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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 www.kAnSAn.com voLUme 121 ISSUe 141
See a list of events for today and the rest of this week at www.sustainableku.wordpress.com.
How to celebrate Earth day
BY KEVIN HARDY
khardy@kansan.com
Todd Miller slowly positions the head of the body
between plastic blocks as Curtis Foley makes a 2-inch
incision on the neck near the collar bone. Miller then
digs beneath the skin, grasps the carotid artery and
jugular vein and pulls them toward the surface, tying
them together to ensure easy access for later. Foley
makes a tiny cut for a tube to enter each vessel.
Meanwhile, Miller closes the corpses eyes. He uses
plastic textured eye caps to affix the eyeball to the lid.
This prevents the eyes from sinking into the skull and
keeps the eyelids from dehydrating.
Miller washes the body several times with heavy-duty
disinfectant soap and water and massages the body
to loosen the muscles, reversing the effects of rigor
mortis.
He runs his hands along the arteries, preparing them
to be emptied of blood.
In the world of morticians, this process is called
setting the features. Once embalming fluid is added,
the body will stiffen into position the position itll
stay in until its buried.
This body, like most of those that are embalmed, is
destined for a plush casket, a fancy outfit and plenty
of makeup, all before being placed in the ground and
topped off with an elegant headstone.
Its here, lying on a shiny metal table under the care
of morticians like Foley and Miller, that most of us will
eventually wind up. Roughly 2.5 million Americans
die each year, and about 2 million of them will be
embalmed, according to the National Funeral Directors
Association. Though overwhelmingly popular in U.S.
funerals, embalming is performed on only a fraction of
the worlds newly dead.
Although conventional embalming and burying the
dead remains the most popular choice in this country,
recent years have shown a shift toward different methods
to dispose of Americas dead. Today, the bodies of about
one-third of Americans are cremated after death, perhaps
the most significant change in consumer preference.
Industry experts estimate that 10,000 bodies are
donated to science each year. Movements toward green
burials and home funerals and burials are emerging,
creating a simpler and significantly cheaper transition
from life. In some cases, these emerging practices reject
Americas idea of a conventional funeral.
For those dealing with loss, navigating the world
of death care can be a daunting and expensive task.
Critics say many people avoid planning for death until
it happens, leading to uninformed consumers and a
system susceptible to abuse.
Its a problem many have faced. For one KU professor,
the experience of arranging funerals for her father and
two grandparents during her time of grief left her feeling
so unprepared and frustrated that she devoted much of
her research and writing to the topic. She now teaches a
course on death and dying to help students prepare for
and better understand death.
the price of passing
How Americas funeral industry thrives on the dead
Sales of the death men
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SEE funerals ON PAGE 4A

environment
campus
KU Dining
buys local
food for
Earth Day
Chancellor makes Earth Day ofcial
BY BRENNA LONG
blong@kansna.com
KU Dining Services is celebrat-
ing the 40th year of Earth Day by
going local. As part of the Rock
Chalk Green Hawk event tonight,
KU Dining Services will serve food
that comes from a 300-mile radius,
from hamburger buns to eggs.
This is something KU Dining
has been proactive with, said
Sheryl Kidwell, assistant director of
KU Dining.
Working with Sysco, a food dis-
tributor out of Olathe, and their
local suppliers, Kidwell and Jim
Schilling, assistant manager of Mrs.
Es, have worked for more than a
year to make the local dinner pos-
sible.
On the menu will be hamburg-
ers, fresh bread, bison meat, whole-
wheat pasta, grilled cheese sand-
wiches, deviled eggs and ice cream.
As KU Dinings prime vendor,
Sysco KC helped to provide those
items that could be purchased
locally. But not everything could fit
the theme.
Unfortunately, the Midwest
growing season and availability of
fresh produce this time of year pre-
vented us from being able to serve
fresh fruits and vegetables as part of
this menu lineup, Kidwell said.
Availability is not the only bar-
rier to consistently providing local
food.
We want to support local pur-
chasing when it is feasible for our
operations, she said. That is why
we look toward the possibility of
increasing our local support, but
we will have to weigh any financial
impact because remaining fiscally
responsible to our customers is also
very important.
The cost, availability and quantity
challenge residential dining servic-
es to provide local food, Schilling
said. Nearly 1,500 residents will eat
at Mrs. Es tonight, and about 600
residents at both GSP-Corbin Hall
and Oliver Hall will also eat the
local meal.
This local night, like other events
hosted throughout the year, such as
the Thanksgiving and SpongeBob
SquarePants dinners, costs more
than a normal meal, and KU Dining
budgets accordingly, Kidwell said.
Some items on tonights menu cost
from 15 percent to as much as
195 percent more than the regular
items.
To accompany the local food,
the cafeterias will also have a local
market atmosphere. Groups with
information about sustainability
SEE dining ON PAGE 3A
BY ELLIOt mEtz
emetz@kansan.com
Police have released the name of
the driver of the car that crashed into
Louises West early Sunday.
Brandy Fausnaught, a 22-year-old
Lawrence resident, was issued four
citations for the accident.
Fausnaught was cited for leaving
the scene of an accident, reckless driv-
ing, driving with a suspended license
and failure to report an accident.
The bar has been closed since
Sunday.
Edited by Cory Bunting
BY BRENNA LONG
blong@kansan.com
Today might be the 40th anni-
versary of the nationwide Earth
Day, but its the Universitys first.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-
Little officially declared April
22 Earth Day for the University
when she signed a proclamation
on April 16.
This proclamation is a tangi-
ble landmark, said Tyler Enders,
a junior from Leawood and presi-
dent of From Blue to Green. Its
a reflection of a whole lot of work
done by a whole lot of people.
The proclamation notices the
green initiatives that have been
happening for the last 15 years,
including green fees, the Center
for Sustainability development,
an energy performance contract,
the KU Student Rain Garden and
the Potter Lake Project.
Students met with the chancel-
lor three times throughout the
semester to talk about sustain-
able investments and changes that
could happen on campus.
SEE earth day ON PAGE 3A
crime
Driver named in Louises crash
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
The chapel inside Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., is seen fromthe alcove where the casket would be placed during a memorial service. Funeral homes in Douglas County provide services for about 500 deaths a year.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
A sense of humor is a major defense
against minor troubles ...
Mignon McLaughlin
FACT OF THE DAY
The can opener was invented 48
years after the can.
nicefacts.com
Happy Earth Day! last year
alone, kU recycled over a
million pounds of campus
materials, from alumimun
to newsprint to plastic.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
FRIDAY
April 23
nAnything Goes, a musical with lyrics by
cole porter, will be performed at the crafton-
preyer Theatre in murphy Hall. The show is
from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
nThe University Dance company will
perform at the lied center beginning at 7:30
p.m. Tickets are $15 and $10 for students and
seniors.
SATURDAY
April 24
nThe 2nd Annual Hawk mud Fest will be
hosted by Students for kU, from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. contact the Student involvement & lead-
ership center for more information.
nThe South Asian Student Association will
host the Second Annual cultural variety show
Jayhawk Jhalak: A cultural Show at 6:40 p.m.
SUNDAY
April 25
MONDAY
April 26
TUESDAY
April 27
nScience on Tap will host a discussion titled
What the old Bones Say: Fossils, feathers, and
fight. kU paleontologist David Burnham will
discuss how scientists know about birds and
fight, based on the fossil record. Doors open at
6:30 p.m. at the Free State Brewing company
and the discussion beings at 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
April 28
npianist Daniel cunha will perform from
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in
murphy Hall as part of the kU School of musics
Student Recital Series.
nTenorist michael Davidson will perform
from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital
Hall in murphy Hall as part of the kU School of
musics Student Recital Series.
nJohn mack will present the seminar osher in-
stitute: The History of medicine: Human Attempts
to cure illness Through the Ages at 3 p.m. at the
continuing Education building, 1515 St. Andrews
Dr.
nThe Spencer museum of Art will host a discus-
sion on the book mrs. Dalloway by Viriginia Woolf
at 6 p.m. in the kress Gallery on the fourth foor.
The event is free and open to the public.

If you would like to submit an event to be included
on our weekly calendar, send us an e-mail at
news@kansan.com with the subject Calendar.
Whats going on today?
nAnything Goes, a musical with lyrics by
cole porter, will be performed at the crafton-
preyer Theatre in murphy Hall. The show is
from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
nThe instrumental collegium musicum
will perform from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the
Swarthout Recital Hall in murphy Hall.
nAuthor martin Henn will talk about his new
book, Under the color of law, from 4 to 5 p.m.
in The parlors of the kansas Union.
nDr. michael Shull, professor at the University
of colorado at Boulder, will present the lecture
missing Baryons: Searching between the
Galaxies from 4 to 5 p.m. in Room 2074 of
malott Hall.
Group to audit trash
from Wescoe
Wescoes trash will be spread
over Staufer-Flint lawn today for
a waste audit starting at 10 a.m.
The trash will be sorted to look
for items that could have been
recycled and to gauge campus
recycling habits. Students are
encouraged to come and help sort
the trash. Gloves will be provided.
kU Recycling and the center
for Sustainability will use the
results to see if the placement and
number of recycling bins in the
building is efective.
Brenna Long
Security camera footage leads police
to driver who crashed into Taco Bell
police have found the vehicle and driver of the car that
crashed into the Taco Bell on 23rd Street early Wednesday
morning.
Jason Gillam, a 20-year-old lawrence resident, was cited for
reckless driving, failure to report an accident and leaving the
scene of an accident.
Gillam allegedly crashed a burgundy Jeep into the north
side of the restaurant at approximately 2 a.m. There were no
injuries from staf members or customers at the restaurant.
After the crash, the driver backed out the vehicle and drove
westbound, leaving a trail of debris behind him. Using footage
from security cameras, police were able to track down the car
matching the model and resulting damage from the crash to
the 2000 block of clifton court, just north of the restaurant.
Elliot Metz
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punches employee
BEllinGHAm, Wash. police
said a cost cutter store employee
was punched in the mouth after
he confronted a customer about
his body odor. police spokesman
mark Young told The Bellingham
Herald that police went to the
store after a report of a fght and
found employees holding down
a man.
The newspaper said customers
apparently complained while the
man was in the store Sunday, and
the employee decided to discuss
it with him when he returned the
next day.
Young said the store employee
was not going to ask him to leave
the store, but only approached
him to share the complaints.
Young said the man snapped and
threw a bunch of batteries and
punched the worker, causing a
minor injury.
Woman lies to avoid
paying hotel bills
noVATo, calif. A woman
accused of accruing thousands of
dollars in bills at a marin county
hotel while pretending to be an
iRS agent has been sentenced to
fve years probation and ordered
to pay $55,000 to the hotel
owners. chief U.S. District Judge
Vaughn Walker in San Francisco
sentenced Sherry lynn Vertoch on
Tuesday.
Vertoch pleaded guilty in Febru-
ary to impersonating a federal
ofcer.
Authorities said the woman,
who is in her 60s, stopped paying
her bills at the inn marin in novato
in 2008, telling one of the hotels
owners she was a contract worker
with the iRS and wouldnt be paid
until she fnished an investigation
for the agency.
She allegedly urged the owners
to write a letter to the iRS when
they periodically sought payment.
prosecutors had recommended
probation for Vertoch over prison
time.
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ABERDEEN, Miss. The lesbian
teenager from Mississippi who
challenged her school districts
ban on same-sex prom dates is
seeking unspecifed monetary
damages, claiming she was
publicly humiliated.
A lawsuit was fled Wednes-
day by the American Civil Liber-
ties Union in U.S. District Court
in Aberdeen.
Constance McMillen, 18, is
a senior at Itawamba Agricul-
tural High School in Fulton. The
lawsuit names the Itawamba
County school district and
school ofcials as defendants.
McMillen and the ACLU chal-
lenged her school districts rule
banning same-sex prom dates
and a stipulation that only male
students be allowed to wear
tuxedos to the event.
In response, the school
district canceled its April 2 prom
and later announced parents
would sponsor another dance in
its place.
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Abortion doctors
killer fles for release
WICHITA The convicted kill-
er of a Kansas abortion provider
has fled a petition complaining
of his treatment in prison and
seeking his release.
A hearing on Scott Roeders
habeas corpus petition is sched-
uled for June 4 before Judge
Timothy Henderson in Wichita. A
habeas corpus petition requires
that a judge determine whether
the government can continue to
hold a prisoner.
The court docket shows Roed-
er fled the initial paperwork
himself in February. His court-
appointed attorney, Michael
Brown, could not immediately
be reached for comment.
All the documents in a sepa-
rate civil case involving Roeder
have been sealed.
The murder case against him
for killing Dr. George Tiller is now
under appeal.
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initiatives will be present at local food night.
Sysco, KU Dining, Department of Student
Housing, KU Recycling, Environs, Association
of University Residence Halls, Alternative
Energy, Potter Lake project and a KU Medical
Center dietetic intern will have tables at the
event.
Association of University Residence Halls
will hand out 250 aluminum canteens to resi-
dents and offer residents the chance to plant
flowers in terracotta pots, said Kiley Luckett,
president of AURH and a senior from Garden
City.
Its a chance for AURH to get involved and
show how bad plastic bottles are, she said.
A live band will also be performing at Mrs.
Es. The band, Random Rain, plays songs about
environmental issues.
We want it to be kind of a Tunes at Noon
feel, said Margaret Tran, a band member and a
senior from Derby. We will be playing outside
and have signs saying Happy Earth Day.
Edited by AllysonShaw
dining (continued from 1A)
WHERE IT comES fRom
nHamburgers from River City Meat in
Kansas City, Mo.
nWheat buns and whole-wheat bread
from Wheatfelds, 904 Vermont St.
nBison Meat from New Grass Bison Co.
in LaCygne
nBison Sauce from KC Artisans in
Shawnee
nWhole-wheat penne pasta from Kansas
City, Mo.
nCheese from Farm House Cheese in
Durham
nDeviled Eggs from Stanberry
Community Farmers in Stanberry, Mo.
nMilk and yogurt on salad bars from
Roberts Dairy in Kansas City, Mo. All
current dairy items come from here.
nyogurt from Omaha, Neb.
nIce Cream from Norfolk, Neb.
Also on Earth Day, the Center for
Sustainability will release a Climate
Action Plan. This plan started in
an environmental studies class and
shows a list of campus greenhouse
gas emissions and provides recom-
mendations for lowering them. The
full report can be found at www.
sustainability.ku.edu/CAP-KU/.
It serves as a good starting
point, said Jeff Severin, director of
the Center for Sustainability. The
recommendations will play a big
role in the next phase for sustain-
able development.
In the proclamation, the chancel-
lor said she encourages all mem-
bers of the University community
to consider how they can contrib-
ute to a more sustainable campus
through teaching, research and
activities on campus.
BY JENNY TERRELL
jterrell@kansan.com
Students had the opportunity
to hear career advice from alum-
ni during a networking session
Wednesday night at the Adams
Alumni Center.
About 10 students attended the
event. Although the participants
did not fill the 60 chairs set up
in the Bruckmiller room, event
coordinator Megan Hill thought
the event was a great success.
It was a small group, but it
allowed a lot of one-on-one atten-
tion, which is really what net-
working is all about, said Hill,
associate director of career net-
works in the University Career
Center.
The panel consisted of four
alumni: Jeff Briley, 1974 gradu-
ate and executive at CBIZ Inc. in
Overland Park; Howard Cohen,
1979 graduate and auditor at
Deloitte & Touche in Leawood;
Wendy Rohleder-Sook, 2001 law
graduate and associate dean for
student affairs at the School of
Law; and Charles German, 2009
graduate and financial analyst for
Hallmark Cards in Lawrence.
The alumni shared their
career paths and then answered
questions from the audience.
Questions ranged from what
employers looked for in resums
and how to
dress for inter-
views to how
students could
make the best
use of their
time at the
University.
Briley and
Cohen both
suggested get-
ting involved
in leadership
in extra-curric-
ular activities,
but recom-
mended not
listing as many organizations as
possible on a resum or cover let-
ter. Instead they suggested getting
involved in a few activities and
holding leadership positions, and
then highlighting those experi-
ences during the interview.
Long cover letters people
dont read them, Cohen said.
Whatever I read in the first three
to four sentences is what sticks.
Rohleder-Sook advised stu-
dents to take advantage of all the
events and speak-
ers the University
brought in.
Ask yourself, If I
werent here, would
I have this oppor-
tunity? And if the
answer is no, then
do it, Rohleder-
Sook said.
Ava Azad,
a senior from
Leawood, said the
event was more
helpful than she
expected.
It was nice to
get direct answers from people
who lived it, Azad said, espe-
cially KU alums.
Edited by Katie Blankenau
Students ask alumni about
success in the real world
cAmpUS
david McKinney/KU University Relations
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little signs a proclamation stating KUs support of Earth Day. She is surrounded by students and staf who work with
KUs Center for Sustainability, leaders of student environmental organizations and state Sen. Marci Francisco.
Mia iverson/KAnSAn
KU alumni Jef Briley, Howard Cohen, Wendy Rohleder-Sook, and Charles German participate in the Adams Alumni Center Life After College
series. They answered students questions regarding interviewattire, resume building and other topics. The event was hosted by the KU Alumni
Association and the University Career Center.
STATE
NATIoNAL
Ask yourself, if I
werent here, would
I have this oppor-
tunity? And if the
answer is no, then
do it.
WENDy ROHLEDER-SOOK
Associate dean in the
School of Law
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FUNERAL FLAK
Carlson, the former executive
director of the Funeral Consumers
Alliance, a nonprofit that educates
families of the deceased about their
rights, is a leader in the recent move-
ment toward caring for the dead at
home. In all but a handful of states,
its legal to care for the dead, hold
a home funeral and even perform
a burial within the privacy of your
own home. In Kansas, home burial
is legal, but it is subject to county
regulations.
Carlson argues that the funeral
industry has long taken advantage
of customers, who are vulnerable
because of their grief. Morticians
can essentially charge whatever they
like for their services, creating a
system that invites abuse, she said.
But consumers are partially to
blame. Americans shy away from
planning for death, which cripples
their decision-making when death
and grief arrive.
People dont want to talk about it,
and they dont want to think about
it, said Tracey LaPierre, assistant
professor of sociology and assistant
research scientist in the Gerontology
Center.
The loss of her father and two
grandfathers back in Canada while
she was a graduate student here
in the U.S. sparked LaPierres ini-
tial interest in the funeral indus-
try. Her interest quickly turned into
a passionate research topic. Shes
now one of the few KU professors
knowledgeable in thanatology, the
study of the social and psychological
implications of death. She teaches
the course Sociology of Death and
Dying.
Her fathers death in a car accident
was the first death of a close family
member she experienced. The trag-
edy left her with a list of decisions
she was unprepared to make.
Would he have preferred crema-
tion or burial?
