BY RAY SEGEBRECHT

rsegebrecht@kansan.com
For years, Ben had assumed all alcohol-
ics were homeless, men huddling below
bridges inside cardboard boxes and nursing
bottles out of paper bags, like he saw in
movies. But that was before Ben began col-
lege and came to know an alcoholic much
more personally himself.
In less than one semester, Ben, who did
not want to reveal is his last name, devel-
oped a dependence on alcohol that altered
that belief, and his life, forever.
The college parTy life
While attending a Kansas City, Kan., high
school, Ben liked to drink and attended
parties on weekends. Within his circle of
friends, getting drunk was typical. But Ben
also always had a limit. As an athlete, he
had coaches constantly demanding his time
and fitness. His parents expected an equal
dedication to academics. The discipline was
enough for Ben graduate high school with a
3.5 grade point average.
But the following fall, when Ben enrolled
at Missouri State University, those parame-
ters disappeared. Without coach or parental
oversight, Ben could binge drink as often as
he wanted in culture that seemed not only
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Student jobs are protected
Long-term effects of alcohol abuse
may begin now with binge drinking
Hangovers more than just a headache
A hangover after binge drinking is usually a sign
of brain damage. Binge drinking harms the brain on a
continuum common hangovers and more severe
symptoms suggest greater brain damage.
Symptoms: Fatigue, weakness, thirst, headache,
muscle ache, nausea, vomiting, decreased sleep or poor
quality in sleep, sensitivity to light and sound, problems
with attention and concentration, mood symptoms,
depressing, anxiety, irritability, tremors and sweating.
Sources: Sandra Brown and Karen Hansen
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Alcohol on the
BRAIN
Hippocampus
Essential to memory
processes, particu-
larly committing new
thoughts to long-term
memory.
Prefrontal cortex
Planning abilities,
controlling behavior,
decision making,
reasoning and solving
complex problems
Recent studies suggest as few as 100 instanc-
es of binge drinking can reduce both size and
cognitive ability in these two sections of the
brain.
Sources: Sandra Brown and Karen Hansen, doctors of
psychology at the University of San Diego and specialists
on the efects of alcohol on the brain.
BY BETH BEAVERS
bbeavers@kansan.com
Creativity and a unique approach
to design won 15 architecture stu-
dents a Design Excellence Merit
Award from the American Institute
of Architects Kansas City chapter.
The students designed and built
a trail shelter at the head of the new
Rockefeller Prairie Trail, a nature
trail north of Lawrence in Spring
2009. The trail leads to an overlook
structure built by students in Fall
2008.
The award-winning trailhead is
composed of used telephone poles,
which make up the roof and serve
as supportive beams.
It won the award because it is
unique, said Berry Clemens, com-
munications coor-
dinator for the
Kansas Biological
Survey. When
you look at it, it is
pretty striking.
Alex Rea, St.
Louis senior and
one of the stu-
dents involved in
the project, said
Westar Energy
donated used telephone poles to the
group for the project.
It was partly budget, but archi-
tecture is making a push to be more
green, Rea said. So we were going
along with that trend.
Clemens said the structure had
panels on the sides that gave infor-
mation about the
surrounding envi-
ronment and its his-
tory. She said the land
originally belonged to
Charles Robinson, the
first governor of the
state of Kansas and
one of the first regents
of the University.
The shelter also
includes benches
where visitors can pause to admire
the prairie and surrounding wood-
ed areas.
Rea said the groups design com-
BY MEGAN HEACOCK
mheacock@kansan.com
The health-care debate is plas-
tered all over the media.
But that doesnt necessarily
mean that the average student
understands it.
Cara Smith and Stephanie
Atwood sure didnt. So, as co-
coordinators of Concerned
Active and Aware Students, they
decided to do something about
it.
We were just thinking about
how theres all this news about
health care and reform in the
media now, but neither of us
really knew what any of it meant,
Smith said. And I got the impres-
sion from other people I talked
to that they didnt really know
either.
To help students navigate the
debate, CAAS will hold a Health
Policy Awareness Campaign
today and tomorrow in front of
Wescoe Hall. Co-coordinators
Smith, Topeka sophomore, and
Atwood, Topeka junior, have
organized the campaign to pres-
ent the issues and facts of health-
care reform with nonpartisan
intentions.
Atwood said that the presenta-
tion of the issue was often too
complicated or biased, which
made it difficult for students to
make informed choices.
We want students to be
well-informed, to have opin-
ions about the issue and then do
something about their opinions
to shape how Kansas senators
vote for the bill, she said.
Atwood said a common mis-
conception about the bill was
about the public option. She said
many Americans viewed this as
the equivalent to a government
takeover of health care. Atwood
said she didnt know what the
public option meant until she
started researching it, and found
that, in reality, the public option
would be available alongside pri-
vate insurance.
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It won the award
because it is unique.
When you look at it, it
is pretty striking.
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Kansas
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About noon Tuesday near
23rd and Kasold streets, a
KU student reported an auto
burglary and the theft of a
backpack and contents, at a
loss of $25.
About 8 p.m. Tuesday near
23rd and Alabama streets,
a KU student reported a
burglary and the theft of a GPS
and iPod, at a loss of $290.
About 1 a.m. Thursday near
23rd street and Naismith drive,
a KU student reported the
theft of a bicycle, at a loss of
$160.
About 2:30 a.m. Thursday
at McCollum Hall, someone
reported disorderly conduct
after a suspect discharged a
fre extinguisher.
ON CAMPUS
The HSP 90 Symposium will
be held all day in the Simons
Laboratories Auditorium.
The Galileos Voices of Fiction
as Vehicles of Truth lecture
will begin at 4:30 p.m. in 330
Strong Hall.
A Palette of Fire: Death,
Blackness, and the Gendering
of Painting will begin at
5:15 p.m. in room 211 in the
Spencer Museum of Art.
Distracted will begin at 7:30
p.m. in William Inge Memorial
Theatre in Murphy Hall.
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international
1. Readying for ofensive,
Somalia reshufes army
MOGADISHU, Somalia The
Somali government replaced its
police and army chiefs Sunday
ahead of a planned military of-
fensive, the Somali information
minister said.
The reshufe came as fresh
clashes between insurgents and
government forces in the ruined
capital of Mogadishu killed six
people, including a mother and
two young children.
Government spokesman Abdi
Haji Gobdoon announced that
former police commander Abdi
Hassan Awale was being replaced
by Major General Ali Mohamed
Hasan and former army chief
Gen. Yusuf Hussein Dhumal was
replaced by Lieutenant General
Mohamed Gele Kahiye.
2. Palestine signs a deal
with World Bank for $64M
RAMALLAH, West Bank The
Palestinian Authority on Sunday
signed an agreement with the
World Bank and other donors for
$64 million to help it prepare for
statehood.
World Bank ofcial Shamshad
Akhtar said the goal was to
boost Palestinian Prime Minister
Salam Fayyads plan to set up
institutions for a state within two
years, though talks with Israel are
stalemated.
The World Bank will adminis-
ter the project, with part of the
funding coming from Sweden,
Denmark and the German devel-
opment bank.
3. As protesters gather,
Iran moves to quell dissent
TEHRAN, Iran Government
opponents shouted Allahu
Akbarand Death to the Dicta-
torfrom Tehrans rooftops in
the pouring rain on the eve of
student demonstrations planned
for Monday. Authorities choked
of Internet access and warned
journalists working for foreign
media to stick to their ofces for
the next three days.
The measures were aimed
at depriving the opposition of
its key means of mobilizing the
masses as Irans clerical rul-
ers keep a tight lid on dissent.
Government opponents are
seeking, nonetheless, to get large
numbers of demonstrators to
turn out Monday and show their
movement still has momentum.
Opposition leader Mir Hossein
Mousavi threw his support be-
hind the student demonstrations
and declared that his movement
was is still alive. A statement
posted on his Web site said the
clerical establishment cannot
silence students and was losing
legitimacy in the Iranian peoples
minds.
A great nation would not stay
silent when some confscate its
vote,said Mousavi, who claims
President Mahmoud Ahmadine-
jad stole the June 12 election
victory from him by fraud.
national
4. Palins Iowa visit spurs
rumors of presidential run
SIOUX CITY, Iowa Former
Republican vice presidential
candidate Sarah Palin greeted
hundreds of admirers in Sioux
City on Sunday, fueling specula-
tion about a possible presidential
run in 2012.
Iowas caucuses traditionally
kick of the presidential nomi-
nating season, and Republican
strategists saw the stop in Palins
national book-signing tour as a
signal not to be missed.
No politician comes to Iowa
by accident, Republican strate-
gist Tim Albrecht said. Every
politician knows the implications
when they set foot here.
As with other stops on Palins
book tour, the event was tightly
controlled with photographers
allowed in briefy and reporters
banned. Palin arrived about 90
minutes late and didnt speak
publicly, other than to greet the
crowd.
5. Stolen items not found
in search of Chicago home
CHICAGO Police say a
search of a Chicago home didnt
turn up any of the items stolen
from former Illinois Gov. Rod
Blagojevichs attorneys.
Chicago police said late
Saturday that a thorough search
of the premises revealed none
of the stolen items from the law
frm.
Police say they made one ar-
rest on weapons charges, but it
wasnt related to the burglaries.
Police said Friday that bur-
glars broke into the ofces of
Blagojevich attorney Sam Adam
and his son, Samuel E. Adam,
and took items that may contain
information about Blagojevichs
case. Those items include eight
computers and a safe.
6. Police catch man feeing
on bike with stolen tree
PORTAGE, Ind. Authorities
said they caught an Indiana man
riding a bike while balancing a
stolen Christmas tree across the
handlebars. Police in Portage
said they spotted 48-year-old
Phillip Menefee about 1 a.m.
Friday riding the bike equipped
with a homemade motor but no
lights. Police had been inves-
tigating motor noise near a
Christmas tree lot.
Police said Menefee had been
drinking at a bar and told police
he bought the tree from the lot,
which is run by Mathisen Tree
Farms of Greenville, Mich. When
told the lot was closed, police
said he said he claimed that
bought the tree from the bar.
Police arrested Menefee for
theft and public intoxication.
The $40 tree, which was marked
with a tag, was returned.
There was no telephone list-
ing for Menefee in Portage area.
Associated Press
What do you think?
BY MiCHelle CooMBS
MELINDA DREESMAN
Kansas City, Mo.,sophomore
Going to church on Christmas Eve
and then driving around listening
to Barbra Streisands Christmas
album while looking at Christmas
lights.
KEvIN SMITH
DeKalb, Ill., junior
Making snow forts.
EvAN GATES
Wichita, freshman
I hope its good!
MEGAN HICKS
Perkins, Okla., sophomore
Making Christmas cookies with
my mom.
What is your favorite holiday tradition?
oDD neWS
Man accused of rubbing
hamburger on wifes face
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. A
25-year-old Port St. Lucie man
was arrested for allegedly rub-
bing a hamburger on his wifes
face during an argument.
Police said Daniel Boss and his
wife got into it late Thursday
night and started calling each
other names. At some point,
the woman apparently poured
soda on Boss hamburger, caus-
ing him to grab the sandwich,
rub it in her face and start
throwing food.
Boss left, but his wife went
to the police station to report
the incident. Ofcers arrested
him three hours later on a mis-
demeanor domestic battery
charge.
Associated Press
AssociAted Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Tensions
at home were mounting after
Jeremy Field lost a second con-
struction job as the recession hit.
He spent his days on the Internet
and the phone looking for work.
His wife, Kelly, who had been
home caring for their toddler son,
reluctantly returned to teaching
preschool. But her part-time work
meant a huge cut in wages and
benefits, forcing them to sell a car
and slash Christmas spending.
Kelly Field pushed her husband
to keep searching. He was discour-
aged and it was hard watching her
leave for work in the morning.
It never was to the point where
we were yelling and screaming at
one another, said Jeremy Field,
30, who has a degree in construc-
tion management. But there
definitely was some tension that
could be felt.
So the Fields were eager to par-
ticipate in a study at the University
of Georgia aimed at merging the
realms of ther-
apy and finan-
cial planning.
The couple, who
live in Athens,
Ga., walked
away applaud-
ing the blended
approach, which
is being tested
at Kansas State
University as well.
A Nashville therapist and his son
also have started writing about
the subject.
I loved the fact that they were
together because all the people I
know who are married, their big-
gest problem is money and who
is spending what and not paying
the bills, said Kelly Field, 29. I
hear that so much, people having
blowups and fights. I thought, this
is genius to talk about both.
Researchers say the timing for
the broader approach couldnt
be better as families
feel deeper financial
woes in the poor
economy.
The recession cer-
tainly gets everyones
attention, said Ted
Klontz, the Nashville
financial behavioral
consultant. They are
open to a lot of ideas
they werent open to
before.
In the past, people like the
Fields, struggling with financial
issues that put a strain on their
marriage, have left both therapists
and financial planners with ques-
tions unanswered.
Experts say therapists are
taught to look for mental health
causes for problems, not mone-
tary ones, and havent traditionally
learned how to help their clients
budget or reduce debt. So ques-
tions would arise
when counselors
met with widows
consumed with
grief who were
also nervous
about learning
to manage their
finances.
When some-
thing financial
does come up in a
session that pro-
vokes a lot of anxiety, it becomes
glossed over or just rolled up with
another problem, said Kristy
Archuleta, a financial planning
professor at Kansas State who
is also a licensed therapist. So
you might work on
another problem that
has some impact on
the finances, but you
never address the
finance issues that
are going on.
And most univer-
sities arent teaching
financial planners to
address the causes
of peoples spending
behaviors, such as
spendthrifts wed to overspenders
who learned their habits by how
their parents dealt with money.
They dont have any clue what
to do, said John Grable, a financial
planning professor at Kansas State
University. What we are finding
is if you exclude the really high net
worth individuals the people
who can write a check to have a
planner and a therapist, and you
just think about middle America
a lot of middle America is fac-
ing financial and marital problems
both. Where do they turn?
AssociAted Press
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii
Ed Johann will always remember
the sound of planes diving out of
the sky to bomb U.S. battleships,
the explosions and the screams of
sailors. He still recalls the stench
of burning oil and flesh.
The 86-year-old retired fire-
fighter is due to return Monday
to Pearl Harbor for the first time
since World War II to attend a
ceremony marking the 68th anni-
versary of the Japanese attack.
I really dont know how Im
going to handle it, said Johann,
from his home in Oregon. When
I think about it, all I have is
unpleasantness. Im sure its not
like that now.
Johann was a teenage appren-
tice seaman on Dec. 7, 1941. He
had enlisted in the Navy only five
months earlier so his parents, who
picked and packed tomatoes and
other crops in Californias San
Fernando Valley, wouldnt have to
support him.
