THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, MARCH 3. 2008
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Fans, campers ignite excitement for ESPN's "GameDay"
Students, guests find ways to entertain themselves night before Saturday's game, impress hosts of TV show
BY LUKE MORRIS
Imorris@kansan.com
The excitement for ESPN's "College GameDay" program started long before the doors to Allen Fieldhouse opened at 8 a.m. Saturday. Some bared the elements — and the skunks — when they camped outside the doors Friday night.
"I put all the camping stuff in my car and came here" Stanley said.
The first fans showed up around 7 p.m. Friday. Andrew Stanley, Overland Park junior, came prepared for the night.
Another member of Stanley's group borrowed a tent from the
Student Fitness and Recreation Center for the night.
The campers found ways to make the night interesting. They ate pizza, watched DVDs and played games.
"We found an unused outlet outside, so I went back to my place and got a projector, a DVD player and a Nintendo 64, hooked them up and projected it on the parking garage," Stanley said. "We watched 'The Office' and played 'GoldenEye' for a while."
"There was a skunk that came over," Stanley said. "Some people
The entertainment may have drawn an uninvited guest over as well.
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Phoebe Chapin-Patch, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, yells into an ESPN camera with her 5-year-old sister, Hope Elise Chapin-Henry, during the taping of College Gameday in Allen Fieldhouse Saturday morning.
upset it, and so it sprayed."
A Kansas cheerleader runs the Jayhawk flag behind the ESPN College Gameday set during the taping of the show in Allen Fieldhouse Saturday morning.
A few other groups joined Stanley's group of 20 fans for camping that night. Their efforts paid off in the morning. The campers had prime seats for the show, right behind the hosts' desk.
The next morning, fans slowly started showing up an hour before the doors opened. Some fans grumbled about the small size of the crowd, but by the time that the "College GameDay" crew started filming a few pieces for SportsCenter at about 9 a.m., fans had filled the east side of the fieldhouse and screamed as loud as possible.
"It was ten times louder than last year," said Brock Templeman, an Overland Park freshman.
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Digger Phelps, one of the show's hosts, served as the emcee before the show and between shots. He kept the crowd in a frenzy and pumped them up before the cameras started rolling.
"You were so good that we had to repeat. We came back because you're the best 'College GameDay' crowd in four years". Phelps told the crowd before the first shot of the day.
Phelps' efforts to excite the crowd included striking up the KU pep band and dancing with one of the Rock Chalk Dancers.
The crowd also got boosts of energy when segments featured
"The guys at the desk made it more interesting. Digger's dancing was hilarious." Templeman said.
the Jayhawks. One of the segments was a college basketball version of the game show "Deal or No Deal." During the segment, host Hubert Davis said that Kansas wanted to get beyond the Final Four. Sophomore guard Sherron Collins also stirred the crowd when he emerged from the locker room to take a peek at the
crowd during a commercial break.
Stanley and Templeman agreed that "College GameDay" was worth their time.
"Its great being right in the front row of the greatest atmosphere in the world. Being here for the payback and going nuts and intimidating the Wildcats is awesome." Stanley said.
The "College GameDay" crowd may have been loud, but it didn't come close to the noise during Kansas' victory against Kansas State later that night.
— Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
HEALTH
Group provides sleep hygiene tips Student Health Services perks up awareness on campus
BY MARY SORRICK msorrick@kansan.com
Healthy sleep often falls by the wayside in the lives of many college students.
To tackle this and other sleep-related health issues on campus, Student Health Services is sponsoring Sleep Awareness Week at the University of Kansas Monday through Thursday.
Homework, jobs, stress and a social life make it difficult to attain the eight hours of sleep per night recommended by the National Sleep Foundation.
Kara Boston, Shabbona, Ill., senior and coordinator of Sleep Awareness Week, said information would be available to students at tables on campus throughout the week.
Sleep deprivation, drowsy driving and strategies for better sleep were among the topics Boston said would be covered.
"For college students, you want to be social and do well in school," Boston said. "Sleep is just as important. It really affects your life full circle."
Carole Guillaume, a physician at
Watkins Memorial Health Center certified in family and sleep medicine, said college students had developed many unhealthy sleep habits, or what she called bad sleep hygiene.
That includes taking naps during the day, maintaining an inconsistent sleep schedule and using the bedroom to do homework or play video games rather than dedicating it to sleep.
To improve sleep habits, Guillaume said students could remember to avoid certain things before bedtime, like caffeine, nicotine, exercise and alcohol.
Guillaume said nicotine and exercising a few hours before bedtime could have a similar effect. She also said alcohol caused a jolt of adrenaline once it wore off, keeping a person awake for much of the night.
info table times
According to ETR Associates, a health education company, drinking caffeine three to six hours before bedtime can double the amount of time it takes to fall asleep.
Sleep Awareness Week
Monday 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at
the Recreation Center
Tuesday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
Mrs. E's
Wednesday 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. at Anschutz Library
Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. in the Kansas Union
Guillaume said the best way to improve sleep hygiene was for students to make sleep a priority by managing their time during the day to allow for a consistent bedtime.
"Make sleep something enjoyable to do," she said. "You will have more energy, more vitality and do better in any activity you pursue."
Students with specific questions about sleeping habits or disorders can get the contact information of sleep specialists on campus at the Sleep Awareness Week information tables.
Edited by Katherine Loeck
Suicide bomber causes 40 deaths
MIDDLE EAST
BY RIAZ KHAN ASSOCIATED PRESS
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomber blew himself up Sunday among thousands of tribal members discussing resistance to al-Qaida and the Taliban, killing 40 people in the third suicide attack in as many days in northwestern Pakistan.
