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friday, august 28, 2009 www.kansan.com volume 121 issue 8
As of 5 p.m. yesterday, adminis-
trators at the University of Kansas
reported 243 cases of suspected
H1N1 fu among students. That
number is up from 191 cases on
Thursday. The University and
the Lawrence-Douglas County
Health Department said they
were unable to perform the tests
to confrm these cases and were
not keeping track
of confrmed
H1N1 fu cases.
However, Lisa
Horn, com-
munications
coordinator for
the Lawrence-
Douglas County
Health Depart-
ment, said it was
rare for other
types of fu to
be reported dur-
ing this time of
year.
FLU WATCH
BY ALY VAN DYKE
avandyke@kansan.com
In just two seasons, the
Universitys Campus Garden has
donated more than 100 pounds of
produce to community members
in need.
In light of the milestone and
the start of a new semester, vol-
unteers at the garden are hosting
a garden party open to the public
to celebrate.
Students and members of the
community can stop by the gar-
den party for a tour anytime from
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. It is locat-
ed off of Louisiana Street between
13th and 14th Streets.
The party will include live music
from at least two local bands, rock
painting, sign making and treats
from produce grown right in
the garden, said Margaret Tran,
Derby senior and Campus Garden
coordinator with Environmental
Action to Revitalize the Heartland,
or EARTH. In 2007, EARTH and
its student volunteers took over
the garden, which was originally
founded in 2005 by a KU student.
Tran said that walking through
the garden Sunday, students will
see a field lined with marigolds
and geraniums and rows of pro-
duce including peppers, squash,
cucumbers and carrots.
She said the garden could grow
at least 50 varieties of produce in
one season, ranging from tomatoes
and cauliflower to strawberries
environmenT
in memory
Campus Garden will throw
party to refect on donating
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Margaret Tran, Derby senior, and Cindy
Vu, Wichita sophomore, pick carrots in
the Campus GardenThursday afternoon. Vu
andTran are both coordinators of the EARTH
Garden Party which will be held on Sunday.
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Exhibit
displays
senators
friendship
BY BETH BEAVERS
bbeavers@kansan.com
Its hard to imagine a senator
from Massachusetts having many
ties to Kansas, but a special exhibit
at the Robert J. Dole Institute of
Politics honoring Sen. Edward
Kennedy shows otherwise.
Sen. Kennedy died last Tuesday
from brain cancer.
The exhibit features a timeline of
Kennedys life as well as photos and
documents from the Dole Institutes
archives that showcase Kennedys
47-year career. The exhibit focus-
es on how senators Kennedy and
Robert Dole, a Republican from
Kansas, worked together across
party lines and forged an unlikely
friendship.
Obviously, they did not agree
on everything, Morgan Davis,
senior archivist for the Dole
Institute, said. But they were key
ASSoCIATeD PReSS
Dole Institute of Politics honors Sen.
Edward Kennedy in an exhibit that showcases
the senators career. Kennedy spent 47 years
stint in politics.
A SnACk AFTer FASTing
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IbrahimAlanqar, gaza Strip junior and treasurer of the KU MuslimStudent Association, prepares to break his fast Thursday evening at the Lawrence Islamic Center as part of the Islamic traditions associated with Ramadan. Alanqar,
along with other Muslims, will fast everyday fromsunrise to sunset during Ramadan, which lasts 30 days. The fast is broken at sunset with a small meal of dates and milk, followed by prayer, and then a large meal.
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Ramadan provides growth for students
BY DANIEL JOHNSON
djohnson@kansan.com
Maria Beg wakes up at 5 a.m.
to drink a glass of water and pray.
Shes not hungry so she does not
eat. Soon she will be back in bed,
resting before a full day of class
and work. She will not eat or drink
again for nearly 15 hours.
She feels great.
Fasting is not a burden, Beg
said. Its about finding a state of
purity.
Beg, St. Louis senior, is nearly a
week into her daily fasting ritual
for the Islamic month of Ramadan.
For 30 days, Muslims on campus
and around the world are enduring
a trying month of sun-up to sun-
down fasting. Beg said the fasting
helps Muslims practice patience,
humility and self-control to cel-
ebrate their relationship with God.
Ramadan is the ninth month of
the Islamic lunar calendar and cele-
brates the revealing of the Koran to
the prophet Mohammad. This year
Ramadan goes from Aug. 22 until
Sept. 20. In addition to fasting by
all the physically able, Muslims are
expected to refrain from anything
ill natured, including smoking,
sexual thoughts and foul language,
among others.
Marwa Ghazali, graduate
instructor of Humanities and
Western Civilization, said teaching
became more challenging during
Ramadan. The long days without
food or water require extra effort
to be enthusiastic while leading
discussions, she said.
Normally I like to drink water
while I teach, Ghazali said. Its
more challenging, but I have a
responsibility to present the infor-
mation just as well as when Im not
fasting.
Ghazali said the challenges were
what made the month reward-
ing. She said hardships helped her
think about what people in pov-
erty go through on a daily basis, an
essential lesson of Ramadan.
People who dont have food and
water have things they have to do
too, Ghazali said. I cant just sit
there like a useless human being.
Ibrahim Alanqar, treasurer of
the Muslim Student Association,
said fasting gave him a heightened
sense of self-control. He said he
used this heightened awareness to
make himself both a better student
and a better person.
Food is one of the many desires,
Alanqar said. By controlling one
desire I am more prepared to
WHAT: Campus Garden
Party, featuring free food
from the garden, live music
and arts and crafts
HoST: EARTH student
volunteers
WHen: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 30
WHere: Campus Gar-
den, of Louisiana Street
between 13th and 14th
streets
Preview the new basketball practice space in allen Fieldhouse. SPoRTS | 1B
Home of the champions
NEWS 2A friday, august 28, 2009
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historical tidbits.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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mercy bears richer fruits than
strict justice.
AbrahamLincoln
FACT OF THE DAY
The average lifespan of a
Grizzly Bear in the wild is 25
years.
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Kansan.com:
1. University sends out swine
fu warning
2. Freshman fnalist at MTV
Video Awards
3. Montemayor: Aqib Talib has
lost it
4. New cross-country coach
has big plans
5. Cities in Kansas: El Dorado
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NEWS NEAR & FAR
national
4. Ofcer accused of
propositioning woman
WICHITA, Kan. A former
Goddard police ofcer accused of
sending naked pictures of himself
from a police department com-
puter to a woman he had arrested
apparently will accept a plea deal.
Prosecutors say Calvin Schaf-
fer ofered to seek dismissal of
drunken driving charges against a
Wichita woman in exchange for a
sexual relationship.
The 44-year-old former ofcer
was charged with one count of
wire fraud after the woman, An-
gelique Mason, went to investiga-
tors with secretly recorded tapes.
5. Drifter accused of
murder after 30 years
JEFFERSON, Wis. A former
drifter accused of killing two high
school sweethearts nearly 30
years ago told detectives he had
sex with the woman and then
watched a group of men stomp
the couple to death, according to
prosecutors.
Edward W. Edwards, 76, who
has been living in Louisville for
several years, was charged last
month with two counts of frst-
degree murder in the deaths of
the couple.
6. Abducted girl found
after 18 years missing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Sher-
ifs ofcials said Thursday they
believe a woman who walked
into a police station had been kid-
napped as an 11-year-old in 1991
outside her South Lake Tahoe
home. Two people were arrested
on suspicion of kidnapping.
The woman came into a San
Francisco Bay area police station
and said she was Jaycee Lee Dug-
ard, a blond, ponytailed girl when
she was abducted as she headed
to a school bus stop 18 years ago,
said sherifs Lt. Les Lovell of the El
Dorado Sherifs Department.
Her family has been contacted
and they are in the process of ar-
ranging a meeting.
We are very confdent at this
point in time that it is her,Lovell
said.
Associated Press
international
1. Boat competition
turns ugly on river
ON THE RIVER CAM, England
On the surface, it is the stuf
of English postcards cham-
pagne-swilling tourists gliding
down the River Cam and listen-
ing to the lore of Cambridge
University.
But a nasty undercurrent runs
through this river, an otherwise
placid waterway that snakes
past Cambridges many gothic
buildings.
Competition for the rich tour-
ist trade has increased recently
among operators of the his-
toric wooden tourist boats called
punts a trade estimated at
2.5 million pounds ($4 million) a
year. In some cases, the scramble
for profts has turned ugly.
This month, two boats were
cut to pieces with an electric
saw the apparent work of a
punting rival. In other incidents,
operators have cut moorings
with bolt cutters, chained
punts together or sunk boats to
sabotage each others business.
Last year, one man dangled a
competitor over the railing at
Magdalene Bridge.
2. Madonna protests
treatment of Gypsies
BUCHAREST, Romania At
frst, fans politely applauded the
Roma performers sharing a stage
with Madonna. Then the pop star
condemned widespread discrimi-
nation against Roma, or Gypsies
and the cheers gave way to jeers.
The sharp mood change that
swept the crowd of 60,000, who
had packed a park for Wednesday
nights concert, underscores how
prejudice against Gypsies remains
deeply entrenched across Eastern
Europe.
3. Taiwan to allow Dalai
Lama to visit island
BEIJING A state news
agency says China resolutely
opposes a decision by Taiwans
president to allow the Dalai Lama
to visit the self-governed island.
Ofcials from a Taiwanese
opposition party extended the
invitation to the Dalai Lama to
visit typhoon victims.
BY alY Van DYKe
avandyke@kansan.com
The third-annual Student Union
Activities Carnival will be tomorrow
in the Ambler Student Recreation
Fitness Center parking lot.
From 8 p.m. to midnight, the stu-
dent recreation center parking lot
will be filled with a smorgasbord of
carnival rides, games and food.
This is a kick-off for the school
year for freshmen and all KU stu-
dents, said Molly Iler, Summit,
N.J., junior and games coordinator
with SUA. Im really excited to
have everyone come out and have
a little fun before school gets in full
swing.
And for the most part, its free.
Admission for students, faculty
and staff doesnt cost a dime, and
gets KUID holders five free tick-
ets, which the ticket holders can
chose to spend on any of the several
attractions at the event.
Attendees can buy another 10
tickets for $5 or a wristband for
unlimited rides and games for $10.
All proceeds go toward more SUA
events, said Susan Hoffman, SUA
adviser.
Attractions range from basketball
Pop-A-Shot games and a balloon
dartboard to a moonwalk, a Tilt-A-
Whirl and a Ferris wheel. Andover-
based Lewellen Amusements will
provide the carnival rides.
Coca-Cola Co., is also a spon-
sor of the event, providing refresh-
ments, a ring pop toss and other
products throughout the night.
KU Dining will provide food
typically found at carnivals, includ-
ing hot dogs, nachos, cotton candy
and popcorn.
Iler said she expected between
75 and 100 student volunteers
for the event, including members
of Jaybowl and the Panhellenic
Association.
She also said she expected a
crowd of up to 3,000 for Saturdays
carnival.
Editedby JonathanHermes
SUA CARNIvAL
WHAT: Student Union
Activities Carnival
WHEN: 8 p.m. to midnight
Saturday, Aug. 29
WHERE: Ambler Student
Recreation Fitness Center
parking lot
COST: Free entrance and
fve tickets with valid KUID
CAMPUS
SUA Carnival kicks of the school year
oDD neWS
Skinny vertical suite for
sale in New York City
NEW YORK Its 9 feet wide
and 42 feet long and is billed
as the narrowest house in New
York City. But theres nothing
small about its asking price: $2.7
million.
Located at 75 Bedford St.
in Greenwich Village, the red
brick building was built in 1873,
sandwiched in a narrow space
that used to be an alley between
homes at 75 and 77 Bedford.
The narrow house is con-
sidered a curiosity and is one
of the neighborhoods most
photographed homes. A small
plaque on the house notes that
poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once
lived there; so did anthropologist
Margaret Mead. The residential
interiors are a tight squeeze even
by New York standards, measur-
ing just 8 feet wide and 42 feet
long on each of its three foors.
Due to the narrowness of the
house, I think you have to be
very clever in how you decorate,
said Corcoran real estate broker
Alex Nicholas.
The current owners bought
the house for $1.6 million in
2000.
The brokers Web site de-
scribes it as a vertical suite, with
a kitchen, dining room and parlor
on the frst foor, a double living
room on the second foor and a
top-foor master bedroom suite.
A trapdoor in the kitchen foor
leads to a fnished basement.
Large windows in the front
and back of the house and a
garret skylight, plus a small
backyard garden, give it an airi-
ness, a sense of light and charm,
Nicholas said.
Associated Press
oDD neWS
Nude model not allowed
in Metropolitan museum
NEW YORK It seems the
only nudes allowed at New York
Citys Metropolitan Museum of
Art are the ones in the collec-
tion.
Police say they arrested a
26-year-old woman who was
posing naked for a photogra-
pher, and in full view of visitors,
in the museums arms and
armor department on Wednes-
day.
Model Kathleen K.C. Neill
faces a charge of public lewd-
ness.
Defense attorney Donald
Schechter says the museum is
full of nude art, and to call what
the model and her photogra-
pher were doing obscenity is
ridiculous.
Photographer Zach Hyman
directed the shoot. Hes been
getting local attention for
photographing nude models
on subways.
Hyman has said he is inspired
by nude paintings at the Met
and his photos are not porno-
graphic.
celeBritY
Kate Gosselin set to
guest host The View
NEW YORK ABC is adding
Kate Gosselin to the list of guest
co-hosts for The View.
Celebrity mom Gosselin will
be subbing for regular View
co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck
on Sept. 14 and 15.
Gosselin, the mother of twins
and sextuplets, co-stars with
her estranged husband on TLCs
reality series Jon & Kate Plus 8.
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news 3A friday, august 28, 2009
Student houSing
Jayhawker Towers renovation gets early start
BY TAYLOR BERN ANd
JESSE RANGEL
tbern@kansan.com and
jrangel@kansan.com
Mens basketball coach Bill Self
carries a lot of clout on cam-
pus. Thats why when he and the
Athletics Department asked to
speed up the Jayhawker Towers
renovations, the University found
a way to get it done.
That was a juggling act, said
Diana Robertson, director of the
Department of Student Housing.
This August Tower A reopened
with a brand new look after an
$8 million renovation. Changes
include increased security, added
amenities and a complete rework-
ing of the buildings infrastruc-
ture.
Robertson said the original
plan included
r e n o v a t i n g
Towers A and
D in successive
school years,
starting this
fall. But when
the depart-
ment asked if
Tower A could
be ready to go
this year instead,
thus opening at the same time
as Kansas new basketball prac-
tice facility, the Department of
Student Housing had to get cre-
ative to move production a year
forward.
The state essentially gave us a
short-term loan, a one-year loan
on Tower A, until we get to where
we can put both of them together
on a bond, Robertson said.
Once the plan was in place,
Student Housing closed Tower
A so it could be torn
apart. The demoli-
tion started in the
fall, and then March
through July was
spent remodeling.
Danielle McCray,
Olathe senior and
guard for the wom-
ens basketball team,
lived in Tower B last
year. She said the
rooms in Tower A feel smaller
but its still a welcome change.
Its a lot better, just having
something new, McCray said.
The new features to Tower A
include an on-site laundry facil-
ity, a sprinkler system, wireless
Internet service and all-new
kitchen accessories to go along
with the new lights and piping in
the walls.
Jeff Withey, San Diego sopho-
more and center for the mens
basketball team, also moved
into a renovated room after this
year. He said the rooms were
an improvement from his expe-
rience in the Towers last year.
The kitchens a lot bigger,
Withey said. The rooms are
pretty much the same size, but
they re-did the walls.
Robertson said the bulk of the
project costs went to the pipes
and electrical systems behind
the walls. But one goal was to
lighten and brighten the area
by changing the placement of the
lighting and wall colors.
Komal Bhakta, Liberal sopho-
more, said she appreciated the
brighter room treatment, as
opposed to her experience last
year as a resident of McCollum
Hall.
The dorm room in McCollum
was very dark,
Bhakta said. I
could barely do
my homework.
Now its just
bright and theres
a lot of lights.
Bhakta called
the room more
comfortable to
live in.
Robertson said
the combination of renovated
and nonrenovated rooms meant
students would have the choice
between modern and classic,
both in appearance and price.
To live in the renovated build-
ing costs approximately 22 per-
cent more than the other build-
ings. Thats about $800 more per
resident in a four-person room
and about $1,400 more in a two-
person room. The costs go to
operation and upkeep as well as
paying back the
state for the bond.
The towers were
built in 1967.
Binu Abi, Olathe
sophomore, said
the towers were a
good value for on-
campus living.
You get the
apartment feel,
without being off
campus, Abi said.
The demolition in Tower D
will begin soon and the project is
slated to end in June.
Edited by Abby Olcese
OLD NEW
Tower A of Jayhawker Towers underwent an $8 million renovation this summer at a request fromthe Athletics Department and mens basket-
ball coach Bill Self. The tower reopened in August to accommodate student athletes. Tower D was also renovated.
The student housing department began its renovation project of Towers A and D of Jayhawker Towers in March. One goal the department
wanted to accomplish was tolighten and brightenthe apartments by changing lighting placement and the colors of the walls.
Apartments
improved at
Athletics request
Its a lot better, just
having something
new.
Danielle mccray
Guard
KU womens basketball
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ment feel without
being of campus.
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10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Friends help you make the
right connection. Dont rely on
them too heavily. Chart your
own route.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
Why cant we all just get
along? Perhaps because its
boring. Peace is possible. First,
get to where you want to be.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Its a jungle out there. Can
you direct trafc? Maybe, but
dont venture out there unless
youre up to it.
CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
More hassles occur as every-
body settles into a new rou-
tine. There may be some short
tempers, so watch out, OK?
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Dont get involved in a clan-
destine afair. If youre in one,
get out. Secrets made now will
be revealed.
VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 6
Stick to the rules. Discipline is
required, from both you and
the others. Do what you can to
maintain it.
LibrA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Look at your situation from
another point of view. Youll
see how you can better under-
stand things. That will help.
sCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Too much confusion out there.
Hide out if you can. You like
stability. Settle into a comfort-
able spot and make plans.
sAGiTTArius(nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Make sure you have the facts.
Have everything you need
to win the argument. Be
prepared.
CApriCorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Theres a new source of in-
come nearby. You can fnd it if
you look around. Its some-
thing you already have.
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Movies
Unstoppable casting call
attracts hundreds of men
CANTON, Ohio A casting
call for a new Denzel Washington
movie was like any other job fair to
many of the hundreds who turned
out in Ohio.
While some of the men ex-
pressed interest in meeting the
star, others who auditioned to
be extras Wednesday in Canton
said the promise of $100-a-day
paychecks was a bigger lure.
Jef Hattery came from Stras-
burg, 17 miles away in northeast
Ohio. He said he was laid of and
willing to sweep foors if the crew
paid him.
Some of the flming of Unstop-
pablewill be done at a rail yard
in the region, so many applicants
came dressed in overalls or
engineers caps. Filmmakers were
looking for 50 men to play extras.
Associated Press
video gaMes
Microsoft cuts Xbox price
to maintain competition
NEW YORK Microsoft Corp. is
slashing the price of the high-
end Xbox 360 console by $100,
matching Sonys $100 price cut
for the PlayStation 3 last week.
Now, both the Xbox 360 Elite
and the PS3 will cost $299. The
price cuts in both cases are world-
wide, though the exact amounts
vary by region depending on
currencies.
Microsoft, which has had three
versions of its Xbox 360 avail-
able at three diferent prices, also
announced Thursday it is phasing
out the mid-range Pro version of
the console. It will be available
for $249, down from $299, while
supplies last.
The cheapest Xbox, the Arcade,
which comes without a hard
drive, will still cost $199.
The price cuts are efective
Friday, said David Dennis, a
spokesman for Microsoft.
Video game companies hope
the price cuts will re-ignite sales
in time for the holiday rush. For
the bulk of this year, the industry
has sufered from weak sales
hurt by the recession and
lackluster game releases, which
have kept consumers waiting to
spend money on new titles.
The announcement from Mi-
crosoft leaves only Nintendo Co.
without a price cut for the fall,
at least for now. The Wii has cost
$250 since its launch nearly three
years ago.
Redmond, Wash.-based Micro-
soft has sold more than 31.4 mil-
lion of the Xbox 360 machines
globally, compared with 23.7 mil-
lion PS3 machines sold by Sony
Corp. and 52.6 million Wiis.
Associated Press
CriMe
Suspects questioned
for Lohan burglary
LOS ANGELES Po-
lice are looking for three
suspects in the burglary of
Lindsay Lohans home.
The Los Angeles Police
Department has released
surveillance camera footage
of the Sunday break-in at
the Mean Girls stars house.
The footage shows three
people walking through a
gate at Lohans Hollywood
Hills home and entering a
courtyard at around 1:10
a.m.
LAPD detectives believe
the suspects one male
and two females, all 18 to
25 years old entered the
house through an unlocked
door.
Lohans spokeswoman
said the break-in happened
Sunday while the actress
and her younger sister were
away.
Associated Press
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s of 5 p.m. yesterday, admin-
istrators at the University
reported 243 cases of sus-
pected H1N1 flu among students.
That number is up from 191 cases
on Wednesday. Every student needs
to do their part to help stem the
further spread of the swine flu. It
doesnt require much of the individ-
ual, but slowing down the spread of
a virus requires constant vigilance
on part of the entire community.
Any student who develops symp-
toms, particularly fever, should
immediately stop going to class-
es until they have been tested for
swine flu. Other symptoms to look
for include coughing or a runny
or stuffy nose. Especially com-
mon with the H1N1 strain are body
aches and a fever of 100 degrees or
more. Students should not go to the
Watkins Health Center if they have
symptoms. Instead, they should call
the nurses hotline at 785-864-9583.
Student Health
Services recommends
that students wash
hands frequently with
soap and water or an
alcohol-based sanitiz-
er, cover their mouth
when coughing (though not with
bare hands) and avoid touching
their mouth and nose.
Students in the residence halls,
where many of the cases have been
reported, have already been advised
to take these steps.
Im using a lot more hand san-
itizer and vitamins, said Kristin
Franzen, Overland Park freshman
who is living in the residence halls
for the first time.
The absolute best thing stu-
dents can do is get the H1N1 vac-
cine, once it becomes available
in October. Definitely, definitely
get the vaccine, said Mai Hester,
marketing coordinator at Student
Health Services. The vaccine is the
single best thing students can do to
prevent the spread or contraction of
swine flu.
Those students who live in close
proximity to other students, such
as a residence hall or apartment,
need to take extra precautions to
stay hygienic. Hester said students
should clean frequently used sur-
faces such as doorknobs, kitchen
counters and bathroom sinks.
Students in high stress situations
also need to take these precautions
seriously.
Stressors always make the body
more at risk for acquiring a disease,
said Patty Quinlan, supervisor of
nursing at Student Health Services.
Incoming freshmen
who are learning to fix
their meals on their
own, not living under
their parents roof, not
even sleeping in their
own bed, are under a
lot of stress, said Quinlan. She also
warned that new college students
who stay out late more often and
begin experimenting with drugs
and alcohol make it harder for the
bodys immune system to fight off
the flu.
Other students who should take
special care to keep themselves
from contracting the flu are smok-
ers and those with a chronic disease
such as diabetes or asthma. They
have a higher risk of complications
with the flu.
The H1N1 virus is still rarely
lethal, especially to young and
healthy college students, so there
is no need to start a panic. Just
because you coughed last week
does not mean you need to make
an emergency trip to the hospital.
However, making sure more stu-
dents dont have to miss class, work
or their family and friends is abso-
lutely worth the effort to prevent
further spread of the swine flu.
ClaytonAshley for the
KansanEditorial Board
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T
he following parable is a
story about requited love.
People dont write many
of these. Unrequited love pays
much better, as long as the love
is requited at some point. This
seems dishonest. Wouldnt that
be more of a delayed requitement
love story?
A boy and a girl met and fell in
love at a party one night when one
of the boys friends vomited near
the girl. Lets call the boy John and
the girl Julie. Johns friends name
isnt important, just his vomit.
Well call the vomit Harold.
