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A car travels west bound on freshly cleared east 15th Street onWednesday. The University of Kansas canceled all classes on the Edwards and Lawrence campuses onWednesday
because of heavy snowfall late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.
Snow closes campus
University officials call off classes after strong winter storm
Review of
yesterdays
news
rEcap
Bookstore
relocates
amid Inn
proposal
lEgISlatIoN
full story on page 3a
Student Senate
seeks better book
prices for students
full story on page 3a
Merc grows
greener
with new
renovations
full story on page 3a
By CaleB Sommerville
csommerville@kansan.com
The University called off classes yester-
day for the first time in six years due to
snow.
Lawrence got about four inches of snow
Tuesday night after a day of rain.
University officials walked and drove
around campus to check conditions before 6
a.m. Wednesday.
Based on current conditions, coupled
with continued blowing snow, the decision
was made to cancel classes, said Jill Jess,
associate director of news and media rela-
tions, in an e-mail.
The new emergency texting system put
in place in November was not used to notify
students of the cancellation. Jess said that the
University relied on KUs home page, area
media, and 864-SNOW.
She did not give a reason for not using the
text service.
The last time classes were cancelled for
snow was Jan. 30 and 31, 2002.
Classes were also cancelled March 13,
2006 after a microburst that caused $6 mil-
lion worth of damage.
According to the University Relations
Web site, the first time classes were cancelled
since they started keeping track in 1972 was
Feb. 12 and 13, 1978.
The next date was Feb. 2, 1983.
The Universitys Web site on inclem-
ent weather said the provost and chancel-
lor cooperate with the Public Safety office,
Lawrence police, highway patrol and the
National Weather Service to decide whether
to cancel classes.
They base the decision on weather reports
and road conditions. Whether buses can
safely maneuver the hills on campus is a big
part of the decision as well.
Sunflower Channel 6 Weathers Web
site said that the average precipitation for
the beginning of the year until now is 1.4
inches. This year, Lawrence has received
1.8 inches.
The safety of our students, faculty and
staff is the most important consideration in
the decision to cancel classes during inclem-
ent weather, said Jess.
Edited by Samuel Lamb
Students visit the bookstore every
semester and are often dismayed at
the dent in their wallet the trip
makes. Student senators are going to
lobby the state legislature to consider
creating a bill that would require
textbook publishers to inform pro-
fessors of the prices of their books.
Some University of Kansas profes-
sors think the bill is a good idea, but
it may not always change how much
students spend.
First it was Yello Sub. Next it was The
Crossing. Now Beat the Bookstore has
become the third business to leave the
corner of 12th and Indiana. Beat the
Bookstore which opened in Lawrence
in May 2007, has relocated to 1741
Massachusetts.
After five months of renovations, the
Merc will finally unveil its new look to
the public. The store now features a new
cafe with wireless internet access for stu-
dents looking for a quiet place to study.
Students
win in
national
competition
Two students from the depart-
ment of aerospace engineering
placed first for aerospace aircraft
design.
the Bull
reopens
with fresh
look
Two alumni look for profit
from a popular local bar. It was
scheduled to reopen Wednesday
at 3 p.m.
Israeli
hip-hop
group to
perform at
Bottleneck
Hadag Nachash will perform
tonight, the show is free to all
University students.
Students
satisfied with
advising
Results from a survey about
academic advising showed that
students are happ with thier aca-
demic advising experience, but
with only 10 percent of students
responding, the survey may not
represent all of campus.
Broadcast
your
university
A new Web site offers space for
students to post videos but could
face legal ramifications for copy-
right violations.
lawrence
Dems vote
for obama
Barack Obama swept the
Democratic vote at Tuesdays cau-
cus in Lawrence, but Democrats
across the nation were not united
in thier vote.
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Business Career Week will
take place all day today in Sum-
merfeld Hall.
The KU Libraries Book Sale
will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in
Watson Library.
The workshop Dream-
weaver: Getting Your Site Under
Control will begin at 8:30 a.m.
in the Budig PC Lab.
Tea Time will begin at 3 p.m.
in the traditions area of the
Kansas Union.
The public event Niche will
begin at 3 p.m. in 106 Spooner
Hall.
Lawrence Rosen, Princeton
University, will present the
African Studies Seminar at 3:30
p.m. in the Pine Room of the
Kansas Union.
The University/Faculty Sen-
ate Meeting will begin at 3:30
p.m. in 203 Green Hall.
Lawrence Rosen, Princeton
University, will present, De-
fending Culture: The Cultural
Defense and the Laws Theory
of Culture at 3:30 p.m. in the
Pine Room of the Kansas Union.
David Cateforis will present
the lecture Tea and Talk Series:
Wenda Gus Neon Calligraphy
Series at 4 p.m. in the English
room of the Kansas Union.
Global Partners Spring 2008
Kickof will begin at 7 p.m. in
the Jayhawk Room in the Kan-
sas Union.
Victory Over the Sun and
Man With a Movie Camera will
begin at 7 p.m. in the Spencer
Museum of Art Auditorium.
Dr. Christina Bejarano, of
the political science depart-
ment, will present Barack Chalk
Jayhawk: Is America Ready for
a Black President? At 7 p.m.
in the Multicultural Resource
Center.
Gregory Lee will begin
performing at 7:30 p.m. in the
Swarthout Recital Hall in Mur-
phy Hall.
Jazz Ensembles I, II & III will
begin performing at 7:30 p.m. in
the Lied Center.
The Student Union Activities
Feature Film Gone Baby Gone
will begin at 8 p.m. in the Wood-
ruf Auditorium of the Kansas
Union.
Kevin Willmott, associate
Professor of theatre and Film
will begin the James E. Seaver
lecture at 8 p.m. in the Alder-
son Auditorium of the Kansan
Union. A reception will follow in
the Malott Room.
As part of the Winter Olym-
pic Games since their inception
in 1924, bobsledding is a sport
of exhilarating but dangerous
speed (up to 90 mph/145 km
per hour).
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Charles Glauberman, third year lawstudent, scrapes snowof of his car Wednesday after-
noon before being able to go out and enjoy the day of fromclasses. This is the frst time since
February 2004 that the University of Kansas has closed campus because of the snow.
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Do You Know
KU
By Kat LesLie
kleslie@kansan.com

It sounds like something out of a
fairy-tale romance: a young woman,
withnoformaleducationortraining,
becomes the indispensible secretary
forhermillionaireboss.Afteryearsof
faithfully working together, growing
closer and creating an unbreakable
bond,theymarry.However,fairytale
heroinesdontusuallyhaveUniversity
of Kansas buildings named after
thembut Elizabeth Miller Watkins
wasonespeciallady.
Born on January 21, 1861 to Dr.
ValentineG.MillerandhiswifeElla,
Elizabethgrewupinthehardworking
home of a middle class family. She
hoped to attain a higher education
than most women received during
thelate1800s,andevenattendedthe
preparatory school at the University
of Kansas during the 1874-75 aca-
demic year. Unfortunately, her fam-
ilys financial problems made the
stay brief, and she was forced to put
her college dreams aside and instead
immediatelyjointheworkforce.
At age 15, she applied for and
received a secretarial position at
the J.B Watkins Land and Mortgage
Company,wheresheworkedwiththe
companys founder and owner, Jabez
B. Watkins. After 34 years as a sec-
retary with the company, Elizabeth
againappliedforajobbutthistime,
it was a position as Watkins wife
she wished to fill. On November 15,
1909, at the age of 48, she married
the 64-year-old Watkins, in what the
LawrenceJournal-Worldcalledasur-
prise wedding to one of the richest
menintheWest.AccordingtoKUs
FairyGodmother,anessaybyJohn
H. McCool of KUs Department of
History,thecoupleoftentalkedabout
howtheywouldspendtheirtwilight
years, and, also, to what use they
wouldputtheirvastfortune.
Sadlythough,themarriageended
just 11 years later when Watkins
passed away in 1921 at 76. Elizabeth
was left to disperse their riches, but
as they had no children and as both
had planned (according to Elizabeth
in an interview with the Kansas City
Star) [to] give it all for the good of
humanity,chieflyhereinLawrence.
Looking back on her life, its no
surprise that one of her chief con-
cerns was less fortunate students
especiallyfemales,whomightnotbe
able to attend college without finan-
cialassistance.
My sympathy has always been
withthegirlswhomusttraveluphill,
sheoncesaid.MyhusbandandIhad
intendedtodosomethingthatwould
really be beneficial to them. It has
beenmydreamtoaidself-supporting
girlstogetaneducation.
Followingthatintention,Elizabeth
donated $75,000 to the University,
which resulted in the construction
of KUs first scholarship hall, to
be named Watkins. Elizabeth was
involvedineverystepoftheprocess:
she once said, The color scheme of
every room, the furniture, draper-
ies and furnishings, are results of
many months of planning. It is my
dreamcometrue.Thedreamfinally
became a reality on September 14,
1926 when the first women, eventu-
ally to become known as Watkins
girlsarrivedatthehall.
The acceptance process for the
hall was rigorous: women had to
send references attesting to their
moral character and scholastic abil-
ity and certify that they had finan-
cial need, according to KUs Fairy
Godmother. Too keep down costs,
and also to teach the women self-
sufficiency, the Watkins girls were
expected to share in the housekeep-
ing responsibilitiesa tradition that
continuestoday.
Years later, Elizabeth Watkins
donated money for the creation of a
secondscholarshiphall,namedMiller
in honor of her brother, Frank C.
Miller, and the University of Kansas
first and much-needed hospital,
WatkinsMemorialHospital(whichis
now Twente Hall, renamed after the
construction of Watkins Memorial
HealthCenterin1974).
Beforetheconstructionofthehos-
pital, there had been no permanent
health service area for University of
Kansas students. According to Mai
Do, Marketing Coordinator for
Student Health Services, There
wasnt a single place for a student
to go for health care, only random
homes and rooms where doctors
would set up shop [for the year].
Elizabethsdonationnotonlyallowed
for the construction of the building,
butalsoanexpansionofthestaffand
moreup-to-dateequipment,tobetter
serve the ever-growing number of
KUstudentsinneedofhealthcare.
