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BY ALY VAN DYKE
avandyke@kansan.com
From a distance, the 10 acres
of the Rockefeller Natural Prairie
in north Lawrence look like a sea
of sand. Get a little closer, and
see the sand become millions of
wheat-colored stalks, stretching
their fingers toward the sky and
blocking the vision of even the
tallest person. Get closer still,
and notice the traces of purples,
whites, blues, blacks, grays and
reds that sprinkle the landscape.
Standing in the middle of this
plot of land, which has never
been plowed, never been grazed
to stubble by domesticated ani-
mals, never been corrupted by
human hands, you are taken to a
time before settlements and agri-
culture, to a time when buffalo
roamed freely and prairie grasses
covered most of Douglas County.
Today the prairie remains con-
fined to scattered plots of land and
students and University members
are working to preserve it.
Preserving history
The prairie, in all of its simple
beauty, does not distract Kim
Hernandez, Hutchinson senior,
from her task.
She searches, scouring the
plants in front of her for a natu-
ral bouquet of white, star-shaped
petals known as tall boneset.
Almost 100 years ago, this tiny
plant, which is an immune sys-
tem stimulant, helped some of
our ancestors beat the 1918 flu
epidemic.
I found some, Hernandez
calls to her scavenging partner,
Ryan Callihan. Over here.
Callihan, Lenexa senior, joins
her and together they collect the
small petals, crush them in their
palms and extract the centimeter-
long brown seeds.
The two were joined Saturday
by about 20 other members of
KU Environs and others to collect
seeds of native prairie wildflowers
and grasses as part of an on-going
effort to restore the native prairie
that once blanketed Lawrence in
rolling fields of grasses and wild-
flowers.
BY ANNA ARCHIBALD
aarchibald@kansan.com
The legendary Jayhawk-Tiger
rivalry is going virtual.
For the third year in a row, the
Student Alumni Leadership Board
is holding the Border Hunger
Showdown, a virtual food drive
that will take place from Nov. 1 to
the kickoff of the Kansas-Missouri
football game.
Harvesters, a community food
network in Kansas City, Mo., will be
holding the event with the Kansas
and Missouri alumni associations
to donate food throughout the
Kansas City area. Harvesters serves
26 counties in northeast Kansas
and northwest Missouri and pro-
vides meals for more than 60,000
people every week.
Unlike most food drives, the
Border Hunger Showdown takes
place mostly online. Online, dona-
tors can choose between different
sized grocery bags and cases of
soup, cereal or peanut butter.
There will also be donation sites
available in grocery stores where
people can physically donate cans
of food.
Its been a very successful cam-
paign for us every year, said Ellen
Feldhausen, director of commu-
nications for Harvesters. We are
encouraging alumni from both
schools to support their schools
and help us feed the hungry.
The first Border Hunger
Showdown took place in 2007
when the two alumni associa-
tions approached Harvesters about
|doing a food drive.
In the beginning, however, the
food drive was not primarily online.
The two alumni associations placed
collection bins around the stadium
for people to bring in cans.
People kept mistaking them for
trash cans, said Stefani Gerson,
coordinator of student programs
for the University of Kansas Alumni
Association. We ended up with all
kinds of trash in the bins and no
one really knew where to donate
their cans.
Last year, the food drive went
completely virtual to make the
donation process more efficient.
In all, the two schools collected
141,705 meals. Missouri collected
76,487 meals and Kansas ended
with 65,218 meals. Each dollar
donated is the equivalent of five
meals.
As of Sunday night, the University
had collected 375 meals while
Missouri had yet to collect any.
Feldhausen said soup kitchens,
food pantries, homeless shelters
and other agencies that helped
people in need reported up to a 40
percent increase in the number of
people needing assistance this year.
She attributed the additional need
to the recession.
While were having fun with the
competition and all that leads up to
it, we hope they will also think of
those in need, she said. The need
for emergency food assistance has
grown greatly.
People can go to www.border-
hungershowdown2009.harvesters.
org to contribute, Gerson said.
Then they can choose the school of
their choice and donate the desired
amount. They can also see how
much each school has raised so far.
You dont have to be a stu-
dent to donate, said Brent
Blazek, Lenexa senior and
president of the Student
Alumni Leadership Board.
Blazek has been helping to
promote the event. Were
just using everyones dis-
like of Missouri for a good
cause.
Blazek said online option
of the food drive was a good
way for people who didnt live
near campus to help support
their respective teams.
Last year we started out really
strong, but then lost it in the end to
Missouri, Blazek said. This year
we hope to get a fast start and keep
it going up to the end.
