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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008
trivia of the dav
Q: What is the highest a Kansas football player has ever gone in the NFL Draft?
A: Fourth. In 1965, the Chicago Bears selected Gale Sayers with the fourth pick in the draft.
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fact of the day
It's been three years since a Jayhawk was drafted. Defensive end David McMillan was the last one in 2005. McMillan was drafted in the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns and is still on the team as a special teams player.
—Kansas football media guide
quote of the day
"They've been telling me to keep my head in it and whatever I go with, to go with it 100 percent. And to know that the league is a business and it's a man's league and it's not like college."
—Kansas offensive lineman Anthony Collin before declaring for the 2008 NHL Draft
on tv tonight
—Detroit at Philadelphia: NBA Playoffs, 6 p.m., ESPN2
NBA:
—New Orleans at Dallas:
NBA Playoffs, 8 p.m., ESPN
—San Antonio at Phoenix:
NBA Playoffs, 9:30 p.m., ESPN
MLB:
MIB:
—Toronto at Kansas City, 7 p.m., FSN
Arena Football:
—Kansas City at Grand Rapids, 6 p.m., MyTV
calendar
TODAY
Baseball vs. Oklahoma State, 6:30 p.m., Stillwater, Okla.
Women's golf, Big 12 Championships, All Day, Stillwater, Okla.
Men's golf, Big 12 Championships, All Day, Trinity, Texas
Track, Drake Relays, All Day, Des Moines, Iowa
Tennis, Big 12 Championships, All Day, College Station, Texas
SATURDAY
Rowing vs. Minnesota, 10:00 a.m. St. Paul, Minn.
Baseball vs. Oklahoma State, 2:00 p.m., Stillwater, Okla.
Softball vs. Oklahoma State, 2:00 p.m., Lawrence
Women's golf, Big 12 Championships, All Day, Stillwater, Okla.
Stillwater, OKla.
Men's golf, Big 12 Championships, All Day, Trinity, Texas
Track, Drake Relays, All Day, Des Moines, Iowa
Tennis, Big 12 Championships, All Day, College Station, Texas
SUNDAY
Baseball vs. Oklahoma State, 1 p.m., Stillwater, Okla.
Softball vs. Oklahoma State, 1 p.m., Lawrence Women's golf, Big 12 Championships, All Day Stillwater, Okla.
Men's golf, Big 12 Championships, All Day Trinity, Texas Track, Drake Relays, All Day, Des Moines, Iowa Tennis, Big 12 Championships, All Day, College Station, Texas
Nuggets'net
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Denver Nuggets guard Allen Iverson puts up a shot during the second half of Game 2 of a first-round NBA playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday in Los Angeles. The Lakers won 122-107.
OLYMPICS
Chinese government tightens security
BY TINI TRAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIJING — Foreigners report random ID checks. Police check on chemicals in school science labs. A music festival is postponed. With $3\frac{1}{2}$ months to go, China is ramping up its campaign to tighten security ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
Authorities are taking no chances that Beijing's moment in the international spotlight will be marred by protests or attacks. The pro-Tibet demonstrations that are dogging the Olympic torch on its world
Beijing's Public Security Bureau kicked offan "Olympic security" campaign this month that will run through October, saying "some
tour have only served to heighten the government's worries.
A municipal officer, top center, directs the demolition of a row of shops attached to an apartment block Thursday in Beijing. The shops, which were operating normally an hour earlier, were demolished with the help of dozens of security guarders and workers. City authorities are removing temporary and illegal buildings, and demolishing older apartments to make way for new complexes in the building to the Olympic Games.
random ID checks to visa restrictions that severely limit who can visit, live or work in China. Even public gatherings are suspect, with police ordering the cancellation of several major events, including a popular Beijing music festival in May.
Schools have been told some
"Given the failure to be prepared for what happened in Tibet, one should not be surprised by overreaction."
DAVID ZWEIG Director of the Center on China's Transnational Relations
unstable factors" could affect the August games.
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Twice in recent months, the government has accused Muslim separatists in the Xinjiang region of terror plots tied to the Olympics. Activist groups critical of China's human rights abuses and its rule over Tibet have pledged to try to disrupt the games.
"They certainly have reason to be worried," said David Zweig, director of the Center on China's Transnational Relations at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. "Given the failure to be prepared for what happened in Tibet, one should not be surprised by overreaction."
Broader measures range from
The Beijing campaign includes increased security checks at hotels, entertainment areas and rented homes, the security bureau's Web site said. Officials will also seek to control access to explosives and firearms, ensure the safety of gas and oil pipelines and crack down on crime.
been told some 250 chemicals are restricted for purchase between May 1 and Oct.17,said a senior official at a school in Beijing. Police recently inspected the school's boilers and demanded details on how chemicals are stored in science labs, the official said, requesting anonymity to avoid any official repercussions.
