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OklAhOmA STATE
hawks looking for WNit bid. SPORTS 1B
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ShOOTIngS
At least six people were shot during a
parade in New Orleans. CRImE 6A
BY JENNIFER TORLINE
jtorline@kansan.com
When the Marching Jayhawks
marched off the field after the
Insight Bowl in December, some
members werent quite ready for
the marching season to end. They
decided to form a new group to
keep the music going during the
offseason.
The group is called Winter
Drumline and its members prac-
tice and perform during the spring
semester to stay in musical shape.
We play for gigs and for
ourselves, said Andy Jackson,
Overland Park sophomore and
snare drum player. Its a cool time
to do things we dont get to do in
the fall.
Greg Haynes, Atlanta graduate
student and drumline instructor,
said that the indoor group was
working on incorporating electron-
ic music into its performances and
that the Winter Drumlines music
would be different from that of the
Marching Jayhawks drumline.
Instead of playing music that
accompanies the rest of the band,
a lot of the music for the drum-
line can stand on its own, said
Haynes, who writes the music for
both drumlines. We have a little
more freedom to explore different
performances.
Jackson said the idea for Winter
Drumline came last March after
the KU Drumline was invited to
play at the Keith Urban concert at
the Sprint Center in Kansas City,
Mo. The drummers needed a way
to keep practicing as a group in
case a similar opportunity arose.
We thought it would be the
perfect opportunity to start some-
thing at KU to sustain and recruit
new member-
ship and to do
something dif-
ferent and sepa-
rate from what
we do as part
of the Marching
J a y h a w k s ,
Haynes said.
A l t h o u g h
many of the 25
members of the Winter Drumline
also play for the Marching
Jayhawks, Haynes said the Winter
Drumline was open to any drum-
mer.
Alex Churn, Overland Park
junior and bass drum player, said
the Winter Drumline gave stu-
dents the opportunity to play on
a drumline that didnt require
the intense time commitment of
marching band. The
Marching Jayhawks
practice five days per
week, but the Winter
Drumline practic-
es for one hour on
Sundays.
We just get togeth-
er and play drums
for the fun of playing
drums, Churn said.
Theres not really any pressure
and thats pretty cool.
The Winter Drumline recently
performed at the Hawks, Cops
and Kids event at Robinson Health
Center, put together by local
police officers and the Athletics
Department.
The drumline will also play
at the end of the KU Percussion
Ensemble performance on March
4 in 130 Murphy Hall and at the
mens basketball game against
Texas on March 7.
In the next few years, Haynes
said he could see the drumline
eventually moving into competing
with other drumlines.
Haynes said the Winter
Drumline would continue to
rehearse and perform until late
spring or early summer, when
auditions for the marching season
begin.
For more information about
the Winter Drumline, visit www.
kansasdrumline.com.
Edited by Chris Hickerson
BY MICHELLE SPREHE
msprehe@kansan.com
Hospitals across the nation are
experiencing shortages of nurses,
but the cause could lie in a shortage
of nursing school instructors.
As the majority of teachers across
the country will retire within the
next 10 years, the KU School of
Nursing is preparing graduate stu-
dents to not only practice, but also
fill the empty teaching positions.
Cynthia Teel, associate dean for
the graduate nursing program, said
she recognized that the shortages
could cause significant problems.
To be faculty, you really need
to have a graduate, masters or doc-
toral degree, Teel
said. Thats been
difficult to enroll
students in those
because we dont
have enough fac-
ulty members. So
were worsening
our own already
challenging prob-
lem.
The school is
dealing with a significant budget
shortfall, which is affecting its abil-
ity to hire new faculty, Teel said.
Christina Waggoner, Overland
Park junior, has been in the school
for one semester.
She said her teachers
didnt emphasize the
faculty shortage as
much as the general
shortage of nurses.
But students are
interested in practic-
ing rather than teach-
ing. Enrollment for
the school increased
by 126 percent from
2004 to 2008, Teel said.
An abundance would not real-
ly be as important as having a
few really good, available nursing
teachers, Waggoner said.
The average salary of a nurse
practitioner with a masters degree
is about $81,500, and the average
salary of a nursing teacher with
the same degree is about $73,500,
Teel said.
When were in a stressed eco-
nomic market where people are
losing their jobs, that salary differ-
ence is significant, Teel said.
Kadee Treadwell, Olathe fresh-
man, decided she wanted to be a
BY MICOLE ARONOWITZ
maronowitz@kansan.com
Every night before Brooke Gibbs
goes to sleep, she writes.
Her writings consist of reflec-
tions from her day and serve as a
way for her to translate her emo-
tions on paper.
According to a book published
in 2006 titled Stress and Mental
Health of College Students,
the American College Health
Association reported college stu-
dents had named stress as the pri-
mary factor affecting their aca-
demic lives.
Gibbs, Arkansas City senior, said
daily writing was a way for her to
process her thoughts. She said con-
sistent writing helped her manage
her stress.
Every time I do it, if Im
stressed, Ill end up feeling a lot
better, Gibbs said. Its benefited
me because I always try and find
ways to be thankful for what I have.
At the end of the day, everything is
not so bad and the stress kind of
melts away.
John C. Wade, outreach coor-
dinator and licensed counseling
psychologist for Counseling and
Psychological Services, said the
most common sources of stress for
students were academics, finances
and relationships. He said pro-
longed stress weakened peoples
immune systems and made them
more susceptible to illness.
Wade said research showed that
having a reliable social support sys-
tem was a factor in handling stress
effectively.
One of the points I would
emphasize is that its not about
trying to avoid stress, Wade said.
We will experience stress at times
because life has stress, but it is
important to be able to manage it
well.
Abby Cunningham, Topeka
senior, notices she is more relaxed
after she spends time in the kitchen.
Her specialty is cupcakes, but she
The beaT goes on
Ryan waggoner/kAnSAn
kevin walter, Olathe freshman, and Jeremy Denham, Reeds Spring, mo., senior, rehearse Sunday night at Murphy Hall for KUs newWinter Drumline. The group, which is made up of 25 drummers, gives marching band members a way
to practice during the spring, as well as provides an opportunity for those who are not in the band to be part of a drumline. Winter Drumline performs at athletic events, as well as private functions.
Drumline keeps rhythm fowing
Jon goering/kAnSAn
Andrea DAchiardi, Shawnee junior, practices on a mannequin during a skills lab in the
School of Nursing at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Nurses are still in high demand, but
the Med Center may have to reduce enrollment if proposed budget cuts happen.
Nursing school faces faculty shortage
Campus
Budget problems, increased admissions lead to fewer instructors and tougher enrollment
SEE NURSING On PAgE 6A
Students
fnd ways
to manage
their stress
healTh
SEE STRESS On PAgE 6A
Thats been difcult
to enroll students in
those because we
dont have enough
faculty members.
Cynthia teel
associate deanof nursing
We just get together
and play drums for
the fun of playing
drums.
alex Churn
Bass drum player
STuDEnTS wIn
hEARST AwARDS
sportswriters collect honors. AwARDS 2A
OBAmAS vIEw
OPTImISTIC
Economy is main focus. gOvERnmEnT 3A
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 WWW.kansan.com volume 120 issue 107
AwArds
KU journalism students win
two more Hearst awards
The Hearst Journalism Awards
Program announced top prizes
for two Kansas journalism stu-
dents on Monday, the ffth and
sixth University Daily Kansan staf
members to win awards from the
national program this year.
Rustin Dodd, Overland Park se-
nior, won frst place in sportswrit-
ing for For the love of the game,
his April 28, 2008, article about
former Kansas basketball players
and their eforts to continue their
professional basketball careers
outside the NBA.
It was a lot of work tracking
the players down, Dodd said. Its
cool that a judge somewhere out
there saw that and liked it.
Mark Dent, Overland Park
senior, won ffth place in sports
writing for his Jan. 23, 2008,
article Athletes with children.
It focused on the challenges
faced by athletes who double
as parents and the regulations
that prevent them from receiving
certain fnancial assistance.
Ted Frederickson, professor
of journalism, said Dodds and
Dents articles were outstand-
ing because they covered issues
rather than events.
This was a championship year
for both KU basketball and the
Kansan sportswriters who cov-
ered KU sports, Frederickson said.
And Rustin and Mark were two of
our best sportswriters.
The School of Journalism is in
frst place in the intercollegiate
competition for outstanding col-
lege journalism this year, said Yasi
Haerizadeh, program assistant
with the Hearst awards.
Personality/profle and spot
news are the fnal two writing
categories left to be judged in the
overall competition.
AlexandraGarry
NEWS 2A Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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The KU mens basketball
team sits atop the conference
standings a position they
have held more frequently
than not in the last century.
Last year was the Jayhawks
51st conference title in 101
years of conference play.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Have courage for the great
sorrows of life and patience for
the small ones; and when you
have laboriously accomplished
your daily task, go to sleep in
peace.
Victor Hugo
FACT OF THE DAY
If you bite into a plastic
baby in a King Cake, thats a
good thing.
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1. Freshman establishes KU
Dance Marathon
2. Pink Zone game has
meaning for Jayhawks
3. Twin sisters to open duel-
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4. College basketball referee
at the top of his game
5. Panel to discuss transgen-
der issues
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A 19-year-old KU student
reported criminal damage to
a 1999 Honda Civic at a loss of
$200 in the 1400 block of Ohio
Street on Thursday.
An Apple iBook G3 laptop
was reported stolen from
Staufer-Flint Hall at a loss of
$500 Friday.
Campus police ofcers
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be in possession of marijuana
in parking lot 112 at about 1:30
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ported fnding a resident to be
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ON CAMPUS
The A Conversation with
James McBride public event
will begin at 10 a.m. in the Con-
ference Hall in Hall Center.
The Pizza and Politics event
will begin at noon in the Brook
Miller Room in the Adams
Alumni Center.