Edited by Abbey Strusz
BY JUSTIN LEVERETT
jleverett@kansan.com
Student and local groups will
demonstrate on the Strong Hall
lawn this afternoon to pressure
the University administration to
protect the Baker Wetlands nature
area south of Lawrence.
The demonstrators oppose the
South Lawrence Trafficway proj-
ect, a plan to pave over the wet-
lands and build a highway circling
the city.
The project, which first emerged
in 2002, is still unfunded. It has
met with heated opposition from
environmental groups and Native
American organizations, among
others.
The University owns 20 acres
of the 640-acre wetlands area, but
does not use or actively protect the
portion it controls.
Jason Hering, president of stu-
dent environmental group Eco-
Justice, said the demonstrators
goal was to get the University to
either use the 20 acres of wetland
or to return them to the Native-
American groups concerned about
their fate.
The goal is to get attention
from the KU administration,
Hering said. Were for having
them claim and take responsibil-
ity for the wetlands.
Eco-Justice and KU Environs
collaborated with the First
Nations Student Association
and the Wetlands Preservation
Organization from Haskell Indian
Nations University to organize the
demonstration.
Hering said he expected about
200 people to attend.
Stephanie Farve, Lawrence
the golden valley
activism
community
Saving Douglas Countys prairies
Protestors
seek KU
protection
of wetlands
Border Showdown rivalry encourages food donations
Students and scientists venture into the prairie to collect seeds from endangered species of plants
Chance Dibben/KANSAN
Derek Glasgow, Winfeld graduate student, and Chelsea Paxson, Newton junior, collect seeds at the Rockefeller Natural Prairie in north Lawrence Saturday afternoon. They were a part of an efort to restore and preserve native prairie,
which was led by Kelly Kindsher, senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey, and included members of KU Environs.
Follow Anna Ar-
chibald at twitter.
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SEE ECO ON PAGE 3A
Border hunger
showdown
when: Nov. 1 to kickof of
Border Showdown football
game
where: Online:
www.harvesters.org
who: KU, MU and Harvest-
ers
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near Ninth and Massachusetts
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ON CAMPUS
The Cycle of Social Exclusion
for Urban, Young Men of Color
in the U.S.: What is the role of
Incarceration? will begin at
noon in 706 Fraser.
From Slavery to the
Presidency: African American
History from 1619 to the
Present will begin at 2 p.m.
in the Continuing Education
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The Popular Fable of Sex
Change: Medical Analysis
of Sex and Gender in Early
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in Hall Center.
Poles and Russians: A Love
Story from World War I will
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Room in the Kansas Union.
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Student Recital Series will
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international
1. Saudi authorities fnd
al-Qaida weapon stockpile
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia Saudi
authorities have discovered large
quantities of weapons in the
capital Riyadh belonging to al-
Qaida terror network, an Interior
Ministry spokesman said Sunday.
The ofcial Saudi Press Agency
quoted Maj. Gen. Mansour
al-Turki as saying the discovery
included 281 assault rifes and 51
ammunition boxes.
Al-Turki said police learned
about the cache after investigat-
ing a group of al-Qaida suspects
arrested in August.
He said the weapons were
found buried in a vacant house in
the capital.
He said police are searching for
the owners of the house whom
they suspect of having links with
al-Qaida.
The al-Qaida terror group,
whose leader Osama bin Laden
is a Saudi, has called for attacks
on the kingdoms oil facilities as
a means of crippling both the
kingdoms economy and hurting
the West.
2. Suicide bombing leaves
fve dead in southern Iraq
BAGHDAD A bomb at-
tached to a bicycle killed fve
people in southern Iraq on
Sunday, and at least fve others
were killed in violence across the
country, police said.
The bloodshed comes as Iraqi
lawmakers intensify negotiations
over a new election law that
many hope will hasten the end of
political gridlock over control of
oil-rich Kirkuk an old dispute
between Arabs and Kurds that
has threatened Iraqs fragile
stability as U.S. troops prepare to
leave the country.
3. Man in Cyprus fees
airplane about to take of
NICOSIA, Cyprus Police in
Cyprus say a passenger bolted
from an airliner after opening
a rear exit and sliding down an
emergency chute as it prepared
for take of.
Police spokesman Michalis
Katsounotos says the 28-year-
old sailor, who holds a Greek
passport, then jumped the
Larnaca airport fence and disap-
peared.
Katsounotos did not release
the mans name before a formal
arrest warrant is issued later
Sunday on charges of breaking
civil aviation safety regulations
and entering a prohibited air-
port space without permission.
