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Volume 128 Issue 36
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Kansan.com | The student voice since 1904
Coaches embrace tradition of Allen Fieldhouse
@KylePap
KYLE PAPPAS
All four of Kansas basketball's living coaches gathered inside Allen Fieldhouse on Monday night to celebrate the 60th anniversary of basketball inside the Phog. It was the first time ever that the four have reunited publicly.
Bill Self, Larry Brown, Roy Williams and Ted Owens celebrate Allen Fieldhouse's 60th anniversary on Monday.
With 50 of the Phog's last 60 years accounted for in the four coaches, the progression of college basketball's most historic venue had never been more readily on display.
"Most of the years I coached, it was a dirt floor, and it was elevated above," former coach Ted Owens said. "The real problem was, for some reason, they didn't put the floor in until the day before we started practice."
Owens said that before the floor was installed, his players were forced to hold workouts at nearby Robinson Gymnasium. Recruits? They were treated with what Owens described as "a big o' barn" during their off-season visits to Lawrence.
Since Owens' tenure at Kansas concluded in 1983, much has changed — technology has improved, the game has evolved,
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and tens of millions of dollars are annually pumped into college basketball programs. With these changes has come a challenge: finding a way to maintain the unparalleled history of Allen Fieldhouse while still equipping it with the modernity required to woo recruits and fans alike.
"Allen Fieldhouse is the St. Andrews of basketball. This magnificent building cannot be captured in words, you have to feel it."
JAY BILAS Master of Ceremonies
"What we've done, and what a lot of bright minds have done, is taken a very historic place, a treasure, and added all the modern amenities that the new arenas have across America," current coach Bill Self said.
tions. The Jayhawks' new-look locker room puts some NBA prepping areas to shame — Self says it's "impressive to anyone that is able to step inside the halls and take a tour of it." The 32,000-square-foot DeBruce will be an $18 million extension to the fieldhouse and is set to be completed in 2015.
Kansas' newly renovated locker room and the pending completion of the DeBruce Center are two prime examples of these modern addi-
more has stayed the same.
"To see what's been done to it since I left, you know, I've been fortunate enough, Bill [Self]'s kept me in the loop and brought me back numerous times," said former coach Larry Brown. "But you know, the fact that after all these years nothing's really changed — it's all about the basketball court and the people that are in it."
Yes, the renovations and additions have been plentiful as of late, but Self is still committed to keeping "the integrity of the way the building was originally meant to be built." While other programs have abandoned their old facilities in favor of newer, more aesthetically pleasing ones, Kansas has embraced its home, its tradition, and its story.
The Phog has come a long way from the "big ol' barn" that Owens spoke of, but the tradition and history that has graced the building since 1955 hasn't gone anywhere. While some things have undeniably changed,
"Sixty years in one building and everybody's in an arm's race in college athletics trying to plow one field and put one up before the next one gets up beside it," former coach Roy Williams said.
Master of Ceremonies Jay Bilas might have said it best though, when he declared, "Allen Fieldhouse is the St. Andrews of basketball. This magnificent building cannot be
captured in words, you have to feel it. This building has a soul."
"In this building has a soul."
Time will pass, things will change, technology will continue to get better — it's inevitable.
But it's clear that "soul" in the Phog isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Edited by Brian Hillix
Speaker at University addresses sexual violence MCKENNA HARFORD @McKennaHartford
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Melissa Harris-Perry, a talk show host, professor and author, spoke at the University Monday night and said sexual violence should be discussed in the context of women's bodies.
Harris-Perry said women should have control over their bodies and sexual violence stems from taking the control away from women. She told the audience she believed the politics behind controlling women's bodies comes from the disgust of women's bodies.
Financing will be an added stress next year for students like Ruben Medina, a junior from San Antonio, Texas. Stouffer Place, the only family and graduate housing complex owned by the University, officially closes in June 2015. Medina says he is worried about the move because he has no idea what he and his wife can afford based on their current situation.
