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Smoking ban appeal heads to top judges

By nAtE mCGinnis
1003 E. 23rd St., argued in his original lawsuit that the ordinances language was unconstitutionally vague and preempted by Kansas law. Steffes cited a Kansas statute that stated people were limited to smoking in designated areas decided by the proprietor of a public place. It also states physical barriers and ventilation systems should be used to minimize the effects of cigarette smoke. William Rork, Steffes attorney, said the city of Lawrence unconstitutionally penalized businesses when it instituted the ban. He said he hoped to ultimately settle the issue by bringing it to the states supreme court. It will be a sorry day if we lose, because it lets the city legislate morals in an improper fashion, Rork said. Toni Wheeler, interim director of legal services for the city of Lawrence, refused to comment on the exact content of the brief because she had not yet received a copy, but she said that the city would vigorously defend the ordinance and that she looked forward to presenting to the Kansas Supreme Court. In the 35-page legal document, Steffes argues the Kansas Supreme Court should overturn the lower courts decision that the ordinance is not preempted by state law. He also argued that the law was unconstitutionally vague. According to the brief, in July of 2005 Steffes first filed a petition for declaratory and injunctive relief to invalidate and restrain the city smoking ban until the case could be heard. The court denied his petition in December of 2005. Steffes filed a motion in January of 2006 to reconsider the decision, which the court also denied in May of 2006. Steffes filed a notice of appeal to the Kansas court of appeals in June of 2006 and in August of 2006 the Kansas Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. Kansan staff writer nate mcGinnis can be contacted at nmcginnis@ kansan.com. Edited by Erin Wiley

A legal brief was filed with the Kansas Supreme Court yesterday on behalf of Dennis Steffes, owner of two Lawrence bars. The brief appeals a Douglas County District Court decision that upholds the city-wide smoking ban. Steffes, owner of Last Call, 729 New Hampshire St., and Coyotes,

Hangin out

Fire

Kline gets records as attorney general election nears

By Erin CAstAnEdA
After a two-year battle, Attorney General Phill Kline announced Wednesday that he had received 90 records from patients at two abortion clinics in Wichita and Overland Park. The purpose of using the records kline morrison is to track child rapists, later-term abortion violations and child abuse and rape that is not reported, said old sexual harassment claim by Sherriene Jones, spokeswoman for a female employee of Morrison. Klines campaign. Kline decided to remind Morrison Kline was unavailable for com- and to inform the public that ment for this story. Morrison was not innocent, Jones Jones explained that Kline said. received the records without the When we learned that Mr. womens and childrens personal Morrison was trying to confuse information. The women and chil- and lie to the media about the case, dren are not under investigation, thats when we decided the facts she said. of the case needed to come out, Kansans will vote in the hotly Jones said. contested Attorney General race Morrison said the controversy on Nov. 7. Voters will choose says more about Kline than himbetween Republican incumbent self. Kline and Democratic challengIts an old case that was diser and Johnson County District missed because it didnt have any Attorney Paul Morrison. merit, Morrison said. Im not Privacy has been a focus of going to get down in the gutter with M o r r i s o ns Phill Kline on campaign. He that. has criticized Both Kline That whole thing is literally Klines deciand Morrison sion to suban attorney generals abuse have numerpoena abortion ous plans to of power to pursue a personal records for address vioi nv e s t i g at i v e agenda. lence and purposes. crime in the That whole state as attorPaul morrIson ney general. thing is literally an attorattorney General candidate Mor r is on ney generals said there was abuse of power a tremendous to pursue a personal agenda, amount of work to be done that Morrison said. That is absolutely was not being addressed, namely wrong and thats why there has the issue of domestic violence, been so much controversy swirled which he said Kline had virtually around him, because people know ignored. He also said Kline had not its wrong. addressed cyber crime during his Klines campaign, meanwhile, tenure as Attorney General. has drawn attention to Morrisons past. Kline mentioned a 15-year-

Firefighters extinguish downtown roof blaze

By BEn smith
James Piller, Lawrence senior, woke on Wednesday morning to the smell of smoke, sirens and the crackle of radios outside his window. I just woke up and there were fire trucks outside my house, Piller said. Douglas County Fire and Medical responded to a fire at Framewoods Gallery, 819 Massachusetts St., at 9:58 Wednesday morning. Pillar, who lives in an apartment above Massachusetts Street, stood outside in the morning sun while firefighters talked to Dave Seal, the owner of Framewoods, on the rooftop where the fire started. Seal said that the cause of the fire was a roof-mounted heater in which one or more of the fan belts had overheated. A gas valve stuck open and the heater was left on all night, Seal said. There wasnt much smoke damage. Seal said the heater had been worked on the day before the incident. Capt. Joe Hoelscher of Douglas County Fire and Medical said downtown buildings typically met the fire codes, but because of the era in which they were built, many buildings share adjoining walls. Only the building that houses Framewoods and the apartments closest to the fire were evacuated. The fire was dealt with promptly. There was little damage and there were no injuries. Kansan staff writer Ben smith can be contacted at bsmith@ kansan.com. Edited by Travis Robinett

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Gwentessa alfie, 6, of Lawrence climbs across the monkey bars on Wednesday afternoon. Alfie and other kids, who were sugared up from eating Halloween candy, from the Hilltop Child Development Center spent part of the afternoon at the playground because it was a nice day.

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Trial date set for alleged rape case

By dAvid linhArdt
The judges decision followed the second of two hearings in which testimony was heard from the alleged victim and from Gail Ciesielski, a Lawrence Memorial Hospital nurse who specializes in examining victims of sexual assault. Bernards attorney, Greg Robinson, contended that Douglas County assistant district attorney Amy McGowan had not proved that the alleged victim was too intoxicated to have given consent for sex. Judge Malone disagreed and said the McCollum resident was incapable of giving consent according to the evidence presented. Ciesielski said the alleged victim had suffered from a heavy scratch near the opening of her vagina, which often was an indication of forcible entry of any object into the vagina. Ciesielski said the alleged victim also complained of painful urination and bleeding, and that she had not been bleeding before the alleged incident Aug. 26. This type of injury is generally not consistent with consensual sex, Ciesielski said. According to the victims testimony, she had been drinking vodka with several friends Aug. 26 before leaving to go to a party on Tennessee street. Drinking continued at the party until the group returned to McCollum. They began watching a movie, and the victim fell asleep. At some point Sunday morning, the victim was allegedly raped while she slept. Bernard and attorneys from both sides will return to court March 22 for a pre-trial status conference. Kansan staff writer david linhardt can be contacted at dlinhardt@kansan.com. Edited by Erin Wiley

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District court judge Michael Malone decided at a preliminary hearing Wednesday that Douglas County prosecutors presented sufficient evidence for a University of Kansas student to stand trial for allegedly raping a McCollum Hall resident. Arrin Bernard, an 18-year-old KU student reiterated a plea of not guilty Wednesday to one count of forcing sexual intercourse with a non-consenting person. Bernard will now stand trial March 26.

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Pinching pennies
around 440 million years ago. Melott said when the extinction occurred, the earth was primarily underwater. He theorizes a gamma ray burst, a concentrated beam of energy expelled from the collapse of a massive spinning star, hit the earth and destroyed significant parts of the atmosphere. He said the burst destroyed a third of the ozone in the atmosphere, which greatly increased the amount of ultra violet light. This increase in light would killed animals who lived in very shallow water, destroying about eighty percent of planetary life.
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quote of the day

I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me.
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska

clarification
The campaign finance break box that accompanied the story, Unitemized contributions spark debate, on Tuesday inadvertently left out several candidates. The 2nd and 3rd Congressional District candidates are listed below. Congressional Campaign Finance Reports 2005-2006 Cycle Source: Federal Election Commission

fact of the day

Pork is the worlds most widely eaten meat. Bonus Fact: Hogs are a source of nearly 40 drugs and pharmaceuticals on the market.
Source: National Pork Producers Council

2nd District
Jim Ryun Total receipts: $883,156 Individual Contributions: $409,792 Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other Committees: $448,916 Total Disbursements: $720,286 Beginning cash: $57,790 Ending cash on hand: $220,659 Nancy Boyda Total receipts: $528,132 Individual Contributions: $414,165 Non Party (e.g. PACs) or Other Committees: $37,000 Total Disbursements: $403,330 Beginning cash: $512 Ending cash on hand: $125,313

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Want to know what people are talking about? Heres a list of Wednesdays most e-mailed stories from Kansan. com. 1. Self juggles limited basketball lineup 2. Spooky storytelling common for Halloween 3. Students prepare for hunting season 4. False sizing benefits debated 5. Money examined in attorney general race

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Fate of alleged killer in hands of district attorney

Lawrence police have finished the investigation into the death of a KU student who was struck by a car Sept. 23. The investigation has been forwarded to the Douglas County district attorneys office. District Attorney Charles Branson will decide if Joshua Walton, a 24-year-old Lawrence man, will be arrested and charged with striking and killing Ryan Kanost, Manhattan senior. Walton drove a Toyota Camry through the intersection of 13th and Kentucky early in the morning Sept. 23, and allegedly struck Kanost in a crosswalk. A police report called Waltons driving reckless and careless. Witnesses said Walton was exceeding the 30-mph speed limit on Kentucky. Assistant District Attorney Amy McGowan said she and Branson had been in a trial all day Wednesday and had not had a chance to view the death investigation report.
David Linhardt

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Whitney Worthington, Austin, Texas, Freshman, works at the Kappa Kappa Gamma table in front of Wescoe Hall. Its a Penny War, Worthington said. Kappa Kappa Gamma asked students passing by to donate pennies to help raise money for Takayasu Arteritis research. Only 2.5 million people are diagnosed with the rare chronic disease and the cause for the disease is still unknown.

