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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008 WWW.kANSAN.CoM voluME 120 iSSuE 77
As winter approaches, downtown Lawrences sizeable homeless
population must deal with crowded shelters, the possibility of stricter
ordinances, and the loss of a hidden refuge near the Kansas River
without a home
photos by ryan Mcgeeney/kansan
Top: nathan ledford waits for donations of spare change in downtown Lawrence. Ledford, one of the
city's several hundred homeless, was directed to Lawrence when he was discharged fromthe Fort Scott
State Hospital, where he was being treated for bipolar disorder and marijuana abuse. Homeless outreach
workers in Lawrence say it's common practice for other communities in the region to send their homeless to
Lawrence because of the city's extensive resources for the homeless population.
Middle: diane elder, a case manager at the lawrence Community shelter, draws numbers for
the nightly lottery that determines who will be allowed to sleep in the shelter overnight. Employees at the
shelter, which can house up to 31 individuals each night, said they have had to turn people away every night
since last spring.
bottom: Jason guivera, a one-time resident at the lawrence Community shelter prepares a
sandwich fromthe shelters pantry in late October. The sign at the right, warning against giving the shelters
food to banned individuals, refers to persons who have violated the shelters restriction on violent or abusive
behavior on the grounds. Although the facility is an open shelter, meaning individuals are not required to be
sober to sleep there, individuals can be permanently banned if they repeatedly exercise violence against staf
or other people using the shelter.
BY RYAN McGEENEY
rmcgeeney@kansan.com
Under the corrugated tin awning
behind the homeless shelter, in the
darkness illuminated only by the dim
reflection of streetlights and porch
lights, Donna and her sometimes-boy-
friend, Delaney, wait to learn where
theyll be sleeping tonight.
I cant go back in those woods
tonight, Donna says. I just cant do
it.
Huddled in a drab winter coat with
a hood pulled tight around her head,
Donna deeply inhales a cigarette and
coughs the wet, bottomless cough of a
chronic smoker and asthmatic.
Every night, the citys homeless who
want to stay at the Lawrence Community
Shelter have to arrive before 6 p.m. to
add their names to the daily lottery. At
about 6:30, 31 names are drawn and
the rest are turned away. On this wet
night, when the temperature will drop
below 40 degrees, Delaney makes the
list. Donna does not.
As Delaney and Donna discuss the
relative merits of bringing a lawsuit
against the shelter, Diane Elder, a shel-
ter case manager, begins making her
rounds. Everyone knows Diane drew
the lottery numbers tonight, and their
demeanor toward her seems largely
based on their individual fates.
Every individual population thinks
they should take priority, Elder says.
Its exhausting.
The physically ill. The mentally ill.
Disabilities of every flavor. Those with
a job. Those with two jobs. The newly
sober. The recently paroled.
I could fill the shelter with any of
those groups alone, Elder says.
The tension surrounding the lottery
dissipates for some when their names
are called theyll have a hot meal in
a few hours and warm shelter through
the next morning. Others must pro-
ceed to plan B, and Donna is growing
increasingly anxious.
Delaney offers Donna his spot, but
it isnt necessary. Someone who made
it onto the list doesnt return to the
shelter.
Shaking her head, speaking as though
theres still some chance she might have
to fend for herself
after all, Donna
declares again: Im
not going into those
woods. I cant.
While Donnas
fate is decided as
darkness falls, hun-
dreds of other home-
less in Lawrence
face a similar dilem-
ma about where to
sleep.
Among them are a KU student
scrambling to recover from the sudden
loss of a job and the apartment it once
paid for; the weather-beaten husband
and wife who spend their days in the
limbo of an ongoing disability claim;
the recovering drug addict who insists
he must stay penniless just to remain
sober; and the man whos spent his life
riding the rails, convinced his life is
wrong, but unable to live it any other
way.
These are the stories of the home-
less who try to survive in the shelters,
beneath the bridges and beyond the
woods.
n n n
The woods, shorthand for the
nature preserve along the banks of the
Kansas River near the Amtrak station
at Seventh and New York streets, is one
of a few options for Lawrences home-
less who do not find and sometimes
do not seek shelter in one of the
citys emergency facilities. The land,
declared a restoration preserve by the
City Commission, is covered with a
thick canopy of trees, impervious to
aerial photography.
The area has always
been a magnet for
the homeless.
But when
Lawrence police
were dispatched
to the woods in
October to col-
lect the bodies of
Bronson Stanley, 18,
of Oklahoma, and
Corey OConnor,
29, of Indiana, who were found dead in
a tent, what they found was no longer
a campground. They found what could
be described only as a growing River
City.
Using scrap lumber, homeless resi-
dents of the encampment had con-
structed two semi-permanent struc-
tures. According to authorities, the
12-by-20-foot buildings had insulation
and battery-powered lights.
Video games arent just for leisure
time with a movie creation style called
Machininima. Matt Baier, Topeka
freshman, co-created The Adventures
of Luke and Joe, an online cartoon he
originally designed with the computer
game The Movies.
Leaf project meant
to brighten spirits
Freshman creates
online cartoon show
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Chancellor Robert Hemenway, an avid
sports fan, played a large role in the
recent success of the Athletics program.
Hemenway, who is stepping down on
June 30, hired the current athletics direc-
tor, Lew Perkins, and has helped the
school allocate more than $100 million
towards athletic facilities.
full sTory page 3a
Hemenway leaves mark
on University athletics
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Every individual population
thinks they should take priority.
Its exhausting.
diane elder
lawrence Community Shelter
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An Ottawa senior distributed piles of
painted leaves on lawns along Jayhawk
Boulevard this morning. The leaves are
part of a public art project intended to
cheer up students during finals week.
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Odd news
Purdue University to
auction naming rights
INDIANAPOLIS Searching
for a truly original holiday gift,
one that could bestow a bit of
immortality on a loved one or
a friend?
If so, Purdue University
has the goods: The school is
auctioning the naming rights
to seven newly discovered
bats and two turtles. Winning
bidders will be able to link a
relative, friend or themselves
to an animals scientifc name
for the ages.
The frst of the nine auctions
began Monday, when the
school put up for grabs the
naming rights to a tiny gold
and black insect-munching bat
found in Central America.
The winning bidder will
be announced just before
Christmas, said John Bickham,
a Purdue professor of forestry
and natural resources who
discovered or co-discovered
the nine species.
He expects the auctions to
attract wide interest, with the
chance to include a persons
Latinized name in a new spe-
cies scientifc name a tradi-
tion that dates to the mid-18th
century.
Unlike naming a building
or something like that, this is
much more permanent. This
will last as long as we have our
society, he said Monday.
Man claims circumcised
story is libelous
NEW YORK A New York City
man is suing a Jewish research
group for libel, claiming it
posted a story online with his
photo that erroneously said he
was not circumcised.
John Singer says he was
circumcised as an infant. His
lawsuit seeks unspecifed dam-
ages from the Central Europe
Center for Research & Docu-
mentation and its Centropa.
org Web site, which have main
ofces in Atlanta and in Vienna,
Austria.
Singer, 49, says his mother
was quoted in an interview
for a Centropa article saying
her sons werent circumcised,
which would violate Jewish
law.
He says he warned Centropa
director Edward Serotta the
statement was wrong before
the article was published in
October. He says Centropa
humiliated him.
Associated Press
Student tests reveal higher scores
educatIon
AssOCIATed PRess
WASHINGTON American
schoolchildren do better than peo-
ple think in math and science, but
Asian students still dominate in
math and have
gained ground
in science, an
international
study found.
Kids in the
U.S. made sig-
nificant gains
in math since
1995 and score
above average
on internation-
al fourth- and
ei ght h-grade
tests in the subject, according to a
study released Tuesday.
The findings contradict a persis-
tent view in the United States that
its children are lagging behind the
rest of the developed world. An AP
poll in June found that nearly two
in five people believe American
students do worse on math and
science tests than those in most of
the developed countries.
Not true, the authors of the
report said.
Certainly, our results do not
show the United States trailing the
developed world by any stretch
of the imagination, said Ina V.S.
Mullis, a Boston College research
professor and co-director of the
study.
The Asian countries are way
ahead of the rest of developed
countries, but mostly the devel-
oped countries are relatively simi-
lar, Mullis said. And the United
States might be one of the leaders of
that group, depending on whether
youre talking about math or science
in the fourth
or the eighth
grade.
Kids in
Massachusetts
and Minnesota
did even better
than the U.S.
overall. In fact,
Massachusetts
students did as
well as some
of their Asian
peers. Those
two states took part in the study
separately.
The United States has a long way
to go to lead the world in math. The
study reported dramatically higher
math scores in five Asian coun-
tries Hong Kong, Singapore,
Taiwan, Japan and Korea than
other countries participating in the
study.
The top-performing Asian coun-
tries also had the biggest share of
students reaching advanced bench-
marks that represent fluency in the
most complex topics and reasoning
skills.
For the U.S., the news in another
area isnt as good: Kids still do
slightly better in science than math
and are well above average, but
scores have stagnated since 1995.
In the meantime, other countries,
including Singapore and Hong
Kong, have made significant gains
and surpassed the U.S.
Outgoing Education Secretary
Margaret Spellings said those find-
ings show the need for the fed-
eral No Child Left Behind law.
The 2002 law, which has become
as unpopular as its champion,
President George W. Bush, requires
annual state tests and imposes pen-
alties on schools that fail to make
progress.
Spellings said the flat science
scores, and gains by other coun-
tries, remind us that we cant
afford to be complacent.
Now is not the time to retreat
from rigorous accountability;
instead, we must pick up the pace,
Spellings said.
Conduc t e d
every four
years, the
Trends in
International
Mathematics
and Science
Study, or
TIMSS, is
widely used to
measure the
k n o wl e d g e
and skills of
elementary and middle school stu-
dents around the world. In 2007, 48
countries took part in eighth-grade
tests, and 36 countries took part in
fourth-grade tests. In all, 425,000
students were tested.
The study compares the United
States with other rich, industri-
alized countries as well as many
poorer nations. Scores in the U.S.
were above the international aver-
age in each subject and grade.
Some believe the study gives too
rosy a view of the U.S. by including
poorer countries. Compare the U.S.
to similarly rich countries, and its
performance drops to the middle
of the pack, said Andrew Coulson
of the libertarian-leaning Cato
Institute.
Regardless, the international
findings generally are consistent
with the United States National
Assessment of Educational
Progress, or NAEP, often called the
nations report card. That study has
also found progress in math and
less progress in science. And the
state tests required by the No Child
Left Behind law
show similar
results.
Now all of
our major tests
are telling us the
same things, said
Tom Loveless, an
education expert
at the Brookings
Institution and
a representative
to the interna-
tional group that
administers the test.
The poor perception of U.S.
achievement has been reinforced
by another international test, the
Program for International Student
Assessment, which is given to
15-year-olds in 30 developed coun-
tries. That test is not tied to the
school curriculum, as TIMSS and
others are.
Hudson returns to work afer tragedy
entertaInment
AssOCIATed PRess
NEW YORK Jennifer Hudson
is getting back to work.
The singer is set to begin filming
a video next week for her single, If
This Isnt Love, according to her
label, J Records.
Hudson was due to film the clip
in Los Angeles when her moth-
er, Darnell Hudson Donerson,
and brother, Jason Hudson, were
discovered shot to death in their
Chicago home on the citys South
Side on Oct. 24. The body of her
nephew, 7-year-old Julian King,
was found in a sport utility vehicle
three days later.
Hudsons estranged brother-
in-law, William Balfour, who is
married to Hudsons sister Julia,
has been charged in the slayings.
Prosecutors have said Balfour was
upset Julia had been dating another
man.
Hudson has been in seclusion
since the killings. However, she
has thanked the public for their
support since the tragedy, and last
week issued a statement after she
was nominated for four Grammy
awards, including best R&B album
for her self-titled debut.
Its been a childhood dream
of mine to release an album, so to
receive four Grammy nominations
is truly a blessing, she said. I am
extremely honored and humbled
by the nominations.
Hudson also an Academy
Award-winning actress was
reaching a new career peak at the
time of the killings. She had just
released her first CD, and was also
starring in the movie The Secret
Life of Bees. She was featured in
the summer blockbuster Sex and
the City and sang the national
anthem the night President-Elect
Barack Obama accepted the
Democratic presidential nomina-
tion in Denver.
Our results do not show the
United States trailing the devel-
oped world by any stretch of the
imagination.
INA V.S. MULLIS
Boston College Research Professor
Now is not the time to retreat
from rigorous accountability;
instead, we must pick up the
pace.
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BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER
bentsminger@kansan.com
Games like Halo and The Sims
litter the dorm rooms and apart-
ments of college students. But for
some students, those games arent
just for leisure time.
Matt Baier, Topeka fresh-
man, created The Adventures of
Luke and Joe, a weekly cartoon
originally made from a computer
game called The Movies that
features three-dimensional, real-
istic characters, similar to other
popular video games. Danny
Willis, a writer from California,
co-created the show and works as
the head writer.
The name for the style of the
cartoon, Machinima, comes
from a combination of machine
and cinema. Producers of
Machinima originally manipu-
lated the characters and scenes
from video games to produce the
movies and added a voice track to
the action.
N o w
there are
p r o g r a ms
d e s i g n e d
s p e c i f i -
cally for
Machinima.
W i l l i s
saidMachin-
ima was a
fringe trend
that only hardcore nerds knew
about a few years ago, but he
said it was beginning to be more
mainstream. Some Machinima
programs can even be purchased
on DVD.
