what we heard "They made me feel like I've been here all year." Kansas City Royals leftfielder Rondell White who went 2-3 with fourRBIs in his first game after being traded to Kansas Citv.
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friday, august 29, 2003
KJHK radio lends its airtime to students to give experience
Tune your radio dial to KJHK.
Depending on the time of day, music or sports are carried through the airwaves entertaining University of Kansas students and the Lawrence community.
For 28 years, KJHK has served not only as a music station but as a laboratory for students searching for a career in sports broadcasting.
Because the station is a student-run operation, KJHK is important for gaining experience and working in a professional environment.
These positive aspects to the station were threatened when the School of Journalism could no longer financially support KJHK.
Gary Hawke, general manager of KJHK, was able to save the station by selling the idea of keeping KJHK a student-run operation to the Kansas and Burge Unions and therefore protecting its individuality.
The importance of the station goes far beyond the music it plays.
In the past, students wanting to pursue a career in play-by-play sports took a class taught by the well-known broadcaster and retired journalism faculty member, Tom Hedrick.
The school does not offer any class pertaining to play-by-play, which forced the KJHK sports staff to teach themselves the difficult task of painting a picture for listeners.
The sports staff has had to fight for airtime during the past couple of years and now secures a sports talk show every week night 6:15 p.m. to 7 p.m except for Friday when a show airs from the Kansas Union from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
More importantly, the students have the opportunity to engage in live play-by-play for football, baseball, softball, and men's and women's basketball.
In comparison to most colleges in the nation, KU students are privileged to have the opportunity to broadcast games in which they gain valuable experience when trying to enter the highly competitive market of sports radio.
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Jonah Ballow
jballow@kansan.com
Many former KU students are now sports broadcasters because of the hands-on experience earned through KIHK.
Brian Hanni, former KJHK sports director, earned various awards while at the station and now heads 1320 KLWN.
"I think it's critical for KJHK to keep its sports department and continue to broadcast the number of games it has in the past," Hanni said. "It's a great opportunity for aspiring sportcasters to hone their skills and now that Tom Hedrick's class is no longer available, it's about all that's left for play-by-plays guys at KU. A great tradition of producing top-notch sportcasters is at stake, I hope they make the right call."
The pursuit of keeping a student-run station is absolutely crucial for the University. The school does offer many classes that further students learning on the growing trend of convergence, but fails to offer an elective course for sports radio.
If the Union agrees to keep the station a student-run operation it will not only provide a great service for the community but for any student who pursues a career in radio.
It seems that everyday the University suffers some type of cutback due to lack of funding and budget problems.
With a strong partnership with the Kansas and Burge Unions, KJHK can keep giving students opportunities while carrying on the tradition of creating future sports broadcasters.
Ballow is a Lone Tree, Colo., senior in journalism.
I saw Moody the other day and I had this uncontrollable urge to go charging at him yelling moo.
now all of a sudden the entire credit of Mizzou is under questioning. Boo on Mizzou.
Don't you love that Ricky Clemons is an idiot making one mistake and
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What is up with the Sports Free For All and it not having any comments at all? Seriously people I have two words Ricky Clemons.
Does anybody else think that there is something wrong with the Jayhawk on the basketball court being bigger than the one on the football field? Think about it.
single off Erasmo Ramirez (3-1). Sweeney punched the ball up the middle to give Kansas City a three-game sweep and move the Royals back atop the AL Central by .0005 percentage points over the Chicago White Sox.
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Royals earn victory over Texas after rain delay, extra innings
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mike Sweeney singled in the winning run in the 11th inning to help Kansas City regain first place and overcome two homers by Alex Rodriguez in the Royals' 6-5 win last night over the Texas Rangers.
A-Rod's two solo shots tied him with Barry Bonds for the major league lead with 39 homers.
After Joe Randa led off the 11th with a
Sweeney is 4-for-7 in extra innings this season.
D. J. Carrasco (6-4) pitched two hitless innings for the win.
Randa hit a solo homer off Francisco Cordero with two outs in the eighth, extending his hitting streak to 11 games
and giving the Royals a 5-4 lead after Rodriguez's leadoff shot off Curtis Leskanic ignited Texas' four-run eighth.
But Rodriguez led on the ninth with a shot to right off Mike MacDougal, who blew his eighth save in 34 chances.
Royals' starter Paul Abbott shut out the Rangers through six innings, allowing only one hit as he tried for his first win in more than 16 months. He was replaced by Jeremy Affeldt after rain delayed the game for an hour and 42 minutes in the bottom of the sixth.
Missouri officials examine program
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri system President Elson Floyd said it was "imperative" for him to order an expanded probe of the men's basketball program on the Columbia campus after eight months of internal athletic department investigations because of recently publicized charges of academic cheating.
"The athletic department has been investigating a number of allegations over the past eight months," Floyd said in an interview with The Associated Press. "Not any allegations involving cheating, but just a whole array of issues that they've been looking at over that duration of time."
Floyd, who became president of the four-campus system last January, said he deferred to the athletic department's NCAA compliance office to run the investigation — until the ex-girlfriend of former basketball player Ricky Clemons said recently she saw him receiving improper help completing school assignments.
On Monday, Floyd handed leadership of the investigation to Michael Devaney, an electrical engineering professor and three-decade Columbia campus veteran who recently completed a one-year term chairing the Faculty Council.
"With the most recent academic allegations, it became imperative to have faculty engagement" in investigating the allegations by Jessica Bunge, Floyd said
Wednesday night.
Sarah Reesman, associate athletic director for compliance, said Thursday the department investigation began soon after Clemons was arrested Jan.16.
In Floyd's statement Monday evening announcing the expanded Devaney investigation of the entire men's basketball program, he indicated there had been a long-running probe by the athletic department: "Over the past eight months that office has focused on a series of alleged violations involving the basketball program."
Floyd declined to name the matters now under investigation, and Reesman said she couldn't comment.
Student Legislative Awareness Board
beginning of the year meeting Tuesday, Sept. 2 & Wednesday, Sept. 3 6:00 pm Pine Room, Kansas Union
Contact Blake Shuart:bas@ku.edu Nick Sterner:sterner@ku.edu
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