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kulture
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student senate
womens basketball
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kansas relays
The team celebrates
Senior Night tonight,
but it will be hard to
keep the spotlight
of Sooner center
Courtney
Paris.
The meet will switch
its focus from
Olympic athletes
and the Gold Zone
format to collegiate
teams and athletes.
Senate pushes a
new bill to reallocate
control of the
Multicultural
Education Fund to
help reduce
problems.
The fourth local art
gallery to close its
doors in the last
three years will close
Saturday.
HeALTH
algae to blame for foul taste, smell of tap water
By NAthAN Gill
On Feb. 13, eleven unclassified
staff members at the University of
Kansas took the day off. But instead
of a relaxing vacation day, they drove
to Topeka to meet with Kansas leg-
islators.
The Universitys unclassified staff
little-known though they number
about 2,000 have been using vaca-
tion days for their yearly legislative
visit for the past five years. This
year, they traveled to Topeka to raise
awareness about who unclassified
staff are and voice concerns about
deferred maintenance.
Jason OConner, Unclassified
Senate president, said many people
did not know who unclassified staff
were or what they did.
Were not faculty, we dont get
tenure, but we have professional
degrees, OConnor said.
Unclassified staff serve the
University in research, adminis-
trative, academic and student ser-
vices positions. They work in the
provosts office, have positions in
student housing, are career and aca-
demic advisors and are technical
and research specialists. According
to Unclassified Senate information,
61 percent of the Universitys unclas-
sified staff have at least a masters
degree.
Paul Farran, a support special-
ist in academic technology services,
was one of the eleven who visited
with legislators. He said one of the
main objectives of the visit was to
help legislators understand the dif-
ference between the Universitys
classified and unclassified staff.
The Universitys classified staff
called university support staff
since 2005 include clerical work-
ers, administrative assistants, main-
tenance workers and technicians.
OConnor said the Universitys
deferred maintenance was a top pri-
ority for unclassified staff. He said
that unclassified staff work all over
campus and realize that many build-
ings need repairs. He also said it
was sometimes embarrassing to give
campus tours to prospective stu-
dents and faculty.
We do lose staff to other locations
because of those issues, OConnor
said. He later said, This is our cam-
pus, we care about it. We dont want
it to fall apart.
Danny Kaiser, assistant director of
parking and transit and unclassified
staff member, attended the legislative
By josEPh huNt
The Academy of Student
Pharmacists put on its annual
Pharmacy Health Fair in the State
Capitol Building on Tuesday. Every
year the fair is put on in the Union
in the fall and the State Capitol in
the spring.
Amber Wanklyn, president of the
KU Academy of Student Pharmacists,
said that the students hoped to raise
awareness of KU pharmacy issues to
state legislators.
Right now theres a bill going
to the state senate that would allow
students to give immunizations,
Wanklyn said. Were hoping that
goes through.
In Kansas immunizations can
only be given by licensed pharma-
cists that have graduated college,
and even though students can be
certified to give immunizations, they
cannot actually do so, Sasha Sosa
said.
Sosa, Emporia junior, said that it
was frustrating to not be able to give
immunizations.
If were taught how to do it right
we should be able to it, Sosa said.
At the fair the student pharma-
cists tested for blood pressure, cho-
lesterol, bone density, blood glucose
and body fat free of charge. They
also informed people of health con-
cerns such as depression.
Kirsten Peterson, Olathe graduate
student, said that it was busier this
year than previous years, because of
a large group of AARP members.
There was a lot of AARP people
getting their blood pressure tested
to see if their medication worked,
Peterson said.
The bill that would allow students
to give immunization shots was
pushed back on the agenda Tuesday,
but the students thought that they
made an impression at the capitol.
Kansan staf writer joseph hunt
can be contacted at jhunt@kan-
san.com.
Edited by James Pinick
By dANAE dEshAzEr
When Ashley Moore moved to
Lawrence three years ago, she noticed
a problem with the tap water.
Its almost salty, but it really smells
like fish, Moore, Paola sophomore,
said. Every time I drink it straight
from the tap, it hurts my stomach.
Last summer, researchers for the
Kansas Biological Survey sampled
water in five Kansas reservoirs,
including Clinton Lake, and found
higher levels of a compound called
geosmin, which could cause drinking
water to taste and smell bad.
Its got a musty or earthy taste
and kind of smells like the lake, said
Andy Dzialowski, research associate
for the Kansas Biological Survey. Its
totally harmless. It cant hurt you, but
people dont really appreciate it.
When blue-green algae forms in
the water, and then dies, it creates
geosmin.
A research project, funded by the
Kansas State Water Plan Fund, will
try to develop predictive models that
can be used to warn treatment plants
before reservoirs experience geosmin
byproducts.
In December 2006, Lawrence
experienced an increase of taste and
odor problems in its water.
The water treatment division in
the Lawrence area operates under
two treatment facilities, the Kaw
River Water Treatment Plant and the
Clinton Reservoir Water Treatment
Plant. The Kaw plant, which uses
water from the Kansas River, was
temporarily shut down in December
for basic maintenance issues. At that
time, Lawrence received all its water
from Clinton Lake.
Paul Leichti, assistant director of
Kansas Biological Survey, said that
this was when residents and plant
workers started complaining about
an odor in the water.
Scientists from Kansas Biological
Survey went to Clinton to examine
the water, and found geosmin levels
of 30 parts per trillion. A human
nose can detect a geosmin smell
and taste at as little as 10 parts per
trillion.
Lawrence hasnt seen this high of
geosmin level since 1995. Dzialowski
said that the blue-green algae typi-
cally blooms during the summer, but
the increase this past winter was due
to a different environment condition,
influenced by temperature and cli-
mate change. Leichti said low rainfall,
land usage, and farm fertilizers in the
area also influenced it.
Dzialowski predicts that the high
levels have decreased since December,
but does not know for sure. He said no
matter where the water comes from,
there is bound to be a whole suite of
problems. Residents will battle those
problems in their own way.
Kylee Wright, Topeka junior, said
at Miller scholarship hall, they used
water filters on the faucets because of
the poor water quality.
Our drinking fountains are really
gross. You can taste the minerals, and
its cloudy, Wright said.
She sometimes drinks out of the
fountain because she said, it doesnt
kill me.
Kansan staf writer danae deshaz-
er can be contacted at ddeshazer@
kansan.com.
Edited by Ryan Schneider
By BEthANy BuNch
Hip-hop music, freestyle rap-
ping and the fumes of spray paint
brought out the artistic side of
students yesterday afternoon on
Wescoe beach.
Three double-sided nine foot
tall canvases and 15 cans of spray
paint were available to both talent-
ed and beginner artists. The graf-
fiti wall was part of Student Union
Activities Hip-Hop Week.
Sachin Teli, Madison, N.J.,
senior stopped by to see what was
going on and to spray his initials
on a canvas. He said he had a lot
of experience with graffiti art, but
didnt consider himself a graffiti
artist anymore.
I spray painted my elementary
school, Teli said. I got in a lot of
trouble. It was beautiful though.
Stephanie Altoro, Prairie Village
sophomore, is the cultural arts
coordinator for SUA. She said her
committee started working on Hip-
Hop Week last summer.
We know graffiti has negative
connotations but want to show that
its an art form and part of hip-hop
culture.
This is the first year for the cel-
ebration at the University.
Altoro said the events are based
off a similar Hip-Hop Week at Ohio
State University.
We wanted to bring Hip-Hop
Week to KU because hip-hop is a
genre that isnt spoken for here,
Altoro said.
Destiny Boutchee, Los Angeles
junior, painted flags and names of
her friends on a crowded canvas.
She said she had experience with
graffiti from high school.
I used to be a graffiti artist,
Boutchee said. But not anymore.
Boutchee said she thought graf-
fiti represented hip-hop because it
is often seen in cities.
Its an urban way to express
yourself, she said. Negative or
positive.
Altoro and other SUA volunteers
joked as they set up the canvases
that they were going to burn them
that night.
They are just a pain to build,
Altoro said.
The canvases will be used
instead as decoration at a hip-hop
dance battle Saturday. The event
will bring dance troops to compete
at 9 p.m. at the Ballroom in the
Kansas Union.
Kansan staf writer Bethany
Bunch can be contacted at
bbunch@kansan.com.
Edited by Stacey Couch
Hip-Hop weeK
Students make their mark on Wescoe
Jon Goering/KaNSaN
Koga Mofor, overland Park sophomore, draws the Cameroon fag on grafti walls set up by SUA onWescoe BeachTuesday afternoon in celebration of Hip-HopWeek. There are a number of difer-
ent hip hop related activities being put on by SUA this week.
HeALTH FAir
Student pharmacists raise issues at state capitol
SUA gets students involved in Hip-Hop Week by encouraging graffiti art
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There will be an International
Opportunities Fair from 10 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. at the 4th foor
lobby in the Kansas Union.
Julien De Smedt will present
the lecture Architecture Why
Does Urbanity Require Erasure
of Urban Space? at 11:30 a.m.
at Woodruf Auditorium in the
Kansas Union.
Sherrie Tucker will present
the American/Globalization
Seminar at 3:30 p.m. at the
Conference Hall in Hall Center
for the Humanities.
Man of La Mancha will be
performed at 7:30 p.m. in the
Lied Center. Tickets are $19.50
to $24 for students and $39 to
$48 for the general public.
Def Poetry Jam poet Kevin
Coval will perform at 7:30 p.m.
at Woodruf Auditorium in the
Kansas Union.
Charlie Cook will present
the lecture Americas Foremost
Political Prognosticator at 7:30
p.m. in the Dole Institute of
Politics.
A 21-year-old KU student
reported a burglary in the 1100
block of Louisiana Street on
Sunday. The student reported
the theft of a $200 vehicle ste-
reo between 2:30 and 9:45 a.m.
An 18-year-old KU student
reported criminal damage to a
patio window in the 2500 block
of 21st Street. The damage
reportedly occurred just after
midnight on Sunday and was
valued at $100.
Police were called to The
Hawk, 1340 Ohio St., on Sunday
for criminal damage done
to the business. Sometime
between 3:10 and 3:30 a.m., an
exterior door latch valued at
$200 and 10 empty kegs were
reportedly stolen. The kegs
were of unknown value.
What do you think?
By Jason Baker
What 1990s nickelodeon shoW Would you
Want brought back?
kyle kraft
Overland Park, kS senior
-The Adventures of Pete & Pete-
Because Arty was the coolest.
alliSSa gOldStein
denver, Colo., sophomore
-Clarissa Explains It All-
I liked her crazy clothes.
antOniO CuthbertSOn
Charlotte, n.C., sophomore
-Hey Arnold!-
It was just hilarious and it had so
much wisdom too.
nikki hOOver
Paola freshman
-Rockos Modern Life-
I used to watch it everyday when I
was a kid and one day it was gone
and I was sad.
By rachel Burchfield

This Thursday, you might not

findMarkSkoglundinclass.Instead,
the Olathe sophomore hopes to
drivetoTopekatolobbyforKansas
decreasedeconomicinvolvementin
Sudan, one of the many issues that
the globally conscious Skoglund is
passionateabout.
Issues overseas are more hard
hitting but also more ignored at the
same time, he said. I like to try to
bringmoreattentiontothings.
Heisabletodosoasthepresident
of FIGHT, a club whose name is an
acronym that stands for Fighting
Ignorance of Global Humanitarian
Threats,attheUniversity.Skoglund
has a platform to bring more atten-
tion to issues that he is passionate
about, such as decreased economic
involvement in Sudan and genocide
activism through FIGHT. The club
holds biweekly meetings that base
around the three pillars of aware-
ness,activism,andaid.
We hope to increase awareness
ofwhatshappeninginternationally,
hesaid.
Skoglundwasanationallyranked
debaterplacingfourthindividuallyin
thenationalcompetitionandhelping
his squad to a 15th place finish as a
senioratOlatheSouthHighSchool.
Thetriplemajorinpoliticalscience,
economicsandphilosophyisalsoan
obsessive compulsive poker player
whowillplayonline,inperson,and
in just about any denomination. I
like the psychological aspect of the
gameandplayingotherpeoplemore
sothanthecardsinmyhand.
In the future he hopes to attend
graduate school to pursue his inter-
est in foreign relations. Skoglund
sees himself eventually working for
a major government institution or
think tank doing foreign relations
analysis of other countries in the
humanrightsarena,hesaid.
Skoglund is already becoming
well versed in the global human
rights arena through his involve-
mentinFIGHT,andhewantsothers
oncampustodothesame.
I want people to be more aware
of whats going on, and not just
on the day-to-day local or national
level,hesaid.Ingeneral,Ijustwant
peopletobemoreinformed.
Edited by James Pinick
african art show
Between 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 7
and 10 a.m. on Feb. 8, two male
residents rooms were broken
into in Oliver Hall. The doors
were unlocked at the time, and
an iPod was removed from each
room. The KU Public Safety
Ofce issued a Crime Alert for
the aggravated burglary, and
encouraged students to take
the following precautions:
Be sure to lock doors,
even when in the room.
Report suspicious activity
to the KU Public Safety Ofce.
Record serial numbers on
all electronic equipment.
Be responsible for guests
you bring into residence halls.
The KU Public Safety Ofce
can be reached at 864-5900.
The number for KU Crime Stop-
pers is 864-8888.
Erick R. Schmidt
campus
Oliver Hall burglarized,
safety concerns ofered
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to the public, will run until May 20. there will be a public reception at 5:30 thursday evening to celebrate the exhibits opening. the reception will feature senegalese food and drink and music by the kansas
city group soundz of africa.
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By Ashlee Kieler
Last spring, students passed
a referendum allowing a $1.50
increase in the Student Senate
Activity Fee to establish the
Multicultural Education Fund.
Less than a year after its approval,
changes are being sought.
The fund allows Student Senate
to finance student groups in a way
that is not allowed from other
Senate funds.
This allows
groups to
receive up to
25 percent
more funding
than previ-
ously offered,
said Studie Red
Corn, Shawnee
junior and
First Nations
S t u d e n t
As s o c i a t i on
senator.
The MEF
was established to augment the
amount of programming that can
be done to enhance multicultural-
ism on campus, said Jason Boots,
Plano, Tex., senior and student
body president.
The fund finances multicul-
tural student groups, or any stu-
dent group that participates in any
type of multicultural program,
said Melissa Horen, Overland Park
senior and student body vice presi-
dent.
Senate tabled a bill last
Wednesday that would allow
the fund to be controlled by the
Sabatini Multicultural Resource
Center. Moving it would help alle-
viate logistical problems for the
Senate.
Boots said questions arose about
whose job it is to fund certain pro-
grams.
The Finance Committee over-
sees Senate finances and fund-
ing for student groups, but the
Multicultural Affairs Committee
oversees the funding for multicul-
tural events with money from the
fund, Boots said.
Finance doesnt look at the
MEF portion and MEF doesnt
look at the finance portion, but
they need to look at each other to
make sure the group gets funding,
Boots said.
Red Corn said the funds initia-
tors intended
for it to be a
s uppl e me nt
to the normal
Student Senate
funds. Instead
it has become
the primary
account that
multicultural
groups and
events are sent
to.
Since the
groups are
allowed to draw
from both, the portions which they
will be drawing from MEF and the
portions which will come from the
unallocated account are often in
dispute, Red Corn said.