When Johns friend started
Harolding all over the carpet
next to Julie, she squealed and
grimaced. John is an unusually
perceptive young man and
noticed Julies disgust as his friend
heaved up streams of Harold.
John said to his friend, Dude,
not cool.
Johns interjection did not
stop the Harold from coming,
but it did have an effect on Julie.
Revulsion left her face, and it
became moony. She had been
longing for a young man capable
of this kind of chivalry for years.
John and Julie introduced
themselves as they moved to a
spot away from the Harold. They
told each other hilarious public
Harolding stories about their
friends and, once they were more
comfortable with each other, told
their own embarrassing Harold
stories.
John and Julie made out that
night, once they had run out of
Harold stories. John didnt even
try to get to second base thats
how Julie knew he liked her. John
knew he liked Julie because he
was able to kiss her without being
grossed out by the lone, pinkish
chunk of his friends Harold
stuck to Julies shoe that she was
unaware of, but which he couldnt
stop thinking about.
After what seemed to be a
socially appropriate amount
of time (11 days), but felt like
an agonizing eternity for John
and Julie, the couple made their
love digitally official. They did
this by changing their romantic
affiliations to In a Relationship
on Facebook.
Soon, John and Julies friends
were constantly being confronted
with pictures of the two making
out in various settings. In all of
these photos, only one of Julies
arms was engaged in the kissing
embrace, while the other extended
into the foreground, her hand out
of frame. This led everybody to
the conclusion that she was the
couples own photographer.
Their friends also had to try
making sense of cryptic life-
status updates. John wishes this
morning could have lasted for
forever. Julie is just ... floating.
Everybody wanted to Harold
when they saw these.
After what seemed like a
lifetime of nauseating self-
promoted romance which
actually only lasted three
weeks John and Julie went
from In a Relationship to Its
Complicated. It seems they each
made out with someone else at a
party. This happened at separate
parties, but, as if directed by fate,
they both cheated on the other.
The moral of this story: The
application of a well timed Dude,
not cool has more power than we
can fully comprehend. Perhaps it
could have saved John and Julie if
their friends had spoken up.
Unglesbee is an Overland
Park senior in creative
writing and economics.
ediTOriAL CArTOOn
jAmES FARmER
Vegetarians and vegans deserve
more meal options on campus
HuMOr
FOOd
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ediTOriAL BOArd
Remain diligent to stop
swine fu from spreading
A story of love in the
time of Facebook
KAnsAns
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Brenna Hawley, Jessica Sain-Baird, Jennifer
Torline, Haley Jones, Caitlin Thornbrugh and
Michael Holtz.
contAct us
FrOM CALiFOrniA
Confronting our ignorance
STEVE CARRILLO
San Diego State U.
The Daily Aztec
P
eople fear the words I dont
know. We fear uttering
these words when asked for
answers. Instead of admitting the
unthinkable we curve and dance
around logic to make sure we still
look smart with whatever answer
we end up formulating. We elect
people to run our nations who are
experts at this artistically-friendly
form of truth bending.
Science and technology are
partly to blame for our relentless
know-it-all mentalities. We run
this planet, how could we not
know something? But science is
also what encourages us to be
skeptical of what human culture
constructs, which is exactly what
Im saying we need to do more of.
An increasingly required act for
students is to be skeptical. Dont
get frustrated and believe what
is easy to believe. Slippery slopes
are easy to coast on the only
problem is that they only spiral
down and its a long way back to
the top.
If we let ourselves fall into these
tightly departmentalized ideals of
how everyone should be catego-
rized, or how information should
be interpreted, or how people
should go about being tolerant of
each other then truth is going to
fly right on past us, and we will
never have noticed. Who knows,
maybe instead of tolerating each
other we could actually like each
other someday.
I am not going to specifically
say everything I think people are
ignorant of because we all have
our different degradations. We
all have the answers we cling to
because a reasonable answer is
unknown. We make nicely pack-
aged answers instead. We each
have our own misconceptions
either instilled in us from our
upbringing or from a conclusion
we came to on our own that lies
challengingly in our heads, logic-
less. They just sit there drenched
in fallacy.
No longer should we march
to our desks, jobs or graves apa-
thetically. If something has ever
seemed just not quite right or
settling, then maybe its time to
interrogate it and dig your knife
into the problem. See ignorance
for what it really is.
UWire
bEn ungLEsbEE
400 words to
freedom
E
veryones heard of the fresh-
man 15. Juggling work,
school and health can be dif-
ficult, even for returning students.
To its credit, the University
has attempted to make the transi-
tion to school meals less hazard-
ous. Theyre participating in the
Better Bites program although
I wouldnt call a single entree with
under 600 calories healthy, but
at least theyre trying and have
been trying to incorporate more
organic and sustainable options
into their menus.
There are even sections on the
University Web site to help people
find organic items on campus, learn
nutrition basics and follow the
Universitys sustainability efforts.
Information on food allergens
and religious diet restrictions is
also offered, but no such guides
are available for vegetarians and
vegans commonly referred to as
veg and if they were, theyd be
pretty slim.
I became a vegetarian last semes-
ter, but I wasnt on campus at the
right times for meals to be an
issue.
When I returned to school last
week, I took a moment to take
stock of what campus dining ser-
vices offer vegetarians similar to
myself.
Brellas Sandwich Crafters has 10
specialty meat sandwiches and
wraps, one vegetarian wrap and no
vegan options. Students can custom
make their own, but the standard
menu makes it obvious where the
preference lies.
The same is true for most other
menus offered, from pizza to sushi.
The largest percentage of the veg
options are calorie-laden muffins
and sweets. I understand that the
blame lies partly with the restau-
rant chains that are contracted, but
University employees have man-
aged to put together well-stocked
independent options such as the
salad bars.
Its not a stretch to imagine a
University-run hot-bar with mul-
tiple vegetarian-friendly options.
Admittedly, vegetarians and veg-
ans make up a smaller percentage
of the student-body, but minority
status should not equal lesser treat-
ment. Although food industry is a
business, vegetarian food does not
cater to vegetarians only.
Many meat-eaters have the occa-
sional veg meal, so providing more
veg options would not necessarily
mean a smaller consumer base.
The Casbah Market and Nice
Caf on Massachusetts Street
offer several organic vegan items
and have been around for years.
Although a bit farther away, India
Paradise in Overland Park does
very well for itself by offering not
only an extensive array of vegan
options, but a full meat menu as
well.
The Kansas City area even has
a vegetarian and vegan group that
hosts potlucks and visits vegetarian-
friendly restaurants. It currently has
562 members. Thats a pretty big
consumer base being ignored, and
it has only been increasing with the
popularity of books such as Skinny
Bitch and the wider dissemination
of health news to the public.
Some people go vegetarian or
vegan for moral or religious rea-
sons, others just dont like the taste
of meat or the idea of eating anoth-
er living creature. Some, includ-
ing a friend of mine, have been
prescribed a vegan diet for health
reasons. Whatever the reasons, veg-
etarianism and veganism are legiti-
mate and growing lifestyles.
Im not arguing that the omni-
vores should be ignored, but veg-
etarian and vegan students should
have equal consideration in the
Universitys menu plans.
Lytton is a Kodiak, Ark.,
senior in creative writing.
mELIssA LYtton
ColorinG
outside
the lines
Thank you Trojan Ecstasy.
n n n
You know your homework
is really boring when you have
to call Free for All and leave a
totally pointless message.
n n n
My girlfriend was just eaten
by her snuggie.
n n n
First swine fu, and now a
food. Are we being
punished?
n n n
I would like to say that not
only does KU Info know about
Free for All, KU Info loves Free
for All, but when you call to
ask for the number,
enunciate.
n n n
To the dick in the Toyota
Matrix who cut me of I
hope you die in a fre.
n n n
Everyone needs to check
out usdebtclock.org if they
care about our country at all.
n n n
I hate it when people put
their daily schedules as their
status. Nobody cares about
your schedule unless Im
stalking you!
n n n
To the guy in the white hat
and sunglasses that plays
a certain instrument in the
marching band, I like you.
n n n
Emma Hermione Granger
Watson and I have a thing
together. That thing is a
restraining order.
n n n
I put $2.47 in my gas tank
today, it was all I had.
n n n
More often than not you
see a pretty girl with a less
attractive guy. How often do
you see an attractive guy with
a less attractive girl? Way to be
shallow guys!
n n n
The trek from 14th and Ten-
nessee to campus is the most
excruciating three blocks of
walking I have ever experi-
enced. Hill yes!
n n n
I found a dollar. I found a
dollar. I found a dollar. Hey,
hey, hey, hey!
n n n
Hey there little porch
monkey. Its okay, I am
bringing it back.
n n n
Why is it that every time I
get on the bus I look up at the
top like lights and music are
supposed to go of, and the
bus driver is going to ask me
questions for money just like
in Cash Cab?
n n n
Oh man, I am so hungry I
could eat the dog.
dO yOu THinK
yOu HAve THe
swine FLu?
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NEWS 6A Friday, august 28, 2009
BY ANNA ARCHIBALD
aarchibald@kansan.com
This year, the National
Association of Resale and Thrift
Shops expects college students
to spend upwards of $618.12 on
back-to-school materials, includ-
ing electronics, clothing and
school supplies, but there is one
quick and easy way students can
make a few extra dollars: resale
shops, more commonly known as
thrift stores.
Lily Boyce, Lawrence junior, said
she visited Lawrence resale shops
two to three times a year to sell
her old or unwanted clothes. Last
year, she said, she went to Platos
Closet, 3514 Clinton Parkway, and
left with $80 in hand.
I used it as spending money
when I went to Chicago to visit a
friend, Boyce said. Resale shops
are great because they provide
a good selection of alternatively
cheap clothes for people because
they dont just buy anything.
According to NARTS, the sec-
ond-hand shop industry is grow-
ing by five percent every year,
even as the economy continues to
dwindle.
The resale trend is not only
beneficial to students, but also for
local businesses.
Corey Sievers, Manager of
Arizona Trading Company, said
they were staying open with steady
sales.
Nearly all the
merchandise in
Arizona Trading
Company comes
from trade and
Sievers estimated
that half of their
business came
from students.
Its an easy
way to make a
few extra bucks or to make a
trade for something you do want,
Sievers said. People bring in a
few things to sell and, on average,
walk out with $10 to $15. Some
can get up $50 or $60, depending
on what they bring in.
Trade stores in Lawrence give
anywhere from 30 to 40 percent
of what the item is worth in cash
for items people bring in to sell
and upwards of 50 to 60 percent
in-store trade.
There are other stores in
Lawrence, however, that deal in
more than just clothing trade.
The Dusty Bookshelf, 708
Massachusetts St., is yet another
trade option in Lawrence. All of
its inventory comes from sales
from the Lawrence community.
Matt Kelly, Charlotte, N.C.
senior, said he was a regular
customer before
he began work-
ing at The Dusty
Bookshelf.
We get quite a
few students in dur-
ing the year because
we have a lot of lit-
erature thats read in
classes, Kelly said.
Sievers said stores
use a variety of crite-
ria when deciding what they will
buy from people who bring in
merchandise, such as the brand,
style, condition and a basic idea of
what sells well.
Similarly, Game Guy, 7 E. 7th
St., looks at the condition of the
video games and DVDs they buy,
as well as how old a game is and its
market price.
We give the best price we can,
said Havana Mahoney, Manhattan
sophomore and employee at Game
Guy. Its great if you need to buy
a textbook or need some extra
money for rent one month.
Juan Requenes and Oscar
Gutierrez, Kansas City freshmen,
said that they began trading video
games at Game Guy and other
gaming trade stores when they
arrived in Lawrence for school to
make a few extra dollars.
Theres not really any point in
keeping a game once you beat it,
Gutierrez said. So we might as
well trade it for another game or
use it to buy some ramen.
More than 10 trade stores are
open within the city to buy and
sell from students in addition to
Arizona Trading Company, Game
Guy and The Dusty Bookshelf.
Mahoney said she also shops at
Wild Man Vintage and Arizona
Trading Company because its not
only easier, but a lot less likely that
someone else will have it.
We have arrived, said Gail
Siegel, NARTS Director of
Membership Services, in a press
release on August 10th. Inclusion
in the National Retail Federation
survey proves how notable the
resale industry has become in
retailing.
BY BETH BEAVERS
bbeavers@kansan.com
Students were enjoying pizza at
an informational meeting of the
Lied Center Student Association
last Friday, when they had a visitor.
Amanda Shaw, a singer, songwriter
and artist who would be perform-
ing later that night, stopped by to
meet with the students.
Emily Schuster, Larner senior
and student
marketing assis-
tant for the Lied
Center, said
she hoped this
would become
a regular occur-
rence for mem-
bers of the Lied
Center Student
Association, a
group that is new
to campus this semester.
She came to talk to students to
create some buzz, Niki Thiessen,
Topeka senior and student market-
ing assistant for the Lied Center,
said. She talked about her activi-
ties and things she was involved in,
like wetland preservation.
The associations functions
include generating new ideas and
sharing their opinions about what
programs students want to see.
They will learn more about artists
and plan events with Lied Center
artists, like the pizza party with
Amanda Shaw. They also decide
where to focus advertising to help
get the information to the public
and students.
The advisory committee helps
talk about how to make the Lied
Center more attractive to students,
Thiessen said. We want to get our
name out there.
Karen Christilles, associate
director of the Lied
Center and adviser
for the group, said she
was excited about stu-
dent support for the
Lied Center. She was
impressed with the
way student leader-
ship has organized the
group and previous
events.
This is the time
for anyone interested
in working with the organization,
Christilles said. It is at the ground
floor and they can really help shape
the organization.
The groups first meeting will
be at 5:30 p.m., September 14, in
the conference room of the Lied
Center. They will meet biweekly
after that.
Edited by Alicia Banister
campus
Student-led Lied
Center group
strives for buzz
money
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Dena Hodges, JCCC junior, Lawrence, frequently trades clothes for cash or store credit at Arizona Trading Company, located at 736 Massachusetts St. I come here two to three times every
two weeks,Hodges said. ATC is one of the many places around town where customers can turn used items into cash.
Thrift shops ofer a few quick bucks
Its great if you need
to buy a textbook
or need some extra
money for rent one
month.
Havana MaHoney
Manhattan Sophomore
DISCouNTS
Economy, online ofers
boost waning coupon use
PoRTLanD, ore. electronic
coupons, arriving by cell phone,
Twitter, e-mail and Facebook,
are helping generate an old
standbys comeback and bring-
ing in new, younger customers.
Many shoppers, especially
young consumers like 30-year-
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BOSTON His lifes journey
ended, the body of Sen. Edward
Kennedy traveled by motorcade
Thursday from the family com-
pound where he spent his last
days, past the building where he
opened his first office to the presi-
dential library named for his slain
brother.
Thousands of mourners assem-
bled along the 70-mile route that
was dotted with landmarks named
for the Kennedys.
For many, it was hard to untangle
Kennedys larger-than-life role as
statesman from his role as neigh-
bor and local celebrity, whether he
was taking a turn conducting the
Boston Pops or throwing out the
first pitch for the Red Sox.
It was Teddys home team. It
just seemed appropriate to leave
him the cap, said James Jenner,
28, placing a Sox cap he was
wearing near the entrance to the
library. It symbolizes everything
that he loved about his home state
and everything he was outside the
Senate.
The motorcade started its trip
in Hyannis Port, at the Cape Cod
home where Kennedys family
held a private Mass. Eighty-five
Kennedy relatives traveled with
the senators body to the John F.
Kennedy Library and Museum,
where the Senates third-longest-
serving member will lie in repose.
A bouquet of white and yellow
lilies lay on the lawn of David
Nylans vacation rental near the
Kennedy home, where a U.S. flag
flew at half-staff in Kennedys
memory.
The Kennedys and Hyannis
and the Cape, they just kind of
go hand in hand, said Nylan,
38, who said people had been
stopping near his house to leave
flowers since Kennedy died late
Tuesday.
By Thursday evening, thousands
of people were waiting in line to
pay their respects at Kennedys
public viewing. Officials allowed
mourners to enter in groups of 35
to 40 to file past Kennedys closed
casket.
news 7A Friday, august 28, 2009
BY JUSTIN LEVERETT
jleverett@kansan.com
Tomorrow night, the Kansas
City Wizards will bus students to
a 7:30 p.m. soccer game against
Real Salt Lake, as part of an event
called College Night. Besides
transportation to and from the
game, a $20 ticket will include a
snack and a drink.
Emily Hanover, account exec-
utive for the KC Wizards, first
organized College Night last year
and collaborated with the greek
community to do it again this
year. Although most students
attend the event with members
of their greek houses, Hanover
said anyone was welcome. She
said her goal was to help stu-
dents get to know
each other and
to bridge the gap
between Lawrence
and Kansas City.
We want to get
the attention of
younger people,
she said. And not
just KU students,
but people in
Lawrence as well.
The game will
be in Community
America Ballpark where the
Wizards are holding games
until owners complete an over-
haul of Arrowhead Stadium.
Construction on the stadium has
met with delays, meaning the
Wizards must share use of the
ballpark with the Kansas City
T-Bones minor league baseball
team.
Alex Schriner, Lawrence
sophomore, attended the event
last year with her sorority Alpha
Chi Omega. She said that the
crowded stadium made the game
more fun.
We were shoulder to shoul-
der in the stands, she said. Im
sure we were pretty rowdy, but
its a soccer game. You gotta get
rowdy.
She and her friends met with
members of fraternity Sigma
Phi Epsilon before boarding
buses provided by the Wizards.
Rachel Toby, Overland Park
junior and social chair for Alpha
Chi Omega, attended last years
College Night.
Toby said that a lot went wrong
at last years College Night, but
that the problems resulted in
stronger friendships between
Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Phi
Epsilon.
There were supposed to be
two buses but there was only
one, and neither the driver nor
us knew where we were going.
In the end, though, it was a lot of
fun, Toby said.
Later that year,
the two houses
were partners in
planning home-
coming events.
Drew Saylor,
Topeka senior,
also attended the
event last year
with fellow mem-
bers of his frater-
nity Beta Theta
Pi. He said the
Wizards game was a new experi-
ence for him.
Id never been to an MLS game
before, he said. I was surprised
at how upbeat the game was.
This year Toby is one of the
event planners. She said when
she mentioned to sorority mem-
bers that they could do the event
again this year, they reacted with
excitement.
They jumped on the offer,
she said.
Buses will leave from the Lied
Center at 5:30 p.m., but most of
the houses will meet and leave
from the fraternity houses.
Edited By Lauren Cunningham
BY RAY SEGEBRECHT
rsegebrecht@kansan.com
Cambridge, England, reminded
Charles Goldberg, Chicago senior,
of his move to Lawrence four years
ago when he arrived there this
summer on a study abroad pro-
gram.
It did not matter that the old,
intricately carved stone steeples or
large open grass meadows didnt
really resemble Jayhawk Boulevard.
His feelings initially isolation
and then comfort when he found
the Chabad Jewish Student group
were exactly the same.
Especially when they figure out
theyre on their own, Goldberg
said. People need something to
attach to, an anchor, frequently
religious.
Several faith-based student
groups are making efforts in the
first few weeks this fall that vary
from informational booths to free
dinners to reach out to new spiri-
tual students.
Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, of the
Lawrence Chabad Jewish Student
Group and a member of KU
Religious Advisors, said he had
noticed more college students such
as Goldberg who chose to seek out
groups of faith at the University
each year.
So much of college life is stress-
ful, Tiechtel said. When a student
engages in a spiritual experience,
its a way to relax and level the
tension.
The University has 43 regis-
tered religious groups, said Aaron
Quisenberry, associate director
of the Student Involvement and
Leadership Center, and most of
those groups have advisors who
also serve on the KU Religious
Advisors council.
Teichtel said the council printed
a card with all religious groups on
it and met monthly to talk about
improving student life.
We serve as guideposts,
Teichtel said.
One of the groups represented
in KU Religious Advisors, Campus
Crusade for Christ, or CRU, began
spreading the word to new students
about its programs by helping new
students move into their residence
halls, said Emily Schuster, Larned
senior and secretary for the group.
Schuster said she remembered
feeling unsure about which reli-
gious group she should join when
she was a freshman because there
were so many choices.
My roommate and I had grown
up in the church, but it was kind
of difficult to know where to start,
Schuster said. Different groups
have different focuses. Finding
which one you fit into best is the
biggest struggle.
She said she felt more comfort-
able choosing CRU after two of its
members helped her move into the
residence hall her freshman year.
My parents were blown away,
Schuster said.
Ala Abdel-Halim, Tulkarem,
Palestine, pharmacy student and
exiting president of the KU Muslim
Student Association, said he
thought many new students used
the Internet to search for the right
religious group.
We have a Web site, Abdel-
Halim said. That will help a lot,
but still theres some students that
wont know about our group, and
were trying our best to reach those
people. We are hoping to create
the environment to feel they are
not alone and give them support
they need, almost like creating an
environment so they feel like they
are home.
Home was exactly how
Goldberg described the sense he
felt when he found the Chabad
Jewish Student groups both in
Cambridge and in Lawrence four
years ago. Goldberg said he joined
the Chabad Jewish Student Group
in Lawrence with several of his
Jewish Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity
brothers after the center on 19th
Street opened the spring of his
freshman year.
I felt like I had found not just
a group of friends but a family,
Goldberg said. It was a godsend.
Goldberg will stay at the
University for an extra semester
to graduate in December with a
Jewish Studies minor in addition to
his psychology degree. He said the
Chabad Jewish Student Group was
a large part of that decision.
College is a very transitional
time, Goldberg said. A lot of
people spend time with introspec-
tion and finding themselves. Its
nice to have a group of people who
understand where youre coming
from.
Edited by Megan Morriss
and Alicia Banister
Campus groups
Religious groups working to help
Clubs plan events at the beginning of the year for incoming students to gain members
Andrew Hoxey/KANSAN
Jon Grifth, Leavonworth senior, and Grant Smith, Salina junior, write down contact information for incoming freshmen at the Campus Crusade barbecue Monday. The barbecue gave new
students an opportunity to get involved before the semester starts. Campus Crusade for Christ also informs freshmen of their group through helping themmove into the residence halls.
Finding the right religious group
Check out these three resources for exploring groups of faith
on campus:
1.the Ku a-Z online directory.
a. The KU online directory, for the frst time this fall, has
links to informational pages on every religious group on campus,
said Aaron Quisenberry, associate director of the Student In-
volvement and Leadership Center.
b. Students can also search religious under category,
and all 43 registered religious groups on campus will appear.
2. Ku religious advisors.
a. All advisors in this council should carry cards that list
all faith-based groups that are registered with KURA. Regardless
of their faith, they can help direct students to a group that best
fts the description the students are looking for.
b. Students can also visit the KURA Web site at: http://
groups.ku.edu/~kura/
3. info Fair for student groups from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fri-
day, August 21, 2009 in the 4th Floor Lobby of the Kansas Union.
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KC Wizards will
host students on
Saturday night
We want to get the
attention of younger
people. And not just
KU students, but
people in Lawrence
as well.
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HAMTRAMCK, Mich. A
fire that started Thursday near a
rail tanker car at a chemical plant
spread quickly to silos holding
gasoline, causing an inferno that
sent huge plumes of black smoke
billowing into the sky above
Detroit and forcing the evacua-
tion of hundreds of people.
The fire at the Sterling Services
Ltd. plant in Hamtramck broke
out at about 11:30 a.m., and
city officials quickly called
in help from the Detroit and
Highland Park fire departments.
Hamtramck is surrounded by
Detroit.
An evacuation order was lifted
at mid-afternoon as firefighters
worked to put out remaining hot
spots.
The company stores gaso-
line, jet fuel and biofuels at the
plant, so authorities evacuated
residents from about a half-
mile area around the fire, said
Kevin Kondrat, executive direc-
tor of the Hamtramck Housing
Commission. That included
a nearby complex of 36 build-
ings containing 300 apartments
and some 700 to 800 residents,
though Kondrat said not all were
home at the time of the blaze.
The evacuation went very,
very, very smooth, he said.
There were no injuries report-
ed, City Manager Bill Cooper
said.
He said it wasnt known what
caused the spark.