He said investigators dont
know what spurred the man
to exit the Cyprus Airways jet
Saturday night moments after
the captain ordered the crew to
lock the aircraft doors.
The Airbus with 158 passen-
gers aboard was on a scheduled
fight to Athens.
national
4. Shooting in Seattle
leaves one ofcer dead
SEATTLE Seattle police
searched for clues Sunday in a
shooting that killed a police of-
cer and injured a trainee, marking
the citys frst ofcer killed in the
line of duty since 2006.
Assistant Police Chief Jim Pu-
gel said a male ofcer was train-
ing a female student ofcer in a
marked patrol car Saturday night
when their vehicle was suddenly
struck several times by gunfre,
shortly after 10 p.m.
Pugel said a light-colored car
pulled alongside the parked po-
lice cruiser and began shooting
in the mostly residential Central
District, east of downtown
Seattle.
5. No reopening date yet
for San Francisco Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO Theres
still no word yet when the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will
be open to trafc again.
California Department of Trans-
portation spokesman Bart Ney
said Sunday morning that crews
were still conducting stress tests
and modifcation work.
He did not have a projected
time for when the bridge would
open, but suggested commuters
should again on Monday morning
consider other alternatives to get
across the bay.
6. Man accused in killing
faces charges in Arizona
PEORIA, Ariz. An Iraqi
immigrant accused of running
down his daughter with his car
because she was becoming too
Westernized was returned to
Arizona Saturday to face aggra-
vated assault charges.
Faleh Almaleki was arrested
Thursday when he arrived at
Atlantas airport, sent from the
United Kingdom after authori-
ties denied him entrance. He
was returned to the Phoenix-
area city of Peoria, booked and
taken to a county jail.
He is accused of striking
and then running over his
20-year-old daughter and her
boyfriends mother with his Jeep
on Oct. 20 as the women were
walking across a Peoria parking
lot.
Noor Almaleki remains hospi-
talized in serious condition after
undergoing spinal surgery. The
other woman, Amal Khalaf, is in
serious but stable condition, ac-
cording to family members.
Police said the Almalekis
moved to Peoria from Iraq in the
mid-1990s.
Family members said Noor
Almaleki had been living with
her boyfriend and Khalaf, and
Faleh Almaleki was upset that
his daughter had become too
Westernized, had failed to live
by traditional Muslim values and
had disrespected the family.
Associated Press
The absolute last day to
drop a class is two weeks from
today. Make your decisions
as soon as possible, because
the lines are enormous if you
choose to drop a class on the
last day.
What do you think?
by laUra DreeS
KATY DARR
OLATHE FRESHMAN
Its chilly. I ride a Vespa, so it
gets kind of cold riding that
to class. But homecoming
week is fun, and football in
the fall is amazing.
KELSEY SPARKS
EAgAN, MINN.,
SOPHOMORE
Its a lot warmer
than my hometown,
and its pretty. I like
the colors of the
trees.
MICHAEL RObbINS
ST. LOUIS gRADUATE
STUDENT
Im going to go with the
easy option chang-
ing leaves, brisk weather.
Theres a reason Im sitting
outside. Its just wonder-
ful.
ANDREW KRIEgH
LAWRENCE SOPHOMORE
Campus is always beauti-
ful its relaxing to walk
around and watch the
leaves and take a break
from studying.
What do you like about autumn in Lawrence?
REbECCA JOHNSON
CHICAgO
FRESHMAN
Id have to say the
clear skies. And its
warmer than Chicago.
news 3A MONday, NOVeMber 2, 2009
KU Environs is a student group
dedicated to sustainability and
promoting environmental educa-
tion. Members of the group vol-
unteered in the effort to preserve
whats left of the prairie in Douglas
County.
The prairie is a unique resource
we have, so were doing our part to
keep it, said Sara
Schenk, Omaha,
Neb., junior and
secretary for
Environs. The
prairie is part of
Kansas history.
We need to hang
on to what little
we have left.
In the 1850s,
approximately 94
percent of Douglas County was
covered in native prairie, accord-
ing to a study on native prairie
remnants released in 2005. As of
2005, only 0.5 percent of that prai-
rie remained.
Kelly Kindsher, senior scientist
at the Kansas Biological Survey
and co-author of the 2005 study,
led the group of students to the
site to collect the seeds. He said he
would store the seeds in a refrig-
erator at the Kansas Biological
Survey until April, when it came
time to plant them.
Kindscher said Kansas lost most
of its native prairie to agriculture.