He and two other sailors were
waiting to ferry passengers on a
small boat to and from the USS
Solace, a hospital ship that was
moored in Pearl Harbor, when
they saw the Japanese planes.
They first thought they were
U.S. aircraft conducting drills until
they saw explosions and flames
from the stricken ships.
Johanns motor launcher boat
rushed to the USS Arizona, which
was hit by several bombs, one of
which struck her forward ammu-
nition magazines and set off a
massive explosion. Already fueled
and manned when the attack
began, their 30-foot boat was the
first rescue vessel to arrive at the
scene.
They found the water littered
with people some wounded,
some dead, some unharmed.
Many were covered in the leaking
oil from the ships.
They loaded as many as they
could and delivered them to the
hospital ship before returning to
the USS West Virginia for more.
As were pulling them out of
the water, a lot of times the skin
would come right off the arm,
Johann said. They would just be
black with oil, except maybe you
could see the white of their eyes.
The planes kept coming. Dive-
bombers plunged out of the sky,
dropping bombs and strafing the
water and ships with machine gun
fire before roaring back up for
another round. Torpedo bombers
flew in level to drop their sub-
mersible weapons for underwater
assaults.
peted against 70 other projects,
most of which
were designed
by professional
firms.
R e c e i v i n g
the Merit Award
was a shocking,
nice surprise, he
said.
Matt McKillip,
Lawrence senior
involved with
the project, said third-year stu-
dents completed the trailhead as a
project for a studio class.
It is a six- to nine-hour credit
course, but you basically live in
the studio, he said. It turns into
a 60-hour-a-week deal.
McKillip said
that most students
involved in the proj-
ect were new to con-
struction so they did
research on steelwork
and woodwork. The
whole project lasted
11 weeks, but con-
struction happened
much more quickly.
We built the
trailhead structure in 11 days,
McKillip said. It was a pretty fast
and furious design.
Edited by Brenna M. T. Daldorph
news 3A MONDAy, DeceMber 7, 2009
award (continued from 1a)
Raising student
inteRest
Students may not be interested
in the debate because it is too com-
plicated to understand.
Jen Welch, Michigan sophomore
who works at the Robert J. Dole
Institute of Politics, offered another
explanation. She said many stu-
dents werent concerned about the
health-care debate because they
were still on their parents insur-
ance plan.
Welch said the Dole Institute
held an event during Homecoming
Week this fall to refute the top-10
myths about health-care reform.
Only two people showed up.
Theyre not really worried about
what it all means for the future, she
said. It doesnt really affect them
now, so they dont really care.
Welch said students should care
about this issue because they wont
always be on their parents plan.
One day, they will be responsible
for their own insurance.
Smith said CAAS would be
handing out fliers with all the infor-
mation laid out in simple, concise
language. She said CAAS would
also chalk the facts on sidewalks all
across campus.
Were just trying to promote
awareness, she said. Were also
giving out information on how to
contact senators, so if students do
feel theyre opposed or for the bill
they can contact their senator and
let them know what their opinions
are, and hopefully they can decide
what they want to do about it.

Edited by Brenna M. T. Daldorph
HEaLTH CarE (continued from 1a)
administRation
Student jobs will be
safe from furloughs
Temporary layoffs in response to budget
cuts will be allocated to top salary earners
BY Jesse rANGeL
jrangel@kansan.com
As the University rolls out its
new furlough policy to patch
any future budget holes, student
employees and temporary fac-
ulty and staff at
the lower rungs
of pay will be
exempted from
any of those pos-
sible layoffs.
D i a n e
Goddard, vice
provost for
finance and
c h a i r wo ma n
of the furlough
committee, said
the idea of protecting employ-
ees at the lowest end of the sal-
ary structure came up quickly in
committee meetings.
Those are the people that we
absolutely felt needed to be pro-
tected, Goddard said. And that
included all student employees.
Furloughs reducing employ-
ees salaries by instituting tempo-
rary layoffs might be one of the
options the University uses as it
braces for more bad budget news
down the road from the state
and the Board of Regents. Danny
Anderson, interim provost and
executive vice chancellor, said in
an e-mail to faculty and staff
Wednesday that the University
did not anticipate the need to
institute a furlough this fiscal
year. However, he said it could be
a possibility in the future.
Lori Reesor, associate vice
provost for student success, said
the issue of protecting student
employees from furloughs was
something everyone agreed on.
She said her department employed
a large number of students, and
that shaped her perspective on
protecting student jobs.
If we furloughed staff, then
whos feeding the students in the
residence halls? How do we man-
age just some really important
basic services that we would be
doing? Reesor said.
Goddard said the committee
thought those in the middle and
higher end of the salary structure
should be able to contribute more
furlough days. She
said the committee
recommended four
or five salary lev-
els and completely
excluded the lowest
levels.
However, the cur-
rent policy, which
Anderson devel-
oped using the rec-
ommendations of
the committee, had not yet made
those divisions.
Mason Heilman, Lawrence
senior and student body presi-
dent, said though he appreciated
the consensus on keeping stu-
dent jobs away from furloughs,
he also wanted to make sure the
policy allowed full-time faculty
members to spread their furlough
days out. This would ensure that
faculty arent forced to miss an
important day of teaching or crit-
ical research.
Theyre both crucial parts of
their jobs, Heilman said.
Anderson said in a University
budget forum Wednesday that the
University would use furloughs
to target immediate budget cuts
from the Board of Regents. He
said the University would adjust
the amount of mandated fur-
loughs to the amount the Regents
cut from the Universitys budget.
We do not have a specific
amount to know, Anderson said.
Goddard said in the Wednesday
meeting that each round of fur-
loughs that asks top earners to
take one to five days off would
save the University $6.6 million.
Edited by Amanda Thompson
Those are the people
that we absolutely
felt needed to be
protected.
Diane goDDarD
Vice provost for fnance
sCienCe
Pearl Harbor witness to return
to attack site for 68th anniversary
Psychiatric study combines therapy, fnancial planning
HistoRY
aSSOCIaTEd PrESS
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to accept, but to encourage his excess.
By the end of one semester, Ben began
to realize his habits werent normal. The
parties, which he attended at first to
socialize, had transformed solely into a
means of getting drunk. His formerly
easy-going personality turned to bitter-
ness, and he started to withdraw even
from friends and family.
It went from like a bonfire to a forest
fire, he said. I was just high constantly,
drunk constantly, whatever it was con-
stantly. I was rarely going to class.
As Ben skipped classes, his grades
deteriorated rapidly. His GPA plummeted
from 3.0 in the fall to a 1.8 in the spring.
Trust with friends broke down and rela-
tionships were shattered.
I had no control of my actions any-
more, Ben said. It wasnt like I went out
and tried to quit the next day, but that was
my first glimpse. I definitely felt it physi-
cally, emotionally, spiritually every
single way I could.
Newly discovered
daNgers
Alcohol has a profound and dangerous
effect on the personal lives and the aca-
demic lives of college students, said Sandra
Brown, psychology professor and alcohol
research specialist at the University of
California in San Diego.
In addition to harming relationships,
Brown said, students who binge drink
are also inflicting severe damage to their
brains.
Binge drinking, she said, reduces the
ability of adolescents and young adults to
reason and lowers their ability to remem-
ber information by 10 percent. She said it
also notably decreases the size of the fron-
tal cortex and the hippocampus two of
the most crucial parts of the brain.
Most alarming, she said, was that both
damaging effects could result from as few
as 100 episodes of legal intoxication, or
drinking to a blood alcohol level of .08
percent.
Students who binge drink twice per
week could suffer the harm in less than
one year, she said.
Teens who drink heavily, even if theyve
abstained for weeks, remember about 10
percent less of the information they learned
just 20 to 30 minutes ago, Brown said. If
you are remembering about 10 percent
less than your peers in the short run, thats
going to have a cumulative effect over time,
making school and learning new informa-
tion more challenging.
a commoN occurreNce
Emily Williams said this drinking-
related decline in academic performance
has occurred in the lives of a number of
her friends. And witnessing their grades
and other parts of their lives decline from
drinking has influenced her decision not
to drink excessively.
In college, she said, she has had to
clean vomit off her friends and keep vigil
alongside them for hours they wouldnt
ever remember.
Williams, Overland Park graduate stu-
dent, said she chooses to limit herself
because she wants to save her friends and
family the pain binge drinking has caused
her. Since childhood, Williams said, alco-
holism and binge drinking have polluted
the closest circles in her life, starting in
her family. She carries memories of mem-
bers whose personalities would sour with
each drink they downed.
Ive been affected in ways I dont wish
upon anyone else, Williams said. I have
two beers or a beer and have a glass of
water.
But Williams said the decision she has
made not to drink excessively in college has
left her feeling somewhat isolated at times.
On the nights when some of her friends
would faded into stupors, sober students
often seemed scarce and scattered.
More than half of all undergraduates at
the University binge drink, according to a
May 2008 report.
As a student who has struggled in the
past with alcohol in the college culture,
Ben worries that these students, like him,
will become alcoholics.
Ben remembers being in denial of his
dependence on drinking before he sought
support. By the time he tried to find
help the spring of his freshman year, he
realized he had entrenched himself in
his habit so deeply that that solutions
wouldnt come easily.
I tried doctors, Ben said. I tried anti-
depressants, relationships, learning about
it. Nothing really ever worked.
Ben said the college culture of excess
made his efforts to quit drinking especially
difficult his freshman year in Springfield,
Mo. As he tried to break his addiction, he
often felt like the only student his age at
Missouri State trying to quit drinking.
It was really tough, Ben said. In that
town, there wasnt anybody my age trying
to get clean.
The sTudeNT impacT
Kathryn Tuttle, associate vice provost
for student success, said she was worried
about how binge drinking had become
especially rampant among freshmen.
She said a 2009 survey of freshman at
orientation raised new concerns by show-
ing that students are coming to college
with binge drinking habits.
Of the incoming freshmen, 47 percent
self-reported that already, every time they
drank, they would binge, or consume
five or more drinks in one sitting, Tuttle
said.
She said the University has made new
efforts this fall to combat binge drinking
among all age groups, including a new
mandatory alcohol course and a par-
ent notification program. She said the
University would expand those efforts to
include an alcohol awareness presentation
at the freshman orientation next summer.
But the University also has to reach out
to the community and high schoolers in
order to influence students before they
bring more binge drinking to campus,
said Marlesa Roney, vice provost of stu-
dent success.
Roney said in order to reverse com-
monplace binge drinking practices, these
steps would need to be joint efforts by
both faculty and students.
Its an accepted part of our culture,
Roney said. Unless it results in death, it is
often viewed as a positive. Theres a Web
site where its a glorification, applauding
people who are totally out of control and
who have no idea what theyre doing.
a relaTively receNT
problem
College wasnt always a culture of
excess, Roney said. She went to college
in the late 70s and finished her under-
graduate degree in the early 80s. She
said when she was in school the attitude
toward alcohol was almost the opposite
binge drinking literally did not seem
to exist, she said. She said the concept of
drinking to the point of blacking out, or
not remembering parts of the night, was
unthinkable.
It was a very different kind of situation
where most people, if they got drunk, it
was not intentional, Roney said.
Roney said she began to see the influ-
ences of a budding binge drinking culture
when she served as a chapter advisor to
a sorority at Purdue University. She said
exactly one decade after she graduated
she realized a more serious problem was
arising.
What I began to hear more in the early
90s in my role as a chapter advisor in a
sorority in Purdue was, I want to go out
and get drunk tonight, Roney said. By
the 90s there was an intent to get drunk.
Roney said she watched that prob-
lem slowly deteriorate in the subsequent
decade into the current life-threatening
culture.
Now, from what I hear from students,
there is actually an intent to get black out
drunk, Roney said.
John Drees, an registered nurse at
Lawrence Memorial Hospital, said
he noticed the growing popularity of
extremely excessive drinking through the
10 years he spent working in the hospital
emergency room.
Every year at the hospital, Drees said,
the number of alcohol poisoning cases
increases, and from 2000 to 2008, it shot
up by 59 percent. By 2008, he said more
than 1,500 patients came in for an alcohol
related health problem, 600 of whom were
KU students. Drees said the most com-
mon age of alcohol poisoning patients
was 18, the same as a typical college
freshman.
Most of the times they didnt set out
that night to end up in the emergency
department, Drees said. Their idea was
to have fun, but unfortunately, theyre not
having fun.
He said the biggest problem arose
when the culturally prescribed idea of fun
became overindulgence.
If someone has one drink its usu-
ally not a problem, Drees said. Its when
someone has 18 drinks or 21 drinks on
their 21st birthday. Theyre overdosing is
what theyre doing.
Patty Quinlan, supervisor of nursing at
the Watkins Health Center, said she has
noticed the widespread culture of alcohol
abuse on campus from the students come
in needing an IV or other treatment after
heavy episodes of drinking.
She said she was even more concerned
that almost none of these students seemed
to consider the future health implications
of their binge drinking.
Usually college-aged students dont
think about when theyre in their 50s or
60s or beyond, Quinlan said.
Students have not only been ignoring
personal risks when it comes to alcohol,
but they have also been endangering oth-
ers by climbing behind the wheel after
they binge drink, said Michael Monroe,
Lawrence Police Department sergeant.
He said that this fall, despite a stretched
police force, officers have handed out
more OUI, or Operating Under the
Influence, charges in Lawrence than in
most previous semesters.
We didnt pull anyone out of there to
make up for our other shortages of man-
power, Monroe said, of the officers who
patrol for drunk drivers. We really try to
focus on that.
The uNNoTiced effecTs
Tuttle said, in addition to the short-
term dangers associated with excessive
drinking, the effect brain damage from
binge drinking can have on academics has
also been a concern of hers.
She said the latest KU alcohol report
showed approximately two thirds of KU
students admitted to consuming five or
more consecutive drinks at least once in
the past month, a statistic nearly double
the 37 percent national average for college
students.
Binge drinking over a regular peri-
od of time can affect your cognition, it
can affect your memory, it can affect
your attention, Tuttle said. It can cause
impaired decision making.
When you think about your life as a
college student, thats kind of right where
it is, whether or its simply managing
those skills in an exam or in a paper.
Brown said the amount of decline 10
percent in mental functioning should
cause extra alarm among college students.
In college, she said, 10 percent could
mean the difference between an A stu-
dent and B student or a B student and a
C student.
She also said harm of that degree,
despite popular belief, has proven to be
even more significant than damage from
marijuana use.
Its clear that alcohol produces prob-
lems that we can measure more easily
than weve been able to manage with mar-
ijuana use, Brown said. It may be that it
affects the brain in ways other than were
measuring, but certainly were able to
measure the problems more definitively
than the thinking problems associated
with marijuana.
And evidence for the damage seems
clear. Already approximately 25 percent
of college students nationwide have self-
attributed a poorer personal performance
in school because of excessive drinking,
according to the National Institute on
National Abuse and Alcoholism.