The Stories of the History
of the Underground Railroad
in Kansas and Beyond public
event will begin at noon in the
ECM Center.
The Lunch & Conversation:
Options for Civility Issues
workshop will begin at noon in
135 Budig.
The Peace, Prayer, Politics &
Pilgrimage: Islam Behind the
Headlines seminar will begin
at 2 p.m. in 151 Regnier Hall on
the Edwards Campus.
The Desegregation of the
University of Kansas School of
Medicine seminar will begin at
3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room
in Hall Center.
The Environmental Gov-
ernance in Brazils Soy Belt
lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in
317 Lindley Hall.
The Geography of Kansas:
What Dorothy Didnt Know
About a Place Called Home
seminar will begin at 7 p.m.
in the Continuing Education
building.
The Eating Disorder
Awareness Week Movie Night
student group event will begin
at 7 p.m. in the Big 12 Room in
the Kansas Union.
The Where Creativity: First
Places, Second Thoughts, and
Third Places lecture will begin
at 7:30 p.m. in Spooner Hall.
NEWS NEAR & FAR
INTErNATIONAL
1. Bishop expelled from
Argentina after scufe
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina A
British bishop whose denial of
the Holocaust embroiled the
pope in controversy was expelled
from Argentina Tuesday after
scufing with a reporter at the
airport.
A local television station
showed Richard Williamson rais-
ing his fst and shoving a reporter
into a pole as he hurried to catch
a fight for London.
Argentinas government on
Thursday ordered the traditional-
ist Catholic bishop to leave the
country or face expulsion for
failing to declare a job change as
required by immigration law. The
order also cited his denial of the
Holocaust.
2. African immigrants
drown of Yemen coast
GENEVA Six African mi-
grants drowned and 11 more are
presumed dead after smugglers
in the Gulf of Aden forced their
passengers overboard in deep
water of Yemen, the U.N. refugee
agency reported Tuesday.
A smuggling boat was carrying
40 Somalis and 12 Ethiopians
when it approached Yemens
coast on Friday, said Ron Red-
mond, spokesman for the U.N.
High Commissioner for Refugees.
But smugglers noticed Yemeni
police onshore and panicked,
forcing the passengers overboard
in deep water, he said.
Redmond said 35 passengers
were able to make it safely to
shore, while authorities have
recovered six bodies.
3. Blast kills one, injures
24 others in Cairo bazaar
CAIRO The French teenag-
ers had fnished a day tour-
ing Cairos 650-year-old Khan
el-Khalili bazaar, gathering in its
main square to board a bus back
to their hotel. Then the blast
went of.
The explosion killed a 17-year-
old girl with the group and
wounded 24 other people, most
of them fellow students. Accord-
ing to the government account
released Monday, a bomb had
been planted underneath a stone
bench on which the girl was
sitting.
The Sunday night blast was the
frst attack in three years target-
ing foreigners in Egypt.
NATIONAL
4. Company accused of
not sterilizing syringes
RALEIGH, N.C. A North
Carolina company is accused of
bypassing sterilization tests for
medical syringes in a cost-cutting
move prosecutors say sickened
hundreds of patients and led to
fve deaths.
U.S. Attorney George Holding
said Tuesday that federal authori-
ties have launched an interna-
tional search for the executive
charged with rushing ship-
ments of bacteria contaminated
syringes from an AM2PAT Inc.
plant. Two former plant workers
who provided prosecutors details
about the plants operations have
pleaded guilty for their roles in
shipping tainted syringes.
The syringes contained Hepa-
rin, a blood thinner, and saline,
and were recalled in December
2007 after an outbreak of illness-
es. Health inspectors identifed
bacterial infections in Colorado,
Texas, Illinois and Florida.
5. Mistrial declared in
trial of vigilante mayor
JACKSON, Miss. A judge
declared a mistrial Tuesday in
the case of Mayor Frank Melton,
accused of leading a sledge-
hammer attack on a duplex he
suspected was a crack house.
Jurors told U.S. District Judge
Daniel P. Jordan III they were
hopelessly deadlocked after fve
days of deliberations.
They arrived at the same con-
clusion last Thursday, but Jordan
told them to keep trying.
The mayor has lived to fght
another day, Melton attorney
John Reeves told reporters.
6. German company or-
dered to pay restitution
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Jurors
ordered the German-based
pharmaceutical company Sandoz
Inc. on Tuesday to pay Alabama
$78.4 million for causing the
state Medicaid program to pay
too much for prescription drugs
from 1991 to 2005.
The jury ordered Sandoz, a
subsidiary of Novartis AG, to pay
$28.4 million to compensate
that Medicaid program for its
losses and another $50 million
in punitive damages. Jurors took
about four hours over two days
to return a verdict.
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9. Not While Im Around by Sweeney Todd
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news 3A wednesday, february 25, 2009
BY RYAN MCGEENEY AND
ALEXANDRA GARRY
agarry@kansan.com
Cem Basofas, Istanbul, Turkey,
sophomore, appeared in Douglas
County District Court on Tuesday
afernoon before Division I Judge
Robert Fairchild on one charge of
animal cruelty.
Basofas lawyer, Sarah Swain, re-
quested that a preliminary hearing,
in which evidence would be pre-
sented to the court, be waived. But
Douglas County prosecutor Mi-
chael Allen insisted that the court
pursue the preliminary hearing,
and Judge Fairchild agreed. Baso-
fas preliminary hearing is sched-
uled for 1:30 p.m. on April 6.
Had the preliminary hearing
been waived, the case most likely
would have proceeded directly
to trial, according to the Douglas
County District Attorneys ofce.
Swain also suggested that the
preliminary hearing be moved to a
special setting outside the Douglas
County Courthouse, but Fairchild
declined.
Several members of the board
of the Lawrence Humane Society
who attended Tuesdays hearing
said they were glad the preliminary
hearing had not been waived.
Im pleased that there will be a
preliminary hearing and that this
atrocious evidence will come out,
said Debbie Smith, a member of the
humane societys board. He should
not go unpunished.
Midge Grinstead, director of the
humane society, said the impor-
tance of the preliminary hearing
was the public airing of evidence.
When we did the necropsies
with the vet, it was traumatic,
Grinstead said. And thats what
will come out.
She added that the current charge
was nothing compared to what he
did. People will not want to hear it.
Two of my board members brought
ear plugs today, because they were
afraid they were going to tell the
evidence. Its horrible.
Grinstead said the humane soci-
ety had been observing Basofas at
his southwest Lawrence apartment
since May 2008, afer Basofas re-
turned a cat with a broken bone and
other problems. He had adopted the
cat from the shelter. In August, the
shelter allowed Basofas to adopt a
second cat, which he later returned
with nine fractured ribs and a bro-
ken sternum, Grinstead said.
For a cat to break a sternum
I dont see that unless a car runs
them over, Grinstead said. Its
pretty severe.
Te humane society is involved
in all animal cruelty and neglect
investigations in Douglas County,
Grinstead said, and typically inves-
tigates about 500 cases each year.
Grinstead said 18 cases were pros-
ecuted out of all such investigations
in 2008.
Edited by Brandy Entsminger
crime
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
CemBasofas, Istanbul, Turkey, sopho-
more, appears in Douglas County District
Court onTuesday afternoon on one charge of
animal cruelty. Although Basofas attorney,
Sarah Swain, requested that Basofas right
to a preliminary hearing be waived, Douglas
County prosecutor Michael Allen objected,
and the preliminary hearing was scheduled
for 1:30 p.m. on April 6.
Judge sets preliminary hearing
Student will face one charge of animal cruelty as evidence is presented in April
Government
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Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi applaud before President Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress in
the House Chamber of the Capitol inWashington onTuesday.
Obama reassures nation
in face of fnancial crisis
BY JENNIFER LOVEN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON President
Barack Obama promised a nation
shuddering in economic crisis
Tuesday night that he would lead it
from a dire "day of reckoning" to a
brighter future, summoning politi-
cians and public alike to shoulder
responsibility for hard choices and
shared sacrifice.
"The time to take charge of our
future is here," Obama declared,
delivering his first address to a joint
session of Congress.
Offering words of reassurance
to an anxious nation, he declared,
"Tonight I want every American to
know this: We will rebuild, we will
recover, and the United States of
America will emerge stronger than
before."
"We are a nation that has seen
promise and peril," he said. "Now
we must be that nation again."
Cheered robustly as he entered the
House chamber, Obama grinned,
shook hands and kissed lawmakers
and stopped for a lengthy embrace
with Supreme Court Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg, back on the bench
only this week after surgery for pan-
creatic cancer.
To deal with the current crisis,
deepening each day, the president
said more money would be needed
to rescue troubled banks beyond the
$700 billion already committed last
year. He said he knew that bailout
billions for banks are unpopular
"I promise you, I get it," he said
but he also insisted that was the only
way to get credit moving again to
households and businesses, the life-
blood of the American economy.
Along with aid for banks, he also
called on Congress to move quickly
on legislation to overhaul outdated
regulations on the nation's financial
markets.
"I ask this Congress to join me in
doing whatever proves necessary,"
Obama said. "Because we cannot
consign our nation to an open-end-
ed recession."
Thinking longer-term, Obama
said in a speech lacking many spe-
cifics and devoid of initiatives that
both political parties must give up
favored programs while uniting
behind his campaign promises to
build better schools, expand health
care coverage and move the nation
to "greener" fuel use.
Just five weeks after his inaugura-
tion, Obama addressed an ebullient
Democratic congressional majority
and an embattled but reinvigorated
GOP minority as well as millions
of anxious viewers. Despite the
nation's economic worries and the
lack of support for his plans from
all but a few Republican lawmakers,
Obama enjoys strong approval rat-
ings across the nation.
