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Jim Haines, CEO of Westar Energy, spoke yesterday on business ethics. He stressed the importance of good decision making. PAGE 3A
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It was a difficult season last year, and the offseason was full of changes. Today, women's hoops takes to the court.PAGE 1B
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2004
VOL.115 ISSUE 57
Soccer wins in bracket
Kansas receives eighth seed, to host first three rounds of tournament
BY KELLIE ROBINETT
krobinett@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRIVER
A suite in Memorial Stadium was full of smiling faces yesterday as the Kansas women's soccer team watched ESPN News unveil the 2004 College Cup Bracket.
The Jayhawks learned they had received the eighth overall seed in the 64-team tournament and would play Creighton, a team they defeated 6-1 in an exhibition game earlier this year, in the first round.
The news got even better when it was announced that Kansas would host the first three rounds of the tournament.
"Hosting is a big advantage," said senior goalkeeper Meghan Miller.
"Anytime you can play in front of your home fans, it's amazing."
The Jayhawk Soccer Complex will host two games Friday, with Nebraska and Oral Roberts playing in the other match-up. Nebraska defeats.
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Kansas 1-0 in both school's conference opener.
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If everything falls correctly, Kansas
If Kansas advances to the third round, its opponent will be either No. 9 seeded Texas A&M, Texas State, Illinois or Rice. Kansas defeated Texas A&M 1-0 but lost at Illinois by the same score.
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Coach Mark Francis said he would rather play teams he hadn't seen before, because emotions can take over in rematches. One player disagreed.
could end up with rematches in its first three games, a prospect on which the team had differing views.
"It's a lot easier to play a team that you've lost to," senior defender Stacy Leeper said. "We could end up playing Nebraska and then possibly Illinois. I think we'll have the advantage."
Members of this team aren't afraid of the Tar Heels, though, and said they would love to play the defending champions.
The only favor the selection committee didn't grant to Kansas was placing the tournament's No.1 seed, North Carolina, in the same region. The Tar Heels are undefeated for the season at 17-0-2 and have won the title 17 times. In last year's championship game, North Carolina defeated Connecticut 6-0, to finish with a perfect 27-0 record.
"We'd like to play UNC on the top of the bracket," said Leeper. "I had a feeling in class today we would end up with them. Hopefully, we can pull the upset."
If Kansas wants to achieve that goal, its full attention must first be turned to Fridav's game against Creighton.
Playing North Carolina would mean that Kansas makes the Elite Eight, which would be the deepest the team has advanced in the tournament in school history.
"You can't say anything about anyone past Creighton," said Francis. "If we don't beat them, our season is over."
Edited by Johanna M. Maska
Student still critical after fall
Two weeks after being flown to University of Kansas Medical Center, Sara Anne Driessel remains in critical condition.
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On Oct. 24, the Lenexa freshman was smoking on a roof at 1045 Tennessee St. when she fell, Sgt. Dan Ward, Lawrence Police Department, said.
A few days after the accident, the owner of the house, Misty Jones of Lake Quivira, was cited with an ordinance violation. The City of Lawrence requires that any raised surface higher than 30 inches must have a railing. The roof was accessible by a door.
Jones said earlier this month that she was making plans to change the door into a window.
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No fall colors?
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The trees on campus are not dropping the colorful leaves this year that they have in years past. The leaves in front of Gamna Phi Beta are mostly falling brown.
Stormy fall weather stunts yearly change in leaf coloration
This year's fall season didn't measure up to Martin's prediction that the wet summer would form a brilliant display of unusually bright leaves.
Martin said the summer rain made the trees lush and healthy, but the unusually heavy rain and cloud cover in September and October lowered the production of bright leaves and caused the leaves to fall prematurely.
"It's been a gorgeous fall. Don't get me wrong. I think the reds were not quite as spectacular, and it's because we've been having all this rain," Martin said.
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Martin said the cloudy days and heavy rain in the fall stiffed the already fading photosynthetic process. Cloudiness reduced the sunlight necessary for the leaves to photosynthesize, which produces sugar. The longer sugar photosynthesizes in the leaves, the brighter they will be.
bigger than will be Stephen Timme, Pittsburg State University professor of botany, said the heavy rain had also shortened the time that the leaves remained attached to the tree branches. He said the wind that often accompanied storms prematurely caused leaves to fall easily this year.
BY NATE KARLIN
editor@kansan.com
SPECIAL TO THE KANSAN
KU biology professor Craig Martin walks a mile and a half every day from his home to campus because he especially enjoys the fall season, when the brilliant red maple tree leaves blaze against the morning blue sky.
Martin said the premature detachment provided the trees with fewer nutrients.
Brutality charges don't surface
For example, a leaf that falls prematurely because the weather forced it to fall poses the risk that it will not resist the wind and stay on the ground decomposing next to the tree long enough for the roots to absorb the leaf's nutrients.
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Protesters complain they were abused when arrested, but no one plans to file charges. The point of the march, they say,was not police brutality, but Fallujah brutality. PAGE 3A
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Ethicist Michael Josephson lectures at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union last night. Speaking of his personal experience upon entering law school, he said, "I wanted to do good. I had read To Kill a Mockingbird; I wanted to be Atticus Fitch. But by the time I graduated, I wanted to do well."
Ethicist grills panel of leaders Panelists defend University
Ethicist Michael Josephson played devil's advocate last night as he mumeled a six-member panel of KU administrators, Kansas Board of Regents members and men's basketball coach Bill Self about the role of ethics at the University of Kansas.
By ROSS Fritch
fritch@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The panelists stayed on the defense as Josephson repeatedly asked them what KU officials could do to better instil ethics into the University system. He said those ethics were found in his six pillars of character: trust-worthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.
When asked whether parents should have the right to believe the University would put forth its best efforts to make their children better people. Hemenway said it was definitely a fair expectation.
Josephson asked Bill Docking, Regents member, what the University should be doing to increase the likelihood of implementing his six pillars.
"The University of Kansas is doing a first-rate job in this area," Docking said.
Robert Hemenway acknowledged that the University might not challenge students enough ethically, but assured that instilling value was part of the institution's mission.
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In fact, Docking gave the
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Galindo's bench time
Freshman Alex Galindo saw a lot of the bench during Sunday's exhibition game. Coach Bill Self said Galindo, who had a groin injury, needs more practice. PAGE 1B
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