He said preserving and restoring
the prairie was important not only
to the history of
Kansas, but to
existing animals
and plants that
relied on the
prairie habitat,
such as the fed-
erally endangered
meads milkweed
and the state bird,
the meadowlark.
If we dont start
protecting the prairie and their
habitat, were going to see these
species continue to decrease or
even disappear, Kindscher said.
In this decade alone, Douglas
County has lost all of its prairie
chickens to habitat loss and deg-
radation, he said.
Braving the prairie
The Environs students braved
the thorns and thistles of the
native prairie, along with its resi-
dent, often large, spiders, for three
hours to collect seeds in manila
envelopes. Kindscher
said the group col-
lected seeds from
about 30 species,
a small but impor-
tant fraction of the
200 species currently
growing on the pre-
serve.
Chelsea Paxson,
Newton junior,
searched amidst
grasses a full two feet taller than
her to find rattlesnake masters
a waist-high plant known
for its sharp, black thistles once
used by the Fox Indians to keep
rattlesnakes at bay, according to
Kindscher.
Though the rattlesnake masters,
as well as the season, prevented
any rattlesnake sightings, they
couldnt protect Paxson and her
partner, Derek Glasgow, Winfield
graduate student, from being cut
by the thistles, despite the gloves
they used to extract the seeds.
The prairie is pretty, in its
own way, Paxson said, pausing,
when youre not getting stabbed
by everything in it.
While they were
feeling the pain of
the rattlesnake mas-
ters, Emily Lubarsky,
Shawnee freshman,
collected Indian
grass seeds among
the more popular and
easily found plants
on the prairie.
Its an awesome
opportunity for KU
students to get hands-on experi-
ence with the environment and
form an attachment to a part of it
thats endangered, Lubarsky said.
The prairie isnt as showy as the
rainforest, but its just as impor-
tant.
Lubarsky partnered up
with Shade Little, husband of
Chancellor Gray-Little. He said he
joined the students to experience a
habitat hed never seen before.
It is a big part of us, even
though we dont think about it,
he said.
The seeds collected Saturday
will be planted next April along
a new cement path that winds its
way through the native prairie.
Although the trail would disrupt
some of the habitat, Kindscher
said, it would also allow the land
to be more accessible to people for
research, education and admira-
tion.
And with native prairie lining
the path, he said, people will get
a closer look at the natural beauty
this area once held.
Edited by Abbey Strusz
senior, plans to attend the event.
Farve is president of the KU
First Nations
S t u d e n t
As s o c i a t i on,
a community
or gani z at i on
for Native-
American stu-
dents.
Farve is also
a participant in
the exchange
program between the University
and Haskell.
She said the wetlands held
spiritual and historic signifi-
cance for Native-American stu-
dents at Haskell.
People just dont know the
true history of Haskell and the
true history of that area, she
said. The Baker Wetlands are
considered sacred
because there are
Nat ive-Ameri can
children buried
there.
Demonst rators
will hold signs, dis-
tribute fliers and
encourage passers-
by to sign a petition
from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m. today.
The petition will assert sup-
port for protection of the wild-
life area, which contains more
than 471 documented wildlife
species.
Edited by Brenna M. T. Daldorph
Chance Dibben/KANSAN
Kelly Kindscher, senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey, demonstrates to a group, including members of KU Environs, howto extract seeds. Kindscher led the seed-gathering efort
held at the Rockefeller Natural Prairie Saturday afternoon.
Chance Dibben/KANSAN
Members of KU Environs take part in a seed collecting at the Rockefeller Natural Prairie Saturday afternoon. The seeds will be planted in April as
part of the efort to preserve the prairies.
prAiriE (continued from 1A)
ECo (continued from 1A)
The prairie isnt as
showy as the rainfor-
est, but its just as
important.
Emily lubarsky
shawnee freshman
People just dont
know the true history
of Haskell and the
true history of that
area.
stEphaniE FarvE
First nations president
international
BY JAN M. OLSEN
associated press
KORSOER, Denmark The
worlds largest cruise ship cleared
a crucial obstacle Sunday, lower-
ing its smokestacks to squeeze
under a bridge in Denmark.
The Oasis of the Seas which
rises about 20 stories high
passed below the Great Belt Fixed
Link with a slim margin as it left
the Baltic Sea on its maiden voy-
age to Florida.
Bridge operators said that even
after lowering its telescopic smoke-
stacks the giant ship had less than
a 2-foot (half-meter) gap.
Hundreds of people gathered
on beaches at both ends of the
bridge, waiting for hours to watch
the brightly lit behemoth sail by
shortly after midnight (2300GMT;
7 p.m. EDT).