Louisiana's young, charismatic
governor, Bobby Jindal, deliver-
ing the televised GOP response,
exhorted fellow
Republicans to be
Obama's "strongest
partners" when they
agree with him. But
he signaled that
won't happen much,
calling Democrats
in Congress "irre-
sponsible" for pass-
ing the $787 billion
stimulus package that Republicans
have criticized as excessive and
wasteful.
"The way to lead is not to raise
taxes and put more money and
power in hands of Washington poli-
ticians," Jindal said, according to
excerpts of his remarks released by
the Republican Party. "Who among
us would ask our children for a loan,
so we could spend money we do not
have, on things we do not need?"
Jindal is considered a likely presi-
dential contender in 2012.
Obama spoke as bad economic
news continued to pile up, felt all
too keenly in U.S. homes and busi-
nesses. Some 3.6 million jobs have
disappeared so far in the deepening
recession, which now ranks as the
biggest job destroyer in the post-
World War II period. Americans
have lost trillions of dollars in
retirement, college and savings
accounts, with the stock market
falling nearly half from its peak of
16 months ago.
And new polls some with his
public support rising and others
with it dropping show that the
political climate can be as precari-
ous as the economic one. Aware that
his and his party's fortunes will suf-
fer if he cannot right the economic
picture, Obama sought to blend
the kind of grim honesty that has
become his trademark since taking
office with a greater emphasis on
optimism.
"The weight of this crisis will
not determine the destiny of this
nation," he said.
The central argument of his
speech was that his still-unfolding
economic revival plan has room for
and even demands simultane-
ous action on a broad, expensive
agenda including
helping the mil-
lions without health
insurance, improv-
ing education and
switching the U.S.
to greater depen-
dence on alternative
energy sources. This
is the big lift of his
young presidency:
bringing the public behind what
are sure to be enormous outlays on
contentious issues.
His hope was to begin to per-
suade the country that those longer-
term items on his presidential agen-
da are as important to the nation's
economic well-being as unchoking
credit and turning around unem-
ployment numbers.
"The only way this century will
be another American century is if
we confront at last the price of our
dependence on oil and the high
cost of health care, the schools that
aren't preparing our children and
the mountain of debt they stand to
inherit," Obama said. "That is our
responsibility."
New in office, he wasn't charged
with producing a formal State of the
Union status report.
But that's what it was: a night
for the president to sketch out his
priorities in a setting unmatched the
rest of the year.
The weight of this
crisis will not deter-
mine the destiny of
this nation.
BArAck OBAmA
President
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Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 5
Hide in your sanctum sancto-
rum. Make it a safe environ-
ment so your subconscious
mind can relax. Theres an
amazing idea in there. Coax it
to come out.

TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Join up with a creative group
who share your goals. You can
give them something theyre
going to need. You can help
bring in the money, without
which they wont get far.

GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 5
This is a test. It is only a test.
Hopefully, youve done your
homework. You may get the
chance to sell an outrageous
idea. Can you do it? Sure you
can! Have the facts at hand.
CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Defnitely launch your mag-
nifcent idea now. Present your
proposal and, of course, start
your cruise or road trip as soon
as possible. Finalize prepara-
tions and go.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Continue your list of what
youll be, do and have, further
down the line. Give yourself a
range, from basics to luxury.
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youll go on to the rest.

VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 7
You can rely, more and more,
on your valuable partner. The
support she or he brings to
your life is nurturing. Dont be
too critical of little mistakes.
Applaud creativity.
LibrA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 7
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Follow through on your plan.
Works always involved in
making things right. Get into
it. Pretend like its fun and it
might turn out to be.
sCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is an 8
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fun, you cant be distracted by
chores. So get someone else
to do them for you. Its called
spreading the wealth around.
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Today is a 9
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in the privacy of your own
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Today is an 8
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pressure.
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Today is a 6
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you have in mind. Do take notes
and photographs. Capture the
idea in three dimensions if you
can. Use audio, if appropriate,
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T
he KU Office of Study
Abroad offers a tremen-
dous variety of programs
in every discipline, from Spanish
and Western civilization to busi-
ness and engineering, and students
at this university should seriously
consider going abroad before they
graduate. Not only can students
study foreign language, history, art
or architecture first-
hand, but they can gain
the invaluable experi-
ence of living in anoth-
er country. And despite
the recent economic
turmoil, now is the
perfect time to travel, as the dol-
lars rate of exchange with foreign
currencies becomes increasingly
favorable. The application deadline
for summer and fall study abroad
programs is Monday, March 2, so
there is still time to apply.
Robert Lopez, outreach coordina-
tor for the Office of Study Abroad,
said the University offered more
than 100 programs in more than 60
countries around the world, 50 of
which take place over the summer.
He said studying abroad was not
just for those studying foreign lan-
guage or the humanities.
We have something for stu-
dents in every discipline, he said.
And there are plenty of programs
are offered in English all over
the world the British Isles,
Continental Europe, South Africa,
Australia and Hong Kong.
The University ranks highly
among public universities in terms
of the percentage of students
who study abroad, a testament
to the enduring success of its
program. According to the Open
Doors Report by the Institute of
International Education, nearly
242,000 students from the United
States studied abroad from 2006-
2007, the last available
year on record, which
represents an increase
of 1.4 percent from
the previous year. The
University is the 11th-
ranked research uni-
versity in number of students who
study abroad, and 27.5 percent of
KU undergraduates have completed
some sort of study abroad program.
Billie Brock, Dilworth, Minn.,
senior, studied in France as part
of the Paris Summer Language
Institute, which, she said, gave her
insight into French History that she
would never have found at home.
Studying abroad opens the
doors to acceptance of other cul-
tures, she said.
Indeed, at a time when much of
the worlds opinion of the United
States has reached low ebb, it is
imperative that students make the
effort to understand how the rest
of the world lives. In our globalized
world, this should be an essential
part of any college education.
Many students count their time
abroad as one of their most memo-
rable and transforming experiences
in college.
It is exhilarating to discover
that you are not the center of the
world, said Mary Klayder, a profes-
sor of English who has taught study
abroad courses in Great Britain and
Costa Rica.
And now is the time to go.
Exchange rates, especially during
the past six months, have been
improving for Americans. A year
ago today, a U.S. dollar could
buy about 50 percent of a British
pound. Today, it is worth nearly
70 percent of a pounds value.
Likewise, last year, the dollar was
worth about two-thirds of a euros
value. Today, it is worth nearly 80
percent. This means youll get a lot
more bang for your buck.
The deadlines for summer and
fall study abroad is swiftly approach-
ing, so dont hesitate to apply.
Dan Thompson for
The Kansan Editorial Board
Opinion
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O
n any given day in any
given class, I sit in a
classroom staring at a
lime green or blue or red screen.
Blinking restlessly, I try to deci-
pher the black text filling the
screen. As soon as I copy down
one slide, the next shows up. This
repeats until I eventually stop
looking at the screen and try to
concentrate on a professor talk-
ing.
As students, we face the daily
dilemma of whether to focus
on PowerPoint slides or listen
to speakers during class. Many
times, I choose just to listen
because of slides that are over-
loaded with information and
awfully designed.
People need more than one
outlet of information, and good
presentations allow them to hear,
see and do, said Rick Altman,
presentation consultant and the
author of Why Most PowerPoint
Presentations Suck. His sugges-
tion sounds simple, but not many
people whether professors,
TAs or students are success-
fully doing this. Some people
seem to make slides only because
they think they have to. Others
rely on PowerPoint to cover up
their weaknesses, such as when
they become nervous and simply
read out texts on slides.
Call me old-fashioned, but
Id rather not have a PowerPoint
unless its well-made. One of my
favorite instructors, for example,
never used PowerPoint in his
class. He always made his point
clear and I never felt bored in
class. His animated expression
and gestures showed his passion
for his subject, which drew me to
the class.
A simple aural presentation
can be powerful, but images, such
as maps, graphs or photos, can
make even stronger presenta-
tions. When you put graphics on
PowerPoint slides, they should
be relevant, rather than images to
make the slides less boring. Also,
always make sure to put text and
images that are big and clear
enough for the audience to see.
PowerPoint is not a must, but
it can be good when used appro-
priately. Dont just make it. Before
you work on it, think about what
messages you want to get across.
And even before that, ask your-
self if PowerPoint is really neces-
sary at all.
Here are some tips from pro-
fessionals on effective visual pre-
sentations:
Outline important points, but
use less text and fewer words that
represent your idea. Altman
Avoid using red and green
because some people are color-
blind. Altman
Try the squint test: Squint
at the slide, so that none of the
text on the slide is legible. Make
sure youre still able to under-
stand what the main point of the
slide is from the layout design
alone. Andrew Abela, founder
of ExtremePresentation.com
Miyakawa is a Tokyo, Japan,
senior in journalism.
ediTOriAL CArTOOn
NIcHOLAS SAmbALUK
Getting through the season
of groundhogs and growth
n n n
My microwave just went
on mute. I didnt know
microwaves had a mute
option.
n n n
If I buy my girlfriend a dildo,
will she use it on me?
n n n
To the two girls and the guy in
the library talking about the
OU game: It worked! You got
everyones attention; however,
they think you are stupid and
dont know anything about KU
basketball. Go to K-State.
n n n
Since when does library
etiquette include blaring
music from your laptop and
yelling to a person sitting at
the same table?
n n n
Roommate, you sleep way
too much. I refuse to tiptoe
around your weird sleeping
habits. Wake up.
n n n
Does anyone want to lend me
their shower? My water was
turned of!
n n n
Rihanna is a disgrace to
feminism.
n n n
Dear girl sitting outside
my Western Civilization II
classroom yelling on her cell
phone: We dont want to hear
about your Juicy Campus
gossip. Sincerely, everyone
youve probably ever met.
n n n
I study better naked.
n n n
Why was cable not working
in the dorms right before the
Oklahoma game?
n n n
To the pizza delivery guy who
delivered to Highpointe last
week: Please come back. I
want you.
n n n
Is this the KU- OU game or the
Blake Grifn show?
n n n
Infammable means the
same as fammable? What a
country!
n n n
Sherrrrrron Collllins!
n n n
Mr. Self: The team looks great
but its defnitely time to stick
them to the line.
n n n
Blake Grifn was shown 26
times in the second half of the
KU basketball game.
n n n
Never have I ever watched
a KU basketball game
where they havent won.
