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health
KU devises
response
plan for
swine fu
BY ALY VAN DYKE
avandyke@kansan.com
With two cases of novel H1N1,
also called swine flu, reported
on campus over the summer,
University officials have developed
a response plan in anticipation of
an outbreak on campus.
H1N1 is on campus, said Don
Steeples, senior vice provost for
scholarly support. We are expect-
ing it will spread over the course
of the semester.
One case of swine flu was
reported in June, the other in the
beginning of August. Steeples said
that both students recovered.
Lisa Horn, communica-
tions coordinator with the
Lawrence-Douglas County Health
Department, verified that the virus
is present in the Lawrence com-
munity, but said no one has an
accurate account of actual H1N1
cases.
Theres a lot more H1N1 than
we know, she said.
She said tracking the number
of cases was difficult because state
and local health departments dont
require people to be tested for the
virus, unless a person has been
hospitalized or dies from the ill-
ness.
Horn said the Kansas
Department of Health and
Environment estimated that at
least 10,000 Kansans have been
infected by H1N1.
In July, the KDHE expected
up to 1.12 million 40 percent
of the states population could
come down with H1N1 in the next
two years. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention estimated
up to 40 percent of the total U.S.
population could contract the
virus in the same time period.
Joe Quimby, senior press offi-
cer with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, said peo-
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administration
Chancellor Gray-Little brings new era for Jayhawks
BY ROSS STEWART
rstewart@kansan.com
Editors note: This story first ran
in a summer issue of The Kansan.
The Kansan had the opportunity
to sit down in Chapel Hill, N.C.
with Bernadette Gray-Little, the
Universitys 17th chancellor, and sev-
eral of her colleagues and friends.
The conversations centered on who
Gray-Little is and what she intends
to do at the University.
Chapel Hill, N.C. Bernadette
Gray-Little shoots a contemplative
look at the ceiling for a moment
then points out the window at
something shes going to miss.
I enjoy that sight right out there,
Gray-Little said. More days than
not I stop on the way in or out or I
look out my window and I look out
on that sight. Its a great sight.
She points out a window to a
building, the universitys Wilson
library, which looks like a regal
whitewashed capitol building. Its
two football fields away from her
office at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, across a
vast courtyard filled with criss-
crossing sidewalks, surrounded by
trees and old academic halls.
Gray-Little ended her 38 years
of employment at UNC as provost
July 8.
She began her role as the 17th
chancellor of the University of
Kansas on Aug. 15.
Born and raised in Washington,
N.C., a small town in the then-seg-
regated South, her parents placed
a great deal of worth on receiving
an education. Her younger brother
Mark Gray said it was presented to
them as a way out of poverty.
Gray-Little still continues to pur-
sue this early-established ideal. She
sees the worth in it.
Her time at UNC shows her dedi-
cation to education. Her accom-
plishments, such as increasing
diversity, and creating an office of
undergraduate research and a first
-year seminar program, bettered
UNC. She plans to do the same for
the University.
GrowinG up:
education
Gray-Little grew up the fourth
child of eight with three brothers
and four sisters. The first time she
moved from her hometown was
for college. Her father was illiter-
ate and worked in construction.
Her mother had a GED and was a
homemaker who occasionally did
custodial work.
Though her family did not have
the means to support her high-
er education, her parents always
pushed that education was a way
out of poverty, according to her
brother, whos now a lawyer in
Greensboro, N.C.
In some ways, education
became such a big thing that it
became the end as opposed to a
means to an end, Gray said. I just
remember education was the goal;
I guess it was also a means.
Washington was still segregated
in the 1950s when Gray-Little was
growing up there. In spite of this, she
said, the only time she really experi-
enced segregation was when she
left the neighborhood. She said she
didnt have one particular instance
to share showing that segregation
during her childhood really affected
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Andrew Dye for The Univesity Daily Kansan
Bernadette Gray-Little became the Universitys 17th chancellor Aug. 15, replacing Robert
Hemenway, who announced in December 2008 that he would be stepping down.
A day-trip democracy
BY MEGAN HEACOCK
mheacock@kansan.com

One click of a mouse could help
Lawrence and the Spencer Museum of
Art become top tourist destinations in
the Kansas City area.
The Kansas City Convention and
Visitors Association nominated these
two attractions to be part of an online
poll that will designate the best places to
visit in the Kansas City area. The asso-
ciation nominated Lawrence as a top
day-trip destination and the Universitys
Spencer Museum of Art as a favorite art
museum or gallery in the area.
Amy Woodmancy, who moved to
Lawrence 19 years ago, said Lawrence
deserved the nomination because of its
old town friendliness.
It is really unique because it doesnt
have many big businesses like Wal-
Mart, Woodmancy said. It still has
smaller places that actually know you
when you come in. You cant get that at
Wal-Mart.
Adam Buhler/KANSAN
Heather putnam, Los Angeles graduate student, examines the asian art
exhibit at the spencer Museum of art. the museum has been nominated for
the KC Visitors Choice 09 competition as the best museum or gallery in the
Kansas City area. Voting continues through aug. 31.
Lawrence, Spencer Art Museum both featured
in poll to decide the areas top tourist hotspots
puttinG it to a Vote
SEE Competition oN pAGE 13A
photo illustration by Adam Buhler and Liz Schubauer/KANSAN
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international
1.
Typhoon Morakot
buries hundreds in mud

CISHAN, Taiwan Police said
Wednesday there is no way to
know how many people remain
buried in the mudslide that
struck a remote village in Taiwan
over the weekend.
Survivors fear hundreds are
dead in the southern village of
Shiao Lin. Cishan police chief Lee
Chin-lung said eforts to pluck
survivors from the village were
continuing for a fourth day.
The community of Shiao Lin
and its surroundings were buried
under tons of mud Sunday
after torrential rain spawned by
Typhoon Morakot .
Morakot left at least 93 people
dead.
2. China may appeal
restrictions on trade rules
BEIJING China said Thursday
it might appeal a World Trade Or-
ganization ruling that told Beijing
to ease restrictions on imported
movies, music and books in its
latest trade dispute.
The Commerce Ministry
insisted Beijing does not hamper
imports of media products,
despite Wednesdays decision
by a WTO panel of experts that it
violates free-trade rules.
The Chinese side will con-
scientiously assess the expert
groups ruling and does not rule
out the possibility of an appeal,
ministry spokesman Yao Jian
said in a written statement. The
communist government sees its
control over content of movies,
music, books and other media
as a tool to protect its political
power.
3. Kim Jong Il meets
Hyundai executive
SEOUL, South Korea North
Korean leader Kim Jong Il held
talks with the head of South Ko-
reas Hyundai Group, the Norths
state media reported Sunday, in
a rare meeting that could warm
prospects for a resumption of
stalled cross-border projects.
Meanwhile, North Korea
warned the United States and
South Korea of merciless retali-
ation over sanctions imposed
on the communist country, and
nuclear attacks in response to
any atomic provocation.
Kim and Hyun Jeong-eun,
Hyundais chairwoman, had a
cordial talk, on Sunday, the
Korean Central News Agency
reported in a brief dispatch from
Pyongyang, though it provided
few details.
Just days earlier, the North
freed a Hyundai worker whom
it had detained for months.
Pyongyang accused the worker
of denouncing North Koreas
government.
The release of the South Ko-
rean worker and Kims meeting
with Hyun could renew eforts
to boost industrial cooperation
between the two Koreas.
national
4. Tropical storm Clau-
dette strikes Florida
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla.
Brewing in the Gulf of Mexico,
Tropical Storm Claudette was
bringing heavy rain to the
Florida Panhandle Sunday, likely
becoming the frst tropical storm
to strike the U.S. mainland this
year.
Claudette had winds of at least
50 mph, but was not expected
to cause signifcant fooding
or wind damage. Lurking more
ominously in the Atlantic was
Tropical Storm Bill, which was
quickly turning into a powerful
storm over warm waters in the
open Atlantic with sustained
winds of 65 mph. Ana, a tropical
storm that had also been churn-
ing in the Atlantic, had weak-
ened to a depression.
Heavy rain began in the after-
noon in Pensacola as Claudette
approached. On Pensacola
Beach, the National Park Service
closed low-lying roads that con-
nect the restaurants and hotels
to the undeveloped National
Seashore and historic Fort Pick-
ens Fort.
The Park Service said campers
would be ordered to leave the
area because of the likelihood of
the road fooding.
In Panama City, the Bay
County Emergency Operations
Center opened a shelter at a
local high school for residents of
low-lying areas and people with
special needs.
A tropical storm warning cov-
ers most of the Panhandle, from
the Alabama state line to the
Suwanee River more than 300
miles to the east.
Associated Press
oDD neWS
Five-legged canine costs
show operator thousands
CHICAGO Thanks to a
Chicago TV judge, a Coney Island
freak show operator is up $4,000
but down a fve-legged puppy.
Judge Jeanine Pirro ruled dur-
ing a taping of her show Wednes-
day that freak show owner John
Strong is entitled to the cash after
the dogs owner backed out of a
contract to sell the Chihuahua-
terrier mix to him.
Calvin Owensby agreed to sell
the fve-legged puppy formerly
known as Precious to Strong on
June 29. Strong sent Owensby
$1,000, with a promise to deliver
$2,000 more when Precious got
to New York.
But Owensby, an unemployed
electrician from Gastonia, N.C.,
balked days later after research-
ing Strong online.
But Strong still wanted the
dog or what Owensby was.
I certainly am not chasing four-
legged dogs around the world,
he said. Because of the cuteness
of the dog ... I would still like to
have the dog.
It probably also helps that he
said his business has increased
60 percent since the story hit the
news.
Lilly, meanwhile, is doing well
at her new home.
Associated Press
Ready the ranks
Andrew Hoxey/KANSAN
The KU Drumline practices newmusic onThursday for the upcoming football season. The rehearsal was part of an annual week-long training camp before school starts.
StuDy
Research fnds Facebook
sparks couple jealousy
ALBANY, N.Y. Alice Con-
nors-Kellgren was surprised by
her boyfriends new Facebook
profle picture a few weeks
ago: He was kissing another
girl on the cheek.
We trust each other. Deep
down, I know nothing is going
on. But when you frst see it, its
like Oh my goodness! Whats
going on here? says the col-
lege student from Westchester
County, N.Y.
Muise said researchers are
beginning to learn all the
ways social networking sites
are changing the way couples
relate. The study was based
on anonymous online survey
data from 308 undergraduate
Facebook users.
oDD neWS
Birds dinner smashes
womans car windshield
MARBLEHEAD, Ohio A woman
in Ohio is telling a fsh story about
one that got away from a bird,
and damaged her car.
Authorities in northwest Ohio
say the fsh a Lake Erie freshwa-
ter drum, known as a sheepshead
smashed a car windshield
Tuesday when an eagle dropped
its catch from a height of about
40 feet.
Leighann Niles says the impact
felt like a brick hitting her Toyotas
windshield. The woman from the
Cleveland suburb of South Euclid
was vacationing along the lake in
Marblehead.
Niles says she had thought
herself lucky to escape damage in
another animal encounter shortly
before the fshy one. She says a
truck hit a small bird, which struck
her back passenger door and
startled her 5-year-old daughter.
aDminiStration
Barbara Romzek named
interim vice provost
Interim Provost Danny
Anderson announced Aug. 10
that Barbara Romzek would fll
the role of interim vice provost
for academic afairs.
Romzek has served as a lead-
er on campus since her arrival
in 1979. She is the associate
dean for social and behav-
ioral sciences in the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences and
served as interim dean of the
college from 2005 to 2006.
She was the University liai-
son to the United States Army
Combined Armed Services
Center at Fort Leavenworth
from 2003 to 2007 and is a
co-chairwoman of the Working
for Kansas committee of the
Initiative 2015 project.
Barbara Romzek has a
track record of advancing KUs
missions in teaching, research,
and service to the state of
Kansas, Anderson said in a
press release. I look forward
to working with Barbara in
this new role and I appreciate
the insight she will bring to
our implementation of new
initiatives under the leader-
ship of Chancellor Bernadette
Gray-Little.
Jesse Brown
crime
Man sentenced for
death of KU student
A 26-year-old Johnson
County man convicted of kill-
ing a KU student in February
was sentenced Thursday.
Steven Kyle Cummins will
serve 41 months in a Johnson
County prison for the drunken-
driving collision that killed
Dimitri Mavridorakis, a 23-year-
old business graduate student
from St. tienne, France. Cum-
mins will then serve 36 months
probation and DUI supervision.
Cummins Dodge Dakota hit
Mavridorakis on Shawnee Mis-
sion Parkway at Interstate 35 in
the early morning hours of Feb.
7. Mavridorakis was standing
on the shoulder of the highway
beside the car of a friend
with whom he had driven
into Kansas City. The car had
somehow broken down or was
experiencing engine trouble.
Mavridorakis was declared
dead at the scene.
Alex Garrison
camPuS
Band Passion Pit to visit
campus tonight
Student Union Activities has
booked an electro-pop band
for this years Night on the Hill
Concert.
Passion Pit of Cambridge,
Mass., will begin at 9 p.m.
tonight at the bottom of Cam-
panile Hill.
Its exciting that we got
them to come because Passion
Pit is such an up-and-coming
band, said Emily Gairns,
Leawood senior and vice
president of communications
for SUA.
The show is free to all stu-
dents and the Lawrence com-
munity and will last one hour.
Megan Do, Wichita junior
and live music coordinator
with SUA, said the cost to bring
Passion Pit was in the thou-
sands.
We wanted a high energy
show to welcome the stu-
dents, she said.
Do said the electronic beats
of the band will make every-
one want to dance.
Susan Hofman, SUA adviser,
said last years concert, which
brought the musical talents of
Ben Kweller, brought a crowd
of 2,500 people.
Its a great welcome to KU,
Hofman said. Itll be a good
introduction to all the things
that happen on campus.
People dont have to go of
campus to fnd great things
to do.
If the Kansas weather at-
tempts to drown the sounds
of Passion Pit, Hofman said
SUA would move the concert
the Lied Center. She said SUA
would announce a rain out by
10 a.m. Monday on the SUA
events Web site and on the KU
Calendar.
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news 3A monday, august 17, 2009
Hail to old
and new
KU
traditions
BY JESSE BROWN
jbrown@kansan.com
Traditions Night has usually
been a night to celebrate traditions
at the University. But this year the
event will also be welcoming many
changes to the University.
The event, which has the
theme New Faces of 2009: Think
like a freshman, will introduce
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little
and the new student body presi-
dent, Mason Heilman. The com-
munity will also have the oppor-
tunity to see the changes made
to Memorial Stadium, including
the larger Jayhawks emblem at the
50-yard line.
John Staniunas,
chairman of the
theater depart-
ment, is help-
ing organize the
event.
Theres a lot
of people in the
mix, Staniunas
said. My job is
to listen to all the people, bring
people together to run things
smoothly, like clockwork.
Staniunas said that in keeping
with the theme, the event organiz-
ers would go through the tradi-
tions in a new order.
The department of theater will
also introduce its new faculty
member, Nicole Hodges Persley,
who will serve as co-host of
Traditions Night.
Charlie Persinger, director of
University ceremonies and special
events, said he was excited about
the event. He estimated a total of
5,000 students, faculty, staff and
community members attended the
event last year. He said he hoped
the new elements this year would
draw more people.
Traditions Night is an oppor-
tunity for incoming freshmen,
transfer students and others to
learn about KU traditions such as
waving the wheat, the Rock Chalk
Chant and the Alma Mater.
Persinger said
James Carothers, pro-
fessor of English, will
be giving a speech
about the importance
of the schools colors,
crimson and blue,
and Kansas coach
Bill Self will speak to
inspire students for
the new school year.
Its kind of an educational
pep rally, Persinger said. We are
teaching the historical perspec-
tive why KU is important.
Traditions Night is also gain-
ing special attention from anoth-
er school, Persinger said. He
said officials at Azusa Pacific
University were interested in
using the Universitys template to
produce a similar event for their
own school.
The Marching Jayhawks, KU
Choir and Spirit Squad will
provide the entertainment for
Traditions Night.
Heilman, Lawrence senior, said
he has seen the event before. He
was in the Marching Jayhawks
for the last three years, but this
year he will serve as co-host of
the event.
Im really excited about it,
Heilman said. I think it will be a
lot of fun.
Edited by Samantha Foster
activities
Campus groups personalize
students college experience
BY ANNA ARCHIBALD
aarchibald@kansan.com
When Megan Do came to the
University her freshman year, she
never expected it to be so over-
whelming.
The transition to KU was harder
than I expected, Do said. A few
people that I went to high school
with came here, too, but I never
saw them. It was hard to meet new
people.
Do, live music coordinator for
Student Union Activities, said she
was really involved in the Lawrence
music scene her freshman year.
After meeting people involved in
SUA, a friend told her the SUA
live music coordinator position was
open, and she went for it.
Ive met a lot of people through
SUA that I never would have met
otherwise, Do said. Its a support
system of people who will help you
with anything from planning events
to a paper for class.
The transition to a large univer-
sity, can be difficult for freshmen,
Aaron Quisenberry, associate direc-
tor of the Student Involvement and
Leadership Center said. But he said
the wide range of student clubs and
organizations available could help
make the adjustment easier.
There are about 600 groups
on campus available to students.
From anime to Frisbee, the clubs
and organizations at the University
appeal to a wide variety of inter-
ests. Quisenberry works to help new
organizations and clubs register.
Twenty-five thousand students is
overwhelming at first, Quisenberry
said. And if you can meet a handful
of students in the beginning it will
make the campus more manage-
able.
Every year at new student orien-
tation, students fill out a handout of
about 130 different groups according
to their personal preferences. Clubs
and organizations
then contact stu-
dents, making the
process of get-
ting involved with
groups on campus
more accessible.
Joe Day, Derby
senior and SUA
president, got
involved with SUA
his sophomore
year after meeting
other members at
the annual Templin Hall Casino
Night.
Nobody minds what your
major is or where you come from,
Day said. Theyre just there to
have fun.
Freshman activity is good for
the organizations on campus, too,
Day said.
Ryan Callihan, Lenexa senior
and president of KU Environs, an
environmental awareness organiza-
tion, said the group was expecting
50 to 60 new people to show up at
its first meeting this year. He said he
expected most of the new members
to be freshmen and sophomores.
Being involved is an incredible
learning experience, Callihan said.
It helps students learn the ins and
outs of campus.
Megan Baker, project coordina-
tor for new student orientation, also
helps freshmen get involved when
they first arrive on campus.
Baker, along with SILC and about
100 other groups on campus, will
hold two information fairs during
Hawk Week. One will take place
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Aug. 17 at the Ambler
Student Recreation
Fitness Center and
the second will be
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Aug. 21 in the Kansas
Union lobby.
What you do out-
side the classroom
makes or breaks you,
Quisenberry said. If
youre involved in
good things, youll go on to do
good things.
A list of all the student groups can
be found on the KU A-to-Z Web site
under Student Organizations.
Edited by Abby Olcese
Traditions Night will introduce new faces with the old chants
Traditions Night
8:00 9:00 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 17,
Memorial Stadium
emcees: Mason Heilman
and Nicole Hodges Persley
speakers: Professor James
Carothers and Kansas
coach Bill Self
Special introduction of
Chancellor Bernadette
Gray-Little
Information Fair
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 17
Recreation Center
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 21
Kansas Union lobby
In keeping with the
theme, the event
organizers would go
through the tradi-
tions in a new order.
What you do outside
the classroom makes
or breaks you. If
youre involved in
good things, youll go
on to do good things.
AARoN qUiSeNBeRRy
Associate director
ple in university settings should
take extra precautions because of
the vulnerability of the campus
age range.
Its safe to assume that univer-
sity populations are at a higher
risk than normal populations of
work environments, he said.
According to statistics from the
CDC, nearly 60 percent of the
37,030 confirmed and probable
cases of H1N1 from April 15 to
July 24 were people between the
ages of 5 and 24.
According to a different CDC
survey of 268 hospitalized H1N1
patients, 16 percent of fatalities
came from this age group.
Patty Quinlan, nursing supervi-
sor with Student Health Services,
said the high numbers of youths
contracting H1N1 was different
from seasonal flu, which targets
individuals younger than two
years old and older than 65 years
old.
With seasonal flu we know its
coming, we know whos suscepti-
ble, Quinlan said. We dont know
these things with a new virus.
The CDC has also found that
pregnant women and obese people
are more susceptible to H1N1.
New students already have many
stressors that weaken the immune
system such as a new diet, people,
social scene and living conditions
combined with less sleep, more
stress and increased alcohol and
tobacco use, Quinlan said. H1N1
adds to that vulnerabilty, she said.
Alyssa Thiel, Lawrence junior,
said that she tends to get sick
when she returns to campus. She
said she was more concerned than
normal this year about the swine
flu because two students in her
residence hall this summer con-
tracted H1N1 when she studied
abroad in London.
It seems like its going to be
pretty widespread, she said.
Thiel said she was glad the
University was taking steps to pro-
tect students, but wasnt sure how
effective the precautions would
be.
University officials have issued a
few statements regarding response
procedure for the coming school
year, including an e-mail to stu-
dents living in residence halls.
The e-mail states students diag-
nosed with H1N1 should isolate
themselves until they have been
fever-free for at least 24 hours.
The best place for a sick per-
son is in their own bed, with
their own clothes and familiar sur-
roundings, Steeples said.
The e-mail recommends room-
mates of H1N1 infected students
move to another living space
while the ill roommate is recover-
ing. Steeples said hall staff would
arrange another room should
the healthy roommate choose to
move.
Edited by Megan Morriss
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NEW YORK At St. Francis
Preparatory School this fall, the
auditorium will double as a sick
room. New York City might make
students wash their hands several
times a day. There will be a unit
on swine flu in health class.
In the weeks after the swine flu
outbreak that began at the Queens
parochial school, New York City
became a viral epicenter and focus
of the nations fears of the illness,
sickening as many as 1 million,
killing 47 people and closing doz-
ens of public and private schools.
While educators and health
officials decide how best to ward
off a stronger strain of the virus
in the fall, St. Francis Assistant
Principal Patrick McLaughlin said
his students may have already
learned from experience to be
vigilant.
He already noticed the changes:
Sharing water bottles at school
suddenly became a major trans-
gression. And in 25 years of teach-
ing health class, McLaughlin had
never seen students get so excited
about communicable diseases.
I dont want them to come to
school being afraid, McLaughlin
says, standing by neat rows of
empty classroom chairs. But I do
want that awareness ... that knowl-
edge, that its out there. It could
come back. Be ready for it.
No one wants to call the citys
outbreak a blessing, but the
springs out-of-season flu invasion
did provide a peculiar kind of
gift. Now New York Citys Health
Department and schools are try-
ing to take advantage of the lead
time preparing for a fall season
that is expected to be even worse.
The details of the citys swine
flu plan are still being finalized by
a Health Department panel.
And like St. Francis Prep, the
citys public schools are largely
waiting to follow the lead of the
agency, which hopes to have its rec-
ommendations by the first day of
school, said Health Commissioner
Dr. Thomas Farley.
The wait for a plan is taking
too long for Cathy Cahn, Parent-
Teachers Association president
at P.S. 205, who says Mitchell
Weiner, the assistant principal
who became the citys first swine
flu fatality, was a friend.
How easily that could happen
in any building, she said. I would
like to know: How are we going to
keep our kids healthy?
Weiners family has since filed
court papers saying they plan to
sue the city, claiming it was neg-
ligent in its response to the out-
break and that schools established
no procedures for coping with the
illness. The mayor has said the
city did nothing wrong.
Farley warned
the fall will likely
be worse than the
surprise round of
illnesses in the
spring. But with
any luck, the
new flu season
will simply be a
matter of more
people sick
not more people
sicker than anyone was before.
Most people can recover on
their own, alone at home, Farley
said. And then they should stay
home so they dont spread the
infection to others.
There are signs that students
have already learned lessons the
hard way about spreading the
virus.
Like many of her classmates
at St. Francis, Abby Opams early
brush with swine flu likely left her
immune to any fall outbreak but
the experience has changed how
shes looking at her first year of
college at New York University.
Instead of going there for a
few hours during the school day,
youre going to be surrounded
by kids all the time, living in a
dorm, she said.
Im being more careful to
not, like, share drinks or, you
know, get too touchy with people
especially with so many new
people from dif-
ferent parts of the
country.
Federal officials
have said the nations
schools should only
close as a last resort
this year. Closings
at dozens of schools
last year kept thou-
sands of children at
home; officials wor-
ried about the burden on work-
ing parents who had to arrange
impromptu child care or stay
home with their kids.
Previously, those struck ill
were advised to stay home for a
week after their fever broke. But
this school year, children will be
told they can return to school 24
hours after their fever is gone and
theyre feeling better.
St. Francis Prep is planning
a health assembly for its 2,700
students at the start of the year
to impart the basics: Wash your
hands. Dont share drinks and
utensils. If you get sick, stay
home.
School officials are deter-
mined not to repeat the scene
of feverish students lined up by
the dozen in hallways outside the
school nurses office, coughing
on healthy students who were
walking from class to class. So
the schools auditorium has been
assigned special status as a sick
room.
Officials are still contemplat-
ing whether enough vaccination
shots are available for all the citys
schoolchildren. If so, Farley says,
the Health Department would
prefer that family doctors handle
students inoculations, although
flu clinics in schools are also a
possibility.
Schools might also institute
routine checks, Farley said, ask-
ing students whether they are
experiencing fever or respiratory
symptoms, then putting them in
a designated room until they can
be picked up by their parents.
The panel thats determining
the finer points of city policy even
considered requiring students to
wash their hands several times
a day, said Dr. Isaac Weisfuse,
the citys flu coordinator who is
heading up the team.
Evacuation order lifted, residents return to homes
PHILIP ELLIOTT
Associated Press
WASHINGTON Bowing to
Republican pressure and an uneasy
public, President Barack Obamas
administration signaled Sunday
it is ready to abandon the idea
of giving Americans the option of
government-run insurance as part
of a new health care system.
Facing mounting opposition to
the overhaul, administration offi-
cials left open the chance for a
compromise with Republicans that
would include health insurance
cooperatives instead of a govern-
ment-run plan. Such a concession
probably would enrage Obamas
liberal supporters but could deliver
a much-needed victory on a top
domestic priority opposed by GOP
lawmakers.
Officials from both political par-
ties reached across the aisle in an
effort to find compromises on pro-
posals they left behind when they
returned to their districts for an
August recess. Obama had wanted
the government to run a health
insurance organization to help
cover the nations almost 50 mil-
lion uninsured, but didnt include
it as one of his core principles of
reform.
Health and Human Services
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said
that government alternative to pri-
vate health insurance is not the
essential element of the adminis-
trations health care overhaul. The
White House would be open to co-
ops, she said, a sign that Democrats
want a compromise so they can
declare a victory.
Under a proposal by Sen. Kent
Conrad, D-N.D., consumer-owned
nonprofit cooperatives would sell
insurance in competition with pri-
vate industry, not unlike the way
electric and agriculture co-ops
operate, especially in rural states
such as his own.
With $3 billion to $4 billion in
initial support from the govern-
ment, the co-ops would operate
under a national structure with
state affiliates, but independent of
the government. They would be
required to maintain the type of
financial reserves that private com-
panies are required to keep in case
of unexpectedly high claims.
I think there will be a competitor
to private insurers, Sebelius said.
Thats really the essential part, is
you dont turn over the whole new
marketplace to private insurance
companies and trust them to do the
right thing.
Obamas spokesman refused to
say a public option was a make-or-
break choice.
What I am saying is the bottom
line for this for the president is,
what we have to have is choice and
competition in the insurance mar-
ket, White House press secretary
Robert Gibbs said Sunday.
NYC schools prepare for swine fu
BY LOUISE CHU
Associated Press
DAVENPORT, Calif.
Hundreds of residents returned
home when an evacuation order
was lifted in a Santa Cruz moun-
tain town Sunday, even as hot and
dry winds fanned nearly a dozen
wildifres across the state.
Bonny Doon residents trickling
home along newly reopened roads
were relieved to be out of immedi-
ate danger, but still apprehensive
because containment lines built
by firefighters are holding back
only half the blaze. That fire has
burned through about 10 square
miles of the rugged terrain since
Wednesday.
California Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger said Santa Cruzs
Lockheed Fire was among 11 burn-
ing in the state. A state of emer-
gency was declared in the county,
while other blazes forced evacu-
ations and knocked out power in
other parts of the
state.
M a r g a r e t
Kliegel was at
the fire com-
mand center in
Davenport on
Sunday afternoon
dropping off
bread and cook-
ies for the fire crew
when she learned she could return
home. She left her house Thursday
as the flames shot into the air three
miles away.
Weve lived here for close to 40
years so you got all your mementos
and family things, and you dont
know if youll have a home to go
back to, Kliegel said. Second time
in 14 months that these guys have
saved us.
The news wasnt as good for
Bob McAuliffe, a carpenter who
lives on a two-story home on Last
Chance Road with his wife, chick-
ens, dogs, cats and cockatiels. They
all left under orders, and remained
under mandatory evacuation for a
third day.
Im just anxious to get home,
he said.
Fire crews were unable to fight
the blaze by air Sunday because of
the heavy smoke, but made good
progress on the ground along the
western and southern ends of the
wildfire, said Paul Provence, a state
fire department engineer.
Crews planned to clear the can-
yon of heavy brush on Monday,
he said.
The danger is still real,
Provence said. It still could pop
up on us.
Crews reinforced the firefight-
ing effort Sunday, totaling 2,165
firefighters.
Fire officials warned that the
nearby community of Swanton
remained threatened by the blaze.
A mandatory evacuation order
there continues to keep about 400
residents away from
their homes.
Weather condi-
tions overnight
cooler tempera-
tures and increas-
ing humidity are
expected to help the
firefighting effort. But
authorities remain
vigilant, because the drought in
much of the state has created dan-
gerous conditions.
The widespread fires were push-
ing firefighters into rugged terrain
to contain the flames and guard
against new blazes.
Things are so dry out there that
it doesnt take much for a spark or
an ember to quickly develop into a
wildfire, said CalFire spokesman
Daniel Berlant.
A fire in Yuba County, north
of Sacramento, had burned more
than 3 square miles after jumping
the Yuba River and moving away
from the Sierra Nevada foothills
community of Dobbins, which
had been threatened. About 120
residents who had left their homes
were able to return, Berlant said.
Its being fanned by the wind,
he said.
That fire, which was ignited by
burning feathers from a red-tailed
hawk that flew into a power line,
was more than 15 percent con-
tained, but about 600 homes were
still threatened Sunday. Voluntary
evacuations remain in effect for
parts of the community.
The Colgate Powerhouse the
oldest powerhouse in the state
and two others were powered
down, along with four major power
lines. Together, they produce 300
Megawatts of power for the area.
About 1,385 fire personnel are in
the area fighting that blaze, though
the steep, rough terrain made their
work difficult.
In Alameda County, firefighters
were able to fully contain a grass
fire that burned about 19 square
miles near Tracy, said Alameda
County Fire department spokes-
woman Aisha Knowles.
Even with the fire contained,
people should remain vigilant
because were still in the middle of
fire season, said Knowles.
Meanwhile, winds were help-
ing crews beat back an wildfire
in its eight day in northern Santa
Barbara County that investigators
say was started by a camp fire used
by marijuana growers.
U.S. Forest Service spokesman
Joe Pasinato said the fire was
64 percent contained at night-
fall Sunday. The blaze has burned
nearly 134 square miles of timber
and brush in and around the Los
Padres National Forest about 20
miles east of Santa Maria.
AssociAtEd PrEss
A frefghter battles the Lockheed Fire as it threatens to jump a road in unincorporated Santa Cruz County, Calif., on Friday.
AssocAitEd PrEss
California Fire spokesperson Julie Hutchinson tells fre displaced residents in Santa Cruz County
to keep their fngers crossed and hope for favorable weather conditions and no wind on Sunday
in Santa Cruz, Calif. Ofcials say theyve contained 50 per cent of the Lockheed Fire which has
burned nearly 7,000 acres in Santa Cruz County.
Obama reaches across
aisle on healthcare
AssociAtEd PrEss
President Barack Obama and Sasha Obama, front right, walk of Air Force One at Grand Canyon
National Park Airport inTusayan, Ariz., on Sunday. Obama recently abandoned his original rhetoric
on the healthcare debate.
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POLITICS NATIONAL
AssociAtEd PrEss
Assistant principal Patrick McLaughlin speaks in a hallway while giving a tour at St. Francis Prep high school in the Queens borough of NewYork.
St. Francis Prep was closed for a week earlier this year after an outbreak of swine fu in NewYork was linked to the school.
I dont want them to
come to school being
afraid. But I do want
that awareness ...
PAtrick McLAughLin
Assistant Principal
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real. It still could pop
up on us.
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Contributed photo
Jessica burger, overland park senior (center, third rowfromthe back) poses with a group of Amnesty International employees. Burger
interned with Amnesty International this summer through EUSA, a group that provides internship opportunities in Europe for students in the United
States. EUSA allows students fromany academic discipline to apply for internships.
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Jessica burger (center), overland park senior, appeared onstage duringWalk Onat the U2 concert in Croke Park with other Amnesty Inter-
national employees to recognize Myanmars Aung San Suu Kyi as the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience 2009.
BY ANNA ARCHIBALD
aarchibald@kansan.com
Brett Chadwick, Bonner Springs
sophomore and chemical engineer-
ing major, is one of the 14 students
from the University of Kansas who
decided to spend his summer in
Dublin. Instead of studying abroad,
however, these students chose to
intern abroad.
Chadwick flew to
Dublin in June to
begin his eight-week
unpaid internship
at Health Service
Executive. There he
was responsible for
setting up an online
database for a Web
site that held infor-
mation for nursing
homes in Ireland.
I just wanted to travel and get
a feel for what another countrys
workplace is like, Chadwick said.
I wouldnt mind working for a few
years outside of the country.
Two years ago, the University
began working with the non-profit
European Study Abroad as a way
to find internships for American
students in Europe.
Right now, the program includes
student internship opportunities in
London and Dublin. Since sum-
mer 2007, the University has been
sending students to both programs.
In the last two years the number of
students participating has grown
from 15 in 2007 to 24 in 2009.
Beth Rogers, Overland Park
senior and psychology major,
accompanied Chadwick to Dublin
this summer. She just finished her
internship at Care Local in Dublin,
where she worked with an orga-
nization called Plate Pals. Three
times a week Rogers would go to
a local nursing home to sit with
a resident to make sure they ate a
nutritious meal.
Ive never worked in an office
before, she said. But it was really
interesting to see how office poli-
tics worked.
The Office of Study Abroad is
also trying to put together two
more overseas internship locations
through EUSA for either the sum-
mer of 2010 or 2011. The possible
locations so far are Madrid and
Geneva, said Robert Lopez, out-
reach coordinator
for the OSA.
I nt e r ns hi ps
abroad offer
benefits beyond
just professional
development, as it
gives students the
unique opportu-
nity to immerse
themselves in
another culture,
Lopez said.
Students are also thinking about
the benefits that they will receive
from working abroad, said Terrence
Treadwell, EUSA program director
in London.
What I think students are
doing is looking at how competi-
tive the global employment market
is now more than ever, he said.
They are seeking experiences and
opportunities that will allow them
to develop both socially and profes-
sionally, as well as providing them
with a first step on to the profes-
sional ladder.
Rogers said she thought employ-
ers in Ireland were more eager to
hire interns this summer, too, as
the economy in Ireland is also on a
downhill slide.
Im sure the companies were
thrilled to have cheap labor, she
said.
Treadwell said the current global
economic situation was, of course,
affecting the education market,
though the number of students
who entered higher education con-
tinued to climb.
In the global society of today,
more and more employers are rec-
ognizing the importance of cross-
cultural experience, Treadwell
said.
Working abroad isnt just a
benefit to a students professional
life, said Yvonne Knoll, program
administrator in Dublin. Students
also benefit from the cultural dif-
ferences.
One of the things that students
learn from the cultural difference
is that there isnt just one right
way to do something, but many
different ways to go about doing
something, all equally justified,
Knoll said.
Chadwick, on the other hand,
did experience one cultural differ-
ence he said he didnt appreciate
much.
They took coffee breaks almost
every hour and dont get any work
done, he said. While I was there
I did meet some pretty high-up
executives that employ a lot of
people in Ireland, though, which
was cool.
Through EUSA, students with
majors in psychology, like Rogers,
and chemical engineering, like
Chadwick, are able to get profes-
sional experience despite the eco-
nomic downturn.
Students from any academic
discipline can participate.
Lopez said that in the past
few years, KU students had been
placed in internships of all types,
including organizations such
as the London Labour Party,
Citigroup and the Royal Court
Theatre in London to the Jubilee
Debt Campaign and Amnesty
International in Dublin.
For more information on the
EUSA internship programs, visit
105 Lippincott Hall or the EUSA
page on the Office of Study Abroad
Web site.
InternatIonal
Students gain diverse work experience abroad
Program gives students from all majors a unique chance to learn while interning in Europe
...More and more
employers are recog-
nizing the impor-
tance of cross-cultural
experience.
Terrence Treadwell
eUSa program director
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While students were gone for
the summer, downtown Lawrence
was in the midst of transforma-
tion.
There might be confusion when
returning students go downtown
to check out their favorite shops
only to find them gone.
Stores including Love Garden
Sound, BoMo (Bohemian Modern),
and Maurices are not the latest vic-
tims of a bad economy, but rather
have changed locations.
People wont have to look far
to find Love Gardens new site.
Only a block from its original set-
ting, 936 1/2 Massachusetts St.,
on the second floor of the Toy
Store, Love Garden will take the
place of Old World Pottery at 822
Massachusetts St.
Co-owner of Love Garden Kelly
Corcoran said he planned to leave
both locations open for a year to
help with the transition. He said
the goal would be to open the new
store in early September. Corcoran
said this change would be a step up
for business.
The new place is on a ground
floor, so it will be a lot more vis-
ible to people walking by, and
there will be parking in front and
back, he said. I think itll be a lot
more convenient for people.
BoMo, the Bohemian Modern
clothing store, moved from 725
Massachusetts St. to 500 Locus St.