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President Bush may or may not appear in Kansas

President George W. Bush was expected to appear in Topeka on Sunday. However, this may no longer be the case. The president was supposed to appear in support of Jim Ryun, the Republican incumbent running for Congress. The White House Press Secretary reported today that there were no plans for the president to be in Kansas this weekend. Jeffrey Black, spokesman for Jim Ryuns campaign, could not say whether Bush would be visit-

ing Topeka. But he confirmed that Bush would not be appearing in support of Ryun. But at least one KU campus organization is expecting a visit from Bush. A staff member at St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center sent out an e-mail on Wednesday that said Ann Ryun, wife of Jim Ryun, had called and asked for volunteers to help with the rally where the president would be present. Black could not confirm that Ann Ryun had called the staff member or St. Lawrence.
Kansan staff reports

3rd District
Dennis Moore Total receipts: $2,020,962 Individual Contributions: $768,279 Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other Committees: $1,180,277 Total Disbursements: $1,679,583 Beginning cash: $26,276 Ending cash on hand: $132,138 Chuck Ahner Total receipts: $435,005 Individual Contributions: $176,565 Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other Committees: $6,000 Total Disbursements: $301,586 Beginning cash: $0 Ending cash on hand: $133,418
Erin Castaneda

CAMPUS

National Geographic show to feature KU professors

Three University of Kansas professors will be prominently featured on an episode of the National Geographic Channel show Naked Science airing at 9 tonight. Adrian Melott, professor of astronomy, Mikhail Medvedev assistant professor of astronomy and Bruce Lieberman, associate professor of geology, will explain their theory that a gamma ray burst caused a mass extinction at the end of the Ordovician period

what do you think?

ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS THIS TUESDAY?
BY MATT ERICKSON
JOHN ONELIO, Pittsburg, Kan., sophomore No. I dont think Im registered, and I havent really been following any of that stuff right now.

correction
An article in Tuesdays The University Daily Kansan needs clarification. The article, Unitemized contributions spark debate, should have said Attorney General Phill Klines memo, leaked in September, directed his campaign staff to schedule him to deliver sermons at churches where pastors could be convinced to bring money people to afterchurch fundraising receptions.
Erin Castaneda

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Probably. Its just your duty as an American. SPENCER COURTNEY,

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Im afraid not. I didnt register. I was kind of lazy about it.

MEGAN SANDERS, Baileyville sophomore Yeah. I think more people should vote. I know college students have a lower percentage of voting.

CHRISTINA ALEXOPOULOS, Lenexa freshman Yes, because its my first time I can actually vote.

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Candidates focus on health care for small businesses

By Mark vierthaler

Bush: Rumsfeld, Cheney will keep jobs

Calls for Defense Secretarys resignation ignored; Bush secures employment
By tereNCe hUNt
assoCiated Press WASHINGTON President Bush said Wednesday he wants Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney to remain with him until the end of his presidency, extending a job guarantee to two of the most-vilified members of his administration. Both those men are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them, Bush said in an interview with The Associated Press and others. On the war in Iraq, Bush said the military has not asked for an increase in U.S. forces beyond the 144,000 already there. He said U.S. generals have told him that the troop level they got right now is what they can live with. On another international issue, Bush said he was determined that sanctions imposed against North Korea must be applied even though Pyongyang has agreed to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. The president spoke in the Oval Office, seated in a wing chair in front of a table with a bowl of roses. Six days before midterm elections, he steered away from political questions beyond saying he was confident that Republicans would defy the polls and hold control of the House and Senate. I understand the pundits have got the race over. But I dont believe its over until everybody votes, Bush said. He refused to say whether he could work effectively with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi or Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid if Democrats won either the House or Senate, or both. Bush did take the opportunity

candidates

Easy access to health care has become a core concern for the three candidates for the Kansas Commissioner of Insurance position. Republican Sandy Praeger, Democrat Bonnie Sharp and Praeger Wilbur Libertarian Patrick Wilbur have all put a large amount of focus on health care availability for employThe democratic challenger, ees of small businesses. Sharp, has served in the Kansas Praeger is the one-term incum- legislature as the Kansas City, Kan., bent and a former city commis- representative for 10 years. She has sioner for Lawrence. served on the insurance commisShe also worked on the Kansas sion for the past six years. Insurance Advisory committee for Sharp said she would like to a decade before running for insur- implement a change in the openance commissioner. ness of the commissioners office. One of the largest problems She said people needed to know facing the that the posiinsurance tion belonged commissionto them. Were hoping to take our curer, she said, She also had been the rent proposal before the legislastressed the under-insured need to inform ture in the upcoming months. employees of college students small busiabout what in nesses. She sandy PraeGer their lives is defined these Insurance commissioner dependant on as businesses insurance. with 50 or She said that fewer employees. when she was in college, health During the past several months, care was a continual issue for her. Praeger said she and her staff had When she was pregnant with her been working on a proposal using child, neither her health insurance both federal and state funds to nor her husbands carried a materallow smaller businesses to make nity rider, she said. health insurance more affordable. Im very empathetic, Sharp Were hoping to take our cur- said. One-size insurance doesnt rent proposal before the legisla- fit all anymore. ture in the upcoming months, Wilbur echoed Praegers point she said. that there needed to be a complete Praeger is also working to cre- revamp of health insurance needs ate a paperless office, with each for small businesses. employee fully trained in electronWilbur, a libertarian, is a ic filing and retrieval. Lawrence native and has previous-

sharp

ly run as the libertarian candidate for the 45th District of the Kansas legislature. A large number of people who have either no insurance or are under-insured are people who do have jobs, but work for small businesses, Wilbur said. Traditionally, small businesses have had more hoops to jump through with the IRS, he said, and often they could not offer insurance to their employees. Its kind of the 800-pound gorilla in the room, Wilbur said. I would like to make it easier to obtain coverage. A health savings account would be the ideal resolution, he said. Similar to a 401k, employees would regularly deposit money in the account for use later in case of emergencies. Similar to a 401k, the account could also carry over from job to job. This would be especially helpful for people between jobs, Wilbur said. kansan staff writer Mark vierthaler can be contacted at mvierthaler@kansan.com. Edited by Erin Wiley

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Bush said Wednesday he wanted Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, left, and Vice President Dick Cheney, center, to remain in his administration until the end of his presidency. This comment comes after many democrats and republicans have asked for Rumsfelds resignation under accusations of mishandling the War in Iraq. to take another poke at Sen. John polling, less than 40 percent of Kerry, in political hot water for a respondents had a favorable view remark that the White House has of Cheney and about a third had a characterized as a slam on U.S. favorable view of Rumsfeld. troops in Iraq. Kerry has said he Bush said he valued Cheneys was making a joke critical of Bush, advice and judgment. not the troops. The good thing about Vice It didnt sound like a joke to President Cheneys advice is, you me, the president said. dont read about it in the newsDemocrats paper after he a n d gives it, the R e pu b l i c a n s president said. alike have While Cheney called for was re-elected R u m s f e l d s with Bush for r e s i g n at i o n , four years, GeorGe W. Bush there has been arguing he President of the united states recurring spechas mishandled the war ulation that in Iraq where he might step more than 2,800 members of the down, perhaps for health reasons. U.S. military have died since the As a practical matter, Bush could U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. ask the vice president to leave if Cheney has faced sharp criticism he wanted. for his hardline views. In recent

It didnt sound like a joke to me,

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Phill Klines ethical practices called into question

By JOHN HANNA
AssOCiAtEd PrEss donation occurred after Kline spoke at the church in July. The same event led Washingtonbased Americans United for Separation of Church and State to seek an investigation Tuesday by the Internal Revenue Service. Kline spokeswoman Sherriene Jones was confident there are no problems with such activities. We will provide the ethics commission with anything they request if they decide to look into Mr. Stephans letter, she said. Meanwhile, Pedro Irigonegaray, a Topeka attorney representing the two abortion clinics, said he feared Kline, an abortion opponent, would raid those clinics to create potential photo opportunities. He made the comment a day after Kline confirmed receiving edited versions of the records of 90 patients. Kline called the statements reckless and knowingly false. He began a new television ad Tuesday night defending his twoyear pursuit of the records of 90 patients as necessary to investigate rapes of children and potentially illegal late-term abortions. Democratic challenger Paul Morrison continued to criticize Klines efforts to obtain the records as invading patients privacy. But Mark Simpson, Morrisons campaign manager, wouldnt predict what the Democrat would do with the records if he is elected, saying only, Hell evaluate the situation. The race between Kline, who is seeking a second term and Morrison, the Johnson County district attorney, remained intense and bitter with less than a week before the Nov. 7 election. Stephan already has publicly criticized Kline over the donation to SWT from the Light of the World Christian Center in Topeka. The churchs pastor did not return a telephone message Wednesday. Kline speaks regularly during church services and to church groups, discussing how he and his estranged father reconciled and the importance of people having God in their lives. But he also wrote an internal memo in August outlining an effort to fully tap his support among conservative churchgoers, with directions to staff that included having friendly pastors bring money people to outside events. Stephan raised two other issues in his letter to the Governmental Ethics Commission. One was $3,600 in payments from the Kline campaign to SWT in January to store documents and furniture in a metal building behind the Klines home. The other was Kline not itemizing more than $41,000 in contributions of $50 or less on his latest campaign finance report, filed Monday. It may turn out that everything is hunky dory, Stephan said during an interview. I dont think you should take everything for granted, that something is in accordance in the rules, just because some politician tells you it is.

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Morrison proposes to form a supplement to the current Cyber Crimes Task Force in Kansas City that would utilize the attorney generals office to track down Internet sexual predators. Morrison also wants to decrease the number of mentally ill individuals in prisons through a Mental Health Diversion Program. The program would get people back on their medications and back in therapy, he said. Going against violent criminals has been my specialty for the past 26 years, Morrison said. Jones said Kline was working to strengthen Jessicas Law, which increased penalties for sex offenders. Kline worked to get the law passed in 2005. Kline is also involved with the Cyber Crimes Task Force, which he helped to establish in 2003. Kansan staff writer Erin Castaneda can be contacted at ecastaneda@kansan.com.