Coincidence? I think not.
Youre welcome!
n n n
To the girl who left her
virginity in my room: Can you
please pick it up?
n n n
eduCATiOn
T
oday marks the midpoint
between Groundhog Day
and the Spring Equinox
and, incidentally, is also Ash
Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.
Though all three rituals focus
on growth and begin in February,
we associate the month of March
with natural renewal and develop-
ment. After all, with the beginning
of spring, March in Kansas marks
the advent of greener grass, buds
on trees and more consistently
warm weather (despite the wind
but its always breezy here).
Then theres April rain and
May flowers; June, July and
August of vacations and late eve-
nings; September is going back
to school and the extravagant
colors of October (not to men-
tion Halloween); November and
December, the holidays with fam-
ily and friends; January, a new
beginning. But really, its those six
weeks held under the Groundhogs
sway, ending in mid-March, that
we experience the greatest season
of personal growth.
Think about it: truly testing
those New Years or Lenten resolu-
tions against those dark, cold days,
just longing for the excitement
and comfort of warmer days (OK,
so weve had some unseasonably
warm days this month). February
and March are just a fight, morn-
ing after morning, to extricate
yourself from bed, shower, eat,
go to class, eat some more, go to
more class, do homework, fall
asleep later than you should and
wake up to start the whole process
over again.
When looking at the four weeks
of February, I simply planned to
make it through, five days at a
time. But, on Groundhog Day, Feb.
2, I watched the movie that bears
the same name starring Bill
Murray.
Watching it this year, I remem-
bered why I loved it not for the
humor or the music (Ive Got You,
Babe by Sonny and Cher over
and over again) but because of
the feeling one gets from watch-
ing Murray. He eats everything
he wants, has sex, steals money,
gets drunk, runs from the cops
and kills himself in a whole host
of ways, including driving himself
and the groundhog off a cliff.
Yet after months of reliving the
same day, and even proclaiming
himself a god, he realizes he can
gain from every day. Its a slow
and, at times, painful process, but
everything finally comes together,
culminating in the perfect day.
Though none of us may have
to bear a year reliving the same
awful day, the stretch were in is
the closest well get to doing just
that. Its tempting to go through
the motions in anticipation of
spring break and the warmer days
that follow, but Groundhog Day
offers a better solution improve.
Find something different to
busy yourself with each day that
contributes to yourself or the com-
munity over the course of 40
days, perhaps (after all, a habit
takes three to four weeks to cre-
ate). Tis the season of growth:
Take advantage before its too late.
Holmes is an Overland Park
freshman in political science.
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Exchange rate just one
reason to study abroad
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BY MARK DENT
mdent@kansan.com
ROME Markets in foreign
countries always pull travelers in.
Part of it is the shopping.
Youre on vacation. You want to
shop. You want to buy a native
style dress or maracas or a crum-
my shot glass that will break in
your suitcase on the plane ride
home.
But more than that, its the
bargaining. Theres a sense of
excitement that comes with argu-
ing about a price, even though
youll still probably get ripped
off.
My most memorable bargain-
ing moment came my junior year
of high school in Juarez, Mexico.
I wanted a fake Rolex, bad. It
was the first thing I looked for at
an indoor jumble of shops and
tents called The Mercado. The
guy wanted $30. I settled for $20,
knowing it couldnt be worth
more than four cents.
I choked. It was embarrass-
ing. I havent really shopped in
a market situation since. Then
a few weeks ago I heard about
one in Rome. Its called Porta
Portese.
This isnt a regular market.
Those are all over the city, every
day. This is the market. Every
Roman peddler who sells any-
thing from genuine antiques
to used Genesis CDs to knock-
off watches that have already
stopped telling time sets up shop
at this mile-long alley near the
Trastevere area every Sunday
morning.
Here, the sellers are suppos-
edly tougher than the Central
American variety when it comes
to bargaining. Of course, the
citys best thieves join them. If
you feel someone stick his or
her hand in your jeans pocket,
and theres a decent chance you
might, its not because that per-
son is attracted to you.
I went this past Sunday, with
two goals in mind. One was to
get some gloves, needed for a
trip to Switzerland this weekend.
The other one, the main one,
was to get another scarf. It was a
sensible plan. Gloves and a scarf,
nothing else, no wasting money
on some counterfeit item.
Then I got sucked in. Right
away. Porta Portese does that.

Read the rest of Marks
blog from Rome at
www.kansan.com/blogs/
notorious_blog/
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inFOrMATiOn:
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Abroad in Lippincott Hall or:
http://www.studyabroad.
ku.edu/.
March 2 is the application
deadline for summer and
fall programs.
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS An infant
and at least five other people were
shot Tuesday along a parade route
packed with Mardi Gras revelers,
police said. Two suspects were
in custody and the victims were
recovering.
The shootings happened near
the Garden District about 1:40
p.m. after the last major parade of
the celebration, Rex, had ended.
Hundreds of truck floats that fol-
low the parade were passing when
gunfire broke out.
It sounded like a string of fire-
works, so I knew it was more than
one shooter, said Toni Labat, 29, a
window company manager. She was
with her two children, a 2-year-old
boy and a 10-year-old girl.
Everybody was petrified. They
hit the ground, the floats stopped,
everybody on the floats ducked,
Labat said.
Labat said one man dragged
himself on the ground screaming
for help after being wounded and
another man was gasping for air
and bleeding from his mouth.
Police spokesman Bob Young
said the victims were taken to local
hospitals. The infant was grazed
by a bullet and not seriously hurt,
Young said.
Dr. Jim Parry, 41, a surgeon who
was with a gathering of doctors
near the shooting site, ran over to
tend to one man who he said had
been shot in the abdomen. He
kept asking me, Was I shot? Was
I shot?
Paramedics arrived and took
over for the Air Force reservist.
Im off to Afghanistan this sum-
mer. Damn, this is more dangerous
than Afghanistan, Parry said.
Two male suspects, ages 18 and
20, were in custody and three weap-
ons believed used in the shooting
had been recovered, Young said.
The violence along the oak-
lined Uptown streetcar line marred
what had been a generally peaceful
day of revelry in which hundreds
of thousands of people partied
in the streets on the final day of
Carnival.
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neonatal nurse before looking at
salary figures.
Its not the highest-paid nurs-
ing, of course, but its what I want
to do, Treadwell said.
After earning her nursing
degree, Treadwell plans to practice
for about eight years, and then
teach nursing classes.
Why not teach if you know the
material and how to do things?
Treadwell said. Just go ahead and
take a few more years of school and
then youre helping out the whole
shortage on teaching.
Although Treadwell wont apply
for the school until next school
year, she said she was worried
because enrollment was competi-
tive.
Nursing schools around the
country have to be selective because
they do not have enough faculty to
allow everyone to be admitted, Teel
said. Last year, more than 40,000
applicants were turned away.
If the budget continues to
decrease, the number of students
admitted to graduate programs will
also decrease, Teel said.
Teel said students preparing to
enter the school would still receive
the educational benefits the school
had been known for.
We have the faculty we need in
order to continue to provide qual-
ity programming, Teel said.
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sometimes bakes cakes or breads.
She said she began baking last year
during finals week. Since then, she
said, she has resorted to baking to
relieve her stress.
I just like being able to start a
process like baking and complete
it in two hours, Cunningham said.
Its something that can take my
mind off things. Im sure as it gets
closer to graduation, Ill be baking
a lot more.
Cunningham said she felt more
stressed this year than in years past
because she was a senior. She said
her stress stemmed not only from
school but also from graduation
and finding a job.
Sometimes its stressful because
it feels like everything can pile up
at once, Cunningham said. But
if you take a minute to organize it
and figure out what you can do, it
becomes manageable.
The KU Art of Living Club,
a student organization, offers
a de-stressing session called
Body, Breath and Mind. Manas
Bhatnagar, Bhopal, India, sopho-
more, and president of the organi-
zation, said the session consisted
of learning breathing exercises and
processes that relaxed the body and
calmed the mind. He said the goal
of the session was to show how the
mind and body were connected
through breath.
The nature of the breath is
always in the present moment,
Bhatnagar said. By observing
our breath, our mind, which is
stressed, will come back to the
present moment. Once the mind
is calm, you can apply it to solv-
ing whatever problems you are
facing.
Bhatnagar said there was a cor-
relation between emotions and
breathing.
He said that when angry, a per-
sons breath was heavy. When sad,
people take deeper, longer breaths,
and when they were happy, their
breathing is more stable.
We use the connectives between
the breath and the mind to de-
stress, Bhatnagar said.
He said the techniques were prac-
tical and anyone could use them.
If you are traveling on a bus
and you have five minutes and you
want to calm yourself before an
interview, you can just pay atten-
tion to your breath, Bhatnagar
said.
Wade said being able to put
things in perspective and having
balance in life was crucial to ade-
quately managing stress.
A good question to ask yourself
is, Will this matter in five years?
Wade said. Certainly, some things
will be important five years from
now, but much of what we can
spend a lot of mental energy on, we
realize this is not as important as it
seems right now.
Gibbs said it was important to
have an outlet for stress.
Your emotional and mental
well-being goes hand-in-hand with
your physical well being, Gibbs
said. If you are not taking care of
yourself, eventually everything else
will suffer.
Edited by Brandy Entsminger
NURSING (continued from 1A)
STRESS (continued from 1A)
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accessories and loves sharing her baked goods with friends and family.
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Mens basketball
Young
Jayhawks
brush of
predictions
A
hem. Bear with me for a
second, because admissions
like this dont come easy.
