BY ANNA ARCHIBALD

aarchibald@kansan.com
Underneath his blankets, a cold sweat
interrupts his sleep. That single, life-altering
day two years ago still haunts his dreams
well, nightmares.
The Marine unit was on a routine mis-
sion in Fallujah, Iraq, at 2 a.m. Everything
seemed normal. Matt Stroh was on top of the
Humvee keeping a lookout with his M240G
machine gun, which was attached to the top
of the vehicle. He sat down. Not a second
later, he heard a loud bang, followed by a
bright flash of light. Strohs head slammed
against the side of the vehicle. His body twist-
ed and he landed in pain. Theyd been hit.
He jerks himself awake. Heart racing, he
realizes where he is, or, more importantly,
where he is not.
Alone in his parents basement, Stroh,
Wichita sophomore, remembers what his
dad told him days before; they could hear
him yelling while the nightmare played in
his sleep.
Before returning to Kansas in Spring
2008, Stroh was stationed in Fallujah as
an active duty machine gunner with the
Marine Corps 2nd Battalion 6th Marines,
Golf Company. While on a mission, he was
hit with an improvised explosive device. He
suffered severe back injuries and has dif-
ficulty hearing out of his right ear.
At first, I drank all the time so I didnt
really have to deal with anything. It didnt
really hit me until this spring, Stroh said.
I feel like a 42-year-old in a 22-year-olds
body.
Since his return, Stroh has faced a slew of
emotional and psychological problems, but
that hasnt stopped him from being a full-
time student at the University of Kansas
since Fall 2008.
Betty Childers, the Universitys Veterans
Affairs certifying official, said that Stroh is
one of more than 325 students currently
certified as veterans at the University.
More veterans are enrolling in universi-
ties because of the GI Bills, Childers said.
Its great, but it can be really hard for them
to go to class with other students who
havent had quite the same experiences
when they get back.
Like Stroh, many student veterans face
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1. Dog survives suicide
bombing on house roof
BAGHDAD All that was left
were the walls and a lucky dog.
The ginger-colored hound,
chained to roof railing, was left
stranded on top of the remaining
walls Tuesday as the rest of the
house collapsed and killed the
dogs owners and their children
in a suicide car bombing, Iraqi
police and fre ofcials said.
The dog was spotted by a
neighbor and rescue workers
during a wave of coordinated
attacks that left at least 125
people dead and more than 500
wounded.
Police and fre ofcials said it
was unclear what would happen
to the dog if it went unclaimed.
2. Police recover items
stolen from jewelry store
PARIS Police say they have
recovered nearly 800,000 euro
($1,181,900) in jewels stolen last
month in a holdup at a Cartier
jewelry store in the southeastern
French city of Lyon.
The suspect is still at large. In
the Nov. 26 attack on the Cartier
store, thieves used a sledgeham-
mer to smash through the rein-
forced glass on the downtown
storefront. They then swiped
jewelry from display cases.
3. Grenade attack motive
still a mystery to ofcials
MEXICO CITY Near-simulta-
neous grenade attacks on ofces,
businesses and gas stations in a
northern Mexican state slightly
injured three people, prosecutors
said Tuesday.
Sonora state prosecutors
spokesman Jose Larrinaga said
the attacks occurred in three
cities, including the capital,
Hermosillo.
The targets included two gas
stations, a restaurant, a bank
ofce and a building housing the
state Attorney Generals Ofce.
The injuries were all from the res-
taurant attack; the victims were
treated and released, Larrinaga
said.
There was no immediate infor-
mation on the attackers identity
or motive.
natIonal
3. Amish man arrested for
driving buggy while drunk
LANCASTER, Pa. Police in
central Pennsylvania arrested
an Amish man on drunk driving
charges over the weekend after
he was found asleep in his mov-
ing buggy. Police said a 22-year-
old man was slumped over and
asleep in a slow-moving buggy
on Sunday night.
An of-duty ofcer from nearby
reported seeing the horse pulling
the buggy at a walking pace as it
straddled the center line.
Police said a breathalyzer test
showed the mans blood-alcohol
content was 0.18, more than
twice the 0.08 legal limit for
drivers.
4. Firefghters try to rescue
man trapped in cesspool
EAST HILLS, N.Y. Emergency
responders are trying to rescue
a man trapped up to his chest in
a cesspool on New Yorks Long
Island.
Firefghters say the walls of
the hole in East Hills are unstable
and could collapse. Theyve
requested a vacuum truck used
to pump out cesspools. Ofcials
say a nearby elementary school
was evacuated when a medical
helicopter had to land on the
grounds. County fre ofcials say
its not immediately clear how
the man became trapped.
5. Priest doesnt want
election to be controversy
NEW YORK The lesbian
priest who was elected assistant
bishop in the Episcopal Diocese
of Los Angeles says shes hurt by
any suggestion that her service
to the church is divisive.
The Rev. Mary Glasspool told
The Associated Press on Tuesday
that shes aware that some are
upset by her victory, but that she
feels her election over the week-
end is liberating for the church.
Glasspool is the second openly
gay bishop in the Episcopal
Church and the world Anglican
fellowship. The frst was New
Hampshire Bishop V. Gene
Robinson.
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BY BrenDan allen
ballen@kansan.com
Major: International Studies
College: College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences
Degrees offered: Bachelor of Arts
and Bachelor of General Studies.
Offered only as a co-major in con-
junction with a bachelors degree in
another academic discipline.
Required Credit Hours:
Required Credit Hours for B.A.:
125 Total, 33 Major Hours, 45 junior/
senior hours.
Required Credit Hours for B.G.S.:
124 Total, 33 Major Hours, 45 junior/
senior hours.
For Admission:
n Three out of four basic cours-
es: Introduction to International
Politics, Introduction to
Comparative Politics, Principles
of Human Geography and
Introductory Economics.
n Completion of the CLAS lan-
guage requirement.
For Graduation:
n Complete three of four core
classes (see above).
n Complete 24 to 28 hours (at
least 18 junior/senior hours) in three
categories:
n Basic skill development (lan-
guage or economics based).
nRegional expertise (at least nine
hours focused on a geographical
region).
n Substantive specialization (at
least nine hours of one of the follow-
ing specializations):
nComparative political and social
systems
nConflict and cooperation
n Culture, ethnicity, and belief
systems
nPolitical economy
n Complete CLAS or (other co-
major) requirements.
Sample of Major Courses:
Women of Africa Today, African
Theatre and Drama, The Chinese
Novel, Peoples of Japan and Korea,
Love, Sexuality, and Gender in
Japanese Literature, Economic
History of Europe, Language and
Society in Latin America, Russian
Foreign Policy.
Resources:
nInternational Programs
nGlobal Partners
n The Ermal Garinger Academic
Resource Center
Additional Opportunities:
n Most study abroad opportuni-
ties allow credit to be earned for
the International Studies co-major.
Students should determine which
programs coincide with their co-
major area or involve countries inter-
esting to them.
n Phi Beta Delta A national
honor society that recognizes schol-
arly achievement in international
education.
Editedby TimBurgess
International Studies
How will
your co-major
prepare you for
your future?
AbbY SAMUELSON
Topeka junior
It will help prepare me
for entering the Peace Corps,
and Ive gotten to learn some
really cool languages.
Better know a major
oDD neWS
Woman charged with
producing moonshine
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Au-
thorities have charged a North
Carolina woman with selling
moonshine out of her day care
center. The Charlotte Observer
reported Tuesday that North
Carolina Alcohol Law Enforce-
ment arrested a 57-year-old
woman last week at Parkview
Community Center in Charlotte.
Agents said children were in
the day care center when they
sent in an undercover agent to
buy two gallons of moonshine.
The woman told the paper
she was set up by a neighbor.
She said she was just holding a
package for a man in exchange
for $80 and didnt even know
what was in it.
Workers mistake fake
fre hydrant for real one
HOUSTON Houston city
workers mistakenly thought a
fake fre hydrant was the real
thing, painted it blue and gave
it a serial number. But the ho-
meowner realized the mistake
and contacted the city. Debbie
Vogelsang told KPRC-TV that
she was concerned that paint-
ing the old hydrant in the citys
colors could cause dangerous
confusion during a fre.
Her boyfriend, Brian Smith,
bought the surplus fre hydrant
at a garage sale three years ago,
painted it red and plopped it
next to his palm trees.
But a Houston maintenance
worker last week repainted it
yellow and blue and added a
serial number. Vogelsang the
same day e-mailed the city.
Executive Assistant Fire Chief
Rick Flanagan said the city will
remove the serial number and a
refector wrongly indicating the
fre hydrant was the real thing.
A public workers spokesman
said the matter is under investi-
gation.
Man tries to use paintball
gear to rob restaurant
YONKERS, N.Y. Police said
a man tried to rob a New York
diner while wearing a paintball
mask and carrying a paintball
gun. Yonkers police Sgt. Patrick
McCormack said the man was
subdued at the Broadway Diner
by four volunteer members of
the city Ofce of Emergency
Management.
McCormack said Tuesday
that 31-year-old Carlos Abreu
of Manhattan entered the diner
late Monday night and demand-
ed cash. The suspect wore a full-
face paintball mask and carried
what looked like a handgun.
McCormack said the OEM
members confronted him, sub-
dued him and called police.
Abreu was awaiting arraign-
ment Tuesday on a charge of
attempted robbery.
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BY ALY VAN DYKE
avandyke@kansan.com
In his three and a half years as an
undergraduate, Bob Scalise, Olathe
senior, has taken 62 credits from
the School of Business.
Because of those credits, Scalise
has had to pay about $5,440 in
course fees alone in addition to
his tuition each semester.
Formerly known as differential
tuition, the additional charge stu-
dents pay per credit hour helps
fund new faculty, scholarships,
technology and other equipment
at the students respective schools.
The Kansas Board of Regents has
approved an annual 6 percent fee
increase for each school. The annu-
al fee increase has been approved
through the 2012-13 school year.
Student consent is required by
the Regents to initiate course fees
and for any fee increase beyond
the annual adjustment. Otherwise,
students arent consulted.
I think the students should have
a lot more say in it, Scalise said.
Were in a recession and they keep
jacking stuff up. Were getting a
pretty bad deal, I think.
The Board of Regents approved
the first course fees for the 2003-04
school year. Five of the 10 schools
that now have course fees imple-
mented the additional charge in
the first year.
When the School of Business
first initiated its course fee of $75
per credit in 2004, 10 student
organizations submitted letters of
support to the Kansas Board of
Regents.
Keith Chauvin, associate dean of
academic affairs with the School of
Business, said the course fees were
approved to offer more majors at
the school.
The School of Business has
always been really small compared
to most schools of business, he
said. Both students and recruiters
had been urging the school to con-
sider having traditional majors.
He said the money from the
course fees created majors in
finance, market-
ing, management
information sys-
tems and supply
chain manage-
ment. Before
that, the School
of Business had
only two majors:
accounting and
business.
Chauvin said
the fees also go toward scholar-
ships and student support.
But the course fee initiation for
the School of Business was five
years ago; for some other schools,
its been six. Yet prices continue
to rise annually often without
student input.
Scalise is the Tax Club repre-
sentative for the Undergraduate
Business Council, which was one
of the 10 student leadership groups
to approve the School of Business
fees in 2004. However, he said he
had no idea how the course fees
were decided, let alone who made
the decision.
The administration dont really
tell us anything about that kind of
stuff, he said. All I know is that
the fees keep going up.
The course fee per credit in the
School of Business is $96.60. For
students earning masters degrees
in business, its $176.15 per credit
hour. According to the KU Budget
Office, the fees brought in more
than $3 million this semester alone.
That is $2 million more than the
next highest revenue collected by
a school from course
fees.
The School of
Business has one of
the highest fees among
the various schools.
It ranks third behind
Pharm D course fees at
the Edwards Campus,
which are $148.65 per
credit hour, and the
Law School fees, which
are $199.55 per credit hour. Pharm
D is a program designed to help
practicing pharmacists enhance
their skills and education.
Alex Herman, Hays law student,
will graduate with a law degree
this month. He has taken 92 law
credits in his three years in the Law
School, adding up to more than
$16,000 in course fees during his
time as a law student. This is in
addition to tuition calculations.
When Herman started law
school at the University, per credit
fees for law courses were $154. Hes
paying $199.55 for each of his 13
credits this semester, which added
about $2,600 to his tuition. He said
he paid for his tuition and fees
through student loans.
Despite his hefty investment,
Herman said he didnt know much
about the course fees charged by
the Law School.
I know that it adds a significant
amount to how much I pay in
tuition every year, he said.
Herman said he thought the Law
School was aware of the fact that
students didnt have a lot of extra
cash.
I trust the Law School is doing
what they need to do stay open but
at the same time trying to keep
costs down for students, he said.
The latest proposed course fees
for the Law School would reach
$233.15 per credit in fall of 2012.
Edited by Samantha Foster
news 3A WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2009
campus
Students feel strain of steady increase in course fees
BY JESSE RANGEL
jrangel@kansan.com
From the course syllabus to ma-
terial on the fnal, Kansas Audio
Reader volunteers read aloud all of
the texts of the courses for a visually
impaired area vocational school stu-
dent. Tis is the frst time volunteers
have ever read all of the required
readings for a student with multiple
courses, and, not to mention, dead-
lines.
Run by the University, Audio
Reader usually reads daily news-
paper, magazine and books into a
microphone on special radio sub-
carriers for visually impaired KU
students. But the volunteers under-
took an additional task of reading
a whole set of course textbooks for
a student at the Massage Terapy
Training Institute, a health and well-
ness school in Lawrence.
