2008-02-25

BY BRENNA HAWLEY
bhawley@kansan.com
KU on Wheels has less than four months
to get itself out of debt. The program has
until the end of the 2008 fiscal year, or June
30, to pay off the $250,000 it owes to fund the
Universitys bus system.
Some officials say the debt was acquired
after KU on Wheels signed a contract that was
too expensive for the programs budget. As
staff members are seeking to put the program
in the black, they are considering various
ways to raise the money.
May Davis, Clay Center sophomore and
transportation coordinator, originally report-
ed a budget deficit of more than $400,000,
but since then has lowered that figure to
$247,000.
One option to lower the deficit is to trans-
fer $3 from the acquisitions fee to the opera-
tions fee, which would pay off $141,000 of
the debt. Transfering the money is possible
because the acquisitons fee can operate in
debt, but the operations fee cannot. Davis, a
student senator, proposed this idea to Student
Senate on Feb. 20. The bill was passed by the
Student Rights Committee, and will be voted
on by full Senate this Wednesday.
KU on Wheels borrowed money from the
University to buy used buses, and the acquisi-
tion fee is used to pay off that debt. The trans-
fer of funds would set back the payoff for one
year until 2016, but Kaiser said the set back
wouldnt be a problem.
Another $121,000 would come from
money left over from the transfer to the
Parking Department, from higher-than-pre-
dicted cash fares and from lower expenditures
in other areas of the budget. Higher fuel prices
have contributed to the deficit.
Danny Kaiser, assis-
tant director of Parking
and Transit, and Davis
are searching for a way to
solve the remaining defi-
cit of $62,000. They are
considering renegotiat-
ing existing contracts that
arent being used to their
full potential. If they cant
find money elsewhere,
they said they might use money from the
reserve fund, which is money from budget
surplus in previous years.
One way or another, well get the money,
Kaiser said.
Davis said that next year, fee increases
will make handling budget problems easier.
Student Senate voted to raise fees starting next
year by $2.70, meaning that the $36 that KU
students currently pay to campus transporta-
tion will be $38.70 next year. Davis said that
although KU on Wheels may seek money
from the Student Senate Reserve Account, the
debt will not further affect student fees.
Kaiser said enduring this budget shortfall
for a new contract was worth it.
We have much better buses, better service,
and the buses arent belching black smoke,
Kaiser said.
Davis said KU on Wheels will be able to
pay off most of the debt, but it cannot account
for $62,000 it will owe to MV Transportation.
The $36 campus transportation fee goes
into two separate funds.
This year the bus acquisi-
tion fee was $20, which
was used to purchase
new buses. The buses
that are used with the
new MV Transportation
contract, some of which
date back to 1987, are all
used. The acquisition fee
is used to buy new buses
in small groups, so eventually, all the buses
will be newer buses. Five new buses, which
cost $338,000 each, will be used after spring
break.
The other $16 in fees goes to the bus opera-
tions fund, which buys fuel, pays drivers and
pays for other day-to-day operations. Right
now, the bus operation area is in debt, but it
must be paid off by the end of the fiscal year.
Kaiser said the Universitys busing system
wasnt that big, so only two companies bid on
the new contract.
Both Kaiser and Aaron Quisenberry, asso-
ciate director of the Student Involvement and
Leadership Center, said that the companies
prices were much higher than expected.
When you go for a new contract, you
dont know what youre going to get, Kaiser
said.
Quisenberry said for his first ten years at
the University, one of his jobs was to advise
KU on Wheels. The program was under the
authority of Student Senate until July 1, 2007,
when the Parking Department took it over.
He said until then, he helped write the budget
and always tried to keep it where it needed
to be.
I wanted to see a successful system for
students, Quisenberry said.
When the budget was due for fiscal year
2008, which started July 1, 2007, Quisenberry
had to write a budget without knowing if a
contract with a new busing system would be
signed. The transportation board approved
the budget in April 2007, about a month after
it voted to move KU on Wheels under the
authority of the department.
He said he wrote about a 5 percent
increase into the budget for inflation, but
the ending cost of a new contract with MV
Transportation was much higher than he or
anyone else predicted.
Kaiser said another plan for the future
was to provide universal access to the bus
system. Students would not have to buy bus
passes or pay cash fares to ride the bus, but
fees would likely go up to cover the costs.
Without accounting for these fluctuating rev-
enue sources, Kaiser said the budget would
be more predictable and shortfalls as large as
this year would not be a problem. Kaiser said
many bus systems around the country were
becoming universal access systems.
I cant find another bus system like ours,
Davis said.
Kaiser said a bus system in Ames, Iowa,
which integrates Iowa States bus system with
the citys transit, had gone to universal access
and that the director said it was the best thing
they had ever done. He said the system was
more efficient and provided more rides.
The University will enter into a similar
contract with Lawrences transit system on
January 1, 2009.
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dictators
brother
takes over
Raul Castro named presi-
dent on Sunday; U.S. said
change unsignifcant
full AP STORy PAgE 8A
8%
$26,000
This is rollover
money from
when KU on
Wheels was
transferred
from Student
Senate to
the Parking
Department.
21%
$75,000
This amount was overestimated in the
original budget.
6%
$20,000
This is extra
revenue
from more
students
using the
bus due to
the cold
weather.
6%
$20,000
This is the
amount of
the excess
gas bill the
SafeBus
and charter
buses pay.
41%
$141,000
This amount will come from moving $3 per student from the acquistions account
to the operations account.
18%
$62,000
This is the amount of debt
that currently does not have
any concrete method to pay
it of. If another method
cannot be found to pay it
of, KU on Wheels will have
to pay with money from
their reserve account or
Student Senates.
NOTE: All of these numbers are
approximated by KU on Wheels.
Increased gas costs added this
much to the defcit.
$97,000
money woes
Ku on Wheels deep in debt
Tuesday evening, three journalists will
give students the opportunity to learn
how issues like Obamas caucus success
in Kansas will affect the 2008 presidential
election. Straight From the Trail: Part I
is the first segment of the Robert J. Dole
Institute of Politics four-part Presidential
Lecture Series and will focus on this years
presidential election. The other lectures
will be presented in the next three weeks.
Big Jay could be
the poster boy for
NCAA Football
09 on the
Nintendo Wii.
EA Sports is
holding an online
vote to determine
which college mas-
cot will be featured
on the upcoming
games cover. As of
Friday, Kansas was in the
top 15 in voting, according to
an EA Sports employee.
Chelsie Shipley grew up wanting to be
a stand-up comedian. Now, as a junior
at the University of Kansas, Shipley is
pursuing a career in acting by starring
in the University Theatres production of
Twelfth Night, starting Feb. 29.
theater
Student pursues interests in
stand-up comedy, acting
Dole institute
Journalists talk politics of presidencies
in four-part Presidential Lecture Series
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for Nintendo Wii
game cover
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$247,000initial debt
$97,000debt increased from
higher gas price
$62,000no method to pay
$141,000transferring $3 from
acquisitions
$26,000rollover cash from
Student Senate
$20,000revenue from increased
bus use
$75,000over-estimated budget
defcit
$20,000portion of the gas bill
paid by SafeBus and charters
debt details
One way or another well get
the money.
Danny kaiSer
assistant director
Parking and Transit
Bryan Marvin/KAnSAn
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Its gonna be drive-thru Oscar
lane. Get your Oscar and the
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Chris Rock, comedian
The only Academy Award
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safe, stylish ride home
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cancellation
The seminar New Sta
Orientation begins at 8 a.m. in
Joseph R. Pearson Hall, room
204.
The public event Transfer
Day- Registration Required be-
gins at 9:30 a.m. in the Kansas
Union.
The workshop Lunch & Con-
versation: How Do We Know
Theyre Learning: Frameworks
for Evaluating Student Work
begins at 12 p.m. in 135 Budig
Hall.
The seminar Osher Institute:
From Cheese to CSI: The Role
of Biotechnology in Our Lives
begins at 2 p.m. at the Edwards
Campus.
The seminar Philosophy
& Literature Seminar- Grerald
Mikkelson begins at 3:30 p.m.
in the Hall Center Seminar
Room.
The lecture KU Department
of Design Hallmark Design
Symposium Series begins at 6
p.m. in 3140 Wescoe Hall.
The concert KC Symphony
presents Goldenberg Trio
begins at 7 p.m. at the Edwards
Campus.
The workshop I Always
Wanted to Learn How to
Draw begins at 7 p.m. at
Continuing Education 1515 St.
Andrews Dr.
The concert Faculty Artists
Kansas Woodwinds begins at
7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital
Hall in Murphy Hall.
The lecture Mdecins
Sans Frontires and Shrinking
Humanitarian Space begins at
7:30 p.m. in the Alderson Audi-
torium in the Kansas Union.
daily KU info
The newly opened Sabatini
Multicultural Resource Center
is sponsoring a Black History
Month brown bag at 11:30 a.m.
this Thursday. The speaker will
be civil war re-enactor, Joe Zell-
ner. The SMRCs new location is
a must-see, just north of the KS
Union.
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
Believe it or not, junior/senior
CLAS senator Joseph Pinaire actu-
ally wasnt elected as a senator,
he was appointed as one. I am a
replacement senator for the junior
and senior classes in the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences. I was cho-
sen by a replacement committee and
was not elected in the general elec-
tion, Pinaire said. His duties are to
represent his constituency of upper-
classmen in the College of Liberal
Arts and Science. He got involved
with Student Senate to learn what
they do for the KU students. I have
come to find that Student Senate has
a lot more power at the University
than I had once thought, he said.
Pinaire, a Junction City senior
majoring in communications studies
with a minor in leadership stud-
ies, has some impressive background
with politics. This past summer, he
interned for the U.S. Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Nancy
Pelosi. Pinaire is very concerned
with the environment, especially for
campus. One idea he has is for the
campus to run on alternative sources
of energy. How sweet would it be
to say that our campus is powered by
fuel cells or by a wind farm? Pinaire
said.
Another concern of his about the
environment is cleanliness and keep-
ing the KU campus clean. Some
people dont realize how beautiful
our campus is. Whenever I see a
plastic bottle or newspaper on the
ground, I find it very discouraging,
Pinaire said. Our groundskeep-
ers work very hard to keep campus
beautiful, and it would be nice to see
students do their part in this process
as well.
Outside of Senate, Pinaire is
very involved at the University. Hes
been involved in Beta Theta Pi fra-
ternity and organizations such as:
Natural Ties, Global Partners, Meals
on Wheels, Leadershape, Blueprints,
Greek Endeavor, Rock Chalk Revue,
Up til Dawn, Senior Class Advisory
Board, Mortar Board and the
University Honors Program. Pinaire
said that Natural Ties was his favorite
organization.
Pinaire has also studied abroad
as well. Hes done the Paris Summer
Language Institute and the European
Studies Summer Institute programs
and describes them as incredible
experiences. Pinaire has also trav-
eled to Prague, Brussels, The Hague,
Acapulco, Vancouver and Hawaii.
He said that Paris was his favorite
because of the food, the people and
the culture.
After graduation, Pinaire plans
to go to graduate school for global
communication, political communi-
cation and global management. I
am excited about the opportunity
to pursue a career in politics, non-
profit management, or by helping the
NBA expand into Europe, Pinaire
said when he got his masters degree.
Pinaire is a diehard fan of the NBA,
and his favorite team is the Dallas
Mavericks.
But at the University, Pinaire said
his favorite team was the football
team. I followed the team to the
Fort Worth Bowl my sophomore year
and followed the team to the Orange
Bowl my senior year, he said. It is
nice to see how the team has grown
throughout my time here at KU.
Pinaire is a basketball fan also, but
he says some of his friends give him
a hard time about it.
Some of my friends have called
me a heretic because I grew up a
KSU sports fan and came to KU as
a KSU fan, he said. Its safe to say
that my friends showed me the error
of my ways and transformed me into
a KU fan.
Meet your Student Senator
with Ray Wittlinger, Student Body Vice-President
You like me, you really like me!
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A service dog named Blondie, dressed in a pirate outt, is stationed on Hollywood Blvd. Friday across fromthe Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles where the 80th Academy Awards was presented Sunday.
FUNERAL
19-year-old Nevada girl
mourned by family, friends
RENO, Nev. More than 3,000
mourners gathered Saturday night
to remember a 19-year-old college
student believed killed by a serial
rapist. They said she was a loving,
caring woman with many friends
and a winning personality.
Brianna Denisons body was
found in a Reno eld on Feb. 15.
Police said she was abducted Jan.
20 and strangled by a man linked
to two earlier attacks on the edge
of the University of Nevada, Reno.
Her cousin, Spencer Terry, said
Denisons spirit would continue
to live in the hearts of friends and
family.
Could anybody have asked for
a prettier face and a more beautiful
soul? I dont think so,Terry said.
Friend Danielle DeTomaso said
Denison embraced all kinds of
people.
She knew people from all walks
of life, DeTomaso said. She was the
glue that held all of us together.
Denisons aunt, Lauren Deni-
son, reminded the crowd at the
Reno-Sparks Convention Center
that we still have a job to do: bring
Briannas killer to justice.
The sophomore at Santa Bar-
bara City College in California was
visiting her hometown over winter
break when she was abducted
while she slept on a couch in a
friends home just o the Reno
campus.
Outside the memorial service,
several members of a fundamental-
ist Kansas church faced o against
more than 150 counter-demonstra-
tors.
The stando, which occurred
during a erce snowstorm, ended
peacefully when police escorted
the three protesters associated
with the Westboro Baptist Church
away from the convention center,
Sgt. Chris Lange said.
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news 3A MONday, FEBRUaRy 25, 2008
TheaTer
Student strives to be on stage
BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
For Chelsie Shipley, it all began
with comedy.
Comedy ignited Shipleys love
affair with theater and acting, and
comedy is the reason a younger,
teenage Shipley took the stage two
hours into a piano recital and start-
ed telling jokes.
Shipley, a junior from the small
western Kansas town of Lakin,
remembered the day she turned
a community piano recital into a
stand-up comedy routine.
My teacher said Why dont
you do like five minutes of what-
ever you want to do, and just tell
some jokes? Shipley recalled.
Everybody was falling asleep, and
I get up to tell some jokes and play
Moonlight Sonata. Fast-forward
nearly 10 years, and Shipley is still
entertaining. Shes just put aside the
stand-up comedy for now.
Starting on Feb. 29, Shipley will
be performing in the University
Theatres production of Twelfth
Night, a Shakespearean comedy.
Its all about identity and love,
Shipley, who will play the role of
Maria, said.
Her acting career has also
become defined by identity.
By working with Paul Meier,
professor of theater and film and a
nationally known voice and speech
coach, Shipley has mastered more
than 10 different dialects.
In Twelfth Night, Shipleys
character speaks in a Jamaican
accent.
Dat coffin and dwinkin will
undo you, I eard my lady tawk of it
yestaday, Shipley said, rolling off a
line from Twelfth Night.
Courtney Schweitzer, a fifth-year
senior from Leawood and the assis-
tant voice and speech/dialect coach
for the cast of Twelfth Night, said
Shipley had a distinct talent for
mimicking dialects.
Mostly because she has a very
unique sound, Schweitzer said.
Shes very creative, and she takes
on a dialect and makes it her own.
Shipleys own nasally voice
seems to channel a female version
of comedian Woody Allen.
All the time I hear that, Shipley
said. I think its because I talk
through my nose.
