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DESPITE 'STALE' PERFORMANCE KANSAS DEFEATS JACKSON STATE A duo of three-pointers from sophomore guard Tyrel Reed push the Jayhawks forward to an 86-62 victory against the Tigers. FOOTBALL |1B
JAYHAWKS FAIL TO DROP BAD HABITS LOSE AGAINST MARQUETTE 67-57
Kansas' lack of second-half energy causes a six-point halftime lead to slip away. The Jayhawks were plagued by a season-high 28 turnovers in the losing effort. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | 6B
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8,2008
WWW.KANSAN.COM
VOLUME120 ISSUE 75
UNLICENSED
A T-SHIRT TALE
Larry Sinks, owner of the JoeCollege.com T-shirt company, is embroiled in an ongoing legal battle with the KU Athletics Department. In July, a jury ordered Sinks to pay more than $127,000 in a copyright infringement suit filed by the University. Sinks, who says he has spent more than $350,000 in legal fees, says he believes that the University is unfairly targeting him.
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Meet Larry Sinks, the man behind JoeCollege.com and its controversial T-shirts
BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
His glass on the bar is nearly empty. It held Miller Lite. But that's gone and half-melted ice is all that's left. It's only 10 p.m. and Kid Rock is playing on the jukebox and he has more stories to tell. Of course, his glass is empty.
Larry Sinks orders another drink. Miller Lite on the rocks.
"It's all I drink," he says.
He leans back in his chair and takes a drink.
Larry Sinks is living.
"This is my favorite Kid Rock song," he says. He's partied with Kid Rock. He's sipped on Miller Lites with him. He's got the pictures to prove it. He was there when the American Badass punched a DJ in the face. Guy didn't want to play Kid Rock, Sinks says.
"You don't believe me, do you?" Sinks says, as he drops a few more ice cubes into his beer. He leans back from the bar and crosses his arm against his chest. It's time for another story.
He sits here in this dimly lit bar in West Lawrence — a place where locals play pool and old friends reminisce about better days.
He orders another drink. Because each Miller Lite means another story. Another opportunity to lean across the bar to one of his best friends, Jamie Woolard, and tell one more incredible tale about a dinner with Muhammad Ali, or a backstage visit with Hank Williams Jr., or a wedding proposal on the set of "NYPD Blue."
"We have a motto," Woolard says, sitting next to Sinks. "We never let any opportunity pass us by."
The man with the Miller Lite in front of him has spent a lifetime saying yes to grand adventures. But the man with the Miller Lite in front of him has spent the past two years saying no to the University of Kansas.
Sinks' T-shirt company, JoeCollege.com, 734 Massachusetts St., has been mired in a two and-a-half year legal battle with the University and the Athletics Department over T-shirts.
SEE JOE COLLEGE ON PAGE 3A
LAWRENCE
Citizens squawk over animal laws
Graduate students with concerns about vague laws regarding the raising of live fowl within Lawrence spoke at the city commission meeting Tuesday. The commission debated the laws regarding chickens and domestic hedgehogs
for about an hour and heard testimony from Lawrence groups such as CLUCK, the Coalition of Lawrence Urban Chicken Keepers.
FINANCE
$1.2 million grant lets museum expand its teaching capabilities
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A grant awarded to the Spencer Museum of Art is helping to infuse more teaching curriculums with art. Teachers, students
and researchers will all benefit from the award.
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SAFETY
Officials encourage students to stay safe as semester closes
Safety seems like the last thing on students minds during finals week and right before the holidays. But several safety services on and off campus are expressing
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