Jayhawks snap 'Husker streak The baseball team lost both games Saturday against Nebraska but returned Sunday to outhit the Cornhunkers for the first time all weekend and win 7-6. PAGE1B
Countdown of this season's top five
Countdown of this season's top five The men's basketball team has been through its share of ups and downs.This season's top five disappointing moments and highlights are counted down. PAGE 4B
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.116 ISSUE 118
MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006
The long year ahead
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
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Freshman guard Brandon Rush sits in the corner as the locker room empties on March 17. Rush had just nine points from 4-14 shooting in the loss against Bradley in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Kansas Nile photo
BY RVAN COLAIanni
coliaianni@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SPORTSWITER
It took just minutes after Kansas' second consecutive first-round exit from the NCAA tournament to shift the focus of the men's basketball team to next season.
Seniors talked to younger members of the team after the loss to Bradley and told them not to forget the feeling of losing.
"We have had this feeling bottled up in us for 365 days, now we got to have the same feeling for 365 more days," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "It makes for a much harder offseason, but we do have a chance to be really good in the future. I really like the future of the team."
The 77-73 loss to Bradley on March 17 might not have been as shocking as the loss to Bucknell the season before. Kansas started three seniors a year ago; this season, Kansas started three freshmen and two sophomores this season.
"It makes you feel terrible just because I am still hoping I am waking up and this is like a dream, but obviously it's not," sophomore guard Russell Robinson said. "It's definitely tough. I am so sorry for the seniors, it was a terrible way to go out. I thought we were a better team."
Self said he understood the early loss would not sit well with Kansas fans. He said he wouldn't classify the season as a good one since the team didn't make a run in the post-season.
SEE BASKETBALL ON PAGE 4A
He said he didn't want to take away anything from what the team accomplished this season, though. Kansas defeated Texas on March 12 for the Big 12 Tournament title in Dallas.
PROFILE
Letters of love: Viva la grammar
Tina Blue, KU English lecturer worries about all things English
JEFF DETERS editor@kansan.com KANSAN CORRESPONDANT
It's past midnight. She's up reading, grading papers, browsing the information super highway.
Tina Blue, English lecturer, began teaching at the University of Kansas as a grad student in 1972. She teaches English composition, critical reading and writing and
introduction to poetry. In addition to teaching, Blue devotes much of her time to her Web sites, where she writes articles
about a variety of topics, including education, poetry, writing, grammar and usage, essay-writing and handwriting.
Blue said her Grammar and Usage For The Non-Expert Web site, http://www.grammartips.homestead.com, gets about 3,000 page hits a day and she receives hundreds of fan e-mail each month. Several of her poetry, essay-writing and education articles are included in the handbook used to train new instructors at the University of Regina in Canada. Her views on poetry and penmanship have been quoted in the Kansas City Star, Hartford-Courant and the Tri-City Herald.
SEE BLUE ON PAGE 4A
Hearing loss changes classroom dynamic for lecturer, students
JEFF DETERS
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDANT
Tina Blue is unlike most in her profession. Blue suffers from Meniere's disease, a disorder of the inner ear that causes hearing loss and progressively worsens over time. She has hearing aids, but those do little good.
"I tend to focus on talking to the person as a person," Blue said. She said she must pay attention to people in a way that a hearing person does not. She mostly reads lips when others are speaking to her.
Blue's illness has not stopped her from being active, but it has had an effect on how she teaches.
Blue said her deafness creates obstacles, such as when students talk. Because Blue cannot tell where a voice is coming
from, she asks her students to raise their hands before speaking in class. Also to help combat this problem, Blue insists on the traditional seating arrangement rather than having her students sit in a circle.
"I run around the room a lot more than most teachers, I think because I have to stand right next to the student who is speaking," Blue said. Her hearing and close proximity can be difficult for students.
Keyh Fleck, Iowa City, Iowa, junior, a student in Blue's poetry class, said he was frustrated with Blue's hearing and was not used to talking loudly while someone was standing directly in front of him. Adjusting to Blue's style had not affected his ability to learn.
"She's a fun teacher. She still gets our attention and gets the point across," Fleck said.
,Hudson accepts band position at Arizona State University
James G. Hudson, director of athletic bands and assistant director of bands, will leave in August, the University announced.
"Jim has done a terrific job for us during his three years, doubling the size of the band and sparking renewed interest
Hudson, who arrived in 2003, will become director of athletic bands at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz.
"While I look forward to new challenges and wonderful opportunities at ASU, I will hold nothing but the fondest of thoughts for KU and the Marching Jayhawks." Hudson said.
Hudson spent 11 years at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos before coming to the University. He will still teach at Midwestern Music Camp at the University this summer.
in the Marching Jayhawks," Larry Mallett, chair of the department of music and dance, said in a press release.
Kansan staff reports
Boardwalk Apartment trial date set; Rose enters not guilty plea
Jason Allen Rose entered a not guilty plea Tuesday to all 12 charges in relation to the October fire at the Boardwalk Apartments. Three people died in the fire, including a
RO student:
Rose, 20, is being charged with three counts of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated arson and eight counts of aggravated battery.
KU student.
Murphy denied the request because of the serious nature of the charges.
Rose's attorney, Timothy Frieden, asked Judge Jack Murphy to lower Rose's bond from $500,000 to $50,000 because members of Rose's church, Victory Bible Church, 1942 Massachusetts St., had volunteered to take Rose into their homes.
Motion hearings have been set for April 24. A trial date has been set for September 18 and is expected to last two weeks.
Mike Mostaffa
Construction on Docking Family Gateway to begin
A temporary traffic control booth has been constructed near 14th Street and Jayhawk Boulevard. It will be in operation Tuesday and will replace the booth on 13th Street and Oread Avenue, which is scheduled to be torn down Wednesday.
The booth is being demolished to make room for the construction of the Docking Family Gateway. The gateway, which will function as an entrance to campus, will include a oval-shaped fountain with stone signs and landscaping, measuring about 20 feet tall.
Construction of the gateway is expected to start Tuesday, April 3. The gateway will be located near 13th Street and Oread Avenue.
Kansan Staff Reports
KJHK to begin webcasting today
Significant damage to KJHK's transmission tower caused by the microburst earlier this month forced the radio station to go off the
air March 20.
According to a University press release, KJHK's antenna will be relocated to the Kansas Public Radio tower on West Campus. KJHK will begin broadcasting via webstream from its Web site beginning Monday.
Andrew Dierks, KJHK General Manager, said he was optimistic that broadcasting would resume at the end of the week.
Strong winds slammed a 10by-30 foot section of roof from the nearby Art and Design Building into the steel tower, bending some of the supports, said Bob Rombach, University fire marshal and special projects manager for Design and Construction Management.
The 82-year-old radio tower was dismantled earlier this week because of safety concerns.
Mike Mostaffa
KU football player arrested,charged with aggravated battery
A KU football player was arrested March 17 and charged with aggravated battery for allegedly getting into a fight with his roommate.
Bruce Ringwood, running back and Blue Springs sophomore, was arrested and
Ringwood and his roommate, a KU student, were treated and released from
Ringwood
booked into the Douglas County Jail about 10 p.m. March 17.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital, according to a spokesman for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
Bob Claus, chief assistant district attorney in Douglas County, said Ringwood was released after his $3,000 bond was paid and was scheduled to appear in court Friday. Claus said the matter was under review by the District Attorney's office.
University Relations could not be reached for a comment.
This is not the first time Ringwood has been involved in a fight. In August Ringwood was arrested in Kansas City, Mo., at a Kenny Chesney concert for his participation in an altercation that injured a Shawnee woman.
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