Being compared to Allen is all
right with Shipley. She said she
grew up wanting to be a stand-up
comedian. In kindergarten, Shipley
said she would fall asleep to the
monologues of The Tonight Show
host Johnny Carson. She had other
influences, as well.
My dad is an amazing storytell-
er and just the funniest guy in the
world, and I so looked up to him
and tried to emulate everything
that he did, Shipley said.
Devoid of comedy clubs in
the 2,500-person town of Lakin,
Shipley began doing stand-up rou-
tines at local churches and family
reunions.
Its the most terrifying thing Ive
ever done, she said.
When Shipley entered high
school, she had a realization.
I really wanted to be a come-
dian, and I thought well, maybe if
I can act that could help, Shipley
said.
Shipley and her friends begged
teachers to direct a play at her high
school. Her high schools vacant
auditorium stage was soon housing
a production of the The Music
Man.
Comedy also brought Shipley to
the University of Kansas, a school
she didnt plan on attending.
I wanted to get out of Kansas as
quick as I could, Shipley said.
But when Shipley was a senior
in high school, comedian Bill
Cosby was performing at Allen
Fieldhouse.
Shipley, along with her dad and
brother, went to see Cosby. During
the trip, they visited the theater
department.
I had a blast, Shipley said. I
cant imagine going anywhere else.
Shipley, who has been in five
University Theater productions,
was nominated for an Irene Ryan
Acting Scholarship last year for her
role in Hay Fever.
She makes really bold choices,
Schweitzer said. She takes every
part of herself and puts it into a
role.
Shipley said shed like to give
stand-up comedy another go, but
right now, acting was her passion.
Shed like to make a career out of it.
Its going to be a part of my life
somehow, Shipley said.
On stage, with the lights and the
audience, was where Shipley said
she felt most comfortable.
I feel like its the only time in my
life when I reach some monumen-
tal amount of truth and honesty,
Shipley said. Its a lot easier to do it
on stage than to do it in real life.
Edited by Jessica Sain-Baird
Dole insTiTuTe
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
fchambers@kansan.com
Students will receive the oppor-
tunity to see the 2008 presidential
election through the eyes of political
journalists Tuesday evening.
Straight from the Trail is the first
lecture of the four-part Presidential
Lecture Series presented by the
Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.
Jonathan Earle, interim director
of the Dole Institute, said he invited
journalists to speak at this years lec-
tures because he wanted students to
learn about aspects of the presiden-
tial race that students could not find
out otherwise by other news outlets.
They can come ask these jour-
nalists anything they want, and thats
what I plan to do, he said.
Earle said that he thought the
series was important because the
University had not scheduled any
other type of event that would help
students better understand the presi-
dential race. He said the series theme
was The American Presidency:
Past, Present & Future. The series
will consist of two Straight from the
Trail installments as well as lectures
on Dwight Ike Eisenhowers and
Ronald Reagans presidencies.
Cori Ast, a student assistant at the
Institute, said the youth had become
an important demographic in this
years election and students should
not waste the opportunity to make
their opinions matter.
The candidates are giving them
a voice, Ast said. Im so excited
to use mine, and I cant understand
why other students are not.
Earle said many of the speakers he
had invited were still involved with
campaigns, which limited their avail-
ability and made it impossible for all
of the speakers to visit on the same
night. He also said that Tuesdays
Ohio Democratic debate presented a
scheduling conflict as well.
Joel Mathis, who is the blue
moderator for www.redblueamerica.
com, a political blog Web site, and
a Lawrence resident, said tomor-
row at the first lecture of the series
he would explain to students why
Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee
were so successful in Kansas and
Lawrence.
Mathis said Obamas win was
based on a combination of organi-
zation and inspiration. He said he
had been told Hillary Clinton had a
campaign organization in Lawrence,
but he had never seen any proof of
its existence. Mathis also said that
Obamas organization had done a
good job of persuading Independent
and Republican voters to reregister
as Democrats at the recent caucuses
to vote for Obama.
Mathis said the election of Kansas
Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who is
a Democrat, was proof of this trend.
Many fiscal conservatives had
changed their party affiliation,
Mathis said, because they were being
pushed out of the Republican Party
by the far right. Mathis said the
social and religious conservatives
were beginning to form the core
of the Republican Party, which was
why Huckabee won in Kansas.
There are very few places on
earth he would get the margin of vic-
tory he got in Kansas, he said.
Steve Kraske, political correspon-
dant for the Kansas City Star, said
he, too, was surprised by the lack
of effort Clinton seemed to put into
her campaign in Kansas. He said
Obama made a wise strategic move
by visiting Kansas before the states
caucuses.
In some ways Senator Obama
has just out campaigned the old vet-
eran here, Kraske said.
Mathis also said that he would
comment on the recent New York
Times article that accused Senator
John McCain of having an unusually
close relationship with a lobbyist.
It was surprising to see the New
York Times come out with such a
weak story on such a sensitive issue
and I say that as someone who
would rather not see John McCain
be president, Mathis said.
Kraske agreed that the Times
decision to run the story was a mis-
take. He said McCain was fortunate
that the poor reporting reflected in
the article had become the issue
instead of McCains supposed affair.
Youve either got the story, or
you dont. And if you dont have it,
you dont go there, Kraske said.
Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
Past, future presidents to be discussed
Presidential Lecture Series speeches
Pat I: Straight from the Trail:
Part I
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.
Presenters: Poltical reporters
Steve Kraske, Joel Mathis and
Jill Zuckman
Part II: Reagans Disciple: Has
George W. Bush Advanced
the Reagan RevolutionOr
Derailed It?
Thursday, Feb. 28. 7:30 p.m.
Presenters: Regan presidency
biographer Lou Cannon and
White House correspondent
Carl Cannon
Part III: Straight from the Trail:
Part II
Thursday, March 6, 7:30 p.m.
Presenters: Journalists Chris
Cillizza, Geof Earle and Lynn
Sweet
Part IV: Ikes Final Battle: The
Road to Little Rock and the
Challenge of Equality
Tuesday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.
Presenter: Former President
Bush speech writer Kasey Pipes
Visit www.doleinstitute.org for
further details about the speak-
ers and lectures.
Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
Jordan White, John Volk, Chelsie Shipley and DeAndrea Herron will star in the play
Twelfth Night.The play will be at the University Theatre starting Feb. 29.
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Camp counselors wanted.
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AZ, is hiring for 08 season
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5 - 7 BR Victorian Houses close to cam-
pus Available August. All amenities. rain-
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Great House! 6-8 BR 1221 Tennessee.
Hardwood foors, W/D included, front
porch and large deck! Rick 913-634-3757
2 bedroom, 2 bath, 2-car garage
washer/dryer, fenced yard, pets ok.
Available Mar 1, 2008. 550-9319 $825
2 and 3 BRs, avail. now and in Aug. For
more info, visit www.lawrencepm.com or
call (785) 832-8728.
Lost car and house keys on campus
Thursday. Honda key and 4 house keys
with I Love KU keychain and a mini fash-
light. If you found any, PLEASE call (913)-
908-2845. Thanks. hawkchalk.com/774
1 BR for rent. Very nice. Fireplace, sky-
lights, one car gar, all appliances, W/D
hook-up, no smoking. $500/mo. 2901 Uni-
versity Dr. Call 748-9807 or 766-0244.
1 BR for lease from June 1-August 1.
Townhome. 2 male roommates currently.
Large BR with bathroom, 2 closets, queen
bed, and desk. Washer/dryer. Call (913)-
731-4776! hawkchalk.com/780
2BR 1BA available for August. One car
garage, wood foors, walk to KU campus.
Pets okay. Please Call 785-841-3849.
2BR, 1BA 1310 Kentucky. Close to KU
and Downtown. CA, DW, Parking. Avail-
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2 BR Duplex. Quiet, clean, no smoking,
W/D, 19th & Naismith Area. Lease
$600/mo. Avail NOW! Call 843-8643.
2 BR, 1 1/2 BA avail. 8/1 for quiet non-
smoker at 3707 Westland Pl., $725 plus
deposit, C/A, gar., fenced yd, 1 yr. lease.
785-550-6812 or 785-842-3510.
2, 3, 4, BR houses. 945, 1001, 1010,
1012, 1027 Illinois St. Next to campus.
Hardwood foors, W/D, no pets. Avail. Au-
gust. $750-$1560. 913-683-8198.
3-6 BR Houses, 1-3 BR Apts, Rooms all
near KU. Possible rent reduction for labor.
Please call 785-841-6254
3bed/2.5bath 3 yr old townhome. Open fr
plan w/ loft 1504 sq ft. w/appliances.
149,900 call David 785-218-7792
3 BR 2 BA. Near downtown & KU.
916 Indiana. $870/mo. Remodeled. 785-
830-8008.
3BR 2.5BA avail. Aug. 1 @ Williams
Pointe Townhomes $1050 cable & inter-
net paid, gym, rec room, no pets, call 312-
7942
3BR 2BA 5th & Colorado Off-street park-
ing. Close to campus. W/D. $750/mo.
Patio. Small pets ok. Call 785-832-2258.
3BR 2BA W/D Lg. Living Space. Walk to
Allen Feild House. 1436 19th Terr.
$1050/mo Aug 1 785-760-0144
3BR Townhome special, Lorimar Town-
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($810/month) 785-841-7849
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Way. Garage, DW, CA, MW, W/D, Pets
Okay, Available NOW. $770/mo. 785-842-
7644
4 BR 3BA avail. June 1 & Aug 1 @
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WThF 3-7 & Sat 11-2, internet & cable
paid, W/D, new appliances, freshly remod-
eled. Move-In Specials $1160 no pets,
call 312-7942
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great. Call 785-691-6288 hawkchalk.-
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Do you have a DVD player you no longer
use? I would be happy to pay $10 for it.
If it is Region Free I will pay $30. Send
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PW, PL, AC, CD player Remainder of
8year/80K mile warranty. CALL 785-
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Wanted, used laptop. Wireless internet
ready. Nothing too advanced needed. I
am thinking in the $200 range. - jtquin-
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We pay up to $75 per survey.
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pansion Slot, and Griffn leather case and
USB cable. $60. email:mhegeman@ku.-
edu or hawkchalk.com/768
Babysitter for 6mo old baby girl. Tuesday/
Thursday from March-May. Hourly pay
$9. Refrence and previous experience re-
quired. Please call 766-9077.
Bambinos at the Grove has openings
for Kitchen Help & Delivery Drivers. Train-
ing available. Equal Opportunity Em-
ployer. Please apply at 1801 Mass Street.
BARTENDING. UP TO $300/DAY. NO
EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. TRAINING
PROVIDED. 800-965-6520 EXT 108
CAMP COUNSELORS wanted for private
Michigan boys/girls summer overnight
camps. Teach swimming, canoeing,
lacrosse, skiing, sailing, sports, comput-
ers, tennis, archery, riding, crafts, drama,
climbing, windsurfng & more! Offce,
maintenance jobs too. Salary $1900 on
up plus room/bd. Find out more about our
camps and apply online at
www.lwcgwc.com, or call 888-459-2492.
Get Paid To Play Video Games!
Earn $20-$100 to test and play new video
games. www.videogamepay.com
Dependable female needed to assist
wheelchair user. Flexible hours. $9/hr.
Please call 766-4394.
Earn $800-$3200 a month to drive brand
new cars with ads placed on them.
www.AdCarClub.com
HEY STUDENTS!! Secure your spring
and summer job now. Shadow Glen the
Golf Club is about to start training for
server and bartender positions. Enjoy
free meals and earn golf privileges in a
fun atmosphere. Flexible scheduling for
students, 15 min. from campus off K-10.
Will train. Call 913-764-2299
Group Daycare needs morning/afternoon
helpers. Must be reliable. 3 or 5 morn-
ings/wk. Good pay. 842-2088
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JohnsonCo Dermatology front ofc. Re-
sponsible & bright person who enjoys
helping others. Fax resume
913-451-3292.
Now hiring for positions in our
nursery and preschool rooms. Weekly
Thursday mornings from 8:45AM-12:-
00PM. $6.50-$7.00/hour. Please call Liz
at 785-843-2005 ext. 201 to schedule in-
terview.
PLAY SPORTS! HAVE FUN! SAVE
MONEY! Maine camp needs fun loving
counselors to teach All land, adventure &
water sports.? Great summer!
Call 888-844-8080, apply: campcedar.com
PT personal care attendant to assist
young woman with autism. 1-2 shifts/wk.
For complete details call 785-266-5307.
Part Time Babysitting. Looking for caring
person to babysit for 18-month-old girl.
Tues & Thurs morning to early afternoon.
Hours can be somewhat fexible. Must
have toddler experience and references.
Call Karen for more info 542-9358.
Servers Wanted!
Cant fnd a job in Lawrence?
Lake Quivira Country Club is NOW Hir-
ing...FT and PT Wait Staff. Located just
off of 435 between K10 and I-70. GREAT
PAY! Meal provided. Call 913-631-4821
SOFTBALL UMPIRES
Lawrence Parks/Recreation has openings
for summer adult sports softball umpires.
Excellent pay/fexible schedule. Appli-
cants must be at least 18 years old, pos-
sess background/experience in softball.
Training provided/required. Work avail-
able April thru October. Contact Adult
Sports offce, 832-7920 ASAP if inter-
ested; training starts immediately.
Web Programmer Assistant
.NET,php,JavaScript, SQL, Photoshop,
Flash. 20-25 hr/WK, fexible schedule
hr@microtechcomp.com or fax (785)841-
1809
Sushi House in Olathe
New restaurant opening.
30 minute commute.
Great money and work environment.
Hiring servers, bartenders, servers assis-
tants, chefs, cooks.
Apply in person Mon-Sat. 10-5pm.
14178 W. 119th St.
913-780-1777
Undercover Shoppers Earn up to $70
per day. Undercover Shoppers needed to
judge retail and dining establishments
EXP. Not RE. CALL 800-722-4791
Camp Counselors needed for great
overnight camps in NE Pennsylvania.
Gain valuable experience while working
with children in the outdoors. Teach/assist
with waterfront, outdoor recreation, ropes
course, gymnastics, A&C, athletics, and
much more. Offce & Nanny positions also
available. Please apply on-line at
www.pineforestcamp.com
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Close to KU with 3 bus stops
Clubhouse, Fitness Center
Now Reserving:
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Bob Billings Pkway & Crestline
Just west of Daisy Hill
1, 2, 3, & 4 BR Apts.
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Walk-in closets
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Cats and small pets ok
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Available 8/1 for quiet, non-smokers, o
street pk, W/D, no pets.
1 Year lease + utilities & deposit.
1037 Tennessee
1 BR Attic, $450, Great Deck
3 BR, $1300, Wood Floors, Great Kitchen
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SPRING BREAK SOLVED
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tion. 2 pools & spas, shuffeboard & more.
Condos from $215, Motels from $120.
Share the cost & spread the fun.
Beachgate.com or call 866-749-2565.
Licensed daycare has openings for chil-
dren. PT or FT, infants/toddlers. For more
info, Call 785-856-1940/785-317-7450.
