration. She said the state is shrinking in population size, going from five congressional seats when she got started into politics and now at four.
"There are communities in western Kansas that rely on this immigrant labor," she said.
"He made a strong case
After the talk, Erik Scott assistant professor at the Department of History, said Bersin brought an interesting perspective as someone who has worked on the border for decades on issues touched on.
for the need to work with Mexico and Canada on border security and on these broader issues such as security, immigration, and cooperation," Scott said.
But he was surprised, above all, by Bersin's optimism about the current political climate, even though Scott is quick to point out
that he might not share that optimism.
"I admire his optimism that the current moment, the current political impasse in this country could be an opportunity for us to rethink these issues and do a better job at addressing them," he said.
Police looking at a string of vending machine break-ins
CHANDLER BOESE
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When $2,300 is stolen on campus, one might expect it to be a backpack or computer or textbooks. But some criminals last week chose a different target: vending machines.
Over the course of the
last week of June, 17 vending machines (including Coca-Cola, Monster, Dasani and snack machines) were broken into. Between the money that was stolen and the damage done, $2,363 was lost, according to the police reports obtained by the Kansan and the online Crime Reports put out
by the University's Public Safety Office.
Deputy Chief James Anguiano said via email that he could not say very much about the crimes because they are ongoing investigations, but he encouraged anyone who sees anything or knows anything to contact PSO.
The thefts reported to KU PSO:
Three vending machines damaged in Wescoe Hall, reported Saturday, June 24.
One vending machine pried open in Stauffer-Flint Hall, reported Saturday June 24.
Two vending machines damaged in Wescoe Hall,
reported Sunday, June 25.
Five vending machines damaged in Murphy Hall, reported Sunday, June 25.
One vending machine damaged in Bailey Hall, reported Monday, June 26.
One vending machine damaged in Blake Hall, reported Wednesday, June 28.
Two vending machines damaged in Wescoe Hall, reported Wednesday, June 28.
One vending machine emptied in Green Hall, reported Thursday, June 29
One vending machine damaged in Snow Hall, reported Friday, June 30.
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Werner: It's not just shyness, it's social anxiety
▶ LAURA WERNER
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t's more than just being shy. If you're considered an introvert, people may have told you as a kid. "You're just shy." For some, it can be much more than that.
It may not be that serious, it could be that you're a quiet person who takes a while to warm up to people. For several people, including myself, it's a fear of being judged or humiliated for every little thing we do. It's a fear of saying the wrong thing and thinking others will think we're crazy or dumb. It's being afraid of what I say because I don't think it sounds right. I'll think things like, "Does my face look red right now?" or "Can they hear my voice shaking?"
It's extreme self-consciousness.
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), 15 million Americans are diagnosed with social anxiety, but how many aren't seeking help because they're afraid people will think they're crazy?
So, why don't we just ask for help? The reason we don't is because we think we're being melodramatic. But, when we can't even go out in public because we think every person is staring and judging every little move we make, it's hard to want to talk to a random stranger about our feelings.
Those of us with social
ADAA reports that 36 percent of those with social anxiety have symptoms for over 10 years before seeking help. Think of it this way: 36 percent of another 15 million people could be experiencing those symptoms, but they're too afraid to get help.
anxiety might start to feel like we're crazy because not being able to talk to people out of fear drives us insane. The thought of socializing makes me so nervous that I freeze up or stumble over words. I might try to be social, but I have to think about my words so carefully that by the time I'm ready to talk, it's too late.
A big presentation for a class will make someone like me anxious weeks in advance if you are dealing with social anxiety. Even practicing a speech thousands of
We feel hopeless and cope with this fear by giving up. We give up on things we want because our anxiety toward anything social gets in the way. We avoid everything we have to speak at. This can impact our will to work, go to school or do something we've always desired out of fear that we'll be humiliated.
times in front of the mirror won't help the nerve-wracking few minutes before I'm called up to present. As I speak, I feel the nervousness kicking in, and my voice starts to shake. I start to think people will notice my voice shaking, so I get red. Then, I think people notice the redness, so I start to tear up from embarrassment. The more embarrassed I feel, the more I want to run out of the room and cry.
The more this fear occurs, the more isolated I make myself. With social anxiety, I don't make many friends because people will think I'm rude or weird since I never talk, when really I don't talk because I'm scared.
I also start to feel depressed, which is common with social anxiety. Considering I don't have many friends because I'm afraid to talk to people, and everything I try, I quit because I'm scared of making a fool out of myself, life can get depressing.
Social anxiety doesn't just come up; it begins in childhood. Parents - if you think your child has social anxiety, Anne Marie Albano, director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders, has a great article on what parents can do.
So, here's my point there are people out there suffering from social anxiety every day, and not many who truly realize how important it is to get help, and how it's more than being shy. It doesn't make you crazy or weird — it's smart. It helps you better yourself.
Now, how could a girl who claims to understand all of these things from experience, who probably has social anxiety, be writing about it for anyone to read?
Well, what you don't know is, I was shaking the whole time I was writing this. However, I have gotten to the point that I can't take it anymore.
I want help because I know that's what's right for myself. I know I'm not alone in feeling this, and I want others to come to the same realization I have: Getting help is OK.
If you're experiencing social anxiety or another mental disorder and want help, there are resources. If you just want to talk, Headquarters Counseling Center has great counselors who are there 24/7 at 785-841-2345 or NSPL at 800-273-8255. If you need help finding resources, calling 211 is a great place to start.
Laura Werner is a sophomore from Kinsley studying journalism and psychology.
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tertioms have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor proctice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
thing else at the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Anthropology professor's studies suggest Neanderthals used ancient form of dentistry
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A series of grooves, likely self-inflicted by a primitive toothpick, suggests that the Neadertal whose fossilized remains were found in Curausta used a kind of ancient dentistry to relieve tooth pain.
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Neanderthals, modern humanity's prehistoric ancestors, are often thought of as subhuman — archaic, feral versions of ourselves. But a University professor has recently made a discovery that proves that perhaps our prehistoric ancestors weren't so different from us after all.
Through the study of fossils uncovered near the Croatian town of Krapina, professor emeritus of anthropology David Frayer discovered multiple toothpick grooves in the teeth of one Neanderthal, indicating that they had attempted to relieve the pain of a toothache.
"It was four teeth on the left side [of the mouth]," Frayer said. One of the teeth was twisted out of place and pushed toward the cheek side, while another was rotated so that the cheek side was in the chewing position. "The four teeth had a total of six toothpick grooves, and the premolar showed signs that the individual had rubbed something hard against it on the chewing surface."
Frayer said the study of these teeth indicates a kind of prehistoric dentistry.
"The toothpick grooves, scratches on the P4, and broken lingual edges on all the teeth seems to be some kind of intervention," he said.
The Neanderthal fossils studied by Frayer were among more than 800 human fossils excavated from a cave near Krapina over a
century ago. Frayer has been studying these Croatian remains for about 20 years, but recently re-examined the teeth in question with the help of Davorka Radovic, curator at the Croatian Natural History Museum. Frayer and Radovic studied the teeth under a light microscope to document scratches on the teeth and fractures in the enamel.
David Frayer Professor emeritus of anthropology
These discoveries are fascinating."
The resulting study, published in The Bulletin of the International Association for Paleodontology, was coauthored by Frayer, Radovic and Janet Monge, adjunct associate professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. However, these academics were not the only ones to contribute to the study. Joseph Gatti, local Lawrence dentist and longtime friend of Frayer, served as a fresh pair of eyes for the project.
Frayer and Gatti have known each other for more than 30 years, and Frayer has occasionally asked Gatti for input on his studies of Neanderthal teeth. This time, their collaboration was more substantial.
"It started off as dinner conversation," Gatti said on his involvement in the study. Frayer had asked for his opinion on the cause of the teeth grooves and scratches, wanting to verify that the damages hadn't occurred after the individual had died. "But these fracture lines are very consistent with what I see in dentistry today, so I was able to help point out how these fracture lines could have occurred."
It all came down to the fracture patterns, Gatti said. By examining these patterns, he was able to provide his clinical perspective that, like Frayer had guessed, the damages were likely a self-inflicted attempt to relieve a common toothache.