Moving the fund to MRC con-
trol would allow for better distri-
bution of funds to multicultural
groups,
The MRC has a better view of
what a multicultural group is than
Student Senate, Horen said,
Red Corn said the move would
increase the cooperation of the
MRC and student groups.
Currently these groups havent
always taken advantage of what the
MRC has to offer, Red Corn said
Kansan staf writer Ashlee Kieler
can be contacted at akieler@
kansan.com.
Edited by Stacey Couch
Control of funds
under revision
student senate
By KAty BlAir
Elias Garcia said the 43-million
Latinos in America were known as
the sleeping giant, but there was
no sleeping for Latino high school
students Tuesday.
The annual Latino Leadership
Summit was held Tuesday in the
Kansas Union. Latino high school
students from across Kansas gath-
ered at the event to discuss empow-
erment and education.
Garcia, executive director of
the Kansas Hispanic and Latino
American Affairs Commission,
incited thoughtful silence during
lunch with his take on the impor-
tance of Latinos entering higher
education and beyond.
There are no victims in this
room; therefore, there should be no
excuses. You need to go out there
and get the job done.
The keynote speaker, Eva Vega, a
New York University diversity edu-
cator, said she was impressed with
the Universitys proactive stance on
getting more Latinos into higher
education.
What KU is doing is cutting
edge, Vega said. Through this sum-
mit, they are focusing on a pipeline
and getting students to college. No
one else is doing that.
During the one-day summit, stu-
dents attended workshops where
educators, such as Vega, stressed the
importance of overcoming challeng-
es associated with higher education.
Aida Garcia, Office of Multicultural
Affairs program assistant, said these
challenges varied for each Latino
family, but more often it was a lack
of information about post-secondary
education. A language barrier, immi-
gration status and financial situation
also tied into the low rate of Latinos
reaching higher education.
Mexican girls becoming pregnant
and not caring about school were
harmful stereotypes discussed dur-
ing the Female Leadership work-
shop.
Vega said that these assumptions
could be true for any ethnicity, but
it caused unwelcome feelings in
American society toward Latinos.
The summit approached these issues
and encouraged Latino students to
think positively, no matter the cir-
cumstance.
Students at the summit were
familiar with these tactics because
of high school programs that also
encouraged them to consider attend-
ing college.
Weve learned to step up and step
out, Ludys Velasquez, Olathe North
High school student said. The
information about being a Latino in
college is helpful. It makes sure you
know where youre going.
Velasquez and some of her class-
mates are involved in Achievement
Via Individual Determination at
Olathe North. Students in the pro-
gram are exposed to higher-level
and Advanced Placement courses.
They also learned study and organi-
zational skills to ensure their success
during post-secondary educational
endeavors.
Kasey Stadler, Social Studies and
English as a Second Language teach-
er at Olathe North, said the summit
was a great opportunity for high
school students.
It gets them exposure to the uni-
versity setting, Stadler said. If they
see students at the university level,
they think that they can do it as well.
It gets them out of their bubble.
Sigma Lambda Beta and Sigma
Lambda Gamma performed during
lunch, encouraging students to con-
sider Greek life when they enter
college.
Kansan staf writer Katy Blair can
be contacted at kblair@kansan.
com.
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By dAnAe deshAzer
Watkins Memorial Health Center
sponsored the creation of a new
Web site specifically designed to
promote body acceptance, healthy
eating habits and fitness in KU stu-
dents.
The site, hawkhealth.ku.edu, went
live last week, and featured interac-
tive quizzes, video feeds and down-
loadable podcasts.
Ann Chapman, coordinator of
nutrition services, said there were
many ways students could access
health information, but the Web site
offered information all in one place.
Its like one-stop shopping,
Chapman said.
The Web site includes in-depth
quizzes that can offer students
answers if they think they might
have a sexually transmitted disease
or if they have an eating disorder.
The site offers students more con-
fidentiality than visiting a health
center on their own.
Matt Agan, health educator for
Student Health Services, said the
Web site did not save IP addresses or
show if a student had used the links
before. He said no one would know
what quizzes a student took, or their
answers.
The site is designed for students
to get questions answered on their
own time and in the privacy of their
own homes, Agan said.
The Web site was a second
initiative by Healthy Options
for Movement, Exercise, Body
Acceptance and Savvy Eating, or
H.O.M.E.B.A.S.E., a task force cre-
ated in 2001 to provide ongoing
health education for KU students.
Chapman, task force coordinator,
said that the Better Bites menu for
dining services was the first initia-
tive, which created healthier eating
options for students.
I never ran across a student
that was satisfied with their body,
Chapman said. We wanted them to
like their bodies and treat them with
love and respect.
Agan said to prepare for the sites
creation, he accessed many other
campus Web sites. He said other sites
offered Q&A and articles, but the
new Hawk Health site offered more.
The podcasts and assessments
are two of the main differences that
we are particularly proud of, Agan
said. They are the main items that
make our site unique from others.
Right now, two videos are avail-
able for download. One features
basic yoga techniques, and the other
has a KU trainers abdominal exer-
cise. Agan said students could down-
load these to their iPod and could
use them while working out at the
gym.
Mai Do, marketing coordinator
of Student Health Services, said the
Hawk Health site would allow stu-
dents to explore the events sponsored
by the Wellness Resource Center.
The site will feature Celebrate Every
Body Week from Feb. 26 to March
2, which will focus on body accep-
tance.
Kansan staf writer danae deshaz-
er can be contacted at ddeshazer@
kansan.com.
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inadequate maintenance funding
sometimes made it harder for him
to do his job.
Kaiser cited a case last year
when a steam tunnel near Jayhawk
Boulevard and 13th Street needed
sudden and immediate repairs.
The emergency disrupted campus
traffic and caused buses to take an
alternative route for months.
Its all a matter of taking up
time that could have been spent
doing something else, Kaiser said.
Phil Wilke, media man-
ager for the Universitys Kansas
Public Radio station, said he did
not mind using a vacation day to
visit legislators. He said he thought
it showed unclassified staff s dedi-
cation to the University.
We are passionate about higher
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NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
iran to negotiate uranium program
By GEORGE JAHN
AssOciAtEd PREss
VIENNA, Austria Irans chief
nuclear envoy said Tuesday his
country wants to negotiate over its
uranium enrichment program, on
the eve of a U.N. Security Council
deadline that carries the threat of
harsher sanctions. But the countrys
hard-line president said Iran will halt
enrichment only if Western nations
do the same.
Sanctions could be triggered by
a report from Mohamed ElBaradei,
the head of the Vienna-based
International Atomic Energy Agency,
to his agencys 35 board-member
nations, expected Wednesday. That
report is expected to say Iran has
expanded enrichment activities
instead of freezing them.
Presi dent Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, speaking to a crowd
of thousands in Iran, said his coun-
try was ready to stop its enrichment
program, but only
if Western nations
do the same
something the
United States and
others with simi-
lar programs are
unlikely to even
consider.
J u s t i c e
demands that
those who want
to hold talks with
us shut down their
nuclear fuel cycle program too, he
said. Then, we can hold dialogue
under a fair atmosphere.
The White House dismissed
Ahmadinejads call.
Do you believe thats a serious
offer? White House press secre-
tary Tony Snow asked. Its pretty
clear that the
international
c o mmu n i t y
has said to the
Iranians, `You
can have nucle-
ar power but
we dont want
you to have
the ability to
build nuclear
weapons. And
that is an offer
we continue to
make.
Nevertheless, Ahmadinejads
speech was unusually concilia-
tory, avoiding fiery denunciations
of the West. Irans call for talks
voiced separately on Tuesday
by Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki and senior
nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani
suggested an attempt to convey flex-
ibility on the eve of the deadline.
Mottaki, in Turkey, said talks on
the nuclear dispute should try to
achieve an agreement allowing Iran
to achieve its rights while elimi-
nating concerns about its nuclear
ambitions. Larijani, in Vienna, said
his country was looking for ways
and means to start negotiations.
But the officials did not offer what
the Security Council is demanding
an immediate and unconditional
stop to enrichment. Iran has long
insisted that it will not stop its nucle-
ar activities as a condition for nego-
tiations to start.
mEdiCiNE
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Police chief: Fire
negligent ofcers
Hearing scheduled for Tuesday
By LiNdA A. JOHNsON
AssOciAtEd PREss
TRENTON, N.J. Merck & Co.,
bowing to pressure from parents
and medical groups, is immediately
suspending its lobbying campaign to
persuade state legislatures to man-
date that adolescent girls get the
companys new vaccine against cer-
vical cancer as a requirement for
school attendance.
The drug maker, which
announced the change Tuesday, had
been criticized for quietly funding
the campaign, via a third party, to
require 11- and 12-year-old girls get
the three-dose vaccine in order to
attend school.
Some had objected because the
vaccine protects against a sexually
transmitted disease, human papillo-
ma virus, which causes cervical can-
cer. Vaccines mandated for school
attendance usually are for diseases
easily spread through casual contact,
such as measles and mumps.
Our goal is about cervical cancer
prevention and we want to reach
as many females as possible with
Gardasil, Dr. Richard M. Haupt,
Mercks medical
director for vac-
cines, told The
Associated Press.
Were con-
cerned that our
role in supporting
school require-
ments is a distrac-
tion from that goal,
and as such have
suspended our
lobbying efforts,
Haupt said, adding
the company will continue provid-
ing information about the vaccine if
requested by government officials.
Merck launched Gardasil, the first
vaccine to prevent cervical cancer,
in June. It protects against the two
virus strains that cause 70 percent of
cervical cancer and two strains that
cause most genital warts.
Sales totaled $235 million
through the end of 2006, according
to Merck.
Last month,
the AP report-
ed that Merck
was channel-
ing money
for its state-
mandate cam-
paign through
Women in
Government,
an advocacy
group made
up of female
state legislators
across the country.
Conservative groups opposed the
campaign, saying it would encourage
premarital sex, and parents rights
groups said it interfered with their
control over their children.
Even two of the prominent med-
ical groups that supported broad
use of the vaccine, the American
Academy of Pediatricians and the
American Academy of Family
Practitioners, questioned Mercks
timing, Haupt said Tuesday.
They, along with some other
folks in the public health commu-
nity, believe there needs to be more
time, he said, to ensure government
funding for the vaccine for unin-
sured girls is in place and that fami-
lies and government officials have
enough information about it.
Legislatures in roughly 20 states
have introduced measures that would
mandate girls have the vaccine to
attend school, but none has passed
so far. However, Texas Gov. Rick
Perry on Feb. 2 issued an executive
order requiring Texas girls enter-
ing the sixth grade as of 2008 get
the vaccinations, triggering protests
from lawmakers in that state.
Perry defended his order Tuesday,
a day after lawmakers in Austin held
a lengthy hearing on the issue but
failed to act on a bill to override the
order.
Dr. Anne Francis, who chairs an
American Academy of Pediatrics
committee that advocates for better
insurer reimbursement on vaccines,
called Mercks change of heart a
good move for the public.
company suspends lobbying eforts for vaccine
AssOciAtEd PREss
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Two
police officers accused of ignoring
the pleas of a pregnant woman
who miscarried a day after she was
thrown into jail should be fired,
the Kansas City police chief said
Tuesday.
Kansas City police officers
Melody Spencer and Kevin Schnell
stopped Sofia Salva in February
2006 for a fake temporary car tag
and later arrested her on outstand-
ing warrants. A police videotape
released last month shows Salva
repeatedly asking for medical
attention, and the officers ignor-
ing her.
Police officers are expected to
help people, and this incident did
not demonstrate that value, Police
Chief James Corwin said in a writ-
ten statement. I expect members
of this department to treat peo-
ple with dignity and respect at all
times. Behavior like this, although
isolated, greatly disappoints me as
a police chief and a human being.
The Board of Police
Commissioners, which is autho-
rized under state law to fire police
officers, will consider Corwins
recommendation. Hearings for the
officers are scheduled for Feb. 27.
The officers, who initially were
suspended with pay, now are on
unpaid suspension pending the
boards decision.
Corwin, who has the author-
ity to terminate jail workers, fired
detention officer Norman Johnson
for his role in the incident. Johnson
has 10 days to request a hearing to
appeal the firing.
Salva, 32, a Sudanese native,
was nearly four months pregnant
when she was pulled over. She
filed a wrongful death and per-
sonal injury lawsuit against Kansas
City police last month.
Her attorney, Andrew Protzman,
declined to comment Tuesday
about the chief s recommenda-
tion. He said the lawsuit against
the department is going ahead as
planned.
Corwin ordered an internal
investigation last month after the
lawsuit was filed. Days later, he
suspended Spencer and Schnell
with pay.
In Tuesdays recommenda-
tion to fire the officers, Corwin
said Spencer and Schnell violated
department policy by not provid-
ing Salva with medical treatment.
He said they also violated the
departments ethics and conduct
rules.
Documents released with the
chief s recommendation allege
Spencer repeatedly made state-
ments to Salva in a condescending,
demeaning and patronizing man-
ner, which were discourteous and
undignified.
Spencer has been a Kansas
City police officer four years, and
Schnell less than two.
our goals is about cervical
cancer prevention and we want
to reach as many females as
possible with Gardasil.
rich m. haupt
merck medical Director
Justice demands that those
who want to hold talks with
us shut down their nuclear fuel
cycle program too.
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iranian president
By MARy FOSTER
ASSOciATEd PRESS
NEW ORLEANS Thousands
of hurricane-weary residents joined
with rowdy visitors for Fat Tuesday,
taking a break from rebuilding New
Orleans to put on wild costumes
and celebrate the second Mardi Gras
since Hurricane Katrina.
John Ferguson, who is still
rebuilding his house almost 18
months after the storm, said of the
celebration: We never needed it
more.
I work all day at my job, then I
work all night and all weekend on
my house. I just want to eat, drink
and have fun today, Ferguson said.
Many spectators spent the day
along the parade routes or in the
French Quarter, where the first
Mardi Gras parade of the day was
staged by the 1,250-member Zulu
Social Aid and Pleasure Club, a pre-
dominantly black group that wears
grass skirts and blackface makeup in
parody of stereotypes from the early
1900s, when it was founded.
Im hyped up, said Ike Williams,
a 42-year-old Atlanta contractor
who is black. He wore black makeup,
a frizzy black wig and a grass skirt as
he marched in his first parade as a
member of Zulus Walking Warriors.
I couldnt sleep last night. This is the
center of the universe right now.
Earlier in the day, Mayor Ray
Nagin rode a horse down St. Charles
Avenue.
Were going to make it happen,
Nagin told the crowd at Gallier Hall,
which served as city hall for over a
century. Were going to rebuild this
city regardless.
Nagin urged tourists to spend
money. We need the tax revenue
bad, he said.
The crowds appeared larger than
last year, when an estimated 700,000
people were in the city for the final
weekend and Mardi Gras. The citys
30,000 hotel rooms were 95 percent
occupied, according to Fred Sawyers,
president of the Greater New Orleans
Hotel & Lodging Association.
Along some parade routes, crowds
listened to Pete Fountains Dixieland
jazz as his Half Fast Marching Club
kicked off the day. It was the 46th
time the Grammy-winning clari-
netist had made the march from
Commanders Palace restaurant in
the uptown section to the Mississippi
River.
This is like old times, said
Fountain, 76, who lost his house
along with his gold records and col-
lection of instruments in the hur-
ricane. New Orleans will always get
ready for a party.
Corinne Branigan, 40, wore a
brown T-shirt with the slogan, New
Orleans. Established 1718, Re-estab-
lished 8-29-05, referring to the date
Katrina struck the city.