Sterling Services is a subsid-
iary of Southfield-based Sterling
Oil & Chemical Co. Inc., accord-
ing to a company Web site. The
Hamtramck facility is on more
than five acres and has a stor-
age capacity of about 5 million
gallons.
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no bigger than a two-car garage.
The garden serves as a symbol
of sustainability on our campus,
Tran said.
Not only are the plants grown
naturally, but the older seeds are
also donated from local business-
es that would have thrown them
away otherwise. Tran said some of
the businesses that donated seeds
included Sunrise Garden Center
and Cottins Hardware and Rental.
The Campus Garden donates
its produce to Douglas Countys
East Central Kansas Economic
Opportunity Corporation, or
ECKAN, a distribution center for
food pantries and other organiza-
tions that provide food to the hun-
gry.
Jeanette Collier, human services
coordinator for ECKAN, said the
Campus Garden donated items the
center didnt receive otherwise, such
as herbs like parsley and basil.
We appreciate each and every
donation we receive because we are
seeing far more households than we
can serve, Collier said.
She said the center served 30,000
individuals in 2008.
Between 60 and 80 students vol-
unteered throughout a semester,
Tran said, about 15 of whom were
fairly regular.
Its a great way to meet people,
learn how to grow your own food
and help the community, she said.
Volunteers with the garden said
they were always in need of more
helping hands.
If you know how to pick a blade
of grass, you can add something to
the garden, Omaha, Neb., senior
Katelyn McGill said.
McGill has volunteered with
the garden for two years and said
she often watered and weeded the
garden between classes. She said
the garden reminded her of home,
where she had helped her father
with the family garden since she
was little.
Its nice to have some ownership
in that feeling like you really
accomplished something by grow-
ing your own food, she said.
Working with the garden, she
said, taught her that anyone could
have a garden, even college stu-
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control other human urges.
Though Ramadan is an Islamic
celebration, some non-Muslim
students are fasting for personal
growth.
Ognyan Chervenkov, Bulgaria
senior, said that he
fasted for Ramadan
because he wanted
to experience what
his Muslim room-
mate was going
through. He said
among the ben-
efits, fasting gave
him increased time
management skills.
When I fast,
I know when
food comes,
Chervenkov said.
Putting food in a designated time
helps me put other things in their
proper time too.
His roommate, Shehryar Rana,
Pakistan senior, agreed that Ramadan
helped him manage day-to-day rou-
tines. He said he became increas-
ingly tired throughout the day, which
forced him to focus on staying on top
of schoolwork and obligations.
Its harder to focus late in the
afternoon, Rana said.
You cant keep things
to the last moment
because you wont
have the energy.
The Muslim Student
Association will con-
clude Ramadan with its
annual Fast-a-Thon on
Sept. 10, in the Kansas
Union. The event is
open to the public and
is expected to raise
hundreds of dollars for
the Lawrence home-
less shelter.
figures in their respective parties
and worked together closely.
Bill Lacy, director of the Dole
Institute, said the senators served
together for 30 years and had
extraordinarily good relations.
We wanted to point back to
two guys, one a Democrat, one a
Republican, one a Liberal and one
a Conservative, who always had
time to chat and be great friends,
Lacy said.
Included in the display is a pho-
tograph of the two together from
Sen. Doles last day as a senator
before resigning to focus on the
1996 presidential campaign. Lacy
points to this photograph to show
how close the friendship between
Kennedy and Dole was.
You can see, even on Sen.
Doles last day, they are sill laugh-
ing and goofing off, Lacy said.
Two major pieces of legislation
the senators worked together on
were the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
which made discrimination ille-
gal, and the Voting Rights Act of
1965, which lowered the voting
age to 18 years old.
One of their most famous joint-
efforts was a two-minute daily
radio program called Face-Off,
which both senators recorded
from 1984-1987. Lacy said the
senators would get together and
debate an issue of the day. At one
point, Face-Off was syndicated
to 88 radio stations across the
country.
Margarita Caulfield, Russell
sophomore and member of the
Dole Institutes student advi-
sory board, said Kennedy was
important because, among other
things, he was a member of one
of Americas great political power
families.
Im saddened by Sen. Kennedys
passing because he stood for great
integrity and strong bipartisan-
ship, Caulfield said. Sen. Dole
stood for the same things.
NASA
Shuttle set to launch after delays
BY MARCIA DUNN
Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
NASA will try to launch space
shuttle Discovery to the interna-
tional space station late Friday
night, after back-to-back delays
caused by bad weather and fuel
valve trouble.
It will be the third try for
NASA, which is still struggling to
understand why a critical shuttle
fuel valve appeared to malfunc-
tion Tuesday midway through the
fueling process.
The valve was tested Wednesday
night, and all indications were
that it was a problem with a sensor
rather than the valve itself. The
hydrogen fuel valve, a big 8-inch
device, is located in Discoverys
engine compartment.
After meeting Thursday, mis-
sion managers decided they need-
ed more time to settle on a plan if
the problem reappears, and aimed
for a liftoff late Friday night.
The better part of valor here
is to take a day, let us go polish
that (plan) off, really make sure
we understand whats going on,
said Mike Moses, chairman of the
mission management team. The
team was 80, 90 percent of the way
there already in the analysis.
Another potential issue popped
up Thursday when a mechanical
failure canceled the test firing of a
new moon rocket in Utah. The
problem was a faulty valve in a
power unit nearly identical to a
system used in the shuttle. Shuttle
managers said theyd take a look
at what went wrong in Utah to see
if theres any potential implication
for the shuttle.
In an unusual lineup of events,
NASA had two launch opportuni-
ties for Friday, in the early wee
hours and just before midnight.
Liftoff time will be 11:59 p.m.
Moses joked about bypassing
Fridays first opportunity. Just to
put the right spin on it, were
here to not talk about a scrub. In
fact, were still going to launch on
Friday. So thats good, he said at a
news conference.
Thunderstorms ruined the first
launch attempt early Tuesday
morning; the valve problem
canceled an early Wednesday
attempt.
Forecasters put the odds of good
launch weather at just 60 percent.
Thunderstorms are a concern for
both fueling and launch.
NASA has until Sunday to
launch Discovery, otherwise the
shuttle will have to get in line
behind a Japanese cargo ship and
a Russian spacecraft set to go to
the space station in September.
That would push the shuttle mis-
sion into mid-October.
Seven astronauts are assigned
to the 13-day flight. They will
deliver a full load of space sta-
tion supplies, including a tread-
mill named for Comedy Centrals
Stephen Colbert.
Colbert won the online vote
earlier this year for naming rights
to a yet-to-be-launched space
station room. NASA went with
the name Tranquility, however,
in honor of this summers 40th
anniversary of the first manned
moon landing.
Yeah, that will scare the
aliens, Colbert said of the name
Tranquility.
aSSOCIaTed PreSS
Space Shuttle discovery will launch after setbacks due to weather delayed takeof. The shuttle will deliver supplies to the space station.
One of the items is named after comedian Stephen Colbert.
INteRNAtIoNAl
Writer of the lyrics for the
Soviet anthem dies at 96
MOSCOW Sergei Mikhalkov,
an author favored by Stalin who
persecuted dissident writers as
part of the Soviet propaganda
machine and fathered two noted
flm directors, died Thursday. He
was 96.
Mikhalkov died in a Moscow
hospital, said Denis Baglai, a
spokesman for his son, director
Nikita Mikhalkov. Baglai said he
had no further details immedi-
ately.
In 1943, Mikhalkov was com-
missioned to write lyrics for a
new Soviet anthem.
Mikhalkov remained one of
the most vocal and outspoken
bards of Communism.
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Football
Time to
put "Enter
Sandman"
to sleep
T
he loud buzzing from the
packed stands gets turned
off like a light switch. Every
one looks, whether sitting or stand-
ing, like dogs suddenly being called
by their master.
The video board goes black
under the shining Campanile in the
fall evening Kansan sun. A familiar
sound drums into the horseshoe of
Memorial Stadium. A sound that
has been heard coming from the
giant video board for 10 years now:
Enter Sandman, by Metallica.
The repetitive, hypnotic, riff
coming from Kirk Hammetts gui-
tar in Enter Sandman admittedly
inspired me the first time I heard
it in Memorial Stadium. I was a
freshman walk-on football player
with hopes of running out on the
field as the next starting tight end.
I was in awe of the Kansas foot-
ball experience. However, by the
seventeenth game I had seen at
KUs home field, I was harder to
impress. Not to say that it affected
me like the Sandman should (mak-
ing me fall asleep), but it no longer
made my heart almost jump out of
my chest.
Now, Im all for traditions, espe-
cially at the University of Kansas
where tradition makes us who we
are. The Rock Chalk Chant gives
me goose bumps every time I hear
it because it is original to us. But
Enter Sandman is not original to
us. Virginia Tech, our rivals in the
2008 Orange Bowl, use the song in
their entrance to the field and have
for a while longer than we have,
and some of the Hokies fans com-
plained that we had copied them
and their own inspiring, traditional
march to the field.
As mentioned before, the song
Enter Sandman has been boom-
ing from our speakers for 10 years
now. According to Mike Lickert,
the director of video services, the
song has been used ever since
video board in the south end of the
stadium was added in 1999. Since
then, we have accompanied the
song with attention-getting vid-
eos to add to the drama of Enter
Sandman like our current video
in which two jets fly over our great
state and stadium. It shows our
unique history of KU Football, and
it shows our state with great pan-
oramic views.
The song, however, is a rock and
roll, get hyped up, clich with at
least one other college using it. I
say keep the great video, but try a
new song.
I dont want to bash on our
pregame football ritual too much,
because I still enjoy it for what its
worth, and I anxiously await every
kickoff this season. So instead of
just burying the Sandman back
into the ground he came from, Ill
sprinkle some of my own advice on
your eyes.
My top choice for a new
entrance song would be Cochise,
by Audioslave. This song has a
similar feeling to Enter Sandman,
with a repetitive, building bass
and drum line. Then right as the
doors would open to let the players
loose, the guitar riff would send the
crowd wild. Or thats at least how I
picture it. Other suggestions would
be Kashmir, by Led Zeppelin, X,
by System of a Down, or Boom,
by Nelly (which was used in the
movie "The Longest Yard").
By Nicholas RoesleR
nroesler@kansan.com
State oF the art Space
Football
Kansas basketball's new practice facility first open to the media on Wednesday
afternoon. The facility is connected to the west side of Allen Fieldhouse, providing
space for both the men's and women's basketball teams.
Ofensive line 'coming together'
photos of
the practice
facility ON
PAgE 6B
By JaysoN JeNKs
jjenks@kansan.com

Sophomore Jeremiah Hatch
isnt new to the ofensive line this
season. Actually, hes not even new
to the starting rotation.
But Hatch is still making a tran-
sition this year. Afer starting ev-
ery game last season at one of the
two tackle spots, Hatch slid inside
this year to anchor Kansas ofen-
sive line at center.
And the move puts increased
responsibilities on Hatchs shoul-
ders.
Guys look to me for the calls,
Hatch said. Tey look to me to
get them hyped up for practice. I
pretty much took that role.
Tis season marks an adjust-
ment period for the ofensive
line as a whole. Gone are veteran
starters and interior linemen Ryan
Cantrell, Adrian Mayes and Chet
Hartley. Enter in a cast of three
new faces.
So far this ofseason, coach
Mark Mangino said, the line has
slowly progressed from an un-
known to a more consistent unit.
Te ofensive line is young, but
boy its starting to come together,
Mangino said. I really like how
they are getting of the ball, but
there are just fundamental things
that we need to work out.
True, the Jayhawks are inexpe-
rienced at certain spots along the
ofensive line. But there are a few
familiar faces back this season.
Hatch joins fellow sophomore Jef
Spikes as returning starters, ofer-
ing the Jayhawks a healthy amount
of game experience.
Spikes started all 13 games last
year and was named to the Phil
Steele Freshman All-American
Tird Team. At 6-foot-6, 315
pounds, Spikes possesses all the
physical tools to be a dominant
lineman in the Big 12.
Hes going to know what he got
away with last year, and hes going
to know guys have a year of flm
on him, Cantrell said. He aint
going to be able to get away with
any of that stuf anymore.
Te kids a monster, hes huge.
He looks like a tackle. And if he
can get his proper sets and get his
footwork down, its going to be
lights out for any defensive end in
the Big 12.
Hatch, meanwhile, spent the
ofseason learning the intricacies
of the center position. Te adjust-
ment process had less to do with
technique and more to do with
added verbal responsibilities.
Not only must Hatch know his
own assignment, he must be able
to communicate everyone elses
along the line.
Center is a whole diferent ani-
mal than tackle, Cantrell said. At
tackle youre pretty much one on
one with that guy on the outside
the whole game. At center, youre
really the quarterback of the line.
And what happens if the com-
munication along the line is inad-
equate? Simple.
Te result is a bad play, a nega-
tive yardage play, Mayes said. If
youre not all running on the same
cylinder it just takes one defen-
sive player to make the play.
At this point, freshman Tanner
Hawkinson has a solid hold on
the lef tackle position. Te guard
positions are currently being flled
by senior Sal Capra and junior
Carl Wilson, although junior Brad
Torson practiced with the frst
team ofense during Tursdays
open practice.
But regardless of who plays
what positions, the line will need
to perform for Kansas ofense to
be successful this season.
Tat group, quarterback Todd
Reesing said, theyre really going
to be the key for us this year.
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the teamthis year. The Jayhawks will have their home opener on Sept. 5 against Northern Colorado.
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O
ctober cant come fast
enough.
This Major League
Baseball season has seen many
hardships and there have been
few highlights in return. Almost
every night has some sort of
downer.
Im not even talking about
performance-enhancing drugs.
For instance, injuries, lackluster
performances and unintriguing
division battles have led to my
severe displeasure and even grief
when confronted with the MLB.
Ill start in New York. I picked
the Mets to win the World Series
before the season began. Im not
ashamed. They lost some play-
ers to injury, namely Jose Reyes
and Carlos Delgado, and now
poster boy David Wright is out
with a concussion. When Johan
Santana went down, that was the
last straw. As if their last couple
of years havent been bad enough.
Even with some of these players,
they were vastly underachieving.
The prettiest team in baseball has
been beaten ugly right out of the
playoff race. At least New York
still has the Yankees. Were stuck
with
the Royals. Zach Greinke is
pitching like a Cy Young winner
and recorded a team record 15
strikeouts the other night. Thats
nice, but as of now, the Royals are
still 19 games out in the weakest
division in baseball. The last game
I went to, I had to bury my head
in my free shirt to hide the shame.
However, there are still great
stories out there. Albert Pujols
and the Cardinals arent talked
about enough. The Phillies addi-
tion of Cliff Lee and getting their
bats going is endearing. Its better
when the team that is supposed to
win wins. I dont think Colorado
trying to catch the Dodgers is
adorable at all. Its not even close
to a rivalry, either. The success of
Texas has left me more befuddled
than anything. But if they make
it into the playoffs, the American
League will have one of the least
appealing playoffs in recent mem-
ory (Youd be looking at possibly
Yankees, Tigers, Angels, Rangers.
Ew.).
Now for Mark Buehrle. When
he threw that perfect game, I
thought that single event would
change the whole complexion of
the baseball season. DeWayne
Wise had the miracle grab and it
made the whole situation seem
ethereal. I thought it was the gold-
en moment of the season. Here
we are, over a month later, and
the guy hasnt won a game since.
So if you cant count on perfec-
tion, who can you trust?
The season isnt over and luck-
ily there is still time for redemp-
tion. What that redemption may
be, Ill let this season decide.
Friday youTube SeSh
How to videos on the Internet
are pertinent to everyone. You
dont need to watch Emeril to
see how to make the perfect pea-
nut butter and jelly sandwich.
Everyday people can show you
the fundamentals better than the
experts because they are on the
same skill level. And some have
the ability to convey the message
in such a way that youll never
forget the directions.
Enter Steve Sutton.
As creepy as this guy is, I am
able to make the perfect iced tea
after one viewing of his video. I
go back to it just for the laughs.
YouTube search Steve Sutton
tea to see a masterpiece mixture
of information and entertainment.
Edited by Samantha Foster
sports 2B
Today
Soccer:
vs. Pepperdine,
5:30 p.m.
in Knoxville, Tenn.
Volleyball:
vs. Middle
Tennessee St.,
7:30 p.m.
in Murfreesboro,
Tenn.
SaTurday
Volleyball:
vs. Xavier,
10:30 a.m.
in Murfreesboro,
Tenn.
Volleyball:
vs. Murray State,
5 p.m.
in Mufreesboro,
Tenn.
Sunday
Soccer:
vs. Arizona State,
12:30 p.m.
in Knoxville,
Tenn.
ThiS week
in kanSaS
aThleTicS
QuoTe oF The day
Somebody just back of you
while you are fshing is as bad
as someone looking over your
shoulder while you write a
letter to your girl.
Ernest Hemingway
MLB disappoints with injuries
morning brew
By corey thiBodeaux
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
FacT oF The day
The world record catch
for a paddlefsh (also known
as spoonbill) was caught in
Atchinson in 2004. It weighed
144 pounds and was 75 inches
long.
http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/
TriVia oF The day
Q: When was Clinton Lake
constructed?
a: Congress authorized
Clinton Lake in 1962 and funds
were frst appropriated for
construction in 1971. Nearly
$55 million was needed to
complete the project. In 1977
initial flling of Clinton Lake be-
gan. To improve fshing poten-
tial, the lake was flled slowly
over a three-year period. The
multipurpose pool level was
reached in 1980.
http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/
Friday, august 28, 2009
FiShing reporT
Each Friday The Kansan
will provide a fshing report
for area lakes. Feel free to
send along reports (or even
photos) of your own from
around Lawrence to smon-
temayor@kansan.com.
The Kansas Department
of Wildlife and Parks reports
that as of 8/19 at Clinton
Reservoir:
wiper are slow with
anglers catching some
while actually fshing for
catfsh using liver. Size: 2-4.5
pounds.
crappie are fair with
some being caught over
brushpiles on minnows or
jigs. Size: 0.5-1 pounds.
channel caTFiSh
are good using worms,
liver, stinkbait and spoons
over baited areas. Size: 1-4
pounds.
Clinton Marina reported
Thursday that the above
mentioned species statuses
remain unchanged.
Marys Lake (located near
31st and Haskell):
channel caTFiSh are
good using worms.
bluegill are good using
crappie jigs.
Pat Dawson-Billings Lake
(27th and Crossgate):
All species poor.
associated Press

LONDON Freeze-dried food.
Autopilot failures. Brutal storms.
Accidental dunkings.
A 17-year-old British sailor
endured all those trials and more
to become the youngest person to
sail solo around the world.
Mike Perham grabbed the record
Thursday after sailing 28,000 miles
to cross the finish line off the coast
of Cornwall, in southern England,
after a mere nine months.
Perham is a few months young-
er than Zac Sunderland, from
Thousand Oaks, California, who
claimed the youngest solo crown
in July when he completed a simi-
lar trip in 13 months.
Perhams boat, a 50-foot racing
yacht called Totallymoney.com in
honor of his sponsor, completed
the trip at 9:55 a.m. Thursday
morning. He sailed with assistance
which means he was alone but
stopped for repairs.
The teenager was then joined
by his father Peter, who told The
Associated Press that they were
just enjoying each others com-
pany en route to the coastal city
of Portsmouth.
Perham, who set off on Nov. 18,
celebrated his 17th birthday deep
in the Indian Ocean. His gruel-
ing trip was blighted by autopilot
failures, rudder problems and wild
weather that repeatedly forced him
to stop for repairs.
During a stop in Cape Town,
South Africa, Perham got a chance
to meet up with Sunderland,
as well as 75-year-old Japanese
yachtsman and serial circumnavi-
gator Minoru Saito, the oldest man
to finish a solo, nonstop around-
the-world voyage.
While waiting for parts to repair
his rudder in Tasmania, Perham
took a brief trip to Brisbane,
Australia, to meet Jessica Watson,
the 16-year-old girl who also hopes
to make it around the world.
After sailing above New Zealand
and across the Pacific, Perham was
towed through the Panama Canal
and then cut across the Atlantic,
heading for home.
Well-wishers tracked Perhams
progress through his blog, where
he chronicled his many mishaps
one entry is entitled an unexpect-
ed swim and his impatience
with what seemed to be an unend-
ing diet of freeze-dried food.
In an entry dated Thursday,
Perham said the final leg of his
trip does feel a bit weird.
Associated Press
NFL
Broncos wide receiver
misses practice again
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Bron-
cos wide receiver Brandon
Marshall appears unlikely to
make his season debut in Sun-
day nights exhibition against
the Chicago Bears after missing
practice again.
Marshall, who had ofseason
hip surgery, has missed most of
the teams training camp with a
hamstring problem. He also has
requested a trade after clashing
with the organization and new
coach Josh McDaniels over his
desire for a new contract.
Associated Press
BasketBaLL
Pitino accuses Sypher of
extortion in sex scandal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Louisville
coach Rick Pitino said a sex scan-
dal involving a woman accused of
trying to extort millions from him
has been pure hell for his family,
fuming that newly released video
of her police interview revived her
total fabrication.
Pitino spoke at a hastily called
news conference hours after
Louisville police released audio
and video recordings of phone
calls and an interview with Karen
Cunagin Sypher, the woman at the
heart of the scandal.
Sypher claims in the interview
that Pitino sexually assaulted
her, an allegation she brought to
police after she was accused of
trying to extort millions from the
coach.
Associated Press
royaLs
Francis suspended for
second drug violation
NEW YORK Kansas City
Royals outfelder Nicholas
Francis has been suspended
for 50 games under baseballs
minor league drug program
after a second violation for
drug abuse.
Associated Press
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FootBaLL
Vick prepares for season
with Philadelphia Eagles
PHILADELPHIA Michael
Vick could be on the feld for
the frst play from scrimmage if
the circumstances are right.
Philadelphia has a set series
of plays designed for Vick,
according to a person familiar
with the Eagles ofensive game
plan who requested anonymity
because he was not authorized
to discuss it.
Eagles coach Andy Reid,
whos known for using the
element of surprise, has said
he plans to use Vick during the
frst three quarters with the
rest of the frst-team ofense.
Its possible Vick will run a
wildcat formation or be under
center right away if the Eagles
are in the red zone.
During early warmups, well
before fans were allowed into
the stadium, Vick threw passes
to a variety of teammates. His
demeanor was far more seri-
ous than starting quarterback
Donovan McNabb, who was
joking around and even dis-
playing to Vick the proper way
to get two feet inbound when
catching a pass.
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CBS Sports to talk college foot-
ball from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday.
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3B friDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009
By Zach GetZ
zgetz@kansan.com
Kansas will start the regular sea-
son this weekend in the Middle
Tennessee Invitational. They will face
Middle Tennessee State University
Friday and Xavier and Murray State
Universities on Saturday.
Middle Tennessee State is com-
ing off a 27-8 record and went to
the second round of the NCAA
Volleyball Tournament last season.
MTSU is also returning five starters,
plus their libero. Xavier and Murray
State both had winning seasons last
year and are both returning most of
their starters.
Coach Ray Bechard said he
believes that the difficulty of the
nonconference schedule is just what
the team needs to get an upper Big
12 Conference finish and ultimately
a NCAA tournament berth.
Kansas is coming off a disap-
pointing 13-16 season in 2008 and
its third-straight losing season, but
it is returning five players and its
libero. Many of the players said
they felt that this season would be
different.
Senior defensive specialist/libero
Melissa Grieb said that the team has
really come together and is meshing
very well so far this season. She
said she felt that there is more of a
sense of leadership this season from
previous seasons.
I definitely feel way more pre-
pared than last year, Grieb said. It
seems that we are in a better place
than we were last year.
Freshman middle blocker Tayler
Tolefree said she was both nervous
and excited for her first collegiate
matches. Tolefree has been highly
touted by her coaches and her team-
mates and is expected to make an
impact this season.
I expect us to go out and play
hard in every game, and no mat-
ter what happens in one game, we
move on and make improvements
and changes, Tolefree said.