Brown also said the actual figure of
academically affected students was likely
much higher than estimated because the
decline in cognition often goes unnoticed
by heavy drinkers.
Thats the danger of this, Brown said.
Its very subtle and its gradual. Its really
that you probably may not end up per-
forming to your full capability rather
than you look like you have severe brain
damage.
aN uphill baTTle
Fighting the effects of rampant binge
drinking on campus, especially through
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yes, two to
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Do you drink? And if you do, how much do you consume?
incoming freshmen were surveyed during the 2009 orientation.
Source: Kathryn Tuttle, associate vice provost
NEWS 4A Monday, deceMber 7, 2009
Alcohol (continued from 1A)
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Jenny McKee, KU Peer health Educators, answers questions about the efects of alcohol and stress on students bodies Wednesday. The KU Peer Health Educators had a display inWatson Library with information on howto stay healthy
durring fnals.
Andrew hoxey/KANSAN
The KU Peer health Educators displayed information inWatson Library Wednesday on howto stay healthy dur-
ring fnals. The educators also work to educate students and dispel misinformation about alcohol.
Teens who drink heavily, even if theyve abstained for weeks, remem-
ber about 10 percent less of the information they learned just 20 to 30
minutes ago.
Sandra Brown
research specialist
Graphic by Kelly Stroda/KANSAN
Go to Kansan.com for a quiz on
how diferent drinks afect blood-
alcohol levels.
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grass roots student efforts, is a lingering
challenge, Tuttle said. She said currently
the only organized student group she
knows of formally trying to combat binge
drinking on campus was the Peer Health
Educators.
Jenny McKee, the director of the group,
said although it has a series of topics it
tries to bring to students awareness, alco-
hol abuse is one of its central focuses.
Its a national epidemic, McKee said.
It truly is.
One of the 25 Peer Health Educators
this fall, Bridget Heine, said she typi-
cally spends 12 hours a week trying to
educate her peers on alcohol abuse and
other health related subjects. She also said
she recognizes, however, that the group
still had a lot of awareness to raise and
common misunderstandings to disprove
regarding alcohol.
There are physical effects, but not a
lot of people really think about those too
much, Heine said. Especially in college,
everyone thinks, Im young and Im only
doing this in college so it isnt going to
happen to me. The internal effects are
things you dont really see, but theyre
happening.

Hope for tHe future
Brown said as she and other researchers
at UCSD continue uncover results about
these effects and that she hoped they
could soon provide guidelines for how
much a person could drink before causing
damage. She said that, even more impor-
tantly, she hoped they would discover
what the recovery process is for those who
have already suffered brain damage from
binge drinking and what, if anything,
could expedite healing.
I would say probably within the next
year, we will have enough cases studied
longitudinally where well be able to sub-
mit something to one of the scientific
journals, Brown said. Certainly we want
to get this information out as quickly as
we can.
Karen Hansen, doctor of psychology
for the Veterans Affairs San Diego Health
Care System and co-researcher with
Brown on alcohol abuse research, said a
good test students could try now to deter-
mine whether they are damaging their
brain is to check for hangover symptoms
after they drink. She said common hang-
over symptoms which include head-
ache, thirst, fatigue, depression, difficulty
sleeping, irritability, nausea and vomiting
are usually indicators of underlying
brain damage.
If youre a heavy drinker that has
regular hangovers or withdraw symptoms,
theres a 95 percent chance that your brain
is affected, Hansen said. The more
hangovers, the heavier the symptoms,
the more times you have blackouts, the
more the damage is occurring.
Hansen said any brain damage from
drinking is particularly dangerous for
young adults because the human brain
continues to develop through age 30.
She said misconception that only older
adults need to worry about brain damage
couldnt be more false.
Its really the opposite, that the ado-
lescent brain is more vulnerable to the
effects of heavy drinking than the adult
brain, Brown said. Thats a little scary
because typically when adolescents drink,
even though they dont drink as often as
adults, they drink on average about twice
as much.
Teresa King, Lawrence gastroenter-
ologist, said other negative effects, such
as liver disease, normally arise in older
patients. She said she has seen patients
younger than 30, however, who drank
heavily before, during and after college
and are already showing symptoms of
organ damage.
I have seen it in young people, King
said. You can have things happen long
before its diagnosed because it doesnt
cause any outward signs.
Hansen said she eventually hoped her
findings could help deter the mental and
physical self-destruction among high
school and college students.
Brown said she thought in the college
setting in particular, where students work
to develop their minds, learning about the
tremendous step backward binge drink-
ing could be in this process couldnt help
but have an affect.
People change their behavior when
they know what they do causes problems
for them, Brown said. There is such a
thing as designated drivers now because
people know drinking affects their driv-
ing. If people knew drinking affects their
thinking abilities, maybe that would help
them make better decisions when they
drink.
A story of recovery
Ben said it eventually took legal trouble
and a 12-step fellowship, through a diver-
sion program, to bring about his first dry
day in more than a year when he was a
freshman. By then, he said, it didnt mat-
ter any longer that the others in the fel-
lowship were all older than he was. Their
common struggle fostered the support he
needed to start stripping alcohol use from
his life, despite his resistance at first.
I didnt walk into the program neces-
sarily wanting to stop using and drink-
ing, Ben said. I walked in wanting to
stop hurting. And then, after a while, I
finally found out I couldnt do both. I
couldnt live a better way of life and use.
In the three sober years since Ben quit
drinking, he has taken a roundabout rout
eto arriving at his junior year of college.
He brought his 1.8 GPA up two entire
grade points by the following semester
but then moved to Lawrence to find a
new setting without a personal history
of regret.
In Lawrence, he attended the University
for three straight semesters, starting in
the fall of 07, but took a year off to work
before enrolling to return this spring.
Ben recognizes that he is not a typical
junior. He is older, and so are most of his
friends from the 12-step fellowship he
has joined in Lawrence since he arrived.
His new hobbies of harmonica, reading
and exercising are atypical weekend night
activities for undergraduates, some of
whom might prefer to slam shots or fre-
quent the college bar scene instead.
But he also knows he lives differently
now, in part, because he has a darker past,
a past that will always be a part of him
that he calls disease without a cure. Ben
said he has accepted that he will have to
continue to fight that disease for the rest
of his life. But he said one of his greatest
hopes was that his story would affect oth-
ers who binge drink before they too suffer
like he has.
Theres no cure you can give me to
make me never want to use again, Ben
said. Theres no magic formula. There are
no magic words.
follow ray segebrecht at twitter.com/
rsegebrecht.
Edited by Abbey Strusz
news 5A Monday, deceMber 7, 2009
alcohol (continued from 1A)
andrew hoxey/KaNSaN
Students who binge drink regularly may begin to lose brain function. According to a 2008 survey, more than
half of undergraduates at the University binge drink.
andrew hoxey/KaNSaN
Drinking games have become a common occurrence at parties, but the consequences of such excess drinking can
take its toll. Students who experience hangovers after a night of drinking may be showing signs of brain damage.
andrew hoxey/KaNSaN
Students at a house party on Friday play drinking games during which individuals can drink 3 to 4 beers in 30 min. Approximately 25 percent of college students nationwide
have self-reported a poorer personal academic performance because of excessive drinking.
What is binge drinking?
Binge drinking is defned as bring a persons blood alcohol content of .08
percent or more. In the past 30 years, binge drinking by U.S. college-aged
women has increased by 40 percent.
Women:
Drink less and still get drunk
Sufer more damaging afects on the liver
Have a greater likelihood of becoming addicted
... and in fewer years of heaving drinking, develop:
1. Nerve damage
2. Cirrhosis of the liver
3. Reduced heart strength
Sources: Kathryn Tuttle, associate vice provost,
and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismWeb site.
.08 percent Bac =four or more drinks .08 Bac =fve or more drinks
If youre a heavy drinker that has regular hangovers or withdraw symp-
toms, theres a 95 percent chance that your brain is afected. The more
hangovers, the heavier the symptoms ... the more damage is occuring.
KaReN HaNSeN
Doctor of psychology
Especially in college, everyone thinks, Im young and Im only doing this
in college so it isnt going to happen to me. The internal efects are things
you dont really see, but theyre happening.
BRIDget HeINe
Peer Health educator
entertainment 6a Monday, deceMber 7, 2009
10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
People are drawn to you like
magic. Do you know what to
do with that energy? Choose
constructive change every
time.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
How many irons do you have
in the fre? Probably too many.
Choose wisely and youll get a
lot done.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
You may get more done today
than all of last week. You have
brilliant ideas, practical means,
and people with whom to
share ideas.
CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
Pressure is applied from all
sides. You get to choose which
person takes priority. Be practi-
cal but compassionate.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Other people give you a long
list of tasks. You have your own
agenda, though. Check things
of both lists.
VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 5
Theres a lot of talk today but
seemingly no action. This turns
out to be a good thing. Tomor-
row you move ahead.
LibrA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Take time today to listen. You
have plenty to say, but now
you can increase your pool of
information with your ears.
sCorpio (oct. 23--nov. 21)
Today is an 8
Focus on whats important.
Brainstorm in the morning.
Then make some serious choic-
es. By afternoon, everyone gets
the details.
sAGiTTArius(nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 6
This is going to be a busy day.
Convince others to work with
you. Show results to a superior
by days end.
CApriCorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
You get a feel for how to bring
an idea into the real world.
Words and a little bit of elbow
grease accomplish the desired
result.
AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
You may have to give up your
independent attitude so that
detailed work gets done. Then,
do the writing in seclusion if
possible.
pisCes (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 6
Apply yourself to the task of
understanding what others
really mean. This requires pa-
tience and good questions.
Charlie Hoogner
Nicholas Sambaluk
The nexT pAneL
orAnGes
skeTChbook
horosCopes
Kate Beaver
Drew Stearns
By JENNy BARCHFIELD
Associated Press
PARIS Audrey Hepburn fans
got a sneak peak Tuesday of dozens
of garments and personal effects
once belonging to the movie star
that will hit the auction blocks next
week.
A Givenchy black lace dress that
Hepburn wore in How to Steal a
Million and a demure ivory wed-
ding gown that never made it down
the aisle are among the items.
The fans, fashionistas and those
looking to score a slice of film his-
tory were given the preview of the
collection in Paris before the Dec. 8
sale in London.
For her, what was important
was not decoration and lots of
embellishment. She liked very sim-
ple things less was always more
for Audrey, said auctioneer Kerry
Taylor, whose eponymous auction
house is handling the sale.
Star lots include an Yves Saint
Laurent empire waisted gown
in white cotton that she wore to
her son Lucas 1970 christening,
estimated at 1,500-2,500 pounds
($2,485-$4,141), and an abbrevi-
ated, long-sleeve Valentino Haute
Couture dress in ivory silk and lace
thats identical to the one worn by
Jacqueline Kennedy at her 1968
wedding to Aristotle Onasis.
Another ivory wedding gown,
made for Hepburn by the Rome-
based Fontana sisters, is expected
to fetch 8,000-12,000 pounds
though Hepburn herself didnt
wear it down the aisle. After her
marriage to James Hanson, which
was scheduled for 1952, was
called off, Hepburn asked that the
Fontana sisters give it to someone
who could never afford a dress
like mine, the most beautiful, poor
Italian girl you can find, the auc-
tion catalog quotes Hepburn as
saying.
And then theres the Givenchy:
pared-down cocktail dresses, but-
tery silk tops, ladylike coats and
dramatic sweeping gowns made
by legendary French couturier for
Hepburn, his muse.
She said of Hubert de Givenchy
that he was her greatest friend
and he said of her that it was a
real romance between the two, a
real love affair that lasted all their
lives, Taylor told The Associated
Press at Sothebys Paris showroom,
where the two-day-long preview
was held.
A Givenchy cocktail dress and
cropped jacket made from black
lace which Hepburn wore in
the 1966 romantic comedy How
to Steal a Million, costarring Peter
OToole is expected to fetch
the sales highest price of between
15,000-20,000 pounds though
auctioneer Taylor acknowledges
the estimates are very approxi-
mate.
She said that clothes having
once belonged to Hepburn, who
died in 1993, rarely come to auc-
tion and the last two pieces fetched
a whopping $1 million.
CULTURE
Exhibit shows how art,
faith mix in Spanish art
INDIANAPOLIS El Grecos
vision of the veil of Veronica
hangs near a golden crown
with 447 emeralds. Just a
few steps away, a recumbent
sculpture of the crucifed
Jesus Christ rests before its
return to a Spanish hermitage
in time for Holy Week.
Sacred Spain: Art and
Belief in the Spanish World
at the Indianapolis Museum
of Art is drawing visitors
from around the world for an
unprecedented exhibition of
71 pieces from 45 lenders
many of them private in
Spain, Mexico, Peru and other
countries. Madrids Prado has
loaned fve works alone.
The free exhibition, which
continues through Jan. 3, has
thrilled experts and other visi-
tors alike. Harvard Art Museum
curator and cultural historian
Ivan Gaskell said it inspired him
intellectually like no other exhi-
bition he has seen this year.
I was moved by the totality of
the exhibition, by the selection,
Gaskell said.
First conceived more than a
decade ago and more than three
years in development, the ex-
hibit wont travel beyond India-
napolis. Many pieces must return
home to convents and parishes
in time for Lenten observances
that begin Feb. 17.
Others rarely go on public
display at all. A private collector
loaned the golden Crown of
the Andes, originally cast three
to four centuries ago to adorn
a statue of the Virgin Mary in
a Colombian cathedral. Its
reputed to be the oldest and
largest collection of emeralds in
the world.
ODD NEWS
Police charge woman
found with stolen meat
GALESBURG, Ill. Galesburg
police said they have fled a retail
theft charge against a woman
who was reportedly found push-
ing a cart flled with nearly $600
worth of meat and meat products
outside a supermarket.
Police went to the supermarket
Wednesday evening after a store
employee spotted the woman on
the street outside and apparently
coaxed her into returning
Glitch at Gov. Crists ofce
sends callers to sex hotline
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Gov.
Charlie Crist mistakenly directed
callers to a sex line.
People calling the governors
ofce heard an on-hold recording
of Crist promoting the toll-free
Florida KidCare line. Except two
numbers were transposed.
The recording on that second
phone number begins, Hey there
sexy guysand says the caller can
have a more graphic conversation
with a woman for $2.99 a minute.
Associated Press
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fter the incidents
involving Mark Mangino
and the final decision
resulting in his resignation, the
Athletics Department should
focus on finding Manginos
replacement.
Current University of Buffalo
football coach Turner Gill
reportedly interviewed for the
position on Sunday, according to
CBS Sports.
Mark Mangino helped make
the head coach position at KU
a very desirable position, Jim
Marchiony, associate athletics
director, said. Theres a great
buzz surrounding Kansas
football.