The significance of this discovery, according to Frayer, lies in the similarities between this prehistoric attempt at dental treatment and what modern humans might do to treat their own toothache.
"They had a lot of behavioral qualities we ascribe to us," Frayer said. In addition to personal dentistry, Frayer and Radovec also discovered that these Krapina Neanderthals were using eagle
talons to create jewelry.
The two studies indicate that, like modern homo sapiens, these prehistoric humans used tools to modify their environment.
"The Krapina fossils were discovered over 100 years ago, but nobody paid attention to them." Frayer said. "These discoveries are fascinating."
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Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
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It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
tning else at the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabana's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
help in that pursuit.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old - it needs to be repaired and updated.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Associated Press This year's Emmy Awards will air Sept. 17 on CBS with host Stephen Colbert.
► COURTNEY BIERMAN
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Ours is a golden age of television. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences had hundreds of worthy candidates from which to choose, and it's an honor to even be nominated blah, blah, blah. The Academy did get quite a few things right this year, like recognizing Carrie Coon for her work on "Fargo" and giving HBO's "Big Little Lies" a whole lotta love. But what did voters miss? Here are three titles that were left off of the nominees list.
Outstanding Limited Series: "Fleabag"
Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series: Olivia Colman
It's not surprising that this six-episode Amazon limited series hasn't gotten much American-awards recognition. I'm still pissed off. Phoebe Waller-Bridge created, wrote and stars in this tiny series about a woman reflecting on the circumstances of her best friend's suicide, all the while feuding with a high-
strung sister (Sian Clifford) and evil stepmother (Olivia Colman). Waller-Bridge's writing is as hilarious as it is devastating, and her character's habit of breaking the fourth wall shows a great talent for subtle
physical comedy
Outstanding Variety Talk Series:"Late Night with Seth Meyers"
Meyers' talk show got off to a slow start after he
took over for Jimmy Fallon in 2014. But he's flourished in the current political environment, in which he can apply a Weekend Update"-like format to his comedy. The "A Closer Look" segment has the same purpose as similar bits from comedians Samantha Bee and John Oliver, but Meyers brings his own sly, slightly exasperated take to in-depth current events coverage. No one holds Trump accountable in quite the same way.
Outstanding Drama Series: "American Gods"
Outstanding Guest Actor: Peter Stormare
Outstanding Supporting Actress: Emily Browning
Outstanding Guest Actress: Gillian Anderson
This Starz series is auteur Bryan Fuller's return to television after "Hannibal" was canceled in 2015. "American Gods" is a thematically and aesthetically faithful adaptation of Neil Gaiman's fantastic 2001 novel of the same name. The show follows main character Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) as he's caught in the midst of a war between ancient deities (Odin, Anansi, etc.) and the "new gods" (Mr. World,
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This image released by FX shows Malcolm Mays as Kevin, from left, Damson Idris as Franklin Saint and Isalah John as Leon on FX's new series "Snowfall." The first season premieres Wednesday, July 5.
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Time for a weird group of oddball TV shows to watch and (hopefully) enjoy. But before we get there, let's look at what the good folks on social media have been gossiping about lately:
"Snowfall:" Trending UP
For those who have trouble following crime dramas, just move on to the next show. For those who enjoy getting interwoven narratives introduced into one, tightly constructed premiere, then look no further. "Snowfall" is just the show.
"Pilot" sets up major players involved in the introduction of cocaine into the Southern California drug ring in the 1980s. Damson Idris plays Franklin Saint, a small-time marijuana dealer who gets caught up with a cocaine dealer who floats him a key of cocaine but requires him to sell it all in one day CIA operative Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson) covers up the overdose of a fellow operative after finding out he was selling cocaine to fund foreign insurgents.
Shows that set up multiple characters in a single
episode tend to check many viewers out due to the intense nature of learning about so many new people in just one hour. But for those who stick around, wonderful cinematography, great acting from Idris and others and a sense of visceral storytelling make "Snowfall" interesting enough to keep up with in the coming weeks.
"Tour de Pharmacy:" Trending UP
Coming off of his last mockumentary attempt "Seven Days in Hell," Andy Samberg has returned to HBO with an ensemble cast that tells an alternate story of the 1982 Tour de France and all the doping and illegal money dealings involved with it.
Samberg plays Marty Hass, a Nigerian cyclist who's hoping to be the first African to ever win the competition. He's challenged by Austrian cyclist Gustav Ditters (John Cena), Adrian Baton (Freddie Highmore) and many others.
Trying to name every person that appears on this show would take up an entire article, but people in Hollywood from JJ Abrams to ex-cyclists like Lance Armstrong make the list. And while people may be turned off by the
show's excessive silliness, it's how on-the-nose the show is in its entirety that sets it apart from the many documentaries that have come before.
Samberg is sharp as ever, his supporting cast and co-creators are well-cast and fit perfectly in the mess of the story being told and the small aesthetic details make the special feel straight out of 1982, despite all the contemporary faces.
"Castlevania:" Trending UP
Get ready for an actual enjoyable adaptation of a video game, folks. When films fail to deliver, look to the small screen for the answers. Netflix has once again delivered an odd, yet unique, show based on well-worn fantasy tales that still seem to be rife with intriguing storylines.
"Castlevania" is based on the Konami video games
of the same name, and this season specifically focuses on Dracula's revenge on a town of people who burned his wife at the stake after believing her to be a witch. The townsfolk face death, and Trevor Belmont (Richard Armitage), a witch hunter disowned by the church and its surrounding lands, is forced to face the evil and prove his worth in the town of Wallachia.
The show is brutal, gory,
and the sometimes dry humor comes as a surprise in the first episodes. The premiere, however, is captivating and makes for some enjoyable grown-up animation. The season is short — only four episodes — but another season has already been picked up, and the show's short overall runtime (about 100 minutes) makes it worth a watch for fantasy and horror fans.
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Technology Boy, etc.) who were brought into existence by modern America's obsession with technology and globalization. It errs a little close to the "technology is bad fire is scary
and Thomas Edison was a witch" sentiment, but the outstanding performances and stunning production design more than makes up for its faults.
I've been talking up Gillian Anderson's prospective Emmy nomination to
my friends for WEEKS. They can expect me to complain about her snub for just as long. Anderson's lack of a nomination is probably the only true snub on this list, as she's a previous Emmy winner (1997 Outstanding Actress
for season four of "The X-Files"), and her performance as the goddess Media is easily one of the show's biggest highlights. It's one thing to mimic famous figures like David Bowie and Marilyn Monroe. It's another to embody
them - which Anderson does.
Browning as Laura, the wife of main character Shadow Moon, captures the bored, selfish housewife persona, but she also manages to make Laura sympathetic. Frequent
Coen brothers collaborator Peter Stormare's single-episode appearance as Czernobog, the Slavic god of darkness is greasy and rich. He undergoes the kind of makeover usually eaten up by the Academy. Not this time, though.
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Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
tertiouls have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
Miranda Anaya/KANSAN proactice facility and
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
uring ease at the University.
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Self stated that it was not in the best interest of Kansas to bring back the old rivalry.
Preceding the Kansas men's basketball team's third practice of the summer on Tuesday afternoon, Kansas coach Bill Self once again dismissed any interest in reinstating the Border War with Missouri.
"I'm not interested in doing what's best for Missouri, that doesn't interest me at all," Self said. "Just like they're not interested in doing what's
best for Kansas — I'm interested in doing what's best for us."
The questions directed toward Self came after ex-Missouri Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin accused Self of blocking a potential matchup between Kansas and Missouri's football teams at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
"The problem was a man named Bill Self who made it very clear this wasn't going to happen," Loftin said in an interview with AL.com. "I think it's more likely Texas will bend than Kansas, as long as Self is involved. He
has a big ego."
I'm not
I'm not interested in doing what's best for Missouri, that doesn't interest me at all."
Bill Self Kansas coach
Self seemed bemused at the fact that Loftin was blaming him, a basketball coach, for blocking a potential football game. He went as far as to suggest that Loftin may have somehow gotten him mixed
up with Kansas football coach David Beaty.
Self went on to explain that it is people such as Kansas Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger, and the chancellor, newlyappointed Douglas Girod, who make the decision on whether Kansas plays Missouri.