Five tribes were meeting to finalize a resolution that would punish anyone who shelters or helps Islamic militants, including al-Qaida and Taliban fighters, Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema said.
Pakistani volunteers carry the body of a victim of a suicide bombing at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a peace meeting of tribal elders, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 100, witnesses and officials said.
The rash of suicide bombings show President Pervez Musharraf's weakening control of the region despite the deployment of thousands of troops to crush Islamic militants.
A young man walked up to a group of elders and detonated his explosives, said Alam Khan, a tribesman at the meeting in Darra Adam Khel, a town in North West Frontier Province about 25 miles south of the provincial capital, Peshawar.
"It was a huge explosion and left body parts and blood scattered"
on the ground," said Ramin Khan, another participant whose left leg and face were injured. He and others hurt in the attack were brought to a hospital in Peshawar.
Dr. Hamid Afridy, the area's chief medical officer, said he counted 40 bodies and more than 100 injured were sent to the hospital. He said many were in critical condition and feared the death toll could rise.
Television footage showed blood.
shoes and caps littering the bombing site — a tree-lined ground surrounded by wheat fields and only yards away from brick homes.
Musharraf called the bombing an attempt to sabotage tribal efforts to rid the region of militant influence and reiterated the government's "resolve and commitment" in the fight against terrorism.
INTERNATIONAL
Venezuelan president retaliates
BY IAN JAMES ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez ordered Venezuela's embassy in Colombia closed and sent thousands of troops to the countries' border Sunday after Colombia's military killed a top repel leader.
The leftist leader warned that Colombia's slaying of rebel commander Raul Reyes could spark a war in South America and the angry rhetoric sent relations between the nations to their lowest point in Chavez's nine-year presidency.
In this picture released by the Miraflores Palace Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a Cabinet Minister's session in Caracas Saturday. Chavez warned his Colombian counterpart that war would break out between the South American neighbors if Colombia's military crossed into Venezuelan territory, railing against Colombian forces for entering Ecuadoran territory on a Saturday raid that killed a senior commander of Colombia's largest guerrilla group.
Chavez, a fierce critic of Washington, called the U.S.-allied government in Bogota "a terrorist state" and labeled President Alvaro Uribe "a criminal."
Speaking on his weekly TV and radio program, Chavez told his defense minister: "move 10 battalions to the border with Colombia for me, immediately." He ordered the Venezuelan Embassy in Bogota closed and said all embassy personnel would be withdrawn.
Chavez condemned Colombia's slaying of Reyes and 16 other guerrillas on Saturday, saying they were killed while they slept in a camp across the border in Ecuadorean territory. He said Colombia "invaded Ecuador, flagrantly violated Ecuador's sovereignty."
"It wasn't any combat. It was a cowardly murder, all of it coldly calculated," Chavez said.
"We pay tribute to a true revolutionary, who was Raul Reyes," Chavez said, recalling that he had met rebel in Brazil in 1995 and calling him a "good revolutionary."
"The Colombian government has become the Israel of Latin America," an agitated Chavez said, mentioning another country that
Chavez said he had just spoken to Ecuadororean President Rafael Correa and that Ecuador was also sending troops to its border with Colombia.
he has criticized for its military strikes. "We aren't going to permit Colombia to become the Israel of these lands."
Chavez accused Uribe of being a puppet of Washington and acting on behalf of the U.S. government, saying "Dracula's fangs (are) are covered in blood."
"Some day Colombia will be freed from the hand of the (U.S.) empire," Chavez said. "We have to liberate Colombia," he added, saying Colombia's people will eventually do away with its government.
The U.S. State Department had no immediate reaction to Chavez's comments
Chavez maintains warm relations with the Colombia's largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and has sought to play a role as mediator in the conflict despite his growing conflict with Colombia's government.
Chavez's government called the
Colombian military attack a setback in efforts to negotiate a swap of rebel-held hostages for imprisoned guerrillas.
Nevertheless, the FARC freed four hostages to Venezuelan officials last week, and they were reunited with their families in Caracas. It was the second unilateral release by the FARC this year.
Colombia and Venezuela have been locked in a diplomatic crisis since November, when Uribe ended Chavez's official role negotiating a proposed hostages-for-prisoners swap.
Chavez has recently angered Uribe by urging world leaders to classify the leftist rebels as "insurgents" rather than "terrorists."
The FARC has proposed trading some 40 remaining high-value captives, including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. defense contractors, for hundreds of imprisoned guerrillas.
NATION Training school closed, women claim abuse
COLUMBIA, Miss. — The Columbia Training School — pleasant on the outside, austere on the inside — has been home to 37 of the most troubled young women in Mississippi.
If some of those girls and their advocates are to be believed, it is also a cruel and frightening place
The school has been sued twice in the past four years. One suit brought by the U.S.Justice Department, which the state
Across the country, in state after state, child advocates have
These are harsh and disturbing charges—and, in the end, they were among the reasons why state officials announced in February that they will close Columbia. But they aren't uncommon.
settled in 2005, claimed detainees were thrown naked in to cells and forced to eat their own vomit. The second one, brought by eight girls last year, said they were subjected to "horrendous physical and sexual abuse." Several of the detainees said they were shackled for 12 hours a day.
deplored the conditions under which young offenders are housed — conditions that include sexual and physical abuse and even deaths in restraints. The U.S.Justice Department has filed lawsuits against facilities in 11 states for supervision that is either abusive or harmfully lax and shoddy.
Still, a lack of oversight and nationally accepted standards of tracking abuse make it difficult to know exactly how many youngsters have been assaulted or neglected.
ASSOCIATED PRESS