Although Baier started The
Adventures of Luke and Joe with
The Movies, he transitioned to
using a Machinima-specific pro-
gram called Movie Storm because
it gave him more freedom to be
creative.
The Adventures of Luke and
Joe is a comedy that follows two
best friends as they find them-
selves in what Baier called outra-
geous situations.
Baier said Luke was the insti-
gator of the action, while Joe
made things more interesting and
encouraged Luke to make ques-
tionable decisions.
Joe is there to appeal to his
worser angels, Baier said.
T h e
shows con-
t r i b u t o r s
are scat-
tered around
the United
States. Willis
lives in
Cal i f or ni a
and works
for the Bay
Area News
Group outside of San Francisco.
He voices the character of Luke,
who also works for a newspa-
per. He said his inspiration came
from everyday conversations and
events.
In the episode Video Game
Critic, Luke gets an assignment to
review video games and becomes
obsessed with them. Willis said
the idea for the episode came
from his job as a video game crit-
ic and from his friends concerns
he would become obsessed, too.
Baier said his inspiration came
from responding to situations as
his character, Joe, would and liv-
ing life as if he were in a sitcom.
When you do that it tends to
start to become one, Baier said.
One episode of the series,
Email from the Future, is
based on an e-mail Baier actually
received. In the show, Joe tries
to keep himself doing what the
e-mail tells him to.
Baier and Willis started the
program last December and have
created 29 seven-to-22-minute
episodes and five one-to-two-
minute shorts.
Although The Adventures
of Luke and Joe can be seen
only online, that should not keep
potential fans from seeing it.
More and more successful
things are happening online, so
thats not necessarily a bad place
to be, Willis said.
The creators of the show
recently formed a partnership
with RiffTrax, a company that
adds voice tracks to movies. Baier
and Willis will donate profits
from a parody of a sex education
video called As Boys Grow to
Childs Play, a charity that gives
video games to sick children.
Episodes of The Adventures
of Luke and Joe can be found at
www.lukeandjoe.com.
Edited by Scott R. Toland
Chancellor leaves mark
administration
Hiring of Lew Perkins one of chancellors achievements
CONTRIBUTED GRAPHIC
Characters fromthe cartoon showThe Adventures of Luke and Joe are shown
during an episode. Freshman Matt Baier invented the cartoon and it is shown weekly online.
Freshmans creation airing
as Internet cartoon show
technology
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
An avid sports fan, Chancellor
Robert Hemenway couldnt help
but add a
few of the
Uni ver s i t ys
a t h l e t i c
accompl i sh-
ments to
the list of
his proudest
moments dur-
ing his 14-year
tenure that will
come to an end on June 30.
Hemenways list of achieve-
ments is long but is sure to include
the Jayhawks 2008 NCAA Mens
Basketball Championship and
the Orange Bowl victory against
Virginia Tech.
After all, its Hemenway who
hired the architect of last years
historic season, Athletics Director
Lew Perkins.
Chancellor Hemenways com-
mitment and vision was a key
inspiration in my choice to come
to Kansas, Perkins said. The
chancellor has been very support-
ive of the Kansas athletics pro-
gram, recognizing the value of
intercollegiate athletics to KU, but
always in the context of education,
integrity and NCAA compliance.
Hemenway will step down, fit-
tingly, to write a book on college
athletics and American values, but
his stamp on the athletics pro-
gram will be substantial. During
his time, he led initiatives that
gave more than $100 million for
renovations and additions to ath-
letics department facilities.
I hate to see him go, coach
Bill Self said on his weekly radio
show. But Im happy for him
since this is what he wants to
do. Hes been very supportive to
me personally and our entire ath-
letic program since weve been
here. When you look at Kansas
Athletics, hes played a major role
in the improvements made.
Hemenway arrived at Kansas
in 1994 from the University of
Kentucky but didnt make his
mark on Kansas athletics until
recently. After staying out of most
athletics department decisions, in
2003 he jumped in and fired then-
Athletics Director Al Bohl, hiring
Perkins in his place.
Chuck Woodling, former
sports editor of the Lawrence
Journal-World, said the timing
of Hemenways decision to insert
himself into athletics department
dealings made sense.
I think being the head of
the NCAA Division-I Board of
Directors might have been an eye-
opener for him, Woodling said.
It brought him closer to the ath-
letics scene.
And what Hemenway saw while
leading the board from 2002-2005
was that schools needed strong
athletics programs to succeed on
the academic side as well. He iden-
tified Perkins as the right man for
the job and pulled him away from
Connecticut, turning Kansas into
a national powerhouse.
Woodling said the verdict was
still out on Hemenways legacy
at Kansas but that winning the
national basketball title and the
Orange Bowl sure make every-
thing look good.
In addition to Hemenways
support and dedication of school
funds to the athletics depart-
ment, he has had a personal com-
mitment to the department as
well. He attends almost all home
football and basketball games
and waits in the press conference
room with Perkins to greet foot-
ball coach Mark Mangino after
every game.
I have a tremendous amount
of respect for Chancellor
Hemenway, Perkins said. I feel
privileged that I can count him as
a friend.
Edited by Scott R. Toland
Hemenway
Plan for school shooting stopped
by friend of 15-year-old suspect
crime
ASSocIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA A 15-year-
old boy stole his fathers guns to use
in a suicidal attack against enemies
at his suburban Philadelphia high
school but was thwarted when a
friend threw the weapons in a river,
authorities said.
The alleged plot was uncov-
ered after the father reported the
three weapons missing, prompting
a police investigation that led to
an attempted murder charge filed
Tuesday against his son.
The Pottstown High School
freshman was being held in a secure
facility, Montgomery County
District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman
told The Associated Press. He does
not yet have a lawyer, and no court
dates are scheduled, she said.
Authorities say he took the a
revolver, two semiautomatic pis-
tols and ammunition from his
fathers basement gun locker in
early November. He gave them to
a friend, hoping the friend would
take them to school when directed,
authorities said.
Instead, the friend told his step-
mother about the weapons, and she
drove the boy to a river so he could
get rid of them, investigators said.
Police dive teams recovered the
handguns.
Ferman described the suspect
as a loner with a history of depres-
sion and mental-health problems.
While previously a good student,
he was repeating his freshman year,
she said.
The teen initially planned to
carry out the attack this year but
delayed it until next year because
school officials, aware of the sto-
len gun report, had stepped up
security.
The teen told investigators he
was going to shoot people he did
not like, then himself, authorities
said.
The charge is attempted murder
because the teen took substantial
steps stealing the guns and giv-
ing them to the friend to carry
out the crime, Ferman said.
He had gotten so far along in
that plan that he had the immedi-
ate capacity to commit the crime,
she said.
The Pottstown School District,
about 40 miles northwest of
Philadelphia, has about 3,200 stu-
dents.
The same district attorneys
office last year accused a 14-year-
old of amassing a cache of weapons
and plotting an assault on a high
school.
The teen, who had been bullied
and pulled out of public school
in the seventh grade, admitted to
three felonies criminal solici-
tation, risking a catastrophe and
possession of an instrument of
crime and is now in a juvenile
center.
PolITIcS
The Nanny interested in
replacing Hillary Clinton
ALBANY, N.Y. The star of The
Nanny wants to go from playing
nasally New Yawkers to succeed-
ing Hillary Rodham Clinton in the
U.S. Senate.
Publicist Jordan Brown deliv-
ered the straight line that Fran
Drescher is serious about becom-
ing the next junior senator from
New York. Brown cited Dreschers
experience as an actress, ad-
vocate for womens health and
public diplomacy envoy for the
U.S. State Department.
The 51-year-old Saturday Night
Fever and This is Spinal Tap
actress joins a feld headed by
Caroline Kennedy and New York
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
New York Gov. David Paterson will
appoint Sen. Hillary Rodham Clin-
tons successor if she is confrmed
secretary of state in the Obama
administration.
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10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 9
Your supervisors are watching
you with interest. You could
get more responsibility. With
that could come more money.
Look sharp.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
The lessons you teach by
how you live extend beyond
your circle of friends. Thats
because you always make do
with whatever you have. Thats
harder than you make it look.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
If anyone asks you what youre
going to do, say youll get back
to them. Keep collecting data
and reviewing options. And
maybe get to bed early. Sleep
on the question.

CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Calm down a co-worker whos
getting slightly panicky under
pressure. Do what you can to
lighten that persons load. Your
eforts will be greatly appreci-
ated.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Youve proven you know how
to do the job, so now you can
teach someone else. Move
up to a more managerial slot,
with more authority. Youre a
natural.
VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 9
Continue to launch new
projects, begin voyages, and
declare your love. Not neces-
sarily in that order, of course.
Those are just examples. Do
what works best for you, in
your unique situation.
LibrA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is an 8
You have more resources hid-
den away than you may realize.
You know youve been stash-
ing things. Can you remember
whats in those boxes? Better
check it out.
sCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 7
You have a lot more than
you thought you did. In fact,
you really have plenty, even if
you think theres not enough.
Arrange it diferently. Itll look
like abundance.
sAGiTTArius(nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 9
Dont let your attention wan-
der. You can do very well now,
but these conditions wont last
forever. Assess the situation
and come up with a plan.

CApriCorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Let down your defenses long
enough to get a compliment.
Somebody thinks youre won-
derful, and you are. Let it soak
in. Youd be a fool to argue.
AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
A brilliant scheme reveals
itself to you, upon contem-
plation. You can do amazing
things and stay within your
budget. Imagination and
creativity are required.
pisCes (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
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let yourself be distracted. You
can learn something so well
now, youll never forget it. This
goes for the manual skills as
well as the mental.
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You have a badittude.

n n n
Im slightly disappointed
my hot chocolate isnt hot
enough to scald my tongue.
n n n
Why do I have to take classes
to graduate that Im never go-
ing to need once I do?
n n n
I just put my Pop Tarts in the
microwave.
n n n
My roommate and I relieved
our end-of-semester stress by
pulling our pants up as high
as they go, tucking in our
shirts and straight jamming
to MGMT.
n n n
I have a dental appointment
tomorrow.
n n n
Bonus points for the X-Men
reference.
n n n
Looking for comments about
me.
n n n
Its ironic when people go out
and smoke during the fre
drills at Oliver.
n n n
I got a big ego.
n n n
Boom boom boom. I want
you in my room.
n n n
I thought I saw the cute bus
driver, but I thought he might
be a fgment of my
imagination.
n n n
I practice my model walk on
campus. So if you see some-
one looking ferce on Wescoe
beach, its probably me.
n n n
Call me crazy, but I love the
cold weather.
n n n
I have been up working all
night on an experiment,
and I have determined that
Spongebob macaroni and
cheese is better than the
original.
n n n
Its Easter every day in my frat.
n n n
Did you have sex last night?
Because all of the silverware is
missing.
n n n
OK, Jayplay. Where do you get
your cover models? I actually
have tattoos and do pin-up
modeling. Text me next time,
please?
n n n
To my suitemate: These past
few days when I have been
ditching you have been the
best days ever. Im so glad we
arent talking or else I might
have had to put up with you
still.
n n n
Lets play a game. Ill describe
a new store, and you try to guess
what it is. I like 20 questions bet-
ter, but it doesnt fit in my column
space.
Its not too big, about 15,000
square feet. It specializes in natu-
ral and organic foods. In it, youll
find Seventh Generations green
cleaning products. It delivers fresh,
ready-to-eat meals. Although it
sounds very Lawrence, its only in
Arizona so far.
Any guesses?
No, the Mercs not starting a
new store in Arizona.
But Wal-Mart is.
At the end of October, Wal-Mart
opened four Marketside stores,
which is a new retail concept and
subsidiary of Wal-Mart.
The store looks nothing like the
gargantuan warehouses that we
know and sometimes resent. The
logo is cute and friendly, showing
a stack of veggies sitting beside the
store name.
It looks as though Marketplace
wants nothing to do with Wal-
Mart. Well, neither do I. But we
share the same problem: Wal-Mart
owns us.
Unfair business practices, dis-
crimination and killing small
businesses are issues that some
associate with Wal-Mart. The
news-savvy may know stories of
employees forced to work off the
clock, corporate resistance to sur-
veillance cameras in dangerous
parking lots and strategically low
wages to allow employees to earn
government assistance. And yet, an
estimated 90 percent of Americans
shop at Wal-Mart at some time
during the year.
I wish I could say its not me,
but it is.
The brains behind Wal-Mart are
so good it scares me. I try to quit
Wal-Mart, and an organic grocery
store is opened. You may laugh
now, but wait until you try to break
the dependency. I bet a store opens
that caters to your tastes with bar-
gain-bin pricing, too.
In light of this new endeavor,
Ive decided to confront my addic-
tion to Wal-Mart and ask: How
bad is it?
Seventh Generation is a com-
pany that makes green cleaning
products and prides itself on envi-
ronmental responsibility. In a blog
post, CEO Jeffrey Hollender wrote
that his company created an index
to rate 10 mass retailers on social
and environmental performance.
Fifteen categories factored into
the rating, including each retail-
ers average hourly wage, the per-
centage of employees covered by
health insurance, carbon and waste
reduction goals and commitment
to green building.
To our great surprise, we found
that Wal-Mart scored at or near the
top in most categories, Hollender
wrote.
But what about the lawsuit for
discrimination against women
employees? Its the largest work-
place-bias lawsuit in history,
according to Wal-Mart Watch, an
investigation and advocacy group
that challenged Wal-Mart in 2005
to increase transparency. And how
will it reach zero waste if its new
stores will use more energy than its
energy-saving measures will save?
Wal-Mart has a massive influ-
ence in the world, meaning it is in a
powerful position environmentally.