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TOPEKA Attorney General Phill Kline faced new questions Wednesday about his activities at churches, his campaign fundraising and what he plans to do with newly acquired patient records from two abortion clinics. Bob Stephan, a former attorney general and fellow Republican who broke politically with Kline less than five weeks ago, asked the state ethics commission to examine Klines fundraising and activities involving churches. Among Stephans issues was a $1,339 donation from a Topeka church to SWT Communications, a company Klines wife operates. The

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the chairmanships of every committee. The media has compounded this problem by stressing the competitive angle of every election story. Even their imagery focuses on the combative side of politics: battleground states, horse race, and voter mobilization. This in turn perpetuates the dichotomous thinking that has enveloped policy and politics. One candidate is prolife, the other is pro-choice; one supports free trade, the other is a market protectionist; one supports the war, the other questions its continuation. This presents a great danger for voters, and in particular young voters, who are too young to remember the days when parties worked together to further the goals of the American people. We have become so acclimated to the climate of competition that we can think of elections in no other terms. Candidates capitalize on this by presenting every choice as black vs. white, right vs. wrong. We are told that our position on just one social issue is justification enough for a vote. Lost in this kind of thinking is the basic knowledge that public officials are not vote-casting automatons who are there to work merely on one issue. While one social or fiscal issue may be of the utmost importance to your values, it is important to remember that your candidate of choice will be casting a number of votes on a variety of issues. Supporting a candidate based on one issue means that you are, by default, endorsing that candidates entire platform, even the parts with which you may disagree. This Election Day, take care to evaluate the full slate of a candidates positions before casting a vote. Try not to inflate the importance of one issue to the exclusion of all other considerations. Public officials are organic creatures who work on a wide range of policy matters, and it is important to know their positions before voting. Dont get caught up in the medias hypercompetitive atmosphere pick the candidates who you genuinely believe will be the best leaders for our government. McKay Stangler for the editorial board.

Vote for a candidate, not a single issue

In our majoritarian society, we tend to lavish all the spoils on the victor of any contest. This is probably a consequence of our capitalist system, which necessarily produces a winner and a loser in every transaction. But this view has now spread to our republican government, which depends on consensus for accomplishment. A party with 51 percent of the House seats receives complete control of House procedure, along with

COMMENTARY

In competitive market, customers freely choose Wal-Marts low prices

Freedom is a pretty-sounding concept that almost everyone supports abstractly. No politician would ever come out and actually say that he or she is opposed to increasing freedom or that freedom needs to be rolled back a bit. Here at the University of Kansas, students get red-faced at the mere thought of losing the freedom to check out library books without a government official searching through the records. The thought of losing any aspect of freedom can, if framed correctly, get our blood boiling. Unfortunately, beyond the library doors, freedom becomes harder to define. Most students would probably agree that we should be able to shop where we want and work where we want. But if we want to shop or work at Wal-Mart, freedom goes out the window. Wal-Mart, of course, is the most controversial retailer in America today. Wal-Mart has a higher revenue than most nations and, with 1.2 million employees, is Americas largest private employer. Critics and Wal-Mart has many critics at the University contend that Wal-Mart exploits its employees by paying them a low hourly wage, withholding health insurance, and purposefully keeping employees from working enough hours to qualify for full-time benefits. Some also contend that Wal-Mart drives out smaller competitors by offering consumers lower prices. Many critics believe that the government should do something about Wal-Marts behavior by forcing Wal-Mart to increase its wages and offer better health benefits, or by kicking Wal-Mart out of communities altogether. In truth, however, these actions would hurt many of KANSAN COLUMNIST OPINION@KANSAN.COM the people theyre trying to help. The key to the Wal-Mart situation is personal freedom. Americans buy at Wal-Mart because Wal-Mart is cheaper than most other retailers. This may cause other retailers to lose sales or go out of business, but this is because consumers are exercising their freedom to choose where they shop. Usually, consumers will shop where goods are cheaper. Cheaper goods, after all, have the same effect as a higher income because it allows consumers to buy more. If the government forces WalMart out of communities, it takes away citizens freedom to spend money where they choose. Consumers will be forced to spend more money for the same amount of goods, which has the same result as a lower income. The only winners are Wal-Marts competitors, who could raise their prices without losing business. In the same vein, Wal-Mart employees work at Wal-Mart because they want to, either because it offers them better wages, better benefits, more flexible working hours, or a better environment than any of their other options. WalMart critics seem to believe that taking Wal-Mart out of the picture will suddenly allow their 1.2 million employees to find better jobs. But if they could find better jobs, they

BY VINCE MYERS

already would have. Removing WalMart from a community does nothing to benefit Wal-Mart employees it just restricts their freedom to work where they choose, and it takes away their best option for income. In recent weeks, Wal-Mart has made news with the expansion of its $4 prescription drug plan to Kansas stores. The plan lowers the cost of many prescription drugs to even less than the co-pays of most insured Americans. Nearly everyone will benefit from this plan, but no group will benefit as much as the uninsured (including Wal-Marts employees); many of these drugs cost up to $50. Yet the same people who complain about the health care burden on uninsured Americans still want to eliminate Wal-Mart. Lawrence is now fighting about whether or not to allow Wal-Mart to build another store. If Wal-Mart does open the store, it will offer low prices and jobs to another corner of Lawrence. If one Wal-Mart really is enough for Lawrence, as critics contend, then sales will lag and WalMart will close the store on its own. Otherwise, free people who benefit from Wal-Marts presence will keep the store in business. Americans continue to work and shop at Wal-Mart because they freely choose to do so. Arrogant critics want to take away that choice. As passionately as we fight to keep our library records away from the government, we should fight for the freedom to shop and work where we please. Myers is an Olathe junior in economics.

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COMMENTARY

No weight-loss motivation? No problem

Are you looking for a way to lose those unwanted fifty pounds? Do you have to buy two bus passes because you take up two seats? Well, dont worry, because there are plenty of ways you can lose that cheesecake gut without any kind of special effort on your part. Forget diet and exercise, those things are just too hard, especially when elective surgery is so much more convenient. Here are your options: First, there is liposuction, the classic surgical solution for fatness. Its very simple you just have a man in scrubs with a piece of paper on his wall that says he is a doctor stick a vacuum in you over and over again to suck out all the fat. You have to pay him for this, mind you, and endure the excruciating pain of your body healing itself after being stabbed repeatedly. Its much easier than exercise, huh? Uh oh, so you got lipo-ed just to fill yourself back up again like a water balloon? Then try that upand-comer that is slowly making a name for itself, gastric bypass surgery. The fact that you eat too much KANSAN COLUMNIST OPINION@KANSAN.COM is not because of a lack of willpower or self discipline, its because your stomach is just too damn big. So why dont we just cut it in half and sew it back up? Brilliant! Stop the presses! Who says you have to stick to a balanced diet to lose weight when you could just chop your stomach in half? Whats that you say? Since your gastric bypass you dont eat any less you just poo a lot more? Well, this calls for drastic measures. The worlds most ingenious doctors have put their heads together and come up with the next generation in antifatness technology: the stomach implant. How does it work? You really want to know? The stomach implant is a battery-sized device

BY STEVE NICHOLS

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that is inserted just below the rib cage. Wires from the implant are then connected to the stomach and deliver mild electric shocks. Doctors believe that these shocks trigger the release of a satiety chemical, tricking your body into thinking it is full. Its like electro-shock therapy for your stomach. Now you wont feel the need to consume large amounts of fat and calories, not to mention protein, vitamins or minerals. Hell, you probably wont want to eat anything ever again. So, at the end of the day, when you look at yourself in the mirror of the gas station bathroom where you have been living because you spent all of your money and couldnt pay the rent, you can tell yourself as you look at your scar-covered, pale and wasted-away body, that at least you are no longer a fatty. Nichols is an Overland Park senior in psychology and American studies.

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Athletics DepArtment

thursday, november 2, 2006

city of lAwrence

City commission receives advice on development

By marK vIerTHaLer

Tutors enjoy athletes successes on, off court

By C.J. moore

Celeste Fish, Pittsburg senior, said hoped the team would include Concerns raised at a public more opportunities for multiple dismeeting with development advisers ciplinary research at the University. Several people in attendance ranged from environmental concerns to the relationship between argued for the team to look at the connection between water quality the University and the city. The Lawrence City Commission and public health. Other attendees met Wednesday with a six-person raised the issue of energy sources and suggested team from the team focus the American less on fossil fuel Institute of The medical definition of unreand more on Architects wind energy. to analyze strained growth is cancer. Others worL a w r e n c e s ried about the ability to meet Joe Douglas state of homeenvironmental, lawrence resident lessness in economic and Lawrence. social equity Loring Henderson, director of needs without reducing the ability the Lawrence Community Shelter, of future generations to meet their own needs. The meetings will con- said the biggest thing the team should study before anything else tinue today. The Sustainable Design was the state of the poor and the Assessment Team focuses on improv- homeless. When are you going to start ing the development of downtown businesses, housing, government, with the basics, Henderson asked. culture, recreation and historic When are we going to get people preservation. Advisers came from into simple housing for the menvarious areas of the country, includ- tally ill and the addicted? Marilyn Roy, who was formering Washington, D.C., Birmingham, ly homeless agreed. Roy said if Ala. and Phoenix, Ariz. William Gilchrist, sustainability Lawrence was looking to be a susteam leader, described sustainability tained community it had to support as implementing policies that would its homeless. She said she thought not work to the detriment of the city a large portion of the problem was elitism within the city. in the long term. Roy has lived in Lawrence The team met with the public to since 1974, and she tearfully said field suggestions for its survey durLawrence had been divided by ing the next several days. Lawrence resident Tom Harper growth downtown had become a said the city, the University and center for tourists and bar patrons. the public schools needed to work She also told the team it should together more. He said they were challenge the citys developers to the three largest entities within the use their money to build a hometown and the relationships among less center and a drug rehabilitation them needed to be strengthened for center. Commissioner Dennis Boog the city to operate smoothly. Joe Douglas, Lawrence resident Highberger said the public meeting and doctor, said he was mainly was an excellent opportunity for the worried about too much growth in citys elected officials to determine what direction the city should head Lawrence. The medical definition of unre- during the next several years. Lawrence is one of eight comstrained growth is cancer, Douglas said. Im afraid thats what were munities across the nation chosen to participate in the SDAT prolooking at. Several people echoed Douglas gram. The final set of recommendations sentiments. Richard Heckler, Lawrence resi- will be presented at 3:30 p.m. Friday dent, raised worries about urban at the Lawrence Arts Center. sprawl and economic growth. Heckler said the team should Kansan staff writer mark vierthastudy the citys ability to fit busi- ler can be contacted at mvierthanesses into the existing downtown ler@kansan.com. area to avoid stretching the city Edited by Derek Korte limits.