It was fantastic to see it glide
under the bridge. Boy, it was big,
said Kurt Hal, 56.
Company officials are banking
that its novelty will help guarantee
its success. Five times larger than
the Titanic, the $1.5 billion ship
has seven neighborhoods, an ice
rink, a small golf course and a
750-seat outdoor amphitheater. It
has 2,700 cabins and can accom-
modate 6,300 passengers and
2,100 crew members.
Accommodations include loft
cabins, with floor-to-ceiling win-
dows, and 1,600-square-foot luxu-
ry suites with balconies overlook-
ing the sea or promenades.
The liner also has four swim-
ming pools, volleyball and bas-
ketball courts, and a youth zone
with theme parks and nurseries
for children.
Oasis of the Sea, nearly 40
percent larger than the indus-
trys next-biggest ship, was con-
ceived years before the economic
downturn caused desperate cruise
lines to slash prices to fill vacant
berths.
It was built by STX Finland
for Royal Caribbean International
and left the shipyard in Finland on
Friday. Officials hadnt expected
any problems in passing the Great
Belt bridge, but traffic was stopped
for about 15 minutes as a precau-
tion when the ship approached,
Danish navy spokesman Joergen
Brand said.
Aboard the Oasis of the Seas,
project manager Toivo Ilvonen of
STX Finland confirmed that the
ship had passed under the bridge
without any incidents.
Nothing fell off, he said.
The enormous ship features
various neighborhoods parks,
squares and arenas with special
themes. One of them will be a
tropical environment, includ-
ing palm trees and vines among
the total 12,000 plants on board.
They will be planted after the ship
arrives in Fort Lauderdale.
In the stern, a 750-seat outdoor
theater modeled on an ancient
Greek amphitheater doubles
as a swimming pool by day and
an ocean front theater by night.
The pool has a diving tower with
spring boards and two 33-foot
(10-meter) high-dive platforms.
An indoor theater seats 1,300
guests.
One of the neighborhoods,
named Central Park, features a
square with boutiques, restaurants
and bars, including a bar that
moves up and down three decks,
allowing customers to get on and
off at different levels.
Once home, the $1.5 billion
floating extravaganza will have
more, if less visible, obstacles to
duck: a sagging U.S. economy,
questions about the consumer
appetite for luxury cruises and
criticism that such sailing behe-
moths are damaging to the envi-
ronment and diminish the experi-
ence of traveling.
It is due to make its U.S. debut
on Nov. 20 at its home port, Port
Everglades in Florida.
Sink or swim?
Ship passes test
Worlds largest cruise ship lowers
smokestacks to pass under bridge
ASSoCiATED prESS
The oasis of The Seas, the worlds largest cruise ship, clears a crucial obstacle, by lowering
its smokestacks, to squeeze under a bridge in the Baltic Sea, Denmark Saturday. The Oasis of
the Seas, which rises about 20 stories high, passed belowthe Great Belt Fixed Link with a slim
margin as it left the Baltic Sea on Saturday on its maiden voyage to Florida. Five times larger than
the Titanic, the ship has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a small golf course and a 750-seat
outdoor amphitheater.
The prairie is a
unique resource we
have, so were doing
our part to keep it.
sara schEnk
Environs secretary
NEWS 4A monday, november 2, 2009
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES The search
for nine people missing since a
U.S. Coast Guard plane collided
with a Marine Corps helicopter
over the Pacific Ocean is now a
recovery mission, officials said
Sunday.
Petty Officer First Class
Allison Conroy said there was
little chance of finding survivors
among the seven military per-
sonnel aboard the Coast Guard
C-130 and the two in the Marine
Corps AH-1W Super Cobra heli-
copter.
We always hold out some
hope, but at this point the Coast
Guard has suspended the active
search for survivors, Conroy
said.
The two aircraft collided
Thursday evening as the Coast
Guard was searching for a miss-
ing boater. The Marine helicop-
ter was flying in formation with
another Cobra helicopter and two
transports on a nighttime train-
ing exercise.
The Coast Guard has begun its
investigation into the cause of the
crash, Conroy said.
Kenneth Claiborne, the father
of one of the missing crew mem-
bers on the plane, said Sunday
that his son, Marine 1st Lt.
Thomas Claiborne, had been
declared deceased. He declined
to comment further and referred
calls to a Marine spokesperson.
But the mother of Lt. Adam W.
Bryant, 28, of Crewe, Va., who
was a co-pilot on the Coast Guard
plane, said she hadnt given up
hope despite the Coast Guards
announcement.