According to Do, Elizabeths leg-
acy at Watkins Health Center lives
on to today: The trust fund set up
withhermoneyhelpsussupplement
the funds we have from student and
auxiliaryfees.Likelastyear,thetrust
helpedpayfortheroofweneededto
replace. Then and now, Elizabeths
contributions have helped increase
the standard of living for University
ofKansasstudents.
When she died on June 1, 1939,
herwillgave26,000acresoffarmland
in southwestern Kansas to KU. She
alsogaveherhome,whichisthepres-
ent-day chancellors residence, and
moremoney.
Today,studentsstillfeelthewarmth
ofthisfairy-talewoman.AnnGiessel,
LarnedseniorandMillerScholarship
Hall resident said, Elizabeth Miller
Watkins made a really good invest-
ment for the future, for women.
Ive made great friendships here [at
Miller]. Living together, cooking for
your fellow kitchen matesits like a
bigfamily.Wonderful.
Edited by Nick Mangiaracina
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Ice ice, baby
Lecture
Speech seeks to expand
students perspectives
Beverly Mack, professor in
African and African American
Studies, will tonight give a cam-
pus presentation called Veiled
Truth--Muslim Womens Lives in
a Climate of Controversy.
We assume Muslim women
have no mind of their own and
that is such an empty impres-
sion, Mack said.
That is just one of the many
stereotypes Mack wants to
defy. She worked with Muslim
women who said that their only
obligation was to God and they
would not be subordinate to
their husbands if it negatively
afected their spirituality.
Knowing what goes on
globally, beyond what the
media presents, Mack said, was
difcult for students, and that
many people in our society
hold stereotypes about Muslim
women.
The only pictures the media
show are women heavily veiled
or their involvement in war
activities, Mack said.
Mack said she wanted to
show diversity among Muslim
women and to counter stereo-
types the wars in Afghanistan
and Iraq have created. The
presentation will describe the
diferent ways Muslim women
live their daily lives, the role
veiling plays in their lives and
the kinds of work Muslim
women perform.
Macks presentation begins
at 7 p.m. tonight in the Big 12
Room of the Kansas Union. The
presentation is free. Refresh-
ments will be served.
Kendra Hall
sports
Orange Bowl celebration
pushed back until March
The ofcial celebration of the
football teams 12-1 season and
Orange Bowl victory has been
pushed back to Saturday evening,
March 8, according to a news
release by Kansas Athletics.
The event was originally
scheduled for Feb. 23, but the
Athletics Department changed
the date to accommodate those
who would be in Indianapolis for
the NFL Combine Anthony
Collins, James McClinton, Derek
Fine, Marcus Henry and Aqib
Talib.
In the release, associate athlet-
ics director Jim Marchiony said
that the Athletics Department
originally thought that they could
schedule around players commit-
ments to the Combine, but began
looking for another date that the
NFL prospects could attend.
The celebration will take place
in Allen Fieldhouse at 7:30 p.m.
on March 8, and will be free to
the public.
Luke Morris
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CONTRIBUTING TO STUDENT SUCCESS
news 3A Thursday, February 7, 2008
By Brenna Hawley
bhawley@kansan.com
Students who pay hundreds of
dollars for expensive textbooks may
not have to pay as much in the future.
Student senators are going to lobby
the state legislature to pass a new law
that would require textbook publish-
ers to inform professors and faculty of
the prices of their books before they
decide which book to use for a class.
Alex Treaster, director of the
Student Legislative Awareness Board,
said the senators wanted to lobby
for something other than general
higher education issues on Higher
Education Day, Feb. 13. He said he
was lobbying to increase competi-
tion between textbook publishers
and decrease book prices.
A lot of times there are better
deals out there, Treaster said.
States like California,
Massachusetts and Washington
already have textbook laws similar
to the one the Student Senate is
advocating. Treaster said a study in
Massachusetts showed that 63 per-
cent of the 237 professors asked did
not typically know the price of the
books they were looking at.
Aline Silva, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
sophomore, paid $245 for her science
textbooks. She is a double-major in
pre-med and religious studies, and
noticed a price difference between the
textbooks required for larger classes
and smaller books for smaller classes.
I dont spend half as much on
religious studies books as I do chem-
istry books, and I buy more religious
studies books, Silva said.
Hannah Love, student body president,
said students often thought the high book
prices were the fault of the bookstore,
but said the biggest percentage of money
went to the textbook publishers.
Bill Madel, textbook manager at the
Jayhawk Bookstore, said the bookstore
was forced to pay whatever the pub-
lishers told them to pay. Madel, a 1999
graduate, said he paid $100 for a Spanish
textbook bundle when he was in college.
Now, the same bundle costs $200.
Madel said publishers kept raising
prices and producing new editions to
get money out of their investment.
If the publishers had their way, noth-
ing would be buy-back, Madel said.
Everything would be one-use only.
Love said professors were using
new editions of textbooks with high-
resolution photos, all of which raise the
price of a textbook. She said that for a
course that concentrates on pictures,
like art history, high-resolution photos
may be necessary, but other courses
did not need high quality photos.
Professors can get a book that will
save students $50, Love said. She said
informing professors of prices would help
make the textbook market more com-
petitive and bring book prices down.
Craig Martin, professor of biol-
ogy, is no stranger to competing
textbook companies. When he con-
siders textbooks for his Biology 100
class, he routinely looks at textbooks
from different companies.
I have 1,000 students and Id like to
save them some money, Martin said.
Martin considers the price, accuracy
and completeness of information, writ-
ing style and illustrations in a book when
choosing which book to assign the class.
I literally set texts side-by-side
and read a passage and decide which
book is better, Martin said.
Martin said pricing information
was readily available to professors con-
sidering books. Professors only have to
ask for a price and they will be told.
Joe Heppert, professor of chemis-
try, said he didnt see it as a problem
for faculty to know prices of books,
but price did not determine which
book a professor chose.
He said for most professors, the
primary decision would come down
to which textbook serves the stu-
dents best. He said they wanted stu-
dents to have the best knowledge for
the subject they were learning, even
if a book was slightly more expensive
than another available option.
Im not sure a law is going to
work to expand the number of facul-
ty that looks at price, Heppert said.
It may add additional information
and help with balancing the quality
of the text with its cost.
Rep. Barbara Craft (R-Junction City),
member of the Education Committee,
said it was a good idea for a professor
to be aware of the price of a book, but
if a better-quality book is available, it
should be considered as well.
I dont know if price should be a
guiding factor, Craft said.
David Hakensen, spokesperson
for textbook publisher Pearson, said
developing a textbook could cost up to
$1 million, which included payment of
authors, experts, editors, researchers,
reviewers and designers. He said pric-
es were also affected by the cost of raw
materials like paper and fuel. He said
inflation is responsible for 77 percent
of the increase in textbook prices.
He said students had the ability
to purchase cheaper alternatives to
expensive textbooks, such as simple
black-and-white editions, loose-leaf
editions, or digital versions of the
textbooks. These options can be half
the price of the hardcover textbook.
He said the company made pricing
information available on the Internet.
If you see the amount of information
that publishers already make available to
faculty and students about pricing and
revisions, a law is probably unnecessary,
Hakensen said in an e-mail.
Edited by Madeline Hyden
By rustin DoDD
rdodd@kansan.com

Beat the Bookstore, at 622 W.
12th St., has joined the list of busi-
nesses to leave the corner of 12th
and Indiana streets. But, unlike Yello
Sub and The Crossing, which shut
down in the fall, Beat the Bookstore
has relocated to 1741 Massachusetts
the former location of the adult
novelty store Naughty but Nice.
The paint was still drying and
the bookshelves were empty, but
on Monday, Beat the Bookstore co-
owner Denise Keating said that the
store was open for business.
If they could find the book they
wanted in one of these boxes, we
would sell it to them, said Keating,
who co-owns Beat the Bookstore
with her husband Dan.
Beat the Bookstore opened last May
as an alternative to KU Bookstores,
1301 Jayhawk Blvd., University Book
Shop, 1116 W. 23rd St. and the Jayhawk
Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Rd.
The bookstores business con-
cept is to offer cheaper textbook
prices and high buy-back prices.
The Keatings said they heard
rumors a short time after they
opened the store at 12th Street that
the building they shared with Yello
Sub was going to be sold.
But, they werent formally noti-
fied until last fall that they would
have to move (the corner of 12th and
Indiana streets is the proposed loca-
tion of the Oread Inn hotel project).
The Keatings said they began look-
ing for alternative locations soon after.
The 1741 Massachusetts St. location
became available after a judges ruling
said Naughty but Nice was in viola-
tion of a city code. Lawrence restricts
adult-themed stores to locations along
highways. Naughty but Nice left the
building in early January.
We liked the old location, but it
was too small, Denise Keating said.
Although, she said Beat the
Bookstore liked its proximity to
the KU Bookstores at the old loca-
tion because University students
could compare prices with it.
However, due to its small size at
the old location Beat the Bookstore
couldnt carry a lot of books.
Jono Gaughan, Leawood junior, who
lives one block away from the old Beat
the Bookstore location, said hed bought
books from the store twice and looked
around two or three other times.
The last time I went in there, the
selection was pretty small, Gaughan
said. But Im a film major and a lot
of students dont need film books.
Gaughan said he saved money by
going to Beat the Bookstore, but said
he wasnt sure if hed want to drive to
the new location.
The Union is just a short walk
away for me, Gaughan said.
Edited by Nick Mangiaracina
by the numbers
According to the National
Association of College
Stores in 2004, every dollar a
student spent on textbooks
was split nine diferent ways.
Here is where each piece
goes. (in cents)
32.3 Publishers Paper,
printing and editorial costs
15.4 Publishers market-
ing costs
11.6 Author income
10.9 College store per-
sonnel
10.0 Publishers general
and administrative
7.0 Publishers income
6.8 College store opera-
tions
4.9 College store income
1.1 Freight Expense
legislation
Beat the Bookstore
moves to new location
textbooks
Textbook prices senates concern
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AnnaTabakh, Leawoodsenior, purchases books for anindependent study class oferedthrough
the University of Kansas. Tabakh, like other students at the University of Kansas, couldnt afordto buy
all the books requiredfor the course anddecidedto share the expense witha fellowclassmate.