Did he want a religious ceremo-
ny?
What songs would he want played
at the funeral?
In her class, LaPierre preaches the
importance of making ones wish-
es known through wills, advanced
directives and dialogue with family,
which can help avoid these linger-
ing questions. Open discussion and
understanding of death is perhaps
one of the best ways to prepare for
and cope with loss. Yet she, like
many people, still hasnt made her
own final wishes known on paper.
Im just as susceptible as every-
one else, she said. You always think
there will be more time tomorrow.
The whole experience of her
fathers death is a blur, but she
remembers one thing.
Honestly, price wasnt an issue,
she said. We didnt even care.
In retrospect, it probably wasnt a
good idea to dish out thousands of
dollars for a fancy casket. But at the
moment, the pressure to act quickly
and demonstrate her love for her
father trumped reason and practi-
cality, she said.
The experience of planning a
funeral, coupled with her in-depth
study, has left her a much more
enlightened consumer. She suggests
planning ahead and never being
afraid to shop around or to leave a
funeral home that doesnt treat you
well.
The Funeral Consumers Alliance
maintains that an abundance of
funeral homes and undertakers in
many states has caused an oversatu-
rated market and higher costs for
consumers. In Kansas, the Alliance
estimates a need for only 99 funeral
homes, but 326 funeral homes are
currently in operation.
Theyre fighting over dead bod-
ies in many areas, Carlson said.
Lawrence is home to three funeral
homes, two of which are equipped
to perform cremations. About 500
people die each year in Douglas
County.
Even critics arent predicting the
death of the death care industry.
Neither Carlson nor Sehee foresee
the extinction of the traditional
American funeral anytime soon.
Home schooling never put the
schools out of business. Home births
never put the OB/GYNs out of busi-
ness. Home funerals arent going
to put the funeral directors out of
business, Carlson said. But they
may have to start selling homeown-
ers insurance on the side or refinish
antiques or something.
THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The job of undertaker is a lot like
a doctor always on call.
But in this business, no one is
ever saved.
At Rumsey-Yost, Todd Miller and
other students trade off nights sleep-
ing in a small room on the third
floor. When a nursing home, hos-
pital or family calls, they throw on
a suit and tie and quickly retrieve
the dead.
Miller moves the corpse onto a
stretcher and covers it in a maroon
velvet body bag. Overnight, the
body will stay in the coolness of
the basement until Foley or another
embalmer arrives in the morning.
Only a few feet away are the two
options the crematory and the
entrance to the embalming room.
Not a long journey.
Local funeral homes see this 24/7
service as part of their duty in serv-
ing bereaved families.
Were always here, funeral direc-
tor Patty Dardis said. It doesnt
matter if we were just sitting down
to Christmas dinner.
Dardis says funeral directors must
find a way to separate grief and
sorrow at work from the happiness
of home life, just as doctors cant
bring every patients illness home
with them.
To the embalmers, this level of
separation is also vital to their suc-
cess.
nnn
After letting the body firm up,
Foley and Miller now set out to
beautify the corpse the last step.
Once the cadaver is completely
sealed, the two dress the body, usu-
ally in clothes picked out by the
family. Underwear, socks and a bra
are all draped on the deceased. No
detail is left out. The shirt, jacket or
dress is cut down the back to make
manipulating the stiff arms easier.
The same goes for the pants. The
shoes can also be cut if theres any
trouble getting them on.
The face and hands are then
stained a more lifelike color. They
fix the hair just as the person wore it
in life and apply makeup. A lift low-
ers the body from the table into the
casket, the head cradled by a plush
pillow, tilted slightly to the right
for easy viewing. The elbows rest
on blocks hidden under the casket
lining to keep the arms from falling.
The hands are set on the abdomen,
one over the other. The goal is to
make the body look as though its
enjoying peaceful sleep.
Miller says he treats every body
as respectfully as if it were his own
grandmother, but its not as if he is
actually caring for a living person.
In the embalming room, Mr.
Smith is no longer Mr. Smith.
Hes an object to be preserved and
dressed up.
Though they dont know the per-
son in the coffin, Miller and Foley
take great care in this process. This
is their gift to the family, the most
important result of their labor.
Regardless of what critics say
about embalming, cremation and
the financial and environmental
costs of the funeral industry, this is
what a majority of grieving families
choose.
Embalmed, buried, cremated
or donated to medical science, the
physical body remains the center-
piece of American death rituals. It
allows the families to grieve the loss
of a loved one and perhaps to catch
a glimpse of what inevitably waits in
the future.
The truth is, this entire process
isnt for the dead.
In the end, the dead wont see the
embalming room in the basement.
They wont feel the blood being
sucked out of their bodies or smell
the formaldehyde as its pushed
through their veins. They wont feel
the pain of sharp tools jabbing into
their abdomens or the searing heat
of the cremation oven.
They wont enjoy the comfort of
the lush, silky mattress that lines
their polished coffin. They wont see
their precisely styled hair or marvel
at the granite headstone over their
grave.
By the time the mourners gather,
the dead are no longer present, at
least not in this world. But they have
left behind remains for others to
mourn and remember as the body is
shown, the casket is closed and the
grave covered with dirt.
No, this process is all for the
living.
Edited by Lauren Keith
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In the embalming room at
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601
Indiana St., Miller and Foley are cov-
ered head to toe in protective gear.
They each wear thick, blue rubber
gloves, non-absorbent gowns and
plastic protective masks.
Bodies often leak. Vomit and bile
are prone to purging through the
mouth. Without muscles tightly
holding everything in place, feces
can spill onto the table.
The embalming room, behind
a heavy metal door in the base-
ment, looks more like an operating
room for the living than a place to
care for the dead. Each of the two
adjustable tables is lined with a gut-
tering system. They are positioned
near cabinets and shelves that store
sterile-looking utensils, creams and
chemicals.
Foley, with four years under his
belt as a licensed funeral direc-
tor and embalmer, has this pro-
cess down to a fine art. Miller is
still a student, and hes working
to get his state license. But first, he
must complete a manda-
tory apprenticeship.
Hes not allowed to
embalm a body him-
self, but he assists wherever possible.
In three years working at Rumsey-
Yost, Miller has watched and par-
ticipated in this process at least 100
times.
With the corpse washed, the mus-
cles loosened and the hair freshly
rinsed with Head and Shoulders
shampoo, the two begin the embalm-
ing process.
Foley attaches plastic tubes to the
incisions on the carotid and jugular.
The tubes lead to the embalming
machine, which holds several gallons
of embalming fluid. The mixture is
made of formaldehyde and contains
perfumes and dyes. Without blood
in the body, the skin will be pale
white.
The machine will pump for about
90 minutes, acting almost like a heart
for the deceaseds circulatory system.
One tube pushes the potion into the
body, where it streams through every
artery, vessel, vein and capillary. The
other tube drains the blood, which is
dumped into the sewer system like
dirty bath water.
After the blood is replaced by
preservative, the artery and vein are
tied off, and Foley stitches the inci-
sions closed. The wounds will later
be masked by makeup and cream,
leaving no evidence of the operation
theyve performed.
Miller then grabs a trocar, a metal
tool used to poke a hole near the
navel. The trocar is attached to a suc-
tion tube, which draws the remain-
ing fluid out of the cavities. It punc-
tures each organ, releasing gas, bile
and bodily fluids.
No one wants a solemn funeral
service interrupted by the gurgling
sounds of settling gas in Grandmas
tummy.
Thetool then injectsmoreembalm-
ing fluid through the puncture site,
preserving the bodys innards. The
puncture wound is sealed, and the
body is given time to rest.
Embalming bodies this way didnt
become popular until well into the
20th century.
Before that, the funeral and buri-
al took place at home or church.
Embalming started during the Civil
War as a means of preserving and
shipping the bodies of fallen Union
soldiers back to their Northern
homes.
Although embalming made sense
to allow for time to transport bodies
before the development of refrigera-
tion and high-speed travel, environ-
mentalists and industry watchdogs
are now questioning the practicality,
the high costs and the environmental
effects of the tradition.
When a lengthy journey of a
decomposing corpse ceased to
be a problem, undertakers touted
embalming as a safeguard for pub-
lic health. Not many diseases can
survive in a body steeped in form-
aldehyde.
But scientists have since discov-
ered that, except in the rarest cases,
a dead body poses little risk to the
health of the living. The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention now
maintains that embalming has no
benefit to public health.
But now its thought that embalm-
ing is actually detrimental to pub-
lic health. In 2009, research from
the National Cancer Institute linked
embalming fluids active ingredi-
ent, formaldehyde, which is classi-
fied as a known carcinogen by the
International Agency for Research
on Cancer, to myeloid leukemia.
The study proved what many had
suspected for years: Funeral direc-
tors who embalm over an extended
period of time have an increased risk
of contracting cancer.
Embalming also poses a problem
for environmentalists, who can only
guess what long-term effects toxic
formaldehyde has on the Earth.
Funeral directors now pay close
attention to the health debate, if only
because evidence suggests their work
environment might be accelerating
their own need for a funeral.
After release of the findings,
the National Funeral Directors
Association updated its list of
Formaldehyde Best Management
Practices, which suggests increas-
ing ventilation, limiting exposure
to formaldehyde and using a less
concentrated mixture of embalming
fluid.
Still, no federal regulations or
industry-wide changes have been
implemented since the research was
published.
If there was a serious risk
with embalming, the government
wouldnt allow it, said Pam Scott,
executive director of the Kansas
Funeral Directors Association.
The Environmental Protection
Agency has yet to take a stance on
embalming, but it does note that
formaldehyde can cause cancer
within the respiratory or GI tract
after inhalation or oral exposure.
Its estimated that Americans
annually bury more than 827,000
gallons of embalming fluid
enough to overflow an Olympic size
swimming pool across Americas
22,500 cemeteries, along with near-
ly 93,000 tons of steel, copper and
bronze and 30 million board feet of
hardwoods from caskets.
LIVING THE GREEN LIFE
AND DEATH
The governments inaction on the
matter has caused environmental
activists to create their own orga-
nization to promote more environ-
mentally friendly ways of disposing
of the dead, said Joe Sehee, execu-
tive director of the nonprofit Green
Burial Council.
The council has enlisted the help
of 300 funeral homes across the
nation to begin offering green burials
that do not use embalming or other
traditional but wasteful materials,
such as metal caskets and granite and
marble headstones.
Its really the energy that goes
into all this that is most worrisome,
Sehee said.
The council has created criteria
for evaluating whether a cemetery is
green and how green it is.
Lawrence is home to Kansas only
green cemetery. Its actually a smaller,
wooded section of the city-operated
Oak Hill Cemetery in East Lawrence
near 15th and Elmwood streets. At
Oak Hill, regular burials and green
burials cost the same. Each plot costs
$700 in addition to a $640 to $1,100
fee for digging and covering the
grave. Embalmed bodies and caskets
that use metal or glues cant be bur-
ied in the green section.
We think green burial is a tradi-
tional burial, Sehee said. Ashes to
ashes, dust to dust is a concept thats
been with us a lot longer.
Despite the amount of nation-
al press coverage, green burials in
Lawrence havent been that popular.
Only three individuals have chosen
to have a green burial here since it
became an option in January 2009.
That year, 225 bodies were buried in
Lawrences three cemeteries.
Environmentalists also want to
change the types of embalming flu-
ids used.
Some formaldehyde-free embalm-
ing fluids have been introduced to
the market, but theyre not widely
used. Even crematoria, the ovens
used to burn the human body into
a gravel-like consistency of bones
and ashes known as cremains, are
being eyed for more energy-efficient
upgrades.
Critics decry the release of green-
house gases and mercury from den-
tal work that pours out of the ovens,
which burn at temperatures close
to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Some
have suggested that morticians start
removing metal dental work from
the deceased before cremation.
Though the release of carbon
dioxide from crematoria isnt easy
on the environment, experts say
less overall energy is expended in
cremation than in traditional buri-
al. Nonetheless, the Green Burial
Council is working to promote more
energy-efficient crematoria and is
looking at ways to install filters on
existing crematoria.
THE MEMORY PICTURE
The ancient Egyptians believed
the dead were capable of taking their
bodies and possessions with them
into the afterlife, making preserva-
tion of the earthly body a necessity.
Thousands of years later, that idea is
all but extinct in mainstream society.
But funeral directors have still found
a way to sell the value of embalming.
They maintain that viewing the
restored, preserved body helps
mourners cope with the loss.
I wonder why its not popular in
other places like it is here, said Patty
Dardis, a veteran funeral director at
Rumsey-Yost.
Dardis said she found that when
she lost loved ones, viewing the body
provided closure for her, just as it
does for other survivors.
Seeing is believing, she said.
Thats not to say that embalming is
required to view the body.
Most states donot require embalm-
ing except in special circumstances.
In some states, including Kansas,
embalming is required for interstate
shipping of the body. Some funeral
homes may require embalming for
open-casket funerals or public view-
ings. But most will still allowthe fam-
ily a private viewing of the body even
if its not embalmed.
Popularized in industry trade pub-
lications, the concept of the memory
picture is how morticians continue
to sell the art of temporary preserva-
tion. The embalmer is not only look-
ing to preserve the body, but is also
trying to create a positive last image
for loved ones.
Through restorative art, as its
called within the industry, nearly
all physical imperfections of the live
human body can be erased.
No longer does Grandma look frail
from months of illness. The woman
who was mutilated in an automobile
accident suddenly looks as if she
avoided any injury at all. Even a
decapitated cadaver can be altered to
look whole again.
This restoration, funeral directors
argue, provides a positive psycho-
logical effect for grievers that cant be
realized in immediate burial, direct
cremation or green burial.
This memory picture con-
cept benefits the funeral industry
financially. Not only do undertak-
ers charge a fee in Lawrence it
ranges from$550 to $675 just for the
embalming but they make even
more money on the accompanying
casket and service.
Number one, once they pretty up
the body, they can probably sell you
a more expensive casket. So youve
got to follow the dollar here, said
Lisa Carlson, an outspoken critic
of the funeral industry and author
of the books Caring for the Dead:
Your Final Act of Love and I Died
Laughing: Funeral Education with a
Light Touch.
Cremation
on average, about 34 percent of Americas dead
are cremated each year. In Lawrence, funeral direc-
tors estimate about 40 percent of families choose
cremation.
By integrating cremation into traditional memo-
rial services, American funeral homes have made
the practice much more commonplace. In 1963, the
catholic church lifted its ban on cremation, likely
making the practice less objectionable for many of
the quarter of Americans who identify themselves
as catholic. The modern crematoria, the ovens used
to burn bodies, are equipped with digital controls to
manage the fres that burn at temperatures close to
2,000 degrees Fahrenheit for about two hours.
once the body is reduced to a gravel-like consis-
tency of ashes and bone fragment, the
remains are collected and moved to a
processor, which grinds the bones
into a more powdery substance. The
residual matter, known as cremains
in the funeral industry, is placed in
an urn or a temporary container so
family members can scatter the ashes.
Urns are buried, placed in an above-
ground mausoleumor displayed
in the homes of survivors.
CREMATIONODDITIES:
nBritish designer nadine Jarvis sells pencils made
of human ashes. cremains consist mostly of carbon,
and one body can usually produce 240 pencils.
The pencils, etched with the deceaseds name, are
housed in a wooden box. The box contains a sharp-
ener and collects the sharpening fragments, making
the box an urn of sorts.
nPortions of cremated ashes can be fown aboard
a commercial spacecraft owned by Space Services,
Inc. The ashes, held in a small capsule, are released
into space. The cost ranges from$12,500 to $59,985,
depending on howmuch of the ashes are shipped
into space. The remaining cremains are scattered at
sea.
nSeveral companies sell cremation diamonds,
created fromthe ashes of the dead. These jewels
can be set into rings or pendants or even made into
larger pieces of art. This practice is also available as a
way to memorialize lost pets.
nTattoo artists have created a way of infusing ink
with the fnely ground ashes of the dead. Because
living bodies can reject the impurity of the ash
fragments, health ofcials question the safety of the
practice.
The history of embalming goes back
at least 6,000 years to ancient Egyp-
tians, who believed that the deceased
lived on in the afterlife.
Bodies were frst preserved by
dehydration in the Egyptian deserts
dry heat. complete dehydration
prevents bacteria and fungi fromeating
away at the body. The practice evolved
into an elaborate 52-day process in
which the organs were removed and the
body was dried, washed, and stufed with
linen before being coated in wax, oil, salt,
spices and hot resin. All orifces were
sealed and the body was wrapped
in linen shrouds, which were often
decorated. Sometimes the bandages
were painted to look like the deceaseds face, giving
the mummy a doll-like faade.
Egyptians were accompanied in death by valu-
ables and everyday objects such as pottery, combs
and jewelry, which were expected to be of practical
use in the afterlife.
Today, many bodies are buried with wedding
rings, Bibles and other worldly trinkets.
Embalming was practiced intermittently in
Europe during times of war to preserve the bodies
of fallen soldiers. But it wasnt until the civil War that
widespread use of the practice began.
Fallen Union soldiers were embalmed, allow-
ing the bodies to be shipped home with minimal
decomposition. Perhaps it was Abe Lincolns em-
balmed corpse traveling cross-country in 1865 from
Washington, D.c., to Springfeld, Ill., that signaled
the beginning of a nationwide afection for preserv-
ing the dead.
Still, until the early 1900s, most Americans cared
for, memorialized and buried their own dead at their
homes or churches.
At about that time, furniture merchants began
making cofns to capitalize on the emerging funeral
business. The trade of mortician existed as part-time,
supplementary work in the United States until the
widespread popularity of embalming necessitated
full-time tradesmen to complete the work.
That was the beginning of the American funeral
home.
The following
prices were
obtained from
the general price
lists of the three
Lawrence funeral
homes, which are
required by law
to present them
when requested. All
prices are subject to
change.*
$1,575-$4,190
Basic services fee
This non-declinable fee covers the
funeral homes overhead, stafng
and fling of paperwork. Some
services, such as direct cremation,
immediate burial and forwarding or
receiving of remains, already include
this fee. But for most services, this fee
is added on to the cost of selected
arrangements and merchandise.
$550-$675
Embalming
Embalming is rarely required by
law, but some funeral homes may
require it for open-casket funerals or
viewings.
$2,989-$3,315
Immediate burial
This price does not include any
type of memorial services and may
or may not include a cardboard or
fberboard casket.
$1,695-$3,077
Direct cremation
This price does not include any
type of memorial services and may
or may not include a cardboard or
fberboard casket.
$2,635-$4,425
Cremation with
traditional funeral service
cremation can occur before or
after the funeral. The body can be
embalmed and placed in a casket to
be viewed at the funeral. The service
can also be held with or without the
cremated remains.
$2,635-$5,985
Traditional funeral service
and burial
This price usually includes a
visitation and a funeral service at the
funeral homes chapel or a church,
followed by grave-side interment.
