THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011
VOLUME 123 ISSUE 101
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OLD SCHOOL
NAISMITH'S RETURN
The document containing the 13 original rules will see its first public display in Kansas City
The original rules of
BY ALEX GARRISON agarrison@kansan.com
The 13 rules that started it all are coming home — well, at least close to home.
The document was purchased by David and Suzanne Booth, long-time donors to the University of Kansas, for more than $4 million Dec. 10 in a New York auction. The purchase was one of the largest ever for a piece of sports memorabilia.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo., announced Wednesday that the "original rules of Basket Ball" document, written by James Naismith in 1891, will be on display beginning March 5.
"it's just the right thing to do — the rules really just belong at KU" he said in January of his purchase.
Since December, the rules that defined the original game invented by Naismith have been in Austin, where the Booths live and work. But David Booth, a graduate of the University, has talked publicly and passionately about bringing the document back to Lawrence.
Booth spoke of wanting a whole new "top-notch venue, a designation place" to show off the history, made here, that's changed the sporting world forever. But the University, including Kansas Athletics and KU
all gifts or donations, has been tight-lipped about any possible plans to house or display the document in Lawrence.
The Nelson-Atkins exhibition will be the document's first public display and its importance as a piece of history — don't call it 'memorabilia,' Booth says, it's more important than that — will be as "a cultural triumph," according to a media release from the museum.
1. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
2. The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands (never with the fist).
3. A player cannot run
with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it, allowance to be made for a man who catches the ball when running at a good speed if he tries to stop.
5. No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping, or striking in any way the person of an opponent shall be allowed; the first infringement of this rule by any player shall count as a foul, the second shall disqualify him until the next goal is made, or, if there was evident intent to injure the person, for the whole of the game, no substitute allowed.
7. If either side makes three consecutive fouls, it shall count a goal for the opponents (consecutive means without the opponents in the meantime making a foul).
10. The umpire shall be judge of the men and note the fouls and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made. He shall have power to disqualify men according to Rule 5.
13. The side making the most goals in that time shall be declared the winner. In case of a draw, the game may, by agreement of the captains, be continued until another goal is made.
Associated Press
LECTURE
Poet Anis Mojgani entertains KU students
BY SABRINA AHMED editor@kansan.com
With a simple, "Hi" he begins. He is a poet. He is a lyricist. But most of all, he is a storyteller. Anis Mojgani performed last night and moved the audience with his words.
At Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union, award winning poet Anis Mojani had the audience laughing at times, in conversation at times, and especially silent at times. He waved his hands around with the movement of the words, telling a story with the lines and with his body.
Mojgani said it is important for the audience to come with an open mind, and people should, "put aside whatever conceptions they might have had before about
Anis Mojgani lives in Austin, Texas, and has been writing poetry for 16 years. Since he began performing 13 years ago, he has been a two-time National Poetry Slam champion, a Poetry Slam World Cup champion and has published two books of poetry.
what the spoken word is and try something different."
As much as he says he tries not to let the fame change the way he writes, he says it means he does not have to prove anything any more.
"Now I have the freedom to really write work that really resonates with me," Moigani said.
Mojgani said he tries to write every day, even though it has gotten harder since beginning tours. With a growing number following in Australia and the United Kingdom, he said it is not only
Artem Bagiev/KANSAN
Farmed poet Anis Mojgan uses hand gestures to speak to students at the Kansas Union Wednesday. Mojgan is known across the world for his work.
"Some days it doesn't matter, some days it is kind of cool, and other days it's kind of sucky," Moigani said.
He said the fame is not what creates his work — it is just around him.
hard to stay in touch with himself as an artist, but also to please his audience.
Edited by Dave Boyd
Brewery gets some air time
LOCAL
The show typically offers political news and commentary from a left-leaning perspective. Last night's episode focused on both former attorney general Phil Kline's ethics hearing in Topeka and followed up on the show's past coverage of Dr. George Tiller's murder in Wichita.
BY CLAYTON ASHLEY
Rachel Maddow has been hosting the show since its debut in September 2008. She was also a radio host on the station, Air America, until it went bankrupt last year.
cashley@kansan.com
"I came down because I really like Rachel's perspective on current events and social issues," said Vincent Jerkovich, Salina Freshmen, "My thinking really aligns with hers."
"The Rachel Maddow Show" on NSBC broadcast from Free State Brewery in Lawrence yesterday.
Maddow's show managed to fill up the brewery to capacity hours before the broadcast, with many University of Kansas students among the crowd.
Jerkovich and his friends John Baker and Gavin Hanson, both freshmen from Salina, said they had only found out about the broadcast hours before they'd arrived.
"I heard about it walking down the stairs of Wescoe. Someone walked past me and I overheard"
The show's decision to broadcast from Lawrence wasn't only a surprise to students, but to Free State's manager, Alex Hamilton.
"They called us on Tuesday out of the blue," Hamilton said.
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Concerning the left-leaning ten
dency of the show, Hamilton also said that Free State was open to everyone.
"If Bill O'Reilly wanted to do a show here we would probably let him do it," he said.
Bill Wolff, the show's executive producer and vice president of Prime Time at MSNBC, said he was surprised to learn about the brewery's history.
"It turned out to have this amazing story, the first brewery allowed in Kansas in 100 years, the John Brown plaque, the story of Bloody Kansas, and the 1856 burning of Lawrence; it turns out to be this amazing place," Wolff said. "We didn't know any of that. We were glad about that, but that was totally a happy accident."
During their time in Kansas, Wolff said the crew's experience has been positive.
Wolff said the show had chosen Kansas for their story because it was
on the front line of the culture war in regards to reproductive rights, a topic they've been covering for months. Last October the show broadcast a documentary titled, "The Assassination of George Tiller" narrated by Rachel Maddow.
"One of the big themes we've been examining is the idea of threats... and threats of violence...and violence being used as a political tactic." Wolff said, "and it's not supposed to be that wav"
"The people have been typically incredibly nice, incredibly helpful, and really eager to talk about this story."
—Edited by Brittany Nelson
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News anchor Rachel Maddow MSNBCs The Rachel Maddow Show hosts a live broadcast from Free State Brewery Wednesday night.
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