Te thing is, sports writers have a
dirty little secret: We arent actually
all that smart. At least Im not.
Going into Mondays game
against Oklahoma, I would have
told you that the weight of 51 pre-
vious conference championships
would sit like a ton of bricks on
the young Jayhawks shoulders. I
would have told you that, knowing
Blake Grifn wouldnt play, Kansas
might take a depleted Oklahoma
a bit too lightly. I would have
told you Oklahomas fans might
take advantage of Kansas young
psyches and rattle the Jayhawks
into blowing another tight game.
Its a good thing I dont know
what Im talking about.
Tats because the one thing I
would not have told you that
Kansas would disregard all the pos-
sible sources of pressure and just
play is precisely what happened.
And its not as if Oklahoma made
things easy. Early on, the Sooners
held a 22-8 advantage, and it looked
as though Kansas might get run out
of the Lloyd Noble Center. Frankly,
its what I would have predicted.
Te crowd was set frmly against
Kansas, as was the omnipresent
beast that is momentum.
But Kansas led by Tyshawn
Taylor, of all people just played.
And played well enough to take
the lead in a matter of minutes.
Kansas held Oklahoma at arms
length until halfime, when the
Jayhawks led by seven points.
But halfime provided Oklahoma
coach Jef Capel with an opportu-
nity to fre up his troops. Maybe
Kansas would come out fat and the
Sooners would turn the tide. Again,
I half expected that to happen.
And again, I was wrong.
It was Kansas that opened the sec-
ond half as the best team, stretching
its seven-point lead to 20 points.
But with more than 10 minutes
to play, things could still have gone
wrong. Te Jayhawks could have
gotten too comfortable with their
lead, too complacent with Blake
Grifn wearing street clothes.
For a while, it looked like that
might happen. Oklahoma, pow-
ered by a barrage of threes, came
roaring back. Te 20-point lead
shrunk to three, and the Sooner
faithful came back to life.
Maybe the pressure got to them,
or perhaps the Jayhawks did get
complacent. Either way, it was over.
Sherron Collins took the ball and
drilled a guarded three from NBA
range. Te next possession, he did
the same thing. Collins and his
younger teammates made the plays
necessary to close out the game.
But how did they shrug of all the
factors I thought might hurt them?
In his interview on ESPN,
Collins gave the answer. He didnt
think about Blake Grifn. Nor
did he consider adding a 52nd
conference championship to Allen
Fieldhouses rafers. Neither the
stage nor the crowd got to him.
Collins and his teammates did
what other media members and I
seem unable to grasp they just
played.
Sometimes, I love being wrong.
Edited by Grant Treaster
Mens basketball
Mizzou matchup biggest of the season
Hawks look to build on Big 12 lead following OU victory
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With the Jayhawks nowin frst place within the Big 12, the outcome of each remaining game in
the regular season will afect the teams placement in postseason competition.
By cASe KeeFer
ckeefer@kansan.com
Its that time of year again.
Its the point in the college bas-
ketball season when the biggest
game of the year is always the next
game on a teams schedule. Its the
part of the season junior guard
Sherron Collins lives for.
Collins knows that as defning
as Mondays 87-78 victory against
Oklahoma at the Lloyd Noble
Center was, it will mean little if
Kansas trips up against Missouri
on Sunday. Tats why Collins is
already talking about the show-
down between the two rivals fve
days before the game.
Were trying to keep this streak
going, Collins said. Were going
to play tough. Were going to be
ready.
No. 15 Kansas (23-5, 12-1) is
alone in frst place in the Big 12
Conference afer beating Okla-
homa. But if No. 8 Missouri (23-
4, 10-2) beats Kansas State at 8
tonight in Columbia, Mo., and
follows it with a victory at Kansas,
the Tigers will suddenly be at the
top of the Big 12 standings.
Collins is aware. Tats why, as
the leader of the Jayhawks, Col-
lins said he would make sure his
teammates were still focused. He
promised practices would be as
intense as ever. Collins said Kan-
sas could still get better.
We control our own destiny so
we feel pretty good about it, Col-
lins said. But weve still got to get
there. Weve got to go out there
and make it happen.
Although these Jayhawks are in
contention for a Big 12 title just
like the teams from the past two
years, Kansas coach Bill Self has
noticed a diference. Unlike the
2007 and 2008 teams, which were
eventual No. 1 seeds in the NCAA
Tournament, this years squad
UP neXt
kansas vs. Missouri
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SEE basketball oN pAgE 3B
fast on her feet
women to face quick foe
OSUs Riley will impact tonights
game in a big way, but how big?
Oklahoma state guard andrea riley, though diminutive
at 5-foot-fve, will likely be able to drive past and shoot over
the Jayhawks tonight in Stillwater.
bY JaYson JENkS
jjenks@kansan.com
C
oach Bonni e
Henrickson flipped on
tape of Oklahoma State
guard Andrea Riley and did a
double-take.
Oh, God, shes so quick. I
mean, shes ridiculously fast,
Henrickson said. Sometimes
I have to look at it and go, Am
I on a speed-ahead or not?
But its regular speed. Shes just
really, really quick.
The question for the
Jayhawks and for any team
playing against an elite scor-
er is this: Let Riley score
and limit the Cowgirls other
players or focus the defensive
game plan around
shutting down
Riley?
In discuss-
ing Rileys abil-
ity, Henrickson
seemed to provide
the answer.
No one has
shut her down,
Henrickson said. Nobody has
stopped her.
Guarding Riley, the Big 12s
leading scorer, will be an all-
hands-on-deck effort tonight
at 7 at Oklahoma States
Gallagher-Iba Arena. But
senior guard Ivana Catic and
junior guard Sade Morris will
shoulder much of the respon-
sibility.
The diminutive 5-foot-5
Riley will be the smallest play-
er on the court.
What Riley lacks in size she
makes up for in virtually every
other aspect.
Well, she can do everything.
She can shoot it from half-
court. She has a jumper and
she can penetrate to
the hole, Morris said.
Im going to have to
find an area where
Im close enough
where she wont shoot
it but not so close that
shell just blow right past
me.
In one blink, she can be
past you, said Catic.
Rileys most outstanding
traits are speed and an abil-
ity to drive toward the basket
almost at will. But failing to
mention the rest of Rileys skill
set would be a slight against
her offensive ability.
While watching film
with Kansas point guards,
Henrickson often pressed
pause, allow-
ing her guards
to admire Rileys
vision and split-
second decision-
making.
We feel like
shes going to
get hers, Catic
said. Now the
question is how many shots
is she going to take? How
many turnovers? And then,
of course, the contributions
of everyone else.
Therein lies the key for
Kansas.
Expecting to shut down
Riley, who averages near-
ly 27 points per game in
conference play, is fool-
ish.
But theres little
doubt that Kansas must
limit the rest of the
Cowgirls produc-
tion.
oh, god, shes
so quick. I mean,
shes ridiculously
fast.
bonnie henrickson
Womens basketball
coach
AssociAted Press
JUPITER, Fla. Security was
something Ryan Ludwick never
felt during his first decade in pro-
fessional baseball. But that has
changed, thanks to a breakout 2008
season and a new $3.7 million
contract.
The Cardinals
definitely have
a spot for him in
the outfield, but he
said the deep tal-
ent there keeps him
motivated. Whether
he plays right or
left field depends
on several factors,
including the teams
desire to move outfielder Skip
Schumaker to second base.
Were loaded here in the out-
field, Ludwick said. Whenever
I work out in the offseason Im
always going in the gym or out
to the field with the intention
that no one is
going to outwork
me in the coun-
try that day. If you
take that approach
you know youre
at least working as
hard as that other
guy whos behind
you or ahead of
you.
Ludwick hit .299
with 37 home runs and 113 RBI in
2008, his first full season in the big
leagues.
He then avoided arbitration
by settling for the one-year deal,
which was a victory of sorts for the
30-year-old. Ludwick was seeking
$4.25 million while the Cardinals
were offering $2.8 million. Teams
and players typically meet halfway
when they settle, but Ludwicks
base salary is $175,000 above the
midpoint.
He was thrilled with how it
worked out, noting he has come
a long way from where he was in
the past.
Worst case scenario, if you
would have told me I was going to
be making $2.8 million four years
ago I would have said, awesome,
Ludwick said.
For me, its not about the
money; its about being here. Ive
been healthy for three years. Thats
that main goal, staying healthy
and being able to play this game.
I love playing this game. I feel
blessed being able to do this every
day.
Ludwick was derailed by a series
of injuries that limited him to
fewer than 70 games per year in
the minors and majors from 2002-
05. Its not an easy game to play,
even if youre playing it every day,
Ludwick said.
The Cardinals revamped their
outfield last season, making the
transition from the Jim Edmonds
years, with Ludwick, Rick Ankiel
and Skip Schumaker.
Chris Duncan and Colby
Rasmus also are fighting for play-
ing time. Thats one reason man-
ager Tony La Russa decided to
give Schumaker first dibs on the
second base job. With five talent-
ed players in the outfield, moving
Schumaker to second base gives
the other two more opportunity
to play.
What last year did for them is
it gives them a foot in the door,
La Russa said about his outfield-
ers. Their attitude is not any dif-
ferent than last year except they
should have more confidence. We
dont want anybody getting com-
fortable.
Confident good. Comfortable
bad, he said.
T
here are a couple of cut and
dry titleholders this season
in college basketball.
A non-concussed Blake Griffin
is the best college basketball play-
er in the nation. Courtney Paris is
the most dominating female post
player in America. Tennessees
Pat Summitt is Americas most
successful coach. And finally,
Alabama State senior center Chief
Kickingstallionsims owns the best
name in college basketball.
Honestly, can there be any
competition? Kickingstallionsims,
whose full name is Grlenntys
Chief Kickingstallionsims Jr., is
a nightmare for public address,
radio and television announcers
as well as opposing Southwestern
Athletic Conference post players.