These packages usually include
embalming and the basic service fee,
but the casket, outer burial container
and grave marker are usually not
included.
$585-$13,995
Casket
The selection of the casket ofers
the greatest range in price and
greatest proft potential for funeral
homes. The price of one model of
casket can have several thousand
dollars of diference even between
funeral homes in Lawrence. Usually,
the least expensive and most simple
casket models, such as those made of
fberboard or cardboard, are not on
display in funeral home showrooms.
Several models of wood caskets are
designed specifcally for cremation.
most funeral homes also ofer a rental
casket for a fewhundred dollars that
can be used before cremation or direct
burial of the body. Retailers such as
Walmart and costco have begun to
sell discounted caskets online. By
law, funeral homes cannot turn away
caskets bought or made elsewhere.
$700
Cost of a burial plot in
Lawrences Oak Hill Cemetery
$650-$1,000
Cost of opening and closing a
grave
This fee pays for the labor of
cemetery workers, and its more
expensive on weekends and holidays.
$630-$24,086
Outer burial container
These concrete or metal vaults
further protect the casket and the
body. Some cemeteries require themto
prevent graves fromsinking in.
$1,948-$2,998
Transportation of a body to
another funeral home
This does not include costs of airfare,
shipping or transportation to and from
an airport or other long distance.
$1,454-$2,190
Receiving a body from
another funeral home
This does not include costs of any
airfare, shipping or transportation
to and froman airport or other long
distance.
$855-$1,275
Body donation when using a
funeral home
This price includes removal and
transport of the body to the kU medical
center in kansas city, kan.
$7,500
Average price of a U.S. funeral,
according to
www.funeral-tips.com
This fgure does not include funeral
plot, outer burial container or grave
marker costs.
the Cost of death
LinGerinG effeCts
It was the night shift at Warren-mcElwain mortu-
ary, 120 W. 13th St., that Zach kastens still cant get
over.
The mortuary doesnt pay an hourly wage to the
night attendants like some other funeral homes.
Instead, two students receive free rent in their own
apartment at the funeral home in exchange for be-
ing on call to retrieve bodies fromhomes, nursing
homes and hospitals.
kastens, a senior fromAtwood, took the job as a
freshman, enticed by the prospect of free rent. He
quickly realized that being surrounded by death
was more than he could handle.
For kastens, keeping the families and the de-
ceased at a distance proved to be too difcult. He
still thinks and worries about his own death often.
It brings death to the front of your mind, he said.
Seeing families being pressured to showlove
through spending on funerals also turned himof.
nowhe works as a DJ for weddings, a job that
seems like the polar opposite to the funeral indus-
try, but he sees an eerie parallel to howcustomers
are pressured into spending.
For the dead, the funeral was this is the last thing
youll ever do for this person, he said. And in wed-
dings its this is the most important day of your life.
donatinG the dead
About 225 bodies are donated each year through
the Willed Body Programat the kU medical center,
the only body donation programin kansas. Funeral
homes charge to transport donated bodies to the
med center in kansas city, kan. In Lawrence it can
cost as much as $1,275.
But families wishing to bequeath a body to sci-
ence dont have to involve funeral homes at all. In
kansas, its perfectly legal for family members to
transport the dead on their own. Amy Deneke, one
of two anatomical morticians for the program, said
people have driven dead family members to kansas
city fromas far away as the kansas-colorado border
to avoid funeral costs.
once a body arrives, its shaved and tagged before
being embalmed a much more labor-intensive
process than at funeral homes. Staf members place
the body into a steel tank flled with water and run
embalming fuid lines into the body for two to three
days. Unlike funeral home embalming, no blood
is removed fromthe cadaver. This one-way fowof
fuids causes the body to gain additional weight
sometimes as much as 30 pounds. A sawcuts
through the skull so the brain can be removed for
closer study.
The cadaver is then placed in a large plastic bag
and set on a metal rack for several months to cure
and dry.
After curing, the bodies are sent to colleges and
universities to be used in biology, physiology and
anatomy classes and labs.
After the schools have fnished their work, the
bodies are sent back to the med center, which has
its own crematory. Each body is tracked throughout
the entire process, so cremated remains can be
returned to surviving family members.
funerals (continued from 1A)
ryan Waggoner/Kansan
Todd Miller, who has worked at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home for three years, is currently working on
getting his funeral directors license. Before becoming a director himself, Miller must pass the state
boards and complete an apprenticeship.
the historY of
emBaLminG
*These prices do not include charges
for stationery, transportation and
additional mileage in funeral home
vehicles, temporary grave markers or
permanent headstones. Obituaries,
cemetery tents and chairs, death
certifcates, compensation for clergy
and musicians and overtime charges for
employees of the funeral home, cemetery
or vault company might not be included.
Many funeral homes are willing to work
with customers who are unable to pay in
full. Payment plans or reduced rates for
services can sometimes be negotiated.
ryan Waggoner/Kansan
The hearse is a trademark of American dearth rituals. This Cadillac coach, owned by Penwell-Gabel Midtown Chapel inTopeka, is part of a feet of elaborate vehicles used in the funeral ceremony.
Headstone and urn photos by ryan Waggoner/Kansan, egyptian symbol from dafont.com
See a timeline of the
history of caskets at
kansan.com.
New flm wont be
J.Los comeback
LOS ANGELES Jennifer
Lopez doesn't see her new flm
"The Back-up Plan" as a come-
back. Although she took a break
from flms after the 2007 release
"El Cantante," Lopez continued
to work on her music, producing
TV and flm projects, and she gave
birth to twins.
"I was just home, kind of on
maternity leave," says Lopez
during an interview at the Four
Seasons Hotel.
In the flm, Lopez plays a single
woman who wants a baby so
much she decides to get artifcial-
ly inseminated. She then meets
the man of her dreams, played by
Alex O'Loughlin.
There was nothing signifcant
about her return to acting
Lopez just felt it was the right
time. But knowing she was going
before the cameras did motivate
her to stick to the diet and exer-
cise regimens she started after
the babies were born.
She opted for a romantic com-
edy because she's had success
in the genre with The Wedding
Planner,Maid in Manhattan and
Monster-in-Law.
The key to a good romantic
comedy, says Lopez, is playing the
role as real as possible.
"When you do that, it's funnier
and you really get the emotional
beats," Lopez says. "I do that
whether it's a drama or a comedy.
But with a comedy I just have a
little more fun."
McClatchy-Tribune
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greater good. Enthusiasm
goes a long way as you chal-
lenge your own endurance.
Test your limits.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Challenge yourself to accom-
plish more than you think you
need today. A demand from a
distant tyrant requires you to
adjust your schedule.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
Save your demands for a pri-
vate consultation. You get the
changes you want more easily
when you avoid embarrassing
others.
cANcER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 5
Plan on giving in to the
demands of others. The chal-
lenge is to hold out for the one
thing you cant live without.
Let everything else go.
LEo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Love grows today. An older
person shares stories that tug
at your heartstrings. The mo-
rale of the tale can be applied
to your work. Take it all in.
VIRGo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Younger people apply pres-
sure for better toys. The group
decision can account for their
desires without excessively
increasing the budget.
LIbRA (Sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 8
You get grumpy if you dont
get your way at home. You
might warn everyone so they
know its not personal. Healing
energy comes from sand and
sun.
ScoRpIo (oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
You probably cant ignore a
power player today. Adapt to
their demands in order to get
on with the fun of working
with compatible associates.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 8
Be conservative with money
now. That doesnt mean you
cant do something fun and
creative. Put extra time into
the planning.
cApRIcoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
Boost your energy level by
eating more protein and less
fats. Go ahead and splurge on
carbs. Diet later, if you must.
AqUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 6
You feel like a yo-yo in action.
Stop and smell the roses. Ask
your signifcant other to pace
you. Its an endurance race, not
a sprint.
pIScES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 8
Deadlines have been moved
forward. Theres plenty to do,
but you bring organization
and determination to the situ-
ation. It all works out.
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LOS ANGELES Michael
Jackson's estate and Cirque du
Soleil will collaborate on a series
of projects designed to extend the
late pop star's legacy across several
different media, chief among them
a reality TV show tied to a concert-
style touring production and a per-
manent show in Las Vegas akin to
existing Cirque productions built
around the music of the Beatles
and Elvis Presley.
The parties say that the collabo-
ration recognizes Jackson's long-
time fascination with Cirque's sig-
nature blend of music, dance and
theatrical spectacle.
"We went to the very first Cirque
du Soleil tent show opening in
Santa Monica," John Branca, co-
executor of Jackson's estate, said
Tuesday. "It was in the late '80s, and
I'll never forget it .... (We) drove
to Santa Monica together no
bodyguards and we sat there in
the front row. Michael was dazzled,
and we went backstage after the
show because he wanted to meet
all the performers. It was a very
passionate evening."
The reality show, intended to
air early next year, would be along
the lines of "American Idol" and
"Dancing With the Stars," created
as a platform for discovering a
choreographer to help develop the
touring and permanent shows built
on Jackson's music, dancing and
life story.
Budding dance enthusiasts from
across the globe would audition
in the search for "someone young,
who is cutting-edge, from the out-
side, from the streets, who can
bring that style that no one's ever
seen before, like Michael always
did," Branca said.
The Cirque deal is yet anoth-
er step in an aggressive series of
grand-scale projects Jackson's estate
has undertaken in recent months.
Among them are the concert film
and DVD "This Is It," featuring
rehearsal footage for a planned
London concert series from shortly
before his death last June; and a
new long-term contract with Sony
Music, said to be worth as much as
$250 million, covering reissues as
well as new compi-
lations of previously
unissued recordings
and, potentially,
video games.
The cross-plat-
form philosophy
will be central to
what Jackson's
estate and Cirque
creators are con-
structing as a way
to ensure the King
of Pop's legend lives
on.
"One thing is clear for us,"
Cirque President and CEO Daniel
Lamarre said Tuesday. "As Michael
Jackson was ahead of his time, we
have to be ahead of our time with
this show. We have to use all the
technology there is, and develop
new technologies with those two
shows to create a breakthrough as
Michael did when he was touring.
The pressure is very, very big on
us to deliver on his fans' expecta-
tions."
The idea for the TV show, which
is still in the discussion stage, grew
out of the planning for the arena
tour and the permanent show in
Vegas. The partners in the venture
plan to hire three choreographers
with the goal of creating dance rou-
tines on a par with what Jackson
employed on his own tours. The
plan is to hire two profession-
als and then, through the reality
show, find the third. The winner
will join the team assembling the
arena tour and the permanent
show, which Lamarre said "will be
very, very different."
Among the media and tech-
nologies that Branca predicts will
be featured in the show, which
will open at one of MGM Mirage's
existing proper-
ties, include "such
things as 3-D,
holograms and
motion simula-
tion."
Te l e v i s i o n
industry ana-
lyst Brad Adgate
said Tuesday that
the deal, while
impressive, was
not without its
perils. "It's a very
bold plan, certain-
ly very aggressive. It seems like
this could work on a lot of differ-
ent platforms, but if the first step is
a misfire, the whole thing could go
down in flames."
But Jackson's music, which
remains a hot seller, will provide
a measure of insurance. John
McClain, Branca's co-executor of
the state, "will supervise remixes
and mash-ups of various record-
ings so that fans will experience
Michael's music in new ways,"
Branca said. "In addition, it's very
possible that (previously) unre-
leased recordings could find their
way into this show. That will be a
creative decision everybody will
be making."
As Michael Jackson
was ahead of his
time, we have to be
ahead of our time
with this show.
DANIEL LAMARRE
CEO, Cirque du Soleil
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F
or 2010, the University of
Kansas is once again ranked
among the 100 Best Value
Colleges, according to the Princ-
eton Review. Although being rec-
ognized among the top public and
private four-year colleges in the
country is an honor, it should not
be an excuse for the University to
become complacent about keeping
educational costs low.
Te Universitys Endowment As-
sociation ranks among the oldest
and most generous endowments
per student within the public uni-
versity category. It is worth more
than $1 billion and provides almost
$35 million in student scholarships
and loans each year. Although these
are big numbers, they are a bit de-
ceiving: Only 66 percent are actual
scholarships or grants. Te rest act
as loans or jobs provided by the Uni-
versity.
Te Princeton Review evaluated
student opinion surveys and infor-
mation provided by more than 650
private and public institutions to
rank Americas colleges. Te main
factors considered included fnan-
cial aid, costs and undergraduate
academics.
According to Te College Board,
a non-proft tool for prospective stu-
dents, on average, 3,503 KU fresh-
men apply for need-based aid. Only
330 of these applicants actually get
their full needs met by the Univer-
sity. It is understandable that not
everyone can receive fnancial help
from the institution. Still, the Uni-
versity should do what it can to pro-
tect tuition from annual increases.
In 2007, the University took a step
in the right direction in ensuring
consistent tuition fees by introduc-
ing the Four-Year Tuition Compact.
Tis provides students and their
families with a fxed tuition rate for
four years of study. Although this
program defnitely helps students
and families plan for the future, tu-
ition fees still go up with each new
class that enters the University.
Incoming freshmen who come
from out of state see the unfortu-
nate steady increase in tuition an-
nually. In order to compensate for
the tuition compact, semester rates
for nonresidents have gone up an
average $630 since the compact was
instated.
Te University recently intro-
duced a scholarship for out of state
students who are children or grand-
children of KU alums, called the
Jayhawk Generation Scholarship.
Tis ofers a 12 to 20 percent dis-
count for out-of-state tuition. Tis
scholarship is a great way to make
an education at the University more
accessible to students who are non-
Kansas residents.
Although tuition has risen
throughout the years, it cannot be
ignored that the University does
provide a great sense of quality in
all of our diverse academic areas.
Whether in our business depart-
ment or education, engineering,
journalism or music programs, we
do have value on our side.
Even though the University of
Kansas is being recognized for its
quality and afordability of educa-
tion, a four-year degree shouldnt
bury the average student in debt.
Te University should keep up
with its current aid. Although be-
ing ranked as one of the best values
in the country is an honor, the real
prize is the Universitys ability to
attract students, regardless of their
fnancial needs.
Stefanie Penn for
The Kansan Editorial Board
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I hate to see her go, but I love
to watch her leave.
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When the grass is cut the
snakes will show.
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Question: Whats better than
watching Are You Afraid of
the Dark? Answer: nothing.
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Call me Mr. Facebook. I can
make your grades drop.

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I was just called a scrooge
by my roommate for not
celebrating 4-20.
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If Gwyneth Paltrow can
name her child Apple, my
new iPhone shall be named
Gwyneth.
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Yesterday was my birthday. I
threw up all over myself.
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If Im buzzed or drunk, please
save the drama.
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I could really use a wish right
now.
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Is it just me, or do the new
Daleks look like KitchenAids?
n n n
I ofcially feel infnitely
dumber for taking the time to
look up Dalek.
n n n
Just because you saw a Slug
Bug doesnt mean I want you
to hit me.
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Oh, you hate something in
your life? Why didnt you say
so? Theres a support group
for that. Its called everybody,
and they meet at the bars.

n n n
Best quote ever from my
mom: Ive only heard about
GPS on tractors. Its in cars?
Does it tell what direction you
are going?
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Other girls are so mean to me
at work. I dont know how to
handle it other than making
them hate their lives.
n n n
If you cant take the heat, plan
on staying of planet Earth
come 2050.
n n n
My TA totally thinks Im high
because I asked to leave class
early. I just really want to go
tanning.
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Did anyone else fnd it
coincidental that the front
page of The Kansan used the
phrase ablaze on 4-20?
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Goal: Do not drink until after
fnals week.
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KU a great value, but should
work to not increase its costs
Cultural collision
D
espite the We speak Eng-
lish here ban immi-
gration signs prevalent
throughout numerous Tea Party
rallies of recent months, Ameri-
cans are coming into contact with
other cultures at an increasing
rate, whether they like it or not.
Tis exposure could come from
the French section of the instruc-
tion manual for the electrical
blanket that Grandma gave as a
Christmas gif, ordering a taco
from Taco Bueno or even listening
to Christopher Waltzs German
in Inglourious Basterds. (Sadly,
watching Lopez Tonight does
not count as foreign cultural ex-
posure, despite the comedians re-
peated use of guido although
he is bringing the party back to
late night, thanks to TBS.)
In all seriousness, students
should take advantage of the op-
portunities available on our cam-
pus to learn, or at least introduce,
a foreign language into their stud-
ies.
Some majors have minimum
foreign language requirements.
For example, to graduate with a
journalism degree a student must
complete four semesters of a lan-
guage. When I frst heard about
this requirement, Ill admit I wasnt
exactly thrilled.
Although I came to the Univer-
sity with two years of high school
Spanish on my transcript, I knew I
would be required to take several
language classes.
Despite the fact that I remem-
bered little more from my high
school class than the present
tense of hablar, I decided to put
aside any doubts on the frst day
of Spanish 111 and see where the
class would lead me.
Te results have been gratify-
ing, to say the least. In just a few
weeks, I will be on a plane bound
for Costa Rica. Tis trip is an at-
tempt to strengthen my Spanish
skills, a language that I have unex-
pectedly come to enjoy.
Its true that some people may
have no desire to learn another
language, but if a recent article in
the Spanish magazine El Pas
gives any indication, cases such as
these seem to be fading quickly.
Te article explains there are
even more people in the U.S.
who speak Spanish than in Spain.
Whats more, the article estimates
that by 2050, there will be more
Spanish speakers in America than
in Mexico.
Its true that foreign language
classes can be more challenging
than some other courses. But its
also obvious what will be more
rewarding in the long run. Being
able to communicate with a Ger-
man speaker at a restaurant, for
example, should have greater val-
ue than knowing the right answer
to a multiple-choice question that
will be soon forgotten.
Fortunately, the University
takes a lot of steps to make study-
ing abroad possible for students.
For example, with my program
through the Ofce of Study
Abroad, every person accepted re-
ceived at least a $500 scholarship,
regardless of need or merit.
My experience with University
faculty familiar with the program
has been benefcial and produc-
tive. Te program coordinators
practically guarantee that students
will not leave the country with any
questions unanswered.
Teres always the beneft of
padding a resume with a language
skill. More importantly, however,
is the personal beneft of being able
to communicate and connect with
people from around the world.
True, conversations in other
tongues can be just as boring,
mundane or pointless as those in
English. But the beauty of a foreign
language is that a conversation
that is boring by our standards
instantly becomes exciting when
you experience the satisfaction of
being able to translate it.
I feel a sense of accomplish-
ment when I understand Spanish,
regardless of the dialogues depth.
If more students explored some-
thing diferent and out of their
comfort zone, America could be
a little more cultured than Taco
Bueno, Panda Express and Runza.
Boultinghouse is a sopho-
more from Girard in history
and journalism.