Student ticket needed for K-State mens
basketball game. Will pay $10. Contact
blush@ku.edu. hawkchalk.com/795
WANTED: 2 to 4 tickets to the KU/K-
State game on 3/1/08. Please! Will pay
$$. shanep@ku.edu or 417 294-5775
hawkchalk.com/782
CHILD CARE
TICKETS
TRAVEL
SERVICES
Sublet at The Reserve available ASAP
through July 2008. $315 includes fully fur-
nished apartment,cable TV, Internet,
washer/dryer, Contact at (913) 220-6070.
hawkchalk.com/816
2 BR Sublease in 4 BR w/loft $329 mo.
low util. 1145 Louisiana Great Location
and Spacious Available June thru Dec
2008 Contact scottieb@ku.edu
9139080274 hawkchalk.com/797
1 Bedroom apartment for lease over the
summer at Tuckaway apartments. Con-
tact Tuckaway at 785-838-3377.
hawkchalk.com/805
1bd in a 2bd 1ba for lease at Highpointe,
6th and Iowa, until the 31st of July. Feb,
March, and April rent paid! Interested con-
tact cook887@gmail.com or 913-226-
1834 hawkchalk.com/786
Roommates wanted: 4 bedroom, 2 baths,
covered parking, washer and dryer, dish-
washer, 10 minute walk from campus.
Contact Abbey 816-522-3625. $300 per
month. hawkchalk.com/788
2BD/1BA $770 W/D Free internet and ca-
ble. Somone to sublease starting March
or April. Call 913-731-5971 hawkchalk.-
com/809
2BR, 1.5bath Townhome at 23rd & Al-
abama. $570/month. Sublease May 23-
July 31. All inquiries please call 785. 841.
5797 Mon-Fri before 5pm. Or call 785.
248.8300. hawkchalk.com/800
3 Bed 2 Bath Townhouse available for the
summer. Starting the end of May possibly
before. Call 816-729-2041 for details.
W/D, Garage hawkchalk.com/817
3BR,1BA,Nice,close to campus,big yard
w/shed,driveway,W/D, frig & more. pets
under 30 lbs ok with dep., availmarch,
$850/mo+utilities&deposit.2031 Kentucky.
816-853-8968 hawkchalk.com/796
Legends Sublease $500 w/ utilities, cable,
internet, carport included. Move in May
17, pay ONLY June/July rent. Call (949)
No rent until April! Need roommate for our
2bd/1ba apt. Free business & ftness cen-
ter, pool & tanning. On KU bus route.
$365/mo incl. all util. Call Kelly @ 620-
Sublease at Legends Apartments for June
and July. $400/mo includes all utilities,
washer/dryer, own bathroom, pool and
hot tub. Contact Amy at 913-481-8147
hawkchalk.com/787
Sublet 2 bdrm ASAP thru May 08 !!!
$250/bdrm/mo, cats allowed
5 min walk to KS Union, 15 min downtown
1 twin size bed included
Monica 316 992 6370 Megan 913 940
8825. hawkchalk.com/781
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Sunrise Village & Sunrise Place
Sunrise Village
660 Gateway Ct.
3 & 4 bedroom
townhomes
Newly Remodeled Lawrence Luxury
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$ 855 - $920 at Sunrise Village
$520 - $720 at Sunrise Place
Sunrise
Apartments
www.sunriseapartments.com
Call us at 841-8400
Located on KU Bus Route, Pool, Tennis,
and some with Paid Internet
Very Spacious, up to 1500 sq. ft! Half o Deposit!
Up to $400 Free Rent!
Sunrise Place
837 Michigan St.
2 bedroom townhomes
and apartments
Dublin Up Next Year?

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at Naismith

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Briarstone
1010 Emery Rd.
832.8200
Mackenzie Place
1133 Kentucky
841.8486
Coldwater Flats
413 W. 14th Street
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911-941 Arkansas
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NOW LEASING FOR FALL!
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We Are Now Managing
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Beautiful 2, 3 & 4 BR homes.
Available immediately. We love pets.
Call for details. 816-729-7513
Brand new 10 BR house ready for Aug
lease. Other houses available for May.
Close to Downtown/KU Campus. Call
816.686.8868 for more info.
7 BR 2 BA house 2 blocks from campus &
downtown. Hardwood & tile foors. Newly
remodeled bathrooms & kitchen. Large
deck. CA. Ample parking. Avail. in Aug.
$2,975/mo. Please call 785-550-0426
4BR 2BA House W/D Must See! Circle
Drive. 1941 Kentucky St. $1300/mo
Aug 1 785-760-0144
Avail. Aug. nice 2 BR apartment in ren-
ovated older house on 1300 block Ver-
mont, wood foors, dishwasher, w/d,
a/c, dogs under 10 pounds and cats
ok, $799 call Jim & Lois 785-841-1074
Avail. in late May cute 1 BR apartment
in renovated older house, wood foors,
dishwasher, front porch, window a/c,
antique tub, 1300 block Vermont, $499,
cats ok call Jim & Lois 785-841-1074
Large 4BR Townhomes available for Au-
gust, include dishwasher, microwave,
washer/dryer, freplace, back patio, two
car garage. Range from $320-$400 per
person. Please call 785-766-6302.
Leasing for Summer & Fall 2, 3 & 4 BDR
apartments & townhomes. Walk-in clos-
ets, swimming pool, KU & Lawrence bus
route, patio/balcony cats ok. Call 785-843-
0011 or view www.holiday-apts.com
Tuckaway Management now leasing for
spring and fall. Call 785-838-3377 or
check us out online at www.tuck-
awaymgmt.com for coupon.
3 BR apt. 2901 University Dr. Newly re-
modeled, all new appliances. Very spa-
cious. 1 1/2 BA. Fireplace, sky light, W/D
hookup, patio, garage, close to campus.
No smoking/pets. Rent $840 Call 748-
9807 or 766-0244
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squirrel
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10 is the easiest day, 0 the most
challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
By now, you and your partner
should have come up with some
items you want. The next question
is, of course, how will you manage
to aford them? Study that issue
now.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Your work is interesting, and you
are good at it. Its OK to train
somebody else to help you out,
however. This is not cheating. It
makes good sense. Give yourself
a break.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Make plans with a person who
shares your passion for adventure.
You can travel the world, but frst,
theres work to be done. Its easier
with a juicy goal.
CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Youll be feeling good enough
pretty soon to have company.
Choose a person who doesnt
require much chatter to be enter-
tained. Mellow is best, for now.
leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Get paperwork done early, so youll
have plenty of time for listening to
the family later on tonight. They
need your wise advice.
VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 6
Its good to further your education,
but it isnt always easy. Finding the
time, if youre also working a job, is
your challenge now. Hang in there.
librA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Travel and make phone calls as
early as possible. Youll get right
through. Later and tomorrow,
there will be more complications.
Dont hesitate.
sCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Youre becoming more confdent,
because youre doing what you
said youd do. In case you hadnt
noticed, promises to yourself count
double.
sAGiTTArius (nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
The pile is stacking up again.
Theres Must Do Now,Not Due
Yet, and Will Probably Never Get
Done.Take that last batch to the
dump.
CApriCorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
Dont sign anything, until you
determine the cost. Watch out for
fees hidden in the fne print. Deals
made now look expensive, and
difcult to dissolve.
AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Its time to get back to work, and
do what you know is required.
Dont ask for any favors now;
theyre unlikely to be granted.
pisCes (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7
Find what you need. You may not
even have to pay for everything.
You could work trades and get
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happen.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Complete list of winners at the
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Country for Old Men.
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La Vie en Rose.
Supporting Actor: Javier
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Director: Joel Coen and Ethan
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Tyler Doehring
Theres something that Id
really like to say. Im glad were
together every day. I wanted
you to know, Ive always got
your back and Ill be here right
behind you all the way. Im your
butt crack.
n n n
Q: How many surrealists does
it take to change a light bulb?
n n n
A: Yarn.
n n n
All week is the new Friday.
Whiskey on a Sunday? Of
course.
n n n
I lost my iPod twice on cam-
pus. Each time I was contacted
on Facebook thanks to the
inscription on back.
n n n
Your fow aint sick! They are
tired son, tired.
n n n
GSP and GP need to be
friends. We're close to the same
thing: one is full of girls who
need guys and the other is full
of guys who can't fnd anything
worthwhile in the Schol Hall
system.
n n n
I'm so lonely.
n n n
FFA, you are a good place for
secrets.
n n n
I don't think it will be help if I
have my name on my iPod.
n n n
God, youre beautiful. I know
it is taking forever for me to kiss
you. I will. I promise. Soon. Very
soon.
n n n
Hillary Clinton = Manbearpig
n n n
Something smells like cin-
namon buns.
n n n
My life is over. I am married
to someone I hate, and there is
nothing I can do about it. I hate
myself.
n n n
My roommate comes home
tomorrow.
n n n
40s on the weekend? My ass.
The weather channel lies.
Its hard work being John McCain.
It seems every time he turns around
theres another shady character try-
ing to stuff money in his pocket. I
wish I had McCains problem, but
the closest I ever got was a guy in a
community college parking lot trying
to sell me a VIP pass to a new strip
club. I guess not everyone can be a
war hero.
Its like McCain lives in a comedy
of errors, where he finds himself face-
to-face with a rich guy in awkward
moment, so he compliments him on
his money, just to have something to
say. The rich guy says, Oh, do you
want some?
No, thank you. Thats okay.
Come on, take it.
Oh, I couldnt.
You must. I insist.
You insist? Well, now that youve
put it that way, I guess I have to. And
he walks out with his pockets bulging
with cash. Like I said, its hard work.
John McCain supports campaign
finance reform more adamantly than
any other politician because no other
politician needs campaign finance
reform more than John McCain. Hes
found his way to the center of an
impressive number of congressional
financial scandals.
First came his days as a mem-
ber of the Keating Five, a group of
senators accused of corruption in
1989, taking millions in campaign
contributions from banker Charles
Keating while pressuring regulators
to back off the oversight of Keatings
failing savings and loan. Keating and
McCains wife were business partners,
but McCain didnt see a conflict of
interest because his prenuptial agree-
ment divided their assets. Evidently
every dinner out for the McCains is
a Dutch date.
Last week we had his flat denial of
ever having met Bud Paxson, despite
Paxsons memory of meeting McCain
in the senators office. McCain says
he never spoke with Paxson or any
of his associates. However, he used
Paxsons personal jet, took his cam-
paign contributions and then just
happened to write two letters urging
the FCC to take speedy action on a
Paxson business deal. If McCain is
wondering why people have been
quick to believe these allegations, it
might be because theyve heard this
one before.
Now McCain denies he posted his
eligibility for federal election funds
as collateral for a loan, insisting that
the real collateral was the idea that he
might someday in the future post the
federal matching funds. Id like to say
I can personally vouch for the ease of
securing million-dollar bank loans
on the promise of an idea, but again,
Ive just never experienced many of
the hardships of the senators career.
For instance, Ive never had issue
ads mention me by name within 30
days of a primary election or 60 days
of a general election, and now, thanks
to McCain, I never will. Im sure that
was rough for the senator, having
members of the public talk about
him before an election. I mean, that
might end up effecting the outcome.
Luckily, the Constitution has abso-
lutely no provisions about whether
or not Congress can make a law
respecting speech. (The Bill of Rights
might have said something about it,
but it belongs to Omnitouch now.)
McCain is like the good girl
who sleeps over at a different guys
house every night and then cant
understand how she got a reputation
as a bad girl. But when faced with
allegations of impropriety, McCain
feels its easier to ban the talking than
to stop being improper. Because,
when youre John McCain, ending
the impropriety is the hardest part of
it all.
Minster is a Lawrence senior in
economics.
from the drawinG board
Brandon t. Minster
McCains blundering, while serious,
demonstrates efective, overworked PR
There was once a time that I
couldve been a model. You see my
girlfriend saw an ad on a bulletin
board for a modeling agency look-
ing for male models, because when
looking for models, the beeriest
town in the dullest state in the
union is most definitely the place
to look. Bob Dole, Don Johnson:
sex icons!
She took this ad from the board
for three reasons in my estimation:
because it was ridiculous, because
she knows I am a narcissist and
because the first two reasons are
frequently hilarious when com-
bined.
I called the number. Later a
man came to ogle me with his eyes.
We talked about my future and his
bus company, and he left.
I never heard from this mali-
ciously moussed purveyor of false
dreams again.
That man in his cargo shorts
walked out my door with all of
my future contracts with Hugo
Boss, and Osh Kosh, and Jordache,
stripping the walls of what would
have been innumerable blocks of
my black and white shirtless body,
staring carelessly into the eyes of
multitudes of swooning women.
His polarized sunglasses atop
his head said no to every film
director that was dead set on being
the one to bring my internationally
recognizable face to Hollywood,
where we would pioneer new ways
to capitalize on the success of the
Die Hard quadrilogy, but with, you
know, a creative twist.
The pair of flip-flops he wore,
bought to look frayed and old,
crushed beneath them the screams
of adoration not yet yielded by
the hoards of fans lined up out-
side of their local Tower Records
store to purchase my No. 1-chart-
ing sophomore prog-rock album,
Historionica, featuring collabora-
tions with Geddy Lee, David Lee
Roth, and Neil Young, featuring
such singles as Um, Try Again
Please and Grappling Hook.
I could have been the sec-
ond coming of Markie Mark. I
could have bathed in the blood of
children in order to preserve the
youthful glow of my skin, and got-
ten away with it. I could have taken
the world by storm... literally.
But he left, and I didnt hear
from him.
And thats how I learned to
never trust anyone.
On the other hand, though, that
part of my life did help me to
find a Nintendo Wii and years
before I would have converted to
Scientology.
White is a River City, Iowa,
sophomore in journalism and
Japanese.
ZaCh White
Commentary
Commentary
ASSOCIATED PRESS
False
promises
undress
future
modeling
career
BY LUKE MORRIS
lmorris@kansan.com
An online vote is giving Jayhawk
fans the opportunity to vote for Big
Jay to grace the cover of NCAA
Football 09 on the Nintendo Wii.
The EA Sports Mascot Challenge,
a promotion for the NCAA Football
video game series return to the
Nintendo lineup, allows college fans
to vote for the mascot they want to
be featured on the games cover.
Fans can vote for any NCAA
Division-I Football Bowl Subdvision
schools mascot. EA Sports hasnt
released an NCAA football game for
Nintendo systems since 2004.
One of the great things about
NCAA football is the tradition and
how those fans are attached to their
mascots, said Kendall Boyd, product
manager for NCAA Football 09.
Steven Griswold, Forsyth,
Ill., junior, started a group on
facebook.com to encourage
fans to participate in the
competition and get
Big Jay on the cover.
Right after I
found about it, I
searched the Web
site, noticed we
didnt have a face-
book group for it
and started it,
Griswold said.
More than
1,200 people
joined the
Fa c e book
group on
Feb. 17,
the day
Gr i s wol d
created it.
A s o f
Sunday afternoon, the group had
more than 7,000 members.
If we were to ever make the
cover, this year would be our year
because we did
so well this sea-
son, Griswold
said.
Friday, Boyd
said that more
than 200,000
votes had been
cast in the com-
petition so far.
EA Sports Big
did a similar pro-
motion for their
NFL Tour video
game. That promotion received only
60,000 votes.
Boyd also said that Kansas was
in the top 15 in
the compe-
tition.
I think the Facebook craze really
boosted the votes, Boyd said.
Griswold was surprised that
Kansas was ranked that high in the
competition.
Big Jay par-
ticipated in
the Capital
One Mascot
C h a l l e n g e ,
another online
voting competi-
tion, in 2005, but
did not win.