I cant help but think if it continues
working toward significant change,
it could have a greater influence
than all the eco-friendly columns
in the world.
It looks good, and yet, its Wal-
Mart. The dark underbelly of the
company is as vast as its environ-
mental potential.
Affordable organics sound like
a siren song to me, but I still have
more than 20 questions about Wal-
Mart and its new offspring.
English is an Overland Park
junior in journalism and
economics.
Often, when a foreign entity
acts contrary to the wishes of the
United States, government offi-
cials will declare that entity is a
source of instability in the region.
This official rhetoric labels them
impediments to peace.
In reality, theyre more often
than not impediments to the sup-
posed U.S.-led global order. If our
focus on elements of destabilization
around the globe were really about
peace, then we would have forces
on the ground in the West Bank,
confronting the extremist settler
movement, which affects the lives
of Palestinians and Israelis, and
exacerbates the instability of the
Middle East and the world.
It has long been known that
Israeli settlers often terrorize the
civilian population of Palestine,
burning olive groves, vandalizing
property, among other things.
This past September witnessed
the advent of the settler movement
turning on the Israeli population.
An Israeli professor critical of the
settler movement was greeted with
a pipe bomb in his home.
After the removal of a group of
these settlers from the so-called
House of Contention, the follow-
ing week witnessed the rampaging
of settlers and their allies through-
out the West Bank town of Hebron.
True to form, after having been
forced to abide by the law, they
tore through the city, terrorizing
residents and vandalizing property.
What is noticeably absent from the
news accounts in the American
media is that these events occurred
on Palestinian territory.
Israeli settlement of the West
Bank is the greatest impediment
to peace, and the refusal to halt
construction is the clearest sign
of Israels true intention: the even-
tual annexation of the entire West
Bank.
American universities are
embedded with a system of orga-
nizations that tacitly support the
settlement endeavor. Birthright
programs explicitly aim to foster
a personal attachment with the
land, hoping such an attachment
would lead to immigration, and yet
another soldier in the demographic
wars of the occupied territories.
The settlers, whose fanatical
claim that God has given them the
right to steal land at the expense
of the livelihood and lives of
those they have stolen it from has
led to a 60-year occupation and an
astounding loss of life. This sort of
behavior is not tolerated by fanatic
Muslim extremists, so why is it OK
for extremist Jews?
The settlement movement is a
terrorist movement. Because of
a conviction that God has given
them the land, they are tighten-
ing their grip on the land with the
support of Israel and the United
States.
We shouldnt underestimate
people who believe a mandate
from God supersedes the lives of
innocent people any American
who paid attention on Sept. 11
should be able to tell you that.
Anderson is a Perry junior in
creative writing.
How Wal-Mart keeps
sucking me back in
MariaM saifan
What we didnt learn
after september 11
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
sonyA english
THE
ENVIRO-
MENTALITY
joshuA Anderson
THIS
ISLAND
EARTH
assOciated press
the list of ingredients is
scarier than having fu
No, Katie Oberthaler has no
excuse to have the fu (Dec. 8),
but you have plenty of excuses
not to get a fu shot.
Take a look at whats inside
the vaccine. Formaldehyde is
used as a preservative and to
inactivate the virus. Aluminum,
added to create an antibody
response, is a neurotoxin that
can cause Alzheimers. Some
of this years vaccines contain
thimerosal, which is 49 percent
mercury.
These three chemicals,
dangerous on their own, to-
gether become even stronger in
raising the chances youll have
Alzheimers. Not to mention the
various autoimmune reactions
that can occur, such as Guillain-
Barr Syndrome, which is a
paralytic autoimmune disease.
Ill take the fu, rather than risk-
ing my lifetime in a wheelchair
or losing my mind.
The nasal spray she mentions
in her column lists these side
efects: coughing, runny nose,
chills, muscle aches, fevers, and
headaches. Sounds familiar,
doesnt it? The Global Advisory
on Vaccine Safety reported
that the nasal spray vaccine
was found to cause Bells palsy,
or the paralysis of the facial
nerve. Neither the needle nor
the spray are efective ways of
preventing the fu.
There are several things
you can start doing right now
to protect yourself from the
fu, including avoiding sugar,
getting enough rest, keeping
stress to a minimum, exercising
and washing your hands. Just
by looking at this list, its no
wonder why college students
get sick, but they really dont
have an excuse. Adjusting your
lifestyle can have numerous
benefts, aside from preventing
illness.
Christopher Voll is a freshman
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Why i decided not to
shop at joecollege.com
I am writing in regards to the
article published Dec. 8 about
the Joe College T-shirt lawsuit.
Referring to Lew Perkins as
an asshole seems completely
unacceptable. Larry Sinks says
that he feels as if the lawsuit
has become personal. Mak-
ing comments like that shows
that he is the one making it
personal. The University simply
did not want trademarks to
be knowingly stolen and have
copyright laws broken.
With that, am I supposed
to be impressed by all of the
name dropping that he sup-
posedly does not want to be
defned by? Is this supposed
to make me relate with him,
and therefore feel sorry for him
being rightfully sued?
I have personally listened to
Perkins speak, and although
he has met more infuential
people than Kid Rock, he does
not brag about it and weave
a web of celebrity friends.
Perkins has turned the athletic
department around since com-
ing to this University, and he
has the best intentions not
only for athletes but for all of
the student body, as well. He is
a soft-spoken, warm-hearted
man who does not deserve to
be called any names for simply
standing up for not only the
Universitys rights but for the
students, as well.
Does Sinks realize that ESPN
refuses to show our student
section if the Muck Fizzou
shirts are worn?
Better yet, does Sinks care
about students getting scholar-
ships that they have worked
hard to receive?
Considering he has been
quoted saying that he will still
distribute shirts that are ques-
tionable in the trademarks, it
appears he does not. You will
not fnd me in that store steal-
ing money from KU, ever.
Brittany Belford is a junior
from Leavenworth.
kansan file pHOtO
Michael Tanner, a street musi-
cian who lived in the encampment
and who later complained about
the sites destruction to the City
Commission, said the buildings
could house as many as 50 people.
One week later, after posting
24 hours notice in the preserve,
city crews destroyed the camp.
They hauled out enough building
materials, bicycles and other pos-
sessions to fill a dump truck. The
camps residents scattered.
In the week between the camps
discovery and its destruction, a
third man, John Walters, 59, was
found dead about a quarter-mile
west of the restoration preserve
beneath the Kansas River bridge.
Walters had apparently died of
natural causes, in the sense that
a 59-year-old man dying under a
bridge on a night when the tempera-
ture dipped to 27 degrees is natural.
In November, the City
Commission discussed ordinances
to further restrict both panhan-
dling downtown and overnight
camping in public areas such as
the restoration preserve, the signa-
ture behaviors of the homeless in
Lawrence.
As the Midwestern weather
turned colder, the three deaths, the
destruction of the homeless city
and the commission debate gave
Lawrences homeless something
they rarely had: visibility.
n n n
According to a 2007 survey,
Lawrence has a homeless population
of about 300, which includes at least
100 children. The point-in-time
survey is a bi-annual requirement
of the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development gathering
data through interviews conducted
in a single 24-hour period.
Privately, some put the citys
homeless population closer to 400
about half of which are families
with children.
Two weaknesses of the HUD
survey method is that it counts
only individuals who can be direct-
ly contacted
within a single
period of time,
and they must
be willing to be
interviewed.
Against the
backdrop of
Lawrences total
p o pu l a t i o n ,
currently esti-
mated at more
than 88,500 by
the U.S. Census
Bureau, the
number of homeless seems insig-
nificant.
But when measured against the
census population data for the
downtown 66044 zip code, where
most of the citys homeless con-
gregate, approximately one out of
every 100 downtowners is home-
less.
The National Coalition for the
Homeless describes the primary
cause of homelessness as a growing
shortage of affordable rental hous-
ing and a simultaneous increase in
poverty. Beyond poverty and rent,
the coalition lists four contribut-
ing causes of homelessness: lack
of affordable health care, domestic
violence, mental illness and addic-
tion disorders.
Beyond these factors are the
people themselves.
n n n
Five days a week, Catherines
day begins at 4:30 a.m. when the
shelters night monitor rises from
his desk and nudges her awake.
Later, hell do it again for others
needing wakeup calls. Some are
day laborers at construction sites.
Others do lawn maintenance or
repetitive assembly-line labor. For
Catherine, its
custodial work
at a hotel
and classes at
the University
of Kansas.
Cat heri ne,
48, unfurls her
blankets and
rises from the
vinyl on the
linoleum floor.
The goal is to
get up, get cof-
fee, get show-
ered and get out the door with-
out disturbing any of the 30 other
people sleeping in the homeless
shelter.
Because time management is
key, she already has her books with
her. At shifts end, she catches a bus
from downtown to campus, where
she lives out the other half of her
life, as a KU student enrolled in
six hours of undergraduate study.
Catherine usually spends the
remainder of the day in one of the
KU libraries before returning to
the shelter.
By eight oclock, Im just ready
to be done, Catherine says. I
study as late as I can, but then its
lights-out at 10 around here, so
thats pretty much that.
Catherine, whos been staying at
the shelter since early August, was
the proverbial American one pay-
check away from disaster. When
she lost her job in May, Catherine
ended up losing both her apart-
ment and most of her possessions
by the end of the summer. Friends
offered what they could $50
here, $50 there but with rent
at more than $500 plus utilities, it
wasnt enough.
Like anyone would, I was pretty
much scrambling, Catherine says.
Although she has two sisters
in other states and a brother in
Kansas, all of whom are aware of
her situation, no one has thus far
offered to lend a hand.
Im 48 years old. Im an adult.
Im on my own, Catherine says.
My daughter offered to help
with $100, Catherine says. Her
daughter, a teenager who lives with
Catherines ex-husband, was work-
ing the concession stand at a public
swimming pool at the time.
She said
shed give me
her paycheck
to help pay the
rent. I told her
no. I appreci-
ated it, and of
course I cried,
but I told her to
keep it.
When she
enrolled at the
University in
the middle of
her personal
housing crisis,
Catherine tried to qualify for student
housing.
But between the recently
approved four-year tuition com-
pact, an Orange Bowl victory and a
mens basketball national title, the
University got a record-breaking
fall enrollment this year at 30,102
students, including 4,438 first-time
freshmen.
Nontraditional students such as
Catherine didnt stand a chance
at getting a spot in the residence
halls.
Although she initially enrolled
in 12 credit hours, Catherine has
since dropped to six to accommo-
date her work schedule. A bache-
lors degree is part of her long-term
plan to get a better job, but the
short-term goal is to get out of the
shelter by the end of the year.
Its hard, once you get here, to
dig yourself out of it, Catherine
says. But it can be done, and I plan
on doing it.
Situations like Catherines have
become increasingly common
over the last decade, according
to the National Coalition for the
Homeless, and are likely to get
worse soon, says Michael Stoops,
acting Executive Director.
How do
I say this?
Theres a tidal
wave coming,
Stoops says.
Over 900,000
A me r i c a n s
have had their
homes fore-
closed upon.
The unem-
ployment rate
is the highest
its been in the
last 20 years.
Whenever the
economy is weak, it causes more
people to become homeless.
n n n
For Mark and Leila, life in
Lawrence is a waiting game.
Bracing against the chilly wind,
glancing up at the black clouds
about to dump a near-freezing
rain on downtown, Mark spreads
a pinch of tobacco along the length
of a rolling paper, his fingers yellow
with nicotine.
Some people choose this life-
style, Mark says, careful to shep-
herd any loose tobacco back into
a Bugler pouch in his lap. Other
people are just out here on a tem-
porary basis. Im out here on a
disability claim, and Im gonna buy
me a trailer. Im
not going to
make this the
rest of my life.
Once a well-
known carpen-
ter in Douglas
County, Mark,
51, injured his
back in 2001.
After surgery,
Mark couldnt
work and found
himself on the
streets within a
year.
Leila, 38, was once employed
as a certified nurses assistant but
left her job to care for a boyfriend
injured in a construction accident.
When the relationship turned abu-
sive, Leila says, she left him and her
only residence, joining the estimat-
ed 10,000 adults who find them-
selves homeless because of domes-
tic violence each month, according
to the National Alliance to End
Homelessness. Leila met Mark her
second day on the street.
We just clicked, Leila says.
We kind of read each others
thoughts, know what each other is
thinking all the time, pretty much.
Seemed like the perfect fit.
On Feb. 9, Mark and Leila were
married at the homeless shelter.
I wasnt lookin for nobody
when I found her, Mark says. I
been divorced for, I dont know,
ten years. Shes my fourth wife.
He loves bringing that up,
Leila says.
Five years after filing a Social
Security disability claim, Mark is
still waiting. His claim is currently
on its second appeal.
For Mark and Leila, who often
choose to camp near the river
rather than endure the crowd-
ing and noise
of the shelters
and anxiety
exacer bat ed
by post-trau-
matic stress
disorders, the
a p p r o a c h -
ing winter is
a reminder of
what theyre
missing.
Were sat-
isfied with our
camp were
happy there, Leila says. But wed
much rather have a house, you
know. A place with heat and a
refrigerator and a way to cook
food where you dont have to
worry about the rain putting your
fire out.
I could have a job right now if
I had a place to live, she contin-
ues. But I dont. Its really hard to
work as a nurses assistant when
you cant shower every day, and
youve got dirty fingernails cause
you live at a campsite they
dont like to hire people who are
dirty like that. They kind of frown
on it.
Mark, who says he has expe-
rienced his share of winters out-
doors in Lawrence, looks to the
future with a stoicism utterly lack-
ing in self-pity.