Jennifer Nigro, volunteer coordi-
nator for Kansas Audio Reader, said
it was a task that involved dozens of
books.
Tis is the frst time that we were
responsible for an entire course, Ni-
gro said.
Last week, MTTI awarded its frst
Academic Partner of the Year award
to Audio Reader for the volunteers
work from January through October.
Rachael Gehringer, director of
MTTIs Lawrence campus, said
she knew the school had to fnd a
partner to read books for a visually
impaired student during the admis-
sions process.
We were just
trying to fnd as
many options as we
could, Gehringer
said. If Audio
Reader wouldnt
have been an op-
tion, we probably
wouldve ended up
just trying to tape
everything, which
wouldve been really hard to do.
Gehringer said the school picked
Audio Reader because it was more
convenient for the student to pick
up the audio CDs in a timely man-
ner to listen to them, would be in
town and the school could to pick
up CDs to meet course deadlines,
and because the service, run by vol-
unteers, was free.
Nigro said the volunteers worked
together to get readings done, be-
cause they were under the unique
situation of having multiple course
deadlines. She said she assigned
multiple readers to one book.
With that came a lot of coordi-
nation in just keeping track of whos
accomplished what, and who needs
to pick up where, Nigro said.
Judy Taylor, volunteer for Au-
dio Reader, said she read books on
massage therapy and
physiology for the
course. She said she
not only read text,
but described pictures
and graphics on the
pages.
I had to describe
the placement of the
hands and how the
body was lying on the
table, where the prac-
titioner would be standing, Taylor
said. Tere would be page afer
page of drawings.
Nigro said this experience has
better prepared the service for the
future.
Our goal is to provide informa-
tion thats needed, Nigro said. If
someone were to come to us again
and say, I need help getting through
this course, we would be more than
happy to take that on. Now that
weve done it once, we can say Yes,
we can handle something like that.
Editedby JacobMuselmann
community
Kansas Audio Reader takes
on the daily college grind
I had to describe
the placement of the
hands and how the
body was lying on the
table ...
Judy taylor
Volunteer
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Former governors efects still felt
ASSociAted PreSS
in this Jan. 29 fle photo, former illinois Gov. rod Blagojevich talks to the media outside of his Chicago home after being removed from
ofce. Federal prosecutors had long been investigating whether the governor had used his ofcial powers illegally.
Graphic by Nick Gerik/KANSAN
course fees are charged to students per credit hour in addition to tuition and vary by school. The Kansas Board of Regents has approved an annual
6 percent increase in course fees for each school, but student consent is required to initiate course fees or increase thembeyond the annual rate.
Were in a recession
and they keep jacking
stuf up. Were getting
a pretty bad deal, I
think.
bob scalise
olathe senior
BY CHRISTOPHER WILLS
associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. When
the news arrived, Rep. Bill Black
thought at first it was somebodys
lame idea of a joke. But it was true:
The FBI had arrested the governor
of Illinois, hauling him away wear-
ing a track suit and handcuffs.
I thought, holy mackerel,
another glorious day for Illinois
government, said Black, a Danville
Republican.
The arrest of Rod Blagojevich
took place a year ago Wednesday.
Since then its been one holy
mackerel moment after another,
some amusingly bizarre and some
deadly serious.
The Chicago Democrat was
impeached and removed from
office. He denied wrongdoing in
a strange media blitz, becoming
a national joke in the process. A
close political ally committed sui-
cide. He dispatched his wife to
eat bugs on a reality TV show. He
defied pretty much everyone by
filling a vacant Senate seat.
Blagojevich even became, at
least for one afternoon, an Elvis
impersonator.
And the show isnt over yet.
The scandal could have a
national impact by tipping a U.S.
Senate seat the one previously
held by President Barack Obama
into Republican hands. The
GOP also hopes to reclaim the
governors office, and they could
be helped if Blagojevich stays in the
spotlight with a role on Celebrity
Apprentice next year and a federal
trial during election season.
His legacy will also be felt in a
major overhaul of Illinois ethics
laws, including the first-ever caps
on the size of campaign donations.
New Gov. Pat Quinn plans to sign
the legislation on the anniversary
of Blagojevichs arrest as part of a
Democratic effort to regain voters
trust.
Blagojevichs arrest on Dec. 9,
2008, didnt come out of the blue.
But for many, it was still shock-
ing to think of the FBI showing
up at a governors door and taking
him away in handcuffs.
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problems returning to civilian life, but
going back to school after serving active
duty creates additional stresses.
While veterans deal with the same
school-related issues as non-veteran stu-
dents, they experience further complica-
tions because of money, social acceptance,
psychological complications and military
stigmas.
School is incredibly hard for veterans,
Stroh said. Our generation has grown
increasingly more abrasive. Its a hard
thing to have to deal with.
GI BIll BenefIts
The Post-9/11 GI Bill and the
Montgomery GI Bill, which offer a variety
of educational benefits for veterans after
serving active duty, have attracted more
student veterans to universities than ever
before.
As of Dec. 6, the VA Web site listed
more than 14,000 payments for veteran
education benefits, 6,900 of which came
from the Post 9/11 GI Bill.
Childers said while the GI Bills greatly
benefit veterans, sometimes payments are
slow in coming.
They are now more than eight weeks
late in getting in, she said. Students need
that money.
Another obstacle is complications with
the GI Bills. Childers said it is her job to
direct veterans to the correct place within
the VA or elsewhere.
The GI Bill Web site is too vague,
Childers said. Sometimes the informa-
tion vets are given at their discharge is
incorrect or incomplete.
Felix Zacharias, Wichita senior, served
four years of active duty in the Marine
Corps, the last part of which was spent in
Iraq. He went on more than 100 combat
missions in Iraq as a co-intelligence chief
from the middle of Ramadan in 2006 to
May 2007.
The GI Bills are a topic Zacharias is
passionate about. During an internship
last summer in Washington D.C. with
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) he lobbied on
behalf of the new GI Bill.
His father, Mark Zacharias, under-
stands why his son is so passionate about
veteran benefits.
There have been some problems when
funding dries up temporarily, Mark said.
Sometimes I have to make a shortfall
financially to keep it together, but it has
been a big help to us.
Stroh, on the other hand, said he
doesnt use the GI Bill even though he is
eligible for its benefits. He said he makes
his financial situation work on his own by
not spending his money frivolously.
I dont go out much anyway, he said.
I want to, but I
dont want to go
out and spend $5
on a beer just to
talk to people who
I might never see
again.
Even though
he doesnt use the
GI Bills, he does
use the Vocational
Rehabilitation and
Employment program, which is offered
through the VA and helps veterans with
service-connected disabilities to prepare
for, find, and keep suitable jobs.
socIally accepted
Although veterans who return to school
are considered students, they dont always
easily integrate into the college environ-
ment.
There are some intense situations that
can be hard to deal with, but you just have
to keep your head about you, Zacharias
said. I dont consider myself a racist,
but its interesting interacting with Arab
students. There are times when I see a
group of guys and wish I had a gun. Ive
worked very hard to separate myself from
that kind of thought, but its still there
sometimes.
Adrian Lewis, director of the Office of
Professional Military Graduate Education
and retired Army veteran, said when a
veteran returns to a college setting, there
are certain stressors that can sometimes
provoke anger.
They have to adjust to the sights and
sounds of the battlefield, he said. It
becomes the norm. When they get back
they have to adapt and adjust again and
people around you just dont under-
stand.
Similar to Zacharias, Stroh said social
integration was especially difficult for him
when he returned. He said he tended to be
wary of new people and used distractions,
such as heavy drinking, to avoid them.
They both said one of the most dif-
ficult parts of being around peers at the
University was listening to the trivial
things other students talk about. The
two veterans find their generation to be
ignorant at times and nave. While they
were trying to avoid being killed, college
students were concerned about what to
wear to a party.
Even now Stroh has
not completely adapt-
ed to college life.
Ive been back for
two years now and
have yet to have a
social life, he said.
I spend most of my
time with school.
Most of the friends I
do have are 40-plus
years old. It feels like
people dont understand me at my age.
Crowds make some of the veterans
uneasy and they say making new friends
is difficult. Learning to trust people, par-
ticularly strangers, is complicated.
I have a tendency to shut down, Stroh
said. He said he said he never knew who
could turn around and stab him in the
back.
One particular mission continues to
influence his behavior. Stroh and his unit
entered an Iraqis family home and were
greeted with kind faces and offers of food,
water and cigarettes. But on a routine
check they searched the upstairs area and
found detonation cords and other bomb-
making materials.
Their faces changed almost immedi-
ately from kindness to pure hatred, he
said.
When he returned home, he said his
friends thought he looked different, angry.
He said he asked someone once why she
wouldnt come near him. She said she was
afraid.
I always looked pissed off, he said.
The first time they saw me when I got
back they thought I was going to hurt
somebody.
Just as difficult is reuniting with old
friends. Relationships change, particularly
romantic relationships.
I was in a relationship when I was
deployed, Stroh said. About a month after
I left I got a Dear John letter.
A Dear John letter, he said, was what
significant others sent when they got
tired of waiting for the other to return.
Wed only been dating for a couple of
months when I left, he said. It wasnt that
big of a deal for me, but it was for oth-
ers who had been with someone longer.
We just had to focus on the task at hand
and try not to think about it until we got
back.
psycholoGIcal Issues
Tom Padilla, social worker at the
Lawrence VA Community Outpatient
Clinic, 2200 Harvard Rd., said lasting
psychological problems, which can be
combat-related, oftentimes cause social
difficulties. They can include depression,
bipolar disorder and the most common,
post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD,
and drug abuse.
According to the VA Web site, experts
think 12 to 20 percent of Iraqi war veter-
ans suffer from PTSD.
PTSD is defined as the development
of characteristic symptoms following
exposure to an extreme traumatic stres-
sor, according to the fourth edition of
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders.
Padilla said these stressors can be caused
by a slew of different events, including
threatened death or serious injury, wit-
nessing a death or injury and even by
learning about a violent death, injury, or
threat of death.
Some veterans back recently enough
from active duty hear sounds like explo-
sions, Childers said. Its a hard thing to
stop overnight. Its been ingrained in them
to be protectors.
Symptoms such as these have been rele-
vant not only during recent wars, but also
in past wars, particularly in Vietnam.
Among Vietnam veterans, 30.9 per-
cent of men and 26.9 percent of women
experienced PTSD, Padilla said. Thats
a significant jump from 5 percent of men
and 10 percent of women in the general
public.
He also said
the total veteran
population in the
United States and
Puerto Rico, as of
September 2009,
totals nearly 23
million.
E v e r y o n e
comes back with
some PTSD, but
mine was mini-
mal, Zacharias
said, recalling his time in the Sunni
Triangle surrounding Baghdad.
Mark Zacharias said because of road-
side bombs in Iraq, his son was a little
jumpy when he heard loud noises or
drove over potholes when he returned
home. Felix would go around bridges
instead of driving under them and he
was quick to react to loud noises. He also
didnt like fireworks during the Fourth of
July holiday.
how they deal
With all of these issues in mind when
returning to school, veterans have to find
a way to cope.
Some choose to look for comfort in
a bottle, as Stroh did at first, but others
look for comfort from students groups
and their peers.
I got over-involved when I came back
to school, Zacharias said. I was involved
in about five student groups. The people
in them really helped me readjust.
Zacharias said he finally realized it
was possible to get used to being the
only veteran in a group of people. He
is now president of Collegiate Veterans
Association, a campus organization
designed to help veterans and their
families. He said he wants to help other
returning veterans with the adjustment to
college life.
Aaron Harris, Kansas City, Kan., sopho-
more, served two tours in Iraqs Al Anbar
providence. Harris said campus organiza-
tions also helped him readjust to college
life.
I thought I would be on my own here
and if I wanted something done, Id have
to fight for it myself, Harris said of com-
ing to the University this fall. But it was
the total opposite. So many people here
were helping me with the adjustment in
CVA and at the Registrars Office.
There are numerous programs the
University offers veterans upon their
return, including the Universitys
Wounded Warriors program, which is
offered for graduate students. To be eli-
gible, students must already have a bach-
elors degree and be diagnosed with a 30
percent or more disability rate, which is
determined by VA testing.
Lewis said the KU division was imple-
mented in May 2009 and currently
includes 12 students.
Other programs, such as veteran-specif-
ic scholarships, are also available through
the Registrars Office. Other educational
programs, however, are available through
the VA, including some psychological
services.
Even though more efforts have been
taken to integrate psychological programs
with the military, Lewis said there still is
not a sufficient amount of mental health
specialists available.
If we had all of the people we needed
right now, we wouldnt be having the
problems weve had at Fort Hood and
Fort Campbell, Lewis said. We not only
have a shortage of qualified people to fill
spots in the military, but there also arent
enough mental health professionals to
tend to them.
In this past semester, Fort Hood and
Fort Campbell have
both experienced
direct and residual
problems after an
officer at Fort Hood,
Texas, killed 13 people
and wounded another
30 on Nov. 5.
While many veter-
ans acknowledge they
have PTSD or another
disorder, many refuse
to take advantage of
military services because of the stigma
attached to counseling.
Theres a stigma about seeking coun-
seling in America, period, Lewis said.
Weve been trying to break it down, but
its still there.
