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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2006
VOL.116 ISSUE 93
CAMPUS
Public Safety Office responds to death
The University of Kansas Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at Templin Hall late Sunday evening.
A male student suffered a fatal seizure, a Department of Student Housing employee said Sunday night. Lawrence Memorial Hospital and the Public Safety Office have both declined to comment until 8 a.m. this morning. The Kansan is withholding the student's name pending confirmation from the hospital or the University.
Employees at the front desk of Templin referred all inquiries to University Relations, though no one was available at the late hour to answer questions.
Check Kansan.com this morning for more details and pick up a copy of Tuesday's The University Daily Kansan for complete coverage.
Kansan staff reports
▼ SCHOOL OF IOURNALISM
Photojournalist receives award
BY MEILINA RICKETTS
mricketts@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Just Mr. Gordon Parks from Fort Scott, Kansas, that's how he wanted to be introduced. Throughout his accomplished life, he proved to be much more.
The footage of the presentation an interview Parks did with Byron Pitts, an award-winning CBS correspondent, was shown at Friday's ceremony.
Parks said once that he found two weapons to fight off the oppression of his youth - the camera and the pen. Throughout his lifetime he
has utilized both extensively, working as poet, author, director and photojournalist. In the interview Parks spoke about civil rights and his career and gave advice to students who were just starting out.
"Don't give up. That's what I always felt about myself, no matter how difficult, do not give up," said Parks.
He said a lot of his drive came from his mother's attitude toward race and duty.
"If a white boy can do it, you can do it, and you better do it better or don't come home," he recalled her saying.
Parks broke boundaries by becoming the first African-American photographer to shoot for Life and Vogue magazines and the first African-American to speak at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
The ceremony also included remarks from Rich Clarkson, a photojournalist and KU alumnus. Clarkson talked about Parks' photographs and shared personal anecdotes about Parks, including his flirtatious personality.
"He could always, and still does, find the most beautiful woman in any room," Clarkson said.
Brill agreed with that statement, saying Parks was still "a little bit of a flirt" at 93. Brill called him a "nightowl," who stayed up late into the night to talk with her after the presentation and interview. At the end of the tape Parks said that he wanted to be buried in Fort Scott.
"It's just a blessing that things have happened for him the way they have. He's been around the world and for him to end up back in Kansas is all our family could want for him," said Charles Parks, Parks' great-nephew.
Some of Parks' photographs are on display through March at the KU Spencer Museum of Art, Video footage of the ceremony will be available on the School of Journalism's Web site this week.
Rich Clarkson, photojournalist and KU alumnus, talks with Ann Brill, dean of journalism, after the 2006 William Allen White Foundation National Citation Presentation in Woodruff Auditorium Friday. Clarkson reminisced on his favorite Gordon Parks stories during his speech. Parks received the award Dec. 6, 2005, in his home in New York City.
Edited by Timon Veach
Jenn Bono/KANSAN
MEN'S BASKETBALL: 88-75
Kansas coach Bill Sell discusses strategy with freshman forward Julian Wright during the Iowa State game Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks won the game 88-75. Wright scored 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
Megan True/KANSAN
Jayhawks play with poise
Triumph against ISU sets stage for "Big Monday"
BY RYAN COLIAIANNI
recolaiani@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SPORTSWRIETER
Kansas, looking like a team peaking at just the right time, won its seventh straight game on Saturday with a 13-point victory over Iowa State. 88-75
The Jayhawks won unselfishly with crisp passing early, despite committing 17 turnovers. The passing began with lobs from Kansas guards, which resulted in thunderous dunks, especially from freshman forward Julian Wright. The Chicago Heights, Ill., product was on the receiving end of an alley-oop pass that ended with a reverse dunk and landed him on ESPN's "SportsCenter" Top 10.
The victory put Kansas in second place in the Big 12 Conference at 8-2 with only three road games remaining. Kansas will play on the road tonight at 8 in Stillwater, Okla., against Oklahoma State.
Kansas coach Bill Self will return to his alma mater, where he played under current coach Eddie Sutton. It is doubtful that Sutton will coach
If Kansas can win tonight, it will likely set up a battle for first place in the conference in two weeks against Texas. The Longhorns lead the Jayhawks by one game in the conference race. This would certainly be Self's most impressive coaching performance if he is able to win the conference title with this young team.
tonight after sustaining injuries in a car accident last week.
"They have great athletes," Self said of the Cowboys. "That crowd will be great. It might be as good a crowd that we will see all year."
Self's Jayhawks were crushed, 80-60, in his first return to Gallagher-Iba Arena two years ago.
Kansas has come a long way since narrow early-season losses and back-to-back conference losses against Kansas State and Missouri. The Jayhawks are now positioning themselves for a solid NCAA Tournament seed. If Kansas can take out Texas and win the conference, it could be as high as a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and have a chance to play close to home in Dallas.
- For more in-depth coverage of the game, see pages 18, 4B and 5B
- Edited by Matt Wilson
▼ ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
New facilities to help Title IX compliance
BY ERIC JORGENSEN
ejorgensen@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Two for the price of one: That is the deal the Athletics Department plans to receive with the building of the new football facility.
Not only will this accomplish the department's fiveyear strategic plan goal of the new facility but will also help meet the goal of increased Title IX compliances.
The building of the football facility will open up offices in Wagon Student Athlete Center for use by Women's Athletics and Olympic sports.
Athletics Director Lew Per
kins first announced the plans for the soon-to-be old football offices located in Wagnon on Feb. 5, during a football press conference.
Associate Athletics Director Jim Marchiony elaborated on Perkins' announcement.
Marchiony said there are over a dozen offices that would be made available for Women's Athletics and Olympics sports.
"Title IX includes everything from scholarships to office space," Marchiony said. "The more opportunities we give to Women's Athletics, the more we are in compliance with Title IX."
SEE FACILITY ON PAGE 6A
SPEAKER
Panelist predicts a woman president
BY ANNE WELTMER
aweltmer@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
More women holding political office now means a woman president in the future, said Eleanor Clift, contributing editor to Newsweek magazine and panelist on the McLaughlin Group at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics presidential lecture series Sunday.
"I'm confident that I'll see a woman president in my lifetime, and I'm not going to make it to the next century," she said.
Clift said that when asked to run for political office, women would usually respond with
She said men's response to this was, "What took you so long?"
"You're crazy. I can't run for office."
Clift said that, herself included, women didn't set their goals high enough. When she started with no college education as a typist at Newsweek, she thought that was as far as she would go. Then other women at Newsweek felt that they weren't being given fair opportunities and filed a class action lawsuit. She was motivated by this and got an internship followed by a job as a reporter for Newsweek.
SEE PANELIST ON PAGE 6A
Offensive struggle The women's basketball team struggled offensively in the second half. Despite the team's offense performance, Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson said she saw encouraging signs. PAGE 1B
Local band signs deal, gears up for album Roanoke sent many demos to labels, but signed with a label who called them first. The band signed a deal and plans to release an album soon. PAGE 2A
The best is yet to come for Jayhawk basketball Columnist Jimmy Chavez says that it has taken time for coach Self's plan to solidify, but the Jayhawks are starting to show how basketball is played in Allen Fieldhouse. PAGE 3B
Index
Comics...6B
Classifieds...7B
Crossword...6B
Horoscopes...6B
Opinion...5A
Sports...1B
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