Maurices moved to the shopping
center at 3226 S. Iowa St. from
739 Massachusetts
St. on June 7. Like
Corcoran, Khara
Loeppke, Maurices
manager, said the
change was ben-
eficial for the busi-
ness.
This location
is definitely better
for us since were
around more like
businesses, she said. Downtown
had a lot of specialty shops. This is
more our style.
Not all changes were postive,
however. For some downtown
stores, this summer marked the
end of the road.
Major closings includ-
ed Palace Cards & Gifts, 8 W
Eighth St.; Round Corner Drug
Store, 801 Massachusetts St.;
Blue Heron Home Furnishings,
921 Massachusetts St.; and Old
World Pottery, 822
Massachusetts St.
For most of
these locations,
replacements are
still in question.
However, Noodles &
Company, a nation-
al food chain with
three restaurants in
the Kansas City area,
will replace Palace
Cards & Gifts. Corcoran said this
was a sign of changing times for
downtown Lawrence.
A lot of people who own stores
downtown dont want more restau-
rants or bars, he said. Its about
keeping downtown Lawrence
from becoming Aggieville.
Alyce Reneberg, Kensington
junior, spent two years at Kansas
State University. She said the
differences between downtown
Lawrence and Aggieville, or
downtown Manhattan, were sig-
nificant.
It was mainly bars and restau-
rants, she said of Aggieville. You
didnt go there to shop, really.
Heidi Pierson, Clay Center
senior, said this sort of transfor-
mation of downtown Lawrence
would be a loss.
I just really hope it doesnt
all go to chain stores, she said.
Thatd be really sad for the small,
local spots in town.
Edited by Lauren Cunningham
news 7A MONday, aUgUst 17, 2009
Downtown Lawrence stores
close, move to new locations
Lawrence
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Khara Loeppke, manager of Maurices clothing store, arranges display items at its new
location, 3226 S. Iowa St. Maurices moved fromits downtown location to be with similar busi-
nesses that were open later in order to increase business.
A lot of people who
own stores down-
town dont want
more restaurants or
bars.
kelly corcoran
co-owner, love Garden
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Florida health director forced to resign
BY MELISSA NELSON
associated Press
PENSACOLA, Fla. Dr. Jason
Newsom railed against burgers,
french fries, fried chicken and
sweet tea in his campaign to pro-
mote better eating in a part of the
country known as the Redneck
Riviera. He might still be leading
the charge if he had only left the
doughnuts alone.
A 38-year-old former Army doc-
tor who served in Iraq, Newsom
returned home to Panama City
a few years ago to run the Bay
County Health Department and
launched a one-man war on obe-
sity by posting sardonic warnings
on an electronic sign outside.
Then he parodied America
Runs on Dunkin, the doughnut
chains slogan, with: America
Dies on Dunkin.
Some power players in the Gulf
Coast tourist town decided they
had had their fill.
A county commissioner who
owns a doughnut shop and two
lawyers who own a new Dunkin
Donuts on Panama City Beach
turned against him, along with
some of his own employees,
Newsom said.
After the lawyers threatened
to sue, his bosses at the Florida
Health Department made him
remove the anti-fried dough rants
and eventually forced him to
resign, he said.
I picked on doughnuts because
those things are ubiquitous in this
county. Everywhere I went, there
were two dozen doughnuts on the
back table. At church, there were
always doughnuts on the back
table at Sunday school. It is social
expectation thing, said Newsom,
a lean 6-foot, 167-pounder in a
county where 39 percent of all
adults were overweight in 2007
and one in four was considered
obese.
Newsom was hired by the
state Health Department to
direct the county agency. His
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Tutoring programs can help to relieve study stresses
BY JUSTIN LEVERETT
jleverett@kansan.com
During their time at the University,
students may find it difficult to cope
with the pressures of college-level
coursework. Thats when campus
tutoring services can provide them
with an extra academic boost. Here
are a few places where students can
find affordable peer tutoring.
supportive
eduCational serviCes
SES, located in room 7 of Strong
Hall, is a federally funded program
that offers free walk-in tutoring and
course-specific tutoring by appoint-
ment to eligible students.
Only first-generation college stu-
dents, students whose families are
low-income and students with a
documented disability are eligible to
use SES services.
Its a pretty extensive tutor-
ing program huge in fact, Rod
Oelschlager, academic coordinator
for SES, said. I hire 30-45 tutors. It
varies by semester, but Ive had up
to 50.
Oeschlager said that the program
had existed for more than 30 years,
and that 87.6 percent of SES partici-
pants were in good academic stand-
ing by the end of the 2008 academic
year.
Jeffrey Mark Gordon, Houston
graduate student, has been a tutor
with SES for three years.
Ive had lots of fun learning about
different styles of learning, Gordon
said. I have to take the needs of
every individual into account.
To receive tutoring, students must
complete an application, provide
documentation and interview with a
Support Services coordinator.
Ku Writing Center
Consultants at the Writing Center
in 4017 Wescoe Hall are available for
free to help students with any kind
of writing, from personal essays for
English class to resumes, cover letters
and grant applications.
Rian Patrick, Wichita Senior and
office assistant at the Writing Center,
said students were drawn to the vari-
ety of resources the center provided.
Some come voluntarily, others
are recommended, she said. And
some get extra credit from their pro-
fessors.
Writing Center student workers
must pass a semester-long training
course that teaches them to analyze
content and style, proofread and help
students brainstorm. According to
its Web site, the Writing Center aims
to give student writers another pair
of eyes, adding perspective on their
work.
aCademiC
aChievement and
aCCess Center
The AAAC, located in room 22
of Strong Hall, provides tutoring
services along with workshops, con-
sultations and disability resources.
Its tutors help primarily with low-
level math, science and foreign lan-
guage courses.
Our tutors go through rigorous
interviews before getting the job,
Kristin Scott, associate director of
the AAAC, said. Each semester, we
see growth in this program.
Students meet with tutors in
groups of two to four, for three
hours each week in classrooms on
campus. The AAAC tutoring pro-
gram charges students a $60 fee per
semester course, which according
to the centers Web site, is less costly
than most private tutors. Those
who have filed a FAFSA, Federal
Application for Financial Student
Aid, can apply for fee waivers.
haWKlinK
The HawkLink program, locat-
ed in the Sabatini Multicultural
Resource Center, focuses on fresh-
men with diverse backgrounds.
Students in HawkLink meet
weekly with a counselor who acts as
their tutor and helps orient them to
Lawrence and the University.
The program collaborates with
several academic departments to
present seminars introducing stu-
dents to various campus resources.
HawkLink also supports sopho-
mores with a program called
Transitions, and culminates with a
special HawkLink graduation.
Tiffany Spriggs, retention spe-
cialist for HawkLink, said the goal
of the program was to help students
of color stay in school for at least
two years.
We started 10 years ago by pro-
viding students with pre-101 advis-
er, Spriggs said. Now, to receive
tutoring, you have to get involved in
the HawkLink program.
Spriggs said that HawkLink pre-
sented students with many oppor-
tunities, but that it was their respon-
sibility to make the most of them.
reCyCling finanCe
KU environmental group
to remove move-in waste
BY ALY VAN DYKE
avandyke@kansan.com
Amid the cramped elevator
rides, banged shins and sweltering
heat, move-in day at the residence
halls can be fairly stressful.
But one aspect of moving in
doesnt have to be; disposing of
wasted cardboard in a responsible,
sustainable and convenient way.
At least thats the goal of the
Universitys Environmental
Stewardship Program, which is
providing cardboard recycling
bins at each residence hall, accom-
panied by at least one student
recycling technician to help break
down boxes and dispose of trash.
One of the student recy-
cling technicians, Nick Benson,
Orlando, Fla. sophomore, said this
would be his second year helping
with move-in day as an employee
of the stewardship program, also
called KU Recycle.
Benson said GSP, Corbin and
Oliver Halls generated the most
cardboard last year three truck-
loads full and expected the
same this year.
Benson, also a coordinator
with environmental group KU
Environs, said he liked working
with KU Recycle because he felt
as though he was making a differ-
ence by encouraging people to live
more sustainably.
If we dont do it, no one will,
he said.
The Universitys move-in recy-
cling efforts began Aug. 14 and
last through Aug. 21.
Celeste Hoins, administra-
tive manager of KU Recycle, said
move-in was one of the major
recycling efforts at the residence
halls.
Hoins said the University col-
lected 7 tons of cardboard at last
years move-in, 2 tons less than the
2007 move-in haul.
Although recycling tonnage
generates revenue for the pro-
gram, Hoins said she hoped to
see the decline in cardboard ton-
nage continue as a result of people
using fewer packaging materials.
In the waste management
hierarchy, reduce and reuse come
before recycle, Hoins said. I
know its the hardest of the three
to achieve, but if we are going to
live more sustainably, we must
reduce the amount of packaging
waste we consume.
Hoins said KU Recycle would
resume collecting usual materi-
als mixed paper, newspaper,
bottles and cans from residence
halls the week of Aug. 24.
According to KU Recycles Web
site, the University has recycling
bins in 89 campus facilities, seven
outdoor bin locations and a com-
munal recycling drop off at the
west Park and Ride Lot for those
living off campus. The recycling
program collects anything from
office pak to steel cans.
Ryan Callihan, Lenexa senior
and president of KU Environs,
said the University did a good
job of making recycling easy and
accessible, but said students would
still have to meet the University
halfway.
Theres only so much KU
Recycling can do to make it easy
to recycle, he said. There needs
to be some effort on the students
part, too.
That effort, he said, could be
taking an extra second or two to
locate a recycling bin on campus
for a pop can or recycling bottles
and cans after a party rather than
littering the lawn or throwing
them away.
The University went from recy-
cling 57 tons of materials in the
1992-1993 school year, to 542
tons in the 2007-2008 school year,
which Hoins said she saw as a
positive result of University and
student support.
However, she said, there was
still room for improvement.
Id like for us to see people
changing their behaviors in a way
that reduces the amount of trash,
specifically packaging waste, that
they generate in the first place,
she said.
Hoins said shed like to see the
overall waste stream recede, but
until then, she hoped total recy-
cling tonnage would continue to
increase as a reflection of people
recycling waste instead of throw-
ing it away.
Edited by Alicia Banister
Chance Dibben/KANSAN
Garrett Rainbolt, Larned junior, breaks down a cardboard box as part of the KU Recycle programon Friday morning behind Corbin Hall. As
more students move in, more recycling stations will be added as a way to curb preventable waste.
cRImE
Man detained for holding
Death to Obama sign
HAGERSTOWN, Md. The Se-
cret Service is investigating a man
who authorities said held a sign
reading Death to Obamaoutside
a town hall meeting on health-
care reform in western Maryland.
The sign also read, Death to
Michelle and her two stupid kids,
said Washington County Sherifs
Capt. Peter Lazich.
Lazich said deputies detained
the 51-year-old man near Hager-
stown Community College Aug. 12
after getting calls from a number
of people attending the meeting.
Barbara Golden, special agent in
charge of the agencys Baltimore
feld ofce, said an investigation is
ongoing.
Associated Press
BY RYAN J. FOLEY
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. Struggling
with budget shortfalls that reach
into the billions, several states are
making deep cuts in college finan-
cial aid programs, including those
that provide a vital source of cash
for students who most need the
money.
At least a dozen states are reduc-
ing award sizes, eliminating grants
and tightening eligibility guide-
lines because of a lack of money.
At the same time, the number
of students seeking aid is rising
sharply as more people seek a col-
lege education and need help pay-
ing the tuition bill because they or
their parents lost jobs and savings
during the recession.
Many of the affected programs
are need-based grants that provide
money that complements financial
aid offered by schools and the
federal government. Without that
cash, some students may be forced
to drop out, transfer to cheaper
schools or simply have less money
available for rent and groceries.
Experts fear
others will take
on too much
debt or spend
even more time
working as
they pursue a
degree.
T h e r e s
almost no
question the
folks coming
in are probably
going to have
much more difficulty getting by
year to year in college and stay-
ing enrolled as a result, said Sara
Goldrick-Rab, a professor at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
and an expert on financial aid.
The safety net is falling away.
State financial aid accounted for
12 percent of the grants awarded
to college students in 2007-2008,
according to the New York-based
College Board. While thats a frac-
tion of the financial aid provided
to millions of students by schools,
the federal government and pri-
vate scholarships, the demand for
aid is booming. Roughly 620,000
more students applied for federal
aid in the first quarter compared
with last year, a jump of more than
25 percent, according to the U.S.
Department of Education.
University of Illinois senior
Brandi Cho, 21, said her parents
cannot afford to make up the
$2,500 she expected to do with-
out after her state grant runs out
in the spring. She is considering
two options: Find a second week-
end job on top of the 15 hours a
week she already works, or cram
five senior-level accounting classes
into the fall semester so she can
graduate early.
The best that I can do is just
start saving every penny that I
have, Cho said.
The cuts come as lawmakers
and governors struggle to balance
budgets crippled by
the recessions impact
on tax revenues.
In Illinois, a state
scrambling to find
$11 billion in bud-
get savings, officials
are telling 145,000
low-income students
who receive the states
need-based Monetary
Award Program grants
to expect no help in the
spring semester because money
for the program will run out.
Ohio is eliminating grants of up
to $2,496 for low-income commu-
nity college students, and cutting
them by more than 50 percent for
low-income students at four-year
universities. The
state is axing
$640 grants for
58,000 private
school students
and grants of
up to $4,000 for
22,500 students
attending two-
year, for-profit
schools.
Thats a lot of
money to someone like me, said
Maria Zimbardi, a 33-year-old
mother of three in Youngstown,
Ohio, who will not receive the
nearly $3,300 grant she got last
year. She is working part time as
a waitress while learning admin-
istrative and accounting skills at
National College, and is taking out
more student loans which now
total $29,000 so she can gradu-
ate next May.
The Wisconsin Higher
Educational Aids Board projects
that more than 20,000 low-income
students will not receive grants
because of a lack of money and a
sharp increase in applicants.
Education Sector, a Washington-
based think tank, warned in a
recent study that student debt was
at an all-time high, with a rising
share owed to riskier private stu-
dent loans. The study warned that
could eventually reduce access to
higher education and lead to more
students defaulting on their loans.
Its going to start to impact
the equation of whether college is
worth it for some students, said
Erin Dillon, a policy analyst for
the group.
In Michigan, where state law-
makers have yet to pass a spending
plan, about 96,000 students dont
yet know the value of their Promise
scholarships or if they get one
at all. The states Republican-
controlled Senate voted to elimi-
nate the $140 million program
that provides high
school graduates
with up to $4,000,
but Democratic Gov.
Jennifer Granholm
has vowed to restore
some of money.
Wisconsin decided
to slightly increase the
average grant awards
because students are
showing much great-
er need, said Connie Hutchison,
the executive secretary of the
Wisconsin Higher Educational
Aids Board. That meant university
students who applied in July for
aid are learning the pool of money
has run out.
Were getting a lot of questions
about why students are not getting
financial aid they got last year,
Hutchison said. Its so hard to
explain to them.
Financial aid harder to come by for
students as budget cuts continue
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Demonstrators shout in the lobby outside the hearing roomas California State University
students, faculty and others protest budget cuts at a meeting of the CSU trustees in Long
Beach, Calif., on July 21.
...Folks coming in
are probably going to
have much more dif-
fculty getting by year
to year in college...
SARA GOLDRiCk-RAB
University of Wisconsin-
Madison professor
Its going to start to
impact the equation
of whether college
is worth it for some
students.
ERiN DiLLON
Policy analyst
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Associated Press
DEARBORN, Mich. Ford said
Thursday it would build more of
its popular Focus and Escape mod-
els and boost total vehicle produc-
tion later this year to help dealers
restock depleted showrooms.
Ford Motor Co. needs to keep up
with demand for its Focus compact
and Escape crossover, both ranked
as top sellers under the federal gov-
ernments Cash for Clunkers pro-
gram. It also wants to maintain a
reasonable level of cars and trucks
so its dealers wont run short on hot
models.
Cash for Clunkers, which kicked
off last month and has revived
industry sales for the moment, uses
rebates of up to $4,500 to entice
drivers to trade in older, gas guz-
zlers for more fuel-efficient vehi-
cles. To be eligible, vehicles must
have combined city/highway mile-
age of 18 mpg or less when they
were new.
Fords overall vehicle production
will be 2 percent higher than it
expected in the third quarter. It also
plans to boost its fourth-quarter
output of cars and trucks by 33 per-
cent from a year earlier.
While funding for the Clunkers
program is likely to run dry by
September, the company said,
the additional vehicles produced
in the quarter will go to replenish
dealer stocks. Ford is struggling to
keep up with demand after paring
down inventories earlier this year.
Vehicles that roll off assembly lines
as part of the production boost
should reach showrooms by early
September, Ford said.
That should give us some time
to reload before 2010 begins, said
George Pipas, Fords top sales ana-
lyst. Dealers will be dealing with
historically relatively low invento-
ries for some time to come.
Pipas said there would probably
be some drop-off in sales when the
program ends, although Clunkers
will have succeeded in providing a
small kick-start to the economy.
The automaker, which has steadi-
ly been gaining sales since GM and
Chrysler took government aid and
went through bankruptcy proceed-
ings, reported a year-over-year sales
increase of 2.4 percent in July, the
first such jump since November
of 2007.
Ford is the latest automaker to
raise production.
Foreign automakers with U.S.
plants are taking similar steps.
Honda Motor Co. is also add-
ing Saturday overtime shifts at
its auto assembly plants in East
Liberty, Ohio; Lincoln, Ala.; and
Greensburg, Ind.
Toyota Motor Corp. last month
began increasing production of
core models such as the Corolla
sedan the best-selling new model
for traders of clunkers the RAV4
crossover and the Tacoma truck
at its U.S. plants. And Hyundai
Motor Co. is recalling more than
3,000 employees at its plant in
Montgomery, Ala.
By JESSE RANGEL
jrangel@kansan.com
A name change and a troubled
economy might have decreased
the sales of one optional cam-
pus fee: Student Union Activities
Student Saver Card.
Susan Hoffman, assistant
director for Union Programs,
said SUA has sold 243 fewer cards
than last year.
Optional campus fees, which
students can add to their tuition
bills through the Universitys
Enroll & Pay sys-
tem, fund organi-
zations such as the
Student Alumni
A s s o c i a t i o n ,
Student Union
Activities and the
Board of Class
Officers.
Hoffman said
SUA needed to
do a better job of
reaching upperclassmen in its
marketing of the $30 Student
Saver Card, previously called the
Preferred Student Card. The card
gives students admission to more
than 20 movies shown by SUA
during the year and also gives
discounts at the KU Bookstore
and at some campus dining loca-
tions.
Hoffman said SUAs efforts
to reach freshmen were damp-
ened this year when New Student
Orientation was restructured to
pitch the card to incoming stu-
dents at the beginning of the ori-
entation instead of the end.
You had these folks who are
brand new to campus and you
had 20 seconds, Hoffman said.
Hoffman also said she thought
the economy may have had a role
in the decline in sales.
I think people are being more
conscious on what theyre going
to use, Hoffman said. If youre
only going to have so much
money, youre going to have to
pick and choose what youre
going to do.
Justin Sailer, El Dorado senior
and vice president of administra-
tion for SUA, said there was addi-
tional confusion on the Enroll &
Pay Web site because the fee is
labeled as the SUA movie card.
People think that all it is is a
movie card, Sailer said. It offers
so many more perks than that.
Stefani Gerson,
coordinator of
student programs
at the University
of Kansas Alumni
As s o c i a t i o n ,
said sales of the
Student Alumni
Association card
are similar to last
year, with about
1,300 cards sold.
The card has benefits such as a
T-Shirt, pint glass, study space at
the Adams Alumni Center and a
finals dinner. She said the Alumni
Association was probably more
successful in signing freshmen
up for the card. She also said she
thought students arent cutting
back on their college experience.
You still want to make sure
you can make the most out of it,
Gerson said.
Students can purchase the
Student Saver Card online at
suaevents.com through Aug. 19
and at the SUA office on the
fourth level of the Kansas Union
through Aug. 31. Students can
purchase the Student Alumni
Association Card at the alumni
center through the end of the
school year.
By JESSE BROWN
jbrown@kansan.com
Some of the oldest buildings on
campus are in need of repair and
maintenance, and, according to
Jim Modig, director of design and
construction management, help is
now on the way.
In June 2009, the Board of
Regents requested two-thirds of
the federal stimulus money the
University received to go to the
Deferred Maintenance Program.
The program, which has a backlog
of $200 million for projects in
need of repair, usually relies on
state dollars the Kansas legislature
approves and University interest
funds. Despite the annual funding
the program receives, the backlog
continues to increase. The federal
stimulus money will help to lessen
the deficit.
Modig said Dyche Hall would
receive some of the biggest repairs
the south part of the build-
ing is more than a century old.
Other than simple yearly mainte-
nance projects such as replacing
air filters, Modig said the building
hadnt received special attention in
more than nine years, when some
classrooms were crumbling. The
building, which holds the Natural
History Museum and lab space for
graduate students to conduct their
research, is estimated to need about
$1.15 million in repairs. Most of
the repairs will be electrical and
mechanical improvements.
Jordan Yochim, associate direc-
tor of the Biodiversity Institute,
said he knew the extent of the
repairs needed.
Its great. Were in a part of the
building thats 100 years old and
the other thats four years old,
Yochim said. Were in dire need
of repairs.
Yochim said one of the main
problems has been the heating,
venting and air conditioning sys-
tem because of the older technol-
ogy used in 1901 to 1903 when the
building was under construction.
The fluctuations in tempera-
ture and humidity can harm the
biological systems in this build-
ing, Yochim said. The more sta-
ble, the better.
Lori Schlenker, assistant to
the director of the Biodiversity
Institute, said she was happy about
the repairs.
Were thrilled
about any such
upgrades to make
people more
comfortable and
more importantly
take care of the
research collec-
tions, Schlenker
said.
Yochim said
there were more
than 8 million research specimens
being studied in Dyche Hall.
Rafe Brown, curator of her-
petology, and his six full-time
graduate students construct long
computational sequences trying to
estimate the evolutionary history
of amphibian DNA. All it takes
is one minor glitch,
which tends to hap-
pen in severe weath-
er, to ruin hours of
research.
Some of these
runs go on for weeks
and just a millisec-
ond of a glitch could
stop the whole pro-
cess and we have to
start from scratch,
Jeet Sukumaran, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, graduate student, said.
Some of the other buildings that
will receive attention are Wescoe
Hall, which needs mechanical sys-
tem and fire code improvements,
and Haworth and Malott halls,
which will receive mechanical and
fume hood improvements.
For the last three years, $13.1
million has been used for tunnel
repairs to hold the campus founda-
tion intact. Annually, the Deferred
Maintenance Program receives $4
million from the Regents and an
estimated range of $6 million from
the state. The University inter-
est funds differ from year to year
depending on the market, but the
deficit for repairs still grows each
year.
SUA discount card
sales drop this year
business
economy
Ford will boost production this fall
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Workers assemble 2008 Ford Focuses as they roll down the assembly line at Fords Wayne Stamping and Assembly plant inWayne, Mich. Ford Motor Co. recently announced it would build more of
its popular Focus and Escape vehicles this quarter to meet growing demand fromthe federal governments Cash for Clunkers program.
If youre only going to
have so much money,
youre going to have to
pick and choose what
youre going to do.
SuSAn hoffmAn
Assist. dir., union Programs
Maps courtesy of M. Seybold/City of Lawrence, Kansas
Raise the roof: Older buildings slotted for shot of stimulus
KU on Wheels, Te T ofer students free rides to class
cAmPus
Were in a part of the
building thats 100
years old ... Were in
dire need of repairs.
JordAn Yochim
Biodiversity institute
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I need to be hospitalized for
my senioritis.
n n n
So is it sad when your parents
tell you that theyre ready for
you to start dating again?
n n n
Why do Mizzou fans only play
14 holes in a round of golf?
Cause they never make it to
the Final Four!
n n n
Freezing rain on Friday.
Blizzard on Saturday. 50
degrees and no trace of snow
on Sunday. Class on Monday?
Not fair.
n n n
I think my roommate is
starting a cult.
n n n
My brain has died in the
clutches of math.
n n n
To the girl who has my cell
phone and called my dad to
fnd out howto get it back to
me: Please give it back to me!
Imdying without it!
n n n
I burned my lip on my frst
joint.
n n n
To the guy with the rainbow
shoes in my chemlab:
Marry me.
n n n
Today is MC Hammers
birthday. Ill drink to that.
n n n
Hey Free for All: Its ofcially
Spanish Appreciation Week.
Everybody change your
ringtone to a Spanish song.
n n n
Who else thinks the Kansas
meteorologists need to
be fred?
n n n
Being clever is so 1990s.
n n n
Zing!
n n n
I think my roommate gave up
showering for Lent.
n n n
Studying is not mandatory.
Beer, however, is.
n n n
Is it bad that I laughed when I
read about the ShamWowguy
beating up a hooker?
n n n
I want to get married in Allen
Fieldhouse.
n n n
This is for the person who left
the blue and silver bicycle
chained up outside Watkins
Health Center: It has been
there for about a year. Thats
where its at.
n n n
Imaddicted toMillionaire
Matchmaker and Ima guy.
n n n
E
arlier this month, Jason
Wren died, possibly
from alcohol poisoning
after a night of binge drinking,
prompting Wrens father and
others to speak out about the
consequences of abusing alcohol.
The death of Wren, who was a
Littleton, Colo.,
freshman, should
serve as a powerful
reminder to
students that we all
must be aware of
the effects of binge
drinking and take
all precautions necessary to avoid
more tragic fatalities in the future.
The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention defines binge
drinking as a pattern of drinking
that brings a persons blood alcohol
concentration to .08 grams percent
or above. For the average man,
this means five or more drinks in a
two-hour time period, and for the
average woman, four or more in
the same amount of time.
Jenny McKee, a health educator
for the Student Health Services
Wellness Resource Center at
Watkins Memorial Health Center,
said a national survey of drinking
habits among college students was
done every three years.
In the most recent survey, from
2006, 21 percent of KU students
said they had five or more drinks
in one sitting three to five times
in the preceding two weeks, up
from 16 percent in 2003, and
substantially higher than the
national average in 2006, which
was 11 percent.
Sharon Ramos,
Junction City senior
who works at The
Ranch, a local bar,
said she and other
bartenders often
had to prevent
people from passing
out on the bar. Ramos said she
often had to give shots of water to
people when they wanted more
alcohol but had clearly had too
much to drink.
We cant let people pass out,
Ramos said. If someone looks like
theyre going to pass out, we have
to either get them to where theyre
able to leave or get someone to
watch them.
Bartenders such as Ramos
know how to deal with inebriated
customers, but many students
have misconceptions about the
effects of binge drinking. McKee
said students often didnt realize
the seriousness of other students
conditions.
A lot of students think that if
someone is passed out, its not cause
for concern, McKee said. Too
many people think its normal.
Passing out is a sign of alcohol
poisoning, McKee said. You
should never leave such a person
alone to sleep it off.
You should not give the person
liquid or food to make him or her
vomit. You should monitor the
persons breathing and turn them
on their side in case they do have
to throw up. If your friend passes
out or starts vomiting during or
after binge drinking, it is a sign of
alcohol poisoning and you should
seek immediate medical help.
McKee said students became
responsible by association when
they were with friends who began
showing signs of alcohol poisoning.
Thats the responsibility you
sign up for when you choose to
drink in excess, McKee said.
Because drinking is part of
college life for many students,
knowing the signs of alcohol
poisoning is important for
everyone. This knowledge may
help save someones life.
The take-home message is that
if you know the signs, it is most
important to take action as quickly
as possible, McKee said. The
time it takes you to think it can be
life-threatening.
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Y
ou say youre
aware, believe,
and you care, but do
you care enough? Wheres your
conviction of the heart?
Last Saturday, there was a
marathon of animated Disney
movies Tarzan, Hercules,
Aladdin, Mulan that I
watched for the first time in ages.
I could not help but remark at the
references to other Disney clas-
sics, the enchanting stories and
the sheer superiority of the music
in the films. But what struck me
the most were the allusions to less
than fairy-tale realities, such as
this one in Hercules:
Hercules: You know, when
I was younger, I wouldve given
anything to be like everyone else.
Meg (his love interest, if youve
forgotten): You wanted to be
petty and dishonest?
Having political aspirations,
I could only think of the similar
response I get fromfriends and
family about wanting to be a
public official. And who can
blame them? First our president
went on The Tonight Show and
compared his bowling capabilities
to those of Special Olympians
(though, get this, apparently
his scores still would fall below
those proud competitors); next,
hes just a voice in the crowd in
an absurd Congressional raid on
corporate bonuses. Then, perus-
ing Whitehouse.gov for the presi-
dents education agenda, I found
this statement: Obama and
Biden are committed to meeting
this challenge with the leader-
ship and judgment that has been
sorely lacking for the last eight
years. Who puts partisanship on
the Web site of the president? I
dont care how poorly he esteems
his predecessor, I expect my
president to move on to lead,
not to blame. But its not just him.
Wheres the outrage about a
Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee that unashamedly
claims in its e-mails that a 60-plus
seat majority in the Senate is
the only way to truly deliver on
universal healthcare, better edu-
cation and a real plan to get us off
foreign oil? What, they cant do
any of that with a soon-to-be 57
seats? You have got to be kidding.
As if I would do my part to give
them60 seats anyway; the ability
to filibuster is a significant check
on the potential tyranny of the
majority.
And finally, (I am all about
equal opportunity here) wheres
the outrage about Republicans
attacking pork barrel spending?
Some of the worst pork projects
have been of their own making.
You might think that the party
of competition would develop a
scenario that removed the ability
to tack irrelevant projects to any
bill, or perhaps setting up a pool
of funds each year, either depart-
ment by department (transporta-
tion, energy, etc.) or in a new
administration that would field
applications for programs seek-
ing funds, and choose which
received funds based on merit.
Perhaps there could even be a
clause allowing representatives
and senators to sponsor one or
two projects each fiscal year,
allowing them to continue to
have ways to give back to their
constituents.
My point, though, is that we
should demand more of our
public servants in the consider-
ation of the future of our coun-
try (especially considering the
debt that is being run up) and
show them that our loyalties lie
not down party lines, but with
those who can stop somehow
and display real conviction of
the heart.
musiC
letter to the editor
mARIAm SAIFAN
Its not still rock and roll
Today is the day
to end the R-word
Stop shooting threes, you
retard!I heard this comment
during Saturdays game directed
toward Markief Morris. Now,
sporting events often foster
profanities but this one I hear
frequently, and I despise it. Al-
though it is similar to any ethnic
slur or defamatory language,
retardhas become socially ac-
ceptable. This word propagates
the stereotype that people with
intellectual disabilities dont
have a place in our society.
Its hateful.
Today is Spread the Word to
End the Word Day, a day to bring
about awareness and discussion
of the R-word. Its not political
correctness we desire. We dont
want to replaceretardedwith
intellectually disabled; we
want people to quit associating
poor acts with this group of
people altogether.
Many brush of this move-
ment, saying, Its just a word;
Its my right to say whatever I
want.To that I respond, Youre
correct.We dont want to ban or
mandate anything. Were raising
social awareness. You can also
say the N-word but most of us
would prefer that you didnt.
The R-word hurts 200 million
people worldwide with intel-
lectual disabilities, not including
family and friends, like me.
When you use that word, prob-
ably unintentionally, you insult
some of my dearest friends. And
they wont fght back. My friends
never hate; they only give joy,
acceptance, and friendship.
Putting down this demographic
only demonstrates the weakness
and insecurity of the aggressor.
Why would you make fun of a
person who only wants to give
love? Maybe you didnt knowit
hurt, but nowyou do. So, please,
dont use the R-word.
Clint Armisteadis asophomore
fromOverlandPark.
politiCs
W
e have been feasting
on free lunches of
digital music for
years with little thought as to
how free they are and a total
disregard to their nutritional
value.
Within seconds, we can own
any song from a vast online
musical spectrum and can either
fork over a few bucks on iTunes
or Zune or rip it free from
LimeWire. Any guess as to what
the majority of us cash-strapped
college students opt for?
This is not going to be a
discussion of the ethics of file-
sharing and free music, nor a
bold forecast of things to come.
Instead, lets step back and
observe what our generations
consumption of music means for
tangible media (read: records and
compact discs), whether free
music is ever actually free and,
if we do pay for it, do we ever
actually own it?
My laptop is in exile at a repair
shop in Kansas City, bugged to
oblivion. Though it holds every
piece of music Ive ever owned
hostage, I began wondering
whether digital music was
worth it. Did this instantaneous
method of acquiring music trump
the feeling I once had tearing
wrappers off CDs, poring over
the albums artwork and liner
notes and sliding the disc into the
nearest player?
Fitfully tucked away, up a
flight of stairs at its 936
Massachusetts St. location, Love
Garden Sounds is like that rare
park surrounded by a metropolis.
Its evidence that, amidst a music
marketplace that needs wires
and cables to exist, one can still
hold real music and interact with
living, breathing people.
And Love Garden defiantly
breathes with ease. It is enjoying
one of its best sales months in
the past year and a half, owner
Kelly Corcoran said, attributing
it to a rapport between him and
his customers that allows him
to know how many and what
records and CDs to provide.
On any night, one could walk
into the shop to see records
lining the walls, any of the four
store cats walking along a sea
of used and new CDs and real
people with real opinions sipping
Hamms Beer. Here, music is still
purchased and collected. You can
see what you buy.
People who have digital music
dont necessarily feel the need
to have the music long term,
Corcoran said. They view it as
disposable and dont worry about
it being lost since they can just
download it again for free.
Corcoran
quickly agreed when I suggested
that CDs are evolving into a
nostalgic niche much like vinyl
records.
But they are also insurance.
See, I was able to copy my MP3
music back onto my repaired
computer, but what happens
if my Zune crashes? All it takes
is a permanent error or another
computer bug to make every song
Ive owned disappear.
American consumers seem
happy to make the trade-off of
sound quality in exchange for
portability and massive storage
libraries, said Paul Marshall,
DJ from Kansas Citys 98.9 The
Rock, in an email. What they
need to realize is that you dont
really own anything tangible
when you buy an MP3, and its
never forever.
All hard drives crash
eventually, he continued, thus
necessitating the use of blank
CDs or external hard drives for
backup.
But any real personal
connection is still missing.
There is something to be said
for digital music; Ive begun
downloading legally but still
purchase entire CDs I really
want. A final thought: Years spent
downloading free music off
LimeWire were responsible for
my computers debilitating virus.
The repair costs? $170. Funny,
that wouldve gotten me almost
17 CDs.
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Knowing the signs is vital
in case of alcohol poisoning
Disturbing absence of outrage
at politicians
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M
ichael is a Topeka junior in journalism and political science.
After spending a semester abroad in Germany, he has come to
greatly appreciate stores open past 8 p.m. and Mexican food.
Some day he hopes to return to pursue a career as a foreign correspon-
dent or to open an El Mezcal.
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C
aitlin is a Lenexa senior majoring in English-creative writing and
womens studies. She spends her time wondering why this is her
sixth semester on The Kansan despite the fact that shes not a
journalism major. Recently, a homeless person told her she had the map
of Ireland on her face.
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dan thoMpson ben unglesbee
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B
en is a senior majoring in
political science. His col-
umn, Liberal Loudmouth,
takes a somewhat serious, some-
what cheeky, always progressive
take on both national and state
politics. Also, he really loves atten-
tion.
D
an is a Topeka senior
majoring in econom-
ics. His column, From
the Top of the Hill, will focus on
economic and political issues that
impact Lawrence, the University
and its student body.
B
en grew up wanting to be a
pyrotechnician for a movie
studio or a demolition
company, but somehow he ended
up in college. (His mid-life crisis
should be amazing). He plans on
using his humor column to wage
psychological warfare on his per-
sonal enemies.
S
ai is a Topeka senior major-
ing in neurobiology. He
writes the Sai the Science
Guy, column, which centers
around medical and scientific top-
ics. He is involved in research of
the molecular mechanisms of can-
cer at the University and intends
on pursuing a career in medical
research after graduation.
A
lex is a junior majoring in
creative writing. Under
Observation, is a column
in which things are observed and
then those observations are noted
in column form. Sometimes there
will be jokes.
A
lexandra is a sophomore
majoring in journal-
ism and film. She spent
her summer studying fashion
at Parsons, The New School for
Design in New York. Her fashion
column, The Hemline, is inspired
by KU students personal styles and
trends seen around campus.
J
osh is a Great Bend junior
studying journalism and
English. In his free time,
he is also a writer, composer,
and amateur theologian. Read
Religiously, examines big issues
about faith and their collision with
art, pop culture and the University.
R
ichelle is a Columbia, Ill.,
senior, majoring in jour-
nalism. This fall she will be
writing a column called Things
of Relevance. In past semesters
she has worked as a correspondent
and a columnist for The Kansan.
She plans to pursue a career in
broadcast journalism.
L
auren is a senior majoring
in sociology. In Queerly
Speaking, she plans to go
through anything and everything
sex from GLBTIQ subject mate-
rial, to university life and sex, to
the supposedly mysterious female
orgasm.
J
osie is a Macau, China, junior
majoring in journalism. This
is her first semester on The
Kansan, and she will be writing
a column called International
Insight. She is writing to share her
international perspective.
T
yler is a sophomore major-
ing in political science.
Last year, he ran for the
Kansas House of Representatives
in the 28th district. His column
will take the same name and topic
of his Kansan.com blog from the
spring, answering the question:
Whats the Matter in Kansas?
K
elly is an Overland Park
sophomore majoring in
journalism and politi-
cal science. She wants to use her
column, Human to Human, and
her passion for human rights edu-
cation to connect KU students to
social justice locally and around
the world.
C
het is a senior majoring in
political science and writ-
ing a column called The
Right Idea. He is a conservative
Republican who believes in pre-
serving capitalism, the constitu-
tion and a strong military. This is
what has made the United States
the wealthiest, freest and strongest
country in the world.