This is everything thats great
about New Orleans rolled into three
days, Branigan said. Food, music
weve got the best marching bands
in the country. Its like a big neigh-
borhood. Everything else is forgot-
ten for the time being.
In the French Quarter, the cel-
ebration was more raucous as revel-
ers swapped flashes of flesh for beads
tossed from balconies.
Costumes ranged from the glam-
orous to the satirical.
Judy Weaver, 49, and R.M. Elfer,
50, wore nuns habits with camou-
flage capes as the Angry Little Sisters
of the Apocalypse. They carried rul-
ers bearing the slogan weapons of
mass instruction, and what they
called novena bombs originally,
toilet floats and rapid-fire rosa-
ries.
We are cleaning up crime in the
city, Weaver said.
news
5A
wednesday february 21, 2007
New Orleans takes break from rebuilding to celebrate
Mardi Gras
wall street
Dow hits another record high
CriMe
Sex ofenders focking to Wyoming
By KATHLEEN MiLLER
ASSOciATEd PRESS
CHEYENNE, Wyo. Wyoming,
with its wide-open spaces and crisp,
clear vistas, is starting to worry it
has made itself too attractive in one
respect: Convicted sex offenders
from out of state are moving in,
apparently because the laws are less
restrictive.
We dont want to become the
playground for sex offenders,
Attorney General Pat Crank said.
But there must be something that
sex offenders are seeing. Otherwise
they wouldnt be moving here in
the kind of numbers that we seem
to be seeing.
Wyoming is home to about 1,200
known sex offenders. That is not a
large number for such a sparsely
populated state. But law enforce-
ment officials and legislators are
worried because 56 percent of those
offenders moved to Wyoming after
being convicted somewhere else.
Afraid that the word is out
among ex-convicts that Wyoming
has some of the nations loosest
restrictions on sex offenders, state
legislators are rushing to tighten
the laws, and they are meeting little
resistance.
Were going to make it so theres
no place for them to hide, vowed
Rep. Ed Buchanan, chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee.
While other states often pro-
hibit sex offenders from living near
schools, daycare centers or other
places with children, Wyoming has
no such laws.
They can live right next to a
school if they want to. They can
live in a home with children if they
want to, Laramie County sheriff s
Sgt. Linda Gesell said.
Also, unlike many other states,
Wyoming does not require people
convicted of indecent exposure or
sexual battery to register as sex
offenders. In addition, ex-convicts
who are deemed low- and medium-
risk offenders are not listed on the
states publicly accessible Web site.
Gary Smith, a 29-year-old cook
in Cheyenne, left Wyoming for
Oklahoma after serving about four
years in prison for having sex with
a 15-year-old girl. A few months
later, a neighbor posted fliers in
Smiths trailer park showing his
criminal record, which had been
taken from an Oklahoma Web site
on registered sex offenders.
Smith and his wife quickly head-
ed back to Wyoming. Although he
is a registered sex offender here,
he is not listed on public databases
because authorities do not consider
him at high risk of committing
another crime. Smith is glad the
state does not call attention to his
conviction.
If they aint supposed to publish
stuff about you, they dont do it,
he said.
Wyoming also lacks a standard-
ized system for accepting convic-
tions from other states. That means
authorities must obtain court
papers on each sex offender before
determining the correspond-
ing Wyoming crime and deciding
whether that person must register.
That can cause long delays, because
only one person is in charge of such
efforts.
It becomes daunting, that per-
son, Bob Brackett, program man-
ager for the Wyoming sex offender
registry, said.
Brackett recalled getting a call
recently from a Florida sex offender
who wanted to discuss the states
laws. The man eventually moved to
Wyoming.
A short time later, he called our
office to ask a question, indicated
that it was much easier to live here,
and that he was going to call a
buddy of his, another Florida sex
offender, to urge him to move to
Wyoming, Brackett said.
By MAdLEN REAd
ASSOciATEd PRESS
NEW YORK Wall Street man-
aged a moderate advance in an
uneven session Tuesday after a drop
in oil prices and encouraging com-
ments from a Federal Reserve offi-
cial allowed investors to shrug off
disappointment over Home Depot
Inc.s declining sales. The Dow Jones
industrials set another closing high.
Home Depot, the worlds larg-
est home improvement retailer, said
sales at stores open more than a
year dropped in the fourth quarter,
suggesting that consumers appetite
for home improvement goods is still
dwindling due to the sluggish hous-
ing market.
The companys results sent the
market down in early trading.
But comments from outgoing Fed
Governor Susan Bies, who said
slumping demand for housing may
have bottomed out, alleviated some
concerns about the downturn drag-
ging down the rest of the economy.
Her remarks echoed those of Fed
Chairman Ben Bernanke, who last
week predicted the economy will
keep growing at a modest pace.
The overall trend of the mar-
ket is basically positive, Brian
Gendreau, investment strategist for
ING Investment Management, said,
pointing to Bernankes recent fore-
cast of moderating growth and cool-
ing inflation. Thats a great environ-
ment for equities. Unless you have
some specifically nasty news, theres
no reason why the trend shouldnt
be upward.
Falling oil prices, which tumbled
$1.32 to $58.07 a barrel on the New
York Mercantile Exchange on fore-
casts of warmer weather, also lent
some support to stocks, as did a pro-
posed merger between XM Satellite
Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius
Satellite Radio Inc.
The Dow rose 19.07, or 0.15 per-
cent, to 12,786.64, after falling more
than 60 points earlier. Tuesdays
climb brought the index to its 31st
record close since early October, and
its biggest five-day rally since mid-
November. The Dow also reached a
new trading high of 12,795.93.
Markets were closed Monday for
Presidents Day.
Broader stock indicators also
turned higher. The Standard &
Poors 500 index rose 4.14, or 0.28
percent, to 1,459.68, and the Nasdaq
composite index climbed 16.73, or
0.67 percent, to 2,513.04.
Bond prices rose slightly, with
the yield on the benchmark 10-year
Treasury note at 4.68 percent, down
from 4.69 percent late Friday. Bies
comments helped support Treasury
notes, which in turn added some fuel
to the stock markets advance.
The dollar rose against most
other major currencies, while gold
prices fell.
The decline in crude prices gave
some investors reason to buy back
into the market, as lower fuel costs
curb consumer prices which could
help boost discretionary spending,
and reduce the chance of an interest
rate hike.
Kim Caughey, equity research
analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group
in Pittsburgh, noted that a drop
in energy prices often pushes up
stocks, but that the link between the
two markets has become tenuous. A
decrease in energy prices typically
pushes down oil company stocks.
On Tuesday, ConocoPhillips fell
57 cents to $65.58; Chevron Corp.
fell 69 cents to $70.12; and Exxon
Mobil Corp. fell 42 cents to $74.87.
Home Depots weaker-than-antic-
ipated sales also kept some pressure
on stocks.
Were always fascinated with the
consumer, so were taking their tem-
perature constantly, Caughey said.
Home Depot fell 10 cents to
$41.34 after reporting same-store
sales that disappointed analysts.
Mike Kittrell/Associated Press
Chuck Turo, a Shriners clown fromMobile, Ala., works the crowd on Royal Street between parades Tuesday during Fat Tuesday celebrations in downtown Mobile, Ala. Mardi Gras celebrations continued
in NewOrleans this week where residents are still rebuilding almost 18 months after Hurricane Katrina.
NEWS 6a WEdnEsday, fEbruary 21, 2007
AssociAted Press
LIBERAL A southwest Kansas
high school student won the annual
trans-Atlantic pancake race Tuesday,
beating the winner of the English
leg of the race by more than 10
seconds.
Jessica Lash, an 18-year-old
Liberal High School student racing
for the first time, won the race with a
time of 1 minute, 3.1 seconds.
Jane Hughes, 42, won the English
leg of the annual race on Shrove
Tuesday, crossing the finish line of
the 415-yard (379-meter) course in
1 minute, 13.5 seconds.
Michelle McNabb and Chrissy
Davis finished second and third,
respectively, in the Liberal race that
included a field of 12.
Lashs time was just a few tenths
of a second faster than the win-
ning time in Olney last year, when
Andrea Rawlings won in 1 min-
ute, 3.76 seconds, snapping a string
of seven straight victories for the
United States.
Nearing the finish line, Lash and
McNabb were in a dead heat, with
griddles and pancakes still in tow.
It feels good. The race was exhil-
arating, it was a fun race, Lash
told the Southwest Daily Times after
crossing the finishing line, appearing
not to have been winded by the run.
The Shrove Tuesday pancake race
is a tradition between the women
of Olney, 50 miles (80 kilometers)
northwest of London, and their
counterparts in Kansas.
I just never even dreamt it,
Hughes said, panting with hands on
hips after winning the English leg.
You hear all about the pancake race;
I never dreamt about winning.
According to legend, the pancake
race began in 1455 when a rushed
Olney housewife ran to Shrove
Tuesday church services still carry-
ing a pancake in a frying pan.
Liberal asked to make the race an
international friendly competition
in 1950 and now leads the series
32-25.
To participate in the race, women
must be at least 18, wear traditional
housewife garb an apron, a long
skirt and a head covering and run
from the Olney market place to the
town church.
Shrove Tuesday, widely known as
Pancake Day in Britain, marks the
last day of merrymaking before the
start of Lent. Christians traditionally
consider pancakes to be a good way
to indulge in the excesses they are
supposed to forgo during the fasting
period.
Hughes beat 13 other runners on
a rain-slicked course.
She said she didnt train for the
race this year and entered because
she thought it would be fun. Shes a
member of an Olney runners club,
but she said she trains for distance
running, not sprints.
Shrove TueSday
US reclaims pancake title
CourTS
Tyson suit moves forward
By ricHArd GiBsoN
AssociAted Press
DES MOINES, Iowa A fed-
eral district judge ruled in favor
of workers at a Tyson Foods Inc.
beef-processing plant seeking pay-
ment for time spent putting on and
removing safety gear for work.
Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson,
the worlds largest meat packer,
sought summary judgments block-
ing the compensation claims,
first brought by employees at the
Holcomb, Kan., facility last May.
A similar case was filed against
the company in Sioux City, Iowa,
earlier this month.
Tyson now pays knife-wielding
workers for four minutes to don
and doff special protective clothing,
but the current lawsuit would also
cover employees who are required
to wear items such as hair nets,
hard hats, gloves and earplugs.
In ruling in the Kansas matter
on Friday, U.S. District Judge John
W. Lungstrum rejected Tysons
motions, clearing the way for the
plaintiffs to seek class-action sta-
tus.
The judge noted that while the
Fair Labor Standards Act typical-
ly requires employers to pay their
employees for all time spent work-
ing on their behalf, Congress never
precisely defined work, leaving it
up to the courts to determine that
on a case-by-case basis.
While Tyson attorneys contend-
ed that a 1994 case, Reich v. IBP
Inc., determined that donning and
doffing protective clothing wasnt
work, the judge disagreed. He wrote
that if the court in that case were to
revisit the issue, it would analyze it
differently considering subsequent
cases, particularly one, titled IBP
Inc. v. Alvarez in 2005.
In that case, the Supreme Court
ruled that any activity that is inte-
gral and indispensable to a prin-
cipal activity, or work situation,
is compensable, Judge Lungstrum
concluded.
He also left open whether four
minutes was adequate time to put
on and remove special protective
clothing and gear worn by those
who use cleavers and knives on the
assembly line.
Were disappointed with the
decision and are carefully consider-
ing our options, Tyson spokesman
Gary Mickelson said in an e-mail.
We continue to believe we are pay-
ing all our people appropriately.
George Hanson, a lawyer for the
Holcomb plant plaintiffs, said the
next step is to file for class-action
certification. He said more than 800
workers have indicated they wish
to join the lawsuit, titled Adelina
Garcia et al. v. Tyson Foods Inc. and
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.
Hanson said that if his side pre-
vails, Tyson could face millions of
dollars in back-pay compensation.
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BR avail. in 3 BR house with 1 full BA.
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Female needed. W/D. 785-418-9986
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AssocIAtED PREss
NABLUS, West Bank Three
American women were briefly kid-
napped Tuesday in the West Bank
city of Nablus and were released later
in the evening, Palestinian security
officials said.
The security officials said the
three women were last seen taking
pictures on the outskirts of the Balata
refugee camp near Nablus before
they were kidnapped. They were
held briefly before being released,
security officials said.
There was no claim of responsi-
bility that appeared to be authentic.
At one point, a man calling himself
Hadi Saud contacted The Associated
Press in Nablus and said he was
the kidnapper. He demanded to be
given a job in the Palestinian securi-
ty forces and medication for a shoot-
ing injury sustained last year, in
exchange for releasing the hostages.
He provided no proof that he was
holding the women.
The women arrived unharmed at
the office of the governor of Nablus.
Two identified themselves as Janet
Miller, 26, and Gillian Rose, 26. The
third would give only her first name
and age Susan, 27. They would
not say where they lived in the U.S.,
but Palestinian colleagues said they
came from the Washington, D.C.
area.
They said they worked with the
Palestine Hydrology Group, based
in Ramallah, an organization that
works to solve water problems in the
West Bank and Gaza.
After meeting the governor, the
three left by car for their homes in
Ramallah.
Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, a
spokeswoman for the U.S. Consulate
in Jerusalem, said U.S. officials were
informed of the kidnappings.
In the past, scores of foreign-
ers were kidnapped by Palestinian
militant groups, but usually released
unharmed after a few hours.
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By EDItH M. LEDERER
AssocIAtED PREss
UNITED NATIONS The U.N.
Security Council voted unanimous-
ly Tuesday to authorize an African
Union force to help stabilize Somalia
over the next six months, setting the
stage for U.N. peacekeepers to take
over the long-term job of bringing
peace to the Horn of Africa nation.
The resolution adopted by the
council urges the 53 African nations
to contribute troops to the 8,000-
strong force and urges other U.N.
member states to provide financial
support and any needed personnel,
equipment and services.
Somalia has not had a function-
ing government since clan-based
warlords toppled dictator Mohamed
Siad Barre in 1991 and then turned
on each other, sinking the pover-
ty-stricken nation of seven million
people into chaos.
The rout in December of the
Islamic fundamentalist movement
that controlled most of Somalia
by Somali government troops and
Ethiopian soldiers allowed the coun-
trys weak U.N.-backed transitional
government to enter the capital,
Mogadishu, for the first time since
it was established in 2004. But esca-
lating violence threatens to plunge
Somalia back into the years of anar-
chy and chaos.
The latest fighting has also raised
questions about the deployment of
the AU force, whose first troops a
small Burundian advance team
were scheduled to be on the ground
as early as Friday.
Nigeria, however, reiterated its
commitment to establishing stability
in Somalia, saying Tuesday that its
850-troop contribution to the peace-
keeping force should arrive in the
Horn of Africa nation by mid-April.
The resolution adopted Tuesday
noted the Aug. 19 communique
of the African Union Peace and
Security Council stating that the AU
will deploy a mission to Somalia for
six months to help stabilize Somalia,
which will evolve into a United
Nations operation that will support
the long-term stabilization and post-
conflict restoration of Somalia.
It asks Secretary-General Ban Ki-
moon to send a technical assess-
ment mission to AU headquarters
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and to
Somalia as soon as possible to report
on the political and security situa-
tion and the possibility of a U.N.
peacekeeping operation following
the AUs deployment. It asked Ban
for a report in 60 days.