Such is the case for Stroh. After he was
hit with an IED while stationed in Iraq, he
refused medical care. Despite his severe
back injuries, he continued to serve until
he literally collapsed and couldnt any
longer.
We are so used to being self-depen-
dent, Stroh said. In my unit if you went
to the medical officer you were in a world
of shit.
Even though he has night terrors and
momentary fits of rage, he said he still
thought about going back because he feels
as if he disappointed his unit.
I want to go back every day, Stroh
said. I know I have nightmares about it
and shouldnt want to, but I feel like thats
where I need to be.
Edited by Arthur Hur
NEWS 4A WEDNESDAY, DEcEmbEr 9, 2009
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
Felix Zacharias, Wichita senior, showcases his military uniforms inside his bedroomat Theta Chi. Zacharias served four active tours and is majoring in political science with a
minor in English.
veterANS (continued from 1A)
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
Aaron Harris, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore served two tours in Iraq and started attending the University this fall. Harris is studying journalismwith the help of the GI Bill.
At frst, I drank all
the time so I didnt
really have to deal
with anything.
matt stroh
Wichita sophomore and
Iraq War veteran
There are times
when I see a group of
guys and wish I had
a gun.
felIx zacharIas
Wichita senior and
Iraq War veteran
Contributed photo
Aaron Harris, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, com-
pletes a training session before his frst deployment
to Iraq. He served two tours in the Al Anbar providence
of Iraq.
Contributed photo
Felix Zacharias, Wichita senior, kneels with a machine gun next to his units Humvee. He served in Iraq as a
co-intelligence chief for more than seven months.
NEWS 5A wednesday, december 9, 2009
Snowprints
Tanner Grubbs/KANSAN
Imprints of hands along the north entrance wall to Watson Library marks a snowy day in the Lawrence area. Precipitation totals are expected to reach up to 3 inches into Thursday.
NatioNal
Researchers test region
for cancer cell mutation
ALLENTOWN, Pa. Fed-
eral health researchers have
tested nearly 2,200 people in
northeastern Pennsylvania for
a genetic mutation associated
with a rare blood cancer.
The testing found the
mutation in 19 people, or 1.6
percent of those who partici-
pated in the study. Scientists
dont yet know how prevalent
this mutation is in the general
population.
The testing was performed
after government epidemi-
ologists confrmed a cluster
of polycythemia (pah-lee-sy-
THEE-mee-ah) vera, or PV,
a cancer that results in the
overproduction of red blood
cells and can lead to heart at-
tack or stroke.
Three Superfund sites, a
power plant and several aban-
doned strip mines are among
the culprits suspected of mak-
ing people sick in a 20-mile
stretch between Hazleton and
Tamaqua.
The cause of PV is unknown.
Associated Press
BY RaCHEl la CoRtE
Associated Press
TACOMA, Wash. A pro-
cession of 2,000 cars followed
the flag-draped caskets of four
slain police officers to a memo-
rial service Tuesday as thousands
of mourners, mostly members of
law enforcement from across the
country, lined the streets.
Lori Lightfoot, a police detective
from Fresno, Calif., was among
officers who traveled from as far
away as New York, Chicago and
Canada to remember Sgt. Mark
Renninger and Officers Ronald
Owens, Tina Griswold, and Greg
Richards.
Lightfoot and Sheila Chandler,
also a Fresno detective, said the
deaths of the four Lakewood offi-
cers brought back memories of
four Oakland police officers killed
during a traffic stop and a shoot-
out in March.
Its just disbelief, Lightfoot
said. Its unbelievable that it could
happen again.
The Lakewood officers were
killed Nov. 29 before the start of
their shift.
Authorities say Maurice
Clemmons singled them out
and spared employees and other
customers at the coffee shop in
Parkland, a Tacoma suburb about
35 miles south of Seattle.
Clemmons was shot to death
last week by a Seattle police offi-
cer after a two-day manhunt.
Prosecutors said he received help
from family and friends, and seven
people have been arrested.
Several candlelight vigils have
been held for the officers since the
shooting, but Tuesdays memorial
service and procession is believed
to be the largest in state history.
Thousands of people lined the
streets around the Tacoma Dome,
where 20,000 people were expect-
ed to attend the service.
The officers family and friends
served as pallbearers, carrying the
coffins inside.
In addition to eulogies from
family, friends and public officials,
mourners will watch a video trib-
ute to the officers.
Floral arrangements lined the
stage, as well as two motorcycles, a
drum set and a NASCAR race car.
Gov. Chris Gregoire, who will
speak at the service, has directed
that flags at all state facilities be
lowered to half-staff Tuesday.
The memorial service was
delayed more than an hour
because of the large law enforce-
ment procession.
Roads surrounding the venue
and along the route were shut
down for several hours.
Additional space for the public
to view telecasts of the service was
made available at the University
of Washington Tacoma, Pacific
Lutheran University and the
Christian Faith Center in Federal
Way.
ASSocIATed PReSS
caskets bearing the bodies of slain Lakewood, Wash., police ofcers are brought into the Tacoma Dome onTuesday for a memorial service
inTacoma, Wash., honoring four Lakewood police ofcers who were fatally shot by a gunman as they sat in a cofee shop in Parkland, Wash.
Tousands gather to honor,
remember four slain ofcers
BY KatHaRiNE HoURElD
Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda
Proposed legislation would
impose the death penalty for
some gay Ugandans, and their
family and friends could face up
to seven years in jail if they fail to
report them to authorities. Even
landlords could be imprisoned for
renting to homosexuals.
Gay rights activists say the
bill, which has prompted grow-
ing international opposition, pro-
motes hatred and could set back
efforts to combat HIV/AIDS.
They believe the bill is part of
a continentwide backlash because
Africas gay community is becom-
ing more vocal.
Its a question of visibility, said
David Cato, who became an activ-
ist after he was beaten up four
times, arrested twice, fired from
his teaching job and outed in the
press because he is gay. When we
come out and ask for our rights,
they pass laws against us.
The legislation has drawn glob-
al attention from activists across
the spectrum of views on gay
issues.
The measure was proposed in
Uganda following a visit by lead-
ers of U.S. conservative Christian
ministries that promote therapy
for gays to become heterosexual.
However, at least one of those
leaders has denounced the bill, as
have some other conservative and
liberal Christians in the United
States.
Gay-rights activists say the leg-
islation is likely to pass.
But the bill is still being debated
and could undergo changes before
a vote, which has not yet been
set.
The Ugandan legislation in its
current form would mandate a
death sentence for active homo-
sexuals living with HIV or in
cases of same-sex rape. Serial
offenders also could face capital
punishment, but the legislation
does not define the term. Anyone
convicted of a homosexual act
faces life imprisonment.
Anyone who aids, abets, coun-
sels or procures another to engage
of acts of homosexuality faces
seven years in prison if convicted.
Landlords who rent rooms or
homes to homosexuals also could
get seven years and anyone with
religious, political, economic
or social authority who fails to
report anyone violating the act
faces three years.
Gay-rights activists abroad are
focusing on the legislation.
A protest against the bill is
planned for Thursday in London;
protests were held last month in
New York and Washington.
David Bahati, the legislator
sponsoring the bill, said he was
encouraging constructive criti-
cism to improve the law, but
insisted strict measures were nec-
essary to stop homosexuals from
recruiting schoolchildren.
The youths in secondary
schools copy everything from
the Western world and America,
said high school teacher David
Kisambira. A good number of
students have been converted into
gays. We hear there are groups
of people given money by some
gay organizations in developed
countries to recruit youth into gay
activities.
Ugandas ethics minister, James
Nsaba Buturo, said the death sen-
tence clause would probably be
reviewed but maintained the law
was necessary to counter foreign
influence.
He said homosexuality is not
natural in Uganda, a view echoed
by some Ugandans.
I feel that the bill is good and
necessary, but I dont think gays
should be killed. They should be
imprisoned for about a year and
warned never to do it again. The
family is in danger in Uganda
because the rate at which vice is
spreading is appalling, said shop-
keeper John Muwanguzi.
Uganda is not the only country
considering anti-gay laws.
Nigeria, where homosexuality
is already punishable by impris-
onment or death, is considering
strengthening penalties for activi-
ties deemed to promote it.
Burundi just banned same-sex
relationships and Rwanda is con-
sidering it.
InternatIonal
Possible law allows death
penalty for gay Ugandans
ASSocIATed PReSS
david cato, a Ugandan gay-rights activist, talks at a restaurant in Kampala, Uganda,
onTuesday. Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans,
and their family, friends and even landlords could also face up to seven years in jail.
weather
Snow, ice blast Midwest
assoCiatED PREss
DES MOINES, Iowa A fierce
winter storm hammered more than
a dozen states Tuesday with dan-
gerous ice, heavy snow and vicious
winds that threatened to create
15-foot drifts in parts of the Upper
Midwest.
As much as two-thirds of the
country will be affected by the
storm by the time it moves off the
Maine coast Thursday night, said
Jim Lee, a meteorologist with the
National Weather Service in Des
Moines.
Its a monster of a storm, Lee
said.
After drenching California with
rain and blanketing the mountain
West, the storm was expected to
bring significant snowfall and bliz-
zard conditions from Utah to the
Great Lakes.
Wind advisories and warnings
were in effect from New Mexico to
the Mid-Atlantic states with flood-
ing in the south.
Winter storm warnings were
likely to be issued in New England
by Wednesday.
A foot or more of snow was
expected in parts of Iowa, Illinois
and Wisconsin, meteorologists
said. Wind gusts of up to 50 mph
could create snow drifts of 8 to
15 feet.
Its beautiful it feels like we
moved into the next season, said
Ann Marks, a mother of four in
Whitefish Bay, Wis., who was buy-
ing gloves, hats and scarves. She
paused, then added with a smile,
Of course, ask me in a month and
it might be a new story.
In rural New York near the Great
Lakes where more than 3 feet of
snow was expected by the weeks
end, meteorologists urged residents
to deflate blow-up Santas so gusty
winds didnt sweep them away.
The storm also brought 100 mph
winds to New Mexico, where pow-
erful gusts ripped away the roof of
the White Sands Missile Ranges
police station.
ASSocIATed PReSS
Students brave the snowon the campus of the University of Nebraska-Omaha as a winter stormtravels through the regionTuesday. Iowa, Illinois
andWisconsin are expected to receive at least one foot of snowthis week.
entertainment 6a WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2009
10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
Aries (March21-April 19)
Today is a 6
Expect sudden changes to afect
you at work. Since you cant
control the fow, you may as well
go with it.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
Dont be surprised when your
partner suggests activities you
normally reserve for the week-
end. In fact, take the day of if
you can. Youll both enjoy it.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Peculiar concepts creep into
your work. Remember, the goal
is a balanced presentation that
sells the product.
CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
Expect circumstances to change.
Dont pretend you know whats
coming. Instead, cheerfully allow
the transformation.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Ideas come out of nowhere,
and you paint the screen large
in your imagination. How to get
those ideas to others? Pictures
work best.
VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 6
Ideas gush like water from a fre
hose. Control could be an issue.
Seek balance as you moderate
the discussion.
LibrA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Youre on the same page with
the people who matter. Think
big. Think unusual. Think power-
ful.
sCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 6
Suddenly you fnd yourself
retracing your steps. Others
appreciate this. Begin a new
project only when sure about
what you want.
sAGiTTArius(nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 6
Somebody is bouncing of the
walls. Is that you? Protect your
antique furniture. Better yet,
move it out of the way.
CApriCorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
A visitor delivers a giant surprise.
You and your associates unwrap
this treat and eat it right up. Save
some for later.
AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 6
Wander around today and see
what others are doing. Your plan
and theirs seem diferent, yet all
the elements come together.
pisCes (Feb. 19-March20)
Today is a 5
Associates want to pull out all
the stops with a big party. This
doesnt meet with your com-
plete approval. Set a time limit
and a budget.
Charlie Hoogner
CHiCKen sTrip
FisH boWL
orAnGes
HorosCopes
Joe Ratterman
Kate Beaver
THe neXT pAneL
Nicholas Sambaluk
CeLebriTy
Dave savvy to Tigers ordeal
AssociAted Press
NEW YORK David
Letterman, after a week off, dived
right into material about Tiger
Woods on the Late Show, joking
that he wishes the golfer would
stop calling him to ask for advice.
Even though the CBS late-night
host is only weeks removed from
his own scandal, he kicked off his
monologue with the subject of
Woods, who has been hounded by
claims from several women that
they had affairs with him.
Boy, it looks like that Tiger
Woods is having some trouble,
huh? began Letterman, puffing
his cheeks out.
He joked that if Woods situa-
tion had happened three months
ago, hed have material for a year.
He still got plenty of mileage out
of it Monday, on his first new
show after a week of repeats.
President Obama is sending
troops to Afghanistan, Letterman
said. Hell, he ought to be sending
them to Tiger Woods house.
Woods, the worlds No. 1 golfer,
crashed his luxury SUV outside his
Florida mansion on Thanksgiving
weekend, and his wife told police
she used a golf club to smash its
back windows to help him out.
The Florida Highway Patrol cited
Woods for careless driving and
fined him $164.
The accident and Woods refus-
al to answer questions about it
fueled speculation about a pos-
sible dispute between the golfer
and his wife.
Just days before the crash, a
National Enquirer story alleged
Woods had been seeing a New York
nightclub hostess, who denied it.
After the crash, Us Weekly report-
ed that a Los Angeles cocktail
waitress claims she had an affair
with Woods.