Even though Mangino helped
create this buzz, it would be
difficult for him to continue
to lead the football
program considering
the events of the past
few weeks.
In choosing a new
coach, the department
should think about what the new
coach can offer the University. So
far it has been tight-lipped about
what exact qualifications they are
looking for.
Were not going to get specific
on that, Marchiony said. Well
evaluate each candidate on his
own merits.
The most desirable candidate
for the position should have
solid experience as a head coach
at a University and a record
proving his personal strength
as a recruiter. He needs to be a
good representative of not just the
football program but of the
school as well.
We need a guy like the
coach from the University of
Connecticut, said Meg Thorpe,
Prairie Village senior. He should
be respectful, knowledgeable
about the sport, and have a
winning record from a previous
job.
One of the most
important things to
keep in mind when
hiring the new coach
is how he will interact
with the team.
As we have learned through the
experience with Mangino, respect
from the team is a necessity. A
coach who leads the program
effectively without mistreating
players, assistants and employees,
is a must.
The new coach will, in a
way, be restarting the program.
The team is in a much better
place than it was a few years
ago, but Manginos replacement
will have to deal with new
challenges. Several star players
are graduating, and Dezmon
Briscoe is entering the NFL draft.
A strong foundation must be
established in the beginning and
the new coach will have to get
fan base, alumnae, and boosters
behind him early. He will also
need strong assistant coaches,
which requires leadership skills
that engage and inspire excellence.
With Manginos resignation,
the football program, as well as
football fans, can start to look
ahead. The football program is
strong and we need a new coach
that is equally as strong.
We know that excellent head
coaches have considered interest
in this job. We have some of the
nations finest facilities, great fans,
and weve demonstrated a strong
commitment to the success of
our program. Marchiony said.
We are certain that great things
lie ahead for our Kansas football
program.
No matter how the team
does on the field, when we have
problems such as those of the
past few months, we lose as a
University. The Mangino era is
in the past, and all thats left to do
now is forge ahead.
Kate Larrabee for
The KansanEditorial Board
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he end is near. Just a few
more days of classes and
finals, then were free for
three glorious weeks of winter
break. Most of us will probably
head home to spend the holidays
with family. Or maybe some plan
to stay in Lawrence and celebrate
the holidays with friends.
Whatever the circumstances,
this time of year is full of
family, friends, and joy as the
semester comes to a close. But
the holiday season is also filled
with a different purpose and
different opportunities to help
your community. Whether you
plan to stay in Lawrence or
venture elsewhere, volunteering
opportunities are abundant
during the holiday season.
The Lawrence Humane
Society is looking for volunteers
to help with the Home for
the Holidays adoption event.
Volunteers will home deliver
adopted animals through Dec.
13. Volunteers will also bring
animal gift baskets to homes with
deliveries and help groom pets
before delivering them.
Della Lamb Community
Services in Kansas City is seeking
volunteers to help plan and
implement holiday parties for
both kids and adults from Dec.
22 to 24. Della Lamb seeks to
provide child-care for working
mothers and also provides
early education to low income
families.
The Salvation Army also
provides several volunteer
opportunities in many cities
during the holiday season
including, the giving tree, adopt-
a-family and the toy n joy
distribution. For opportunities
in your city visit www.
salvationarmynw.org/volunteer/
holidaywork.
Several other organizations
also need donations for food
banks, toy donations for children
and volunteers to help wrap and
distribute food and presents to
needy families. For additional
opportunities in Lawrence
visit the Roger Hill Volunteer
Centers Web site, www.rhvc.org.
For additional opportunities in
Kansas City and surrounding
areas check out the United Way
Holiday Giving and Volunteer
Guide at www.unitedwaygkc.org.
During the holiday season,
it is easy to get wrapped up in
our own Christmas wish lists
and holiday sales at department
stores. With Christmas carols
blaring from every radio
station and every store loaded
with decorations, focusing on
consumerism seems natural.
Though students should spend
time with loved ones and enjoy
the holiday season, perhaps the
focus could be shifted this year
to those in need. Encourage your
friends, siblings and parents
to volunteer with you, or get a
group of people together to shop
for a less fortunate family.
Given the current economy,
more Americans are relying on
organizations, meaning those
organizations need more help.
Not only are more children likely
to go without gifts this year, but
more families are likely to go
without food.
So go ahead and cut out
coupons for the new kitchen
appliances your mom wants this
holiday season. But also try to
pick up a gift for a child in need
or stop by a food bank with a
couple cans of green beans. If
we all donate just a few hours of
our time or a few dollars from
our wallets, the true meaning of
the holiday season can be born
again.
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A Tiger in the Phog
Three years, 10 games, and
one of the most eye-opening,
incredible experiences ever
on a crisp April night in 2008
are just a part of my story. My
name is Michael, and Im a born
and raised Missouri fan.
At this point you may be
wondering what the heck a
Tiger would be doing at the
University of Kansas. You arent
alone. The short answer is that
coming here was a whole heck
of a lot cheaper.
You may have seen me
around campus. Im easy to
spot on rivalry week because
Im the only one wearing black
and gold. (You may have seen
me the night of the national
championship. I was hanging
from a light pole at Ninth and
Massachusetts streets for most
of the night.)
People think Im crazy and
even suicidal. For three years
Ive been a Tiger in the Phog,
and three times a year Ive
worn the black and gold. Sure
there were jokes, odd looks
and maybe more than a couple
classes where it didnt help my
grades, but every time I wore
my pride I never felt threatened.
Faculty, staff and students
were courteous to me. They
would wish me good luck for
the game, and tell me I had
guts. After each game, people
would congratulate a hard-
fought victory for whichever
side won. (Even though in
basketball the Tigers were
mostly slaughtered. Thanks,
Quinn).
On the rare occasion of a
Tiger victory, though Kansas
fans were noticeably upset,
they still had enough pride and
sportsmanship to congratulate
the hard-earned victory. That
sportsmanship carried over to
football, where the outcome was
never guaranteed and the stakes
were higher.
This has been the best three
years of my life. The Jayhawk
community has been incredible,
and I wouldnt trade the last
three years of experience for
anything in the world. Thank
you, Jayhawks. Its all of you
that make this University an
excellent place to go to school.
Know that although I bleed
black and gold, if you look close
enough, you may find a little
blue running through my veins.
Michael Herbert is a senior
fromLeawood.
Weston White/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
S
ixty-eight years ago to the
day, U.S. naval officers
awoke to the sound of
Japanese airplanes and explosions
in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Despite
a common belief that the Pearl
Harbor attack was actually
Josh Hartnett and Ben Affleck
conducting a romantic assault on
Kate Beckinsale, the real events of
Dec. 7 became one of the worst
attacks on U.S. soil, leading to
Americas involvement in World
War II.
Remember Pearl Harbor!
became a common rouse
of national patriotism and
uniformity throughout the
climactic years of World War II.
Additionally, many Japanese-
American residents became the
subject of anti-Asian sentiment
in the days following the attack,
leading the American government
to set up mandatory internment
camps that were overpopulated,
discriminating and humiliating
for the thousands of Japanese
who spent the remainder of the
war as prisoners.
All American history books
mention Pearl Harbor, but
information gained from talking
to grandparents or friends who
were alive in the earlier part of
the 20th century is a unique
and oftentimes more interesting
experience.
Even if these people dont
have military service or
direct involvement with the
historical event, they still have
memories of earlier times. I
spent Thanksgiving talking to
my grandparents about their
experiences when they were
younger. I learned more about my
grandparents by the way they told
their stories than by the actual
stories themselves.
My grandfather recalled first
hearing of the Pearl Harbor
attacks a week after they had
happened via radio in the
Midwest countryside.
It was a simpler time, he told
me.
These stories, only a small
portion of the days conversation,
cant be found in any history
books. Chances are that these
older relatives, many of whom
are in their 70s and 80s, have
stories they would enjoy telling.
Regardless of a grandparents
background, the reality is their
stories will not be around forever
a 20-year-old at the time of
Pearl Harbor is now close to 90.
If its not possible to speak to
a grandparent, theres always the
possibility of talking to a veteran
or a family friend. And for those
who have grandparents who
served, theres a possibility that
they may not want to talk about
their military experience. But that
doesnt mean questions about
childhood or later adulthood are
off-limits.
Todays anniversary of Pearl
Harbor is just another day
by tomorrow it will be an
afterthought. But the image of
American battleships sinking in
the Pacific Ocean should serve as
a reminder to have a conversation
with those who were alive to
experience it. Who knows, maybe
theyve just been waiting for
someone to listen.
Boultinghouse is a Girard
sophomore in journalism and
history.
tRENt BOultINghOusE
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NEWS 8A Monday, deceMber 7, 2009
BY SAMANTHA FOSTER
AND TIM BURGESS
editor@kansan.com
Students looking for ways to help
out during the holiday season can
find plenty of volunteer opportuni-
ties on campus and in the Lawrence
community.
Grant Treaster, Shawnee senior
and co-director of the Center for
Community Outreach, said he
thought more students than ever
were participating in the many
volunteering events offered by the
CCO this year.
David Wilcox, co-director and
Manhattan senior, said the CCO
had seen a steady stream of students
looking for opportunities to help
out.
Its been a constant buzz through-
out the semester, Wilcox said.
Treaster said students had the
opportunity to participate in pro-
grams that complemented their
studies at the University.
There are a lot of different issues
they can be engaged in, Treaster
said. You can make it something
that ties with what youre doing in
class or what you want to do in the
future. Theres opportunities to use
skills theyre learning here.
Treaster said programs like
Environmental Action to Revitalize
the Heartland (EARTH), Mentors
in the Live of Kids (MILK), and
Jubilee Caf were consistently popu-
lar. Volunteers with EARTH address
environmental concerns by both
working in local parks and nature
preserves and by raising awareness
about the environment. Students
who volunteer with Jubilee Caf
cook and serve breakfast twice a
week for those in need. Because
Jubilee Caf takes place every week,
students can easily volunteer and
complete service hours, which may
contribute to the programs popular-
ity. Wilcox said that many students
call or come in looking for oppor-
tunities to complete service require-
ments for class.
Helping out for tHe Holidays
Opportunities to
give back
Childrens Holiday Shop
Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.
4:30 to 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11
9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 12
Students who wish to get into the holiday spirit can volunteer as an elf for a few hours at the Lawrence Arts Center.
The Lawrence Arts Center Childrens Holiday Shop is a program in which volunteers help guide children through a store created in the arts center. Children have the opportunity to complete Christmas shopping without parents around to spoil the surprise. Volunteer elves are needed to aid the children in selecting proper gifts. Children pay with real money or Holiday Dollars, gift cards handed out to children in local groups like Big Brothers Big Sisters, CASA and the Boys and Girls Club. This makes it so children without money can use Holiday Dollars to purchase gifts.
One of the things were very proud of is the Holiday Dollars, said Diane Oakes, committee chairwoman. They serve as a scholarship for those who otherwise couldnt purchase gifts.
Oakes said the program needed about 150 volunteer elves. Students interested
in participating can contact Jenny at (785) 843-2787 for details.
Daily Bread
Location to be determined
11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 21
Students who are strapped for time but still interested in volunteering have a chance
to participate in Daily Bread. Volunteers in the program collect leftover food from KU
Dining Services locations across campus. After loading up the food in cars, Daily Bread
volunteers distribute the food to charity organizations in Lawrence like the Salvation
Army and LINK, the Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen.
Founder Sylvia Niccum said Daily Bread was a great way for busy students to give
back to the community.
It maybe takes 30 minutes to pick up the food, Niccum said. But because of the
volunteers, were able to make sure it doesnt go to waste.
The next Daily Bread pickup will be Dec. 21, the Monday after fnals. Students
interested in volunteering can e-mail dailybread@ku.edu.
Jubilee Caf
First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St.
6 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Fridays
Jubilee Caf is a great program for students looking to volunteer regu-
larly. Volunteers in the program provide breakfast to people in need.
Jubilee Caf is consistently popular as a volunteering opportunity for
students but the program could always use more volunteers, Treaster
said.
They need any and all volunteers, especially around the holidays,
Treaster said.
Students interested in volunteering can e-mail jubilee@ku.edu.
Mentors in the Lives of Kids Holiday Party
Ballroom of the Kansas Union
3 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 9
Students who are interested in volunteering with children can fnd an opportunity at MILKs
holiday party Wednesday.
Emily Lamb, Lawrence sophomore and co-coordinator of Mentors in the Lives of Kids, or MILK,
said she expected about 550 Lawrence children to attend the party. She said the children would
be able to play games and make crafts related to holiday celebrations from around the world,
including Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the Chinese New Year.
Lamb said MILK needed volunteers to help out at the party. She said MILK also needed volun-
teers to help set up before the event and clean up after it.
Students interested in volunteering should e-mail milk@ku.edu.
Visit the CCos Web site, www.cco.ku.edu, for more volunteering opportunities.
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Shortly after meeting with
players in the Anderson Family
Football Complex to discuss the
recent departure of coach Mark
Mangino, Athletics Director Lew
Perkins was quickly surrounded
by reporters, cameras and micro-
phones Thursday night.
The questioners pressed for
information on the specifics of the
situation surrounding the embat-
tled Mangino, whose mutually
satisfactory agreement with the
University resulted in his resigna-
tion.
Yet it didnt take long for the
questioners to look a bit farther
down the road, highlighting the
recently vacated head coach-
ing position left in the wake of
Manginos departure. The ques-
tions, then, turned to possible suc-
cessors.
But Perkins said Thursday that
there was no timetable for comple-
tion of the search.
Id like to have it
done today, Perkins
said. I think we just
have to work very hard
and try to get it done.
During his time at
Kansas, Perkins has
demonstrated that
he will competitively
pay coaches. He made
Mangino one of the 20
highest-paid coaches
in the nation, while
also increasing Kansas
coach Bill Self s salary
last year.
One of the biggest gripes against
Kansas football program in the
past was a lack of facilities com-
pared with other major schools.
But in the last few years alone, the
Jayhawks have added a new foot-
ball facility and new practice fields.
A new scoreboard is expected to be
added before next season.
I think this is a very attractive
job, Perkins said. I wouldnt be
surprised, that this is out now, that
all kinds of people will be inter-
ested in the job.
Perhaps the process
has already started to take
form.
According to a report
published by CBS Sports,
Buffalo football coach
Turner Gill interviewed
for Kansas coaching
position Sunday.
When contacted to
confirm or deny the
validity of the report,
Associate Athletics
Director Jim Marchiony
declined to comment,
stating through a text message that
there will be a million rumors out
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Turner Gill is the top choice for Mangino's replacement
By StEphEN MONtEMAyOR
smontemayor@kansan.com
men's basketball
Markieff Morris leads Kansas
to victory against the Bruins
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Former coach Mark Mangino walks of the feld after the Jayhawks' season-ending 41-39 loss to Missouri in the Border Showdown. After fnish-
ing 5-7 on the season amid an internal investigation, Mangino resigned last week after eight seasons at Kansas.