Mohamed Sheikh Nor/ Associated Press
A doctor treats a Somali man who was injured in Mogadishu, Somalia, onTuesday. Mortar rounds and rockets hit Somalias capital early Tuesday in a series of attacks that killed 12 people, including a 4-year-old boy, and wounded more than 40 others, doctors
and witnesses said. The violence, which erupted after mortar attacks on three Ethiopian and Somali government barracks, was among the worst since Somalias government moved into the capital late last year.
United nations
African Union forces to aid in stabilization of Somalia
iraq timetable
AssocIAtED PREss
LONDON Prime Minister
Tony Blair will announce on
Wednesday a new timetable for the
withdrawal of British troops from
Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in
several weeks, the BBC reported.
Blair will also tell the House
of Commons during his regular
weekly appearance that a total of
about 3,000 British soldiers will
have left southern Iraq by the end
of 2007, if the security there is suf-
ficient, the British Broadcasting
Corp. said, quoting government
officials who werent further iden-
tified.
The announcement comes even
as President Bush implements a
surge of 21,000 more troops for
Iraq. But Blair said Sunday that
Washington had not put pressure
on London to maintain its troop
numbers. The BBC said Blair was
not expected to say when the rest
of Britains forces would leave Iraq.
Britain currently has about 7,100
soldiers there.
Blair said last month that he
would report to lawmakers on his
future strategy in Iraq following the
completion of Operation Sinbad, a
joint British and Iraqi mission tar-
geting police corruption and militia
influence in the southern city of
Basra.
Treasury chief Gordon Brown,
who is likely to succeed Blair by
September, has said he hoped sev-
eral thousand British soldiers would
be withdrawn by December.
Blair, who has said he will
step down as prime minister by
September after a decade in power,
has seen his foreign-policy record
overshadowed by his role as Bushs
leading ally in the unpopular war.
Blair withdrawing troops
Palestine
Kidnapped U.S. women unharmed
Nasser Ishtayeh/Associated Press
Americans, fromleft to right, Gillian Rose, 26, Janet Miller, 26, and Susan, 27,who would
not give her last name, are seen following their release by Palestinian militants in the West Bank
city of Nablus on Feb. 20. The three American women were briefy kidnappedTuesday in the West
Bank city of Nablus and were released later in the evening, Palestinian security ofcials said. There
was no claimof responsibility by an armed Palestinian group.
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Hey James: Love your new car.
now i might actually consider
sleeping with you.
n
is it against the rules for a stu-
dent to date their college profes-
sor? because i desperately want
to strike up a romantic relation-
ship with my spanish teacher.
n
i was way too high this morn-
ing to walk by eaton Hall and see
these two big bodies hanging
from the wall.
if you date a mu basketball
player, yes, you are a traitor.
n
theres this guy in my chem
184 class, two rows behind me,
who is naked. i mean completely,
one hundred percent naked.
n
Hey Free-for-all, do you ever
pick up?
n
someone needs to teach k-
state fans when to boo and when
to cheer, because they sound
retarded.
n
the guy behind me in class just
said that damaged circus was
funny. i didnt check, but i think
he was blind.
n
to the guy who was wearing
the i heart lesbians shirt in es:
and you wonder why you cant
get a date.
n
i just looked at the back of my
muck Fizzou shirt, and is says the
university daily kansan on it,
and now theyre telling me not to
wear it?
The patron of freedom and
democracy, the United States, is
in a bit of hot water.
One month after Germany
warranted the arrest of 13 U.S.
CIA officials for kidnapping,
torturing and detaining in a
secret prison a German man of
Lebanese descent while he was
on vacation, Italy has indicted
26 U.S. officials for kidnapping
and torturing an Egyptian cleric
living in Italy. The most recent
victim, who was only released
this month, claims that he was
kidnapped in 2003, detained in
Egypt and tormented for nearly
four years.
For Americans, these stories
should be disheartening. Its even
more sobering that they arent
the only incidents in which U.S.
officials made grievous errors.
Indicted U.S. officials may not
even be tried in court. By law,
the 13 officials that Germany
accused must travel to Europe
and admit to their aliases before
they can be arrested.
The hypocrisy of the situation
is overwhelming. Its embarrass-
ing that the CIA acts like the
world police, but its downright
disturbing that these representa-
tives of the free and democratic
U.S. violate human rights with
little risk of being held account-
able.
Amidst rumors of scandal,
President Bush and Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice tiptoe
around the issue as though its a
sex talk and the American pop-
ulation is too young to under-
stand. Only recently did Bush
admit that the U.S. had secret
prisons worldwide. He imme-
diately diverted attention from
the scandal of this statement by
comforting us with the news
that 14 key terrorist suspects
were imprisoned in the pris-
ons. Bush also explained that,
although alternative methods
of interrogation were used in
U.S. secret prisons, torture was
not authorized.
The war against clandestine
terrorist organizations isnt one
to be publicly detailed, but this
secrecy goes a little too far. Why
does the U.S. provide detail
about men who are involved in
the fight against terrorism and
say nothing about the thousands
of other prisoners in secret cells,
some of whom are suspected to
be held without charge? Exactly
how does one monitor torture
in a secret prison or judge what
torture is in developing nations
with less restrictive legal sys-
tems? What exactly are the
mysterious alternative meth-
ods of interrogation that the
government cannot detail?
Combine a serious dearth of
information with recent inter-
national allegations, and Bushs
claim that The U.S. does not
torture sounds as fraudulent as
Clintons illustrious statement,
I did not have sexual relations
with that woman.
We Americans would all
love to love our nation, but this
furtive behavior is distaste-
fully undemocratic. Perhaps
we were too trusting to assume
that our government knew who
the enemy was when we were
asked to support the war against
terrorism. We certainly were
never briefed about the need
for worldwide secret prisons
with shady practices. If the U.S.
condemns other countries for
their lack of democracy, our
freedom-loving nation should
represent itself a little more
accurately.
Alison Kieler for the edito-
rial board.
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Take risks to live life to fullest
There are few things in life that
are absolutely certain, like taxes
and death. What occurs between
our birth and inevitable death will
determine how and if well be
remembered. We can take risks in
order to gain a lifelong reward, or we
can play it safe, stay home and watch
the years tick by.
My year in England almost didnt
occur because of an August 2006 ter-
rorist threat involving liquid explo-
sives. Looking back, I could have
done the safe thing, re-enrolled at
the University of Kansas for the fall
term, and terminated my ambitions.
I wouldve been regretful, miserable
and depressed because of it, but I
wouldve been safe.
Something will eventually kill us.
Sitting in the safety of your own
home is no longer a guarantee of
security. Theres really no excuse for
not living your life how you want.
Travel to Europe or Africa. Go
hang-gliding. Bungee jump. Any of
those has the potential to kill you,
but youd have a terrific last story
for your loved ones to tell. Theres
nothing glamorous about choking
on a pretzel in your recliner. Im
confident that when I finally go, I
can go in peace, knowing that, when
I was young, I did and saw what
I wanted. Ill have seen the Eiffel
Tower, Westminster Abbey and the
Sistine Chapel. Ill also have seen
my friends awe at discovering back
alley pubs and seeing Big Ben for the
first time. All of those are images to
measure life by.
Too often we let fear dictate our
lives, to the point where caution
becomes the last resort of the lazy.
Once we cross one threshold, it
becomes easier to cross others. Its
just loosening our inhibitions the
first time thats difficult. Three years
ago I would have been happy to live
in Kansas my whole life. Now I want
to attend law school in London and
travel to South Africa to watch the
World Cup in 2010.
Ive gone from staying in at night
to walking freely through the dodgy
parts of London. One of my favor-
ite nights here involved wander-
ing around south central London
along the Thames at night with three
friends, trying to find a place to
drink. While obviously not prudent,
the memory of it will never leave
me.
I plan to fly, ride a ferry and take
the train. I know I could crash or
drown doing this. It comes down
to two choices. Take a risk and do it
now, or wait until youre 90 years old,
when you can look back and think,
I wish Id done that.
Hayes is a Lenexa sophomore
in journalism and political
science. She studies abroad in
Reading, UK.
By KElsEy HAyEs
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
Grant Snider/KanSan
Wear vintage
to save the
environment
A recent Vogue article cement-
ed the fate of pants this season as
it proclaimed: consider the boot
cut obliterated (the look should
be skinny and tailored). Whether
you think fashion is an art or a silly
game, its march forward is an inevi-
table part of our lives, but have you
ever thought about the effect that
fashion has on the environment?
According to a new study
released by the University of
Cambridge entitled, Well Dressed?,
fashions impact is bad, even worse
than the thought of flared jeans.
Consumers worldwide spent
about $1 trillion dollars on cloth-
ing in 2000. A third of that was in
North America. We have become
accustomed to buying more clothes.
How else could we keep up with the
latest trends?
The problem with this sort of
mindset is that a clothing industry
capable of pumping out a new style
of jeans every season is also pump-
ing out toxic chemicals, carbon
emissions and tons of old clothes
into landfills.
Cotton is a natural fiber grown in
the United States; however, it is also
the most polluting cash-crop in the
world. Cotton demands the most
intense use of pesticides and fertiliz-
ers 25 percent of total agricultural
pesticide use, according to CNN.
com as well as the use of more
toxic chemicals in manufacturing.
Additionally, cotton is a big energy
consumer in its production and
laundering.
Synthetic fabrics also require a
huge amount of energy to produce
and are made from oil. Polyester,
nylon and acrylic are made out of
polymers, which are made from oil.
However, they require less energy
because they dont need as intensive
laundering.
All right, you get it but you dont
want me to make you feel guilty.
Organic cotton is expensive, and we
all dont want to wear hemp, either.
Luckily, there is a solution to solve
all your fashion dilemmas: second-
hand clothes. Get over your stigmas
about used clothes. You live in
Lawrence; no one cares.
Buying second hand combines
recycling and shopping; so you can
feel good about the environment
and the way you look.
Buying second hand is cheaper
and often provides a more diverse
selection. You can get more clothes
with less buyers remorse.
You can also profit substantially
from this type of recycling. Arizona
Trading Company and Wildman
Vintage pay in cash or trade for old
clothes.
As for trends, the fashion indus-
try is hopelessly cyclical. There are
skinny jeans still left over from the
80s just waiting to be discovered.
Short is an Edmond, Okla. ju-
nior in environmental studies.
By GiAnnA sHort
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
leTTer TO THe edITOr
Band dazzles at childs frst collegiate game
My two-year-old son, Chris,
attended his first collegiate basket-
ball game on Feb. 18 and sat across
the aisle from the the University of
Kansas pep band during the wom-
ens basketball game. He immedi-
ately was drawn to the instruments
and atmosphere created from their
sounds.
For the next two hours, he imi-
tated the drummer during each
song by banging pretend drums on
our legs. During each performance
break, Chris went up to members
of the band to see their instruments
first-hand. Your band members
couldnt have been more wonderful
and courteous. They knelt down to
his level, showed them their instru-
ments and instructed him on how
to hold them and push the buttons.
The look on his face was priceless.
He was so excited to be able to hold
real instruments and talk to the band
members.
Your band members really took
interest in the pure joy of a young
child having an incredible experi-
ence and I think they enjoyed it just
as much as Chris did. I just wanted
to let you know how well your mem-
bers represented themselves and the
University yesterday. Im very appre-
ciative of the time and attention they
were able to provide to my son.
We had a similar experience with
your marching band during a foot-
ball game earlier this year. Based on
that experience, Chris asked for a
band hat for Christmas and we now
march around the house playing
saxophones and trumpets. He also
has a make-shift drum set so he can
imitate the pep band drummer.
Thank you again for a wonder-
ful experience and memory your
band provided during the game on
Sunday.
Jeff Scheibel
Overland Park
leTTer TO THe edITOr
Jayhawk fans need to wear blue for victory
I was astonished at what I saw. at
the Feb. 19 Kansas vs. Kansas State
basketball game. The audience at
Bramlage Coliseum didnt seem to
be in attendance. It was because of
K-States Blackout theme and the
overwhelming number in the stands
wearing black clothing.
Such a display of sports solidarity
was amazing, a touch intimidating,
and more than a little embarrassing.
What a united front that presents.
As discussed frequently during the
past week, people show up at KU
games wearing clothes of every color
under the rainbow.
It becomes all the more embar-
rassing when one realizes that this
shouldnt be that hard to do. Theres
a store on every street corner that
sells KU apparel. If nothing else,
just wear a plain blue T-shirt; it
works just as well.
On March 3, we play our final
game of the season at home against
Texas. With the tight race between
us and Texas A&M to top the Big
12, this game could prove to be all
the difference. We as fans should do
everything we can to spur our team
on to victory.
If Duke, North Carolina and
Kansas State can do it, then we can
definitely do it. Lets all bring some
Blue Thunder to the Phog on
March 3.
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By Matt erickson
Grimshaw Gallery, Ad Astra
Galleria, KOJO and Fields Gallery
all are Lawrence art galleries that
have closed since 2004. In a few days,
another gallery will join the list:
Olive Gallery and Art Supply.
Olive, 15 E. Eighth St., opened
in 2003 and will close Saturday. Jill
Kleinhans, Olive Gallery co-owner,
declined to comment on the closing.
Dave Loewenstein, a Lawrence
artist, said the string of gallery clos-
ings was not a disturbing trend so
much as a sign that sustaining a
commercial art business in Lawrence
was no easy task.
Lawrence is a fairly small town
without a large art-buying market,
Loewenstein said Its hard to get
that kind of business going.
Despite the trend of galleries clos-
ing in town, a new one will open this
spring.
6 Gallery, owned by Sally Piller,
will open at 716 Massachusetts St. in
early May.
Loewenstein said that sev-
eral opportunities still existed in
Lawrence for local artists to dis-
play their work, from the Lawrence
Arts Center to restaurants and coffee
shops.
He said the Solidarity
Revolutionary Center and Radical
Library, 1109 Massachusetts St.,
would have a local art show that
begins Friday.
Loewenstein said many people
considered art a luxury, and most
Lawrence residents werent likely to
buy original art because of the cost.
Cities similar to Lawrences size that
support commercial art businesses
must have a tourist industry that
brings in people with disposable
wealth, he said.
Thats not any tragedy,
Loewenstein said. I think its just
a reality.
Fields Gallery, a downtown
fixture since the 1960s, closed in
October. People can now view and
order artwork at the gallerys Web
site, fieldsgallery.com.
She said competition from charity
auctions and other ways of purchas-
ing art, as well as the high cost of
operating a retail business down-
town, made it difficult for Lawrence
art galleries to turn a profit.
Even though many gallery owners
dont even have the expectation of
turning a profit, Wilkins said, they
are likely to struggle even to break
even and sustain operations.
You have to really love what
youre doing to be opening a gallery
in the first place, she said. Breaking
even would be good.
Piller said she knows about the
difficulty of running a profitable art
business in Lawrence, and she did
not expect a large financial gain.
That seems to be a pretty hard
egg to crack here in Lawrence, she
said. I dont necessarily have to
make a living with this.
Piller said she had a roster of
about 50 local artists who would
contribute to six art exhibitions
each year, with each show tied to
a charitable organization. She said
she planned to use personal com-
munication with Lawrence residents
to convince them of the importance
and attractiveness of buying local
art.
I think a lot of galleries are kind
of intimidating and imposing, Piller
said.
kansan staf writer Matt erickson
can be contacted at merickson@
kansan.com.