On the rise: faux-sustainability
F
or all the hysteria over Cli-
mategate and despite the
dismal prospects for climate
change legislation the science
hasnt budged. Te planet is warm-
ing and human activity is part of
the problem.
Te scientifc consensus has
spurned commendable eforts by
both individuals and organizations
to reduce their carbon footprint.
Although the University received
a disappointing C+ on its Col-
lege Sustainability Report Card, it
earned praise in critical categories
such as student involvement, in-
vestment priorities and recycling
eforts. Te Universitys Center
for Sustainability underscores our
commitment to eco-friendliness.
In light of todays Earth Day fes-
tivities, its worth examining what
other green measures we ought to
undertake. Tese eforts must start
at the individual level.
First, a disclaimer: eforts by
multinational corporations such
as Coca-Cola the sponsor of the
Give it Back campaign arent to
be discounted. Its far better to have
big business undertake initiatives
to promote green consciousness
than to fagrantly ignore the need
to foster more environmentally
sustainable ways of living.
But there is a caveat. As helpful
as corporate measures are, theyre
largely a manifestation of what
Ill call the Compact Fluorescent
Light Bulb Culture. Tis move-
ment is a side dish at the larger
consumerist feast, garnished with a
dash of feel-good.
Take carbon ofsets, for instance.
A controversial issue within the en-
vironmentalist community, ofsets
allow an individual or a corpora-
tion to pump plentiful amounts of
greenhouse gases into the atmo-
sphere provided they cough up
enough money to ofset their pol-
lution by, say, planting a few trees
in the deforested Amazon.
In short we really, truly, honestly
feel gosh darn awful about global
warming. We just dont want to
radically rethink our lifestyles.
Tis age of Chevy Tahoe hybrids
calls to mind St. Augustines of-cit-
ed prayer: Lord, make me chaste
but not yet.
As much as we recognize that
our current habits of consump-
tion are exacerbating the planetary
crisis and as surely as we know
that solving climate change will
demand much more sacrifce than
weve shown thus far weve yet to
see a social commitment to taking
bold steps.
Lord, make us carbon-neutral
but not yet.
Tis depressing reality makes
the arrival of Heather Rogerss new
book, Green Gone Wrong: How
Our Economy is Undermining the
Environmental Revolution, all the
more important. Rogers, an investi-
gative journalist, proposes a rather
wild-eyed solution: Stop consum-
ing so much.
Sure, you deserve a pat on the
back for choosing to recycle that
empty bottle of Dasani. But when
youre gulping down fve a day,
youre exacerbating a larger prob-
lem. Tat plastic had to be manu-
factured in an energy-intensive
process. Without even taking into
account the health risks associated
with BPA, its clear that the canteen
water bottle is a smarter choice.
And that 50-m.p.g. Prius? Ku-
dos! But is it worth starting that
admittedly fuel-sipping engine for
a trip of merely two miles? Seventy
percent of a cars emissions come
from simply starting the engine.
Solving a problem of the magni-
tude of climate change isnt possible
with half-hearted, pain-free mea-
sures. As we mark 40 years since
the inaugural Earth Day, its im-
portant that we adhere to its basic
principles. Saving the planet isnt
a matter of trend, setting or public
relations boosting. Its a moral
obligation.
So by all means, keep up that
recycling habit. But is it too much
to ask that you make sure you have
less to actually recycle?
Brinker is a freshman from
Topeka in history and politi-
cal science.
ediTOriAL BOArd
POLiTiCs
MediA issues
NIcHoLAS SAmbALUK
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Observer
By luke Brinker
lbrinker@kansan.com
That Guy
By TrenT BoulTinghouse
tboultinghouse@kansan.com
LeTTer TO THe ediTOr
There is no pride in
dodging the draft
I opened my paper on the
morning of April 20 and read in
mild disgust the portion of the pa-
per dedicated to Vietnam-era sto-
ries of men who dodged the draf.
As citizens it is our obligation to
rise and fght for our country when
necessary. Now, make no mistake
I have my own opinions about
the Vietnam War and the absolute
failure of our leadership to lead
us to a path of clear victory there.
However, the idea that dodging
the draf is something you should
spread around, like a story about
the good old times, or that its in
any way something to be proud of,
is abhorrent. It is not something
to brag about when you try and
avoid military service by acting
like a schizophrenic, deliberately
breaking your bones, or pretend-
ing to be a homosexual, which is
even more despicable considering
the injustices many gay people
willingly infict upon themselves
when they voluntarily serve their
nation.
When I was 19 and lacked di-
rection afer high school, I decid-
ed to enlist in the military. In what
is thus far the greatest regret of
my life, I was given an entry-level
separation in the frst week due to
medical complications. I would
give my right arm to be able to en-
list. But barring the acquirement
of incredible medical waivers that
opportunity has most certainly
passed me by.
Serving our country is a privi-
lege, and at times our duty. Stories
like these should not be celebrated
but discouraged. While reading
this I can only think of the par-
ents whose children did not come
home, the men lef scarred and
permanently disfgured. Shame
on those draf dodgers.
Jeremy Adkison is a junior from
Leavenworth.
Other Big 12 Schools to make the 100 Best Value
Colleges list (in alphabetical order):
Oklahoma State University
Texas A&M
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Oklahoma
source: http://www.princetonreview.com/best-value-colleges.aspx
RELIGION
Muslim students answer questions about traditions
Adam Buhler/KANSAN
Brad Klee, a senior fromLenexa, discusses Islamwith MuslimStudents Association members ReemStewart, a freshman fromLeavenworth; TasneemDaud, a junior fromKansas City, Mo.; and Eman
Alghafi, a sophomore fromAlhasa, Saudi Arabia. The MuslimStudents Association of KU set up a tent with information booths in front of Staufer-Flint Wednesday afternoon to encourage students to
inquire about Islamand its practices.
BY ALISON CUMBOW
alisonc@kansan.com
Sugar-drenched desserts,
dates and coffee don the tables.
Informational posters hang from
all sides of the tent. Brochures
that say women, God, hijab and
Ramadan cover the desks.
The Muslim Student Association
will host the second day of its
Islam Awareness Day exhibition
on the lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall
today. The event showcases differ-
ent foods, customs and traditions,
such as the Hijab veil, the scarf
that some Muslim women use to
cover their hair. MSA initiated
the event to allow students to ask
questions and have conversations
about Islam.
It is an MSA activity that
brings Muslims together to raise
awareness about Islam, Bader
Madoukh, a senior from Kansas
City, Kan., said. We have all these
brochures about various aspects
of Islam, about terrorism, about
women and some translations of
the Holy Book in English.
Tanseem Daud, a junior
from Kansas City, Mo., and
Reem Stewart, a freshman from
Leavenworth, were at the front
of the tent demonstrating how
women wrap the veil around their
hair.
Also at the event was Islamic
scholar Hassan Aly, an Imam of
the Islamic Center of Kansas and
teacher of Arabic language at
Alrawdah Institute in Overland
Park. In addition to answering
questions students had about his
religion, he advised people to clar-
ify the truth through the news
they listened to, specifically that
not all Muslims are extremists.
Muhammad Ibrahim Basit,
a sophomore from Islamabad,
Pakistan, said people commonly
ask about marriage, divorce and
money.
This is just for the awareness of
Islam in America, he said. There
are a lot of misconceptions about
Islam.
Karim Farokhnia, a freshman
from Shiraz, Iran said the event
was designed to promote accurate
information about Islam.
Were trying to show the reali-
ty, Farokhnia said. There is some
propaganda especially after 9/11,
which Im sure that none of the
Muslim people agree with. Were
just trying to give them some
sources, some differences.
Edited by Jesse Rangel
Learn how to put on a hijab at kansan.com/videos.
NATIONAL
BY JAMIE STENGLE
Associated press
DALLAS A lawyer for a Dallas
man trying to divorce the man
he married in Massachusetts told
a Texas appeals court Wednesday
that his client is entitled to a divorce
because he had a valid marriage.
But the Texas Attorney Generals
Office argued before the three-
judge panel that the marriage isnt
recognized by Texas, so they can-
not get a divorce. Jimmy Blacklock,
an assistant Texas solicitor general,
said the mens union can only be
voided.
The parties lack standing to file
a divorce case because theyre not
married, he said.
The Dallas men wed in 2006 in
Massachusetts, where gay marriage
is legal, and separated two years
later.
Attorney General Greg Abbott
appealed a Dallas state district
judges ruling in October that
granted a divorce to the men and
said the states same-sex marriage
ban violates equal rights guaran-
teed by the U.S. Constitution.
Abbott is also appealing an
Austin judges ruling this spring
that granted a divorce to two
women married in Massachusetts.
Jody Scheske, who represents the
Dallas man listed in court records
only as J.B., said his client doesnt
want to overturn the states mar-
riage ban, but only wants to end his
own marriage.
He is not seeking to enter into
a same-sex marriage; hes seeking
to end a marriage that was valid,
Scheske said.
The trial courts have the right
to hear divorce cases from people
who have valid marriages, he said.
Blacklock told the judges that the
states ban on gay marriage doesnt
violate the Constitution and asked
them to confirm that voidance is
the correct way to dissolve a same-
sex union.
Scheske said voidance isnt appli-
cable to his client because he has a
valid marriage. And, he said, the
constitutional issues only arose in
the case after Abbott tried to inter-
vene. The judge did not allow the
intervention, so Abbott appealed.
In 2004, Massachusetts became
the first state to let same-sex cou-
ples get married. Now four other
states and the District of Columbia
also allow them.
Gay couple, wed in Massachusetts, asks Texas court for divorce
KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / thurSdAy, April 22, 2010 / NEWS / 9A
Tuition, scholarships make KU a Best Value college
cAmpUS
BY KIRSTEN KWON
kkwon@kansan.com
The Princeton Review named
the University of Kansas one of its
Best Value Colleges for 2010. The
University is the only institution in
Kansas to receive the title this year.
More than 650 public and pri-
vate colleges completed the surveys
used to determine the winners. The
surveys covered a variety of areas
including academics, costs, finan-
cial aid, class sizes and professors
accessibility.
Heres a look into the survey and
the Universitys responses.
TUITION
Although out-of-state tuition
is nearly double that of in-state
tuition, the University is still known
to be one of the more affordable
universities in the Midwest. A full-
time undergraduate non-resident
student will pay $17,250 for the aca-
demic year, while a resident student
will pay $6,567. According to The
Princeton Review, the University
charges lower tuition than all but
four of the 34 public institutions
in the Association of American
Universities.
The University recently instituted
programs to offer some students
a decreased tuition. The Jayhawk
Generations scholarship, which can
be applied in Fall 2010, offers up to
20 percent off out-of-state tuition to
children whose parents or grand-
parents are University alumni.
Jill Jess, with University Relations,
said the four-year tuition compact,
which was introduced in 2007, con-
tributed to the University earning
the title. The compact states that
when a student enters the University
as a freshman, the student will pay a
fixed tuition rate for four years.
The Princeton Review specifi-
cally mentions that the tuition com-
pact helps protect students and their
families from sudden tuition hikes,
Jess said. Families are able to plan
for the cost of an entire four-year
education.
FINANcIAL AID
In addition to a low or fixed
tuition, the University offers finan-
cial aid to many students to help
them throughout their educational
career.
Rosita McCoy, a KU Endowment
affiliate, said more than 6,500 stu-
dents received scholarships and
loans from KU Endowment in the
2009 fiscal year.
We have funded, in whole or
in part, more than two-thirds of
campus buildings and more than 85
percent of KUs land, McCoy said.
She said KU Endowment had pro-
vided $1.6 billion to the University.
Although the United States
suffered a significant economic
downturn, KU alumni and donors
set a record in contributions in
2009 at $106.4 million in gifts and
pledges and another $9.4 million in
deferred gifts.
McCoy said that the generosity
of KU alumni was directly linked
to the Jayhawk tradition.
Many donors believe their KU
degrees transformed their lives,
McCoy said. They give out of a
desire to make sure others have the
same opportunities they had.
The subtotal of grants, scholar-
ships and work-study loans given
in 2009 was more than $58 mil-
lion.
ADDITIONAL cOST
Students pay an $850 campus
fee each academic year. The fee
includes payment toward student
health, campus transportation and
the student union buildings, among
other resources.
Jess said all the money students
provided to the University had a
positive return. She said she wasnt
surprised the University was named
a best value school.
The University of Kansas regu-
larly appears on the list of best value
colleges, Jess said. The quality of
academics, cost of attendance and
available financial aid all contribute
to the outstanding value KU offers
students.
Editedby Cory Bunting
pRINcETON REVIEWS TOp 10
BEST VALUE pUBLIc cOLLEgES
1. university of Virginia (Charlottesville)
2. City university of New york - hunter College (New york, N.y.)
3. New College of Florida (Sarasota)
4. Florida State university (tallahassee)
5. university of Colorado-Boulder
6. State university of New york-Binghamton
7. university of Georgia (Athens)
8. Virginia polytechnic institute and State university (Blacksburg)
9. texas A&M university (College Station)
10. university of Oklahoma (Norman)
*The Princeton Reviewranks the top 10, but the others listed are in no particular order.
Dancing days
NATION
FBI tapes a key part of trial
BY MIKE ROBINSON
Associated press
CHICAGO A judge told
Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday
that he wont waste the jurys time
at the former governors corrup-
tion trial by playing secretly made
FBI tapes if he determines that
those tapes are irrelevant.
U.S. District Judge James B.
Zagel said that he might allow
Blagojevich and his attorneys to
play some of the secret recordings
at his trial, but that the only per-
son who can admit them is me.
I will not allow the time of
the jurors to be consumed with
listening to irrelevant tapes, Zagel
told attorneys at a hearing in the
case.
Blagojevich has been lobbying
to have all the hundreds of hours
of tapes played for jurors, not just
portions the government plans to
use to build its case. The former
governor says jurors will see hes
done nothing wrong if theyre
allowed to hear all of the tapes.
After the hearing, Blagojevich
said he was very relieved his
defense team might be allowed
to have some of the recordings
played.
Zagel warned Blagojevich
Wednesday that he expected him
to abide by rules of fair play dur-
ing the trial.
Blagojevich staged a news con-
ference Tuesday during which he
ranted about the governments
handling of his case, calling pros-
ecutors cowards and liars, saying
they had hit below the belt by
bringing his wife into the case
and challenging U.S. Attorney
Patrick J. Fitzgerald to show up
to Wednesdays hearing if he is
man enough. He did not field
questions afterward.
Fitzgerald did not attend
Wednesdays hearing, but the three
assistant U.S. attorneys assigned
to try the case were there.
I will not allow the legal equiv-
alent of a head butt, Zagel said,
playing off Blagojevichs boxing
reference. I will not allow rules
violations by either party.
Earlier, Zagel turned down a
request from Blagojevichs brother,
businessman Robert Blagojevich,
to be tried separately.
Robert Blagojevichs lawyer,
Michael E. Ettinger, had argued
that the evidence against the for-
mer governor could spill over
and bias jurors against his client.
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Marilyn Haines, a junior fromSalina, andTali Friedman, a senior fromCleveland, performa song fromthe musical Anything Goesin front of Wescoe
Hall Wednesday afternoon. Presented by the University Theatre and the School of Music, Anything Goesopens at Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy
Hall on Friday, with more performances this Saturday and the weekend after that.
ODD NEWS
Woman sentenced
for painful surprise
SAlt lAKE City A utah
woman has been sentenced to
30 days at home with an ankle
monitor for blindfolding her
husband and promising him a
surprise before hitting him in
the head with a hammer three
years ago.
Amy teresa ricks also was
sentenced to probation and
community service Monday.
She pleaded guilty to second-
degree felony aggravated
assault in February.
prosecutors have agreed
to reduce the conviction to a
third-degree felony after ricks
completes probation.
Associated Press
Gar eggs poison
Arkansas family
hEBEr SpriNGS, Ark. take
it from darwin Aaron and his
family: Gar eggs are poisonous.
tifany Aaron said her husband,
darwin, and brother-in-law, rus-
sell Aaron, took a long-nosed
gar while spearfshing at Greers
Ferry lake on April 5. Gar meat
is edible, so they fgured theyd
try the roe.
they prepared the eggs
that evening, with darwin and
russell Aaron eating some,
along with darwin and tifanys
10-year-old son, Carson.
Carson was the frst to start
vomiting at about 1:30 a.m.
russell and darwin soon were
sick, too.
Associated Press
ODD NEWS
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Mayor donates kidney to Facebook friend in need
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HARTFORD, Conn.
Politicians long ago discovered
the uses of Facebook. East Haven
Mayor April Capone Almon found
something else there: a constituent
who needed her kidney.
Capone Almon, 35, had more
than 1,600 friends on Facebook
last year when she saw one of them,
Carlos Sanchez, post a status update
saying his friends and relatives had
all been tested and couldnt donate
a kidney.
She knew him casually through
activities and friends in the New
Haven suburb of East Haven, but
they werent so close that she had
heard he was ill.
Sanchez, a 44-year-old father
whose kidneys were failing because
of diabetes, sent out the request on
Facebook only
hesitantly and
on his doctors
suggestion. He
worried people
might pity him
and cer-
tainly hadnt
pinned his
hopes on find-
ing a donor
that way.
He didnt have long to wait.
Capone Almon was the first person
to respond.
I sent him a private message
and just said, Hey, Ill try. Ill
get tested, Capone Almon said
Wednesday. I really felt from the
very beginning that I was going to
be a match and
a donor. I dont
know why, but I
just knew it.
Sanchez had
no such cer-
tainty.
I thought she
was joking. The
mayor of East
Haven would
offer me her
kidney? said Sanchez, an office
administrator. She responded
back and said, I am serious, I am
willing to get tested.
I wasnt putting too much faith
in it, he said. I didnt want to get
my hopes high. But at a point she
made me feel so comfortable that
I started feeling maybe this was
meant to be.
Capone Almon, a Democrat, was
running for second term as mayor
at the time but kept the details of
her medical plans a secret. She
won the election as they awaited
word on when she could donate the
kidney, saying they grew as close as
family during the lull.
I know he voted for me, too,
she joked.
The operation was set only after
Capone Almon passed a battery of
tests and was given a long explana-
tion of the process, which involved
three small incisions near her rib-
cage and a scar similar to that of a
cesarean section.
What the doctors said to me is,
Your recipi-
ent is already
sick and were
not going to
make you sick
to make him
somewhat bet-
ter, she said.
They do not
compromi se
the donors
health in any
way, shape or
form.
Their tenuous connection was
cemented into a lasting bond April
8, when doctors at Yale-New Haven
Hospital removed Capone Almons
left kidney and transplanted it into
Sanchez.
They were
released from
the hospital in
less than a week
and are expect-
ed to make full
recoveries. His
insurance paid
for both their
surgeries, and
the mayor is back
on the job in this
middle-class city
of about 30,000.