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
7:00pm Kansas Union Ballroom
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NEWS 4A thursday, february 7, 2008
politics
Government reveals another
secret Guantanamo camp
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BASE, Cuba Somewhere amid
the cactus-studded hills on this
sprawling Navy base, separate
from the cells where hundreds of
men suspected of links to al-Qaida
and the Taliban have been locked
up for years, is a place even more
closely guarded a jailhouse so
protected that its very location is
top secret.
For the frst time, the top com-
mander of detention operations
at Guantanamo has confrmed the
existence of the mysterious Camp
7. In an interview with The Associ-
ated Press, Rear Adm. Mark Buzby
also provided a few details about
the maximum-security lockup.
Guantanamo commanders said
Camp 7 is for key alleged al-Qaida
members, who must be kept apart
from other prisoners to prevent
them from retaliating against long-
term detainees who have talked
to interrogators. They also want
the location kept secret for fear of
terrorist attack.
Many operations have been
classifed since the detention cen-
ter opened in January 2002 in the
wake of Sept. 11. More than four
years passed before the military
released even the names of detain-
ees held on this 45-square-mile
base in southeast Cuba and it
did so only after the AP fled a Free-
dom of Information Act request.
Detainees have been held
in Camp Echo and Camps 1 - 6.
Journalists cleared by the military
have been allowed to tour some of
these lockups, where 260 men are
held, but arent allowed to speak
to detainees. Some lawmakers and
other VIPs have passed through,
and the International Red Cross has
access, but doesnt divulge details
of visits with prisoners.
Camp 7, where 15 high-value
detainees are held, is so secret
that its existence was not publicly
known until it was mentioned in
December by attorneys for Majid
Khan, a former Baltimore resident
who allegedly plotted to bomb gas
stations in the United States. Previ-
ously, many observers believed
the 15 were being held in Camps 5
or 6, which are maximum-security
facilities.
Under the gag order ... we are
prohibited from saying anything
more about their camp, lawyer Gi-
tanjali Gutierrez said Tuesday. Most
of the lawyers notes and memos
have been stamped top secret by
the government.
Buzby told AP he is limiting the
people who know Camp 7s loca-
tion to a very few.
He described it as a maximum-
security facility that was already
built when President Bush an-
nounced in September 2006 that
14 high-value terrorism suspects
had been transferred from CIA se-
cret detention facilities to Guanta-
namo. An additional detainee, Abd
al-Hadi al-Iraqi, arrived last April.
They went straight into that
facility, Buzby said.
Buzby, who heads all military
detention operations on Guanta-
namo, said he controls Camp 7, but
would not discuss whether the CIA
might still be talking with the high-
value detainees.
Paul Rester, chief interrogator at
Guantanamo, told AP he has been
interviewing one of the Camp 7
detainees.
Key military commanders on the
base have been told to leave Camp
7 to others.
Not everybody, even within
the Joint Task Force, has access or
even knowledge of where Camp 7
is, said Army Col. Bruce Vargo. As
commander of the Joint Detention
Group at Guantanamo, Vargo is
responsible for the other camps,
but not for Camp 7.
Red Cross representatives have
visited Camp 7 and all the other
detention facilities at Guantanamo,
confrmed Geof Loane, head of
the organizations delegation in
Washington. He declined to give
details.
Buzby said the 15 are kept
isolated in part to protect other
prisoners. Detainees have told us
a lot of things about this group of
people, and if there were potential
for retribution, it would be a very,
very dangerous situation, he said.
For his part, Vargo said he is
concerned with the possibility of
an al-Qaida attack on Guantanamo.
Although we are trying to be
open, security is paramount, he
said.
Vargo declined to discuss
whether the U.S. had received
information that al-Qaida might be
planning such an attack. We have
intelligence reports, but I dont
want to release what we know for
obvious reasons, he said.
Conservatives, environ-
mentalists oppose bill
TOPEKA Energy legislation
already opposed by environmen-
talists is drawing criticism from
some legislators and conservative
groups because it would impose a
new carbon tax on utilities failing
to meet new emissions standards.
Identical bills before the House
and Senate utilities committees
would allow the construction of
two coal-fred power plants in
southwest Kansas. But it also would
set the states frst rules on carbon
dioxide emissions, which many
scientists link to global warming.
The CO2 standards would apply
to new power plants, and utilities
that failed to meet them would pay
a tax of $3 on each ton of excess
emissions. The legislation would
make Kansas among a handful of
states to set limits on greenhouse
gas emissions.
Critics, including Gov. Kathleen
Sebelius, argue that the rules
would be so weak that utilities
would have no trouble complying
without reducing emissions. They
also have said companies that
have had projects blocked in other
states would be encouraged to
build them in Kansas.
But some legislators, particularly
conservative Republicans, dont
want to impose any carbon tax.
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce,
the states largest business group,
has said it worries a tax would
hurt the economy, and it has been
joined by anti-tax groups such
as Americans for Tax Reform and
Americans for Prosperity.
Its not a precedent that Kansas
ought to be setting, Alan Cobb, di-
rector of Americans for Prosperitys
Kansas chapter, said Wednesday.
The bills were drafted by the
chairmen of the two committees
and their top Democrats. Both
committees continued hearings
Wednesday.
The House committee plans to
vote Friday, which would allow a
debate in that chamber next week,
but the Senate committee wont
vote until next week so members
have more time to ask questions
about it, Chairman Jay Emler said.
House committee Chairman
Carl Dean Holmes objected to the
description of the proposal as a
carbon tax. He said its a penalty for
utilities that dont meet emissions
standards.
I fgured wed have grumbling
from both sides, the Republican
from Liberal said. Thats not unex-
pected.
Environmentalists continued
their eforts Wednesday to derail
the legislation. About 60 of them
had a Statehouse rally to criti-
cize the measure and call on the
committees to abandon it in favor
of measures they consider more
friendly to the environment.
Bob Eye, a Topeka attorney who
represents the Sierra Club, noted
a new president takes ofce in
January and predicted that person
would embark on new policies to
combat global warming by regulat-
ing CO2 emissions.
Carbon taxes are going to be
a part of our future, because we
want to discourage the use of fossil
fuels, he said after the rally.
Americans for Tax Reform
sent an e-mail to legislators this
week, arguing that the carbon tax
would do irreparable harm. Even
some moderate legislators worry
about pushing the policy through
quickly.
I hear a lot of concerns, and I
have a lot of concerns, said House
Taxation Committee Chairman
Kenny Wilk, a Lansing Republican.
As always, what are the unintend-
ed consequences?
Conservatives problems with
the legislation also go deeper than
the carbon tax. Rep. Benjamin
Hodge, a Republican from Over-
land Park, said it doesnt promote
energy independence because
it doesnt help expand nuclear
power.
We need to start talking about
nuclear energy, he said. Were go-
ing to have to get our energy from
somewhere.
Environmentalists oppose the
legislation because it would permit
Sunfower Electric Power Corp. to
build the new coal-fred plants out-
side Holcomb, in Finney County.
The $3.6 billion project has been
blocked by Sebelius top environ-
mental regulator since October.
The new emissions standards
would apply to Sunfowers project
and to any new plants, no matter
what fuel they used.
For coal-fred plants, the limit
would be lower than any existing
plants emissions, and the fgure
would drop 20 percent after the
frst year a plant has operated.
Utilities could ofset their emis-
sions reduce them on paper
by investing in certain technolo-
gies, upgrading transmission lines
or taking other steps.
Critics contend that under
the rules, Sunfowers new plants
would be treated as if they pro-
duced zero CO2 emissions, when
their projected output is 11 million
tons a year.
They also have argued that
the proposed tax is far too low to
discourage carbon emissions, not-
ing that emissions credits trade in
Europe for as much as $30 a ton.
White House authorizes
use of waterboarding
WASHINGTON The White
House on Wednesday defended
the use of the interrogation
technique known as waterboard-
ing, saying it is legal not torture
as critics argue and has saved
American lives.
President Bush could authorize
waterboarding for future terrorism
suspects if certain criteria are met,
a spokesman said.
Tuesday, the Bush administra-
tion acknowledged publicly that
the tactic was used by U.S. govern-
ment questioners on three terror
suspects. Testifying before Con-
gress, CIA Director Michael Hayden
said Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,
Abu Zubayda and Abd al-Rahim al-
Nashiri were waterboarded in 2002
and 2003.
Waterboarding involves strap-
ping a suspect down and pouring
water over his cloth-covered face
to create the sensation of drown-
ing. It has been traced back hun-
dreds of years, and is condemned
by nations around the world.
Hayden banned the technique
in 2006 for CIA interrogations, the
Pentagon has banned its employ-
ees from using it, and FBI Director
Robert Mueller said his investiga-
tors do not use coercive tactics in
interviewing terror suspects.
Senate Democrats demanded
a criminal investigation after
Haydens revelation.
Bush personally authorized
Haydens testimony, White House
deputy spokesman Tony Fratto
said.
Theres been a lot written out
there newspaper, magazine
articles, some of it misinforma-
tion, Fratto said. And so the
consensus was that on this one
particular technique that these
officials would have the op-
portunity to address them in
not just a public setting, but in
a setting in front of members of
Congress, and to be very clear
about how those techniques
were used and what the benefits
were of them.
Fratto said CIA interrogators
could use waterboarding again,
but would need the presidents
approval to do so. That approval
would depend on the circum-
stances, with one important factor
being belief that an attack might
be imminent, Fratto said. Appopri-
ate members of Congress would be
notifed in such a case, he said.
The president will listen to his
advisers and make a determina-
tion, he said.
Fratto said the use of water-
boarding in the past was also
approved by the attorney gen-
eral, meaning it was legal and not
torture.
Ofcials fear calling waterboard-
ing torture or illegal could expose
government employees to criminal
or civil charges or even interna-
tional war crime charges.