Edited by Ryan Schneider
Photos by Michiko Takei/KANSAN
Art works of local artists are on sale at
a lowprice at Olive Gallery and Art Supply
at 8th and Massachusetts streets. The Olive
is one of many downtown Lawrence art
galleries that have closed recently.
Jon Allen, manager of Olive Gallery and Art Supply,
talks to a customer and explains why the gallery is clos-
ing. The store will close on Saturday.
By Kyle Carter
Spectators at the Kansas Relays in
April will notice something missing
from this years competition.
New meet director Milan Donley
plans to shift the focus of the Relays
from elite Olympic athletes running
during the Gold Zone to heightening
the level of competition in collegiate
events.
The change in focus means the
Relays will return to its traditional
college-focused format. The Relays
debuted the Gold Zone event, which
featured Olympic athletes, in 2005.
Donley was not available for com-
ment by press time, but assistant
meet director Billy Steffens said there
would be significantly less Olympic
athletes in the Gold Zone section of
the meet, which had featured world-
class athletes such as Marion Jones
and Maurice Greene in recent years.
He said the Gold Zone would con-
tinue to be included in the meet, but
would no longer be the main focus.
Steffens said Donley had spoken
with coaches at Nebraska, Arkansas
and Cal-Fullerton, among oth-
ers, about bringing athletes to the
Relays.
Junior distance runner Paul
Hefferon said he appreciated the
efforts to bring in better competi-
tion and thought it would benefit
the team.
Theres a lot of other meets that
we could go to that weekend but
our coaches think its important to
run in front of our home crowd,
sports
3B
seniors last hurrah
the womens basketball team plays its last game at allen Fieldhouse this season
tonight. Game day decides which team has the advantage on senior night.
wednesday, february 21, 2007
www.kansan.com
sports
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ts not a serious topic, and
Darrell Arthur approaches it
with an appropriate amount of
lightheartedness.
The students all go like this, the
freshman forward said, crouching
down before jumping up and yelling
whoosh! Its a spot-on imitation
of the Allen Fieldhouse student sec-
tion.
During every home game, stu-
dents try to give Kansas an advan-
tage by jumping up and down, wav-
ing, baring their chests and doing
whatever else they can to distract
opposing free-throw shooters. But
how much of an impact do they
really have?
I would like to think more than
we actually do, but probably not that
much, Topeka junior Kyle Davis
said.
Hes right. The fieldhouse does
have an advantage, but its not a
huge one. Opponents make 5 per-
cent fewer free throws when play-
ing in Lawrence. In a typical game
a team may shoot 20 free throws,
which means it will miss one shot
that would otherwise go in.
Creating confusion
The standard distractions involve
the students behind the basket wav-
ing their arms, either back and forth
or in a set pattern as the shooter
releases the ball. Creativity is encour-
aged, though. Over the last two years
a new distraction has emerged where
students crouch down in the bleach-
ers, then jump up just before the
shot. Shawnee freshman T.J. Haynes
said that one was his favorite.
We have all the impact, he
joked. It is all determined by the
free-throw distraction.
Kyle Davis came to the Texas
A&M game with a set of 30 hypnosis
wheels that he handed out to his
Are you really
that distracting?
For teams that have played in allen Fieldhouse at least twice since
2005, a look at how they fared at allen Fieldhouse compared to
their performance in other conference games:
school afH Conf. diference
Iowa state 56% 71% +15
colorado 54% 64% +10
nebraska 60% 68% +8
missouri 64% 68% +4
kansas state 70% 71% +1
Texas a&m 74% 73% -1
oklahoma st. 76% 74% -2
Total 65% 70% +5
Opponents
free-throw
percentage
not greatly
afected by
crazy crowds
By MiChael PhilliPs
PhOtO By aNNa FalterMeier
Home-CourT advanTage
Kansas vs. oKLaHoma, 7 TonIgHT, aLLen fIeLdHouse
Kansan File photo
sharita smith and shaquina Mosley will be honored during Senior Night at tonights game
against Oklahoma at Allen Fieldhouse.
Sooner center poses tough challenge
By asher FusCO
Sharita Smith and Shaquina
Mosley deserve to be at the center of
attention when they are recognized
during the senior night ceremony
at halftime of tonights game against
Oklahoma, but for the rest of the
game the senior guards may have
a tough time prying the audiences
gaze from Oklahomas Courtney
Paris.
Paris, a sophomore center, looms
larger than life over the Big 12
Conference. A quick glance at her
statistics hints at the impact she has
on the game.
Paris is averaging almost 23
points, 16 rebounds, and nearly 4
blocks per game, good for 1st in the
conference in each category. As a
freshman, she was voted to the AP
All-American first team, named Co-
Defensive player of the year, and set
the NCAA single season rebounding
record. However, the numbers and
accolades do not begin to tell the
whole story.
At 6-foot-4, the Piedmont, Calif.,
native towers over most opponents
and turns the lane into her personal
playground. Paris has earned the
nickname Baby Shaq for a reason:
on defense, she is nearly impossible
to avoid, and on offense, almost
unstoppable.
She forces opposing defenses to
collapse around her, giving team-
mates open shots from the perime-
ter. The mere presence of the Sooner
centers hulking frame underneath
the basket discourages penetration
and disrupts the flow of the oppos-
ing offense.
Were going to step up and
compete. Im sure the young kids
are excited about it, coach Bonnie
Henrickson said. But we know
weve got our hands full.
Freshman forward Porscha
Weddington and junior forward
Taylor McIntosh are the Jayhawks
who will go head-to-head with
Paris.
Home opener pushed back
once again due to sloppy feld
basebaLL
By alissa Bauer
Despite the pilots past suc-
cess, not even a helicopter
could do the trick Tuesday
morning.
In an effort to dry out the
Hoglund Ballpark infeld,
coach Ritch Price spent $600
to rent the chopper in hopes
of playing the Jayhawks home
opener Tuesday.
No such luck.
Until its finished thawing,
theres nothing they can do, Price
said.
And with that, both Kansas and
North Dakota State continue to
wait to play a series that was set to
begin a week ago today. A decision
on todays game, set for 3 p.m., will
be made this morning.
True, the 60 degree temperature
combined with the force of the heli-
copter seemed to be enough to get
the field ready to play, which is why
Price is so frustrated.
The problem is not standing
water, in fact, there is almost none.
But as the ground thaws, the mois-
ture comes up through the ground
making the field too muddy for
play.
Price said that was the most
frustrating part about canceling the
doubleheader on Tuesday.
The outfield looks fantastic,
he said.
Kansas reLays
Meet switches emphasis
Event will feature
college athletes,
not Olympians
see baseball on paGe 2B see relays on paGe 2B
see free throws on paGe 3B
see basketball on paGe 3B
Listen to any national talking-
head discuss the Kansas basketball
team and they will tell you the one
thing keeping the Jayhawks from a
national championship is the lack of
a go-to guy. Someone to carry the
team offensively night in and night
out, someone the team can give the
ball to when they need a hoop.
What they dont see is that Kansas
has someone different playing this
role every single game.
Look no further than Mondays
win at Kansas State. Sophomore
guard Brandon Rush, who carried
the Jayhawks early in the 97-70 beat
down of the Wildcats on Feb. 7,
could not hit a shot and was sad-
dled with three first-half fouls. Enter
sophomore guard Mario Chalmers,
whose 12 points kept Kansas in the
game when any offense was tough to
find. Chalmers had scored in double
figures in only three of the Jayhawks
past 10 games.
In the second half, Chalmers
handed the keys to freshman guard
Sherron Collins, who teamed with
freshman Darrell Arthur to handle
the bulk of the second-half scoring.
Collins, Chalmers and Arthur along
with Rush, Julian Wright and Sasha
Kaun give Kansas six legitimate
options to carry the scoring load on
any given night. Not many teams in
the country can claim that.
The precocious Collins is emerg-
ing as the man who wants the ball
at crunch time. After perhaps being
rattled early against Kansas State,
Collins hit the biggest shot of the
game, a three-pointer just seconds
after a Lance Harris three tied the
game at 43. The shot sparked a 16-4
run.
Collins fearlessness on the big-
gest stage, such as nationally tele-
vised games against Missouri and
Texas A&M, suggest that he wants to
be the one to carry Bill Self s bunch
through the rough stretches of play.
In addition to being the teams best
three-point shooter, he is the only
one who can get to the rim at will.
How the little man is able to finish
some of his drives to the hoop is
beyond me, but more power to him.
Kansas is likely to see a game
similar to Mondays in Manhattan
when the NCAA tournament rolls
around. K-State did a good job of
playing an active zone defense and
making the game as ugly as pos-
sible. The Jayhawks will need to hit
some outside shots, so well likely
see either Collins, Chalmers or Rush
forced to carry the load.
As Saturdays game rolls around,
theres no telling who could be the
Jayhawks offensive leader. But
considering the opponent is Iowa
State, dont be surprised if Brad
Witherspoon is again the games big-
gest highlight.
Sarraf is a Lawrence senior in jour-
nalism.
Edited by James Pinick
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But unfortunately for the
Jayhawks and the Bison, the infield
is completely saturated.
You just cant run on it, Price
said. Its like running in mud.
Running in mud is no good for
the health of the athletes or the field,
so Price and the Kansas Athletics
Department had no choice but to
cancel on Tuesday.
As for the series, Price has calls
out to every playing facility in the
county in hopes to play at least
two games of the series before
the Jayhawks leave for Palo Alto,
Calif. for a weekend series against
Stanford (4-5).
Because the team takes off on
Thursday night, Price said that
today would basically be the only
option for getting games in with
North Dakota State.
In the meantime, the Bison have
been in Lawrence for the past week
preparing for a series that may not
even happen. Gracious for North
Dakotas patience, Kansas has
allowed its opponents time in both
the outfield and the indoor hitting
facility each day.
They want to play just as bad
as we do, Price said. Theyve
been first class about the whole
thing.
Before the season started in
Hawaii, Price said opening in early
February at home would be a roll of
the dice. However, he had tracked
the weather of the four years he had
been here and discovered that three
of the four years the weather was
acceptable to play.
Using this research, Price took
the gamble and set the Jayhawks
first home series for Feb. 9-11. That
series was moved to the Metrodome
in Minneapolis.

Kansan sportswriter Alissa Bauer

can be contacted at abauer@
kansan.com.
Edited by Ryan Schneider
and its nice to know that theres a
commitment to bringing in compe-
tition thats worth keeping around,
he said. The thought of bringing
the meet back to where its been in
the past, and for me to be able to be
a part of that history, that means a
lot to me.
Junior hurdler Ashley Brown
agreed.
My dad ran track at Nebraska
and said the Kansas Relays was one
of the best meets he went to and
it kind of fell away from that for a
while, she said, and if we can get
it back to where it was I think that
would be great.
Steffens said athletes from smaller
schools in Kansas such as Fort Hays
State, Wichita State, and many com-
munity colleges would still have ath-
letes in the events, but that some
of their spots would be taken by
athletes from around the country. He
said events had minimum marks that
had to be met in order to qualify. He
said the events that typically fielded
the most entrants were sprints and
jumps.
Although some athletes expressed
excitement about the change, Nick
Squier, Lawrence junior, said the
hype surrounding big-name athletes
featured in past Gold Zone events
brought in many of the casual track
fans that attended the Relays.
People that just tune in to track
every four years for the Olympics
might not be as interested, but as a
former runner I think itll be bet-
ter in the long run, he said. The
college athletes are going to be the
future Olympic athletes anyways.
Behind the scenes of the meet,
nearly forty student volunteers work
for the relays committee to find
sponsors, market the meet, promote
it on campus and organize special
events.
Kristen Rash, Lees Summit, Mo.,
junior heads the special events sub-
committee, which will organize a
family fun zone and a 50 meter dash
for kids to attract families to the
meet. She said she met monthly with
the committee throughout the year
and much more often as the relays
approached.
The Kansas Relays will be held
from April 18-21 at Memorial
Stadium and will feature high school,
college and professional athletes.
Admission is free for students with
a KUID.
Kansan staf writer Kyle Carter can
be contacted at kcarter@kansan.
com.
Edited by Ryan Schneider
baseball (continued from 1B)
Swimming
Kansas adds to schedule
to help team qualify
In an efort to garner more
qualifers to the upcoming
NCAA Championships, the
Kansas swimming and diving
program announced it has
added an additional meet to
its schedule. The Last Ditch
Qualifer will be held Saturday
in Columbus, Ohio.
Last week, Kansas fnished third
at the Big 12 Championships.
Kansan stafreport
today
nBaseball vs. north dakota
state, 3 p.m. Hoglund ballpark
nWomens basketball vs.
Oklahoma, 7 p.m. allen field-
house
Friday
nTrack at big 12 Indoor Cham-
pionships, all day, ames, Iowa
nSoftball vs. Kent state, 1 p.m.
Louisville, Ky.
nSoftball vs. Louisville, 3 p.m.
Louisville, Ky.
nBaseball vs. stanford, 7 p.m.
Palo alto, Calif.
Saturday
nTrack at big 12 Indoor Cham-
pionships, all day, ames, Iowa
nSwimming and diving at
Last Ditch Qualifer, All day,
Columbus, Ohio
nWomens golf at fsu Chrysler
Challenge, all day, destin, fla.
nSoftball vs. Iowa, noon,
Louisville, Ky.
nBaseball vs. stanford, 3 p.m.
Palo alto, Calif.
nMens basketball vs. Iowa
state, 5 p.m. allen fieldhouse
nWomens basketball vs.
Colorado, 8 p.m. boulder, Colo.
Sunday
nWomens golf at fsu Chrysler
Challenge, all day, destin, fla.
nBaseball vs. stanford, 1 p.m.
Palo alto, Calif.
nSoftball vs. Tba, Tba, Louis-
ville, Ky.
By KAyvon SArrAf
Kansan sPOrTs COLumnIsT
ksarraf@kansan.com
COMMENTARY
Go-to guy changes every
game despite criticism
BASEBAll CONTROvERSY
Bonds bats away steroid claims
By JAniE mCCAULEy
ASSoCiAtEd PrESS
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Barry
Bonds had a message for the grand
jury: Go ahead, investigate me.
After arriving at spring training
Tuesday, more fit than in recent
years following a productive winter
of conditioning, the slugger insisted
hes unfazed by all his off-the-field
issues and is ready to resume his
pursuit of the home run record.
Let them investigate. Let them,
theyve been doing it this long,
Bonds said Tuesday after his first
workout this year with the San
Francisco Giants.
When Bonds showed up, he waved
twice to the swarm of people wait-
ing to see him make his entrance,
then quickly headed into Scottsdale
Stadium to get to work.
Noticeably absent were his two
personal trainers, Greg Oliver and
Harvey Shields, who no longer can
be with the slugger at the ballpark.
Bonds, who spent the weekend in
Las Vegas for the NBA All-Star game,
was flanked by his two publicists and
a Major League Baseball security
guard assigned to him.
Bonds took part in a team meet-
ing before walking to the field for
the Giants first full-squad workout
and he took a big bow for the
horde of cameras. He re-emerged
later in the morning to start his rou-
tine and waved his batting helmet to
fans in the bleachers, carrying two
bats in his right hand.
He shagged fly balls and hit
five home runs in batting practice,
including a shot to the berm in
right-center on a fastball from No. 2
starter Matt Cain. That was enough
to impress new skipper Bruce Bochy,
who saw Bonds do his share of dam-
age against his old team, the Padres.