Kansas last played Missouri on February 25, 2012, at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas won that game 87-86.
"I'm sure there will be a time when Kansas and Missouri play again," Self said. "I don't know when that time will be."
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Kansas coach Bill Self reacts to a play from the sidelines during the first half of the Champions Classic on Nov. 15 against Duke. Kansas won 77-75.
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At 7:33 p.m. on Tuesday night, Children's Mercy Park stood in silence.
The distance buzz of cars from Interstate 435 filtered into the stadium, as the crowd gazed toward an image of a shield with the name "Neal" in the middle, emblazoned upon the grass. The players of both Sporting Kansas City and FC Dallas stood in a straight line, wearing black armbands on their right arm, on which the name "Neal" was printed in orange.
A minute later, The Cauldron burst out into a chant of "Neal Patterson," accompanied by a large drum on each syllable.
After a long battle with cancer, Sporting Kansas City co-owner and Cerner Corporation CEO Neal Patterson died on Sunday, July 9, from cancer-related complications. He was 67.
In 2005, then-owner Lamar Hunt made public his intent to sell the then-Kansas City Wizards, causing rumors of relocation to materialize among the supporters. With the future looking bleak for Kansas City, on August 31, 2006, the company OnGoal purchased the club from Hunt Sports Group.
Patterson was one of six members of the ownership group, along with now-CEO Robb Heineman.
The group quickly ushered in a new era for the Wizards, making it clear that the club would remain in Kansas City. They quickly hired Curt Onalfo as head coach and Peter Vermes as technical director, who would go on to replace Onalfo as head coach.
"If it wasn't for him and the rest of the owners, obviously him being a huge part of it, in keeping this team here, for a lot of us, who knows if we'd have jobs," Vermes said following Kansas City's 3-0
Under the leadership of Patterson, Kansas City went through a rebuild period, signing a plethora of young players, including now-captain Matt Besler, MAC Hermann Trophy winner Teal Bunbury, and the club's first homegrown player Jon Kempin.
"What I appreciated was that he always told it as it was. He didn't mince his words, he didn't mix things up, and he didn't B.S. you, that's the way he was. And I like being around people like that," Vermes continued. "And at the same time, he could leave that off to the side, and later on he could hang out with you and not even talk about those things he talked about with you earlier."
win over FC Dallas.
It was this forward-thinking from Patterson and the rest of the
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Contributed photo A Wobbler prototype site next to a soccer ball, which is used to knock over the Wobblr and earn points in the popular tailgating game outside Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Weaving between the maze of cars, grills and groups of people that occupy the parking lots surrounding Children's Mercy Park before a Sporting Kansas City game, a reoccurring action can be witnessed every couple hundred feet.
Fans of all ages set a pair of water bottles several feet apart, then proceed to take turns kicking a soccer ball at the other person's bottle in order to score points.
In April 2015, Kansas City season-ticket holders Roberto Camacho and Max Haselquist arrived at the Children's Mercy Park parking lots too early, after mistaking a Sporting Kansas City game to be starting at 5 p.m.; it in fact started at 7 p.m.
Deciding to make the most of their time spent waiting outside the stadium, the pair set up their tailgate and began to play the simple game that often frequented the parking lots that wrap around the Kansas Speedway.
As more fans began to show up, Camacho and Hasselquist grew frustrated in
having to always chase down their water bottles, with them often rolling beneath cars or chairs. Taking a break, they let a group of children take over their game, and the two began to formulate their own twist on the game.
"We just sat down and had a couple more beers and started talking about 'let's fix this,' it could be so simple," Camacho said. "We almost knew right away what we needed to do, specifically physics, like a buoy. That was what was in our mind."
It was this discussion that spurred on an idea that would eventually become Wobblrs — soccer's first official tailgate game.
Despite their excitement, it took the pair a month to act upon their idea. Using Camacho's background in graphic design, he and Hasselquist began sketching the first design for the product and began applying for patents and trademarking as well.
"Max and I spent a good time just trying to decide what we were going to name it," Camacho said. "We wanted to land on something that was not very sport specific, so Wobblrs could at one point be used for hockey target
practice, or something like that."
After enrolling in a ninemonth entrepreneurial course through the Regnier Institute of Entrepreneurship at UMKC, Camacho and Hasselquist created their first prototype of Wobblers.
Created out of a carved up pool noodle, duct tape and half a metal sphere, the pair successfully created what was essentially an on-land buoy.
When knocked over by the soccer ball, instead of rolling away, the Wobblr would automatically right itself with ease.
"We were bringing this out here for a while, and playing with it and hoping that not a lot of people would pay attention so much. As soon as a lot of people were, we were like 'ok let's put it away,' but it was for us to test it," Camacho said with a laugh.
Since then, Wobblrs has reached its Kickstarter goal of $30,000, and Camacho and Hasselquist have begun to make more advanced and smoothed-out prototypes. They're aiming to get the product out to the public by March 2018.
Not only does the pair see
Wobblers as a fun tailgating game, but also as a useful tool to help teach children how to play soccer. With his background in coaching soccer, Hasselquist has already been in touch with coaches at Brookside Soccer Club and Kansas City Legends.
"It's fun, and by default, the extra time spent with a soccer ball they're going to be developing their basic fundamental skills," Hasselquist
said. "If they can fall in love with the game like we have, and can do it through a product we've created, it's awesome."
Camacho echoed Hasselquist's hopes.
"My two-year-old daughter, she doesn't even know she's practicing passing and dribbling, she just likes to do it," Camacho said. "And for me, it's 15 minutes of keeping her distracted. And out here,
it's fun and a pastime kind of game."
For the rest of the 2017 soccer season, fans will have to be content with continuing one of their favorite soccer pastimes with a water bottle.
But once next season rods around in March 2018, the struggle of chasing water bottles underneath parked cars may be no more, thanks to Camacho and Hasselquist's Wobblrs.
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ownership that led Kansas City to its first trophy in eight years, with a U.S. Open Cup victory in 2012, and then the MLS Cup in 2013.
Along the path to success, the club underwent a facelift, thanks to major investments
from Patterson and Co. This included the opening of the Swope Park training facility in 2006, which brought along the Swope Park Rangers, the rebranding of the club's name to Sporting Kansas City in 2010, and the building of the $180 million Children's Mercy Park (then called Livestrong Sporting
Park).
Roger Espinoza is one of several players who has been with the club for an extended duration under Patterson's ownership, having played for Kansas City between 2008- 2012. He rejoined from Wigan Athletic in 2015.
"You can see this," Espinoza said, gesturing around
the Kansas City locker room. "This sets the expectations above anything, first-class, above the line. This is the reason we win games like this, because of the expectations that are set up to very high standards. And if you look at it, that's all for Neal."
The night ended as home-grown player Daniel Saloi
put Kansas City up 3-0 on FC Dallas in the 119th minute to chants of "Neal Patterson, this one's for you," erupting from The Cauldron. This was then followed by a chorus of "When the Wiz go marching in," from both The Cauldron and the players, as they held a flag up with Patterson's name on it.
Patterson has been credited with fostering a passionate soccer following in Kansas City, earning the city the title of the Soccer Capital of the United States.
"The fact that we stuck in there tonight, being a man down," Vermes said. "I don't know of a different way we could pay tribute to him."
tertioms have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
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proactice facility and
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die cards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
thing else at the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Coach Bill Self kicks back on the bench during the first half against UAB in 2016.
After three practices, Kansas coach Bill Self doesn't know much about his current roster. His team is only returning only five players that played in the 2016-17 season.
While Self said the team's practices will have a relaxed approach as Kansas prepares for its four exhibition games next month in Italy, those practices will serve as an opportunity to work on different aspects.
"It's a good time to kind of get everybody together and maybe put in some meat and potato stuff, but it's not going to be an intense deal like it would be during the regular season or normal practice," Self said on Tuesday.
However, of his five returning players, Self said he still knows the talent and potential level of those players.
"I've learned that
[senior guard] Devonte' [Graham] is still pretty good and [sophomore center] Udoka [Azubuike] is still big and [junior guard] Lagerald [Vick] is still pretty athletic," Self said. "But I really don't know much about the team."