When Brandon Rush or Julian Wright hits a game-winning shot, Bill Nolan is happy for them. But when one of the basketball players gets an A on a test, Nolan, a tutor in the Kansas Athletics Department, gets excited. I just like to see guys doing well; coming in, working hard and doing well, said Nolan, a recent Communication Studies graduate from the University. Thats the best part of the job. The sense of accomplishment, to see them have that sense of accomplishment always feels good. Nolan is one of 15 tutors in the strategic tutoring program that helps the mens and womens basketball teams. Nolan said he took the job last Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN January because he always liked Rachel Sanner, Lawrence senior, tutors womens basketball forward Porscha Weddington, freshman, on rational equations and problem solving helping other students in his classes. Justin Mackey, assistant direc- for Weddingtons Math 002 class. Sanner, who tutors four students, five nights per week, specializes in geography, English, and math. Weddington, tor of the Athletics Departments who came to the University of Kansas from Temple, Texas, attends study hall five nights a week, as is required of all freshman in the KU athletics Strategic Tutoring Program, said program. Nolan fit the criteria that the proan athletic thing and after teaching University. She said she faced simi- that were trying to do a job here, gram searched for in tutors. and being a grad student, I figured lar challenges in tutoring as she Nolan said. We look for people with teachout this is a problem in general, faced in teaching. Mackey said he had to find the er qualities that have maybe taught kids coming under-prepared to They are on their routine sched- right combination in tutors so they in a classroom, even elementary school. ules and sometimes just coming werent getting too excited about a school, junior high, Mackey said. The programs tutors work 15 here and trying to get motivated to game-winning shot. Because somebody like that can to 30 hours per study after having a long day, thats You definitely dont want to really come in week and most probably the biggest challenge, she hire a fan, Mackey said. Every and work with are students said. student athlete that walks in here, org an i z at i on I just like to see guys doing or graduate Harvey said when athletes had they like to hear good job this and keeping a students who a tough day on the field or in weekend and that sort of thing, well; coming in, working hard kid on task. want to become the classroom, she liked to warm but they dont like to come up here Mackey said and doing well. teachers. them up with a conversation and and talk about sports. This is a the tutors proS u s a n not dive straight into their studies. place where theyre coming to sit vided direcdown with people they trust and tion to help Bill NolaN Harvey, a grad- Nolan said he found that a similar respect, as people who are here to uate student approach worked well for him. students learn athletics Department tutor and tutor for I think that weve done a good help them. good study Mackey, aspires job of being like a friend but mak- Kansan staff writer C.J. moore habits. You get some students in that to be a teacher. Along with her ing sure were not crossing that can be contacted at cjmoore@ are just under-prepared for col- duties as a tutor, Harvey is a gradu- line, make sure that were still kansan.com. lege, he said. There was a time ate teaching assistant in health, maintaining a position where we Edited by Derek Korte where I kind of thought that was sport and exercise science at the can help them and they can respect

A $200,000 per year scholarship program was announced by the University of Kansas on Tuesday. The Christina M. Hixson Opportunity Awards will be given to financially needy students who want to attend the University. The program will give ten renewable $5,000 scholarships to freshmen in the 2007-08 academic year. The program will add 10 scholarships a year until a maximum of 40 are given. Jen Humphrey, senior editor at the University of Kansas Endowment Association, said the scholarship would be available to

Foundations donation provides new scholarship

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current high school seniors the first year. She said the money could be given to students with obstacles other than financial restraints. The awards were created through a $5 million gift from The Ernst F. Lied Foundation of Las Vegas to help students with financial hardships attend the University. Participants will have to be Kansas high school graduates and meet the Universitys academic qualifications. In addition to The Christina M. Hixson Opportunity Awards, the Endowment Association gives more than $20 million in scholarships to more than 5,000 students a year.
Matt Elder

trenDs

Marathon running makes a fashionable comeback

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Tamara Daniels, left, and and Kim Pallen run in Central Park in New York, Wednesday. After watching her mother finish her first half marathon shortly after undergoing radiation for breast cancer. Daniels is one of many who are bringing back the popularity of long-distance running.

By J.W. eLpHINsToNe

assoCIaTed press

It wasnt until her mother finished her first half marathon shortly after undergoing radiation for breast cancer that Tamara Daniels found the motivation to run a marathon. Ive never thought of myself as a long distance runner. But she inspired me to do it, said the 26year-old assistant district attorney after a 10-mile run in New Yorks Central Park. This past summer, Daniels, an avid runner of smaller distances, signed up for a running class sponsored by the New York Road Runners Club Inc. with fellow jogger Kim Pallen, 23. The two met while running a 5K corporate challenge Pallen was an intern at Daniels office. They are now almost halfway into training for the ING Miami Marathon in January, the first marathon for both. After the event, the two want to celebrate with a cruise out of Miami. Runners like Daniels, her mother and Pallen are fueling a second major running boom. The first boom occurred in the 1970s after American Frank Shorters gold medal in the 1972 Olympic marathon inspired Americans off their feet to attempt the 26.2-mile race. Now, more runners are lacing up their sneakers at the starting lines of longer races. Cities and

retailers hope to benefit from the renewed interest by turning local marathons into running festivals to attract tourist dollars and show off their communities. The Road Running Information Center reported that half marathon finishers rose 7 percent in 2004 from the previous year and marathon finishers followed with a 6 percent gain. Well-known races like the Chicago and New York City Marathons have capped their registrations to avoid overflow. The New York City Marathon expects 37,000 runners to participate in this years race Nov. 5. Participants in second tier races in Miami, Portland and Detroit have also skyrocketed as more runners are shut out of big time races and new faces enter the field. More cities are jumping in the race. The number of marathons nationwide has grown steadily in the last five years, according to MarathonGuide.com., from 272 events in 2001 to 359 scheduled marathons for 2006. Most marathons are started by local running clubs with the economic and logistical support from the host cities. But in some cases, cities initiate the formation of their own marathons and bring in outside event management companies to organize the event and find sponsors.

Ivana Catic will lead a group of young Jayhawks trying to fill the void left behind by the departing seniors.
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Womens basketbaLL 80-55

Exhibition game to be depth test for Jayhawks

By shAwn shroyEr
Kansas will find out just how deep it is tonight against the Washburn Ichabods. Without junior centers Sasha Kaun and C.J. Giles, expect coach Bill Self to play some interesting makeshift rotations. Monday, Self said he planned to play junior Darnell Jackson and freshman Darrell Arthur in place of Kaun and Giles. Sophomore Julian Wright will start at power forward and could be relieved by sophomore Matt Kleinmann. Self said 6-foot-4 junior guard Rodrick Stewart might even see time as a forward. Were going to have to play small. We are a tiny team all of a sudden, Self said. We have gone from being a deep, long, athletic team to being, in the short term, a team that does not have much inside depth at all. Were a pretty thin group right now. Kansas will still have its backcourt intact. Junior Russell Robinson should start at point guard, alongside sophomore guards Mario Chalmers and Brandon Rush. The role of the guards will remain the same as the Jayhawks wait to get back to full strength. Jackson said the low-post players wouldnt have to adjust their roles either. Instead, they will have to acclimate to playing more minutes right off the bat. Its just looking to the side and knowing Sashas not going to be able to come in and get you when youre out there breathing for air, Jackson said. Were going to miss him. In addition to the minutes Kaun and Giles play, the team will also miss their shot-blocking ability. Kaun had 36 blocks last season and Giles led the team with 48. Jackson has only six career blocks. As much as hed like to increase his blocks, Jackson said arm length was the main factor in blocking shots. Im just going to have to go drink some of C.J.s water, and hopefully I get long arms and go block a couple shots for him, Jackson said. Fortunately, Kansas will face a small Washburn team tonight. The tallest Ichabod expected to start tonight is 6-8 forward Brady Sisk. The only three players taller than Sisk on the Washburn roster may play limited minutes. Sisk is one of four returning starters for Washburn and led the team in points and rebounds last season with 14.4 and 5.7, respectively. Joining Sisk in the frontcourt will be returning starters Dylan Channel, who was second on the team with 10.1 points per game last season, and Paul Byers, who led the team with 31 blocks last season. On the perimeter, Andrew Meile will handle the point after leading the team with 66 assists last season. Guard Kyle Fisher is the leading candidate to fill the fifth starting spot. While tonight will be Kansas first game of the season, Washburn played four exhibition games in China in August. Playing Zhejang University, Zhejang Normal University and Shanghai Normal University, Washburn went 4-0, winning by an average of about 50 points per game. Tonight will mark the 34th meeting between Kansas and Washburn. The Jayhawks lead the series 30-3. Kansas is also 20 against Washburn in exhibition play, but the Ichabods gave the Jayhawks a close game two years ago. Two years ago, it was a ninepoint game, Self said. It was four or five points late in the game and they had a shot, so I think that game helped us in a lot of ways. Kansan sportswriter shawn shroyer can be contacted at sshroyer@kansan.com. Edited by Erin Wiley

season starts off right

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shaquina Mosley, senior guard, tries for a steal from Fort Hays States Kayla Klug during the first half of the Jayhawks opening exhibition game. Mosley managed a game-high 10 assists durng the game, as well as 5 rebounds.

Freshman Sade Morris scores 14 points, Shaq Mosley tallies 10 assists

By CAsE KEEfEr
An impressive first half and a disappointing second half characterized the womens basketball teams 80-55 exhibition victory against Fort Hays State on Wednesday. Obviously, I liked the first half team better than the second half team, coach Bonnie Henrickson said. But the second half wont take away from how good I thought we were at times during the first half. Within the first minute of the game, the Jayhawks forced a Lady Tigers time-out that followed a 6-0 start off of two Ivana Catic steals. Kansas would continue its domination during the remaining 19 minutes of the half. All seven freshman saw considerable minutes in the game, but Sade Morris stole the spotlight. Morris was four for five in the first half with 12 points. Offensively Morris slowed down in the second half with only two points, but still showed her big play ability with a steal and a huge block. I just did my best to get us going. Morris said. Henrickson sacrificed size for athleticism by starting two forwards, Morris and junior Jamie Boyd instead of the expected starting center, Marija Zinic. Catic, Taylor McIntosh and Shaquina Mosley made up the starting backcourt. Kelly Kohn and LaChelda Jacobs received the most minutes off the bench with 17 and 14, respectively. Henrickson switched the role of point guard out between Kohn, Jacobs, Catic and Mosley equally as the game went on. Mosley had the most success at the position. Mosley showcased her role as a facilitator in the Jayhawks offense. With solid ball handling and nonselfish play Mosley fed the ball to teammates like Sade Morris, Kelly Kohn and Danielle McCray on her way to a career-high ten assists. When Bonnie had me at the point, I just saw people open and tried to get it to them, Mosley said. I always feel like its better to get shots inside the paint than outside. The lightning-quick speed of the tandem of guards was hard for the Lady Tigers to keep up with. Kohn, Mosley and Jacobs each got a handful of open looks because of their quickness. In the second half, the Lady Tigers outscored the Jayhawks 37-34. Many of the problems can be attributed to the emergence of Fort Hays State freshman Naomi Bancroft.

