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THE UNIVERSITY JAMY KANSAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2008
ATHLETICS
Coaches switch up pregame ritual in Allen Fieldhouse National anthem to begin once pregame clock ticks down to zero
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
The men's basketball pregame ritual in Allen Fieldhouse looks a little different this year.
Big 12 coaches voted before the season to change the starting time of the national anthem. The anthem, which has traditionally begun when 12 minutes remain on the pregame clock, will now begin when the clock hits zero.
In past years, some teams remained for the anthem while others left the floor. Coaches voted to change the time of the anthem so that both teams would be on the floor to participate.
"It used to keep building all the way 'til tipoff, but now we have to calm back down for the anthem."
"The coaches recommended it unanimously," said Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director.
But while the coaches like the move, several KU fans do not. The KU Alma Mater and Rock Chalk chant used to follow the anthem as part of the build-up for tipoff. Now the Alma Mater starts at the 12-minute mark when the teams leave the floor.
used to keep building all the way 'til tipoff, but now we have to calm back down for the anthem. It makes no sense."
When the horn sounds at the 12-minute mark, PA announcer Eric Danielson tells fans to join in with the singing of the Alma Mater. The Rock Chalk Chant follows, as do the rest of the traditional cheers and songs leading up to tipoff. Another small change to the pregame routine
"It's stupid," said Doug Tetrault, Herndon, Va., senior. "There's no build-up at all. It
DOUG TETREAULT
Herndon, Va., senior
is the cheer led by the cheerleaders after the Rock Chalk Chant. The chant used to be "Rock... C h a i l k . . . Jay... Hawk... Go... K.. U... Wooooo!" Now the chant is "Rock Chalk... Jawhawk!"
Once the clock hits zero, the inthem is played before the introduction of the starting lineups.
"I think it was great how they had it before," said Sam Zerger, Wichita junior. "Honor your country straight into honoring your University; then into honoring your team. I'm sure the students won't have a problem getting amped back up, but why not just have it flow like it has in years past?"
— Edited by Andy Greenhaw
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In an act of solidarity, of Vincent Romero's funeral service, create a barrier around the hearse to block media cameras as Romero's casket is carried from St. John the Baptist in St. John, Arnes, on Monday morning. Romero's son has been charged in the death of his father and another man in their home earlier this week.
CRIME
8-year-old allegedly shoots his father
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ST. JOHNS, Ariz. — Hundreds of mourners packed a funeral Monday for a man allegedly shot to death by his 8-year-old son, while friends and neighbors disputed any suggestion the boy had been abused by his father.
They painted a picture of Vincent Romero as a caring father who seemed to be doing all he could raise a polite and respectful boy.
"They were always together doing things as a family, fishing, hunting," Carlos Diaz, a cousin of
Romero's current wife, said after the funeral Mass at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
About 600 people filled the rural Arizona church in this town of about 4,000. People who could not get in crowded around an open door or sat on chairs set up outside. Romero, an avid hunter, was in a casket with a camouflage lid.
Romero, a 29-year-old employee of a construction company, was shot with a .22-caliber rifle last Wednesday along with Timothy Romans, a 39-year-old man who rented a room in his house.
Police said Romero's son planned and methodically carried out the killings, and confessed. Authorities would not discuss specifics of the confession. The boy has been charged with two counts of murder.
Police Chief Roy Melnick said over the weekend that police were looking into whether the boy might have been abused. He would not say who might be under scrutiny. The police department said in a statement Monday that a court had issued an order prohibiting the release of any further information about the case.
Prosecutors said that there was no record of any complaints filed about the boy with Arizona Child Protective Services and that the youngster had no disciplinary record at school.
Romero had full custody of the child. The boy's mother is in Mississippi, according to officials. Police said the boy's stepmother was not home at the time of the shooting.
The boy's attorney complained that police questioned the third-grader without representation from a parent or attorney and did not advise him of his rights.
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