The leadership is already starting to solidify itself. This is Devonte's team."
Bill Self Kansas coach
Self
While Ser acknowledges that the games in Italy could be a chance for players to begin separating themselves, he said the trip is also a reward trip for his team.
"I can't imagine I'll be in a good mood the entire time," Self said. "So I can't imagine the players not having a good time and enjoying themselves. Even
though we're going there to play ball, it's also kind of a reward trip, too. Hopefully we'll go over there and maybe get a little bit better basketball-wise, but the getting better basketballwise is going to take place here in Lawrence."
Despite a plethora of new faces, as well as the
losses of Frank Mason III, Josh Jackson and Landen Lucas, Self does know one thing: the leadership of the roster.
"The leadership is already starting to solidify itself," Self said. "This is Devonte's team. We want other guys to be leaders and all those things, but
everybody's going to look to Devonte'."
Graham has already taken on a leadership role in the offseason, as he spearheaded welcoming junior forward Dedric Lawson and sophomore forward K.J. Lawson.
"I feel great here," Dedric said at Tuesday's
media availability inside Allen Fieldhouse. "I feel great. Guys have opened arms with us from the first time [K.J. and I] got here. Devonte' has took us under his wing, and [Kansas sophomore guard] Malik [Newman]. Those guys made it comfortable here for us."
Dedric and his brother K.J. transferred from Memphis to Kansas in April.
As the exhibition games in August approach, Self said little game plan preparation will be done for the team's competition.
"I know we're playing three different teams,"Self said. "One of the teams we'll play twice,but we won't do a scouting report, or go watch them play, or study film or anything like that. We'll just go out and play."
Kansas' games in Italy are scheduled for Aug. 2 and 3 in Rome, and Aug. 5 and 6 in Milan.
Kansas football's Dorance Armstrong Jr. chosen for Big 12 Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
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The Big 12 is expecting another standout year from Kansas junior defensive end Dorance Armstrong Jr.
The conference named Armstrong its Big 12 Preseason Defensive Player of
the Year on Wednesday.
Armstrong was also the only unanimous selection for defense for the Preseason All-Big 12 First Team.
The selection makes Armstrong the first Kansas player to be named a preseason individual award
winner during the school's time playing in the Big 12 Conference.
The 6-foot-4 Armstrong is also the first Kansas player to be voted a unanimous selection for the Preseason All-Big 12 team.
A dominant 2016 season
saw Armstrong, a Houston native, record a team high 10 sacks (the most by a Kansas player in a single season since 2001), 20 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in his sophomore campaign.
Rounding out the awards were Oklahoma senior quarterback Baker Mayfield, who was tabbed the conference's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, and West Virginia quarterback Will Grier, who was selected as the conference's Preseason Newcomer of the Year.
Armstrong and the Kansas team will begin the 2017 season on Saturday, September 2 against Southeast Missouri State at Memorial Stadium.
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Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
thing else at the University.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old - it needs to be repaired and updated.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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For four years, dozens of faculty members, students, Lawrence residents and more fought against the inevitable: that guns would be allowed on the University's campus. Protests, petitions, lobbying, demonstrations and letters were not enough to stop a 2013 law from going into effect three weeks ago on July 1, 2017. Now, these advocates have to move forward to new fights.
At the University, two groups remained pushing against the implementation of concealed carry on
campus by the time it went into effect: Fail Campus Carry and Faculty for a Safer Campus. Members from the two groups, who often mixed together, visited the legislature during the spring semester and staged protests.
Ultimately, we have been successful."
Megan Jones Fail Campus Carry member
Even though these erforts did not succeed in keeping guns off the University's campus, said Megan Jones, a member of Fail Campus Carry, there were some victories in the fight against guns and she hopes there will be even more.
"Ultimately, we have been successful," Jones said. "Guns are not allowed in hospitals now and, if there wasn't such a big push to keep guns off campus, we probably wouldn't have been able to keep guns out of hospitals and care homes."
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What we know so far about the Pepsi partnership
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July 1 brought several changes to the University with one of the newest ones being the end of a 20-year relationship with soft drink provider Coca-Cola — and the beginning of one with Pepsi.
The Coca-Cola partnership, which began in 1997 and was renewed in 2007, expired on July 1 of this year. Following its expiration, the University decided to switch drink providers
and, as of Monday, without "final negotiations" or a contract to go off of.
If it operates similarly to the previous one with Coke, the new partnership will mean that beverages sold by Pepsi, such as Gatorade, Mountain Dew and Pepsi, will be sold on campus and provided at events.
Along with tangible goods, the previous Coca-Cola partnership meant scholarships and student funding. This funding was overseen and delegated by the KU Coke Partnership Committee, which will now become the KU Pepsi Partnership Committee and hold the same responsibilities.
As for the University, I think it will be better off from the switch."
Constanza Castro
Junior
One of the members of that committee is Student
Body Vice President Mattie Carter. According to Carter, who had no role in the switch but will be involved in its implementation, how much money the Committee will be allocated is not yet finalized. However, she said, it being less than what was included in the Coca-Cola partnership is not likely.
"I imagine the committee would not have selected Pepsi if the company did not offer a better deal," Carter said. "So I imagine the funding for student groups will have the same, if not more,
amount of money that the Coke funding did."
More than drink options Carter said, having an exclusive partnership with Pepsi means monetary advantages for student groups. This is something the KU Pepsi Partnership Committee will provide.
"Typically, [Student] Senate sends groups here when they do not meet all the Senate funding requirements, or if they need additional funding that we cannot provide," Carter said. "I imagine this will now become the Pepsi Partnership Committee because they will offer the same kinds of programs."
The Kansan requested access under the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) to the contract between the University and Pepsi but was told the contract is not yet available.
"The negotiations on this contract are not yet final," the response states. "Therefore at this time the University has determined
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Some of the campus affiliates most affected by the new partnership, KU Athletics, Dining and KU Memorial Unions, refused to comment on the switch pending the new contract's completion.
Despite the lack of contractual details, students will no doubt be met with a new campus partner this fall.
"As for the University, I think it will be better off from the switch," Castro said. "I think an exclusive drink sponsor is a good thing because it cultivates relationships between KU and the sponsor. That wouldn't happen without the exclusivity."
Constanza Castro, a junior from Raytown, Missouri, is one student who is looking forward to not only more drink options, she said, but a new exclusive drink partner.
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Safer Campus and the president of the Kansas chapter of the American Association of University Professors, also said this was a big victory for the anti-gun movement.
"If I'm not mistaken, it's the first time the NRA has ever been dealt a defeat in a red state legislature in modern times," Barrett-Gonzalez said in an email.
Looking forward, Jones said there are some other fights she would like to
spend time on in addition to campus carry, such as keeping guns out of public libraries and reversing a gag law that prohibits public entities from speaking out against legislation.
"Constant pressure is what's needed," Jones said. "If we just gave up now, I feel like it would all kind of be in vain. The way that the gun lobby has functioned in Kansas prior to us trying to stop campus carry has essentially been getting everything they've wanted without much fuss. I want to give them as much fuss
as possible."
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Constant pressure is what's needed. If we just gave up now, I feel like it would all kind of be in vain."
For Barrett-Gonzalez, having more success with fighting campus carry might come in the form of
Megan Jones Fail Campus Carry member
a personnel change in the governor's office and statehouse. Kansas will get to choose its next governor in 2018, as well as voting on some legislators, and Barrett-Gonzalez thinks concealed carry will be no small issue in those elections.
"Many people thought that [campus carry] was such a crazy idea that it would 'never happen;' accordingly, they didn't do much to resist it," he said in an email. "Because untrained armed individuals with guns are now here, some people far more energized to change the situation not so much by lobbying, but by working to kick out the legislators who made this happen."
Barrett-Gonzalez said he thinks switches in the governor's office would fix the issues he sees in the Board of Regents, and changes in the legislature would make it possible to change the law. In the 2017 session, neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate ever had a debate on an amendment exempting college campuses.
Though they plan to
take different approaches to their fights, both Barrett-Gonzalez and Jones said they are not giving up on getting rid of concealed carry on campus, because it's something they object to so strongly.