Bonds has hit more homers against
San Diego than any other team.
Bonds was mostly business
with a little fun mixed in once he
got on the field.
He still could be indicted if a
federal grand jury determines that
he perjured himself when testifying
in 2003 in the BALCO steroid dis-
tribution case that he hadnt know-
ingly taken performance-enhancing
drugs. Bonds, who has long denied
ever using steroids, said his level of
concern about the investigation is
none.
Last month, the New York Daily
News reported that Bonds failed an
amphetamines test last season and
then attributed it to a substance he
took from teammate Mark Sweeneys
locker. Bonds publicly apologized to
Sweeney at the time, then stretched
alongside him and Ray Durham on
the first day of workouts.
I did not blame Mark Sweeney,
Bonds said Tuesday, noting he apol-
ogized only because you guys just
started talking about it and I just
thought it was unfair for him to be
accused of something that wasnt
true.
He begins his 22nd major league
season, and 15th with San Francisco,
needing only 22 home runs to break
Hank Aarons career record of 755.
Bonds isnt about to make predic-
tions, but said he wont stop once he
catches Hammerin Hank.
I said Im playing till Im 100
you guys get used to me, Bonds
said.
relays (continued from 1B)
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camping group. The spinners were
inspired by something that students
did during games in the fieldhouse
in the 1990s.
I just remember seeing them on
TV a long time ago, and a bunch of
people had them, Davis said. Ive
always wanted to make them, so I
did.
St. Louis junior Josh Bender is
in Davis group. He said that the
first time they brought the spinners,
they recorded the game to watch for
themselves at home later.
The first guy to shoot was Acie
Law. After he shot and missed it,
he looked so [freakin] confused,
Bender said. We probably watched
that at least 10 times.
The opportunity to mess with
opposing players is one reason why
some groups sit behind the baskets
instead of in the student seating that
wraps around the Kansas bench.
Theres room for more students
behind the north basket than the
south basket, which shares its space
with the band. Both sections come
alive during free throws, and Haynes
feels that they do better work than
the behind-the-bench crowd during
the game as well.
Its louder, and we get more into
it then the guys who sit over there,
he said.
Putting the blinders on
At the fieldhouse, the free-throw
line is located 19 feet away from
the baseline. Its the same at every
other arena in America. The only
difference is in the shooters sur-
roundings.
At Psych Solutions, clinical psy-
chologist Dr. Mark Bowers works
with athletes. He said the goal is to
develop a consistent approach.
Some guys dribble the ball a
certain way or hold it for a certain
amount of time, he said. What
thats doing is enhancing their con-
centration.
Jayhawk players often talk of
putting the blinders on, or going
into a mode where they can tune
out the crowd and the distractions
around them.
Youve got to have that mentality
to block it out, sophomore guard
Brandon Rush said. Its tough on the
road. You cant focus as well when
the crowds going crazy.
Bowers said while some athletes
respond negatively to that pressure,
others use it as motivation.
Some athletes have told me that
they find it complementary to them
that the fans are so worried about
them that they go through the trou-
ble of trying to intimidate them, he
said. They use that as their confi-
dence booster.
Most elite players are able to
effectively tune out even the loudest
noises. In the NBA, players make the
exact same percentage of free throws
both at home and on the road. In
college, though, some teams struggle
more than others.
Zen and the art of free-
throw shooting
This Saturday should be a good
day for the students. Iowa State is
coming to town, and the Cyclones
are the worst team in the Big 12 at
adjusting to the pressures of shoot-
ing free throws in the fieldhouse
(see chart).
Opposing teams each have their
own strategies for coping with the
atmosphere. Texas Tech coach Bob
Knight said that any advantage is
mostly an imaginary one.
Theres been such an unbeliev-
able amount of attention paid to
home court, he told reporters. Its
become a much greater advantage
than it actually is. Its basically in the
minds of players, which is a tough
thing to combat sometimes.
That mental obstacle becomes
especially large when coming to the
fieldhouse, where a packed student
section is waiting to greet opponents
when they come out for their pre-
game shoot around.
Whether or not repeated visits to
Lawrence make a difference cant be
determined. Because The Kansan
only analyzed data from 2005 on, its
hard to draw conclusions for the Big
12 South teams, who only visit every
other year.
South teams historically havent
fared well in the fieldhouse.
They have a record of 1-31, with
Texas A&M being the only team
to leave victorious. Aggie coach
Billy Gillespie thinks that may have
more to do with the team that
plays at the fieldhouse than the
atmosphere.
They have a great team every
single year, he said. Youve got
plenty to worry about before you
even get to the crowd.
Gillespies team is one of two
that actually improves under the
pressure. Oklahoma State and
Texas A&M have both shot better
than their average in the field-
house. The same cant be said of
Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado and
Iowa State, which see a significant
decline.
Kansas State is another team that
shoots as well in the fieldhouse as
it does anywhere else. Coach Bob
Huggins received a piece of advice
from legendary Marquette coach Al
McGuire.
I asked him when they got good,
and he said, When we walked into
any venue with no fear, Huggins
said. I think theres tremendous
truth to that.
The perfect distraction
So whats the best way for fans to
distract the shooter? Nobody knows
for sure. Scientist and Slate maga-
zine writer Daniel Engber theorizes
that its when everyone in the crowd
holds up their arms one way, then
waves them the other way right
before the shot.
When we see a moving back-
ground, we tend to assume that
were the ones moving and that
the background is staying put, he
wrote.
This means that players would try
to compensate by shooting too far
right or left.
Bowers thinks that sometimes
fans hurt themselves by waiting too
long to move.
Theres no data to support the
different crowd techniques, he said.
Many of the physical gestures that
the fans do actually happen after the
ball has been released.
He did offer one idea for students,
though.
Silence can be just as intimidat-
ing as noise, he said.
A jam-packed Allen Fieldhouse
crowd that falls completely silent?
Now that would be frightening.
Kansan senior sportswriter Mi-
chael Phillips can be contacted at
mphillips@kansan.com.
Edited by James Pinick
free throws (continued from 1B)
The 5-foot-11 McIntosh and 6-
foot-1 Weddington supply plenty
of athleticism in the post but
stand several inches shorter than
Paris. McIntosh, who is notori-
ous for getting into foul trouble,
will attempt to be disciplined
enough to avoid committing
quick fouls. Even if Weddington
and McIntosh play the game of
their lives, they may need some
assistance from their teammates.
If we try to double team her,
well just have two kids in her
armpits, Henrickson said. I
really dont think theres a good
way to play her.
Kansas perimeter players will
need to supply constant help
defense in order to limit the stars
productivity.
Smith and Mosley, senior
guards, possess the agility nec-
essary to rotate to the post
and jump back out to defend
Oklahomas best shooter, guard
Chelsi Welch.
If controlling Paris turns out
to be a lost cause, Kansas will
turn to three freshmen in an
effort to out score Oklahoma.
Freshmen Kelly Kohn, Sade
Morris, and Danielle McCray are
coming off of a game in which
they combined to score 54 points
on 19-of-35 shooting. McCray, a
forward, was 6-of-7 from beyond
the three-point arc.
Tonight all of the Jayhawks
will try to shift the spotlight from
Paris to resurgent seniors Smith
and Mosley during their last
game at Allen Fieldhouse.
Those two have a tremendous
amount of pride, Henrickson
said. I want them to walk away
from this program knowing they
were difference makers.
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fus-
co can be contacted at afusco@
kansan.com.
Edited by James Pinick
Offense:
Oklahomas Courtney Paris
leads the Big 12 in scoring with
23 points per game. The sopho-
more centers dominance led
her to First Team All-American
status last season. With the way
Paris is demolishing each team
she faces this season, she is a
legitimate candidate for player
of the year. Its not only Paris
that has been giving opponents
nightmares, but the entire
Sooner ofense. Oklahoma
(20-4, 10-3 Big 12) is ranked
frst in scoring ofense, feld
goal percentage, and ofensive
rebounds in the conference.
This is in stark contrast to
Kansas (9-17, 3-10 Big 12),
which is last in both scoring
ofense and feld goal per-
centage, and second to last in
three-point feld goal percent-
age. The Jayhawks ofense did,
however, perform admirably
in the win over Kansas State
on Sunday. Freshmen Danielle
McCray, Kelly Kohn, and Sade
Morris combined for 54 points
to complement senior guard
Shaquina Mosleys 21 points.
Mosleys production has been
steadily outstanding, she has
scored 20 points or more in four
of the last fve games. Even if
Kansas ofense can connect on
all cylinders, it should be noth-
ing compared to one of the
premier ofenses in the country.
Advantage:
defense:
Courtney Paris also leads
the Big 12 in rebounding with
16 per game and blocked
shots with 4 per game. Twin
sister Ashley Paris comes of
of the bench to join Courtney
in the frontcourt and averages
seven rebounds per game. If
one thing is for sure its that
Kansas will not be able to
score points in the paint. The
question is whether or not it
will be able to defend down
low, another area that was im-
proved against Kansas State.
Earlier in the season when
the Jayhawks lost nine straight
Big 12 games, it was often
due to abysmal performances
in both holding opponents
points in the paint and getting
easy baskets. But Sunday the
Jayhawks did a better job and
battled the Wildcats all after-
noon, resulting in a narrow 30-
28 loss in points in the paint.
Danielle McCray has been
elevating more ferociously
on the boards and averages
ten rebounds in the last three
games. Kansas will need her to
continue Wednesday. Overall,
the Jayhawks stand little to
no chance in being able to
defend Paris and her Sooner
teammates.
Advantage:
mOmenTum:
In its last four games, Kansas
is 3-1. Oklahoma has also won
three of its last four. The only
diference is the Sooners at
10-3 are in a three-way tie for
frst place in the Big 12. The
Jayhawks are 3-10 and last in
the conference. Oklahoma has
every reason to be playing its
best basketball with seeding
in the Big 12 tournament on
the line. But there is no way
a trip to Lawrence to face
record-wise the worst team in
the Big 12 is one that is circled
on the Sooners calender.
On the other hand, the
Jayhawks are riding high after
fnally getting the monkey of
of their backs and breaking a
twelve game losing streak to
rival Kansas State. The young
team is excited for the op-
portunity to face the eleventh
ranked team in the nation that
is loaded with talent. Kansas
will be backed by an undeni-
able great atmosphere at Allen
Fieldhouse. A season-high
4,902 fans showed up Sunday.
With a chance to see Court-
ney Paris and former NBA
superstar Hakeem Olajuwons
daughter, Abi Olajuwon, the
attendance should be similar
on Wednesday.
Advantage:
Case Keefer
kAnsAs vs. oKlAhoMA
7 TOnighT, Allen fieldhOuse
WOmens bAskeTbAll PrevieW basketball
(continued from 1B)
By Steven Fernandez
daily loBo
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The
UNM mens basketball team will
be without its leading scorer for
possibly the rest of the season. J.R.
Giddens has been suspended indef-
initely, Lobo coach Ritchie McKay
said Saturday.
Giddens was kicked out of
Fridays practice, but there was no
specific incident that triggered the
suspension, McKay said.
It just came to a point where I
felt like it was important not only
to our team, but to J.R. and the rest
of our basketball family that I make
the decision, he said.
Giddens did not join the team
in Saturdays 74-58 win against
Texas Christian at The Pit and
will not practice or travel with the
team until the suspension is lifted,
McKay said.
McKay said the suspension was
basketball-related.
He did nothing illegal, noth-
ing unethical, he said. This pro-
gram tries to promote being a good
teammate, and I want to emphasize
that.
Giddens said in a news release
Sunday that he does not dispute
McKays decision.
I respect coachs decision, he
said. Hes the leader of our team.
Hes the person of authority, and if
he feels like this is whats best for
the team right now, then I accept
his decision.
McKay said there is no timetable
for the junior guard who was
averaging 16 points per game to
return to the team.
He did not rule out the possibil-
ity of Giddens returning as early as
Tuesdays game against San Diego
State in The Pit and did not rule out
the chance of the suspension lasting
the whole season.
Theres no conditions to it, he
said. With the appropriate time,
if there comes one, well reinstate
him. If not, well talk about it next
season.
Prior to the 2005 season, Giddens
transferred to UNM after playing
his freshman and sophomore sea-
sons at Kansas. He was stabbed
in a bar fight on May 19, 2005, in
Lawrence.
Giddens is a talented athlete,
but the suspension was necessary,
McKay said.
Hes a great kid. Hes an excel-
lent player, he said. Well miss
his contribution to our team while
he serves his suspension. But Im
not in this just for winning games.
I want to see if we cant make an
impact or a difference in the lives of
the people that we coach.
UNM point guard Darren
Prentice said the Lobos have
no choice but to move on while
Giddens is away from the team.
I dont really know the situa-
tion, he said. Its always going to
be a distraction if you lose a team
member. But we still have games
left to play, and we cant let our
heads get down. We just have to
keep playing hard.
Having Giddens on the floor is
an advantage, but UNM showed
it could win without him, guard
Chad Toppert said. Three play-
ers scored in double figures in
Saturdays win.
J.R. draws a lot of attention,
Toppert said. When hes draw-
ing double teams, its easier for me
and my teammates to find open
looks. But I think we did a great job
(Saturday).
Giddens missed four previous
games this season due to injury.
He also started several games on
the bench.
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the second week in a row. After an easy
victory against Colorado, they turned
in one of their most impressive efforts
of the season in a 92-39 pasting of
Nebraska.
No one in
the Big 12
is capable
of produc-
ing the
unstoppa-
ble defense
and bal-
a n c e d
offense that Kansas displayed in that
game. Monday night it was business
as usual in Manhattan. The Jayhawks
won for the, yawn, 24th time in a row.
To top it all off, Kansas is now in first
place by half a game because of Texas
A&Ms loss to Texas Tech.
Send a CongratulationS
FaCeBook MeSSage to...
aleks Maric, nebraska center
OK, maybe Maric didnt exactly
light it up against Kansas last Saturday,
but it doesnt matter. He had one
of the best individual performances
in Big 12 history last week against
K-State. Maric
scored 41 points
and grabbed eight
rebounds. He
shot 13-19 from
the field. Heres a
scary stat. Maric
was only 15 for
25 from the free
throw line. He
could have scored 50 points. This
was arguably the best single game
performance of any college basketball
player this season.
Start a ConverSation
with theSe topiCS...
Cartier Calls Out names
Kansas States guard Cartier
Martin received a public reprimand
from the Big 12 for criticizing offi-
cials after a loss to Nebraska last
week. According to Associated Press,
he said, it was definitely eight
against five. Martin should have
been actually punished. A public
reprimand is a lesser punishment
than having to go to your room.
Martin should have been suspended
for one game. The last thing this
conference needs are hot-head prima
donnas barking about officiating like
theyre Rasheed Wallace.
whos More Clutch?
Texas Tech guard Jarrius Jackson
made a case for himself as the best
big-game player in the league with a
buzzer beater against Texas A&M last
week. Sorry Jackson supporters; he is
still at least second best. The title of
most clutch belongs to A&Ms guard
Acie Law IV. Before Jackson beat the
Aggies, Law tied the game with a
three. And Jayhawk fans arent going to
forget his game-winning three-pointer
anytime soon. Both Jackson and Law
are seniors, meaning someone will
have to fill their roles next season.
That person? Sherron Collins.
The dora watch
The Big 12 Fastbreak predicted
that Texas Techs forward Darryl
Dora would not score in double dig-
its the rest of the season after going
for 18 against Kansas in January.