Every enhanced technique that
has been used by the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for this program
was brought to the Department of
Justice and they made a determi-
nation that its use under specifc
circumstances and with safeguards
was lawful, Fratto said.
Critics say waterboarding has
been outlawed under the U.N.s
Convention Against Torture, which
prohibits treatment resulting
in long-term physical or mental
damage. They also say it should be
recognized as banned under the
U.S. 2006 Military Commissions
Act, which prohibits treatment of
terror suspects that is described
as cruel, inhuman and degrad-
ing.The act, however, does not
explicitly prohibit waterboarding
by name.
Human Rights Watch, which has
been calling on the government
to outlaw waterboarding as a form
of illegal torture, called Haydens
testimony an explicit admission of
criminal activity.
Associated Press
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NUCLEAR FOREHEAD
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10 is the easiest day, 0 the most
challenging.
CHICKEN STRIP
Charlie Hoogner
SQUIRREL
Wes Benson
HOROSCOPES
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20 for Lindsay Lohan.
When I look back on this last
year, its like, what was I thinking?
the 21-year-old actress said in the
March issue of Harpers Bazaar mag-
azine, on newsstands Feb. 19.
Lohan was arrested twice last year
on DUI charges and pleaded guilty
in August to misdemeanor drunken
driving and cocaine charges. She
served 84 minutes in jail as part of a
plea deal, and checked into a rehab
center in Utah.
Ive learned so much, though,
like learning to live my life a differ-
ent way ... and I wasnt taking the
time to feel my feelings, she said.
Being away and going to a place
where I could learn about that and
take the time with a clear mind to get
back on the right track was nice.
The Mean Girls star who was
shown on a video taking a swig from
a champagne bottle while ringing in
the New Year in Capri, Italy said
its hard to resist the urge to party.
I have it in me to go, go, go,
Lohan said. Im still young. I love
life. I love music and being around
that. I love people, and Im a very
social person. But I also love being
home, quiet and normal.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
Your team is on a quest to nd
another elusive prize. Discipline
is required, of course, but so
is assertive behavior. This one
wont come to you; youll have to
go get it.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
A leader is having trouble
making an important decision.
Suggest the option that benets
you, and see what happens next.
Odds are in your favor.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 9
Make up a list of all the things
you want to accomplish. The
odds are in your favor now.
Write it all down, and catch the
moment.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 4
Dont rush into a new endeavor.
Finish old business rst. This may
not be as much fun, but its a
more practical choice.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
An enthusiastic coach can get
your team motivated. Theyre
tired of hearing you tell them
what to do. Get somebody else
to tell them what you always tell
them.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 6
Important decision-makers are
impressed with your attitude, es-
pecially when you nd mistakes.
You dont whine, you put in the
correction.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
Physical exercise is highly fa-
vored. You should be able to do
more pushups and walk an extra
mile. Or if youre a couch potato,
start with around the block.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 5
You could make your next mil-
lion from the privacy of your
own home. Put your extra skills
to work to benet your family.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
The competition is erce. Youre
calm, cool and collected. You
dont let emotions interfere.
Youve got a good plan, so work
it.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
There are a few more things you
need to ne-tune your working
space. Dont wait around until
somebody else does it for you;
they wont. Take the initiative.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 9
You continue to make a good
impression on a person who has
very discerning tastes. Stand up
tall. You have reason to be proud.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 5
Dont talk about unnished
work. You dont really know what
your results are going to be, but
the odds are favorable. Keep at
it. Prove your point.
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I have an enchanted unicorn
Band-Aid on. My life is magical.
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Well, you got to hand it
to Missouri for being smart
enough to vote for Barack
Obama.
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Wow, good thing I picked
today to sleep through class.
Its a snow day!
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Dont worry, its all systems
go for Lous date tonight.
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If love is all you really need,
then why am I in college?
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The more fun your Band-
Aid is, the faster your boo boo
heals. Barbie and SpiderMan
work well also.
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Whos Lous date?
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I need a friend in Cog Psych
318. Is anyone else as lonely
as me?
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The KU Text Alert is sup-
posed to inform us of weather-
related cancelations. Not just
shootings. Anyone got a tray
or garbage can lid?
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Mother Nature, I love you.
First you gave us glorious
weather on Monday. Then you
tried to wash the buses on
Tuesday. Today you get classes
cancelled. Youre the best!
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Ill bet everywhere is sold
out of sleds right about now.
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Snow days are great, but I
would have appreciated an e-
mail, KU. You managed to put
one together about the fu, but
Im supposed to fgure this one
out on my own?
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Shooting on campus =
emergency. Snow day =
excuse to go sledding. Go text
yourself.
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Yes, youre supposed to fg-
ure it out on your own. Youre
in college. Look outside, check
the KU Web site. Then put your
ass on a cafeteria tray and get
over it.
A recent article in USA TODAY
gave me another reason why I dont
support the death penalty. The
article, written by Kevin Johnson,
highlighted information that was
ascertained through the most recent
inmate surveys conducted by the
Justice Department in 2004.
The information is leading social
scientists, as well as law enforcement
officials, to recognize the obvious
link between family influences and
criminal tendencies.
According to those surveys, 48
percent of inmates in the United
States claim to have a family mem-
ber who is or has been incarcerated.
To most, this may seem like com-
mon knowledge.
When asked if either him or any
of his family members had ever been
to jail, Nathan Hunt, a Topeka senior
said, Nah, me and my family gotta
clean record.
He went on to add, I think grow-
ing up in a positive or negative envi-
ronment does have an impact on you
and what you do, though. If youre
around negative things, youre going
to do negative things, and that wasnt
the case with me.
Although there are wonder-
ful examples of people overcom-
ing their background and upbring-
ing to become successful and well
-to-do citizens, there are also those
uncountable examples of children
being born into poverty and crime
only to remain there.
Children who grew up around
violence, drugs and criminal tenden-
cies or in an unstable environment
may be more enticed to continue
down the same destructive path.
People have a choice to make
the right or wrong decision, but
those who grew up in an unhealthy
environment may have a distorted
view as to what is right or wrong.
Perhaps the proper resources and
information werent directly avail-
able as a result of an ongoing cycle of
urban poverty and violence.
I disagree with the death penalty
because I see it as a means to get rid
of the problem rather than trying to
solve it.
Based on findings from the sur-
vey, certain government agencies
have implemented programs target-
ed at inner city youths.
The targeted youths are those
who are at the highest risk of fol-
lowing the same criminal-led lives.
Instead of lethally injecting convicts,
it would be beneficial to continue to
distribute surveys and find out more
about the backgrounds and lives led
by these inmates.
Social scientists and psychologists
could find a possible link between
background and upbringing and the
crimes committed.
If it is a societal problem, our
society would have the information
and resources needed to help and
prevent those youths from living a
life that would cause them to wind
up in jail.
What it comes down to is wheth-
er our society is willing to place
time and effort in finding the cause
behind criminal intent.
I know some think why should
we put any effort into them, espe-
cially after they murdered or raped
someone?
Although background and life-
style cant be directly attributed to
crime, why hold people responsible
for our societys pitfalls that contrib-
uted to them being that way?
Its not a babys fault if he or she is
born to a junkie mom who exposes
him or her to drugs his whole life
and that is all he or she knows.
I understand that people commit
crimes for many reasons and may
have the intent of killing someone
for their own specific reason or pur-
pose.
Its just that we dont know those
reasons or causes unless we take the
time to figure them out instead of
killing our resources, and yes, Im
calling inmates resources that we
can use to improve our society.
McNaughton is a Topeka ju-
nior in journalism.
JordAn WilliAms
Angelique mcnAughton
Commentary
Using inmates as resources could prevent future crime
Tyler Doehring
the death penalty in Kansas
Source: deathpenaltyinfo.org
In Kansas, the death penalty was declared unconstitutional
on Dec. 17, 2004. Sentenced criminals who committed of-
fenses before this date may still receive the death penalty.
minimum age to receive the Death Penalty: 18
Does Kansas have life Without Parole: Yes. Senate Bill 422
was signed by the Governor on April 16, 2004.
Who Decides the Possible Death sentence: Jury
With all this hubbub brewing
about U.S. senators running for the
presidency, I couldnt help but notice
some parallels with student senators
vying for the student presidency.
While sometimes humorous on the
student level, the U.S. Senates wast-
ing of precious time and money can
be frustrating and perplexing.
Case in point: last semester a
bill was introduced urging student
senators to take a stance on hate
crimes. The only apparent reason for
this bills existence was to pressure
the senators to assume a political
posture because of a heinous act to
an off-campus fraternity. The only
problem in particular was the senate
members spending upwards of an
hour debating whether they should
send a notice to university officials
and state representatives, reiterat-
ing a policy to which all university
personnel adhere and acknowledge
anyway.
The senate narrowly decided to
table the lackluster bill indefinitely,
which in turn lead to an incendiary
ordeal. Its interesting to consider
that nearly one-third of the student
senators are minorities.
Why was it necessary for the U.S.
Congress and senate to be extraor-
dinarily inefficient and/or daft in
2005? Was an emergency session for
Terri Schiavo, weeks spent debat-
ing the legality of flag burning or
months spent glorifying hetero-
sexual marriages obligatory or even
imperative? Consider that all the
other foreign and domestic issues
such as changing strategies for the
war and increasing minimum wage
took more than a year to come
to fruition.
It seems at times the U.S. Congress
has its priorities screwed up, or at the
very least forgets to put on its think-
ing cap. Not to denigrate Student
Senate and imply that some senators
go Rick Santorum crazy and intro-
duce senseless bills. There are good
weeks and bad weeks in the Student
Senate chambers, just like our good-
old grown up senate and congress.
I like to think that the presi-
dent Hannah Love is something of a
Hillary Clinton-esque figure. She is
strong, authoritative and has a fash-
ionable blonde hair. Both women
have assumed great positions of
political authority and have yet to
cause any gender-based problems.
In my Communications 332 class
last semester, some male dolt had the
gall to not only imply that a woman
would do an inferior job in the oval
office, but also to explicitly state that
a woman couldnt do it sufficiently.