Staff at another school, the International School of Beijing, have been advised to carry identification documents and to be prepared for random breathalyzer tests on the street, communications director Lance Witte said.
For many foreigners, the biggest concern has been a tightening of visa requirements.In a country where control has long been paramount, China faces unprecedented challenges when an estimated half million visitors come to Beijing for the Olympics, along with 10,500 international athletes and 18,000 journalists.
"We have a weekly update on safety and security now because there's always something new," he said.
Travel agents in Hong Kong, a major gateway into China, reported early this month that the government visa office had declared multiple-entry business visas would
not be available from mid-April until mid-October. In the past, such visas were easily obtainable.
More rules came last week, including requirements for additional documentation for business visas and for hotel bookings and plane tickets for tourist visas.
Beijing residents are buzzing with complaints and tips on circumventing the rules. A popular site is The China Visa Blog, started by German businessman Juergen Weckherlin to
Internet forums for travelers and
ment."
Based in Hong Kong, Weckherlin says he needs to cross the border regularly to oversee factory work for his garment business.
"We can't plan when we go. Sometimes I have to go two or three times a week, especially during peak production time in May.
help navigate the new rules.
"This seems like a universal punishment."
JUERGEN WECKHERLIN German businessman
"I understand they want heightened security but this way is the completely wrong way to do it," said Weckherlin. "If they are afraid of troublemakers in whatever sense, they know how to stop them. This seems like a universal punish-
June and July," he said. If the difficulties aren't resolved fairly quickly, he expects businesses "will consider placing orders somewhere
else, like Vietnam."
Adding to the confusion has been China's continued insistence that no changes have been made to its visa policy. "We will continue to facilitate foreigners who want to come to China. This policy is consistent and has remained unchanged."
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Thursday.
Both the American and European chambers of commerce in Hong Kong sent urgent letters to the Chinese government last week, citing several cases of visa denials and raising concerns over the impact on businesses.
The visa changes have also created uncertainty for many foreigners who are working in China on business visas, a common though technically prohibited practice. A work visa, which is more difficult to acquire, is needed for employment.
An expatriate magazine editor says up to 70 percent of the foreigners on his staff could be gone by July.
"Huge numbers of people could be in trouble — people working in music, arts, the theater, journalism, industries that hugely benefit the city and country," he said, requesting not to be quoted by name for fear of government reprisals.
CRIME
patriots assistant receives court date in spying case
NEW YORK— Matt Walsh will get his day with the commissioner. What he has to offer is anyone's guess.
The former Patriots assistant will meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on May 13 about New England's videotaping of opposing teams. It took a couple of months, but the league reached an agreement with Walsh on Wednesday.
"Commissioner Goodell will meet with Mr. Walsh ... on May 13, the earliest date that Mr. Walsh,
who lives in Hawaii, will be available on the East Coast," the NFL statement said. "The agreement also requires Mr. Walsh to return any tapes and other items in his possession that belong to the Patriots. In return, the NFL and the Patriots have promised not to sue Mr. Walsh. They also will indemnify him for any expenses, including legal fees that he incurs in connection with the interview"
During Super Bowl week, and nearly five months after the Patriots were sanctioned for illegal taping of the New York Jets in the season opener there were reports of possible other videotaping by the Patriots. Those reports centered on Walsh, who shot videos
for the Patriots during his six-year stint with the organization.
TENNIS Federer to advance to third round of Masters
MONTE CARLO, Monaco
— Roger Federer rallied from 5-1 down in the third set to defeat Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(1) in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
The 12-time Grand Slam champion, who twice came within two points of defeat, won five straight games to take a 6-5 lead before heading to the tiebreaker.
Federer won the match when
OLYMPICS
Hidalgo hit a forehand long. Federer will next play Gael Monfils of France.
Runners carry Olympic torch through Australia
Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal advanced by beating Mario Anicc 6-0, 6-3, and Sam Querrey of the United States defeated Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-1, 7-5. Querrey is the first American to reach the third round since Vince Spadea in 2003.
CANBERRA, Australia — Runners bearing the Olympic torch completed a 10-mile relay through the Australian capital, cheered
by thousands waving Chinese flags and unimpeded by pockets of pro-Tibet protests that led to several arrests.
Crowds lined downtown streets for the Canberra relay as police manned crowd-control barriers, making good on a vow that nothing would stop the torch from finishing its journey.
The event began without major incident as a half-dozen officers — in jogging pants, T-shirts and baseball caps — formed a loose cordon around the runner. Overhead, an airplane sky writer wrote the words "Free Tibet."
Associated Press
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