We did
pretty well in
the Capital One
Bowl contest,
and weve had considerable suc-
cess on the field since then, said
Associate Athletics Director Jim
Marchiony. Our fans are energized,
and Kansas has been in the limelight
all fall. I think we have a good shot
to do well.
Fans can vote once a day at eas-
ports.com/ncaa09. Voting began on
Feb. 14 and will end on March 14.
EA sports will announce the winner
on March 18. NCAA Football 09
will be released on July 15.
NEWS 8A Monday, february 25, 2008
help Big Jay
mascot challenge
Big Jay up for game cover
How to vote for Big Jay:
What: Vote for Big Jay to be
on the cover of Nintendo
Wiis NCAA Football 09 video
game
Where: easports.com/
ncaa09
When: Fans can vote once a
day until March 14
Winner: The results will be
announced March 18
If we were ever to make the
cover, this year would be our
year because we did so well this
season.
STeVeN griSWold
Forsyth, ill., junior
BY ANITA SNOW
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAVANA Cubas parliament
named Raul Castro president on
Sunday, ending nearly 50 years of
rule by his brother Fidel but leav-
ing the islands communist system
unshaken.
In a surprise move, officials
bypassed younger candidates to
name a 77-year-old revolutionary
leader, Jose Ramon Machado, to
Cubas No. 2 spot apparently
assuring the old guard that no
significant political changes will
be made soon.
The retirement of the ailing 81-
year-old president caps a career in
which he frustrated efforts by 10
U.S. presidents to oust him.
Raul Castro stressed that his
brother remains commander in
chief even if he is not presi-
dent and proposed to consult with
Fidel on all major decisions of
state a motion approved by
acclamation.
Though the succession was not
likely to bring a major shift in the
communist government policies
that have put Cuba at odds with
the United States, many Cubans
were hoping it would open the
door to modest economic reforms
that might improve their daily
lives.
In his first speech as presi-
dent, Raul Castro suggested that
the Communist Party as a whole
would take over the role long held
by Fidel, who formally remains
its leader. The new president said
the nations sole legal party is the
directing and superior force of
society and the state.
This conviction has particular
importance because the found-
ing and forging generation of the
revolution is disappearing, Raul
Castro added.
The U.S. has said the change
from one Castro to another would
not be significant, calling it a
transfer of authority and power
from dictator to dictator light.
Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice said Sunday Cubans have a
right to choose their leaders in
democratic elections and urged
the government to begin a process
of peaceful, democratic change by
releasing all political prisoners,
respecting human rights, and cre-
ating a clear pathway towards free
and fair elections.
Her statement, issued short-
ly before parliament met, called
the developments a significant
moment in Cubas history.
Cubas parliament chose a new
31-member ruling body known
as the Council of State to lead the
country. The councils president
serves as the head of state and
government.
The vote ended Castros 49
years as head of the communist
state in Americas backyard. He
retains his post as a lawmaker and
as head of the Communist Party.
But his power in government has
eroded since July 31, 2006, when
he announced he had undergone
emergency intestinal surgery and
was provisionally ceding his pow-
ers to Raul.
The younger Castro has headed
Cubas caretaker government in
the 19 months since then, and
Fidel Castro has not appeared in
public.
In his final essay as president,
Castro wrote that preparations for
the parliament meeting left me
exhausted, and he said he did not
regret his decision to step down.
I slept better than ever, he
wrote in the commentary pub-
lished on Friday. My conscience
was clear and I promised myself
a vacation.
In Old Havana, Maria Martinez,
a 67-year-old retiree, watched the
announcement on a Chinese-
made television in her dark living
room.
Hes a trustworthy man, she
said. He wont make mistakes.
All we really want is peace and
tranquility, she added.
InteRnatIonal
Castros brother takes control
Dictator ends 49 years of rule, remains Communist leader
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fidel Castros younger brother Raul Castro, left, speaks after being elected President of
Cubas supreme governing body, the Council of State, by the newNational Assembly in Havana,
Sunday. The councils president acts as Cubas head of state. Castro was accompanied by Cubas
Vice President Juan Almeida Bosque.
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BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
STILLWATER, Okla. With two sec-
onds left in Kansas 61-60 loss to Oklahoma
State, junior Brandon Rush found himself
with the ball in the corner. Rush head-faked
once and hoisted up a last-second heave.
Rushs shot drew nothing but rim.
I thought it was going to bounce in,
Rush said. A miracle was going to hap-
pen.
Go figure. Kansas needed miracles to
beat a normally toothless Oklahoma State
team.
Who would have ever thought that?
Certainly not the folks who witnessed
Kansas 20-0 start, and certainly not the
Jayhawks themselves, who have now lost
three out of the last four on the road.
And unlike in Kansas first two road
losses against Kansas State and Texas, which
were deemed as excusable losses to good
teams in tough environments, the Jayhawks
looked shockingly ordinary on Saturday.
We stunk, I mean, we stunk, Kansas
coach Bill Self said.
Self was rightfully displeased. Kansas,
which hadnt played in a week, played like a
team in need of a spark.
Kansas air-balled shots, racked up 21
turnovers on a number of errant passes and
had costly mental breakdowns on defense.
I felt like we were out of rhythm the
whole game, senior Darnell Jackson said.
Jackson, who led Kansas with 16 points
and 10 rebounds, may have been on to
something.
The first half had the rhythm of a tap
dancing rhinoceros.
The two teams combined to shoot 35.9
percent from the floor, while racking up a
combined 25 fouls in the first half. Three
of those fouls came in a scuffle in the
opening minutes. Oklahoma State junior
Terrel Harris was assessed a personal foul,
and Oklahoma State freshman Ibrahima
Thomas and Kansas sophomore Darrell
Arthur were each whistled for technical
fouls.
It was nasty, said Oklahoma State guard
Bryon Eaton, who led all scorers with 26
points.
It didnt get much prettier.
Arthurs technical gave him two fouls in
the first half, and he played only 17 minutes,
finishing with six points.
Theres not many good players out there
that can produce if theyre only playing 15
minutes a game, Self said.
Kansas was also hamstrung by Sherron
STILLWATER, Okla. The janitors at
Gallagher-Iba Arena may have spent extra
time mopping the floor after Oklahoma
States 61-60 victory against Kansas because
what happened on it was downright sloppy.
The game was uglier than Frankensteins
monster. From the beginning, it became clear
that watching this mess unravel would be as
difficult as reading Ulysses in one sitting.
Five of the Jayhawks first six possessions
ended in either a turnover or an air ball. The
inefficiency continued for the rest of the day
as Kansas committed 24 personal fouls, 21
turnovers and threw up plenty of shots that
didnt even make contact with the rim.
I dont know if we were distracted, but
we certainly gave the appearance of being
distracted and not as focused because we
made a lot, a lot of mental mistakes, Kansas
coach Bill Self said.
Its true, Kansas was Bad-News-Bears-
awful, but the complete lack of any sort of
pace in the game hurt it equally.
Bizarre circumstances in the first half
made the flow dissipate to the point where
it didnt even feel like basketball. It start-
ed when Oklahoma State freshman center
Ibrahima Thomas decided he was more
interested in taking cheap shots than helping
his team.
When Kansas senior center Sasha Kaun
checked in and the referee turned his back,
Thomas shoved Kaun for no apparent reason
as a greeting.
Minutes later, Thomas incited a minor
quarrel under the basket when he picked
on Kaun again as he fought for a loose
ball. The incident led to a delay as officials
reviewed the tape and called a technical foul
on Thomas and Kansas sophomore forward
Darrell Arthur.
The distractions didnt end there. The
arena became silent in confusion when an
Oklahoma State booster sitting courtside was
ejected after he apparently touched the ref-
eree, which resulted in another interruption.
A first half with less rhythm than William
Hung was devastating for Kansas, a team that
thrives off a lethal pace and scoring tran-
sition points. Meanwhile, Oklahoma State
gained confidence and embraced the slap-
dash nature of the contest.
By the way it started off, the scuffle, they
thought they were going to come in here
and push us around, Oklahoma State junior
guard Byron Eaton said. We had to let them
know were going to fight, you are in our
house. Youre not fixing to come in our house
and take us off our court.
And the Jayhawks didnt. In the second
half, the Cowboys tried to lengthen all of
their possessions by holding the ball until the
end of the shot clock. The Jayhawks couldnt
adjust and continued to look like they were
trying to compile a blooper reel.
Senior guard Russell Robinson was the
victim of two embarrassing blocks, junior
guard Mario Chalmers fell over on a fast
break and junior guard Brandon Rush missed
a wide open three-pointer by multiple feet.
Eaton called the game nasty. But he
knew the unpleasantness paid off for the
Cowboys in the end and gave them their
biggest victory of the season. It also gave the
Jayhawks their most hideous defeat.
Edited by Sasha Roe
BY TAYLOR BERN
tbern@kansan.com
COLUMBIA, MO As the season pro-
gresses, so should a team.
Mistakes that cost Kansas a game in
November should be long gone come
February. However, the Jayhawks turned
the ball over 19 times and came out flat in
the second half Sunday afternoon, allowing
the Tigers to go on a run and sneak out of
Mizzou Arena with a 62-59 victory.
Not only was Kansas making these mis-
takes early in the year, but theyre also the
same problems that cost it a victory at Texas
Tech on Wednesday.
Im very disappointed, freshman for-
ward Nicollette Smith said. Weve been
prepping and prepping, trying to finish off
the season strong, and then we have these
two hard losses.
Smith carried Kansas in the first half,
shooting a perfect 3-for-3 from the floor
and free-throw line to score 11 points. That
wasnt enough as the Jayhawks trailed 31-
30 at halftime. Coach Bonnie Henrickson
credits that to an inability to grab offensive
rebounds.
I was disappointed in our lack of effort
to the offensive glass, Henrickson said.
The shooters got to think its going in, but
everybody else on the floor has got to think
thats my chance at a shot.
Like Texas Tech, Missouri stormed out of
the locker room with a 12-2 run to which
Kansas had no answer.
Tiger guard Alyssa Hollins took over the
game with 19 of her teams final 24 points to
score a game high 27.
After Missouris initial surge, sophomore
guard Danielle McCray tried to pull her
team back with back-to-back three-point-
ers.
She hit a couple of threes, got to the
offensive glass, got fouled and put it on the
floor, Henrickson said. Thats what shes
capable of and thats where shes hard to
guard.
McCray was tough defensively during
that time too, knocking two passes out
of bounds on one possession. However,
Hollins ended that possession with a fade
away trey to beat the shot clock and push
the lead to 48-40 with 10:49 left.
Kansas kept up with Missouri down the
stretch but turnovers prevented them from
recapturing the lead.
If we could cut our turnovers to 12
or 13, I dont know that theres anybody
right now in the league that could beat us,
Henrickson said. We shoot the basketball
well once we get it, but we dont get enough
possessions.
McCray thinks that her teams turnover
difficulties are more mental than physical.
Its not that we cant make the pass, its
just that were not focusing and concen-
trating on how to make the pass, McCray
said.
Despite their problems, the Jayhawks
cut the lead to one with two minutes left,
thanks to a shot clock-beating layup from
sophomore guard Sade Morris.
With 26 seconds left and the Jayhawks
down 60-57, Tiger forward Jessra Johnson
missed a shot and freshman center Krysten
Boogaard collected the rebound, but in
the traffic she fell down and was whistled
for traveling the teams 19th and final
turnover.
Hollins sank a pair of free throws then
sophomore guard LaChelda Jacobs hit a
layup with three seconds left to end the
scoring.
This was Missouris first victory in the
past 11 games, but Kansas knew from expe-
rience that it wouldnt lie down.
We were in the same position as them
last year, so we knew what we were getting
into, senior forward Taylor McIntosh said.
We knew they were going to be hungry
for a win, and we didnt play like that in the
second half.
The season wraps up in a hurry for the
Jayhawks, and Henrickson thinks her team
is eager to take it head on.
Weve got a stretch where were going to
play three games in a week, and I think wed
all like to play tomorrow and get this taste
out of our mouths, especially two games of
it, Henrickson said. Weve been stewing
on this for about six days now.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Senior guard Russell Robinson and sophomore guard Sherron Collins lead the rest of the jayhawks of the court after losing to oklahoma state 61-60 saturday in stillwater, okla. kansas fell to 9-3 in the big 12 with the loss and dropped to
second place in the conference behindtexas.
Oklahoma State students stormthe court after junior guard brandon rushs last-second three-point attempt rims out. i thought they played good,kansas coach bill self said after the game. but we stunk, and you can credit that to osu and a
large part of that to the crowd.
Cowboys boot stumbling Jayhawks
OklahOma State 61, kanSaS 60
SEE basketball ON PAGE 4B
wOmenS baSketball
Turnovers costly for team at Mizzou
Weston White / KANSAN
Freshman center Krysten Boogaard puts up a shot over
missouri forward shakara jones. boogaard fnished the
game shooting 3-10 fromthe foor for six points and eight
rebounds in a 62-59 loss sunday at mizzou arena.
BY cASE kEEfER
ckEEfER@kANSAN.cOm
cOmmentary
Hawks defeated in ugly battle
sports 2B monday, february 25, 2008
Q: Before last week, when was
the last time that the Oklahoma
State basketball team beat back-to-
back ranked opponents?
A: At the end of the 2003-2004
season when the Cowboys beat
No. 9 Pittsburgh and No. 5 Saint
Josephs. Oklahoma State went on
to reach the Final Four that season.
Oklahoma State Media Relations
Mens College Basketball:
-Marquette at Villanova, 6:00 p.m.,
ESPN
-Texas at Kansas State, 8:00 p.m.,
ESPN
-Gonzaga at Portland, 10:00 p.m.,
ESPN2
Womens College Basketball:
-Connecticut at Louisiana State,
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
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TottenhamHotspurs coach Juande Ramos is covered in sparkling wine by his players Robbie Keane, right, and Jermaine Jenas after they defeated Chelsea in the English League Cup Final soccer match at Wembley Stadiumin London, Sunday.
MENS Golf
Team competes in All-
American Golf Classic,
Hermreck begins play
The University of Kansas mens
golf team is in Houston trying to
defend last years team title in the
All-American Golf Classic. The Jay-
hawks won the 2007 event with a
three-round team score of 872.
This year, the Jayhawks will be
led by freshman Brad Hopfnger,
who has fnished in the top 30 in
four of his frst fve starts. Senior
Joey Mundy and junior Walt
Koelbel are the only Jayhawks to
have competed in the 54-hole
event, which takes place today
and Tuesday.
Sophomore Bobby Knowles
and freshman Nate Barbee are
both coming of of career-best
performances in the Hawaii-Hilo
Invitational. Knowles recorded a
three-round score of 216 and Bar-
bee fnished with a score of 217.
Making his debut for the
Jayhawks is junior Brandon
Hermreck. He transferred from
Wichita State after an impressive
sophomore season in which he
had an average 18-hole score of
73.4.
Because of the cold Kansas
winter, the Jayhawks have not
played a full round of practice
outside.
We are just looking forward to
getting into some good weather
again and allowing us to play a
little bit, coach Kit Grove said.
The Jayhawks have been
limited to practice indoors and
have even gone to the Anschutz
Sports Pavillion. Though the
Jayhawks competed in the Ha-
waii-Hilo Invitational earlier this
month, they said it has been hard
to stay prepared.