He is listed
at 7-foot-1 and
260 pounds,
and, unsurpris-
ingly, leads the
conference with
2.8 blocks per
game a full
block more than
the next closest
player. Alabama
State is also at the top of the con-
ference with a 13-1 record, a vast
improvement on the 3-7 mark it
owned after the non-conference
portion of the schedule.
As undeniably awesome as his
name is, Kickingstallionsims isnt
a great scorer, or even a good
rebounder for that matter. Case in
point: he lists his greatest athletic
accomplishment as being named
Best Name in College Sports by
Sports Illustrated.
THE UEFA CHAMPIONS
LEAGUE IS BACK
After two months spent wait-
ing for the knockout stages
to begin, soccer fans are once
again in footy heaven as the
Champions League got back
under way Tuesday afternoon.
The days marquee matchup
Manchester United against
Inter Milan was a ho-hum 0-0
draw at the Stadio San Siro in
Milan, but there is plenty to look
forward to today as heavyweights
Liverpool and Real Madrid clash
in Madrid. Also on the card is
another English-Italian matchup
between Chelsea and Turin giants
Juventus.
The competitions format in
this stage calls for two matches to
determine which team advances
one at each teams stadium
with aggregate goals deciding the
victor and away goals separating
the two in case of a tie.
You can see Chelsea play
Juventus on ESPN2 (Channel
34) at 1:30 p.m. and Real Madrid
face Liverpool on ESPN Classic
(Channel 35) at 4 p.m.
WORLD BASEBALL
CLASSIC
I love baseball as much as the
next red-blooded American,
but the World
Baseball Classic
marketing
department may
have made a
mistake making
Alex Rodriguez
one of the faces
of its marketing
campaign.
Derek Jeter
and Ichiro are both decent
choices although I wonder if it
might be time to put Jeter in the
background as his skills continue
to slide and they couldnt get
anyone from 2006 runner-up
Cuba for obvious reasons.
But A-Fraud? I know he
apologized for the steroids con-
troversy and all, but why not
choose another player from what
amounts to a stacked Dominican
Republic roster?
Just a few who deserved con-
sideration: David Ortiz, Albert
Pujols and Jose Reyes. Of course,
Rodriguez would be the obvious
choice minus the current contro-
versy, and odds are the television
spots were recorded months ago,
but you would think officials
could scramble to find a replace-
ment without a media cloud
hanging over his head.
Edited by Chris Horn
sports 2B Wednesday, february 25, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY

They probably run the fewest
number of ofensive sets in
the league but when you have
a kid that can make a lot of
plays, you probably dont need
to run as many plays. She can
make plays.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson on Oklahoma
States explosive guard Andrea Riley
FACT OF THE DAY
Oklahoma State junior guard
Andrea Riley is averaging a
league-high 26.6 points per
game in Big 12 play. Second in
that category is Kansas Dan-
ielle McCray, whos scoring 19.2
points against conference foes.
Big 12 Conference
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q:When was the last time
Oklahoma State guard Andrea
Riley scored fewer than 10
points in a Big 12 game?
A: Jan. 27, 2007. Riley,
then a freshman, shot 2-of-12
against Baylor and scored just
six points. Since then shes
been on a torrid scoring pace,
pacing the league in scoring
the last two seasons.
OSU Athletics
THIS WEEK
IN KANSAS
ATHLETICS
TODAY
Baseball
Arkansas, 3 p.m.
Fayetteville, Ark.
Womens basketball
Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla.
Swimming & Diving
Big 12 Championships
Columbia, Mo.
THURSDAY
Swimming & Diving
Big 12 Championships
Columbia, Mo.
FRIDAY
Track & Field
Big 12 Indoor
Championships
College Station, Texas
Swimming & Diving
Big 12 Championships
Columbia, Mo.
SATURDAY
Softball
Harvard, 11 a.m.
Denton, Texas
Softball
North Texas, 1:30 p.m.
Denton, Texas
Womens basketball
Nebraska, 7 p.m.
Lawrence
Swimming & Diving
Big 12 Championships
Columbia, Mo.
Track & Field
Big 12 Indoor
Championships
College Station, Texas
COMMENTARY
Player has best name, not game
By Andrew wieBe
awiebe@kansan.com
Rodriguez
Kickingstallionsims
High steppin
@
The Give and Go: Looking
into the crystal ball, Clark and
Jayson forecast what Kansas
needs to do to make the WNIT.
Along the way, the guys talk
about avoid-
ing getting
killed on the
road and
avoiding road-
kill on the way to Stillwater.
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Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo, right, challenges for the ball with Inter Milan forward Davide Santon, center, and defender Cristian Chivu during a Champions League,
Round of 16, frst leg soccer match, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday.
nFL
Colts call it quits with star
Harrison after 13 years
INDIANAPOLIS The India-
napolis Colts have released Marvin
Harrison, ending the star receivers
13-year stay with the team.
Agent Tom Condon said a day
earlier that the Colts had agreed
to release Harrison after he de-
clined a pay cut. Harrison had the
highest salary-cap number of any
NFL receiver at $13.4 million.
Harrison is second in NFL
career receptions. He turns 37 in
August and is coming of the least
productive season of his career in
which he was not injured. Cutting
him could save the Colts about $6
million on next seasons salary cap.
Associated Press
After stellar season, Ludwick fnds comfort in Cards outfeld
MLB
nFL
Murder suspect of Denver
player charged again
DENVER A suspect in
the shooting death of Denver
Broncos cornerback Darrent
Williams has pleaded not
guilty to an unrelated charge
of having a homemade knife
in his jail cell.
Willie D. Clark was in Denver
County Court Tuesday for
a preliminary hearing on a
charge of introducing contra-
band.
Authorities say they found
a plastic spoon sharpened
into a weapon in Clarks cell
on Dec. 8. Clarks attorney says
Clark had been in the cell only
three days when the knife
was found and suggested the
previous occupant made it.
Clark is charged with mur-
der in the Jan. 1, 2007, slaying
of Williams. A judge entered a
not-guilty plea on his behalf.
He also faces a murder
charge in the unrelated shoot-
ing death of Denver woman in
December 2006.
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game. I feel blessed
being able to do this
every day.
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Theres some of Riley that is
just not defendable, Henrickson
said. I mean, she has that kind
of speed ... Youve got to be able
to slow Riley down if you can, but
you cant have contribution from
others. You have to be able to shut
everybody else down.
Last season, Riley torched the
Jayhawks for 49 points and made
54 percent of her attempts in two
games both Kansas losses.
Still, the depth of Rileys offen-
sive success goes beyond any
physical ability. From previous
meetings, Catic noticed a certain
swagger a willingness to con-
tinue shooting and attacking.
The best thing about her is her
confidence, Catic said. She really
believes that every shot is going to
go in and if one doesnt go in, shes
going to get the next one.
In preparation for Riley, the
Jayhawks returned to the funda-
mental basics of defense: Stay low,
dont bounce, and keep a body
between the offensive player and
the basket.
In doing so, the Jayhawks hope
to limit, but not necessarily shut
down, Riley.
Shes their leader in every
single way, Catic said. If she
gets emotional, everyone else
gets emotional in a good or
bad way.
Thats why its so important
that we contain her and dont let
anybody score.
Edited by Chris Hickerson
Kansas (14-11, 3-9) vs. Oklahoma State (15-10, 4-8)
P No. Kansas Ht. Yr. PPG
G 3 Ivana Catic 5-8 Sr. 2.3
G 4 Danielle McCray 5-11 Jr. 19.0
G 20 Sade Morris 5-11 Jr. 11.9
F 24 Nicollette Smith 6-2 So. 7.3
C 14 Krysten Boogaard 6-5 So. 9.5
P No. Oklahoma State Ht. Yr. PPG
G 10 Andrea Riley 5-5 Jr. 24.0
G 13 Taylor Hardeman 5-10 Sr. 6.4
F 1 Tegan Cunningham 6-1 Jr. 10.9
F 32 Shaunte Smith 6-0 Sr. 11.0
C 33 Megan Byford 6-2 Jr. 4.7

When/Where...
Tipof scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at Gallagher-
Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla.
Who to watch for...
Junior guard Andrea Riley. It all goes through the
5-foot-5 guard from Dallas. She averages nearly 20
shots per game. When she does give up the rock,
she does it very well. She gets more than six assists a
game, as well. She may be little, but she can get her
shot of quick and she is always looking to score.
What to expect...
An Oklahoma State team that badly needs a victory.
The Cowgirls took a hard loss to Texas Tech and in
turn the Red Raiders supplanted them in ESPNs
latest Bracketology. The Cowgirls are now on the
outside looking in. A loss to Kansas would end their
hopes completely.
Why Kansas will win...
Kansas put together a complete 40 minutes in the
Jayhawks victory against No. 21 Iowa State and
will need to again to win in Stillwater. It will not be
easy, and Riley will keep it close, even by herself. But
Danielle McCray and Sade Morris will split the scor-
ing load and be too much for the Oklahoma State
defense.
How the game is important...
Kansas is still looking at a potential bid to the WNIT.
This team will get better with every game it plays,
so if the Jayhawks play a few more at the end of the
year, they will have more experience for next year.
Magic number...
27.2 percent Rileys shooting percentage from
behind the three-point line. She sometimes settles
for a deep heave, and if the Jayhawks can limit her
penetration, she might be less efective.
Clark Goble
riley (continued from 1B)
ASSOCiATeD PreSS
Oklahoma State guard Andrea riley, center, is a force to be reckoned with on the
basketball court, and the Jayhawks seemto have accepted they will have trouble holding her
down. Instead, the Jayhawks plan to focus on shutting down Rileys teammates tonight.
hasnt received much national at-
tention.
Add another opportunity that
a victory against Missouri could
present. Self said he thought it
would force people around the na-
tion to take notice.
