what we heard "The fans have spoken."
—Red Sox representative Charles Steinberg about the choice for the title of a documentary about the team, Still, We Believe off the bench
2B the university daily kansan
wednesday, april 7, 2004
BASEBALL
St. Louis Cardinals among top donors to Bush campaign
ST.LOUIS — Some of President Bush's best campaign donors are the owners of the St. Louis Cardinals, who hosted the president for the club's opening game against Milwaukee.
Owner William O. DeWitt Jr., has raised at least $200,000 from other contributors for the president's re-election campaign.
At least 13 Cardinals owners have given at least $2,000 a piece to Bush's current campaign, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Since 2001, they have contributed at least $743,000 to various GOP candidates and committees, Dwight Morris & Associates told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
But not all of the Cardinals owners are Bush backers.
Since 2001, according to the Morris firm, various Democrats have received more than $18,000 from Michael E. Pulitzer, chairman of Pulitzer Inc., and his wife.
"From start to finish, we did not endorse anything to politicize this event," said Cardinals President Mark Lamping.
The Associated Press
In match of starting pitchers Rockies win season opener
PHOENIX -- Randy Johnson was good, but Shawn Estes was much better, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 6-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the season opener yesterday.
Estes allowed two hits in seven innings, Charles Johnson hit a two-run homer off The Big Unit and the Rockies won on opening day for the first time in three years.
Todd Helton was 4-for-4 with a double and scored a run for Colorado.
Johnson hit 97 mph on the radar gun, but threw 114 pitches in six innings, allowing three runs on six hits. He struck out six, walked three and hit a batter.
Arizona's Luis Gonzalez hit two solo home runs, and Colorado's Luis Gonzalez hit a two-run shot in his major league debut.
Estes, who struck out three and walked two, retired 14 of the first 16 batters he faced. Johnson, coming off a 6-8 season interrupted by surgery on his right knee, pitched on opening day for the 12th time, and sixth in a row.
- The Associated Press
Digging in the sand
Brent Carter/Kansan
Nick Borreson, Stillwater, Minn., sophomore, tried to dig a serve yesterday on the sand volleyball courts near Robinson Center. Borreson and other students worked on their fundamentals during a sand volleyball class. "It's one of my favorite sports and I took this class last spring and I really enjoyed it," Borreson said.
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I saw Wayne Simien on campus today. He is a great guy, I hope he comes back and plays another year of basketball here at KU.
This National Championship sucks. I have seen more entertaining games at the Rec Center.
The hot track girls fascinate me.
Tanning is perfectly healthy. Ask Bill Self.
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Lawyer wants Colorado school officials kept quiet
The Associated Press
DENVER — Attorneys for a woman who says she was raped by University of Colorado football players or recruits want school officials barred from making public statements about her lawsuit that could affect a fair trial.
Lisa Simpson's lawyers say a gag order also would help prevent future leaks of confidential material and protect the identities of other alleged rape victims, according to briefs filed Friday and made available Monday in U.S. District Court.
University lawyers don't oppose a gag order, as long as
we've tried to respect a balance. There are numerous occasions related to other issues where our lawyers could envision us needing to speak publicly."
Michele Ames
Colorado University spokøswoman
they're allowed to defend university officials or others involved in the case against disparaging public allegations.
to Magistrate Craig Shaffer, who is considering a gag order in Simpson's case.
Her lawsuit, which alleges she was sexually assaulted by players or recruits during an off-campus party in December 2001, sparked the CU football recruiting scandal.
Both sides made their requests
Simpson has agreed to have her name used in media reports.
Shaffer refused to sanction the university in March, after excepts from Simpson's diary showed up in several local newspapers. Shafter said it was unclear who distributed the excerpts, which were redacted in documents released to the public, but agreed to consider a gag order.
Both sides asked that the gag order not apply to the independent
commission investigating the university's recruiting practices. The panel, assembled by the CU Board of Regents, should be allowed to review documents and take testimony from people that may fall under the gag order, the briefs said.
However, the identities of alleged rape victims referenced in court documents or who testify before the commission should be protected, Simpson's brief said.
The university's court brief asked that a gag order list specific people it would apply to, because the school could not control statements made by students, faculty or others not directly involved in the case.
School attorneys also requested that settlement talks, potential
witnesses and issues related specifically to Simpson's lawsuit not be discussed publicly by anyone directly involved in the case.
The brief noted that information related to the lawsuit also could pertain to CU recruiting policy changes, the commission's investigation or other related issues that should not be subject to the gag order.
"We've tried to respect a balance," university spokeswoman Michele Ames said Monday. "There are numerous occasions, related to other issues, where our lawyers could envision us needing to speak publicly."
Simpson's attorneys also asked that anyone directly involved in the case be barred from granting interviews or making statements that could affect the outcome of a trail
"We support a strong enforceable gag order that applies to all parties that prevents the press conferences and talk show appearances that have characterized the last two months," Simpson's spokeswoman Lisa Simon said in a statement Monday.
Two other women have filed lawsuits against the university alleging they also were raped by athletes during or after the off-campus party.
The suits accuse CU of fostering a hostile environment for women in violation of federal laws guaranteeing equal access to education.
No criminal sex assault charges have been filed.
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