Miracles do happen, Nina
Bryant said Sunday. Miracles
every day.
Rear Adm. Joseph Castillo said
Saturday evening that the chance
for finding survivors would be
slim, even though the service-
members had access to heat-
retaining drysuits and were in
excellent physical shape. Water
temperatures were in the low 60s
at the time of the collision.
We dont ever
want to suspend
the case prema-
turely, when there
may be some-
one out there,
Castillo had said.
But hope gets
less every day. My
hope today is not
what it was yesterday.
The Coast Guard search for the
missing boater, David Jines, 50,
was called off Saturday evening.
Nine aircraft searched over a
644-square-mile patch of ocean
in waters about 2,000 feet deep.
Debris from both aircraft was
found, but there was no sign of
the crew members.
All seven aboard the Coast
Guard plane are stationed at
the Coast Guard Air Station
in Sacramento,
Calif. Among the
other missing
crew members on
the plane were Lt.
Cmdr. Che Barnes,
35, of Capay, Calif.;
Chief Petty Officer
John F. Seidman,
43, of Carmichael,
Calif.; Petty Officer 2nd Class
Carl P. Grigonis, 35, of Mayfield
Heights, Ohio; Petty Officer 2nd
Class Monica L. Beacham, 29, of
Decaturville, Tenn.; Petty Officer
2nd Class Jason S. Moletzsky,
26, of Norristown, Pa., and Petty
Officer 3rd Class Danny R. Kreder
II, 22, of Elm Mott, Texas.
Maj. Samuel Leigh, 35, of
Belgrade, Maine, was the other
crew member on board the
Marine Corps helicopter.
These brave men and women
dedicated their lives to ensuring
our safety, and today we are tragi-
cally reminded of the dangers
they face while protecting our
state and nation, California Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a
statement Sunday. Maria and I
join all Californians in express-
ing our respect and gratitude for
their service and sadness over
their deaths.
The investigation will be
conducted jointly by the Coast
Guard and the Marine Corps,
Petty Officer Henry Dunphy said
Sunday.
CRImE
Student stabbed during
Halloween costume party
A University student sufered
non-life-threatening injuries
after being stabbed at a costume
party late Saturday, according to
Lawrence police.
Lawrence Police Sgt. Bill Cory
said the 20-year-old student was
attending a party at a residence
near 13th and Ohio streets when
he became involved in an
incident with another man at
about 11 p.m. The suspect at-
tacked the victim with a knife,
causing a laceration to the
students arm. The victim was
transported to Lawrence Memo-
rial Hospital by friends, where he
received medical attention for his
injury.
The suspect had not been ap-
prehended as of Sunday after-
noon.
Brandon Sayers
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KHARTOUM, Sudan The
leader of southern Sudan called on
his people to vote for secession in
an upcoming referendum if they
do not want to end up as second
class citizens, as voter registration
began Sunday for elections across
the country.
Salva Kiirs first-ever call for the
mostly Christian, oil-rich south to
split off from the Muslim north
could increase tension with the
Arab-led northern government and
further strain the fragile 2005 peace
agreement that ended the more
than two decade long north-south
civil war and left more than 2 mil-
lion dead.
When you reach your ballot
boxes the choice is yours: you want
to vote for unity so that you become
a second class in your own country,
that is your choice, Kiir told wor-
shippers Saturday at the cathedral
in the southern capital of Juba.
If you want to vote for indepen-
dence so that you are a free person
in your independent state, that will
be your own choice and we will
respect the choice of the people,
he added, according to a record-
ing of the event obtained by the
Associated Press.
The civil war ended with the 2005
Comprehensive Peace Agreement
that set up a national unity govern-
ment, established an autonomous
south and stipulated the holding
of a 2011 referendum to determine
the future of the south.
The agreement also calls for all
Sudanese parties to work for unity
prior to the referendum. But the
partnership has been rocky, mostly
because of mutual distrust between
the former rivals.
Last week, Kiir, who is vice presi-
dent in the transitional govern-
ment, accused the Khartoum of
never making unity an attractive
option for the southerners and of
failing to fully implement the peace
agreement.
Mandour al-Mahdi, a member of
the ruling partys political bureau,
expressed regret over Kiirs state-
ments, calling them not befitting
of someone holding the position of
vice president in the republic.
What has been said is con-
tradictory to the Comprehensive
Peace Agreement, which calls for
favoring the option of unity, he
said, according to the official state
news agency.