I may be wrong, but the state
of Kansas, the University of Kansas
and the state of New York havent
gone up in flames because a woman
was at the helm of the governorship,
student body presidency or senator-
ship.
Oh, and ask Drew Faust how
Harvard is faring under her leader-
ship.
I suspect this seasons student
body presidency race will become
mired in the briar and nettle of
disingenuous implications from one
side or the other, just like that of
the national race. I do concede that
both the U.S. Congress and student
senators tax themselves with end-
less hours of hard work and tedious
number crunching. Yet sometimes a
lengthy debate on encouraging free
and reasonable debate in student
senate is not only a political time
eater but a diversion from pertinent
and stressful work.
Williams is a Coffeyville junior
in English and Pre-Law.
Congressional
distractions
at colligate level
Commentary
Opinion Recap from Wednesday, Februrary 6
No rest for the wicked,
religious
hAiley osterhAus
Kirsten hudson
Save TV,
give us new episodes
not new shows
Editorial: Last chance for students
to speak against Oread Inn
I know youre out there, Greys Anatomy fans.
No matter how much weve been mocked for watching a show that
seemingly spends more time revealing the sexual escapades of its char-
acters than showing events related to its hospital setting, I know that like
me, you still love it.
Congratulations. It looks like if youre not religious, youre a part of the
in crowd.
Yet, there needs to be an increase in respect for people who lead a reli-
gious life. I dont understand why people look down on those that try to
improve themselve
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NEWS 8A thursday, february 7, 2008
By Andy GreenhAw
agreenhaw@kansan.com

The Community Mercantile,
commonly known as the Merc,
will hold a ribbon cutting cere-
monytomorrowmorningwiththe
LawrenceChamberofCommerce
to celebrate its reopening after
five months of major renova-
tions.
Theserenovationsincludeanew
cafdiningarea,
a new refrig-
eration system
thats more
environmental-
ly friendly and
a much larger
deli, which was
moved to the
frontofthestore.
The deli now
also has more
foodoptions.
Jeanie Wells,
general manager
of the Merc, said
she thought the stores new caf,
which now has wireless internet
access, made the store a great envi-
ronment for students to hang out
andstudy.
The caf seating area is
where we really chose to go all
out with the building materials,
Wells said. We wanted to create
aplacethatswarmandcomfort-
ableforstudentstomeet,eatand
study.
The Merc, which is located at
901 Iowa Street, is also inviting
studentstoattenditsall-daygrand
opening celebration on Saturday.
The event will include free give-
aways, store discounts, free sam-
plesandliveperformancesbythree
localartists.
April Matthews, a KU student
whoworksintheMercdeli,saidshe
expectedSaturdaytobebusy.
Ithinkatonofpeoplearegoing
to show up because the Merc has a
lotofloyalcustomerswhowillwant
to check out the new caf and food
options, said
Matthews.
Nearly 100
Merc own-
ers loaned and
donated more
than $300,000
for the renova-
tions, accord-
ingtothecom-
panys press
release.
David Smith,
director of mar-
ketingandown-
ership,saidmost
of the stores improvements went
into its environmentally friendly
technologies.
As part of the improvements,
the Merc replaced its old cooling
equipment with a more efficient,
state-of-the-art refrigeration sys-
tem that not only refrigerates
store goods, but is also able to
pre-heat most of the buildings
hotwater.
Ontopofthat,storeownerspur-
chased enough renewable energy
credits to power more than 15 per-
centofthebuildingwithwindener-
gyandlow-impacthydropowerfrom
the Bowersock Dam in downtown
Lawrence.
Wells said one of her goals was
to have renewable energy sources
power the entire building by the
endoftheyear.
Edited by Nick Mangiaracina
The Merc grows greener after renovations
Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
The Community Mercantile, or the Merc, will celebrate its reopening tomorrowafter fve months of renovations and will feature a neweco-friendly
refrigeration system. Saturdays opening celebration will feature giveaways, discounts and live performances.
Business
I think that a ton of people are
going to show up because the
Merc has a lot of loyal customers
who will want to check out the
new caf and food options.
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football
Photo Courtesy of DoDge City Daily globe
BY ASHER FUSCO
afusco@kansan.com
It has been more than a month since
Kansas last won a football game, but the
residual effects of the teams 12-1 campaign
may have brought the program another vic-
tory: a recruiting class made up of junior
college standouts and highly touted prep
stars.
Kansas signed 20 players to national
letters of intent Wednesday. The team
signed three junior college transfers, one
major college transfer and 16 high school
players, including four in-state prep pros-
pects.
We are pleased with our class over-
all, Kansas coach Mark Mangino said in a
press release. We have been able to meet
some immediate needs and some long-range
needs.
Because of graduation and some early
departures for the NFL Draft, the teams
most pressing needs are at offensive
tackle, running back and punter. Kansas
looked to the collegiate ranks in attempts
to fill those holes by signing running
back Jocques Crawford, offensive tack-
le Nathan DCunha and punter Alonso
Rojas.
At the positions already filled by
veteran Jayhawks, the coaching staff
started building for the future. One of
those building blocks could be quar-
terback Kale Pick. Pick, from Dodge
City, decommitted from Arkansas in the
middle of the 2007 season in favor of
Kansas. The 6-foot-1, 200 pound pros-
pect played just two games this season
because of an injury but recorded 1,779
passing yards as a junior. Pick, along
with in-state defensive tackle Darius
Parish, committed to Kansas after the
Jayhawks started piling up victories last
season.
If Kansas was .500, I dont think Kale
Pick would have changed his commitment
from Arkansas to KU, Rivals.com recruiting
analyst Jon Kirby said.
Parish, from Wichita North High
School, could see the field early in his col-
legiate career. With defensive tackle James
McClinton out of eligibility, the 325-pound
Parish originally a Nebraska commit
could play in 2008.
Other freshly signed Jayhawks that could
make contributions early include tight
ends Tim Biere, Tanner Hawkinson and
Nick Plato, and wide receiver Daymond
Patterson. Four signees DCunha, Pick,
Plato and wide receiver Rod Harris are
already on campus for the spring semes-
ter.
Manginos signing day press con-
ference was originally scheduled for
Wednesday afternoon but was cancelled
because of inclement weather condi-
tions.
Edited by Samuel Lamb
Mangino uses strong season to build recruiting class
baseball
DodgeCity highschool senior quarterbackKalePick
walks ofthe feldduringtheWatermelonscrimmage, inthis
Aug. 24, 2007 fle photo takenat Memorial StadiuminDodge
City. Pick was one of the most highly toutedrecruits Kansas
announcedas part of its 2008 signingclassWednesday.
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Junior guard brandon rush grabs an ofensive
rebound during the frst half of the game against
Missouri at Allen Fieldhouse.
Rush makes
a strong
comeback
after surgery
BY BRYAn wHEElER
BwHEElER@kAnSAn.COm
I
t was June 1, 2007, weeks before
the NBA draft, when junior guard
Brandon Rush underwent surgery
for a torn anterior cruciate ligament
in his right knee. The injury resulted
in Rush withdrawing his name from
the NBA draft and returning to
Kansas.
On Monday, the mens basket-
ball team defeated Missouri 90-71.
Rush had just tied his season high
19 points and 6 rebounds. With the
exception of the giant black brace
that protects his knee, its hard to
imagine that Rush ever got hurt, but
it has been eight months of continu-
ous recovery.
Im starting to get back to 100 per-
cent. Im gonna try and take off the knee
brace this week, Rush said after the
game. Rush is hoping to take the brace
off during practice this week and play
without it for Saturdays game against
Baylor.
On media day at Allen
Fieldhouse, Rush sat in a chair on
the basketball court as reporters
swarmed around him. It was sev-
eral hours before Late Night in
the Phog, and reporters drilled the
6-foot-6 guard with questions on
when he was expected to return.
Rush had not even fully healed from
the injury and was already a pre-
season All-Big 12 player.
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Preston land earned himself All-Big 12 preseason honors after he demolished pitchers in his freshman season, but struggled greatly in his sophomore campaign. After taking the summer of, Land expects to return to his freshman formthis
spring.
BY SHAwn SHROYER
shroyer@kansan.com
Baseball has always been a redemptive
game.
Each new day brings with it the opportu-
nity to exorcise yesterdays demons. A 3-for-
4 game with a home run and five RBI puts an
0-for-4, three-strikeout performance the day
before in the rearview mirror for any hitter.
However, when Kansas 2007 season
ended with a 4-2 loss to Nebraska, there was
no tomorrow to improve its 28-30 record or
improve its 9th place ranking in the Big 12
standings. Nor was there another game for
first baseman Preston Land to receive salva-
tion for a woeful season. Land went 0-for-1
that day and his average dropped from an
already underwhelming .208 to .206.
He really had a disappointing sopho-
more year and I dont think anybody was
more disappointed in his performance than
he was, Kansas coach Ritch Price said.
For the season, Land had the lowest bat-
ting average and RBI total (27) of Kansas
regular starters. He was next-to-last in home
runs (4), strikeouts (53), slugging percentage
(.355) and on-base percentage (.346) among
Kansas starters. But things hadnt always
been so rough for Land.
As a freshman, Land started 49 games
for the Jayhawks and with just four
more at bats than he had last season hit
.314 with nine home runs, 33 RBI, a .572
slugging percentage and a .422 on-base
percentage. Having posted such impres-
sive numbers for a freshman, Land was
named preseason All-Big 12 by Baseball
America in 2007. However, Lands sopho-
more season never got on track as he
hovered around the Mendoza Line most
of the spring.
Making good on lost potential
KU infielder works to regain stellar form after struggling in sophomore season
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Players on the Kansas bench cheer during the Missouri game Monday night at Allen Fieldhouse. Sophomore forward
Darrell Arthur has played limited minutes in two out of the last three games because of foul trouble.
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The lanky freshman forward scored on
offensive rebounds, popped in a couple three-
pointers and reminded Russell Robinson
of Wayne Simien. He had 21 points that
November night last season and that was just
the first the game for Darrell Arthur.