"That mission still hasn't gone away. Guns still don't belong on campus," Jones said. "I'm still going to do everything I can to show that they don't belong there, and it's only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt or injured."
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ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
Miranda Anaya/KANSAN pro practice facility and
thing else at the University.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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A after releasing a report about the millions of dollars the University of Kansas spends on consultants, University Senate is aiming to create an analysis of the benefits that the University receives from these spendings.
Consultants are being used for many projects within the University, including construction projects. A report from this spring semester by the University Senate found that millions of dollars are being given to these consultants, sometimes without substantial results.
Suzanne Shontz, University Senate president, said that although nothing is set in stone yet, she expects a discussion on this analysis during the first University Senate meeting in September.
at KU with little-to-no tangible evidence of positive work product relating to the bulk of these monies."
Consultants are hired to fix problems, cut costs, make operations more efficient or anything else the client asks them to do. At the University, consultants are used in different areas, from the climate study reports (Rankin & Associates Consulting) to consultants for the implementation of IT systems (Oracle America Inc.).
In the spring semester, the Planning and Resources Committee released a report on the use of external consultants and consulting contractors by the University who were paid more than $10,000. The report concluded that "there is strong evidence pointing to more than ($21 million) being spent on consultants and consultant-like activities over the past 7 years
For Shontz, this report is only a step forward and shows that more research needs to be done, especially of the benefits of these costs.
"That committee, as you can imagine, they had a lot of charges, they got through a lot, but they weren't able to do every single thing because they needed to interact with the administration, and administration was giving them things, but it takes a while to talk to them and get data from them," she said.
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Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, aerospace engineering associate professor and member of the Planning and Resources committee, agreed with Shontz in that more research is needed. He said in an email that the work results of nearly all of the consulting services are unverified.
"It doesn't mean that the work wasn't done or done satisfactorily, it just means that the Administration hasn't shown the Committee evidence of this," he said in an email.
The report was done in response to a specific charge given by the University Senate Executive Committee, Barrett-Gonzalez said, to "develop a cost-benefit analysis of partnerships between KU and outside contractors and consultants."
Although Shontz said she can't guarantee the committee will make the benefit side of this analysis the following year, she thinks it is more likely to happen.
For her, there needs to be a way to find a "happy balance" between what instances need consultants and the cost of using them.
"Do a little more on this, investigating side, asking is it really worth the money you pay? That's just one
thing," she said. "Another thing would be just also getting more input from people who will be involved."
The Kansan reached out to some members of the University's administration, but they could not be
reached for comment.
Shontz expects a decision to be made on whether this benefit side of the analysis will be a charge for the Planning and Resources committee during the first University Senate meeting in September.
Lawmakers' decision triggers raises for KU employees
CHANDLER BOESE
@Chandler_Boese
The University announced plans Tuesday to issue pay increases to some faculty and staff members this summer.
A 5 percent increase will be given to faculty members and unclassified staff members who have been at the University for more
than five years and haven't gotten a raise in the last five years. A message to faculty and staff said this group should be relatively small, since "virtually every employee" has seen an increase in the last five years.
A 2.5 percent increase will be given to faculty members and unclassified staff members who were hired in the last five years.
The increases come after a last-minute decision in June by the state legislature to increase salaries for all state employees who hadn't recently received a raise.
During a June meeting of the Board of Regents, representatives from the University of Kansas and other state universities said the legislature's decision, while good for employees,
was proving hard to implement.
The legislature funded the increases for employees whose salaries came out of the state's fund, but many faculty and staff members at universities are funded (at least partially) by other sources, like grants, federal funding or endowment. As a result, universities would be obligated to increase
some employees' salaries, but had to come up with that money on their own.
According to the University's proposed tuition plan, the legislature would be providing $2,461,969 for the increase, but $1,186,062 more would be necessary to fully fund the increase. The University said it would fund that through reallocations, not tuition revenue.
Graduate teaching assistants will also be getting a salary increase this year, according to the University's plans, as a result of a contract negotiation with the GTA union last year. This increase raised the minimum GTA salary to $15,000 and will be paid for through tuition increases.
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Politics can often seem like a whirlwind of debauchery and corruption. Currently, with President Donald Trump's ongoing Russia scandal, the Republican Party may seem particularly rotten. However, the Democratic Party is not wholly perfect either.
On July 11, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted screenshots of an email conversation he had with publicist Rob Goldstone indicating that the Russian government wanted to provide damaging information regarding Hillary Clinton to the Trump campaign. To me, this spells out collusion in bold letters.
A few days after seeing the frenzy caused by these tweets, I read a CBS News article about former Clinton White House aide Alexandra Chalupa seeking out damaging information on then-candidate Trump from the Ukrainian government. This was not a breaking report, but it was the first time I read about the situation. To me, this again spells out collusion; although, the Ukrainian meddling seems less severe and less-connected with the Clinton campaign.
Nonetheless, neither of our political parties should be turning to foreign entities in an attempt to beat the other in elections.
Collusion, while likely one of the most corrupt acts by either party, is only one issue that the parties need to address. The Democratic and Republican Parties both need major reform.
On the Republican side, falling in line behind a candidate that is so blatantly sexist, incompetent and narcissistic is deplorable. During the primaries, Trump was roundly criticized even by members of his own party. Yet during the general election, most Republican opposition faded even when Trump was at his worst. The GOP supports a man who threatens the free press, attacks women on their looks, mocked a disabled reporter, labeled Mexicans as criminals and frighteningly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for his strong leadership when discussing the killings of Putin's political enemies and of journalists who criticized Putin's regime.
Instead of leading to any retrospection, President Trump's actions have emboldened some other members of the Republican Party to act similarly. One of the more extreme examples of this manifested when Republican Rep. Greg Gianforte — then a candidate for Montana's House seat and the eventual winner of that election — body-slammed a reporter.
On the Democratic side, the Democratic National Committee seemingly put its weight behind Clinton during the primaries in an attempt to stop Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders from winning the Democratic nomination. Leaked emails show that the DNC strate-
gized ways to weaken the Sanders campaign.
The Democratic Party also places heavy emphasis on higher education, which to many Americans is financially unattainable, and environmental issues that some people rightfully worry will put them out of work.
Sanders himself pushed for a reform of the Democratic Party with his "political revolution." He hoped to make the party's platform highlight income and wealth inequality, job creation from converting to renewable energy, and a general focus on growing the country's middle class.
On both sides, politicians rely heavily on wealthy donors and special interests to
get elected and push their agendas. This reliance on big money takes a politician's focus away from everyday Americans and encourages them to court donors who can aide their political ambitions. Consequently, the problems and issues that most Americans face can take a back seat to the will of corporations and wealthy individuals.
The onus of creating a political system that works for everyone is not just on the major political parties; it is on all of us. We need to be active and passionate about the issues that we face.
We must vote for politicians who we believe will institute necessary changes to their parties. We must
vote for politicians who place an emphasis on campaign finance reform and making the government work for the people. We must vote for politicians that we trust will act ethically when campaigning and when governing instead of undermining our democracy.
Reform comes from a demand for change. We cannot wait for years before calling for such reform. We need to make it clear now that the current political climate is unacceptable, and that we will not tolerate cut-throat politics anymore.
Ryan Liston is a junior from Laurence studying journalism and political science
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Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
thing else at the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old - it needs to be repaired and updated.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Professor's show takes humorous approach to cancer
► COURTNEY BIERMAN
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Rendi Renee Doran, a senior studying theatre, knew that Mechele Leon was always in her office. The student and theatre professor would regularly hang out in the theatre department, discussing plays and history.
So when Leon's office was empty one day in March of 2016, Doran
knew something was wrong. Other department staff told her Leon was out for "health problems," and Doran eventually pieced together what was going on: Leon had been diagnosed with bladder cancer.
"It was like the department wasn't alive for a while," Doran said.
Leon was back at work less than a year later, even though her cancer was high-grade and muscle-invasive. She'd gone
through four rounds of chemotherapy, and doctors removed her bladder.
Like a true artist Leon turned her brush with death into a one-woman show, which premiered at the Kansas City Fringe Festival on Saturday.
Leon's "Bladder Interrupted" is an hour-long tragicomedy in the same vein as work by Carrie Fisher and Tig Norato, performers who turn terrible or life-threatening experiences into comedy.