You just deal with it, you
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homeless (continued from 1A)
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Benjamin Pierce, left, and two traveling companions silently solicit donations frompassersby in downtown Lawrence in mid-October. Lawrence is a common waystation for youths hitchhiking cross-country during the warmer months of the
year. In 2005, Lawrence implemented laws intended to curb aggressive panhandling. In November, the Lawrence City Commission revisited the lawat the request of downtown business owners, who think the continuing prevalence of panhandling is
discouraging shoppers fromvisiting the area.
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men and women fromthe lawrence area gather in the basement of the First United Methodist Church on a Tuesday morning in early
November. The church is home to the Jubilee Caf, a twice-a-week programthat serves free breakfast. The caf is one of a thorough network of
feeding programs throughout the downtown area, which many of the citys homeless depend upon for their survival.
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A resident of the lawrence Community shelter takes his evening medication while the shelters night manager keeps watch over the
medications of others. Lack of adequate medical care is listed as one of the more major contributing to factors to homelessness in the United States.
When measured against
the census population data
for the downtown 66044
zip code, where most of the
citys homeless congregate,
approximately one out of every
100 downtowners is homeless.

its really hard to work as a
nurses assistant when you cant
shower every day, and youve
got dirty fngernails cause you
live at a campsite.
leila
Homeless lawrence resident
my daughter ofered to help
with $100. She said shed give
me her paycheck to help pay the
rent. ... i appreciated it, and of
course i cried, but i told her to
keep it.
CatHerine
Homeless lawrence resident
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know? Mark says. Gear up.
Nothing else to do. Once youve
been out here a little while, you
come to that realization. I mean,
thats the bottom line.
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Mike can remember the first
time he smoked crack as though it
were yesterday.
I was working at AT&T, and
Id just cashed my check, Mike
says. I went to the bank, took out
$1,000, and blew it.
Mike, 41, arrived in Lawrence
from the Kansas City area in 2007.
After 10 years of crack addiction,
it seemed like the sanest place
to go.
I was to the point in my addic-
tion where I was pawning every-
thing, Mike
says. Jewelry,
f l a t - s c r e e n,
pictures, just
anything and
everything. My
ex-wife and
I had a long
convers at i on
and decided it
would be best if
I moved out.
A veteran
of the U.S.
Army, Mike
first left Olathe
and went to a veterans shelter in
Leavenworth, but he was kicked
out when administrators caught
him using narcotics. When he
was later released from a Johnson
County detox center, staff mem-
bers recommended a pair of mens
halfway houses in Lawrence.
Kansas City was out of the ques-
tion, because Mike still had too
many viable drug connections
there.
I guess I thought that if I got
away from Kansas City, Id have a
better chance, Mike says. Which
fooled me.
With the suggested recovery
centers full, Mike began staying
at the Salvation Army Emergency
Shelter. Mike says he prefers it to
the community shelter, primarily
because it maintains a zero-tol-
erance stance toward inebriation
and even administers Breathalyzer
tests to individuals wanting to stay
in the facility.
But a short time after his arriv-
al, Mike, who owns a car, gave a
ride to two individuals also stay-
ing in the shelter, who offered him
crack.
That led to smoking crack,
and it just escalated from there,
he says.
During the course of a year,
Mike gradually identified his
Achilles heel: money.
I dont have a problem until
I get money in my pocket, Mike
says. Right now, you could prob-
ably offer me crack, and I could
probably tell you no. But money
has always been a trigger for me
to go use.
Which puts Mike in a delicate
situation. If the key to escaping
homelessness is a job and steady
income, and money means a
return to drug abuse for Mike,
what is the long-term solution?
The short-term solution,
apparently, is total garnishment.
Currently, Mike works for the
Salvation Army, helping to coor-
dinate the local holiday bell-ring-
ing charity campaign, processing
applications and driving ringers
to their stops.
He says hes reached an agree-
ment with two of the shelter cap-
tains to withhold his paychecks
from him for the time being.
Its what I wanted, not what
they wanted, Mike says, noting
that hes not too comfortable with
the prospect of a looming payday.
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Captain Wesley Dalberg, the
Salvation Army Corps Officer in
charge of Lawrences shelter, isnt
particularly surprised that Mike
and other homeless individuals
eventually make their way here.
At some point, Lawrence defi-
nitely put out the welcome mat for
homeless people, theres no doubt
about that, Dalberg says. I dont
say that as a negative, but if you
build it, they will come.
Brad Cook, a social worker at
Bert Nash Community Mental
Health Center and member of the
citys Homeless Outreach team,
says the conventional wisdom of
the homeless seeking out Lawrence
of their own accord may be miss-
ing an ongoing trend.
The argument is always that
theres an ongoing increase in the
homeless population because we
have such great services, that its
a problem that were offering ser-
vices here, Cook says. I dont
believe thats the case. I believe
what is happening is that other
cities are dumping their clients
on us.
Cook cites clients he is cur-
rently treating who were sent
directly by institutions such as
the Osawatomie State Hospital,
the Topeka Rescue Mission, and
authorities in Johnson County,
where homelessness has been
effectively outlawed.
Soon, those other cities will
have one fewer Lawrence shelter
to rely on. The local Salvation
Army has announced it will cease
providing an emergency shelter
to homeless people including
families with
children
sometime in
2009 to focus
on transitional
housing for
families trying
to progress to
a more stable
arrangement.
Their shift
from emer-
gency shelter
to transi-
tional hous-
ing service is
in keeping with the position of
the Community Commission on
Homelessness. They say Lawrence
would be better served by a larger
version of the community shelter
providing all emergency shelter
services for the city, freeing the
Salvation Army and other provid-
ers to focus on other aspects of
housing.
Its really not possible for any
one entity or agency to serve all
the needs of all the people in any
shelter, Dalberg says. Youll find
that although they do have some
similarities, each individual has
individual needs they have
baggage they carry with them,
and Im not talking about a suit-
case.
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Dan glances over his shoulder
for cops before slipping between
the large aluminum doors that
conceal three large dumpsters
behind a downtown bookstore.
You would not believe some of
the great shit I find out here some-
times, Dan says, leaning over the
edge of one of the dumpsters,
rifling through the discarded
magazines on top of the pile.
Three days a week, when the
store dumps magazines that have
failed to sell, Dan sifts through the
dumpsters in search of software
magazines. The employees tear off
the cover, presumably so that no
one tries to later resell them, but
Dan isnt interested in that he
just wants the CD-ROMs often
packaged with the magazines.
Lots of times, theyll have a
complete version of Linux, which
is a big find for me, Dan says. He
trades the disks among a small
network of local computer enthu-
siasts for other discards, eventu-
ally trading up to something he
actually wants, like a USB wire-
less Internet device for the five-
year-old Apple laptop he recently
acquired.
But Dan strikes out today. No
software. Just a bunch of desecrat-
ed fashion magazines that are of
no use to anyone now, if they ever
were. Not even a sandwich.
Sometimes youll find wrapped
up sandwiches, perfectly good,
Dan says. The gourmet kind.
Dans days are filled with such
routines. Not dumpster diving, per
se but a series of tasks designed
to occupy his time. The shelter,
the free clothing store, the church
lunch. They dont necessarily lead
anywhere they are intentionally
ends unto themselves.
Two or three times a day, I go
over to the community center
its a free gym, Dan says. I go in
and ride the elliptical at least twice
a day. Thats a cure for the blues
right there. If I start feeling blue,
Ill go jump on the elliptical and
just ride the hell out of it.
Between visits to the gym, Dan
spends time in the public library,
surfing the Web.
I was a big reader until 1998,
when I discovered the Internet,
Dan says. Now all I read is the
CNN Web page. And I listen to
a lot of talk radio. Everything I
learned about politics, I learned by
listening to talk radio.
At 47, Dan finds himself mid-
way through what is best described
as a homeless career. He says he
began traveling the country, living
off what public resources he could
find, when he was 19.
Ive been to 45 other states,
and lots of
towns in each
state, Dan
says. I dont
travel so much
a n y m o r e .
Im turning
into a home-
body, prob-
ably because of
age.
Dan cant
explain why hes avoided settling
down with a job or a home.
I wonder myself sometimes,
he says. I attribute it to weak-
ness of character or bad character
keeps me from doing the right
thing. I dont like it, I just cant
do the other thing: get a job and
keep it. Ive tried it lots of times,
too.
Dan is the contradictory mix
of motivation and disinterest that
infuriates critics of the homeless.
Hes active, cogent and sober but
has no interest in work, in the tra-
ditional sense, and though he chas-
tises himself for his self-serving
ethics, he doesnt mind exploiting
available resources.
Trouble is, I agree with almost
everything they say, Dan says of
right-wing talk radio hosts. He
says he thinks places such as the
Lawrence Community Shelter
should be shut down. It would
force me to do something else. My
hearts on the right, but I use the
left. Thats the way it is. I abso-
lutely know its wrong, that theyre
enabling us.
Ive become numb to the
shame, he continues. I remember
when I first got started at this, back
in my 20s, I was more ashamed of
it than I am now. Thats why I like
being out on the road theres
no shame
i n v o l v e d .
Nobody knows
me, and theyre
never gonna
see me again.
Dans politi-
cal views lean
to the right,
but he has no
problem with
L a w r e n c e s
reputation as a liberal, homeless-
friendly city.
People are civil, Dan says.
Free clothes, no way to go hungry.
Crimes low, cops are nice. Some
place like Tulsa or Oklahoma City,
the cops will really beat the shit
out of you.
How Lawrence treats its home-
less is actually a topic of some
debate. The moment Dan says
how gracious Lawrence Police are
to the homeless, Fern, a middle-
aged woman who frequents the
local homeless facilities, says, I
never knew how rough Lawrence
was on the homeless until I read it
in the paper.
Fern is likely referring to a 2006
Associated Press article, syndicat-
ed in papers across the country, in
which the National Coalition for
the Homeless described Lawrence
as the second-meanest city to
homeless in the country.
The criteria for this honor was
primarily based on city ordinanc-
es such as those banning over-
night camping in public spaces
and aggressive panhandling.
Though Sarasota, Fla., was No.
1, its worth noting that Lawrence
topped such notable mean com-
petitors as Atlanta, Chicago and
New York City.
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Is it legal, Michael Tanner
asked, for me, or any other home-
less person, to protect myself from
freezing to death?
When Tanner posed this
question to the Lawrence City
Commission in November, the
mayors chair must have been
among the most uncomfortable in
the room.
Tanner, who claimed respon-
sibility for the buildup of the
homeless encampment near the
river, was not asking a hypotheti-
cal question. He said he built the
campsite as a buttress against the
coming cold winter, and now it
was gone.
Mayor Mike Dever was at a
loss for words. Although news
of the Parks and Recreation
Departments dismantling the site
was common knowledge by this
time, Dever was only then coming
to the realization that the city had
acted on a standing order from the
commission he now led as mayor.
I dont consider what we did
to be wrong by the law, but I ques-
tion the action just a little bit,
Dever says. Not that Im not sup-
portive of staff, but me, personally,
I question it. I didnt realize the
extent of what occurred, and I feel
like the timing was poor.
I feel for Michael, Dever says
about Tanner. And I understand
that this was an outrage for him.
For Brad Cook, the social
worker at Bert Nash, the mental-
ity behind destroying the campsite
is emblematic of the frustration
many people working within the
social welfare system feel.
You always hear people criti-
cizing the homeless, saying you
have to pick up your bootstraps,
and do this, do that, Cook says.
So you have a group of people
here who are living by their own
means, taking care of themselves
everything everyone whos crit-
ical of them wants them to do, and
in the ultimate act of hypocrisy,
they go in and destroy it.
Despite the destruction of the
homeless encampment near the
river, Mayor Dever says its impor-
tant for the city to embrace the
homeless population as part of the
community.
Theres an age-old adage that
says you can judge a community
by how it treats the least among
them, Dever says.
Dever says hes not swayed
by the argument that improving
Lawrences homeless services will
exacerbate the situation by attract-
ing more homeless.
I think theres a simple concept
of doing whats in the best inter-
est of the community, Dever says.
You cant put in a larger shelter
without also putting in place plans
to move people from homelessness
to a viable society where theyre
productive and able to provide for
their families and themselves. I
think as part of a comprehensive
program, we cant just focus on the
shelters. We have to focus on the
programs to move people out of
homelessness.
Edited by Tara Smith
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
A homeless man watches Lawrence frefghters and police behind the Lawrence Community Shelter in mid-November. Two of the shelters residents, who had acquired the keys to a vehicle, had
driven it into the side of a nearby building, damaging a natural gas meter. Lawrence police enjoy a reputation among many of Lawrences homeless as being evenhanded in their dealings with the poor.
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Homeless men settle in for the night in the Lawrence Community Shelter, the facilitys television remaining on for a fewminutes after the lights-out call at 10 p.m. Though a 2007 Housing and
Urban Development survey put the citys homeless population at more than 300 including more than 100 children outreach workers say the number is closer to 400.
Right now, you could probably
ofer me some crack, and I could
probably tell you no. But money
has always been a trigger for me
to go use.
mike
Homeless Lawrence resident
Is it legal for me, or any other
homeless person, to protect
myself from freezing to death?
micHaeL tanner
Homeless Lawrence resident
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA
smiyakawa@kansan.com
Piles of colorful leaves filled
the floor of Shannon Sullivans loft
apartment.
Turquoise, white, orange and
red Sullivan painted hundreds
of natural leaves with a variety of
colors, excited to see how people
on campus would react to her
artwork.