E
mily is a sophomore major-
ing in journalism. She will
be writing a column called,
Pursuit of Healthfulness, which
is full of observations, experiences,
and research on how to help the
body work optimally. It isnt about
restriction or deprivation, but
rather about how to enjoy living a
healthy lifestyle! So take a bite...
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rett is a sophomore in
creative writing. He will
be writing a column titled
What Grinds My Gears, about
things that piss him off. Other
than that he likes to just hang out
and live for God.
N
icolas is a Denver junior
majoring in journalism.
He is writing a column
called The L, that is about local
events in Lawrence. He is a third-
generation Jayhawk, and also
played football for the University
of Kansas his freshman year.
M
elissa is a senior
majoring in creative
writing. She has par-
ticipated in various religions,
and experimented with many
lifestyles. Her column, Coloring
Outside the Lines,addresses the
diversity of the student body and
how the campus can embrace it
as a unified community.
T
aylor is a junior from
Wichita. She is major-
ing in secondary English
education with an endorsement in
English for speakers of other lan-
guages. She loves to read, cook,
and play computer games.
T
rent is a Girard sophomore
majoring in journalism and
history. Because of this, he
could tell you about how his town
was once home to Americas larg-
est weekly newspaper, provided
hes not golfing or questioning life
as a die-hard Royals fan. Trent
is entering his first year with the
Kansan.
Z
ack is a Shawnee freshman.
When he isnt frantically
adjusting to college life, he
can probably be spotted out on a
run somewhere in Lawrence.
A
ngelique is a Topeka
senior. Unfortunately, she
is a pretty boring person.
She likes to read and write and
commentate her way through life.
She loves to argue and always has
something to say about whats
going on in the world. Wonder
why shes a columnist?
J
onathan is a McPherson soph-
omore majoring in journalism.
This is his second semester
with the Kansan.
K
ara is a sophomore in
chemical engineering.
She is originally from
Manhattan, KS and enjoyed writ-
ing and editing for her high school
newspaper. She looks forward to
this year and the opportunity to
work with KU students.
J
osh is a Leavenworth law
student. He received his
undergraduate degrees from
the University in political science
and East Asian languages and
cultures. He is also a member of
the United States Marine Corps.
A
lex is a Prairie Village
senior majoring in his-
tory and English. He has
written for the Editorial Board for
the past three semesters, covering
Student Senate, technology and
local and state political issues.
C
layton is a junior major-
ing in journalism. His
previous semester as a
correspondent was his first on The
Kansan. After college, he hopes to
find work in the field of technolo-
gy, science or politics, with a focus
on broadcast journalism.
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rett is a sophomore major-
ing in journalism and
English. As an Editorial
Writer for the Kansan, he will
bring a fresh view on everyday
topics, built on simplicity and
common sense. He is also opti-
mistic when he approaches every
issue, but still realistic.
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her choices in life.
Her take on growing up and
the difficulties she had in afford-
ing an education reveals something
about her personality and how she
approaches problems and challeng-
es. She said certain things in life
would be considered challenges in
retrospect, but not at first.
You could say it was a chal-
lenge to leave a small town in North
Carolina and get a college education
at a time when I came from a small
school and my parents were not able
to contribute anything to my educa-
tion, Gray-Little said. You might
consider that a challenge, but at the
time it was just something that you
worked on and got it done. Its hard
for me to pull things out like that
because at the time I didnt experi-
ence them as a challenge.
Gray-Little attended an all-
girls Catholic school, where nuns
served as teachers, from first grade
to her senior year of high school.
Her brother, Gray, remembered her
intelligence and that the nuns took
notice when the subject of college
came about. Without scholarships,
Gray-Little wouldnt have been able
to afford college and would have
been limited to working a blue-
collar job or entering a convent,
Gray said.
They said, Bernadette, youre
bright. If you want to get an educa-
tion we could get you a scholar-
ship at Marywood up in Scranton,
Pennsylvania and you dont have to
become a nun, Gray said.
Gray-Little received scholarships
and moved from Washington to
Scranton for her undergraduate
degree in psychology. She said the
segregation in Pennsylvania was not
the same as it was growing up in
Washington. Segregation in terms
of stores and other public places was
not there, but in terms of neighbor-
hoods it still was.
From Marywood University she
went to St. Louis University in St.
Louis, Mo., for her masters and
doctorate in clinical psychology.
After that, she was offered a few
professorships, including one at the
University and at UNC. She took
the position at UNC in 1971 as a
professor of psychology and has
been moving up in rank there ever
since.
Life at UNC
Her office didnt reveal she was in
the process of moving. Excellently
clean, barely anything covering her
desk, with a single packing box in
the middle of it.
She ran a university and she
would run the University of Kansas
with such order and precision that
shed have ten pieces of paper on her
desk, Gray said. Just ten. Just ten.
Working as provost, Gray-Littles
latest job at UNC, meant she was
in charge of personnel and money.
One would expect her office to
be filled with clutter from all the
responsibilities that fall under that,
but it was so well kept it looked like
an office from a model home.
While at UNC, Gray-Little
accomplished much as she worked
her way up the academic totem
pole.
Starting out as a professor, she
later ran departments, served as the
executive associate provost, a dean
and the executive vice chancellor
and provost.
Karen Gil, dean of the college of
arts and sciences at UNC, spoke
highly of the work Gray-Little had
done and said she thought Gray-
Little accomplished a lot in every
position she held.
Some of these programs were
her legacy here at North Carolina,
Gil said.
Gray-Little spearheaded two
prominent programs in 1999 when
she was senior associate dean for
undergraduate education.
One was the office of undergrad-
uate research, where undergraduates
were encouraged to use UNC as a
research institution. Undergraduates
prepared works focused on press-
ing issues locally, nationally and
international ly.
This was a focus
of Gray-Littles at
UNC, and may be
at the University
as well, as she has
made references
to increasing
research here.
She made it
a point to have
undergraduates
understand what
research is and
how it can be conducted.
The other program she started
was a first-year seminar that all
freshmen were required to take. A
class of about 20 students met with
a professor and studied that pro-
fessors expertise. Gil, for instance,
taught a class on stress manage-
ment, her area of expertise, to 20
freshmen who found the subject
interesting.
The idea behind the seminar was
not only to encourage freshmen to
learn about things that interested
them, but also to build substantial
relationships with professors in a
close environment.
Home Life
Gray-Little has two children,
Mark Little and Maura Garcia, and
a husband, Shade Little.
Mark is doing postdoctoral work
at Duke and is a consultant for the
business school at UNC. Maura just
finished her masters in fine arts at
Howard University in Washington,
D.C. She is also a choreographer
and runs a dance company and is
planning to relocate her dance com-
pany to Kansas.
Shade grew up in Washington
as well, and was
called a math genius
by several people in
Chapel Hill. At the
moment, he doesnt
plan on teaching at
the University when
the couple arrives,
but Gray-Little said
he wouldnt be sitting
still for too long.
From what Mark
said, his mother and
father are quite dif-
ferent from one another.
Hes been banned from thrift
stores, Mark said. No going to
them in Kansas.
Mark said his mother preferred
very nice things, while Shade
enjoyed things purchased in thrift
stores. He said that she was style-
conscious, didnt go to thrift stores
and dressed well her shoes and
jewelry go together.
Though she and Shade are dif-
ferent, Mark said he thought it was
complementary rather than prob-
lematic.
Gray-Little, even at home, is
quiet. But Mark said that even with
the contemplative side her col-
leagues describe, shes actually a bit
silly. Gray-Little and Shade didnt
allow TV in their house on week-
days for the kids. If Mark ever had
on a silly movie or TV show shed
tell him to turn it off, but would still
laugh at it.
People have a list of adjectives
to describe her, Mark said. In our
home context the first thing that
comes to mind, shes a very silly
person. None of those people would
use that word; it wouldnt come to
mind.
In comparison, Shade is said to
be someone who likes to speak his
mind.
My father is very loud, Mark
said. I used to run track. You cant
hear anything, but I could always
hear my father yelling Run! because
hes so loud. Its like night and day.
Gray, her brother, doesnt remem-
ber too much about growing up
with Gray-Little. She went off to her
first year in college when he was
in first or second grade, though he
does remember meeting Shade for
the first time when Gray was in his
early teens.
I was easily bought off, Gray
said. He bought me off with a quart
of milk.
Gray said he remembered his
family saying his sister had a high
school crush on Shade. She brought
Shade by before she was about to go
overseas to study and asked Gray
what he thought of Shade.
I remember thinking, Well,
he just bought me some chocolate
milk, so I think hes pretty all right,
Gray said.
Gray-Little said Shade would not
be idle for very long because it was
not in his temperament. At UNC he
worked with student academic ser-
vices and did some advising, math
gray-little (continued from 1a)
Courtesy of the Ofce of University relations
Chancellor Bernadette gray-little meets with former chancellor Robert Hemenway and his wife, Leah, at the Chancellors residence.
Courtesy of the Ofce of University relations
Chancellor Bernadette gray-little greets Chris Reine, a 2009 KU graduate, at a press conference.
see Gray-little On page 13a
They said,
Bernadette, youre
bright. If you want
to get an education,
we could get you a
scholarship...
Bernadette Gray-LittLe
Chancellor
statistics and tutoring. Gray-Little
said Shade enjoyed working with
students without having to grade
math papers.
Gray went to law school at UNC
in 1978 while Gray-Little was work-
ing there. His reasoning was to get
one good meal a week at her place.
One thing that Gray enjoys is their
mothers recipe for yeast rolls. Gray-
Little is the only one left in the fam-
ily who knows how to bake them
since their mother died.
Gray spent some time talking
about how amazed he was that she
could fit so much into her schedule
and raise her children well.
I dont know when she really
takes much time for herself, Mark
said. I think she cooked dinner for
them every night.
Life as a Jayhawk
Gray-Little has made broad state-
ments about what she wants to see
accomplished during her time at the
University. They include increasing
diversity and research along with
attaining National Cancer Institute
designation.
There has been some difficulty
in locking down how Gray-Little
plans to accomplish these goals. She
said she wanted to look at them and
see what could feasibly be done to
achieve them after her arrival.
So you have a goal, which is gen-
eral, but the things you have to do
to get there are very specific, Gray-
Little said. I think in both cases its
important to look at what is being
done and what can be done. I know
where Id like to go, but I dont know
all the specific steps to get there.
As for increasing diversity, she
said that she wouldnt do exactly
what was done at UNC because
a program needed
to be tailored to
the needs of the
university.
While at UNC,
she worked on
diversity with a
program that had
all departments on
campus annually
review how diverse
their staff was in
comparison to the audience they
were serving. She sees her efforts
as successful, as does M. Cookie
Newsom, director of diversity edu-
cation and assessment in the office
of minority affairs at UNC.
I dont think there was as much
sustained effort on it as when she
became the provost, Newsom said.
I know that its something shes cer-
tainly kept on her radar. Are we just
talking or are we doing anything?
Gray-Little may try something
similar to increase diversity at the
University, but said she wanted to
look at what had been done and
what really could be done before
saying exactly what she planned
to do.
Her focus on increasing research
is not merely funding based. She
said she wanted students to under-
stand that what theyre doing in
their majors or fields
is considered research
or scholarship.
If you were writing
a term paper in the
department of English,
that is scholarship and
research, that is the
kind of research that
is done there, Gray-
Little said. If you are
in art and drama and
youre part of a pro-
duction or a review, thats the kind
of scholarship there.
She said changes like that didnt
require extra funding, just a change
of perspective. She said students
should understand what research
means when graduating from
a research institution such as the
University.
The National Cancer Institute
designation is also a part of her
research initiative. This, she said,
would bring both funding and a
certain recognition to the worth of
the Universitys research.
Other universities have failed to
gain approval the first time by the
National Cancer Institute. Gray-
Little did not rule out this pos-
sibility, but said she believed the
University would achieve it even if
it wasnt on the first try.
Along with these goals, she
intends to plan a major develop-
ment campaign, or fundraiser, and
look at undergraduate retention
rates. She said the major develop-
ment campaign would be one of
her first priorities after arriving in
Kansas.
Gray-Little worked on a major
development campaign at UNC
that was mainly used for academic
funding and the construction of
academic buildings. She likened it
to the one that would occur here,
though the focus of the campaign
has not yet been set, nor has the
timing. But she made a point about
why additional funds for academics
really benefit a university.
If you want to attract science
faculty you have a good lab, Gray-
Little said. If you attract good
people then they can get research
funding, and if they can get research
funding you can get good graduate
students and afford the graduate
students. So its a cycle.
Gray-Little said she had already
been speaking with an institu-
tional researcher on undergraduate
retention rates, which is the rate of
undergraduates who begin attend-
ing the universities and continue
there for the remainder of their
undergraduate careers. When UNC
looked into this, she said, they con-
sidered a number of factors includ-
ing who stayed, who left, why for
both groups and what could have
been done to keep those who left.
When Gray-Little discusses the
differences in funding between aca-
demics and athletics, she focuses on
improving academics without weak-
ening athletics. She said funding for
athletics was often unavailable for
academic use, and
that it should not
be that athletics
needs less focus,
but that academics
needs to step up to
athletics level.
I think that
in a way athletics
has been very suc-
cessful in doing
what it needs to
do, and the rest
of the University has to up what
its doing, Gray-Little said. I dont
think theres really anything to gain
from putting athletics down. The
thing to gain from is raising the
academic emphasis, so thats what
I think the focus has to be. The
academic element, the University
focus, has to be at least as successful
as the athletics program.
her coLLeagues
praise
Everyone The Kansan spoke with
at UNC had only good things to
say about Gray-Little. Upon hear-
ing this, Gray-Little said, Well, I
pay them.
At least shes honest.
A few words kept recurring when
her colleagues described her:
Cl assy. Contemplative.
Considerate. Kind.
Style. Thoughtful.
Fair. Perceptive.
Warm. Fun. Elegant.
Un d e r s t a n d i n g .
Substantive. Patient.
Sharp. Funny.
Her colleagues said
she always took her
time and thought
through a question to
give the best possible
answer. She did the same during
interviews with The Kansan.
Shirley Ort, associate provost and
director of scholarships and student
aid at UNC, said Gray-Little would
always be available to give advice,
and that building a trust relation-
ship with her was easy.
What happens with Bernadette
stays with Bernadette, Ort said.
Don Baucom, a Richard Simpson
distinguished professor of psychol-
ogy at UNC and friend and col-
league of 40 years, explained that
Gray-Littles research as a clinical
psychologist on long-term relation-
ships allowed her to understand
how to construct them with the
people she worked with.
Holden Thorp, chancellor at
UNC, complimented Gray-Little
and said he learned much from
her. He admitted he was saying all
of it with a knot in his stomach,
because he had never worked in
UNC administration without Gray-
Little and felt as though he was
about to go it alone.
You do the tough jobs yourself;
she definitely gets that part, Thorp
said.
More than one employee at UNC
brought up the trade the school
was making between Gray-Little
and Roy Williams. Roy Williams
was the mens basketball coach at
the University from 1988 to 2003
when he left to coach mens basket-
ball at UNC. One professor even
brought to the interview a framed
editorial cartoon of Roy Williams
and other coaches.
Newsom summarized the major-
ity of everyones thoughts of Gray-
Little.
Shes a very classy lady, Newsom
said. Shes good people. Were going
to miss her. Were sorry to lose her,
but you know we stole Roy so well
presume this is kind of payback. So
well live with it.
soon to come
Gray-Little said that she almost
looked at running a university as if
it were a city and that she didnt want
to overlook any part of it because a
lot of parts are necessary to make it
run well. But she said the academic
part was the reason the University
was there, and that she focuses on
it primarily.
This is a difficult time here,
at Kansas and elsewhere, because
of the budget and I dont believe
that funding is all-important, but I
believe that most important things
require funding, Gray-Little said.
She said she hoped the experi-
ences and knowledge she gathered
at UNC would be beneficial for
the University and would help it
become more prominent academi-
cally, which she said she sensed it
had a strong wish to do.
I hope I can help to do that,
to bring a sense there, an element
there that makes that possible by
the kind of things that we focus on,
Gray-Little said. The kind of things
that we spend money on, the kind
of things that we raise money for,
and by my speaking on behalf on
the academic mission.
Edited by Brandy Entsminger
Andrew Dye for The Univesity Daily Kansan
Newly appointed Chancellor Gray-Little surveys the campus of the University of North Carolina, where she spent the last 38 years of her career, ultimately rising to Provost. While at UNC, Gray-
Little emphasized scholarship and academic research. Gray-Little said that research and diversity were among her top priorities for the University of Kansas.
GrAy-LiTTLe (continued from 12A)
You do the tough
jobs yourself; she
defnitely gets that
part.
holden thorp
Chancellor at UnC
Shes a very classy
lady. Shes good
people. Were going
to miss her.
M. Cookie newsoM
director of diversity
educationandassessment
Adam Buhler/KANSAN
Cars streamup and down Massachusetts Street late Thursday evening as seen fromatop the Eldridge Hotel. The citys quaint downtown, which
ofers a venue for local businesses, has earned Lawrence a reputation as a great shopping destination, says longtime resident Amy Woodmancy.
Woodmancys husband, Glenn,
said he thought the town had a
lot to offer visitors with different
interests.
Its got variety, historical inter-
est, he said. There are activities
for young and old alike.
Asisa Asseily, Kiel, Germany,
graduate student, said Lawrence
deserved recognition for the res-
taurants and entertainment down-
town, but that a person needed
more than a day to fully appreciate
the city.
Its all about the people here,
really, Asseily said. Thats what
makes it a good place getting to
know the people.
Asseily said the museum was
also a worthy destination for visi-
tors because it offered a sophisti-
cated collection of art.
Carolyn Chinn Lewis, assistant
director of the Spencer Museum
of Art, said the
museum had one
particular advan-
tage compared
with its competi-
tion.
Its a univer-
sity art museum.
We can provide
a laboratory for
new thinking,
creative energy,
Lewis said. Theres always some-
thing new going on here.
Greg Weseloh, Liberty, Mo.,
senior, said the museum had a
unique selection of art that mer-
ited respect.
Theyve got really good stuff
there, Weseloh said. The exhib-
its are usually pretty
interesting.
The Spencer
Museum of Art is
competing with
four other museums
for the vote the
Dolphin Gallery, the
Kemper Museum
of Contemporary
Art, the Nelson-
Atkins Museum of
Art and the Nerman Museum of
Contemporary Art.
Lawrence is competing with
Independence, Mo., Weston, Mo.,
Parkville, Mo. and Overland Park.
Although the competition is
tough, Lewis said she wasnt con-
cerned about winning but was just
thankful to be nominated.
Were thrilled, Lewis said.
And that will be the icing on the
cake if we can win it.
Anyone can vote by going to
www.visitkc.com, then to Visitors
Choice Awards.
People can vote every day until
Aug. 31.
Winners will be featured on the
www.visitkc.com Web site.
Edited by Michelle Sprehe
CompeTiTioN (continued from 1A)
Adam Buhler/KANSAN
The Spencer museumof Art has been nominated for the KC Visitors Choice09 competition as the favorite museumor gallery in the Kansas
City area. Carolyn Chinn Lewis, the museums assistant director, said the museumofered alaboratory for newthinking, creative energy.
Its all about the
people here, really.
Thats what makes it a
good place.
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Lawrence
Shelter prepares for new location
BY BRANDON SAYERS
bsayers@kansan.com
Visitors to downtown busi-
nesses may soon see fewer pan-
handlers on the sidewalks. The
Lawrence Community Shelter will
be moving to a new location in east
Lawrence.
The LCS announced earlier
this month that it would open a
new facility in the former Dons
Steakhouse, 2176 E. 23rd St.
A new emergency shelter
location has been long overdue
to Lawrence, Loring Henderson,
director of the LCS, said in a press
release announcing the new shel-
ter.
The current shelter, located
near downtown Lawrence at 214
W. 10th St., previously had a city
permit that allowed it to hold only
31 people overnight. It became
the only overnight shelter in town
when the Salvation Armys shelter
closed June 1.
In an effort to ease overcrowding,
The Lawrence City Commission
voted Aug. 4 to increase the allow-
able number of overnight occu-
pants at the current location. LCS
now holds a maximum of 76 dur-
ing the shelters busiest months,
October through March, and up to
53 overnight occupants from April
through September.
When the shelter moves to its
new location, it will be able to
hold approximately 100 people
overnight.
City Commissioners heard
from several people who live or
work near the current shelter and
were concerned that allowing the
downtown location to keep more
guests would cause problems for
the surrounding community. But
Henderson said he believed that
allowing more overnight occupants
could actually help with these
issues.
When people are turned away
from our place, they are forced
to go somewhere else, Henderson
said. When you see a guest on
someone elses property, its a sign
that they cant fit on our property.
The LCS was founded in 2005
to help Lawrences homeless com-
munity, but has been searching for
a location for a new shelter for two
years. Shelter officials considered at
least 60 different sites before find-
ing a viable option.
Henderson said he was confident
a new shelter could be completed
in about a year if everything went
as planned. The new space will
allow the shelter to pursue plans
for a medical clinic, an adjoining
building for employment services
and larger sleeping, dining and
storage areas.
So much of what we will do in
the new shelter will be an enhance-
ment of the services we already
offer, Henderson said. But we will
be able to do a lot more.
Downtown Lawrence Inc., a
group of downtown business own-
ers, said it was pleased to hear
that the shelter would be moving
away from downtown, but wished
the shelter would concentrate all
its efforts on moving to the new
site, not renovating the downtown
location.
We are delighted that the shelter
has decided to find a new location
outside of downtown Lawrence,
Jane Pennington, director of the
group, said. Our hope is that with
more of them out of downtown,
there will be less types of nuisance
behavior, including panhandling.
Henderson said that he did not
expect all downtown panhandling
to stop once the shelter had moved,
but hoped that it would help elimi-
nate some of the problems that
downtown businesses had with the
homeless community.
Downtown is where all the
lights and action are at, Henderson
said. Some homeless people will
continue to go downtown no mat-
ter where we put it.
Jessica Clatterbuck, Topeka grad-
uate student in the School of Social
Welfare, worked at the shelter last
year as a student intern. She said
she supported the moves that the
shelter was making, but believed
that the homeless would continue
to stay downtown for the resources
available in that area, including the
public library and churches that
have social programs.
They are human beings; they
are going to want to be around
other human beings regardless of
whether they are homeless or not,
Clatterbuck said. I do not think
moving the shelter from downtown
will really deter these people from
going where the people are.
Henderson has heard concerns
from at least one business located
near the proposed site of the new
shelter, but said that he would do
everything within his control to
make sure that a new shelter could
operate without harming the sur-
rounding community.
We know that a shelter has an
impact on a community and a busi-
ness district, Henderson said, We
will make every effort to work with
the neighbors so that they are as
comfortable as possible.
Henderson and Clatterbuck said
the new shelter would certainly
improve the services offered to
Lawrences homeless community,
but both agreed that there was still
much work to be done.
While more people will be
served, there are still a large per-
centage of the homeless that will
be sleeping outdoors, Clatterbuck
said.
Edited by Sarah Kelly
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WASHINGTON NASA is
charged with spotting most of
the asteroids that pose a threat to
Earth but doesnt have the money
to complete the job, a federal re-
port says.
Tats because even though
Congress assigned the space
agency that mission four years
ago, it never gave NASA the
money to build the necessary
telescopes, according to the re-
port released Wednesday by the
National Academy of Sciences.
Specifcally, the mission calls
for NASA, by the year 2020, to lo-
cate 90 percent of the potentially
deadly rocks hurtling through
space.
Te agency says its been able
to complete about one-third of
its assignment with the current
telescope system.
NASA estimates that there are
about 20,000 asteroids and com-
ets in our solar system that are
potential threats.
Tey are larger than 460 feet in
diameter slightly smaller than
the Superdome in New Orleans.
So far, scientists know where
about 6,000 of these objects are.
Rocks between 460 feet and
3,280 feet in diameter can devas-
tate an entire region, said Lindley
Johnson, NASAs manager of the
near-Earth objects program.
Objects bigger than that
are even more threatening, of
course.
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Two years have passed since
Becca Braun made the move from
Hutchinson to Lawrence her fresh-
man year. Now a junior on track for
a double major in psychology and
speech, language and hearing, she
reminisces about her first semester
when her path to graduation was
not so certain.
Things might have gone differ-
ently, Braun said, were it not for the
guidance of her Honors Program
mentor and psychology professor,
Kathleen McClusky-Fawcett, her
freshman year.
Outside of class, we met once
a week, Braun said. I knew that
I had some interest in psychology,
but I wasnt sure how that was lead-
ing me.
This fall, Brauns mentor is giving
her and 239 other Honors Program
upperclassmen the opportunity to
pass on the advice they received as
freshmen to new Honors Program
students.
McClusky-Fawcett organized a
buddy program, titled the Honors
Student Network, after she became
the new director of the Honors
Program in June. The network pairs
each new honors student with one
Honors Program upperclassman.
I think for some students its
a little bit of a daunting thing to
come to KU, McClusky-Fawcett
said. Sometimes its easier to ask
someone your own age a question
than a faculty member.
McClusky-Fawcett needed 240
upperclassman volunteers to pair
every freshman with a mentor. She
said within weeks of sending just
one e-mail, approximately 275 stu-
dents responded.
I got more students than I actu-
ally needed, McClusky-Fawcett
said. A lot of current students said
they clearly could see a need.
One of the fastest and most
enthusiastic replies, she said, came
from Braun.
I think in going especially
through your freshman year, its
really nice to have someone empha-
sizing different options or extracur-
ricular things that are available,
Braun said.
Braun said that though she
sought most of her guidance from
faculty, she recognized that some
students also needed reassurance
from peers.
You can have a professor telling
you this is a great program, but I
think a students perspective is very
beneficial, Braun said. You kind of
need the students input to encour-
age you to take that leap and make
you realize it will be fun and a good
activity for your education.
Marlesa Roney, vice-provost for
student success, said students out-
side the Honors Program could also
access free peer advice. She said
she had already noticed the posi-
tive effects of student mentoring in
other peer-to-peer programs across
campus.
Theres a variety of different pro-
grams that are out there, Roney
said. Many departments have
some. The programs provide for-
mal mentoring, but theres a lot of
informal mentoring as well, which
is just as valuable.
Roney suggested that students
with interest in giving or receiv-
ing peer advice should first check
for programs in their academic
departments. Academic advisors
and faculty members, she said, can
also serve as excellent resources
for finding student mentoring
programs.
I would never suggest a student
receive advice only from peers, but
it evens out the picture, Roney
said. A student can provide a dif-
ferent perspective. All those dif-
ferent perspectives round out the
advice a student can get.
Braun said she had already began
sharing her advice in the Honors
Student Network. Her fresh-
man buddy Rose Worthington,
Tecumseh freshman, said she espe-
cially appreciated the help Braun
has given her on buying textbooks
and finding parking on campus.
Its going to be convenient
because she was not too long ago
where I am now, Worthington
said. While the faculty were also
in the same position I am in now at
one point, theyve had more years
pass to dull the memories. She
will be more easily able to relate to
whatever Im going through.
Editedby JonathanHermes
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BY BETH BEAVERS
bbeavers@kansan.com
The department of theatre
and film split last month into the
department of theatre and the
department of film and media
studies.
The change came July 1, when
the School of Fine Arts dissolved
and reorganized into the new
School of the Arts. The School
of the Arts will include dance,
visual arts, theatre, and film and
media studies, and is now a part
of the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences. The design department,
which was part of the School of
Fine Arts, was moved to the School
of Architecture.
Tamara Falicov, chairperson
and associate professor of film and
media studies, said she was receiv-
ing e-mails from students con-
cerned about all of the changes.
She said they were worried all of
the credit hours they took were in
vain.
This was a
decision a long
time coming,
Falicov said. The
fields have been
changing and
both departments
are expensive. We
thought it made
more sense to get
resources on our
own.
Part of the reorganization
involved going through the cur-
riculum, changing course num-
bers and deciding which classes
belonged in which department,
John Staniunas, chairman of the
department and associate profes-
sor of theatre, said.
Students who have already com-
pleted course work or declared a
film studies major or minor will be
grandfathered in, meaning their
curriculum will not change, Falicov
said. Students who are new to the
department as of July 1 will have a
different curriculum that is more
streamlined. This means there
are fewer credit hours required
than before so students can gradu-
ate in four years.
Courses that used to
be required for film
studies majors, such
as theatre 100, will no
longer be required.
The curriculum for
the theatre depart-
ment will remain the
same.
Ian McFarland,
Overland Park senior
and film and media studies major,
said he thought both departments
would benefit from the changes
because film at the University was
focused on the study of film and
theory, while theatre was more
focused on theatre production.
If separating the departments
gives film more freedom, Im all
for that, McFarland said.
Falicov said that because the
departments were so closely relat-
ed, they would still collaborate.
Staniunas said he thought the
change would make the relation-
ship between the two departments
even stronger.
Now theatre students can
minor in film and film students
can minor in theatre, Staniunas
said. This wasnt possible before
because the classes couldnt count
because they were all in the same
department.
Students interested in working
in film are invited to an internship
fair from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 8
at Oldfather Studios at the Hark
Harvey soundstage.
Alumni and representatives
from production companies in the
area will be there to talk about
internship opportunities available
to students.
We are expanding our hori-
zons, Falicov said.
Edited by Amanda Thompson
BY BRANDON SAYERS
bsayers@kansan.com
Lawrence Freenet plans to begin
offering telephone service in addi-
tion to a new video service allowing
paying subscribers to watch tele-
vision programming through the
Freenet Wi-Fi network.
Freenet will join AT&T and
Sunflower Broadband as the three
major providers of video, tele-
phone and broadband services in
Lawrence.
Our mem-
bership has been
asking us for the
ability to deliver
phone and video
service for some
time now, Joshua
Mo nt g o me r y,
Lawrence Freenet
founder, said.
Mont gomer y
founded Freenet
as a non-profit
organization and is
currently the president of Freenets
for-profit partner, Community
Wireless Co. Together, the two
groups are able to provide Internet
service to more than 3,000 people
in Lawrence.
The name Freenet was cho-
sen because the groups stated
goal is to build a community in
which everyone can access the
Internet, anywhere, anytime, free
of charge, according to its Web
site. Montgomery said part of the
revenue generated by paying mem-
bers goes towards providing free
Internet access to more than 300
low-income residents in Lawrence.
Lawrence city commissioners
voted Aug. 11 to allow Community
Wireless to offer video service to
Lawrence Freenet. The city will
receive a video service provider fee
of 5 percent of the gross revenues
received for all services provided by
Freenet within the city.
Montgomery said the group
wanted to begin offering a phone
and video service to rival the ser-
vices provided by some of its com-
petitors.
Cheaper, faster, better service. In
tough economic times, thats what
the consumer wants. And thats
what were providing, Montgomery
said.
Freenet plans to begin offering
the video service to part of Lawrence
in about three months, if every-
thing goes as planned, although
the exact size of the service area is
unknown at this time. Subscribers
will be required to
rent or purchase a box
that can be connected
to an Ethernet port
or connect wirelessly
through Freenets
Wi-Fi network.
Montgomery said
he hoped the compa-
ny could offer an a la
carte option of pur-
chasing video service,
where the subscriber
could order any num-
ber of channels with individual
pricing. Montgomery said the ser-
vice would offer the most popular
and local channels found on a stan-
dard television service.
Instead of paying a $30 cable bill
for a package that has 75 channels
youll never watch,
youd be able to
pay a $5 bill for
the only three
channels you ever
watch anyway,
Montgomery said.
Pricing for
the service is
unknown at
this point, but
Montgomery said
he expected the
price of the service to be similar
to the cost of other local television
service providers.
Freenets Wi-Fi network
is unavailable on most of the
Universitys campus, but the group
plans to first offer the service to
popular off-campus student hous-
ing destinations along Emery and
West Campus roads,
including fraternities
and sororities.
Our focus in the
beginning will be on
bringing this ser-
vice to the students,
Montgomery said.
Jacob Sawyer,
Winfield sophomore,
saw the wireless video
service first-hand
while relaxing in the
Chi Omega fountain during a dem-
onstration put on by Freenet for
The Kansan. Sawyer said he would
be interested in a wireless video
service because it would allow him
to move his television all around his
house, onto his deck and even to
events outside his home.
The students who really go to
the games would love this option
because they could watch other
games while there, Sawyer said.
Montgomery said that some
areas to the north of campus near
Memorial Stadium had coverage
and that he thought tailgating foot-
ball fans would have a use for the
service.
Rod Kutemeier, general man-
ager of Sunflower Broadband, said
the company welcomed Freenet as
another competitor in the market
of television services.
Competition makes us have to
be better, Kutemeier said. Its a
world where most services are pro-
vided under competition.
Kutemeier said that Sunflower
Broadband had considered a wire-
less video service
and that it may
be available in the
future.
When the
demand is up for
a wireless video
service, we will
have the same
thing, Kutemeier
said.
Kutemeier said one issue with
providing Wi-Fi television program-
ming was federal copyright law,
which does not allow for users to
display some types of programming
in a public setting. Montgomery
said members would be responsible
for ensuring that they were in com-
pliance with copyright laws if they
used the service outside of their
homes.
Freenet also
recently began offer-
ing 30 minutes of free
Internet use on their
Wi-Fi network to
anyone with a mobile
phone beginning with
the local 785 area
code. The wireless
network is currently
available in approximately 60 per-
cent of Lawrence.
We had over 2,000 people use
that service in the first 10 days it
was offered, so I think thats pretty
impressive, Montgomery said.
Technology
Freenet moves from the Web to television
Company plans to expand business
to compete with other local media
Photo illustration by Tanner Grubbs/KANSAN
Members of Sigma Nu fraternity watch an episode of Showtimes television series Weedsfromthe Chi Omega FountainWednesday afternoon. Lawrence Freenets newservice, which is cur-
rently in development, will allowvideo service subscribers within connecting distance to a Freenet wireless access point to watch live or on-demand television.
BY JESSE RANGEL
jrangel@kansan.com
Despite increased budget cuts,
the Kansas Board of Regents has
asked the University to find a way
to increase the number of stu-
dents educated
in the School of
Engineering.
Stuart Bell,
dean of the
School of
Eng i ne e r i ng ,
said he expected
the demand for
qualified engi-
neers growing
in the coming
years, despite the schools inabil-
ity to fulfill that demand.
Kansas legislative and business
leaders have asked the Regents
to increase the number of engi-
neering students we educate,
then-interim chancellor Barbara
Atkinson said in her comments
to the state legislature July 28.
However, budget cuts mean we
are unable to sustain growth in
our School of Engineering.
Bell said Kansas manufactur-
ing was less visible in a state more
closely identified with agricul-
tural production.
But because of a 40 percent
retirement rate in the aircraft
industry during the next five
years, he said, the demand for
engineers in that field would
increase.
aHe said if Kansas schools
were not able to meet the
demands of that field, the
industry would look to other
places for employees, which
would hurt Kansans in the
long run.
Were already not able to
meet the demand, Bell said.
But despite budget cuts, Kansas
Senate President Stephen Morris
(R-Hugoton) will continue to
push for increased recruitment,
retention and facilities for engi-
neering programs.
Morris said his initiative,
which would pro-
mote engineering in
K-12 education, was
important to help
boost the economy.
Even with the
budget crunch, I still
think its important
to move forward
with engineering,
Morris said.
Bell said he
worked with Morris and the two
other engineer-
ing schools in the
state Kansas
State University
and Wichita
State University
to add to staff
and building
capacity.
I think that
clearly its a
great plan that
weve put forward, Bell said.
But these are challenging times.
Challenging times call for having
to make really tough and hard
decisions.
Anthony Frei, Lawrence junior
and president of Engineering
Student Council, said the dean
asked the council to cut back
about 5 percent of its budget. Frei
said he understood why the cut-
backs were necessary, but said he
still wanted to see events aimed
at engineering students to con-
tinue.
It helps people stay motivated
and build social connections,
Frei said. Youre sitting here as
a student and youre working
hard throughout the week, and
if youre able to go to an event
once in a while that can help you
blow off some steam, thats really
important.
Morris said he
hoped private com-
panies in Kansas
would help to con-
tribute funding
down the road.
This is impor-
tant because jobs
are needed now,
Morris said. We
need significant
input and help from
the private sector to be successful
with this.
School requests help with
increasing its enrollment
engineering
Even with the
budget crunch, I still
think its important
to move forward with
engineering.
Stephen MorriS
Kansas senate president
This is important
because jobs are
needed now.
Stephen MorriS
Kansas senate president
Cheaper, faster,
better service. In
tough economic
times, thats what the
consumer wants.
JoShua MontgoMery
Founder of
Lawrence Freenet
The students who
really go to games
would love this
option because they
could watch other
games while there.
Jacob Sawyer
winfeld Sophomore
When the demand
is up for a wireless
video service, we will
have the same thing.
rod KuteMeier
general manager of
Sunfower broadband
File Photo/KANSAN
Mandy Shriwise, who is majoring in dance, looks over her shoulder as she practices in
Robinson Gymnasium. Dance, which used to be a part of the School of Fine Arts, is nowa part of the
New School of the Arts formed
campus
Art departments
have reorganized
with the change
If separating the
departments gives
flm more freedom,
Im all for that.
ian McFarLand
overland park senior
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Jayhawks
can win
Big 12 title
this year
By stephen montemayor
smontemayor@kansan.com
C
all it an unabashed homer
pick. Call it ridiculous. Call
it what you will.
When Kansas hoists its first Big
12 football championship trophy in
Arlington this December, call it a
called shot.
That prediction may seem gran-
diose, but the map to its unfolding
is easier to navigate than you think.
Just look at the last North team
to win the game: Kansas State in
2003.
Although the Wildcats entered
the season ranked in the Top 10, a
27-20 loss to Marshall Kansas
States first non-conference home
loss in 41 games started a three-
game slide that nearly derailed
their season.
Then uber-mobile quarterback
Ell Roberson and the lightening
bolt that was Darren Sproles helped
generate the rebound of rebounds
with six straight victories before
shocking top-ranked Oklahoma
35-7 for the Big 12 Championship.
Im feeling more of the same this
winter, with this decades top wheat
state squad in Kansas States stead.