With the weather, its almost
like were almost starting over
again, Hopfnger said. Its up and
down.
Bryan Wheeler
By PAUl NEWBERRy
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. Memphis
wanted to prove it really was the best
team in the country, maybe even
make a run at perfection.
Turns out, the Tigers arent even
best in their own state.
Tyler Smith hit a turnaround
jumper in the lane with 28 seconds
left and No. 2 Tennessee knocked
off the nations last unbeaten team,
edging top-ranked Memphis 66-62
on Saturday night.
The Volunteers (25-2) won the I-
40 showdown and are likely headed
to No. 1 for the first time in school
history.
You guys all said we needed to
lose one, so we lost one, Memphis
coach John Calipari told the media,
trying to shrug off the end of the
nations longest home winning streak
at 47 games. Great game. I have to
give them credit. They scrapped,
they battled.
Tennessee won on a night when
star guard Chris Lofton scored
only 7 points, beating up the Tigers
with a dominating performance
on the boards. Lofton did finish
it off, though, hitting a couple of
free throws with 4.5 seconds to go
after Memphis (26-1) intentionally
missed at the line.
Now the spotlight shifts to the
Vols, whove never made it to a
regional final, much less the Final
Four.
No. 1s great, Lofton said. But
we want to be No. 1 at the end of
the year.
The city along the Mississippi
River, famous for Elvis Presley
and the blues, was downright elec-
tric before the game. Thousands
streamed along Beale Street, duck-
ing into the juke joints for a helping
of music and beer, or headed over
to Rendezvous to munch on slab of
juicy ribs.
Priscilla Presley, who had Graceland
bathed in Tiger blue the night before
the game, watched from a front-row
seat. NFL star Peyton Manning man-
aged to land a seat in a luxury box to
cheer on Tennessee, his alma mater.
Tickets were going for as much as
$5,000 on the Internet. The fans in
the lower bowl were on their feet the
entire game.
It was a great night for college
basketball in the state of Tennessee,
said Vols coach Bruce Pearl, who felt
the atmosphere was reminiscent of
another big night in Memphis, when
Lennox Lewis knocked out Mike
Tyson in a heavyweight title fight.
This town hasnt been like that
since that fight. It was alive.
Not so much at the end. The blue-
clad fans sat glumly in their seats, as if
they couldnt believe their team actu-
ally lost at home for the first time since
a setback to Texas on Jan. 2, 2006.
Weve just got to learn from it.
We lost, junior Robert Dozier said.
They just out-toughed us. They
get every loose ball, every offensive
rebound. They just outplayed us.
Despite their perfect record, the
Tigers had plenty of skeptics who felt
their lofty record was more the result
of beating up a bunch of patsies in
an unheralded league, Conference
USA. They wanted to show they
really were worthy of making a run
at Indiana, the last team to win a
championship with a perfect record,
way back in 1976.
The Hoosiers can rest easy.
Tennessees players walked off the
court in triumph, holding up the
name across the front of their orange
jerseys to taunt the stunned crowd.
sports fact of the day
on tv tonight
sports trivia of the day
sports quote of the day
Victory shower
Junior guard Byron Eaton made
16 free throws in Saturdays 61-60
victory against the Jayhawks. It
was the most from a Cowboy since
Feb. 17, 1986, when Rick Ander-
son knocked down 17 against the
Jayhawks.
Oklahoma State Media Relations
It just came down to heart. We
just out-toughed them and I think
we wanted it more than they did.
Byron Eaton after the victory against Kansas
calendar
TODAY
Mens Golf, The All-
American, All day,
Houston
Womens Golf, Fresno
State Invitational, All day,
Fresno, Calif.
TOMORROW
Mens Golf, The All-
American, All day,
Houston
Womens Golf, Fresno
State Invitational, All day,
Fresno, Calif.
SofTBAll
Team strikes victories in
the Houston Invitational
The University of Kansas soft-
ball team continued its solid start
to the season with four victories
and only one loss in the Houston
Invitational Tournament. The
Jayhawks only loss was to the
Houston Cougars, 7-3, who are
ranked 20th in the USA Softball
Collegiate Top 25. The KU ofense
was powered by home runs this
weekend. Sophomore frst base-
man Amanda Jobe had two home
runs, while junior third baseman
Val Chapple, sophomore sec-
ond baseman Sara Ramirez and
freshman catcher Brittany Hile
also hit home runs. The Jayhawks
reached the run rule against Cal
State Northridge, and put up nine
runs in the frst inning. They went
on to win 10-2. The Jayhawks
put up four runs in their frst two
games against Texas State and
Centenary, winning 4-2 and 4-0
respectively.
Freshman
pitcher Allie
Clark shutout
Centenary
through six
innings and
junior pitcher
Valerie George
struck out all
three bat-
ters she faced to complete the
shutout. The Jayhawks had some
last inning heroics from Jobe
and Chapple, who both hit home
runs against Boston College in
the bottom of the sixth inning to
earn the victory. The Jayhawks are
now 12-4 this season and travel to
Carbondale, Ill. for the Southern
Illinois Invitational Tournament
March 1 and 2.
Kelly Breckunitch
Houston Invitational
Houston Invitational
tournament results
2/22/08: vs. Texas State
W, 4-2
vs. Centenary
W, 4-0
2/23/08: vs. Boston College
W, 2-1
vs. #20 Houston
L, 7-3
2/24/08: vs. Cal State
Northridge
W, 10-2
Jobe
BAskeTBAll
Memphis loses, ends streak
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Tennessee guard JuJuan Smith celebrates as he leaves the court after No. 2 Tennessee beat No.
1 Memphis 66-62 in the basketball game in Memphis, Tenn., Saturday.
sports 3b MONday, FEBRUaRy 25, 2008
BaseBall
Errors, extra innings for Jayhawks in Hawaii
Friday
Game 1
Kansas 2, Hawaii-Hilo 1
Win Wally Marciel (1-0)
Loss Clayton Uyechi (0-1)
Save Paul Smyth (1)
After spending the preseason
almost exclusively indoors, Kansas
showed signs of rust against a
Hawaii-Hilo squad that opened its
season the week before. However,
strong pitching by the Jayhawks
left the door open for the Kansas
ofense to claim the lead.
Hawaii native Wally Marciel
got the start for Kansas and didnt
disappoint family and friends who
witnessed his homecoming. The
lefty pitched six innings, allowed
only one run on fve hits and a
walk, and stuck out four. Before he
left the game, though, his ofense
gave him just enough support to
earn the victory.
With two out and right felder
Ryne Price on frst, catcher Buck
Afenir singled to center feld, send-
ing Price home to break the 1-1 tie.
With its frst lead of the game, the
Kansas pitching staf sealed the
deal.
Right-hander Brett Bollman took
the ball in the seventh and struck
out the side in order. Right-hander
Hiarali Garcia followed threw a
scoreless inning of his own in the
eighth. Closer Paul Smyth entered
in the ninth, converting his frst
save opportunity of the season, but
not without making it interesting.
Dayne Ogawa led of the ninth
for Hawaii-Hilo and was plunked
by a Smyth pitch. A passed ball
ushered Ogawa into scoring posi-
tion and a sacrifce bunt sent him
to third base. Smyth settled down
thereafter inducing a line out and
ground out to end the game.
Ofensively, Kansas was stifed
most of the game by Hawaii-Hilos
Clayton Uyechi and Emil DeAn-
dreis, but a couple Jayhawks broke
through. Afenir and third baseman
Tony Thompson led the team in
hits, each going 2-for-4. Price went
1-for-2 with two walks and drove in
Kansas frst run of the game. Cen-
ter felder Nick Faunce collected
Kansas only other hit of the game,
going 1-for-3.
Team gets a victory in the first game, but falters in its later games against Vulcans
football notes
Looking fine
Former Kansas
tight end Derek Fine
entered this weeks
NFL combine with a
whisper, but went out
with a bang. Before
the combine, Fine was
ranked anywhere from
the 16th to 19th best
tight end in the 2008
Draft Class according
to ESPN.com, NFL-
DraftCountdown.com,
and NFLDraftScout.
com. According to NFL.
com, Fine performed
24 bench press rep-
etitions, tied for third
best at his position.
The 6-foot-3, 251-
pound former Jayhawk
ran a faster time in the
three-cone drill than
any other tight end
and finished second
among tight ends in
the 20-yard shuffle.
Fines 4.84 second
40-yard dash time was
not one of the 10 best
at his position. Fine
caught 46 passes and
scored four touch-
downs last season at
Kansas.
Other players
Two other former
Jayhawks didnt fare
as well at the combine
over the weekend.
Offensive tackle
Anthony Collins, who
left Kansas after his
junior season for the
NFL Draft, and wide
receiver Marcus Henry
participated in drills
Saturday and Sunday.
Neither finished in the
top 10 among players
at their positions.
This week
Defensive tackle
James McClinton
will work out at the
combine today and
cornerback Aqib Talib
will participate in drills
Tuesday. ESPN draft
analyst Mel Kiper Jr.
slated Talib as the
No. 7 pick in the 2008
Draft in his most re-
cent mock draft.
Asher Fusco
Saturday
Game 2
(8 innings)
Win Dustin Gilmore (1-0)
Loss Brett Bollman (0-1)
Game 3
Win Joe Davis (1-1)
Loss Nick Czyz (0-1)
On Saturday, Kansas struggled
in all areas of its game pitching,
defense and ofense en route
to losing both ends of its double-
header with Hawaii-Hilo.
In game one, Kansas struck frst
on a sacrifce fy by frst baseman
Preston Land that drove in center
felder Nick Faunce in the frst in-
ning. However, the lead was short-
lived. Hawaii-Hilos Peter Rodgers,
Dayne Ogawa, Keoni Manago and
Ronel Trias led of the bottom
of the second with consecutive
doubles of Kansas left-hander
Shaefer Hall to assume the lead,
3-1
Kansas crawled back into
contention with a run in the ffth
and sixth innings to tie the game.
Land again came through in the
ffth with a double, plating Faunce.
After reaching on a double in the
sixth, Kansas catcher Buck Afenir
scored the tying run on an infeld
error.
As part of a doubleheader,
game one was scheduled to go
seven innings, but with the score
still tied, the teams went to extra
innings. The Vulcans didnt let the
Jayhawks hang around for long,
though. With two on and two out,
Kansas closer Paul Smyth entered
the game looking to squelch
Hawaii-Hilos rally. Instead, Smyth
committed an error, allowing the
game-winning run to score.
While game one went into
extras, for all intents and purposes,
game two was over in fve.
Through four innings, Kansas
left-hander Nick Czyz was rolling,
with three strikeouts and only
one run surrendered. The Kansas
ofense was still sputtering, but it
still held the lead heading into the
bottom of the ffth.
The Jayhawks took the lead
with a two-run fourth inning.
Ryne Price, stepping in at catcher
for game two, led of the inning
with a walk and promptly stole
second. Price eventually scored on
a sacrifce bunt by third baseman
Matt Berner while shortstop Erik
Morrison advanced to second.
A single by frst baseman Justin
Ellrich drove Morrison home for
the fnal run Kansas would score
for the game.
In the bottom of the ffth, the
wheels fell of for Czyz. After
letting two of the frst three bat-
ters he faced reached base, Czyz
fought back to get a second out
with no harm done. However, he
couldnt nail down a third. After
walking the bases loaded, he
walked home the tying run. Hed
be charged with four more runs
before the inning ended. Right-
hander T.J. Walz entered the game
for Kansas, but he couldnt put
out the fames. By the end of the
inning, Hawaii-Hilo held a com-
manding 8-2 lead that it never lost.
Overall, Kansas was outscored
16-7 and outhit 23-12 while com-
mitting fve errors in the double
deuce.
Sunday
Game 4
(9 innings)
Win Emil DeAndreis (1-0)
Loss Paul Smyth (0-1)
The error bug struck Kansas
again in game one of Sundays
doubleheader as the Jayhawks
dropped their second extra in-
nings match of the weekend and
the series.
An error by Kansas second
baseman Robby Price in the bot-
tom of the third allowed Hawaii-
Hilo to rally for the frst runs of
the game. With two outs, Rodg-
ers singled and Dayne Ogawa
doubled of Kansas right-hander
Andres Esquibel with runners on
to take a 2-0 lead.
Kansas retaliated with a two-
out rally of its own in the top of
the fourth. First baseman Preston
Land got the rally started with a
single to left feld. Then defensive
woes struck Hawaii-Hilo as an er-
ror allowed right felder Ryne Price
to reach base. A single by short-
stop Erik Morrison put Kansas frst
run on the board and catcher Buck
Afenir followed with a two-run
single to fip the advantage in the
Jayhawks favor, 3-2.
But, once again, closer Paul
Smyth struggled in relief. Smyth
entered with a man on and one
out and a one-run lead in the
bottom of the sixth, only to let the
Vulcans knot the game at 3-3 on a
two-out single by Thomas Brown.
The score held at threes until
the bottom of the ninth. With
Smyth still on the mound, Vulcan
Michael Higa singled with one out
and advanced to second on an Al-
vis Satele ground out. Higa wasnt
on second long as an error by Kan-
sas third baseman Tony Thompson
on a ball hit by Rodgers gave Higa
the green light to take home and
clinch the series.
By SHaWn SHrOyEr
shroyer@kansan.com
Kansas departed for Hawaii hav-
ing won 24 of 31 games all-time
against Hawaii-
Hilo. By the time
the Jayhawks
returned home
from their five-
game series with
the Vulcans,
Kansas had lost
its first-ever
series to Hawaii-
Hilo.
In a series that saw both teams
combine for 18 errors, it was only
fitting that defensive mishaps on
the Hawaii-Hilo (4-4) side helped
spark the Kansas (2-3) offense to
a 16-4 victory. On the mound,
junior left-hander Sam Freeman
(1-0) was one
of a select few
Jayhawk pitch-
ers to tame the
Vulcan bats as
he cruised to
victory.
After three
innings of
scoreless base-
ball, Kansas
exploded for
eight runs in
the fourth.
Junior first baseman Preston
Land singled to lead off the inning
and advanced to second on an
error by Vulcan pitcher Jesse Moon
(0-1), but Lands biggest hit was
yet to come while Moons problems
would only multiply.
Moon followed up his error
with a walk to senior right fielder
Ryne Price and found the bases
loaded when senior shortstop
Erik Morrison reached on a field-
ers choice that failed to net an
out. Vulcan third baseman Peter
Rodgers didnt do Moon any favors,
committing an
error on a ball
hit by Kansas
freshman third
baseman Tony
Thompson, let-
ting Land cross
the plate for
Kansas first
run.
Three Kansas runs later, and
Moon handed the ball off to Casey
Koizumi. Koizumi faired no bet-
ter.
In addition to hitting a batter and
throwing a passed ball, Koizumi
allowed the Kansas offense to bat
back around to Land a mistake
the Kansas cleanup hitter made
him pay for. With two men on,
Land brought everybody in with a
home run to center field. The home
run was Land and Kansas first of
the season and gave Freeman a
comfy 8-0 lead to work with.
After sitting through two extra
inning losses earlier in the series,
Freeman eliminated any chances
for a Hawaii-
Hilo comeback.
Freeman, who
transferred to
Kansas at semes-
ter, pitched four
scoreless innings
before Hawaii-
Hilo scratched
its first run in
the fifth.