Sullivan, Ottawa senior,
spread 15 large bags of painted
leaves in front of the buildings
on Jayhawk Boulevard early this
morning to present her public
art project.
The beauty of the piece is
unpredictable, she said. People
might not think of it as art, but I
want to shock and intrigue peo-
ple.
Sullivan said her project was
inspired by the leaflets and flyers
that student groups distributed
on campus.
Instead of overloading students
with information, Sullivan said,
she wanted to create colorful art-
work that could cheer up students
who were stressed with exams and
papers.
I want to create a moment
which makes people smile and
wonder, she said.
The artwork is the final assign-
ment of her public art class, taught
by John Hachmeister, associate
professor of art. Hachmeister said
the course covered various public
art issues, from legal to struc-
tural to safety issues. For the final
assignment, students used their
knowledge of public art to create
their own pieces.
Hachmeister said public art
could be found anywhere, from
murals in municipal buildings to
sculptures in parks. He said it was
important for students to learn to
create art that could appeal to a
larger audience and to be knowl-
edgeable about public art.
I told students that artists
always have to be flexible, he
said.
Sullivan collected the leaves
from the Public Works Department
in Lawrence, which had collected
the leaves from around town.
She painted each leaf with bio-
degradable paint, using a profes-
sional painting sprayer. She said
the challenge of the project was to
figure out how to paint the mas-
sive piles of leaves efficiently, and
a traditional paintbrush was not
her solution.
I dont think I used anything
that is for artists, she said.
Robert Knapp, Houston senior
and Sullivans boyfriend, helped
Sullivan collect the leaves and
place them this morning.
Ive been here for four years,
and the final week is one of the
most tough times for many KU
students, he said. What shes
doing can brighten up everyone
on campus.
Edited by Brenna Hawley
NEWS 8A Wednesday, december 10, 2008
Painted leaves decorate
lawns on Jayhawk Blvd.
art
Jessica Sain-Baird/KANSAN
Shannon Sullivan has been painting leaves in her attic in preparation for a public art
display on campus today. The leaves, which she painted with a milk-based paint that is
environmentally friendly, took two weeks to completely dry. She described the leaves, which
are painted with bold colors, as striking.
politics
Illinois Gov. arrested Tuesday
Democrat allegedly tried to sell Obamas Senate seat
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO Illinois Gov. Rod
Blagojevich was roused from bed
and arrested Tuesday after pros-
ecutors said he was caught on wire-
taps audaciously scheming to sell
Barack Obamas vacant Senate seat
for cash or a plum job for himself
in the new administration.
Ive got this thing and its
(expletive) golden, the 51-year-
old Democrat said of his authority
to appoint Obamas replacement,
and Im just not giving it up for
(expletive) nothing. Im not gonna
do it.
Prosecutors did not accuse
Obama himself of any wrongdoing
or even knowing about the matter.
The president-elect said, I had no
contact with the governor or his
office, and so I was not aware of
what was happening.
FBI agents arrested the gover-
nor before daybreak at his Chicago
home and took him away while
his family was still asleep, saying
the wiretaps convinced them that
Blagojevichs political corruption
crime spree had to be stopped
before it was too late.
The Senate seat, as recently as
days ago, seemed to be on the
verge of being auctioned off, U.S.
Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said.
The conduct would make Lincoln
roll over in his grave.
Federal investigators bugged the
governors campaign offices and
tapped his home phone, capturing
conversations laced with profanity
and tough-guy talk from the gov-
ernor. Chicago FBI chief Robert
Grant said even seasoned investi-
gators were stunned by what they
heard, particularly since the gov-
ernor had known for at least three
years he was under investigation
for alleged hiring fraud and clearly
realized agents might be listening.
The FBI said in court papers
that the governor was overheard
conspiring to sell the Senate seat
for campaign cash or lucrative jobs
for himself or his wife, Patti, a real
estate agent.
He spoke of using the Senate
appointment to land a job with a
nonprofit foundation or a union-
affiliated group, and even held
out hope of getting appointed
as Obamas secretary of health
and human services or an ambas-
sador.
According to court papers, the
governor tried to make it known
through emissaries, including
union officials and fundraisers,
that the seat could be had for the
right price. Blagojevich allegedly
had a salary in mind $250,000 to
$300,00 a year and also spoke of
collecting half-million and million-
dollar political contributions.
The governors spokesman
had no immediate comment on
the charges, but the governor has
repeatedly denied any wrongdo-
ing. As recently as Monday, he told
reporters: I dont care whether
you tape me privately or publicly.
I can tell you that whatever I say is
always lawful.
The charges do not identify by
name any of the political figures
under consideration for the Senate
seat, referring to them only as
Candidate 1, Candidate 2, and
so on. However, those being con-
sidered for the post include: Obama
confidante Valerie Jarrett, Reps.
Jesse Jackson Jr., Danny Davis, Jan
Schakowsky and Luis Gutierrez;
Illinois Senate President Emil
Jones; and Illinois Department of
Veterans Affairs Director Tammy
Duckworth.
Fitzgerald did not address
whether any of the potential Senate
candidates crossed the line them-
selves and could face charges. And
it was unclear from court papers
whether the governor or his aides
spoke directly to the candidates.
Blagojevich was charged with
two counts: conspiracy to com-
mit fraud, which carries a maxi-
mum penalty of 20 years in prison,
and solicitation to commit bribery,
which is punishable by up 10 years.
He was released on his own recog-
nizance.
Blagojevich, a former congress-
man, state lawmaker and prosecu-
tor, also was charged with illegally
threatening to withhold state assis-
tance to Tribune Co., owner of the
Chicago Tribune, in an attempt
to strong-arm the newspaper into
firing editorial writers who had
criticized him.
In addition, the governor was
accused of engaging in pay-to-play
politics that is, doling out jobs,
contracts and appointments in
return for campaign contributions.
Court papers portray Blagojevich
as a greedy, vindictive politician
who couldnt wait to find ways
to cash in on the Senate appoint-
ment. The charges also paint a
picture of breathtaking arrogance
and perhaps cluelessness, with the
governor contemplating a Cabinet
position or even a run for the
White House despite an abysmal
13 percent approval rating and a
reputation as one of the most cor-
rupt governors in the nation.
Blagojevich becomes the latest
in a long line of Illinois governors
to become engulfed in scandal. He
was elected in 2002 as a reformer
promising to clean up after Gov.
George Ryan, who is serving six
years in prison for graft.
The scandal leaves the Senate
seat in limbo. Illinois legislative
leaders said they were preparing to
quickly schedule a special election
to fill Obamas seat rather than let
Blagojevich pick someone.
ODD nEWS
NYC man has spent $7,500
fghting 06 parking ticket
NEW YORK A retired New
York City man said hed spent
$7,500 fghting a $115 parking
ticket because he had nothing
else to do.
Former electrical hardware
frm vice president Simon Belsky
said he was erroneously ticketed
two years ago. The 63-year-old
said the ticket cites his van for
blocking a Brooklyn fre hydrant
even though the only hydrant on
the street was down the block.
The November 2006 fne had
ballooned from $115 to about
$200 with penalties.
Belsky was in court last week
and is due back Feb. 2. He said if
he won hed fle a civil suit against
the city to recover the $7,500 hed
spent on legal work.
Associated Press
Dance contest
starts at Midnight
Open til 4 a.m.
Located 4 miles
east of Mass. St.
SportS
The universiTy daily kansan www.kansan.com wednesday, december 10, 2008 page 1b
BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
Immediately after Kansas convincing
76-55 victory against Iowa on Nov. 18, a text
awaited junior guard LaChelda Jacobs.
Im so proud of you because I know thats
how you can play every day.
It was a simple message, one that Jacobs
likely could have received from any friend or
family member. That it came from assistant
coach Karen Lange, though, gave the words
extra meaning.
Jacobs and Lange share one of the most
interesting and important player-coach rela-
tionships in college basketball the raw
point guard and the mentor in charge of
sharpening those skills.
She demands a lot from me, Jacobs said,
because she knows I have it in me.
Never was that more apparent than with
Jacobs performance against Iowa. Facing a
team that tied for first place in the Big Ten
last season, Jacobs turned in her most com-
plete game of the young season. She scored
a team-high 18 points, distributed six assists
and, most importantly, committed just one
turnover.
Two games later, though, Jacobs commit-
ted a season-high eight turnovers against
a New Orleans team that lost by 30 to
Oklahoma State earlier in the season.
More than anything, those two games
reveal the areas in which Jacobs still needs
the most improvement: turnovers and con-
sistency. The Iowa game, Lange said, should
be the starting point, not a peak.
When LaCheldas on and when shes hav-
ing that energy, she passes it on to everyone
else, Lange said. We talk to her all the time
about it. You can really dictate our defensive
intensity by what you bring and how you
Early on, Karen Lange made her statistical expectations clear to junior guard
LaChelda Jacobs.
I told her I think you can average 10 points, fve or six assists, two turnovers,
four defensive rebounds and two steals, Lange said. I think thats achievable
for her every game.
So far, Jacobs has been close to matching those numbers through six games.
Team Points Rebounds Assists Turnovers Steals
Sacred Heart 10 4 5 5 4
Iowa 18 3 6 1 3
St. Louis 10 5 5 4 1
New Orleans 9 8 7 8 1
San Jose State 6 5 5 2 0
Marquette 5 3 7 5 0
Season 9.7 4.7 5.8 4.2 1.5
season stats
LaChelda
Jacobs
drives to the
basket against
a defender in
Kansas Nov. 14
game against
Sacred Heart.
The Jayhawks
won 106-64 and
Jacobs scored
10 points on the
night, adding
fve assists and
four rebounds.
Jacobs best
game of the
season came
against Iowa,
when she
scored 18 points
and added six
assists as the
Jawhawks beat
the Hawkeyes
76-55. Kansas
faces Western
Illinois at 7 p.m.
tonight at Allen
Fieldhouse.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Consistency is key for junior point guard Jacobs
Jacobs adjusts to responsibility as team leader early in season
womenS bASkeTbAll
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
Keith Loneker was riding high.
The former Kansas offensive tackle
was having the best training camp of his
three-year NFL career. He was outplaying
veterans and looked set to win a starting
spot on the offensive line with the Atlanta
Falcons.
I felt like it was the best football I had
played, Loneker said. The other linemen
thought I was going to get the starting spot.
They felt like I was going to be the guy.
But as final cuts approached in August,
Loneker was stopped during a workout
and told that assistant coach Rich Brooks
needed to see him.
Brooks, the teams defensive coordinator,
called Loneker into his office on that day
in 1997 to inform the former All-Big Eight
tackle that it was over. He had been cut.
The 6-foot-3, 330-pound Loneker saw
Brooks lips moving, but he didnt hear a
word he said.
I wasnt trying to hear any of it,
Loneker said.
Loneker, the guy with the outgoing
personality that everyone loved, had been
released for the second time in as many
training camps. He was without a job and
a way to support his wife, Kelly, and their
two young children.
He headed back to his hotel and packed
his bags to return home to Lawrence. His
NFL career appeared over, and he hadnt
graduated from Kansas and didnt have a
second job to fall back on. Loneker was
in trouble.
A ringing telephone interrupted his
worried thoughts.
nnn
Loneker crouched down into his right
tackle position, threw a solid block on a
Missouri defensive end, and watched as
Tony Sands ran by for a 15-yard gain.
The next play was called another
run. Loneker and right guard John Jones
approached the line.
Lonny, where do you think the ball is
coming this time? Jones said.
I think its coming here, Loneker
answered, an air of cockiness in his voice.
Sands rushed for a then-NCAA record
396 yards on 58 carries against the Tigers
that day in 1991. The record remains a KU
mark that probably wont be touched for
some time. As Loneker reflects on his four
years at Kansas, nothing stands out more
than the dominating performance by both
Sands and the offensive line.
It was Tonys senior year, it was Mizzou,
it was his last game he was real emo-
tional, Loneker said. He was just ready to
play that day. He turned a lot of two-yard
runs into 10- and 15-yard runs.
By his senior year in 1992, Loneker was
named first team All-Big Eight and was
ranked in Mel Kiper Jr.s top 100 players
entering the 1993 NFL Draft. It looked as
though Loneker was a cant-miss prospect
with a big and lucrative future ahead of
him in the game he loved.
But then things changed. At the scout-
ing combine, teams found out about a
hip surgery Loneker had when he was in
eighth grade. Scouts were afraid he would
sign and say he was too injured to play and
just collect the signing bonus.
He had shown no signs of lingering
problems and was one of the top linemen
in the country, but that didnt matter. He
went undrafted.
We kept telling them and telling them
that I was fine, Loneker said. But it is
what it is.
big ScReen
former lineman hits hollywood
PHOTO COURTESY OF KANSAS ATHLETICS
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Keith Loneker, left, plays the role of Clarence Darlington in the movie, Lakeview
Terrace,as Samuel L. Jackson, the movies star, looks on. Loneker, a former Kansas football player, has been in
six movies includingSuperbadandLeatherheadsand has worked with stars such as Jackson and George
Clooney.
sports 2B wednesday, december 10, 2008
quote of the day
trivia of the day
fact of the day
Keith Loneker isnt the only
former Jayhawk athlete to
play small roles in flms. Greg
Ostertag had a part in Eddie,
and Rex Walters played a role in
Blue Chips.
T
he snow fell Tuesday after-
noon and it felt like the
holidays. The holidays, of
course, are about a lot of things.
Theyre about family and food and
snow and the 24-hour marathon
of A Christmas Story on TNT.