We have a chance to help our-
selves playing a top-10 team Sun-
day, Self said. If were able to take
care of business Sunday, I think
well be in the discussion.
Te matchup against the Tigers
goes beyond all that for the Jay-
hawks, though. To them, its about
redemption.
Kansas lost to Missouri 62-60
two weeks ago at Mizzou Arena. Self
said Kansas gave that one away.
And its hard to argue against it.
Te Jayhawks led by 14 at half-
time and by eight with seven min-
utes to go before Missouri came
back. Missouri guard Zaire Taylor
made a jumper with one second re-
maining to win the game, and fans
rushed the court.
Not surprisingly, the Jayhawks
remember the defeat better than
any game this season.
We made a lot of uncharacter-
istic plays and lost our poise there
at the end, sophomore center
Cole Aldrich said. But youve got
to learn from it and get better. It
makes our team go.
If Kansas beats Missouri, it will
be two games away from winning
its ffh consecutive Big 12 regular
season championship. Ten, the
Jayhawks fnal two games at
Texas Tech on March 4 and against
Texas on March 7 will become
the biggest of the year, because if
Kansas wins, it will clinch the con-
ference. Collins wouldnt have it
any other way.
Edited by Chris Horn
bASkeTbAll (continued from 1B)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Three
often-injured veterans who hardly
played last season were cut loose
on Tuesday by the Kansas City
Chiefs.
The Chiefs announced on their
Web site they terminated the
contracts of linebacker Donnie
Edwards, quarterback Damon
Huard and cornerback Patrick
Surtain.
None of the three played much
during the 2-14 season of 2008 and
all were expected to be gone soon.
The moves were made without
comment by Scott Pioli, the Chiefs
new general manager, or new head
coach Todd Haley.
The Chiefs also said they waived
tight end Michael Merritt, who
played very little last year as a
rookie.
Edwards, 35, was a fourth-
round draft pick by Kansas City
in 1996 and led the Chiefs in tack-
les for four years. He was allowed
to sign a free agent contract with
San Diego but rejoined the Chiefs
as an unrestricted free agent in
2007. He played in only seven
games this past season and had
34 tackles.
Huard, 35, spent his career as
a backup to some of the games
best quarterbacks, including Dan
Marino at Miami and Tom Brady
at New England. He was with the
Chiefs the past five years, but inju-
ries caused him to miss the last 11
games of 2008.
Surtain, 32, appeared in only
eight games in 2008 and totaled
11 tackles.
chiefs release popular veteran
players edwards, Surtain, Huard
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
It wasnt anywhere near perfect,
but freshman pitcher Lee Riden-
hour survived the frst start of his
young career.
His solid
pitching, along
with timely hit-
ting, led Kansas
to a 9-3 victory
against the No.
21 Arkansas Ra-
zorbacks yester-
day afernoon.
I was really excited and my
adrenaline was pumping, Riden-
hour said. I
just tried to get
that frst pitch
across for a
strike.
Ri de nhour
pitched fve in-
nings, giving
up two earned
runs. He was
shaky at times as he allowed three
walks and six hits, including a solo
home run to the Razorbacks senior
second baseman
Ben Tschepikow.
But he battled
through his
fve innings
and handed the
game of to the
bullpen to se-
cure the victory.
Lee was spec-
tacular, senior centerfelder Nick
Faunce said. I was really impressed
with him, even with the umpire hav-
ing a really tight strike zone.
In addition to the contributions
from Ridenhour, the Kansas of-
fense was able to put nine runs on
the board, a season high. Faunce
said the team had to play within its
identity.
We cant just be going for the
fences when we come up to the
plate, Faunce said. We know we
have to push runners over and
drive them in.
A four-run third inning took
the pressure of Ridenhour early.
Sophomore third baseman Tony
Tompson picked up the innings
biggest hit, driving in two runs
with a single. Faunce also had an
RBI single in the inning.
I wouldnt even say that weve
been struggling in those other cou-
ple of games, Faunce said. I feel
like weve been hitting a lot of balls
hard at people. Today it was good
to see those balls drop, especially in
clutch situations.
Ridenhour didnt need any more
run support afer that third inning.
He used his slider efectively against
the lef-handed power hitters in the
Razorback lineup.
My slider was working really
well for me, Ridenhour said. I
had good command of it, especially
against the lef-handed hitters, the
power hitters that they have in the
middle of the lineup.
A victory against a ranked team
can do wonders for a teams conf-
dence, and Faunce hopes Kansas
can springboard from this victory
and sweep the series tomorrow af-
ternoon.
We got to keep tough and never
be satisfed, he said. I think it was
just good for our mindsets to give
us the peace of mind that we can
do it.
HALL COLLECTS
NATIONAL AWARDS
Afer receiving awards from the
Big 12, Shaefer Halls no-hitter has
been recognized nationally.
Both the National Collegiate
Baseball Writers Association and
Te College Baseball Blog named
Hall National Pitcher of the Week
for the week of Feb. 24. He was
also named the Louisville Slugger
National Player of the Week.
Hall pitched a no-hitter last
weekend against Air Force in his
frst start of the season. It was
only the ffh individual no-hitter
thrown in Kansas history and the
frst since 1980.
Hall is the frst Kansas player to
be honored as a national player of
the week since Gus Milner in 2006.
Edited by Brandy Entsminger
bASEbALL
Freshman pitcher helps
team secure a victory
Faunce
Ridenhour
Thompson
bOx SCORE
Kansas 0 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 9
No. 21 Arkansas 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
WP: Ridenhour (1-0) LP: Eibner (0-1) SV: None
HR: Tschepikow (ARK: 1)
NfL
Jayhawks defeat Razorbacks 9-3 after productive third, sixth innings
Weston White/kANSAN
Junior guard Sherron Collins gets pumped after hitting one of several three-pointers
throughout the Jayhawks 87-78 victory against Oklahoma on Monday in Norman. Nowthat
Kansas is in frst place in the Big 12, each remaining regular season game will be increasingly
important to determining the teams fnish and eventual seedings in postseason tournaments.
sports 4B wednesday, february 25, 2009
By ALAN ESKEW
Associated Press
SURPRISE, Ariz. The Kansas
City Royals plan to start four play-
ers acquired in the offseason
Coco Crisp, Mike Jacobs, Willie
Bloomquist and Horacio Ramirez
in their exhibition opener.
Ramirez, a left-hander who
made 15 relief appearances for the
Royals last season before being
traded to the Chicago White Sox
in August, will be the starting
pitcher in Kansas Citys first spring
training game Wednesday against
the Texas Rangers.
Crisp will play center and bat
leadoff, while Jacobs, who hit 32
home runs last year for the Florida
Marlins, will be the designated hit-
ter and bat cleanup.
Bloomquist has spent most of
the early spring training drills tak-
ing ground balls at second base, but
he will start in right field and bat
ninth. Jose Guillen, Kansas Citys
starting right fielder, has been
slowed by an ingrown toenail and
a sore shoulder.
David DeJesus, who mainly bat-
ted first last season while hitting
.307, has moved from center to left
and dropped to third in the batting
order to accommodate Crisp, who
hit .283 last season for Boston.
Playing center (in Kauffman
Stadium), I do think it wears you
down from an energy level, espe-
cially over the course of a long
season, manager Trey Hillman
said. David is always an energetic
player. We anticipate and hopefully
well see his stamina be even better
than what it was last year.
Billy Butler, who started just 33
games at first base last year, will
play that position and bat fifth.
This time last year I heard, Billy
Butler can never play first base. You
dont want to put that guy there.
Those didnt come from inside the
organization, but outside the orga-
nization. He did a very respectable
job in the time he was there last
year, Hillman said.
Hes more agile this year. Its
helping his lateral movement.
Its also helping his feet with his
exchange once he catches the ball.
He turned a nice 3-6-3 double play
in our intrasquad game.
Butler said he has improved on
defense.
Ive just got in better shape,
worked a lot on my agility this off-
season, Butler said. They told me
thats what I needed to do to come
in and compete for the job. I feel
like a more rounded player.
Mark Teahen, who started at
right, left, first and third last year,
will start at second base, a posi-
tion he has not played since col-
lege. Hillman said he wants to see
Teahen play second base in games
before he leaves next week to play
for Canada in the World Baseball
Classic.
Ill be real hesitant, even with
the guys leaving for the WBC, to
go four days in a row with them,
just simply because its too early,
Hillman said.
Shortstop Mike Aviles, who
batted .336 as a rookie, will bat
second. Miguel Olivo, who has
replaced John Buck as the starting
catcher, will bat eighth, in front of
Bloomquist.
Hillman anticipates Guillen
will be able to play before leav-
ing Sunday to join the Dominican
Republic team for the WBC.
Guillen said he wont play in the
WBC if hes not healthy.
Were going to see how Jose
feels with his swinging, Hillman
said. I got another look the other
day at the toe unbandaged, and
Ive been pretty impressed with
what hes been able to do with his
running.
By DOUG FERGUSON
Associated Press
MARANA, Ariz. Bob Rotella
was a busy man on the range at
Dove Mountain, which made per-
fect sense.
Few tournaments are so baffling
that they require the services of
golf s most famous psychologist.
Half the players are losers after
each of six rounds at the Accenture
Match Play Championship, where
skill isnt nearly as important as
luck and timing.
Phil Mickelson refers to it as six
final rounds.
Stuart Appleby had a similar
analogy, different day.
The only uncertainty at the
start of a regular tournament is if
you make the cut, and thats on a
Friday, he said. Match play has
the ability to make you feel like
every round is Friday afternoon.
Youre looking at moving forward
which you should never do
and then youre booking a flight
home. It makes you constantly feel
like youre trying to make the cut.
This is the fickle format to which
Tiger Woods makes his return.
Oddly enough, the last hole
he played essentially was match
play. After going 90 holes in the
U.S. Open four rounds and an
18-hole playoff he still was tied
with Rocco Mediate.