Junior outside hitter Karina
Garlington also said she thought the
team was looking good and ready
for the season. She said that it was
important for the team to get off to
a good start.
Were going to play three really
spectacular teams, probably three
teams that are going to be in the
NCAA tournament, Garlington
said. Its important to come out
strong and show how hard weve
been working because its going to
set the mindset for the next couple
of weeks.
According to the players and
Coach Bechard, an air of confi-
dence now surrounds the entire
team, and they feel right now they
can defeat anyone.
Were just going to push it, and
the sky is the limit for us, said
Garlington.
Edited by Lauren Cunningham
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Jayhawks keep confdence in mind as season begins with invitational
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is coming of its third straight losing season and will start its season this Friday at the Middle
Tennessee Invitational.
inspirational
High school team presses on afer the loss of its coach
associated Press
PARKERSBURG, Iowa As
theyve done every August for 35
years, the players on Aplington-
Parkersburg Highs football team
are throwing themselves into the
familiar, sweaty grind of Coach Ed
Tomas brutal, two-a-day sum-
mer workouts.
Te pop of linemen clashing
afer the snap still flls the thick,
muggy air, as do the rhythmic
claps and military barks of teen-
agers willing themselves through
endless push-ups, jumping jacks
and punishment laps, their faded
red jerseys caked with mud and
sweat.
All thats missing is Tomas.
Tis is the frst time in more
than three decades that Tomas
hasnt graced the sidelines of the
feld that bears his name, known as
Te Sacred Acre. He was gunned
down in June in the schools weight
room, and one of his former play-
ers sits in jail, accused of shooting
him. Tough his players hit the
feld as they know Tomas would
have wanted even using his
playbook and the preseason work-
outs he penned his absence is
felt every day.
Te only thing diferent is not
hearing his voice, said the coachs
younger son, assistant coach Todd
Tomas, who returned to Park-
ersburg to guide his fathers team.
Te only thing were missing is
his booming voice out there on the
practice feld.
Te Aplington-Parkersburg
team will open its season Friday
night, kicking of with a game
against rival Dike-New Hartford.
It will be televised nationally on
ESPN and followed by just about
everyone in the northeast Iowa
town of 1,800 people.
Te process of moving on start-
ed for the team just two days afer
Tomas funeral. About a dozen
of the older players gathered for
a party to check up on each other
and play a little pingpong. Of spe-
cial concern was Scott Becker, a
senior lineman and the brother of
the man accused of killing their
coach, Mark Becker.
Teir message to him was sim-
ple. He was still a member of their
team.
We wanted to let him know we
still loved him, even through all
this, said 17-year-old senior quar-
terback Coy Wiegmann. Coach
has always said you pick yourself
and go. Even through the hard
times, weve got to focus on the
good stuf.
As Hornbuckle put it, We made
sure to make him feel that we
didnt think any diferent of him
or anything like that. Hes still our
friend.
Coming back to help the team
move on are Tomas sons. Days
afer the shooting, Aaron Tomas
agreed to leave his job at a larger
high school 30 miles away to re-
place his father as athletic direc-
tor. Another son, Todd Tomas,
rejoined the coaching staf afer a
two-year absence.
Its helped me, being up here
and around all the kids and also
being around football, because
football was such an important
part of my dads life, he said. I
cant speak for any of the other
coaches and the kids, but it might
be helping them too. I dont know.
It just seems normal.
While the players are excited for
Friday nights game, theyre also
looking forward to getting on with
the season and competing for the
Class-1A title. Once again, the Fal-
cons will be among the favorites to
win it. Still, they play in Tomas
shadow.
footBall
Tigers work to fx things
before season opener
COLUMBIA, Mo. Coach Gary
Pinkel saw some things he liked
in Missouris fnal scrimmage
Thursday afternoon, but he also
spotted room for improvement.
Now, the Tigers have a little
more than a week to fx things,
as Pinkel put it, before they open
the season Sept. 5 against Illinois
in St. Louis.
Missouri begins the pursuit
of its third straight Big 12 North
title with a new starting quarter-
back. Sophomore Blaine Gabbert
showed great athleticism Thurs-
day, going 11-for-14 in the air.
But as he replaces former
Heisman Trophy fnalist Chase
Daniel, Gabbert is also inspiring
confdence among his receivers.
Wide receiver Danario Alexan-
der says Gabbert has improved
throughout camp and can be as
good as he wants to be.
cyclinG
Armstrong s new team
helps local economy
AUSTIN, Texas Team
RadioShack, Lance Armstrongs
new cycling team, will debut at
the 2010 Tour Down Under in
Australia.
Armstrong won the Tour de
France a record seven times from
1999-2005 before retiring. He
announced his return to the sport
in 2009.
The Tour Down Under runs Jan.
17-24 in Adelaide and other com-
munities around South Australia.
Armstrongs entry in this years
Tour Down Under helped attract
an estimated 750,000 specta-
tors which the government said
injected $30 million into the
regions economy.
track and field
Locals stand behind
hometown medalist
JOHANNESBURG Former
President Nelson Mandela con-
gratulated South African runner
Caster Semenya, whose dramatic
improvement, deep voice and
muscular build have sparked
questions about her gender.
The International Association
of Athletics Federations initiated
tests on the 18-year-old athlete
after she won gold in the 800 me-
ters at the world championships
in Germany last week.
South Africans have rallied
behind Semenya, who returned
home Tuesday.
Semenya and two other medal-
ists met briefy with Mandela in
Johannesburg Wednesday.
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SOCCER SCOUTING REPORT
sports 4B Friday, august 28, 2009
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
Freshman goalie Kat Liebetrau
is quiet on the field. Senior goalie
Julie Hanley is loud.
Liebetrau is, according to senior
defender Estelle Johnson, a shot-
stopper, while Hanley is likely bet-
ter with her feet.
Their games might be the most
opposite on the field, and since
Liebetrau is now the starter after
Hanley started for three years,
there are definitely some adjust-
ments taking place.
Johnson said the back line is
working with Liebetrau.
She will definitely communi-
cate when she has to, Johnson said.
But I think one thing were work-
ing on with her is just getting her to
be more outspoken.
Liebetrau admitted she still
needed some time to adjust to
being more vocal.
My defenders, they get on me,
telling me when Im really soft,
Liebetrau said. Ive been trying to
be more vocal in practice.
Both Liebetrau and Johnson said
that communication will be key to
the defenses success in the Lady
Vol Invite this weekend and the
season to come. Kansas takes on
Pepperdine at 4:30 p.m. Friday in
Knoxville, Tenn. On Sunday, they
match up with Arizona State at
11:30 a.m.
Senior midfielder Monica
Dolinsky has already faced
Pepperdine once in her career, a
3-1 loss in Lawrence. She says she
likes how Pepperdine plays a simi-
lar style to Kansas.
They like to play in the back
and try to build it, Dolinsky said.
We dont like balls over the top
a lot.
Coach Mark Francis had no rec-
ollection of the meeting between
the teams in 2006, but did say that
their coach was a good friend of
his and that they were always tough
opponents.
Pepperdine senior midfielder
Sophia Bo
Medina, who just
completed a stint
with the Mexican
national team,
leads the Waves.
She is a two-time
All-West Coast
Conference selec-
tion.
She may not score a ton of goals,
but she has a knack for putting
balls in the back of the net when
it matters most. Of her 10 career
goals, six ended up being the win-
ning goals, adding to that total
in Pepperdines season-opener on
Sunday.
So when it matters the most, it
may come down to who can make
the play in the clutch: the senior
with national team experience or
the freshman with one career start.
But what Francis and Johnson
like the most about Liebetrau is her
ability to stop shots.
She is just really
good at getting her
body in front of the
ball, Johnson said.
Shell do what it
takes.
Johnson said that
if Liebetrau can com-
municate better, it will
help the team immensely.
I personally cant hear anything
when Im playing, Johnson said. I
think she just needs to come out of
her comfort zone a little bit.
SOCCER
Freshman works on fnding voice
KANSAS
Coach: Mark Francis
Formation: 4-4-2
Outlook: The Jayhawks started with a solid win over Drake on
Sunday with goals from a couple unlikely sources. Continued im-
provement and confdence from younger players like freshmen
Whitney Berry and Kat Liebetrau will go a long way in compli-
menting the experienced core of the team.
Goalkeeper: Liebetrau only had one save to make in her
collegiate debut on Sunday, but it was a good start nonetheless.
Francis has plenty of confdence in his keeper, who he calls a ter-
rifc shot-stopper.
Defense: Kansas defense is defnitely its strong point this year.
They return three starters from last year, seniors Estelle Johnson
and Lauren Jackson and junior Geneva Magness, all of whom
played the full 90 minutes against Drake.
Midfeld: Two freshmen join two seniors in the midfeld.
Whitney Berry looked impressive on Sunday, scoring in her col-
lege debut and racking up fve shots. Senior Monica Dolinsky
will play a more attacking role as the inexperienced starters gain
confdence.
Forward: Emily Cressy and Shannon McCabe combined for 17
goals last year and are looking to continue that success in 2009.
They were held scoreless against Drake, but McCabe earned an
assist, and the duo will likely start putting shots in the net soon.
Joel Petterson
PEPPERDINE
Coach: Tim Ward
Formation: 4-3-3
Outlook: Pepperdine lost six starters from last years squad, so
they have a relatively young squad, but they are still looking to
challenge for the West Coast Conference title this year. Last year,
the Waves fnished 3rd place in the WCC with a 9-9-2 record. They
are coming of of an exciting overtime win over Marquette last
Sunday.
Goalkeeper: Pepperdine has two underclassmen battling for
the starting goalkeeper position, sophomore Lacey Heck and
freshman Roxanne Barker. Barker has an impressive rsum and
only allowed one goal starting against Marquette, but still lacks
experience on the college level.
Defense: Three starters return from an impressive defense last
year that boasted eight shutouts. They also have a deep bench to
fll in the spot left by graduated defensive leader Kelsey Baker.
Midfeld: The Waves only return senior Kelly Reilly from last
years squad, but they added Michelle Spacciapolli, a transfer from
Boston College, along with two younger players. Spacciapolli
scored one of Pepperdines two goals against Marquett on Sunday.
Forward: Pepperdine features a strong goalscoring presence up
front with senior Sophia Medina. Medina spent the summer with
the Mexican National team and scored in the 98th minute to beat
Marquette.
Follow Kansan
soccer writer Clark
Goble at twitter.
com/cgoble89.
TENNIS
BY HOWARD FENDRICH
Associated Press
NEW YORK Serena and
Venus Williams have met in eight
Grand Slam fnals, most recently
at Wimbledon last month. Te
U.S. Open wont feature No. 9.
Te No. 2-seeded Serena and
No. 3 Venus are in the same half
of the U.S. Open feld announced
Tursday, meaning they could
face each other only in the semi-
fnals of the years last major
tournament.
It is a shame. Teyre the peo-
ple to beat. Tey rise to the oc-
casion at the big ones, especially
Serena, three-time U.S. Open
champion John McEnroe said.
In interest level alone, its too
bad, added McEnroe, part of the
CBS Sports announcing team at
the tournament.
Tere wont be Williams-Wil-
liams to decide a title, but there
could be Federer-Nadal. No.
1-seeded Roger Federer and No.
3 Rafael Nadal were drawn into
opposite halves of the feld when
the draw was held behind closed
doors Wednesday.
Federer is bidding for a sixth
consecutive U.S. Open title, but
he wasnt always so comfortable
in New York.
I used to struggle here a lit-
tle bit, he said Tursday, just
because I had trouble with the
wind, trouble with the humidity
... my mind would wander dur-
ing the tournament.
Venus Williams could wind up
facing 2005 U.S. Open champion
Kim Clijsters in the fourth round.
Clijsters recently came out of re-
tirement and is returning to the
tournament.
This years U.S. Open
announces schedule
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Serena Williams, right, and Roger Federer, of Switzerland, pose for photographs
during a news conference to promote the U.S. Open tennis tournament onThursday in New
York.
My defenders, they
get on me, telling me
when Im really soft.
KAT LiEBETRAu
Freshman goalie
Game breakdown: Kansas (1-0-0) vs. Pepperdine (1-0-0) 5:30 p.m., Knoxville, Tenn. Kansas All-time Record vs. Pepperdine: 0-2 (2005, 2006)
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sports 5b friday, august 28, 2009
Big 12
FootBall
By Hallie Mann
hmann@kansan.com
In the last week, adding or drop-
ping and eligibility problems of play-
ers in the Big 12 have changed the
line-ups for some teams. Here are
your football updates from around
the conference:
texas a&M
Coach Mike
Sherman announced
on Monday that junior
Jerrod Johnson will start at quarter-
back for A&M after being selected
over sophomore Ryan Tannehill
who will move to wide receiver
according to the Aggie Athletics
Web site.
NeBraska
Running back
Quentin Castille was
dismissed from the
team last week after violating team
rules, according to the Lincoln
Journal Star. Coach Bo Pelini did
not specify what rule he violated
but he is no longer practicing with
the team. Castille was competing
with junior Roy Helu Jr. for the
starting running back position for
Nebraska and Pelini said freshman
Rex Burkhead would probably be
the No. 2 running back position.
oklahoMa
Linebacker Mike
Balogun may earn his
eligibility back for his
final season from the
NCAA this week, according to The
Oklahoman. Oklahoma had found
out that Balogun, now 25, may have
played a year of semi-professional
football when he was 22. This was
presented to the NCAA for further
investigation.
oklahoMa
state
Coach Mike Gundy
cut off access to his
team from the media
until at least Aug. 31 to keep his
team more focused, according to
the Tulsa World. Currently ranked
11 in the Coaches Preseason Poll,
Gundy said they needed to reel the
players in and get them to focus as
the season is about to start.
texas
Sophomore safety
Earl Thomas has
impressed coaches
and fellow play-
ers at Texas in preseason practice.
Texas defensive coordinator Will
Muschamp said he was very con-
fident in him, and was looking
forward to using him this season
in the defense according to The
Daily Texan.
Missouri
S o p h o mo r e
offensive lineman
Dan Hoch, one
of the key players for Missouris
offense, may be out for the Sept.
5 game after spraining his MCL at
practice. Hoch said hes feeling bet-
ter but his absence could affect the
chemistry of the offense, accord-
ing to The Columbia Missourian.
Colorado
Junior wide
receiver Andre
Simmons was
cleared to enroll
at Colorado earlier this week after
a tumultuous transfer and admis-
sion process this summer from a
junior college, according to The
Daily Camera. Simmons had his
first day of practice with the Buffs
on Wednesday, and coach Dan
Hawkins said Simmons had a lot
of work to do to get caught up for
the game on Sept. 6.
texas teCh
Two defensive
backs, junior Jarrell
Routt and sophomore
Angelo Traylor, have left the
team because they do not think
they will get any playing time
with the Raiders this season, a
Texas Tech spokesperson said on
Wednesday. Running backs coach
Clay McGuire said they still had
a good corps of running backs to
work with despite the losses.
Those are the top updates, sto-
ries and changes from around the
Big 12 this week. Look each week
for the latest news on Big 12 foot-
ball in The Kansan.
Area schools rearrange, update line-ups as football seasons commence
aP toP 25 Poll
(as oF 8/27/09)
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
9. Oklahoma State
24. Nebraska
25. Kansas
Other Big 12 Teams who
received votes: Texas Tech,
Missouri
Jayhawks open practice for Fan Appreciation Day
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy, right, points out some of the features of the
newlocker roomto T. Boone Pickens, left. Oklahoma State is one of the Big 12 schools currently
ranked in the Coaches Preseason Poll.
By Jaysons Jenks
jjenks@kansan.com
On Wednesday afternoon,
Kansas football held its Fan
Appreciation Day. Before sign-
ing autographs for fans, the
Jayhawks participated in an open
practice. A few observations:
sPriNger oN the Field
Two weeks ago, junior line-
backer Justin Springer didnt par-
ticipate in Kansas practice. But
on Wednesday evening, Springer
saw the field, playing mostly with
what appeared to be the second
team defense.
Springer played well in a reserve
role last season before suffering
a season-ending injury against
Kansas State on Nov. 1.
MCdougald Fourth
reCeiver
Freshman wide receiver Bradley
McDougald spent time as Kansas
fourth receiver, working with the
first team during the scrimmage
at the end of Wednesdays open
practice.
Coach Mark Mangino wasnt
available for comment afterward,
but Mangino previously said that
McDougald will play this season.
McDougald also returned kick-
offs with junior wide receiver
Dezmon Briscoe.
a Few ChaNges
Sophomore Steven Foster has
been moved from linebacker to
defensive line. Foster, originally
ranked the fourth-best fullback
in the nation according to ESPN.
com, moved to linebacker earlier
in his career.
He spent time Wednesday at
defensive end and defensive line.
Junior college transfer
Vernon Brooks switched to the
No. 9. Brooks previously wore No.
39.
Junior Brad Thorson spent
time practicing at guard with
what appeared to be the first team
offensive line. Thorson is nor-
mally used as a center.
Play oF the day
Junior defensive end Quintin
Woods tipped a pass in the air
and then made hauled in the
falling ball for an interception.
OK, so it was just an intra-squad
scrimmage, but the play was still
impressive.
A lot of people come to Memorial Stadium and say this is
pretty place. We dont want pretty. We want hostile.
Coach Mark Mangino addressing fans after Wednesdays open practice
We look forward to seeing you on game day Saturdays,
and we look forward to bringing back the Big 12 North
title to Lawrence.
Quarterback Todd Reesing
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MlB
Padilla boosts Dodgers team spirit
By aRnie sTaPleTo
Associated Press
DENVER Vicente Padilla
gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a
shot in the arm and the Colorado
Rockies a punch to the gut.
The right-hander, jettisoned
by Texas earlier this month after
angering the Rangers by throwing
at hitters, returned to the National
League on Thursday and pitched
the Dodgers to a
3-2 win over the
Rockies.
I can do a lot
for this team,
said Padilla, who
allowed two runs
and six hits in five
solid innings.
Rafael Furcal, in
the game for his
defense, delivered
a tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth
and Matt Kemp hit his career-high
19th homer as the Dodgers put the
brakes on the surging Rockies by
taking two of three at Coors Field.
They also opened a four-game lead
in the NL West over the wild-card
leaders.
Damn right thats what we
needed and wanted, Dodgers
manager Joe Torre said.
And now the Rockies have to
go to San Francisco for a weekend
series after an emotional week in
Colorado, where they took three of
four from the Giants before facing
Los Angeles.
We didnt win this series, but we
won this homestand, said Rockies
manager Jim Tracy, whose team
has to face Tim Lincecum, Barry
Zito and Matt Cain this weekend.
Were still in a wonderful posi-
tion.
The relieved Dodgers appear
to have a much
easier road ahead,
with three games at
Cincinnati this week-
end before playing
nine games against
struggling Arizona
and San Diego.
Four relievers
combined to pre-
serve Padillas first
win for his new team,
and Jonathan Broxton got the last
four outs for his 28th save in 32
chances. The Rockies put runners
on first and second with one out in
the ninth before Broxton struck out
Eric Young Jr. and Seth Smith.
The resurgent Rockies, who
once trailed L.A. by 15 games,
had won eight of 10 before the
Dodgers took the last two games of
this crucial series.
Im not worried about cool-
ing anybody off. Its all about our
record, Torre said. Were trying
to enhance our record. We hold
our fate in our own hands and if
we take care of business ourselves
then we dont have to look around
for help.
Padilla (1-0), who played for
Arizona and Philadelphia before
getting traded to the Rangers in
2005, signed a minor league con-
tract with the Dodgers on Aug.
19 after he was released by Texas,
where he was 8-6 with a 4.92 ERA
in 18 starts this
year.
In going back
to the NL, Padilla
has to bat, which
could make him
a target for retali-
ation if he keeps
plunking batters,
something he
didnt have to face
in the American
League. He didnt hit anybody
Thursday.
Torre was eager to see if Padilla
could help L.A. down the stretch
considering the uncertainty sur-
rounding right-hander Hiroki
Kuroda, who went on the disabled
list after being hit in the head by a
line drive Aug. 15.
He hangs in there. He eats up
innings. Thats big at this time of
the year, Torre said.
With sinkerballer Padilla on the
mound, Torre decided against rest-
ing slumping shortstop Furcal, a
decision that paid off but not in
the field when he singled up the
middle to score Orlando Hudson
from second base in the sixth and
give Los Angeles a 3-2 lead.
Kemp hit a two-run shot in the
first off Jorge De La Rosa (12-9),
who allowed baserunners in each
of his seven innings but yielded just
three runs and eight hits.
They had been
playing really well and
had some hot hitting
and good pitching.
We shut them down,
Kemp said. We
showed them we arent
going anywhere.
Carlos Gonzalez
returned to the
Rockies starting line-
up for the first time
since cutting his left hand with a
steak knife Saturday night, but he
left in the fifth after jamming his
left thumb into the grass while
trying to rob James Loney of a
double.
Gonzalez said the stitch didnt
come out but his wound bled and
his palm swelled up so much that
he couldnt grip a baseball or bat.
He said he was unsure if hed be
able to play Friday night.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Vicente Padilla works against the Colorado Rockies
during the frst inning of a baseball game in Denver onThursday.
We didnt win this
series, but we won
this homestand.
JiM TRACy
Rockies Manager
Im not worried
about cooling any-
body of. Its all about
our record.
JOE TORRE
Dodgers Manager
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practice facility photos (continued from 1B)
ryan Waggoner/KaNsaN
at one end of the foor hangs the center court section of foor fromthe 2008 NCAA Final Four. The foor was purchased by Kansas Athletics after
the Jayhawks won the 2008 NCAA National Championship.
five banners hang along the south wall commemorating Kansas fve national championships in mens basketball. The wall is a reminder of
Kansas successful history, including the 2008 National Championship title.
other features of the newfacility are two second foor balconies connected to the ofces of womens coach Bonnie Henrickson and mens coach Bill Self. Seen here is the viewfromHenricksons balcony. Henrickson noted that she liked
hearing basketballs bounce all day while in her ofce.
The new
facility is
part of a
$42 million
renovation
project to
improve
Allen
Fieldhouse,
Anschutz
Pavilion and
the Wagnon
Student
Athlete
Center.
Hockey
Nhl bids on bankrupt
phoenix coyotes
PHOENIX The NHL is of-
fering about $140 million to
purchase the Phoenix Coyotes in
U.S. Bankruptcy Court and would
avoid a sticky issue still facing
the case by accepting the exist-
ing lease to play in Glendale.
That acceptance would last no
longer than through the coming
season while the NHL seeks a
better deal with the city and
an acceptable buyer. If a buyer
to keep the team in Glendale
isnt found, NHL deputy com-
missioner Bill Daly said in an
introduction accompanying the
bid, the league would turn to an
organized process to relocate
the franchise in another terri-
tory.
Ice Edge Holdings, on the
other hand, insists it is com-
mitted to keeping the team in
Glendale long-term, despite the
fact it wants to play fve regular
season games in Saskatoon.
Associated Press
BasketBall
timberwolves ffth pick
under contract in spain
MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota
Timberwolves president David
Kahn disputed a Spanish report
that point guard Ricky Rubio will
be staying in Spain for another two
years.
The Spanish Web site Marca.
com reported earlier in the day
that Regal Barcelona had reached
a buyout agreement with Rubios
team, DKV Joventut for $5.3 mil-
lion. But Kahn issued a statement
saying no deal has been reached.
The Timberwolves selected Ru-
bio with the ffth pick in the June
draft. Rubio is under contract for
another two years with Joventut,
a deal that includes an $8 million
buyout.
The Timberwolves can only
contribute $500,000 toward the
buyout under the NBAs collective
bargaining agreement, meaning
Rubio would be responsible for
paying the balance himself.
BasketBall
tulsa trying to bring
WNBa franchise to city
TULSA, Okla. The WNBA has
extended a Sept. 1 deadline by
a few weeks for an investment
group to line up funding to bring a
team to Tulsa in time for the 2010
season.
Oklahoma City businessman
Bill Cameron said WNBA President
Donna Orender was willing to
grant the grace period. Neither he
nor investment partner David Box
said how long the group had.
