With a 6-6 overall record the football team's bowl hopes all but slipped away after the Missouri loss.
Want to remember the victory against Florida? Find a special commemorative poster inside. 3B&6B
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2006
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BUSINESS
Campus Coke machine prices to increase
BY NATE MCGINNIS
When students return from winter break this year, they will be greeted with a belated holiday gift. The price of Coke bottles in on-campus vending machines will have risen from $1 to $1.25.
The increase was decided by the Coke Partnership Committee, a group of University officials who oversee the presence of Coke products on-campus.
Horen said Coke prices had not
Melissa Horen, Overland Park senior and student body vice president, is a student representative serving on the Coke partnership committee that decided on the change.
risen on campus for seven to eight years and the committee wanted to make Coke prices comparable across campus.
Students are able to purchase Coke for $1 in the vending machine but are charged $1.19, not including tax, at an on-campus convenience stores, such as the Hawk Shop.
Horen said she was initially against the price increase, asking the committee to place Beak 'Em Bucks card readers on machines before raising prices.
Next semester Beak 'Em Buck card readers will be placed on the five most-used machines on campus for a trial run.
Quinton King, Virginia Beach,
Va., senior, said he typically bought two to three sodas when studying for several hours in the library. Despite the price increase, King said he was unlikely to purchase less soda on campus because vending machines were the most convenient.
"A quarter's really not that much more, it's the principle I guess they shouldn't change it," King said.
Emily Herold, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, said she seldom bought soda because it was unhealthy, but she would usually buy it from a vending machine because it was a better price than at a convenience store.
COURTS
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Date set for roof-falling trial
Family of student suing homeowner
BY DAVID LINHARDT
The trial date is Feb. 27, 2008.
A KU student's lawsuit will go to trial against homeowners from whose roof the student fell in October 2004.
Douglas County District Judge Robert Fairchild ruled last week that Sara Driessel and her family could proceed in a civil trial against David, Misti and Kyle Jones. Driessel fell Oct. 24, 2004, from the roof of a house the Joneses own at 1045 Tennessee St.
Driessel was a Lenexa freshman and McCollum Hall resident at the time of the accident. The fall crushed her right wrist, fractured her left leg and caused seven skull fractures. She tumbled from a roof three stories high and struck a second-floor window before hitting the ground. She had gone up on the roof to smoke a cigarette.
Driessel still cannot walk, talk or feed herself, according to court
filings. These documents also state that she requires around-the-clock care and continues to experience severe seizures. She has undergone numerous neurosurgeries after the head trauma her fall caused.
Neurosurgery left her brain with a massive infection and swelling on the right side. Court documents state Dr Dressel has accumulated more than $1.6 million in hospital bills.
The Driessel family and their attorney, Lee Hardee of Dezube Miller LLC in Overland Park, did not return calls for comment last week.
The City of Lawrence cited the Joneses for not having a railing around the accessible area of the roof of the Tennessee house after the accident. A private home inspector had not told the Joneses that they needed to install a railing.
The Driessels' lawsuit alleges the Jonesses were negligent in allowing people to live and socialize in a
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》 ARTS
'Mature'documentary features Phelps family
BY BEN SMITH
In a room filled with picket signs declaring "You're Going to Hell" and "God Killed Your Kids," about 30 members of the Westboro Baptist Church watched as images of themselves picking flickered across the screen.
"They were watching "Fall From Grace," an objective student-made documentary about the controversy surrounding Fred Phelps and his church's religious ideologies. The film will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Ryan Jones, Wichita senior and a film studies student, spent two years carrying a camera around the state, chasing after Phelps' followers who were carrying multicolored protest signs proclaiming "God Hates Fags" and other controversial messages. Jones filmed the group protesting on the KU campus and at the funerals of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq.
Jones recently submitted the documentary for consideration for the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The festival will announce which films are selected next week. An earlier version of the film won the KU Department of Theatre and Film's Tensie award for best student project of the 2005-2006 academic year.
It was Jones' goal to educate people about the congregation and try to help his audience better understand their situation.
"The knee-jerk response is to act out," Jones said. "I do not support their beliefs in any way, but I do support their right to say these things they believe."
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Vegas-style showdown
Wright helps 'Hawks win down-to-the-wire game
Julian Wright's career-high 21 points helped the Jayhawks defeat No. 1 Florida in the Las Vegas Invitational 82-80 in overtime.Wright was named the tournament MVP.
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PLAYERS-ONLY MEETING
The Jayhawks had an improptu meeting in their hotel hallway after a sub-par performance against Ball State. Check out more coverage on 1B.
TOURNAMENT MVP
Julian Wright was named the Las Vegas Invitational MVP after his performance against No.1 Florida. For more coverage of the tournament, check out page 1B.
REVISIT THE VICTORY
It's been almost 12 years since the Jayhawks beat a No. 1-ranked opponent. Pull out pages 3B and 6B in today's Kansan for a special poster commemorating the victory.
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