In al l ,
Freeman threw
six innings, striking out four, while
allowing two runs on nine hits
and a walk. Not bad, consider-
ing Kansas three previous starting
pitchers combined to allow 11 runs
on 19 hits and seven walks in 12.2
innings, while striking out eight.
For good measure, Kansas added
six runs in the sixth, batting around
for a second time, and two runs in
the seventh. Six Jayhawks collected
hits in the sixth, including senior
catcher Joe Southers, who led the
inning off with a triple and added
a single later on. In the seventh,
senior first baseman Justin Ellrich
followed Lands lead with a two-run
shot of his own to right field.
The Vulcans added a run in the
sixth and two more in the seventh off
freshman right-hander Brett Bochy,
but never threatened to take their
fourth game of the series. As part of
a doubleheader, the game went seven
innings, rather than nine.
Kansas 16 runs in the series
finale surpassed the 10 combined
runs the Jayhawks scored the first
four games of the weekend. Kansas
coach Ritch Price can only hope
the 16-run onslaught will kick start
his offense with the likes of No. 21
Arkansas, No. 6 Vanderbilt, Xavier
and Iowa coming up this week.
Edited by Kaitlyn Syring
Injuries may allow pitcher to start
MlB
aSSOCiatEd PrESS
JUPITER, Fla. St. Louis
Cardinals pitcher Todd Wellemeyer
is vying for one of two early open-
ings at the bottom of the rotation.
He sees the opportunity as
Chris Carpenter and Mark Mulder
recuperate from surgery and Matt
Clement rebuilds arm strength after
recovering from surgery.
Wellemeyer, 29, made his major-
league debut with the Chicago Cubs
in 2003 and remained a long relief
pitcher for a little more than four
seasons before the Cardinals claimed
him off waivers from Kansas City on
May 15.
He had spent three years as a
regular starter in the Cubs minor-
league system before his call-up.
St. Louis gave him 11 starts last
year. He was 3-1 with a 3.65 earned-
run average. The team also won nine
of those contests.
Injuries to Cardinal pitchers
helped him into that position, and
now Wellemeyer has to battle with
Anthony Reyes and Brad Thompson
to fill out the rotation.
Im glad I finally got to a manag-
er who actually saw me as a starter,
Wellemeyer said. My three years
in Chicago, I had no chance. Id be
primed to get a start, and they would
always just bring somebody up if
somebody got hurt, and I would just
sit there. I got there by being a start-
er, and since I was there, somebody
labeled me as a reliever. I just wanted
at least one start.
Wellemeyer has worked on being
more attractive as a starting pitcher.
He developed a curveball and two-
seam fastball and now has two fast-
balls, two changeups, a slider and a
curveball.
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa
said Wellemeyer is very much part of
the competition for a start.
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St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Todd Wellemeyer throws while coach Dave Duncan looks on during
spring training baseball practice, Monday Feb. 18, in Jupiter, Fla.
weekend stats
Statistics from the frst four
games
Hawaii Strive-O
Hitting
Hits: 18
Strikeouts: 25
Pitching
Strikeouts: 17
Walks: 11
Defense
Errors: 6
Land
Freeman
Kansas went into Sunday with
a 24-31 record against the
Hawaii-Hilo. The Jayhawks lost
the series.

HigHs
CoaCH gundy in tHe
House
The funniest moment
of Saturday occurred when
Oklahoma States football team
took the floor during a first-half
time-out. Coach Mike Ima man,
Im 40 Gundy and his team was
on hand to accept its trophy for
winning the Insight Bowl.
In a scene straight out of an
awkward reality television show,
the chairman of the Insight
Bowl said: Coach Gundy, Will
you accept this trophy for your
great Insight Bowl victory over
Indiana?
What was Gundy going to say?
No?
unruly fans
The second funniest moment
of the day came when a front-row
Oklahoma State fan was booted
out of Gallagher-Iba for allegedly
grabbing a referee.
After the game, Sutton said he
was unhappy about the ejection
and noted that the fan was a close
friend of his and an avid supporter
of Oklahoma State athletics.
Its ridiculous, Sutton said.
BruCe Pearl and erin
andrews
This event happened hundreds
of miles away at the Memphis
Tennessee game, but it deserves
a mention. ESPNs Erin Andrews
half-time interview of Tennessee
coach Bruce Pearl is sure to
become a YouTube classic right
up there with Suzy Kolbers side-
line interview of Joe Namath on
Monday Night Football.
lows
gallagHer-iBa arena
For being considered one of
the loudest college arenas in the
country, Gallagher-Iba was notice-
ably un-raucous on Saturday. The
atmosphere picked up in the
second half, but the High/Low
believes that the atmosphere at
Gallagher-Iba was a distant second
to the intense crowd the Jayhawks
experienced at Bramlage Coliseum
in Manhattan earlier this season.
Kansas tHree-Point
sHooting
After quick reprieve against
Colorado last Saturday, Kansas was
back to chucking up bricks from
long-distance against Oklahoma
State. The Jayhawks were 2-11
from three-point range.
Big 12 title raCe
Kansas now needs some help
to win a share of the Big 12
title. Kansas has to win out, and
hope Texas trips up in one of
its remaining games. Texas plays
K-State tonight, and has games
against Texas Tech, Nebraska and
Oklahoma State on its schedule.
Rustin Dodd
BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
STILLWATER, Okla. Darnell
Jackson stood somberly amid a mass
of reporters with notepads after
Kansas 61-60 loss to Oklahoma State
Saturday. Back in his home state, in
the presence of more than 30 family
members, Jackson with a baseball
cap pulled over his eyes leaned his
head toward the
ground.
As Kansas
dealt withits third
loss of the season,
two Jayhawks
dealt with family
tragedy.
J a c k s o n s
cousin, 19-year-
old Kascey Corie
McClellan, died
Wednesday after
being shot last
week at an Oklahoma City night-
club. On the same day, senior guard
Rodrick Stewarts 21-year-old adopt-
ed brother, Allen, was murdered in
Stewarts hometown, Seattle.
It was hard, Stewart said. My
head was not in it today. Im going
to be real.
Stewart, who played 11 minutes
Saturday, said hed been leaning on
Jackson for support.
Its easy for me to talk to Darnell
because he can relate to the same
thing Im going through, Stewart
said.
For Jackson, his cousins death is
another one in a series of tragic fam-
ily events.
Jacksons grandmother, Evon, was
killed in a car accident in 2005, and
his mother, Shawn, was seriously
hurt in the same accident. Jacksons
uncle was also the victim of violent
murder.
Jackson, who played 36 minutes
and scored 16 points, said his team-
mates had come to his aid the last
few days.
They are always checking on me
to make sure Im focused and make
sure Im not drifting away, Jackson
said softly.
Kansas coach Bill Self said hed
never had a team that had been
through such a tragic week.
Weve got a lot going on. Its not
the players fault theyre distracted,
Self said. We
had two mur-
ders this week
with immediate
family.
Ive never
coached that
before, Self said.
I dont know
the coaching
manual on some
of that stuff.
Jackson
his hat still low
and his face calm walked through
a crowd of Jayhawk fans to meet
his family. The senior center then
paused to pose for a photograph and
cracked a smile.
Hes been through a lot and he
just keeps smiling, Stewart said.
Thats the first time Ive seen him
smile since the incident.
With Jackson surrounded by fam-
ily, Stewart stood and reflected on
the week.
I was trying the best I could,
Stewart said. Anytime one of your
family members loses their life, its
hard to just try to put that to the side
and focus on a game.
Stewart, who will return to
Seattle and miss Wednesdays game
at Iowa State, shrugged his shoul-
ders.
I gotta go watch my brother get
buried on Wednesday, he said. Its a
part of life, I guess.
Edited by Sasha Roe
OSU 61, KU 60 4B monday, february 25, 2008 OSU 61, KU 60 5B monday, february 25, 2008
Collins knee injury. The sopho-
more guard played only 11 min-
utes and missed his only shot.
Self said Collins practiced only
15 minutes the entire week.
Hes a shadow of what he can
be, Self said. Hopefully, hell
get back where he can help us. I
certainly would have played him
more, if he was capable.
With Collins sidelined, it was
Oklahoma States bowling ball
point guard, Eaton, who took
control of the game.
Eaton repeatedly drove to the
basket and drew fouls on Kansas
big men. And it was Eaton, who
shot 16-18 from the free-throw
line, who made the game-win-
ning free throw with nine sec-
onds left after driving into the
lane and drawing a foul on Sasha
Kaun.
Hes the MVP of the game,
Jackson said. We couldnt con-
tain him at all. He got it in his
mind that he was going to take
over the game, and thats what
he did.
The Jayhawks did show some
resiliency in the second half.
Down 48-39 with 10:20 left in
the second half, Rush sparked a
19-6 run that gave Kansas a 58-
54 lead.
We had the game sealed,
Rush said.
Rushs performance mirrored
the Jayhawks day. The junior was
abysmal in the first half, going
scoreless and missing all five of
his shots. Rush rebounded in the
second half with 12 points, but
his miss in the waning second
sealed Kansas loss. Rush said the
last-second play was designed to
give Chalmers an opening to the
basket.
Rushs second-half perfor-
mance wasnt enough for Self.
He had a terrible day, Self
said of Rush. But we just didnt
play as a group.
Jackson echoed his coachs
feelings.
I dont know what it is,
Jackson said. But we need to
find it out and work through that,
so we can all stay on the same
page. We played terrible.
Edited by Katherine Loeck
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(continued from 1b)
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Basketball Notes
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Mens BasKetBall wraP-uP
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebounds Points
Darrell Arthur 1-3 0-0 2 6
Darnell Jackson 5-6 0-1 10 16
Russell Robinson 3-8 0-2 3 9
Mario Chalmers 4-10 1-3 3 11
Brandon Rush 5-16 1-4 6 12
Sherron Collins 0-1 0-1 0 0
Rodrick Stewart 0-1 0-0 1 0
Jeremy Case 0-0 0-0 0 0
Sasha Kaun 2-3 0-0 5 4
Cole Aldrich 1-1 0-0 1 2
Milestones
Junior Brandon Rush eclipsed
former Jayhawk Jerod Haase to
jump to 26th on the all-time
scoring list at Kansas. Rush, who
had 12 points, now has 1,273
career points, passing Haase,
who scored 1,264 points from
1995-97.
Junior guard Mario Chalmers
had one steal on Saturday.
Chalmers, who has 248 career
steals, is now two steals from
tying Danny Manning for third
on Kansas all-time steals list.
Crowd reaCts to
self
If Oklahoma State fans are
really ga-ga about Bill Self
returning to coach at Oklahoma
State, they sure didnt show it on
Saturday. The Oklahoma State
fans gave Bill Self a polite ovation
when Self was announced before
the game, but nothing overly
exuberant.
all-tiMe series
Kansas still leads Oklahoma
State 101-52 in the all-time
series between the schools,
but the Cowboys closed in on
Kansas lead for games played in
Stillwater. Kansas now has a 33-
30 lead in Stillwater.
Rustin Dodd
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
STILLWATER, Okla. Oklahoma
State coach Sean Sutton calculates his
players greatness in a unique way.
After a 61-60 victory against
Kansas, Sutton said he used beating
the Jayhawks as a measuring stick to
judge his players legacy.
The good players that have been
in our program have beaten Kansas
here, Sutton said. And its been so
important to their career.
Suttons formula might work.
Recent Cowboy greats Desmond
Mason, Doug Gottlieb and Bryant
Reeves all beat the Jayhawks at least
once in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Its
time to add junior point guard Byron
Eaton to that list, who beat No. 4
Kansas practically single-handedly
Saturday.
Eaton set a career-high in points
with 26, and 16 of them in free
throws in the victory against Kansas.
He missed only two free throws all
afternoon and blew by the Jayhawks
vaunted backcourt with relative
ease.
Eaton acted as the floor general
that he said his coach asked him to
be. When a teammate was in the
wrong place, Eaton told them. When
one was open for a potential shot,
he found them and recorded four
assists. Sutton thought it was about
time for the breakout.
I thought it might happen mid-
way through his sophomore year,
Sutton said. But Im just happy hes
playing as well as hes playing right
now.
Eatons career had been widely
regarded as a disappointment
through his first two-and-a-half years
in Stillwater. As a McDonalds All-
American out of high school, Eaton
was supposed to be the Cowboys
immediate star.
But Eaton said he just wasnt
doing the right things. He struggled
to keep his weight down, listen to his
coachs criticisms and give full effort
everyday in practice.
With the departures of Oklahoma
States two leading scorers, Mario
Boggan and Jameson Curry at the
end of last season, Sutton told Eaton
he had to become a leader. He wasnt
ready. Oklahoma State limped out to
an 11-12 overall record with Eaton
shooting barely more than 35 per-
cent from the field.
Then, something clicked. Two
weeks ago Eaton scored 25 points
and dished out eight assists in a
victory against Baylor. It was his
signature game in orange. That was
until Saturday, when he put up simi-
lar results against one of the nations
top-ranked teams.
This is what coach Sutton wanted
when he recruited me, Eaton said. I
just started doing some things that I
should have been doing a long time
ago.
And a lot more than that. The
Jayhawks were stealing the momen-
tum in the first half when they took
only their second lead of the game
at 21-18. Eaton answered by hitting
two three-pointers in less than two
minutes right in the face of Kansas
guard Brandon Rush.
Eaton also set up the biggest bas-
ket of the game. Cowboy senior for-
ward Marcus Dove nailed a wide
open three-pointer with a minute
remaining after Eaton penetrated the
lane and dished the ball off to him.
To Kansas coach Bill Self, theres
no mystery why his team left his
alma mater with a loss.
Frommy perspective, he (Eaton)
would be the primary reason as an
individual why theyre playing bet-
ter, Self said. Because hes playing
like one of the premier guards in the
league, which he is.
Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
Jon Goering/kaNsaN
sophomore forward Darrell arthur reacts after fouling out of the game with 6:04 left in the game. Arthur recorded six points, two rebounds and three
turnovers. He played just 17 minutes of the game because of foul trouble.
Jon Goering/kaNsaN
Senior forward Darnell Jackson struggles to get a look at the basket around the armof Oklahoma State forward Martavius Adams during the frst half.
Jackson led the Jayhawks with 16 points, on 5-for-6 shooting fromthe foor and 6-for-6 fromthe free-throwline, and 10 boards for the game. Jackson also
committed fve of the 21 Kansas turnovers.
Jon Goering/kaNsaN
Oklahoma state guard bryon eaton tries to get the fans at Gallagher-Iba Arena pumped up after drawing a charge during the frst half. Eaton scored
26 points, hitting 16-of-18 fromthe free-throwline including the one that gave the Cowboys a 61-60 lead with nine seconds to go in the game.
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebounds Points
Marcus Dove 1-4 1-3 0 5
Ibrahima Thomas 1-2 0-1 7 2
Byron Eaton 4-10 2-3 3 26
Obi Muonelo 3-8 3-5 4 12
James Anderson 3-7 1-3 3 7
Terrel Harris 1-2 1-2 0 4
Tyler Hatch 0-0 0-0 1 0
Martavius Adams 2-4 0-0 2 5
Nick Didorakis 0-0 0-0 0 0
Marshall Moses 0-0 0-0 0 0
OSU point guard is Eaton up the competition
two Jayhawks endure family tragedies
Jon Goering/kaNsaN
senior center sasha kaun grabs a rebound during the frst half. Kaun grabbed fve rebounds and scored four points in 17 minutes. Kansas lost
despite outrebounding the Cowboys 34-21 for the game.