ASSoCiATeD PReSS
Talk showhost David Letterman leaves a taping of his show in NewYork. Letterman
dived right into material onTiger Woods on theLate ShowMonday, joking he wishes the
golfer would stop asking himfor advice.
television
Gumbel announces cancer
surgery to Ripa, audience
NEW YORK Bryant Gumbel
shocked a television audience
with the news that hes recover-
ing from cancer surgery and
treatment. The former Today
show anchor, 61, said a malignant
tumor and part of his lung were
removed two months ago. He re-
vealed his condition to Kelly Ripa
while subbing for Regis Philbin
on Tuesdays edition of Live With
Regis and Kelly.
Its nothing to hide from,
Gumbel said. They opened up
my chest, they took out a malig-
nant tumor, they took out part of
my lung and they took out some
other goodies.
Associated Press
Art
elton John to help decide
winners of artist prize
NEW YORK A new $100,000
prize has been established to
recognize a new generation of
artists age 35 and under.
The Future Generation Art
Prize is being launched by the
Victor Pinchuk Foundation at
a New York reception Tuesday
night.
Elton John will be on the
board that oversees the new
biennial prize. Such celebrated
artists as Damien Hirst and Jef
Koons will mentor the winners
and fnalists.
The foundations founder is
a Ukrainian billionaire and art
collector.
Winners will be required to
use $40,000 of the prize money
to create new work.
Online applications will be
available Jan. 18 to April 18,
2010. The winner and fnalists
will be announced in December
2010.
Associated Press
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I
n light of recent events,
the new seating addition
to Memorial Stadium, the
Gridiron Club, no longer looks
like a wise investment.
The central problem to build-
ing new, expensive seating for KU
football fans is the recent contro-
versy that led to the resignation
of coach Mark Mangino.
If a new coach with a high
profile and good record is found,
there could be nothing to worry
about. However, this past los-
ing season also complicates this
purchase.
The way the investigation and
eventual resignation played out
have tainted the foot-
ball program regard-
less of how soon a
new coach can be
found.
The team is also
losing many of its star players
next year, and unless strong play-
ers are heavily recruited, this
could lead to a loss of interest in
the program.
The other problem is the way
the funding is structured. In
order to go forward with con-
struction of the Gridiron Club,
Kansas Athletics requires pledges
totaling $34 million.
The Kansan reported on Dec.
3 that Rosita McCoy, a spokes-
woman for the Kansas University
Endowment, said the Athletics
Department had not yet reported
current numbers for Gridiron
Club fundraising.
Regardless of the
state of the football
program, the cur-
rent economy is not
supportive of leisure
spending.
The Gridiron Club originally
pledged on Sept. 2 to contrib-
ute $40 million to University
Academics.
The expansion is also supposed
to contribute $25 million to build
an Olympic Village for other
sports at the University.
If it turns out that the Gridiron
Club cannot raise as much as was
originally hoped or if too many
pledges are not fulfilled, will
these donations be the first to go?
On top of that, the Gridiron
Club is not something the average
fan and student will get to enjoy.
Instead of selling tickets to
each game, 5-or 30-year member-
ships will be sold for $25,000 and
$105,000 respectively.
On paper, the Gridiron Club
sounds great: contributions to
academics and non-revenue
sports, a fancy new addition to
our stadium and more revenue
for the University, supposedly all
ready by the kickoff of the 2010
season.
However, when reality sets in,
and questions arise about fund-
ing, exclusivity and contributions,
perhaps this stadium expansion
should be reconsidered.

ClaytonAshley for
The KansanEditorial Board
Opinion
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O
n a recent weekend
afternoon, I came across
a peculiar sight: a line
of high school and college-age
kids sneaking out the front door
of Sacred Journey, an herb shop
located in downtown Lawrence.
Three teenagers, probably no
older than 15 or 16, stepped out
of the store with a little plastic
baggie containing a curious-look-
ing green, leafy substance. They
grinned broadly and held it up
for the customers in line to see.
Around the corner, a few more
young customers were huddled in
a doorway sampling their latest
purchase.
Did I miss something? Had
marijuana been legalized while I
was sleeping off last nights hang-
over? Not quite.
These adolescents had pro-
cured a few grams of K2, a kind
of synthetic marijuana that yields
many of the same effects as pot
but doesnt show up on drug tests
and for the time being is
perfectly legal.
The state government will out-
law K2 soon enough, but maybe
we should take a step back to
consider the advantages of this
legal quasi-pot.
According to the handful of
people I questioned who have
tried K2, most people who
bought the new product were
marijuana users, and K2 has been
gaining popularity as a substitute
for marijuana. Its cheaper and far
less risky to acquire and use.
K2 helps the local economy,
too. The new product is most
likely supplied by some clever
Lawrence entrepreneur rather
than the shady underground drug
market linked to the Mexican car-
tels. A lot of the money that many
of our fellow students pay for pot
ends up in the hands of unsavory
organizations such as La Familia
Michoacana.
Of course, I wasnt enthused
about the conspicuous embrace
of the new drug that I witnessed.
For the majority of Americans to
support the legalization of mari-
juana and drugs like it, consum-
ers need to show that they will be
able to use it responsibly. Stupid
behavior gives only ammunition
to proponents of drug prohibi-
tion.
Decades of failed drug policy
has proven that the government
cant eliminate the demand for
drugs by criminalizing their sale
and use. In this way, demand for
drugs can never be eliminated.
Just as the government manages
tobacco use and alcohol use, it
should do the same with marijua-
na by keeping it out of the hands
of minors, regulating its produc-
tion and educating the public
about its effects.
More and more Americans
seem to agree with this posi-
tion. A Zogby poll released
last May found that 52 percent
of Americans favor treating
marijuana as a legal, taxed and
regulated substance. An October
Gallup poll found that 44 per-
cent of Americans are in favor of
legalization.
As legalization in some form
appears increasingly likely, we
need to consider what that would
look like. K2 gives us a glimpse of
the benefits and the drawbacks of
homegrown weed.
Thompson is a Topeka senior
in economics.
dan thompson
THE
LAWRENCIAN
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Stop complaining about
KU students cheering for the
Chiefs because they are a
Missouri team. Who else do
you want them to root for, the
Broncos?
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Dear roommate: If youre
going to complain about how
every college student listens
to a certain type of music, you
should probably stop cranking
your dub music frst.

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I miss the days crowded
around the TV at 6 a.m. to see
if school was canceled.
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Being Facebook friends
with famous people makes me
feel famous.
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My roommate came home
with a pineapple. I asked her
what it was for and she said
her vibrator broke. What if she
was being serious?
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Damn. My ex-boyfriend has
really gotten trashy.
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I feel like I owe my life to
cofee and Melatonin.
n n n
Is it wrong if I crapped in my
hand and then smeared it on
my roommates keyboard?
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I just want a space heater.
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Hi! My names Dougie. I
bought my way through the
basketball team.
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Guess who has two thumbs
and doesnt care about Taylor
Swift this guy.
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Im ready to fall in love
again. Whos with me?
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Hey, its snowing outside.
Why dont you hippies go pro-
test global warming? It makes
about as much sense as cap
and trade, right?
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Last night I had sex with my
English professor, it was amaz-
ing. It was also in my dream.
Thank you very much.
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Last night I had a dream
that my cat peed on my face.
Yours was better!
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I thought by the time you
were college age, you would
have learned how to do your
hair by now. I guess I thought
wrong.
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This is Kansas, you are not
going to get frostbitten. Stop
being so dumb.
n n n
Sadder that I play World
of Warcraft, or that I have an
audience when I do?
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T
his years flu season is the
worst in many years, and
young adults have been
especially hard hit by the H1N1
flu. Who is in the age group
most likely to get H1N1? People
under 25. Who get so sick they
need to be hospitalized? Half of
them are under 25. And who
is least likely to get a flu shot?
People under 25.
I am writing today to urge
you to take H1N1 flu seriously,
not just as the Secretary of the
Department of Health and
Human Services who has read
lots and lots of scientific studies
saying this is a young persons
pandemic, but also as a mother
of two sons who not long ago
were sitting exactly where you are
today.
So what can you do to protect
yourself and people around you
from flu?
Get vaccinated. Its the most
effective way to prevent the flu.
The H1N1 flu vaccine is made
the same way as the seasonal flu
vaccine, which has a decades-
long safety track record. And,
its undergone more testing than
other flu vaccines.
If youre someone with a health
condition such as diabetes or
asthma, the CDC says you should
get vaccinated as soon as your
community has vaccine available.
Other groups at high risk for
serious complications include
young children and pregnant
women. Also, people who care for
babies under six months, health
care workers and emergency
medical personnel should go to
the head of the vaccination line.
In addition, many people do
not realize that simply being
younger than 25 also puts you
in a priority group to receive
the vaccine. So look into getting
vaccinated at school or when you
go home for the holidays.
Stay home when youre sick.
If you do get the flu, there are
things you should do to protect
yourself and those around you.
College campuses dormitories,
classes, wherever a lot of people
are indoors together are places
flu can spread. If you get sick,
dont go out, and dont invite
visitors in.
If you live on campus but your
home is not far away, consider
going home until youre well to
avoid spreading the flu. If you live
too far to go home, check to see if
your college has alternate housing
for ill students.
Make it part of your daily
routine to keep flu from
spreading. The H1N1 vaccine
may not have arrived in your
area yet, so keep doing the
simple things everyone does to
keep germs in check: Wash your
hands, cough and sneeze into
your sleeve, not your hands and
disinfect surfaces like computer
keyboards and countertops.
No one knows whether this
wave of H1N1 will get worse,
taper off or be followed by
another wave later in the season.
But we do know that preventing
flu depends on all of us, and
everyone will be safer if each one
of us is serious about preventing
and reducing H1N1 flu.
KathleenSebelius is the
Secretary of Healthand HumanServices.
gridiron Club reconsidered
American health care
put into perspective
A
s the health care debate
wages on here in the
United States, Americans
easily forget how comparatively
advantageous our health care and
medical technology are to devel-
oping countries.
Women in Sierra Leone have
insufficient health care and the
risk of a womans death during
childbirth is one in eight, accord-
ing to Amnesty International. Less
than 20 percent of births occur in
health facilities.
These gruesome statistics have
been unheard of in the U.S. for
more than a century. How many
women take for granted the avail-
ability of hospitals for childbirth?
I would think most probably do
because its become such a famil-
iar accommodation.
President Jacob Zuma of South
Africa announced on World AIDS
Day that the government will
extend access to HIV drug ther-
apy. Zuma said pregnant women
and babies would receive more
treatment sooner. Zumas prom-
ise to expand treatment came as
Amnesty International published
a report blaming gender dis-
crimination, sexual violence, and
poverty for delaying progress in
AIDS prevention and treatment.
Though it is good that these
measures will be put into place,
the reality is that they should have
come much sooner.
AIDS treatment and preven-
tion still have a ways to go in
the U.S., but we do not suffer the
same drastic rates of HIV/AIDS
as many countries in Sub-Saharan
Africa.
A recent BBC news article com-
pared the current health care orga-
nization in the U.S. and China,
concluding that many Chinese
citizens cannot afford to pay for
health care in the hybrid system
combining employer based insur-
ance and social service supple-
ments.
The same article also discussed
the small amount of health care
coverage in India. At the moment,
75 percent of health spend-
ing comes out of peoples own
pockets, the article read. Because
of the large urban-rural divide,
there are still many impoverished
regions with virtually no access to
health care.
I am completely in favor of
health care reform in our country,
and I believe it should be done
quickly and must contain a pub-
lic option. However, we must not
lose sight of the need to develop
adequate health care systems in
developing countries.
Cosby is an Overland Park
sophomore in journalism
and political science.
kelly cosby
HUMAN TO
HUMAN
inTernATiOnAL
COURTESY OF KANSAS ATHLETICS
NEWS 8A wednesday, december 9, 2009
safety
Howard Ting/KANSAN
Charles Soules, director of Public Works of Lawrence, gives a presentation to the city commissioners on the proposed lighting of 12th Street
fromthe Oread Hotel to the student ghetto with motion sensor lights. Student Senate and the City of Lawrence will fund this project in hopes that
students will use this street as a safer alternative to the unlit streets in the area.
BY BRANDON SAYERS
bsayers@kansan.com
City Commissioners unani-
mously agreed Tuesday to submit
a grant application that would go
toward funding a lighted path con-
necting the University and down-
town Lawrence areas. However,
they also agreed that there were
still details of the project that
needed more consideration.
I think its a great project but
its a little bit unformed at this
point, said Robert Chestnut,
Lawrence mayor.
Charles Soules, director of pub-
lic works, described project plans
to the commissioners at their
weekly meeting and asked them
to submit an application on behalf
of the city for consideration of
a Transportation Enhancement
Grant. Then the commissioners
opened the meeting up to public
comment. Four members of the
public offered their opinions, and
three of them voiced concerns
they said they hoped would be
addressed.
One community member
said she was concerned with the
appearance of the lighting struc-
tures because she didnt think
they fit in with the look of the
neighborhood. The proposed
lights would be four feet tall and
placed at 20-foot intervals. They
would also be equipped with
motion sensors to turn them on
and off as people passed.
I dont know if this is the best
use of these grants, she said.
Commissioner Aron Cromwell
later voiced similar concerns, say-
ing that he thought it was a great
project but that the aesthetics of
the path, and specifically the type
of lighting structures, needed to
be discussed further.
