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VOL. 116 ISSUE 88
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2006
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CRIME
One dead, another injured in shooting
Megan True/KANSAN
The Lawrence Police Department and Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical responded to gunshots early Sunday morning outside of The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. One victim was airlifted to a Kansas City-area hospital and the other was pronounced dead on arrival at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
BY MIKE MOSTAFFA
mmostaffa@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
A double shooting just south of a downtown Lawrence night club left one man dead and another seriously injured early Sunday morning after a rap concert.
The victim was identified as 46-year-old Robert Earl Williams. Police on the scene found Williams face-down in the street near the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., at 2:12 a.m. Williams was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
A second man, a 22-year-old whose name has not been released, was found inside the Granada, where he had run after being shot, said Lawrence Police Capt. David L. Cobb in a written statement. Mike Logan, owner of the Granada, said in a written statement that his staff, who were cleaning trash from
the bar, had seen an injured man running through the back alley and had helped him inside the bar, attempting to assist him.
Cobb said the unidentified victim had suffered serious injuries and was transported by helicopter to a Kansas City hospital. The Lawrence Police Department confirmed that he had underwent surgery at the hospital.
Neither of the victims were Lawrence residents, Cobb said.
Witnesses described the shooting suspect as a 6-foot-tall African-American male wearing a "puffy-style" jacket. Cobb said the suspect was seen getting into a tan 1990s GM vehicle.
SEE SHOOTING N PAGE 4A
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Grad's discovery leads to mission
STUDENT OPINION
BY CATHERINE ODSON codson@kansan.com KANSAN STAFF WRITER
"Of course I was impressed," she said.
When Patricia Tombaugh first met her husband, Clyde, at the University of Kansas, she was amazed at his accomplishments.
Before coming to the University on an astronomy scholarship, Clyde Tombaugh discovered the planet Pluto in 1930 while at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz. He and Patricia were married in 1932.
Last year marked the 75th anniversary of the 1930 discovery, but Saturday marked another milestone for the Tombaugh legacy: the late Clyde Tombaugh's 100th birthday. KU astronomy enthusiasts celebrated the occasion with a presentation by Alan Stern, a NASA scientist, and a stargazing party.
Stern, principal investigator for the New Horizons mission, worked with Clyde Tombaugh on the mission from 1988 until Tombaugh's death in 1997. The mission will be the first to visit Pluto, and after visiting Pluto, it will also inspect other objects beyond the traditional boundaries of the solar system. The New Horizons mission launched this year on January 19, which allowed Stern to make the trip to Lawrence for the celebration.
Ninety-four year-old Patricia Tombaugh was a special guest at the launch.
The recent discovery of planets like 2003 UB313, which is larger than Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt, in which 2003 UB313 lies, has fueled the debate over Pluto's status as a planet.
Pluto always seemed like a misfit among other planets in the solar system, Stern said. Instead, he said, the eight innermost planets could be the misfits, and Pluto, along with most of the
thousands of possible planets in the Kuiper Belt, could fall into a new class called ice dwarfs.
Barbara Anthony-Twarog, professor of physics and astronomy, said by creating the ice dwarfs class, Pluto would retain its status, despite the great differences between Pluto and the other planets currently recognized in the solar system. People take a passionate interest in Pluto's status as a planet because it was so recently discovered, she said.
Stern said people want the nine-planet system to maintain the status quo. The thought of changing those classifications seems wrong to some, he said.
"People think there's something morally wrong with that," Stern said. "I think it'll shake out that things larger than Pluto will be planets."
After its survey of Pluto, New Horizons will continue into the Kuiper Belt to evaluate objects Stern called "embryos of planets." The spacecraft is not scheduled to return to Earth and will continue its research as long as its bullet-proof-like covering protects the spacecraft or until is simply quits working.
The New Horizons spacecraft, the fastest spacecraft ever launched, will reach Pluto in July 2015. The spacecraft contains seven scientific instruments, including one designed by students at the University of Colorado. The Student Dust Collector was the cheapest instrument produced for the mission and also was the most resilient, requiring no repairs before launch. That combination, Stern said, could lead to more student-designed components for NASA missions.