Capone Almon said that she
fields questions almost daily from
people asking whether shes worried
her one remaining kidney might
someday fail, but that shes confi-
dent enough in modern medicine
and her own health especially
after the numerous tests that she
barely gives it a thought.
I dont want people to see this
as something larger than life, she
said. Theres nothing special about
me. Anybody can try to do this,
and if its meant to be, youll be a
match and a donor and you can
really help someone.
Michael Lawlor, an East Haven
attorney and longtime friend of
Capone Almons, said she kept the
details of her plans private for a
long time, even as he and others
quizzed her to ensure she recog-
nized the serious nature of the
donation.
I remember saying, Wow, thats
really something. I wonder if shes
really thought through the fact that
it might actually be a match, said
Lawlor, the areas state representa-
tive to the General Assembly.
Almost everybody says the
same thing: I dont know if I would
do that if it wasnt a relative ... but
she said, No problem, he said.
I thought she was joking.
The mayor of East Haven
would ofer me her
kidney?
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kidney recipient
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about me. Anybody can
try to do this ... and you
can really help someone.
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ball recruit Josh Selby will be at
Kansas. And if Im being honest,
Im not particularly interested in the
matter either.
Of course super-recruit Selbys
commitment to Kansas has inspired a
lot of optimistic speculation.
Will he do for Kansas what John
Wall did for Kentucky? Can he be
that kind of standout point guard,
taking over games and filling Sherron
Collins shoes so well that the senior
will hardly be missed? Will Kansas
still be a national championship
contender, even after losing two first
round quality players?
Of course, for all of that rosy-
cheeked optimism, there must be
a more realistic perspective. Sure,
Selby could be John Wall. He could
dominate from the get-go and lead
Kansas to a 1-seed
(and maybe even
a deeper tourna-
ment run than
either the Jayhawks
or Wildcats man-
aged this past
season). But he
could also be
Avery Bradley, the
Texas point guard
who was rated by some services as a
better recruit than Wall. Bradley had
a decent enough year, but he and his
Longhorns ultimately fell well short of
expectations.
What does this mean for Selby?
It means you, me and everyone else
have no clue how hes going to affect
Kansas team. There simply is not
enough evidence to form an opinion.
Selby is a stud recruit. Stud recruits
are sometimes stud players. But some-
times if not as frequently they
are disappointments.
There is no way to surmise what
Selby will do at Kansas this early.
Instead, Kansas fans should speculate
about players theyve actually seen.
For example, we might look at
Marcus Morris remarkable improve-
ment from his freshman to sopho-
more season. His evolution took him
from a frustrating role-player to per-
haps Kansas most consistent contrib-
utor. Given another year of seasoning,
how much better might Marcus get?
How about his twin, Markieff? The
other Morris didnt put up as gaudy of
numbers but then he was playing
behind Cole Aldrich, former center.
With Aldrich off to the NBA, Markieff
should get to play more minutes.
Even disregarding Selby, the back-
court offers plenty to speculate on.
Will Brady Morningstar rediscover
his three-point range? Perhaps Tyrel
Reed will continue the upward tick
he ended the season with, and he
could give Kansas a dynamic perim-
eter scorer. And speaking of dynamic
perimeter players, what about Elijah
Johnson? He was a five-star recruit
only a year ago, and he showed flashes
of ability in his limited court time.
These are all players Kansas fans
have seen enough of to form an edu-
cated opinion, so theyre also players
about whom speculation can be based
on something more tangible than star
ratings and high school all-star games.
If you absolutely must try and pre-
dict college basketball outcomes in
April, do so based on who is coming
back, not who is arriving. Realize that,
at least for now, Selby is not a savior.
Edited by AllysonShaw
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Sports
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 www.kAnSAn.com PAGE 1b
Plano, Texas, forward Zach Peters will come to KU in 2012. BASKETBALL | 3B
HS sophomore commits to KU
commentary
Rhea Codio, Annette Davis to transfer to other schools. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | 7B
Two players leave program
To predict
season, look
to returning
players
Game recaP
Kansas 1, Missouri 0
UP neXt
Kansas vs. texas tech
WHen: 7 p.m., Friday
WHere: Hoglund
Ballpark
KanSaS 1, mISSoUrI 0
Football
Taylor in command at The K
Stuckey, Briscoe among NFL draf hopefuls
Freshman pitcher
shuts the Tigers'
offense down
By ALEX BEECHER
abeecher@kansan.com
By JAyson JEnks
jjenks@kansan.com
Darrell Stuckey isnt excited for
the NFL draft. Well, he insists hes
not that excited.
Entering the draft, which
begins tonight and runs through
Saturday, Stuckey is taking a non-
chalant approach to the festivi-
ties. After all, his draft position is
out of his hands at this point.
I try to be calm in situations
like this, Stuckey said, because
then youll always be surprised.
Not surprising, though, are
Stuckeys plans for watching the
draft: Hell be in Lawrence play-
ing Rock Band and other video
games.
Once the draft is completed
and the dust settles, Stuckey
said he might celebrate by going
bowling.
Im really not a party-party
type of guy, he said.
A starting safety and captain
on last seasons team, Stuckey is
predicted by various mock drafts
to be a mid-round selection.
Hes expected to join team-
mate and wide receiver Dezmon
Briscoe, another likely mid-
round pick, as former Jayhawks
selected in this years draft.
Wide receiver Kerry Meier
and quarterback Todd Reesing
are considered longer shots to
hear their names called.
Stuckeys dream of reaching the
NFL started when he was still a
young player back in Kansas City,
Kan. After starring at Washington
High School, Stuckey accepted a
scholarship offer from Kansas.
His dream of making the NFL
remained etched in the back of
his mind, even when his on-field
play didnt indicate as much early
in his career.
I was a long ways away from
that when I first got here, Stuckey
said. Coming from Kansas City,
Kan., I wasnt fundamentally
sound. I was very raw. I couldnt
even back peddle like I wanted
to.
Yet Stuckey, who recorded 294
career tackles, developed into
one of Kansas most consistent
defenders. As a junior, he picked
off five passes while being named
to the All-Big 12 First Team.
Weston White/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Senior strong safety Darrell Stuckey catches the opening kickof. Stuckey returned the kick 20 yards in Kansas' 49-3 win against Northern
Colorado. Stuckey is predicted to go as a mid-round selection in this year's draft, efectively fulflling his childhood dreamto play in the NFL.
SEE Draft ON PAgE 8B
DraFt ScHeDUle
roUnD 1:
Tonight, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN,
NFL Network)
roUnD 2-3:
Friday, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
roUnD 4-7:
Saturday, 9 a.m. (ESPN)
WHat WIll HaPPen
to toDD reeSInG?
Mock drafts give Reesing
low grades.
PaGe 8b
Selby
By BEn WARD
bward@kansan.com
twitter.com/bm_dub
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Forget
the storied and bitter rivalry.
If only for a fleeting moment,
the night belonged to freshman
pitcher Thomas Taylor.
Taylor dominated against
Missouri at Kauffman Stadium
on Wednesday, turning in an out-
ing worthy of the Major League
stage.
In his first start against a Big
12 opponent and in the Border
Showdown no less Taylors
stellar performance led Kansas
(24-14-1, 5-6-1) to a slim 1-0 vic-
tory over Missouri.
Hes right on the verge of
being an impact guy, and thats
what we expected him to be when
we recruited him, coach Ritch
Price said.
Taylor, who grew up in the
Kansas City area and went to
Blue Valley West High School,
was sharp right from the time he
stepped on the mound quick-
ly striking out the side in the
first inning. Price said Taylors
strong first inning was a sign
that the youngster was feeding
off the adrenaline of playing at
Kauffman.
I think one of the good things
about coming here is, you pitch a
young man from Overland Park
whos grown up a Royals fan; you
cant walk into a better environ-
ment. You dream about this your
whole life and you can be pretty
jacked, coach Price said.
After he was spotted a 1-0 lead
on an RBI single by sophomore
catcher James Stanfield in the sec-
ond, Taylor trotted back out to
the mound and quickly sent two
more Tigers back to the dugout
as they watched third strikes pop
into Stanfields mitt.
Taylor pitched a scoreless third,
but looked to be in a bit of trouble
in the fourth after surrendering
a one-out double. No problem.
Taylor overpowered the next two
batters with his sixth and seventh
strikeouts of the evening.
As he walked back to the dug-
out, Taylor gave a small fist pump,
which Price said is as much emo-
tion as he ever shows.
With the Jayhawk bats silenced
by the Tigers pitchers, Taylor
cruised through the fifth, getting
the first two outs before being
taken out of the game to keep his
arm rested enough to pitch this
weekend.
Taylor ended up throwing five
and two-thirds innings with eight
strikeouts, and allowed only two
hits. He walked none.
I told Thomas, I'd like to see
that guy pitch every time, junior
left fielder Jimmy Waters said.
Earlier this season, Kansas bull-
pen had made a habit of allowing
teams to climb back into games,
but built off of Taylors success,
and it protected the 1-0 lead.
Two weeks ago we wouldnt
have won this game, we would
have found a way to lose it,
Waters said. So that says a lot
about our bullpen.
Junior Wally Marciel pitched
the next one and one-third
innings before turning the ball
over to senior Travis Blankenship
another local and avid Royals
fan.
Blankenship worked a score-
less eighth, and came out for the
ninth, where he fell behind to the
Missouris leadoff hitter and top
slugger, Aaron Senne, three balls
and no strikes.
But Blankenship fired the next
two pitches in the strike zone
before elevating his next pitch
with a fastball, which Senne feebly
swung at and missed. With Senne
Weston White/KANSAN
Freshman pitcher Thomas Taylor pitches home during the frst inningWednesday night against Missouri at Kaufman Stadium. Taylor struck out eight batters in just over fve innings, giving
up two hits. The RBI single by catcher James Stansfeld in the second inning was the only run of the game, which had an announced attendance of 2,294.
SEE taYLOr ON PAgE 4A
2B / SPORTS / THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kAnSAn.com
NBA playofs feature KU stars
MORNINg BREw
By max vosBurgh
mvosburgh@kansan.com
www.twitter.com/MVSports
QUOTE OF THE DAY
I dont have to shoot it a lot, I
just have to keep the defense
honest.
Mario Chalmers
FACT OF THE DAY
chalmers three-point percent-
age dropped from 36 percent in
2008-2009 to 32 percent to 2009-
2010.
NBA.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Has chalmers improved
from the three-point line in the
playofs in comparison with his
2009 playofs?
A: Yes. He shot 28 percent from
three in seven games last year
and is shooting 37 percent from
three in two games this year.
NBA.com
THIS wEEK IN
kAnSAS ATHLETIcS
Softball
at nebraska, 5 p.m.
FRIDAY
womens Tennis
vs. Texas Tech, 2 p.m.
Baseball
womens golf
at Big 12 champion-
ships, norman, okla.,
all day
Track
at Drake Relays/Penn
Relays, TBA
Mens golf
at Big 12 championship,
Trinity, Texas, all day
SATURDAY
womens soccer
at minnesota,
11:15 a.m.
Football
Spring Game, 1 p.m.
womens soccer
vs. Iowa in minneapolis,
minn., 2 p.m.
Baseball
Softball
womens golf
at Big 12 champion-
TBA
womens rowing
at minnesota, St. Paul,
minn. TBA
Mens golf
at Big 12 champion-
ships, Trinity, Texas,
TBA
Track
Relays, TBA
SUNDAY
womens tennis
vs. Baylor, 11 a.m.
Softball
Baseball
Mens golf
at Big 12 champion-
ships, Trinity, Texas,
TBA
womens golf
at Big 12 champion-
TBA
TUESDAY
Baseball
vs. Wichita State, 7 p.m.
TODAY
SCORES
NBA Basketball:
orlando 92, charlotte 77
orlando leads 2-0
Dallas 88, San Antonio 102
Series tied 1-1
MLB Baseball:
kansas city 4, Toronto 3
San Francisco 5, San Diego 2
colorado 4, Washington 6
milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 0
Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 0
Los Angeles (nL) 14, cincinnati 6
chicago (nL) 9, new York (nL) 3
Florida 4, Houston 5
cleveland 0, minnesota 6
Tampa Bay 12, chicago (AL) 0
Texas 7, Boston 8
St. Louis 9, Arizona 4
Detroit 4, Los Angeles (AL) 3
new York (AL) 3, oakland 1
Baltimore 1, Seattle 4
Track
Relays, TBA
Former director
formally resigns
Rodney Jones, former director
of the Williams Educational Fund,
has formally resigned. He was
placed on administrative leave
last march and Athletics Direc-
tor Lew Perkins named Jennifer
Berquist interim director.
Angie Storey, a compliance
coordinator in kansas Athletics,
is replacing Berquist as interim
associate director.
Angie brings to the Williams
Educational Fund a wide range
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COLLEgE FOOTBALL
Nebraska looks for championship
associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. That
painfully close loss to Texas
in the Big 12 title game and
convincing bowl win over
Arizona have Bo Pelini believ-
ing Nebraska is on the cusp of
winning a championship.
Moments after the 33-0
Holiday Bowl victory, Pelini
shouted, Nebraskas back and
were here to stay!
Four months later, Pelini isnt
backtracking.
Even though we havent
won anything yet, havent won
a championship, I felt were at
that point where we can com-
pete with anybody, Pelini said
this week as spring practices
wind down. Does that mean
were going to beat anybody?
No, you have to earn it. I just
felt week in and week out there
isnt anybody they can throw at
us that we dont have the oppor-
tunity to beat.
Nebraska and Texas again
will be favored to win the North
and South divisions.
Im glad to see Nebraska
is back now because we need-
ed that, Texas coach Mack
Brown said. When I got here,
Nebraska, Kansas State and
Colorado were the three stron-
gest teams in the league. I feel
the North is coming back now,
and were about to be one of the
better conferences in the coun-
try at the top end.
Missouri should be strong
now that quarterback Blaine
Gabbert is healthy. If Kansas
State finds a quarterback and
solidifies its defense, coach Bill
Snyder can continue the prog-
ress started with the 6-6 cam-
paign in his first year back with
the Wildcats.
Texas? The Longhorns always
expect to be in the national title
hunt, and that doesnt change
with Garrett Gilbert taking over
for Colt McCoy at quarterback.
Oklahoma hopes to bounce
back from its injury-decimated
season with quarterback Landry
Jones leading the way while the
defense adjusts to the loss of
star lineman Gerald McCoy.
The biggest change in the
league is at Texas Tech, where
new coach Tommy Tuberville is
tweaking Mike Leachs all-pass-
all-the-time offense to include
more running.
Nebraska is coming off its
first 10-win season since 2003,
but any celebration was tem-
pered by the outcome of the Big
12 title game. Texas won 13-12
on a field goal as time ran out.
Tight end Dreu Young said
that loss fueled him and his
teammates in spring practice.
No one talks about it out-
wardly, but you think about it
all the time, Young said. You
think, What if I had taken a
better step? What if I blocked
just a second longer? That
stuff goes through everybodys
mind.
The Huskers, No. 14 in the
final Associated Press Top 25,
could crack the preseason Top
10 for the first time since 2002.
Though theyre unsettled
at quarterback and have to
fill a huge hole created by the
departure of
defensive tackle
Nd a mu k o n g
Suh, Pelini
wont accept a
backslide in his
third season as
Nebraskas head
coach.
Im hun-
gry to win a
championship,
he said, and I
want to do great
things for this
program.
Heading into fall, the spot-
light in Lincoln is on the three-
man quarterback competition
among Zac Lee, Cody Green
and Taylor Martinez.
Lee, who started 12 games
last season, missed the spring
after having surgery on his right
(throwing) elbow. Green was
steady, but Martinez was most
impressive. Pelini said the com-
petition could extend past the
Sept. 4 opener against Western
Kentucky.
We have three guys who are
capable, and competition hope-
fully will bring out the best
in everybody, Pelini said. It
could possibly be a combina-
tion of guys.
Quarterback also is an issue
at Kansas State, Kansas and
Colorado.
Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads
already has named Austen
Arnaud his starter, and there is
no question Gabbert will call the
signals at Missouri after coming
off a nagging ankle injury that
dogged him the second half of
the season.
In the South,
Texas has spent
its spring tin-
kering with its
offense with
Gilbert taking
over for McCoy,
a Heisman
Trophy finalist
and the NCAAs
all-time wins
leader.
Gilbert was
unexpectedly
thrust into the spotlight when
McCoy was injured in the BCS
championship game loss to
Alabama, but now Brown has
had a chance to seek more sup-
port from a running game that
had no one average more than
40 yards per game last season.
Chasing the Longhorns will
be Oklahoma State, which loses
quarterback Zac Robinson and
several starters after finishing
second in the South for the
first time, and rival Oklahoma,
which struggled through an 8-5
season plagued by injuries.
Im hungry to win
a championship
and I want to do
great things for this
program.
Bo PELInI
nebraska coach
A
side from keeping track of how
former Kansas players are doing,
I dont really follow the NBA that
much. Growing up in Kansas, my life
has always been about college basketball.
Living in an area without an NBA team
in close proximity, Ive never really been
able to latch onto a team and follow them
all season long.
The one time of the year I can get
excited about the NBA, though, is dur-
ing the playoffs. Its fun to watch some of
the big-time superstars Kobe Bryant,
LeBron James, Dwight Howard match
up against each other with so much on
the line.
But if Im not watching Kobe or
LeBron take shots to win games then
Im paying attention to what former
Jayhawks are doing on the big stage.
wHO TO wATCH
Paul Pierce, Boston Celtics
Pierce started and had 16 points and
five rebounds in the Celtics 85-76 vic-
tory against the Miami Heat in the first
game of the best-of-seven series. He had
13 points and four rebounds in his start
in the Celtics 106-77 victory in the sec-
ond game of the series.
Mario Chalmers, Miami Heat
Chalmers came off the bench and
scored seven points to go along with two
assists in the Heats game one loss to the
Celtics. He contributed 10 points and
four assists off the bench for the Heat
in Miamis game two loss against the
Celtics. Boston leads the best-of-seven
series 2-0 and will take on the Heat in
Miami at 6 p.m. Friday on ESPN.
Nick Collison,
Oklahoma City Thunder
Collison came off the bench for the
Thunder in Oklahoma Citys 87-79 loss
in game one against the Los Angeles
Lakers. He had five points and eight
rebounds in 27 minutes. In game two,
Collison scored two points and grabbed
two rebounds in 18 minutes off the
bench for the Thunder. The Lakers won
95-92 and now lead the best-of-seven
series 2-0.
The Thunder host the Lakers in game
three tonight at 8:30 on TNT.
Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Bulls
Hinrich started game one for Chicago
and had eight points, eight rebounds and
four steals in the Bulls 96-83 loss to the
Cleveland Cavaliers. In game two, he had
five points and six assists in the Bulls
112-102 loss to the Cavaliers. Cleveland
leads the best-of-seven series 2-0. The
Cavaliers travel to Chicago to play the
Bulls in game three tonight at 6 on TNT.