After that debut, people started to learn
about his nickname, Shady. It was a shortened
version of Slim Shady, and fans and team-
mates wanted to know if theyd seen the real
Slim Shady.
More than a year later, has anyone seen
the real Slim Shady? The best way to describe
Arthurs game is well, shady, or at least
inconsistent. Sometimes he scores at will.
Sometimes he disappears for long stretches.
Sometimes he attacks the offensive glass.
Sometimes he doesnt grab a board. About
the only thing he does consistently is foul, and
the foul trouble is keeping him from building
consistency in all the other areas.
Arthur insists hes working at eliminating
the fouls.
Im trying, he said.
Most of the buzz around KU basketball at
the beginning of the season was about Arthur.
Self called him the most improved player.
Teammates were wowed by his offensive per-
formances during workouts.
Hes just amazing, junior guard Brandon
Rush said. He scores non-stop.
A breakout season seemed like a guaran-
tee. Self even said that the offense would be
at its best when it went through Arthur. But
23 games into the season, Arthur has yet to
develop consistently into a consistent offen-
sive or rebounding force.
sports 2B Thursday, february 7, 2008
sports trivia of the day
quote of the day
sports fact of the day
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Q: According to rivals.com, one
of two teams had the top recruit-
ing class every year from 2004-
2007. What were the two schools?
A: Florida and Southern Califor-
nia. USC coach Pete Carroll and his
Trojans dominated the recruiting
game for the last four years by pull-
ing in 22 fve-star prospects.
rivlas.com
Mens college basketball:
West Virginia at Pittsburgh, 6
p.m., ESPN
Clemson at Virginia, 6 p.m.,
ESPN2
Indiana at Illinois, 8 p.m., ESPN
Xavier at St. Louis, 8 p.m., ESPN2
UCLA at Washington State, 9:30
p.m., FSN
NBA:
Cleveland at Houston, 7 p.m.,
TNT
Chicago at Golden State, 9:30
p.m., TNT
TODAY
Mens golf, Hawaii-Hilo
Invitational, All day, Kona,
Hawaii
TOMORROW
Softball vs. Central
Arkansas, 8:30 a.m., Orlando,
Fla.
Softball vs. North
Carolina State, 12:30 p.m.,
Orlando, Fla.
Swimming & Diving vs.
Iowa State, 6 p.m., Ames,
Iowa
Mens golf, Hawaii-Hilo
Invitational, All day, Kona,
Hawaii
Track & Field, New Bal-
ance Collegiate Invitational,
All day, New York City
athletics calendar
In 2004, the top ranked prospect
in the nation was Palestine, Texas
running back Adrian Peterson,
who committed to Oklahoma.
Peterson went on to rush for more
than 4,000 yards in a three-year
college career and won last years
NFL Rookie of the Year award by
averaging 5.6 yards per carry for
the Minnesota Vikings.
www.nf.com
It is tiring. Im just trying to
get it over with and move on. Of
course, youre looking at all the
top colleges in the country, so its
going to be hard.
2008s nationally top-ranked recruit Terrelle
Pryor, who announced he would not sign a letter
of intent on signing day.
on tv tonight
By TIM DAHLBERG
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Roger Goodell was working the
room, going from table to table and
shaking hands with almost anyone
lucky enough to have a ticket to the
NFLs Super Bowl postgame buffet
in downtown Phoenix. He had a
smile on his face, and a lot to be
happy about after a game that kept
the country tuned in all the way
through the very last Bud Light
commercial.
It wasnt just the game that made
the commissioner happy, though
it would have been hard to write
a better script than Eli Manning
leading the New York Giants to
a last-minute touchdown to beat
the big, bad New England Patriots.
Nearly half the country watched at
one time or another, making it the
most watched Super Bowl ever and
further cementing the NFLs posi-
tion as Americas favorite sport.
Good times indeed for a league
that seems to have everything going
its way. In an increasingly frag-
mented sports landscape, the NFL
is the proverbial 500-pound gorilla,
flush and fat with no real challenges
to its dominance.
A half century after the Giants
and Baltimore Colts played the
iconic championship game that ush-
ered in the leagues new era, people
cant get enough of pro football.
Things are so good that not only are
the owners getting rich but theyre
letting the players enjoy some of the
fruits of success, too.
Los Angeles still doesnt have a
team, but it doesnt seem to matter
anymore. There are billion dollar
stadiums going up in Dallas and
New Jersey, and the league is so
determined to expand even fur-
ther that there will be games played
in both England and Canada next
season.
Goodell has gotten generally
good marks himself for his perfor-
mance since taking over the league,
and he hasnt hesitated to crack the
whip for misconduct on sidelines
and in strip clubs.
Still, issues remain, and they cant
all be blamed on one Pennsylvania
senator who picked just the right
time to issue a good sound bite.
None threaten the leagues runaway
success by themselves, but Goodell
might be wise to address them all by
the time preseason camps open.
So here is a to-do list for the
offseason:
Put Spygate to rest. The com-
missioners initial reaction in fining
Bill Belichick $500,000 and taking
away a first-round pick from the
Patriots for cheating was right on,
but since then there have been more
questions than answers. Why were
the tapes destroyed? Why didnt
anyone from the NFL talk to the
cameraman himself? Why are there
new rumors that the Patriots taped
the 2002 Super Bowl practice of
the St. Louis Rams? Why does Sen.
Arlen Specter want to make it a
federal case? Why does Belichick
always look like he just ate some
bad oysters?
Inquiring minds want to know,
and this is one scandal that wont
go away simply because the NFL
wants it to.
Stop the supersizing of players.
The amazing thing about the NFL
isnt that the players are freakishly big
and strong, but that no one seems to
know how they did it. Unlike base-
ball, no one seems to care, either,
even when stars such as Shawne
Merriman and Rodney Harrison
are suspended for performance-
enhancing drugs. Suspensions are
rare, though, meaning a lot of play-
ers are either getting away with
being juiced because the testing is
not all that good or that they are just
naturally 6-foot-2 and 275 pounds
of solid muscle.
Figure out something to do with
former players who need help. This
is an issue shared jointly by the
league and its players association,
both of which have not been overly
sympathetic to the plight of disabled
players.
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Name: Nathan DCunha
Position: Ofensive tackle
Height/weight: 6-foot-7, 307
Hometown/previous school: Campbelltown, Australia / Santa Barbara CC
Stats and info: DCunha, an Australian native, played on the Australian team in the World
Games and competed against teams made up of players from NFL Europe. DCunha is
ranked as the No. 37 junior college player in the 2008 class. He originally committed to
Baylor and considered Kansas State and Iowa State before signing with Kansas. He has
already enrolled at Kansas and will be a junior in the 2008 season.
Experts take: Hes defnitely a tackle. Hes tall, he has got that frame you look for and he has long arms. In
the flm weve seen of him, hes very athletic for a big kid. The best thing about him is his best football days
are still in front of him.
Rivals.com recruiting analyst Jon Kirby
Name: Alonso Rojas
Position: Punter
Height/weight: 6-foot-3, 220
Hometown/previous school: Miami, Fla. / Bowling Green
Stats and info: As a high school senior, Rojas averaged 46 yards per punt at Miami Killian
high school. He played his freshman season at Bowling Green and averaged 36.5 yards
per punt before returning home to Miami Dade community college for his sophomore
season. Rojas did not play football at Miami Dade, but he continued working out and
kept his eligibility intact. He also considered UNLV and Colorado State and will be a
sophomore in the 2008 season.
Experts take: If you talk to anyone who has followed kickers and punters, the one thing theyll tell you
is they have to adjust in their freshman year playing in front of crowds, those types of things. Rojas has
already done that at Bowling Green. When he was at Bowling Green, they played Ohio State and Wisconsin,
so Kansas is getting a punter that has already gone through the learning experience.
Rivals.com recruiting analyst Jon Kirby
Name: Jocques Crawford
Position: Running back
Height/weight: 6-foot-1, 220 pounds
Hometown/previous school: Memphis, Tenn. / Cisco CC
Stats and info: Crawford tallied 1,935 rushing yards and 19 rushing touchdowns at Cisco
Community College last season and won the NJCAA Ofensive Player of the Year award.
He originally signed with Texas Tech in 2006 his brother plays for the Red Raiders but
did not qualify academically. Crawford, who is listed as the 16th-best junior college pros-
pect by recruiting Web site Rivals.com, also considered TCU and Mississippi. He will be a
junior in the 2008 season.
Experts take: Crawford is a true pro-style running back. Hes got good speed and he can block tremen-
dously. He played at close to 230 pounds this year and carried the ball 35 or 40 times per game hes an
absolute workhorse.
Rivals.com recruiting analyst Jon Kirby
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Three Jayhawks who could have an influence next year
An early look at the future
A look around the Big 12 on national signing day
(School, Rivals.comNational Recruiting
Class Ranking)
1. oklahoma, 5
The Sooners still gained three
commits from fve-star players
despite the nations top prep
wide receiver, Julio Jones,
picking Alabama over
Oklahoma.
2. texas, 14
Coach Mack Brown continues
to excel at keeping
homegrown talent in-state as
his class contains 19 players
from Texas.
3. Colorado, 15
The Bufaloes national
ranking plummeted after the
top running back in the class,
St. Bonaventure, Californias
Darrell Scott, picked Colorado
on the fnal day over other
schools like Florida, Texas and
USC.
4. texas a&M, 16
New coach Mike Sherman
addressed the Aggies needs
by gaining commitments from
six ofensive linemen and six
defensive linemen.
5. Missouri, 26
Coach Gary Pinkels prized
recruit was 6-foot-5
quarterback Blaine Gabbert,
who is likely to be current MU
quarterback Chase Daniels
successor.
6. oklahoma State, 27
The Cowboys plucked a trio of
commits out of Butler County
Community College in El
Dorado including speedy
running back Maurice Gray.
7. Kansas State, 28
Coach Ron Prince continues to
focus on junior college players
over high school students as
this class has 21 JUCO
transfers.
8. Nebraska, 30
New coach Bo Pellini went
from coast to coast to put
together this class as it
includes players from
California and Florida.