In July, investors announced a
plan to bring a WNBA franchise to
Tulsa. It is unknown whether Tulsa
would get an expansion team or
whether an existing team would
relocate to the city.
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As of 5 p.m. yesterday, adminis-
trators at the University of Kansas
reported 243 cases of suspected
H1N1 fu among students. That
number is up from 191 cases on
Thursday. The University and
the Lawrence-Douglas County
Health Department said they
were unable to perform the tests
to confrm these cases and were
not keeping track
of confrmed
H1N1 fu cases.
However, Lisa
Horn, com-
munications
coordinator for
the Lawrence-
Douglas County
Health Depart-
ment, said it was
rare for other
types of fu to
be reported dur-
ing this time of
year.
FLU WATCH
BY ALY VAN DYKE
avandyke@kansan.com
In just two seasons, the
Universitys Campus Garden has
donated more than 100 pounds of
produce to community members
in need.
In light of the milestone and
the start of a new semester, vol-
unteers at the garden are hosting
a garden party open to the public
to celebrate.
Students and members of the
community can stop by the gar-
den party for a tour anytime from
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. It is locat-
ed off of Louisiana Street between
13th and 14th Streets.
The party will include live music
from at least two local bands, rock
painting, sign making and treats
from produce grown right in
the garden, said Margaret Tran,
Derby senior and Campus Garden
coordinator with Environmental
Action to Revitalize the Heartland,
or EARTH. In 2007, EARTH and
its student volunteers took over
the garden, which was originally
founded in 2005 by a KU student.
Tran said that walking through
the garden Sunday, students will
see a field lined with marigolds
and geraniums and rows of pro-
duce including peppers, squash,
cucumbers and carrots.
She said the garden could grow
at least 50 varieties of produce in
one season, ranging from tomatoes
and cauliflower to strawberries
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Margaret Tran, Derby senior, and Cindy
Vu, Wichita sophomore, pick carrots in
the Campus GardenThursday afternoon. Vu
andTran are both coordinators of the EARTH
Garden Party which will be held on Sunday.
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Exhibit
displays
senators
friendship
BY BETH BEAVERS
bbeavers@kansan.com
Its hard to imagine a senator
from Massachusetts having many
ties to Kansas, but a special exhibit
at the Robert J. Dole Institute of
Politics honoring Sen. Edward
Kennedy shows otherwise.
Sen. Kennedy died last Tuesday
from brain cancer.
The exhibit features a timeline of
Kennedys life as well as photos and
documents from the Dole Institutes
archives that showcase Kennedys
47-year career. The exhibit focus-
es on how senators Kennedy and
Robert Dole, a Republican from
Kansas, worked together across
party lines and forged an unlikely
friendship.
Obviously, they did not agree
on everything, Morgan Davis,
senior archivist for the Dole
Institute, said. But they were key
ASSoCIATeD PReSS
Dole Institute of Politics honors Sen.
Edward Kennedy in an exhibit that showcases
the senators career. Kennedy spent 47 years
stint in politics.
A SnACk AFTer FASTing
IbrahimAlanqar, gaza Strip junior and treasurer of the KU MuslimStudent Association, prepares to break his fast Thursday evening at the Lawrence Islamic Center as part of the Islamic traditions associated with Ramadan. Alanqar,
along with other Muslims, will fast everyday fromsunrise to sunset during Ramadan, which lasts 30 days. The fast is broken at sunset with a small meal of dates and milk, followed by prayer, and then a large meal.
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BY DANIEL JOHNSON
djohnson@kansan.com
Maria Beg wakes up at 5 a.m.
to drink a glass of water and pray.
Shes not hungry so she does not
eat. Soon she will be back in bed,
resting before a full day of class
and work. She will not eat or drink
again for nearly 15 hours.
She feels great.
Fasting is not a burden, Beg
said. Its about finding a state of
purity.
Beg, St. Louis senior, is nearly a
week into her daily fasting ritual
for the Islamic month of Ramadan.
For 30 days, Muslims on campus
and around the world are enduring
a trying month of sun-up to sun-
down fasting. Beg said the fasting
helps Muslims practice patience,
humility and self-control to cel-
ebrate their relationship with God.
Ramadan is the ninth month of
the Islamic lunar calendar and cele-
brates the revealing of the Koran to
the prophet Mohammad. This year
Ramadan goes from Aug. 22 until
Sept. 20. In addition to fasting by
all the physically able, Muslims are
expected to refrain from anything
ill natured, including smoking,
sexual thoughts and foul language,
among others.
Marwa Ghazali, graduate
instructor of Humanities and
Western Civilization, said teaching
became more challenging during
Ramadan. The long days without
food or water require extra effort
to be enthusiastic while leading
discussions, she said.
Normally I like to drink water
while I teach, Ghazali said. Its
more challenging, but I have a
responsibility to present the infor-
mation just as well as when Im not
fasting.
Ghazali said the challenges were
what made the month reward-
ing. She said hardships helped her
think about what people in pov-
erty go through on a daily basis, an
essential lesson of Ramadan.
People who dont have food and
water have things they have to do
too, Ghazali said. I cant just sit
there like a useless human being.
Ibrahim Alanqar, treasurer of
the Muslim Student Association,
said fasting gave him a heightened
sense of self-control. He said he
used this heightened awareness to
make himself both a better student
and a better person.
Food is one of the many desires,
Alanqar said. By controlling one
desire I am more prepared to
WHAT: Campus Garden
Party, featuring free food
from the garden, live music
and arts and crafts
HoST: EARTH student
volunteers
WHen: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 30
WHere: Campus Gar-
den, of Louisiana Street
between 13th and 14th
streets
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kuhistory.com for other cool
historical tidbits.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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mercy bears richer fruits than
strict justice.
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Kansan.com:
1. University sends out swine
fu warning
2. Freshman fnalist at MTV
Video Awards
3. Montemayor: Aqib Talib has
lost it
4. New cross-country coach
has big plans
5. Cities in Kansas: El Dorado
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ON CAMPUS
The New Staf Orientation
will begin at 8 a.m. in 204 JRP.
The Blackboard Strategies
and Tools workshop will begin
at 9 a.m. and again at 1:30 p.m.
in 6 Budig.
The State of the Cancer
Center Address will begin at
2 p.m. in the Simons Research
Laboratories Auditorium in the
Higuchi Biosciences Center.
The Kansas African Studies
Center Fall Welcoming Recep-
tion with Food and Refresh-
ments will begin at 3:30 p.m. in
Bailey Hall.
The Gendered Nature of
Sexual Scripts will begin at
3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room
in the Hall Center.
The Welcome Week at the
KU Edwards Campus will begin
at 3:30 p.m. across the Edwards
Campus.
NEWS NEAR & FAR
national
4. Ofcer accused of
propositioning woman
WICHITA, Kan. A former
Goddard police ofcer accused of
sending naked pictures of himself
from a police department com-
puter to a woman he had arrested
apparently will accept a plea deal.
Prosecutors say Calvin Schaf-
fer ofered to seek dismissal of
drunken driving charges against a
Wichita woman in exchange for a
sexual relationship.
The 44-year-old former ofcer
was charged with one count of
wire fraud after the woman, An-
gelique Mason, went to investiga-
tors with secretly recorded tapes.
5. Drifter accused of
murder after 30 years
JEFFERSON, Wis. A former
drifter accused of killing two high
school sweethearts nearly 30
years ago told detectives he had
sex with the woman and then
watched a group of men stomp
the couple to death, according to
prosecutors.
Edward W. Edwards, 76, who
has been living in Louisville for
several years, was charged last
month with two counts of frst-
degree murder in the deaths of
the couple.
6. Abducted girl found
after 18 years missing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Sher-
ifs ofcials said Thursday they
believe a woman who walked
into a police station had been kid-
napped as an 11-year-old in 1991
outside her South Lake Tahoe
home. Two people were arrested
on suspicion of kidnapping.
The woman came into a San
Francisco Bay area police station
and said she was Jaycee Lee Dug-
ard, a blond, ponytailed girl when
she was abducted as she headed
to a school bus stop 18 years ago,
said sherifs Lt. Les Lovell of the El
Dorado Sherifs Department.
Her family has been contacted
and they are in the process of ar-
ranging a meeting.
We are very confdent at this
point in time that it is her,Lovell
said.
Associated Press
international
1. Boat competition
turns ugly on river
ON THE RIVER CAM, England
On the surface, it is the stuf
of English postcards cham-
pagne-swilling tourists gliding
down the River Cam and listen-
ing to the lore of Cambridge
University.
But a nasty undercurrent runs
through this river, an otherwise
placid waterway that snakes
past Cambridges many gothic
buildings.
Competition for the rich tour-
ist trade has increased recently
among operators of the his-
toric wooden tourist boats called
punts a trade estimated at
2.5 million pounds ($4 million) a
year. In some cases, the scramble
for profts has turned ugly.
This month, two boats were
cut to pieces with an electric
saw the apparent work of a
punting rival. In other incidents,
operators have cut moorings
with bolt cutters, chained
punts together or sunk boats to
sabotage each others business.
Last year, one man dangled a
competitor over the railing at
Magdalene Bridge.
2. Madonna protests
treatment of Gypsies
BUCHAREST, Romania At
frst, fans politely applauded the
Roma performers sharing a stage
with Madonna. Then the pop star
condemned widespread discrimi-
nation against Roma, or Gypsies
and the cheers gave way to jeers.
The sharp mood change that
swept the crowd of 60,000, who
had packed a park for Wednesday
nights concert, underscores how
prejudice against Gypsies remains
deeply entrenched across Eastern
Europe.
3. Taiwan to allow Dalai
Lama to visit island
BEIJING A state news
agency says China resolutely
opposes a decision by Taiwans
president to allow the Dalai Lama
to visit the self-governed island.
Ofcials from a Taiwanese
opposition party extended the
invitation to the Dalai Lama to
visit typhoon victims.
BY alY Van DYKe
avandyke@kansan.com
The third-annual Student Union
Activities Carnival will be tomorrow
in the Ambler Student Recreation
Fitness Center parking lot.
From 8 p.m. to midnight, the stu-
dent recreation center parking lot
will be filled with a smorgasbord of
carnival rides, games and food.
This is a kick-off for the school
year for freshmen and all KU stu-
dents, said Molly Iler, Summit,
N.J., junior and games coordinator
with SUA. Im really excited to
have everyone come out and have
a little fun before school gets in full
swing.
And for the most part, its free.
Admission for students, faculty
and staff doesnt cost a dime, and
gets KUID holders five free tick-
ets, which the ticket holders can
chose to spend on any of the several
attractions at the event.
Attendees can buy another 10
tickets for $5 or a wristband for
unlimited rides and games for $10.
All proceeds go toward more SUA
events, said Susan Hoffman, SUA
adviser.
Attractions range from basketball
Pop-A-Shot games and a balloon
dartboard to a moonwalk, a Tilt-A-
Whirl and a Ferris wheel. Andover-
based Lewellen Amusements will
provide the carnival rides.
Coca-Cola Co., is also a spon-
sor of the event, providing refresh-
ments, a ring pop toss and other
products throughout the night.
KU Dining will provide food
typically found at carnivals, includ-
ing hot dogs, nachos, cotton candy
and popcorn.
Iler said she expected between
75 and 100 student volunteers
for the event, including members
of Jaybowl and the Panhellenic
Association.
She also said she expected a
crowd of up to 3,000 for Saturdays
carnival.
SUA CARNIvAL
WHAT: Student Union
Activities Carnival
WHEN: 8 p.m. to midnight
Saturday, Aug. 29
WHERE: Ambler Student
Recreation Fitness Center
parking lot
COST: Free entrance and
fve tickets with valid KUID
CAMPUS
SUA Carnival kicks of the school year
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Skinny vertical suite for
sale in New York City
NEW YORK Its 9 feet wide
and 42 feet long and is billed
as the narrowest house in New
York City. But theres nothing
small about its asking price: $2.7
million.
Located at 75 Bedford St.
in Greenwich Village, the red
brick building was built in 1873,
sandwiched in a narrow space
that used to be an alley between
homes at 75 and 77 Bedford.
The narrow house is con-
sidered a curiosity and is one
of the neighborhoods most
photographed homes. A small
plaque on the house notes that
poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once
lived there; so did anthropologist
Margaret Mead. The residential
interiors are a tight squeeze even
by New York standards, measur-
ing just 8 feet wide and 42 feet
long on each of its three foors.
Due to the narrowness of the
house, I think you have to be
very clever in how you decorate,
said Corcoran real estate broker
Alex Nicholas.
The current owners bought
the house for $1.6 million in
2000.
The brokers Web site de-
scribes it as a vertical suite, with
a kitchen, dining room and parlor
on the frst foor, a double living
room on the second foor and a
top-foor master bedroom suite.
A trapdoor in the kitchen foor
leads to a fnished basement.
Large windows in the front
and back of the house and a
garret skylight, plus a small
backyard garden, give it an airi-
ness, a sense of light and charm,
Nicholas said.
Associated Press
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Nude model not allowed
in Metropolitan museum
NEW YORK It seems the
only nudes allowed at New York
Citys Metropolitan Museum of
Art are the ones in the collec-
tion.
Police say they arrested a
26-year-old woman who was
posing naked for a photogra-
pher, and in full view of visitors,
in the museums arms and
armor department on Wednes-
day.
Model Kathleen K.C. Neill
faces a charge of public lewd-
ness.
Defense attorney Donald
Schechter says the museum is
full of nude art, and to call what
the model and her photogra-
pher were doing obscenity is
ridiculous.
Photographer Zach Hyman
directed the shoot. Hes been
getting local attention for
photographing nude models
on subways.
Hyman has said he is inspired
by nude paintings at the Met
and his photos are not porno-
graphic.
celeBritY
Kate Gosselin set to
guest host The View
NEW YORK ABC is adding
Kate Gosselin to the list of guest
co-hosts for The View.
Celebrity mom Gosselin will
be subbing for regular View
co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck
on Sept. 14 and 15.
Gosselin, the mother of twins
and sextuplets, co-stars with
her estranged husband on TLCs
reality series Jon & Kate Plus 8.
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Student houSing
Jayhawker Towers renovation gets early start
BY TAYLOR BERN ANd
JESSE RANGEL
tbern@kansan.com and
jrangel@kansan.com
Mens basketball coach Bill Self
carries a lot of clout on cam-
pus. Thats why when he and the
Athletics Department asked to
speed up the Jayhawker Towers
renovations, the University found
a way to get it done.
That was a juggling act, said
Diana Robertson, director of the
Department of Student Housing.
This August Tower A reopened
with a brand new look after an
$8 million renovation. Changes
include increased security, added
amenities and a complete rework-
ing of the buildings infrastruc-
ture.
Robertson said the original
plan included
r e n o v a t i n g
Towers A and
D in successive
school years,
starting this
fall. But when
the depart-
ment asked if
Tower A could
be ready to go
this year instead,
thus opening at the same time
as Kansas new basketball prac-
tice facility, the Department of
Student Housing had to get cre-
ative to move production a year
forward.
The state essentially gave us a
short-term loan, a one-year loan
on Tower A, until we get to where
we can put both of them together
on a bond, Robertson said.
Once the plan was in place,
Student Housing closed Tower
A so it could be torn
apart. The demoli-
tion started in the
fall, and then March
through July was
spent remodeling.
Danielle McCray,
Olathe senior and
guard for the wom-
ens basketball team,
lived in Tower B last
year. She said the
rooms in Tower A feel smaller
but its still a welcome change.
Its a lot better, just having
something new, McCray said.
The new features to Tower A
include an on-site laundry facil-
ity, a sprinkler system, wireless
Internet service and all-new
kitchen accessories to go along
with the new lights and piping in
the walls.
Jeff Withey, San Diego sopho-
more and center for the mens
basketball team, also moved
into a renovated room after this
year. He said the rooms were
an improvement from his expe-
rience in the Towers last year.
The kitchens a lot bigger,
Withey said. The rooms are
pretty much the same size, but
they re-did the walls.
Robertson said the bulk of the
project costs went to the pipes
and electrical systems behind
the walls. But one goal was to
lighten and brighten the area
by changing the placement of the
lighting and wall colors.
Komal Bhakta, Liberal sopho-
more, said she appreciated the
brighter room treatment, as
opposed to her experience last
year as a resident of McCollum
Hall.
The dorm room in McCollum
was very dark,
Bhakta said. I
could barely do
my homework.
Now its just
bright and theres
a lot of lights.
Bhakta called
the room more
comfortable to
live in.
Robertson said
the combination of renovated
and nonrenovated rooms meant
students would have the choice
between modern and classic,
both in appearance and price.
To live in the renovated build-
ing costs approximately 22 per-
cent more than the other build-
ings. Thats about $800 more per
resident in a four-person room
and about $1,400 more in a two-
person room. The costs go to
operation and upkeep as well as
paying back the
state for the bond.
The towers were
built in 1967.
Binu Abi, Olathe
sophomore, said
the towers were a
good value for on-
campus living.
You get the
apartment feel,
without being off
campus, Abi said.
The demolition in Tower D
will begin soon and the project is
slated to end in June.
OLD NEW
Tower A of Jayhawker Towers underwent an $8 million renovation this summer at a request fromthe Athletics Department and mens basket-
ball coach Bill Self. The tower reopened in August to accommodate student athletes. Tower D was also renovated.
The student housing department began its renovation project of Towers A and D of Jayhawker Towers in March. One goal the department
wanted to accomplish was tolighten and brightenthe apartments by changing lighting placement and the colors of the walls.
Apartments
improved at
Athletics request
Its a lot better, just
having something
new.
Danielle mccray
Guard
KU womens basketball
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being of campus.
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most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Friends help you make the
right connection. Dont rely on
them too heavily. Chart your
own route.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
Why cant we all just get
along? Perhaps because its
boring. Peace is possible. First,
get to where you want to be.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Its a jungle out there. Can
you direct trafc? Maybe, but
dont venture out there unless
youre up to it.
CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
More hassles occur as every-
body settles into a new rou-
tine. There may be some short
tempers, so watch out, OK?
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get out. Secrets made now will
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Today is a 6
Stick to the rules. Discipline is
required, from both you and
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maintain it.
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Today is a 7
Look at your situation from
another point of view. Youll
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stand things. That will help.
sCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Too much confusion out there.
Hide out if you can. You like
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Today is a 7
Make sure you have the facts.
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Theres a new source of in-
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Today is a 7
You might think friends are
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Today is a 7
If your suggestion doesnt go
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Movies
Unstoppable casting call
attracts hundreds of men
CANTON, Ohio A casting
call for a new Denzel Washington
movie was like any other job fair to
many of the hundreds who turned
out in Ohio.
While some of the men ex-
pressed interest in meeting the
star, others who auditioned to
be extras Wednesday in Canton
said the promise of $100-a-day
paychecks was a bigger lure.
Jef Hattery came from Stras-
burg, 17 miles away in northeast
Ohio. He said he was laid of and
willing to sweep foors if the crew
paid him.
Some of the flming of Unstop-
pablewill be done at a rail yard
in the region, so many applicants
came dressed in overalls or
engineers caps. Filmmakers were
looking for 50 men to play extras.
Associated Press
video gaMes
Microsoft cuts Xbox price
to maintain competition
NEW YORK Microsoft Corp. is
slashing the price of the high-
end Xbox 360 console by $100,
matching Sonys $100 price cut
for the PlayStation 3 last week.
Now, both the Xbox 360 Elite
and the PS3 will cost $299. The
price cuts in both cases are world-
wide, though the exact amounts
vary by region depending on
currencies.
Microsoft, which has had three
versions of its Xbox 360 avail-
able at three diferent prices, also
announced Thursday it is phasing
out the mid-range Pro version of
the console. It will be available
for $249, down from $299, while
supplies last.
The cheapest Xbox, the Arcade,
which comes without a hard
drive, will still cost $199.
The price cuts are efective
Friday, said David Dennis, a
spokesman for Microsoft.
Video game companies hope
the price cuts will re-ignite sales
in time for the holiday rush. For
the bulk of this year, the industry
has sufered from weak sales
hurt by the recession and
lackluster game releases, which
have kept consumers waiting to
spend money on new titles.
The announcement from Mi-
crosoft leaves only Nintendo Co.
without a price cut for the fall,
at least for now. The Wii has cost
$250 since its launch nearly three
years ago.
Redmond, Wash.-based Micro-
soft has sold more than 31.4 mil-
lion of the Xbox 360 machines
globally, compared with 23.7 mil-
lion PS3 machines sold by Sony
Corp. and 52.6 million Wiis.
Associated Press
CriMe
Suspects questioned
for Lohan burglary
LOS ANGELES Po-
lice are looking for three
suspects in the burglary of
Lindsay Lohans home.
The Los Angeles Police
Department has released
surveillance camera footage
of the Sunday break-in at
the Mean Girls stars house.
The footage shows three
people walking through a
gate at Lohans Hollywood
Hills home and entering a
courtyard at around 1:10
a.m.
LAPD detectives believe
the suspects one male
and two females, all 18 to
25 years old entered the
house through an unlocked
door.
Lohans spokeswoman
said the break-in happened
Sunday while the actress
and her younger sister were
away.
Associated Press
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s of 5 p.m. yesterday, admin-
istrators at the University
reported 243 cases of sus-
pected H1N1 flu among students.
That number is up from 191 cases
on Wednesday. Every student needs
to do their part to help stem the
further spread of the swine flu. It
doesnt require much of the individ-
ual, but slowing down the spread of
a virus requires constant vigilance
on part of the entire community.
Any student who develops symp-
toms, particularly fever, should
immediately stop going to class-
es until they have been tested for
swine flu. Other symptoms to look
for include coughing or a runny
or stuffy nose. Especially com-
mon with the H1N1 strain are body
aches and a fever of 100 degrees or
more. Students should not go to the
Watkins Health Center if they have
symptoms. Instead, they should call
the nurses hotline at 785-864-9583.
Student Health
Services recommends
that students wash
hands frequently with
soap and water or an
alcohol-based sanitiz-
er, cover their mouth
when coughing (though not with
bare hands) and avoid touching
their mouth and nose.
Students in the residence halls,
where many of the cases have been
reported, have already been advised
to take these steps.
Im using a lot more hand san-
itizer and vitamins, said Kristin
Franzen, Overland Park freshman
who is living in the residence halls
for the first time.
The absolute best thing stu-
dents can do is get the H1N1 vac-
cine, once it becomes available
in October. Definitely, definitely
get the vaccine, said Mai Hester,
marketing coordinator at Student
Health Services. The vaccine is the
single best thing students can do to
prevent the spread or contraction of
swine flu.
Those students who live in close
proximity to other students, such
as a residence hall or apartment,
need to take extra precautions to
stay hygienic. Hester said students
should clean frequently used sur-
faces such as doorknobs, kitchen
counters and bathroom sinks.
Students in high stress situations
also need to take these precautions
seriously.
Stressors always make the body
more at risk for acquiring a disease,
said Patty Quinlan, supervisor of
nursing at Student Health Services.
Incoming freshmen
who are learning to fix
their meals on their
own, not living under
their parents roof, not
even sleeping in their
own bed, are under a
lot of stress, said Quinlan. She also
warned that new college students
who stay out late more often and
begin experimenting with drugs
and alcohol make it harder for the
bodys immune system to fight off
the flu.
Other students who should take
special care to keep themselves
from contracting the flu are smok-
ers and those with a chronic disease
such as diabetes or asthma. They
have a higher risk of complications
with the flu.
The H1N1 virus is still rarely
lethal, especially to young and
healthy college students, so there
is no need to start a panic. Just
because you coughed last week
does not mean you need to make
an emergency trip to the hospital.
However, making sure more stu-
dents dont have to miss class, work
or their family and friends is abso-
lutely worth the effort to prevent
further spread of the swine flu.
ClaytonAshley for the
KansanEditorial Board
Opinion
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T
he following parable is a
story about requited love.
People dont write many
of these. Unrequited love pays
much better, as long as the love
is requited at some point. This
seems dishonest. Wouldnt that
be more of a delayed requitement
love story?
A boy and a girl met and fell in
love at a party one night when one
of the boys friends vomited near
the girl. Lets call the boy John and
the girl Julie. Johns friends name
isnt important, just his vomit.