But for me, the holidays have
always been about sports. The
holidays mean NBA thrillers on
Christmas and bowl games on
New Years Day. The holidays mean
NFL playoffs, afternoon games at
Allen Fieldhouse and high school
basketball in loud, claustrophobic
gyms. Yep, besides March or maybe
October, the holidays might just be
the best sports time of the year.
But for me, the best holiday
sports moments never occurred on
television, inside Allen Fieldhouse,
or even in a high school gym. The
memories were always formed in
my front yard. And with that, as we
close out 2008, heres The Morning
Brews top three ways to make your
holiday sports moments memorable.
1. Backyard Snow Football
Its a classic American tradition.
You choose up sides, throw on a
puffy winter coat and roll around
in the snow. The only thing better
than the football is the hot choco-
late afterwards.
2. Brett Favre Football
Brilliant reader Ryan McIntosh
gets credit for this new twist on
the old backyard family football
game. Seen the Brett Favre com-
mercial for Wranglers jeans? Its
the one with Favre and a group of
friends playing two-hand touch
football in the middle of some
empty field. You can probably see
where this is going.
Brett Favre football is pretty
simple. You grab a bunch of
friends, put on a pair of jeans
preferably Wranglers drive to a
city park preferably in a truck
and play. Just remember: You
cant wear coats and you always go
deep on third down.
3. Community Fitness Center
Basketball
Pickup basketball is an old sta-
ple and hardly unique. But theres
always something special about
being back at home, venturing out
into the cold with a group of old
friends, and ending up at some
random fitness club with a bunch
of locals running five-on-five.
Theres always some old crafty
lefty named Bones who can stick
the three. Theres always some old
man wearing a heandband, tank
top and knee braces who grabs
every rebound and loose ball. And
the goals always seem to be a little
shorter than 10 feet.
InsIght Bowl hIstory
So Kansas is already a heavy
favorite against Minnesota in
the Insight Bowl. No surprise
there. But do you remember this?
Minnesota has some bad history
in Tempe, Ariz. Two years ago, at
the 2006 Insight Bowl, Minnesota
pulled off one of the greatest
chokes in sports history. Seriously.
It was bad. The Golden Gophers
led Texas Tech 38-7 with 7:47 left
in the third quarter. But somehow,
against all conceivable odds, Texas
Tech rallied to score 31 consecu-
tive points. The game went into
overtime and Texas Tech won
44-41. It was the biggest comeback
in bowl history. And of course, the
coach of that Minnesota team was
former Kansas coach Glen Mason.
wednesday youtuBe
sesh
Mario Chalmers continues to
impress for the Miami Heat, and
on Tuesday,
Chalmers
finished the
most spec-
tacular dunk
of his young
career against
the Charlotte
Bobcats. To
see, type
Mario Chalmers dunks against
the Bobcats into your YouTube
search. Enjoy.
Edited by Andy Greenhaw
By rustin dodd
rdodd@kansan.com
Chalmers
Q: Which sports movie did
Robert DeNiro win a Best Actor
Oscar for?
a: Running Bull
Its like a division sign... I just
wish you would take those of.
Evan in Superbad, a movie in which
Keith Loneker played a small role.
Source: IMDB.com
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By douG FErGuson
AssoCiAtEd PrEss
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
Michelle Wie has a clean slate for a
future that remains muddled.
Considering all she has gone
through, theres simply no telling
what will happen next.
When she won the U.S. Womens
Amateur Public Links at 13, it
would have been hard to imagine
her going six years without another
trophy to call her own. And when
she had a share of the lead on
the back nine of three majors her
first year as a pro, who could have
guessed she would be fighting for
her future at Q-school just two
years later?
Then again, with an average
score last year of 76.7 no rounds
in the 60s, only two better than
par what would have been the
odds that she could even survive
Q-school to earn LPGA Tour
membership?
I have a clean slate, she said. I
took the long way to get here, but I
feel really good about it.
But as much as Wie wants to
move forward, it will be difficult
for her to escape expectations cre-
ated by her past.
There remains a fascination
about the 19-year-old from Hawaii
that even the LPGA Tour brass
finally recognized. Tour officials
erected a tiny grandstand behind
the 18th green for the final stage of
Q-school, and a crowd close to 500
that surrounded the green Sunday
when Wie finished was about 475
more than who usually watches
this event.
Swing coach David Leadbetter
was asked if the LPGA Tour need-
ed Wie as much as she needed
the tour, and he found his answer
walking up the final hole with a
couple of hundred fans who had
gone the distance.
Look around, he said.
The question is whether that
fascination continues now that
Wie looks more like everyone
else.
Q-school winner Stacy Lewis,
the former NCAA champion from
Arkansas who went 5-0 in the
Curtis Cup this summer in her last
amateur event, was the latest who
couldnt figure out from a players
perspective why Wie received so
much attention.
Such thinking used to be naive.
No other teenage girl came
within three matches of qualifying
for the Masters and nine holes of
qualifying for the mens U.S. Open.
No other female showed enough
potential to bring in $15 million
in endorsements during her junior
year in high school.
But now its a fair question.
For one thing, Wie no longer
has youth on her side.
One of the more memorable
lines that helped create the mys-
tique of Wie came from Tim
Herron, who played with her in a
junior pro-am at the Sony Open.
Coming off the 18th green, Herron
acted indignant when a magazine
reporter asked him about Wie.
Nothing about me? Herron
said. You dont want to know
about my eagle? No Happy New
Year, good to see you, how are you
playing? All you want to know is
how far some 12-year-old girl is
blowing it by me?
She famously qualified for an
LPGA event in seventh grade,
played in the final group of an
LPGA major at 13. More impres-
sive than her score at the Sony
Open a 68, the lowest by any
female competing against men
was her age. She was 14.
But even if Wie were to win a
major this year, that would only
make her the third-youngest LPGA
major champion behind Morgan
Pressel (18 at the Kraft Nabisco)
and Yani Tseng (19 at the LPGA
Championship).
Also gone is the power that once
caused PGA Tour players to stop
what they were doing on the range
to watch her.
Wie remains a big hitter, but
Lewis kept up with her on occa-
sion, and others (Sophie Gustafson,
Brittany Lincicome) have shown to
be just as long if not longer.
Wie faces uncertain future after entering LPGA
lpga
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Man convicted by jury for
shooting at detective
KANSAS CITY, Kan. Jurors
have convicted a man of at-
tempted murder, robbery and
other counts in the shooting of
a detective who was guarding
a Kansas Speedway vault just
hours after a Nextel Cup race
ended.
The Kansas City Star is
reporting that Fredrick Douglas
was convicted Tuesday of
attempted capital murder, ag-
gravated robbery, aggravated
burglary and attempted aggra-
vated robbery. The 68-year-old
Kansas City man was acquit-
ted on an aggravated battery
charge.
Defense attorney Debera Er-
ickson conceded that Douglas
was at the scene of the Oct. 1,
2006, shooting of Kansas City,
Kan., Detective Susan Brown.
But Erickson argued that there
was no evidence that Douglas
and co-defendant Nolden Gar-
ner went to the speedway with
the intent to kill Brown.
Sentencing is scheduled for
Feb. 6.
Garner goes on trial in Janu-
ary.
Associated Press
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Kansas coach Bill Self figures his
players arent looking forward to
the next 10 days.
The Jayhawks play only one
game, Saturday afternoon against
Massachusetts at the Sprint Center
in Kansas City, Mo., which means
they will practice plenty. Self loves
it but thinks his players loathe it
he said theyd rather play four
games as they did in the past nine
days.
Apparently, Self hasnt asked
freshman guard Tyshawn Taylor
for his thoughts on the subject.
Taylor said he was excited for the
opportunity to improve through
practice and hoped his teammates
felt the same way.
If they dont think so then I
dont know about them, Taylor
said. I know I have some things to
get better at. I know everybody has
some things to work on.
They will work on everything.
Self will use the time to add new
offensive sets and polish existing
ones.
Rebounding might also be a
focus, as Kansas out-rebounded
Jackson State by only one board in
its last game.
Dont forget about defense,
either. With Self, theres always
room to improve defensively. The
players are expecting the practices
to carry that theme.
I know theyre going to be
defensive-oriented, sophomore
guard Tyrel Reed said.
Reed said he would spend time
grabbing rebounds under the bas-
ket.
No guard on the Kansas roster is
averaging more than two and a half
rebounds per game. Reed thinks
the guards need to help more on
the boards.
Taylor wants to keep easing
into his role as a point guard. He
recorded a career-high 11 assists
against Jackson State. But Taylors
first instinct is to score. Practice
can help him become a more natu-
ral passer.
Freshman forward Marcus
Morris said he was still adjusting
to a new position.
He played small forward in
high school but has started five
of Kansas eight games at power
forward. Hes not used to posting
up and continues to learn new
techniques during practice from
assistant coach Danny Manning.
He was a great post player
we all know that, Morris said. So
whatever he tells me to do, Ill do.
Perhaps all the Jayhawks like
practicing more than Self expected.
Sophomore center Cole Aldrich
said it provided a different sort of
satisfaction.
I enjoy both, Aldrich said. Its
always fun to get out there and play
in front of the crowd, but its tiring
at the same time. Its nice to get in
there and practice and work on the
things we need to get better at.
Edited by Mary Sorrick
sports 3b wednesday, december 10, 2008
start the game.
Theres a lot of this game that
isnt a skill part that shes really start-
ing to understand and embrace.
In her first two seasons, Jacobs
started a combined eight games
while splitting time between point
and shooting guard as a reserve.
This season, it appeared all but
certain that incoming freshman
Angel Goodrich would take over the
starting point guard position, forcing
Jacobs to remain on the bench. Still,
Lange continued to push: If you can
do this, this and this and if you can
get better in these areas, you can be
really good.
When Goodrichs debut season
ended before it began with an ACL
injury, Jacobs was ready.
LaCheldas a pretty confident
player, Lange said, and I love that
about her. I dont think that she
ever doubted what she was capable
of doing, whether we had Angel or
not.
For her part, Jacobs understands
the importance of getting past a mis-
cue.
The game is so fast, she said.
When you make a mistake, you just
have to pick it back up and make a
good play the next time.
Indeed, turnovers have been a
major focal
point for the
J a y h a w k s .
During prac-
tices, Kansas
coaches track
turnovers while
players partici-
pating in a drill.
And when a
Jayhawk doesnt
finish a practice
with more assists
than turnovers, she must spend extra
time dribbling or passing.
So it might be that in a two-
and-a-half hour practice, they may
really only be live for about 20 min-
utes, Lange said. Well, in those 20
minutes you might turn it over 12
times. If youre playing 20 minutes
in a game, 12 turnovers really isnt
very good.
Although no player committed
12 turnovers in Sundays 67-57 loss
at Marquette, Kansas committed a
similarly unfathomable 28 turnovers
as a team. And, as players and coach
Bonnie Henrickson said blatantly
after the game, those miscues cost
the Jayhawks a
win.
In that
game, Jacobs
had a team-
high seven
assists, but the
5-foot-10 guard
tied another
team-high with
five turnovers.
Solid play from
the point guard
position is vital if Kansas wants to
reach its postseason goal of mak-
ing the NCAA Tournament. And its
something Jacobs and Lange con-
tinually talk about.
Really, you need to understand
that every little thing you do mat-
ters, Lange said. Youre the point,
youre the key for what we do. You
cant win in this league without a
good point guard. You just cant.

Edited by Mary Sorrick
jacobs (continued from 1b)
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senior center Matt Kleinmann battles for a rebound during Saturdays game against Jackson
State. Coach Bill Self said Kleinmann got the start because none of the other big men had
practiced hard enough. The teamwill have plenty of time to work on howit practices because its
next game isnt until Saturday, when the Jayhawks play Massachusetts in Kansas City.
mens basketball
Focus shifts to practice time
Hawks hope to capitalize on downtime after busy week
kansas vs western illinois, 7 p.m.
about Western
IllInoIs:
Simply put, the Westerwinds
arent a very good basketball
team. They enter the game 2-6,
including a 67-38 trouncing by
IUPUI (5-3) on Saturday. And
against IUPUI, Western Illinois
made just one of 16 shots in
the frst half.
key stat:
In a 67-57 loss at Marquette
on Sunday, Kansas four post
players combined for 11 of the
teams 28 turnovers. The Jay-
hawks can live with occasional
mistakes from the guards, but
theyll struggle down the road
if their interior players con-
tinue to give up the ball.
outlook:
After Western Illinois, Kan-
sas plays three road games,
including a tough UCLA team
on Dec. 21. The Jayhawks need
to put the Westerwinds away
early and easily heading
into their road trip.
notes:
boogaard still out, no
timetable set for return
Sophomore center Krysten
Boogaard will not play against
Western Illinois because of
a stress reaction in her leg,
coach Bonnie Henrickson said
yesterday. Boogaard, who
averaged eight points and
four rebounds, has missed four
games with the injury.
Henrickson said
boogaard would not play
until she was pain free.
And I havent been given how
many days she needs to be
pain free before she can play,
Henrickson said.
Feickert sees more play-
ing time
In Kansas frst four games,
junior Rebecca Feickert played
a total of three minutes. But
without sophomore center
Krysten Boogaard and with in-
consistent post play, Feickerts
playing time has spiked.
In the last two games, Feickert
has played 32 minutes, scored
11 points and grabbed six
rebounds. Coach Bonnie
Henrickson said she expected
Feickert to continue seeing
minutes in the absence of
Boogaard.
In our last two games, shes
been our best post player,
Henrickson said. Its about kids
who produce. Shes been given
an opportunity and done a
great job.
Jayson Jenks
the game is so fast. When you
make a mistake, you just have to
pick it back up and make a good
play the next time.
