CORNISH HEADS TO CFL
After not being drafted by NFL teams this weekend, running back Jon Cornish has
reportedly signed with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Rush enters draft, return unlikely
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
Brandon Rush dipped his toe into an already crowded NBA Draft pool on Friday.
change his mind as he filled out the
Rush, a sophomore guard, has been steadily slipping in the predraft projections as dozens of other underclassmen have entered what is being called the best draft class in years. But that wasn't enough to
paperwork and declared himself eligible before leaving for a weekend vacation.
While Rush can still return to the team by withdrawing from the
Rush
draft before June 18, coach Bill Self isn't expecting that.
"The team we have returning now is our team," he said. "Anything else would be a bonus."
The Jayhawks are unlikely to add another scholarship player to the team for next year, as almost all of the elite players have already committed to various schools.
Self had advised Rush to wait and
see how many other players would enter the draft. On Wednesday, the two met for most of the afternoon, with Self laying out pages of information for Rush about how NBA scouts saw him and what he could gain by staying or leaving.
At the end of the meeting, Rush told his coach that he was probably
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》 SINK OR SWIM?
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Jason Neal, Monett, Mo. senior, Becky Anderson, Meriden junior, Emily Robbins, Overbrook sophomore, and Colby Farlow, Tecumseh junior, try to keep afloat in their concrete canoe Saturday afternoon at Lone Star Lake, southwest of Lawrence. The concrete canoe contest was part of the 2007 American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Continent Regional Conference. Neal, captain of the KU concrete canoe team, said the team has been working on designing and constructing their canoe since September.
BY NATHAN GILL
Engineers test concrete canoes in races at local lake
Three winded KU engineers paddled hard against the tranquil waters of Lone Star Lake on Saturday. Though racing against the clock and other boats, they were content in the simple fact that their concrete canoe stayed afloat on its maiden voyage.
Eleven teams of engineers raced canoes on Lone Star Lake, located southwest of Lawrence, as part of the 2007 American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Continent Regional Conference. The conference was a three-day event with 10 engineering competitions. Teams from 11 regional universities entered the concrete canoe contest, which saw them design, build and race their ships according to an extensive rule book.
"We just have to make it less dense than the water so it floats," said Emily Robbins, Overbrook sophomore, and one of seven members of the KU team.
Robbins said her team canoe, a 20-foot, 250-pound boat named the Koncrete Uproar, was able to remain allot because it wasn't made of normal concrete. Instead of rocks and
pebbles, the concrete mix included glass pellets' and latex, which made the canoe lighter, more flexible and less permeable by water.
Jason Neal, KU team captain and Monett, Mo., senior, said that to compete in the day's races teams had to first pass a dunk test to make sure the canoes wouldn't line the bottom of the lake if capsized. After passing the dunk test, the teams competed in five races of speed and endurance, trying to paddle through buoys and straight-aways without tipping their canoes.
He attributed the overturn to rough paddling and a sharp turn, which sloshed water into the back of the canoe. The weight caused the canoe to dip into the water, causing the rowers to abandon ship and leave it bobbing just below the lake's surface.
"That water is really cold. We don't want to go in it," Neal said about a half-hour before he and two others overturned Koncrete Uproar and had to swim it back to shore.
“You never know how it’s going to act until it gets in the water” Neal said.
Participation in a technical writing competition was a required part of the competition.
The teams were judged on the aesthetics of the boat, racing performance and a presentation of their canoe and design to judges.
According to unofficial results, the KU team finished ninth out of 11 teams. The winning team would be eligible to compete in the National Concrete Canoe Competition in June in Seattle. However, Becky Anderson, Meriden junior and team spokeswoman, said the competition
was more about fun than winning.
"We wanted to get the canoe to look the best that it could, and when it came to rowing it we just wanted to have fun," Anderson said.
Kansan staff writer Nathan Gill can be contacted at ngll@kansan. com.
— Edited by Ryan Schneider
The KU concrete canoe队 pulls its canoe to shore after losing a race Saturday afternoon. One fan's cheers could be heard above the rest. "At least you didn't sink!"
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GREEK LIFE AWARDS
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Panhellenic Association vice president of interfraternal relations, Julie Niggle, and Interfraternal Council vice president for interfraternal relations, Ryan Lonergan, give opening comments at Sunday night's 18th annual IFC and Panhellenic Awards Night at the Lied Center. Chapters and individuals were presented with awards for their work this past year.
Houses recognized for grades,service
BY KATY BLAIR
The Lied Center was filled Sunday evening for the 18th annual Interfraternal Council and Panhellenic awards ceremony.
lence in various categories.
KU fraternities and sororites were rewarded for their excel-
"It's an awesome way for our students to be recognized for their accomplishments in the Greek communities," said Angela King, assistant director
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MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER
BY DANAE DESHAZER
Buddhist author reveals benefits of meditation
Unlock happiness
Tibetan Buddhist author Mingyur Rinpoche said that through the recognition of self-perception and its negative effects, anyone could liberate themselves from suffering and unlock the secrets of happiness. He spoke at a free lecture Friday night in the Kansas Union.
The lecture, which discussed the
subject of his book, "The Joy of Living; Unlocking the Science and Secret of Happiness," was sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies.
He began the lecture in Tibetan, just so the audience could "hear what it sounded like." However, after a minute of Tibetan, Rinpoche
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》 CAMPUS SAFETY
Officials respond to bomb threat discovered in employee's e-mail
University of Kansas officials responded to a bomb threat Friday afternoon by issuing a public safety notice to all University students, staff and visitors.
In the public safety notice e-mail, Ralph Oliver, director of public safety, said the non-specific threat alleged four pipe bombs were placed either on or around campus.
University employee at 6:10 a.m.
Friday and was opened by the
employee at 1:57 p.m.The employee then contacted the Public Safety office, which e-mailed the safety notice to University students and staff.
The threat was e-mailed to a
Campus remained open for the remainder of Friday afternoon and no buildings were evacuated.
Nate McGinnis
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