Well call the vomit Harold.
When Johns friend started
Harolding all over the carpet
next to Julie, she squealed and
grimaced. John is an unusually
perceptive young man and
noticed Julies disgust as his friend
heaved up streams of Harold.
John said to his friend, Dude,
not cool.
Johns interjection did not
stop the Harold from coming,
but it did have an effect on Julie.
Revulsion left her face, and it
became moony. She had been
longing for a young man capable
of this kind of chivalry for years.
John and Julie introduced
themselves as they moved to a
spot away from the Harold. They
told each other hilarious public
Harolding stories about their
friends and, once they were more
comfortable with each other, told
their own embarrassing Harold
stories.
John and Julie made out that
night, once they had run out of
Harold stories. John didnt even
try to get to second base thats
how Julie knew he liked her. John
knew he liked Julie because he
was able to kiss her without being
grossed out by the lone, pinkish
chunk of his friends Harold
stuck to Julies shoe that she was
unaware of, but which he couldnt
stop thinking about.
After what seemed to be a
socially appropriate amount
of time (11 days), but felt like
an agonizing eternity for John
and Julie, the couple made their
love digitally official. They did
this by changing their romantic
affiliations to In a Relationship
on Facebook.
Soon, John and Julies friends
were constantly being confronted
with pictures of the two making
out in various settings. In all of
these photos, only one of Julies
arms was engaged in the kissing
embrace, while the other extended
into the foreground, her hand out
of frame. This led everybody to
the conclusion that she was the
couples own photographer.
Their friends also had to try
making sense of cryptic life-
status updates. John wishes this
morning could have lasted for
forever. Julie is just ... floating.
Everybody wanted to Harold
when they saw these.
After what seemed like a
lifetime of nauseating self-
promoted romance which
actually only lasted three
weeks John and Julie went
from In a Relationship to Its
Complicated. It seems they each
made out with someone else at a
party. This happened at separate
parties, but, as if directed by fate,
they both cheated on the other.
The moral of this story: The
application of a well timed Dude,
not cool has more power than we
can fully comprehend. Perhaps it
could have saved John and Julie if
their friends had spoken up.
Unglesbee is an Overland
Park senior in creative
writing and economics.
ediTOriAL CArTOOn
jAmES FARmER
Vegetarians and vegans deserve
more meal options on campus
HuMOr
FOOd
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Remain diligent to stop
swine fu from spreading
A story of love in the
time of Facebook
KAnsAns
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contAct us
FrOM CALiFOrniA
Confronting our ignorance
STEVE CARRILLO
San Diego State U.
The Daily Aztec
P
eople fear the words I dont
know. We fear uttering
these words when asked for
answers. Instead of admitting the
unthinkable we curve and dance
around logic to make sure we still
look smart with whatever answer
we end up formulating. We elect
people to run our nations who are
experts at this artistically-friendly
form of truth bending.
Science and technology are
partly to blame for our relentless
know-it-all mentalities. We run
this planet, how could we not
know something? But science is
also what encourages us to be
skeptical of what human culture
constructs, which is exactly what
Im saying we need to do more of.
An increasingly required act for
students is to be skeptical. Dont
get frustrated and believe what
is easy to believe. Slippery slopes
are easy to coast on the only
problem is that they only spiral
down and its a long way back to
the top.
If we let ourselves fall into these
tightly departmentalized ideals of
how everyone should be catego-
rized, or how information should
be interpreted, or how people
should go about being tolerant of
each other then truth is going to
fly right on past us, and we will
never have noticed. Who knows,
maybe instead of tolerating each
other we could actually like each
other someday.
I am not going to specifically
say everything I think people are
ignorant of because we all have
our different degradations. We
all have the answers we cling to
because a reasonable answer is
unknown. We make nicely pack-
aged answers instead. We each
have our own misconceptions
either instilled in us from our
upbringing or from a conclusion
we came to on our own that lies
challengingly in our heads, logic-
less. They just sit there drenched
in fallacy.
No longer should we march
to our desks, jobs or graves apa-
thetically. If something has ever
seemed just not quite right or
settling, then maybe its time to
interrogate it and dig your knife
into the problem. See ignorance
for what it really is.
UWire
bEn ungLEsbEE
400 words to
freedom
E
veryones heard of the fresh-
man 15. Juggling work,
school and health can be dif-
ficult, even for returning students.
To its credit, the University
has attempted to make the transi-
tion to school meals less hazard-
ous. Theyre participating in the
Better Bites program although
I wouldnt call a single entree with
under 600 calories healthy, but
at least theyre trying and have
been trying to incorporate more
organic and sustainable options
into their menus.
There are even sections on the
University Web site to help people
find organic items on campus, learn
nutrition basics and follow the
Universitys sustainability efforts.
Information on food allergens
and religious diet restrictions is
also offered, but no such guides
are available for vegetarians and
vegans commonly referred to as
veg and if they were, theyd be
pretty slim.
I became a vegetarian last semes-
ter, but I wasnt on campus at the
right times for meals to be an
issue.
When I returned to school last
week, I took a moment to take
stock of what campus dining ser-
vices offer vegetarians similar to
myself.
Brellas Sandwich Crafters has 10
specialty meat sandwiches and
wraps, one vegetarian wrap and no
vegan options. Students can custom
make their own, but the standard
menu makes it obvious where the
preference lies.
The same is true for most other
menus offered, from pizza to sushi.
The largest percentage of the veg
options are calorie-laden muffins
and sweets. I understand that the
blame lies partly with the restau-
rant chains that are contracted, but
University employees have man-
aged to put together well-stocked
independent options such as the
salad bars.
Its not a stretch to imagine a
University-run hot-bar with mul-
tiple vegetarian-friendly options.
Admittedly, vegetarians and veg-
ans make up a smaller percentage
of the student-body, but minority
status should not equal lesser treat-
ment. Although food industry is a
business, vegetarian food does not
cater to vegetarians only.
Many meat-eaters have the occa-
sional veg meal, so providing more
veg options would not necessarily
mean a smaller consumer base.
The Casbah Market and Nice
Caf on Massachusetts Street
offer several organic vegan items
and have been around for years.
Although a bit farther away, India
Paradise in Overland Park does
very well for itself by offering not
only an extensive array of vegan
options, but a full meat menu as
well.
The Kansas City area even has
a vegetarian and vegan group that
hosts potlucks and visits vegetarian-
friendly restaurants. It currently has
562 members. Thats a pretty big
consumer base being ignored, and
it has only been increasing with the
popularity of books such as Skinny
Bitch and the wider dissemination
of health news to the public.
Some people go vegetarian or
vegan for moral or religious rea-
sons, others just dont like the taste
of meat or the idea of eating anoth-
er living creature. Some, includ-
ing a friend of mine, have been
prescribed a vegan diet for health
reasons. Whatever the reasons, veg-
etarianism and veganism are legiti-
mate and growing lifestyles.
Im not arguing that the omni-
vores should be ignored, but veg-
etarian and vegan students should
have equal consideration in the
Universitys menu plans.
Lytton is a Kodiak, Ark.,
senior in creative writing.
mELIssA LYtton
ColorinG
outside
the lines
Thank you Trojan Ecstasy.
n n n
You know your homework
is really boring when you have
to call Free for All and leave a
totally pointless message.
n n n
My girlfriend was just eaten
by her snuggie.
n n n
First swine fu, and now a
food. Are we being
punished?
n n n
I would like to say that not
only does KU Info know about
Free for All, KU Info loves Free
for All, but when you call to
ask for the number,
enunciate.
n n n
To the dick in the Toyota
Matrix who cut me of I
hope you die in a fre.
n n n
Everyone needs to check
out usdebtclock.org if they
care about our country at all.
n n n
I hate it when people put
their daily schedules as their
status. Nobody cares about
your schedule unless Im
stalking you!
n n n
To the guy in the white hat
and sunglasses that plays
a certain instrument in the
marching band, I like you.
n n n
Emma Hermione Granger
Watson and I have a thing
together. That thing is a
restraining order.
n n n
I put $2.47 in my gas tank
today, it was all I had.
n n n
More often than not you
see a pretty girl with a less
attractive guy. How often do
you see an attractive guy with
a less attractive girl? Way to be
shallow guys!
n n n
The trek from 14th and Ten-
nessee to campus is the most
excruciating three blocks of
walking I have ever experi-
enced. Hill yes!
n n n
I found a dollar. I found a
dollar. I found a dollar. Hey,
hey, hey, hey!
n n n
Hey there little porch
monkey. Its okay, I am
bringing it back.
n n n
Why is it that every time I
get on the bus I look up at the
top like lights and music are
supposed to go of, and the
bus driver is going to ask me
questions for money just like
in Cash Cab?
n n n
Oh man, I am so hungry I
could eat the dog.
dO yOu THinK
yOu HAve THe
swine FLu?
CALL (785) 864-9583
NEWS 6A Friday, august 28, 2009
BY ANNA ARCHIBALD
aarchibald@kansan.com
This year, the National
Association of Resale and Thrift
Shops expects college students
to spend upwards of $618.12 on
back-to-school materials, includ-
ing electronics, clothing and
school supplies, but there is one
quick and easy way students can
make a few extra dollars: resale
shops, more commonly known as
thrift stores.
Lily Boyce, Lawrence junior, said
she visited Lawrence resale shops
two to three times a year to sell
her old or unwanted clothes. Last
year, she said, she went to Platos
Closet, 3514 Clinton Parkway, and
left with $80 in hand.
I used it as spending money
when I went to Chicago to visit a
friend, Boyce said. Resale shops
are great because they provide
a good selection of alternatively
cheap clothes for people because
they dont just buy anything.
According to NARTS, the sec-
ond-hand shop industry is grow-
ing by five percent every year,
even as the economy continues to
dwindle.
The resale trend is not only
beneficial to students, but also for
local businesses.
Corey Sievers, Manager of
Arizona Trading Company, said
they were staying open with steady
sales.
Nearly all the
merchandise in
Arizona Trading
Company comes
from trade and
Sievers estimated
that half of their
business came
from students.
Its an easy
way to make a
few extra bucks or to make a
trade for something you do want,
Sievers said. People bring in a
few things to sell and, on average,
walk out with $10 to $15. Some
can get up $50 or $60, depending
on what they bring in.
Trade stores in Lawrence give
anywhere from 30 to 40 percent
of what the item is worth in cash
for items people bring in to sell
and upwards of 50 to 60 percent
in-store trade.
There are other stores in
Lawrence, however, that deal in
more than just clothing trade.
The Dusty Bookshelf, 708
Massachusetts St., is yet another
trade option in Lawrence. All of
its inventory comes from sales
from the Lawrence community.
Matt Kelly, Charlotte, N.C.
senior, said he was a regular
customer before
he began work-
ing at The Dusty
Bookshelf.
We get quite a
few students in dur-
ing the year because
we have a lot of lit-
erature thats read in
classes, Kelly said.
Sievers said stores
use a variety of crite-
ria when deciding what they will
buy from people who bring in
merchandise, such as the brand,
style, condition and a basic idea of
what sells well.
Similarly, Game Guy, 7 E. 7th
St., looks at the condition of the
video games and DVDs they buy,
as well as how old a game is and its
market price.
We give the best price we can,
said Havana Mahoney, Manhattan
sophomore and employee at Game
Guy. Its great if you need to buy
a textbook or need some extra
money for rent one month.
Juan Requenes and Oscar
Gutierrez, Kansas City freshmen,
said that they began trading video
games at Game Guy and other
gaming trade stores when they
arrived in Lawrence for school to
make a few extra dollars.
Theres not really any point in
keeping a game once you beat it,
Gutierrez said. So we might as
well trade it for another game or
use it to buy some ramen.
More than 10 trade stores are
open within the city to buy and
sell from students in addition to
Arizona Trading Company, Game
Guy and The Dusty Bookshelf.
Mahoney said she also shops at
Wild Man Vintage and Arizona
Trading Company because its not
only easier, but a lot less likely that
someone else will have it.
We have arrived, said Gail
Siegel, NARTS Director of
Membership Services, in a press
release on August 10th. Inclusion
in the National Retail Federation
survey proves how notable the
resale industry has become in
retailing.
BY BETH BEAVERS
bbeavers@kansan.com
Students were enjoying pizza at
an informational meeting of the
Lied Center Student Association
last Friday, when they had a visitor.
Amanda Shaw, a singer, songwriter
and artist who would be perform-
ing later that night, stopped by to
meet with the students.
Emily Schuster, Larner senior
and student
marketing assis-
tant for the Lied
Center, said
she hoped this
would become
a regular occur-
rence for mem-
bers of the Lied
Center Student
Association, a
group that is new
to campus this semester.
She came to talk to students to
create some buzz, Niki Thiessen,
Topeka senior and student market-
ing assistant for the Lied Center,
said. She talked about her activi-
ties and things she was involved in,
like wetland preservation.
The associations functions
include generating new ideas and
sharing their opinions about what
programs students want to see.
They will learn more about artists
and plan events with Lied Center
artists, like the pizza party with
Amanda Shaw. They also decide
where to focus advertising to help
get the information to the public
and students.
The advisory committee helps
talk about how to make the Lied
Center more attractive to students,
Thiessen said. We want to get our
name out there.
Karen Christilles, associate
director of the Lied
Center and adviser
for the group, said she
was excited about stu-
dent support for the
Lied Center. She was
impressed with the
way student leader-
ship has organized the
group and previous
events.
This is the time
for anyone interested
in working with the organization,
Christilles said. It is at the ground
floor and they can really help shape
the organization.
The groups first meeting will
be at 5:30 p.m., September 14, in
the conference room of the Lied
Center. They will meet biweekly
after that.
campus
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young consumers like 30-year-
old april englebert, used to
reject coupons printed in news-
papers and direct-mail booklets
as passe or cumbersome.
But englebert, an accounting
clerk in Portland, ore., was so
thrilled when she cut her month-
ly grocery bill from $500 to $300,
mainly with electronic coupons,
that she recruited friends and
co-workers to try them.
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There is a lot of free stuf to be
had.
Coupon use had been declin-
ing since 1992 as consumers
found less need for or some
embarrassment in using them.
But as the economy worsened,
frugal became cool and their
popularity grew.
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BOSTON His lifes journey
ended, the body of Sen. Edward
Kennedy traveled by motorcade
Thursday from the family com-
pound where he spent his last
days, past the building where he
opened his first office to the presi-
dential library named for his slain
brother.
Thousands of mourners assem-
bled along the 70-mile route that
was dotted with landmarks named
for the Kennedys.
For many, it was hard to untangle
Kennedys larger-than-life role as
statesman from his role as neigh-
bor and local celebrity, whether he
was taking a turn conducting the
Boston Pops or throwing out the
first pitch for the Red Sox.
It was Teddys home team. It
just seemed appropriate to leave
him the cap, said James Jenner,
28, placing a Sox cap he was
wearing near the entrance to the
library. It symbolizes everything
that he loved about his home state
and everything he was outside the
Senate.
The motorcade started its trip
in Hyannis Port, at the Cape Cod
home where Kennedys family
held a private Mass. Eighty-five
Kennedy relatives traveled with
the senators body to the John F.
Kennedy Library and Museum,
where the Senates third-longest-
serving member will lie in repose.
A bouquet of white and yellow
lilies lay on the lawn of David
Nylans vacation rental near the
Kennedy home, where a U.S. flag
flew at half-staff in Kennedys
memory.
The Kennedys and Hyannis
and the Cape, they just kind of
go hand in hand, said Nylan,
38, who said people had been
stopping near his house to leave
flowers since Kennedy died late
Tuesday.
By Thursday evening, thousands
of people were waiting in line to
pay their respects at Kennedys
public viewing. Officials allowed
mourners to enter in groups of 35
to 40 to file past Kennedys closed
casket.
news 7A Friday, august 28, 2009
BY JUSTIN LEVERETT
jleverett@kansan.com
Tomorrow night, the Kansas
City Wizards will bus students to
a 7:30 p.m. soccer game against
Real Salt Lake, as part of an event
called College Night. Besides
transportation to and from the
game, a $20 ticket will include a
snack and a drink.
Emily Hanover, account exec-
utive for the KC Wizards, first
organized College Night last year
and collaborated with the greek
community to do it again this
year. Although most students
attend the event with members
of their greek houses, Hanover
said anyone was welcome. She
said her goal was to help stu-
dents get to know
each other and
to bridge the gap
between Lawrence
and Kansas City.
We want to get
the attention of
younger people,
she said. And not
just KU students,
but people in
Lawrence as well.
The game will
be in Community
America Ballpark where the
Wizards are holding games
until owners complete an over-
haul of Arrowhead Stadium.
Construction on the stadium has
met with delays, meaning the
Wizards must share use of the
ballpark with the Kansas City
T-Bones minor league baseball
team.
Alex Schriner, Lawrence
sophomore, attended the event
last year with her sorority Alpha
Chi Omega. She said that the
crowded stadium made the game
more fun.
We were shoulder to shoul-
der in the stands, she said. Im
sure we were pretty rowdy, but
its a soccer game. You gotta get
rowdy.
She and her friends met with
members of fraternity Sigma
Phi Epsilon before boarding
buses provided by the Wizards.
Rachel Toby, Overland Park
junior and social chair for Alpha
Chi Omega, attended last years
College Night.
Toby said that a lot went wrong
at last years College Night, but
that the problems resulted in
stronger friendships between
Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Phi
Epsilon.
There were supposed to be
two buses but there was only
one, and neither the driver nor
us knew where we were going.
In the end, though, it was a lot of
fun, Toby said.
Later that year,
the two houses
were partners in
planning home-
coming events.
Drew Saylor,
Topeka senior,
also attended the
event last year
with fellow mem-
bers of his frater-
nity Beta Theta
Pi. He said the
Wizards game was a new experi-
ence for him.
Id never been to an MLS game
before, he said. I was surprised
at how upbeat the game was.
This year Toby is one of the
event planners. She said when
she mentioned to sorority mem-
bers that they could do the event
again this year, they reacted with
excitement.
They jumped on the offer,
she said.
Buses will leave from the Lied
Center at 5:30 p.m., but most of
the houses will meet and leave
from the fraternity houses.
Edited By Lauren Cunningham
BY RAY SEGEBRECHT
rsegebrecht@kansan.com
Cambridge, England, reminded
Charles Goldberg, Chicago senior,
of his move to Lawrence four years
ago when he arrived there this
summer on a study abroad pro-
gram.
It did not matter that the old,
intricately carved stone steeples or
large open grass meadows didnt
really resemble Jayhawk Boulevard.
His feelings initially isolation
and then comfort when he found
the Chabad Jewish Student group
were exactly the same.
Especially when they figure out
theyre on their own, Goldberg
said. People need something to
attach to, an anchor, frequently
religious.
Several faith-based student
groups are making efforts in the
first few weeks this fall that vary
from informational booths to free
dinners to reach out to new spiri-
tual students.
Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, of the
Lawrence Chabad Jewish Student
Group and a member of KU
Religious Advisors, said he had
noticed more college students such
as Goldberg who chose to seek out
groups of faith at the University
each year.
So much of college life is stress-
ful, Tiechtel said. When a student
engages in a spiritual experience,
its a way to relax and level the
tension.
The University has 43 regis-
tered religious groups, said Aaron
Quisenberry, associate director
of the Student Involvement and
Leadership Center, and most of
those groups have advisors who
also serve on the KU Religious
Advisors council.
Teichtel said the council printed
a card with all religious groups on
it and met monthly to talk about
improving student life.
We serve as guideposts,
Teichtel said.
One of the groups represented
in KU Religious Advisors, Campus
Crusade for Christ, or CRU, began
spreading the word to new students
about its programs by helping new
students move into their residence
halls, said Emily Schuster, Larned
senior and secretary for the group.
Schuster said she remembered
feeling unsure about which reli-
gious group she should join when
she was a freshman because there
were so many choices.
My roommate and I had grown
up in the church, but it was kind
of difficult to know where to start,
Schuster said. Different groups
have different focuses. Finding
which one you fit into best is the
biggest struggle.
She said she felt more comfort-
able choosing CRU after two of its
members helped her move into the
residence hall her freshman year.
My parents were blown away,
Schuster said.
Ala Abdel-Halim, Tulkarem,
Palestine, pharmacy student and
exiting president of the KU Muslim
Student Association, said he
thought many new students used
the Internet to search for the right
religious group.
We have a Web site, Abdel-
Halim said. That will help a lot,
but still theres some students that
wont know about our group, and
were trying our best to reach those
people. We are hoping to create
the environment to feel they are
not alone and give them support
they need, almost like creating an
environment so they feel like they
are home.
Home was exactly how
Goldberg described the sense he
felt when he found the Chabad
Jewish Student groups both in
Cambridge and in Lawrence four
years ago. Goldberg said he joined
the Chabad Jewish Student Group
in Lawrence with several of his
Jewish Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity
brothers after the center on 19th
Street opened the spring of his
freshman year.
I felt like I had found not just
a group of friends but a family,
Goldberg said. It was a godsend.
Goldberg will stay at the
University for an extra semester
to graduate in December with a
Jewish Studies minor in addition to
his psychology degree. He said the
Chabad Jewish Student Group was
a large part of that decision.
College is a very transitional
time, Goldberg said. A lot of
people spend time with introspec-
tion and finding themselves. Its
nice to have a group of people who
understand where youre coming
from.
Edited by Megan Morriss
and Alicia Banister
Campus groups
Religious groups working to help
Clubs plan events at the beginning of the year for incoming students to gain members
Andrew Hoxey/KANSAN
Jon Grifth, Leavonworth senior, and Grant Smith, Salina junior, write down contact information for incoming freshmen at the Campus Crusade barbecue Monday. The barbecue gave new
students an opportunity to get involved before the semester starts. Campus Crusade for Christ also informs freshmen of their group through helping themmove into the residence halls.
Finding the right religious group
Check out these three resources for exploring groups of faith
on campus:
1.the Ku a-Z online directory.
a. The KU online directory, for the frst time this fall, has
links to informational pages on every religious group on campus,
said Aaron Quisenberry, associate director of the Student In-
volvement and Leadership Center.
b. Students can also search religious under category,
and all 43 registered religious groups on campus will appear.
2. Ku religious advisors.
a. All advisors in this council should carry cards that list
all faith-based groups that are registered with KURA. Regardless
of their faith, they can help direct students to a group that best
fts the description the students are looking for.
b. Students can also visit the KURA Web site at: http://
groups.ku.edu/~kura/
3. info Fair for student groups from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fri-
day, August 21, 2009 in the 4th Floor Lobby of the Kansas Union.
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Saturday night
We want to get the
attention of younger
people. And not just
KU students, but
people in Lawrence
as well.
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HAMTRAMCK, Mich. A
fire that started Thursday near a
rail tanker car at a chemical plant
spread quickly to silos holding
gasoline, causing an inferno that
sent huge plumes of black smoke
billowing into the sky above
Detroit and forcing the evacua-
tion of hundreds of people.
The fire at the Sterling Services
Ltd. plant in Hamtramck broke
out at about 11:30 a.m., and
city officials quickly called
in help from the Detroit and
Highland Park fire departments.
Hamtramck is surrounded by
Detroit.
An evacuation order was lifted
at mid-afternoon as firefighters
worked to put out remaining hot
spots.
The company stores gaso-
line, jet fuel and biofuels at the
plant, so authorities evacuated
residents from about a half-
mile area around the fire, said
Kevin Kondrat, executive direc-
tor of the Hamtramck Housing
Commission. That included
a nearby complex of 36 build-
ings containing 300 apartments
and some 700 to 800 residents,
though Kondrat said not all were
home at the time of the blaze.
The evacuation went very,
very, very smooth, he said.
There were no injuries report-
ed, City Manager Bill Cooper
said.
He said it wasnt known what
caused the spark.
Sterling Services is a subsid-
iary of Southfield-based Sterling
Oil & Chemical Co. Inc., accord-
ing to a company Web site. The
Hamtramck facility is on more
than five acres and has a stor-
age capacity of about 5 million
gallons.
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and honeydew all on a plot of land
no bigger than a two-car garage.
The garden serves as a symbol
of sustainability on our campus,
Tran said.