LACHeLDA JACoBS
Junior guard
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Cubs unafected by bankruptcy
Tribune Co.s Chapter 11 filing wont extend to team
BY VINNEE TONG
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK By keeping
the storied Chicago Cubs base-
ball team and Wrigley Field out
of its bankruptcy filing, Tribune
Co. gains the freedom to run the
team without having to constantly
consult with a judge and to
continue soliciting bids for the
Cubs and the stadium that could
net $1 billion.
A sale outside of the bank-
ruptcy process could help Tribune
reap a higher
price for the
Cubs and
i v y - wa l l e d
Wrigley, ana-
lysts said,
which could
u l t i ma t e l y
benefit the
creditors who
were put on
hold by Tribunes Chapter 11 fil-
ing Monday. Still, its not clear
whether Tribunes more than
1,000 creditors would agree to
leave such a prized asset outside
the bankruptcy courts control.
Id be more concerned with
the larger creditors, the banks,
Gimme Credit senior analyst
Dave Novosel said. While banks
typically, at least, want to be
accommodating, in todays envi-
ronment, they have less ability
to do so, considering their own
issues.
Several of Tribunes biggest
lenders, including Merrill Lynch
Capital Corp. and hedge fund
Highland Capital, declined to
comment on the Cubs.
Tribunes first hearing in
bankruptcy court is scheduled
for Wednesday morning in
Delaware.
Operating outside the bank-
ruptcy means the Cubs wont
need to hold a bankruptcy auc-
tion, a more cumbersome pro-
cess because of the checks and
balances that Chapter 11 protec-
tion requires.
Including the
Cubs in the
filing could
hamper the
teams abil-
ity to pursue
expensive free
agents, manage
its farm system
and quickly
make deals without going to a
bankruptcy judge for approval.
Tribune Co. announced on
Opening Day 2007 that, besides
accepting a buyout offer from real
estate mogul Sam Zell, it was sell-
ing the Cubs and Wrigley Field.
Since then, Tribune has moved
slowly in soliciting bids and con-
sidering the potential buyers.
By June of this year, there were
still nine approved bidders on the
list, and in August, Zell announced
the field had been narrowed to
five. At least three would-be buy-
ers have submitted second-round
bids to Tribune, and a Cubs senior
vice president, Crane Kenney, said
last week that he expects the fran-
chise to be sold by spring training,
which begins in February.
Tribune Co. entered bank-
ruptcy Monday, burdened by
$13 billion debt. The newspaper
company has 20,000 employees
and owns large daily newspapers
such as the Los Angeles Times,
Chicago Tribune, The Hartford
(Conn.) Courant and the Orlando
(Fla.) Sentinel, cable channels and
23 TV stations.
On Monday, the Cubs said the
bankruptcy of its parent would
change very little as the team tries
to finally win its first World Series
since 1908. It is business as usual
at Wrigley Field as the Cubs con-
tinue to prepare for the 2009 sea-
son, a team statement said.
Even so, Standard & Poors
analyst Emile Courtney said
Tuesday that Tribune would need
to get bankruptcy court approval
to finalize a deal.
Lisa Hill Fenning, a former
judge who now is a bankruptcy
attorney at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP,
said sales of sports teams are com-
plicated because leagues and own-
ers need to approve the winning
bidder. As a result, she believes
creditors will let Tribune leave the
Cubs outside the bankruptcy case
because selling it out of court is
simpler and likely to be smoother
for potential bidders.
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field as the cubs continue to
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Loneker, who had the same
agent as running back Jerome
Bettis, signed with the Los Angeles
Rams as an undrafted free agent
when the team also came to terms
with Bettis. By the end of the 1993
season, Loneker was the only
undrafted rookie to earn a starting
spot and again looked primed to
make it big.
He came into the 1994 season
as the Rams starting left guard but
the bad luck returned he suf-
fered a season-ending foot injury
in the second game of the year.
He was expected to battle for the
starting job the next season but
reported late because of a contract
dispute and didnt play much until
the end of the year.
When the Rams moved from
Los Angeles to St. Louis, Loneker
had a tattoo of the citys famous
Gateway Arch inked on his leg as
a sign of loyalty to the city and the
team. He didnt get any in return
he was released by the Rams
during training camp in 1996.
He finally latched on with the
Falcons for the last three games of
the season, but the next training
camp in 1997 was his last as an
NFL player.
nnn
Loneker answered the phone.
On the other end was Jim Price,
an old buddy of Lonekers from his
days in Los Angeles.
He asked me if I made the team
and I said no, Loneker said. He
said, Awesome, because I got a
friend out here that has a girlfriend
who is producing a movie, and
they cant find the right guy for this
part. I told him about you and they
want to see you on tape.
So Loneker, who had never
acted before, returned to Lawrence
thinking about how he was going
to put together an audition tape
that would be convincing enough
to earn him the role of White Boy
Bob in the movie Out of Sight.
Another friend, Chris Lazzerino,
was interested in screenplay writing
and wanted to
help his friend
make the tape.
L a z z e r i n o
knew Lonekers
imposing frame
needed to be
seen on film.
His enor-
mity wouldnt
come through
on just a regu-
lar video, said
Lazzerino, now
the editor of the Kansas Alumni
magazine. Even if hes walking
around the room, his physical
presence doesnt come through. I
told him that he needed to do
something that showed his physi-
cality.
The 6-foot-2, 250-pound
Lazzerino suggested that Loneker
pick him up and carry him around
the room during his reading of a
scene from the movie. Lonekers
eyes brightened.
His incredible personality
came out, Lazzerino said. Hes
just one of those guys that lights
up in front of the camera. We were
just basically doing horse play and
he just picked me up in a firemans
carry and walked around the room
with me.
Loneker sent the tape to the
movies producers but was so
unconvinced he would receive the
job that he continued talking to
NFL teams about getting another
shot to play football.
Lonekers college room-
mates, Charley Bowen and Chris
Maumalanga, stayed close with
him after their time at Kansas.
They knew he wasnt ready to give
up the game he loved so easily.
It was tough for him, Bowen
said. He may not come right out
and say it but you knew that it
bothered him.
Said Maumalanga: It wasnt just
football. It was his job. When he
lost that ability to earn a living
doing something that he loved, it
was tough.
But a few days later the phone
rang again. The movie role and
a new career was Lonekers if he
wanted it.
nnn
After years of two-a-day practic-
es in the summer heat and grueling
offseason weight-training sessions
preparing for the NFL, Loneker
was receiving the first class treat-
ment he had always dreamed of.
After never taking an acting class,
Loneker was doing what seemed
unthinkable standing on the
set of a movie with one of the big-
gest stars in Hollywood, George
Clooney.
I spent my whole life giving
everything to football and the way
I was treated in return loyalty-wise
wasnt right, Loneker said. Here
I was, never done any acting, and
I show up and they are picking
me up in limos and making sure
I had everything I needed. It was
humbling. The non-loyalty of NFL
football was smacking me in the
face.
Growing up in New Jersey,
Loneker never envisioned that type
of life, not even in the NFL. His
goal was to win a Super Bowl.
Even his friends didnt see it
coming.
I thought he was unbelievably
good in Out of Sight, Lazzerino
said. And maybe it was because
it was his first time and he had no
idea just how improbable it was
that he was doing this.
Loneker starred in the 2002 FX
made-for-TV movie, Big Shots:
Conf es s i ons
of a Campus
Bookie, but
didnt appear
in another
movie until
he landed a
small part in
the 2007 flick
S u p e r b a d
as Wild Bill
Cherry.
He used
the time off
between movies to coach his son,
Keith Jr., and his youth football
team and stay close to his family.
He worked as a security guard at
Lawrence High School and became
a substitute teacher in the district.
While in Los Angeles to film
SuperBad, he was called to meet
with Clooney about a role in his
film Leatherheads.
It was fun for me because Im
such a fan of football, Loneker said
of his role as a high school line-
man in the movie. Even though it
wasnt exactly like they did it, but
to be in the old leather pants and
the leather helmet and learning
a little bit about how they played
back then and their strategies and
stuff, it was pretty cool.
The crew spent two weeks film-
ing the final game in the mud and
rain.
We were just covered head to
toe in mud, Loneker said. It was
miserable.
Even though the scene appeared
finished, Clooney made the cast
and crew stay one more day.
He kept us there all day and
then got us all muddy and lined
up and everything that night,
Loneker said. He got ready to say
action and said, You know what? I
dont think I need this shot. I was
thinking, it must be pretty cool to
have enough money to pay every-
body for six extra days when you
didnt need them.
Lonekers most recent movie,
Lakeview Terrace, teamed him
with the movies director, Neil
LaBute, who also attended the
University. His smaller sport also
allowed him to act alongside the
movies star, Samuel L. Jackson.
He doesnt currently have any
spots lined up for future movies,
but he has almost finished writ-
ing a screenplay with his lifelong
friend Jimmy Geoghegan, which
the two hope to sell.
Loneker, who has been in six
movies, isnt and wont be a mov-
ies main star hes not George
Clooney. But he has a defined role,
one that movies often need the
bad boy enforcer.
Those big-time actors have a
small shelf life, Loneker said. If
you can be a good character actor,
then you can work consistently
for a long time. Im a character.
Sometimes Ill be there for two
minutes, sometimes Ill be lucky
enough to be there for 20 minutes.
Im realistic.
nnn
Loneker sips on his coffee at
the J&S coffee shop at Sixth and
Wakarusa streets. Hes just finished
his duties as a substitute teacher
for a special education class at
Free State High School. Hes not an
actor on this day hes a teacher
and a father.
The time in between movies
allows him to spend time with
his children, Keith Jr. and Kylee, a
freshman at Free State.
They know about their dads
success kind of.
A lot of the stuff that I do, I
cant let them see the whole movie,
Loneker said. But they dig it. Its
fun for them.
Loneker spends a lot of time
with his family when he is home
because he knows he could
be called to leave for another
movie at anytime. He spent four
months away from Kelly and
the kids during the filming of
Leatherheads.
That one was hard to do but
it was cool to do because now my
family knows that we can do it
again if we have to, Loneker said.
My kids are old enough that we
talk on the phone and stuff so its
not that bad. They get to see me a
lot when Im home, but there has to
be a sacrifice for that.
Though Loneker doesnt have
the multimillion dollar NFL con-
tract that he once dreamed about,
hes making enough money to get
by. He gets most of his money
from movies in residuals, sent out
months after the movie has gone
to DVD.
Contrary to what everybody
believes, outside of guys like
George Clooney, the set fee and
daily rates for guys like me is not
big, Loneker said. With kids and
all of that, you need to do other
things. It always needs to be a little
better. But Im doing OK.
nnn
Its hard to find a person who
doesnt like Keith Loneker. When
asked to describe the man behind
the large frame, every answer is
the same.
He would do anything for you,
Bowen said. If you are loyal to
him, hes loyal to you. He shoots
you straight. If you ask him a ques-
tion or something, you might not
like the answer that you get, but its
going to be honest. Youre going to
know what he stands up for. You
may not like it, but you know its
coming from the heart.
Loneker likes being the center
of attention, whether its on the big
screen or while hanging out with
his friends.
Ive always had an entertain-
ing itch, Loneker said. Im the
guy that when were sitting around
drinking some beer, Im the one
telling the jokes. Thats my gig.
A quality most noticed by his
former teammates is his dedication
to everything he does, whether
it be football, acting or anything
else.
If he loves something,
he becomes a student of it,
Maumalanga said. He was a stu-
dent of football but unfortunately
it didnt work out ideally and now
hes become a student of the enter-
tainment business. Hes just one
of those guys where if he loves
something, everything else falls
into place.
Despite his hard work, the suc-
cess Loneker has enjoyed after
football still remains hard for some
of his friends to believe.
Movies are for movie stars,
Bowen said. You never thought
you would know somebody who
would get to have that opportu-
nity.
Even though Loneker had no
prior film experience, a film enthu-
siast such as Lazzerino can see how
his pal found success.
If youre going to create a rec-
ipe for an amateur to break into
Hollywood, Keith would be one of
those guys, Lazzerino said. Hes
intelligent, hes eager, hes dedi-
cated, hes willing to try new things
and he enjoys having a good time.
All of that adds up to someone
who can overcome the odds.
Overcoming the odds is some-
thing that Loneker has done his
entire life.
After being told he would never
play football again following his
eighth-grade surgery, he earned
all-conference honors in college
and then became an NFL starter.
When that career abruptly came to
a halt, Loneker lucked into a new
way of life.
More than anything, hes one of
those guys that youre really glad to
see catch a break, Lazzerino said.
Hes one of those really good guys
that deserves everything hes get-
ting. Hes working hard for it.
Edited by Brenna Hawley
sports 4B wednesday, december 10, 2008
His incredible personality came
out. Hes just one of those guys
that lights up in front of the
camera.
Chris Lazzerino
Keith Lonekers friend
PHOTO COURTESY OF KEITH LONEKER
Keith Loneker, middle, has a small role in the hit comedySuperbad. The former KU football player playedWild Bill Cherry and made an appearance during the party scene.
PHOTO COURTESY OF KANSAS ATHLETICS
Keith Loneker played right tackle when KU running back Tony Sands set the then-NCAA record
with 396 rushing yards against Missouri in 1991. He then played for three years in the NFL before
fnding success as an actor in Hollywood.
PHOTO COURTESY OF KEITH LONEKER
Keith Loneker played the role of a high school football lineman in the hit movieLeatherheadsearlier this year. Loneker acted alongside George
Clooney and Rene Zellweger in the romantic comedy set in the 1920s.