Commissioner Lance Johnson
also had questions about the
appearance of the path, saying the
motion sensor lights could become
annoying as they were turning
off and on, but he also added that
he supported moving the project
forward and thought these were
details that could be worked out
later on.
Another community member
said he thought the city should be
focused on other projects consid-
ering the current economic condi-
tions.
I think it is a good idea, the
community member said. But not
now.
A third community member
said he was worried that the people
residing directly adjacent to the
paths have not been heard from
yet, and he added that bicyclists
may pose safety concerns to pedes-
trians on the path.
Elise Higgins, Topeka senior
and community affairs director
for Student Senate, has been one
of the community leaders who
worked with city officials on the
project and was in attendance
for Tuesdays meeting. She also
gave public comment and said she
thought the concerns brought up
at the meeting were valid ones and
that she would try to make sure
they were considered.
However, she said it was impor-
tant to not let these prevent the
project from moving forward.
Safety is an important social
issue, Higgins said.
Vice Mayor Mike Amyx agreed
with Higgins on that point, saying
he thought safety was an important
issue to consider. He added that
there should be enough time to
work out the details of the project.
Edited by Samantha Foster
Lighting projects details
remain undetermined
outline of citys plans
Mark Thiel, the assistant public works director for the city, out-
lined the citys plans for the lighting project in a memo to the City
Managers ofce.
Thiel said a primary route would run along the north side of
12th Street from Oread Avenue to Vermont Street, with pedestrian
control crosswalks near Kentucky and Tennessee streets, and then
cross diagonally through South Park along an existing sidewalk to
the intersection at North Park Street.
Thiel said the secondary route would run along the north side of
14th Street from Louisiana to Ohio streets, then turn north along
the west side of Ohio Street and continue until it met the primary
route.
Thiel said the width of the path was yet to be determined but
that the existing sidewalk was in good condition and would more
than likely not be replaced.
Thiel said the largest amount of funding for the project would
come from the Community Development Block Grant, or CDBG.
The city has already applied for more than $200,000 in these funds
and the application is pending fnal approval.
Almost $175,000 would be funded by the transportation en-
hancement grant, which is also now pending fnal approval.
Thiel said $150,000 would be funded by the University and that
the city has received a verbal commitment for these funds.
An additional $50,000 would be funded by the city, Thiel said,
pending fnal approval.
Margene Swarts, assistant director for the citys planning and
development services, said last month that the city expected to
have about $800,000 in available funds. CDBG funding is provided
annually by the federal government.
Swarts said the Community Development Advisory Committee
would review the applications and make recommendations on
grant allocations in May. City Commissioners will make the fnal
decision on grant allotment.
If all the citys pending applications are proposed, Thiel said he
expected the project to cost a total of more than $575,000. About
$530,000 is needed to begin the primary route of the project.
Thiel said the city planned to complete the project in two sepa-
rate phases, beginning with the primary route and constructing
the secondary route later, pending funding approval. Thiel said the
design is expected to begin by June or July 2010 and construction
is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Thiel said the city has received ofcial endorsements from
Student Senate, the KU Transit Commission, the KU Campus Safety
Advisory Board, the KU Public Safety Ofce, the KU Pan-Hellenic
Association and the KU Scholarship Hall Council. He also said he
anticipated an endorsement from the Oread Neighborhood As-
sociation.
iNtERNAtiONAl
Militia force cracks down
on student protesters
TEHRAN, Iran Hard-line mili-
tiamen fring tear gas and throw-
ing stones stormed a crowd of
thousands of university students
protesting for a second day Tues-
day, as Iran threatened a tougher
crackdown on the opposition af-
ter the biggest anti-government
demonstrations in months.
More than 200 people were
arrested in Tehran on Monday
during protests by tens of thou-
sands at universities nationwide,
and Irans top prosecutor warned
further unrest would not be toler-
ated. He hinted authorities could
even pursue the top opposition
leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, an
escalation the government has so
far balked at in Irans postelection
turmoil.
Masked motorcyclists likely
hard-line militiamen harassed
Mousavi at his Tehran ofce
on Tuesday. An angry Mousavi
confronted them, daring them,
Kill me! before being hustled
away by aides, according to pro-
opposition Web sites.
Authorities appear concerned
that the protest movement could
pick up new steam after Mon-
days demonstrations, in which
students clashed with police
and militiamen in the streets of
Tehran.
A ferce crackdown since
the summer crushed the mass
protests that erupted after Junes
disputed presidential election.
But Mondays unrest showed
how students have revitalized
the movement. They showed
an increased boldness, openly
breaking the biggest taboo in
Iran, burning pictures of Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
and chanting slogans against
him.
The protests spilled over into
a second day Tuesday. Several
thousand students rallied in Teh-
ran University, chanting slogans
and waving Iranian fags in front
of the Engineering College when
they were assaulted by hard-line
Basij militiamen, witnesses said.
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BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
LOS ANGELES Things have certainly
changed for Russell Robinson.
Robinson, the starting point guard on
Kansas 2008 National Championship team,
isnt playing in front of the more than 16,000
fans he was used to in college. He isnt even
playing in front of the crowds he saw as a
high school superstar in Americas grandest
metropolis, New York, New York.
Instead he plays for the NBA Development
Leagues Reno Bighorns, in front of a crowd
that, at least this Friday in Los Angeles, offi-
cially was listed at 105, but appeared to be
about half of that.
Youve just got to be professional about
it and bring your own energy, Robinson
said. Im not playing in front of 16,000
anymore, so I gotta go out there and
execute my own personal mindset and
make sure I relay that to my teammates.
From the city that never sleeps, Jayhawk
fans well know, Robinson moved on to the
college town that loves its basketball maybe
even a little too much. (On second thought,
scratch that). Lawrence, though, does indeed
revere basketball players especially ones
such as the good-looking, laid-back, well-
mannered Robinson.
It would have been understandable had
Robinson gotten used to the preferential treat-
ment, but he never showed signs of getting a big
head from all the love that was thrown his way.
Its a good thing he didnt. Because the
love well, the love has run dry, from a local
fan base standpoint. Robinson, while watch-
ing six teammates from his career at Kansas
get drafted (five from the aforementioned
championship team, and Julian Wright before
them) bypassed the chance to make millions
playing in Europe to chase his dream of play-
ing in the NBA the best way he knew how.
Im happy for them, Robinson said. Its
definitely inspirational. It makes me I
feel like a happy parent, like I was part of
their success, and Im just trying to get there
myself.
Enter Bighorns, one of 16 franchises in
the NBDL, where even the top players pull
in only around $20,000 a year and the new
home of Robinson, who starts at point guard
and is the team captain in his second year
with the club.
My dream is to be in the NBA, and I got
real, real close this year, Robinson said. This
is where I need to be at to develop my game
and get where I need to be. Im just going to
go out there, take it day by day, and make sure
I improve on it.
Being a point guard, especially a pass-first,
team-oriented one like Robinson, is always a
challenge. In a league where each player is out
to make a name for himself and get an NBA
call-up, though, challenging reaches levels of
difficulty that Robinson never anticipated in
college.
Down here its a little different, he said.
Its dog-eat-dog down here. College youre
with your teammates all summer, all year. You
have practice together for a very long time, so
you really get to know each other.
As professionals, you really dont, youve
just got to hope that youll jell. Sometimes you
dont jell, but youve just got to be professional
about it. Its not as good a team structure as
college, so it makes it a little more difficult as
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football
BY JAYSON JENKS
AND CLARK GOBLE
jjenks@kansan.com,
cgoble@kansan.com
In a response to recently published reports
that Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt had inter-
est in the Kansas coaching job, Nutt and Ole
Miss Athletics Director Pete Boone released a
joint statement dismissing the validity of those
reports.
I continue to appreci-
ate the ongoing support
of Chancellor Dan Jones
and Athletics Director
Pete Boone, Nutt said in
the statement. We came
to Ole Miss committed to
building the type program
that our fans deserve. Ole
Miss is a great university
and the quality of life in Oxford is the envy
of others. I cant think of anywhere else we
would like to be. There are so many positives
here, and were excited about the direction of
the program.
Our players are also excited and the
response we are receiving from recruits and
their parents is most gratifying. We appreciate
the interest Kansas showed in our staff, but we
are happy at Ole Miss and looking forward to
the AT&T Cotton Bowl.
Added Boone: Under the leadership of
Houston Nutt, the Ole Miss football program
has had tremendous success. We anticipate
that success will continue for years to come,
because of Houston Nutts commitment to
Ole Miss.
In his second season, Nutt is leading Ole
Miss into the Cotton Bowl for the second
consecutive year. In total 10 seasons eight
at Arkansas and two at Ole Miss Nutt has
92-56 head coaching record, including a 51-45
mark in the ever-tough SEC.
He is a three-time recipient of the SEC
Coach of the Year award.
Reports surfaced Monday
that Nutt was interested in
Kansas coaching vacancy,
while adding that he had
allegedly talked with Kansas
Athletics Director Lew Perkins
about the position.
The Athletics Department
has declined all comments on
any coaching rumors during
their search for former coach Mark Manginos
replacement.
Edited by Jacob Muselmann
BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com

Te newest name that may be con-
sidered as a candidate for Kansas
vacant head coaching position?
Minnesotas Tim Brewster, whose
team lost 42-21
to Kansas in the
Insight Bowl last
season.
In an inter-
view with the
St. Paul Pioneer
Press, Minnesota
Athletics Director
Joel Maturi said
he had heard
the speculation, while adding that
he cant guarantee
Brewster will remain the
coach at Minnesota.
Tere are rumors
that hes going to Kansas,
so I dont know, Maturi
told the Pioneer Press
Tuesday. What can I
say? So I cant guarantee
it, no. I cant guarantee the decisions
of other people.
Maturi told the newspaper
that he expects Brewster to return
to Minnesota next season but that
nothing was certain. He also said he
asked Brewster about the rumors but
not whether the coach had interest in
the job.
Brewsters mentioning as a can-
didate is somewhat surprising
Minnesota is just 14-23 in Brewsters
three seasons. His team will play in
the Insight Bowl this season for the
second consecutive year.
Im smart enough to know that
(Brewsters) not going to tell me; nor
is the athletics director (Lew Perkins)
at Kansas going to tell me until its
a done deal, Maturi told the St.
Paul Pioneer Press. I chatted with
(Brewster) about it very, very briefy.
I told him Im getting tired of all of
these Kansas calls. Tats kind of been
my conversations with him.
"I know how the game is played. I
know how it is. Im respectful of that.
Im not going to believe the rumors
until theyre fact. Im not going to
knee-jerk react one way or the other
because of it.
Brewster has two years remaining
on his contract and is paid roughly
$1 million annually. His team fnished
the regular season 6-6.
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tatements to the media are
made for numerous reasons.
Tey can be made to
apologize for wrongdoing, like
Brady Morningstars letter afer
his drunken driving.
Tey can be a glorifed no
comment. See Tiger Woods Web
site.
But the statement that was is-
sued by next years senior class on
the football team Monday morn-
ing is unlike any Ive ever seen or
heard about.
To briefy recap, Sal Capra,
Drew Dudley, Chris Harris, Jake
Laptad, Brad Torson and John
Wilson composed a statement
directed toward Jayhawk fans on
behalf of the junior class. Tey
expressed their unwavering con-
fdence in the team and excite-
ment for next season. Tey also
asked fans for their continued
support in our football program
and the athletic department.
Tats all well and good, but
I dont think the fan support
has declined since coach Mark
Manginos resignation. I think
people might be more supportive
than ever. Tey want to see a new
coach come in, use what Mangino
built and create a program that
competes with the best in the Big
12.
If Mangino had stayed on as
head coach, that might be dif-
ferent.
What this issued statement tells
me is that this junior class wants
to make amends for this season.
With perhaps the most talented
Kansas team in a decade, the
Jayhawks fnished 5-7.
Tat might cut it in Waco, but
for a football program that wants
to make a consistent mark on the
college football landscape, that
just isnt good enough.
And with no Todd Reesings,
Kerry Meiers or Darrell Stuckeys
on next years roster, pundits are
sure to rank the Jayhawks in the
doldrums of the Big 12 North.
And before this statement, I was
right with them.
Now Im not so sure.
Te statement reafrms my
belief that the team will work
extremely hard to get better in the
ofseason.
Afer the Missouri game, you
could tell just by looking at Harris
that he was legitimately angry.
It was striking because Harris
usually shocks interviewers with
his energy. Harris seemed as if he
wanted to sneak around Arrow-
head Stadium, fnd a weight room
and start working for next season.
Torson echoed a similar
sentiment when talking about the
ofensive lines excitement for next
season.
If we could be the frst group
to get back in the weight room
and keep preparing, we would,
Torson said. But everybodys
going to be there right along with
us.
Te team is working today, to-
morrow and probably every other
day until August to make up for
this seasons disappointment.
Tey didnt say it in the
statement, but 5-7 will linger in
players minds until they open
next season Sept. 4 against North
Dakota State.
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Ole Miss: Don't believe what you see in the papers
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
Team's
show of
unity is
powerful
SEE robinSon ON pAgE 3B
To fnd out more about how the
coaching transition is tough on
recruits, see page 3a.
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W
hen Pac beat the ol
legend Oscar De La
Hoya, he was over the
hill. Now its time for you to swal-
low the same damn pill. So get
your tickets now people and lets
make it clear that the Pac-man ass
whoopin is almost here.
Poem by
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The stage has been set for what
could be the defining fight of our
generation.
There was Schmeling vs. Louis.