She spoke at the Lied Center on Monday night for the seventh year of the Jana Mackey lecture series, which is sponsored by the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity and focuses on sexual assault and domestic violence.
Harris-Perry addressed racial and class differences in sexual violence. She said race and class can cause women to be silent about assault, which in itself is a form of violence against women.
She also discussed ways to address violence and change the culture surrounding violence. Harris-Perry said the changes that would make the biggest differences are supporting policies that spread information and allow women to make their own choices on their bodies.
Harris-Perry said policies that give women reproductive rights and the power to make those decisions, as well as making information about those topics available, would empower women and address issues that can lead to sexual violence.
View the full story online at Kansan.com.
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Edited by Miranda Davis
Students leaving Stouffer Place fear higher rent
RILEY MORTENSEN
@RileyMortensen
Step into Ruben Medina's student housing unit at Stouffer Place Apartments and it's easy to tell he's not your average undergraduate. In the living room, there's a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robot and puzzle pieces on the floor and in a bedroom, the bunk beds he built for his two young sons.
Medina and his wife, Jeanette are both military veterans studying community health. They chose the University in part because they could live in the family housing apartments on campus. But next summer, the University will close Stouffer Place. Like other families in the complex, the Medinas are worried they won't be able to afford a decent off-campus apartment when they have to move.
Currently, the Medinas pay $550 per month including utilities for a two-bedroom apartment. He will graduate in May but his wife has another year left to get her degree.
"It's going to be an added stress to try and navigate our finances to afford the types of availability that's around here," said Medina, who currently works part time as a KU research intern.
Diana Robertson, director of Student Housing, said Lawrence has a diverse mix of housing that should make it possible for the Medinas and other student families to find affordable housing.
The University and Stouffer Place Neighborhood Association are partnering to provide sessions to residents with information and advice about off-campus options. The first session is scheduled for Nov.7.
"We are fortunate that Lawrence is a community that's well built with plenty of apartment options and rental homes," Robertson said. "I'm confident that there are many places for the students."
University officials announced in June that the
Stouffer Place complex, which consists of 25 two-story buildings at Iowa and 19th streets, will be torn down and replaced by science buildings and a new apartment complex for single upperclassmen and graduate students.
Like the University of Kansas, the University of Missouri has closed University Village, its 1950s era apartment complex for graduate and professional students with families. In making the decision, MU officials cited hazardous conditions, according to the student newspaper, the Maneater. The University of Missouri has not made a decision to rebuild the graduate and family housing.
Currently, single students and families occupy 217 of the one-, two- and three-bedroom units at Stouffer Place, which was completed in 1962. Another 37 apartments are empty, several due to structural problems, Robertson said.
Kansas State University, however, has chosen to renovate older buildings and add more graduate and family housing. According to its website, six buildings at Jardine Apartments, Kansas State's graduate and family housing complex, were renovated and reopened between 2006 and 2008. Another renovated building was reopened in 2012, and since 2007, 17 new buildings have been added to Jardine Apartments.
Steuernagel said he expects to have to find a higher paying job to support his family next year as a result of higher rent costs. The Steuernagels pay $521 a month for a two-bedroom walk-through, utilities included.
Another issue for some students, particularly those from other countries, is the loss of community they now feel at Stouffer Place. Stouffer Place Apartments has been home to many international students and families.
At the University of Kansas, more than 120 families still call Stouffer Place home. Resident Jarred Steuernagel works as a shift leader at Pizza Hut in Leavenworth to support his
family. His wife is a pre-med major with three years left to get her bachelor's degree in biology. The couple has a young son.
Hongjuan Zhou, a Ph.D. student from China, has one toddler who she takes to playgrounds at Stouffer. Zhou and
Information sessions are planned to help Stouffer Place residents transition to off campus housing when the complex closes in May. Following is information about the first session:
Event: The Do's and Don'ts of Off-Campus Leasing
Place: Burge Union, Courtside Room
Food: Pizza and drinks will also be provided
For more information, contact Stouffer Place Association at spa@ku.edu.
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