9. Kansas, 40
The Jayhawks continue to
fnish near the bottom in the
Big 12 as far as recruiting ranks
despite an Orange Bowl
victory.
10. texas tech, 42
The Red Raiders rank took a
hit after running back Jocques
Crawford, who later committed
to Kansas, was academically
unable to enroll.
11. baylor, 51
For the frst time in more than
six years, Baylors recruiting
class isnt ranked last in the
Big 12.
12. Iowa State, 63
The Cyclones only four-star
recruit is wide receiver Sedrick
Johnson from Arp, Texas.
All information fromrivals.com
-Case Keefer
The rest of the class
Name Position Hometown
Tim Biere TE Omaha, Neb.
Greg Brown DB Cedar Hill, Texas
Rod Harris WR Brenham, Texas
Tanner Hawkinson TE McPherson. Kan.
Ben Lueken OL St. Louis, Mo.
Trevor Marrongelli OL Red Rock, Texas
D.J. Marshall DE Mesquite, Texas
Darius Parish DT Wichita, Kan.
Daymond Patterson WR Mesquite, Texas
Kale Pick QB Dodge City, Kan.
Nicholas Plato DE Edwardsville, Ill.
Corrigan Powell DB Garland, Texas
Sean Ransburg ATH Harrisonville, Mo.
Josh Richardson LB Dublin, Ohio
Alonso Rojas K Miami, Fla.
Lubbock Smith DB Dallas, Texas
John Williams OL Tulsa, Okla.
Duane Zlatnik DE Rossville, Kan.
HEADER
Jim Mora takes helm of
Seattle Seahawks coaching
KIRKLAND, Wash. Jim Mora
will succeed Seattle Seahawks
coach Mike Holmgren, beginning
with the 2009 season.
After serving as the assistant
head coach and defensive backs
coach for one more season, the
46-year-old Mora will begin a
new, four-year contract as the
head coach.
Seahawks president Tim
Ruskell and chief executive of-
fcer Tod Leiweke both empha-
sized during a news conference
Wednesday that the move gives
the team stability and unity.
What (Holmgrens) done here,
by announcing his retirement a
year ahead of time, has aforded
this organization to make a
smooth transition, to be seam-
less, to be non-chaotic, Ruskell
said. Which is kind of rare in the
sports world certainly in the
NFL.
We all know about the elon-
gated processes and the back-
stabbing, some of the ugly things
that can go on. Well, were not
going to have that.
Holmgren pushed for the an-
nouncement now, so players who
are poised to enter free agency
next month can judge Seattle
while knowing who its coach will
be beyond next season.
This makes a lot of sense for
the organization, Holmgren said
in a team statement. Jim is a tal-
ented coach who already had a
measure of success in this league
and has all the tools here needed
to succeed.
Both Holmgren and Mora
chose not to attend the news
conference because Ruskell said
they didnt want to make a big
splash and overlook the teams
mission for 2008: sending Hol-
mgren out with the franchises
frst Super Bowl title, after fve
consecutive playof appearances.
I am extremely excited about
the future, but completely
focused on the opportunity we
have in front of us this season,
Mora said in the statement.
I would like to thank Mike
Holmgren, who has helped me
immensely this past season, and
from whom I have learned a
great deal.
The former Atlanta coach took
the Falcons to the NFC champi-
onship in 2004, his frst season in
Atlanta, and Ruskells only season
as player personnel director
there before he became Seattles
president and general manager.
The Falcons, 26-22 under Mora,
fred Mora on New Years Day,
2007.
The 59-year-old Holmgren an-
nounced two weeks ago that he
would fulfll only the fnal season
of his contract in 2008 and then
leave the team after 10 seasons.
He is the teams all-time leader
in coaching victories with 86. He
has 170 in wins 16 seasons with
Green Bay and Seattle, one be-
hind former Redskins coach Joe
Gibbs for 10th in NFL history.
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At this time, he couldnt even
participate in contact or even layup
drills. Rush told reporters, however,
that he could participate in every-
thing but contact drills. Coach Bill
Self just laughed at this and referred
to his star guard as Dr. Rush.
Brandon will not be the
Brandon we saw at 100 percent last
year, but I think he can be 100 per-
cent of the new Brandon, Self said.
Physically, he is going to be 85 to
95 percent of what he was, but that
doesnt mean he wont be a better
player.
Once the teams Late Night bas-
ketball scrimmage was ready to
start, Rush acted as if he were going
to go out with his teammates for
some warm up layups. His trainers
and coaches quickly stopped him.
Doctors anticipated Rush would
be ready to return to play on Dec.
1, but he returned two weeks early
for Kansas third game of the sea-
son against Washburn. He didnt
start the game but came in midway
through the first half. Once Rush
entered the court he received a
standing ovation from the fans. In
12 minutes, he scored seven points
and had two assists.
I was a little nervous because
I had not been out on the court in
awhile, only in practice, Rush said
after the game. I was a little ner-
vous but I was not worrying about
my knee at all.
Rushs nerves may not have com-
pletely calmed until Self criticized
him for his aggressiveness after
Kansas defeat of Loyola just before
Big 12 Conference play started.
Through eight games since then,
Rush is averaging 15.6 points, 7
rebounds and 2.63 assists per game.
When asked about whether Self s
remarks on the aggressiveness of his
play Monday night, Rush said, It
had everything to do with it, I just
dont want him saying that anymore.
Its been four months since Self
talked about Brandon becoming a
100 percent of the new, recovered
Brandon. With his improved perfor-
mance since the start of conference
play, Rush is playing as consistent
of basketball as he ever has. After
Mondays game, Self said, I still
think he can do a little more.
This Saturday, Rush may play
without his knee brace for the first
time this season. While Rush is play-
ing the best basketball hes played
since tearing his ACL over the sum-
mer, the 100 percent of new Brandon
may not be here yet. Maybe we will
see 100 percent of the new Brandon
this season. Maybe we wont. Either
way, Brandon Rush has turned into
the All-Big 12 player he was picked
to be in the preseason.
Edited by Jared Duncan
sports 4B THURsday, febRUaRy 7, 2008
wheeler (continued from 1b)
By DANNy NORDSTROM
dnordstrom@kansan.com
Junior sprinter Nickesha Anderson
and sophomore pole-vaulter Jordan
Scott seemed extremely winded after
Mondays practice.
Im about to pass out, Anderson
said.
It seems that hard work in prac-
tice is paying off for the University
of Kansas Track and Field team. Last
weekend, the Jayhwaks took home
three titles at the Frank Sevigne
Husker Invitational in Lincoln,
Nebraska, facing off against nation-
ally ranked teams like Baylor, Kansas
State and Arizona.
Tougher competition and an
atmosphere away from home didnt
faze the Jayhawks.
There was a lot of stiff com-
petition with teams like Nebraska
and Baylor. It was a bit more com-
petitive than it had been in the past
four meets, Anderson said. Overall
we did excellent. We are gradually
improving each time.
Senior pole-vaulter Kate Sultanova
was not fazed a bit, posting an auto-
matic qualifying jump for the NCAA
Championships and bringing home a
victory in the womens pole-vault with
a jump of 4.20 meters (13-09.25 ft.).
At the time of the competition,
Sultanovas jump was the highest
womens vault in the country.
She was given the top female award
at the Invitational, and was named
Big 12 Athlete of the Week earlier this
week. This is Sultanovas second time
receiving the Big 12 honor.
Also victorious was Anderson in
both the 60-meter dash and 200-
meter dash.
For the 60-meter dash, I actually
stumbled in the semi finals and in
the finals, she said. But I main-
tained my composure and didnt lose
my focus after I stumbled. The 200
[meter dash] just went smoothly.
Anderson tied her 7.38-second
school record time in the 60-meter
dash and set a new school record in
the 200-meter dash with a time of
23.75 seconds.
For the first time this season,
defending NCAA weight throw
champion Egor Agafonov was able to
compete. The senior from Togliatti,
Russia took home first place in the
weight throw with an NCAA pro-
visional mark of 21.24 meters (69-
08.25 ft.).
It was my first meet this season
and it went really well, he said. It
was a good start.
While Jordan Scott did not win
the mens pole vault for the first time
this season, he did tie his season
best performance of 5.35 meters (17-
06.50 ft.), giving him second place.
He commented on his perfor-
mances so far this season.
Ive been consistently over 17.2
(feet) every meet, he said. Im
constantly improving on technique
and objectives. I just hope the bigger
bars come soon.
Scott credited his impressive per-
formance at the Husker Invitational
to using a bigger pole. Scott said
that using a thicker and stiffer pole
demands more strength and tech-
nique, but allows him to be sent
higher, as the recoil is much stronger.
Im constantly jumping on big-
ger poles. I jumped on the biggest
pole Ive ever jumped on in my life
in this meet, he said. A bigger pole
is key at this point. Im getting faster
and stronger.
Also impressive was senior Crystal
Mannings season best effort in the
womens triple jump at 12.99 meters
(42-06.25 feet) giving her second place.
Junior Victoria Howard placed
second in the 200-meter dash to
Anderson, breaking the 24-second
mark for the first time in her career.
On the mens side, sophomore
Bret Imgrund and senior Patrick
McGrowan took second and third
in the 3,000-meter run with times of
8 minutes, 31.2 seconds and 8:32.88
respectively.
Next weekend the Jayhawks trav-
el to New York City for the New
Balance Collegiate Invitational.
Anderson and her teammates are
not worried about the tough compe-
tition ahead.
We as a team are not intimidated
by other teams because we believe
were just going out there to have
fun, she said. You know, every-
body puts their pants on the same
way: one leg at a time, she said.
Edited by Madeline Hyden
track and field
Sprinting towards the Big Apple
Track and Field hopeful about NYC Invitational after success in Nebraska
He leads the team in scoring at
13.3 points a game and is second
in rebounding but also averaging
almost three fouls per game. He had
the same problem last season, and
those fouls cost him minutes.
Monday night against Missouri,
Arthur had three fouls by the mid-
way point of the first half. He didnt
get into the second half until there
was about 12 minutes left, and the
game was no longer in doubt.
