THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.116 ISSUE 98
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2006
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STUDENT LIFE
Downtown residences have perks
BY RACHEL PARKER
rparker@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Jeff Larson says he has been changed by the atmosphere of Massachusetts Street.
The Chicago junior has lived in a three bedroom apartment with one roommate on Massachusetts St. since August. He said living downtown is convenient, and he loves how easy it is to go out to eat, drink or shop.
He said that a downside is that he spends a lot more money and time out than he did when he didn't live downtown.
Even with all the perks of living above Chipotte, 911 Massachusetts St., where he can easily satisfy his urge for an oversized burrito, Larson still has his beefs about his living arrangement. He can't open his window without smelling the Mexican and Greek food from the kitchens below. He also said the exhaust fan at Chipotte vibrates his whole apartment.
The city street noise can also be a problem occasionally.
TJ., manager of Mad Greek Restaurant, 907 Massachusetts St. said the eatery has never had any noise complaints. However, the restaurant has had to send an employee to the residential units to ask them to turn down their stereo during business hours.
Some deny that they feel any differently about the area after the shooting outside the Granada, Larson said he feels as safe now as he did before.
While security changes have not been made since the shooting, the front and back doors for the stairwell that leads up to his apartment have locks and a pad to punch in an electronic password. A Lawrence security company patrols the area constantly.
Gavin Smith, general manager of Fatso's, 1016 Massachusetts St., said that while the shooting outside of the Granada was a tragedy, he thinks everyone downtown knows the incident was a freak occurrence.
"The Granada Theater and Massachusetts Street are as safe as they were two weeks ago," he said.
Smith said Fatso's has never had a noise complaint and said that residents should be aware they are living in a downtown area.
"I think people who live downtown have to know what they're getting into."
MEN'S BASKETBALL: 79-46
Showdown shutdown
Jayhawks keep Tigers on their feet, win by 33 points
BY RYAN COLAIANNI
colaianni@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SPORTSWRIETER
Russell Robinson, Mario Chalmers and Brandon Rush were at a barber shop on Friday night when Chalmers had an interesting proposal for Saturday's game against Missouri.
"Let's 'dub,' them," Chalmers, freshman guard, said about beating the Tigers by 20.
Rush, freshn he planned on growing out his hair and potentially braiding it after Friday.
Rush, freshman guard, said
This put these players and the rest of the Jayhawks in the proper frame of mind. Kansas defeated Missouri by 33 points on Saturday.
that it is Missouri," Kansas coach Belf Self said.
Self would not let Kansas let up during time-outs.
The Tigers didn't make many runs.
"Coach just said, kick them in the teeth," Rush, said. "Get them down and just kick them in the teeth. He kept on saying it every time they tried to make a run."
"Our guys are pretty loose. I think they would have been ready to play regardless of anything other than the fact that it is Missouri."
There was one stretch where Missouri missed 17 consecutive
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The game saw minimal offensive production from Missouri and a smothering defense from Kansas.
"We definitely were thinking about winning big and we came out and did the right things to do that today." Robinson, sophomore guard, said.
shots, causing little concern for Kansas or their fans in Allen Fieldhouse.
"Our guys are pretty loose. I think that they would have been ready to play regardless of anything other than the fact
Kansas had squandered a double-digit lead in the final minutes of the last game in Columbia, Mo., in which Missouri prevailed in overtime, 89-86. on lan. 16.
"They just gave up at the end. They weren't even trying." Rush said. "They were playing careless and playing bad."
Careless
may not have even been the best way to describe Missouri's play in the first half. The Tigers committed 15 first-half turnovers and had just six re-bounds.
"I think today we got them pretty good." Self said. "I thought we did a really good job of controlling the game from the get go."
For more in-depth coverage of the game check out page 1B, 4B and 5B
SEE SHOWDOWN ON PAGE 5B
David Noffsinger/KANSAN
Sophomore guard, Russell Robinson, rebounds the ball Saturday afternoon in the Allen Fierer house. Robinson pulled down four rebounds during Saturday's game against the Mimi Tigers.
PROFILE
Matt Jacobson and Kevin Willmott both stand outside the Sundance Headquarters at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. KU faculty, Willmott and Jacobson independently produced "CSA: The Confederate States of America."
Photo courtesy of Matt Jacobson
Activism, not fame inspires professor
BY MIKE MOSTAFFA
mmostaffa@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
In 1974, nearly 109 years after the end of the Civil War, 16-year-old Kevin Willmott smuggled a makeshift Molotov cocktail into his locker at Junction City High School, where he planned to ignite his homemade bomb in the men's restroom.
Willmott was protesting racial injustice at the school, where administrators had expelled only his fellow African-American students and not whites after an interracial fight. Today, the University of Kansas assistant professor of film describes this incident as his first tour of duty in a battle for racial equality that began with the Civil War and continues today.
The 48-year-old Willmott, whose film "CSA: The Confederate States of America" depicts what life might be like if the South won the war, said the movie "makes people see how the legacy of slavery is
still with us in many different ways. You could say that the Union Army won the war.The South won the peace."
Willmott has seen discrimination with his own eyes. He fell in love with a Kansas farm girl whose parents did not approve of their interracial relationship, battled to integrate his home town fire department and lead nonviolent sit-ins in front of the Junction City Chamber of Commerce to expose the good ole' boy system of awarding construction contracts to whites only.
Willmott's emancipation came in a friendship with a priest at a Catholic high school, who supported his dream to make it in the world of film and inspired him to go to college, a happy marriage with his wife, Becky, whom he met in college and eventually success as a film professor at the University and as screenwriter and director of a critically acclaimed film. Like all of Willmott's work, "CSA: The Confederate States of America," which was recognized
at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, captures the spirit of his social-activist past, a past forged by his experiences growing up in Junction City in the state once known as Bleeding Kansas.
As a child, Willmott did not need to study the impact slavery had on African Americans. His father, Lee, was born in 1898, only two years after the Supreme Court legitimized segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson, and had witnessed many acts of racial injustice long before son Kevin was born in 1958.
His father had built the family's house just a few blocks away from Ninth Street, near the district Willmott describes as "the Harlem of Kansas."
Ninth Street, which would become the title of his play and later an award-winning film, had dual roles in Junction City. It served as the African-American center of commerce and the source of gambling, drugs and prostitution for soldiers from nearby Fort Riley.
SEE WILLMOTT ON PAGE 4A
Speech highlights immigration reform issues Melinda Lewis , director of policy advocacy and research at El Centro Inc. spoke in Lawrence to raise awareness of immigration issues. PAGE 2A
Sorry, no money orders
Columnist Brian Wacker wants his money back that paid for his ticket to the men's basketball game on Saturday. The Jayhawks massacred the Tigers 79-46. PAGE 1B
Overtime victory
The Women's basketball team earned its first road victory Saturday at Iowa State. The team will now try to impress the Women's NIT selection committee to ensure a bid in the tournament. PAGE 1B
Index
Comics. 3B
Classifieds. 7B
Crossword. 3B
Horoscopes. 3B
Opinion. 7A
Sports. 1B
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