Leon uses humor to bring awareness to and start conversations about a deadly disease, as well as her recovery.
"Of course, when anybody's diagnosed, you feel like your world has crashed," Leon said. "Now, looking back on it, it feels like a very serious medical event in my life, but it doesn't feel like a death sentence."
Doran is one of two Jayhawks also involved with the production of
As Leon and Buchheister were writing, Buchheister's
"Bladder Interrupted." Doran is an assistant producer, and 2004 graduate Theresa Buchheister is the dramaturge and cowriter. Buchheister is a New York City-based actor, writer and director, and Leon recruited her early on in the creative process. The women pored over the early drafts of the show to make sure it was as funny and relatable as possible.
father was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She said the experience made her feel closer to the material of "Bladder Interrupted," and gave her a new perspective on what Leon was trying to accomplish with the show — especially when she observed Leon commiserating with Buchheister's father in his hospital room.
"The way that they talk to each other was so different
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Revisiting the National African American Quilt Convention
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The work of about a dozen quilt artists is on display across Lawrence as part of last week's National African American Quilt Convention. The Lawrence Arts Center, the Spencer Museum of Art, and the African American Museum and Textile Academy all currently house quilts from a number of visiting artists across the country.
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Quilt artist Bisa Butler stands with her piece "I Know Why the Catbird Beats His Wings" at the Spencer Museum of Art. Butler visited Lawrence last week to teach a quilting class, and her work was on display at the Lawrence Arts Center.
ing work includes appliqués and symbolism meant to tell less-told pieces of black and African history, such as a quilt that tells the story of Malcom X's wife, Betty Shabazz, a PhD who survived her husband's assassination and continued to raise their six daughters.
Artists Myrah Brown Green and Bisa Butler were both in Lawrence earlier this month to participate in the first-ever National African American Quilting Convention. Green and Butler taught classes in different quilting techniques to convention goers. Green also gave a lecture on African symbolism in quilting.
Green is an art historian, academic, curator and professional quilt maker from Brooklyn. Much of her quilt-
actress Lupita Nyong'o.
Green, who had never been to Kansas before, said she felt a responsibility to attend the convention.
Also in Butler's collection is a piece depicting the face of an unfamiliar elderly black man. He's meant to be Butler's grandfather, who died well before she was born. Butler's father was 11 years old when he lost his own father to appendicitis in Ghana. Butler said she wanted to create something that would show what she imagined her grandfather would look like if he were alive today. The quilt now hangs in her father's living room.
"I feel like as a woman, as someone who knows how difficult and challenging it is to put on a big event such as this, whatever I could do, it was important for me to do it," she said.
Butler works as a high school art teacher in New Jersey. Her quilts are detailed, colorful portraits of prominent figures, many of whom are no longer living. The subjects of the quilts tend to be people who influence and inspire Butler, such as poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and
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Green and Butler both expressed gratitude toward the quilting community. Butler said other types of visual artists can tend to be competitive and cold, but quilters support one another. They attend each other's workshops and buy each other's art. She said the warmth of the quilting community was one reason she was happy to attend the convention
a part of this renaissance," Butler said. "I felt the vibe of quilting in general and African American quilting were making a resurgence, so for all of us to be here, and to have this many people and
"I'm so happy just to be
all of these major museums respect and want to promote that, it really puts us out there. It's like it's a renaissance of African American quilting."
More of Green and But
ler's work can be seen on their websites. The Lawrence Arts Center's "Boldly Stitched" exhibition, which displays the work of six different quilters, can be seen until August 19.
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Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
Miranda Anaya/KANSAN proactice facility and
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
thing else at the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old — it needs to be repaired and updated.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Associated Press In this May 16, 2015 file photo, Chester Bennington, left, performs in New Jersey. The Los Angeles County coroner says Bennington has died in his home near Los Angeles
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grew up on Linkin Park.
I grew up listening to albums "Meteora," "Hybrid Theory" and "Minutes to Midnight."
On the way to school, we would listen to "Meteora." My parents always say I would only ask for the track numbers on the album. "Seven! Let's listen to seven!" I would say. Track 7 was "Faint," one of the more electronic songs on the band's third studio album. There were many more that I loved and would blurt out as soon as we got in the car. To this day I know most lyrics to just about all Linkin Park
albums released before 2010.
when I heard that Chester Bennington had died in what has been reported as a suicide, I was surprised. But then, as I thought more about him and his music, I wasn't. Bennington used music to forget an abusive childhood and his struggles with alcoholism. Bennington was just like any one of us, a person who has their demons and is constantly trying to find ways to combat them.
Songs such as "Numb," "In The End," "Hands Held High" and "Shadow of the Day" each detail different aspects of our own lives that we deal
with. Bennington's ability to take those emotions and put words to them was fascinating. Through good times and bad, you can find a song from Linkin Park that perfectly fits with the emotion.
The band takes real emotions and problems, and turns them into catchy songs that transcend generations. I know plenty of people over the age of 40 that jam out to Linkin Park, but I also know 10-year-olds that recognize Linkin Park when it is played.
At the apex of the band's popularity as a group, it was featured in the 2007 "Transformers" movie, and even recorded an album with Jay-Z. Bennington
was the face of it all. Many people know Linkin Park because of his lungbursting vocals and his ability to be understood even when it sounded as if
his voice box was about to implode.
With Bennington's passing, many will be looking for consolation. The beautiful thing about
the lyrics Bennington sang is he already taught us all how to grieve him. Take this verse from "Leave Out All The Rest" from the album "Minutes to Midnight:"
"When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done / Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed / Don't resent me and, when you're feeling empty / Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest."
There songs that have similar verses, but this one speaks volumes. Let us all celebrate a great life, and an incredible artist.
Rest in peace, Chester Bennington - you will be missed.
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What a week to be alive and watching television. It's time to nerd out and talk about my favorites from last week.
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QUEUE THE MUSIC. I won't deny that I'm one of those people who pretends to conduct the orchestra as the epic theme for this fantasy show plays at the beginning of each episode. And let me tell you, my fake baton was in full use last Sunday night.
"Dragonstone" kicks off pretty much right where we left our characters at the last finale over one year ago (too long to
wait, if you ask me). Arya remains in the Twins post-killing Walder Frey, and prepares to make sure every Frey knows that "the North remembers." Jon Snow and sister Sansa butt heads in Winterfell as they decide the fates of two family lines who opposed them in the Battle of the Bastards. Cersei remains in King's Landing, trying to figure out where her loyalties lie. And most importantly, Daenerys arrives in Dragonstone with Tyrion and company and prepares for an upcoming attack on mainland Westeros.
This packed episode features some lovely payback for the Stark family, substantial power moves as well as minor plays on the large game board that set the end of the long-
running series in motion. Winter is truly here, and the always wonderful cinematography and enthralling character acting makes "Game of Thrones" feel back and better than ever for its shorter season.
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Netflix continues its recent roll of solid standup releases with a two-part set from the always funny and undeniably odd Ari Shaffir.
The two-part series takes place in the same theatre with the same crowd and focuses on two specific topics: children and adulthood. Shaffir wonderfully weaves through stories of his friends' kids, the overall stupidity of childhood, the
advantage of not having kids as experienced through traveling to Thailand and coming to grips with his own sexuality. All of these ideas are tightly thought out and experienced through two 45-minute-long specials available now on Netflix.
As a big fan of standup and its type of expression, Shaffir's brand of comedy has stood out among the rest for many years now. His sort of relatable dude mentality combines with wholly unique experiences to make his brand of comedy completely relatable, as if the viewer was there with Shaffir when he experienced each story. The crowd below him enjoys it and folks at home should be laughing right along with them throughout both sets.
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I didn't expect to return to this show so quickly. In fact, I was rather hoping to do an in-depth analysis at the season's conclusion. However, "Part 10" was so compelling and revealing that I couldn't shy away from talking about it.
"Part 10" contains so many important events that it's hard to explain what happens, especially if you haven't been watching. But hell, here goes nothing. Chief Gordon (David Lynch) has visions of Laura, while Albert tells him of a message from Diane about Hastings' arrest. One of the many evil variations of Cooper, "Dougie," is framed for the denial of an arson claim that cost
the Mitchum family $30 million.