N
ow that we know as much
about the terms of Mark
Manginos exit as we do
about what exactly the investiga-
tion into his football program
turned up, we can move on to a
topic were equally clueless about
and no less eager to speculate on.
Im talking about who should
or who most likely will be the
next football coach at Kansas.
CBS Tony Barnhart said on
Saturdays pregame show for the
SEC Championship game that
Turner Gill was to interview
with Kansas Sunday. ABCs Brent
Musburger added during the
second half of the Big 12 champi-
onship game that Gill is the lead-
ing candidate for the job. As he
should be.
Gill makes perfect sense on
several levels.
I understand that there is a wealth
of quality prospects out there.
Kansas football has been out of
the game for a while, so fans can
be forgiven for wanting to play
the field.
The program went from slump-
buster in 2001 to homely in 2003
and, finally, a head-turner after
2007. Theres a little more cre-
dence to expectations for Perkins
to target some sexy names.
Call it a gut feeling, but Gill
makes a lot of sense.
Hes young, 47, has Texas ties and
is more than familiar with the
Big 12.
A dual-threat quarterback for
Nebraska from 1980 to 1983,
Gill never lost a conference game
as a starter and led his team to
the national title during a senior
season when he finished as a
Heisman finalist.
As an assistant coach at
Nebraska from 1992 to 2004, he
was on hand for three national
titles and also coached Tommy
Frazier and Heisman winner Eric
Crouch. Youve got to think Kale
Pick, the fleet-footed sophomore
who is a leading candidate to
succeed Todd Reesing, is salivat-
ing over the prospect of Gill at
Kansas.
Gills faith is strong, and
though that is more important
to some than others, his off-field
endeavors are encouraging. His
involvement in the Fellowship
of Christian Athletes, the
United Way, the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation, the American Heart
Association and American
Diabetes Association suggest that
Gill would have little problem
polishing the programs image and
effectively handling public speak-
ing engagements something
Mangino left to be desired.
The list goes on. In summation,
sometimes youve got to take a
chance.
Former Athletics Director
Al Bohl did so with Mangino.
Bohl was and is the only man in
America to have offered Mangino
a head coaching job. In many
respects it worked wildly well,
albeit at the expense of allegations
that led to Manginos resigna-
tion.
The football program is
starting over. New players, new
coaches, new philosophy. Gill is
the man for this job.
Before he began his first head
coaching stint at Buffalo in
2006, it won just 10 games in its
first seven years as a program.
Afterward, it shared the MAC
Eastern Division title in 2007 and
shocked Ball State last year to win
the conference championship.
Pair these traits with Gills ability
to revitalize programs and the fact
that Kansas is not in as dire straits
as Buffalo in 2006 and youve got
a recipe for success.
Gill would be a special hire.
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By COREy thIBODEAUX
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Markieff Morris doesnt show
emotion on the court. No matter
the situation, he doesnt change
his nonchalant demeanor.
Its just how I am, Morris said.
Im just laid back. I just like to
smile when things are going bad.
But during practice last week,
that attitude caught up to him.
Kansas coach Bill Self accused
Morris of a lack of aggression and
a lazy attitude.
I just ran with it, Morris said.
I just felt like I had a chip on my
shoulder coming into the game.
The result was a season-high 19
points for Morris, leading Kansas
to a 73-61 victory against UCLA
Sunday. He shot 8-for-11 from the
floor and added six rebounds.
Markieff was our best player
today, without question, Self said.
I thought he played terrific.
The Jayhawks, now 7-0, won
their second game away from
Allen Fieldhouse. But once again,
it wasnt a cakewalk.
Self said that he appreciated
the way both teams scraped and
clawed on the defensive end, but
that it was a sloppy game overall.
The Jayhawks finished with 14
turnovers and the Bruins had 15.
So it wasnt exactly an unbe-
lievably well-played performance,
Self said, but it was two teams that
tried hard to guard each other.
The Jayhawks leading scorer,
freshman forward Xavier Henry,
finished with 16 points on 5-for-9
shooting includ-
ing four 3 point-
ers. It was a far
cry from his
11-point perfor-
mance against
Memphis when
he shot 3-11.
Henry said it
was because the
game didnt over-
whelm him.
I didnt really feel any pres-
sure, he said. It wasnt as filled
as I thought it would be at UCLA,
but it was alright.
This game didnt feel like a
UCLA home game by any means.
Nearly one third of the fans in
the crowd were Jayhawks, which
is surprising halfway across
the country. Each play was
accompanied by a mixture of
cheers and boos.
Senior guard Sherron Collins
and junior center Cole Aldrich
flew under the radar again, but
still had their numbers. Aldrich
finished with 12 rebounds and
three blocks while Collins had 14
points on 6-for-15 shooting.
Collins had his second con-
secutive game with double-figure
shot attempts. And even though
the hero of the game was Morris,
Collins accounted for many of the
plays the Jayhawks
made Sunday.
I was still being
aggressive, he said.
I just give people
more shots. Thats
my job either get
in there or make a
play, score or give my
teammate an open
shot.
Kansas took a
lackadaisical approach at the start
of the game, throwing the ball all
over the court and turning the ball
over eight times in the first half.
The Jayhawks held the ball for
the final shot with 36 seconds left
in the first half and Collins missed
an opportunity when he fumbled
Weston White/KANSAN
Sophomore center MarkiefMorris sinks a reverse layup of an assist fromCole Aldrich. Morris hit eight of 11 for 19 points in the Jayhawks'
73-61 victory against UCLA Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles.
The center scored
19 points in Kansas'
73-61 road victory
Markief was our
best player today,
without question. I
thought he played
terrifc.
Bill self
Kansas coach
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Monday, deceMber 7, 2009 www.kansan.coM PaGe 1b
I
n the worlds most important
game of bingo last week, the
United States scored an enor-
mous stroke of luck.
Im referring to Fridays FIFA
2010 World Cup Draw, complete
with grand musical numbers and
Charlize Theron, which assigned
the tournaments 32 teams to
eight groups. The draw is pivotal
for World Cup success draw
an easy group and you can some-
times coast your way into the
knockout rounds, or draw a dif-
ficult group and you can count
on a short stay in South Africa.
The field consists of teams from
all over the FIFA World Ranking
list, from No. 1 Spain to No. 89
South Africa, the automatically-
qualifying host nation.
So when the U.S. fell into a
group with England, Algeria
and Slovenia, soccer fans across
this country rejoiced. It felt
like avoiding a minefield and
getting put in a pillow fight
instead. Although England is
a tournament favorite, relative
lightweights Slovenia and Algeria
barely qualified from the bottom
of their respective groups.
For the first time in recent
World Cup history, the U.S. is
expecting, instead of hoping, to
make it out of the group stage.
The top two teams in each group
advance, so theres reason to be
confident.
But thats exactly why Im
worried. Though my first
thought after the draw was to
thank the soccer gods, my second
thought was Please dont choke.
See, the U.S. has a history of
doing exactly the opposite of
what it is supposed to in the
World Cup. For example, in 2006,
it tied eventual champions Italy
1-1 despite being down a man
half of the match, but lost its
easier match-ups to Ghana and
the Czech Republic.
In 2002, the boys in red, white
and blue pulled a shocking upset
against European powerhouse
Portugal before tying South
Korea and losing to Poland, the
worst team in the group.
Underdog status has been
synonymous with U.S. soccer as
long as it has been in existence.
And somehow the team seems to
triumph when the expectations
are lowest. In the Confederations
Cup this summer, the U.S. looked
finished after two ugly losses
in group play. But it scraped
through into the semifinals after
a 3-0 victory against Egypt and
rode that momentum to a globe-
shaking upset over Spain and
an inspired performance against
Brazil that barely fell short in the
second half.
So this favored status is com-
pletely new territory for the
Americans. Though its a nice ego
boost, it might be a hindrance
once the 32 nations take the field
June 11. England coach Fabio
Capello already said the U.S. will
be his teams hardest match in the
group stage. When a major soc-
cer power like England says its
watching out for us, you know its
not a typical draw for the U.S.
England will also be famil-
iar with several U.S. national
team members who play in the
English Premier League, like
Tim Howard, Clint Dempsey,
and Jozy Altidore to name a few.
Of course, theres also the David
Beckham-Landon Donovan con-
nection. The Los Angeles Galaxy
teammates claim theyve put their
squabbles behind them, but the
two countries most famous play-
ers will surely have extra incen-
tive to outperform the other on
the worlds biggest stage.
Obviously the most important
goal for the Americans will be to
take care of Slovenia and Algeria,
as they should, to advance to
the Round of 16. But beating
those bloody Brits would make
it so much more satisfying. Itll
take classic American gritty play,
especially if key starters Oguchi
Onyewu and Charlie Davies
havent completely healed from
their devastating injuries (Davies
was seriously injured in a one-car
crash in October, but could pos-
sibly return in time for the World
Cup, while Onyewu tore a tendon
in his knee days later against
Costa Rica).
But hopefully, come June 12,
the U.S. can add to its rich histo-
ry of taking it to the English, like
the Boston Tea Party, the whole
Declaration of Independence
thing, and, most importantly, our
1950 World Cup upset, arguably
the greatest in Cup history, over
the English. It would be another
enormous step toward legitimiz-
ing our status as a respectable
soccer country.
And personally, Im more than
ready to party like its 1950.
Edited by Abbey Strusz
sports 2B
today
No events scheduled
tuesday
No events scheduled
wednesday
Mens
basketball:
vs. Radford,
7 p.m.
thursday
womens
basketball:
vs. UMKC, 7 p.m.
friday
No events scheduled
saturday
Mens
basketball:
La Salle, 1 p.m.,
Sprint Center,
Kansas City, Mo.
sunday
womens
basketball:
vs. Creighton,
2 p.m.
this week
in kansas
athletics
Quote of the day
Although golf was originally
restricted to wealthy, over-
weight Protestants, today its
open to anybody who owns
hideous clothing.
Dave Barry
U.S. lucks out in World Cup draw
Morning Brew
By joel petterson
jpetterson@kansan.com
fact of the day
Dezmon Briscoe fnishes his
three-year football career as
the schools all-time receiv-
ing yardage leader with 3,240
yards.
Kansas Athletics
triVia of the day
Q: Where does Briscoe rank
in career receiving yardage in
Big 12 history?
a: Fourth.
Kansas Athletics
monday, december 7, 2009
ncaa VolleyBall
tournaMent update
nebraska (3) vs. northern
iowa(0)
Nebraska moved one step
closer to another national title
Saturday as it beat Northern
Iowa in straight sets, 14-25, 17-
25, 21-25. Freshman outside
hitter Hannah Werth led No.
7 Nebraska with a double-
double. She had 13 kills and
14 digs to go along with a .476
attack percentage. Northern
Iowa ended it season with a
record of 31-3. The No. 20 team
was led by junior defensive
specialist Ellie Blankenship with
11 kills. Texas next plays Friday
against Texas A&M in the third
round of the NCAA tourna-
ment.
lsu(2) vs. texas a&M(3)
Texas A&M went down to Baton
Rouge, La., to take on No. 15
LSU Saturday and came away
with a big victory. Texas A&M
won the game in fve sets 18-
25, 25-24, 23-25, 25-23, 15-10.
Senior outside hitter Jennifer
Banse led Texas A&M with a
double-double of 20 kills and
10 digs. LSU ends its season
with a record of 25-7. The No.
15 team was lead by senior
setter Sam Dabbs who had 64
assists and 11 digs. Texas A&M
next plays Nebraska Friday in
the third round of the NCAA
tournament.
ucla(1) vs. Baylor(3)
Baylor went into Los Angeles
and shocked No. 9 UCLA in four
sets, 25-23, 25-22, 29-31, 25-19.
Senior setter Taylor Barnes had
a huge game for Baylor as she
had 8 kills, 50 assists, and 20
digs. UCLA ends its season with
a record of 24-9. The No. 9 team
was led by freshman utility
player Bojana Todorovic who
had 11 kills and 14 digs. Baylor
next plays California Friday in
Gainesville in the third round of
the NCAA tournament.
Britt Beasley
VolleyBall
Kansas coach named
president of association
Kansas volleyball coach
Ray Bechard will start a
one-year tenure as president
of the American Volleyball
Coaches Association on Jan.
1. Bechard will be taking
over for Beth Launiere, head
coach of Utah Utes.
Its exciting to once
again become involved with
the AVCA and its Board of
Directors, Bechard said in
a prepared statement. The
opportunity to work with
the outstanding leadership
of this organization at a time
where our sport is experi-
encing so much growth is
something I am really look-
ing forward to.
Bechard will conduct
board meetings and will
serve as a board liaison to the
executive director and also
as the general chairperson of
the AVCAs annual conven-
tion. Bechard also served on
the AVCA Board of Directors
from 1992-98 while at Barton
Community College.
Zach Getz
CorreCtIon
In Max Vosburghs col-
umn Friday, it read With 17
seconds left, Bruins forward
Christina Nzekwe was called
for an intentional foul as the
go-ahead three-pointer left
the fngers of Bruins guard
Darxia Morris. The inten-
tional foul actually happened
the next play on an inbounds
pass.
joHn MarsHall
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Josh
McDaniels had a strong connection
with Matt Cassel from their four
years together in New England, and
even tried to bring the quarterback
with him to Denver.
Now that Cassel is playing for his
new teams rival, McDaniels wants
nothing more than to beat him. Ev-
ery time.
Kyle Orton outplayed Cassel,
the man who hastened his move
to Denver, and the Broncos used a
punishing running game to man-
handle the Kansas City Chiefs 44-
13 on Sunday.
I want to win. Im a Bronco,
McDaniels said. Were going to
have more games against the Chiefs
and Matt Cassel. Its going to take a
good efort to contain him and stop
him every time we play him.
Orton and Cassel along with
Jay Cutler were at the center of
a Melrose Place-like furry of cold
shoulders and heated exchanges
during the ofseason. Te afermath
sent Orton to Denver and Cutler to
Chicago, while Cassel ended up in
Kansas City.
So far, Orton seems to have land-
ed in the better situation.
Denver (9-4) overcame Ortons
three turnovers to win by 30 and
keep pace with San Diego in the
AFC West. Kansas City (3-9) never
stood a chance afer Cassels two
interceptions, slumping its way to
another disheartening loss.
Te diference? Denvers run-
ning game.
Te Broncos had 245 yards rush-
ing, getting big plays from Cor-
rell Buckhalter (113 yards) and
two touchdowns from Knowshon
Moreno to turn the 99th meeting
between the AFL originals into a
laugher.