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Rarely used wide receiver makes big plays in victory

By C.J. MoorE
Jeff Fosters performance may have surprised a few people Saturday. Foster, a seldom-used junior receiver and former walk-on, made three game-changing plays against Colorado: Drawing a pass-interference penalty on one play, coming up with a 31-yard catch on another and recovering a fourth quarter onside kick, which earned him special team player of the week. But this was nothing new to the Jayhawk coaches and players, who have seen Foster shine on the practice field. Receiver Jonathan Lamb wasnt surprised by Fosters performance. Jeff s making big plays all the time in practice, he said. Foster was doing just that making big plays in practice last week. Every Wednesday the secondteam offense takes on the first-team defense in a two-minute drill. Last week the second-team offense was led by freshman Todd Reesing, who on Saturday went from being a redshirt afterthought to big man on campus in one half of football Saturday with some help from Foster. As Reesing ran the two-minute drill Wednesday, Foster was his goto guy on the drive. Jeff and I actually hooked up on a couple big 30- to 40-yard pass plays, Reesing said. So when Reesing was flushed out of the pocket for the first time in the second half against Colorado, he spotted a familiar number open in the back of the end zone. The pass to Foster was not caught, but resulted in a pass interference call that gave the Jayhawks a first down and kept their first scoring drive alive. In the fourth quarter, when Reesing again avoided pressure and scrambled to his left, he threw downfield to Foster for a 31-yard completion that led to the Jayhawks final touchdown. I was like Jeff, man, just like in practice, Reesing said. Fosters only highlights this season before the Colorado game had come on the practice field. Although he has seen spot duty, he had yet to catch a pass until Saturday after catching four passes last year with one touchdown. Because of several injuries to the receiving core, Foster found his way onto the field frequently during the second half against the Buffaloes. Actually I wasnt expecting it at all, Foster said of his playing time. It was just kind of how the game played out.

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Jeff Foster, junior receiver, made key plays on Saturday to help Kansas defeat Colorado, including a 31-yard catch on a Kansas scoring drive. Foster has not played much during the season, making his first catches during Saturdays game.

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SPORTS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2006

BIG 12 BASKETBALL

Pride reemerges at KSU with Huggins

BY STEVE BRISENDINE
ASSOCIATED PRESS MANHATTAN The buzz began building the day Kansas States coaching job came open. Bob Huggins, so the rumor went, was interested. Skeptics wondered why. Huggins had taken Cincinnati to 14 straight NCAA tournaments including one Final Four in 16 years. He would want a team that hadnt made the NCAA field since 1996? Now, however, questions have less to do with whether Huggins can get the Wildcats back into the postseason than how deep a run they can make. Thats why almost 10,000 fans waited in line to watch a late-night scrimmage. Its why almost 13,000 season tickets have been sold for an arena that seats 13,500. When you bring a coach in that is proven, and the players dont question what he says, people just go with the flow and it definitely excites us, junior swingman David Hoskins said. Coach Huggins brings a lot more intensity to us, and it has helped. Huggins, who spent a year assembling a high-powered recruiting class after being fired at Cincinnati in 2005, has done little to curb the enthusiasm. At the Madness in Manhattan event, he promised that the Wildcats would snap a 23-game home losing streak to Kansas and speculated that the Wildcats new third uniforms the black ones with the purple claw markings down the side would look good in a Big 12 tournament final or an NCAA regional semifinal. They know Im not real good about being second, and Im miserable when we lose, Huggins said. I think they understand that and I think theyre kind of the same way. Theyre starting to develop that attitude. Whether the Wildcats can translate that attitude into victories remains to be seen. But Huggins does have several proven playmakers on hand and a load of promising newcomers. Senior swingman Cartier Martin is the top returning player once Huggins let him back on the team, that is. Martin led the Wildcats with 18 points and 6.6 rebounds last season, but was suspended by Huggins in May for an unspecified violation of team rules. Huggins didnt reinstate him until the start of practice in October. Neither has said what the suspension was for, but Huggins made one telling remark at the Wildcats annual media day. Ive had a few conversations with Cartier, and I think Cartier knows what he wants to do and where he wants to go, Huggins said. Cartier wants a degree, and Cartier wants to play at the next level. And Martin said Huggins, who was criticized for a low graduation rate at Cincinnati, takes academics seriously. I found that out right away, Martin said. I missed a class in the spring and he had me running stairs. Martin has responded well enough, though, that Huggins has made him and Hoskins the nucleus of his team. Cartier has really worked hard. He has really tried to be a leader, Huggins said. Hes been real good. Daves been good, but not as consistent as Cartier has been. Hoskins, a transfer from Central Michigan who redshirted one year at a junior college, broke into the starting lineup early last season and averaged 13.1 points. After offseason Lasik surgery on both eyes, his outside shooting has improved. I can see the rim now, Hoskins said. It has definitely helped. While starting spots are secure for Martin and Hoskins, the picture is less clear for off-guard Lance Harris, who started the first 13 games last year and averaged 10.7 points. The problem, Huggins said, is Harris streaky play last year. Lance kind of gets in a comfort zone, Huggins said. We kind of have to push him out of that comfort zone sometimes. I think he has really responded the last couple of days. Clent Stewart started 20 games at point guard last season but is coming off surgery, so Huggins has been working two newcomers at the position grad student Jermaine Maybank and junior Blake Young. Young averaged 23.2 points in his final season at Daytona Beach Community College in Florida, shooting 37.7 percent from 3-point range. He wouldnt be at Kansas State were it not for Huggins, he said. He drew me in and then the fans got me too, Young said. When I came here on my visit the fans were calling out my name and that got me excited. Having that kind of fan support always helps.

athletics calendar
TODAY
Mens basketball vs. Washburn, exhibition game, 7 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse Player to watch: Junior Russell Robinson should act as a strong team leader this season. In last years firstRobinson round NCAA Tournament loss, Robinson recorded seven assists and scored 18 points. Robinson started 32 of 33 games last year.

FRIDAY
Swimming & Diving vs. Northern Iowa, 6 p.m., Robinson Center

SATURDAY
Swimming & Diving vs. Northern Iowa, 10 a.m., Robinson Center Football at Iowa State, 1 p.m., Ames, Iowa Volleyball at Iowa State, 6:30 p.m., Ames, Iowa Rowing, Head of the Chattahoochee, TBA, Chattanooga, Tenn.

SUNDAY
Womens basketball vs. Washburn, exhibition game, 2 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse Rowing, Head of the Chattahoochee, TBA, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Associated Press

Kansas State basketball fans have rallied around their new coach, Bob Huggins, who was named the Kansas State coach this season. Huggins pomised to take the team to the NCAA tournament and to end Kansas States 23-game home losing streak to Kansas

ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT

Football player recognized for off-field achievements

Kansas football player James McClinton was named to the Big 12 Conferences Good Works Team Wednesday. The team recognizes student-athletes for community service, academic standing and participating in a Big 12 sport. McClinton, a native of Garland, Texas, is a defensive end and was the Kansas representative on the 12-member Good Works team.
Ryan Schneider

New director announced for Kansas Relays

After a two-month search, Kansas

didnt go far to find a new meet director for the Kansas Relays. Miley Donley, the track and field horizontal jump and multi-event coach, was named director Wednesday. It is very exciting for me, Donley said. I have been coaching for 24 years in Division I and this is definitely a career change for me. I have been involved in putting on track and field meets throughout my career, but to put on the Kansas Relays is a tremendous honor. I think there are a lot of great times ahead in putting this event on. Donley has been with Kansas for six years in his current position. He will remain with the track and field team until a replacement is found.
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SOCCER 1-1

Postseason hopes dim after loss

BY MARK DENT
Kansas is in a familiar situation. After tieing Colorado 1-1 but eventually losing 5-3 in penalty kicks, the teams NCAA tournament future is up in the air. The game, played Wednesday at the Big 12 tournament in San Antonio, Texas, counts as a tie, but the Buffaloes will advance to play Texas A&M on Friday. Last year, the Jayhawks (11-7-1, 6-4-1) finished with an identical record after losing in the first round of the Big 12 tournament. Kansas coach Mark Francis and the players felt secure with their chances of making the NCAA tournament, but the Jayhawks were not chosen. Going into Wednesdays game, Kansas had an RPI of 56. The RPI measures a teams ranking through victories, losses and schedule strength. The NCAA tournament selection committee uses the RPI as one of its main criteria for selecting teams. Sixty-four teams will be chosen for the tournament, which puts the Jayhawks squarely on the bubble. A victory Wednesday against Colorado would have increased Kansas chances for getting a berth, but the Jayhawks came up just short. After one overtime period, junior forward Emily Strinden missed on the Jayhawks first penalty kick attempt, which left Kansas with a 1-0 deficit during the shootout. Players from both teams made the remainder of their penalty kicks, which gave Colorado the advantage and victory. The ending was particularly tough for Kansas, because it battled back after spotting Colorado a goal during the first half. The Jayhawks lone goal came in minute 37. Sophomore midfielder Missy Geha started the scoring drive when she sent a pass up the field to senior forward Holly Gault. Gault collected the pass and forwarded the ball to sophomore midfielder Jessica Bush. Colorado goalkeeper Kirstin Radlinksi came forward in an attempt to stop Bush, but Bush avoided her and made an easy shot for her eighth goal of the season. Kansas had plenty of opportunities to score during the second half, but no one could break through with the game-winner. Sophomore midfielder Sara Rogers nearly put the game away when she received a cross from freshman forward Shannon McCabe. Rogers attempted to head it in, but her shot flew wide of the net. Wednesdays loss added to Kansas struggles in the Big 12 tournament. The Jayhawks now have a 2-7 record in Big 12 tournament games and have lost in the first round five of the last seven years. With Wednesdays elimination, all Kansas can do is wait. NCAA tournament pairings will be announced Monday and games begin Nov. 10. Kansan sportswriter Mark Dent can be contacted at mdent@kansan.com. Edited by Erin Wiley