This exciting and longwinded episode highlights so many things about what makes the show so wholly unique. Something about the direction of this season feels so fully realized by creators Mark Frost and Lynch. The pair's writing and Lynch's direction has been on point and doesn't let up with each passing episode. With the conclusion in sight, the pieces of the puzzle seem to be converging, and as star Kyle MacLachlan recently promised, everything seems to be making sense and the end approaches.
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than anyone who doesn't have cancer," Buchheister said. "Observing them communicate with each other and talk about their experience and also how frustrating it is to sometimes be a jerk to people who care about them when they don't understand what they're going through is a sort of fascinating, enlightening moment."
Buchheister also owns a small theater in Brooklyn called Vital Joint where Leon will perform "Bladder Interrupted" in October.
Doran joined the show
after an internship experience fell through, and Leon offered her a production role.
"She prefaced this with: 'It doesn't have a lot of pay,'" Doran said. "It cracked me up. As if that was going to dissuade me."
Doran said working on "Bladder Interrupted" has been one of the most fulfilling experiences of her life. She's gotten the chance to see a piece of theatre — a celebration of a loved one's good health— go from a script to stage.
"Watching her take humor and use it to almost kind of cope with what's happening - first of all,
it doesn't surprise me because it's Mechele, and second of all, it was really cool to see her take a field that she's worked in for so many years and use it for whatever everyone else use it for, which is catharsis," Doran said.
As an educator, Leon wants her students to take "Bladder Interrupted" as an example of the good things that can come out of tragedy, as well as an encouragement to take risks.
"As a theatre professor, it matters to me that students see me put my own self on the line," Leon said. "Because we're
teaching them to be artists, and we're teaching them to put themselves out there. If I'm unwilling to do that, if I'm unwilling to talk about my cancer, if I'm unwilling to talk about changes in my body, then what kind of example am I?"
Subsequent performances of "Bladder Interrupted" will take place on July 24, 26 and 28 at the Kansas City Fringe Festival. Tickets are $10 with a festival admission button. More information can be found on the festival website.
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ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
Miranda Anaya/KANSAN or proactive facility and
Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
thing else at the University.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old - it needs to be repaired and updated.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Hannah Edelman/KANSAN Led by sophomore Taylor Martin, the Jayhawks run out to take on the Texas Longhorns on Nov. 19. Kansas went on to win 24-21.
it's been years since there was any real hype around Kansas football. Now, with the season approaching, players being named to watch lists and even a semblance of hope for the future surrounding the program, fans are finally getting a chance to be excited for the Jayhawks.
Frankly, it's about time.
It's been a long time since Kansas had a roster as talented as its current one. Junior defensive end Dorance Armstrong Jr. is the headliner for the new era of Kansas standouts, entering 2017 as the Preseason Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year.
But, unlike in past years when Kansas might have one standout player from a roster filled with mediocrity (or worse), there are multiple Jayhawks receiving attention heading into the season.
Receivers LaQvionte Gonzalez and Steven Sims
61. are both on award watch lists to start the season, a phenomenal sign for an offense that has ranged from bad to unwatchable dreck over the past several seasons, dating back to the Turner Gill disaster
and Charlie Weis reign of destruction.
Even at quarterback, where there's not a definitive starter at this point, there's more to look forward to behind center than there's been since
at least the days before Michael Cummings' knee was shredded by one of the dumbest spring game plays of all-time.
Whether it's redshirt sophomore Carter Stanley or junior transfer Peyton
Bender, it feels as though coach David Beaty's modified Air Raid offense is in good (or at least better) hands.
Neither passer has much in-game experience, but they have enough to be an
asset to the offense. Bender started his college career in Mike Leach's true Air Raid system at Washington State, so he knows the gist of the Kansas offense well enough.
People forget that Stanley was the quarterback for Kansas when the Jayhawks beat the Texas Longhorns last season, a massive win for the program.
Up and down the roster, there's reason to be excited. Two former four-star recruits from Alabama, sophomore wide receiver Daylon Charlot and junior offensive lineman Charles Baldwin, are eligible this season.
Junior defensive tackle Daniel Wise leads a defensive interior that has the girth and strength to impose on opposing offensive lines. And, of course, sophomore safety Mike Lee is quickly ascending to the ranks of the best safeties in college
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Jack Whitman leaving Kansas basketball program
▶ WESLEY DOTSON
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Before a single game with the Kansas basketball team, senior transfer forward Jack Whitman is leaving the program.
ESPN Basketball Insider Jeff Goodman reported on Twitter on Wednesday night Whitman's intention
to leave the team.
Whitman, a 6-foot-9 forward, played three seasons at William & Mary before transferring to Kansas. Whitman averaged 5.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
He would have been able to immediately play for the Jayhawks this season as a graduate transfer.
Whitman's departure weakens what was already a thin frontcourt for Kansas. Sophomore center Udoka Azubuike, freshman forward Billy Preston and sophomore forward Mitch Lightfoot are currently the only three big men eligible to play in 2017-18.
With Kansas now holding an open scholarship, the
team could potentially target Rivals' 2018 top-ranked recruit, power forward Marvin Bagley III. Bagley is considering reclassifying to the class of 2017 to be eligible for the 2018 NBA Draft, according to CBS Sports.
According to 247 Sports, Bagley is currently considering Kansas, Duke, Kentucky, Arizona and USC.
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Senior guard Frank Mason III looks to set up a play in the first half against Oregon on March 25. The Jayhawks fell to the Ducks, 74-60.
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former Kansas guard Frank Mason III and track and field's sophomore Sharon Lokedi have a chance to receive more recognition for their stellar 2016-17 seasons.
On Sunday, the Big 12 Conference nominated Mason as Kansas' male Athlete of the Year candidate, and Lokedi was named the female Athlete of the Year candidate.
Mason turned in one of the most successful seasons in the history of the program this past year. He averaged 20.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists per
game, making him the first player in Kansas and Big 12 history to average over 20 points and five assists in a season.
The 5-foot-11 guard also completed a sweep of national player of the year awards and became the first Jayhawk to win the AP National Player of the Year award.
Mason was drafted No. 34 overall in the NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings last month and was recently signed to a contract by the team.
Lokedi, a two-time All-American, found more success in her sophomore campaign for the Jayhawks. She captured Big 12 titles
in both the outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the Big 12 track and field
championships in May making her just the seventh female in the conference's
history to win both events at a Big 12 meet.
Lokedi was also named
the Big 12 Outstanding Female Performer of the Year by Big 12 coaches.
Lokedi's stellar season propelled her to an NCAA Outdoor Championships appearance in June. She placed sixth in the 10,000 meters at the championships after clocking a personal-best time of 32:49.43.
One male and female candidate from each school has now been selected. Fans will be able to vote for their choices through July 25 on the Big 12's official website. The fan voting results will be taken into consideration in the conference's final tally for selecting the winners.
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football.
It's been a slow process, but the drawnout turnaround for Kansas football all goes back to hiring Beaty. It hasn't been a smooth run by any means for Beaty, with the winless season in 2015 and painful play calling marring his first two seasons in Lawrence. But, the key is improvement, something he's shown since arriving.
Winning games at all is an important part of a coach's job, so that was a clear step up last season. And, by hiring Doug Meacham to take over as offensive coordinator, the program is clearly dedicated to improving the on-field product (Defensive coordinator Clint Bowen deserves a shout out as well due to the defense's
vast improvement over the course of 2016).
Beaty was known as a great recruiter while at Texas A&M, where he was the Aggies' recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach. He's carried that over with him to Kansas, where, as of July 20, the Jayhawks have the 33rd-best 2018 recruiting class per 247Sports, despite only a handful of wins in his tenure. The recruits are improving every year and so is the team in general. Success breeds success.
It may feel like grasping at straws to put so much stock in potential and hope. But, while the plight of Kansas football is well known across the map, it doesn't really sink in how dreadful the team has been until it's verbalized or written in plain sight.
The most recent crop of
four-year graduates from the University saw eight wins over the course of four seasons. That group was in the first weeks of their freshman year of high school when Kansas last won on the road. They were eighth-graders when Kansas last won a conference game on the road.
