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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20. 2005
Oklahoma City, 10 years later
NATION
OKLAHOMA CITY — Children who lost their parents in the Oklahoma City bombing recited the names of the dead, and mourners gently laid bouquets on empty chairs symbolizing each victim yesterday as they observed the 10th anniversary of the nation's worst act of domestic terrorism.
In a church that served as a temporary morgue after the blast, more than 1,600 people remembered those who died with 168 seconds of silence starting at 9:02 a.m., the moment that the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building collapsed into a heap of desks, concrete, and bodies on April 19, 1995.
They also honored the survivors, the rescues and the
endurance of a damaged city that former President Clinton said "made us all Americans again."
"Oklahoma City changed us all. It broke our hearts and lifted our spirits and brought us together," said Clinton, who was in office on the sunny morning that Timothy McVeigh brought his bomb and hatred for the government to the city in a Ryder truck.
McVeigh was convicted of federal conspiracy and murder charges and executed on June 11,2001. Conspirator Terry Nichols is serving multiple life sentences after being convicted in federal and state court.
The Associated Press
Across the street at the Oklahoma City National Memorial, in the grassy field where the building once stood, 168 empty chairs were a solemn reminder of the carnage of a decade earlier.
Rundle
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After the announcement, Rundle said he was touched by people's positive responses. But one thing still weighed on his mind.
not a secret and I'm not ashamed." Rundle said.
Though he told other family members, Rundle hadn't told his father, stepmother or three of his seven siblings that he was gay before the announcement.
Last Friday, he sent an e-mail to most of his family members. He sent a letter to his father.
“It's given me a sort of buoyancy,” Rundle said. “After having worked through all the identity issues, I thought I was sort of flying free. But I didn't realize how much bigger flying free was.”
"He's behind me all the way," Rundle said.
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Pope
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But not every student thought the pope's old age was the biggest surprise.
Ashley Johnson, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, said she was surprised that the Cardinals had elected a German to be pope. She said she thought they would give the pope's seat back to an Italian Cardinal.
Bryan Witry, Milwaukee junior, also was surprised that a 78 year old was elected pope, but he said he was not surprised Ratzinger was elected because he served as Pope John Paul II's right-hand man. Since 1981, Benedict XVI served as John Paul II's head of the congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Krische was surprised by the selection of an old pope, but he said Benedict XVI was in good health and good shape.
He said he considered Ratzinger to be next in line for hope because it was like the president- vice president situation.
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Virtual
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The company recently paid between an estimated $300 million and $500 million to gain exclusive rights to NFL licensing, according to espn.com. EA Sports also has exclusive licensing deals for its NASCAR, soccer and golf games.
Pro athletes have the option to prohibit video games from using their identities. San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds is not in a single baseball video game because he refuses to license his name.
Bonds has said he was not participating in Major League Baseball's group licensing agreement because he has been exploited and portrayed negatively in the past.
"I was raised to protect my family, keep my mouth shut and stay quiet," Bonds said in a recent press conference, according to his Web site, barrybonds.com. "I saw some of the things my dad went through personally, being so outgoing and doing things, and suddenly people turned their backs on him, and messed him over and all that stuff. That wasn't something I wanted in my life."
Despite Bonds' feelings, EA Sports had to do something to fill the role of one of the most recognizable players in baseball. In an effort to create a player who looked nothing like him, EA Sports used a strong, home run-hitting white player in "MVP Baseball 2004."
For its college games, EA Sports creates college players on a random basis. Davis said.
"EA has around 200 general public faces and body builds that are randomly generated," Davis said. "It spits out whatever it spits out, and there is a very generic element to the college individuals."
"The rules are designed to protect our student athletes."
Not every player in the college video games looks like he does in real life, but for the most part the players are similar.
Davis said it was becoming more of a challenge to prohibit, though, because EA graphics were so advanced that it was difficult to differentiate between an actual NCAA game and a video game.
Players across the countrv disagree.
"The rules are designed to protect our student athletes," he said. "We haven't changed anything yet, because we made it very clear that you shouldn't be able to recognize the personalities through appearances, and so far that hasn't happened."
For example, in "March Madness 2003," Kansas' starting power forward with the number 42, who was supposed to be Jeff Graves, was white. In this year's version, every Jayhawk's weight, height and skin color is similar to his actual appearance.
The NCAA has not received any individual complaints about video games violating the rights of student athletes. Davis said.
When video games began creating college games, NCAA bylaws clearly stated that game producers were not allowed to use student names or likenesses. The use of jersey numbers is allowed because they are technically property of the University.
Change in sight?
Former college athletes such as Michigan State's Mateen Cleaves and Syracuse's Carmelo Anthony have said they wanted a piece of their college memorabilia earnings, according to espn.com.
Peter Davis NCAA director of alliances
Last yea; Kansas senior guard Keith Langford wrote a newspaper column saying he wanted part of the action.
“If a school makes money off a player's jersey, he or she should get a cut of it,” Langford wrote in The University Daily Kansan. “No one is asking for an extra couple thousand dollars, but at damn-near a quarter million dollars in revenue being made, 16 people can't get a little extra allowance?”
But payment is out of the question until student athletes' likenesses are so realistic that, in effect, EA Sports would be breaking the licensing regulations by using them. Davis said.
Even Moody, who said he loved watching people use him in the game, said players should be getting money from video game companies.
"That will only change when you can tell exactly who each player is, like in pro games," he said. "That may be 10 years off. It could be two days off for all I know."
Simien thinks that day is coming. He said that changing the appearance of a few individuals means nothing, and that video games should change all athletes' appearances if they don't have permission to use their likenesses.
"On one hand it's nice to see people wearing your jersey or seeing yourself in a video game," Simien said. "On the other hand, it would certainly be nice to get a little money for it."s
Heard in the Fieldhouse
Opinions differ on student athletes' lack of compensation for the use of their likenesses in college sports video games.
"Whether players should get money is one of those things that can be debated until the end of time."
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Bill Self Kansas men's basketball coach
"That's borderline stealing. If you can just type in the player's name, then it's right up there with Napster, if you ask me."
Wayne Simien
Senior forward
"The money that KU gets is used to fund scholarships for students, and I think that's a positive that comes out of this."
Jim Marchiony Associate athletics director for external affairs
"I'm not very upset about it. I actually think being in a video game is cool, but I'm definitely siding with Wayne. It would be nice to get paid."
Christian Moody Junior forward
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