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Brandon Jacobs could be the answer to your fantasy prayers next year
By Evan HEngEl
For the fantasy managers who sit at 2-6 on the year, its time to look to the future. And for next year, I have a name that could define your season: Brandon Jacobs. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the second-year player out of Southern Illinois, he is the New York Giants backup running back behind Tiki Barber. More importantly, he is 64 and 264 lbs. After this season Tiki will retire in hopes of becoming a newscaster. While Barber is doing his best Katie Couric impersonation, Jacobs will become the NFLs next 2,000 yard rusher. If you look at Jacobs numbers this year, his success isnt hard to predict. Jacobs has averaged 5.1 yards per carry on 51 attempts, despite Tiki Barbers fantastic season, averaging 4.6 yards per carry on the way to a projected 1,600 yard season. Jacobs average yards per carry is skewed down a little because many of his carries are in goal line situation where its impossible for him to gain substantial yardage and at the end of games that the Giants are winning when the opposing team knows that the run is coming. When Jacobs finally gets to run full time behind the Giants underrated offensive line, anchored by Luke Petitgout and Kareem McKenzie full time, have had a man crush on Jacobs for a while now, and if our predictions are correct, Jacobs will be so good next season that it will spur rule changes in fantasy football. Now that my love for Brandon Jacobs is out and in the open, here are some players to add for week nine: 1) Mike Bell, running Back, Denver Broncos. Mike Shanahan strikes again as the running back by committee seems to be back in style in Denver, which will lead to more carries for Bell. Also, starting running back Tatum Bell has turf toe.
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Young Jayhawks mature

Ivana Catic has stepped up as a team leader
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The graduation of Kaylee Brown, Erica Hallman and Crystal Kemp left many holes and questions for this years womens basketball team. The three players made up 65 percent of Kansas scoring last season. Sophomore Ivana Catic was the fourth leading scorer on last years team with an average of 7.7 points per game. Now, as the lead returning player in scoring, shell have to step into the void the seniors created. I realize that it is a bigger part of my role on this years team, said Catic. Coach Bonnie Henrickson said Catic had made important improvements to her game during the offseason. She can shoot a pull-up jumper or get to the rim. Shes shooting the three much better than she did last year. Henrickson said. Defensively she looks better than she did at any point last year. Henrickson said Catic had also accepted a leadership role along with junior Taylor McIntosh. At the end of team meetings, Ivana and Taylor usually have something to add and its very positive, very good, said Henrickson. McIntosh is taking memories from her freshman season to make herself a better leader. I know when I first got here I was afraid to approach the upperclassmen because I didnt know how, said McIntosh. I just try to make them feel comfortable around me and not be so intimidating. While memories help her with leadership, McIntosh and sophomore Marija Zinic will need to forget the comfort of sharing the frontcourt with Kemp, who led the

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Ivana Catic will return as Kansas leading scorer after the loss of senior Crystal Kemp. team in scoring during the past four years and in rebounds during the past two. The absences of sophomores Sophronia Sallard and Jen Orgas may also affect the team. Sallard transferred to Pittsburgh and Orgas is taking the year off for personal reasons. I feel that weve got some kids who will ease the stress, said Henrickson. It gives the younger kids a chance to play even more. The returning players have to make the adjustments quickly. If not, Henrickson said she didnt fear starting three or four freshmen. Ive got some upperclassmen who are dead set on not letting it happen, but theres great competition for it, said Henrickson. kansan sportswriter luke Morris can be contacted at lmorris@ kansan.com. Edited by Nicole Kelley

New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs is averaging 5.1 yards per carry this season. He is expected to take over as the starting running back next year after Tiki Barber retires, and with more carries he could be a valuable fantasy football player. records will be shattered. Whats more important than numbers is Jacobs style. When describing it, one word comes to mind: fury. Jacobs runs as if the entire female cast of Laguna Beach is waiting for him in the end zone. Id compare him to a mix of Christian Okoye, Larry Johnson, and Boobie Miles from Friday Night Lights the movie, not the TV show. The man is so ruthless, he actually fought kicker David Akers on the sidelines of the Giants game against the Eagles in week two. Thats like getting in a wrestling match with an eight year old. His relentless style will have opposing linebackers wetting beds for years to come. While images of Brandon Jacobs will haunt the dreams of opposing defensive coordinators next year, theyll make fantasy owners forget about this years first round pick of Edgerrin James or Cadillac Williams. Jacobs is the perfect fantasy running back. Hes fast enough to be effective in the open field, giving him big-play potential. And hes big enough, at 264 pounds, to get all those elusive goal-line carries. My old roommate Dave and I

2) owen Daniels, tight enD, houston texans. No one seems to know where this guy came from (Wisconsin), but his five touchdowns in seven games make him valuable to fantasy owners. 3) seattle Defense. Even though Seattles defense isnt that good although Lofa Tatupu is already becoming a superstar in just his second year theyre playing Oakland, which features Andrew Walter and Justin Fargas. Id start Hoover High Schools defense against Oakland. Evan Hengel is an Overland Park senior in finance. Edited by Travis Robinett

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Columnists weigh in as conference play heats up

Injuries plague Iowa State before Kansas matchup
replay official in Oregon took one game away from the Sooners and they beat themselves against Texas when the whole country was watching. But against Mizzou, they made all of the plays they had to make in a convincing road win over a tough Tiger team. Confidence is key in athletics and the athletes belief in themselves will serve the Sooners well when they hit the road again this time to Texas A&Ms Kyle Field, one of college footballs toughest stadiums. ESPNs College GameDay will be there, heaping national attention on a Sooner team eager to showcase its newfound self-assurance. But the rising tide has not lifted all boats. Even as its defense made big plays and its offense capitalized, OU left the Tigers big windows of opportunity when it didnt execute on some of the games most important plays. Tiger tight end Chase Coffman dropped what was a sure touchdown catch in the first quarter, and in doing so dropped an opportunity to give his team a 10-0 lead. Someone in the Sooner secondary OU coaches wont say who, but it was either Lendy Holmes or Darien Williams blew a coverage assignment. Without the drop, it could have been a different day for Mizzou. And the Sooners werent as sharp as they could have been on offense. Case in point: On fourthand-one in the second quarter from the Tiger 38-yard line, Thompson threw to a triple-covered Malcolm Kelly instead of a wide-open Jermaine Gresham. Had he made the right read, Thompson could have led OU into the locker room with a 23-3 halftime lead. Instead, Missouri got the ball back, OU punted on its next (and last) possession of the half and fumbled on its first possession of the second half, letting Missouri right back in the game. Despite the miscues, OU remained in control and went on to earn its biggest victory in a year. The confidence the Sooners gained in Columbia, Mo., will certainly carry over to their game against the Aggies. The key for OU is to sharpen its execution and combine it with the poise and swagger from the victory against the Tigers. A confident Sooner squad hitting on all cylinders would be too much for Texas A&M to handle, no matter where the game is being played. Even though OU didnt play a complete game against Mizzou, its effort was more than enough to win. If the Sooners can put all of the pieces together against the Aggies, the teams confidence, already flying higher than it has all season, could soar into the stratosphere.

Oklahoma jubilant after victory; now faces Texas A&M

After a rough start, Oklahoma will play Texas A&M Saturday in what will be the national game of the week. Michael Kimball wrote in Tuesdays Oklahoma Daily that Oklahoma hasnt peaked yet. As I stood on the field watching the Sooners head for their locker room after beating Missouri Saturday, I saw them exhibit emotions I havent seen yet this year. I saw jubilation, fist-pumping and dancing. I saw a veritable explosion of joy and satisfaction from OU players and coaches alike. Sooners who spent nearly three straight months on a roller coaster ride with more lows than highs finally got a big win over a ranked team and actually looked like they were actually enjoying themselves. OUs confidence has not been this high all season. We have a lot of confidence in the team, not only with ourselves, but with the coaches as well, quarterback Paul Thompson said. I feel real comfortable about where were going. The team feels real comfortable with the adversity weve had to overcome. And where were at, we feel real good. And OU should feel good. A

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Iowa State quarterback Bret Meyer runs the ball in the first half of the game Saturday in Manhattan, Kan. Meyer will have to carry the Cyclones on Saturday against Kansas, as several players are out with injury, including star running back Stevie Hicks. Headed into Saturdays game against Kansas, Iowa State is down several key players. In Wednesdays Iowa State Daily, Grant Wall gave a rundown of the current injuries. Injuries keep mounting for the ISU football team. Senior running back Stevie Hicks sat out Iowa States game at Kansas State with a knee injury, which put the remainder of his final season in jeopardy. Hicks had his knee scoped Tuesday and will not play against Kansas on Saturday. He missed three complete games last season and parts of three other games with various leg injuries. He is Iowa States leading rusher this season. Hicks gained 523 yards in the Cyclones first eight games. Jason Scales will start for the Cyclones in place of Hicks. Scales, a sophomore from West Des Moines Valley, got his first career start against Kansas State and rushed for 67 yards on 12 carries and a touchdown. He missed the second half of the Kansas State game with an ankle injury but will be ready to play against Kansas. Jason should be ready to practice, said coach Dan McCarney at a press conference on Monday. If Scales can spend time on the practice field, he should be available come game time. Freshman Josh Johnson also saw time at running back, gaining 15 yards on seven carries against the Wildcats. Receiver Jon Davis is recovering from a collapsed lung suffered near the end of the second quarter of last Saturdays game. It was very, very serious and thankfully hes doing fine now, McCarney said. The injury could sideline Davis for the remainder of his senior season, although there is a chance he could return for the season-ending game against Missouri. Fellow receiver Austin Flynn said Davis has remained upbeat despite the injury, but the thought of never slipping on the cardinal and gold again has been hard for Davis. He just knows that it could be the end of his career, and thats hard to swallow, Flynn said. Besides injuries, viruses have had a large effect on the team. Junior receiver Todd Blythe missed the Kansas State game with a virus and is questionable for the next game. Edited by Derek Korte