Games like Homecoming 2015, a four-hour, 55-point blowout to Oklahoma, were more snuff film than football game. There has been a lot of bad football under the Kansas Jayhawks banner in recent memory.
That's the past, though. Being skeptical is an understandable approach considering the program's futility. But, it wasn't that long ago that Kansas went to back-to-back bowl games and was at least competing with conference foes. It
won't be long until we see that again, either.
Kansas may not be a bowl team this season, but it will certainly be a better team than it has been over the past several years. The program is distancing itself from bad players, bad hires and the unending negativity (or worse, apathy) of the past more and more every day.
There's reason to finally have faith in the Jayhawks.
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termoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
Miranda Anaya/KANSAN Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor practice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
Miranda Anaya/KANSAN or proactive facility and
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
thing else at the University.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscious amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old - it needs to be repaired and updated.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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Associated Press Kansas City'sLorenzo Cain is congratulated by teammates after hitting a solo home run against the Los Angeles Angels on June 16.
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With the MLB All-Star game in the rearview mirror, the Kansas City Royals now have a daunting task with a two-week deadline — keep winning.
That's not to say a timely winning streak in the dog days of August or during call-up season in September is impossible. It's been done many times before. But for a squad teering on the brink of contention,
As the American League Central currently sits as the tightest divisional race across the entire league, the Royals have until the MLB trade deadline on July 31 to essentially make or break their season.
the next two weeks will likely paint a clearer picture of what moves the Royals might make before the 4 p.m. trade deadline.
The Royals currently reside only a couple games out of first place, trailing the division-leading Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins. In two weeks time, the Royals could be doing as well as having a couple games up on their division foes, or could slip and widen the margin between themselves and the top of the division.
While Kansas City is considered a small-market team, it is an organization that has not been afraid to make a splash at the trade deadline in the past.
In the banner 2015
World Series season, general manager Dayton Moore moved a hefty package of three top pitching prospects to acquire Johnny Cueto, who went on to anchor a solid rotation through the end of the regular season
and into October. A similar move could be imminent if the Royals surge in the upcoming weeks before the deadline.
One position of particular need for Kansas City is help in the outfield. Lorenzo Cain has been serviceable batting .265/.338/.413 with 11 home runs, 15 steals and tremendous plate discipline, but the corner outfield spots leave much to be desired.
A power bat would provide plenty of pop in the heart of the order, but a move within the division would be unlikely.
However, it is just as possible that the Royals could fall out of contention by that time. If Ned Yost's squad somehow falls into the eight-to-ten game range out of first place and contending seems improbable, it could be the Royals' marquee players that are sent to contenders in exchange for a replenishing of the farm system.
With expiring contracts looming for Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain and Jason Vargas, one or several of the players who have become household names could face relocation by the end of the month.
With key players expected to be shopped, it will be these next two weeks that determine if the Royals will be looking to acquire similar players, or if they will be shopping their own talent around the league.
Big moves are looming, it just remains murky as to which way they will affect the Royals moving forward.
Beaty excited to add 'energetic' offensive coordinator
WESLEY DOTSON
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"I called him 10 times and offered him so much, I told him 'look, you can have all the money, I'll hire everyone else for a dollar," Beaty said on Monday, the first of two Big 12 Football Media Days in Frisco, Texas. "You can have it all, what's it going to take to get you here?" Beause I just think that much of him."
When Kansas football coach David Beaty joined the program in 2015, he knew he ultimately wanted his longtime friend Doug Meacham as his offensive coordinator.
Beaty and Meacham's
football relationship together dates back to Beaty's high school coaching days in Texas. The two first met while Meacham was recruiting from Beaty's schools. Beaty served as coach of North Dallas in 2001 and Irving MacArthur from 2002-05.
This past offseason, Beaty made that aspiration a reality when he hired Meacham to join the Kansas coaching staff in January after three
"[Meacham] taught me a lot of ball, spent a lot of time with him," Beaty said. "Always wanted to work with the guy. So, that relationship started a long time ago."
successful seasons at TCU.
"He's one of the best offensive minds in college football," Beaty said. "Bringing him to Lawrence was an incredible addition to an already amazing group of coaches and men that we have at our place."
"This game of football, it's tough on these guys," Beaty said. "A day-to-day grind for these guys is a lot more than what a lot of people know. It's very difficult. Doug has done such a great job of making sure that we have fun
Beaty said the addition of Meacham to the roster has also provided an extra amount of energy during practices.
every day. He's a guy that is infectious and you just want to be around him. He's one of those people."
Meacham will be tasked with turning around a Kansas offense that has ranked last in the Big 12 in total offense in each of the past three seasons.
"It's going to be fun watching him put his personality into it." Beaty
Under Meacham, TCU ranked second (533 yards per game) in 2014, third (562.8 yards per game) in 2015 and seventh (463.2 yards per game) in 2016.
Beaty said he is eager to see the Kansas offense formulate into Meacham's Air Raid style.
said. "The concepts are all very similar, but like all the guys that kind of live in this offense, everyone has their own little personality and twist on it. It's really interesting watching him instill that."
Kansas has already had one position change on offense this offseason with junior Ryan Schadler moving to wide receiver.
"I don't know [if] I would have thought to do that," Beaty said. "We really think that he might be a really nice answer for us at that wide out spot. He's done nothing but great things for us."
Prior to making what Beaty called an
"instantaneous" impact at TCU, Meacham served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Houston. Beaty is hoping Meacham can have an impact at Kansas similar to the impact he had for the TCU offense as the season approaches.
"[The players] love being around Doug Meacham because he is so much fun and he's really good at what he's done," Beaty said. "His leadership over the last three years and what he was able to do with coach [Gary] Patterson and those guys at TCU ... really excited about Doug."
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Kansas Athletics announced that a $300 million renovation will be coming to Memorial Stadium, which will include an indoor proactice facility and infrastructure upgrades.
ternoons have been spent cheering for the Jayhawks through thick and, unfortunately, a lot of thin moments. But, it's impossible to argue that the stadium doesn't need improvements.
It's the seventh-oldest stadium still used by an FBS team. It shows signs of wear across its exterior. It's severely outdated by contemporary standards.
This is a great move for all interested parties. For the fans, it's going to enhance the game-day experience for the die hards who trek down the hill to see the Jayhawks play. For the players, specifically future recruits, it becomes a more inviting and
It's undoubtedly time for an upgrade.
thing else at the University.
Discussing college athletics finances is a great way to find out that someone has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Kansas football isn't going to use $300 million that otherwise would have gone to improving the School of Education or updating equipment in the School of Journalism or whichever department you feel is underfunded.
Things like the Williams Fund and private donors are main sources of income for supporting Kansas Athletics projects. It's understandable that seeing a huge sum of money being spent on football facilities could cause a stir, considering the financial straits the University might be facing in some areas. The reality, though, is that this money will be completely disconnected from the rest of the University.
Football is a massive tool for recruiting (both athletically and for general students), alumni relations and income, and if you don't see that then you simply aren't paying attention.
Alabama is a perfect case study for this. A gold standard for college football, the Crimson Tide's on-field success has generated an unconscionable amount of money
and publicity for that school. It's unrealistic for Kansas, or really any program, to think it can reach Alabama's level of success, but it's clear that improving football will improve the University in other areas.
Again, you need to spend money in order to make it. Putting money into the program now, or at least in the near future, will show dedication to the program and is going to help bring in more high-level recruits over time. The football team needs to get better, and this move will
Most of the arguments against the spending come up baseless and sound unintelligent. The money isn't being stolen from other University programs. Memorial Stadium is nearly 100 years old - it needs to be repaired and updated.
help in that pursuit.
And if your argument is based around asking why you would spend $300 million to help a football team that won two games in the last two seasons combined, take a moment and think critically.
Why wouldn't you spend money to try to improve the program? What else would you do, just ignore the disaster and let the team fall into irreparable ruin? That notion is ridiculous and poorly thought out at best.
The cost of this project is a small price to pay for improving the team, and subsequently the University, over time. Don't get caught up in the price tag or the view from your ivory tower. Trying to better the football team is better for all of us who support the University.
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