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SUNFLOWER SHOWDOWN
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Kansas and Kansas State will meet for the 104th time at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium.The Wildcats last came to Lawrence in 2004, when the Jayhawks were victorious for the first time in 11 years, 31-28.
STATE RIVALRY RUNS DEEP
KU vs. K-State match-up to be anything but'just another game'
BY RYAN SCHNEIDER
When it comes to football, the Sunflower State is certainly shaded a deep purple.
Until 2004, 11 straight Kansas State victories made sure of that.
But the layhawks' victory two years ago seemed to revive a once-dormant rivalry. While it didn't exactly color the state crimson and blue, it at least showed that Kansas was capable of supporting two good football teams.
Now, football fans across the state have finally gotten what they wanted — a game that actually means something.
Winning seasons. Bowl bids. Bragging rights. Those and a whole lot of talk have led up to one of the most important meetings between the Jayhawks and Wildcats in quite a long time.
"It's not just a game at the end of the season were just playing to play," Kansas football coach Mark Mangino said.
The talk comes to an end 2:30 p.m. Saturday, when the teams take the field at a sold-out Memorial Stadium. The game will also be televised on FSN.
Kansas' season seemingly rides on the outcome. A victory and the jayhawks are bowl eligible for the second straight season, with a chance for a winning season. A loss and Kansas' bowl chances are all but gone. Another holiday season spent at home.
It's not as if Mangino had to remind his team of the opponent this week. Using one day during last week's bye-week to begin preparations for the game got the message across.
"I think the kids are well aware that we are playing our in-state rival," Mangino said. "We don't make a big deal about that. Our emphasis is on winning and getting better."
The Jayhawks have improved in their last two games, both victories.
A healthy quarterback and defense that seems to have learned from its mistakes early in the season have contributed to the team's recent success.
62-36-5
62-36-5 Kansas' all-time record against Kansas State
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Current Jayhawks are from the state of Kansas
2004
2004 Kansas' last victory against K-State
39-8
The average score of the game in the last 12 years, in favor of the Wildcats
But when it comes to rivalry games, you can throw out any talk of streaks or recent success. Anything can happen.
The game has deeper, more personal connections than just the intra-state rivalry.
"People like to say that it is just another game, but it isn't," junior fullback and Lawrence native Brandon McAnderson said. "You have that feeling of getting to go against your in-state rival and it is going to be fun."
Mangino served as an assistant coach at K-State in the early 1990s under Bill Snyder. Kansas State coach Ron Prince grew up in the shadow of Manhattan, attending high school in Junction City. But
That victory shines an even bigger spotlight on game that Prince, a lifelong Wildcat fan, has been waiting to coach in.
"This is a game that has been marked on our schedule all year long," Prince said. "It doesn't take a whole lot to know - if you're from this area or on this team - the kind of significance that is going to be paid to the game."
the first-year coach has brought the Wildcats back to the national spotlight with their victory against No. 4 Texas last weekend in Manhattan.
Kansan senior sportswriter Ryan Schneider can be contacted at rschneider@kansan.com.
Edited by Elyse Weidner
BOARD OF REGENTS
Cost of repairs adding up
Legislature to hear arguments for money
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
TOPEKA — Universities in the state of Kansas need money for deferred maintenance.
A lot of money.
At least, that's what the Board of Regents will be arguing to the State Legislature this year.
The Kansas Board of Regents on Thursday made public a report of state university deferred maintenance. The report was originally conducted in Fall 2004 and updated this past summer. The update revealed a backlog of $727 million and a total ongoing maintenance bill of $84 million annually to repair 567 state university buildings.
The University of Kansas alone needs $209 million to repair damage to buildings on the Lawrence campus. The University of Kansas Medical Center needs more than $75 million for repairs.
Two out of three state-owned buildings are on university campuses. Of those buildings, 80 percent are at least 20 years old, out of date and in need of maintenance.
"We've got to do something about this," Shank said. "Somehow, we have to step forward, the legislature needs to step forward and the governor needs to step forward to take care of this."
Regents members and university presidents all agreed that this was a serious issue that needed to be dealt with. Regent Donna Shank said the regents needed to do everything they could to ensure the backlog was reduced.
Total Deferred Costs
institution
Kansas State University $254,064,267
The University of Kansas 209.097.109
The University of Kansas Medical Center 75.584.903
Wichita State University 44,118,750
Emporia State University 44,696,252
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said the maintenance of campus buildings was important in recruiting faculty to the University because they paid attention to the state of the buildings they'd be teaching in. Hememway added that it was "constructive in a
The state of Kansas allocated $15 million to address deferred maintenance for the six state universities in 2007.
Pittsburg State University
58,556,446
Regents President and CEO Reggie Robinson, who presented the report, said it was important to deal with the deferred maintenance to meet the needs of the 90,000 students at Kansas universities preparing to enter the job market.
Fort Hays State University
40,872,050
Total: $726,989,777
Source: www.kansasregents.org
way" that the microburst last March caused so much damage and caught the public's attention.
"We had to have a natural disaster for people to realize there was a need that needed to be addressed," he said. "People responded well. I'd like to see the same urgency for deferred maintenance."
The Board of Regents will work closely with Governor Kathleen Sebelius to "encourage her to make a down payment" on deferred maintenance for the state's budget in 2008, said Kip Peterson, director of government relations and communications for the Regents. The Kansas legislature will then decide if more funding will be allotted to state universities when the legislative sessions begin in January.
"Any additional or new funding on this is a step in the right direction." Peterson said. "The reality is the longer it's ignored, the more expensive it will be."
Kansan staff writer Jack Weinstein can be contacted at jweinstein@ kansan.com.
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Professor makes politics his life
BY DAVID LINHARDT
Colleagues know him as a prolific writer and a staple of the KU political science department. Reporters and politicians know him as a sharp political analyst who often utters the perfect quote on deadline.
However people may know him, Burdett Loomis, professor of political science, knows politics.
As a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, Loomis was used to local police regularly shooting tear gas at him and his fellow students during anti-war protest marches during the Vietnam War.
Loomis, who joined the political science faculty at the University in 1979, recalled walking to a library to study when the police tried to disrupt a student protest with tear gas. The haze floated across his path, and Loomis thought it was ironic that he got tear-gassed even while simply walking across campus.
Political drama, conventional wisdom and the day-to-day law of legislators — Loomis devours it from the moment he wakes up many mornings reading The New York Times to ending the night watching the evening news.
Readers of local newspapers, including The University Daily Kansan, the Lawrence Journal-World and The Kansas City Star, know Loomis as a regular prognosticator for political columns and articles.
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Hes' also weighed in on national politics in the New York Times, USA
Today and for a time as a commentator for National Public Radio.
Students said they came out of his classes always learning something new, and he is routinely cited as a top instructor by political science majors.
Loomis' office in Blake Hall has a magnificent view facing southern Lawrence. He forgoes the typical modern furniture in favor of Victorian chairs (including one that used to be his mother's) and sofas.
Brandon Bohning, Olathe senior; respected Loomis' constant outpouring of new writing and his ability to see through horse-race politics into the day-to-day workings of legislators.
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Burdett Loomis, professor of political science, sits in a Victorian chair Wednesday in his office at Blake Hall. Loomis is often a source for local and national publications regarding politics.
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