Last week, Dora nearly did some-
thing special. He almost had more
combined turnovers in his teams
two games than points. Alas, a seven
point outburst against Colorado
gave him nine points for the week
compared to six turnovers.
keep a CloSe watCh on the
raCe For irrelevanCe...
Two weeks ago, the Big 12 Fastbreak
warned Oklahoma State after a loss to
Colorado that it could become a fix-
ture in this section if it isnt careful.
Needless to say, the Cowboys did not
pay heed. No team has been more
disappointing in conference season
than Oklahoma State. It entered
January in the Top 10 and is now no
longer ranked after losses in four out
of five games. Take away a miracle
comeback against Texas Tech, and it
would have lost five straight. Now,
for Colorado. Dont think you can
get away without mention two weeks
in a row. The Buffaloes are arguably
worse now than at any point this
season. Why? Guard Richard Roby
is even less interesting than normal.
Hes not even trying to impress NBA
scouts anymore, and this is shown by
scoring less than seven points in two
of his last three games.
you proBaBly Said oh My
god aBout...
Jarrius Jackson, Texas Tech guard
Jackson was mentioned earlier,
but he didnt receive enough credit.
Against Texas A&M, he dribbled the
length of the floor after Laws game-
tying shot and sank a pull-up jumper
at the buzzer. His great shot gave his
team a huge victory on the Aggies
home floor and put the Red Raiders
back onto the bubble for the NCAA
Tournament.
kansan sportswriter Mark dent
can be contacted at mdent@kan-
san.com.
Edited by James Pinick
Maric
By Clayton otoole
Cavalier daily
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.
With a three-point victory against
Florida State over the weekend, the
No. 24 Virginia Cavaliers once again
reclaimed a share of the top spot in
the ACC with No. 5 North Carolina.
Virginias performance exem-
plified by a 9-1 record in the teams
last 10 games will most likely
result in an appearance in the NCAA
Tournament for the Cavaliers (18-7,
9-3 ACC) for the first time in five
years. During the 2000-2001 season,
then-coach Pete Gillen led a 20-8
Virginia squad with nine conference
wins to the tournament, where they
were promptly upset by the then-
unknown Gonzaga Bulldogs.
Nine wins has traditionally been
a magic number for ACC teams
vying for a place in the tourna-
ment. In what many believe to be the
toughest conference in all of college
basketball, a 9-7 (above .500) confer-
ence record has historically equat-
ed to having your ticket punched.
Therefore, Virginia with nine con-
ference victories already and four
games remaining, would seem to be
in great shape.
Its a great feeling to be in a posi-
tion like this right now, said forward
Adrian Joseph, the star of Saturdays
game against Florida State. Weve
just got to get in the gym and work
on what we do best.
Few things in life are certain, as
Florida State found out last season.
Just 12 months ago the Seminoles
capped off a successful ACC regular
season with two
victories against
Duke and
Miami, bring-
ing their con-
ference record
to 9-7. After
a disappoint-
ing first round
loss in the ACC
Tournament to
Wake Forest,
however, Florida
State did not find its name among
the 65 teams invited to dance last
March. Despite the teams impres-
sive performances thus far, Virginias
players realize that there is work left
to do.
Were playing for something spe-
cial, senior J.R. Reynolds said. Its
very big for us (the victory over
FSU). We have put ourselves in a
very big posi-
tion.
A f t e r
Virginias win
over the week-
end, ESPNs Joe
Lunardi has the
Cavaliers as a
No. 5 seed in the
upcoming tour-
nament. A No.
5 seed would be
the highest start-
ing spot for a Virginia team since the
1995 Jeff Jones-led Cavaliers earned
a No. 4 seed and advanced all the
way to the Elite Eight. According
to Lunardi, a spot in the NCAA
Tournament may not be the only
thing Virginia fans have to look for-
ward to as the regular season comes
to a close.
Tied for first in the ACC, its
not unthinkable that the Cavaliers
could win their last four (at Miami,
Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, at
Wake) and win the regular season
crown outright if UNC loses again,
Lunardi wrote on ESPN.com.
A share of the ACC title would be
Virginias first since that Elite Eight
run in 1995. An outright ACC regu-
lar season title, however, would be
Virginias first since Ralph Sampsons
sophomore season in 1981.
While any predictions are just
speculation at this point, with four
regular season games to play, the
Cavaliers have certainly positioned
themselves well for postseason suc-
cess. For Cavaliers fans, it feels great
to be back on top.
NCAA BAsketBAll
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NewMexico guard and former Jayhawk J.r. Giddens was suspended over the weekend
after being kicked out of practice. Giddens left Kansas after he was involved at a fght at the Moon
Bar in May 2005.
Cavaliers share top position, prepare for March
Were playing for something
special. Its very big for us. We
have ourselves in a very big
position.
J.R. Reynolds
Virginia Guard
By Carson Cunningham
Daily oCollegian
STILLWATER, Okla. The
Cowboy basketball team better untie
its dancing shoes, because its invi-
tation to the Big Dance may not
arrive.
Saturdays 75-64 loss to Missouri
now puts Oklahoma State on the
outside looking in at the NCAA
Tournament.
In other words, OSU is in a place
no team wants to be on the bub-
ble.
The Missouri loss was another
setback for a Cowboy team that is in
complete disarray.
OSU has lost four of its past five
and on Saturday it had no answer for
Missouris full-court pressure.
We let (Missouris) pressure dic-
tate the pace of the game, a vis-
ibly frustrated Sean Sutton said. We
emphasized (handling the press)
over, and over, and over. And thats
the thing thats frustrating - when
the message doesnt get across (to
the players).
The loss was as damaging to
OSUs tourney hopes as much as it
was disheartening for Cowboy fans.
The 11,624 fans in attendance
witnessed a dreadful performance by
a team that didnt seem to care.
We did not play with great pas-
sion, Sutton said.
We did not play
with a sense of
urgency like our
season is on the
line, and Missouri
did.
A month ago,
the thought of
OSU as a bubble
team was unimag-
inable. OSU was
ranked in the top
10 and was a vir-
tual lock for the Big Dance.
Now, with five games left in the
regular season, Suttons men are left
with two choices: win or be left out
on Selection Sunday.
I dont think we were ever a lock,
Sutton said. Ive told (the team)
youve got to
win nine or 10
games in the
conference to
put ourselves
in a great posi-
tion (for the
tournament).
You cant
assume youre
in because
everyone says
youre in.
Thats one of
the things I tried to guard against.
In order to reach nine conference
wins, a total that would likely mean a
tournament bid, OSU must win four
of its next five games.
Three wins would put OSUs
record at an even 8-8 and put the
Cowboys directly on the bubble.
Less than three wins would likely
mean a second straight trip to the
NIT.
Right now, as disappointing as it
sounds, the Cowboys appear to be
headed back to the dreaded NIT.
Three of their final five games are on
the road, where OSU is still winless
in the Big 12.
The latest turn of events leave us
with one baffling question: How did
OSU go from the top 10 to not even
making the NCAA tournament?
The lone positive the Cowboys
can take from the situation is that
they control their own destiny. Thus,
OSUs path to the NCAA tourna-
ment is pretty simple.
Win and youre in.
college basketball
5b wednesday, february 21, 2007
By ZaCh leming
Daily neBraskan
LINCOLN, Neb. Things are
beginning to look all too famil-
iar to Gary Blair. Blair coached at
Arkansas for 10 seasons and is the
schools all-time winningest coach.
His tenure in Little Rock, Ark.,
came during a time when the
Southeastern Conference stood
above all the other leagues in wom-
ens basketball.
Now in his fourth season at Texas
A&M, Blair is witnessing a growth
spurt in the Big 12 Conference.
This conference is going to get
better and better, Blair said, and
its starting to remind me of the
SEC in the late 90s when the SEC
was by far the best conference in
womens basketball.
The reason behind Blairs com-
ment is because of the emphasis
from Big 12 administrations to
develop and sustain competitive
womens basketball teams.
I think what (the administra-
tors) are doing is theyre seeing
that womens basketball can also
become a revenue-making sport,
Blair said, not just a sport thats
given scholar-
ships and using
a huge recruit-
ing budget and
travel budget.
Theyre mak-
ing money off
womens bas-
ketball.
In seven
seasons as
the coach at
Purdue, Kristy
Curry estab-
lished herself as one of the top
coaches in the country.
It was her first stint as a head
coach, but Curry guided the
Boilermakers to three Big Ten
Conference Tournament titles and
two regular-season champion-
ships.
Every one of her teams made it
to at least the second round of the
NCAA Tournament, and the 2000-
01 squad finished runner-up to
national champion Notre Dame.
But something was missing.
So when Curry was offered the
job at Texas Tech before this sea-
son, the Olla, La., native jumped at
the opportunity
to come closer
to home.
But there was
another reason
she decided
to come to
Lubbock, Texas.
We left an
incredibly spe-
cial place, and
it took a special
place to draw us
away, Curry said. It just comes
down to the commitment Texas
Tech is willing to make (and) the
support of the community. Dont
get me wrong, we had good sup-
port at Purdue, but the support
here is just unparalleled.
Currys story is becoming com-
monplace in the Big 12 as pro-
grams throughout the league have
brought in suc-
cessful coaches
from some of
the better teams
and conferences
in the country.
Before the
2005-06 sea-
son, Kurt
Budke left tra-
ditional power
Louisiana Tech,
where he com-
piled an 80-16
record and three straight NCAA
Tournament appearances, to come
rebuild Oklahoma State.
After orchestrating the biggest
turnaround in school history at
Virginia Tech which led to seven
consecutive postseason appearanc-
es Bonnie Henrickson decided
to attempt a similar feat at Kansas
before the 2004-05 season.
Blair came to College Station,
Texas, following a season in which
his Razorbacks finished ranked No.
24 in the country.
These are power confer-
ence schools that they are being
hired away from, and now theyre
coaching in
our league,
said Nebraska
coach Connie
Yori. The bot-
tom line is that
that means the
a dmi ni s t r a -
tion is making
a commitment
to that sport,
o t h e r w i s e
those coaches
wouldnt leave where they were
and where theyve been successful
and already have a lot of things in
place.
The Big 12s commitment to
improving its womens basketball
teams doesnt stop at hiring elite
coaches.
Facility renovations have become
routine throughout the league, par-
ticularly for the Big 12s southern
teams, and womens basketball has
reaped the benefits.
In the last 10 years, Baylor,
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas
and Texas Tech have all made some
kind of upgrade to their basketball
facilities.
A&M will break ground on a
$21.5 million renovation in less
than a month.
While Missouri has been the
only northern Big 12 school to
upgrade, Blair expects that to
change.
Thats where the arms race is,
to stay up facility-wise, Blair said.
I wouldnt be surprised in the
next few years that all those places
(in the north) look at adding more
space.
WOMENS BASKETBALL
Theyre making money of
womens basketball.
gary blair
Texas a&M coach
LM Otero/ASSOCIATED PRESS
OSU coach Sean Sutton and his Cowboys appear to be on the NCAATournament bubble after
losing four of their last fve games. The Cowboys can help their postseason chances Wednesday when
they take onTexas A&Mat Gallagher-Iba Arena.
Oklahoma State on bubble
Loss puts Cowboys tournament prospects in jeopardy
We did not play with great
passion. We did not play with a
sense of urgency like our season
is on the line and Missouri did.
Sean SuTTon
oklahoma State coach
Big 12 programs investing in future
Big 12 BASKETBALL COMMENTAry
These are power conference
schools that theyre being hired
away from, and now theyre
coaching in our league.
connie yori
nebraska coach
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second round or bust
Let the madness begin
T
he exciting, and crazy time
that is March Madness is
a couple weeks away. With
that said, the Jayhawks have three
games left in the regular season and
there is still plenty of time for some
interesting story lines to develop.
In the remaining games before
the Big 12 Tournament, here are
eight things to keep your eye on.
1. Will Sasha Kaun see less play-
ing time?
Its possible. In the last few games
the Jayhawks have gone to Kaun
early to try to establish him inside.
When he doesnt perform early, he
goes to the benchand he stays
there.
He rarely sees time in the last
minutes if the game is on the line.
If he doesnt play well in the early
parts of these last three games, he
may get next to no playing time.
2. Offensively, the team is click-
ing better than ever. When a team
is playing as in synch as Kansas has
been since their loss to Texas A&M,
you can expect to see them making
long outlet passes and pushing the
tempo.
This can be a weapon to really
take the air out of their opponents
lungs. It also makes for an exciting
game, and hopefully lots of alley-
oops.
3. Will Iowa States Brad
Witherspoon boost his career
points? The Cyclones wont be able
to match up with the Jayhawks
when they come to town Saturday.
Plus, the Jayhawks want to prove
they dont need overtime to beat the
Cyclones this time.
What does all this Cyclone
beatdown talk mean? It means
Witherspoon will probably get into
the game with a few minutes left,
thus giving him opportunities to
score his fourth or dare I say
fifth point of his career. Rest assured
that any points Witherspoon
scores will blow the roof off Allen
Fieldhouse.
4. Kansas still has to travel to
Oklahoma. The Sooners have
flown under the radar most of
the season. They arent as great as
seasons past, but they are good.
First year coach Jeff Caple has his
team playing excellent defense.
They have the second best scoring
defense behind Texas A&M one
ahead of Kansas.
This game is a sleeper, it is one
most fans forget about, but it can be
difficult. A win would simply add to
this teams toughness.
5. An entertaining match-up will
be Sherron Collins versus Texas
point guard D.J. Augustin. This has
the potential to be a good two-man
rivalry over the next few seasons.
When the Longhorns come to
Lawrence, these guards will go right
at each other.
Whichever player comes out on
top will likely earn billing as a top
two or three freshman point guard
in the country.
6. Another interesting match-up
in the game against the Longhorns
will be between two superstar fresh-
men Kevin Durant and Darrell
Arthur.
Durant is a front runner for the
National Player of the Year and for
the first pick in this years NBA
draft. Although Arthur doesnt have
the perimeter presence of Durant,
you should expect some big plays
under the net from both as they try
one-upping each other.
7. As it stands, Kansas has 49
conference titles. If they can sweep
these last three games they will
reach a huge milestone with a 50th
conference championship. If Texas
A&M wins as well, there would be a
split of the title, which is okay.
However, an Aggies let down
would mean an outright champion-
ship for the Jayhawks. Its nice to
share unless its a historic cham-
pionship.
8. It was around this time
last season when Julian Wright
and Mario Chalmers caught fire.
Chalmers played so well he went on
to be the Big 12 Tournament MVP.
So who is going to get hot to finish
off this season?
Chalmers is an easy guess. He
had an excellent game against
Kansas State and appears to have
come out of his mini scoring
slump, although his defense never
slumped. Collins has been hot and
will probably stay that way. His
style of getting to rim could only
go cold if his leg falls off. Even
then, expect Brandon Rush and
Wright to pick it up. They know
what time of the year it is. Also, if
Sasha Kaun sees less time, Arthurs
minutes go up, which means more
rebounds and points.
Jorgensen is a Baldwin City senior
in journalism.
Edited by Stacey Couch
By eriC Jorgensen
kansan sPOrTs cOlumnisT
ejorgensen@kansan.com
extreme running
Runners cross Saharan desert
Nasser Nasser/Associated Press
Three athletes, fromright, U.S. runner Charlie Engle, 44, Canadas Ray Zahab, 38 and Kevin Lin, 30, of Taiwan, are running during day
109 of their 111-day Sahara desert journey, northwest of Cairo, Egypt on Saturday.
