Volume 124 Issue 43
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Sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb delivers a pass during the second half of Saturday night's game against Oklahoma at Memorial Stadium. Webb went 13-25 for 108 yards and zero touchdowns in the Jayhawks 17-47 loss. KU is now 2-4 for the season and 0-3 in Big 12 play. KU faces K-State next weekend.
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MIKE VERNON mvernon@kansan.com
Amid all of the question marks and criticisms from Kansas fans and local media surrounding the Kansas football team this season, there is one aspect of the Jayhawks' season that no one can question: their schedule.
Heading into their game against an undefeated No. 12 Kansas State team, the Jayhawks have yet to play a game against an opponent with a loss in its schedule. After Saturday's game, the combined record of Kansas' opponents, at the time they played the Jayhawks, will read 21-0.
Playing a competitive team every week of the season is no light task and freshman Collin Garrett has seen that first hand.
"I definitely think we have one of the toughest schedules in the nation," Garrett said. "After playing all of those great teams, back-to-back, you have to come ready every week."
And he's right. The layhawks currently have the toughest schedule in the nation according to their opponents total win percentage so far this season. Currently sitting at 20-5, Kansas' FBS opponents have played at a winning percentage of 80 percent.
opposition for Kansas have currently won just over 70 percent of their games, with the next highest in the nation coming in at 66 percent. Kansas coach Turner Gill said he is aware of their opponents record when the Jayhawks have played them, but that doesn't mean he was making excuses.
It won't get much better for the Jayhawk either. The past and future
"That's the way it goes, but we have to go out and play." Gill said. "We have a great conference, and I think that's what it speaks toward."
On the other side of things sit the undefeated Wildcats, who have played and beaten a number of big names in Miami, Missouri, Baylor and Texas Tech. But, the total record of teams Kansas State has played thus far is 11-11.
Winning all but one of their games by seven points or fewer, the Wildcats have been able to scrap by, winning their games by forcing turnovers and running the ball.
Without an elite running back, the Wildcats have been able to maintain their success on the ground because of their junior quarterback Collin Klein. Leading Kansas State in rushing attempts and yards, Klein has made it possible for the Wildcats to win in a slow down, physical way.
Klein's 10 rushing touchdowns this year have helped made up for an offense that has otherwise struggled.
ranking as the 94th best offense in the country. His dominance running the ball has given the layhawks' defense a simple task to stop the Kansas State offense.
"You've got to stop the run first. That's what they do." Gill said.
It's a task that's much easier said than done. But the Jayhawks have faced a difficult challenge just about every game this season, so a tough game is nothing new to them.
While the Jayhawks wouldn't choose to have the toughest schedule in the nation, it's not something they've backed down from either. In fact, senior tight end Tim Biere said the opposite.
"I want to go out and say that my senior year, we beat them," Biere said. "That'd be awesome to have for the rest of my life."
Edited by Lindsey Deiter
COMMENTARY
Kansas needs to reverse recent trend of Wildcat wins
To say that Kansas State has had Kansas' number of late would be a huge understate-
No. the number the Wildcats have is more like the Jayhawks' Social Security. And after the last few years of Wildcat dominance, it's hard not to wonder if the athletics program in Manhattan has stolen Kansas' identity.
On the heels of a shellacking in volleyball and on the eve of a likely shellacking in football, folks around Lawrence are getting impatient for some kind of tangible victory over the Wildcats. Whether the battles are being contested in revenue or
non-revenue sports, the dynamic between Kansas and its perceived little brother K-State just hasn't been the same since embattled athletics director Lew Perkins exited into the night.
Last season, the Wildcats were 13-1 in head-to-head matchups with the Jayhawks. The lone victory for Kansas came in the spirited 90-66 men's basketball win in Lawrence that took place only days after the funeral for Thomas Robinson's mother. Other than that game, it's been hard to find heart across the board in any of the Sunflower Showdows contests.
The K-State basketball team
avenged its loss on Valentine's Day in Manhattan, waxing Kansas on a national stage 84-68. Need more signs of Jayhawk futility against the Wildcats? How about the humilating 59-7 loss in football? There is also the three-game sweep in baseball that officially eliminated the Jayhawks from postseason contention last year. And most recently, the volleyball team dropped a four-set game at home to the Wildcats on Wednesday, losing the fourth set 25-12.
It's hard to pinpoint exactly when the tide turned in this rivalry. Was it when the Kansas athletics department was forced to focus more on in-house scandals than on-field production? Was it when the K-State athletics department ritualistically sacrificed Ron Prince to resurrect the retired Bill Snuder?
Whatever the cause, one thing is certain: losing to K-State just feels
worse than falling to Missouri. The Jayhawks have the high-profile Border War against the Tigers annually at Arrowhead Stadium. The Wildcats have the laughable non-rivalry, dubbed "Farmageddon," with Iowa State in the same complex. The Jayhawks still have the more nationally recognized athletics program, but if recent trends continue, that will not last.
But an improbable win against the BCS's No. 11 Wildcats on Saturday would go a long way toward extending it.
Edited by Ben Chipman
lacks record accessibility
SARA SNEATH
ssneath@kansan.com
In the last 10 months, there have been four public censures of University of Kansas faculty. The first of the recent public notices occurred in December of 2010,
prior to which the University
had not censured a faculty
member since 1993.
David Guth,
an associ-
Guth
ate professor of journalism, was censured last December for engaging in unprofessional, threatening and abusive behavior toward ar
Lushington
other faculty member. Following Guth's censure, Dennis Sander, an associate professor of architecture, was censured in July on similar premises. Mahesh Visvanathan, a courtesy assistant professor in the department of electrical engineering and computer sciences, was
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censured for plagiarism in October along with Gerald Lushington, a courtesy associate professor in the department of medicinal chemistry.
"The events that precipitated the cureses are rare occurrences that simply happened to occur within a short time frame," said Mary Lee Hummert, University vice provost.
Hummert said the University's public censures have always been published in the University's newsletter. All four censures were an-
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"We try to do preventative education, and when something does occur, we are here to help students make good choices," said Jo Hardesty, a managing attorney and the office's director since 1987.
The office began in 1979 as a campaign promise by then student body president Steve Leben, who now serves as a judge on the state's
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Punded through a student fee of less than $11 per person, the office does not charge additional fees for its services, which are provided by attorneys and law students under attorney supervision. The office assists many students in settling disputes with their landlords.
Court of Appeals.
"A lot of people don't know what landlords are required to provide," Hardesty said. The office sees cases in which students are living with perpetual health and safety code violations, such as electrical problems and malfunctioning fire extinguishers, that go unattended by landlords. The office helps students report any violations to the city and represents them in court if needed. Oftentimes these issues
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Alyssa Boone, a third-year law student from Wichita, works as an intern in the office and has first-hand experience with the advice that the office gives. Two years ago, an apartment leak caused property damage and she disputed the lease she had signed.
"I came and talked to one of the attorneys here, and he showed me how I can hold the landlord accountable for sub-standard conditions," Boone said. "He gave me an objective perspective about the legal context of what I was going
create security deposit refund disputes between tenant and landlord, which the office also deals with.
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