Coach Mark Mangino obviously
took a few tools after leaving his
first assistant coaching gig under
Wildcats coach Bill Snyder in 1998.
Mangino like Snyder has
masterfully rebuilt a formerly fallen
program since his 2002 arrival. A
few big pieces are still to be had.
The reason I bring up Kansas
State is to illustrate that it can
be done, not that it will occur in
the same fashion. Sure, there are
similarities between the teams, but
there are as many differences.
Although Southern Miss is dan-
gerous and Kansas 2-10 record in
road openers makes Sept. 12s trip
to El Paso scary, I dont envision a
non-conference letdown. But look-
ing at the Jayhawks schedule
26th nationally in difficulty I do
see three losses. Thatll still do. Five
of the last six North champions
entered the conference title game
ranked No. 15 or below. Twice, the
North champion was unranked.
I could also envision the shocker
coming against an undefeated or
one-loss Texas team, orchestrating
the latest BCS-busting perfor-
mance. Recall that 2003 Oklahoma
still advanced to the title game
after its Big 12 title loss and did so
to high controversy.
Personnel-wise, 2009 Kansas and
2003 Kansas State are more foils
than mirrors. Senior quarterback
Todd Reesing isnt Roberson. Hes
better as a passer and as a leader.
Senior running back Jake Sharp
isnt a Heisman contender like
Sproles. He doesnt need to be.
Reesing has long been dubbed
Sparky, but Sharp is just as apt
to provide a surge off a 40-yard
run or a catch-and-run of greater
length. The Jayhawks also stand to
be far deeper at the position than
last year.
To compare this teams wide
receivers to those of 2003 Kansas
State would be insulting. Senior
Kerry Meier (97 receptions in
2008) and junior Dezmon Briscoe
(1,407 yards, 15 touchdowns) arent
just special Kansas players. Theyre
SEE montemayor ON pAGE 13B
men's basketball
Gold isn't good enough
By Corey thIBoDeaUX
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
A gold medal is not enough for
Tyshawn Taylor.
Despite having a high school
championship and FIBA Under-
19 World Championship under
his belt, Taylors desire for an
NCAA basketball championship
remains as strong as ever.
Once you get one and you get
that feeling and you know how
it feels, you dont want to stop,
Taylor, a sophomore guard, said.
I think some people get one and
they settle off and relax. I just
want to keep winning. Hopefully
this year itll happen for us.
Because Kansas retained its
teams nucleus from last year,
along with high caliber additions,
the Jayhawks rank No. 1 in most
preseason polls.
Taylor said this was the first
time he had thought of the team
as a target on the college level.
It was different last year,
Taylor said. I felt like we didnt
have anything to lose because
nobody expected us to do that
good, so we just went out there
and played.
Taylor said he hoped his
team would not get caught up
in the hype and suffer the same
fate many top-ranked teams did
last season. According to the
Associated Press, the top-ranking
team changed eight times in the
weekly poll during the course of
the 2008-09 regular season.
Who wouldnt want to be num-
ber one in the country? Taylor
said. But it could be a negative if
we let it get to us and get big heads
and stop working hard.
Taylor said he thought he had
the formula for success figured
out: communication and chem-
istry both on and off the court.
He had these factors down with
his high school team and with
Team USA. He said Kansas had
the same ingredients and said the
fact that the team does not have a
consistent dominant scorer shows
its unselfishness and commitment
to winning.
With senior guard Sherron
Collins and junior center Cole
Aldrich opting to stay in college,
Kansas should not have a problem
picking up where they were last
year. The addition of the Henrys
should help balance the scoring
even more.
Because of these factors, Taylor
Sophomore
guard Tyshawn
Taylor slams
down a dunk in the
Jayhawks Sweet
16 loss to Michigan
State last season.
Then freshman
Taylor won a gold
medal withTeam
USA this summer
and is hoping to
add to his success
with the Jayhawks
this season.
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Taylor hopes to add
national title to his
accomplishments
standing tall
Monday, august 17, 2009 www.kansan.coM PagE 1B
The quarterback may be small, but his
record shows he's a force on the field
By Jayson JenKs
jjenks@kansan.com
Here comes the man now, strolling late
into the midweek press conference because
of a class. Suddenly, as if a big pause button
is pressed, everyone stops and turns.
He sits at one of the desks and relaxes his
arms in front of him. Then, here they come,
too. The cameras and lights surround him.
Microphones and recorders are shoved in
front of his face.
Quickly, the big room with lots of desks
becomes claustrophobic. They all want to
hear what he says.
He is the face of Kansas football, the lead-
er with the Tiger Woods-esque fist pump.
Hes the one who makes the spectacular out
of the broken, who took an unassuming
program in the Big 12 to a BCS bowl vic-
tory. And hes the one who, in his final sea-
son, has Kansas picked by several preseason
magazines to capture its first division title
since the Big 12s inception in 1996.
He is Todd Reesing and this is his jour-
ney to the forefront of the Kansas football
program.
oct. 28, 2006
vs. colorado:
meet sparky
What better place to start than a bus ride
a ritualistic passage between preparation
and action that allows players time to search
inside themselves. Only this was one of the
worst kinds of rides, the kind that dully
surfaces after a devastating loss.
And this loss was excruciating: Baylor 36,
Kansas 35.
Yet it was in the wake of a loss deep
in Texas that coach Mark Mangino told
Reesing that his moment on the big stage
may not be so far off. That it may take place
in late October against Colorado.
The Jayhawks were shut out in the first
half against the Buffaloes and hadnt won in
four games. But on that sunny afternoon in
Lawrence, Reesing provided the jumpstart
for a stalled offense.
His redshirt status stripped, Reesing
entered at halftime to lead Kansas to a
20-15 comeback victory. What raised eye-
brows outside the program was not that
Mangino pulled Reesings redshirt, but that
the unproven quarterback performed so
well during the heart of conference play.
He came in and did a great job running
around and made some big plays. He was
their spark and got them going, Colorado
coach Dan Hawkins said after the game.
You have to give him credit. He botched a
couple of plays, too, but he was their moti-
vation. Theres no question about that.
Spark. The word has a nice ring to it,
doesnt it? Combine it with a thrilling,
much-needed victory and a y tacked on
the end, and a nickname is born. Sparky.
Reesing passed for 106 yards, rushed for
another 93 and added three total touch-
downs against Colorado. But it was his
manner of play that stuck with many inside
Memorial Stadium that day. Gutsy, yet calm.
Smooth, yet rigid in his freelancing ability.
Everyone is looking for that 6-foot-
4, 215 pound prototypical quarterback.
Well, it doesnt always necessarily match up
that way, said Bill Whittemore, a former
undersized Kansas quarterback himself.
Honestly, the quarterback position is more
about having an athlete back there that is
smart, that can take care of the ball and who
just knows football.
You can teach that but a lot of it doesnt
comprehend when the bullets are flying.
Youve got to have someone thats poised
and wants the ball in those situations.
nov. 3, 2007
vs. nebraska:
in the books
What better person to hear a Kansas
football story from than former coach Don
Fambrough? Not only is Fambrough witty,
but hes also possibly the most well-versed
man in Kansas football lore.
While riding the bus to Memorial
Stadium one afternoon during Fambroughs
tenure in the 70s and early 80s, a freshman
looked out the window in awe. Fans were
everywhere.
You wouldnt know whether were in
Lincoln or Lawrence, the freshman said.
All I see is red.
The root of that story the girth that
makes it relevant came more than 30
years later.
Sure, the Jayhawks had snapped their
unfathomable 36-game losing streak to the
Cornhuskers two years earlier in 2005. But
with Reesing steering the offense, Kansas
completely flipped the series histori-
cal trend, unleashing a 76-39 thrashing of
Nebraska.
Soak in that score another moment:
Kansas 76, Nebraska 39.
Reesing passed for a school-record
six touchdowns in delivering the type of
embarrassment Nebraska is used to serving,
not receiving.
Hes another guy that probably doesnt
get as much pub as some of these other
guys, an assistant in the Big 12 North said.
But look at what hes done for the program
the last couple years. Every single week the
guy just continues to win football games.
Hes just a true winner.
The victory sent a simple message: The
tides are changing. The Kansas football
program is no longer lagging behind the Big
Red one of the dominant teams in the Big
8 and then the Big 12 North.
And that circus of an offensive game
Reesing directed in 2007 was played in
front of a thick, blue-wearing home crowd.
Number five jerseys dotted the stands.
That little quarterback we have, every-
body in the country would like to have him
now, Fambrough said. Hell, three years
ago nobody wanted him. They said he was
too short. All he can do is win for you.
Jan. 3, 2008 vs.
virginia tech:
the big game
What better stage to silence mouths than
national television? The victories mount-
ed, the awareness grew and so, too, did
the slights and criticisms of Kansas weak
schedule.
Those remarks, the ones that duly noted
a lack of high-ranking competition, cast
the Jayhawks into sports most motivated
role: the disrespected team. Perhaps no one,
though, chewed up and spit out the negativ-
ity like Reesing.
Its really unbelievable the determination
he has to shut people up, former center
Ryan Cantrell said. That was kind of our
whole thing the Orange Bowl year. People
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W
asnt 2008 a great
year to be a Jayhawk?
Orange Bowl cham-
pions. National Champions in
mens basketball. Two sports had
brilliant, record-breaking seasons.
This year could be better.
Whoops. Not that Kansas fans
have high expectations.
The Jayhawk football team,
according to senior captain
Darrell Stuckey, has set a team
goal to return to a BCS bowl
game and might have the tal-
ent to do it. There are plenty
of reasons to believe so: Todd
Reesing at the helm, the nations
best (at least in this columnists
eyes) receiving corps that hell
be throwing to, and the pleasant
lack of 2,000-yard guarantees
from the running back position
(oops!). The four senior captains
Reesing, Stuckey, Kerry Meier
and Jake Sharp are as solid a
group of leaders as Kansas has
seen in a long time.
Mens basketball, too, could
be looking at another deep post-
season run. Although no official
polls have been released with
it being three full months before
the Jayhawks set foot in Allen
Fieldhouse for a game all early
indications are that Kansas will
be the preseason No. 1, perhaps
by a unanimous vote. Coach
Bill Self has the best returning
one-two punch in the country in
Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich
and an incoming freshman class
that has been salivated over all
summer by Jayhawk fans. Oh,
and hell bring back a gold medal
winner in Tyshawn Taylor, who
spent his summer drubbing inter-
national competition with the
Under-19 division of Team USA.
So far, so 2008.
But Taylors not the only
returning Jayhawk who had some
extracurriculars involving gold
medals and Team USA. Danielle
McCray from the womens bas-
ketball team and T.J. Walz, a
pitcher for the baseball team, also
bring a little international experi-
ence and success back to
the University.
McCray,
who may
have picked
up some tips
from her sum-
mer room-
mate, 2008-09
National
Player of the
Year Maya Moore of Connecticut,
is now entering her final year in
the crimson and blue. She leads
a womens team that saw record
crowds and a runner-up finish
in the WNIT tournament, and
she has a chance to be the first
Jayhawk to win the Wade Award,
given to the top womens bas-
ketball player every year, since
Lynette Woodard in 1981.
Walz is a hard-throwing, soft-
spoken right-hander who is likely
to inherit the post of staff ace for
Kansas, vacated by Shaeffer Halls
move to the pros. Even with the
loss of Hall and three others to
the major leagues, the Jayhawks
should be able to build on last
years postseason berth, the first
at-large bid Kansas has merited
in coach Ritch Prices tenure. Key
to that success and any they
might have this year is junior
Tony Thompson. Thompson won
the Triple Crown in the Big 12,
leading the conference in batting
average, home runs and RBIs,
but somehow not the confer-
ence offensive player of the year.
Think hell have a bit of a chip on
his shoulder?
Two sports with brilliant,
record-breaking seasons? Two?
Thats a cute little number.
Whoops. Not that Kansas fans
have high expectations.
Back to School
YoutuBe SeSh
What can I say? Im a sucker
for tradition. So on that note,
allow me to continue for-
mer Kansan sports editor and
Morning Brew specialist Rustin
Dodds tradition of a weekly
YouTube video recommendation.
In honor of the is-it-college-
football-season-yet? mentality
that has spread through, if not yet
the entire campus, then at least
this writers nervous system, this
ones a personal favorite from
the many brilliant moments of
Reesings Kansas career. Type
Reesing vs. Nebraska into your
YouTube search and enjoy.
sports 2B
Quote oF the DaY
Id run over Russ Grimms
mother to win a Super Bowl,
too.
Then-Oakland linebacker Matt Millen,
upon hearing that then-Redskins ofensive
lineman Grimmsaid hed run over his own
mother to win a Super Bowl.
Jayhawks keeping their eyes on the prize
commentarY
By tim dwyer
tdwyer@kansan.com
McCray
Fact oF the DaY
Kansas is the only school to
have two wide receiversDez-
mon Briscoe and Kerry Meier
named to the Biletnikof Award
Watch List. The award is given
to the best receiver in the
country every year and is up
for grabs after being taken by
Texas Techs Michael Crabtree
in 2007 and 2008.
trIVIa oF the DaY
Q: Which former Kansas foot-
ball great was selected before
Florida State wide receiver Fred
Biletnikof, who the Biletnikof
Award is named after, in the
1965 NFL Draft?
a: Running back Gale Sayers
Monday, august 17, 2009
Francos kickin it for mexico
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexicos Guillermo Franco jumps for the ball during a South Africa 2010 World Cup qualifer match against U.S. at Azteca stadiumin Mexico City onWednesday.
Stallworth suspended
for length of the season
Release of steroid list may not change much
By Jim LitKe
Associated Press
Suppose for a minute that David
Ortiz told the truth.
That whatever triggered his
positive test in 2003 really was in a
supplement or vitamins he bought
over the counter, rather than part
of a steroid-fueled training regi-
men.
Suppose, too, that next week
or next month the list of names
that has baseball grumbling and
90 or so of Ortiz current and for-
mer co-workers gulping Tums is
released. And lets say that despite
some of the damning details he
volunteered especially the bit
about buying supplements in
his native Dominican Republic
it confirms the story Ortiz
told Saturday before his Red Sox
played at Yankee Stadium.
What then?
Nothing.
It really doesnt matter what
happens to the list anymore
whether it never sees the light of
day, or whether the names con-
tinue to drip out, come out all at
once, or even if we find out who
used exactly what.
Theres no punishment to be
meted out six years after the fact.
The tests were supposed to remain
anonymous; they were adminis-
tered to find out whether enough
players were juiced to put a drug
policy with real penalties in force
beginning with the 2004 season.
The list is under court seal at
the moment and might not be
released, if at all, until the Supreme
Court weighs in. Revealing the
names now will shame some ball-
players and disappoint a few fans,
but it wont shock anyone.
If it proves Ortiz is a liar, well,
he just falls in place behind Manny
Ramirez, at the end of a long line
that already includes plenty of the
biggest names of the era and more
than a few of the most obscure.
And if it proves Ortiz was play-
ing by baseballs lax rules back in
2003, it only makes his life a little
easier. It might mean fewer boos
on the road when he comes to
the plate and more cheers back in
Boston, where the locals will swear
they knew he was clean all along.
But thats about it.
Ortiz standing among the rest
of baseball wont change either
way. The fact that Michael Weiner,
the incoming executive direc-
tor of the players union, and two
senior executives from MLB, were
in attendance at his news confer-
ence proves that Ortiz is still well
regarded. More tellingly, perhaps,
Weiner delivered the unions most
vigorous defense so far of a play-
er caught in the steroid scandal,
and both MLB and the Red Sox
released statements cautioning
people from jumping to conclu-
sions.
His reputation has been called
into question. He does not know
specifically why. And he cant get
the information that would allow
him to offer a full explanation,
Weiner said.
It may be that Weiners presence
at Ortiz side simply signals a shift
in style; that unlike his predeces-
sor, Weiner plans to defend his
players vigorously and in person,
as opposed to issuing statements
couched in legalese from the safe
distance of the unions headquar-
ters, the way Donald Fehr did.
But what should we make of the
fact that both MLB and the Red
Sox came to Ortiz defense as well?
Since one of the cardinal rules of
the legal profession is dont ask a
question you dont already know
the answer to, my guess is Weiner
has not only seen the list, but that
he also knows what caused Ortiz
positive test even if he cant tell
the ballplayer that.
So remember this: Even if it
turns out Ortiz didnt knowingly
use a banned substance, he went to
a lot of trouble to get his hands on
the next best thing. Almost every-
body playing the game back in
2003 did, sometimes with the tacit
approval of the higher-ups, and
plenty more crossed the line with-
out so much as a second thought.
To me, it was always not about
who was using as how many. Until
somebody in a position to know
produces that list, the debate
about whether its worse for base-
ball if the names leak out one at
a time or all at once will generate
plenty of heat, but shed very little
light.
nFl
mlB
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boston Red Sox baseball player David Ortiz speaks to the media on Aug. 8 at Yankee
Stadiumin NewYork. Ortiz is under investigation for a positive steroid test in 2003.
Boxing
Marshals charge man with
murder of ex-champion
ATLANTA A 30-year-old
man was arrested and charged
in the robbery and shooting
death of ex-boxing champion
Vernon Forrest.
U.S. Marshals picked up Char-
man Sinkfeld driving a black se-
dan and wearing a wig that gave
the appearance of dreadlocks,
said James Ergas of the services
fugitive task force.
Sinkfeld was charged with
murder, felony murder, aggra-
vated assault, possession of a
frearm during the commission
of a felony and possession of
a frearm by a convicted felon,
said Atlanta police Lt. Keith
Meadows.
The 38-year-old Forrest was
shot to death on July 25 after he
chased a man who robbed him
of his championship ring and
Rolex watch. He was a member
of the 1992 Olympic team along
with Oscar De La Hoya. The
fghter later won welterweight
and junior middleweight titles
and compiled a professional re-
cord of 41-3 with 29 knockouts.
Two other men have been
arrested in the case, but police
believe neither of them shot
Forrest.
Associated Press
By ACHeL CoHen
Associated Press
NEW YORK NFL commis-
sioner Roger Goodell decided
Donte Stallworths football punish-
ment should last much longer than
his 24 days in jail.
The Cleveland Browns receiv-
er, who pleaded guilty to killing
a pedestrian while driving drunk,
was suspended without pay Aug. 13
for the entire season.
Your conduct endangered your-
self and others, leading to the death
of an innocent man, Goodell wrote
in a letter to Stallworth released by
the league.
Stallworth struck 59-year-old
crane operator Mario Reyes the
morning of March 14 in Miami. He
pleaded guilty June 16 to DUI man-
slaughter, a second-degree felony,
and was suspended indefinitely by
Goodell two days later.
Regardless of the length of my
suspension, I will carry the burden
of Mr. Reyes death for the rest of
my life, Stallworth said in a state-
ment.
I urge NFL fans not to judge
NFL players or me based on my
tragic lapse in judgment. I am a
good person who did a bad thing.
I will use the period of my suspen-
sion to reflect, fulfill my obliga-
tions, and use this experience to
make a positive impact on the lives
of those who look up to NFL play-
ers.
Stallworth drew a 30-day jail
sentence and reached an undis-
closed financial settlement with the
family of Reyes.
Goodell said he didnt take the
sentence into account in deter-
mining if Stallworth violated the
leagues substance abuse and per-
sonal conduct policies.
Stallworth signed a seven-year,
$35 million contract in 2008 and
received a $4.5 million roster-
signing bonus the night before the
crash.
He will lose the remaining
$745,000 on his deal for 2009.
Browns coach Eric Mangini
wouldnt say whether he was open
to bringing Stallworth back next
season.
This was Goodells second dis-
ciplinary decision in the last three
weeks. Besides jail time, his sen-
tence included two years of house
arrest, eight years of probation and
other restrictions.
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womens basketball
Players hope to top last seasons performance
BY BEN WARD AND
CHRISTIAN LUCERO
bward@kansan.com
clucero@kansan.com
Flash back to April 4. Te
scene, Allen Fieldhouse. Te air
in the Phog thick with excitement,
packed with screaming Jayhawk
fans working themselves into a
frenzy to watch postseason bas-
ketball.
In a venue rich with tradition,
the Kansas womens basketball
team took center stage on the
hardwood.
Te team hosted the WNIT
Championship, drawing a record
crowd of 16,113 the largest
womens basketball game atten-
dance in Big 12 history.
Kansas ended up losing the
contest to South Florida 75-71,
but is determined to build on last
seasons fnish.
Gearing up for another postsea-
son run, the Jayhawks have their
eyes set on an even bigger stage.
We have high expectations
this year. We defnitely expect to
go far, senior guard Sade Morris
said. Hopefully well compete at
the top of the Big 12 and go deep
into the NCAA Tournament.
In order to do so, the Jayhawks
must frst go through another
c h a l l e n g i n g
schedule, com-
ing of a season
where they had
one of the tough-
est in the na-
tion. Kansas will
play eight games
against confer-
ence opponents
who made the
NCAA Tournament, as well as fve
non-conference teams that quali-
fed for postseason play.
Te Jayhawks also lost four
players to graduation but return-
ing are nine players, including
four starters from last year.
Additionally, Kansas welcomes
six newcomers to the program,
four freshmen and two transfer
students. Coach Bonnie Henrick-
son thinks the Jayhawks have the
necessary talent in place.
Were excited about this sea-
son, Henrickson said. Weve
got four starters returning, a re-
ally good group of of the bench,
and also the young kids having a
chance to come in and
help us.
Te returning start-
ers were all major
contributors to the
team last season. In
addition to Morris,
the Jayhawks return
junior center Krysten
Boogaard, junior for-
ward Nicollette Smith
and senior guard-forward Dan-
ielle McCray, who led the team in
both scoring and rebounding.
Te team has been busy working
all summer, both in the classroom
and on the court but McCray
had an especially busy ofseason.
Te Olathe native recently helped
lead Team USA to a gold medal
at the Womens World University
Games in Belgrade, Serbia. Re-
turning to campus as one of the
teams leaders, McCray hopes to
use her experiences overseas to
beneft the team.
Te experience of playing with
all of those talented girls really
motivated me, McCray said. I
want to help take our team to that
level of success.
McCray also echoed Morris
sentiments regarding increased
expectations for this season.
Te WNIT was defnitely good
for our confdence, McCray said.
Were trying to get better and
better, hopefully move from the
WNIT to the NCAA Tournament
this year.
Afer all their hard work this
summer, the Jayhawks should be
more than ready for their Nov. 1
opener against Pittsburg State.
Weve had a great summer
and our kids have been fantastic,
Henrickson said. Teyre excited
about the season, and they should
be.
Senior guard-
forward
Danielle Mc-
Cray jumps for
a basket during
the second half
of the WNIT
Championship
game against
the University
of South Florida
in April. The
Bulls defeated
the Jayhawks
75-71.
File photo/KANSAN
Team optimistic about chances in competing in the NCAA Tournament
We have high ex-
pectations this year.
We defnitely expect
to go far.
sade morris
senior guard
tennis
Young team hopes to prove
strength, talent during season
BY ANDREW POSCH
aposch@kansan.com
The last time the Kansas Jayhawks
took the court, they walked off with
a first-round loss to the Missouri
Tigers at the Big 12 Championship
tournament.
This year, the bar sits a little
higher.
Led by seventh-year coach Amy
Hall-Holt and assistant coach
German Dalmagro, the KU wom-
ens tennis team hopes to unite a set
of youthful yet experienced players.
Were definitely going to be
young, but we always hope that
were strong enough and ready to
compete at the high level, Hall-
Holt said. Were excited, and we
look forward to being a really solid
team this year, from top to bot-
tom.
Although this years squad boasts
only one senior, Kunigunda Dorn,
the Jayhawks are returning four
of the six starters from last spring.
Sitting near the top of the lineup will
be sophomore Ekaterina Morozova,
who played both the No. 1 and 2
singles positions throughout last
season. Morozova teamed up with
recent graduate Edina Horvath to
hold the No. 1 doubles spot last
year.
Dorn, who partnered up with last
seasons only other senior, Yuliana
Svistun, will be another key com-
petitor. Dorn hopes to make the
most of her last year in a Jayhawk
uniform. After compiling a 5-17
singles record during the 2009
spring campaign, she will be fight-
ing to finish her college career on a
high note.
Kunigunda has been working
really hard on her strength and
conditioning, Hall-Holt said. Shes
just happy to be here, and shes
ready to play.
The final two
returning starters
from last season
are junior Maria
Martinez and
sophomore Erin
Wilbert. They
played the No. 5
and 6 singles posi-
tions and paired
up as the No. 2
doubles team. Together the duo
held a 7-13 record while also finish-
ing the spring season with winning
singles records. Svistun was the only
other team member to do so.
Filling out this years lineup
are junior Kate Goff, sophomore
Alessandra Dzuba and freshmen
Victoria Khanevskaya and Sara
Lazarevic. Hall-Holt said if all goes
well, the team may also add one
more freshman to the roster in
January.
During the spring tennis season,
matches are played head-to-head
in a dual style with the focus on
direct team wins. The fall stint is
much shorter and centers more on
individual performance.
The Jayhawks are competing in
five events this fall. After opening
at UNC-Wilmington Sept. 11 to 13,
the team will host two tournaments
and play in Los Angeles before
concluding with the ITA Regional
Tournament at the University of
Oklahoma.
Top finishers of the
Regional will advance
to the ITA National
Intercollegiate Indoor
Championships in
November.
The home tourna-
ments will take place
Sept. 25 to 27 and Oct.
23 to 25 at First Serve
in Lawrence.
The facilities are
becoming much more fan-friendly,
Hall-Hott said. Its really not the
quiet game with a few claps that
people may think it is. Its really
very aggressive and can be quite
loud.
Favorable reviews of the
Jayhawks home facility arent only
coming from the team.
We have gallery seating, so there
is a good viewing area, said Pat
Lomshek, teaching pro and pro-
grams coordinator for First Serve.
Its a great way to spend a Saturday
or Sunday afternoon.
File photo/KANSAN
Sophomore Erin Wilbert returns a shot against BrighamYoung University last season. Wilbert is one of four returning starters fromlast years
team.
Were defnitely going
to be young, but we
always hope that were
strong enough and
ready to compete.
amy hall-holt
Coach
BASkETBALL
High schooler signs with
professional team in Israel
saN dieGo Jeremy tyler
went from high schooler to pro
basketball player when he signed
a one-year, $140,000 contract
with maccabi haifa of the israeli
Premier league.
tyler, 18, is the frst american-
born player to leave high school
early to play basketball profession-
ally overseas. the 6-foot-11 tyler
announced in the spring that he
was skipping his senior season
at san diego high because prep
basketball had become boring.
tyler, who averaged 28.7 points
during his junior season, is ex-
pected to return to the U.s. when
he becomes eligible for the 2011
NBa draft.
Associated Press
BASkETBALL
Henrickson excited about
three-year extension
Womens basketball coach
Bonnie henrickson signed a
three-year contract extension, the
athletics department announced
last week.
henricksons contract now runs
through the 2013-14 season. her
annual $485,000 contract remains
unchanged, as does her addi-
tional retention payment, which is
$150,000 per year.
We are excited about what the
future holds, and very pleased
that Bonnie will be the coach to
lead us into that future, athlet-
ics director lew Perkins said in a
statement.
she has done an excellent job
building our womens basketball
program to a high level in what is
perhaps the most difcult confer-
ence in the country.
Kansas fnished the 2008-09
season ranked in the top 25 in
attendance and fourth in the
country in increased attendance.
the Jayhawks have advanced
to postseason play in three of
henricksons fve years with the
program and have a record of
79-79.
i appreciate the vote of
confdence from lew Perkins and
i am excited about the progress
weve made, henrickson said in a
statement.
henrickson arrived at Kansas
after seven years at Virginia tech.
the hokies reached the NCaa
tournament fve times and the
WNit twice, winning 20 or more
games each season.
Stephen Montemayor
sports 4B monday, august 17, 2009
BY HALLIE MANN
hmann@kansan.com
Te Kansas football team has
more than 100 players but only four
of them are chosen to lead the team.
Tis year quarterback Todd Reesing,
wide receiver Kerry Meier, running
back Jake Sharp and safety Darrell
Stuckey all seniors were voted
captains by their teammates.
Kansas football coach Mark
Mangino said these four players had
always been leaders on the team.
If youre a leader on the team,
you show it from the beginning,
Mangino said. So far theyve done a
great job at leading the team.
Mangino said that all four players
had very diferent personalities but
shared common traits none of
the captains were complacent, and
they all wanted to win. Mangino de-
scribed Reesing and Stuckey as both
wanting to prove people wrong.
Neither player was highly recruited
in high school, but both have since
had a large efect on the team.
Darrell is a little more quiet than
Todd, but they both have a chip on
their shoulder and want to show
people what they can do, Mangino
said.
Here is a breakdown of what each
player had to say.
Kerry Meier
Mangino said Meier had a lot of
pride and wanted to be perfect on
the feld. Meier said the energy and
excitement of this years team was
diferent than his previous seasons
and that the team had a little bounce
in its step.
Tis year is a little something
extra with it being my senior year,
Meier said. Its diferent going into
this as my last season as a Jayhawk.
JaKe Sharp
When it came to Sharp, Mangino
said that football was his life. Sharp
agreed that, right now, football had
to be everyone on the teams life.
On top of averaging more than
1,063 all-purpose yards and 11 total
touchdowns the last two seasons,
Sharp has had a huge efect on the
Kansas running game and contin-
ues to work toward the goal of an-
other bowl appearance.
When people count on you, you
feel you need to do more, Sharp
said. Its not all about you when you
play football.
Todd reeSing
Mangino said Reesing was nev-
er satisfed. Reesing had similar
sentiments when talking about his
expectations for the season. Rees-
ing said that he had to prove to
his teammates that he could work
hard and that they could win in
this conference.
Reesing also said the older play-
ers had a responsibility to show the
younger players how to do things
on the feld. Because the coaches
cant watch everyone all the time,
Reesing said, the captains and the
other seniors had to step up to
show them how to make minor
adjustments that could really im-
prove their game.
Everyones got something to
work on each and every day, Re-
esing said. If you dont take that
approach to football, then you
dont need to be here.
darrell STucKey
Like Reesing, Stuckey said there
was something he wanted to prove
to people. He said he wanted his
legacy, as part of Kansas football,
to be that he infuenced every
player that he came in contact with
during his four seasons. Mangino
said he thought Stuckey could be
a politician some day and lead this
team and others to victory.
Its an honor for him to say that
about me, Stuckey said. It shows
he trusts me and my role as a lead-
er, and Im ready to lead.
Tis class of seniors will gradu-
ate with the same number of play-
ers that they came in with as fresh-
men. Mangino said the team had a
lot of work to do. Te group seems
willing to do it, and he felt good
about them, he said. Everyones
goal was to win the Big 12 North
this season. Whether that will hap-
pen depends on these four men.
Were going to fnd out this sea-
son if we can go that far, Mangino
said.
MeeT The capTainS
Born in Austin, Texas; Major: fnance and
economics; Last season: 3,888 passing yards,
36 touchdowns, 621 plays; Interesting facts:
favorite activities other than football include
laughing at Jake Sharp and playing tennis,
wants to learn how to DJ.
Born in Salina; Majoring in sports management
with a minor in business; Last season: 860 rush-
ing yards, 283 receiving yards, 13 touchdowns;
Interesting facts: enjoys fshing, wants to
become Ted Nugents hunting partner, favorite
athlete is Walter Payton.
Born in Pittsburg, Kan.; Major: sports management;
Last season: 1,045 receiving yards, 74 passing yards, 9
touchdowns; Interesting facts: has had three brothers
who play college football, likes to play the bongos and
wants to go to a World Cup game.
Born in Kansas City, Kan.; Major: communications with
a minor in business; Last season: 5-33 interceptions, 98
tackles, 3 kickof returns; Interesting facts: enjoys painting
and drawing, wants to start a family after college, has three
brothers and three sisters.
Source: 2009 Jayhawk Football Media Guide
No. 1 running back Jake Sharp
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN Weston White/KANSAN
No. 10 wide receiver Kerry Meier
File photo/KANSAN
No. 25 safety Darrell Stuckey
No. 5 quarterback Todd Reesing
FooTball
New captains hopeful for team success
were calling us dog shit the whole
year, every freaking game. And he
loves proving people wrong.
The fact that hes playing col-
lege football in Division I is prov-
ing people wrong. The fact that
hes even on the roster is proving
people wrong. Not to mention he
should be an All Big-12 quarter-
back.
When Mangino took over a
flailing program in 2002, a major
bowl game, let alone a BCS bowl,
seemed a distant blip on Kansas
radar. After all, the Jayhawks hadnt
been to a bowl since 1995.
Then, improbably, Kansas
capped the 2007 season with a
24-21 victory against perennial
power Virginia Tech in the Orange
Bowl. The Jayhawks finished the
year 12-1.
To give full credit to Reesing,
though, would undermine the toil
of his fellow teammates. But its
hard to argue that Reesing didnt
do much of the heavy lifting.
When we played Virginia Tech
in the Orange Bowl, Im sure they
looked at film and thought, We
can get rid of him. We can knock
him out of the game, Fambrough
said. They did everything they
could possibly do to get that kid
out of the game.
And I just happened to be on
the field after the game was over.
Those Virginia Tech players came
across the field and shook hands
with our players. When they came
to Reesing, they stopped and said,
Youre the toughest little son of a
bitch weve ever played against in
our lives. And they meant it.
Sept. 12,
2008 at
South
Florida:
playmakerS mindSet
What better way to describe a
mentality than to illustrate fail-
ures? Notice, this is the shortest
section, the part whose reason for
inclusion you might miss if youre
not careful.
Theres no doubt that Reesing
has succeeded at Kansas. Hes won
20 games, two bowls and a BCS
trophy in two years as a starter.
But Reesing has also experienced
failure.
He tossed three interceptions
in a humiliating homecoming loss
to Texas Tech last season. In a
primetime Friday night game ear-
lier last year, Reesings late-game
turnover sealed a Kansas loss at
South Florida.
Yet those failures are interwoven
with Reesings successes the same
as the varying colored threads of a
finely knit sweater.
The week after the South
Florida game, Reesing earned
SportsCenters top play honors
when he scrambled across the
field before delivering a deep
touchdown pass to Dezmon
Briscoe against Sam Houston State
University.
He has that gunslinger men-
tality. Hes going to make some
big plays. Thats just how he is,
former backup quarterback Tyler
Lawrence said. He wants every
play to be a home run ball.
More than any quarterback in
the Big 12, Reesings game revolves
around that concept. Take the big
chance, try to make the big play to
win a game. With Reesing, the bad
comes with the good.
It makes him aggressive and
makes him take some shots other
guys wouldnt take, Lawrence
said. But as youve seen with our
record, more times than not, he
makes a great decision and a great
play.
nov. 29,
2008 vS.
miSSouri:
the
comeback
What better way to end a
game against a rival? The snow-
flakes seemed to get bigger as
the game wore on. Perhaps even
Mother Nature sensed the quickly
approaching climactic finish.
Facing fourth down and trailing
Missouri by four points with less
than 27 seconds left, Reesing pro-
vided the most memorable high-
light of the season and possibly
his career.
Dancing around the pocket
while stepping away from anxious
defenders, Reesing floated a time-
less pass over the shoulders of
Kerry Meier for the game-winning
touchdown. Vintage Sparky.
Hes definitely relaxed in the
pocket, and hes not afraid to just
sit there, former guard Adrian
Mayes said. Hes a big play guy.
Hell turn a blitz that gets in there
and nobody blocks into a big play.
I think hes one of those guys you
just cant blitz because hell find
the hole.
For years now weve heard and
read the Todd Reesing story, the
details splashed across newspaper
pages and TV screens. But still,
even now, does the story ever
really get old?
Reesing arrived at Kansas after
other Big 12 teams including
every school in
Texas turned
their back on
a quarterback
deemed insuffi-
cient for major
college football
because of his
stature.
By thrash-
i ng those
same defenses,
Reesings performances have shed
any doubters. Hes one of the elite
quarterbacks in the league a
leader and consummate playmak-
er who has made the most with
a little.
I wish hed just graduate all
ready and move on, an assistant
in the Big 12 South
said. Hes a big time
overachiever.
Lawrence praises
Reesings competitive
nature his desire to
finish first in every-
thing, regardless of
the drill.
Whittemore, a suc-
cessful playmaking
quarterback in his
own right, admires Reesings abil-
ity to create when a play is seem-
ingly over.
And Cantrell, the man who used
to deliver Reesing his weapon dur-
ing games, gushes over something
that sits inside all of us at some
point during our lives: the drive to
prove people wrong.
Back in the big room with lots
of desks, the talking is done and
the questions are silenced for
now. Reesing rises from his seat
and slowly exits out the door.
Time to return to the days rou-
tine, to continue practicing and
preparing for whats next. Time to
continue writing the story.
Hes got more going for him
than the ability to throw the damn
football, Fambrough said. He
uses every tool thats available to
him. Thats a winner.
reesing (continued from 1B)
File photo by Jon goering/KAnsAn
Then-junior quarterback Todd reesing jumps into the crowd during celebrations following Kansas' 40-37 victory over Missouri in the Border Showdown at Arrowhead Stadiumin Kansas City,
Mo. Reesing hit then-junior receiver Kerry Meier for a late fourth quarter touchdown on a fourth down pass, giving the Jayhawks a three-point lead with less than a minute to go in the game.
He has that gun-
slinger mentality.
He's going to make
some big plays. That's
just how he is.
Tyler lawrence
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Football
Chiefs lose to Texans in
sloppy preseason game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Theres
nothing like playing the frst
preseason game in a driving rain to
cause a lot of slipping and sliding
and missed assignments.
There was plenty of that on both
sides, but less by the Houston Tex-
ans, who beat Kansas City 16-10
Saturday night in a pounding rain.
It was a very sloppy night
weather-wise and whoever plays
the best defense and whoever
doesnt put it on the ground usu-
ally fnds a way to win in this
league, said Houston coach Gary
Kubiak.
I was glad we did, but we paid a
price. We have some guys banged
up and that usually happens when
you get out there in a mess like
that.
Reserve quarterback Rex Gross-
man had to leave in the fourth
quarter with a hamstring injury.