Darnell Jackson, Milwaukee Bucks
Jackson is on the Bucks roster but is
ineligible to play because he was traded
from Cleveland to Milwaukee too late in
the season to qualify for their postsea-
son roster. The Atlanta Hawks lead the
Bucks 2-0 in the best of seven series. The
Bucks host the Hawks in game three on
Saturday at 6 p.m. on ESPN.
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Mariners sweep
Orioles in Seattle
SEATTLE Mariners ace Felix
Hernandez threw the eighth
complete-game of his career,
limiting Baltimore to a lone
unearned run, and Jack Wilson
provided a decisive three-run
double as Seattle kept the
Orioles reeling with a 4-1 win on
Wednesday night.
Seattle completed the three-
game sweep of the Orioles, who
dropped to 2-14 and continued
the worst start for the franchise
since losing their frst 21 games
in 1988 to set a major league
record.
Hernnadez (2-0) wasnt his
sharpest, but didnt need to be
against the Orioles despite Kevin
Millwood throwing a complete-
game for Baltimore in the loss.
Hernandez allowed nine singles
and didnt walk a batter.
Wilsons two-out hit was his
fourth double in the last three
games, and the three RBIs
matched his season total enter-
ing the game.
While Wilson got the big hit,
the hustle of Matt Tuiasosopo
kept the inning alive. Tuiasosopo
singled of Millwood (0-3) with
two outs to load the bases as
Jose Lopez wisely was held at
third base.
Rob Johnson, who had
Seattles frst hit of Millwood,
chopped a grounder back up
the middle that was cut of near
the outfeld grass by second
baseman Justin Turner. Instead
of trying a difcult throw across
his body to try and get Johnson,
Turner made an underhand fip
to shortstop Cesar Izturis cover-
ing second.
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bASKETbALL
HS sophomore
commits to Kansas
By COREy THIBODEAUX
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
twitter.com/c_thibodeaux
Zach Peters, a high school soph-
omore from Plano, Texas, verbally
committed to Kansas in a press
c o n f e r e n c e
Wednesday.
P e t e r s ,
a 6-foot-9,
240-pound for-
ward, plays at
Pr e s t onwood
Christian Acad-
emy is a four-
star recruit
according to
Rivals.com.
Its probably the best program,
arguably, Peters said. Honestly,
Ive always been a Jayhawk fan. Id
say theyre probably the best team
in college basketball to watch.
During the 2009-10 season, Pe-
ters led the Lions to a 35-3 record
including a 5A State Championship
while averaging 15.3 points and
nine rebounds per game.
Tim Peters, Zachs father, said
most people in his hometown
thought his son would pick Texas.
But Zach saw Kansas play Colo-
rado years ago and has been a fan
ever since.
Its been three long years, Tim
said of the decision making pro-
cess.
Zach started visiting a list of 10
schools in eighth grade, including
Kentucky, Missouri, North Caro-
lina, Oklahoma and Texas.
None of them compared to
Kansas, he said. I think theres no
better environment in college bas-
ketball or the loudest.
Peters is the frst player to com-
mit in the 2012 class. Te only oth-
er time coach Bill Self had a verbal
commitment from a sophomore
was from 2010 recruit Royce Wool-
ridge.
Te main selling point for Peters
was Self and assistant coach Danny
Manning.
Teyre two coaches I really feel
I can trust and know whats best for
me, Peters said. I feel like going
to Kansas, Ill try my best to make
them the best team, and I feel like
theyll do their best to make me the
best player I can be.
Edited by Anna Archibald
peters
cOLLEgE fOOTbALL
Reggie Bush agrees to
settlement in lawsuit
AssOCIATED PREss
BOSTON Kevin Youkilis hit
an RBI double off the base of the
left-center field wall with two outs
in the 12th inning and the Boston
Red Sox beat Texas 8-7 Wednesday
night, sending the Rangers to their
sixth straight loss.
It was Bostons second straight
last at-bat win after losing its pre-
vious five games.
J.D. Drew hit a grand slam and
Darnell McDonald homered in his
second straight game for Boston.
Mike Lowell also connected.
Josh Hamilton hit a three-run
homer in the Texas seventh that
made it 7-all.
Neither team did much in
the extra innings until Marco
Scutaro singled with one out
in the 12th and alertly tagged
up on a medium deep flyout
to center, sliding in barely
under second baseman Joaquin
Arias tag. After Dustin Pedroia
was intentionally walked, Youkilis
delivered against Dustin Nippert
(1-2).
Texas was successful on all three
steal attempts after swiping a team-
record nine on Tuesday night. The
Rangers are 30 for 30 over the past
two seasons against the Red Sox.
Bostons catchers have thrown out
just one of 34 runners overall who
have tried to steal this year.
Hideki Okajima (2-1) pitched
one hitless inning for the win.
A big cheer went up from the
Fenway Park crowd that was left in
the middle of Michael Youngs at-
bat when the Boston Bruins won
their NHL playoff game in double
overtime. The Red Sox wrapped
up their extra-inning win about
eight minutes later.
McDonald was selected from
Triple-A Pawtucket on Tuesday
and became an instant hit that
night. He tied the game with a
pinch-hit, two-run homer in the
eighth and won it in the ninth
with a bases-loaded single off the
left-field wall.
Down 7-4 in the seventh against
Boston ace Josh Beckett, Hamilton
homered deep into the center-
field bleachers.
Beckett struggled with his con-
trol and was tagged for seven runs
on six hits in seven innings. He
walked five and struck out four.
Texas led 4-0 after two innings
the Rangers wasted a 6-1 lead
in Tuesdays loss.
Boston moved ahead 5-4 in
the third when Drew lofted a fly
ball down the right-field line that
hooked around the foul pole into
the second row of seats for his fifth
career slam. McDonald, Bill Hall
and Scutaro each singled before
Drews homer.
McDonald homered into a cam-
era area in center, making it 6-4 in
the fourth.
Lowell, starting at DH, homered
into the Green Monster seats.
Rangers starter Matt Harrison
gave up six runs in four-plus
innings.
MLb
Boston beats Texas on Youkilis double
MCClATCHy-TRIBUnE
SAN DIEGO _ Heisman Trophy
winner Reggie Bush has reached an
out-of-court settlement in a lawsuit
filed by a San Diego sports mar-
keter who alleged he provided Bush
and his family nearly $300,000 in
cash and gifts in violation of NCAA
rules during Bushs playing career
at USC.
Settlement documents in New
Era Sports and Entertainment
co-founder Lloyd Lakes civil suit
against Bush, his mother Denise
Griffin and his stepfather LaMarr
Griffin are expected to be filed in
San Diego Superior Court today
or Friday. The court was closed
Wednesday.
The settlement includes a con-
fidentiality agreement preventing
either side from discussing the
case.
Bush, in reaching the settlement,
avoids having to be questioned
under oath about a scandal that
could result in the Trojans vacating
the 2004 national championship,
forfeiting victories in the 2005 sea-
son and Bush being stripped of the
2005 Heisman.
The settlement also clears the
way for the NCAA to issue a rul-
ing in its three-year investigation
of the USC football and basketball
programs.
Lakes attorneys declined com-
ment Wednesday. Bush attorneys
could not be reached.
A ruling from the NCAA could
come as early as next week in a
probe that has not only looked at
the Bush case, but probed Trojans
tailback Joe McKnights relation-
ship with a sports marketer whose
SUV McKnight was driving, and
allegations that USC basketball star
O.J. Mayo received gifts and cash
from a representative of a sports
agent and then-Trojans coach Tim
Floyd.
NCAA investigators had
hoped to review transcripts of
sworn depositions from Bush and
Michael Michaels, the financial
backer behind New Era Sports and
Entertainment, in the Lake lawsuit
scheduled for this week before issu-
ing a ruling on the USC case.
Michaels had been prevented
from being interviewed by NCAA
investigators because of a confi-
dentiality agreement that was part
of an out-of-court settlement in his
lawsuit against Bush. But San Diego
Superior Court Judge Steven R.
Denton last week ordered Michaels
to be deposed Wednesday. Denton
also cleared the way for Bush to be
deposed Friday.
Bushs deposition would have
been the only time the Trojans All-
American was questioned about
his relationship with Lake and
Michaels under oath and under the
penalty of perjury.
The Bush and Michaels deposi-
tions could have given NCAA inves-
tigators a clearer picture of when
Bush and his family began receiving
benefits from Lake and Michaels in
violation of NCAA rules. The exact
date could be important in deter-
mining how many games USC will
have to forfeit.
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The Jayhawks may not have ex-
pected to pick up a 1-0 victory No
way, coach Ritch Price said but
theyll certainly take it. It was the frst 1-0 victory for the Jayhawks
since 1983, at least a fewyears before any of the current players
were even born.

Taylor
BaseBall ReWIND
KANSAS 1, MISSOURI 0
Player to remember
In perspective
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retired, Blankenship said he felt
confident the game was in hand.
Always getting the leadoff guy is
key, Blankenship said.
Blankenship quickly retired the
final two batters and preserved the
shutout victory the first save of
his career.
That meant Taylor, his fellow
Royals fan, had earned his fourth
victory of the season. Sporting an
ear-to-ear grin after the game, it
was clear that Taylor was still rel-
ishing a moment hes not soon to
forget.
Ever since I was a kid the Royals
have been my favorite team, so its
obviously a dream to come play
at Kauffman, Taylor said. And to
pitch as good as I did, its just icing
on the cake.
BY ANDREW HAMMOND
ahammond@kansan.com
Lost in the aftermath of
Wednesdays outstandingstart from
freshman pitcher Thomas Taylor
were Kansas offensive struggles.
The offense that had shown up
with force in the last two games,
Sunday against Nebraska and again
Tuesday against Benedictine, dis-
appeared in a 1-0 victory against
Missouri.
When youre in a game thats
1-0, its always good to be out on
the winning side," coach Ritch
Price said, laughing.
Still, Kansas wanted a better
offensive performance against
Missouri.
The Jayhawks ran off the Tigers
starting pitcher Eric Anderson
within the first two innings, but
after that, Missouris pitchers bat-
tled back, holding the Jayhawks to
zero runs in eight innings.
Not only did Robby Price's hit-
ting streak end at 22 games, but
the offense managed to leave six
runners on base while outhitting
the Tigers 6-3.
After the Jayhawks struck first
blood with a James Stanfield RBI
single, the offense then shifted into
neutral.
We got that first run early in
the game, and I figured we would
put up eight or nine against these
guys, outfielder Jimmy Waters
said. We just didnt get clutch hits,
but Im glad to get out of here with
the win.
The lineup received a shuffling
of sorts with Brandon Macias hit-
ting in the leadoff spot and Casey
Lytle batting sixth.
Both players struggled from the
plate in the game. Macias was 1-for-
4 with a single. Lytle was 0-for-4
from the dish, but he inched closer
to the all-time school hit by pitch
record. Hes two away from the
Kansas record of 20.
There were several times in the
game when Kansas had an oppor-
tunity to break the game open, but
bad at-bats and quick outs were the
Jayhawks undoing at the plate.
There were only a few posi-
tives on the night, as Brian Heere
went 2-for-4 from the plate, and
Stanfield had the lone RBI.
Weve been struggling at the
back of our lineup, and I moved
Casey down to get our best five
hitters together and help set up
Robby and Brian so they can drive
in runs, Ritch Price said.
Although the game was ugly for
the offense, the echoing sentiment
among the Jayhawks after the game
was that simply getting the vic-
tory against Missouri was good
enough.
I dont want to put any locker
room material up there for them,
Waters said. But after last seasons
bitter ending to them, we knew we
needed to take care of business.
Ofense struggles in
Border Showdown win
TaYlOR (cOntinued frOm 1B)
Weston White/KaNsaN
Junior left felder Jimmy Waters connects on a pitch for a base hit Wednesday night against Missouri in the Border Showdown. Waters scored the Jayhawks' only run in the 1-0 victory against
Missouri and batted 1-for-4.
Weston White/KaNsaN
Kansas took on Missouri in the third meeting at Kaufman Stadiumsince 2008. Kansas won last year 7-3 and defeated Missouri 1-0 Wednesday night in Kansas City, Mo. The Jayhawks nowcome home to face the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a three-game series at home starting Friday.
Player to forget
Thomas Taylor, freshman starting pitcher
Taylor was nothing short of brilliant in 5.2 in-
nings against the Tigers, the longest outing of his
young career. Taylor shut out missouri, allowing
just two hits with zero walks and tying a career-
high with eight strikeouts. It continues a string
of excellent outings for the freshman. In his last
four appearances three starts and a brief ap-
pearance in relief Sunday Taylor has gone 14
innings and allowed zero runs on seven hits and no
walks with 19 strikeouts.
Price
Robby Price, senior second baseman
Price may be all but a lock for All-conference
honors at second base, but he struggled against
missouri Wednesday night. Price reached base
on a hit-by-pitch, but wasnt able to pick up a
hit. It was just the sixth time this year Price had
gone hitless in a game, and it ended a 22-game
hit streak. No cause for worry, though. Price is still
hitting .462 in conference play.
From the stat book
1983
Ninth
The Jayhawks failed to get any insurance runs for closer Travis
Blankenship, but it didnt matter in the end. Blankenship came back
froma 3-0 count to strike out arguably the most feared hitter in the
Big 12, Aaron Senne, and mowed through the heart of the missouri
lineup en route to picking up a two-inning save.

Key inning
There are two things to take away froma 1-0 victory. First, the
bats didnt come alive. The Jayhawks cant expect to pick up any
more wins by just producing one run (it hadnt happened for 27
years), so theyll need to fnd a way to get more runs across the
plate. on the other hand, the pitching staf can hardly performbet-
ter than a three-hit shutout against a conference opponent. coach
Price is deservedly happy with the development of Thomas Taylor
since he underwent surgery last year.
Andrew Hammond
Game notes
STREAK SNAPPED
After an 0-for-3 night at the
plate, senior second baseman
Robby Price's hitting streak
of 22 games is over, leaving
himtwo games shy of the
kansas all-time record. Even
more impressive than Price's
22 straight games with at
least one hit is the number
six. Price has nowgone hitless
in only six of the Jayhawks' 39
games.
BY THE NUmBERS
nkansas is now3-0 over
missouri at kaufman and
6-5 all-time in major League
parks.
nWith the victory, kansas
improves to 21-1-1 when
leading after six innings.
nThe Jayhawks held
Aaron Senne, missouri's top
hitter at .436, to an 0-for-4
evening and struck himout
twice.
Weston White/KaNsaN
Junior shortstop Brandon Macias felds a ground ball Wednesday night against Missouri. Macias
was 1-for-4 at the plate in Kansas' third straight victory against Missouri at Kaufman Stadium.
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campus. Jayhawk Apts. 1130 W 11th
$600/mo. No pets. 785-556-0713
2 & 3 BR Town-homes and Houses.
Available August. FP, garages, 1 pets
ok. Call: 785-842-3280
2 and 3BRs, leasing now and for Aug. For
more info, visit www.lawrencepm.com or
call (785) 832-8728.
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Only $900 & 1080
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1BR for summer sublease in 4BR/2BA
apt. w/ 2 female roommates. Clean,
close
to campus & downtown, W/D, $320 + util.
785.556.1735. hawkchalk.com/4853
1,2,3,4+ apts, townhomes available
Summer & Fall. Peaceful location,
Pool,
pets allowed, pation/balcony, on KU
& Lawrence bus route call 785-843-
0011
1-2-3 or 4 BR, W/D included, , owner man-
aged and maintained, pets possible, June
& Aug avail, 785-842-8473, jwampr@sun-
fower.com
1015-25 Mis.
Remodeled 1&2 BRs
Next to Memorial Stad.
MPM 841-4935
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HUGE 3&4 BRs
W/D included
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3 BR sublet for May 30th at the Hawker
Apts. 1011 Missouri St. apt. A12. 785-
838-
3377 (apt. phone). Security Deposit
$420,
Rent $400, util. $120, Need to fll out
app.
& pay sec. dep. 520-395-0353 or 312-
213-
8761 or e-mail blumen13@ku.edu
hawkchalk.com/4460
2 female roomates needed for 3 br 2 ba
duplex at 6th and monterey w/d included
rent $400/month available august 1st shu-
pecor@ku.edu hawkchalk.com/4885
3 bdrm, 2 bath condo;
Panoramic view,
$850.00, W/D,
KU Bus Route, 5 min from KU
785-865-8741
3 BR 2 BA. Near downtown & KU.
916 Indiana. $850/mo. Remodeled.
816-522-3333.
3rd ROOMMATE NEEDED FOR AUG. 1,
Male or Female. $290/mo. + util, 3 BD,
1.5 BA, W/D, garage, fenced yard, 3
blocks from Park & Ride. Pets possible.
620-200-2411 hawkchalk.com/4889
4BR 3 1/2BA house for rent. Fenced
backyard. W/D. Central heat and air.
Very
spacious. Close to campus. $1400/mo.
Please Call Chris 913-205-8774
3 BR, 1 BA, central air, W/D, off-street
parking, 818 Kentucky, 785-842-6618
rainbowworks1@yahoo.com
Hetrick Air Services is seeking self-
motivated person for part-time reception-
ist at Lawrence Municipal Airport.
Phones,
unicom, bookkeeping, fight school
opera-
tions and cleaning. Must be detail ori-
ented with knowledge of Microsoft Word
and Excel. 4-8pm evenings plus week-
end
hours. 1-2 evenings per week and 2-3
weekends per month for year round.
Must
be available for summer hours. Pick up
applications 8am-8pm at Lawrence
Municipal Airport, 1930 Airport Road.
Paid Internships
with Northwestern Mutual
785-856-2136
Tall Oaks Conference Center a Christian
camp/retreat center near Linwood, KS is
seeking experienced cooks and food ser-
vice workers for the summer of 2010.
There will be 2-3 part time positions.
These positions would be primarily the af-
ternoon/evening shift and could be com-
bined with some housekeeping duties to
give near full time summer employment.
Email resume to lyle@talloaks.org or call
Lyle at 913-301-3004
$300 off 1st months rent!! Avail Aug 3
bd/2 ba condo. New carpet & tile, spa-
cious master suite. 1st foor w/enclosed
patio. Off street parking on bus route.
Appliances incl. Broadband avail. Water,
garbage and HOA dues incl. 785-979-
2778

UBS needs book buyers. Run your own
business providing service to students &
get commission for every book you buy.
Requires outgoing personality, attention
to details, mobility and a fexible schedule.
Temporary work period. Must have clear
criminal history. Contact Store Manager at
785-749-5206.
$810/mo. for 2BR/2BA apt. for sublease
immediately! W/D included. 8 min walk
to
KU. rex3@ku.edu. hawkchalk.com/4851
$860 2BR 2BA apt for summer sublease!