Jon Goering/kaNsaN
Junior guard brandon Rush gets ready to take a shot to the basket during the second half. Rush
struggled in the game shooting 5-for-16 fromthe foor, incuding 1-of-4 fromthree-point range, for
12 points. One of Rushs three missed three-pointers was a last second attempt that rimmed out.
Anytime one of your family
members loses their life, its
hard to just try to put that to the
side and focus on a game.
RODRICK STEwART
Senior guard
Stewarts, Jacksons focus
on game affected by deaths
Jon Goering/kaNsaN
Junior guard Mario Chalmers leans in to Oklahoma State guard Bryon Eaton during a drive to the basket during the frst half. Chalmers scored 11
points on 4-for-10 shooting fromthe foor, including 1-of-3 fromthree-point range, in 25 minutes. Chalmers also battled foul trouble throughout the
game, picking up his fourth foul with more than fve minutes to go in the game.
BY DOUG TUCKER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SURPRISE, Ariz. When youre
sliding feet-first into a base, is your
front foot straight up or sideways?
Before a game starts, what are
the first two things a player should
check?
Stumped? Dont fret. When first
base coach Rusty Kuntz asked the
Kansas City Royals to take his quiz
on outfield play and baserunning
fundamentals, there were quite a few
who didnt have a clue.
But that was better than the first
player Kuntz quizzed a couple of
years ago in Pittsburgh.
Out of 50 questions, the guy got
five correct, said Kuntz. And this
was a starting player in the major
leagues, a very well known guy. I
thought, Oh, my gosh. Oh, my good-
ness.
So Kuntz came up with a detailed
list of written questions and tried
them out on a number of players.
The results were encouraging.
By the end of spring training, I
gave the same player the same test,
along with a bunch of other guys,
and he got every one of them right.
And I noticed that during the year, he
responded quicker to certain situa-
tions. I thought if you can do that for
outfield play, why not throw in some
baserunning fundamentals?
Now as first base coach on Trey
Hillmans new staff in Kansas City,
Kuntzs written quizzes have become
a big feature of the first full week of
spring training.
Even Hillman says hes benefited.
We talk about wanting this to be
a learning situation, said Hillman.
Theres always things you can learn.
Ive learned from Rusty about things
that were considered my areas of
expertise. If you ever get to a point
where you feel like you know it all, its
probably time to get out.
Not every player on the Royals was
given the written quizzes. Among
those who were, there was a wide
range of success and failure.
Id say it was 50-50, said Kuntz.
Some of them did relatively well.
Some did OK. And some had no
clue.
Kuntz did not want to name the
slackers, lest anybody be embar-
rassed. But getting a lot of the writ-
ten questions incorrect does not
necessarily mean the major leagu-
ers have not been paying attention
while playing the game for as long
as most of them can remember. For
a great many, it may be the first
time theyve ever been drilled in the
finer points of the fundamentals of
the game. Another possibility is that
some players are not accustomed to
written tests but have learned to react
instinctively when situations arise
during a game.
These guys are major league
players, but theyve got a couple of
years of minor league experience,
and before that they were in high
school, Kuntz said. Im trying to
get them out of the box. Im trying to
feed them bits and pieces so they can
apply it once the game starts, such as
can you have an infield fly rule on a
bunt play?
Thats one most of the Pirates two
years ago and most of the Royals this
spring got wrong.
They say you can, Kuntz said.
The answer is no, you cant.
Another one that gives everyone
trouble has to do with umpires. If the
ball hits an ump on the infield grass,
is it alive or dead?
I had experienced baserunners
say its live, said Kuntz. Well, its
actually dead. But if the same ball hits
an umpire on the outfield grass, then
the runners keep running because
thats a live ball.
A lot of players didnt know that
the proper way to slide feet-first into
a base was to have the front foot
straight up, or that the sun and the
wind should be taken into account as
soon as a player leaves the clubhouse
before a game.
One of the Royals who aced the
tests was outfield prospect Chris
Lubanski.
The tests have been great because
even the ones you get wrong, now you
know the situation, he said. And the
ones you get right, it refreshes your
mind. At least now I know that I
know whats going on.
So which question was missed
most often?
When youre waiting on a fly ball,
what part of the ball do you look
at, the top or the bottom? Kuntz
said. Everybody said the bottom.
But youve got to concentrate on see-
ing the top.
And the easiest question anyone
missed?
The distance between bases. Its
90 feet, of course. Some guys got that
wrong.
sports 6B MONday, FEBRUaRy 25, 2008
college basketball
Baylor battles high-scoring KSU duo
BY STEPHEN HAWKINS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WACO, Texas Michael Beasley
and Bill Walker are going to need
some help if Kansas State is going to
win its first Big 12 Championship.
The sensational high-scoring
freshmen cant beat teams on their
own.
Beasley set a Big 12 record with
44 points and Walker scored 31 on
Saturday night, and yet the Wildcats
lost their fourth straight road game,
92-86 to Baylor.
And the Bears didnt even mind
watching what their coach Scott
Drew called the best two-man per-
formance hes ever seen.
Its not difficult, said Kevin
Rogers, who had 18 points and
10 rebounds for Baylor. The final
score shows that two people cant
be a team. We came out and played
as a team.
Curtis Jerrells scored 24 points,
including some clutch baskets in
the go-ahead spurt, to lead five
players with double-figure scoring
as Baylor (18-8, 6-6 Big 12) ended
a four-game losing streak.
Beasley and Walker, the first
Kansas State duo with 30 points in
the same game, didnt get that kind
of help. Only four other Wildcats
scored, none with more than five
points and two
with only a free
throw.
We felt like
we had the
game, Walker
said. We had
some break-
downs on
defense. Those
guys shoot the
ball pretty good
and made some
tough shots, and its game over. We
just made it a point to go out there
and assert ourselves.
Despite consecutive losses that
will almost certainly drop them out
of the national rankings Monday,
the Wildcats (18-8, 8-4) still have a
shot at winning the Big 12 title.
That doesnt change who we are
or how weve got to play, or what
our mind set has to be to win,
Beasley said. Weve got the top
two teams on our schedule so we
control our own destiny.
K-State plays Monday night at
home against league-leading Texas
(23-4, 10-2) and next weekend at
fourth-ranked Kansas (24-3, 9-3).
The Jayhawks are coming off a loss
Saturday at Oklahoma State and in
January lost to Kansas State for the
first time in 20 games.
Were not going to forget all
the good things weve done to this
point, coach
Frank Martin
said. Were a
good team.
Beasleys two
free throws with
1:56 left gave
him 44 points,
one more than
the conference
record, and made
it 87-85. But he
didnt score again
and Kansas State
couldnt get closer.
It was the third 40-point game
of the season for Beasley, the Big 12
leader in scoring and rebounding
who made 14-of-25 shots. He also
had 13 rebounds, his 23rd double-
double to break Carmelo Anthonys
NCAA freshman record.
Kansas State had a 66-65 lead
left when Beasley made two free
throws after being fouled inside.
The Wildcats were even at 69 when
Blake Young hit a three-pointer
with 10 minutes left but never
regained the lead.
Baylor responded with a 16-7
run, including two three-pointers
by Jerrells with the shot clock run-
ning down.
On both threes, Jerrells listened
to the students counting down the
expiring shot clock before taking
his shot, the second one making it
85-76 with 3:41 left. In between the
threes, Jerrells missed a running
jumper with the shot clock at 1 sec-
ond but grabbed his own rebound
and went right back in uncontested
for a score.
After Beasleys last points,
Jerrells drove again with the shot
clock running down. He missed,
but was fouled and made both free
throws.
Walker missed a couple of
three-pointers
after that, and
Beasley took
only one more
shot a des-
perate three in
the last frantic
seconds.
Beasley had
28 points by
halftime, match-
ing his own Big
12 record for
points in a half.
He had 28 points in the second half
of a lopsided victory over Winston-
Salem State in December.
Kevin Durant had the previous
scoring record for a half with 26
against Baylor in January 2007.
The previous game record of 43
points was shared by Missouris
Clarence Gilbert against Iowa State
in January 2001 and Texas Reggie
Freeman against Fresno State in
December 1996.
Walker had 12 by halftime, when
the Wildcats led 44-38.
Going into halftime, those two
guys were beating us by themselves,
Jerrells said. It takes a team . . . We
outplayed them as a team.
LaceDarius Dunn had 16 points
for Baylor and Tweety Carter 12.
Aaron Bruce, the struggling senior
guard out of the starting lineup
because of his recent struggles,
added 11 points
on three-of-four
shooting.
About the
only thing
Jerrells strug-
gled with was
trying to guard
Beasley, an
assignment he
asked for after
halftime.
They started
just throwing
the ball up as high as they could
and he would just go get it at the
peak, said Jerrells, the 6-foot-1
guard who is nine inches shorter
than Beasley. As you could see, we
kind of went away from that.
Mlb
Royals players get a clue with quiz questions
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Michael Beasley reacts late in the second half of Kansas States game against Baylor Saturday inWaco, Texas. Beasley had a game-high 44 points in
Baylors 92-86 win.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas City Royals infelder Billy Butler
laughs with teammates during baseball spring
training Sunday in Surprise, Ariz.
bIg 12 basketball
BY R.B. FALLSTROM
ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA, Mo. Darryl
Butterfield has had such a spot-
ty senior season that even the
Missouri home crowd appears
worried when he launches a shot.
Maybe they wont be so hard
on the 6-foot-7 forward after
Saturday night, when he led a
strong effort from the Tigers
bench in a 60-53 victory over
Colorado. Butterfield had eight
points, five more than his total
from the previous four games,
and most of them coming in key
spots.
You could just see the bounce
in his step, coach Mike Anderson
said. Youve got to find some-
body to come off there and give
you that lift, and he was that
particular guy.
Keon Lawrence had 16 points
for Missouri (15-12, 5-7), which
needed 32 points from the
reserves after squandering all but
two points of an 18-point cushion
early in the second half.
Coach told us before the game
that our bench had to bring it,
said Butterfield, who averages 3.9
points. He said dont think about
playing, just play off instincts.
Thats what we did; thats
what I did.
Marcus Hall had 17 points and
Richard Roby 14 for Colorado
(10-16, 2-10 Big 12), held without
a free-throw attempt for the first
time all season. Hall was held
scoreless the final 11 minutes
as the Buffaloes lost their 19th
straight conference road game,
including an 0-6 record this sea-
son.
Anderson said he cant remem-
ber a game in which one team
didnt make it to the line, calling it
mind-boggling. Colorado coach
Jeff Bzdelik chose his words care-
fully, while noting the Buffaloes
scored 34 points in the lane.
It wasnt like we werent going
to the rim, Bzdelik said. Theres
nothing I can say that will be
right.
Colorado was whistled for just
12 fouls and Missouri 11, with
the Tigers going 4-for-9 from the
line.
I told the referee that we
hadnt been to the line, Roby
said. I was hoping they would
give us a break or something.
They didnt realize it.
And we took about four or five
charges that didnt get called.
Reserve Leo Lyons had 10
rebounds and seven points
for Missouri, which led 40-22
three minutes into the second
half. Colorado cut the gap to
50-48 when Roby scored from
the baseline with 4:02 to go, but
Missouri scored eight of the next
10 points.
I think we started trying to
win with offense and weve got to
be a team thats going to hang our
hats on defense, Anderson said.
Youve got to credit Colorado.
Theyve got some seniors and
they wouldnt quit, but we were
able to find a way.
Beasley and Walker combine for 75 of Kansas States 86 points in Saturdays loss
That doesnt change who we
are or how weve got to play, or
what our mind set has to be to
win.
Michael Beasley
Kansas state forward
They started just throwing the
ball up as high as they could
and he would just go get it at
the peak.
curtis Jerrells
Baylor guard
Tigers add another
loss to Bufaloes list
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second half of the basketball game in Columbia, Mo., Saturday. Missouri won the game 60-53.
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No. 5 Duke 86,
St. JohNS 56
DURHAM, N.C. Kyle Singler
led five double-figure scorers with 16
points and Duke snapped a two-game
losing streak.
Gerald Henderson and Nolan
Smith scored 13 points apiece for the
Blue Devils (23-3), who overwhelmed
the Red Storm with a 32-9 run late
in the first half and cruised to their
NCAA-leading 59th straight noncon-
ference victory at Cameron Indoor
Stadium.
Jon Scheyer added 12 points in
his first start of the season and center
Brian Zoubek had 11 points and a
career-high 13 rebounds for Duke.
Freshman D.J. Kennedy had 16
points for the Red Storm (10-16).
No. 6 uCLA 75,
oregoN 65
LOS ANGELES Russell
Westbrook scored 16 points and
helped rally UCLA from an 11-point
second-half deficit.
The Bruins (24-3, 12-2) extended
their lead in the Pac-10 to 1 games
over No. 9 Stanford, which plays
California on Sunday.
Westbrook helped ignite a 38-17
game-ending run.
Kevin Love, dogged by dou-
ble teams, added 15 points and 11
rebounds for his 16th double-double
for the Bruins, while Darren Collison
had 17 points.
Maarty Leunen had 17 points and
11 rebounds for Oregon (15-12, 6-9),
which has lost eight of 11.
No. 7 texAS 62,
okLAhomA 45
AUSTIN, Texas D.J. Augustin
scored 19 points and Texas held the
Sooners to a season-low point total.
The Longhorns (23-4, 10-2) have
won seven straight, the schools longest
winning streak in the Big 12.
Texas has also won five in a row and
10 of the last 13 against the Sooners
(18-9, 6-6).
Blake Griffin led Oklahoma with
16 points and 16 rebounds.
No. 16 DrAke 71,
No. 8 ButLer 64
INDIANAPOLIS Josh Young
scored a career-high 25 points, includ-
ing three free throws when he was
fouled on a 3-point attempt with 20
seconds to go, for Drake.
Drake (24-3) snapped a nine-game
winning streak for Butler (25-3), which
led by four points midway through
the second half but went scoreless for
almost 5 minutes during a decisive 9-0
run by Drake.
Jonathan Cox added 13 points for
Drake, which got its first nonconfer-
ence victory over a Top 25 team since
1980.
Matt Howard finished with 16
points for Butler.
No. 12 georgetowN 73,
CiNCiNNAti 53
WASHINGTON Jessie Sapp
scored 16 points and Austin Freeman
added 13 to lead Georgetown.
The win moved the Hoyas (22-4,
12-3) into sole possession of first place
in the Big East. No. 18 Louisville (21-6,
11-3) plays at Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Roy Hibbert, the Hoyas leading
scorer and rebounder, had 12 points
and five blocked shots one short of
his career high as Georgetown won
its 19th straight game at the Verizon
Center.
John Williamson and Deonta
Vaughn both had 13 points for the
Bearcats (13-13, 8-6), who were seek-
ing their season-high fourth straight
win but instead suffered their worst
loss of the season.
ViLLANoVA 67, No. 13
CoNNeCtiCut 65
PHILADELPHIA Corey Stokes
and Scottie Reynolds both scored 18
points and Villanova snapped the
Huskies 10-game winning streak.
Antonio Pena added 10 points for
the Wildcats (17-9, 7-7 Big East), who
won their third straight game.