Trek to travel 4,000 miles takes three men 111 days
By AnnA JoHnson
AssoCiAted Press
IN THE WESTERN DESERT,
Egypt Three ultra-endurance
athletes have just done something
most would consider insane: They
ran the equivalent of two mara-
thons a day for 111 days to become
the first modern runners to cross
the Sahara Deserts grueling 4,000
miles.
It will take time to sink in ...
but this is an absolutely once in
a life time thing. They say igno-
rance is bliss, and now that I know
how hard this is, I would never
consider crossing the Sahara on
foot again, said American runner
Charlie Engle, 44, hours after he
and the others completed the run
at Egypts Red Sea.
Engle said he, Canadian Ray
Zahab, 38, and Kevin Lin, 30, of
Taiwan, ran the final stretch of their
journey that took them through
the Giza pyramids and Cairo to the
mouth of Suez Canal on four hours
of sleep. Once they hit the Red Sea,
they put their hands in the water to
signify crossing the finish line.
We touched the water in
Senegal at the beginning, and we
touched the water in the Red Sea at
the end. They were the bookends of
our journey, Engle, of Greensboro,
North Carolina, said on the tele-
phone from a hotel room in Cairo.
In less than four months, they
have run across the worlds larg-
est desert, through six countries
Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger,
Libya and finally Egypt.
A film crew followed them,
chronicling the desert journey for
actor Matt Damons production
company, LivePlanet. Damon plans
to narrate the Running the Sahara
documentary.
The trek is one of extremes. The
relentless sun can push tempera-
tures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit
during the day, but at night it some-
times dips below freezing. Strong
winds can abruptly send sand
swooping in every direction, mak-
ing it difficult to see and breathe.
Running through turbulent con-
ditions is nothing new for these ath-
letes who have traveled the world
competing in adventure races. But
they say nothing has tested their
physical and mental limitations like
the Sahara.
Throughout the run, the runners
have been stricken with tendinitis,
severe diarrhea, cramping and knee
injuries all while running through
the intense heat and wind _ often
without a paved road in sight.
This has been a life changing
event, Engle said.
pga
Tournament format inconsistent
By doUg FergUson
AssoCiAted Press
MARANA, Ariz. A change of
scenery only helps so much.
There was a chill in the air Tuesday
morning at The Gallery Golf Club,
which beats a lake in the middle of
the fairway at La Costa.
In the high desert north of
Tucson, the Accenture Match Play
Championship is a sellout for the
first time in its nine-year history. In
late February, north of San Diego,
the only sellout was umbrellas in the
merchandise tent.
But no matter where this World
Golf Championship goes, it has a
hard time living up to its expecta-
tions.
Two longtime British writers were
at a hotel bar in downtown Atlanta
in 1998, a few months before the
start of these WGC events. Match
Play got their attention above the
others, and one of them the late
Bill Blighton thought it might
be the best new tournament in golf
since Bobby Jones invited top players
to his new golf course called Augusta
National in 1934.
Golf needed this format.
Ever since the PGA Championship
went to stroke play in 1958, match
play was mainly found in amateur
golf.
The World Match Play
Championship in England began two
years later and has a roll call of cham-
pions that includes Jack Nicklaus
and Arnold Palmer, Nick Faldo and
Seve Ballesteros. But it only had an
eight-man field when IMG founder
Mark McCormack created the event,
and it later was perceived as the IMG
Invitational until it came up with set
criteria to get in.
The PGA Tour tried match play
in Tucson from 1984 to 1986, but it
didnt always get the best field.
Thats what made the Accenture
Match Play Championship so appeal-
ing when it began in 1999. It featured
a 64-man field, taken exclusively
from the world rankings, and players
represented 17 countries. First prize
was $1 million, back when $1 mil-
lion meant something.
The stage was set. The curtain
was drawn.
The winner was Jeff Maggert.
Never mind that his 38-hole vic-
tory over Andrew Magee remains
the most exciting championship
match in this tournament. Maggert
knocked out Tiger Woods in the
quarterfinals, and never had the lead
in the final until chipping in for
birdie on the second extra hole.
PGA Tour commissioner Tim
Finchem said that over time, the
stars would reach the weekend, if not
the final. He got his wish a year later
when Woods, David Duval, Davis
Love III and Darren Clarke were
the final four remaining, and Clarke
beat Woods in the final.
That was about as good as it got.
If you have the right match-up
in the final, then I think it could be
wonderful for the ratings, Woods
said. But if you dont get the people
who are household names, then the
ratings wont be all that good.
nHL
Colorado defenseman fractures wrist
By PAt grAHAM
AssoCiAte Press
DENVER Colorado Avalanche
defenseman Jordan Leopold will
miss approximately four weeks after
tests revealed a fractured wrist, team
officials said Tuesday.
Leopold, who hurt his wrist in
the third period against Calgary last
Thursday night, had the MRI exam
on Monday. He is scheduled for sur-
gery this week.
Its the third significant injury
this season for Leopold. He missed
the first 25 games of the season as
he recovered from offseason hernia
surgery and then another 17 games
due to a groin injury he suffered in
December.
Leopold has missed the last two
games both Avalanche losses
because of the wrist injury.
Tough year, Avalanche coach
Joel Quenneville said. Another
tough blow.
Defenseman Jeff Finger was called
up from Albany of the AHL on
Saturday and is expected to make his
NHL debut Tuesday night against
Calgary.
Im looking forward to seeing
him, Quenneville said.
The Avalanche lost defenseman
Patrice Brisebois for the season to a
back injury in late December against
Dallas.
To lose Briser and Leo, a couple of
important guys for us, Quenneville
said. Its one after the other.
Leopold was obtained from the
Flames, along with a 2006 second-
round draft pick and another condi-
tional second-round pick, last June
for Alex Tanguay.
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DAMAGeD cIrcUs
GREG GREISENAUER
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most
challenging.
ArIes (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
You have the support of your
teammates. They think you can
do anything. Let them in on the
secret. You can do it all because of
them.
TAUrUs (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
The more To Do items you check
of the list, the more secure you
become. Try to explain to the oth-
ers, kindly, that this trick will work
for them, too.
GeMInI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 5
Your friends provide encourage-
ment, but youre the one taking
the test. Luckily, youre very smart,
and youre proving it again. Relax
and do whats natural.
cAncer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
You dont have to feel intimidated
any more. You can do fne on what
youve accomplished. You dont
need any of them; just make sure
they do a good job.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
You dont need to tell everybody
what youve recently discovered.
Let them fgure it out for them-
selves. Move fast, while you have
the advantage.
VIrGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Youre being ofered something
nice for your home and-or family.
Luckily, what youll have to pay is
not more than you can aford. Ac-
cept a good deal.
LIbrA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Get somebody else to take care of
the parts of the job you fnd most
difcult. Youre really not in the
mood to take on a bigger chal-
lenge now.
scorpIo (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is an 8
Youre a bit hyperactive now, which
is a good thing. There is too much
work for a regular person to do,
which is not a problem. Youre also
feeling romantic. Luckily, you can
do it all.
sAGITTArIUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Your sense of humor is coming
back. You may not have known it
was missing. Actually, it was just
resting. Beware today of unexpect-
ed giggle fts.
cAprIcorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Dont push too hard. That wont be
necessary now. Go with the fow,
and youll wind up in a beautiful
place.
AqUArIUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Your attention is being drawn to
a new topic, and this is good. You
can aford to do more research
now, and you should.
pIsces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 9
Move quickly on an opportunity that
wont come again for a while. Youve
thought about it long enough. Grab
it!
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By ALEX VEIGA
AssocIAtEd PrEss
SANTA MONICA, Calif. A
judge Tuesday ordered that O.J.
Simpsons income from past work in
movies, television and commercials
go directly to the family of murder
victim Ron Goldman, but he rejected
the familys bid to collect Simpsons
earnings on future projects.
Simpson was acquitted in
October 1995 of murder charges in
the June 12, 1994, slayings of his
ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and
Goldman, but a civil court jury later
held him liable for the killings in a
wrongful death lawsuit and ordered
him to pay $33.5 million. Most of
that debt remains unpaid.
Lawyers for both sides portrayed
Tuesdays ruling on royalties or other
earnings as a victory.
Simpson attorney Yale Galanter
said royalties Simpson he receives
from past work for films such as
the Naked Gun movies and the
TV show 1st and Ten amount to
almost nothing.
Last year Simpsons royalty
checks from all of his movies were
less than 39 cents, Galanter said.
They got kicked to the curb
again, he added. Every door
theyre banging on gets slammed.
However, Goldman attorney
David J. Cook said the ruling on
past royalties was a step in the
right direction, indicating the fam-
ily would seek to determine what
Simpsons royalties really amount
to.
We presume there is money
and were not going to take their
word for it, Cook said.
Simpson ordered to turn over earnings
Lawyer pleads not guilty for Richie
By LINdA dEUtscH
AssocIAtEd PrEss
LOS ANGELES Nicole Richies
lawyer appeared in court Tuesday
without her client and entered a not
guilty plea on Richies behalf to a
driving under the influence charge.
The complaint alleges Richie was
under the influence of an alcoholic
beverage and an unspecified drug
when she was arrested Dec. 11. A
pretrial conference was scheduled
for April 2.
Richie, who starred in the TV
reality show The Simple Life with
Paris Hilton, was not required to
appear for arraignment because the
charge is a misdemeanor.
In addition to the single count,
the Richie case contains an allegation
that she had a prior misdemeanor
DUI conviction in June 2003.
The California vehicle code speci-
fies that if convicted of DUI twice
within 10 years, a person can be
sentenced to between 90 days and a
year in jail, fined between $390 and
$1,000, and have driving privileges
suspended.
Richie was arrested after 911 call-
ers reported seeing her car head-
ed the wrong way on a freeway in
Burbank about 12:30 a.m. She was
found alone in her SUV, which was
stopped in a car-pool lane but fac-
ing the right way when California
Highway Patrol officers arrived.
She was arrested after she failed a
field sobriety test.
CHP Officer Todd Workman
said at the time that Richie, the
daughter of pop singer Lionel
Richie, volunteered that she had
smoked marijuana and taken the
prescription painkiller Vicodin,
but no drugs were found on her or
in the car.
Last month, Hilton pleaded no
contest to alcohol-related reckless
driving stemming from her Sept.
7 arrest and was sentenced to 36
months probation, alcohol educa-
tion and $1,500 in fines.
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Eric Risberg/AssociAtEd PREss
san Francisco Giants outfelder Barry Bonds reported to spring trainingTuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz. He signed a one-year, $15.8 million contract last week. Bonds is just 22 home runs away frombreak-
ing Hank Aarons all-time home run record.
PGA
tiger prepares
for match play
By DOUG FERGUSON
ASSOciAtED PRESS
MARANA, Ariz. Tiger Woods
has compiled some amazing num-
bers during the longest PGA Tour
winning streak in 62 years. He has
won those seven tournaments by
a combined 22 shots, is 109 under
par and has posted 24 of his last 28
rounds in the 60s.
The math is much more sim-
ple at the Accenture Match Play
Championship.
To make it eight in a row, he has
to win six in a row.
This has always been one of
the tougher events to win just
because of the nature of the for-
mat, Woods, the No. 1 seed, said
Tuesday. Match play, anything
that happens is unpredictable.
Sometimes, it takes a great round
to advance. Sometimes, you can
shoot over par and advance. All I
know is you have to beat one guy
at a time. You dont have to beat a
whole field. Just six guys.
The 64-man field assembled in
the high desert of The Gallery
Golf Club represents the best in
the world from 17 countries. The
only guy Woods cares about today
is Ryder Cup teammate J.J. Henry,
his first opponent.
How fickle is this tournament?
You can shoot 65 and lose. You
can shoot 73 and win, Henry said.
You never know what youre going
to get. Of course, I know if I play
Tiger and shoot 73, I might as well
pack my bags.
Jim Furyk is the No. 2 seed
and will play Brett Quigley. Third-
seeded Adam Scott faces Shaun
Micheel, and Phil Mickelson has
the No. 4 seed and will play fellow
lefty Richard Green of Australia.
The most compelling match-
es feature Ryder Cup teammates
Sergio Garcia against Darren
Clarke in one match, Padraig
Harrington against Lee Westwood
in another. And in a reminder that
anything goes in this event, Geoff
Ogilvy plays Steve Stricker in a
match of past champions who were
seeded No. 55 (Ogilvy) and No. 52
(Stricker) when they won.
Woods is a pro at match play,
even though most of his success
came as an amateur.
He learned as a teenager how
frustrating this format could be,
taking on a kid named James
Mohan in the Southern California
Junior Match Play. Woods said he
shot 69 that day, posted the lower
score and was eliminated.
I didnt quite understand that,
he said. I just came home and told
Dad, I shot a better score than he
did, but he won the match. That
doesnt seem right. He explained it
to me. We went out the next couple
of days and played match play.
After that, it was rare when
Woods didnt win.
He captured three straight U.S.
Junior Amateur titles, followed by
three straight U.S. Amateurs. His
record at the Accenture is 23-5,
and his singles record in match
play including exhibitions is 36-
11-2.
For all the lore over Woods
record in match play, he might
be tougher to beat over 72 holes
of stroke play. Furyk was asked
whether he would rather face
Woods in an 18-hole match or 18
holes of stroke play.
It took him a while to find the
answer before he drew one obvious
conclusion.
I guess the point there would
be its not really a good scenario
either way, Furyk said.
Woods must face unpredictable
tournament, six of the worlds best
MLB
Edmonds takes it easy afer multiple surgeries
ASSOciAtED PRESS
JUPITER, Fla. Coming off a
winter in which he had surgery to
his shoulder and toe and contin-
ued to recover from post-concus-
sion syndrome, Jim Edmonds will
be taking it easy at the start of spring
training.
In fact, the St. Louis Cardinals
center fielder wont hit or run during
the first couple of weeks of workouts,
and will throw only lightly. He said
Tuesday hell use the time to work on
his conditioning after an offseason
spent going from doctor to doctor.
This is not a good situation to be
in, but its a situation Ive been dealt,
Edmonds, 36, said. I just have to do
the best I can, work a little bit harder
than normal and try to get ready.
Edmonds played 110 games last
season, his fewest since joining the
Cardinals in 2000. He failed to win
a Gold Glove for the first time since
coming to St. Louis.
I cant remember last year that
well, Edmonds said. I dont even
care about last year. I want to try to
get to the point this year where I can
play and get back to my abilities and
have some fun.
Edmonds shoulder was problem-
atic most of the season. He had bone
shaved from near the arthritic joint
of his right shoulder blade and col-
larbone. He was sidelined by post-
concussion syndrome after banging
his head on the U.S. Cellular Field
warning track. The toe required a
daily numbing injection during the
postseason before surgery to repair a
torn ligament. He had a pin inserted
that was removed 10 days ago.
Despite the assortment of inju-
ries, Edmonds hit .250 during the
postseason run to the Cardinals first
championship in 24 years, and had
10 RBIs.
He hopes a slow spring will lead
to a healthy season.
Edmonds at least has no contract
worries this season after signing a
two-year, $19 million extension.
Edmonds has eight Gold Gloves
and is fourth on the Cardinals all-
time home run list. Of his 350 career
home runs, 229 are with St. Louis.
He expects this to be his last con-
tract.
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