Along with the scientific components, New Horizons also contains a small canister that holds some of Tombaugh's cremated remains.
"This spacecraft is headed to the stars." Stern said.
ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
--Edited by Janiece Gatson
Athletics reveal facility plans
BY ERIC JORGENSEN
ejorgensen@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
"The only way we would disturb the view of the Campanile is if there is a gravestone that says 'Bob Hemenway.'" Hemenway said.
Students can breathe a sigh of relief; the new football facility will not interfere with the view of the Campanile from Memorial Stadium.
KU Athletics Director Lew Perkins, Chancellor Robert
Hemenway and football coach Mark Mangino announced plans for a $31 million football facility on Sunday.
Groundbreaking for the project, in an undetermined location, will be in early 2007 and is expected to be completed by July 2008.
Perkins said there currently is no rendering of the facility. However, he said the building would include offices and academic areas as well as workout and nutrition facilities.
The football offices in the Wagnon Student-Athlete Center will go to women's sports in hopes of a increasing Title IX compliance, Perkins said.
Perkins said the department had secured all of the $31 million necessary for construction, mostly from two families. Former Kansas basketball player Tom Kivisto and alumnae Dana Anderson and their respective families were recognized as the primary donors. Other contributors were Charles
and Sharon Lynch Kimbell of Hutchinson, Frank Sabatini of Topeka and Ken Wagnon of Wichita.
Mangino said the donors' dedication to Kansas athletics would help him with his goal of a Top 25 ranked football team.Mangino said the facility would help convince recruits to sign with Kansas
"It's a place where you can develop the total player," Mangino said.
—Edited by Lindsey Gota
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Final minutes make difference
BY RYAN COLIAMNI
recolianni@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SPORTSWITHER
Oklahoma had three opportunities to win Sunday's game in Allen Fieldhouse in the final 1.7 seconds. Three wasn't enough.
It was an unlikely finish for Kansas, coming back from 16 down midway through the second half to steal a 59-58 victory over No. 18 Oklahoma Sunday in Allen Fieldhouse.
Oklahoma junior guard Michael Neal's final shot at the buzzer was short and the fieldhouse went crazy, giving Kansas its fifth victory in a row.
Kansas coach Bill Self said that the Jayhawks had played terribly for the first 32 minutes.
"We played about as well we can play on both ends of the court the last eight and a half minutes." Self said.
Neal said that he had thought he was fouled in that play, but he had not expected a call in that situation.
Kansas appeared to be out of the game with 10 minutes remaining, when it trailed by 16 points.
Oklahoma then went cold from that point, making just three shots the rest of the way.
"I was getting down on the team a little bit because they just kept scoring back to back to back. The lead kept on getting higher," freshman guard Brandon Rush said. "Then we just came together and our shots started falling."
Freshman guard Brandon Rush scored 10 of his game-high 18 points during a 25-8 run.
Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said the loss was difficult because Kansas had outplayed OU for only the last six minutes of the game. The Jayhawks took their first lead in the second half on a Julian Wright dunk with less than a minute remaining.
MORE BASKETBALL
SEE GAME ON PAGE 4B
- For more in-depth coverage of the game, see pages 4B and 5B.
Anthony Mattingel/KANSAN
Freshman forward Julian Wright powered his way by Oklahoma's Kevin Bookout for a dominating dunk. Wright finished the game with 14 points, eight rebounds and two assists to help the Jayhawks win Sunday.
Today's weather
Illegal subleasing and why some students do it Students needing temporary housing may pay rent to friends instead of making a formal contract with property owners. PAGE 2A
Jayhawks win five in six-game series University of Hawaii-Hilo held out to win the final game to avoid getting swept. Coach Price praised the team's offensive effort, which will be key when Kansas faces Stanford next weekend. PAGE 6B
Steelers 2005 champs Super Bowl Sunday is known for food, friends and fans. Find out how a local business dealt with the pizza rush and what students did for the game.
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Comics. 3B
Classifieds. 7B
Crossword. 3B
Horoscopes. 3B
Opinion. 5A
Sports. 1B
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