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The Oklahoma State football team has improved from last season. The Cowboys have beat teams like Kansas and Nebraska and lost to Texas A&M by one point. The team has games left against Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech and Oklahoma and needs one win to become bowl eligible. Two weeks after a victory against Kansas, Oklahoma State has shed its reputation as a perennial Big 12 Conference loser. In Wednesdays Daily OCollegian, Jason Lemon wrote that this years Cowboys team is likely going to a bowl. After the 41-29 comeback victory the Cowboys pulled against Nebraska, most would agree the question Is this the same team from last year? has been answered with a no. This team is a lot better than last years team. Some Cowboy football players said it didnt take a victory over Nebraska for them to find that out. We knew, senior defensive end Victor DeGrate said. Its the people that werent in the locker room that didnt know. Sophomore quarterback Bobby Reid said he agreed. We knew coming into camp that this wasnt the same team as last year, Reid said. This team from this season can beat the team from last season any day. Theres no comparison. Just like last season, the Cowboys are still questionable at this point, but a look beneath the wins and losses, the question Is this the same team from last year? could still be answered with a no. When we lost those games people said were the same team from last year, but Texas A&M beat us 62-23 and this year they beat us by one, senior wide receiver DJuan Woods said. If people dont look at it has been the biggest question the little things they dont know. mark this season. The main reason for the Against Houston, the offense Cowboys improvement this season gave OSU plenty of opportunities is Reids play. to win the game, but the defense Last season, Reid never got set- could not handle Kolbs passing and tled at the quarterback position. running attack. When he wasnt battling safety When it came to Nebraska, the Donovan Woods for the job, he defense gave OSU an opportunity was battling a foot injury and a new to win the game, and the offense offense. took advantage of it. Coming Saturday, the into this seaOSU defense Sometimes at night I cant son, Reid said allowed Nebraska he felt a lot to jump to an sleep and get up and watch more comearly 16-0 lead, film. fortable at the but then the position in bobby reid Cowboy offense part because oklahoma State quarterback was able to score he didnt have two unanswered to look over touchdowns to his shoulder. make the score 16-13. This season, Reid has 1,616 passAfter another Nebraska touching yards, 19 touchdowns and seven down made the score 23-13, interceptions. He also leads the Big the Cowboy defense held the 12 in passing efficiency. Cornhuskers scoreless until their That just shows that hard work final possession. pays off, Reid said. Sometimes at The Cowboy offense scored four night I cant sleep and get up and unanswered touchdowns to seal the watch film. victory. Another reason for improveThe defense has finally shown ment this season has been the play that it can come through when the of junior wide receiver Adarius game is on the line. Bowman. The Cowboys are one victory He was expected to be the side- away from bowl eligibility and kick to DJuan Woods but has show this is not the same Cowboy instead taken the spotlight. This team from last season. season he has 877 receiving yards, That is also why this season will 39 receptions and 10 touchdowns. likely end with a bowl game. His most notable game was When DeGrate was asked against Kansas, when he had 300 whether the team was confident receiving yards and four touch- about going to a bowl game he said, downs. Oh, yeah. Thats what we want. After the Cowboy defense Edited by Erin Wiley allowed 509 yards against Houston,

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Former Jayhawks sign NBA contract extensions
Two former Jayhawks cashed in big on Tuesday, signing contract extensions with their NBA teams. Guard Kirk Hinrich agreed to a five-year contract extension believed to be worth $47.5 million with the Chicago Bulls, and forward Nick Collison signed a multiyear agreement with the Seattle SuperSonics, but the amount was not disclosed.

thursday, november 2, 2006

Knee injury benches Jets player

Curtis Martins season, and possibly his career, comes to an end
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr.
ASSocIAtED PrESS HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. Curtis Martin tried to outrun the inevitable. After months of rehabilitation and countless hours working to get back on the field for the New York Jets, reality finally caught up to the NFLs No. 4 career rusher. I think this is as good as my knee gets, where it is right now, Martin said Wednesday at a news conference. The Jets placed the 33-year-old Martin on the reserve physicallyunable-to perform list with a boneon-bone condition in his right knee, ending his season before it ever got started and jeopardizing his career. I usually deal with things the way they are now, and with the information that I know about my future, it doesnt look like its too bright as far as me having a further career, Martin said. And if that happens, great. It took a few months for Martin to reach the point where he could accept the idea his brilliant career might be over. I dont know if its even possible, Martin said of playing again. It hasnt been possible up to this point, so Im not looking forward to saying Ill definitely be back next year. Its a long stretch, Ill put it that way. And thats the most honest answer I can give you. This wasnt an official retirement announcement, but it sure sounded and looked like one, with cameras flashing every few seconds and at least two dozen reporters packed into the small media room. Im officially not playing this year, Martin said. Retirement that may be the inevitable result. I just havent gotten there yet. Martin, wearing a brown baker boy hat, royal blue V-neck shirt and dark blue jeans, kept his com-

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New York Jets running back Curtis Martins season ended Wednesday because of a lingering knee injury, but the New York Jets hope the star running back will play again. The bone-on-bone condition in his right knee could jeopardize his future career. posure throughout the nearly halfhour news conference. He referred to his career in the past tense a few times, and his outlook on playing again was far from promising. Martin also thanked the team, the fans and even the media in a sign of closure. To think that a guy might not be able to play again is devastating, said Derrick Blaylock, who was signed last year to back up Martin. Aside from football, this is a guys future. If hes not going to be able to play, that means a lot. Martin spoke with coach Eric Mangini on Tuesday night, and said he didnt think hed be ready to practice next week. I sat in Erics office and I said, `Eric, you know what? I just need one last conversation with the doctors. I said, `I even know. I know what theyre going to say and I know what the outcome is, but for some reason I just wanted that last conversation. Martin, who said hes in game shape and at his playing weight, never got that final conversation, instead talking with general manager Mike Tannenbaum and deciding Wednesday was the day to end months of speculation.

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FORT WORTH, Texas There was a 13-car wreck in the first turn on the first lap of the first race. And the transition onto the frontstretch was tight and treacherous. NASCAR drivers hated Texas Motor Speedway. After that inaugural Cup race in 1997, Rusty Wallace said the new 1 1/2-mile track would need a total reconstruction to get it right. More problems followed when NASCAR returned the next year. Qualifying had to be postponed because of water seeping through that first turn on a sunny day. Frustrating doesnt say it strong enough, TMS president Eddie Gossage said. It was just so disgusting to go through those early years. Much has changed since the problematic start mainly, the perceptions that drivers have about the track. Texas wraps up its 10th season of racing this weekend, and now is considered by many to be one of NASCARs best venues. Texas is a great race track, said Matt Kenseth, the points leader with three races left in NASCARs Chase for the Nextel Cup. It wasnt exactly what it needed to be when we started going there, Kevin Harvick said. They did whatever it took to make the race track right. A $4 million restructuring after the 1998 race included modifications of the entrances and exits of the turns and a new drainage system. The track was repaved again in 2001, and the highbanked quadoval has seasoned with plenty of racing since. Drivers and their sponsors like more than the fast track. They love the big money and big crowds in Texas, where nearly 200,000 people have attended every Cup race even 185,000 on a Monday makeup after a rainout in 2002.

time they square off will be as Ryder Cup captains in two years at Valhalla. Azinger, a former PGA champion and cancer survivor who played in four Ryder Cups without losing a singles match, has been selected the next American captain, according to two people with knowledge of the appointment. They did not want to be identified because the PGA of America has not announced its selection, which could come as early as next week. Azinger did not immediately return a phone call. He will be in charge of a U.S. team that has lost three straight times to Europe, including record margins (18 1/2-9 1/2) the last two matches. Last month in Ireland, Europe became the first team to win all five sessions of the matches. The PGA of America had talked to Azinger about being captain for the 04 Ryder Cup a captaincy that would have gone to his close friend, Payne Stewart, who died in a plane crash in 1999 but he declined.

games. He said he wouldnt travel for Wednesday nights game at Golden State, either, but hoped to return either Friday or Sunday. Before the game, the Lakers signed Brian Cook to a two-year contract extension.

Suspended San Diego Charger out four games

SAN DIEGO The San Diego Chargers must play their next four games without outside linebacker Shawne Merriman, who decided not to appeal his suspension for testing positive for steroids. Merriman, whos tied for the NFL lead with 8 1/2 sacks, and his attorney have blamed a tainted supplement for the players positive test for the steroid nandrolone. The suspension wont officially begin until after Merriman addresses his teammates on Wednesday. After that, hell be barred from the teams headquarters until hes eligible to return on Nov. 27.

Celtics legend laid to rest in simple ceremony

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Red Auerbach was buried in a simple graveside ceremony, with Hall of Famers Bill Russell and John Thompson and commissioner David Stern among those paying last respects. About 150 family, friends and special guests attended the private burial for the NBA great at the King David Memorial Gardens in suburban Washington. Auerbach, who won nine NBA titles with the Celtics as a coach and seven more as a general manager, died after a heart attack near his Washington home Saturday at age 89.

Yankees Steinbrenner hospitalized

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was hospitalized for the second time in three years after becoming ill while watching his granddaughter perform in a play. The 76-year-old Steinbrenner was taken by paramedics to UNC Hospitals on Sunday, The Daily Tar Heel reported. Steinbrenner was released Monday morning and returned to Tampa, Fla., spokesman Howard Rubenstein said. Steinbrenner fainted at a memorial service for football great Otto Graham in Sarasota, Fla., on Dec. 27, 2003.

Lakers Bryant sits out season opener

LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant sat out the Los Angeles Lakers season opener against the Phoenix Suns because of soreness in his surgically repaired right knee. Bryant underwent arthroscopic surgery in mid-July, and missed the Lakers eight exhibition

PGA names Ryder Cup captains in advance

ATLANTA Paul Azinger and Nick Faldo have competed on the golf course and shared space in a television tower as commentators. The next

2005-06 Big 12 scoring leader released from Tech

LUBBOCK, Texas Texas Tech dismissed leading scorer Jarrius Jackson from the basketball team because of academic reasons.
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BOSTON A bouquet of green roses topped by a single, unlit cigar sat in Red Auerbachs empty seat at the new Boston Garden on Wednesday night as the Celtics opened the season without him

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for the first time in half a century. It was a great honor for me to even know Red, Celtics captain Paul Pierce told the fans from midcourt, surrounded by past Celtic greats. As we move forward weve got to continue to celebrate his

legacy. Then, Pierce told the sellout crowd of 18,624 there was one thing that Auerbach liked best. Winning, came the shout from the bleachers.