We were going to run the ball and
pass the ball when we can, Broncos
receiver Brandon Marshall said.
Te Chiefs (3-9) didnt put up
much of a fght on the day they re-
tired Hall of Fame linebacker Der-
rick Tomas number.
Kansas City had its second
straight defensive debacle, giving up
17 plays of 10 yards or more 413
total yards and has allowed 40
points in consecutive games for the
frst time since 1983.
Te ofense was again inefective,
plagued by poor pass protection,
dropped passes and what may be
Cassels worst game in Kansas City.
He had a 14.6 quarterback rating
before being pulled and the Chiefs
fnished with a lackluster 222 total
yards in their second straight lop-
sided loss to an AFC West rival.
I think its pretty simple: if you
drop the ball on ofense and throw
the ball to them and you turn it over,
youre not going to do very well,
Chiefs coach Todd Haley said.
Cassel and McDaniels were in
New England last season, McDan-
iels as the ofensive coordinator,
Cassel the capable fll-in afer Tom
Brady went down in the season
opener against the Chiefs, no
less.
Tey remained linked during
an ofseason dustup between Mc-
Daniels and Cutler, the Pro Bowl
quarterback who became upset af-
ter learning the Broncos wanted to
trade for Cassel.
In their frst head-to-head match-
up, Orton wasnt great, just better
than Cassel.
Orton had an interception on
the opening drive of his back
foot into the end zone and lost
two fumbles on blindside sacks. He
was efcient the rest of the time in
Denvers dink-and-dunk ofense,
throwing 7-yard touchdown passes
to Daniel Graham and Marshall,
fnishing 15 for 25 for 180 yards.
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quarter of an NFL football game Sunday in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs lost the game, 44-13.
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Broncos defeat
Chiefs, 44-13
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coaches (continued from 1b)
Name: Kevin sumlin
Age: 45
Current position: Houston head coach,
18-7 in two seasons
Why it might happen: Sumlin has de-
veloped into a popular name in the rumor
mill as his highly-potent ofense has kept
Houston in the national spotlight this season.
He also has important connections in Texas, the place Kansas
recruits most from.
Why it wont happen: Similar to Fedora, Sumlin doesnt have
Age: 45
Current position: Houston head coach,
18-7 in two seasons
Why it might happen: Sumlin has devel-
oped into a popular name in the rumor mill
as his highly-potent ofense has kept Hous-
ton in the national spotlight this season. He
also has important connections in Texas, the
place Kansas recruits most from.
Why it wont happen: Similar to Fedora, Sumlin doesnt
have experience on his side. And his defenses have been skep-
tical at Houston, a trend that Kansas may choose to stay away
from after the last few seasons.
Name: Kevin sumlin
Name: Kevin sumlin
Age: 45
Current position: Houston head coach,
18-7 in two seasons
Why it might happen: Sumlin has de-
veloped into a popular name in the rumor
mill as his highly-potent ofense has kept
Houston in the national spotlight this season.
He also has important connections in Texas, the place Kansas
recruits most from.
Why it wont happen: Similar to Fedora, Sumlin doesnt have
Age: 45
Current position: Stanford head coach, 46-
25 in six total seasons as a head coach
Why it might happen: Harbaugh presents
Kansas with the big name Athletic Director
Lew Perkins could be searching for. He has
been a proven winner and his wife, Sarah,
is from Kansas City. Harbaugh would also
certainly experience a pay raise if he left Stanford for Kansas.
Why it wont happen: Harbaugh is quickly developing into a
hot commodity in both the NFL and college ranks. With Michi-
gan coach Rich Rodriguezs recent struggles, Harbaugh might
wait for his alma mater to come calling. Some also speculate
that bolting Stanford for Kansas would be a parallel career
move.
Name: Jim harbaugh
Name: Kevin sumlin
Age: 45
Current position: Houston head coach,
18-7 in two seasons
Why it might happen: Sumlin has de-
veloped into a popular name in the rumor
mill as his highly-potent ofense has kept
Houston in the national spotlight this season.
He also has important connections in Texas, the place Kansas
recruits most from.
Why it wont happen: Similar to Fedora, Sumlin doesnt have
Age: 51
Current position: Connecticut head
coach, 65-65 in 11 seasons
Why it might happen: The most obvious
reason is Edsalls ties to Perkins, who hired
the coach in 1999 while Perkins served as
the athletic director at Connecticut. He has
also made the football program respectable
at a traditional basketball power.
Why it wont happen: Once again, Edsall doesnt possess
the big name that Perkins might be searching for in order to
fund the Gridiron Club. Plus, Edsall hasnt made Connecticut
into a serious BCS contender during his tenure.
Name: Randy edsall
Name: Kevin sumlin
Age: 45
Current position: Houston head coach,
18-7 in two seasons
Why it might happen: Sumlin has de-
veloped into a popular name in the rumor
mill as his highly-potent ofense has kept
Houston in the national spotlight this season.
He also has important connections in Texas, the place Kansas
recruits most from.
Why it wont happen: Similar to Fedora, Sumlin doesnt have
Age: 45
Current position: East Carolina head
coach, 38-26 in fve seasons
Why it might happen: Perkins obviously
respects Holtz, hiring him at Connecticut in
1993. He led the Huskies to the 1-AA playofs
before rejoining his father coaching at South
Carolina. In his short time at East Carolina, he
has turned the team into a Conference USA force.
Why it wont happen: Holtz has no real connections to the
Midwest other than Perkins which would make it tough to
make a big splash in recruiting early. He has also been rumored
to have interest in the Virginia head coaching job, an area that
would be more comfortable for Holtz in recruiting.
Name: skip holtz
Name: Kevin sumlin
Age: 45
Current position: Houston head coach,
18-7 in two seasons
Why it might happen: Sumlin has de-
veloped into a popular name in the rumor
mill as his highly-potent ofense has kept
Houston in the national spotlight this season.
He also has important connections in Texas, the place Kansas
recruits most from.
Why it wont happen: Similar to Fedora, Sumlin doesnt have
Age: 47
Current position: Southern Mississippi
head coach, 14-11 in two seasons
Why it might happen: Fedora has strong
recruiting ties in Texas and has proven in
his short time at Southern Miss that he can
recruit talent, especially ofensively. Fedora
has also experience in the Big 12 as an as-
sistant at Baylor and Oklahoma State.
Why it wont happen: Only in his second season as the
head coach of a major program, Fedora doesnt carry the
lengthy and proven resume that Kansas could be search-
ing for. Plus, Fedora might sit tight and wait for a bigger job to
open up in the near future.
Name: Larry Fedora
Name: Kevin sumlin
Age: 45
Current position: Houston head coach,
18-7 in two seasons
Why it might happen: Sumlin has de-
veloped into a popular name in the rumor
mill as his highly-potent ofense has kept
Houston in the national spotlight this season.
He also has important connections in Texas, the place Kansas
recruits most from.
Why it wont happen: Similar to Fedora, Sumlin doesnt have
Age: 54
Current position: Texas A&M ofensive
coordinator
Why it might happen: In his second
season, Cromwell has helped transform
A&Ms ofense from a question mark in
2008 to a capable and productive unit this
season. Plus, Cromwell was an All-American
at Kansas during the 1970s.
Why it wont happen: Cromwell has no experience as a
head coach. That could certainly place him behind some of
other candidates who have time as head coaches under their
belts.
Name: Nolan cromwell
Name: Kevin sumlin
Age: 45
Current position: Houston head coach,
18-7 in two seasons
Why it might happen: Sumlin has de-
veloped into a popular name in the rumor
mill as his highly-potent ofense has kept
Houston in the national spotlight this season.
He also has important connections in Texas, the place Kansas
recruits most from.
Why it wont happen: Similar to Fedora, Sumlin doesnt have
Age: 38
Current position: Oklahoma defensive
coordinator
Why it might happen: Kansas presents a
chance for Veneables to grab a Big 12 head
coaching gig and run with it. In 2006, he was
one of fve fnalists for the Broyles Award
given to the nations top assistant coach.
Veneables was also born in Salina.
Why it wont happen: The defenses were never great under
Mangino. Even though Kansas has young playmakers on the
defensive side of the ball, it would be years before Veneables
got talent even close to what he has at Oklahoma. Veneables
is young and has never been a head coach before.

Name: Brett Veneables
Name: Kevin sumlin
Age: 45
Current position: Houston head coach,
18-7 in two seasons
Why it might happen: Sumlin has de-
veloped into a popular name in the rumor
mill as his highly-potent ofense has kept
Houston in the national spotlight this season.
He also has important connections in Texas, the place Kansas
recruits most from.
Why it wont happen: Similar to Fedora, Sumlin doesnt have
Age: 59
Current position: College football analyst
for CBS
Why it might happen: Fulmer, the former
Tennessee coach, has made it public that
he is interested in returning to the coach-
ing ranks. Kansas could provide him with
that opportunity. And Fulmer has certainly
proved that he can recruit.
Why it wont happen: Reports have surfaced that Fulmer
has interest in the Notre Dame job, signaling that maybe hes
waiting for a top level football program to show interest. Dont
forget: Fulmer was also fred from Tennessee.
Name: Phillip Fulmer
College footbAll
briscoe declares for the 2010 nfL draft after dicussing the situation
By JAySON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
As is the case with many college-
aged students, junior wide receiver
Dezmon Briscoe spends part of
his free time slouched in front of a
television with a video game con-
troller in his hands.
During his three seasons at
Kansas, Briscoe has openly talked
about playing Madden, his game
of choice, with fellow teammates,
and even once attributed part of his
improvement to the game.
So during his Friday afternoon
press conference to announce his
intentions of entering the NFL
draft, Briscoe responded positively
to a question about his possibly
entering into the video game world
when the next Madden is released.
Thats a good question, Briscoe
said. Weve been on NCAA this
year and Im pretty good on that
game. It just depends on what my
ratings are in Madden.
As most expected, Briscoe
announced his intentions to forgo
his senior sea-
son and enter
the 2010 NFL
draft.
B r i s c o e
said he talked
with his mom,
S h a n n o n
G r e e n e ,
Monday and
then met with
former coach Mark Mangino and
other members of the staff to dis-
cuss the situation.
Briscoe said his decision was
finalized after those meetings.
The Kansas program has really
done a lot for me, Briscoe said.
There is no other school that I
would have rather been at. I want
to thank the University of Kansas
for the opportunity to play for their
football team.
In his three seasons at Kansas,
Briscoe achieved a handful of
school receiving records, including
3,240 career receiving yards the
fourth highest total in Big 12 his-
tory and the highest total in Kansas
history.
Briscoe produced the top two
single-season record for most
yards. He had 1,407 yards in 2008
and 1,337 yards in 2009.
But Briscoe also developed into
Kansas big-play threat, routinely
delivering highlight moments dur-
ing games.
He is easily the most talented
player I have ever coached, Kansas
receivers coach David Beaty said.
During his time at Kansas,
Briscoe never hid his desire to
someday play in the NFL. After
turning in another solid season
this year, many speculated Briscoes
days as a Jayhawk were numbered.
Briscoe scheduled a press confer-
ence shortly after Manginos resig-
nation was made public Thursday
night.
On Friday he sat down and
explained that with quarterback
Todd Reesing and fellow receiver
Kerry Meier graduating, he decid-
ed the chance to play in the NFL
was too good an opportunity to
pass up.
Todd has been my quarterback
all three years that Ive been here,
Briscoe said. A remarkable guy.
No other quarterback Id rather
have in the nation than him, and I
did take that into consideration. I
dont really have that kind of chem-
istry with the quarterbacks that are
already here so that helped me in
my decision.
Briscoe said his biggest focus
entering the draft would be improv-
ing his speed for the NFL combine
a place where players stocks can
either skyrocket or dip.
He said his fastest time was 4.5
seconds in the 40-yard dash, but he
hoped to trim that number to the
4.4 range.
Briscoe hasnt hired an agent
and noted that his focus would be
on finishing this semester. At some
point, he said, his mom would make
sure he completed his degree.
Im pretty sure Im too old for
this, but shell probably give me a
whooping, Briscoe said.
Briscoe, who considers himself
one of the 10 best receivers enter-
ing the draft, could possibly trav-
el to Tampa, Fla., to join former
Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez
Bryants workouts.
After all this stuff that has been
going on with coach Mangino
and the coaching staff, the season
we had, the seniors Ive grown to
love and the people in my class
I wanted to leave but I didnt,
Briscoe said.
In his meeting with members of
the media, Briscoe made sure to
thank Mangino and teammates for
helping him through off-the-field
issues that, at one point, resulted in
his suspension from spring prac-
tices before this season.
Briscoe said that he had talked
with former Kansas cornerback
and current Tampa Bay Buccaneer
Aqib Talib, who told Briscoe that
he should seriously consider enter-
ing the NFL.
Now that opportunity is a real-
ity.
Its sad, Briscoe said. Not the
point to where Im going to cry
about it, but its sad knowing the
people Ive grown to love, and Im
not going to be there with them
anymore. Im going to start a whole
new life with whole new friends.
follow Jayson Jenks at twitter.
com/JaysonJenks
Editedby AliciaBanister
Name: Kevin sumlin
Age: 45
Current position: Houston head coach,
18-7 in two seasons
Why it might happen: Sumlin has de-
veloped into a popular name in the rumor
mill as his highly-potent ofense has kept
Houston in the national spotlight this season.
He also has important connections in Texas, the place Kansas
recruits most from.
Why it wont happen: Similar to Fedora, Sumlin doesnt have
Age: 47
Current position: Bufalo head coach,
20-30 in four seasons
Why it might happen: Gill is generally
considered a more even-tempered head
coach, something Lew Perkins might be
looking for in his coaching hire after the in-
vestigation into Manginos program. Gill has
Big 12 experience at Nebraska. Another interesting sideplot:
Gills daughter Jordan is a sophomore at the University.
Why it wont happen: Despite winning the MAC with an
8-6 record in 2008, Bufalo fnished their 2009 season just 5-7
overall. Gill has no experience coaching defenses, another
aspect Perkins might choose to factor into his search.
Name: Turner Gill
Briscoe
*all games in bold are at home
Date Opponent Result/Time
Nov. 3 Fort Hays state (exhibition) W, 107-68
Nov. 10 Pittsburg state (exhibition) W, 103-45
Nov. 13 HoFstra W, 101-65
Nov. 17 Memphis, St. Louis, Mo. W, 57-55
Nov. 19 CeNtral arkaNsas W, 94-44
Nov. 25 oaklaNd W, 89-59
Nov. 27 teNNessee teCH W, 112-75
dec. 2 alCorN state W, 98-31
Dec. 6 UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif. W, 73-61
dec. 9 radFord 7 p.m.