Covered garage, W/D included, pool, spa-
cious rooms w walk-in closets, tall ceil-
ings, and balcony. Call 913-302-5404 or
913-302-1920. hawkchalk.com/4879
1 & 2 BRs avail Aug. W/D, pool, gym, 1
pet ok, deposit specials! Parkway
Com-
mons 3601 Clinton Pkwy. 842-3280
1 and 2 BRs, close to campus, starting at
$490/month. 785-749-7744
BARTENDING. UP TO $300/DAY. NO
EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. TRAINING
PROVIDED. 800-965-6520 EXT 108.
At DST we seek individuals pursuing
challenging careers in a variety of
professional occupational areas, includ-
ing
information systems and technology,
customer service/call center operations,
fnance, accounting, administration, client
management, and business analysis/
consulting. We encourage our associ-
ates
to develop original, creative solutions to
meet the challenges of our internal
operations and our large client base.
Mutual Fund/Corporate Securities
Representatives evaluate, verify, and
process service requests from
shareholders, third-party entities,
institutions, broker/dealer operations, or
client Fund/Stock groups. Associates
research, resolve, and/or respond to
such
queries in either written or oral means.
Associates work under direct supervision
with established guidelines.
Various part-time shifts available.
DST offers a complete benefts package,
which includes paid medical and dental
insurance, relocation assistance,
educational reimbursement, and more.
Please apply online at
www.dstsystems.com/jobs using job
req 7985br.
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Earn $1000-$3200/mo to
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Camp Counselors, male and female,
needed for great overnight camps in the
mountains of PA. Have a fun summer
while working with children in the out-
doors. Teach/assist with water sports,
ropes course, media, archery, gymnas-
tics, environmental ed, and much more.
Offce, Nanny & Kitchen positions also
avaliable. Apply on-line at
www.pineforestcamp.com
Faith Roofng Company is looking for self-
motivated, sales minded students with a
3.0 GPA or higher in business or commu-
nications to begin our KU, Work, Study,
Grow program. If you are living in the
Lawrence area throughout the summer
and would like the opportunity to make
thousands of dollars, working part time
please send your resumes to: resumesub-
mit2010@gmail.com
Summer Help needed at Sunfower
Rental. Full-time, must be able to lift 50
lbs. Apply in person - 3301 W. 6th.
1 BR/1 BA sublease in 2 BR apartment.
May 14-July 31. $324 + 1/2 utilities. May
pd. W/D, dishwasher. Lots of parking.
Across from football stadium. bridger@ku.-
edu hawkchalk.com/4878
1 roommate needed for a gorgeous 4 bed
3 bath townhome. $310 rent + utilities.
hawkchalk.com/4888
Three Bedroom Townhome Special!
$810 ($270 per person). Avail. in August!
www.lorimartownhomes.com
(785) 841-7849
Summer Sublease. 1 br in house at 22nd
and Naismith, very close to campus and
on bus route. W/D, no pets. $263 a month
plus utilities and internet.Can move in
May
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Walk to campus! Newer construction!
1014 Mississippi, 1721 Ohio, 1317
Vermont. 2, 3, and 4 BRs. Full kitchen,
W/D, security systems. For details, call
785-841-5444 or email
eddinghamplace@sunfower.com
Summer Sublease
Female Roommate needed to share 3BR
2BA condo with W/D near campus.
$290/mo. +1/3 util. Avail May 15
Please call 785-550-4544.
SUMMER SUBLEASE: $360-3BR/2BA. In-
cludes: KU Bus Route, Dishwasher,
Washer/Dryer, Pool, Hot Tub, Pet
Friendly, Fitness Center. Call (785) 735
7352. hawkchalk.com/4880
4br, 3ba great summer sublease.
$330/month + ut. Spacious rooms, w/d,
garage, patio, fans and freplace. Please
call if interested (303) 669-8598 or (913)
244-4565. hawkchalk.com/4877
5 Br, 2 BA, central air, W/D, off-street
parking, 820 Kentucky, 785-842-6618
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Applecroft Apts.
19th & Iowa
Studio, 1 & 2 Bedrooms
Gas, Water & Trash Pd.
Move-In Specials Avail.
785-843-8220
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Apt. for rent, perfect for couples, 1 BR +
loft. Garage, patio, FP, skylight, W/D
hookup, granite, slate, and marble hard
surfaces, all new kitchen appliances. No
pets, no smoking. Avail Aug 1. Very nice.
2901 University Drive. $650 mo. 748-
9807 or 766-0244
Attention seniors & grad students!
Real nice, quiet 2 BR house close to KU.
Avail. 8/1. Hard wood foors. Lots of win-
dows. No pets or smoking. 331-5209.
Attention seniors & grad students!
Real nice, quiet 2 BR Duplex. close to
KU. Avail. 6/1. Lots of windows. Carport.
W/D No pets or smoking. 331-5209.
Avail. 8/1. 1BR, 1BA at 1037 Tenn. $325/
mo. W/D, off-street parking. One year
lease. Quiet, non-smoking. Cats OK with
pet rent. 785-550-6812 or 785-842-3510.
Avail. August 1st. 2 BR apt close to
GSP/Corbin, between campus and
down-
town. No pets. Utilities Paid. $325/ea per
mo. Call 785-550-5012
Beautiful 2, 3 & 4 BR homes.
Available immediately. We love pets.
Call for details. 816-729-7513
Canyon Court Apartments
NEW Reduced Rent!!
$100 per BR Deposit
Luxury 1, 2, and 3 BR Apartments
W/D, Pool, Spa, Fitness Center
700 Comet Lane
(785) 832-8805
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19th & Iowa
1 & 2 Bedrooms
1BR Move-in Special
$300 off Aug. thru 4/30/2010
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Check us out!
Large remodeled
1,2,3 and 4 Brs
www.southpointeks.com
843-6446
Coolest Apartments in Town! 2BR &
4BR loft apartments in N. Lawrence
located at 642 Locust St. Hardwood
foors
and all modern conveniences. $875 for
2BR and $1575 for 4BR per month.
Available Aug 1st. Call 785-550-8499.

Duplex for rent! 3 BDR 2.5 BATH. 2 Car
Garage. W/D. $350/ per person plus utili-
ties. Avail Aug 1-785-550-4544.
FOR RENT! 3BR, 2BA house-
Updated. 5BR, 3-1/2BA house. $525
per
room! Close to campus, downtown
and
stadium- 700 block of Ilinois.
Avail. JUNE 1! 816-686-8868
Large 3 BR 2 BA Duplex. 1 & 2 car
garages, FP, W/D, 785-832-8728,
www.lawrencepm.com
Need 1-2 cool roommates for townhome
at Williams Pointe. Easy going. Likes to
have fun but knows when to get
s***done.
$310-375 rent. Email glion23@gmail.com
hawkchalk.com/4852
Need Female Summer Subleaser. No de-
posit/no pet fee/no app fee. June/July-
($395 + approx $75 for util) email Sarah
at smsalazar@ku.edu or 918-946-6632
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Drastic change was already
expected with next seasons wom-
ens basketball team.
Five seniors, including guard
Sade Morris
and Danielle
McCray, who
was recently
drafted by the
Conneticut Sun,
will graduate.
Four freshmen
and two new
assistant coach-
es will join the
team.
But now
junior guard
Rhea Codio and
freshman for-
ward Annette
Davis can be
subtracted from
the renovation project.
Both players are seeking to trans-
fer schools after this semester.
Im starting the whole recruit-
ing process over, Davis said.
Davis played sparsely as a fresh-
man. She scored a career-high nine
points after sinking all attempts
in a 77-52 loss at Nebraska on
March 3.
I think the Big 12 is the hard-
est conference that there is, Davis
said.
Davis said that she would look
for more playing time and con-
sider some of the schools that
recruited her out of high school.
She wants to be closer to her home
in Houston and mentioned San
Antonio, Corpus Christi, Stephen
F. Austin, University of Houston
and Houston Baptist University
as candidates. She also said that
schools in Louisiana and Arkansas
had shown interest.
You never know how good
youre going to be until you start
playing, Davis said.
Codio transferred to Kansas
from Independence Community
College and appeared in 22 con-
tests this season, with one start.
Codio, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native,
began the season turning the ball
over frequently and rarely earned
minutes.
But when freshman guard Angel
Goodrich tore the ACL in her right
knee, Codio was forced into a
greater role and looked more com-
fortable despite her relative inex-
perience in the Big 12. Wednesday
she said that Kansas wasnt the
right fit and that her decision was
strictly basketball based.
Its necessary that me and KUs
program go different ways, Codio
said.
Codio said that she didnt know
whether she wanted to go to a
school closer to home or stay in the
Midwest. She did say her time at
Kansas was valuable for her devel-
opment as a point guard.
I learned to be tougher, to push
myself, to be more patient and to
be more tolerant of things, Codio
said. I definitely know the defini-
tion of being consistent.
WOMENS BASKETBALL
Codio
davis
NBA
McclATcHY-TRiBuNe
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio
LeBron James wants to be sure
that residents of the Windy City
know that Chicago is his kind of
town.
Unlike Chicago Bulls center
Joakim Noah, who went out of his
way to say unkind things about
Cleveland, James said he loves hit-
ting Chicago. We all love it, he
said of his Cavaliers teammates.
James exchange with reporters
was an example of just how loose
the Cavs are as they prepared to
fly to Chicago on Wednesday
afternoon.
It was also a stark contrast to
the harsh words uttered by Noah,
even after his team dropped to 0-2
against the Cavs in the opening
round of the Eastern Conference
playoffs.
Given a chance to say that he
regretted his remarks after Game 2
on Monday, Noah held firm.
You think Clevelands cool?
I never heard anybody say, Im
going to Cleveland on vacation,
he said. Whats so good about
Cleveland?
There were no such declarations
from James regarding Chicago. He
spent three summers there train-
ing at Michael Jordans facility.
Its a great city. Its one of the
best cities we have in America. It
has great restaurants, great shop-
ping, James said. I have nothing
bad to say about Chicago and Im
not saying that because of what he
said about Cleveland.
James even admitted that I
go on vacation in Chicago some-
times.
The Cavs are going to Chicago
with one goal in mind: To ensure
that Noah and his teammates
wont have to suffer the indignity
of returning to
Cleveland until
next season.
But before
t hey can
entertain any
thoughts of
attaining domi-
nance over the
Bulls, the Cavs
still have plenty
of stuff to clean
up before tonights game.
The Bulls beat the Cavs in
almost every facet of Game 2 with
the exception of 3-pointers and
overall shooting. The Bulls cre-
ated extra possessions by beat-
ing the Cavs 13-5 in offensive
rebounds and 21-7 in second-
chance points.
We just have to have a little bit
better effort, like we had in Game
1, where we didnt give up that
many offensive rebounds and sec-
ond-chance points, James said.
Coach Mike Brown said the
Cavs focused on those elements
along with interior defense,
because the Bulls had 56 points in
the paint compared to the Cavs 38
in Game 2.
Hopefully, (the practice) will
carry over, Brown said.
But there will be more to
tonights game, a huge factor being
that the Bulls return to their home
at the United Center.
I think a lot of teams play with
more confidence at home, James
said. They
shoot the ball
par t i c ul ar l y
well from the
outside at
home because
the crowd is
into it. This
is a team that
definitely runs
a lot more on
every posses-
sion at home because when you
have that crowd energy, it defi-
nitely helps you.
The Bulls outscored the Cavs
18-15 on fastbreak points in Game
2. If the Bulls are more aggressive
at home, James and company will
have to step up their game.
Were a confident bunch; we
know what we can do better and
we know what we can control,
James said. We gave them too
many transition points and too
many paint points. Weve got to
control what we can control.
Cavaliers forward LeBron
James positive comments
came after Bulls forward
Joakim Noah made
disparaging comments
about Cleveland Monday.
NBA
Mavericks lose Game 2, give away
home court advantage to rival Spurs
AssOciATed PRess
ORLANDO, Fla. The
Dwight Howard-Vince Carter
combo again wasnt perfect
just good enough to win.
Carter finished with 19 points,
Howard scored 15 and the
Orlando Magic took a 2-0 series
lead with a 92-77 victory over the
Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday
night.
The Magics star duo was less
than stellar but took over when
it counted most. They combined
for 21 second-half points to help
Orlando build a 20-point lead
and hold on late.
Stephen Jackson showed no
effects from his hyperextended
left knee to score 27 points, and
Gerald Wallace had 15 points for
the Bobcats. But their 21 turn-
overs are a big reason why theyre
heading home still searching for
the franchises first playoff win.
Game 3 in the best-of-seven
series is Saturday in Charlotte.
This one wasnt the prettiest
playoff basketball.
The Bobcats went more than
eight minutes to start the game
with only three points, and had
just one field goal with six turn-
overs during the stretch. The
goods news for them: The Magic
were almost as bad early.
The first half was a turnover
fest for both teams, and nobody
could consistently hit a shot.
Things were so out of sorts that
the normally sharpshooting J.J.
Redick even badly missed the
free throw from Charlotte coach
Larry Browns technical foul in
the second quarter.
The Magic put together the
closest thing to a run, and they
slowly went ahead 41-30 at the
half on Ryan Andersons 3-point-
er. With Charlottes 14 first-half
turnovers, though, they couldve
been up more.
Eventually, they would. The
Magics star pairing finally
showed up.
Howard used a drop step,
spun right and hammered home
a rim-rocking dunk over Tyson
Chandler that started a big Magic
push.
Then, Carter took the reigns.
Orlandos biggest offseason
acquisition, Carter sliced his
way through the lane for several
layups late in the third quarter.
He anchored a run that put the
Magic ahead 75-55 after three
quarters.
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Vince Carter helps Orlando
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NBA
AssOciATed PRess
DALLAS Richard Jefferson
bounded right out of Spurs coach
Gregg Popovichs doghouse.
Knowing he was among the
guys Popovich thought played
like dogs in the opener, Jefferson
scored 17 of his 19 points in the
first half to help San Antonio
beat the Dallas Mavericks 102-88
in Game 2 on Wednesday night
to tie their first-round series at a
game apiece.
Jefferson responded exactly
the way Popovich hoped. He
matched his Game 1 points in the
opening minutes and was 7-of-9
by halftime, several coming dur-
ing a 12-1 surge that broke the
game open for good.
Dallas Dirk Nowitzki went
from hardly missing in Game 1 to
hardly making. The Spurs didnt
even smother him; merely know-
ing they were creeping his way
threw Nowitzki out of whack. He
missed six of his first seven shots,
and even missed a free throw
after having made 88 in a row.
He finished with 24 points, down
from 36 in the opener.
The Mavericks played their
best only after they seemed to
have buried themselves down
16-5 early, they got within one
by the end of the quarter; down
80-60 late in the third quarter
they scored 12 straight points;
down 13 again early in the fourth,
they clawed within five. However,
they never led and have now given
away home-court advantage.
Rhea Codio, Annette Davis
will transfer from Kansas
LeBron praises Windy City
as series changes venues

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Charlotte 77
(Orlando leads the series, 2-0)
San Antonio 102,
Dallas 88
(Series tied, 1-1)
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He recorded 93 tackles as
a senior but intercepted just
one pass.
Stuckey came into the sea-
son with high expectations,
Nolan Nawrocki, author of
Pro Football Weeklys annual
draft preview, said during
a teleconference. He was
disappointing for the most
part this season. Hes a hitter
when he has a clean alley.
Hell come up and make his
presence felt.
Briscoe followed a similar
path to this point.
Not heavily recruited out
of high school, Briscoe quick-
ly developed into Kansas best
big-play threat. He totaled 218
catches, 3,240 yards and 34
touchdowns in three years.
Briscoe declared for the
NFL draft after his junior
season.
Ever since I was 7, I just
wanted to play football and
exceed at every level I came
to play at little league to
middle school to high school
to college, Briscoe said in
March after the NFL com-
bine. Now that its on the
professional level, Ill have a
chance to play with people
that I admired growing up
which is a blessing.
But Briscoe also had issues
to address.
He was suspended
throughout spring practices
and for Kansas first game
last season for disciplinary
reasons.
Then, at the NFL com-
bine in Dallas, Briscoe ran a
4.66 40-yard dash. He later
improved that time to a 4.51
at Kansas Pro Day.
Dez ran poorly, NFL
Network analyst Mike
Mayock said in a teleconfer-
ence. I did his bowl game
a couple of years ago. I like
him as a player. Hes got big
hands, strong hands. Hes
a little bit inconsistent, but
a big physical receiver. But
because he ran so slowly, I
think hes going to go in the
fourth round.
Still, if everything goes
as expected, the next three
days will make Briscoe and
Stuckeys childhood dreams
into a tangible reality.
The percentage of how
many college players there
are to how many players
actually get a chance every
year is remarkable, Stuckey
said. Im going to cherish it
while Im there.

Edited by Becky Howlett
Draft (continued from 1B)
FUTURE IN CANADA MIGHT BE POSSIBLE FOR REESING
According to many mock drafts, the chances of quarterback
Todd Reesing hearing his name during the nFL draft this week are
extremely slim.
But Reesing appears to have another option in his back pocket.
According to a story in the Regina Leader-Post,
the canadian Football Leagues Saskatchewan
Roughriders own the negotiating rights to
Reesing.
That doesnt mean that Reesing cant play
in the nFL, or any other league for that matter.
But if Reesing opts to play in the canadian
Football League and if the Roughriders
are also interested Saskatchewan gets the
rights to sign him.
Each of the eight cFL teams select 35 players to place on negotiat-
ing lists. normally, teams place players with slim chances of being
drafted on their lists in order to have the best opportunity to sign
them later.
If a player isnt drafted, or if hes cut from an nFL squad, the cFL
team with his negotiating rights has the opportunity to sign that
player.
In 2009, former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell signed
with Saskatchewan after he was released from the nFL. The
Roughriders owned the negotiating rights to Harrell.
Former kansas running back Jon cornish is currently in the cFL
with the calgary Stampeders.
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Dezmon Briscoe runs drills in front of NFL scouts at the KU pro day. The former wide receiver is pre-
dicted to be a mid-round pick alongside Darrell Stuckey in the NFL Draft this week. Briscoe totaled 218
catches, 3,240 total yards and 34 touchdowns in his three years on the KU football squad.
Reesing
NFL
Detroit one of possible
NFL destinations for Suh
Mcclatchy-tribune
NEW YORK Looking for
clues? Don't look at the shoes.
Sure, Nebraska defensive tack-
le Ndamukong Suh wore shoes
that were conspicuously Detroit
Lions-like on Wednesday at an
NFL youth clinic in Central Park
Honolulu blue, black and gray.
But he's a shoe lover from
Oregon, home of Nike, a com-
pany he endorses. And it should
be noted that the Rams wear blue,
too.