I caught some bad breaks trying
to help over and take a charge and
got another early, Arthur said. It
was just bad. I cant catch a break
for nothing.
He has to hope the guards dont
leave him out to dry. Arthurs fouls
arent always his fault. When a guard
gets beat off the dribble, Arthur has
to come over and help. Hes vulner-
able for a blocking foul when he
does that.
Sometimes, Mario Chalmers and
Russell Robinson try too hard to
get steals. They overcompensate,
dont get the ball and leave their
man with a wide open lane. Guess
whose job it is to stop that man?
Yep, Arthurs.
Self said thats not fair to the big
man.
Our guards dont understand
that when they dont guard the big
guys foul more because the guards
get in the paint, Self said. Certainly
we have to do a better job of guard-
ing the ball.
Kansas is still doing OK with
Arthur in foul trouble. The
Jayhawks may play their best when
hes the focal point of the offense,
but centers Cole Aldrich and Sasha
Kaun have been good replacements.
They combined for 18 points and
13 rebounds against Missouri.
Arthur acknowledged it was
good for them to get more play-
ing time, but he wanted the min-
utes, too. To get them, hes going to
have to play smarter. And when he
does that, the Arthur who can score
and rebound consistently will likely
appear.
Hell finally be the real Slim
Shady.
Editedby JefBriscoe
Arthur (continued from 1b)
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Land (continued from 1b)
Looking back on it, I dont know
what happened, Land said. I dont
think anybody really can explain
what happened. I talked to differ-
ent coaches and talked to different
scouts who saw me and they just
said, You know, guys have that kind
of year.
Exhausted by his season-long
slump, Land took a page out of for-
mer Jayhawk Kyle Murphys book for
struggling hitters.
After hitting .153 in 2006 for
Kansas, Murphy took the following
summer off from baseball and went
on to hit .332 in 2007. So, Land did
the same thing last summer. Instead
of heading to the ballpark day-in and
day-out as hed done his entire life,
he took summer classes. In all, Land
played in just five games, but there
were times he missed the daily grind
of summer baseball.
Getting towards August I was
like, Wow, this is really boring. I
dont have any routine of going to
the field every day, practicing every
day, working out every day. So I
was so anxious to get back into it,
Land said.
In the fall, Land felt like his old
self. He returned fresh and found
himself working harder, practicing
longer and watching more film than
he had before. By the end of the fall
season, he said, his average was close
to .500.
It helped me mentally, Land said
of last season. I know how bad I can
be and I dont want to ever get back
there in my career again.
Entering his junior season, Land
hopes to live up to the All-Big 12
honors he received last season. If he
can, hell give Kansas a tremendous
boost to its lineup, which already
figures to receive consistent produc-
tion from six of its other starting
position players. But even if Land
should struggle again, hes proven he
can still be an asset on the field.
Despite his subpar offensive num-
bers last season, Land never let his
offense affect his defense. In 400
defensive chances, Land commit-
ted just four errors,
posting a .990
fielding percent-
age the highest
among starting
Kansas infielders.
So, while Land
must wait two more
weeks for a chance
to put that last 0-
for-1 day behind
him, his coach is already counting on
him to deliver for Kansas in 2008.
Im hopeful that hell learn from
last year and the experiences of what
happens when you fail, Price said.
He has all the physical abilities to
be a double-digit home run guy for
us and be an impact hitter in the
middle of that lineup.
Edited by Madeline Hyden
Kansas fle photo
Preston Land swings against Kansas State during a game on May 5, 2007.
sophomore slump
Preston Lands Statistics
Year ABs Avg. HR RBI
2006 159 .314 9 33
2007 155 .206 4 27
BY TYLER PASSMORE
tpassmore@kansancom
Big 12 North Preview
As the first pitch is about to be
thrown in the 2008 season, the Big 12
North features the No. 6 team in the
country, the Missouri Tigers. While
the Tigers have had recent success,
a Nebraska Cornhusker team that
knows what it takes to get to Omaha
will test them. With a wide variety of
teams in the Big 12 competing for a
post-season berth, this may be the
deepest the conference has been in
recent years.
Missouri Tigers
The University of Missouri will
enter the year as Baseball Americas
6th team in the country. The Tigers
will look to start their trip to Omaha
behind the best pitcher in the confer-
ence, junior Aaron Crow. Missouris
strong point
will be its
pitching as it
will turn to
s o p h o mo r e
Kyle Gibson
and junior
Rick Zagone,
who had
records of 8-3 and 7-2 last season,
respectively. If the Tigers can find
ways to manufacture runs, they will
be in good shape, because they have
one of the stronger rotations in the
country. Two of those people who
will need to produce run support
are senior designated hitter Jacob
Priday, who hit .297 with 13 long
balls last season, and sophomore left
fielder Aaron Senne, who hit .289
with 43 runs batted in.
Nebraska Cornhuskers
The Nebraska Cornhuskers
know what it takes to get to Omaha
and the College World Series. The
key to returning in 2008 will be
eliminating their late game melt-
downs. The Cornhuskers return
with senior starting pitcher Johnny
Dorn, who was their best pitcher
last year. Joining the team this year
are two play-
ers transfer-
ring in from
s uc c e s s f ul
pr og r a ms :
sophomore
pitcher Joe
Ha t a s a k i
f r o m
A r i z o n a
State and senior catcher Cody Neer
from Florida. Hatasaki will try to
give the starting rotation stability,
while Neer will look to contribute
from both behind the plate and in
the batters box. If the Cornhuskers
are going to be successful this year,
it will be with a variety of new
players.
Kansas State Wildcats
T h e
Wildcats enter
the 2008 sea-
son as a team
that might
sneak up on
others. Kansas
State returns a
pair of pitchers
who can keep them close with any-
one they will play this year. Senior
starting pitcher Brad Hutt will look
to start things off strong and then
the Wildcats will turn to one of the
best closers in the conference, senior
Daniel Edwards. Along with decent
pitching, the Wildcats will need
junior center fielder Byron Wiley to
be successful and build off his 2007
season. In 2007, Wiley led the team
in hits, home runs and runs batted
in, and his .366 batting average was
the best on the team.
Kansas Jayhawks
T h e
K a n s a s
J ay hawks
r e t u r n
s e v e r a l
players in
2008, while
coach Ritch
Price may
have gotten his best recruiting
class yet. Some of the key addi-
tions will be Free State graduate
Travis Blankenship, who pitched
at Johnson County Community
College last year, and outfield-
er Jason Brunansky. These new
Jayhawks will add depth to the
Hawks in the future, but it will be
the veteran players who will carry
them now. Leading the way will
be senior utility player Ryne Price,
who hit .270 with 10 home runs,
and redshirt senior left fielder
John Allman, who had an average
of .333 and had 16 doubles. The
Jayhawks will be flying under the
radar as the season begins, but very
possibly could be a team hoisting
a Big 12 trophy as they did two
years ago.
Iowa State and Colorado dont
field baseball teams, but with only
four teams playing baseball in the
northern half, this years Big 12
conference appears strong. While
Missouri enters the year as the heavy
favorite, the other three teams all
have the ability to steal the crown.
Edited by Jared Duncan
Missouri, nebraska present challenge in Big 12 north
BaSeBaLL
Tigers enter season as favorite to win conference, but Jayhawks, Wildcats, Cornhuskers have chances to pull ahead
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Krysten Boogaard is a 6-foot-5
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Boogaard is coming into her
own as a player, averaging
11.6 points, 7 rebounds and
2.6 blocks during the last five
games. Her brother Derek is
an enforcer for the Minnesota
Wild of the NHL.
Q: How does it feel to be
named the Phillips 66 Big 12
Rookie of the Week?
A: It feels awesome but it was
kind of shocking. I have great
teammates that pass me the
ball and Im thankful to them.
Theyre the reason I got it.
Q: Growing up, were you
a bigger fan of basketball or
hockey?
A: Well I grew up in a
hockey family, like I was pretty
much born in a hockey rink. So
I really liked hockey and I tried
it but it wasnt something for
me so I tried basketball. Id say I
was a bigger fan of basketball.
Q: Whats the biggest dif-
ference between Canada and
Kansas?
A: Definitely the weather.
My mom told me the other
day that it was minus 50, so
its kind of weird to me that
its thunderstorming here (in
February).
Q: Who are some of your
basketball heroes?
A: Lisa Leslie (of the Los
Angeles Sparks) because shes
also 6-foot-5 and a great basket-
ball player, and Tammy Sutton-
Brown (of the Indiana Fever)
because shes Canadian.
Q: Two of your brothers
started a controversial camp,
the Derek and Aaron Fighting
Camp, for kids ages 12-18.
Whats your stance on the
camp?
A: I think its a good thing
that theyre doing that because
theyre teaching kids how to
protect themselves if they do
get into a situation where some-
one is going to try and fight
them. Its just like Tae Kwon Do
or anything like that. The game
plan is not to go out and fight
somebody.
Q: Whats an ideal day for
you?
A: Waking up when I want
to without an alarm clock.
Probably going to the mall
and later working on my free
throws.
Q: In what part of your
game have you made the most
improvement since the first
game?
A: My confidence has
improved a lot since the first
game. I wasnt really sure what
I was doing in the first couple
of games here; I was just doing
my own thing, which is not so
great. Ive learned a lot about
how Bonnie wants things run
so thats my biggest improve-
ment.
Q: Whats been the most
rewarding thing about this
season?
A: Improving together as a
team, knowing the things that
we need to work on and every-
one driving together for the
same goals.
Q: Was it ever difficult grow-
ing up as such a tall kid?
A: Yeah, in a way, because
you would get picked on by
some kids like, Oh, youre so
tall. I was always the tallest
wherever I went. In elementary
school and high school, I was
the tallest female ever. The
only difficult part was when
the other kids would make fun
of me.
Q: Do you know the words
to O, Canada, the Star-
Spangled Banner, both or
neither?
A: I know the words to O,
Canada. The Star Spangled
Banner on the other hand,
I mean I kind of know it. I
know it ends with the home
of the brave, so I know some
words.
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He missed much of the 2006-07
season with a knee injury and fin-
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