They went to sudden death, and
Woods won the next hole with a
par.
Woods shot an even-par 71 in
his final round at Torrey Pines.
If he can manage a score like
that at Dove Mountain, it might be
enough to beat Brendan Jones.
Or maybe not.
Match play is a funny game,
Jones said. Anything can happen.
It can be maddening at times.
Scott Hoch once had the second-
best score during the quarterfinals
of Match Play.
Just his luck, he
happened to be
playing Woods,
who had the best
score.
Stephen Ames
recalls being 2-up
with three holes to
play against Charles
Howell III and finishing birdie-
par-par only to lose.
Robert Karlsson, the No. 7
player in the world, has a unique
distinction at Dove Mountain.
He is the only player in the
64-man field who has played
the Accenture Match Play
Championship at least three
times without ever winning a
match.
Its not his fault. A year ago, he
shot a 65 in the opening round and
ran into a 64 by Paul Casey.
Thats why so many players cant
stomach match play more than
once a year.
If we had to play match play
every single week, guys would
retire by the age of 40, Woods
said five years ago. And that was
after his most dominant victory in
Match Play, when he set a tourna-
ment record by playing only 112
holes, with only one match going
the distance.
And thats why some players
cant get enough of it.
Maybe its
because Im such a
sports fanatic, said
Masters champion
Trevor Immelman,
who wants more
of match play. But
99.9 percent of the
time, its man-on-
man, team-on-team. Thats what
sport is. In golf, you can win a
tournament and not see 150 guys
all week. I think match play is
easier for the fans to relate to, and
its a nice change. I would love to
see this two times a year.
Why not more?
Immelman thought about this
for a minute.
Three would be pushing it,
he said.
Golf has a long history of match
play, and even one of the four
majors (PGA Championship) used
match play until 1958. It was aban-
doned because it was not a good
fit for television, the gallery could
only see two players on the course
in the final match, and the format
had this nasty habit of knocking
the stars out early.
And thats why once a year is
probably ample.
This is the only golf tournament
that gets less exciting the closer it
gets to the trophy presentation.
MLB
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas City Royals outfelder Coco Crisp
throws a ball during baseball spring training
Thursday in Surprise, Ariz.
Four new Royals to start in opener
PGA
Golfers share diferent opinions about match play
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tiger Woods watches his drive on the sixth hole during a practice round at the World Golf
Championships Accenture Match Play ChampionshipTuesday, Feb. 24, in Marana, Ariz.
Match play is a funny
game. Anything can
happen.
BrendAn jones
By JIMMy GOLEN
Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I.
Weyinmi Efejuku scored 16 and
Providence upset No. 1 Pittsburgh
81-73 on Tuesday night for its
first win over a top-ranked team
in 33 years.
Sharaud Curry added 15 points
for the Friars (17-11, 9-7 Big East),
who picked up a big victory for
their NCAA tournament hopes.
DeJuan Blair fouled out on a
moving pick with 46 seconds left
as Pittsburgh (25-3, 12-3) tried
to rally.
Blair, the reigning Big East
player of the week, averaged
21 points and 20.5 rebounds in
wins over No. 1 Connecticut and
DePaul that elevated the Panthers
to the top spot on Monday. But
he picked up two quick fouls
his third and fourth midway
through the second half.
He finished with 17 points and
eight rebounds.
Providence led by 20 after
completing a 17-1 run with the
first basket of the second half,
but the Panthers cut it to five
points, 75-70, on Blair's putback
with 51 seconds left. After Brian
McKenzie hit a pair of free throws
for Providence a fraction of a sec-
ond later, Pitt brought the ball
down and Blair was called for an
offensive foul that sent the Friars
back to the foul line.
It was the home finale senior
night for Providence, which
was coming off a 103-84 loss to
Notre Dame that might have elimi-
nated its chances of reaching the
tournament. With a signature win
and a game left against 15th-place
Rutgers, the Friars may have played
their way in.
The fans in the sold-out Dunkin'
Donuts Center sensed it, crowding
around the courtside press tables
for the final minutes. Twice in the
final minutes, the public address
announcer begged the fans to stay
off the floor following the game;
twice the crowd responded with
a laugh.
Sure enough, after the Friars
dribbled out the last 20 seconds
it was too far gone for Pitt to try
fouling the fans went over the
tables and chairs circling the floor
and celebrated one of the biggest
wins in school history.
The Friars are just 2-10 all-time
against No. 1-ranked teams, with
their only other victory coming in
double overtime against Michigan
in 1976. This win made them 2-5
against ranked teams this season,
having also beaten then-No. 15
Syracuse on Jan. 28.
Pittsburgh had won seven
straight and beaten Providence
eight times in a row. The Panthers
won their first 16 games this season
and spent two weeks in January at
No. 1 before losing to then-No. 20
Louisville.
Providence opened with a 15-4
lead and led by 18 at the half.
Top-ranked Pitt loses
to streaking Providence
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the New York Knicks, ending a
turbulent five-year stint in which
the former All-Star couldnt lead
his hometown team to a single
playoff victory.
The team released a statement
saying an agreement between the
Knicks and Marbury had been
reached, but did not disclose
financial terms. Knicks president
Donnie Walsh has said the team
and Marbury have been trying to
work out a buyout.
Marbury is one of the highest-
paid players in the NBA, set to
make close to $21 million this sea-
son, but has not played a game for
new coach Mike DAntoni.
But DAntoni never gave the
temperamental guard a chance to
cause the same troubles for him
that he did for Larry Brown and
Isiah Thomas.
Marbury would be eligible to
play in the postseason for any team
that signs him because he was
waived by March 1. He has been
linked to the Boston Celtics, who
are in need of a backup guard with
Tony Allen injured.
The statement also said
Marburys grievance against the
Knicks had been resolved. The
sides attended an arbitration hear-
ing earlier Tuesday regarding the
nearly $400,000 in salary the team
had docked the point guard after
alleging he refused to play in a
game in Detroit in November.
He then publicly criticized
DAntoni and saying he could never
play for the coach because he didnt
trust him.
Marbury sought his departure
soon after that episode, but hadnt
met face-to-face with Walsh since
Dec. 1, when he left a meeting
after just 20 minutes because they
werent close on a buyout agree-
ment.
Marbury had previously refused
to surrender more than $1 million
of the remaining $20.8 million on
his contract that expires after this
season. Its unclear what he gave up
Tuesday to secure his release.
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sports 6B wednesday, february 25, 2009
BY HALLIE MANN
hmann@kansan.com
Olympians and high-tech speed
suits arent what youd expect to see
at a college swim meet. But for the
Big 12 Conference Championship,
Kansas (11-3) will be competing
against Texas and Texas A&M,
who have their own Olympians,
bringing the competition to a new
level.
With the introduction of the
speed suits, fast times arent fast
anymore, coach Clark Camp-
bell said. But this is the level of
competition we want to swim
against.
At its last meet, against Iowa
State, Kansas broke the 200-yard
freestyle relay record at Robinson
Natatorium.
Campbell said swimming had
fnally made it into the technologi-
cal age.
Tese may lower our times
but the suits dont
swim, Campbell
said. Te girls will
still have to do their
stuf if they want to
win.
Te champion-
ship runs today
through Saturday in
Columbia, Mo. Pre-
liminary races begin
at 10 a.m. each day,
with fnals starting
at 6 p.m.
Campbell said that the team had
trained all year for this meet and
that every training session mat-
tered now.
Its like Christmas and New
Year all wrapped into one for the
swimmers and divers, Campbell
said.
With senior Maria Mayrovich
being the only swimmer qualifed
for the NCAA Championships,
Kansas has one last opportunity
this week to get more swimmers
qualifed.
Te past two
years Kansas has
placed in the top
three as a team
at the conference
c h a mp i o n s h i p.
Campbell said the
team was on the
right track to do it
again this year.
If we come out
of the meet with
some lifetime best
performances and make our goals,
the places and ranking will take
care of itself, Campbell said.
Afer fnishing as the top-scor-
ing diving squad at the champion-
ship last year, Kansas is hoping to
fnish this season on a similarly
strong note.
Tis year we have the same op-
portunity to do the same if we stay
focused, coach Eric Elliott said.
Te divers bring in big points
for the overall team score, so the
pressure is on, Elliott said.
Te four divers, sophomore Erin
Mertz, juniors Meghan Proehl and
Allison Ho and senior Hannah
McMacken have set high goals for
their last meet.
Teyre expecting us to score a
lot for the team, but we have our
own goals, too, Elliott said.
Despite the pressure, McMacken
said she was confdent she and her
teammates would do well at the
meet.
Its really awesome to think
about all of the competitions weve
done, McMacken said. Its go-
ing to be fun no matter what hap-
pens.
Edited by Jesse Trimble
Big 12 Championships EvEnt sChEdulE
Wednesday
200-yard medley relay
800-yard freestyle relay
thursday
500-yard freestyle
200-yard individual medley relay
50-yard freestyle
400-yard medley relay
1-meter diving
Friday
200-yard freestyle relay
200-yard individual medley
100-yard butterfy
200-yard freestyle
100-yard breaststroke
3-meter diving
saturday
200-yard backstroke
100-yard freestyle
1650-yard freestyle
200-yard breaststroke
200-yard butterfy
400-yard freestyle relay
sWimming & diving
Kansas strives to swim
to Big 12 Championship
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Sarah Hettenbach, Abilene freshman, holds a lap sign for Molly Brammer, Blue Springs, Mo., senior, during the 1000-yard freestyle
competition at a Jan. 24 meet. The swimming and diving team travels to the Big 12 Championship this week.
Jayhawks face top technology, Olympians in Columbia, Mo.
Its really awesome
to think about all
of the competitions
weve done. Its going
to be fun no matter
what happens.
HannaH mcmacken
Senior diver
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