LONEKER (continued from 1b)
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he last days of the semester
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my last fantasy football
story before the holiday season, I
thought I would try to spread the
Christmas cheer football style.
12 days of dozing
Minnesota held off Detroit to
keep a slim lead in the NFC North
division.
The victory didnt come with-
out a price, though. Minnesotas
quarterback Gus Frerotte left the
game with an injury, leaving the
signal-calling in the hands of
Tarvaris Dont call it a comeback
Jackson.
Frerottes status is unclear for
next week, but if Jackson does
start because of a Frerotte injury,
expect a strong dose of running
back Adrian Peterson in the next
couple of games for the Vikings.
Peterson already carries the
load for Minnesota, but he could
shoulder even more if Frerotte is
out.
The Vikings play Arizona and
Atlanta the next two weeks, and
both defenses have the potential to
yield a big day to Peterson.
Three Tied Teams
Should old acquaintance be
forgot and never brought to mind?
Wait, thats too far into the holi-
day season. Jets fans are probably
second-guessing their push to get
rid of former quarterback and old
acquaintance Chad Pennington
right now. After the Jets choke
job in San Francisco this week-
end, Penningtons Dolphins are
now tied with New York and New
England for the division lead.
If not for a touchdown late
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England running back Sammy
Morris, Miami would be in a mere
two-way tie with the Jets for first
in the division. Miami controls
its own destiny with a showdown
against New York in the last game
of the season.
Now we have a yule log jam
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last three weeks of the season.
Two sTellar backs
With the NFC South division
lead on the line, the Carolina
Panthers came up big. On the
shoulders of their two running
backs, DeAngelo Williams and
Jonathan Stewart, the Panthers
beat Tampa Bay 38-23 on Monday
night. Tampa Bay allowed one
rushing touchdown on the sea-
son entering the game, but the
Carolina tandem scored four rush-
ing touchdowns on the night.
Williams and Stewart have
both been refreshing successes in
the Panthers offense, and Stewart
could be a savior for your fantasy
playoff hopes. The Panthers have
games remaining against Denver
and New Orleans, so the effective
running game should continue.
and a quarTerback
back from injury
The Houston Texans could
not have been happier to see
quarterback Matt Schaub back
on the field on Sunday. Schaub
missed four games with an injury
but came back strong on Sunday.
He threw for 414 yards and two
touchdowns in an upset victory
against the Green Bay Packers.
Rookie running back Steve
Slaton also played well with 120
rushing yards. The Texans are
even hanging on to slim playoff
hopes. If the Texans write to
Santa, its a long shot, but maybe
they can get a playoff berth for
Christmas.
Edited by Lauren Keith
sports 6B wednesday, december 10, 2008
BY kellY Breckunitch
kbreckunitch@kansan.com
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Carolina Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams runs as Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Cato June defends during the frst quarter on
Monday. Williams has refreshed the Panthers ofense, and the efective running game should continue for the rest of the season.
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nfl
BY DAVe GOlDBerG
ASSOciAteD PreSS
NEW YORK The NFL pays
its players billions of dollars a year,
and fans pack its stadiums every
week. But even the deep-pocketed
league is shedding jobs.
Commissioner Roger Goodell
said Tuesday that the league is
cutting more than 10 percent of its
staff in response to the downturn
in the nations economy that could
put a dent in ticket sales for next
season.
Goodell announced the cuts in
a memo to league employees. The
NFL is eliminating about 150 of
its staff of 1,100 in New York, NFL
Films in New Jersey and television
and Internet production facilities
in Los Angeles.
These are difficult and pain-
ful steps, he wrote in the memo.
But they are necessary in the
current economic environment.
I would like to be able to report
that we are immune to the trou-
bles around us, but we are not.
Properly managed, I am confi-
dent the NFL will emerge stron-
ger, more efficient and poised to
pursue long-term growth oppor-
tunities.
The NFL long has been regard-
ed as one of the most wealthiest
pro sports leagues on the plan-
et. In September, Forbes called
the NFL the richest game and
the the strongest sport in the
world. The league has revenues
of approximately $6.5 billion of
which an estimated $4.5 billion
goes to players.
But now it joins the NBA,
NASCAR teams and the company
that runs Major League Baseballs
Internet division in announcing
layoffs. The NHL hasnt laid off
workers, though it is in a hiring
freeze, a spokesman said Tuesday.
So far, NFL fans havent noticed
the cutbacks, which also include
reduction in travel by some league
staff, and such secondary costs
as printing and minor events.
The NFL
announce d
last month
that it was
reducing the
cost of play-
off tickets by
about 10 per-
cent from last
season.
We r e
looking at
e v e r y t hi ng
with an eye to how we can be more
efficient and reduce costs, league
spokesman Greg Aiello said.
The cuts will take place over
the next 60 days, running past the
Super Bowl, which will be played
Feb. 1 in Tampa. Employees who
volunteer to leave will be offered
what was termed a voluntary
separation program.
The layoffs are separate from
the cuts in front-office and other
personnel being made by the 32
individual teams.
Aiello said the NFL still plans
to throw parties at the Super
Bowl, elaborate events for which
the game has long been known.
However, local organizers say the
companies that regularly host
their own parties are watching
expenses, scaling back plans and
inviting fewer guests.
Goodell said last month in an
interview with The Associated
Press that the league and its teams
could feel the economic slump in
sponsorship and marketing.
Ticket sales for this season have
been strong and stadiums have
been largely
sold out. But
NFL offi-
cials, includ-
ing Goodell,
believe that is
because season
tickets for this
years games
were sold in
the spring and
summer. The
commissioner
feared the league and its teams
would take a bigger hit when sea-
son tickets go on sale next spring
for the 2009 season.
Theres no secret on spon-
sorship, advertising, licensing
those numbers are going to be
impacted by the current climate.
Were aware of that, Goodell said
in the interview.
Were still, unfortunately, in
the beginning stages of this. And
most of our tickets are sold in
the spring. And so 09 is going to
be more of a barometer of how
impactful the economic environ-
ments going to be on the NFL.
These are difcult and painful
steps. But they are necessary in
the current economic environ-
ment.
roger goodell
NFl commissioner
Even the football league is feeling
the pinch of the sinking economy
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Bill Snyder fnalizes his
defensive coaching staf
MANHATTAN Kansas State
football coach Bill Snyder says
Mo latimore will continue his
tenure with the Wildcats.
Snyder announced Tuesday
he would keep latimore with the
team as the interior line coach.
It will be latimores 25th
season as an assistant coach in
the Big 12, the longest tenure in
the conference.
The former K-State player has
spent 15 seasons in Manhattan.
He has also coached at Universi-
ty of Texas-el Paso and Missouri.
With latimores assignment,
Snyders defensive coaching
staf is complete. Joe Bob Clem-
ents will oversee the defensive
ends, Chris Cosh will oversee the
linebackers and Vic Koenning
will take the secondary. Cosh
and Koenning will also share du-
ties as defensive coordinator.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN, Texas There was a
time Colt McCoys voice cracked
in the Texas huddle. Today, he
commands it with a hard look or a
stern word if needed.
The self-described stick figure
weighed 185 pounds soaking wet
just a few years ago, when his
body would break down and get
tired over the course of a season.
That was before he added nearly
30 pounds of
muscle.
The Texas
quar t er back
also used to
live and play
in the shad-
ow of Vince
Young, the
Texas super-
star who led
the Longhorns
to the 2005
national cham-
pionship. That was before McCoy
led Texas to the No. 1 ranking
and at least had the Longhorns
included in the hot debate over
who should play for the title this
season.
Along the way, McCoy passed
Young in career victories, and
just like Young in 2005, is among
the favorites to win the Heisman
Trophy. Some felt this once-upon-
a-time skinny country kid would
never be good enough to carry a
water bucket, let alone be called
college footballs most outstanding
player after that title eluded his
predecessor.
Hes been the heart of our
offense, Texas coach Mack Brown
said. He means to this team what
Vince Young meant to the one in
2005.
McCoys regular season ranks
among the best in school history.
With 576 rushing yards, he
leads the Longhorns by 200 yards
and is second on the team with
10 rushing TDs. His 3,445 yards
passing and 32 touchdowns are
school records, and McCoys 77.6
percent completion rate will smash
the NCAA record if he maintains
it against Ohio State in the Fiesta
Bowl.
He was so good that Brown
says McCoy out-Tebowed Tim
Tebow, Floridas 2007 Heisman
winner who
is also one of
McCoys rivals
for the award
this year.
Hes done
for this team
what Tim
Tebow has done
for Florida,
Brown said. I
cant imagine
a player that
means more to
his team than Colt does to ours.
McCoy was at his best in Texas
toughest games.
Against No. 1 Oklahoma, he
rallied Texas in the second half
to a 45-35 victory to get the bet-
ter of Sooners quarterback Sam
Bradford, another top Heisman
contender.
He beat us with his arm. He beat
us with his feet, Sooners defensive
tackle Gerald McCoy said.
Add it all up, and McCoy is
31-7 as a starter with nine career
second-half comebacks.
To understand just how far
McCoy has come to earn the
respect of his teammates is to
appreciate just how far he has come
as a player.
McCoy was a solid if unspec-
tacular recruit from the tiny West
Texas ranching town of Tuscola,
considered by many a backup plan
when Texas didnt sign that years
big-name player, Ryan Perrilloux.
If you saw where I played high
school, youd know why I wasnt a
(big) recruit, McCoy said.
Brown, however, knew he had
found a player with the potential
to be special.
We saw the same things in high
school youre seeing now, Brown
said. The questions we had were:
Could he get bigger and stronger?
We never questioned his ability to
play. He has worked really hard to
answer every flaw.
When McCoy first showed up
on campus, even some of his team-
mates werent too impressed.
Scrawny is how defensive end
Brian Orakpo described his look
as a freshman in 2005. Goofy,
is how tailback Chris Ogbannaya
put it.
Today, they call him their lead-
er.
A coachs son, McCoy knew
what he was up against in practice
and the weight room. He also had
the confidence to believe he could
be the guy to step in when Young,
one of the greatest athletes to wear
burnt orange, was ready to leave.
McCoy calls his first workouts
where he could only bench-press
225 pounds two times embar-
rassing. He dedicated himself to
strength coach Jeff Mad Dog
Maddens high-intensity training
regimen that sometimes has play-
ers flipping huge tires and throw-
ing sledgehammers.
I knew I had the tools. It was
up to me to put them to work,
said McCoy, who now benches that
weight 16 times.
He changed the whole scope
of his body, Madden said. He
saw Vince Young throwing the
steel around and followed him.
We pushed him both mentally and
physically.
Despite some recent questions
over whether he would consid-
er entering the NFL draft next
spring, McCoy said this week he
will return for his senior season
in 2009.
Getting Texas to its first regular-
season No. 1 ranking since 1984
whetted McCoys appetite for a
national championship that would
match the title Young won three
years ago while McCoy watched
from the sidelines.
Im not going anywhere, he
said.
big 12 football
Longhorns keep McCoy for another season
Heisman candidate turns down opportunity to play in
NFL in hopes of leading Texas to 2009 championship
ASSOCIATED PRESS
In October, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy celebrates his second-quarter touchdown pass to wide receiver Jordan Shipley in a victory against
Missouri. There was a time when Colt McCoys voice cracked in the Texas huddle. Now, after adding 30 pounds of muscle, this once-skinny country
kid is a top candidate for the HeismanTrophy.
Hes been the heart of our
ofense. He means to this team
what Vince Young meant to the
one in 2005.
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Players union denounces Burress suspension, fne
nfl
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
The NFL Players Association filed
a grievance on Tuesday challenging
the suspension and fine given to
Plaxico Burress by the New York
Giants after the receiver acciden-
tally shot himself in a nightclub
more than a week ago.
The union said that the team
violated the collective bargaining
agreement last week when it placed
Burress on the reserve non-football
injury list, suspended him for the
final four games of the regular
season and fined him an additional
weeks salary for conduct detri-
mental to the team.
Placing Burress on the non-
football injury list also will keep
him out of the playoffs. The Giants
(11-2) won the NFC East title on
Sunday.
Union spokesman Carl Francis
said the grievance will be heard by
an arbitrator after the season ends.
Under the contract that Burress
signed in September, the Giants
owe him $1 million of his sign-
ing bonus on Wednesday. Team
spokesman Pat Hanlon had no
comment on either the grievance
or whether the team would pay the
signing bonus.
Francis said the union would
consider another grievance if the
Giants withheld the payment.
Agent Drew Rosenhaus did not
return either an e-mail or a tele-
phone call left by The Associated
Press seeking comment.
The union filed another griev-
ance on Burress behalf earlier this
year after the Giants suspended
him for a game and fined him two
weeks pay for missing a team meet-
ing in September.
The two sides eventually agreed
to cut the fine in half, saving
Burress about one games pay
more than $200,000.
The latest action against Burress
was last Tuesday, just a day after
the 31-year-old was booked and
arraigned on charges of criminal
possession of a weapon relating
to the shooting in New York on
Nov. 29.
He pleaded not guilty, posted
$100,000 bail and left.
The shooting was the latest run-
in that Burress has had with the
team since signing as a free agent
in 2005. He has admitted to being
fined dozens of times for violat-
ing team rules. In addition to his
suspension in September, he also
was fined $45,000 by the league for
abusing an official and throwing a
ball into the stands in a game with
San Francisco on Nov. 19.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The NewYork Giants Plaxico Burress ar-
rives at the Manhattan Supreme Court for his
arraignment in NewYork last Monday. Many
NFL players recoil when they think about what
Plaxico Burress is going through and what
still awaits.
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