Not only are the plants grown
naturally, but the older seeds are
also donated from local business-
es that would have thrown them
away otherwise. Tran said some of
the businesses that donated seeds
included Sunrise Garden Center
and Cottins Hardware and Rental.
The Campus Garden donates
its produce to Douglas Countys
East Central Kansas Economic
Opportunity Corporation, or
ECKAN, a distribution center for
food pantries and other organiza-
tions that provide food to the hun-
gry.
Jeanette Collier, human services
coordinator for ECKAN, said the
Campus Garden donated items the
center didnt receive otherwise, such
as herbs like parsley and basil.
We appreciate each and every
donation we receive because we are
seeing far more households than we
can serve, Collier said.
She said the center served 30,000
individuals in 2008.
Between 60 and 80 students vol-
unteered throughout a semester,
Tran said, about 15 of whom were
fairly regular.
Its a great way to meet people,
learn how to grow your own food
and help the community, she said.
Volunteers with the garden said
they were always in need of more
helping hands.
If you know how to pick a blade
of grass, you can add something to
the garden, Omaha, Neb., senior
Katelyn McGill said.
McGill has volunteered with
the garden for two years and said
she often watered and weeded the
garden between classes. She said
the garden reminded her of home,
where she had helped her father
with the family garden since she
was little.
Its nice to have some ownership
in that feeling like you really
accomplished something by grow-
ing your own food, she said.
Working with the garden, she
said, taught her that anyone could
have a garden, even college stu-
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control other human urges.
Though Ramadan is an Islamic
celebration, some non-Muslim
students are fasting for personal
growth.
Ognyan Chervenkov, Bulgaria
senior, said that he
fasted for Ramadan
because he wanted
to experience what
his Muslim room-
mate was going
through. He said
among the ben-
efits, fasting gave
him increased time
management skills.
When I fast,
I know when
food comes,
Chervenkov said.
Putting food in a designated time
helps me put other things in their
proper time too.
His roommate, Shehryar Rana,
Pakistan senior, agreed that Ramadan
helped him manage day-to-day rou-
tines. He said he became increas-
ingly tired throughout the day, which
forced him to focus on staying on top
of schoolwork and obligations.
Its harder to focus late in the
afternoon, Rana said.
You cant keep things
to the last moment
because you wont
have the energy.
The Muslim Student
Association will con-
clude Ramadan with its
annual Fast-a-Thon on
Sept. 10, in the Kansas
Union. The event is
open to the public and
is expected to raise
hundreds of dollars for
the Lawrence home-
less shelter.
figures in their respective parties
and worked together closely.
Bill Lacy, director of the Dole
Institute, said the senators served
together for 30 years and had
extraordinarily good relations.
We wanted to point back to
two guys, one a Democrat, one a
Republican, one a Liberal and one
a Conservative, who always had
time to chat and be great friends,
Lacy said.
Included in the display is a pho-
tograph of the two together from
Sen. Doles last day as a senator
before resigning to focus on the
1996 presidential campaign. Lacy
points to this photograph to show
how close the friendship between
Kennedy and Dole was.
You can see, even on Sen.
Doles last day, they are sill laugh-
ing and goofing off, Lacy said.
Two major pieces of legislation
the senators worked together on
were the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
which made discrimination ille-
gal, and the Voting Rights Act of
1965, which lowered the voting
age to 18 years old.
One of their most famous joint-
efforts was a two-minute daily
radio program called Face-Off,
which both senators recorded
from 1984-1987. Lacy said the
senators would get together and
debate an issue of the day. At one
point, Face-Off was syndicated
to 88 radio stations across the
country.
Margarita Caulfield, Russell
sophomore and member of the
Dole Institutes student advi-
sory board, said Kennedy was
important because, among other
things, he was a member of one
of Americas great political power
families.
Im saddened by Sen. Kennedys
passing because he stood for great
integrity and strong bipartisan-
ship, Caulfield said. Sen. Dole
stood for the same things.
NASA
Shuttle set to launch after delays
BY MARCIA DUNN
Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
NASA will try to launch space
shuttle Discovery to the interna-
tional space station late Friday
night, after back-to-back delays
caused by bad weather and fuel
valve trouble.
It will be the third try for
NASA, which is still struggling to
understand why a critical shuttle
fuel valve appeared to malfunc-
tion Tuesday midway through the
fueling process.
The valve was tested Wednesday
night, and all indications were
that it was a problem with a sensor
rather than the valve itself. The
hydrogen fuel valve, a big 8-inch
device, is located in Discoverys
engine compartment.
After meeting Thursday, mis-
sion managers decided they need-
ed more time to settle on a plan if
the problem reappears, and aimed
for a liftoff late Friday night.
The better part of valor here
is to take a day, let us go polish
that (plan) off, really make sure
we understand whats going on,
said Mike Moses, chairman of the
mission management team. The
team was 80, 90 percent of the way
there already in the analysis.
Another potential issue popped
up Thursday when a mechanical
failure canceled the test firing of a
new moon rocket in Utah. The
problem was a faulty valve in a
power unit nearly identical to a
system used in the shuttle. Shuttle
managers said theyd take a look
at what went wrong in Utah to see
if theres any potential implication
for the shuttle.
In an unusual lineup of events,
NASA had two launch opportuni-
ties for Friday, in the early wee
hours and just before midnight.
Liftoff time will be 11:59 p.m.
Moses joked about bypassing
Fridays first opportunity. Just to
put the right spin on it, were
here to not talk about a scrub. In
fact, were still going to launch on
Friday. So thats good, he said at a
news conference.
Thunderstorms ruined the first
launch attempt early Tuesday
morning; the valve problem
canceled an early Wednesday
attempt.
Forecasters put the odds of good
launch weather at just 60 percent.
Thunderstorms are a concern for
both fueling and launch.
NASA has until Sunday to
launch Discovery, otherwise the
shuttle will have to get in line
behind a Japanese cargo ship and
a Russian spacecraft set to go to
the space station in September.
That would push the shuttle mis-
sion into mid-October.
Seven astronauts are assigned
to the 13-day flight. They will
deliver a full load of space sta-
tion supplies, including a tread-
mill named for Comedy Centrals
Stephen Colbert.
Colbert won the online vote
earlier this year for naming rights
to a yet-to-be-launched space
station room. NASA went with
the name Tranquility, however,
in honor of this summers 40th
anniversary of the first manned
moon landing.
Yeah, that will scare the
aliens, Colbert said of the name
Tranquility.
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Space Shuttle discovery will launch after setbacks due to weather delayed takeof. The shuttle will deliver supplies to the space station.
One of the items is named after comedian Stephen Colbert.
INteRNAtIoNAl
Writer of the lyrics for the
Soviet anthem dies at 96
MOSCOW Sergei Mikhalkov,
an author favored by Stalin who
persecuted dissident writers as
part of the Soviet propaganda
machine and fathered two noted
flm directors, died Thursday. He
was 96.
Mikhalkov died in a Moscow
hospital, said Denis Baglai, a
spokesman for his son, director
Nikita Mikhalkov. Baglai said he
had no further details immedi-
ately.
In 1943, Mikhalkov was com-
missioned to write lyrics for a
new Soviet anthem.
Mikhalkov remained one of
the most vocal and outspoken
bards of Communism.
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Time to
put "Enter
Sandman"
to sleep
T
he loud buzzing from the
packed stands gets turned
off like a light switch. Every
one looks, whether sitting or stand-
ing, like dogs suddenly being called
by their master.
The video board goes black
under the shining Campanile in the
fall evening Kansan sun. A familiar
sound drums into the horseshoe of
Memorial Stadium. A sound that
has been heard coming from the
giant video board for 10 years now:
Enter Sandman, by Metallica.
The repetitive, hypnotic, riff
coming from Kirk Hammetts gui-
tar in Enter Sandman admittedly
inspired me the first time I heard
it in Memorial Stadium. I was a
freshman walk-on football player
with hopes of running out on the
field as the next starting tight end.
I was in awe of the Kansas foot-
ball experience. However, by the
seventeenth game I had seen at
KUs home field, I was harder to
impress. Not to say that it affected
me like the Sandman should (mak-
ing me fall asleep), but it no longer
made my heart almost jump out of
my chest.
Now, Im all for traditions, espe-
cially at the University of Kansas
where tradition makes us who we
are. The Rock Chalk Chant gives
me goose bumps every time I hear
it because it is original to us. But
Enter Sandman is not original to
us. Virginia Tech, our rivals in the
2008 Orange Bowl, use the song in
their entrance to the field and have
for a while longer than we have,
and some of the Hokies fans com-
plained that we had copied them
and their own inspiring, traditional
march to the field.
As mentioned before, the song
Enter Sandman has been boom-
ing from our speakers for 10 years
now. According to Mike Lickert,
the director of video services, the
song has been used ever since
video board in the south end of the
stadium was added in 1999. Since
then, we have accompanied the
song with attention-getting vid-
eos to add to the drama of Enter
Sandman like our current video
in which two jets fly over our great
state and stadium. It shows our
unique history of KU Football, and
it shows our state with great pan-
oramic views.
The song, however, is a rock and
roll, get hyped up, clich with at
least one other college using it. I
say keep the great video, but try a
new song.
I dont want to bash on our
pregame football ritual too much,
because I still enjoy it for what its
worth, and I anxiously await every
kickoff this season. So instead of
just burying the Sandman back
into the ground he came from, Ill
sprinkle some of my own advice on
your eyes.
My top choice for a new
entrance song would be Cochise,
by Audioslave. This song has a
similar feeling to Enter Sandman,
with a repetitive, building bass
and drum line. Then right as the
doors would open to let the players
loose, the guitar riff would send the
crowd wild. Or thats at least how I
picture it. Other suggestions would
be Kashmir, by Led Zeppelin, X,
by System of a Down, or Boom,
by Nelly (which was used in the
movie "The Longest Yard").
By Nicholas RoesleR
nroesler@kansan.com
State oF the art Space
Football
Kansas basketball's new practice facility first open to the media on Wednesday
afternoon. The facility is connected to the west side of Allen Fieldhouse, providing
space for both the men's and women's basketball teams.
Ofensive line 'coming together'
photos of
the practice
facility ON
PAgE 6B
By JaysoN JeNKs
jjenks@kansan.com

Sophomore Jeremiah Hatch
isnt new to the ofensive line this
season. Actually, hes not even new
to the starting rotation.
But Hatch is still making a tran-
sition this year. Afer starting ev-
ery game last season at one of the
two tackle spots, Hatch slid inside
this year to anchor Kansas ofen-
sive line at center.
And the move puts increased
responsibilities on Hatchs shoul-
ders.
Guys look to me for the calls,
Hatch said. Tey look to me to
get them hyped up for practice. I
pretty much took that role.
Tis season marks an adjust-
ment period for the ofensive
line as a whole. Gone are veteran
starters and interior linemen Ryan
Cantrell, Adrian Mayes and Chet
Hartley. Enter in a cast of three
new faces.
So far this ofseason, coach
Mark Mangino said, the line has
slowly progressed from an un-
known to a more consistent unit.
Te ofensive line is young, but
boy its starting to come together,
Mangino said. I really like how
they are getting of the ball, but
there are just fundamental things
that we need to work out.
True, the Jayhawks are inexpe-
rienced at certain spots along the
ofensive line. But there are a few
familiar faces back this season.
Hatch joins fellow sophomore Jef
Spikes as returning starters, ofer-
ing the Jayhawks a healthy amount
of game experience.
Spikes started all 13 games last
year and was named to the Phil
Steele Freshman All-American
Tird Team. At 6-foot-6, 315
pounds, Spikes possesses all the
physical tools to be a dominant
lineman in the Big 12.
Hes going to know what he got
away with last year, and hes going
to know guys have a year of flm
on him, Cantrell said. He aint
going to be able to get away with
any of that stuf anymore.
Te kids a monster, hes huge.
He looks like a tackle. And if he
can get his proper sets and get his
footwork down, its going to be
lights out for any defensive end in
the Big 12.
Hatch, meanwhile, spent the
ofseason learning the intricacies
of the center position. Te adjust-
ment process had less to do with
technique and more to do with
added verbal responsibilities.
Not only must Hatch know his
own assignment, he must be able
to communicate everyone elses
along the line.
Center is a whole diferent ani-
mal than tackle, Cantrell said. At
tackle youre pretty much one on
one with that guy on the outside
the whole game. At center, youre
really the quarterback of the line.
And what happens if the com-
munication along the line is inad-
equate? Simple.
Te result is a bad play, a nega-
tive yardage play, Mayes said. If
youre not all running on the same
cylinder it just takes one defen-
sive player to make the play.
At this point, freshman Tanner
Hawkinson has a solid hold on
the lef tackle position. Te guard
positions are currently being flled
by senior Sal Capra and junior
Carl Wilson, although junior Brad
Torson practiced with the frst
team ofense during Tursdays
open practice.
But regardless of who plays
what positions, the line will need
to perform for Kansas ofense to
be successful this season.
Tat group, quarterback Todd
Reesing said, theyre really going
to be the key for us this year.
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Coach Mark Mangino watches over ofensive lineman Jeremiah Hatch, Dallas sophomore, during a blocking drill at an open practice onWednesday. Hatch will transition to a diferent role for
the teamthis year. The Jayhawks will have their home opener on Sept. 5 against Northern Colorado.
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O
ctober cant come fast
enough.
This Major League
Baseball season has seen many
hardships and there have been
few highlights in return. Almost
every night has some sort of
downer.
Im not even talking about
performance-enhancing drugs.
For instance, injuries, lackluster
performances and unintriguing
division battles have led to my
severe displeasure and even grief
when confronted with the MLB.
Ill start in New York. I picked
the Mets to win the World Series
before the season began. Im not
ashamed. They lost some play-
ers to injury, namely Jose Reyes
and Carlos Delgado, and now
poster boy David Wright is out
with a concussion. When Johan
Santana went down, that was the
last straw. As if their last couple
of years havent been bad enough.
Even with some of these players,
they were vastly underachieving.
The prettiest team in baseball has
been beaten ugly right out of the
playoff race. At least New York
still has the Yankees. Were stuck
with
the Royals. Zach Greinke is
pitching like a Cy Young winner
and recorded a team record 15
strikeouts the other night. Thats
nice, but as of now, the Royals are
still 19 games out in the weakest
division in baseball. The last game
I went to, I had to bury my head
in my free shirt to hide the shame.
However, there are still great
stories out there. Albert Pujols
and the Cardinals arent talked
about enough. The Phillies addi-
tion of Cliff Lee and getting their
bats going is endearing. Its better
when the team that is supposed to
win wins. I dont think Colorado
trying to catch the Dodgers is
adorable at all. Its not even close
to a rivalry, either. The success of
Texas has left me more befuddled
than anything. But if they make
it into the playoffs, the American
League will have one of the least
appealing playoffs in recent mem-
ory (Youd be looking at possibly
Yankees, Tigers, Angels, Rangers.
Ew.).
Now for Mark Buehrle. When
he threw that perfect game, I
thought that single event would
change the whole complexion of
the baseball season. DeWayne
Wise had the miracle grab and it
made the whole situation seem
ethereal. I thought it was the gold-
en moment of the season. Here
we are, over a month later, and
the guy hasnt won a game since.
So if you cant count on perfec-
tion, who can you trust?
The season isnt over and luck-
ily there is still time for redemp-
tion. What that redemption may
be, Ill let this season decide.
Friday youTube SeSh
How to videos on the Internet
are pertinent to everyone. You
dont need to watch Emeril to
see how to make the perfect pea-
nut butter and jelly sandwich.
Everyday people can show you
the fundamentals better than the
experts because they are on the
same skill level. And some have
the ability to convey the message
in such a way that youll never
forget the directions.
Enter Steve Sutton.
As creepy as this guy is, I am
able to make the perfect iced tea
after one viewing of his video. I
go back to it just for the laughs.
YouTube search Steve Sutton
tea to see a masterpiece mixture
of information and entertainment.
Edited by Samantha Foster
sports 2B
Today
Soccer:
vs. Pepperdine,
5:30 p.m.
in Knoxville, Tenn.
Volleyball:
vs. Middle
Tennessee St.,
7:30 p.m.
in Murfreesboro,
Tenn.
SaTurday
Volleyball:
vs. Xavier,
10:30 a.m.
in Murfreesboro,
Tenn.
Volleyball:
vs. Murray State,
5 p.m.
in Mufreesboro,
Tenn.
Sunday
Soccer:
vs. Arizona State,
12:30 p.m.
in Knoxville,
Tenn.
ThiS week
in kanSaS
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QuoTe oF The day
Somebody just back of you
while you are fshing is as bad
as someone looking over your
shoulder while you write a
letter to your girl.
Ernest Hemingway
MLB disappoints with injuries
morning brew
By corey thiBodeaux
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
FacT oF The day
The world record catch
for a paddlefsh (also known
as spoonbill) was caught in
Atchinson in 2004. It weighed
144 pounds and was 75 inches
long.
http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/
TriVia oF The day
Q: When was Clinton Lake
constructed?
a: Congress authorized
Clinton Lake in 1962 and funds
were frst appropriated for
construction in 1971. Nearly
$55 million was needed to
complete the project. In 1977
initial flling of Clinton Lake be-
gan. To improve fshing poten-
tial, the lake was flled slowly
over a three-year period. The
multipurpose pool level was
reached in 1980.
http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/
Friday, august 28, 2009
FiShing reporT
Each Friday The Kansan
will provide a fshing report
for area lakes. Feel free to
send along reports (or even
photos) of your own from
around Lawrence to smon-
temayor@kansan.com.
The Kansas Department
of Wildlife and Parks reports
that as of 8/19 at Clinton
Reservoir:
wiper are slow with
anglers catching some
while actually fshing for
catfsh using liver. Size: 2-4.5
pounds.
crappie are fair with
some being caught over
brushpiles on minnows or
jigs. Size: 0.5-1 pounds.
channel caTFiSh
are good using worms,
liver, stinkbait and spoons
over baited areas. Size: 1-4
pounds.
Clinton Marina reported
Thursday that the above
mentioned species statuses
remain unchanged.
Marys Lake (located near
31st and Haskell):
channel caTFiSh are
good using worms.
bluegill are good using
crappie jigs.
Pat Dawson-Billings Lake
(27th and Crossgate):
All species poor.
associated Press

LONDON Freeze-dried food.
Autopilot failures. Brutal storms.
Accidental dunkings.
A 17-year-old British sailor
endured all those trials and more
to become the youngest person to
sail solo around the world.
Mike Perham grabbed the record
Thursday after sailing 28,000 miles
to cross the finish line off the coast
of Cornwall, in southern England,
after a mere nine months.
Perham is a few months young-
er than Zac Sunderland, from
Thousand Oaks, California, who
claimed the youngest solo crown
in July when he completed a simi-
lar trip in 13 months.
Perhams boat, a 50-foot racing
yacht called Totallymoney.com in
honor of his sponsor, completed
the trip at 9:55 a.m. Thursday
morning. He sailed with assistance
which means he was alone but
stopped for repairs.
The teenager was then joined
by his father Peter, who told The
Associated Press that they were
just enjoying each others com-
pany en route to the coastal city
of Portsmouth.
Perham, who set off on Nov. 18,
celebrated his 17th birthday deep
in the Indian Ocean. His gruel-
ing trip was blighted by autopilot
failures, rudder problems and wild
weather that repeatedly forced him
to stop for repairs.
During a stop in Cape Town,
South Africa, Perham got a chance
to meet up with Sunderland,
as well as 75-year-old Japanese
yachtsman and serial circumnavi-
gator Minoru Saito, the oldest man
to finish a solo, nonstop around-
the-world voyage.
While waiting for parts to repair
his rudder in Tasmania, Perham
took a brief trip to Brisbane,
Australia, to meet Jessica Watson,
the 16-year-old girl who also hopes
to make it around the world.
After sailing above New Zealand
and across the Pacific, Perham was
towed through the Panama Canal
and then cut across the Atlantic,
heading for home.
Well-wishers tracked Perhams
progress through his blog, where
he chronicled his many mishaps
one entry is entitled an unexpect-
ed swim and his impatience
with what seemed to be an unend-
ing diet of freeze-dried food.
In an entry dated Thursday,
Perham said the final leg of his
trip does feel a bit weird.
Associated Press
NFL
Broncos wide receiver
misses practice again
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Bron-
cos wide receiver Brandon
Marshall appears unlikely to
make his season debut in Sun-
day nights exhibition against
the Chicago Bears after missing
practice again.
Marshall, who had ofseason
hip surgery, has missed most of
the teams training camp with a
hamstring problem. He also has
requested a trade after clashing
with the organization and new
coach Josh McDaniels over his
desire for a new contract.
Associated Press
BasketBaLL
Pitino accuses Sypher of
extortion in sex scandal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Louisville
coach Rick Pitino said a sex scan-
dal involving a woman accused of
trying to extort millions from him
has been pure hell for his family,
fuming that newly released video
of her police interview revived her
total fabrication.
Pitino spoke at a hastily called
news conference hours after
Louisville police released audio
and video recordings of phone
calls and an interview with Karen
Cunagin Sypher, the woman at the
heart of the scandal.
Sypher claims in the interview
that Pitino sexually assaulted
her, an allegation she brought to
police after she was accused of
trying to extort millions from the
coach.
Associated Press
royaLs
Francis suspended for
second drug violation
NEW YORK Kansas City
Royals outfelder Nicholas
Francis has been suspended
for 50 games under baseballs
minor league drug program
after a second violation for
drug abuse.
Associated Press
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Teenager voyages around the world
FootBaLL
Vick prepares for season
with Philadelphia Eagles
PHILADELPHIA Michael
Vick could be on the feld for
the frst play from scrimmage if
the circumstances are right.
Philadelphia has a set series
of plays designed for Vick,
according to a person familiar
with the Eagles ofensive game
plan who requested anonymity
because he was not authorized
to discuss it.
Eagles coach Andy Reid,
whos known for using the
element of surprise, has said
he plans to use Vick during the
frst three quarters with the
rest of the frst-team ofense.
Its possible Vick will run a
wildcat formation or be under
center right away if the Eagles
are in the red zone.
During early warmups, well
before fans were allowed into
the stadium, Vick threw passes
to a variety of teammates. His
demeanor was far more seri-
ous than starting quarterback
Donovan McNabb, who was
joking around and even dis-
playing to Vick the proper way
to get two feet inbound when
catching a pass.
Associated Press
SaTurday
morning on kJhk
Trippin With The Hawks
will welcome Dennis Dodd of
CBS Sports to talk college foot-
ball from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday.
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3B friDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009
By Zach GetZ
zgetz@kansan.com
Kansas will start the regular sea-
son this weekend in the Middle
Tennessee Invitational. They will face
Middle Tennessee State University
Friday and Xavier and Murray State
Universities on Saturday.
Middle Tennessee State is com-
ing off a 27-8 record and went to
the second round of the NCAA
Volleyball Tournament last season.
MTSU is also returning five starters,
plus their libero. Xavier and Murray
State both had winning seasons last
year and are both returning most of
their starters.
Coach Ray Bechard said he
believes that the difficulty of the
nonconference schedule is just what
the team needs to get an upper Big
12 Conference finish and ultimately
a NCAA tournament berth.
Kansas is coming off a disap-
pointing 13-16 season in 2008 and
its third-straight losing season, but
it is returning five players and its
libero. Many of the players said
they felt that this season would be
different.
Senior defensive specialist/libero
Melissa Grieb said that the team has
really come together and is meshing
very well so far this season. She
said she felt that there is more of a
sense of leadership this season from
previous seasons.
I definitely feel way more pre-
pared than last year, Grieb said. It
seems that we are in a better place
than we were last year.
Freshman middle blocker Tayler
Tolefree said she was both nervous
and excited for her first collegiate
matches. Tolefree has been highly
touted by her coaches and her team-
mates and is expected to make an
impact this season.
I expect us to go out and play
hard in every game, and no mat-
ter what happens in one game, we
move on and make improvements
and changes, Tolefree said.
Junior outside hitter Karina
Garlington also said she thought the
team was looking good and ready
for the season. She said that it was
important for the team to get off to
a good start.