Southern Sudans vice presi-
dent, Riek Machar, said the Kiirs
statements were not a change in
southern policy but rather a way
of saying that the northerners have
not made unity attractive, leaving
southerners angry.
It is an expression of how south
Sudanese people are getting frus-
trated, he told Associated Press.
People want to see the peace divi-
dends, the country reconciling and
development.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIJING China will set the
future direction of its ties with
Africa at a multinational forum in
Egypt this month, Foreign Minister
Yang Jiechi said Sunday.
Premier Wen Jiabao plans to
attend the Nov. 8-9 Forum on
China-Africa Cooperation in the
resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Yang
said in an interview with the offi-
cial Xinhua News Agency.
No details were given, but at the
last forum in 2006, China pledged
to double assistance to Africa by
2009, provide $5 billion in pref-
erential loans and credits, cancel
debts and establish a $5 billion
fund to encourage Chinese invest-
ment.
Yang said those goals had all
been met, while the upcoming
meeting marks another important
occasion to boost China-Africa
friendship and cooperation.
Chinas trade with Africa has
soared by a factor of 10 since 2001,
passing the $100 billion mark last
year.
No survivors expected after crash
national
ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Coast Guard pilots prepare a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter before taking of on a search mission at the San Diego Coast Guard Station
Friday in San Diego. The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were searching early Friday for as many as nine people of the Southern California coast fol-
lowing a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter, ofcials said.
Sudanese leader
calls for secession
international
China to attend forum
on relations with Africa
international
Miracles do happen.
Miracles every day.
NiNA BryANT
Mother of missing pilot
AwARDS
Daily Kansan wins its third
Online Pacemaker in a row
The University Daily Kansan
won an Online Pacemaker this
weekend from the Associated
Collegiate Press. This is the third
year in a row The Kansan has won
the award.
Former Kansan reporter ryan
McGeeney won third place in
the Pacemaker contest for Story
of the year for his story Ghost
World, which ran in The Kansan
on Dec. 10, 2008.
The Kansan also won on-site
awards at the National Collegiate
Media Convention, of which the
Associated Collegiate Press was
a host.
The Wave took Best of Show in
the special sections category. The
Kansans daily paper took third
in Best of Show. All winners in
the Best of Show contest can be
found at http://studentpress.org/
acp/winners/f09bs.html.
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Volleyball
Jayhawks lose afer starting strong
By BRITT BEASLEy
bbeasley@kansan.com
The volleyball team took on
yet another ranked opponent this
weekend in Texas A&M. Though
the team looked good in the first
set, it was not enough as it lost
3-1.
The Jayhawks led through most
of the first set. When the Aggies
tried to climb their way back into
it, the Jayhawks shut the door on
them. The team won the first set
25-23.
We started off strong, which
is usually our weak point, soph-
omore setter Nicole Tate said.W
Now we just have to finish the
matches that we start.
Tate led the team with 45 assists
to go along with her 10 digs.
The second set started and the
Jayhawks battled their way through
the second set. It looked as though
the team would be able to get back
into the game after a kill by sopho-
more Allison Mayfield brought the
score to 18-23, but in the end lost
25-22.
We hit .233 and had as many
kills, coach Ray Bechard said. We
just did not hit as high a profi-
ciency.
The Jayhawks played the first set
and had a .277 attack percentage
and looked as though they were
the better team as Texas A&M
had a .176 attack percentage in the
first set.
In the third set the Jayhawks
battled through most of the game
but could not come through as
they lost 23-25. Freshman middle
blocker Taylor Tolefree started the
third set and immediately contrib-
uted. She had an attack percentage
of .667 in the third set with five
kills.
This is a really important game
that we needed; we didnt get it, but
everyone just felt the importance
of it, Tolefree said. From here we
go back to practice and we either
execute it or we dont, so we will get
to a point to do that consistently.
The Jayhawks looked as if they
had some momentum going until
the ball got stuck in the ceiling and
forced a replay on the ball.
The Aggies proved to be just too
much in the fourth set as they took
the set 25-15. The Jayhawks never
seemed to be in a rhythm during
the set. By the time they tried to
mount a comeback it was already
8-18 and it was too late.
This was an opportunity we let
go. Tate said, This is our gym and
we should have had bigger pride
against them. We had our game
plan and just didnt execute. The
coaches gave us something to do
and we were just not able to pull
it out.
The team next heads to Colorado
Wednesday and then Oklahoma
Saturday.
Edited by Abbey Strusz
Adam Buhler/KANSAN
Allison Mayfeld tips the ball over the net and behind two Texas A&Mblockers to record one of
her career high 20 kills. Kansas fell to Texas A&M3-1 Saturday night at the Horejsi Family Athletic
Center.