It looks like he has a pretty
good hamstring, said Kubiak.
The frst play when he went in he
booted and said he felt his ham-
string pull or pop, or whatever. So
well have to wait and see.
Associated Press
baseball
Royals owner backs his
team despite bad record
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Owner
David Glass says he planned to
meet with other team ofcials
to discuss why the Kansas City
Royals are in last place in the AL
Central. The Royals have been
crippled by injuries, an anemic
ofense and inefectiveness in
the bullpen. They headed into a
weekend series at Detroit with
the second-worst record in the
majors.
Manager Trey Hillman has
come under fre from fans and
the media. But Glass said Friday
he has complete confdence in
his general manager.
Associated Press
Royals veteran allowed
to become a free agent
MINNEAPOLIS The Kansas
City Royals granted right-hand-
er Sidney Ponson unconditional
release waivers, making the vet-
eran a free agent. Ponson (1-7)
was designated for assignment
two days after allowing seven
runs in 4 1-3 innings at Tampa
Bay. He had a 7.36 ERA with 32
strikeouts and 25 walks in 58 2-3
innings this season.
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mrothman@kansan.com
The water is only still for so
long.
The wave of the Kansas rowing
team is returning with a crash
and it has a new leader along
with it.
On Aug. 3, coach Rob Catloth
announced that George Jenkins
will join the staff as an assistant
coach and recruiting coordina-
tor.
Now our staff adds up to
about 50 to 60 years of coaching
experience, Catloth said.
Jenkins has had a sizable histo-
ry with rowing. He was an exec-
utive director and head coach
in Austin, Texas, for the Austin
Rowing Club for seven and a
half years. He led the ARC to six
Masters Championships in 2006
and a San Diego Crew Classic
title in 2007. Jenkins was also an
assistant coach at the University
of California at Davis, his alma
mater, in 2008.
Now, Jenkins joins Catloth and
the rest of the Kansas rowing
team in its desire to take the
conference.
Its going to take a lot of work
getting ahead of Texas, Catloth
said. But we want to be at the top
of the Big 12.
But success doesnt all start
with the first regatta. At the end
of February, the Kansas rowing
team opened the new boathouse
at Burcham Park in Lawrence.
We look to improve being off
the boathouse for a full year,
Catloth said.
The boathouse is the symbol to
a Kansas rowing team in search of
a polished and determined return
to the triumphs of its previous
season.
The seasons grandest stage
was the hosting of the inaugural
Big 12 Rowing Championship
at Wyandotte County Lake. The
event showcased the rowing teams
of Kansas, Kansas State, Texas
and newly-entered Oklahoma.
Kansas placed third after a dam-
aging restart of the race.
We had a big lead on Texas
almost at the halfway point,
senior Lindsey Lawrence said.
Then after the restart, we didnt
show the mental toughness that
the other teams had.
In the South/Central Region
Championships, both the Varsity
Four and the Novice Eight placed
second in the C Final. Placing 9th
in the Central Region and 15th
overall, Kansas finished one spot
ahead of Kansas State in both
sections.
It was a satisfying finale to a
successful season, anchored by
the prowess of Kansas Varsity
Four.
We showed the perseverance
that was needed to turn things
around, Lawrence said.
Now Catloth, Jenkins and
the rest of the Jayhawks have an
experienced foundation to cata-
pult their team to the peak of the
Big 12.
This year is going to be a his-
toric year, Lawrence said. Its a
good time to get recognition.
Kansas rowers will start the
season with plenty of experience
File Photo/KANSAN
The Kansas rowing teampulls into 3rd place at the 2009 Big 12 Rowing Championship. This years teamwill have a newassistant coach.
ROWING
sports 8B Monday, august 17, 2009
mens basketball
By TIM DWyER
tdwyer@kansan.com
the Young and the
Restless
Is there any better way to
describe the recruiting saga of
Xavier Henry? There was his orig-
inal commitment to Memphis, his
decommitment from Memphis, his
thoughts of choosing Kentucky or
Kansas or staying with Memphis.
There were rumors about pro ball
in Europe. There was his com-
mitment to Kansas. There was
an article in the Kansas City Star
questioning the reasons behind
Xavier and his brother C.J.s arrival
at Kansas that led
to both nearly
reneging on their
commitment to
become Jayhawks
for a couple days
before finally
the circus died
down. Now all
thats left to see is
if both Henry broth-
ers can live up to the hype.
Lost in the Henry hoopla are
elite recruits Elijah Johnson and
Thomas Robinson. Both Rivals.
com top-30 recruits, Johnson and
Robinson, like Henry, are expect-
ed to immediately contribute for
Kansas. Also inbound
is Jeff Withey, who
will be able to suit
up for the second
semester after trans-
ferring from Arizona
and will give Kansas
a 7-foot complement
to Cole Aldrich in
the paint.
topping the ChaRts
No official polls have been
released yet, but several prominent
members of the sports media world
have released their own selections
for a top-25. Andy Katz, senior
college basketball writer for ESPN.
com, pegged the Jayhawks for
the top slot, as did colleague and
famed college basketball analyst
Dick Vitale.
They are among the many who,
since the announcements that
Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich
would return, have speculated that
the Jayhawks will be the team to
beat.
There is a strong chance that,
like eventual national champions
North Carolina last year, Kansas
will be unanimously voted to
the top spot in both the AP and
Coachs polls.
RoCkY Road
For the Jayhawks to hang on to
their presumptive post at the top
of the rankings, theyll have to
knock off plenty of solid competi-
tion along the way.
Of t he
Jayhawks 14
games before
conference play
begins, more
than half are
against 2009
NCAA tourna-
ment teams, including road games
at UCLA and Tennessee and a
neutral site battle with Memphis
in St. Louis.
Once conference play begins,
however, things may just get
tougher.
Two conference games stand
out on the schedule as perhaps
the toughest tests of the season
at Texas, which
looks to be nothing
short of dominant
in the South, and at
Missouri, where the
Jayhawks will try
to avenge last years
heart-stopping, buzz-
er-beating loss at the hands of
Missouri guard Zaire Taylor.
Kansas expects top ranking after recruiting hype settles
Reed ready for what season will bring
mens basketball
By TIM DWyER
tdwyer@kansan.com
The University Daily Kansan sat
down with Tyrel Reed to see where
his head was at as he enters a
pressure-filled season.
Your role will likely change with
being a leader and also with some
new players coming in to fill differ-
ent spots on the team. How do you
handle those changes?
Tyrel Reed: Its going to be a
different team this year. I mean,
weve got a ton of returning guys
that already know the system, but
weve got some new guys coming
in who are going to fit in well. You
just have to know your role. I think
the biggest key to being a leader is
to just know what your role is and
be able to help the young guys out
when they need it.
Have you had a chance to play
with the new guys and see what
they bring to the table?
TR: Thomas and Elijah were
there all summer. Theyre both
going to be great players. Theyre
both extremely athletic and Thomas
is a work horse and hes just going
to be big in there for us this year,
and Elijah is just a great athlete
whos going to distribute the ball
and just do whatever Coach asks.
What has it been like with the
Henrys when they almost quit and
all the drama? With the guys on the
team already here, did it affect you
at all not knowing whether or not
they would join
you?
TR: Not at all.
We can only con-
trol what we can
control. They had
some stuff going
on and we under-
stand that. Theyre
going to be good
players regardless.
We just cant let
them being away
affect us as a team and it didnt.
It looks like you guys are going
to be preseason No. 1 pick coming
into the year. Whats the pressure
like dealing with that?
TR: For some of us weve dealt
with that before. My freshman year
when we had a great team, won a
national championship. We kind
of dealt with that pressure. Weve
experienced it before. We know
were going to have a target on
our back, but, being Kansas, you
always do. Its just a little bit higher
and more expectations when youre
No. 1.
Like you said, you guys have a
target on your back. Are there any
games that it goes the other way,
that you have circled
on the schedule?
TR: There are cer-
tain games that are
looked at as the big-
ger games. We play
Memphis one of our
first regular season
games, so that will be
big for us. Any game
during our confer-
ence is big because
were trying to win a
conference title, but I dont think
we have any games circled right
now. We just have goals of win-
ning a Big 12 Championship, a
Big 12 Tournament Championship
and then, hopefully, a National
Championship.
Are there any games from last
year that still sting? Is there still
motivation that you take from
those?
TR: We were undefeated in the
league and losing to Missouri at
their place, that really stings. We
play them the last game of the sea-
son at their place and thats always
a big game for us with Missouri
being our rival. Then Michigan
State last game of the year, in the
Sweet 16 we just kind of gave it
away at the end. Those two dont sit
well with us.
You didnt play a huge role a cou-
ple years ago on the national title
team, so if you guys advance to the
Elite Eight, Final Four, itll be the
first time youve done so playing a
major role. Whats that like for you
looking forward to that?
TR: Thats why you come to
Kansas, to play in big situations
you want to make it to the Elite
Eight, Final Four and be a part of
that. My freshman year we had
some great guys that I was able to
play behind, sit on the bench and
really learn from them. Hopefully
this year Ill have an opportunity to
play, and Im just looking forward
to it. Thats what you dream about
as a kid.
Weston White/KANSAN
Junior Tyrel Reed yells to his teammates after a Cole Aldrich dunk at a January game.
There is a strong
chance that... Kansas
will be unanimously
voted to the top spot
in both the AP and
Coachs polls.
Once conference play
begins, however,
things may just get
tougher.
Jayhawks welcome new players and prepare for the pressure of a possible No. 1 ranking
We know were
going to have a target
on our back, but,
being Kansas, you
always do.
Tyrel reed
Junior guard
By fREDERIc j. fRoMMER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON Rep. Joe
Barton had a plane to catch, but he
wanted to give college football of-
fcials a warning before leaving the
highly publicized hearing.
Peering down from the podium,
the Republican said in his Texas
twang that unless the ofcials took
action toward a playof system in
two months, Congress would likely
move on his legislation aimed at
forcing their hand.
More than three months have
passed, and Bartons bill hasnt
moved. Such is the way with college
football and Congress.
For years, lawmakers have railed
against the Bowl Championship
Series, calling it an unfair way to
select a national champion. A lot of
righteous thundering, however, has
not yielded anything on the legisla-
tive front.
President Barack Obama joined
the fray last year, saying shortly af-
ter his election that there should be
a playof system.
Im going to throw my weight
around a little bit, he said. I think
its the right thing to do.
But now that hes in ofce, the
recession, two wars and health care
reform have taken him away from
football, at least so far.
Te current college bowl system
features a championship game be-
tween the two top teams in the BCS
standings, based on two polls and
six computer rankings. Afer the
title game, eight other schools fll
in the remaining slots for Orange,
Sugar, Fiesta and Rose bowls.
Under the BCS, six conferences
get automatic bids the ACC, Big
East, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-10 and
SEC, in states from Massachusetts
to Florida to California to Wash-
ington to Illinois. Tose conferenc-
es receive far more money than the
conferences that dont get automatic
bids.
Tere are just too many sena-
tors and congressmen who rep-
resent districts where major BCS
schools have a very dominant in-
fuence, said Gary Roberts, dean
of the Indiana University School of
Law-Indianapolis and an expert on
sports law.
So youre not going to get any
senators from Louisiana or Alabama
or Florida or Georgia or Tennessee
or Ohio those are all states with
major state universities that are ma-
jor BCS powerhouses.
Teres been no bill introduced
in the Senate this year to revamp
the BCS, although GOP Sen. Or-
rin Hatch of Utah said hes looking
into it. Mountain West Conference
champion Utah was bypassed for
last seasons national championship
despite going undefeated.
Barton, the top Republican on
the House Energy and Commerce
Committee, is one of several House
members who has authored legisla-
tion aimed at forcing a playof. His
bill, which has four co-sponsors,
would ban the promotion of a post-
season NCAA Division I football
game as a national championship
unless its the outcome of a playof.
California Republican Gary
Miller has three co-sponsors for his
bill that would deny federal funds
to schools in the Division I Football
Bowl Subdivision unless the cham-
pionship resulted from a playof
system. And Neil Abercrombie,
a Democrat from Hawaii, has a
nonbinding resolution calling for
a playof system and for a Justice
Department investigation. Hes got
fve co-sponsors.
Roberts says its not enough.
Sure, youve got Orrin Hatch
from Utah whos unhappy, he said.
Tere are a handful of congress-
men and senators from districts or
states that feel like the BCS disad-
vantages them and their constitu-
ents, but theyre a small minority of
the overall Congress.
Barton insisted in a telephone
interview that theres a good chance
his bill will pass the House this
year.
Te key is fnding a place on
the agenda in a year crowded with
high-profle issues, he said. Well
keep plugging away.
Hatch, who held a hearing in the
Senate Judiciary Committees sub-
committee on antitrust, competi-
tion policy and consumer rights last
month, has focused more on getting
the Justice Department to inves-
tigate the BCS for antitrust viola-
tions. He told the AP hes working
on letters to both the department
and Obama making that case.
Like Ive said in the past, Im not
real anxious to get the government
involved in regulating college foot-
ball, but those who have the power
to fx the system should do so
and they should do so voluntarily,
Hatch said. Te BCS people dont
appear too willing to consider any
alternatives.
Stephen Ross, director of the
Penn State Institute for Sports Law,
Policy and Research, and a former
lawyer for the Justice Departments
antitrust division, said the depart-
ment will likely look into Hatchs
request but more as a senatorial
courtesy than anything else.
He said the department generally
takes the position that its resources
should be devoted to actions that
cant be brought by a private party,
and would be unlikely to launch a
full-blown investigation into the
BCS. Someone other than the de-
partment could bring a lawsuit
challenging the BCS.
Congress has given the issue a
high-profle look this year with a
pair of media-generating hearings,
but it also held them in the past
including a couple in 2003 that
didnt lead to any legislative rem-
edy.
Tat year, the House and Sen-
ate Judiciary committees both held
hearings the latter one requested
by Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, now
vice president.
What about the teams that arent
in these conferences and the fans
that arent in these conferences?
he asked at the time. It looks un-
American. It really does. It looks
not fair. It looks like a rigged deal.
BCS system not going anywhere...yet
football
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Soccer team looks for game-to-game consistency
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
Last years soccer team could
definitely score. They netted the
second-most goals in the 13-year
history of the
program.
The problem
was, they also
gave up the sec-
ond-most goals
in the programs
history.
And we had
some really bad
teams early on,
coach Mark
Francis said.
Francis said the team lost a
few games it shouldnt have and
played poorly in key spots in
important Big 12 games, so its
easy to understand the rationale
for Francis main goal for his
team this season.
We need to be more consistent
on a game-to-game basis, Francis
said. Last year when we played
well, we were very, very good.
With nine starters and 20 letter
winners returning, Francis said
that his team had the potential to
be even better than last year.
But at this
point, its just poten-
tial, Francis said.
Weve still got a lot
of work to do.
Estelle
Johnson, senior
defender, knows the
mirages of potential
far too well.
She said that
a couple of the
teams shed been on hadnt quite
reached their potential and
admitted that playing to the best
of their abilities was a major goal
for the season.
Senior midfielder forward
Monica Dolinsky has a more
concrete goal: winning the Big
12 Tournament. But she realizes
that goal might be difficult to
achieve. The two starters lost to
graduation were keystones in the
midfield.
This year, its going to be
difficult trying to get freshmen
and sophomores
and juniors that
havent had as
much playing
time to get in
there and get
them adjusted to
play at this level,
Dolinksy said.
But the high-
scoring forwards
and experienced
defensive backline all return, and
both Johnson and senior forward
Shannon McCabe said that defi-
nitely helped.
Were used to playing with
each other, McCabe said. Its
good to have everyone on the
same page.
While it may seem that the
starting lineup will remain mostly
the same as last year, Francis said
there is competition for every
spot. Even goalkeeper, which
senior Julie Hanley has held for
three years, is up for grabs.
I think it goes all the way
through the team,
Francis said. But
thats good.
Dolinsky said
that there was some
good competition
for the midfield
openings, and that
the team had also
practiced using four
midfielders and two
forwards instead of
the usual three of each.
Whatever the lineup, it is clear
that expectations are pretty high.
McCabe said she was going to
make the most of the time she
had left.
I only have four more months
of playing soccer, McCabe said.
So I just want to go out on a
high note.
Returning players hope experience will help them reach their potential
Last year when we
played well, we were
very, very good.
Mark francis
coach
Were used to play-
ing with each other.
Its good to have
everyone on the same
page.
shannon Mccabe
senior forward
Weston White/KANSAN
soccer
BY JOEL PETTERSON
jpetterson@kansan.com
Sarah Robbins doesnt appear
to be at any disadvantage as the
Kansas soccer team scrimmages
for its preseason practices, but at
17, Robbins is the youngest player
on the squad. She doesnt mind the
distinction, though its one that
shes used to. She spent the summer
in her hometown of Montreal play-
ing with women nearly twice her
age in the USL Womens League.
It doesnt really feel like Im the
youngest because its not some-
thing I think about all the time,
Robbins said. I like playing with
older girls and girls with more
experience who can teach me what
they know.
Even senior defender Estelle
Johnson wasnt aware of the age
gap through the first week of prac-
tice.
I didnt even know that she was
the youngest until yesterday when
we were driving to paintballing
and Coach had to sign her waiver
because shes not 18 yet, Johnson
said.
Other than signing the paintball
waiver, coach Mark Francis hasnt
had to help too much with Robbins
adjustment to college soccer.
This environment obviously is
tough, but shes handled it well, I
think because of her experience
in those types of situations where
shes playing with really good play-
ers, Francis said.
What Robbins lacks in age, she
certainly makes up for in experi-
ence. Since she began playing soc-
cer with her older sisters at 4 years
old, shes worked her way to the top
of Canadas youth soccer program.
In her club team, she served as
captain for four years. Her abilities
impressed scouts at the regional
and provincial levels and earned
her a spot in Quebecs national
training program at age 14. She
attended school four hours a day
and trained for the rest of the
afternoon.
It was at Canadas National
Training Centre in Montreal that
Kansas first noticed Robbins.
Francis sent assistant coach
Antoinette Love to scout players at
the training center.
Wed never seen her play before,
but we saw her there and really
liked her, Francis said. We were
really looking for a center midfield
player, so we contacted her and she
came down for a visit.
After that meeting in January,
Robbins didnt consider any other
options for college. A visit to
Lawrence in March left no doubt
in her mind that she wanted to play
at Kansas, although its a far cry
from the busy city she grew up in.
Its really different, its a differ-
ent town compared to Montreal,
Robbins said. Its a lot more laid-
back. But Ive got the other girls
because its all a big change for us.
Playing soccer in the United
States at the university level had
been Robbins dream since elemen-
tary school. Even with her impres-
sive resum, she hasnt taken the
opportunity for granted.
Ive always dreamt about play-
ing in the States, but when it comes
to the time where you actually have
to crack down and work hard to
get here, its tough. Im definitely
proud that I got here, Robbins
said.
Now that Robbins has arrived,
she and the other incoming fresh-
men are adjusting to Division I
soccer. The team hopes Robbins
is able to step up and contribute
as early as possible during the sea-
son.
I think that one position were
kind of lacking at is defensive
midfield, so hopefully shell gain
enough confidence to step up and
fill that gap for us, Johnson said.
For now, Robbins is focused on
improving and earning that spot in
the starting lineup. But she also has
a loftier goal for the future: a spot
on Canadas Under-20 World Cup
team for 2012.
In the meantime, there are
slightly more pressing issues. Im
really nervous about classes, espe-
cially being the youngest one here,
Robbins said with a slight grimace.
But Ive got lots of help, so Im not
too scared about that.
Standout freshman faces
pressure on feld, in class
HOCKEY
Depositions are next step
in team ownership battle
PhoeniX nhL commis-
sioner Gary bettman, two team
owners and the canadian
billionaire who is trying to buy
the Phoenix coyotes over the
leagues vehement objections
agreed to submit to depositions
in their complex bankruptcy
battle.
The four, along with nhL
deputy commissioner bill Daly,
consented to depositions in
two of the more than 630 docu-
ments fled in the case since
owner Jerry Moyes took the
team into chapter 11 bank-
ruptcy May 5.
canadian blackberry mag-
nate Jim balsillie, who has
ofered $212.5 million to buy
the team contingent on moving
it to hamilton, ontario, for the
coming season, agreed to a
limited deposition.
in addition to bettman and
Daly who already have been
deposed once the league
agreed to provide boston bru-
ins owner Jeremy Jacobs and
Minnesota Wild owner craig
Leipold for questioning.
Associated Press
ASSOCiATEd PRESS
RIVER FALLS, Wis. Ryan
Succop has the leg and he prob-
ably has the Kansas City Chiefs
kicking job.
What Succop needs is consis-
tency, and hed better find it fast.
Succop was the last player taken in
this years NFL draft, and the last
time the Chiefs drafted a kicker,
they cut him after the first game.
Succop, who has already hit
field goals of 58 and 53 yards in
training camp, is being counted
on to solve a long and festering
problem for the Chiefs.
Their failure to find a good,
consistent kicker is a major rea-
son they havent won a postseason
game since Joe Montana was their
quarterback.
Field position, particularly
the past two seasons, has been
a huge problem for the Chiefs,
and Succop has shown a welcome
ability to drive kickoffs deep. That
was one reason Connor Barth, the
incumbent kicker, was released a
few days before camp began.
Its an area that we are put-
ting a lot of stress on, its an area
we need to be better in and we
obviously know its a big part of
these games, coach Todd Haley
said. Some of the last-minute,
end-of-the-game situations are the
difference between winning and
losing.
Succop was also impressive with
both range and accuracy during
an encouraging scrimmage last
Saturday.
Yeah, one was 58 and that is
a big kick, Haley said. It was 58
with a little wind behind his back
but it cleared easy, it made it over
my dad (sitting in
the end zone).
In 10 games
last year, Barth
made 10 of 12
field goals, a
much better per-
centage than the
66 percent that
Succop managed
his senior sea-
son at South Carolina. But Barth
lacked the strong leg needed on
kickoffs and the Chiefs are hope-
ful Succop will do better now that
hes no longer dealing with the
torn abdominal muscle that both-
ered him in college.
But he still has not kicked in the
NFL. Consistency is a worry.
So far during camp I feel like
Ive been really consistent. Ive
made 90 some percent of my field
goals during team, he said. As
a kicker you definitely have to
be mentally strong. I mean you
cant let anything bother you, you
just got to be tough mentally. You
know whether its windy condi-
tions or rainy, it doesnt matter
you just have to go out there and
just know youre going to make
the kick.
One of the biggest draft mis-
takes the Chiefs have made in
recent years was taking Justin
Medlock, a kicker out of UCLA, in
the fifth round in 2007. He lasted
one game. Succop is determined
to avoid the same fate.
The one thing I
have really started
working on is just
picking out a target
and when I go out
there to kick a field
goal just going out
there and focusing on
a target, he said. I
think God has really
given me the ability
to stay calm in pressure situations
and just relax and go out there and
get the job done.
Haley insists the job does not
necessarily belong to Succop just
yet.
Just because Connors not here
doesnt mean Im not competing
against him. So Im not just com-
peting against him but every guy
in the league, every guy trying to
be a kicker in the NFL, Succop
said.
Still, its nice being the only
kicker in camp.
I kind of look at it as its been a
blessing for me because its really
allowed me to take all the reps so
Ive really been able to get com-
fortable, he said. Just being able
to be in that situation every day
is good.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Ryan Succop practices during NFL football training camp in River Falls, Wis., on Aug. 1.
Chiefs look for kicking consistency
Rookie Ryan Succop begins Kansas Citys emphasis on special teams
Some of the last-
minute, end-of-the-
game situations are
the difference between
winning and losing.
ToDD haLeY
chiefs coach
Senior
forward
Shannon
Mc-
Cabe (left)
battles for
a header
against a
University of
Alabama at
Birmingham
defender last
season. This
years team
has high
expectations
for its return-
ing players,
including
McCabe.
NFL
Athletics
Mens lAcrosse
Not to be undone by the many
successes of the other sports clubs at
Kansas, mens lacrosse comes back
this year with greater expectations.
A problem not uncommon to non-
revenue sports, coach Mark Barrath
hopes to garner attention from stu-
dents.
Lacrosse has been such a foreign
sport to the Midwest in the past,
we feel it is extremely important to
introduce people to what has been
called the fastest game on two feet,
Barrath said.
The team consists of roughly 20
players right now. The coaching staff
anticipates great freshmen additions
to the team this fall to make those
numbers swell to 30 or 35. The
team travels considerably far out-
side its conference to other schools
such as Purdue and regularly hosts
teams such as Missouri at Shenk
Sports Complex, at 23rd and Iowa
streets. The yearly alumni game is a
highlight of the fall season.
Prospective players are encour-
aged to meet members of the club
at Rec Fest and Union Fest during
Hawk Week to obtain information
and specifics about the conference
and lacrosse culture.
See the club Web site for rosters,
schedules and more at http://
groups.ku.edu/~kulax/. Those with
questions may contact the club
directly at jayhawklacrosse@ku.edu.
JordanWilliams
WoMens lAcrosse
As defending conference cham-
pions, the womens club lacrosse
team takes its job seriously. Besides
being one of the fastest-growing
college sports across the nation,
lacrosse at Kansas boasts enthu-
siastic players who take pride in
their work and garner great success
along the way. This years presi-
dent, Katlyn Kraft, St. Louis junior,
expects a repeat of a conference
championship. As a member of the
Central Plains Womens Lacrosse
League, the club team often com-
petes against Missouri, Arkansas
and Oklahoma teams. Also, the
team hopes to make one or possibly
two trips outside the conference as
in years past. Like most other club
sports, womens lacrosse will hold
informational booths and tables
on campus during Hawk Week for
prospective students, most notably
during Union Fest and Rec Fest.
More information about Womens
Lacrosse can be found at http://
www.htosports.com/kulax.
JordanWilliams
creW
Theres reason for the club crew
team to be excited. Its building a
new practice facility, and expecta-
tions and aspirations are running
high.
Feeding off the elation from last
seasons high placement at the Great
Plains Rowing Championships,
Sunflower State Games and
American Collegiate National
Championships, the team will waste
no time as it anticipates sending
select members this fall to partici-
pate in the Head of the Charles
Regatta at Boston.
Hovering around 20 Varsity
members, crew is open to men and
women and is comprised of var-
sity and novice categories. During
Hawk Week, crew will have infor-
mation tables at Rec Fest and Union
Fest for prospective members and
other inquisitive students.
The first match is in Des Moines,
Iowa on Sept. 26. Interested students
can see the crew Web site at http://
www.kansascrew.com/ or contact
the team directly at kansascrew@
gmail.com.
JordanWilliams
hockey
The Kansas hockey team enters
the season with high expectations
after earning a berth in the play-
offs last season.
This year the team is aspiring
to make it even further: to the
regional tournament. It opens up
the season at home against the
Arkansas Razorbacks on Sept. 11.
On-ice tryouts take place Aug.
25 to 27 at the Pepsi Midwest Ice
Center in Overland Park.
Those who wish to try out
for the team should contact
team president Price Duncan at
(913) 461-4636, or e-mail him at
pdunk124@ku.edu.
Ethan Padway
WoMens rugby
The womens rugby club and its
president Tiffany Lau know how
important team chemistry can be.
Rugby is such a unique sport
because of how team oriented it is,
you really create an amazing bond
with your teammates, Lau said.
This is what makes womens rugby
so great, you can make friends
that last a lifetime, while having an
amazing time playing a fun sport.
The club travels to play other col-
leges in the Midwest and competes
in various tournaments.
The womens club will start prac-
tice the second week of school at
the Shenk Complex at 23rd and
Iowa streets. The club practices
from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday evenings,
with games on Saturdays.
The team welcomes newcomers
and is more then happy to teach the
sport to anyone. Contact Tiffany
Lau at tiffmlau@ku.edu for more
information.
Max Lush
Mens soccer
The KU Club Soccer squad
offers the opportunity to p ractice
three times a week and compete
against other Big 12 conference
competition.
The team will be hosting open
tryouts from 9 to 11 a.m. and 5 to 7
p.m. today, Tuesday, and Wednesday
at the Shenk Complex located near
23rd and Iowa streets.
Last season the club won
conference before being eliminated
in the semifinals of the National
Tournament.
This season it looks to achieve
and surpass those accomplishments
when it opens the season at r ival
Kansas State on Sept. 11.
For more information, contact
Will Poczekaj, club team president at
630-330-1394, or kansasmensoccer@
hotmail.com.
Nick Ryter
Fencing
The Kansas fencing club returns
for its 83rd year this fall. This year
the club is traveling to multiple
tournaments in the area and its
bringing back the annual Jayhawk
Open, which has been on hiatus
for the past few years, in October.
The fencing club is open to any
student regardless of experience. It
practices from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on
Monday and Wednesday nights in
the Robinson Center, Room 260.
Contact Joey Scalet at (913) 219-
0177 or jmscalet@ku.edu for more
information.
Ethan Padway
Club sports ofer opportunities to all
KU offers students a chance to
keep playing sports they love,
or to try something new
Club hockey goalie Brent Pitts lunges for a save during the frst period against Missouri State as the rest of his teamwatches. The club hockey teamwill hold tryouts Aug. 25 to 27 at the Pepsi
Midwest Ice Center in Overland Park.
golF
Woods gives up lead, loses to Yang
AssociAted press
CHASKA, Minn. In a year of
spoilers at the majors, Y.E. Yang
was the biggest of all.
He toppled the mighty Tiger
Woods.
Yang became the first Asian-
born player to win a major Sunday
with a stunning performance in the
PGA Championship, memorable
as much for his clutch shots as the
player he beat.
Woods was 14-0 when he went
into the final round of a major atop
the leaderboard. He had not lost
any tournament around the world
in nine years when leading by two
shots.
None of that mattered to Yang, a
37-year-old South Korean who hit
the shots everyone expected from
Woods. Leading by one on the
final hole, Yang slayed golf s giant
with a hybrid 3-iron that cleared
the bunker and settled 12 feet from
the cup.
Yang made the birdie putt and
shouted with joy as he pumped
his fist. That gave him a 2-under
70, and a three-shot victory when
Woods missed yet another short
par putt and shot 75.
I tried to master the art of con-
trolling my emotions throughout
the small wins I had in my career,
Yang said through his agent,
Michael Yim. I think it turned out
quite well today.
It was the second time Woods
has finished runner-up in the PGA
Championship at Hazeltine, both
times to a surprise winner. Seven
years ago, he birdied the last four
holes and came up one short of
Rich Beem.
This time, Woods made one mis-
take after another over the last four
holes, mostly with his putter.
I did everything I needed to
do, except for getting the ball in
the hole, Woods said. Just didnt
make the putts when I needed to
make them.
Yang was No. 110 in the world,
his only victory on the PGA Tour
coming in March at the Honda
Classic, on a course across the street
from headquarters of the PGA of
America. He was best known for
holding off Woods at the HSBC
Champions in China three years
ago.
This stage was far bigger. Yang
was even better.
He took the lead for the first
time all week by chipping in for
eagle from about 20 yards short of
the 14th green. And when it looked
as though nerves were getting the
best of him on a three-putt bogey at
the 17th, he delivered his two most
important shots.
Yang still had enough strength
left to hoist his golf bag over his
head, and later the 44-pound
Wanamaker Trophy. After a long
and tearful embrace with his wife,
Young Ju Park, he walked across a
bridge saluting thousands of fans
who couldnt believe what they
saw.
What a capper to this year in the
majors.
Kenny Perry was poised to
become the oldest Masters cham-
pion at 48 until Angel Cabrera beat
him in a playoff. Phil Mickelson,
reeling from his wife being diag-
nosed with breast cancer, was on
the verge of finally winning the
U.S. Open until Lucas Glover out-
played him over the final few holes.
And just last month, 59-year-old
Tom Watson was an 8-foot par
putt away from winning the British
Open, then lost in a playoff to
Stewart Cink.
Woods losing a two-shot lead in
the final round of a major? That
was unthinkable until a breezy
afternoon at Hazeltine.
I played well enough the entire
week to win the championship,
Woods said. You have to make
putts. I didnt do that. Today was a
day that didnt happen.
ASSoCiAted PReSS
Y.e. Yang, of South Korea, is congratulated by Tiger Woods, right, after winning the 91st PGA Championship at the Hazeltine National Golf Club
in Chaska, Minn., on Sunday.
golf
Both teams anticipate strong return
Womens golf
Head Coach: Erin ONeil, sixth
season
Key losses: None
Key Returners: Seniors Emily
Powers and Meghan Gockel,
juniors Grace Thiry and Meghna
Bal
Te Jayhawks certainly dont
lack experience.
Afer a 2008-2009 campaign
without a single senior, the Jay-
hawks now have two, Emily Pow-
ers and Meghan Gockel, leading
the charge for the 2009 fall season.
Kansas opens the season Sept. 14
in Lincoln, Neb., at the Chip-N-
Club Invitational. Last year the Jay-
hawks fnished sixth in the event,
with then-sophomore Grace Tiry
carding a 54-hole total of 223 to fn-
ish 10th individually and lead the
team. Two weeks afer the opening
weekend the Jayhawks will make
their way to Manhattan, where last
year they were able to clinch a top-
5 fnish on the strength of an Emily
Powers 54-hole total of 223, which
was good enough for her frst ca-
reer title. Also returning is junior
Meghna Bal, who tied with Powers
with a team-high 31 rounds scored.
Her scoring average of 78.71 was
second only to Powers 76.45.
Tim Dwyer
mens golf
Head Coach: Kit Grove, fourth
season
Key losses: Brandon Herm-
reck, Walt Koelbel, Zach Peder-
son, Andrew Strom
Key Returners: Seniors Bryan
Hackenberg, Bobby Knowles and
Patrick Roth, junior Nate Barbee,
sophomores Ian Anson and Blake
Giroux, freshmen Chris Gilbert,
Alex Gutesha and Dan Waite
Tough a few weeks out from
the start of its fall season, the mens
golf team was well represented at
the 99th Kansas Amateur earlier
this month. Seven of nine current
and former Jayhawks advanced
to match play, four to the second
round, and junior Nate Barbee and
recently graduated Andrew Storm
advanced to the Mission Hills
tournaments quarterfnal round.
Among current Kansas golfers,
senior Patrick Roth was the next
highest fnish, bowing out of com-
petition in the third round. Roth
was defending his Kansas Ama-
teur championship earned one
year before. Barbee led the team in
scoring average in 2008-09 with a
73.12 stroke average and recorded
three Top 20 fnishes on the year.
He opened the season with a tie for
fourth at a rain-shortened Fairway
Club Invitational followed by a
sixth-place fnish at the Kansas In-
vitational. Te Jayhawks turned in
their most impressive performance
collectively at the Big 12 Cham-
pionship. Te recently graduated
Zach Pederson fnished in seventh
place to lead the pack. As a team,
the Jayhawks entered the competi-
tion seeded No. 11 but led at times
during the frst round before fn-
ishing the event in seventh place.
Stephen Montemayor
Weston White/KANSAN
nfl
Vick could fll a new ofensive position for the Eagles
By ROB MAADDI
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA Michael
Vick is back in the NFL. When he
finally gets in a game, it might be at
a new position.
Looking to add a new dimension
to their offense, the Philadelphia
Eagles gave Vick a one-year deal
with an option for a second year.
Vick wasnt brought
in to compete
with five-time Pro
Bowl quarterback
Donovan McNabb
for a starting job,
but the two could
end up on the field
together.
Hes an unbeliev-
able athlete, both
running the ball and
throwing it, Eagles coach Andy
Reid said. Ill think of something
for him.
The most likely scenario would
be for the Eagles to use Vick in a
variation of the Wildcat offense
that the Miami Dolphins made
popular last season. Vick also
is familiar with the West Coast
offense, though he ran a different
version with Atlanta than the one
Philadelphia uses.
He can definitely make a lot of
plays, Eagles cornerback Sheldon
Brown said.
The deal was announced during
Thursday nights preseason opener
against New England. Suddenly, no
one cared about Tom Bradys first
game in 11 months.
The 29-year-old Vick, once the
NFLs highest-paid player, has been
out of action since 2006. The for-
mer Falcons star was convicted
in August 2007 of conspiracy and
running a dogfighting ring, and
served 18 of a 23-month sentence
in federal prison. He also was sus-
pended indefinitely by the NFL.
Im a believer that as long as
people go through the right pro-
cess, they deserve a second chance,
Reid said. Hes got great people on
his side; there isnt a finer person
than Tony Dungy. Hes proven hes
on the right track.
Commissioner Roger Goodell
conditionally lifted Vicks suspen-
sion on July 27, allowing him to
sign with a team, practice and play
in the last two preseason games.
Once the season begins, Vick can
participate in all
team activities
except games, and
Goodell said he
would consider
Vick for full rein-
statement by Week
6 (Oct. 18-19) at
the latest.
The Eagles
reached the NFC
c h a mp i o n s h i p
game last season under McNabb,
but are still looking for their elusive
first Super Bowl win.
McNabb has led the Eagles to
five NFC title games and one Super
Bowl appearance in the last eight
years and was rewarded with a $5.3
million raise in the offseason. The
Eagles tore up his old contract with
two years remaining, and gave him
a new deal worth $24.5 million
over the next two seasons.
Philadelphia is a surprise land-
ing point for Vick. It was among
26 clubs that said there was no
interest in him, but that may have
changed when backup Kevin Kolb
strained a knee ligament earlier
this week. Kolbs injury isnt serious
and hes expected to return next
week. The Eagles also have veteran
A.J. Feeley.
There wont be a quarterback
controversy, Reid said.
Reid consulted with McNabb
before signing Vick, who went to
three Pro Bowls in six seasons with
the Falcons.
I pretty much lobbied to get
him here, McNabb said. Hes no
threat to me, not for Kolb. We had
the opportunity to add another
weapon to our offense.
When news
of Vicks signing
circulated in the
press box dur-
ing the first half
of the Eagles
preseason open-
er against the
Patriots, even the
teams public rela-
tions staff seemed
surprised.
The crowd quickly caught on
at Lincoln Financial Field. Fans
standing on the concourse were
in disbelief. One guy wondered
how quickly hed be able to buy a
Vick jersey. Another asked if this
was a joke.
