MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 2004
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THRASH: 'Hawks end road woes against Tigers
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As others looked on, Fambrough embraced Green and spoke to him earnestly.
"He said he was proud of me," Green said. "He told me for four years to run hard and refuse to go down. That's what I did today."
Without a chance at a bowl game and with nothing to play for besides pride, the Jayhawks came out and wrecked what was left of the Tigers' season. Missouri began the afternoon with chances at both a bowl bid and the Big 12 North title.
By winning the game, Kansas also did something it had not done since 1989: Beat both its rivals, K-State and Missouri, in the same season.
The Jayhawks notched their first road conference victory under third-year coach mark Mangino.
"I've been part of a conference championship team as an assistant, a national championship team as an assistant, but this ball club and this locker room will probably sit with me for a long time." Mangino said.
Powered by Green and fourthstring quarterback Brian Luke, the Jayhawks came out and dominated the Tigers. Luke went 24-of-36 with a touchdown, including stretches through the first and second quarters when he went seven-of-10 and seven-of-seven.
Starting for the first time in his career, he threw for 239 yards, 11 more than he had thrown up to that point on the season. He poured it on a Missouri pass defense that had been ranked the best in the Big 12.
"Brian Luke is a young man who's had some tough plays here in his career," Mangino said.
I've been part of a conference cham-
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poinship as an assistant, a national championship team as an assistant, but this ball club and this locker room will probably sit with me for a long time."
Mark Mangino Kansas football coach
"He's a resilient young man, not to be denied. What an exhibition he put on out there."
The other story of the day was a dominating performance by the Kansas defense. All season, the
Missouri sophomore quarterback Brad Smith had no more success than those who came before him.
defense has kept the Jayhawks in games by stopping star players.
This is the second season in a row that Kansas has stopped the highly-touted Smith cold, but junior linebacker Nick Reid insists that the team does not know anything special about Smith.
"We approach every game the same," Reid said. "We try and stop the run every game. If we do that, we're going to have success, and we've been able to do that."
Reid and the defense managed to keep Smith from getting anywhere on the ground. He accumulated -41 yards, on the way to a team rushing total of -6. The Jayhawks hadn't held a team to negative rushing yardage since doing so against Kansas State in 1992.
Also starring on defense was
sophomore cornerback Charles Gordon. Gordon pulled in another interception to keep a share of the NCAA lead. He is tied with Chris Harris of Louisiana-Monroe for the lead, with seven.
"Our defense was outstanding today," Mangino said. "They made a lot of big plays."
Notes:
Senior wide receiver Brandon Rideau came up just two catches short of tying the all-time record for receptions at Kansas. Rideau had 131 catches in his Kansas career. Junior receiver Mark Simmons moved into fifth place.
Kansas had 19 interceptions this season, the most since the 1987 team, which had 23.
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BALL: Multicultural groups hope to increase attendance
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culturally, socially and politically.
"It's such a diverse school," Li, Overland Park junior, said. "Students get together because they're proud to show it."
Her organization has more than 45 active members. AASU
creates a home for students who can relate to each other, she said.
Jocelyn Weir was excited to participate in the dribble/lay-up drill contest. Members from each organization took the court during halftime.
Wehr represented Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity
with almost 20 members.
The Inspirational Gospel Chorus sang the national anthem and Unity, a hip-hop dance group, performed at halftime.
"The multicultural offices have access to students that we don't have access to," she said.
Contests and recognitions.
such as the halftime contest, are designed to keep organizations involved and increase game attendance. Lange said.
For its part, the Office of Multicultural Affairs just wants to show its support, said Robert Page, director of the office.
Page said more students
would attend women's games as the team improved.
The next Bonnie Ball game, on Dec. 8, will be Greek night with a performance from the STEP team, and Jan. 22 will be Spirit Night.
- Kansan staff writer Nikola Rowe contributed to this story.
RHODES:
Application process long
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French said she planned to work for a nonprofit group or public-interest think tank after her time at Oxford and eventually become a law school faculty member.
French said the application process, which began last April, had been time consuming. Even before she began the application process, she had to be nominated by a University committee, of which Lorenz was a member. She then had to apply for the scholarship and send an essay, cover letter, letters of recommendation and a résumé.
One of French's eight letters of recommendation came from Donald Worster, distinguished professor of history and French's mentor for the past three years. Worster said French had done research with him in the past and that she would be teaching a class with him in the spring about agriculture and world history. He said he was excited when he heard that French had been chosen as a Rhodes Scholar.
"She's probably just on cloud nine," Worster said.
DATE: Auction donations benefit bacterial meningitis survivor
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"She's much more attractive than I am," he said.
The date auction was organized and hosted by the Scholarship Hall Leadership Development Program. All the money raised will be donated to a fund supporting Andy Marso, a Pearson Scholarship Hall resident recovering from bacterial meningitis. Marso is a University of Kansas alumnus and former Kansan staff member.
More than 100 students packed the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union Saturday night. With bids starting at $10, 15 students, four of them in pairs, were auctioned off for a total of $1,720.
The amount of money students were willing to bid varied.
Nick Gill, Jola junior, said he did not set a limit.
Kevin Robertson, Pittsburg freshman, was a little more cautious with his money.
"I'll bid whatever it takes," he said.
I was glad to do anything ]
He said he had about $70, but was willing to give more if checks were accepted. He also had the pressure of deciding whom to bid for.
"I'm kind of dating someone," he said. "I'm supposed to bid on her, but I'm not required to."
Seth Weisbrook was the winning bidder for Bainum — sort of. A total of 12 people pooled together to win her, said Weisbrook, Columbia, Mo., junior. Weisbrook actually only put in $40.
could do to help Andy, he said.
Supporting Marso was the common theme at the auction.
"It's great they decided to do it for Andy." Unger said.
Unger said he and Andy were friends after coming to the
Matt Unger, St. Louis senior,
was the master of ceremonies for
the night. Over the past two
years, the Leadership
Development Program has
raised money for different organizations,
but this was special
because of its cause, he said.
University and the scholarship halls the same year.
The personal cause of the auction put a little more pressure than usual to raise money, but it was great to help out, he said.
"Even if I'm not bidding, I'm still helping to raise money for him," he said.
Though they enjoyed the bidding and the excitement of the runway, Boots and Bainum also said they mainly enjoyed helping Andy.
Marso was close to the scholarship hall community and it
was a lot of fun supporting him,
Boots said.
"It's exciting to do something for him," he said.
Dan Marso, St. Cloud sophomore and Andy's brother, attended the auction and said he thought it was amazing that people would put something like the auction together for one guy. Andy would have gotten a kick out of it. Dan said.
"It's nice people haven't forgotten about the stuff he's struggling with," he said.
-Edited by Ashley Bechard