Then Ali vs. Frazier. Now the
history books may have to clear
some room for Mayweather vs.
Pacquiao.
Manny Pacquiao inked a deal
to go head-to-head with the part-
time boxer, part-time poet Floyd
Mayweather Jr. March 13. The
venue has yet to be decided, but
the fight is projected to trump the
record 2.44 million sales garnered
from Mayweathers 2007 split-
decision victory over De La Hoya,
according to ESPN.com.
The suits were hoping for a
May 1 fight, but that date wont
work with Pacquiao, who will
run for a congressional seat in his
native Philippines that month.
This highly anticipated match-
up is nothing short of boxing
gold.
Theres Pacquiao, the foreigner
with the warm heart masked
by a punishing 50-3-2 record,
highlighted by 38 knockouts.
Absolutely adored by his country,
Pac-man is widely regarded as
todays best pound-for-pound
fighter some say the best ever.
The humble southpaw jabs with
unparalleled power and battles
with a relentless drive, as he is
rarely knocked off his feet.
Then theres Mayweather, the
flamboyant pretty boy with the
American mouth and the rapid-
fire punches. He backs up his fast
moving mouth with a squeaky
clean 40-0 record and 25 KOs.
Simply put, no one has quicker
hands than the currently rated
No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter.
Its the Filipino vs. the
American. Seven division world
championships in seven weight
classes vs. five in five. The silent
bull vs. the shouting gazelle.
No. 1 vs. No. 2. Pacquiao vs.
Mayweather a perfect fight.
Prediction: Pacquiao smashes
Pretty Boy Floyds face in, win-
ning a historic 12-round split
decision and handing the loud-
mouth his first ever loss.
Music froM the
Vaults:
If Manny Pacquiao can win
seven world championships in
seven different weight classes,
surely Music From the Vaults
can match him in its very
own way. Like the 130-pound
Pacquiao, we shall pummel the
odds and cover seven of the
most under-appreciated artists
in seven different genres.
Ornette Coleman: This
avant-garde jazz pioneer tore
up conventions and founded a
new style with no sonic limita-
tions. Forget 1-2-3-4 beats and
pulsating bass lines its all
about something else. Colemans
disoriented collages are the jazz
parallel to Jackson Pollack.
Jean Grae: Hip-hop is domi-
nated by men, so this fire-spit-
ting female MC is bound to get
overlooked. But Jeans stories will
keep your ear in tune. Check her
Jeanius mix-tape featuring 9th
Wonder and his always soulful
beats. Her swift and intellectual
flows prove that theres more
than two ways to spell Grae.
Blind Willie Johnson: His
sandpaper voice and twanging
slide guitar best exemplifies true
gospel-blues. Honorable men-
tion to the song-writer of endless
blues standards the legendary
Willie Dixon.
Woody Guthrie: Largely
forgotten because of his suc-
cessor Bob Dylans successes,
Guthrie was one of the first great
American protest writers as he
chronicled the life of the Okies
during the depression with his
Dust Bowl Ballads.
Pavement: These guys are as
raw as indie music gets. Though
mostly passed by in mainstream
circles, Pavement is the 90s
experimentalists to the Velvet
Underground of the 60s. Yes, I
went there.
Solomon Burke: Burkes
booming voice had no boundar-
ies in the studio. But as Bessie
Smith once sang, Nobody
knows you when youre down
and out.
Lee Scratch Perry: Perhaps
forever overshadowed by Bob
Marley, Scratch initiated a wave
of reggae that optimized the
powers of the studio and ushered
the genre into pop music. His
reggae dubs are as cooky and
brilliant as his personality.
The Kinks: The British
Invasion of the 1960s was mostly
remembered for the arrival of
the Beatles, the Who and the
Rolling Stones. But this day-
dreaming pop act featured the
brilliant song-writing of Ray
Davies, often evoking a poignant
mood that leaves a lasting effect.
Edited by Sarah Kelly
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Im keeping up with them and
following everybodys progress.
Theyre doing real good right
now. I think weve got a good
shot at a national championship
this year as long as everybody
stays focused and healthy and
stays pulling in the right direc-
tion.
Russell Robinson on this years Jayhawks
Fight will be one for the ages
MorNiNG BreW
By max rothman
mrothman@kansan.com
fact of the DaY
Three former Jayhawks--Russell
Robinson, Brandon Rush and
Mario Chalmers--played a game
in their respective professional
leagues in Los Angeles this
weekend before Kansas played
UCLA. In all, 12 current and
former Jayhawks saw playing
time over the weekend in Los
Angeles.
Kansas Athletics
triVia of the DaY
Q: Three former Jayhawks play
in the NBDL. Who are they and
what teams do they play for?
a: Russell Robinson, Reno
Bighorns; Jef Graves, Idaho
Stampede; Billy Thomas, Maine
Red Claws
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athletics
footBall
Junior team members
address fans directly
Six juniors from the football
team released the follow-
ing statement to Kansas fans
Tuesday.
KU Fans:
On behalf of the junior class,
we would like to express our
unwavering confdence in this
team and the Athletics Depart-
ment. We recognize the amazing
opportunity the University of
Kansas has given us all and
could not be more thankful. We
are excited to start preparation
for next season and trust that
all other aspects of the program
will be handled in a satisfactory
manner. We have no doubts
that Lew Perkins is acting in
our best interest to ensure a
successful season next year and
in years to come. As student
athletes, we will keep striving
to fulfll our obligations both in
the classroom and on the feld
as we always have. We ask for
the fans continued support in
our football program and in the
Athletics Department. Together
we can move forward. Rock
Chalk Jayhawk.
Sal Capra, Drew Dudley,
Chris Harris, Jake Laptad, Brad
Thorson, John Wilson
associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. The Big 12
Conferences postseason selection
process has Missouri wondering
how it lost out to a team with a
worse regular season record.
The conference allows its bowl
game partners to select any eli-
gible team, regardless of win-loss
records or head-to-head results.
That means 6-6 Iowa State
advanced to the Insight Bowl in
Tempe, Ariz., while 8-4 Missouri
heads to the Texas
Bowl in Houston
for a Dec. 31 game
against Navy.
Missouri defeated
the Cyclones 34-21
on Nov. 21.
Attempts by
Missouri officials
to lobby the Insight
Bowl as well as
the conference
were unsuccessful, the Columbia
Daily Tribune reported Monday.
Chancellor Brady Deaton was
among those seeking a better bid
for the school.
People believe that the pecking
order is related to your competi-
tiveness, and the reality is that its
not, Missouri athletics director
Mike Alden said. Our league has
to keep communicating to our
fan base: This is what weve sold.
This is why weve done it. So
please, try not to correlate where
the pick is to the value of your
team.
The loss of an Insight Bowl
bid will cost Missouri. The Texas
Bowl provides an estimated
$877,000 in travel costs, com-
pared to roughly $1.34 million
from the Arizona bowl game.
This is the third year in a
row where Missouri officials are
scratching their
heads.
In 2008,
Mi s s our i ( 9 - 4 )
went to the
Alamo Bowl after
the Gator Bowl
passed on the
Tigers in favor of
Nebraska (8-4)
a team Missouri
had beaten by 35
points earlier in the season.
And in 2007, the Orange Bowl
selected Kansas (11-1) as its BCS
at-large choice over Missouri
(11-2), even though the Tigers
defeated the Jayhawks in the
regular-season finale. Missouri
instead went to the Cotton Bowl
and defeated Arkansas.
This year, Missouri dropped to
the conferences eighth and final
selection among bowl-eligible
teams. The Independence Bowl
opted for another Big 12 team
with as many wins as losses, Texas
A&M (6-6).
Missouri Coach Gary Pinkel
called the conference selection
process frustrating but chose to
focus on the positive after learning
of the Texas Bowl bid.
Besides playing a Navy team
that beat Notre Dame and
narrowly lost to Rose Bowl-bound
Ohio State, the Tigers will return
to a state that is fertile recruiting
territory. The Dec. 31 game will
be broadcast on ESPN rather than
the less readily available NFL
Network, which has rights to the
Insight Bowl.
Some Missouri players acknowl-
edged their confusion about bowl
bid distributions.
I dont know how it works,
said nose tackle Jaron Baston. All
I know is, I get a phone call and
they tell me where Im going.
Less impressive bowl berth disappoints Mizzou
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Columbia, Mo. Missouri won the game 34-24. Alexander set teamrecords for single-season and career yardage during the game.
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injury to keep Nuggets
forward out of next game
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Denver
Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin
wont play against the Charlotte
Bobcats because of a dislocated
left pinkie.
Coach George Karl said before
Tuesdays game that he was unsure
if Martin would miss more games.
Associated Press
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NOVI, Mich. Week by week,
the wives of NFL players watch
their husbands take their lumps in
the fight for a victory.
This week, Detroit Lions wives
and other members of the group
Off The Field go shopping to make
sure lumps of coal dont greet needy
children this holiday season.
Its the third year for the charity
project called Dream Drive, spon-
sored by the Salvation Army and
the Sams Club retail chain, part of
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
With the economy, its always
a need to give back, Tamiko
McKenzie, wife of ex-player Keith
McKenzie, said Tuesday. Her
husband played for Green Bay,
Cleveland, Chicago and Buffalo.
During the event, the women
will hit the aisles of Sams Club to
fill baskets with clothes, household
products and toys to brighten the
season for the local families, orga-
nizers said in a statement.
In southeastern Michigan, the
shopping event takes place from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at a
Sams Club in Novi.
Joining Tamiko McKenzie are
Kim Porcher, ex-wife of former
Lions player Robert Porcher;
Chanita Foster, wife of free-agent
ex-Lions player George Foster;
and the wives of active Detroit
players Brooke Sims (Ernie
Sims), Janelle Foote (Larry Foote)
and Vanessa Bullocks (Daniel
Bullocks).
The Salvation Army is choosing
about 10 Detroit-area families to
get the holiday gifts. Other NFL
cities participating in Dream Drive
are Atlanta, Buffalo, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston,
Kansas City, Miami and Phoenix.
Wives of current and retired
NFL players founded Off the Field
in 2006.
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robinson (continued from 1B)
a point guard.
Robinson hopes its just a
momentary stop, and if recent
returns are any indication, its
starting to look like it will be.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, ex-
Jayhawk Darnell Jacksons cur-
rent team, extended an invite to
Robinson to try out during the
preseason and he played in five
games, starting one.
In his time with the Cavs, he
averaged a respectable 6.4 points
and 2.4 rebounds in just over 20
minutes per contest.
I think Russell has come a
long ways, Bill Self, who coached
Robinson at Kansas, said. Russell
may have come the furthest of all
of them. He was the last cut of
the Cavaliers this year, and if he
keeps improving his stroke, which
he has since last year, I do think
hell be on an NBA roster in the
next year or two, which would be
unbelievably great for anyone who
knows Russell because he tries so
hard.
In a fan poll on the Cavaliers
Web site at the end of the pre-
season, they asked who fans would
most like to see named the 15th
and final man on the Cavaliers
bench. Robinson, one of five play-
ers on the list, was the resounding
favorite, pulling 66 percent of the
vote.
Instead, management gave the
nod to Coby Karl, a former Boise
State shooting guard who came in
second with 15 percent.
Its a grind and this minor
league is way tougher, Robinson
said. I was with Cleveland for the
preseason, so I already know how
it is up there, and its a lot easier.
While Robinson was in town for
his game against the Los Angeles
D-Fenders, Mario Chalmers flew
in with his Miami Heat to take on
the Lakers that night, and Brandon
Rush was around with the Indiana
Pacers, waiting for Saturday to
play the Los Angeles Clippers.
We definitely stay in touch,
Robinson said. Those guys keep
me motivated and Im just liv-
ing my NBA experience through
them right now.
Until I get back.
Edited by TimBurgess
BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com

Right now, as interim coach Bill
Miller talks on the phone, hes pull-
ing up to a high school yet
another point of interest along
Millers winding recruiting trail.
Shortly after he ends his phone
call, hell approach a high school
coach and player, and hell attempt
to sell a program that holds no
guarantees that hell return as an
assistant coach next year.
In so few words, Miller is merely
buying Kansas football time until
Athletics Director Lew Perkins
selects a replacement for former
coach Mark Mangino.
And his
main recruit-
ing pitch is
simple: Hang in
there and were
going to get a
good name at
Kansas. If you
like some of
the things that
youve seen or
that weve done, hang around and
see who it is.
What else is there to say?
Now that Manginos tenure has
officially ended, much attention
shifted toward the process of hiring
a new coach. Yet much conversa-
tion has also revolved around the
recruiting world. With the program
in turmoil for the last two weeks of
the season and currently with
no coaching staff permanently in
place recruits are left with little
concrete information to use in their
decision-making process.
Its an interesting deal, let me
tell ya, Miller said. Were just
trying to be professional about it.
Weve been asked to try to hang on
to some of these guys and continue
to encourage these guys a little
bit longer until we can get a head
coach hired. Thats really what
were doing.
Perkins met with Miller, defen-
sive coordinator Clint Bowen and
wide receivers coach David Beaty
shortly after announcing Manginos
resignation Thursday. In the meet-
ing, Perkins asked the three to act
as co-interim coaches in an effort
to bridge the gap between coaching
changes.
The situation certainly doesnt
make the ultra-competitive world
of recruiting any easier.
At a time when many schools
are peppering recruits with talks
of bowl games and postseason
play, Kansas assistants have been
forced to simply preach patience
to recruits.