It doesnt make any sense, said
Michelle Harlan, a mother attend-
ing her first NFL
game with a young
son.
In a 60 Minutes
interview, Vick
accepted blame for
not stopping the ille-
gal dogfighting oper-
ation he bankrolled.
Vick said he felt
some tremendous
hurt behind what happened.
He said he should have taken
the initiative to stop it all ... I
didnt.
Asked if he was more con-
cerned about his playing career
or the dogs he hurt, Vick replied,
Football dont even matter.
The animal rights group, People
for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals, wasted no time remind-
ing people exactly what Vick had
done.
PETA and millions of decent
football fans around the world
are disappointed that the Eagles
decided to sign a guy who hung
dogs from trees. He electrocut-
ed them with jumper cables and
held them under water, PETA
spokesman Dan Shannon told The
Associated Press.
You have to wonder what sort
of message this sends to young
fans who care about animals and
dont want them to be harmed.
Reid believes most Eagles fans
will accept Vick.
This is America. We do make
mistakes, Reid said. This situa-
tion is a chance to prove hes doing
the right things. Hes been proac-
tive speaking across the country.
Since Reid became the head
coach in 1999, the Eagles have
avoided players with character
issues. The lone exception came in
2004 when Philadelphia acquired
wide receiver Terrell Owens.
That move paid off when Owens
helped lead the Eagles to the Super
Bowl in his first season. But T.O.
quickly wore out his welcome,
criticizing management over a
contract dispute and feuding with
McNabb. He was released midway
through the 2005 season.
The Eagles must be hoping they
wont regret this one.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this video frame grab provided by CBS News/60 Minutes, Michael Vick, right, listens to NFL Today anchor James Brown during a 60 MINUTES interviewin ArlingtonVa., Aug. 10. The
segment aired on 60 MINUTES yesterday on the CBS Television Network. It is the former NFL stars frst interviewsince he admitted to dogfghting and went to prison. He was reinstated to the NFL last
month.
Hes an unbelievable
athlete, both running
the ball and throw-
ing it.
ANDy REID
Eagles coach
There wont be a
quarterback contro-
versy.
ANDy REID
Eagles coach
nfl
Convicted felon indicted,
accused of selling frearm
NASHVILLE, Tenn. A
convicted felon accused of
selling the gun used to kill ex-
NFL quarterback Steve McNair
has been indicted on a frearm
charge.
A federal grand jury in
Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday
charged Adrian J. Gilliam Jr. with
one count of being a felon in
possession of a frearm.
Gilliam, of La Vergne, is
accused of selling a loaded 9
mm pistol to McNairs mistress,
Sahel Kazemi, for $100 two days
before McNair was shot.
Police said the 20-year-old
waitress shot McNair at his
downtown condo July 4 before
turning the gun on herself.
Gilliam remains in federal
custody and faces 10 years in
prison if convicted.
Associated Press
sKateboaRding
Kessler dies at 48 after sufering a heart attack
By UlA IlnyTZKy
Associated Press

NEW YORK Andy Kessler, a
trailblazer during New York Citys
nascent 1970s skateboarding scene
and a designer of skate parks who
was admired by boarders on both
coasts, has died. He was 48.
Kessler died Monday after suf-
fering a heart attack following an
allergic reaction to a wasp sting, said
Moose Huerta, a close friend and
fellow skateboarder.
He was dismantling old wood on
a shack in Montauk, Long Island,
when he was stung, said Tony
Farmer, a skateboarding friend and
West Coast native who now lives in
Brooklyn.
Kessler got his start in the 1970s
with a loose-knit group of skate-
boarders and graffiti artists known
as the Soul Artists of Zoo York. They
skated all over Manhattans Upper
West Side, where Kessler lived.
In the 1990s, Kessler persuaded
the citys Parks Department to build
a skateboard facility in Riverside
Park. He went on to design other
skate parks in Manhattan, Brooklyn
and Montauk.
Huerta said Kessler also devel-
oped a zeal for surfing.
The two groups are completely
different from each other, he said.
But the level of friends, and how he
transcended age and demographics
with the people he touched, was
amazing.
In addition to his love for the
sport, Huerta said Kesslers first big
success was orchestrating the build-
ing of the citys first skate park, near
the Hudson River. At the time of his
death, he was trying to update the
Montauk skate park he had designed
about a decade earlier, Huerta said.
On Friday evening, surfers
planned to paddle out together and
circle around Ditch Plains Beach in
Montauk in remembrance of Kessler,
Huerta said. Friends also planned a
get-together Saturday at the Autumn
Bowl, a semiprivate warehouse
facility in Brooklyn that was one of
Kesslers favorite hangouts.
Kesslers burial is scheduled for
Sunday at Cedar Park Cemetery in
Paramus, N.J.
Womens team welcomes back all last seasons stars, mens team returns key players
Then-freshman
Ian Anson
watches his
putt roll across
the green before
falling in the
hole for a birdie
at the Jayhawk
invitational last
season. Anson is
one of nine return-
ing key players for
the mens team.
The teamlost four
other players, a
sharp contrast
to the womens
team, which
welcomes back all
of its key players.
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Intramurals
By KRISTINA POLLARD
kpollard@kansan.com
Students looking to increase
their involvement in campus sports
beyond sitting in the stands have
a variety of intramural sports to
choose from.
That glut of options may pose
a problem because it can be dif-
ficult for some to decide on what
sports they want to play. In addi-
tion to offering the more com-
monly known sports such as bas-
ketball, flag football, softball and
soccer, KU offers a myriad of other
options.
Foosball, wallyball, ultimate fris-
bee and kickball are just a few
of the less-traditional options for
those wishing to try something
completely new. Intramurals can
provide an opportunity to meet
new people for freshman as well as
upperclassmen.
Kevin Tran, Wichita senior, was
on the winning co-ed soccer team
in Spring 2009. He played soccer
for four years in high school and
said he viewed intramurals as a
fun way to stay in shape and hang
out with friends. Tran said playing
intramurals wasnt all about fierce
competition.
I play mostly for fun, Tran
said. Its co-ed soccer, so it nor-
mally doesnt get too competitive.
Everyone just becomes friends.
The soccer people at KU are just a
big community.
Tran, whose team was named
The Crushers, still frequently plays
pick-up soccer games with peo-
ple hes met through intramurals,
people who were on his team and
people his team competed against.
Overall Tran said co-ed soccer was
a fun way to hang out with people
he didnt normally get to hang out
with.
You dont normally get to play
soccer with girls, Tran said. And
its a good way to
get a free T-shirt.
Many students
who participate in
intramurals have
played sports
before, but that is
not a requirement
of intramurals.
Intramurals is a
way for everyone
who would like to
be involved in sports to participate
no matter their level of play.
Jamie Vanderhofe, Mound
Valley sophomore, has participated
in intramural co-ed basketball and
co-ed softball.
Vanderhofe par-
ticipated in dance and
cheerleading in high
school, but had never
played on a softball
team before.
Vanderhofe said she
did intramurals not
only just for fun, but
also for a little bit of
competition.
More so to be com-
petitive in softball because we had
a really good team, Vanderhofe
said. Basketball more for fun and
exercise.
Vanderhofes softball team,
PiKapp, placed second overall and
her basketball team, Scared Hitless,
advanced to the first round of
playoffs. She says basketball is a
fun sport to play because of team-
work, competition and intensity.
Vanderhofe started intramurals
as a freshman, so it was a good
way to meet new people as a new
student.
I have fun meeting new people
and its not hardcore serious so its
just fun, Vanderhofe said. And
good exercise.
Edited by TimBurgess
Its a shirt you have prob-
ably seen on campus a
time or two. It is a simple
design, with nothing more
than the words Intramural
Champion to distinguish
it from a plain T-shirt. But
its a coveted honor to
wear one around campus.
When non-scholarship
athletes, the everyday col-
lege students, wear their
Champion shirts, they can
get just a little taste of what
its like to be a big man on
campus. Getting a team to-
gether can be an easy way
to meet people with similar
interests. The University is
ofering a variety of intra-
mural team sports this fall,
including, but not limited
to, fag football, sand vol-
leyball, indoor soccer, foor
hockey, indoor volleyball
and dodgeball. Heres how
to get involved.
1. Visit the ofcial intramu-
rals Web site at http://www.
recreation.ku.edu/programs/
intramurals, the ofcial
intramurals Web site .
2. Click current sports to
fnd the sign-up period and
participation fee for each
sport.
3. Gather up teammates
and register each person at
the online registration site.
Join a league and set up
the team roster.
4. Go out and compete
with students for that
simple, but elusive, T-shirt.
Pat Eland
Weston White / KANSAN
Chelsie Harper, Hugoton senior, defends against a drive to the basket by Stefani Fuhrman, Tulsa, Okla., sophomore, in an intramural game.
Intramurals give students the opportunity to play sports such as basketball, foosball and ultimate frisbee.
I have fun meeting
new people and its
not hardcore serious
so its just fun.
JamIe VanderHofe
moundValley sophomore
TNA wrestler Angle faces legal issues
Teams ofer opportunity for competition, fun
WrestlIng
BASKeTBALL
NCAA announces teams
penalties for violations
CaPe GIrardeaU, mo.
The Southeast missouri
State mens and womens
basketball teams have been
hit with several penalties for
nCaa violations. The nCaa
announced the penalties
Thursday for violations that
included impermissible ben-
efts to mens and womens
players; the presence of mens
coaching staf members
during summer strength and
conditioning activities; and
observation by coaches at
ofseason pickup games.
The programs were placed
on probation through June
17, 2013. The mens team lost
one scholarship. The nCaa
also ordered the mens team
to vacate wins in the 2006-07
and 2007-08 seasons.
Associated Press
OLymPIcS
Golf, rugby may be
included in OIympics
CHaSKa, minn. Tiger
Woods is a step closer to add-
ing another major title to his
name: olympian.
Players and golf ofcials
alike were thrilled at the Inter-
national olympic Committee
executive boards decision
to recommend golf and
rugby sevens for inclusion
at the 2016 Games. The full
106-member IoC assembly
has the fnal say, voting in
Copenhagen in october.
IoC president Jacques
rogge even mentioned
Woods by name, calling him a
major icon and saying golf is
an important sport.
Associated Press
ASSOcIATeD PReSS
MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. Pro
wrestler and Olympic gold medal-
ist Kurt Angle has been arrested
on charges of possessing a human
growth hormone and violating an
order of protection in suburban
Pittsburgh.
Angle was arrested about 7:50
a.m. Saturday in a Robinson
Township strip mall parking lot. His
girlfriend, who said she obtained a
protection order about 1 hours
earlier after the two fought Friday
night, alleged that he had circled
the lot staring at her as she sat in a
coffee shop, according to a police
affidavit.
Police said they found the human
growth hormone Hygetropin in
Angles car, and the wrestler told
them he had a prescription for
the drug. He also told officers he
had not seen the woman and was
looking for a hotel because he was
barred from his home.
Angle, 40, was charged with
violating the order of protection,
harassment, possession of drugs
and paraphernalia and driving with
a suspended license. He posted bail
and is scheduled to appear for a
hearing Tuesday on the drug and
harassment charges and Wednesday
on the charge of violating the pro-
tection order, a court clerk said.
Angle, the current heavyweight
champion of Total Nonstop Action
Wrestling, was scheduled to appear
in a TNA Wrestling event Sunday
night in Orlando, Fla. Steven
Godfrey, spokesman for Nashville,
Tenn.-based TNA Wrestling,
declined comment on the arrest but
said the main event between Angle,
Sting and The Blueprint Matt
Morgan would go on as scheduled.
Godfrey also said TNA has a
drug policy in place for staff and
performers, but he declined to
release the details.
Angles phone number is unlist-
ed. Messages left for attorney
Michael Santicola, who has rep-
resented him previously, were not
immediately returned.
Angle is a two-time NCAA
Division I wrestling champion
at Clarion University in western
Pennsylvania. He won the 220-
pound championship at the 1996
Olympics in Atlanta, defeating
Irans Abbas Jadidi for the gold
medal, and has been a professional
wrestler since 1998.
In September, Angle was found
not guilty of drunken driving in
Moon Township outside Pittsburgh.
A motorist told police Angle had
cut her off while leaving a bar
parking lot.
Bolt breaks record again
at world championships
track and FIeld
ASSOcIATeD PReSS
BERLIN Usain Bolt saved
the celebration for after the finish
line this time and showed that,
yes, he can keep breaking that
world record.
He obliterated it, in fact.
Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58
seconds Sunday at world cham-
pionships, turning his showdown
against Tyson Gay into a rout and
putting to rest the questions that
went unanswered last time he set
the record at his showboating
Olympic run of 9.69 seconds.
Yes, he can do better when he
goes all out the whole way. Yes, he
can break 9.6.
I got a pretty good start, Bolt
said. I was there at 20 meters and
that was it.
It was the biggest change in
the record since electronic time
was introduced in 1968. It came
very close to the 9.55-second time
that an American professor said
Bolt would have run in Beijing
had he run all out in the Olympic
100 finals.
Under ideal conditions and
facing the toughest competition
possible, Bolt blew away his own
world record by .11 seconds on
the one-year anniversary of the
last world record. Gay, mean-
while, set the American record
by finishing in 9.71, a time that
would have been a world record
12 months and one day ago, but
was an afterthought instead.
Asafa Powell of Jamaica took
bronze in 9.84. In Beijing, Bolt
was coasting after 70 meters, but
on the deep indigo blue track in
Berlin, Gay pushed him as far as
he could to no avail.
Gay stayed with him over the
first part of the race but once Bolt
unfurled that huge stride of his,
there was no contest.
Awesome, Powell said.
Im happy he got it, Gay said.
Im happy he ran 9.5 because I
knew he could do it, and I know I
can do it and Im happy for him.
In the stands, the fans carried a
banner saying Bolt Legend.
Once he sensed another gold,
Bolt glanced quickly to his right
at 90 meters to check on Gay,
then left, at the scoreboard, as he
crossed the line and then pounded
his chest when he saw the record
time flash up.
Troubled by a nagging groin
pain, Gay had to cut practice
on his start and it showed. He
needed to get out the fastest
by far but was never able to
shake the Olympic champion.
I put everything into it. But
I came in second, Gay said. I
can definitely run faster.
Bolt demonstrated his con-
fidence by play-acting hours
ahead of race, and the fact that
he never saw Gay ahead of
him early on had to give him
a bigger boost.
It just wasnt enough today,
Gay said. I ran my best race I
could run. I put my all into it. I
got through the little groin situa-
tion and tried to put it together.
The crowd of 55,000 at the
Olympic Stadium roared at the
end of most anticipated race since
the Olympics. The record time
was hard to believe even with
Bolts knack for the unimaginable.
He grabbed a flag, hugged Powell,
with whom he had been literally
shadowboxing for fun just before
the start. They wrapped them-
selves in the Jamaican flag, and it
looked like Bejing all over again.
Earlier, the Jamaican and
American women had a sprint
rivalry of their own. Kerron
Stewart ran 10.92 in the 100 for
the best time, leading a Jamaican
team effort which placed three
of their runners in the top four.
Carmelita Jeter of the United
States was second in 10.94. The
final is Monday.
ASSOCIATed PreSS
In this July 31, 1996 fle photo, Kurt Angle of the United States reacts to his gold medal
win in the 100 kg class of freestyle wrestling at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta. Police
say Angle has been arrested for possessing a human growth hormone in suburban Pittsburgh.
ASSOCIATed PreSS
Jamaicas Usain Bolt celebrates winning the fnal setting a new100mWorld Record during
the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Sunday.
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great college football players with
considerable professional upside.
And we shouldnt sleep on the
defense, either. Up front, junior
end Jake Laptad (10.5 2008 sacks)
is the truth. And its a question of
when, not if, juco transfer Quintin
Woods starts stopping opponents
plays prematurely.
Linebacker is still a question but
the personnel and opportunities
are there.
Recall that the same ques-
tions about the position were
asked when the recently-departed
Joe Mortensen, James Holt and
Mike Rivera assumed roles that
Johnathan Lamb, Banks Floodman
and Nick Reid once held.
The Jayhawks seemed to have
settled into a consistent second-
ary depth chart. The team couldnt
have a better leader at one of the
areas most crucial to success this
season than senior safety Darrell
Stuckey.
Hell, who wouldnt want a
quartet of senior captains the likes
of Reesing, Sharp, Stuckey and
Meier?
At last weeks media day,
Mangino and much of his team
said all the right things. There was
ample were going to take it one
week (or game) at a time to go
around.
Mangino, on hand as an assis-
tant during Kansas States resur-
gence in the 90s, Oklahomas
national championship at the
beginning of this century and
his current teams Orange Bowl
victory, found a common thread
between what he sensed before
each season: Nothing. Just thought
they had a chance to be good.
And so I went to Stuckey, one
of the programs foremost leaders,
players and men. Last season, he
led by example with games like
his three-turnover performance
against Missouri. This year, hes
become vocal enough to merit
suggestions from his coach that he
enter the political arena one day.
Let me ask you something, I
prefaced. Knowing everything you
know and seeing everything youve
seen over the years leading up to
this moment, can this team win the
Big 12 Championship?
Yes, was the reply delivered
without hesitation and with utmost
conviction.
That was all I needed.
For Kansas, it will be 9-3 and
then history.
And how sweet it would be to
do it in the $1.2 billion Cowboys
Stadium the posh digs that
Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe
fawned over last week and men-
tioned could become the confer-
ence title games permanent locale.
Editedby SarahKelly
said he didnt think he would
be as statistically dominant as
he was at the FIBA U19 World
Championship in New Zealand.
Still, his role remains as important
to Kansas as ever.
In his freshman campaign, Taylor
was third on the team in points per
game, second in steals and assists,
and fourth in three points made
and blocks per game.
Individually, Taylor made great
strides in the U19 tournament
when he showed his multidimen-
sional skill set.
He led Team USA in points per
game, steals and assists.
Playing on the USA team pre-
pared me for the upcoming sea-
son, playing with great players and
being unselfish and learning how
to make that extra pass, Taylor
said. Once Coach Self sees my
decision making got a little better
than last seasonI think my role
will change.
Besides improving his game,
Taylor also worked on improving
his name.
I went up there with the mental-
ity, Im not going to come up here
and just play around. Im going to
really work, Taylor said. I feel like
I did some good things out there. I
got my name out there a little bit.
This summer may have given
Taylor the boost he needs to help
Kansas to the next level.
Im not exactly sure how hard
its going to be from freshman to
sophomore year, Taylor said, but
I think I did everything in order
to prepare myself for this tough
transition.
MonteMayor (continued from 1B)
taylor (continued from 1B)
swimming and diving
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
ataylor@kansan.com
The 2009-2010 Kansas swim-
ming and diving team faces what
many would call a rebuilding year.
After losing nine seniors, includ-
ing NCAA swimming champion-
ship qualifier Maria Mayrovich
and College Swimming Coaches
Association of America (CSCAA)
Scholar All-Americans Danielle
Herrmann and Anne Liggett, the
Jayhawks have their work cut out
if they wish to match last seasons
success. Also among the losses is
2009-2010 All-American Diver Erin
Mertz, who chose to end her Kansas
career and transfer to Purdue.
To help fill the holes left by these
departures, 13 newcomers will join
the swimming and diving team,
most of whom are homegrown tal-
ent.
When you bring in freshmen,
you get a tremendous amount of
energy, head coach Clark Campbell
said.
Campbell said he hoped that this
energy will translate into success
over the course of the season, but
that it will not provide the only
spark to triumph this year.
Were trying to keep our expec-
tations in line with the youth of the
team, said Campbell.
Junior swimmer Iuliia Kuzhil
returns among those veterans as
the sole remaining NCAA competi-
tor from the Jayhawks 2008-2009
season. She received the 2008-2009
Jayhawk Newcomer of the Year
Award and holds school records in
the 100-yard and 200-yard back-
stroke.
Campbell said he knew that lead-
ership, as well as talent, is needed
if the team wishes to match its past
success. He also said he looked to
his seniors and upperclassmen to
provide this sought-after leader-
ship.
Youre only as good as your
senior class, Campbell said.
The three team captains, junior
swimmer Joy Bunting, senior swim-
mer Carrah Haley, and senior diver
Meghan Proehl, provide this young
team with guidance through their
experience.
Meghan has been coming along
and getting better every year, div-
ing coach Eric Elliott said. Shes
going to be a team leader.
Campbell said he not only
expected his seniors and captains
to lead by example in the pool, but
also in healthy lifestyle habits. That
leadership has already made a mark
on freshman diver Erin Savas, an 11
time junior national champion and
Olympic trials finalist.
Ive definitely felt a different
energy, Savas said. Its unlike any-
thing Ive ever seen before, very
positive, very supportive.
As the Big 12 (Conference) Relays
quickly approach on Oct. 16 in
Columbia, Mo., Campbell, assistant
coach Jen Fox and diving coach Eric
Elliott stress the process of prepara-
tion to the team. At several points
throughout the season, the coach-
es will have ample opportunity to
gauge their swimmers and divers
progress as the team will compete in
several challenging meets.
Were going to see some of the
best teams in the country this sea-
son, Campbell said.
Some of the top competition the
Jayhawks will go up against includes
UCLA, the University of Virginia,
the University of Arkansas and the
Big 12 schools. Campbell said he
hoped to use these events to mea-
sure his teams evolvement toward
their ultimate goal of the Big 12
Championships in Feb.
The 2009-2010 Jayhawk swim-
ming and diving season will soon
be under way. Whether its the mas-
sive amount of underclassmen, the
returning veterans or a combination
of both that provide the means,
Kansas strives to achieve success
again this season.
swim team given
academic honors
After putting the cap on
a 36th-place fnish at last
years NCAA Champion-
ships, the Kansas swim-
ming and diving team
was selected as a Scholar
All-American team by
the College Swimming
Coaches Association of
America (CSCAA). Senior
Emily Lanteigne and
former Kansas swimmers
Anne Liggett and Dan-
ielle Herrmann were also
honored as individual Hon-
orable Mention Scholar All-
Americans by the CSCAA.
To earn consideration as
a Scholar All-American,
swimmers must have an
NCAA consideration time
along with a GPA of 3.5 or
higher. Coach Clark Camp-
bell said the awards were
not surprising, as he and
his fellow coaches heavily
emphasize academics in
their training. The No. 1
team goal beyond athletic
performance is academic
performance, Campbell
said.
Andrew Taylor
sports
celebrity
The swimmer was not injured when another car ran a red light
BY BEN NUCKOLS
Associated Press
BALTIMORE A crash
involving Olympic gold medal-
ist Michael Phelps was blamed
on the other driver, who ran a
red light, Baltimore police said
Friday.
Phelps, 24, was not injured, and
two passengers in his Cadillac
Escalade sport utility vehicle
were also unhurt. The unidenti-
fied female driver of the car that
caused the crash was taken to
a hospital as a precaution after
saying she had neck and arm
pain, authorities said. It was not
immediately clear if police had
ticketed her.
Phelps Escalade had a crum-
pled front hood after the col-
lision, which happened shortly
before 9 p.m. on Thursday. The
other car, a Honda Accord, had
considerable damage to the front
drivers side.
The crash occurred at an inter-
section of two one-way streets
north of downtown. The woman
was heading north when she went
through the stoplight and col-
lided with Phelps vehicle, which
was eastbound, police spokesman
Anthony Guglielmi said.
Onlookers quickly gathered
and snapped photos of Phelps
and his vehicle.
Guglielmi said alcohol did not
play a role in the crash.
Phelps has had brushes with
the law in the past. He pleaded
guilty to drunken driving in 2004,
shortly after he won six gold
medals at the Athens Olympics,
and was sentenced to 18 months
probation.
Earlier this year, USA
Swimming suspended Phelps
after a British tabloid published
a photo of him using a mari-
juana pipe. The Richland County,
S.C., sheriff s office investigat-
ed the photo but found there
wasnt enough evidence to charge
Phelps, who apologized for his
behavior.
Phelps won a record eight
gold medals at last years Beijing
Olympics.
He lives and trains in Baltimore
and recently returned from the
world swimming championships
in Rome, where he won five golds
and a silver.
John Cadigan, a senior coach
with the North Baltimore Aquatic
Club, which is based at the swim
center operated by Phelps and
his coach, said Friday he hadnt
talked to Phelps about the crash.
Cadigan said Phelps was not
scheduled to be back at practice
until next week.
associated Press
a cadillac escalade belonging to olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps and a Honda accord sit on a towtruck near where
they collided onThursday in Baltimore. Baltimore police said Phelps, who was driving his vehicle, was not injured in the accident.
college football
Phelps not blamed for crash
young team looks to build
strength in coming season
Gators hope to win third title in four years
BY MARK LONG
Associated Press
GAINESVILLE, Fla. Florida
quarterback Tim Tebow has a
Heisman Trophy, four champi-
onship rings and more accolades
than most college football players
could ever imagine.
He wants more.
Tebow and the defending
national champions opened fall
practice Aug. 6 with hopes of win-
ning a third title in four years, and
they want this one to be special.
The Gators are embracing sky-
high expectations that come with
returning nearly every starter and
are openly talking about wanting
to become the first team in school
history to go undefeated.
Its something that we want,
Tebow said, sporting a full beard
for the first practice. Thats not
our goal. Were not writing that
anywhere. Were not posting that.
But obviously when we step on
the field, were going to want to
win. That would be special, being
the first time in Florida history for
that. Obviously that is a goal and
its something that I hope comes
true.
The Gators realize theyre an
overwhelming favorite to repeat,
maybe even more so than the 2005
Southern California team that
featured Matt Leinart and Reggie
Bush. The Trojans stormed through
the regular season, extending their
winning streak to 34 games, then
lost in the title game to Vince
Young and Texas.
Although Florida doesnt want
to look too far ahead, especially
with LSU, Georgia and Florida
State on the schedule, players are
bracing for each opponents best
shot every week.
We know the targets on our
back and were ready, linebacker
Brandon Spikes said. Everybodys
been looking forward to this day.
... Its just like Christmas.
The Gators opened practice at
5:45 a.m., with about 200 fans
eagerly awaiting their arrival.
The early start was no surprise
after coach Urban Meyer prom-
ised to make summer workouts
and two-a-day practices the
toughest in his five years.
His rationale? For the most
part, Florida has the same team
that beat Oklahoma 24-14 in the
Bowl Championship Series title
game in Miami, and Meyer wants
his players to avoid complacency.
Tebow and Spikes vowed not to
let that happen. The team captains
led offseason workouts and never
shied away from talk of going
unbeaten.
Its a big goal, Spikes said. Its
something I think about every day.
Our whole summer weve been
stressing this. My job is to make
sure the guys dont get satisfied.
Weve got to keep striving and
push that rock back to the top of
the hill.
The Gators won their sec-
ond national title in 2006, when
Tebow and Spikes were fresh-
men, then bounced back from a
rebuilding year to earn a second
ring this past January.
Both of them considered turn-
ing pro, but they decided to come
back and try to make history.
And they dont want to leave
anything to chance. Last season,
Florida had to rebound from an
early season loss to Mississippi
and win 10 in a row to reach the
title game.
Its pressure, but its nothing
that we cant live up to, corner-
back Joe Haden said.
Defensively, Florida returns 21
of 22 players on the two-deep depth
chart. Defensive tackle Torrey
Davis transferred in March.
Thats one of the reasons I
decided to come back my senior
year, Spikes said. I just want-
ed to rewrite history. Weve got
a good chance. Weve got Tebow
and (many) starters coming back
and a lot of young guys. Its going
to be great.
Tebow has plenty of help, too.
Although replacing receivers
Percy Harvin and Louis Murphy
will be one of the main objectives
during fall practice, the Gators
have running backs Jeff Demps,
Chris Rainey and Emmanuel
Moody back as well as tight end
Aaron Hernandez, receiver Deonte
Thompson and the Pouncey
twins.
Tebow even got his roommate
back.
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By ZACH GETZ
zgetz@kansan.com
Theres little doubt advancing to
the NCAA Volleyball Tournament
is the primary
goal for most
NCAA vol-
leyball teams.
For 12th-year
Kansas volley-
ball coach Ray
Bechard, that
means starting
strong in the
preseason to
get momentum
to carry into conference play.
We are trying to put some
behaviors in place, Bechard said.
For the newcomers, heres how
we approach things. Heres how
we are a good teammate. We get
into the preseason matches, we got
a number of high RPI teams that
we have to be competitive with
and win, which will build some
momentum into the conference.
Kansas will need some of that
momentum because the Big 12
Conference is one of the toughest
volleyball conferences. Last sea-
son four teams finished
ranked in the top 20,
including Nebraska
and Texas, which both
ranked in the top 5.
Seven of 11 Big 12
schools ranked in the
top 75 in the RPI. Last
season Kansas had a
record of 13 16.
If you are in the
top half of the confer-
ence, the chances to continue to
play when the regular season is
over with are pretty good, said
Bechard. The conference we play
in is a huge challenge, but also a
huge assist because it elevates your
play and also requires you to be
extremely good night in and night
out.
Bechard said he felt things were
going well so far in the preseason.
He said there had been no major
setbacks and
thought the team
was making prog-
ress and has added
physicality from
last year.
We have good
returning players
that have a lot of
experience and
five starters back,
Bechard said.
Bechard said newcomers needed
to make an impact as well as some
of the more experienced players
to expand their roles and be suc-
cessful.
Our main goal is really to get
to the Tournament, Paige Mazour,
senior middle blocker said. But
all-in-all, we want to have a com-
petitive season in our conference.
Mazour said that she tried to do
as much for the team as she could.
I like to do whatever I can for
the freshmen and get on the court
whenever I can, Mazour said. I
think everyone works
really hard. We are
very competitive for
each other. We mesh
well together. And
we do work hard. We
are a scrappy team.
Mazour and
Bechard both agreed
that the preseason
was going well so far.
We are excited about where we
are at to this point. We have a long
way to go, but its been productive
up to this point, Bechard said.
Edited by Alicia Banister
The conference
we play in is a huge
challenge, but also a
huge assist because it
elevates your play...
Ray BechaRd
coach
Our main goal is
really to get to the
tournament.
Paige MazouR
Senior middle blocker
Team has aspirations
for NCAA Tournament
but faces tough lineup
New assistant coach predicts great distance team
By SAMANTHA ANDERSON
sanderson@kansan.com
Incoming cross-country as-
sistant coach Michael Whittlesey
joins Kansas this summer from
North Carolina and has big plans
for the Kansas team. When Whit-
tlesey decided to come to Kansas,
former Jayhawk Olympians Jim
Ryun, Ray Moultun and Kristi
Kloster the University of Kan-
sas frst woman to win an NCAA
track championship werent far
from his mind.
KU has a great heritage of track
and feld, Whittlesey said. We
can become a great distance team.
I want to be a part of that.
Whittlesey is more than quali-
fed to do so. In six of his years at
North Carolina he helped train 65
NCAA All-Americans and in 10 of
his 11 years with North Carolina
the womens cross-country team
advanced to the NCAA National
Championships.
Whittlesey said he tried to push
his athletes to achieve not only
the goals they thought were ob-
tainable, but also the dreams they
thought were out of their grasps.
Whittlesey said the most difcult
obstacle a runner had to overcome
was his or her own mind. But with
numerous experienced runners,
this shouldnt be much of a prob-
lem.
We didnt lose any of our top
runners on either team, so we have
more leadership returning, coach
Stanley Redwine said. We hope
that the experience and leadership
means better results throughout
the season.
Tese top runners are sopho-
more Donny Wasinger, senior Bret
Imgrund and junior Nick Capairo
on the mens team, and senior Lau-
ren Bonds and juniors Amanda
Miller and Kara Windisch for the
womens team.
Bonds fnished 16th last year
in the NCAA Midwest regionals.
Wasinger and Imgrund fnished
29th and 31st, respectively, in the
mens race. However, the cross-
country team consists of more
than its top six runners.
We have to have quality depth
to be successful, Redwine said.
We have added athletes that can
contribute as well as those return-
ing from last year. Our seventh
through 10th runners have to be
good and push our fourth through
sixth runners. We have to approach
it as one team, not as everyone de-
pending on our top runners.
In addition to freshmen run-
ners, that depth includes Win-
disch, Lindsay Schaefer and Re-
beka Stowe who are returning for
their second year running at Kan-
sas and will have a whole year of
participating and training at a col-
legiate level behind them.
On the mens side, sophomore
Kaleb Humphreys, junior Dan Van
Ordsel, and senior Isaiah Shirlen
will all be returning afer a strong
team efort at regionals.
Tey will all have a chance to
prove themselves in their frst
meet Sept. 5 for Te Bob Timmons
Classic at home at Rim Rock Farm,
northwest of Lawrence, where they
will compete against runners from
other universities as well as some
Kansas alumni.
Edited by Michelle Sprehe
Weston White/KANSAN
Lauren Bonds begins to take of fromthe rest of the pack to a frst-place fnish at the BobTim-
mons Classic last year. Bonds fnished 16th at the NCAA Midwest Regionals last season and will be
returning to help lead this years squad.
Returned to backup,
Thigpen adjusts to life
ASSOCiATED pRESS
RIVER FALLS, Wis. It must
be tempting for Tyler Thigpen to
sit around and think about what
might have been.
Handed the chance of a lifetime
last year when Kansas Citys top
two quarterbacks went down for
the season, Thigpen got to start
10 games. It was an unexpected
opportunity for a third-teamer
whod been drafted in the late
rounds out of Coastal Carolina.
The first problem was the team
itself. It was bad. A defense that
set an NFL record by getting
only 10 sacks, an anemic run-
ning game and assorted other
problems led to a 2-14 record.
Out went the coach. Out went the
general manager.
And now Thigpen again finds
himself near the bottom of the
depth chart, battling Brodie
Croyle for the right to be backup
for Matt Cassel.
For myself, I think each and
every day Im trying to go out
there and make myself better as a
quarterback, Thigpen said. If I
make myself better, thats going to
make this team better and thats
the attitude I have each and every
day going into practice.
Considering all the problems
he and the Chiefs faced during
the worst season in team history,
Thigpens numbers were not ter-
rible. He hit 232 of 426 passes
for 2,649 yads, with 18 touch-
downs and 12 interceptions. But
the Chiefs cleaned out their front
office and new general manager
Scott Pioli traded for Cassel, who
had stepped in for an injured Tom
Brady and led the Patriots to 11
wins last year. Now armed with a
huge new six-year contract, Cassel
is clearly the quarterback of the
future.
But thats what they were say-
ing last year about Croyle, until
he was cut down by injury.
And Thigpen has shown him-
self capable of making plays. At
6-foot-1, 225 pounds, hes a pow-
erful runner and the first quar-
terback in franchise history to
score a touchdown three ways: as
a passer, rusher and receiver.
When the first depth chart
came out this year Thigpen was
listed at third.
Former coaches and players honored
By JEFF LATZKE
associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY When
Jon Kolb takes his thumb and
presses it against his face, he can
flatten his nose along his upper lip.
Just as much as his four Super Bowl
rings, its a badge of honor.
Years of helmet to helmet hits
before the modern facemask was
invented left Kolb with the ability
to remold his face, just like his for-
mer teammates can. And for all the
success he enjoyed during 13 years
with the Pittsburgh Steelers, it was
the chance to reconnect with old
friends and teammates that meant
as much as anything as he was
inducted into the Oklahoma Sports
Hall of Fame on Aug. 3.
Kolb joined former All-Star
pitcher Cal McLish, former Kansas
basketball coach Ted Owens and
1986 PGA Championship winner
Bob Tway in the 2009 induction
class. Longtime rodeo announcer
Clem McSpadden and Tom Catlin,
who won a national championship
under Bud Wilkinson at Oklahoma,
were inducted posthumously.
Theres people that, if you
take them out of the equation, I
wouldnt be here. Im not a rocket
scientist, but I am smart enough to
know that, Kolb said.
Before Kolb had the chance
to block for Terry Bradshaw and
Franco Harris during the Steelers
glory days in the 1970s, he played
at Oklahoma State. Looking back
through an old media guide, Kolb
said he could tell which guys had
played because of the marks left
on their faces from other players
helmets.
Its a scab fraternity, I suppose,
that never dies, Kolb said.
A number of those former team-
mates, including some from high
school in Ponca City, showed up
for Kolbs induction.
From the time youre a little guy
and you first start playing sports to
any level you play at, your coach is
going to tell you its a team game,
especially football, Kolb said. Its
always that way.
When you see this kind of
response from guys on your team,
its humbling. You wonder, Why
me?
The 2009 class represented a
wide-ranging swath of Oklahomas
sports past. Catlin was a center
and linebacker for the Sooners
1950 national champions before
becoming an assistant coach in
the NFL. Tway played golf at
Oklahoma State before mov-
ing on to success on the PGA
Tour. Owens took Kansas to two
Final Fours. McSpadden, a former
congressman, was a well-known
announcer for rodeos across the
country and on television for
decades.
Perhaps none had a more unique
story than McLish, whose time in
the big leagues was interrupted by
his service in World War II. He
made stops with a series of teams
before finally being chosen as an
All-Star 15 years into his career.
His induction came a full 50 years
after that selection.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
2009 inductees, fromleft, Ted Owens, Jon Kolb and Bob Tway join Cal McLish, seated, for
a photo at the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the National Cowboy and
Western Heritage Museumon Aug. 3 in Oklahoma City.
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BY STEPHEN MONTEMAYOR
smontemayor@kansan.com
Kirk Cooper often refers to fish-
ing as a bug. Infected at an early
age by his father and grandfather,
Cooper has had this bug take him
fly-fishing in Colorado streams on
up to Montanas Big Horn River
and eventually to the lakes around
Lawrence for bass and catfish.
A pole-vaulter for Kansas
track and field team, Cooper,
Denver senior, would be forgiven
for unwinding
between practices
and road trips in
front of an Xbox
360 or behind
the keyboard
on Twitter or
Facebook.
But he says that
10 times out of 10
hes got other plans
when leisure time
presents itself.
The worst day on the lake beats
any day elsewhere, Cooper said.