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aries (March 21-april 19) Today is a 7 Youre in a better position, financially, than you may realize. You dont have to work harder; use what you already have. Taurus (april 20-May 20) Today is an 8 You know youve done well when the people youve taught know how to take care of you. Let them do that a little while longer. GeMini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7 Theres a saint who got to heaven by doing little things very well. Shes watching over you now, willing to lend a hand. cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 9 Quality time is not a few moments grabbed from a busy day. Its a day grabbed from a busy life, and savored with those you love. leo (July 23-aug. 22) Today is a 6 You dont have to pay for everything. Let the rest of the family pitch in. Youre the Captain of the team; youre not the Sugar Daddy or Momma. VirGo (aug. 23-sept. 22) Today is an 8 You can solve the puzzle, so go ahead and do it. Dont be put off by a person who has more opinion than intelligence. libra (sept. 23-oct. 22) Today is a 5 Finally, you can afford to get that item that makes your life easy. Do the homework so you dont spend too much for a product that doesnt work. scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21) Today is a 9 Dont go public with your plans until youve discussed them further. You and a loved one can get past a seemingly insurmountable problem. Or find a way around it. saGiTTarius (nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 5 You may have felt overwhelmed, thinking you have to do it all. You cant do it all, thats obvious. Stop worrying and start recruiting. capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8 The more information you gather, the stronger you become. Something that used to give you the creeps will soon be pretty much ho-hum. aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 5 Since youre naturally a perfectionist, continue to do the job until youre satisfied. When you are, you can bet the others will be, too. Its a good investment. pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8 Continue to formulate your plans, but dont broadcast them yet. Only discuss your intentions with people who can help manifest them.

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PALM BEACH, Fla. Donald Trumps display of patriotism is apparently too flamboyant for this chic oceanside town. Palm Beach officials cited Trump for hoisting a large American flag atop an 80-foot pole at his lavish Mar-a-Lago estate and club.

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Town officials said the real estate mogul has violated zoning codes with a flagpole taller than 42 feet and for erecting it without a building permit and permission from the landmarks board. Trump has until Nov. 27 to apply for approvals or face a Dec. 21 code enforcement hearing that could result in $250-a-day fines. You dont need a permit to put up the American flag, Trump said

Tuesday. The day you need a permit to put up the American flag, that will be a sad day for this country. Trump responded in a letter last week saying that anyone who objects should not, in my opinion, hold a public office of any kind at least not in this country.
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Father looks forward to bright future for son

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BERLIN The father of the African child Madonna plans to adopt praised the pop star for opening the way for a better life for his 13-month-old son and questioned legal attempts to delay the adoption.

Madonna was like a bulldozer who has cleared the way for a better life for my son, Yohane Banda was quoted as saying in an interview in Bunte magazine, set to appear on newsstands Thursday. Banda left his son, David, with a Malawian orphanage, where Madonna found him, after the boys mother died shortly after childbirth a relatively frequent occurrence
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I told her that the most important thing for me was that she offered my son a good future. And then I agreed to the adoption. The people in his village considered it an honor that Madonna had adopted one of their children, and Banda said he slaughtered a goat to celebrate with the whole family.
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Horns hook Hawks in three-game sweep

Kansas still winless on road in conference play
defense played better during the second game and held Texas to a It was no surprise when the .318 hitting efficiency. Down by two games, Kansas Kansas volleyball team hit a road could not muster an offense in block last night at Texas. Kansas (10-13, 3-11 Big 12) game three; its hitting efficiency was swept by a strong Texas team was a match-low .082. Texas had (16-5, 11-3) by scores of 20-30, 21 kills in the game compared to 25-30 and 20-30 in Austin, Texas Kansas 11. Texas reigning Big 12 Player of at Gregory Gym. the Week, freshman outside hitter The Jayhawks still have not won any of their seven conference road Destinee Hooker, had a matchmatches, and playing the No. 8 high 15 kills to lead Texas. Emily Brown, junior right side Texas Longhorns didnt help them hitter/setter, had a double-digit break that streak. Theyre real physical, Katie night for Kansas with 10 kills and Martincich, freshman setter, said. 10 digs. Kansas coach Ray Bechard said We did a good job extending plays, but overall, they got on a few he was pleased with how his team played against a top-ten opponent. runs which made the difference. The Jayhawks NCAA tournaDespite the loss, Martincich ment dreams, though remote, are needs just six more assists to hit the 1,000 assist milestone for the still a possibility. Kansas will need to season. She had a team-high 31 go 5-1 to finish the season in order to qualify for postseason eligibilassists during the match. ity. The final The cool six matches for thing about that the Jayhawks is it is not just We did a good job extending include three at me, she said. It means we have plays, but overall, they got on home and three on the road. to get passing Kansas will a few runs, which made the involved and travel to Ames, our hitters have difference. Iowa to face to be playing Iowa State (16well. 7, 8-5) this T h e KATIE MARTINCICH Saturday at Longhorns Freshman setter 6:30 p.m. The never trailed Cyclones swept during the first the Jayhawks earlier this season in game as they cruised to a ten-point victory. The Jayhawks never put Lawrence. The Big 12 in general is tough, pressure on the Longhorns as their hitting efficiency was just .158. so were going to have to battle Texas went on two five-point runs every time, Bechard said. Weve in the first game, with a hitting got three more opportunities on the road and we will get better. efficiency of .457. The Longhorns continued dominating the Jayhawks in game two. Kansan sportswriter Drew DaviKansas cut the deficit to three, 20- son can be contacted at ddavi23, but could not catch up to Texas, son@kansan.com. which won by five. The Kansas Edited by Travis Robinett

Freshmen impress in collegiate debut

BY DREW DAVISON

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Kelly Kohn, freshman guard, looks for an opening to pass around Fort Hays State junior guard Meshia Mason. Freshmen make up half of the Jayhawks Womens Basketball team this season.

Taylor McIntosh, freshman forward, struggles against Fort Hays States Ashlee Gustin for a basket as the first half of Wedneday nights exhibition game in Allen Fieldhouse winds to a close. McIntosh led the Jayhawks with 16 points and six rebounds. really was a pleasant surprise tonight. Some of the other fresh faces helped Kansas in less flashy ways. Lindsay Ballweg and Kelly Kohn provided enough defensive intensity to hold Fort Hays State to 20 percent field-goal shooting in the first half and 33.3 percent overall. Danielle McCray and LaChelda Jacobs were strong on the boards, gathering 11 combined rebounds. In 17 minutes of playing time, McCray also managed to tally 13 points and three assists. I think of myself as a player who provides some scoring, said McCray. At the same time, Ive been working hard on my defense. The drawbacks of having such a young roster were apparent at times during the game. During an extended stretch in the middle of the second half, the Lady Tigers outhustled, out-shot, and generally outplayed the Jayhawks. Fort Hays State benefited from a lightning-quick eight point barrage from one of their own freshmen, Naomi Bancroft. Henrickson attributed her teams second-half lapse to a lack of experience but seemed confident the Jayhawks would improve quickly. With games at Wisconsin and Indiana fast-approaching, fans of Kansas womens basketball have to hope Henricksons optimism is warranted. Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco can be contacted at afusco@kansan.com. Edited by Derek Korte

BY ASHER FUSCO
In the days leading up to the first tip-off of the 2006 season, coach Bonnie Henrickson left the fans, the media, and her players in the dark. Henrickson did not announce to anyone the starting lineup for the Jayhawks first exhibition game against Fort Hays State until just before the start of Wednesdays action. With seven freshmen on the roster, Henrickson had a lot of personnel choices. Come game time, Sade Morris was the only freshman on the court for the Jayhawks, but each of the seven new Jayhawks saw their first collegiate action during the first half. Morris was the most impressive of the newcomers. She followed an

assist with an easy layup on two of Kansas early possessions. Several minutes into the game, it was clear whatever apprehension she felt about her debut in Allen Fieldhouse was nowhere to be found. The college game is much more intense than high school, Morris said. But honestly, I didnt feel too nervous. Morris continued to assert herself on offense throughout the first half, often driving through the lane at her leisure on the way to 12 firsthalf points. Although she scored only two points in the second half, Morris quick start helped Kansas jump out to an early lead that the team would not relinquish. Sade was very aggressive and confident, said Henrickson. She

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Bancroft gave the Jayhawk defenders trouble after hitting two consecutive three-pointers early in the half. She ended up leading the Lady Tigers with 11 points. The Jayhawks also struggled on the boards after a dominating firsthalf performance. In the second half, the Lady Tigers grabbed seven offensive rebounds that often turned into points for Brianna Willhite and Ashlee Gustin. Junior forward Taylor McIntosh gave the Jayhawk faithful one performance to be proud of. McIntosh had 15 points and shot four of six from the foul line. Not only did McIntosh lead the team in points with 18, but her calm demeanor and leadership ability shined through in the second half as she was able to guide her team through adversity. The Jayhawks will look to improve their second-half woes during Sundays exhibition against Washburn. Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer can be contacted at ckeefer@kansan.com. Edited by Erin Wiley

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Foster made the most of his opportunities, and it didnt hurt that he has caught a few balls in practice from Reesing. Foster has worked his way up the depth chart to the second-team offense, and hes found himself working with the undersized freshman quarterback from Texas since last spring. I feel like Im real comfortable with him and I feel like hes really comfortable with me, Foster said. So that worked out. As for the rest of the season, Foster doesnt know whether his role will continue to increase or whether hell become the go-to guy for another backup quarterback on the practice field. I was just happy to be able to step in and make a play, Foster said. I guess its just coachs decision whos going to play whos not going to play and whatever is in the best interest of the team. If thats me on second string helping out, backing up these guys, thats fine. If its me playing, then thats cool with me too. Kansan staff writer C.J. Moore can be contacted at cjmoore@kansan. com. Edited by Travis Robinett

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What is your favorite part about your profession?

My favorite part about the optometry profession would be the day to day interaction with different individuals as well as being able to provide a service that will enrich ones life.

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What is your fondest KU memory?

Returning to Lawrence to watch the KU mens basketball team make its run at a National Championship in 2003. The atmosphere and energy in this town after each win was second to none.

What would you consider to be your greatest accomplishment?

One of my most defining accomplishments is when I was inducted into Beta Sigma Kappa National Optometric Honor Society while obtaining my optometric degree at St. Louis.

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