By ANDREW TAyLOR
ataylor@kansan.com
No one could have predicted
what kind of play the Jayhawks
would receive from the point
guard position, specifcally that
of freshman Angel Goodrich. But
Sundays game against Pittsburg
State was a clear response.
With three minutes and 10 sec-
onds lef in the frst half, coach
Bonnie Henrickson subbed Goo-
drich in despite the starters two
personal fouls.
We were trying to tell her you
need to learn to play with fouls
because its clear were going to
need her on the court, Henrick-
son said.
At that point in the game Goo-
drich had four assists along with
four turnovers in what had been
an up-and-down frst career start.
Up to that point she had earned
four assists, but matched each as-
sist with a turnover for a total of
four turnovers.
At the close of the frst half,
Goodrich had walked into the
locker room still thinking about
her four turnovers.
I tried to calm myself down,
Goodrich said. Tere were some
decisions I made in the frst half
and I just tried to focus on making
them better in the second half.
Following the bid of confdence
from her coach, Goodrich elevat-
ed her level of play throughout the
rest of the game.
Goodrich played for a total of
nine minutes: the last three min-
utes of the frst half and six minutes
of play in the second half. During
that time, Goodrich piled up six
more assists, for a total of 10, and
committed no more turnovers.
At the start of the second half,
Goodrich displayed an incredible
knack for fnding open players,
earning two assists in less than
two minutes.
Shes the best passer Ive ever
played with, sophomore forward
Aishah Sutherland said. So long
as I run and shes looking for me
with the ball, Ill get it.
Some of Goodrichs 10 assists
helped Sutherland to earn a dou-
ble-double for the Jayhawks.
Senior guard and forward Dan-
ielle McCray benefted, too. Tree
of Goodrichs assists led directly to
seven of McCrays 18 points.
Shes born with that ability to
see the whole foor, McCray said.
Despite not scoring any points
and only attempting two shots in
the game, Henrickson was very
positive about Goodrichs play.
Sometimes for a young quar-
terback the game appears too fast
for them, but it doesnt for her,
Henrickson said.
Goodrichs fellow point guards
didnt experience the same success
in Kansas frst exhibition game.
Senior point guard LaChelda
Jacobs didnt turn the ball over
once.
Tis was somewhat overshad-
owed by some bad decisions she
made in Kansass transition of-
fense.
Shot-wise, she probably needs
to drive in and not pull up for shots
sometimes, Henrickson said.
Junior college transfer Rhea Co-
dio also sufered some setbacks in
her frst game as a Jayhawk.
Despite getting her frst assist in
less than 10 seconds on the court,
Codio turned the ball over twice
while only garnering one more as-
sist.
Rhea is going to be fne, Hen-
rickson said. She was playing
a little fast and shes not patient
enough right now to just let it hap-
pen.
Edited by Brenna M. T. Daldorph
WOmENS BASkETBALL
Teams comes in at No. 20
in Associated Press poll
Kansas womens basketball
team was ranked No. 20 in a
national poll released last Friday
by the Associated Press. The
selection ends an almost decade-
long absence from the rankings;
Kansas last graced the Associated
Press poll on Feb. 21, 2000.
We were all excited and were
still excited about it, senior guard
Danielle McCray said.
Four other Big 12 schools
are also ranked. Among them
are Baylor, the preseason pick to
win the Big 12 conference, and
Texas, picked to fnish tied for
second with Kansas in the Big 12.
Last years national champions,
the Connecticut Huskies, again
grabbed the top spot.
Despite this preseason recogni-
tion McCray, who was tabbed as
the Big 12 preseason player of
the year, acknowledged the team
needs to focus.
Weve got to live it up and
show that, McCray said.
Andrew Taylor
womens basketball
Freshman Goodrich makes solid start
Follow Kansan
writerAndrew Tay-
lor at twitter.com/
andrew_taylor11.
Game ball: Aishah Sutherland
The lanky sophomore tal-
lied 20 points, 10 rebounds, 3
blocks and 2 steals in only 26
minutes of play. In Sundays
game, shooters Danielle
McCray and Sade Morris had
plenty of open looks.
Quote of the Day: I think it
bodes well for us that youve
got a player of a caliber of
Danielle McCray and shes not
one of the two most impres-
sive players in the gym,
Henrickson said.
stat of the Game:10 assists
from Angel Goodrich
Coach Henrickson has
big hopes for her new point
guard. Sundays showing was
a good omen.