Anybody whos been fishing will
tell you that theres nothing like
getting a strike on your line and
not knowing what it is until you
fight and reel it in.
YOUThs DiffiCULT TO
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Cooper may be the exception
rather than the rule among college
students, the most of which fit the
18-24 age group. Cooper said five
or six of his friends fish but only
two do so regularly.
Of the nations nearly 30 million
anglers people who fish with a
hook and rod the second-lowest
age group was that 18-24 classifica-
tion with 2,406,000 anglers or
about 8 percent according to The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Associations
2006 National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation.
Meanwhile, nearly half of the
countrys anglers are between 35
and 54 years old and another 25
percent of the fishing population
is aged 55 and above.
A lot of people dont partici-
pate in outdoor recreation once
they hit high school and college,
said Chuck Bever, regional fish-
ing supervisor for the Kansas
Department of Wildlife and Parks.
Students are busy with a lot of
other things and thats expected.
The key is getting more of them to
come back once they graduate.
Bever said the majority of
fishermen are like
Cooper, who are
introduced to the
sport at a young age.
Because of this the
Kansas Department
of Wildlife and Parks
has amped up out-
reach in the past
decade to youths
whose parents may
opt for more indoor,
sedentary recreation.
A separate branch of the depart-
ment was devised for this purpose
and now thousands of Kansas kids
take part in fishing clinics, be it
through scout and church groups
or summer camps. Parents are also
encouraged to join their kids in
learning the basics of angling.
We always promote family out-
ings, Bever said. Theres a higher
chance that parents will take their
kids fishing again that way.
Cooper theorizes that keeping
kids hooked on fishing long term is
a question of success. He describes
his brother, who is a pole-vaulter at
the Air Force Academy, as athletic
and competitive, but not nearly as
interested in fishing.
So many times he would fish
with the family growing up, not
catch anything and lose interest,
Cooper said. People need to have
success. Small ponds are genius
for starting kids out because you
take a kid there where theyll catch
something and its just euphoric
for them.
The patience often required to
experience that success is one of the
factors working
against increased
participation by
young anglers.
Social net-
working and
instant messaging
online, interact-
ing through cell
phones and vid-
eogames seem to
promote shorter
attention spans
and a higher premium on multi-
tasking.
All age groups younger than 45
spend an average of 8 hours per
day in front of a screen, according
to a March study conducted by
researchers at Ball State University
on behalf of the Nielsen-funded
Council for Research Excellence.
To keep up with the ever-
expanding presence of the Web,
Bever said the Kansas Department
of Wildlife and Parks has grown
its Web site over the
years to where it reg-
ularly posts updates
on fishing reports,
educational materi-
als and videos.
This, he said,
helps cut down costs
of producing paper
publications and pro-
vides a more direct
outlet for people to
obtain information.
Bever added that in the next year
the department is looking into
becoming involved with Twitter
and regular newsletters.
fishing fOr
PrEsErvaTiOn
Tom Lang, fisheries pro-
gram specialist for the Kansas
Department of Wildlife and Parks,
said that fishing can be more than
a recreational activity but also a
major step toward preserving natu-
ral resources everywhere.
If agencies want to take the
task of preserving wildlife by the
cajones, Lang said, angler partici-
pation is the way to go.
Lang said that excise taxes on
fishing and hunting supplies and
the money that goes toward pur-
chasing state licenses help preserve
resources for future generations.
When someone goes fishing, he
said, youre making sure its always
going to be there.
And really, catching fish is a
small portion of why youre there,
Bever said. Youre also getting to
know friends, getting to know fam-
ily and loved ones again.
The Kansas Department of
Wildlife and Parks Web site lists
nine lakes, ponds, creeks and riv-
ers open to the public for fishing.
Clinton Reservoir is the largest at
7,000 acres of surface water and
25 species of fish, according to
Fishingnotes.com.
Clinton Reservoir has a marina
that offers boat rentals and areas
for people to bring jet skis. There
are several spots for swimming,
including a beach. The lake is sur-
rounded by an additional 15,000
acres of land, much of which is
open for camping.
We tell people that its their
own private lake, said Susan
Postlethwaite, administrative direc-
tor. Once they come out theyre
hooked.
ThE YOUng mEn anD
ThE sPiLLwaY
The spillway behind the dam
of Clinton Reservoir was the site
of perhaps Coopers grandest fish-
ing tale in Lawrence yet both in
terms of scale and effort.
Cooper and a friend dropped
two lines into the water at the top
of the spillway in 2007, as Coopers
freshman year was about to end.
Moments later a massive strike
was noticed on one of the fishing
poles. What followed would be a
45-minute battle that Cooper said
left his bones feeling arthritic the
next day.
With an audience of growing in
number to about 20, Cooper and
his friend traded turns reeling the
unknown mass in until it finally
reared its head after about a half
hour: a flathead catfish later to
register at 82 pounds.
My buddy didnt want to get in
the water to take it out and I wasnt
very excited about that either,
Cooper said.
But soon after he had no other
choice and, using two hands, pulled
the fish out of the knee-deep run-
ning water and onto land.
The pressure and the feeling
of adrenaline I had was as high as
anything Ive experienced in athlet-
ics, Cooper.
All of this using a rod and reel
with a shad a small fish hooked
on for bait. Fishing is a hobby that
Cooper said he has never had to
break the bank in order to be suc-
cessful.
People think new hobbies are
so expensive but theres a fine
line between being obsessive and
knowing how to use what youve
got, Cooper said.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Kirk Cooper, Denver senior, holds up his 82 pound fathead catfsh caught at the end of his
freshman year in 2007. Cooper and a friend caught the fsh at the spillway behind Clinton Lakes
damafter fghting with it for more than 45 minutes.
Fewer than half of US anglers are under 35
...Theres nothing
like getting a strike
on your line and not
knowing what it is
until you reel it in.
KirK cooper
Denver senior
If agencies want
to take the task of
preserving wildlife by
the cajones, angler
participation is the
way to go.
Tom Lang
program specialist
K-State
ex-coach
sues over
agreement
big 12 fOOTbaLL
BY DOUG TUCKER
associated press
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
Accusing Kansas State of wan-
ton and malicious misconduct,
lawyers for former football coach
Ron Prince asked for more than
$3 million in damages Aug. 10
and said it was the school, not
Prince, who wanted a controver-
sial contract to be confidential.
In their written response to
a lawsuit filed against Prince
by Kansas State, Princes attor-
neys also indicated that for-
mer Kansas State President
Jon Wefald may have known
about the agreement calling for
Prince to be paid $3.2 million in
deferred compensation between
2015-2020.
Kansas State filed suit in U.S.
District Court in Topeka in May
seeking to void the agreement,
claiming it was made in secret
between Prince and former ath-
letic director Bob Krause and
without the knowledge of other
university officers, including
Wefald.
In documents filed Aug. 10,
Princes attorneys said the uni-
versity agreed to guarantee a
$1.2 million buyout and that the
schools Intercollegiate Athletic
Council, headed by Krause, sub-
sequently agreed to fund the
$3.2 million in deferred com-
pensation.
Prince, unpopular with play-
ers and fans, was fired last
November with a 17-20 record,
three months after signing a
new five-year contract. He was
replaced by former coach Bill
Snyder.
Wefald, who retired in June,
maintains that he knew nothing
of the agreement with Prince
and that he asked Krause to
resign when he found out.
Athletic director John Currie
declined to comment Monday.
A call to Wefalds home in
Manhattan was not answered.
Neither Krause nor Prince, now
an assistant coach at Virginia,
have spoken publicly about the
deal.
In a statement, Neil Cornrich,
Princes lawyer, said Kansas State
insisted that the additional
guarantee be contained in a
separate, confidential memoran-
dum.
Coach Prince did not request
such confidentiality, nor did he
care whether the agreement was
public, but accommodated the
universitys request, Cornrich
said.
In the response to Kansas
States lawsuit, Princes attorneys
said it was Krause who suggest-
ed the deferred compensation
package and that he held him-
self out as having the authority
to represent the University and
the IAC in negotiations with
Prince.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. In Rick
Pitinos words, his equipment
managers wife was welcomed into
Louisvilles close-knit basketball
family.
Beneath the surface, however,
was an explosive secret.
Pitino and Karen Sypher had
sex at a restaurant eight months
before she mar-
ried the coachs
confidant, Tim
Sypher.
Over the
next few years,
the three
attended the
same parties,
took basketball
trips and tail-
gated together,
despite Pitinos past affair.
What happened over those
years is a he-said, she-said story.
Pitino recently denied to police
Karen Syphers contention that
he raped her, and authorities
declined to prosecute her claims,
citing a lack of evidence.
Pitino acknowledged giving her
$3,000 after she said she was preg-
nant and was getting an abortion,
but didnt have health insurance.
Pitinos lawyer said the money
was for insurance and he never
paid for an abortion.
Pitino also told police Sypher
didnt display any strange behav-
ior during all of the social events
they attended together.
On Friday, though, Pitinos
attorney, Steve Pence, said Karen
Sypher was clearly disturbed and
incapable of telling the truth.
Karen Sypher, 49, was indicted
in May on charges of extortion
and lying to federal authorities.
She has pleaded not guilty.
According to the complaint,
Tim Sypher brought Pitino a writ-
ten list of demands that eventually
escalated to $10 million.
Tim Sypher has not been
charged and has voiced support
for his boss.
He and Karen are getting a
divorce.
Karen Sypher has told police
she first met her future husband
in a fast-food parking lot, and fol-
lowed him to his condo to meet
Pitino to discuss her pregnancy a
few weeks after they had sex.
She claimed Pitino sent Tim
Sypher upstairs and the coach
sexually assaulted her a second
time, a claim the local prosecu-
tors also found to be without evi-
dence.
Karen Sypher has called Pitino,
who has guided Louisville,
Kentucky and Providence to the
Final Four, a powerful man who
thinks he can do anything he
wants to.
She told police that she believes
the coach told her future hus-
band to arrange the abortion and
accompany her to the procedure.
She thinks Pitino paid Tim
Sypher to marry her.
For a while, she said Tim Sypher
showed me all the attention, did
everything right and the rela-
tionship blossomed.
The couple married and have a
4-year-old daughter, though they
are now going through a conten-
tious custody battle.
She also has four sons from a
previous marriage that ended in
divorce about a year before the
August 2003 restaurant encounter
with Pitino.
In a police interview last
month, Pitino said Karen Sypher
married into the UofL family.
The coach said during the
social events, Karen Sypher never
displayed any strange behavior.
Karen Sypher told police she
hated being around Pitino.
He would come up and give
me a hug. And I just, just cringe,
she told police.
The Syphers marriage is now
headed toward divorce, and their
ill will boiled over at a custody
hearing this week in family court
in Louisville.
Karen Sypher testified that her
estranged husband drinks alcohol
excessively.
She acknowledged she hired
private investigators to tail him
during outings with their daugh-
ter.
In his testimony, Tim Sypher
said he left his wife in March
because of the extortion allega-
tions.
I was in shock, to be honest
with you, he said.
Tim Sypher also said Pitino
puts money into a college fund for
the Syphers daughter, Annabelle.
He takes care of a lot of people
in that way, he said.
Tim Sypher has known Pitino
for more than a decade.
He worked for the Boston
Celtics from 1997 to 2001 while
Pitino was coaching there.
Tim Sypher currently makes
$77,000 a year plus bonuses tied
to the Cardinals performance.
Tim Syphers mother, Joan
Sypher, of Raynham, Mass., told
The Associated Press in April that
her sons love of sports helped him
land a job with Pitino.
My son was not married or
anything, and of course when
youre a driver for somebody you
have to be available 24 hours, so
thats how he got the job, she
said.
Karen Syphers attorney, James
Earhart, said more of the story
will unfold.
And at the proper time and
the proper place, that will be dealt
with, he said.
sports 17b Monday, august 17, 2009
COMMENTARY
Billy Madison ofers compelling comparisons to KU ofseason events
I
n an effort to bring all of
the offseason happenings
together in one column, I
am using one of my favorite
movies, Billy Madison, to not
only get back into school spirit,
but to enlighten sports fans and
students with lines from one of
the most ridiculous movies ever
made. Ill start with one of the
most memorable songs in movie
history:
1. Back to school, back to
school, to prove to Dad that Im
not a fool.

Congratulations, Dezmon
Briscoe! As Kansas fans have
found out in the last week, you
will make coach Mark Mangino,
your family and all Kansas foot-
ball fans proud because you
stepped up, packed up your lunch
box, sharpened your pencils and
became eligible just in time for
school and the football season.
Thanks for putting fears of your
ineligibility to bed; not only will
you and all students be going
back to school, but I hope you
can take some of those Big 12
corners to school and fail them
in their efforts to stop you.
2. I got my lunch packed up,
my boots tied tight, I hope I dont
get in a fight! Oooohhh, back to
school!
Welcome all new recruits!
Tie your boots, and get ready
for one heck of a ride. Billy
Madison may have had some
help from his maid, Juanita, but
you recruits are on your own
now.
Dear Quintin Woods (KUs
latest addition to the defensive
end position),
Your 6-foot-6 frame and 230
pounds are perfect numbers
for starting fights. But please,
wait until you line up against
a Northern Colorado tackle or
tight end to really put a pound-
ing on someone so that the fans
wont have to sing Owwww,
back to school.
Sincerely,
KU students
3. Frank: I think Billy and his
girlfriend are playing water polo
or something.
Jack: Hey, maybe theyre play-
ing Marco Polo. Marco!
Frank: Polo! Jeez, that was a
great game. (while Ms. Vaughn
pummels Billy)
One person I would not play
Marco Polo with would be
Darrell Stuckey. The preseason
all-conference safety might
not look as good as Veronica
Vaughn, but he hits a little
harder. Big things are expected
as this football season starts, and
Stuckey has the game to fulfill
those expectations. Id love to
hear a Texas receiver yell out
Marco, so we could all see what
happens when Polo finds him.
4. Shampoo is better! I go
on first and clean the hair!
Conditioner is better! I make the
hair silky and smooth! Oh really
fool? Really! (Billy in the bath
tub)
Ill let the Billy Madison foot-
ball analogies die for now and
bring in the biggest offseason
story for our mens basketball
team. Xavier and C.J. Henry
declared their commitment to
Kansas basketball over the sum-
mer. Its a little early to say who
will go on first and really help
the Jayhawks back to a champi-
onship, but one thing is certain:
The two brothers are going to
shine as Kansas basketball stars.
By NicolAs roesler
nroesler@kansan.com
COllEgE bAskETbAll
Pitino
OlYMpiCs
ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. gymnast Nastia Liukin performs on the balance beamduring the gymnastics apparatus fnals at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The U.S. Olympic Committee recently decided to
delay its ownTV project to help resolve issues with the International Olympic Committee.
Details continue
to develop in
Pitino scandal
Plans for Olympic network postponed
AssociAted Press
BERLIN The U.S. Olympic
Committee postponed plans for
its own television network after
objections from international
Olympic officials.
USOC chairman Larry Probst
said Sunday he has decided to
delay development of the TV
project until all issues have been
resolved with the International
Olympic Committee.
The announcement came a day
after Probst met in Berlin with
IOC president Jacques Rogge to
discuss the dispute over the U.S.
Olympic Network.
I took the opportunity to
stress our commitment to being
good partners with the IOC and
assured President Rogge that we
will secure the full support and
cooperation of the IOC before we
move forward with the Olympic
Network, Probst said in a state-
ment.
In order to facilitate a pro-
ductive dialogue, the USOC has
decided to delay further develop-
ment of the network until we have
resolved all issues of concern to
the IOC.
The IOC criticized the USOC
last month for unilaterally
launching the TV network on July
8, saying it raised complex legal
questions and could jeopardize
relations with Olympic broad-
caster NBC.
The IOC welcomed the deci-
sion.
It was a good, positive and
productive meeting, IOC spokes-
man Mark Adams said. We look
forward to having more detailed
information on their proposal.
Probst said he and Rogge agreed
to meet soon.
The decision is a major boost
for Chicagos bid for the 2016
Olympics.
Had the USOC pushed ahead
with the TV plans, it could
have hurt Chicagos chances in
the IOC vote on Oct. 2 vote in
Copenhagen.
The other bid cities are Rio de
Janeiro, Madrid and Tokyo.
The IOC and USOC have had
tense relations in recent years,
particularly over the conten-
tious issue of the USOCs share of
Olympic revenues.
The IOC accused the USOC of
acting hastily by announcing plans
for the network, which was sched-
uled to go on air next year after
the Vancouver Winter Olympics
with Comcast as broadcast part-
ner.
NBC holds the U.S. broadcast
rights through the 2012 London
Olympics. The network acquired
the rights to the Vancouver and
London Games in 2003 in a deal
worth $2.2 billion. NBC has said
it plans to be among the U.S.
networks bidding for rights to the
2014 Winter Games in Sochi and
2016 Summer Olympics.
The USOC has said the network
was a way to keep Olympic sports
in front of viewers beyond the
games. The project was intended
benefit smaller sports that strug-
gle to find air time outside of the
Olympics.
AssociAted Press
BROOKLYN, Mich. Closing
in on the checkered flag with mostly
fumes in his gas tank, there were
only two possibilities for Brian
Vickers.
Run out of gas and probably blow
any chance at making NASCARs
championship chase or make a
bold move toward title contention
by winning the race. After a sur-
prising gamble on gas by his crew
chief, Vickers drove conservatively
to conserve fuel. Then he pounced
when race leader Jimmie Johnsons
tank ran dry, taking the lead with
two laps to go and holding on to
win Sundays Sprint Cup race at
Michigan International Speedway.
Vickers had confidence in crew
chief Ryan Pemberton, but he also
had a sick feeling in his stomach
during the last few laps.
Ive got to tell you, when youre
coming to two to go, Im still sweat-
ing bullets, no matter how much
confidence youve got, Vickers
said.
Vickers won his second career
race, boosted his chances of mak-
ing the chase and delivered the first
checkered flag for Red Bull Racing.
It was the second time in two
races at Michigan this season that
Johnsons crew gambled on gas and
lost. Johnson also was in the lead
when he ran out of fuel back in June,
handing a win to Mark Martin.
Certainly frustrated, Johnson
said. Weve won one race on fuel
mileage ever. Its just what were not
good at. I think its a little too risky
for us to even try it.
Jeff Gordon finished second, fol-
lowed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl
Edwards and Sam Hornish Jr. Series
points leader Tony Stewart, who
clinched his spot in the chase by
starting Sundays race, finished
17th.
With three races left before the
cutoff for NASCARs season-ending
championship chase, the win pro-
vided a significant boost to Vickers
chances of qualifying. Vickers
jumped one spot in the standings to
13th, and is only 12 points behind
Martin for the 12th and final chase
qualifying spot.
FootBAll
Marshall, Dawkins return
to Broncos practice
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Wide re-
ceiver Brandon Marshall and free
safety Brian Dawkins returned to
practice on Sunday for the Denver
Broncos. Marshall had missed
over a week of workouts with a
leg injury.
On Friday, a jury in Atlanta had
found him not guilty of misde-
meanor battery against his former
girlfriend.
Dawkins had his right hand
heavily wrapped and was wear-
ing an orange protective jersey.
Dawkins had been out since Aug.
3 with a broken right hand.
Associated Press
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Vickers gambles on gas in last laps to win Sprint Cup
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Football
Parish learns new position on the fy
BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
Caleb Blakesley and Jamal
Greene are the worst. In the locker
room before and after practice, the
two defensive tackles make sure to
remind sophomore Darius Parish
that hes different now. That hes
no longer one of them.
Essenti al ly,
Parish has
switched from
ally to enemy.
Ive been
catching a lot of
flak from those
guys, Parish
said, grinning.
Originally a
defensive tackle, Parish reversed
roles and lined up at offensive tack-
le during Tuesdays practice a
spot he will remain at this season.
Along with the position change,
Parish sported the number 55 and
played at a slimmed down weight
of 314 pounds. Last season, as a
freshman, Parish wore number 93
and weighed 341 pounds.
And as expected the switch has
amounted to a somewhat hectic
offseason.
Learning the plays quick, quick,
quick is tough because were mov-
ing so fast through camp, Parish
said. Right now Im just working
to get my pass protection down
and just learning the plays.
With little understanding of the
offense before the switch, Parish is
in catch-up mode early in summer
practices. In his free time, Parish
said his playbook is not far from
his side, and hes also taking notes
to better grasp Kansas offensive
schemes.
As far as footwork and hand-
work, hes doing everything just
like me when I started out, sopho-
more center Jeremiah Hatch said.
Hes doing everything he needs to
do. We just need to keep working
along with him. Us guys have to
help him out.
Coach Mark Mangino and his
staff approached Parish before the
start of training camp with a simple
sales pitch: Switching to the offen-
sive line would not only better the
team, it would also better Parish.
With the defensive line forming a
nucleus of reliable options through
spring practices, Parish adds more
depth on the offensive line without
significantly diminishing Kansas
other defensive front.
Darius had offensive line writ-
ten all over him from day one.
But we didnt have much depth
on the defensive line last year so
out of necessity we had to use him
there, Mangino said. I think he
has found a home and I think he
will end up being a good football
player for us on the offensive line.
Parish made eight tackles in
12 games last season and earned
considerable playing time on the
defensive front. But now his mind-
set shifts to preventing those same
disruptive plays he once sought as a
defensive tackle.
But hes far from a refined prod-
uct. Parish said he has three areas
in which he needs to improve:
technique, stamina and under-
standing of the offense. From there,
he expects to see the playing field
behind Kansas starting offensive
tackles.
Once I get those things going, I
think Ill be on the field more rotat-
ing with probably Jeff Spikes and
Tanner Hawkinson, Parish said.
As long as I get my plays, tech-
nique and stamina I think Ill be
on the field.
Edited by TimBurgess
BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
Freshman close to
earning starting
spot
After losing all three starting
linebackers from last season, the
competition to fill those vacant
positions has drawn considerable
media and fan interest this off-
season.
Coach Mark Mangino hinted
that 6-foot-1, 215-pound, Mulvane
freshman Huldon Tharp is on the
verge of earning one of the avail-
able starting spots.
lueken leFt program
For own reasons
Mangino said Tuesday that
sophomore Ben Lueken left the
football program to pursue out-
side opportunities. Mangino said
that health concerns with Lueken
were taken into consideration but
that those concerns werent the
reason for his departure.
He told me he wanted to do
something else, Mangino said.
Im in favor of him doing that. I
think he just wanted to get a fresh
start somewhere.
Lueken was involved in an
offseason incident with former
running back Jocques Crawford,
who also left the program before
the season started. The details of
the case havent been completely
revealed.
What is known is that Lueken
was injured in an incident involv-
ing a car in April and that his
status with the team was unclear
from that point on.
oFFensive line still
not set
One of the biggest areas of
uncertainty coming into the sea-
son is still filled with question
marks.
Sophomore Jeremiah Hatch is
a lock at center, while sophomore
Jeff Spikes and redshirt freshman
Tanner Hawkinson appear to be
slotted as starters at the offensive
tackle positions.
Mangino said competition is still
ongoing.
I know this: that we are going to
have more than five quality offen-
sive linemen, Mangino said. How
is actually plays out, I think we
have some time yet.
meier looking For
triple-digit catches
Senior Kerry Meier acknowl-
edged at Kansas media day Tuesday
that his goal this season was to haul
in 100 passes. Meier had 97 catches
and 1,045 yards receiving last year.
Im somebody that strives to
be perfect and Im nowhere near
perfect, but I come out striving to
be there, Meier said. If I should
catch 100 balls, you know, great.
If Dezmon should catch 100 balls,
even better. Im there to lead this
team and take this Jayhawk pro-
gram where it hasnt been.
Junior college trans-
Fer missing practice
Mangino said junior Vernon
Brooks, a late addition to Kansas
recruiting class, has temporarily
left the team to handle family mat-
ters back home.
Brooks was recruited from
Blinn College by Oklahoma and
Tennessee, among others, but
selected Kansas for the chance at
early playing time.
I cant give you a time when
he will be back, Mangino said.
He has some family issues that he
is tending to, and I just cant tell
you what impact or any at all that
he would have. The more a new
transfer is out of camp, it is very
difficult to get into the groove.

Parish
Media day shows preseason potential
Senior quarterback Todd Reesing talks to his teammates before a drill Tuesday morning at the Anderson Family Football Complex. Tuesdays
practice was open to the media as the teamprepared for its Sept. 5 home opener against Northern Colorado.
Football
big 12 Football
Similar teams in the mix for Big 12 south title
BY STEPHEN HAWKINS
Associated Press
IRVING, Texas While
Oklahoma got to play in the Big 12
and BCS championship games last
year, Texas and Texas Tech had the
same regular season record as the
Sooners.
All three were 11-1 overall with
a 7-1 mark in the Big 12 South,
and each loss was to another team
in that trio. The Big 12s fifth tie-
breaker BCS standings was
needed to send the Sooners to the
conference title game they won.
All that even though the Sooners
lost by 10 points to Texas, which
lost at Texas Tech with one second
remaining before the Red Raiders
lost by 44 points at Oklahoma.
The tiebreaker formula hasnt
changed, yet Texas coach Mack
Brown who didnt like the setup
even before last season said
there is an easy way around it for
the Longhorns.
If we had played better at Tech
and won the game, wed have been
in the conference championship
game, Brown said Wednesday at
the Big 12 media days. A lot of that
comes from us. We need to learn
from that and move on, quit talking
about the system and just go play.
The Longhorns, with Heisman
Trophy runner-up Colt McCoy
back at quarterback, should be in
the title mix again this season.
Texas and Oklahoma tied for
the top spot in the Big 12 South
preseason poll determined from a
media vote. Texas got 17 first-place
votes and Oklahoma got the other
15, but both had the same number
of poll points.
what about the red
raiders?
With quarterback Graham
Harrell and receiver Michael
Crabtree gone, it could be difficult
for Texas Tech to match the Sooners
and Longhorns again though coach
Mike Leach insists things might
not be that much different.
I dont think its really that dra-
matic, Leach said. A lots been
made out of it, but there was a time
when nobody had heard of Harrell
and Crabtree too. ... The questions
were a little more along the line of,
Hows this Harrell going to be any
good? Hows this Crabtree guy?
The Red Raiders were fourth
in the preseason poll, behind
Oklahoma State.
Harrell threw an NCAA-record
134 touchdowns and finished with
consecutive 5,000-yard seasons in
which he completed more than
70 percent of his passes. Crabtree
caught 97 passes for 1,165 yards
and 19 TDs his sophomore season
before leaving.
McCoy also
pondered leaving
early for the NFL,
and said that was
definitely a hard
decision based
on the draft pro-
jections he knew
about then and
wouldnt discuss
Wednesday.
Obviously, the
only thing Colt wants is to be one
second better, Brown said.
McCoy redshirted in 2005 and
got a championship ring when the
Young-led Longhorns outlasted
USC for the win. But he doesnt
wear it because he doesnt feel like
he earned it.
Now he enters his senior season
with the same kind of expectations
Texas had four years ago.
The 2005 team lived up to those
expectations, Brown said. So we
feel like that if this team will play
up to their ability, they do have a
chance to be really good. Thats
obviously our goal.
Texas Tech was ranked No. 2
after its first 10-0 start in school
history before the devastating loss
in Norman. The Red
Raiders later lost to
Mississippi in the
Cotton Bowl in the
last game for Harrell
and Crabtree.
Leach said Taylor
Potts, who watched
Harrell from the
sideline the past three
seasons, is a bigger
guy with a stronger
arm.
He could have started for a
lot of teams last year. Could have
started for ours except for Graham
was ahead of him, Leach said. If
Potts is our starter, I know weve
got a good one. If somebody beats
out Potts, I know we have an even
better one.
If Pottsisour starter, I
knowwevegot agood
one. If someonebeats
out Potts, I knowwe
haveanevenbetter one.
Mike LeAch
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The Knack's My Sharona under a
cloud of drunken butterfy nerves is
exhilarating as much as it is embar-
rassing.
If you dont make an ass out of
yourself, Chris McQuiston, Shawnee
junior and karaoke participant, said,
you are cheating everyone else.
Certainly the allure of karaoke
stems from its barroom democracy,
that anyone with an itch to per-
form can step on stage and sing for
a receptive audience. Karaokers
choose from hallowed songbooks a
canon of cuts so ingrained in popu-
lar culture that their humble perfor-
mances invoke something powerful
and electric.
Within local karaoke ciruits lay an
unusual sub culture, a commrade-
rie extended only to those brave
enough to make fools of them-
selves, or, turn Suvivor's "Eye of the
Tiger" into a bruising ballad. There
can be amazing amateur singers
and those who are astonishingly
awful. But both are welcome and
celebrated for their expression and
this atmosphere of acceptance that
makes karaoke so popular is why so
many people return weekly to the
mic.
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All photos taken at The Bottleneck, 737
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Monday, august 17, 2009 www.kansan.coM PagE 1c
BY CHARLES PULLIAM
Associated Press
DENVER There was no Paula,
but there was a Posh.
Victoria Beckham was on
hand Friday for the first round of
American Idol auditions in the
post-Paula Abdul era. The former
Spice Girl arrived at a downtown
Denver hotel where call-back audi-
tions were being held as scores of
onlookers crowded against rope
barriers, many snapping photos.
Fox, which airs the popular sing-
ing show, said Beckham and Katy
Perry would be guest judges in
Abduls place. But it wasnt imme-
diately clear whether Beckham
did any judging Friday, and Idol
spokeswoman Alex Gillespie
declined to say what her role was.
Perry was nowhere to be seen.
Judge Kara DioGuardi arrived in
a limo wearing a black dress, tell-
ing local Fox affiliate KDVR that
she was wearing black to mourn
Abduls absence. DioGuardi called
Abdul her mentor and the heart of
the show.
She was very kind, she showed
me the ropes, so I have to give her
the props for that, DioGuardi said.
I hope she is happy and I hope she
reconsiders.
Abdul announced last week she
was leaving Idol after eight sea-
sons. She would not discuss details
about her Idol exit Aug. 6 in a
phone interview, nor would she
address whether the door was still
open for a return.
Host Ryan Seacrest told KDVR
that it was different going to a show
without Abdul. Simon Cowell said
she was like my best buddy on
the show.
Me and Ryan and Simon and
her started this journey together,
Randy Jackson said. I couldnt
believe shes not here.
Lilly Scott, a contestant at the
Denver auditions, told KDVR that
the show was kind of lame with-
out Abdul. I was really excited, but
three is still good, she said.
Beckham and Seacrest were the
first to arrive at the Denver hotel
Friday. Seacrest chatted with fans
and posed for pictures. He grabbed
the cell phone of a woman who was
taking video of him, aimed at her
for a few seconds, then shook her
hand and returned the phone.
Jackson and Cowell arrived
last, and the crowd grew boister-
ous, some chanting We love you
Simon!
Wearing his trademark white
shirt and aviator sunglasses, Cowell
joked with fans and shook hands.
Why dont you call me any-
more? he teased one woman. I
thought we were friends.
One fan shouted, I love how
mean you are.
Good, Simon replied. Ill be
mean today.
Melinda Doolittle, an Idol fan
favorite who finished third in the
shows sixth season, said on her
blog Friday that Abduls departure
made her incredibly sad.
Each judge has a role, Doolittle
wrote, But Paula ... sweet Paula, is
the heart ... the artist ... the mama
... the one who understands what
youre going through and empa-
thizes with you.
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BY GREGORY KATZ
Associated Press
LONDON It probably wont
be Madame Butterfly, but it
should be fun.
In an effort to get more people
involved with opera, which some-
times suffers from an elitist, high-
brow reputation, Londons world-
famous Royal Opera House is turn-
ing away temporarily from
classic talents like Giuseppe Verdi
and Giacomo Puccini and giving
the composers pen to ... just about
anybody.
All you need to contribute is a
computer or a mobile phone and
an account on Twitter, the popular
micro-blogging site that is open
to all.
Its a very democratic approach
the plot will be worked out by
twitterers contributing one line at a
time, then put to music by profes-
sionals but some harbor doubts
about the quality of the work that
will be performed in September.
Its a gimmick, but not a malign
gimmick London music critic
Norman Lebrecht said. I wouldnt
put too high hopes on it. It wont
produce great opera.
He said the use of Internet tech-
nology to concoct a collective work
of art is not new but that success
stories have been very rare.
Royal Opera House officials
claim it will be the worlds first
online opera story. Fans are con-
tributing to the libretto line by line,
their imaginations limited only by
the Twitter format, which allows a
maximum of 140 characters to be
posted at a time.
Alison Duthie, director of
ROH2, the Royal Opera Houses
contemporary program, said the
use of Twitter is part of a wider
effort to get more people interested
in the art form.
We wanted to engage with
audiences in the creation of an
opera, she said. We felt it would
be a good way to be interactive
with the public and with audiences.
We wanted to explore how to get
people involved at a creative level.
The plot that is taking shape is
surreal and, at the same time, very
dramatic, she said.
At the end of act 1, scene 1, our
hero had been kidnapped by a flock
of birds and is in a tower awaiting
rescue, Duthie said. That feels
extremely operatic, people are real-
ly getting into the story line.
There is also a talking cat.
More than 350 people have con-
tributed so far, with more sign-
ing on every day as word of the
unusual project spreads.
Its the whole social networking
thing, said Stuart Rutherford, a
contributor. Everybody wants to
be involved in something together,
even if its in a small way. Hundreds
of people will get involved and its
great to be able to say you took
part.
He said the use of Twitter could
help make opera more popular
with young people.
The Royal Opera House is
saying We understand, were not
archaic, he said.
Once the hundreds of amateur
authors have sent in their input,
known as tweets, the work will be
shaped by professionals, includ-
ing a director and two composers,
Helen Porter and Mark Teipler.
Then, several singers will be
chosen and the resulting mini-
operas will be performed during
a Royal Opera House festival in
September.
Neil Fisher, classical music edi-
tor of The Times newspaper, said
he is slightly cynical about the
project because it seems to be a
way for the Royal Opera House to
get some easy publicity before the
start of the new season.
But he conceded it could be
effective at a time when elitism and
high ticket prices are dampening
enthusiasm for opera.
If it gets people into opera who
wouldnt otherwise have had the
chance, thats great, he said.
AssoCIAted Press
People walk by the Royal Opera House in central LondonTuesday. The Royal Opera House said
it hoped to performexcerpts of an opera nowbeing composed on the Web by Twitter users. The
results will be put to music and performed to an audience next month.
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has saved ABC again this time
from embarrassment.
The first night of a two-week
run of Who Wants to Be a
Mi l l i onai re
pr i me - t i me
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was seen by 7
million people,
Nielsen Media
Research said.
Thats very
different from
summer 1999,
when the show
had audiences as big as 22 million
the first time out.
Yet it was twice what ABC aver-
aged in prime time last week.
ABCs average of 3.48 million
viewers was the second-lowest in
the networks history, Nielsen said.
Without Philbin, ABC would no
doubt have a lower average than
the 3.46 million it had the same
week in August 2008, its low-
water mark. Philbin was credited
by some for saving ABC with
the original Millionaire when
the network was in a ratings
trough.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
gave ABC its biggest summer
audience on a Sunday for a non-
sporting event in two years.
CBS lineup of reruns helped
CBS win the week, but the
strength of Americas Got Talent
and a Saturday night National
Football League exhibition game
led NBC to a solid second-place
showing.
In another indication of cables
growing strength, USA network
averaged 3.08 million prime-time
viewers last week, its best week
ever. The season finale of Burn
Notice had 7.6 million view-
ers, USAs most-watched original
series episode ever.
CBS averaged 6.2 million view-
ers (4.1 rating, 7 share), NBC had
5.9 million (3.8, 7), Fox 5.3 million
(3.2, 6) and ABC a 2.2 rating and
4 audience share. My Network TV
had 1.4 million viewers (0.9, 2),
the CW 970,000 (0.7, 1) and the
ION Network 660,000 (0.4, 1).
Among the Spanish-language
networks, Univision averaged
3 million viewers (1.6 rating, 3
share), Telemundo had 870,000
and TeleFutura 830,000 viewers
(both 0.4, 1) and Azteca 210,000
(0.1, 0).
NBCs Nightly News topped
the evening newscasts with an
average of 7.6 million viewers
(5.0, 11). ABCs World News
was second with 6.5 million (4.4,
10) and the CBS Evening News
had 5.1 million viewers (3.6, 8).
A ratings point represents
1,145,000 households, or 1 per-
cent of the nations estimated
114.5 million TV homes. The
share is the percentage of in-use
televisions tuned to a given show.
For the week of Aug. 3-9, the
top 10 shows, their networks
and viewerships: Americas Got
Talent (Tuesday), NBC, 12.96
million; Americas Got Talent,
(Wednesday), NBC, 10.67 mil-
lion; NCIS, CBS, 9.89 million;
So You Think You Can Dance,
(Thursday), Fox, 9.57 million; 60
Minutes, CBS, 9.5 million; Two
and a Half Men, CBS, 9.46 mil-
lion; The Big Bang Theory, CBS,
8.39 million; Wipeout, ABC,
8.02 million; CSI: NY, CBS, 7.99
million; NFL Exhibition: Buffalo
vs. Tennessee, NBC, 7.92 million.
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Fans of best-selling novel The
Time Travelers Wife,fear not.
The movie adaptation is a superb
portrayal.
The Time Travelers Wifefol-
lows the lives and relationship of
Henry DeTamble, played by Eric
Bana, and Clare Abshire, played
by Rachel McAdams, who are
tangled in a touching love story
that is tested by Henrys Chrono-
Displacement Disorder. The dis-
order causes him to involuntarily
time travel, which often leaves
Clare lonely and waiting for him
to return. Clare met Henry when
she was six years old, but he did
not meet her until he was 28. Yet
in the present, they are only eight
years apart in age confused yet?
The book can be perplex-
ing as it switches narration
between Henry and Clare, not
to mention the changing dates
and ages. However, it translates
as well as one could hope for on
the big screen.
As with any book-based flm,
some things were not included.
But when dealing with 536
pages of details, screenplay
writer Bruce Joel Rubin did an
excellent job. The movie left
out some of the more R-rated
events and foul language but
added bits of humor and one-
liners.