Were interested in doing an
excellent search in as quick a
time frame as we can, Associate
Athletics Director Jim Marchiony
said. And one of the reasons to do
that is to minimize the effect of the
coaching change on recruiting.
Perhaps the recruiting area most
affected by the uncertainty rests
at the junior college level where
recruits will start making school
selections in the upcoming weeks.
With so little time between now
and then, Miller said many players
may decide to turn their attention
elsewhere.
If you look at it from their
standpoint, particularly with people
who are going to have to make a
decision here in a couple weeks,
thats probably not conducive to
their timetable, Miller said. And
it damn sure isnt to ours because
there is some immediate help we
need.
Keeston Terry, a senior wide
receiver from Blue Springs, Mo.,
who verbally committed to Kansas
in August, said in a text message to
The Kansan that his plans havent
changed as a result of Manginos
resignation.
Terry is rated as a 4-star pros-
pect on Rivals.com and the 38th
best receiver in the 2010 class.
But Terry also acknowledged
that other schools have reopened
their recruitment, noting that
coaches from Iowa and Missouri
have spoken with
him in the past
week alone.
If there is a
good player that
you know is going
to Kansas with
all this going on,
youre going to
call him, said
Kelly Donohoe,
Terrys coach at
Blue Springs. Thats just what
good coaches do: A little hole and
theyre going to jump in it. Thats
just part of the cut-throat recruit-
ing world.
Farther south, in the northern
part of Texas, a similar situation
has unfolded at Denison High
School in Denison, Texas.
Currently, two players on
Denisons roster defensive end
Jaqwaylin Arps and linebacker
Jimmay Mundine are verbally
committed to Kansas, meaning
that either player could change his
commitment at any time with no
consequence.
Denison coach Cody White said
that because his team is still playing
for a state championship, his play-
ers havent talked in detail about
their situations.
But he did meet with both play-
ers about the possibilities of the
situation.
A verbal commitment is non-
binding by either party, White
said. Theres nothing signed at
that point. I told the kids when
we sat down and talked, Is it the
University or the coaching staff?
And another thing is those new
guys arent bound to honor that
commitment to you. You guys need
to prepare yourselves
for other options.
C o r n e r b a c k s
coach JeNey Jackson,
though, reassured
White that Perkins
and Kansas would
honor previous schol-
arship offers regard-
less of who assumed
head coaching duties.
Still, even with
that said, the coaching uncertainty
does little to aid a Kansas program
attempting to find its way in the
top of the Big 12.
What concerns me right now is
recruiting, former Kansas coach
Don Fambrough said. Were in
danger right now of losing a year
of recruiting.

Follow Jayson Jenks at twitter.
com/JaysonJenks.
Edited by TimBurgess
Coaching change tough for recruits
Miller
We're interested in
doing an excellent
search in as quick
a time frame as we
can.
jiM Marchiony
associateathletics director
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT WORTH, Texas John
Roberson scored eight of his 21
points in a game-turning run that
finally put No. 23 Texas Tech
ahead as the Red Raiders over-
came an early 14-point deficit to
beat TCU 80-70 Tuesday night.
The Red Raiders (9-0) played
their first game as a ranked team
since the end of the 2004-05
season, and first for Pat Knight
since he succeeded father Bobby
as coach in
February 2008.
They are off
to their best
start in seven
decades
since a 12-0
start in 1929-
30 and moved
into the rank-
ings Monday.
Z v o n k o
Buljan had 24 points and 10
rebounds for TCU (5-4).
Texas Tech didnt lead until
Theron Jenkins made a free
throw with 16:09 left to break a
44-all tie. He was intentionally
fouled at midcourt after stealing a
pass and the whistle nullified his
breakaway slam dunk.
The Red Raiders then main-
tained possession because of the
intentional foul, and Roberson
hit a 3-pointer. After a TCU miss,
Brad Reese hit to make it 50-44,
culminating the 24-3 run that
wiped out their 14-point deficit.
Roberson also had a 3-pointer
in the closing seconds of the first
half, when Tech scored the final
nine points.
Mike Singletary had 17 points
and David Tairu 14 for the Red
Raiders. Dwayln Roberts had
nine points and 19 rebounds.
Ronnie Moss had 11 points for
TCU, and Garlon Green added
10.
TCU was hosting a ranked
non-conference opponent for
only the second time in 48-year-
old Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. The
Frogs lost 85-66 to then-No. 1
Kansas six years ago.
But with the Red
Raiders playing their
only game in the
Dallas-Fort Worth
area this season, there
were a lot of red-clad
fans for the visitors.
They finally got to do
some cheering after
Techs slow start.
The Frogs led after
Buljan hit a 3-pointer
from the left wing on their first
shot of the game, and it was 8-2
after he had a slam dunk and
Edvinas Ruzgas hit a 3-pointer.
By the first media timeout 4:01
into the game, which came after
Tairu traveled for Techs fourth
turnover, TCU already had a 14-4
lead. Less than two minutes after
that, the Frogs stretched it to 18-5
on Kevin Butlers shot.
But the Frogs went cold after
Moss stole a pass that led to a
layup by Niola Cerina and made
it 41-27 with 2:06 left in the first
half. Roberts two free throws 10
seconds later started the key run
that extended after halftime.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Gerald
Wallace had 25 points and 16
rebounds and the Charlotte
Bobcats frustrated Carmelo
Anthony and Denver in a 107-95
victory Tuesday night that snapped
the Nuggets four-game winning
streak.
Anthony, the NBAs leading
scorer, had 34 points and seven
rebounds, but Wallace outplayed
him down the stretch and a frus-
trated Anthony picked up a tech-
nical foul with just under a minute
left to help seal Charlottes second
straight victory.
Stephen Jackson had 25 points,
seven rebounds and six assists,
and Nazr Mohammed added 15
points for the Bobcats, who out-
scored Denver 20-8 over the final
6 minutes.
J.R. Smith had 16 points for
the Nuggets, who played without
injured forward Kenyon Martin.
In a matchup of the NBAs high-
est-scoring team (Denver, 109.7
points a game) and the leagues
stingiest team (Charlotte, 90.4
points allowed), spurts were dic-
tated by pace.
Anthony did most of his damage
in transition and by getting to the
foul line on drives. The Nuggets
had trouble defending Wallace in
the halfcourt, and both players
attempted 11 free throws.
Coming in averaging 29.6
points a game, Anthony scored a
season-low 14 on 5-of-21 shoot-
ing a night earlier in Philadelphia.
He regained his touch, but Denver
struggled without Martin, who
dislocated his left pinkie against
the 76ers.
It meant a lot of minutes for
Chris Andersen, and the Bobcats
attacked him defensively in the
fourth quarter. Raymond Felton
twice beat him to the hoop on
drives, the second layup putting
Charlotte ahead 95-89 with 3:24
left.
Wallace, the NBAs lead-
ing rebounder, had a putback of
his own miss with 1:50 left over
Anthony that gave Charlotte a
97-91 lead.
Anthony soon lost his cool.
Called for a foul on Jackson with
52.6 seconds left, an upset Anthony
drew a technical foul his second
in as many nights. Jackson hit all
three free throws to put Charlotte
up 102-93.
Joey Graham, twin brother of
Bobcats forward Stephen Graham,
started in Martins spot. Denver
got off to a similar poor start as
they did in Philadelphia, trailing
early 21-14 against the Bobcats.
While the Nuggets went on a
14-0 run in the fourth quarter to
finally put away the 76ers, they
had no similar run in them for the
Bobcats, who had struggled of late
and are remembered as the first
team to lose to New Jersey after the
Nets 0-18 start.
Bobcats coach Larry Brown
tweaked his rotation early. D.J.
Augustin, who had been a healthy
scratch in consecutive games, and
rookie Gerald Henderson, who
had played sparingly of late, both
played before Flip Murray.
Murray, 10 of 45 from the field
and 8 of 17 from the foul line in
the past six games, hit two free
throws and a 3-pointer at the end
of the half to help Charlotte to a
54-49 lead despite center Tyson
Chandler again getting into foul
trouble.
Murrays 3 early in the fourth
quarter put Charlotte ahead
81-78. Murray had 10 points and
Charlotte hit 31 of 37 free throws.
Late rally helps
Red Raiders win
Bobcats snap nuggets' four-game win streak
AssoCiATED PrEss
Charlotte bobcats' stephen Jackson shoots over the Denver Nuggets' Nene, and Carmelo
Anthony in the frst half of a game in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday. Charlotte won 107-95.
TCU was hosting a
ranked non-confer-
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only the second time
in 48-year-old Daniel
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CHICAGO Third baseman
Mark Teahen agreed Tuesday to a
$14 million, three-year deal with
the Chicago White Sox and avoid-
ed arbitration.
Acquired from Kansas City on
Nov. 6, Teahen will earn $3.75
million next year, $4.75 million in
2011 and $5.5 million in 2012. He
had been eligible for free agency
after the 2011 season.
Its nice to have the contract
kind of worked out and not have
to worry about the arbitration
process, which can be strenuous,
Teahen said.
They see me as part of the
future. Its nice to have it all
wrapped up and I can focus on
baseball, and Im looking forward
to having the comfort of play-
ing with a guaranteed contract,
as well.
Teahen batted .271 with a
career-high 34 doubles, 12 home
runs and 50 RBIs in 144 games
with the Royals last season. He
made 99 starts at third base, 31 in
right field and three at second.
When Teahen was acquired in
a trade for infielders Chris Getz
and Josh Fields, White Sox gen-
eral manager Ken Williams said
he would play third base, mean-
ing last years rookie standout,
Gordon Beckham, would move
to second.
Im under the assumption
Ill be the third baseman for all
three of those years, said Teahen,
acknowledging that he bounced
around to different positions with
the Royals.
If that comes up, that comes
up, he said. But at this point
Im a third baseman this year and
thats my focus. Really it was about
getting the security and I know
Ill be there for three years. And
getting the security for my family,
as well.
The 28-year-old Teahen is a
.269 career hitter with 59 hom-
ers and 293 RBIs with the Royals
from 2005-09.
He had some back problems
in the final month last season
but said he has been undergoing
physical therapy to keep it strong
this offseason.
AssociAted Press
MANHATTAN, Kan.
Traveling across South America,
John Chaney heard plenty of
claims. Most turned out to be
untrue, the player not quite as tall,
fast or talented as advertised.
Theyd say almost anything to
get a chance to come to the United
States, the former Temple coach
recalls.
One did live up to the bill-
ing: Pepe Sanchez, a dynamic
point guard from Bahia Blanca,
Argentina, who followed Chaney
to Philadelphia, became an All-
American and took the Owls with-
in a game of the 1999 Final Four.
Little did this unlikely pairing
know that they would help open
college basketballs door to Latin
America a door that soon could
be kicked wide open.
You just didnt see many kids
from Latin America then, Chaney
said. There were a few around I
think (N.C. States Jim) Valvano
had one but there just werent
many Latino kids around. Now,
you see them popping up all over.
The globalization of basketball
was sparked in large part by the
1992 U.S. Dream Team. It has led
kids to take up the sport in coun-
tries where soccer has ruled and
baseball or even boxing were high-
er on the sports chain.
In the nearly two decades since
Michael Jordan led the Americans
to gold, many of those kids have
grown up, honed their skills and
headed to America to play college
basketball.
Maryland star point guard
Greivis Vasquez is from Venezuela,
as is Gregory Echenique, Rutgers
second-leading scorer.
Cal sophomore guard Jorge
Gutierrez was born in Chihuahua,
Mexico, and Dominican Republic
native Edgar Sosa will be counted
on heavily with all the injuries at
Louisville.
Argentine Juan Fernandez, who
Chaney helped recruit, is Temples
third-leading scorer and Brazilian
Jonathan Tavernari is third in scor-
ing at BYU.
Kansas State seems to have a
direct pipeline for Latino players.
Point guard Denis Clemente and
center Luis Colon moved to the U.S.
from Puerto Rico in high school
and their coach, Frank Martin, was
born in Cuba.
The Wildcats have another
Latino on the way, too: recent-
ly signed forward/center Freddy
Asprilla is Colombian.
Once an afterthought in the
recruiting wars, Latin America has
become a hotbed of talent that can
no longer be ignored.
Latinos are increasingly
sought-after by recruiters
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas City Royals Mark Teahen bats during a game in Kansas City, Mo., on May 17.
Teahen agreedTuesday to a $14 million, three-year deal with the Chicago White Sox.
Teahen avoids arbitration,
agrees to White Sox deal
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas States Denis Clemente passes the ball during the frst half of a game against Loyola Chicago in Manhattan on Nov. 13. Latinos dot
rosters across the country now, fromGreivis Vasquez at Maryland to Kansas States Denis Clemente and Luis Colon.
mlb
Cardinals gain another
strong pitcher in Penny
INDIANAPOLIS The St. Louis
Cardinals have completed their
deal for free-agent pitcher Brad
Penny.
Penny joined the NL Cen-
tral champions Tuesday after
passing a physical. His one-year
contract is for $7.5 million, with
about $1.5 million more avail-
able in performance bonuses.
Penny went a combined 11-9
with a 4.88 ERA in 30 starts for
Boston and San Francisco last
season.
The Cardinals already have
a strong top of the rotation
with Chris Carpenter and Adam
Wainwright. Right-handers Joel
Pineiro, John Smoltz and Todd
Wellemeyer all became free
agents after the season.
womens bAsketbAll
Notre Dame continues
promising season start
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Becca
Bruszewski had 18 points and
fve assists and Lindsay Schrader
added 14 points and eight
rebounds, leading No. 3 Notre
Dame to a 96-60 victory against
IPFW on Tuesday night.