Were going to play three really
spectacular teams, probably three
teams that are going to be in the
NCAA tournament, Garlington
said. Its important to come out
strong and show how hard weve
been working because its going to
set the mindset for the next couple
of weeks.
According to the players and
Coach Bechard, an air of confi-
dence now surrounds the entire
team, and they feel right now they
can defeat anyone.
Were just going to push it, and
the sky is the limit for us, said
Garlington.
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Jayhawks keep confdence in mind as season begins with invitational
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is coming of its third straight losing season and will start its season this Friday at the Middle
Tennessee Invitational.
inspirational
High school team presses on afer the loss of its coach
associated Press
PARKERSBURG, Iowa As
theyve done every August for 35
years, the players on Aplington-
Parkersburg Highs football team
are throwing themselves into the
familiar, sweaty grind of Coach Ed
Tomas brutal, two-a-day sum-
mer workouts.
Te pop of linemen clashing
afer the snap still flls the thick,
muggy air, as do the rhythmic
claps and military barks of teen-
agers willing themselves through
endless push-ups, jumping jacks
and punishment laps, their faded
red jerseys caked with mud and
sweat.
All thats missing is Tomas.
Tis is the frst time in more
than three decades that Tomas
hasnt graced the sidelines of the
feld that bears his name, known as
Te Sacred Acre. He was gunned
down in June in the schools weight
room, and one of his former play-
ers sits in jail, accused of shooting
him. Tough his players hit the
feld as they know Tomas would
have wanted even using his
playbook and the preseason work-
outs he penned his absence is
felt every day.
Te only thing diferent is not
hearing his voice, said the coachs
younger son, assistant coach Todd
Tomas, who returned to Park-
ersburg to guide his fathers team.
Te only thing were missing is
his booming voice out there on the
practice feld.
Te Aplington-Parkersburg
team will open its season Friday
night, kicking of with a game
against rival Dike-New Hartford.
It will be televised nationally on
ESPN and followed by just about
everyone in the northeast Iowa
town of 1,800 people.
Te process of moving on start-
ed for the team just two days afer
Tomas funeral. About a dozen
of the older players gathered for
a party to check up on each other
and play a little pingpong. Of spe-
cial concern was Scott Becker, a
senior lineman and the brother of
the man accused of killing their
coach, Mark Becker.
Teir message to him was sim-
ple. He was still a member of their
team.
We wanted to let him know we
still loved him, even through all
this, said 17-year-old senior quar-
terback Coy Wiegmann. Coach
has always said you pick yourself
and go. Even through the hard
times, weve got to focus on the
good stuf.
As Hornbuckle put it, We made
sure to make him feel that we
didnt think any diferent of him
or anything like that. Hes still our
friend.
Coming back to help the team
move on are Tomas sons. Days
afer the shooting, Aaron Tomas
agreed to leave his job at a larger
high school 30 miles away to re-
place his father as athletic direc-
tor. Another son, Todd Tomas,
rejoined the coaching staf afer a
two-year absence.
Its helped me, being up here
and around all the kids and also
being around football, because
football was such an important
part of my dads life, he said. I
cant speak for any of the other
coaches and the kids, but it might
be helping them too. I dont know.
It just seems normal.
While the players are excited for
Friday nights game, theyre also
looking forward to getting on with
the season and competing for the
Class-1A title. Once again, the Fal-
cons will be among the favorites to
win it. Still, they play in Tomas
shadow.
footBall
Tigers work to fx things
before season opener
COLUMBIA, Mo. Coach Gary
Pinkel saw some things he liked
in Missouris fnal scrimmage
Thursday afternoon, but he also
spotted room for improvement.
Now, the Tigers have a little
more than a week to fx things,
as Pinkel put it, before they open
the season Sept. 5 against Illinois
in St. Louis.
Missouri begins the pursuit
of its third straight Big 12 North
title with a new starting quarter-
back. Sophomore Blaine Gabbert
showed great athleticism Thurs-
day, going 11-for-14 in the air.
But as he replaces former
Heisman Trophy fnalist Chase
Daniel, Gabbert is also inspiring
confdence among his receivers.
Wide receiver Danario Alexan-
der says Gabbert has improved
throughout camp and can be as
good as he wants to be.
cyclinG
Armstrong s new team
helps local economy
AUSTIN, Texas Team
RadioShack, Lance Armstrongs
new cycling team, will debut at
the 2010 Tour Down Under in
Australia.
Armstrong won the Tour de
France a record seven times from
1999-2005 before retiring. He
announced his return to the sport
in 2009.
The Tour Down Under runs Jan.
17-24 in Adelaide and other com-
munities around South Australia.
Armstrongs entry in this years
Tour Down Under helped attract
an estimated 750,000 specta-
tors which the government said
injected $30 million into the
regions economy.
track and field
Locals stand behind
hometown medalist
JOHANNESBURG Former
President Nelson Mandela con-
gratulated South African runner
Caster Semenya, whose dramatic
improvement, deep voice and
muscular build have sparked
questions about her gender.
The International Association
of Athletics Federations initiated
tests on the 18-year-old athlete
after she won gold in the 800 me-
ters at the world championships
in Germany last week.
South Africans have rallied
behind Semenya, who returned
home Tuesday.
Semenya and two other medal-
ists met briefy with Mandela in
Johannesburg Wednesday.
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SOCCER SCOUTING REPORT
sports 4B Friday, august 28, 2009
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
Freshman goalie Kat Liebetrau
is quiet on the field. Senior goalie
Julie Hanley is loud.
Liebetrau is, according to senior
defender Estelle Johnson, a shot-
stopper, while Hanley is likely bet-
ter with her feet.
Their games might be the most
opposite on the field, and since
Liebetrau is now the starter after
Hanley started for three years,
there are definitely some adjust-
ments taking place.
Johnson said the back line is
working with Liebetrau.
She will definitely communi-
cate when she has to, Johnson said.
But I think one thing were work-
ing on with her is just getting her to
be more outspoken.
Liebetrau admitted she still
needed some time to adjust to
being more vocal.
My defenders, they get on me,
telling me when Im really soft,
Liebetrau said. Ive been trying to
be more vocal in practice.
Both Liebetrau and Johnson said
that communication will be key to
the defenses success in the Lady
Vol Invite this weekend and the
season to come. Kansas takes on
Pepperdine at 4:30 p.m. Friday in
Knoxville, Tenn. On Sunday, they
match up with Arizona State at
11:30 a.m.
Senior midfielder Monica
Dolinsky has already faced
Pepperdine once in her career, a
3-1 loss in Lawrence. She says she
likes how Pepperdine plays a simi-
lar style to Kansas.
They like to play in the back
and try to build it, Dolinsky said.
We dont like balls over the top
a lot.
Coach Mark Francis had no rec-
ollection of the meeting between
the teams in 2006, but did say that
their coach was a good friend of
his and that they were always tough
opponents.
Pepperdine senior midfielder
Sophia Bo
Medina, who just
completed a stint
with the Mexican
national team,
leads the Waves.
She is a two-time
All-West Coast
Conference selec-
tion.
She may not score a ton of goals,
but she has a knack for putting
balls in the back of the net when
it matters most. Of her 10 career
goals, six ended up being the win-
ning goals, adding to that total
in Pepperdines season-opener on
Sunday.
So when it matters the most, it
may come down to who can make
the play in the clutch: the senior
with national team experience or
the freshman with one career start.
But what Francis and Johnson
like the most about Liebetrau is her
ability to stop shots.
She is just really
good at getting her
body in front of the
ball, Johnson said.
Shell do what it
takes.
Johnson said that
if Liebetrau can com-
municate better, it will
help the team immensely.
I personally cant hear anything
when Im playing, Johnson said. I
think she just needs to come out of
her comfort zone a little bit.
SOCCER
Freshman works on fnding voice
KANSAS
Coach: Mark Francis
Formation: 4-4-2
Outlook: The Jayhawks started with a solid win over Drake on
Sunday with goals from a couple unlikely sources. Continued im-
provement and confdence from younger players like freshmen
Whitney Berry and Kat Liebetrau will go a long way in compli-
menting the experienced core of the team.
Goalkeeper: Liebetrau only had one save to make in her
collegiate debut on Sunday, but it was a good start nonetheless.
Francis has plenty of confdence in his keeper, who he calls a ter-
rifc shot-stopper.
Defense: Kansas defense is defnitely its strong point this year.
They return three starters from last year, seniors Estelle Johnson
and Lauren Jackson and junior Geneva Magness, all of whom
played the full 90 minutes against Drake.
Midfeld: Two freshmen join two seniors in the midfeld.
Whitney Berry looked impressive on Sunday, scoring in her col-
lege debut and racking up fve shots. Senior Monica Dolinsky
will play a more attacking role as the inexperienced starters gain
confdence.
Forward: Emily Cressy and Shannon McCabe combined for 17
goals last year and are looking to continue that success in 2009.
They were held scoreless against Drake, but McCabe earned an
assist, and the duo will likely start putting shots in the net soon.
Joel Petterson
PEPPERDINE
Coach: Tim Ward
Formation: 4-3-3
Outlook: Pepperdine lost six starters from last years squad, so
they have a relatively young squad, but they are still looking to
challenge for the West Coast Conference title this year. Last year,
the Waves fnished 3rd place in the WCC with a 9-9-2 record. They
are coming of of an exciting overtime win over Marquette last
Sunday.
Goalkeeper: Pepperdine has two underclassmen battling for
the starting goalkeeper position, sophomore Lacey Heck and
freshman Roxanne Barker. Barker has an impressive rsum and
only allowed one goal starting against Marquette, but still lacks
experience on the college level.
Defense: Three starters return from an impressive defense last
year that boasted eight shutouts. They also have a deep bench to
fll in the spot left by graduated defensive leader Kelsey Baker.
Midfeld: The Waves only return senior Kelly Reilly from last
years squad, but they added Michelle Spacciapolli, a transfer from
Boston College, along with two younger players. Spacciapolli
scored one of Pepperdines two goals against Marquett on Sunday.
Forward: Pepperdine features a strong goalscoring presence up
front with senior Sophia Medina. Medina spent the summer with
the Mexican National team and scored in the 98th minute to beat
Marquette.
Follow Kansan
soccer writer Clark
Goble at twitter.
com/cgoble89.
TENNIS
BY HOWARD FENDRICH
Associated Press
NEW YORK Serena and
Venus Williams have met in eight
Grand Slam fnals, most recently
at Wimbledon last month. Te
U.S. Open wont feature No. 9.
Te No. 2-seeded Serena and
No. 3 Venus are in the same half
of the U.S. Open feld announced
Tursday, meaning they could
face each other only in the semi-
fnals of the years last major
tournament.
It is a shame. Teyre the peo-
ple to beat. Tey rise to the oc-
casion at the big ones, especially
Serena, three-time U.S. Open
champion John McEnroe said.
In interest level alone, its too
bad, added McEnroe, part of the
CBS Sports announcing team at
the tournament.
Tere wont be Williams-Wil-
liams to decide a title, but there
could be Federer-Nadal. No.
1-seeded Roger Federer and No.
3 Rafael Nadal were drawn into
opposite halves of the feld when
the draw was held behind closed
doors Wednesday.
Federer is bidding for a sixth
consecutive U.S. Open title, but
he wasnt always so comfortable
in New York.
I used to struggle here a lit-
tle bit, he said Tursday, just
because I had trouble with the
wind, trouble with the humidity
... my mind would wander dur-
ing the tournament.
Venus Williams could wind up
facing 2005 U.S. Open champion
Kim Clijsters in the fourth round.
Clijsters recently came out of re-
tirement and is returning to the
tournament.
This years U.S. Open
announces schedule
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Serena Williams, right, and Roger Federer, of Switzerland, pose for photographs
during a news conference to promote the U.S. Open tennis tournament onThursday in New
York.
My defenders, they
get on me, telling me
when Im really soft.
KAT LiEBETRAu
Freshman goalie
Game breakdown: Kansas (1-0-0) vs. Pepperdine (1-0-0) 5:30 p.m., Knoxville, Tenn. Kansas All-time Record vs. Pepperdine: 0-2 (2005, 2006)
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sports 5b friday, august 28, 2009
Big 12
FootBall
By Hallie Mann
hmann@kansan.com
In the last week, adding or drop-
ping and eligibility problems of play-
ers in the Big 12 have changed the
line-ups for some teams. Here are
your football updates from around
the conference:
texas a&M
Coach Mike
Sherman announced
on Monday that junior
Jerrod Johnson will start at quarter-
back for A&M after being selected
over sophomore Ryan Tannehill
who will move to wide receiver
according to the Aggie Athletics
Web site.
NeBraska
Running back
Quentin Castille was
dismissed from the
team last week after violating team
rules, according to the Lincoln
Journal Star. Coach Bo Pelini did
not specify what rule he violated
but he is no longer practicing with
the team. Castille was competing
with junior Roy Helu Jr. for the
starting running back position for
Nebraska and Pelini said freshman
Rex Burkhead would probably be
the No. 2 running back position.
oklahoMa
Linebacker Mike
Balogun may earn his
eligibility back for his
final season from the
NCAA this week, according to The
Oklahoman. Oklahoma had found
out that Balogun, now 25, may have
played a year of semi-professional
football when he was 22. This was
presented to the NCAA for further
investigation.
oklahoMa
state
Coach Mike Gundy
cut off access to his
team from the media
until at least Aug. 31 to keep his
team more focused, according to
the Tulsa World. Currently ranked
11 in the Coaches Preseason Poll,
Gundy said they needed to reel the
players in and get them to focus as
the season is about to start.
texas
Sophomore safety
Earl Thomas has
impressed coaches
and fellow play-
ers at Texas in preseason practice.
Texas defensive coordinator Will
Muschamp said he was very con-
fident in him, and was looking
forward to using him this season
in the defense according to The
Daily Texan.
Missouri
S o p h o mo r e
offensive lineman
Dan Hoch, one
of the key players for Missouris
offense, may be out for the Sept.
5 game after spraining his MCL at
practice. Hoch said hes feeling bet-
ter but his absence could affect the
chemistry of the offense, accord-
ing to The Columbia Missourian.
Colorado
Junior wide
receiver Andre
Simmons was
cleared to enroll
at Colorado earlier this week after
a tumultuous transfer and admis-
sion process this summer from a
junior college, according to The
Daily Camera. Simmons had his
first day of practice with the Buffs
on Wednesday, and coach Dan
Hawkins said Simmons had a lot
of work to do to get caught up for
the game on Sept. 6.
texas teCh
Two defensive
backs, junior Jarrell
Routt and sophomore
Angelo Traylor, have left the
team because they do not think
they will get any playing time
with the Raiders this season, a
Texas Tech spokesperson said on
Wednesday. Running backs coach
Clay McGuire said they still had
a good corps of running backs to
work with despite the losses.
Those are the top updates, sto-
ries and changes from around the
Big 12 this week. Look each week
for the latest news on Big 12 foot-
ball in The Kansan.
Area schools rearrange, update line-ups as football seasons commence
aP toP 25 Poll
(as oF 8/27/09)
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
9. Oklahoma State
24. Nebraska
25. Kansas
Other Big 12 Teams who
received votes: Texas Tech,
Missouri
Jayhawks open practice for Fan Appreciation Day
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy, right, points out some of the features of the
newlocker roomto T. Boone Pickens, left. Oklahoma State is one of the Big 12 schools currently
ranked in the Coaches Preseason Poll.
By Jaysons Jenks
jjenks@kansan.com
On Wednesday afternoon,
Kansas football held its Fan
Appreciation Day. Before sign-
ing autographs for fans, the
Jayhawks participated in an open
practice. A few observations:
sPriNger oN the Field
Two weeks ago, junior line-
backer Justin Springer didnt par-
ticipate in Kansas practice. But
on Wednesday evening, Springer
saw the field, playing mostly with
what appeared to be the second
team defense.
Springer played well in a reserve
role last season before suffering
a season-ending injury against
Kansas State on Nov. 1.
MCdougald Fourth
reCeiver
Freshman wide receiver Bradley
McDougald spent time as Kansas
fourth receiver, working with the
first team during the scrimmage
at the end of Wednesdays open
practice.
Coach Mark Mangino wasnt
available for comment afterward,
but Mangino previously said that
McDougald will play this season.
McDougald also returned kick-
offs with junior wide receiver
Dezmon Briscoe.
a Few ChaNges
Sophomore Steven Foster has
been moved from linebacker to
defensive line. Foster, originally
ranked the fourth-best fullback
in the nation according to ESPN.
com, moved to linebacker earlier
in his career.
He spent time Wednesday at
defensive end and defensive line.
Junior college transfer
Vernon Brooks switched to the
No. 9. Brooks previously wore No.
39.
Junior Brad Thorson spent
time practicing at guard with
what appeared to be the first team
offensive line. Thorson is nor-
mally used as a center.
Play oF the day
Junior defensive end Quintin
Woods tipped a pass in the air
and then made hauled in the
falling ball for an interception.
OK, so it was just an intra-squad
scrimmage, but the play was still
impressive.
A lot of people come to Memorial Stadium and say this is
pretty place. We dont want pretty. We want hostile.
Coach Mark Mangino addressing fans after Wednesdays open practice
We look forward to seeing you on game day Saturdays,
and we look forward to bringing back the Big 12 North
title to Lawrence.
Quarterback Todd Reesing
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MlB
Padilla boosts Dodgers team spirit
By aRnie sTaPleTo
Associated Press
DENVER Vicente Padilla
gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a
shot in the arm and the Colorado
Rockies a punch to the gut.
The right-hander, jettisoned
by Texas earlier this month after
angering the Rangers by throwing
at hitters, returned to the National
League on Thursday and pitched
the Dodgers to a
3-2 win over the
Rockies.
I can do a lot
for this team,
said Padilla, who
allowed two runs
and six hits in five
solid innings.
Rafael Furcal, in
the game for his
defense, delivered
a tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth
and Matt Kemp hit his career-high
19th homer as the Dodgers put the
brakes on the surging Rockies by
taking two of three at Coors Field.
They also opened a four-game lead
in the NL West over the wild-card
leaders.
Damn right thats what we
needed and wanted, Dodgers
manager Joe Torre said.
And now the Rockies have to
go to San Francisco for a weekend
series after an emotional week in
Colorado, where they took three of
four from the Giants before facing
Los Angeles.
We didnt win this series, but we
won this homestand, said Rockies
manager Jim Tracy, whose team
has to face Tim Lincecum, Barry
Zito and Matt Cain this weekend.
Were still in a wonderful posi-
tion.
The relieved Dodgers appear
to have a much
easier road ahead,
with three games at
Cincinnati this week-
end before playing
nine games against
struggling Arizona
and San Diego.
Four relievers
combined to pre-
serve Padillas first
win for his new team,
and Jonathan Broxton got the last
four outs for his 28th save in 32
chances. The Rockies put runners
on first and second with one out in
the ninth before Broxton struck out
Eric Young Jr. and Seth Smith.
The resurgent Rockies, who
once trailed L.A. by 15 games,
had won eight of 10 before the
Dodgers took the last two games of
this crucial series.
Im not worried about cool-
ing anybody off. Its all about our
record, Torre said. Were trying
to enhance our record. We hold
our fate in our own hands and if
we take care of business ourselves
then we dont have to look around
for help.
Padilla (1-0), who played for
Arizona and Philadelphia before
getting traded to the Rangers in
2005, signed a minor league con-
tract with the Dodgers on Aug.
19 after he was released by Texas,
where he was 8-6 with a 4.92 ERA
in 18 starts this
year.
In going back
to the NL, Padilla
has to bat, which
could make him
a target for retali-
ation if he keeps
plunking batters,
something he
didnt have to face
in the American
League. He didnt hit anybody
Thursday.
Torre was eager to see if Padilla
could help L.A. down the stretch
considering the uncertainty sur-
rounding right-hander Hiroki
Kuroda, who went on the disabled
list after being hit in the head by a
line drive Aug. 15.
He hangs in there. He eats up
innings. Thats big at this time of
the year, Torre said.
With sinkerballer Padilla on the
mound, Torre decided against rest-
ing slumping shortstop Furcal, a
decision that paid off but not in
the field when he singled up the
middle to score Orlando Hudson
from second base in the sixth and
give Los Angeles a 3-2 lead.
Kemp hit a two-run shot in the
first off Jorge De La Rosa (12-9),
who allowed baserunners in each
of his seven innings but yielded just
three runs and eight hits.
They had been
playing really well and
had some hot hitting
and good pitching.
We shut them down,
Kemp said. We
showed them we arent
going anywhere.
Carlos Gonzalez
returned to the
Rockies starting line-
up for the first time
since cutting his left hand with a
steak knife Saturday night, but he
left in the fifth after jamming his
left thumb into the grass while
trying to rob James Loney of a
double.
Gonzalez said the stitch didnt
come out but his wound bled and
his palm swelled up so much that
he couldnt grip a baseball or bat.
He said he was unsure if hed be
able to play Friday night.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Vicente Padilla works against the Colorado Rockies
during the frst inning of a baseball game in Denver onThursday.
We didnt win this
series, but we won
this homestand.
JiM TRACy
Rockies Manager
Im not worried
about cooling any-
body of. Its all about
our record.
JOE TORRE
Dodgers Manager
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practice facility photos (continued from 1B)
at one end of the foor hangs the center court section of foor fromthe 2008 NCAA Final Four. The foor was purchased by Kansas Athletics after
the Jayhawks won the 2008 NCAA National Championship.
five banners hang along the south wall commemorating Kansas fve national championships in mens basketball. The wall is a reminder of
Kansas successful history, including the 2008 National Championship title.
other features of the newfacility are two second foor balconies connected to the ofces of womens coach Bonnie Henrickson and mens coach Bill Self. Seen here is the viewfromHenricksons balcony. Henrickson noted that she liked
hearing basketballs bounce all day while in her ofce.
The new
facility is
part of a
$42 million
renovation
project to
improve
Allen
Fieldhouse,
Anschutz
Pavilion and
the Wagnon
Student
Athlete
Center.
Hockey
Nhl bids on bankrupt
phoenix coyotes
PHOENIX The NHL is of-
fering about $140 million to
purchase the Phoenix Coyotes in
U.S. Bankruptcy Court and would
avoid a sticky issue still facing
the case by accepting the exist-
ing lease to play in Glendale.
That acceptance would last no
longer than through the coming
season while the NHL seeks a
better deal with the city and
an acceptable buyer. If a buyer
to keep the team in Glendale
isnt found, NHL deputy com-
missioner Bill Daly said in an
introduction accompanying the
bid, the league would turn to an
organized process to relocate
the franchise in another terri-
tory.
Ice Edge Holdings, on the
other hand, insists it is com-
mitted to keeping the team in
Glendale long-term, despite the
fact it wants to play fve regular
season games in Saskatoon.
Associated Press
BasketBall
timberwolves ffth pick
under contract in spain
MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota
Timberwolves president David
Kahn disputed a Spanish report
that point guard Ricky Rubio will
be staying in Spain for another two
years.
The Spanish Web site Marca.
com reported earlier in the day
that Regal Barcelona had reached
a buyout agreement with Rubios
team, DKV Joventut for $5.3 mil-
lion. But Kahn issued a statement
saying no deal has been reached.
The Timberwolves selected Ru-
bio with the ffth pick in the June
draft. Rubio is under contract for
another two years with Joventut,
a deal that includes an $8 million
buyout.
The Timberwolves can only
contribute $500,000 toward the
buyout under the NBAs collective
bargaining agreement, meaning
Rubio would be responsible for
paying the balance himself.
BasketBall
tulsa trying to bring
WNBa franchise to city
TULSA, Okla. The WNBA has
extended a Sept. 1 deadline by
a few weeks for an investment
group to line up funding to bring a
team to Tulsa in time for the 2010
season.
Oklahoma City businessman
Bill Cameron said WNBA President
Donna Orender was willing to
grant the grace period. Neither he
nor investment partner David Box
said how long the group had.
In July, investors announced a
plan to bring a WNBA franchise to
Tulsa. It is unknown whether Tulsa
would get an expansion team or
whether an existing team would
relocate to the city.
Associated Press

2009-08-28

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