Henrys time-traveling disap-
pearing act is handled well by
the special-efects team, mak-
ing it believable.
Since it was announced the
book would be made into a
movie, flm and book Internet
message boards were riddled
with concerns that the movie
would focus more on the love
story, making it similar to The
Notebook, and less on the sci-
ence fction aspect. However, an
appropriate amount of screen
time was dedicated to Henrys
genetic mutation. While the
overarching plots of The Note-
book and The Time Travelers
Wife are somewhat similar, The
Time Travelers wife maintains
its own identity and is worth
watching.
Michelle Sprehe
Movie: District 9
I love a good blow-stuf-up-
with-a-message fick.
Produced by Peter Jackson,
District 9 has all the bells and
whistles of a late-summer, video-
game-playing-crowd, crowd-
pleaser: explosions, bloody gore,
swearing, massively destructive
alien weaponry, et cetera.
But, oh, yeah, it also has that
message.
What saves District 9 from
being just another cash-grabber
movie and makes it surpris-
ingly fresh is that at its core, its
really less about aliens and more
about apartheid.
The movie opens with a doc-
umentary-style catch-up of the
20 or so years leading up to the
present. It swiftly and realistical-
ly introduces the audience to a
harsh reality in which aliens have
been living in a former refugee
camp now a militarized ghetto
on the edge of Johannesburg,
South Africa.
Set and shot in director Neill
Blomkamps native country,
these plot points interestingly
evoke not only South Africas
history of racism, but the kind of
human oppression that seems
to repeat over and over again
throughout the world.
Sharlto Copley adeptly carries
the flm in its only major role as
Wikus van der Merwe, an an-
noyingly chipper paper-pusher
hired by his father-in-law to
oversee the forced relocation
of the aliens by Multi-National
United. MNU is the government
contractor in charge of District
9 that also happens to be one
of the worlds largest weapons
manufacturers.
Wikus leads a camera crew
through the slum as he goes
from shack to shack giving
notice of the relocation while
attempting and largely failing
to ease tensions between mili-
tary and humanitarian groups.
Its then that he stumbles upon
and accidentally sprays himself
with a mysterious alien sub-
stance.
Within 24 hours, Wikus DNA
begins to transform, horrifyingly
threatening to transform the
loving husband and painfully
self-conscious people-pleaser
into one of the prawns he sees
as lower life forms.
The plot twist that this DNA
transformation makes Wikus
incredibly valuable to MNU sup-
plies the action of the flm. His
former employer, MNU seeks to
harvest his body in its attempt to
manipulate alien weaponry for
human use.
After escaping the MNU lab,
Wikus, now powerless and alone,
is forced to hide in the last place
hed ever go before his transfor-
mation District 9.
Wikus forms a tense alliance
with an alien called Christopher
Johnson, Jason Cope, and the
two go against MNU. Sufce to
say, a lot of stuf gets blown up.
And Wikus, fast turning into an
alien, wrestles with emotions
that make him seem more like-
ably human than ever before.
District 9 has a rare, perfectly
balanced combination between
well-paced summer blockbuster
action and cerebral, emotional
testimony of what it means to
be human. That combination is
what makes it both really enter-
taining and well-thought-out
enough to be really, really good.
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Though frst published more
than a decade ago, this rare
nugget should be required
reading for all inhabitants of
Lawrence. The book is made up
of mostly random vignettes by
hippies who lived in Lawrence
and throughout Kansas in the
60s and 70s. Although a fore-
word by William S. Burroughs
weaves a loose connection
between the stories through
a description of the marijuana
harvesters of Lawrence and the
surrounding areas, the stories
themselves are mostly stream
of consciousness memories.
Lawrence landmarks such as
Massachusetts Street and the
Gaslight Tavern play prominent
roles throughout the tales, as
do places that have since faded
into history. Not all the stories
recount drug-hazed memories.
Many defy the stereotypical
picture of the 60s weve been
raised on. Some are deeply per-
sonal confessions by those who
were caught up in the free
love and hard partying, but
longed for monogamy and the
domestic life. Then there are
the paranoia-tinged drug deal
stories that range from knee-
slapping hilarious to downright
terrifying. Whatever tale is
being told, the essays capture a
fascinating time in the nations
history through the unique
lens of Lawrence folk playing
out their versions of the hippy
scene. Though the essays are
credited to aliases (ex: Buzzy
Flashback) part of the enjoy-
ment of the read comes from
scanning the faces of old town-
ies downtown and wondering:
Is this their story?
Dylan Sands
LeRoi Moore, saxophonist for
the Dave Matthews Band for 20
years, died last August at 46 of
complications from injuries suf-
fered in an of-road-vehicle ac-
cident on his farm in Virginia. He
died early in the production of
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux
King. However, his presence is
felt in every aspect of the album.
The frst track, Grux, begins
with a tribute to Moore, with a
high pitched saxophone melody
backed up by drummer Carter
Beauford and bassist Stefan Les-
sard. Not only is LeRois presence
felt throughout the album, but
his death creates an ominous
presence that can only be creat-
ed by a tragedy. His death allows
Matthews to dig deep within his
lyrical genius to pull up some
of his most meaningful songs
yet. Matthews also brings out
his infamous growls in almost a
rocker type fashion throughout
his song Squirm, creating not
only dark lyrics but also an all
around dark tone.
The albums undertones are
not all about LeRois death, but
also a eulogy dedicated to his
life. After mixing Moores solos,
death undertones, and lyrical
praises, Big Whiskey seems a
funeral procession in itself, con-
tributing to the deepest album
Matthews has made yet.
Hannah DeClerk
The feelings of failure, sorrow
and loss are often associated
with the Great Depression.
However, in Water for
Elephants, author Sara Gruen
displays a colorful aspect of the
period by introducing the audi-
ence to an unknown world of
the depression-era circus.
The novel is narrated by an
elderly protagonist, who tells his
tale of a personal tragedy and an
accidental fall into a life-altering
circus world. The experience
reveals a backstage appearance
of the greatest show on earth.
That is, behind all the glitz and
glamour lies a world dedicated
to sex, robbery and debauchery.
Through extensive historical
research, Gruen is able to bring
the reader into an unthinkable
world. The world of the depres-
sion-era circus is rough, erotic
and full of people who lack any
sense of morality. It makes for a
fantastic read, one that not only
enlightens but also entertains.
HannahDeClerk
Dont let Joe Purdys scrufy
look fool you his voice is soft
and delicate. An Arkansas native,
Purdy frst made his mark in 2004
with Wash Away in the series
Lost. But most would remem-
ber him from the Kia Spectra gas
station commercial, in which
Cant Get it Right Today is
playing while frustrated com-
muters have a hard time flling
up. Purdys beautiful voice goes
beyond these two songs though.
My favorite album of his is Paris
In the Morning, which features
a mixture of guitar and piano.
The majority of the songs on the
album focus on heartbreak and
new beginning, and the lyrics in
Make It Up and The Sun leave
me speechless. I highly recom-
mend this album to anyone
looking to fnd a connection
with a love song. Purdys voice
and lyrics provide a calming and
hopeful feel anyone can beneft
from.
Steph Schneider
Album: Paris in the Morning by Joe Purdy
Album: Big Whiskey and the
GrooGrux King by Dave Matthews Band
Book: Cows are Freaky When they
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BETHEL, N.Y. Forty years
after Richie Havens sang and
strummed for a sea of people at
Woodstock, he still gets asked about
it and he still gets requests to sing
Freedom.
Hes not surprised.
Everything in my life, and so
many others, is attached to that
train, Havens said.
The young hippies who watched
the sun come up with The Who
in 1969 are now eligible for early
bird specials. Many of the bands
are broken up or missing members
who died. But Woodstock remains
one of those events like the moon
landing earlier that summer that
continues to define the 1960s in the
popular imagination.
Consider the crop of Woodstock
nostalgia marking the 40th anni-
versary. Theres a new directors
cut DVD of the concert movie,
a remastered concert CD, direc-
tor Ang Lees rock n roll comedy
Taking Woodstock and a memoir
by promoter Michael Lang. There
are also performances scheduled by
Woodstock veterans at the old site,
now home to a 60s museum and an
outdoor concert pavilion.
The town of Woodstock didnt
want the concert and promoters
were bounced from another site
at the 11th hour. Lang settled on
a hay field in Bethel owned by a
kindly dairy farmer named Max
Yasgur. The concert did come off
Aug. 15-18, 1969, but barely. Fences
were torn down, tickets became
useless. More than 400,000 people
converged on this rural corner 80
miles northwest of New York City.
Then the rains doused everything.
It should have been a disaster. But
Americans tuning in to the evening
news that weekend saw smiling,
dancing, muddy kids. By the time
the concert movie came out months
later, Woodstock
was a symbol of the
happy, hippie side of
the 60s spirit.
Bethels onsite
museum has logged
more than 70,000
visitors since last
summer, a fair num-
ber of them college
students born well
after Woodstock.
Its almost a pilgrimage, Wade
Lawrence, director of the Museum
at Bethel Woods, said. Its like going
to a high school reunion, or its like
visiting a grave site of a loved one.
From Lollapalooza to All Points
West, there have been plenty of big
festivals focused on youth culture.
The continent-hopping Live Aid
shows of 1985 did that and more,
enlisting top names such as U2 and
Madonna to fight hunger in Africa.
None have the cultural cachet of
Woodstock. Who would ever ask a
Generation X-er: Were you really
at Live Aid?
People who went to Woodstock
say the crowd set it apart as much
as the music. The trippy anarchy
of Woodstock has become legend:
lots of nudity, casual sex, dirty (and
muddy) dancing, open drug use.
Many who were there recall
Woodstock as an oasis of good vibes
during a time of unrest over the
Vietnam War. Ilene Marder, then
an 18-year-old who hitched from
the Bronx, saw people feeding one
another and respecting one another.
She knew she found her tribe.
The music was
nice, but it was
being with so many
people who looked
like us, who looked
like me, Marder,
who later moved to
Woodstock some
50 miles away, said.
I remember telling
myself Dont forget
this! Dont forget
the way you feel right now!
Former Grateful Dead keyboard-
ist Tom Constanten remembers
hearing buzz that something special
was up at the nearby hotel where the
band was staying. The scale of the
event sunk in when the band chop-
pered in over the mass of people.
While artists like Joe Cocker and
Santana boosted their careers at
Woodstock, the Dead were notori-
ously flat.
Constanten contends the music
and spirit of Woodstock was not a
revelation to the people there. But
it was to the millions who saw the
movie and listened to the album.
As they say now, Woodstock
went viral.
This juggernaut of a music scene
burst in their awareness, he said. It
didnt feel different to us. It was their
response.
Promoters staged a 25th-anni-
versary concert near Woodstock in
1994 that was a musical success. But
a 30th-anniversary performance at
a former Air Force Base in Rome,
N.Y., ended in disaster after crowds
lit bonfires and looted on the last
night.
Yasgurs old farm, meanwhile,
has gone establishment in recent
years. Local cable TV billionaire
Alan Gerry quietly snapped up the
land in the 1990s and started a
not-for-profit foundation to run a
museum and concert space. The
gently sloping hill that provided
a natural amphitheater in 1969 is
nicely tended and fenced in.
Concerts are regularly scheduled
over the hill from the original stage
at a modern, 4,800-seat amphithe-
ater.
Constanten and Havens are
among the 1969 performers return-
ing to the site on the 40th anni-
versary weekend. Havens will
play a solo show that Friday, a
day before a larger show featuring
other Woodstock veterans such as
Levon Helm, formerly of The Band,
Ten Years After and Canned Heat.
Though long separated from the
Dead, Constanten said hell play the
bands songs that weekend.
Then is then, Constanten said,
and now is now.
Woodstock 1969 remembered with 40th anniversary approaching
Hundreds gather to cross Abbey Road
anniversary
AssociAted Press
LONDON Hundreds of
Beatles fans swarmed Abbey
Road on Saturday, singing songs
and snarling traffic to mark 40
years since John, Paul, George
and Ringo strode across the leafy
north London street and into the
history books on
iconic pop pho-
tos.
The famous
photo graced the
cover of the Fab
Fours Abbey
Road, the last
album recorded
together, and
shows the bandmates walking
purposefully across the zebra-
striped asphalt.
It remains one of musics best-
known album covers, endlessly
imitated and parodied. Although
the shoot itself only took a few
minutes, so carefully studied
was the cover for signs and sym-
bolism that some die-hard fans
came to the conclusion that Paul
McCartney who appears bare-
foot and out of step with the rest
had secretly died.
McCartney himself made fun of
the bizarre conspiracy in the title
of his 1993 concert album, Paul
is Live.
Conspiracies aside, the ease
with which fans can imitate the
scene has drawn throngs of tour-
ists to the site every day, turning
the street into a shrine to the
Beatles, said Richard Porter, who
owns the nearby Beatles Coffee
Shop and organized Saturdays
event.
Crowds spilled into the street,
cameramen jostled for angles, and
exasperated drivers honked their
horns.
I didnt expect so
many people to be
here, German visi-
tor Tschale Haas, 50,
who was dressed in
a Sgt. Pepper jacket,
said.
Abbey Road,
which cuts through
Londons well-to-do
neighborhood of St. Johns Wood,
is home to the eponymous studios
where the group recorded much
of its work.
The group decided to shoot the
photograph in August 1969 while
recording music for the last time
together. For the shot, photogra-
pher Iain Macmillan stood on a
stepladder and police held up traf-
fic while the Beatles walked back
and forth across the street.
The enduring popularity of
the site has caused headaches for
local authorities, who have had to
move the Abbey Road street sign
up out of reach to prevent theft
and repaint the wall every three
months to hide fans graffiti.
Beatles fans join together to walk across
the road featured on their last album cover
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A tribute band dressed as members of the Beatles walks across the famous pedestrian crossing
on Abbey Road, London, in a recreation of the Beatles Abbey Road albumcover as hundreds of
people gathered to mark the 40th anniversary of the albumAug. 8.
I didnt expect so
many people to be
here.
Tschale haas
German visitor at
abbey Road
film
Laim Neeson continues
career after wifes death
NeW YORK actor liam
Neeson has walked the red
carpet for the frst time since
the death of his wife, actress
Natasha Richardson.
Publicists at the New York city
screening of Neesons new flm,
Five Minutes of heaven, told
members of the press Tuesday
all personal questions were
strictly of-limits.
In Five Minutes of heaven,
Neeson plays a former mem-
ber of an outlawed Northern
Ireland paramilitary group whos
haunted by memories of mur-
der. The movie opens in select
U.s. theaters aug. 21.
Richardson died in March
after falling during a skiing les-
son and sufering a head injury.
she was 45.
Associated Press
music
Neil Young to be honored
as person of the year
lOs aNGeles Neil Young
has been named the 2010 Musi-
cares person of the year.
Neil Portnow, president of the
Musicares Foundation and The
Recording academy, named the
63-year-old Young on Tuesday
as the honoree for his standard
of artistic integrity and icono-
clastic creativity for more than
four decades.
Young will be saluted at a din-
ner and concert in los angeles
on Jan. 29, two days before the
52nd annual Grammys. The
event marks the music industry
charitys 20th person of the year
tribute.
Past recipients include aretha
Franklin and Neil Diamond.
Youngs hits include 1972s
heart of Gold and 1989s
Rockin in the Free World.
Associated Press
ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this photo, taken August 1969, concert-goers sit on the roof of a Volkswagen bus at the
Woodstock Music and Arts Fair at Bethel, N.Y.
I remember telling
myself, Dont forget
this! Dont forget the
way you feel right
now!
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BY MITCH STACY
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. The family of
TV pitchman Billy Mays said they
were never aware that he used
cocaine or other non-prescription
drugs before his death and they
were considering whether to have
an independent review of an offi-
cial autopsy.
The Hillsborough County medi-
cal examiners office released the
results of its autopsy on Friday,
finding that cocaine use had con-
tributed to the heart disease that
suddenly killed the 50-year-old in
June. He was discovered by his
wife in bed at their Tampa condo
June 28.
Mays was a pop-culture fixture
with his energetic commercials
pitching gadgets and cleaning
products like Orange Glo and Oxi
Clean.
While heart disease was the pri-
mary cause of his death, the medi-
cal examiner listed cocaine as a
contributory cause of death.
The medical examiner con-
cluded that cocaine use caused or
contributed to the development of
his heart disease, and thereby con-
tributed to his death, the office
said in a press release.
The office said Mays last used
cocaine in the few days before his
death but was not under the influ-
ence of the drug when he died.
Hillsborough County spokeswom-
an Lori Hudson said nothing in
the toxicology report indicated the
frequency of Mays cocaine use.
Cocaine can raise the arteri-
al blood pressure, directly cause
thickening of the left wall of the
ventricle and accelerate the forma-
tion of atherosclerosis in the coro-
nary arteries, the release said.
The toxicology tests also showed
therapeutic amounts of painkill-
ers hydrocodone, oxycodone and
tramadol, as well as anti-anxiety
drugs alprazolam and diazepam.
Mays had suffered hip problems
and was scheduled for hip-replace-
ment surgery the day after he was
found dead.
Mays family questioned the
finding of cocaine and criticized
the medical examiners officer for
issuing the report.
We were totally unaware of any
non-prescription drug usage and
are actively considering an inde-
pendent evaluation of the autopsy
results, Mays family said in a
statement.
The statement said the family
was extremely disappointed by
the release of the information. They
said the report contains specula-
tive conclusions that are frankly
unnecessary and tend to obscure
the conclusion that Billy suffered
from chronic, untreated hyperten-
sion, which only demonstrates how
important it is to regularly monitor
ones health.
Longtime friend and colleague
AJ Khubani, founder and CEO of
the As Seen on TV product com-
pany Telebrands, said Mays never
showed any signs of drug use and
was always prepared for his many
commercial shoots.
Im just shocked, Khubani said.
He was the model of a responsible
citizen.
Mays, a McKees Rocks, Pa.,
native, developed his style dem-
onstrating knives, mops and
other As Seen on TV gadgets on
Atlantic Citys boardwalk. For years
he worked as a hired gun on the
state fair and home show circuits,
attracting crowds with his boom-
ing voice and genial manner.
He got his start on TV on the
Home Shopping Network and then
branched out into commercials and
infomercials.
He developed such a strong fol-
lowing that he became the subject
of a reality TV series, Discovery
Channels Pitchmen.
BY WILLIAM J. KOLE
Associated Press
VIENNA Its a concert
venue fit for a king even the
King of Pop.
Viennas majestic Schoenbrunn
Palace, once home to Emperor
Franz Joseph and his wasp-
waisted consort, Empress Sisi,
will serve as the backdrop for
what organizers billed Monday
as a global farewell tribute to
Michael Jackson next month.
World Awards Media GmbH,
the promoter, said members of
Jacksons family and a high-pro-
file lineup of international stars
will perform on a multimedia
stage built in the shape of a giant
crown on the palaces sculpted
grounds.
For one incredible night
Michael Jacksons unforget-
table music will be brought to
life again, World Awards Media
said on its Web site. Some of
the worlds leading artists will
perform Michaels greatest hits
live in Vienna in
front of one of
the most fasci-
nating historical
sites in Europe
and celebrate the
life of the King
of Pop.
J a c k s o n s
brother Jermaine
said recently that
Vienna was spe-
cial for Michael, who loved cas-
tles. Tickets go on sale Aug. 20.
Organizers said Jermaine
Jackson and other family mem-
bers would perform some of
Jacksons hits.
They would not confirm
reports that the tribute may
include U2, Madonna, Lionel
Richie and Whitney Houston,
said a date would be announced
soon.
World Awards Media chief
Georg Kindel said the event
would be held in the first part of
September. Jackson died June 25
in Los Angeles.
Many had expected the tribute
to be held in London, where
Jackson was booked to perform
a series of concerts, or a larger
European capital such as Berlin,
Paris or Rome.
But Friday, on Larry King
Live, Jermaine Jackson said
Vienna was a very dear place for
Michael, who performed several
times in the Austrian capital over
the years.
And he loved castles. And
were going to have this huge
celebration in front of a castle,
Jermaine Jackson said.
Spokespeople for British pro-
moter AEG Live, which had been
organizing Jacksons London
concerts, had no immediate
comment on the Vienna tribute.
But London fans expressed dis-
pleasure.
If he likes castles, they
couldve done it anywhere in the
UK. Weve got them here, too,
said Peter Chowng, a 42-year-old
London businessman.
Kindel said he hoped to secure
official permission within the
next eight days to hold the con-
cert at Schoenbrunn.
The venue has enough stand-
ing room to accommodate 85,000
people. The daily Oesterreich
said giant screens would be set
up in parks around Vienna to
handle the huge overflow crowds
expected.
A UNESCO
World Heritage site,
Schoenbrunn dates
to the 14th century,
but its best known
for more recent
occupants: Franz
Joseph, Sisi and
other members of
the royal Habsburg
dynasty, which
ruled the Austro-Hungarian
Empire.
Jermaine Jackson said, in a
statement on World Awards
Medias Web site, that the concert
was conceived as an annual event
to keep alive not only Michael
Jacksons music, but his spirit
as well.
Kindel said a not insignifi-
cant portion of the proceeds
would go to the Larry King
Cardiac Foundation, which helps
patients who cant afford heart
surgery.
Mondays announcement drew
an angry reaction from an orga-
nization calling itself Resistance
for Peace Vienna.
The group, citing Jacksons legal
entanglements over allegations
of child molestation, sent Vienna
City Hall and Schoenbrunns
supervisory board a letter urging
authorities not to approve the
plan for ethical reasons.
Family was not aware of drug use
celebrity
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TV pitchman Billy Mays poses with some of his cleaning products at his Palm Harbor, Fla.,
home on Dec. 6, 2002. An autopsy shows that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that
suddenly killed Mays in June, ofcials announced Aug. 7.
Global farewell
for Jackson will
take place abroad
international
ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this March 27, 2007 fle picture, Schoenbrunn castle in Vienna, Austria, is
shown. The King of Pop is about to get a royal send-of inVienna. Events promoter World
Awards Media GmbH confrmed Aug. 10 that members of Michael Jacksons family and a
high-profle lineup of international starsare planning a tribute concert to be held within a
fewweeks.
For one incredible
night Michael Jack-
sons unforgetable
music will be brought
to life again.
World AWArds mediA
Via Web site
TELEvISIOn
ABC would like to see
Abdul as part of family
PAsAdeNA, Calif. ABC is
joining the chorus of those seek-
ing to hire Paula Abdul, who said
shes quitting American idol.
ABC
program-
ming chief
stephen
mcPherson
told the
Television
Critics As-
sociation on
saturday that he was stunned
to hear shed decided to leave
the top-rated Fox series and that
hes contacted Abdul, whom he
called an old friend.
mcPherson told Abdul hed
love to see her at ABC, home of
dancing with the stars.
Abdul said last Tuesday she
was leaving as an idol judge
following stalemated contract
talks with Fox and the shows
producers.
she said she quickly started
receiving wonderful ofers.
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BY JILL LAWLESS
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LONDON It is a truth uni-
versally acknowledged that a Jane
Austen novel in possession of
added gore will be a surefire best-
seller.
Thats the conclusion reached
by publishers since the success
of Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies, an unlikely literary sen-
sation created by adding dollops
of ultraviolent zombie mayhem
to Austens classic love story.
Zombies billed as 85 per-
cent Austens original text and
15 percent brand-new blood and
guts has become a best-seller
since it was published earlier this
year, with 750,000 copies in print.
Theres a movie in the works. And
it has spawned a monster or,
more accurately, a slew of literary
monster mash-ups.
Next month, Zombies pub-
lisher Quirk Books is releasing
Sense and Sensibility and Sea
Monsters, which adds giant lob-
sters and rampaging octopi to
Austens love story. Even Austen
purists admit a grudging admira-
tion for the Zombies concept.
In publishing terms, its bril-
liant, said Claire Harman, a
Columbia University professor and
author of Janes Fame: How Jane
Austen Conquered the World.
Why did I spend three years
writing a critical book on Austen?
Why didnt I just think of that?
Quirk Books editorial director
Jason Rekulak said he was inspired
by the Internet-unleashed wave of
creative copyright infringement
musical and video mash-ups
that mangle styles and genres for
comic or dramatic effect.
He made a list of classic books
whose copyrights have lapsed and
were ripe for pillage, from Moby
Dick to Great Expectations.
Then I made a list of things
that might enhance these nov-
els robots, ninjas, zombies,
Rekulak said. As soon as I drew a
line between Pride and Prejudice
and zombies, I knew I had a great
title.
The irresistible title is key to the
success of Pride and Prejudice
and Zombies. The book itself
keeps most of Austens story
girl meets boy, girl hates boy, girl
is won over by boys good looks
and large fortune with added
chunks of zombie violence by U.S.
writer Seth Grahame-Smith.
Zombies and its successors
are the latest mutant offshoots of
the unstoppable Austen industry.
Like many good publishing
ideas, the trend could soon spi-
ral out of control. Rekulak says
he cant stop friends and family
sending him ideas for more books
he has a list of more than 200
titles, from A Farewell to Arms
and Legs to The Brothers Kara-
zombie.
The coming months promise
more in the same bloody vein from
a variety of publishers, including
Queen Victoria: Demon-Hunter
and I am Scrooge: A Zombie
Story for Christmas.
In the United States, where
Quirk Books is based, all books
copyrighted before 1923 are in the
public domain. For other books,
copyright generally expires some
decades after the authors death,
but this varies from country to
country.
If nothing else, the trend proves
the willingness of readers and writ-
ers to eliminate the gap between
pop culture and what used to be
known as high art.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK Kate Gosselin
said her marriage to Jon would
have failed whether it played out
in the glare of a TV reality show
or not.
Was (divorce) a product of
the show? I feel
like it would have
happened anyway
cameras on or
cameras off, she
said.
Appearing on
NBCs Today
Monday, Kate
Gosselin dis-
cussed her separa-
tion from her hus-
band, which was
announced in June on their TLC
network reality show, Jon & Kate
Plus 8.
Despite their separation, both
parents continue with the hit show,
which documents the challenges
of raising twins and sextuplets.
In everybodys life, you make
sacrifices, Gosselin said, refer-
ring to her staying with the show.
Everybody has to work. Everybody
has a job. Ours is a very unique
job. ...
I still feel like this is a good thing.
Its healthy. And the kids would
agree.
Gosselin told Today host
Meredith Vieira that she still
wears her wedding ring for the
sake of her eight children, but
feels a lot of failure that the mar-
riage is over.
This is not what
any mother sets out
for, for her chil-
dren, Gosselin said,
adding, Its neces-
sary. It has to take
place.
She greeted inqui-
ries from Vieira
about Jon Gosselins
alleged cheating
during their mar-
riage with a mix
of vagueness and
diplomacy, and said she couldnt
recall exactly when he moved out
of their Pennsylvania house.
I think its very clear that we
are two different people at this
point, with two different sets of
goals, she summed up.
She repeated her past denial
of media reports that she had an
affair with a bodyguard assigned
to protect her for the show.
There is no affair. There has
never been an affair, declared
Gosselin. Its just another crazy
rumor. It sells tabloids.
BY MARY FOSTER
Associated Press
GRETNA, La. Rapper Corey
C-Murder Miller was convicted
Tuesday of second-degree mur-
der for the 2002 shooting of a fan
at a nightclub, capping tumultu-
ous jury deliberations at his sec-
ond trial in the killing.
Te Louisiana jury reached the
10-2 verdict around 1:30 p.m. in
its second day of deliberations.
Jurors had
reached the
same verdict
earlier in the
day, but Dis-
trict Judge
Hans Lilje-
berg ordered
them back to
the jury room
for more de-
liberation be-
cause of a questionable vote.
Liljeberg said afer the ver-
dicts intial reading that one ju-
ror had apparently changed her
vote just to end deliberations.
Tree jurors had been seen cry-
ing in the courtroom Tuesday
morning, and the day before they
sent a note that they were having
trouble reaching a consensus.
Te courtroom was completely
silent when the verdict was given
for the second time. More than
a dozen law ofcers flled the
center aisle, and the judged had
warned that anyone who so much
as gasped would be arrested.
Te victims family lef in
tears.
Im not rejoicing. I feel bad
for (Millers) family. But at least
they can see him. What have we
got but a gravesite and a photo-
graph? asked George Tomas,
whose 16-year-old son, Steve
Tomas, was shot to death dur-
ing the brawl in a Harvey, La.,
nightclub.
Millers family and friends also
cried outside the courtroom. His
sister, Germaine Miller, shouted
and accused the prosecutors of
corruption.
Te defense attorney for the
38-year-old rapper, who faces life
in prison, declined comment.
Prosecutor David Wolf said
he thought the verdict would
stand up on appeal.
Te judge ran a very clean
trial. Deliberating on a homicide
case is difcult, he said.
Miller was previously found
guilty of killing Tomas, but a
judge overturned the conviction,
siding with defense attorneys
who said prosecutors improperly
withheld criminal background
information on three key wit-
nesses.
Miller has been in jail afer
pleading no contest to counts of
attempted murder in a separate
altercation at a nightclub in ba-
ton rouge in 2001.
He faces sentencing later this
month in that case.
Readers devour revamped classics
Kate Gosselin opens up about marriage failure
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kate Gosselin dries her eyes during her interviewon the NBCTodaytelevision programin New
York Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. Gosselin said her marriage to Jon would have failed whether it
played out in the glare of a TV reality showor not..
Was (divorce) a
product of the show?
I feel like it would
have happened
anyway- cameras on
or cameras of.
KAte Gosselin
Jon & Kate Plus 8 star
ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this image taken in London, Aug. 11, three books are shown of a newbread of classic author novel and mutant beast. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Jane Austen novel in pos-
session of added gore is a surefre best-seller. Thats the conclusion reached by publishers since the success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,an unlikely literary sensation created by adding dollops
of ultraviolent zombie mayhemto Austens classic love story. Zombiesbilled as 85 percent Austens original text and 15 percent brand-newblood and guts, has become a best-seller.
Rapper C-Murder
convicted of murder
EntErtainmEnt
LitEraturE music
Miller
MuSIC
Jennifer Hudson gives
birth to baby boy
neW YoRK Jennifer Hud-
son has a new role that of a
proud mother.
the 27-year-old oscar
winner gave birth to her frst
child, David Daniel otunga Jr.,
on Monday, according to her
publicist, lisa Kasteler of WKt
Public Relations. He is named
after her fance, David otunga.
the baby weighed 7 pounds, 14
ounces.
the baby is beautiful and
perfect, says Hudsons publicist
lisa Kasteler. His parents are
ecstatic.
the entertainer sufered a
tragic blow last fall when her
mother, brother and nephew
were slain in her native Chi-
cago. Her sisters estranged
husband is charged with the
killings.
Hudson, who gained fame
frst as a top contender on
American idol, won an Acad-
emy Award for best supporting
actress for her portrayal of efe
in Dreamgirls in 2007. earlier
this year, she won a Grammy
for best R&B album for her self-
titled debut CD.
the birth was frst reported
by the Hollywood Reporters
showbiz411.com.
ENTERTAINMENT
Celebrity chef Bobby
Flay heads to the races
sARAtoGA sPRinGs, n.Y.
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay
traded pots and pans for a mi-
crophone to call a horse race
at saratoga on sunday.
And theyre smokin out of
the gate! Flay exclaimed as
the horses broke in the eighth
race, won by long shot Freddy
the Cap, who paid $67 to win.
Flay also signed copies of
his book Burgers, Fries and
shakes at the track.
He first attended races at
Belmont Park as a boy along
with his grandfather. Flay
has owned and raced horses
in new York state for several
years.
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Horoscopes
Aries (March21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Stay out of someone elses argument.
Focus on your own situation. Clean
house and fnd something you forgot
you had.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 5
Theres still a hassle. Everything should
turn out well, so keep on slogging
through whatever mud surrounds you.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Someone reminds you of a forgotten
promise. This is probably something
you said youd do. Ask the person
whos upset.
cAncer(June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Youre nearly at the point where you
need a miracle. Well, youre in luck,
or maybe youre being protected by
angels.
Leo(July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
All turns out well through an unex-
pected development. Miracle? Decide
which people to thank, then thank
them.
VirGo(Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Just as a plan is falling apart, theres
a development totally (or almost)
beyond your control. All ends well.
LibrA(sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is an8
Youre creative now, and you work
well under pressure. You can handle
additional orders by modifying your
procedures.
scorpio(oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Confict arises between home and
career. All ends well. Could be the
result of a small vacation or good travel
movie.
sAGiTTArius(nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
You need a good idea, and you can
fnd one. Its another way to create in-
come, and it comes froma roommate.
cApricorn(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Should you shop or should you save?
Theres enough to do both. Shop for
things that will help you save.
AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 6
Dont ask for favors now. Ofer your
services in order to make a good im-
pression. Conditions have changed.
pisces (Feb. 19-March20)
Today is a 7
Which job should you do frst? Setting
priorities is a challenge. Dont fret over
this; theres a happy ending.
Music
BY JOHN GEROME
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Brooks
& Dunn are done.
Best-selling country duo Kix
Brooks and Ronnie Dunn posted
a message on their Web site Aug.
10 saying they agreed to call it
a day after 20 years of making
music together.
This ride has been everything
and more than we could ever
have dreamed ... We owe it all
to you, the fans, they said in the
message. If you hear rumors,
dont believe them, its just time.
Brooks & Dunn will release
a greatest-hits album on Sept. 8
and tour one last time in 2010.
The duos many hits include
Boot Scootin Boogie, My
Maria, Red Dirt Road and
Cowgirls Dont Cry with Reba
McEntire.
The mens label, Arista
Nashville, said the group has sold
more than 30 million albums.
Brooks, 54, and Dunn, 56,
were struggling solo artists when
Aristas Tim DuBois urged them
to join forces in 1990.
Together theyve scored 23 No.
1 hits.
Theyve recorded 10 studio
albums, the latest 2007s Cowboy
Town.
Theyve been to the moun-
taintop and theyve accomplished
everything that two human
beings joined together musically
can do in a career, said Brian
Philips, president of Country
Music Television. Theyve
had every kind of hit. Literally,
theyve explored every musical
texture and tempo and style and
flavor.
CMT is scheduled to tape
Brooks & Dunn perform-
ing and discussing their music
Wednesday for an episode of the
show Invitation Only to air in
October.
Philips called the announce-
ment of the split a complete sur-
prise.
He said he has no idea what
they might do in the future, but
hes certain it will involve music.
The guys that I know, I cant
imagine either of those two indi-
viduals walking away from music.
Thats unthinkable, Philip said.
The pair steeped itself in the
mythical West (the duos emblem
is a sun-bleached steers skull)
and rode the charts with a driv-
ing honky-tonk sound.
Brooks & Dunn took a turn
with 2003s Red Dirt Road and
often pay homage to their classic
rock influences, including play-
ing shows with the Rolling Stones
and ZZ Top.
AssoCiAted Press
Kix Brooks, left, and ronnie dunn of the country duo Brooks &dunn posted a message on their Web site on Aug. 10 saying they would
call it a dayafter 20 years as a music duo. The group had sold more than 30 million albums.
Brooks & Dunn call it quits
afer 20 years, 10 albums
POlitics
White House awards 16
medals of freedom
WASHINGTON President
Barack Obama presented the
nations highest civilian honor
to 16 actors, athletes, activists,
scientists and humanitarians.
Among those who received
the Presidential Medal of
Freedom at a White House
ceremony Aug. 12 were flm
star Sidney Poitier, civil rights
leader Rev. Joseph Lowery and
tennis legend Billie Jean King.
Others included retired
Supreme Court Justice Sandra
Day OConnor and retired
Archbishop Desmond Tutu of
South Africa.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy got
the medal, too, but the Massa-
chusetts Democrat was not at
the White House because of his
fght against brain cancer.
Posthumous awards went
to former Republican Rep. Jack
Kemp of New York and gay
rights activist Harvey Milk.
Associated Press
ENtERtaiNMENt
tony danza could go
back to high school
PHILADELPHIA Yo, Philly
students! Tony Danza might
be teaching in a city high
school this fall.
The former talk show host
and star of the sitcoms Taxi
and Whos the Boss? is plan-
ning to star in a new reality
show called Teach.
If approved by Philadelphia
education ofcials, cameras
would roll at Northeast High
School as Danza co-teaches a
10th-grade English class. The
School Reform Commission
will vote next week on allow-
ing at least 13 episodes to be
shot and broadcast on the
cable channel A&E.

Associated Press
Music
Jacksons fnal resting
place remains unclear
BY JOHN ROGERs
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES He spent
the last few years of his life on a
globe-trotting odyssey, and now
in death Michael Jackson still
seems unable to find a perma-
nent home.
On the certificate recording
Jacksons June 25 death, the enter-
tainers body is listed as being
at Los Angeles Forest Lawn
Memorial Park,
but that location
is listed as tem-
porary, and no
amended death
certificate has
been filed with
Los Angeles
County.
With the
announcement
Aug. 10 that
the county coroners office had
completed its autopsy of Jackson,
coupled with reports that inves-
tigators had returned a portion
of Jacksons brain to his family,
rumors of where his final rest-
ing place might be swirled across
the Internet. But the people who
know exactly where he is and
where he might be going arent
saying.
Forest Lawn spokesman Bill
Martin declined to say whether
Jacksons body would be laid to
rest permanently at the cemetery
or if it is still there, citing the fam-
ilys request for privacy.
Family spokesman Jesse Derris
said the family had no statement
to make.
In an interview broadcast
Friday with CNNs Larry King,
Jacksons older brother Jermaine
said he would like to see his sibling
laid to rest at Neverland Ranch,
the bucolic estate in
central Californias
wine country that
the entertainer
bought in 1988 and
turned into his per-
sonal Peter Pan-like
wonderland.
But Jermaine
Jackson said it would
be up to his mother,
Katherine, to make
the final decision.
Although its rare for some-
ones remains not to be prompt-
ly buried or entombed, its not
unheard of. The body of one of
Jacksons musical heroes, James
Brown, remained unburied for
two months after his 2006 death
while people fought over control
of his estate.
Jacksons older broth-
er, Jermaine, said he
would like to see his
sibling laid to rest at
Neverland Ranch. The
decision is up to his
mother, Katherine.
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