The Fighting Irish (8-0), play-
ing with their highest ranking in
fve seasons, are of to their best
start since going 23-0 and win-
ning the national championship
in 2000-01.
The Irish dominated inside,
outscoring the Mastodons
(2-5) 62-12 in the paint and out-
rebounding them 39-27.
Notre Dame started slowly,
fnished the frst half on an 8-2
spurt, then began the second
half on a 13-4 run to take con-
trol.
Associated Press
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The last time an opposing team
brought an NBA-caliber big man
into Allen Fieldhouse, Oakland
University left with a 30 point loss.
The Jayhawks will try to dupli-
cate this success tonight against
Radford.
When Radford visits Kansas
tonight, the Highlanders will bring
Art Parakhouski, the Big South
preseason player of the year. As
a team, Markieff Morris said, the
Highlanders are equipped as any
team to compete with the Jayhawks
size.
Theyre a big team, Morris said.
And the big guy, I heard he led the
nation in rebounding, so its going
to be a big challenge for us.
Parakhouski, the 6-foot-11 senior
center, is averaging 22.3 points per
game and leads the NCAA with 14.8
rebounds per contest.
Even though Kansas defeated
Oakland 89-59 earlier this season
with potential NBA first round cen-
ter Keith Benson, Kansas coach Bill
Self said Parakhouski provides an
exceptional challenge.
He might be the biggest, maybe
as talented true big guy we go against
all year, Self said.
Radford might be a problem for
center Cole Aldrich, said sophomore
forward Marcus Morris. Aldrich has
been getting double-covered almost
every time he has the ball and the
size of Radford will make it hard for
him to find offensive
rhythm.
Marcus Morris
said success for the
Jayhawks relies in his
own play as well as
Markieff Morris and
Thomas Robinson.
If we step up while
they double team Cole,
well still have a good
game, Marcus said.
Against Oakland, one of the
biggest teams Kansas has faced,
Aldrich had only four points and
nine rebounds. Against UCLA, he
had seven points and 12 rebounds.
Marcus Morris said Aldrichs best
asset when his
offense is flounder-
ing is his defense.
I feel Cole is
looking at other
sides of the ball,
hes going to get
more rebounds. I
feel like he could
have a lot more
assists if he keeps
getting double
teamed because somebody is always
open.
This game will most likely be the
best opportunity for the freshmen to
redeem themselves, after a lackluster
performance against UCLA.
Elijah Johnson and Thomas
Robinson combined for just
five minutes against the Bruins.
The veterans said they expect a
bounceback performance.
I think they all have room for
improvement and they all want
to get better, sophomore guard
Tyshawn Taylor said.
Markieff Morris added he was
impressed with how well the fresh-
men seem to be adapting to new
situations. Compared to himself last
year, he said hes glad they are put-
ting forth maximum effort.
Theyre a lot more mature than
we were last year. They work a lot
harder than we did last year.
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Thibodeaux at
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Edited by TimBurgess
Kansas vs. RadFoRd
WHEn: 7 p.m.
WHERE: Allen Fieldhouse
WaTCH: ESPNU
gamE noTEs
This is the frst time Kansas and Radford have ever played each other. The only other team the Jay-
hawks faced from the Big South was Winthrop in 1990.
At home, the Jayhawks have a plus-44 scoring margin while shooting 52.9 percent.
Radford has never faced a top ranked team, but they are 4-2, both losses coming on the road.
Since 2008, Radford has lost all four games against opponents in the top 10 since 2007-08 while be-
ing outscored 40.2 points per game in those contests.
mEns basKETball
Kansas prepares for Radford
Weston White/KANSAN
Senior guard Sherron Collins cuts back inside UCLA guard Jerime Anderson. Kansas moved to 7-0 on the season after the 73-61 victory Sunday
afternoon at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles.
He might be the
biggest, maybe as
talented true big guy
we go against all
year.
Bill SElF
Kansas coach
AssOCIATED pREss
TORONTO Chris Bosh
had 21 points and 16 rebounds,
Jarrett Jack had 17 points and
eight assists and the Toronto
Raptors beat the Minnesota
Timberwolves 94-88 on Tuesday
night for their first three-game
win streak this season.
Hedo Turkoglu scored 16
points, and DeMar DeRozan and
Andrea Bargnani each added
15 as Toronto extended its win-
ning streak over Minnesota to 11
games. The Raptors have not lost
to the Timberwolves since a 108-
97 home loss on Jan. 21, 2004.
Jack started in place of Jose
Calderon (sore left hip), who
missed his first game of the sea-
son after leaving Saturdays win
at Chicago.
Al Jefferson had 12 points
and 11 rebounds, and Kevin
Love scored 18 points for the
Timberwolves in his third game
since returning from a fractured
left hand he sustained in the pre-
season.
Jonny Flynn scored 17 points,
Ryan Gomes had 16 and Damien
Wilkins added 10 for the
Timberwolves, the third straight
Toronto opponent to shoot less
than 40 percent.
Trailing 64-63 to begin the
fourth, Ramon Sessions gave
Minnesota its first lead mid-
way through the second quar-
ter with a pull-up jumper. Jack
quickly responded with a layup
as Toronto reclaimed the lead
for good.
After starting 0 for 17 from
3-point range, Bargnani finally
connected from outside with
4:31 left in the fourth, putting
the Raptors up 82-77. The shot
extended Torontos NBA-record
streak of consecutive games with
at least one 3-pointer to 883.
Down 84-78 with 3:38 left,
the Timberwolves tied it on
a layup by Jefferson, two free
throws from Gomes and a base-
line jumper by Love. But on their
next possession, a sloppy bounce
pass by Flynn led to a breakaway
dunk for Turkoglu. Flynn missed
a jumper on the next trip, and
Torontos Antoine Wright hit a
3-pointer in the corner, putting
the Raptors up 89-84 with 1:03
remaining.
Bosh had eight points and
seven rebounds as Toronto led
23-20 after one quarter.
nba
Boshs double-double
leads Raptors to victory
COllEgE BAskETBAll
Flyers destroy Patriots
home winning streak
FAiRFAX, Va. Chris Johnson
had 14 points and Dayton held
of a furious second-half rally
by George Mason in a 56-55
victory on Tuesday night.
The loss snapped an 18-
game home winning streak
for the Patriots (4-5), who last
sufered a home loss on Feb.
16, 2008, to North Carolina-
Wilmington.
The Flyers (6-2) won their
fourth straight game.
After a 3-pointer by Andre
Cornelius brought George
Mason within 54-52 with 8.7
seconds remaining, Johnson
hit two free throws to make it
56-52 with 7.3 seconds left.
Sherrod Wright, who led
George Mason with 17 points,
hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer for
the fnal margin.
Dayton took a 35-19 halftime
advantage after holding the
Patriots without a feld goal
for 14:31 until Mike Morrisons
layup just before halftime.
George Mason then used a
13-0 run to cut the defcit to 39-
34, but could get no closer than
two points.
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Sherron Collins
Collins has scored in double fgures in all but
one game this season and is second on the team
with 14.3 points per game. That is also good
enough for 15th in the Big 12 while shooting
.447 percent (eighth in the Big 12). Collins is
three points shy of tying Wilt Chamberlains 1,433
points as a Jayhawk. His 3.7 assists are tied for
ninth in the league and lead the Jayhawks. And
because Collins has taken care of the ball this season, he is third in
the Big 12 with a 3.3 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Tyshawn Taylor
Taylors biggest asset this year is his explo-
siveness on the defensive end. In his past three
games, Taylor has seven steals and leads Kansas
with 13. At 1.7 steals per game, he is 10th in the
Big 12.
Xavier Henry
The Big 12 Rookie of the Week leads the Jay-
hawks in scoring average (16.9) and has led them
in scoring in four out of seven games this season.
He is seventh in the Big 12 for scoring and tops
among freshmen. He is shooting 53.3 percent
from the feld (ffth in the Big 12) and is making
half of his three-pointers. His team-leading 2.4
three-pointers a game are ffth in the conference
as well.
Marcus Morris
Marcus only had four points and four rebounds
against UCLA but he is making plays when
needed. He had his third career double-double
against Oakland (19 points and 11 rebounds) and
followed it up with a nine-point, seven-rebound
performance against Alcorn State. It seems
the four big men, Cole Aldrich, Markief Morris,
Marcus Morris and Thomas Robinson, alternate
big games. If that formula stays intact, Marcus is due for a big game
here shortly.
Cole Aldrich
The Academic All-American candidate had a
season-high 22 minutes at UCLA but only had
fve points, mostly because of Markief Morris
hot performance. He has been consistent on the
boards, however, grabbing 12 rebounds at UCLA,
six of which were on the ofensive end. Aldrich
leads the Big 12 in both rebounds (10.1 rpg) and
blocks (3.6 bpg). In seven games, he has three
double-doubles.
COUNTDOWN TO TIPOFF
game day PRedIcTIOns
Kansas faces challenge in Radfords big man, but should still win easily
KANSAS vs. RadFORd
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Amir Johnson
Johnson missed the teams frst two
games, but since then he has started every
game for the Highlanders. Johnson, despite
the shortened season, leads the team in
assists with 23 the closest a teammate
comes to that number is forward Joey Lynch-
Flohr, who has 13. Johnson is a pass-frst
point guard, though, and will struggle to put
up points against Sherron Collins.
Phillip Martin
Martin doesnt excel at the two for the
Highlanders, but he doesnt do anything
poorly, either. Hes a strong rebounder from
the shooting guard slot, pulling down more
than four rebounds per game, and he leads
the starters with seven steals on the defen-
sive end of the court.
Lazar Trifunovic
Trifunovic has only been around for
two games this year, but hes started both
of them. Hes averaged 12 points and 8.5
rebounds in those two games, and the
Highlanders are 2-0 since his return. He
provides the Highlanders with great size at
the three, tipping the scales at 6-foot-8 and
225 pounds. Freshman Xavier Henry hasnt
had to compete with that type of size yet this
year.
Joey Lynch-Flohr
Lynch-Flohr is another 6-foot-8, 220-pound
forward for Radford, but unlike Trifunovic,
he doesnt possess any shred of an outside
game. He hasnt taken a three this year, and is
unlikely to start any time soon. He does, how-
ever, average 13.2 points and 8.2 rebounds
per contest.
Artsiom Parakhouski
Parakhouski, a native of Belarus who
measures in at 6-foot-11 and 260 pounds,
leads the country in rebounding per game
with 14.8. Hes tallied a double-double in the
teams frst six games, leading them to a 4-2
start with losses to Duke and Duquesne.
TimDwyer
The Highlanders are the only
team the Jayhawks have faced
this year that can comfortably
match their size in the frontcourt
if they move Marcus Morris to
the three. Aside from Oaklands
Keith Benson, Art Parakhouski,
Radfords Big South Preseason
Player of the Year, will give the
Jayhawks the biggest challenge
in the middle. Parakhouski aver-
ages 22.3 points per game and
14.8 rebounds per game. The se-
nior center has scored at least 20
points in all but one game this
season. That could prove chal-
lenging for the Jayhawks, who
thus far have been able to simply
manhandle smaller teams. Rad-
ford has struggled against elite
competition, though, dropping
its only game to a ranked oppo-
nent, No. 8 Duke, by 37 points.
Can the Highlanders size
disrupt the Jayhawks?
The Jayhawks havent had
to play against a team that can
match up with their frontcourt
yet this season. Markief Mor-
ris is coming of a superlative
performance at UCLA, so it will
be interesting to see if he sees
a lot of time at power forward
with his brother playing small
forward and Xavier Henry at
shooting guard. That would give
the Jayhawks a small size advan-
tage and wouldnt cost them too
much in speed and production.

Big. Real big. They got a guy,
hes not quite as big from a
girth standpoint as [Texas
Dexter] Pittman, but hes not
far of. He looks like he goes a
lot more than 260 to me. Hes a
legitimate load.
Kansas coach Bill Self, when asked what
he knew about Radford
Kansas (7-0) returns home to take
on Radford (located in Radford, Va.).
Kansas leads the nation in scoring
diferential at more than 33.4 points
per game. The Jayhawks are ranked
in the top ten in the nation in scor-
ing ofense, scoring defense, feld
goal percentage, defensive feld goal
percentage, assists, assist to turn-
over ratio and blocked shots. The
Jayhawks have shared the wealth
through seven games. Including ties,
seven diferent players have led the
team in steals, six in assists and six
in points.
Despite a dominant big man, can
Kansas contain Radford?
Oaklands dominant big man,
Keith Benson, had 20 points against
Kansas but the team still lost by 30
points. Oakland is now 4-4 while
Radford is 4-2, so its hard to say
who has the better overall team. But
Art Parakhouski leads the nation in
rebounds and he has only scored
less than 20 points once this season.
He had 23 and 14 against Duke even
though his team lost by 37. Cole Al-
drich will have his hands full, so the
other Jayhawks (Thomas Robinson,
the Morris twins) need to have a
solid outing.
I was like, thats kind of annoying,
you know what I mean somebody
to be running around, throwing their
hands behind the back. I might have
airballed it, honestly.
Marcus Morris describing a man wearing a blue
afro while distracting Jayhawks at the free throw
line during the UCLA game.
Kansas 80, RADFORD 54
Johnson
Martin
Trifunovic
Lynch-Flohr
Parakhouski