A.J. Price scored 16 points and Jeff
Adrien had 15 points and 10 rebounds
for Connecticut (21-6, 10-4), which
hadnt lost since Jan. 17.
The Huskies had a chance to tie
the game, but Price, a 75 percent free
throw shooter, made one of from the
line with 6.4 seconds left to make it
66-65.
Villanovas Dante Cunningham was
fouled with 4.9 seconds to go, and
he missed the front end of a 1-and-
1. Pena tipped the rebound back to
Cunningham, who was fouled again
with 2.3 seconds remaining. He hit the
first free throw and missed the second
to make it 67-65.
No. 15 iNDiANA 85,
NorthweSterN 82
EVANSTON, Ill. A day after
Indiana bought out coach Kelvin
Sampsons contract and players
threatened to boycott, Armon Bassett
scored a season-high 24 points and the
Hoosiers escaped with a victory over
Northwestern.
The game seemed like a fitting con-
clusion to one of the most difficult
weeks in the storied programs history.
The Hoosiers had to hang on against
a team still searching for its first Big
Ten win.
D.J. White deflected a potential go-
ahead layup by Northwesterns Michael
Thompson, then hit two free throws to
make it 85-82 with 5 seconds left.
Thompson missed a pull-up 3-pointer
at the buzzer, and the Hoosiers (23-4,
13-2 Big Ten) moved into a three-
way tie for first with Wisconsin and
Purdue.
Kevin Coble scored a career-high
37 points for Northwestern (7-18, 0-
14).
ArizoNA 65, No. 17 wASh-
iNgtoN StAte 55
PULLMAN, Wash. Chase
Budinger scored 22 points and Jerryd
Bayless had all 20 of his points in
the second half to help Arizona upset
Washington State.
Jordan Hill added 13 for the
Wildcats (17-10, 7-7 Pacific-10), who
avoided a third straight loss. The
Wildcats are trying to keep alive their
streak of 23 straight NCAA tourna-
ment appearances.
Taylor Rochestie scored 14 points,
Derrick Low added 12, and Kyle
Weaver had 10 for the cold-shooting
Cougars, who hit just 17-of-50 (34
percent) of their shots.
Arizona swept Washington State
(21-6, 9-6) in the series. The Wildcats
won 76-64 in Tucson on Jan. 24.
No. 19 miChigAN St. 66,
iowA 52
EAST LANSING, Mich. Raymar
Morgan scored 14 of his 16 points in
the second half and coach Tom Izzo
got his 300th career win with the
Spartans.
Six weeks after a humbling 43-36
loss to the Hawkeyes, the Spartans
(22-5, 10-4 Big Ten) jumped to a 20-1
lead over the opening 10:20 and were
never seriously threatened.
Michigan State committed a sea-
son-low five turnovers, 13 fewer than
it had in Iowa City.
Cyrus Tate led Iowa (12-16, 5-10)
with a career-high 26 points and nine
rebounds.
No. 20 VANDerBiLt 86,
georgiA 74
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Shan Foster
scored 29 points Alex Gordon added
23 to lead Vanderbilt.
The Commodores (23-4, 8-4)
extended their winning streak to
six games and remained one game
behind Kentucky for second place
in the Southeastern Conference East
Division.
Sundiata Gaines had 24 points for
Georgia (12-13, 3-9), which led 38-37
at halftime. But Vanderbilt stepped it
offensively behind Foster, who scored
21 points after halftime including
opening the final 20 minutes with
his first 3-pointer of the game. The
Commodores made 17 of their first 24
shots in the second half to take an 86-
68 lead on a 3-pointer by Foster with
4:38 remaining.
NeBrASkA 65, No. 22
texAS A&m 59
COLLEGE STATION, Texas Sek
Henry and Steve Harley scored 11
points each to lead Nebraska to its sec-
ond straight win over a ranked team.
The loss was the third straight for
the Aggies (20-7, 6-6 Big 12).
Nebraska (16-9, 5-7) beat No. 24
Kansas State 71-64 on Wednesday.
Derrick Roland led Texas A&M
with 13 points.
No. 3 North CAroLiNA
89, wAke foreSt 73
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Tyler Hans-
brough had 29 points to help keep
third-ranked North Carolina atop
the Atlantic Coast Conference with
an 89-73 win over Wake Forest on
Sunday night.
Wayne Ellington added 17 points
for the Tar Heels, who won their
fourth straight in the series and fifth
in a row overall. Danny Green added
15 points to help North Carolina (26-
2, 11-2) move a half-game ahead of
idle Duke.
James Johnson scored 22 points
for the Demon Deacons (16-9, 6-6),
who were within two points late in the
first half before the Tar Heels steadily
pulled away.
Hansbrough turned in another stel-
lar performance, going 9-for-13 from
the field and 11-for-14 from the line. It
was his seventh straight game with at
least 22 points.
No. 10 xAVier 57,
DAytoN 51
DAYTON, Ohio Josh Duncan
scored 14 points, Drew Lavender
made four free throws in the final 35
seconds and Xavier beat Dayton.
It was the Musketeers 10th straight
win and assured them of at least a share
of the Atlantic 10 championship.
Lavender finished with nine points
for Xavier (24-4, 12-1 Atlantic 10).
Lavender, who had been playing with
a sprained left ankle that limited his
movement and interfered with his
shooting, played 33 minutes.
Brian Roberts led Dayton (17-9,
5-8) with 15 points.
No. 11 wiSCoNSiN 58,
ohio St. 53
COLUMBUS, Ohio Jason
Bohannon came off the bench to score
16 points and Wisconsin relied on its
stout defense to hold off Ohio State.
The victory moved the Badgers (23-
4, 13-2) a half game ahead of Purdue
and Indiana for the Big Ten lead.
Michael Flowers had 14 points and
Marcus Landry 10 for the Badgers.
Jamar Butler, Ohio States captain
and leading scorer, was held out of the
starting lineup because of what was
termed a coachs decision.
Butler led the Buckeyes (17-10, 8-6)
with 14 points with Kosta Koufos add-
ing 10 points and 10 rebounds. Ohio
State has lost four of its last six.
No. 18 LouiSViLLe 75,
PittSBurgh 73
PITTSBURGH David Padgett
made three of four free throws in
the final 32.1 seconds and Louisville
moved back into a first-place tie
in the Big East, holding on to beat
Pittsburgh for its seventh consecutive
victory.
Padgett finished with 21 points
and reserve Edgar Sosa scored 18 as
Louisville (22-6, 12-3) regained a share
of the conference lead with No. 12
Georgetown.
Sam Young and DeJuan Blair
scored 20 points each for Pitt (19-8,
7-7), which has lost three in a row and
six of 10.
Duke, UCLA, Texas win big during weekend
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Northwestern students hold signs during the frst half of a basketball game against Indiana Saturday in Evanston, Ill.
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Louisvilles David Padgett drives to the basket as Pittsburghs Tyrell Biggs defends in the frst half
of the basketball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday. Louisville won, 75-73.
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North Carolinas Tyler Hansbrough drives past Wake Forests Chas McFarland during the frst half of a college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Sunday. North Carolina won 89-73.
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TUCSON, Ariz. It seems Seth
Smith has been watching and wait-
ing his whole life.
The 25-year-old rookie who
helped fuel the Colorado Rockies
remarkable run to the World Series
with his clutch bat off the bench is
among four outfielders competing
for two backup jobs with the NL
champions.
Being an understudy is nothing
new to Smith, who spent his college
football career as Eli Mannings
backup at Ole Miss. So he knows all
about biding his time and picking
up tips from the stars.
Backing up Eli definitely helps
me with patience, Smith said. But
at the same time, instead of worry-
ing about when it is going to be my
time, you kind of worry about what
you can learn from the guy whos
doing it right now.
Nowadays, his teacher is right
fielder Brad Hawpe, although
Smith watches others such as Todd
Helton and Matt Holliday with a
keen eye, too.
Just all these guys that have
been there where I want to be, its
important for a young guy to look
at them, see how they carry them-
selves, see how they take care of
their business and go about their
daily routines, Smith said.
Smith never did displace
Manning as the first-string quarter-
back at Mississippi, where he didnt
take a snap in three seasons. But
he went to Oxford to play baseball
anyway, and on the diamond he
was the star, not the stand-in.
The Rockies drafted Smith in the
second round in 2004, and after a
quick rise through the ranks, which
included 17 homers and 82 RBIs
at Triple-A Colorado Springs last
year, Smith made his major league
debut last September on the night
the Rockies began their 21-1 run-
up to the World Series.
He produced key pinch hits
against Philadelphia and Arizona
after earning a spot on the play-
off roster by going 5-for-8 in his
September call-up.
When the season ended, he
reclined in disbelief at his .571
batting average against big league
pitching.
Thats the first time you can
sit back and enjoy what just hap-
pened, Smith said. When its
happening, youre worried about
winning baseball games and tak-
ing care of business. But then you
get into the offseason and you
reflect on the emotions and the
ups and downs and the victories
and defeats that youve just gone
through. Hopefully Ill feed off my
experiences from last September
and October.
Smith has his work cut out for
him as he tries to beat out last years
incumbent backup outfielders Cory
Sullivan and Ryan Spilborghs, along
with free agent Scott Podsednik.
Sullivan is the teams top defen-
sive outfielder and hit .286 in 72
games last season. Spilborghs often
filled in for an injured Willy Taveras
in center field and hit .299 with 11
homers and 51 RBIs in 97 games.
Podsednik said he was healthy
again after two injury-riddled sea-
sons, and if so, he could provide
the Rockies with some speed on the
basepaths following the departure
of Kaz Matsui to Houston and also
insurance should Taveras leg inju-
ries dog him again this season.
Obviously, youve got to like
some of the things some of the
guys weve had for a while, man-
ager Clint Hurdle said. Sullivan
acclimated to that role so well last
year, a role hed struggled in pre-
viously. Spilborghs was like your
sixth man in basketball. But also
youre talking about another left-
handed bat. With Podsednik, you
got a guy whos a legitimate leadoff
hitter with speed. Maybe we can
rekindle him.
Hurdle bristled, however, when
it was suggested Smith had no shot
behind those three.
You cannot overlook what he
was able to bring to the table late
in the season, Hurdle said. He has
that going for him.
Smith also will get a look in
center field in mid-March, which
would make him a much more
attractive fit, Hurdle said.
sports 8B MONday, FEBRUaRy 25, 2008
Sophomore guard Danielle McCray drives to the basket for a layup over Missouri forward Jessra
Johnson. McCray drewa blocking foul on the play and converted the free throw, fnishing 2-3 from
the line with 19 points in a 62-59 loss to Missouri Sunday afternoon at Mizzou Arena.
WOMENS BASKETBALL
Kansas players look on in dismay during the fnal moments of a 59-62 loss to Missouri Saturday
afternoon at Mizzou Arena.
Kansas loses in
Border Showdown
By ANDREW WIEBE
awiebe@kansan.com
COLUMBIA, Mo. Kansas
learned just how quickly momen-
tum can shift during Sunday after-
noons Border Showdown against
Missouri in Columbia, Mo.
Down by 11 and fighting to
keep the game within reach after
seven lackluster second-half min-
utes, Kansas looked to have a
slim chance of winning its first
Big 12 road contest. With a little
more than 11 minutes left, the
energy finally looked to be shift-
ing Kansas way. Sophomore guard
Danielle McCray drained consecu-
tive three-pointers to bring Kansas
within five and quiet the Mizzou
Arena crowd.
As quickly as the Jayhawks
found some hope, Missouri junior
guard Alyssa Hollins snatched it
back. Hollins prayer from behind
the arc with one second on the shot
clock gave Missouri an eight-point
lead it would never relinquish.
Hollins took over the game in
the second half, scoring 22 points,
including 19 of the Tigers final
24 points. Despite heading to the
locker room with only five points
at halftime, Hollins said she found
her offensive rhythm in the second
half.
Ive always been streaky so
when I get them to go down I just
keep putting them up, she said.
Hollins 27 points were enough
to give Missouri a three-point vic-
tory at 62-59; just its second in
conference play. Coach Bonnie
Henrickson said although her team
did a good job containing Hollins
in the first half, she knew it would
be difficult to stop the talented
junior if she got enough touches
offensively.
What we were supposed to do
was not let her catch it, Henrickson
said. Shes a lot easier to guard
when she doesnt have the ball in
her hands.
With the loss, the Jayhawks are
now 0-7 on the road in Big 12
conference play. Henrickson said
to win on the road her team has to
maintain its focus and intensity for
the majority of 40 minutes. This is
something they have rarely done
this season.
We have to have better sus-
tained effort for 40 minutes,
Henrickson said. Right now we
ebb and flow and we take plays off.
I think from the tip we dont have
the defensive intensity.
Even more importantly,
Henrickson said Kansas couldnt
continue to commit unforced
errors and expect to have a chance
to win. The Jayhawks committed
19 turnovers to eight assists while
the Tigers recorded 13 assists to 11
giveaways.
Offensively, the number one
thing for us is that we do not value
the ball and we throw it around,
Henrickson said. Half of those
turnovers dont make any sense.
Kansas will have to start making
sense of their offensive careless-
ness with only three Big 12 games
remaining. Though the Jayhawks
have made a habit of showing signs
of progress in nearly every game,
Henrickson said its time her young
team started turning that progress
into wins.
We have shown great signs of
resiliency, Henrickson said. But
you have got to string enough pos-
sessions together that you come
out of here feeling better about
yourself.
Edited by Jessica Sain-Baird
Only three Big 12 games remain
Rookie hopes for backup job
MLB
Ukrainian eases in to win
BOXING
By GREG BEACHAM
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK With one round
to go in a drearily dominant perfor-
mance, even Wladimir Klitschkos
trainer implored him to provide a
thrill for a whistling, booing Madison
Square Garden crowd that had been
promised heavyweight action.
You have to knock him out, or
this is going to be bad, Emanuel
Steward pleaded with Klitschko in an
exchange picked up by HBOs micro-
phones before the final round of his
fight with Sultan Ibragimov.
Klitschko wouldnt do it, sticking
with his plan to slap and poke his
smaller opponent into oblivion. He
might not always be exciting, but
hes probably the best heavyweight
around and hes one belt closer to
being the undisputed champion.
Far too strong and much too
long, Klitschko barely took a punch
while winning a unanimous decision
Saturday night, defending his IBF
title and claiming Ibragimovs WBO
belt in the first heavyweight unifica-
tion fight in nearly nine years.
Im happy to have three belts,
said Klitschko, who also holds the
IBO title. Im happy to get the WBO
belt back. That was the first title I
had.
Klitschko, the chess-playing
Ph.D. from a famed Ukrainian fight-
ing family, used physics and simple
geometry to remove nearly all risk
from his meeting with Ibragimov, the
previously unbeaten Russian under-
dog. The 6-foot-7 Klitschko is at
least a half-foot taller and 20 pounds
heavier than Ibragimov, who con-
stantly appeared to be flailing against
a mean-spirited older brother.
With little more than an insistent
jab, Klitschko (50-3, 44 KOs) slapped
and herded Ibragimov around the
ring in front of a crowd of 14,011.
He was very difficult to fight,
Klitschko said. He kept backing
off. Hes very careful, but the result
counts.
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Wladimir Klitschko, of Ukraine, punches Sultan Ibragimov, of Russia, right, during the frst
round of a championship unifcation boxing match Saturday at Madison Square Garden in NewYork.
Klitschko won the fght.
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