Dec. 12 La Salle, Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center)1 p.m.
dec. 19 MiCHigaN 11 a.m.
dec. 22 CaliForNia 8 p.m.
dec. 29 belMoNt 8 p.m.
Jan. 2 Temple, Philadelphia, Pa. 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 6 CorNell 7 p.m.
Jan. 10 Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. 12:30p.m. or 3:30p.m.
Jan. 13 Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. 8 p.m.
Jan. 16 texas teCH 12:45 p.m.
Jan. 20 baylor 8 p.m.
Jan. 23 Iowa State, Ames, Iowa 1 p.m.
Jan. 25 Missouri 8 p.m.
Jan. 30 Kansas State, Manhattan 6 p.m.
Feb. 3 Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 8 p.m.
Feb. 6 Nebraska 5 p.m.
Feb. 8 Texas, Austin, Texas 8 p.m.
Feb. 13 ioWa state 7 p.m.
Feb. 15 Texas A&M, College Station, Texas 8 p.m.
Feb. 20 Colorado 3 p.m.
Feb. 22 oklaHoMa 8 p.m.
Feb. 27 Oklahoma State, Stillwater, Okla. 3 p.m.
March 3 kaNsas state 7 p.m.
March 6 Missouri, Columbia, Mo. 1 p.m.
by tiM dWyer
tdwyer@kansan.com
LOS ANGELES, Calif. It cer-
tainly wasnt pretty.
The Jayhawks turned the ball
over too many times and they
failed to get their preseason All-
American center Cole Aldrich
involved with any regularity
against UCLA Sunday.
But Kansas proved once again
this season that depth could
overcome sloppiness as it forced
20 UCLA turnovers and found
post scoring from the unlikeli-
est of sources.
Markieff Morris,
who had scored
in double fig-
ures only twice
in his career,
came up huge
when Aldrich
faltered and
finished with a
career-high 19
points off the bench.
They were doubling Cole the
whole game, so we had to get
another post presence, Morris
said. Coach said, when I get it to
just try and score it, so thats what
I did.
Morris was the seventh Jayhawk
in the first seven games to finish
at least tied as the Jayhawks top
scorer. Depth was a large part
of the Jayhawks preseason No. 1
ranking, but having seven differ-
ent leading scorers has surprised
even Kansas coach Bill Self, who
expected more scoring to come
from All-Americans Sherron
Collins and Aldrich.
I really thought that Sherron
and Cole would probably be scor-
ing more points right now, but
its just not playing out that way,
Self said. When weve been poor
offensively, which we were not
good offensively tonight, weve
had some individuals make some
plays.
Although Self thought that
Collins and Aldrich would be the
ringleaders at this point in the
season, Morris said he wasnt sur-
prised by the depth the team has
shown this year.
In practice we see it all the
time, you know, Morris said. We
can get points from any of the five
positions on the court. I think itll
continue to happen. I think Xavier
and Ron played real well today. If
Xavier had more shots he could
have been leading scorer. Tyshawn
played real well today
we just feel like any-
where we go we can get
points from.
Its that kind of
depth that will make
the Jayhawks a title
threat come March
that and the abil-
ity to win ugly games,
which, when faced
with a higher level of competition
this season, the Jayhawks have
done in spades.
Weve had a lot of things hap-
pen for us that were probably ben-
eficial to us, Self said. The way
we played and the way UCLA
played, it wasnt that far off from
this being a really tight game down
the stretch.
The game was ugly to the end,
except for a couple of big shots
from Xavier Henry, but Collins
was happy to come away with a
victory.
It was a sloppy win, Collins
said. We didnt take care of the
ball too good. It was just a sloppy
win, but I think overall we did
good.
FollowTimDwyer at twitter.
com/T_Dwyer.
Edited by Nick Gerik
Kansas 73, UCLa61
5B MonDAY, DeceMber 7, 2009 Kansas 73, UCLa 61
4B MonDAY, DeceMber 7, 2009
MEN'S BASKETBALL REWIND
Game to remember
Game to forget
Quote of the game
Key stats
Morris
Aldrich
36.1 percent
Prime plays
Markief Morris
Is there any question on this one? Morris
said he didnt feel like it was a breakout
performance but, frankly, he was wrong.
He provided a much-needed ofensive
boost in the paint for the Jayhawks. While
twin brother Marcus and Cole Aldrich were
cleaning up the glass (the two combined
for 21 boards) Markief was stealing the
spotlight with a career-high 19 points.
it as the seconds ticked down.
They went into the locker
room up 35-28.
UCLA looked strong in
the first part of the second
half. They brought the game
to 38-34 with 17:24 left in
the second half and seemed
to have some momentum. But
the Jayhawks ran away with the
game in the last 10 minutes,
holding UCLA to 10 points in
that span while making crowd-
stifling shots.
This was the type of per-
formance, Collins said, that
made him comfortable giving
his other teammates the ball to
ease the pressure off himself.
Now I dont have to worry
about scoring too much,
Collins said. My job is to make
sure we get the win.
FollowCorey Thibodeaux
at twitter.com/c_thibo-
deaux.
Edited by Amanda Thompson
Cole Aldrich
Aldrich had a fne game froma rebound-
ing standpoint, bringing down double-digit
boards for the second consecutive game, but
the Jayhawks are eventually going to need
himto dominate a game or two ofensively,
and hes only shown signs of that one time
this year. Aldrich looked uninspired on his
way to a 1-for-6 day fromthe feld and seven
points.
Aldrich
The Bruins shot a
paltry 36 percent from
the feld, and still shot better than any Kansas opponent not
named Hofstra this year. The Jayhawks have yet to allow a
team to shoot 40 percent from the feld, a staple of Bill Selfs
defensive mindset. It doesnt hurt that Aldrich has blocked
at least three shots in every game this year he had three
Sunday against UCLA. The Jayhawks, on the other hand, shot
44 percent. It was their worst performance from the feld this
year.
Quote of the game
A couple days ago in practice, coach
had a fallout, said I wasnt playing hard. He
said I was too relaxed. Since were number
one and since weve been beating teams,
he said once we started playing somebody
good I couldnt aford to be relaxed. I just
took that and I just ran with it. I felt like I
had a chip on my shoulder coming into the
game.
MarkiefMorris
1sT hAlF
(score after play)
18:52- Once again, Xavier
Henry started the Jayhawks
scoring with a three. (3-0)
13:09- Sherron Collins took
the ball and juked a defender
like he was going inside. He
drewthe defender of of
Markief Morris and Collins
no-look passed to himfor a
dunk. (11-6)
2:07- What seemed like an
uncontested dunk by Nelson
Reeves turned into a Cole
Aldrich block after Aldrich
somehowcaught Reeves from
behind and slapped it against
the backboard. (23-33)
2nD hAlF
15:57- The game was slowly
turning to the Bruins favor
with careless ball handling
and fouls. But after UCLA
brought the game within
four points, a Marcus Morris
dunk and a Xavier Henry three
helped get the Jayhawks steal
the momentum. (43-34)
11:30- UCLA was within
seven points after a three. On
the other end, Elijah Johnson
had a good look at a three
that didnt go, but Markief
Morris was there to clean it
up and drewthe foul for a
3-point play. (53-43)
3:37- Xavier Henry it a wide
open three to put Kansas up
15, their largest lead of the
game. (54-69)
Kansas is 7-0 for the third
time in the Bill Self era (2004-
05, 2007-08).
This is the third game
which Kansas shot more than
70 percent from the free
throw line (70.6 percent).
Junior center Cole
Aldrich has blocked at least
three blocks in every game
this season.
The Bruins shot 36.1 per-
cent which makes it 81 con-
secutive games the Jayhawks
have held their opponent
under 50 percent shooting.
No one has shot more than
40 percent on the Jayhawks
this season.
Markief Morris had his
best overall game with a
career-high 19 points on a
career-high eight feld goals
and career high 11 shots.
TimDwyer and Corey Thibodeaux
Weston White/KANSAN
Freshman guard Xavier Henry lays in the ball after adjusting to his left hand for a basket. Henry shot 5-9 fromthe feld with 16 points in Kansas' 73-61 victory against UCLA.
Weston White/KANSAN
Senior guard Sherron Collins and sophomore forward Marcus Morris leap into one another after the Jayhawks 73-61 victory against UCLA.
Kansas moved to 7-0 after the victory Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, Calif.
Weston White/KANSAN
Sophomore center MarkiefMorris and senior guard Sherron Collins double teamUCLA forward Reeves Nelson. Kansas forced 15 turnovers
Sunday afternoon against the Bruins in a 73-61 victory.
Weston White/KANSAN
Junior center Cole Aldrich stretches to block a shot fromUCLA freshman forward Reeves Nelson Sunday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion. Aldrich
blocked three shots and fnished with seven points and twelve rebounds in Kansas' 73-61 victory.
Team depth makes up for mistakes
Seven different players have led Kansas
in scoring through seven games this season
We just feel like
anywhere we go we
can get points from.
MARKIEFF MORRIS
Sophomore forward
35 | 38 73 Kansas
28 | 33 61 UClA
Jayhawk stat leaders
Points Rebounds Assists
sherron Collins
4
Cole Aldrich
12
MarkiefMorris
19
schedule
UClA
Kansas
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
James Keefe 0-2 0-0 1 0 0
Nikola Dragovic 5-13 3-8 7 1 14
Reeves Nelson 4-10 0-0 9 0 9
Malcolm Lee 4-10 1-3 4 3 12
Michael Roll 6-13 2-6 0 1 16
Jerime Anderson 0-4 0-0 4 5 3
Brendan Lane 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Jmison Morgan 2-3 0-0 2 0 4
Tyler Honeycutt 1-6 0-0 6 1 3
Totals 22-61 6-17 33 11 61
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Marcus Morris 2-7 0-1 9 1 4
Cole Aldrich 1-6 0-0 12 1 7
Xavier Henry 6-15 4-7 5 1 16
Sherron Collins 4-7 0-2 2 4 14
Tyshawn Taylor 4-9 0-3 3 1 8
Thomas Robinson 0-1 0-0 0 0 0
Tyrel Reed 2-4 1-3 0 1 5
Elijah Johnson 0-1 0-1 0 0 0
Markief Morris 8-11 0-1 6 1 19
Totals 28-63 5-17 37 12 73
RECAp (continued from 1B)
sports 6B monday, december 7, 2009
College Football
Mizzous Texas bowl game
will be its fourth in a row
COLUMBIA, Mo. Bowl sea-
son will again be a homecoming
for those 31 Missouri football
players who hail from Texas.
For the fourth straight season,
the Tigers (8-4) will head to the
Lone Star State to play a bowl
game. Missouri accepted a bid
Sunday to the Texas Bowl on
Dec. 31 in Houston, where it will
face of against Navy (8-4).
Itll mean a great deal to get
a lot of people coming in to
represent me and Mizzou, senior
linebacker Sean Weatherspoon,
a native of Jasper, Texas, said.
Im already in a ticket frenzy. I
got people texting me from ev-
erywhere. I dont even know half
these numbers coming in.
Missouri played in the 2006
Sun Bowl in El Paso as well as the
Cotton and Alamo bowls, in Dal-
las and San Antonio, respective-
ly, in 2008. The Tigers have had
plenty of success in postseason
games in Texas, winning two of
those three and are 4-2 all-time.
Im from Marlin, about three
hours away, senior wide receiver
Danario Alexander said. It will
be exciting playing at Reliant
Stadium in front of all 6,000
people from my city.
The Texas Bowl had the fnal
selection of teams from the Big
12, and once the Insight Bowl
passed over Missouri for Iowa
State (6-6), the faceof with Navy
was set.
The Insight Bowl selected
Iowa State despite the fact that
the Tigers own a better record
and defeated the Cyclones 34-24
on Nov. 21, but Missouri coach
Gary Pinkel remained positive
about the teams bowl situation.
Associated Press
Doing the wave
by DoUg FeRgUSoN
Associated Press
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.
Jim Furyk dressed in red and
played the part Sunday, holing a
clutch par putt and hitting his best
shot of the day on the final hole to
win the Chevron World Challenge
for his first victory in more than
two years.
He said the choice of color was
a coincidence, not a statement.
Even so, it was a fitting
conclusion to a week dominated
by talk of Tiger Woods.
Woods, the tournament host,
wasnt around to present the
trophy to one of his favorite players
on the PGA Tour. He withdrew
because of unspecified injuries
from his Nov. 27 car accident, yet
Woods remained part of every
conversation because of worldwide
publicity over allegations of
extramarital affairs.
Woods posted a statement on
his Web site as the final round was
under way to thank his sponsors,
staff and volunteers. And I am
sincerely sorry I was unable to
fulfill my duties as host and player
in this important event, he said.
It was an important event to
Furyk and the runner-up, Graeme
McDowell, in different ways.
Furyk, who closed with a
5-under 67, last won a tournament
recognized by the world ranking
at the 2007 Canadian Open.
He didnt imagine the drought
would end at Sherwood, not after
taking a six-week break after the
Presidents Cup.
The way he played the final two
holes made it clear Furyk has not
forgotten how to close.
With a one-shot lead and in
a horrible spot in the bunker
well below the 17th green, Furyk
played it safe to 35 feet beyond the
hole and was hopeful of lagging
a tricky putt to 3 feet to make
no worse than bogey. Instead, he
watched it break sharply to the
right over the final few feet and
drop into the cup for an unlikely
par.
It was a deep sigh of relief
that the ball went in, Furyk said.
I knew at that point it was still
my tournament to win, and I
played very aggressively down the
stretch.
He followed that with a 9-iron
from 146 yards that landed near
the hole and spun back to 5 feet.
Before he could putt, Furyk saw
on the leaderboard that Lee
Westwood had birdied the 17th
and was tied for the lead. He
calmly rapped in the birdie putt.
Westwood, who recently won
the European tour money title for
the second time this decade, had a
chance to force a playoff until he
failed to hole his chip from just
off the green. Then, he missed
the short par putt for a 70 that left
him in a tie for third with Padraig
Harrington, who twice chipped in
for eagle on his way to a 70.
McDowell, the replacement for
Woods at this tournament, had
to hole out from 18th fairway to
tie Furyk, and his shot looked as
though it had a chance until it
spun by the hole. The birdie gave
him second place alone.
That was enough to move him
to No. 38 in the world, making
him a lock for the
Masters next year.
The top 50 at the
end of the year
earn invitations to
Augusta National,
and McDowell
had decided not
to chase ranking
points at the end
of the year.
Then came
a phone call
about Woods
withdrawing, and everything
changed quickly.
Timing is everything,
McDowell said. To get the call-
up was good, although I wish it
had been different circumstances.
Sometimes this game gives you
something back when you least
expect it.
Furyk anticipated getting
questions about Woods during
the week, although with his 70-71
start that left him in the middle
of the pack, no one sought him
out. Holding the trophy of a large
tiger pawing the globe, he didnt
have much to say about a week of
shocking publicity.
He said he sent Woods a text
message when he heard of the
accident, didnt hear back and has
given Woods his space. Furyk said
he wouldnt be surprised if Woods
sents him a text for winning his
tournament, and then I would
reply and wish him the best.
Tough times, Furyk said. So
they need the support of their
friends right now,
and I know that
people are thinking
about them.
Furyk took
the lead with a
birdie on the 10th
and never trailed
again, although the
tournament was in
doubt until the end
with so many birdies
and eagles available
at Sherwood.
Harrington and Stricker each
had two eagles in their round,
Paul Casey had a tournament-best
64 in completing his first 72-hole
event since the British Open, and
Camilo Villegas made an albatross
on the par-5 13th by holing a
3-wood from 262 yards.
Furyk, who finished at 13-under
275, earned $1.35 million in his
last event until the Northern Trust
Open at Riviera in February.
Its bothered me, Furyk said of
his victory drought. Id be lying
if I said otherwise. Thats your
goal every year to go out and win,
and I havent been able to do it.
Hopefully, this will be a stepping
stone.
PGA
Furyk wins Chevron World Challenge
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NortherN Colorado 54, KaNsas 81 7b monday, december 7, 2009
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
ataylor@kansan.com
Team captain Danielle McCray
continued to struggle with defen-
sive miscues en route to a game-
high 25 points on offense in the
No. 24 Jayhawks victory against
the Bears, 81-54.
Her lack of discipline defen-
sively has hurt her and has
been a problem, coach Bonnie
Henrickson said.
With 11 minutes and 25 sec-
onds to play in the game, McCray
stole the ball from Northern
Colorado junior guard Courtney
Stoermer at midcourt and then
drove uncontested down the floor
for an easy layup.
On a subsequent Kansas pos-
session, though, McCray went
for another steal, but got beat as
Northern Colorado sank a three-
pointer.
One time I got the steal; the
second time I gambled, McCray
said. It was just a bad decision on
my part.
With less than nine minutes to
play, McCray picked up her third
foul. She wouldnt return as her
teammates built on the huge lead
McCray had helped develop.
The early exit didnt prevent her
from coming within two points of
her season high and earning two
blocks, steals, rebounds and assists
on the game.
In the first half against Northern
Colorado, McCray scored 15
points on five-for-eight shooting
from the field. Against TCU and
UCLA McCray only managed 15
points throughout both games.
A lack of production, though,
wasnt the primary reason for
McCrays miscues in her last two
games. Rather, she made mistakes
late in the game that are unchar-
acteristic of an experienced senior
and team leader.
In the game against TCU,
Kansas nearly won as it had a one-
point lead with 13 seconds to play,
but then McCray attempted to call
a timeout Kansas didnt have. That
gave McCray a technical foul and
helped TCU earn the victory.
McCray continued to make
mistakes late in Kansas next vic-
tory against UCLA. On two sepa-
rate occasions with less than a
minute to play, McCray turned the
ball over.
Ill learn from it and Im just
glad that it didnt cost us the game,
McCray said after
Kansas victory
over UCLA.
T h o u g h
McCray led the
Jayhawks offen-
sively against the
Bears, and didnt
make any late mis-
takes that nearly
cost her team the
game, Henrickson
still was not pleased with McCrays
effort.
Shes doing her own thing right
now, Henrickson said, and her
doing her own thing is not good
for us.
Henrickson also said that her
team was not currently playing
like a Top-25 team and that some
of that blame fell on the seniors.
Kansas will likely have trouble
getting victories against tough
teams later in the season if it does
not step up its intensity in games.
Northern Colorado came into the
game with a 3-4 record after play-
ing lackluster opponents and still
managed to hang
with the Jayhawks
for a large majority
of the game.
Freshman guard
Angel Goodrich
said if the seniors
did not step up in
the Jayhawks future
games, then some-
one would need to
fill the void.
I think if they dont step up,
then someone needs to, Goodrich
said. Theres more than just our
seniors that can step up and make
plays.
Edited by Alicia Banister
BY MAx ROThMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
Following three-straight close
calls, Kansas needed this one.
No. 24 Kansas defeated
Northern Colorado 81-54, mov-
ing to 5-2 on the season.
After dropping two-straight
games to No. 9 Xavier and TCU
at the Junkanoo Jam on Grand
Bahama Island on Thanksgiving
week and then barely escaping
with a victory against UCLA
Thursday, Kansas could breathe
a little easier Sunday afternoon.
But the post-game vibe almost
felt like a team coming off a loss.
We are winning, but we are
not playing the way we want to,
senior guard Sade Morris said.
Senior guard Danielle McCray
bounced back in a big way,
exploding with 25 points on
9-of-12 shooting from the field.
She made better decisions with
the basketball, taking open jump
shots from the outside which set
up inside drives to the hoop.
Other games I was rushing
and my footwork was not on
rhythm, McCray said. I really
calmed down and focused.
Northern Colorados only
answer for 6-foot-5 junior center
Krysten Boogaard and 6-foot-
2 sophomore forward Aishah
Sutherland was a handful of
6-footers. Freshman guard Angel
Goodrich stormed down the
court and snuck passes between
defenders. The result was
Boogaard and Sutherland, add-
ing 17 and 12 points and 7 and 8
rebounds, respectively.
We got into the game think-
ing we need to dominate inside,
Boogaard said.
Boogaard hit all seven of her
free throws and now has a streak
of 11-straight from the past two
games.
Her and Angel
are in the gym
early and the last
ones to leave the
gym consistently,
every single day,
Henrickson said
of the reason
for Boogaards
improvements.
The regular
10-point cushion
enabled Henrickson to put in
some of the freshmen. Guard
Monica Engelman and forwards
Carolyn Davis and Annette Davis
all played in the first half.
It builds my confidence,
Carolyn Davis said of the logged
minutes. I wasnt nervous or
anything I was ready to play.
The second half started with
fast-paced play when Goodrich
flew down the floor and found
Sutherland for two layups and
McCray knocked down a three-
pointer, making the lead 17.
McCray said the run fired her
team up for a better second-half
performance.
Thats as good as weve
been out of the locker room,
Henrickson said.
Senior guard Whitley Cox and
freshman guard Victoria Timm
seemed to be the only Bears to
show up at Allen Fieldhouse. Cox
flew by defender Sade Morris
on her way to 14 points and
Timm racked up 18 points in
24 minutes of play.
Together they
tallied 32 of the
Bears 54 points.
She came in
and played with
no fear, coach
Jaime White said
of Timms perfor-
mance.
Kansas may
have won by 27
points, but this game was by no
means an indicator of a Top 25
team ready for Big 12 competi-
tion.
We dont play hungry every
day, Henrickson said. Your
habits will define you. They
will either elevate you or cripple
you.
Follow Max Rothman at
www.twitter.com/maxroth-
man
Edited by Alicia Banister
Reason to hope
Reason to mope
What to watch out for
Game ball
Quote of the day
Stat of the game
Strong second half start
For the frst time all season, Kansas came out of the locker room and played well to start the second half.
In the frst fve minutes of the half, the Jayhawks built what was a 10-point lead at half time to a 17 point
advantage. Kansas, however, needs to put a full game together as it failed to impress in the frst 10 minutes
of the game as Northern Colorado trailed by just one point.
Poor shooting from Goodrich
Freshman guard Angel Goodrich failed to make any of her fve shot attempts in Kansass 81-54 victory
over Northern Colorado. Although Goodrich did have a solid night passing the ball as she piled up 10 assists,
her shot needs to get better to give Kansas an additional scoring threat. That should happen as Goodrich
has dedicated herself to improving her shot in practice.
Increased intensity
Although Kansas won its game against Northern Colorado, coach Bonnie Henrickson was not happy with
her teams performance. She specifcally pointed to her teams lack of intensity as one area that needs to im-
prove. In order to accomplish that, Kansass team leaders need to step up their own intensity to guide their
younger teammates.
McCray
Danielle McCray
After three shaky outings against No. 9 Xavier, TCU and UCLA, McCray reminded us all
just how dominant she can be ofensively, fnishing with 25 points on 9 of 12 shooting
from the feld. Although she gambled a few too many times on both ends, it was overall
a solid bounce-back game for Kansas leader. Look for McCray to improve her defensive
consistency Thursday against UMKC.
I dont blow smoke. I thought we were average.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson said of Kansas 81-54 victory.
In the frst 10 minutes of the game, Northern Colorado shot 7
of 13 from the feld, good for 54 percent. Without signifcant
improvement on initial defense, those numbers will only
ascend against lurking Big 12 competition and spell a doom-
ing fate for Kansas. Coach Henrickson said that her team must lessen the risk-taking and improve on steady
defense for a full 40 minutes.
Andrew Taylor and Max Rothman
54 percent
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
Senior guard Danielle McCray drives past Northern Colorado guard Courtney Stoermer.
McCray scored 25 points against Northern Colorado, including four three-pointers.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL REWIND
McCray struggles on defensive side
Jayhawks defeat Bears by 27
We are winning, but
we are not playing
the way we want to.
SAde MorrIS
Kansas guard
Her lack of discipline
defensively has hurt
her and has been a
problem.
BoNNIe HeNrICKSoN
Kansas coach

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Track and Field
Two qualify in seasons frst meet
By SAMANTHA
ANDERSON
sanderson@kansan.com
The Kansas track and field
season started Saturday with
two athletes provisionally quali-
fying for the NCAA Track and
Field Championships. Several oth-
ers placed in the Bob Timmons
Challenge, which was held at
Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
Everyone did a really great job
today, coach Stanley Redwine said.
They were look-
ing to go out and
compete hard.
We wanted to see
where the athletes
were with their
fall training. All of
them did a really
good job and com-
peted well.
F r e s h m a n
Mason Finley took
first in the mens
shotput. His throw
of 19 meters also hit the provisional
qualifying mark. The freshman was
followed by senior Brian Bishop,
who placed third in the shotput.
The team had some success on
the track, as well. The mens 4-x-400
meter relay team, made up of sopho-
more Isaac Bradshaw, senior Reggie
Carter, freshman Kyle Clemons and
senior Chandler Frigon, took first
and beat Oklahoma Baptist by less
than a second.
Senior Keith Hayes took first
in the 60-meter hurdles, also hit-
ting a NCAA provisional qualifying
mark.
This is fairly early in the sea-
son, so for him to come out in the
first meet and provisionally qualify
is extremely exciting, sprints and
hurdles coach Elisha Brewer said.
I am looking forward to see whats
coming. I think he has great poten-
tial and I am excited to see what is
going to happen in the rest of the
season.
The middle distance team also
had a few victories, sophomore
Kaman Schneider took first in
the 1,000-meter and senior Isaiah
Shirlen won the mile with a time
of 4:42.40.
Senior and two-time All-
American Jordan Scott pole vaulted
in this meet and took first place,
but he was unattached, which
meant he was technically not part
of Kansas team during the event.
Another Kansas senior, Ryan Hays,
took second.
I was really looking at fitness
level and all of them were a lot
more fit than they were at this
time last year, verti-
cal jumps coach Tom
Hays said. We had
goals for a couple of
the athletes to be big-
ger and stronger, and
they are, so that was
good.
The women also
had some success.
In the high jump,
seniors Kelsey Erb
and Elizabeth Beisner
took first and second. Junior Jaci
Perryman took first in the pole
vault, and junior Abby Jones and
sophomore Julia Cummings both
had a jump of three meters and
tied for second. Freshman Andrea
Guebelle also took first in the long
jump with a jump of 5.86 meters.
In the 600-yard, sophomore
Shayla Wilson and freshman Tara
Grosserode finished first and sec-
ond with times of 1:25.16 and
1:28.66.
The womens 4-x-400 meter relay
team also won a close race. Anna
Barber, Kendra Bradley, Sasha
Cunningham and Grosserode beat
Lincoln (Mo.) by five-hundredths
of a second.
It is always exciting when it is a
close finish and the womens finish
was extremely close, Brewer said.
I am really proud of the girls. I
think each one of them ran hard
and ran to the best of their ability.
Edited by Nick Gerik
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Senior Kelsey Erb soars over the bar in the high jump Saturday at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Erb
won the event with a height of 55.
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Senior Issiah Shirlen, left, leads the pack in the one mile as sophomore Sean Proehl, right,
trips on the edge of the track. Shirlen won the race while Proehl fell to ffth out of seven.
Freshman Mason Finley and senior Keith Hayes move closer to competing at the NCAA championships
This is fairly early
in the season, so for
him to come out in
the frst meet and
provisionally qualify
is extremely exciting.
Elisha BrEwEr
sprints andhurdles coach
swimming and diving
Jayhawks earn second
place in Cavalier Invite
By CHRISTIAN LUCERO
clucero@kansan.com
Going into a break when
the Jayhawks are making some
changes in training, swimming
coach Clark
C a m p b e l l
said he was
pleased with
the solid fin-
ishes Kansas
has enjoyed
lately.
T h e
J a y h a w k s
finished in
second place
behind the Virginia Cavaliers
in the three-day Cavalier Invite
over the weekend.
The team did great. We had
a lot of solid performances,
Campbell said.
Junior Iuliia Kuzhil earned
second place in the 200-yard
backstroke with a time of
1:58.69. The 400-yard freestyle
relay team of freshman Monica
Johannessen, Kuzhil, senior
Emily Lanteigne and junior
A m a n d a
Maez finished
in third place
with a time of
3:27.98. The
team noticed
a cohesiveness
before the
meet and car-
ried it into the
weekend.
We have
all grown together as a team
mentally and this weekend was
a way for us to perform well
physically as a team, senior
Melissa Heyrman said.
Before the meet, Campbell
said his team deserved a B
grade for its performance
this season so far. The team
responded with a runner-up
finish in its first meet in almost
a month. The last time the
Jayhawks competed was when
they defeated Drury Nov. 7.
Weve been
training really
hard and making
great steps for-
ward as a team,
but have yet to see
what KU swim-
ming and diving
is really made of,
junior Joy Bunting
said. Training
hard is important, but believ-
ing in each other and in the
potential each person has is
equally important.
Campbell said that the train-
ing over winter break would
be different and that the team
would get one week at home
before returning to Lawrence.
We change training phases
this week and it will become
more intense to get ready for
the big meets in February and
March, Campbell
said.
J o h a nne s s e n
said she thought
the team was ready
for the commit-
ment these chang-
es would require.
We can see
that the hard work
is paying off,
Johannessen said.
If one wants to be more than
a good swimmer one has to do
more than walk the walk.
Edited by Amanda Thompson
The team did great.
We had a lot of solid
performances.
Clark CampBEll
swimming coach
We can see that the
hard work is paying
of.
moniCa johannEssEn
Freshman
Team preps for tougher meets in the spring
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