Suh said he didn't know wheth-
er he was going to the Rams first
overall, the Lions second overall,
the Buccaneers third overall or
elsewhere in the draft Thursday
night. He didn't rule out any-
thing.
"I'm definitely uncertain," Suh
said, sitting on a bench, flipping
a football in his hands. "I have
no idea what's going to happen.
Nobody's approached me and said
that they want to draft me. So
until that happens, I can't give
you guys an answer like you're
looking for.
"Whether it may be Detroit,
or it may be St. Louis, or it may
be Tampa Bay, or who knows?
Somebody could trade up and do
something. It's the 75th anniver-
sary of this draft, so you know
something special's going to hap-
pen. We're already having it in
prime time. So we'll have to see."
The conventional wisdom is
that the Rams will take Oklahoma
quarterback Sam Bradford, the
Lions will take Suh, and the Bucs
will take Oklahoma defensive
tackle Gerald McCoy.
But there is some uncertainty.
The Rams haven't tried to sign
Bradford and just traded defen-
sive lineman Adam Carriker.
Redskins defensive tackle Albert
Haynesworth reportedly is avail-
able. Some think the Lions could
acquire Haynesworth and draft
a left tackle Oklahoma State's
Russell Okung or Oklahoma's
Trent Williams. Some think they
could take a left tackle even if they
don't acquire Haynesworth.
"By this point last year, it was
pretty certain Matthew Stafford
was going one," McCoy said, refer-
ring to the Georgia QB the Lions
signed the night before the draft
and took first overall. "Everybody
thinks Sam's going one, but you
don't know. Everybody knew
Stafford was going one. So you
don't know. If you don't know by
tonight, you really ain't going to
know tomorrow.
So everything's
up in the air."
Teams appear
to be exhausting
every option.
"I think the
Rams are try-
ing to stay open
for business
to the last sec-
ond, and I think
they feel like
Sam Bradford's
their guy," NFL
Network draft analyst Mike
Mayock said. "However, they
trade Carriker. That creates a
potential hole in the defense line
where people say, 'Oh, they might
take a defensive tackle, so if we
want McCoy or Suh, do we have
to come up and get him?' I think
they're just trying to create a mar-
ket.
"At the end of the day, if they
don't get blown away, I think it's
Sam Bradford."
And Mayock thinks it's Suh to
the Lions at No. 2.
Coach Jim Schwartz already
recruited free-agent defensive
end Kyle Vanden Bosch, whom
he once coached as Tennessee's
defensive coordinator. Vanden
Bosch excelled when Haynesworth
played for the Titans.
"I think if you sign Kyle Vanden
Bosch, you've got to put a three
technique next to him," Mayock
said. "He was his most effective ...
you can check the sack numbers.
If he doesn't have a good three
technique next to him, he's not
quite the same pass rusher. I think
it's the Tennessee philosophy that
Schwartz is going to go through
there."
When Suh visited the Lions in
March, defensive line coach Kris
Kocurek laid out his vision. Suh
would be a three technique, dis-
rupt defenses and play the run on
the way to the quarterback.
Suh has never met Vanden
Bosch, but Vanden
Bosch is a fellow
Cornhusker. Suh
called him "a
Nebraska great"
and the sign-
ing "one hell of
a move." Vanden
Bosch has spoken
highly of him, too.
"I appreciate all
the love he's given
me and vying for
me to come out
there," Suh said.
"I definitely would love to learn
from somebody like that if I had
the opportunity to play at Detroit
and with him."
All Suh can do now is wait.
He was all smiles as he played
flag football with kids Wednesday,
intercepting a pass and galloping
the other way, rushing up the
middle at the quarterback. He
hung out with the 20 or so fam-
ily members and friends, trying
to relax.
What color suit does he have
picked out for Thursday night?
"Can't tell you that," Suh said,
smiling. "You've got to come out
and see."
He's got options, right?
"I've got options," Suh said. "I
love options. You've got to have
options, especially when you've
got a great big event like this."
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Mcclatchy-tribune
War rooms from Seattle to
Miami and in between will lock
down for business at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday when a sputtering Rams
franchise that is 6-42 in its past 48
games kicks off the 75th annual
NFL draft.
St. Louis probably will select
Oklahoma quarterback Sam
Bradford in hopes of landing the
next Troy Aikman and not the
next Tim Couch. It will be the
first of 255 selections, many of
which could begin shaping the
NFLs Team of the 2010s or the
laughingstock of the leagues ninth
decade.
After Bradford, look for defen-
sive tackles Ndamukong Suh of
Nebraska and Gerald McCoy of
Oklahoma to go second and third
to Detroit and Tampa Bay, respec-
tively. Then there could be a run of
offensive tackles that sees Russell
Okung of Oklahoma State, Bryan
Bulaga of Iowa, Trent Williams of
Oklahoma and Anthony Davis of
Rutgers fly off the board before
the 10th pick.
Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy
Clausen could join Bradford as the
second quarterback in the top 10,
but multiple variables that include
team needs, their current levels
of investment in the quarterback
position and questions about
Clausens ability to lead could
cause him to tumble through the
first round entirely.
Months of preparation have
gone into creating orderly draft
rooms that hopefully can minimize
mistakes, deftly maneuver the new
three-day format and maximize
picks as few as four (Redskins) and
as many as 12 (Patriots).
To me, the room should be like
a sideline on game day, said Rick
Spielman, who has eight picks as
the Vikings vice president of play-
er personnel. Youve done your
planning. Youve had all your dis-
cussions. You want there to be as
little distraction as possible when
you get to game day.
Not counting what Spielman calls
the worker bees, the Vikings will
have 16 people in their draft room.
That includes owners Zygi and
Mark Wilf, coach Brad Childress,
coordinators Darrell Bevell and
Leslie Frazier, seven from the
scouting department including
director Scott Studwell, a team
doctor, vice president of football
operations Rob Brzezinski, direc-
tor of player personnel George
Paton and Spielman.
Some draft rooms will be busier
than others. Some teams stock-
piled extra picks in hopes of build-
ing a powerhouse or extending
one. Others already spent some of
their picks heartily.
The Patriots, for example, have
four of the top 53 picks, including
three in the second round, while
the Redskins pick fourth overall
Thursday and not again until the
fourth round on Saturday.
The Seahawks and 49ers each
have two first-round picks, while
the Bears dont pick until the third
round (No. 75). The Panthers dont
have a first-round pick either, but
they do have a second-rounder
(No. 48).
The long-suffering Browns have
10 picks, six from trades, three
in the third round and a proven
franchise builder in new president
Mike Holmgren. The Ravens and
Jets only have five picks apiece,
none in the third round.
The Eagles have 10 picks, none
of which will be scrutinized more
closely than the second-rounder
(No. 37) they received from the
rival Redskins for quarterback
Donovan McNabb. Six picks later,
Denver gets to use the second-
rounder it received from Miami in
the Brandon Marshall trade.
The Buccaneers have 11 picks
and multiple needs that were
obvious last season. The Steelers,
me a n w h i l e ,
have 11 picks
and an dilem-
ma unforeseen
not long ago.
Do they use this
draft to replace
t w o - t i m e
Super Bowl-
winning quar-
terback Ben
Roethlisberger?
Hes only 28,
but hes also troubled, on the trad-
ing block and, as of Wednesday,
suspended for six games for violat-
ing the leagues personal conduct
policy.
The Rams have 10 picks, includ-
ing the first in each round. And
the defending Super Bowl cham-
pion Saints have only six picks,
with no fifth-rounder and no pick
higher than 31st in any round.
One thing appears certain:
Bradford, a quarterback with
prototypical NFL size and arm
strength, will be the No. 1 pick
despite coming off a shoulder
injury.
Thats the one big question
mark, said former NFL quarter-
back and current ESPN analyst
Ron Jaworski. But if you can say,
OK, hes healthy, hes fine, then
hes your No. 1 overall pick.
Jaworski likes Bradfords size
and, more importantly, his will-
ingness to deliver the ball with
velocity and accuracy while know-
ing hes going to take a hard hit. He
likens Bradfords toughness to that
of Aikman, the No. 1 overall pick
in 1989 who went on to win three
Super Bowls and earn a spot in the
Pro Football Hall of Fame.
When I look at Sam Bradford,
I see a guy like Troy Aikman,
Jaworski said. Hes a big, statu-
esque quarterback in that pocket
that can throw the football.
While Jaworski and other
experts believe Bradford will take
time to develop, the consensus
is Suh and McCoy will hit the
NFL ready to contribute on every
down. Jon Gruden, former Super
Bowl-winning coach and current
ESPN analyst, said he wouldnt
shy away from taking a defensive
tackle in the top two or three spots
in the draft.
Quality big people that can play
on every down are hard to find,
Gruden said. (Suh) reminds me
a little of Richard Seymour from
when he was with the Patriots,
Gruden said. Hes more of a two-
gap player on the line of scrim-
mage. McCoy is more of a clas-
sic one-gap defensive tackle, a lot
like (Chicagos) Tommie Harris,
who came out
of Oklahoma a
few years ear-
lier.
A l t h o u g h
most of the
predraft atten-
tion is on the
first round, the
draft tradition-
ally produces
hidden gems
throughout the
later rounds that are revealed over
time (see Tom Brady, 199th pick in
2000). Some experts are thinking
Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, a
far more successful college player
than Brady, could be a steal when
the second and third rounds begin
Friday night.
People accuse me of like all the
quarterbacks and being Johnny
Positive, Gruden said. But if you
dont like Colt McCoy then you
probably didnt like Drew Brees
coming out of Purdue either.
It takes in some cases years to
determine the success or failure of
a draft pick. Teams that succeed
enough times in late April usually
end up standing in confetti show-
ers in early February.
Thats the one thing that drives
me through this, Spielman said. I
want to have a ring on my finger.
Mcclatchy-tribune
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Some
of Jim Delanys fellow confer-
ence commissioners joked about
attending his Wednesday briefing
with reporters. Theyre eager to
find out how the Big Tens plans
for expansion will affect the land-
scape of college football.
Delanys message to them:
Dont hold your breath.
The Big Ten commissioner, tak-
ing a break from his self-imposed
silent phase, said expansion
remains on the deliberate path the
conference laid out in December.
Whether it takes six months,
12 months or 18 months, hope-
fully well do it in a way that feels
comfortable, Delany said. Youre
not trying to find somebody you
want to spend a year with. Youre
trying to find out who you are
going to be (with) for the next
25-50 years.
Some officials here at the Bowl
Championship Series meetings
remain skeptical of the process
taking that long to complete.
Asked about being stuck in
a holding pattern for the next
six months, Mountain West
Commissioner Craig Thompson
replied: The timeline has to be
a little quicker than that because
everybody has exit and entrance
requirements and penalties and
whatnot. Its not going to be
the middle of football season, I
wouldnt suspect, unless youre
willing to wait till the (2011-12)
season to make the changes.
A Big East school such as
Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Syracuse
or Connecticut would have to
give 27 months notice before
leaving. The Big 12 also would
impose some financial penalties
if a school such
as Missouri or
Nebraska bolted
for the Big Ten.
It would
be negligent
not to be con-
cerned, Big 12
Commi ssi oner
Dan Beebe said.
After Beebe
joked Tuesday
that he would put Delany in
a headlock to pry loose some
answers, Delany responded: Im
going to keep him in front of me
and rely on my quickness.
As for the vibe in the meetings,
Delany said, Theres not really
any tension, but theres a lot of
interest.
But very few answers.
Delany agreed that the pre-
vailing sentiment among Big Ten
football coaches is to expand
because the majority want to
extend the season by creating a
conference championship game.
But he left open the possibility
that the league might remain at
11.
The presidents have been
clear, he said. This may not hap-
pen.
And Delany would not say
whether it would be advantageous
to add one, three or five teams.
Too early, he replied.
Delany also claimed that an
analysis prepared for the league
by the Chicago-
based invest-
ment firm
William Blair &
Company did
not conclude
that any of the
five schools ana-
lyzed _ Missouri,
Notre Dame,
P i t t s b u r g h ,
Syracuse and
Rutgers _ would add value to the
league, as the Tribune reported
last month.
Delany said that the firm cre-
ated some evaluative tools to
help the Big Ten understand the
value of its television packages
and revenue streams.
Those revenue streams are the
envy of college football, with the
exception of the Southeastern
Conference.
Even Notre Dame could boost
its financial fortunes by joining
the Big Ten, though Irish athletic
director Jack Swarbrick reiter-
ated Wednesday that remaining
independent is the schools first
priority.
Rams start of tonights
draf, Bradford likely pick
When I look at Sam
Bradford, I see a guy like
Troy Aikman.
RON JAWORSKI
Former NFL quarterback
and current ESPN NFL analyst
cOlleGe neWS netWOrK
The OU mens basketball team
has lost yet another player, as fresh-
man forward Keith Tiny Gallon
announced this week that he was
making himself eligible for the
NBA Draft.
I had a long conversation with
my mom and then with [head
coach Jeff] Capel, and I decided
that this is the best thing for me
at this time, Gallon said in a press
release. Ive had a great experience
at OU, but at the same time Im
excited about my possible future in
the NBA.
Gallons departure is just the lat-
est in a series of changes to the
OU roster. Fellow freshman guard
Tommy Mason-Griffin declared
for the draft as well, along with
sophomore guard Willie Warren.
Sophomore guard Ray Willis
announced his decision to transfer
after the season ended.
Im happy for Tiny and wish
him nothing but success and luck,
Capel said in the press release.
This is something Tiny wants to
do and, as Ive said before, Im
not one to stand in the way of a
career choice that one of my players
thinks is in his best interest.
Gallon, a former McDonalds
All-American in high school, aver-
aged 10.3 points and 7.9 rebounds
in 24 minutes per game for OU this
season.
The Oklahoma Daily
Tiny Gallon to declare for NBA draft
Big Ten in the drivers
seat of expansion talk
It would be neg-
ligent not to be
concerned.
DAN BEEBE
Big 12 Commissioner
Nationals beneft from another
strong start, defeat Rockies 6-4
aSSOciated PreSS
WASHINGTON Wil Nieves
drove in the go-ahead run with a
double, Ivan Rodriguez added a
sacrifice fly and the Washington
Nationals came back to beat
Colorado 6-4 Wednesday night,
staying undefeated when their
starting pitcher goes at least five
innings.
Washingtons John Lannan
allowed four runs in six innings,
enough to keep the team in the
game. The Nationals are 8-0 when
their starter goes at least five, 0-7
when he doesnt.
Reliever Tyler Clippard (3-0)
struck out three in two scoreless
innings, and closer Matt Capps
worked a shaky ninth before
earning his seventh save in seven
chances.
The game was tied entering
the eighth, when Rockies reliever
Rafael Betancourt (0-1) allowed a
leadoff single to Josh Willingham.
After an intentional walk, Nieves
lined a double to left-center.
Rodriguez then came up as a
pinch-hitter and padded the lead
before an announced crowd of
11,191, the tiniest in three sea-
sons at Nationals Park. It was a
tad smaller than the record-low
11,623 who showed up Monday.
One bit of bad news for
Washington: All-Star third base-
man Ryan Zimmerman left in the
seventh inning after appearing to
hurt his right ham-
string while run-
ning out a double.
The Rockies
wearing black
patches on their
sleeves in memory
of team president
Keli McGregor, who
died this week at
age 48 built a 3-0
lead, thanks in part
to Brad Hawpes
third homer of the
season.
Carlos Gonzalez tied a career
high with four hits all singles
including one leading off the
game. Dexter Fowler followed
with a double, and both eventu-
ally scored to make it 2-0. The
Rockies then loaded the bases
with two singles one by Hawpe
that clanged off Lannans left leg
and a walk, but Clint Barmes
flied out to center to end the
inning. Lannan also took a shot
off his right leg in the sixth.
Hawpes solo shot over the wall
in center made it a three-run lead
in the third.
But the Nationals came right
back to take the lead with four
runs in the bottom half, thanks
in large part
to Adam
Dunns two-
run double
past sprawl-
ing first base-
man Jason
G i a m b i ,
Willinghams
RBI single,
and a field-
ing error
on Barmes
at second
base that allowed Willingham to
score.
Colorado tied it at 4-all on
Gonzalezs run-scoring single in
the fourth.
Capps had three strikeouts in
the ninth, but he also made it a bit
of an adventure, putting two men
on base with two outs. But he
caught pinch-hitter Ian Stewart
looking at a final strike to end
the game.
Rockies starter Jason Hammel
was far more effective than in
his previous start, when he
lasted only 1 2-3 innings and
allowed seven runs against
Atlanta. This time, he went
seven innings, giving up four
runs and eight hits.
John Lannan allowed
four runs in six innings
for the Nationals.
Washington is 8-0
when its starter goes
at least fve innings,
0-7 when he doesnt.
MLB
Cubs end four-game
skid with win in NY
NEW YORK Carlos Silva
added six crisp innings to his
surprising comeback, Alfonso
Soriano hit a two-run homer and
the Chicago Cubs beat the New
York Mets 9-3 on Wednesday night
to snap a four-game skid.
Silva (2-0) used his heavy sinker
to put together his third straight
quality start, yielding one run
and two hits. He has allowed two
earned runs in 19 innings for a
microscopic 0.95 ERA in his frst
year with Chicago after two rocky
seasons in Seattle.
Associated Press
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SOfTbALL
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Freshman pitcher Alex Jones fres the ball to frst after felding a bunt. Kansas lost to No. 9 Oklahoma State 11-3 Saturday. The Jayhawks will face the Cornhuskers for the second time this season today.
BY ZACH GETZ
zgetz@kansan.com
twitter.com/zgetz
In the teams first meeting of the
season, Kansas fell to Nebraska on
its home field. Now the Jayhawks
want to return the favor. The
Jayhawks are looking for a rematch
win against the Cornhuskers today
at 5 p.m.
Were out for revenge, coach
Megan Smith said. We want to go
out there and play really hard.
Kansas is currently 18-26 (1-10)
and in last place in the Big 12
Conference, while Nebraska is
26-20 (5-6) and in sixth. Despite
outhitting Nebraska nine to seven
in the first game, Nebraska shutout
Kansas 2-0.
Offensively,
we were in a
funk against
them, and
were hoping to
change that this
week, Smith
said.
In its last
game, Kansas
had an oppor-
tunity to defeat
No. 9 Oklahoma State, but ulti-
mately fell 4-3. Although the game
didnt end favorably for Kansas,
junior catcher Brittany Hile said
the team would use what it learned
from the game and put it to use in
the rematch with the Cornhuskers.
Were going to take this loss
and really use
it to our advan-
tage to work on
things we need
to do against
Nebraska, Hile
said. We need
to use what
happened this
game and not
let it happen
next game.
Sophomore
infielder Marissa Ingle said she
thought Kansas couldve won the
game with Nebraska and the sec-
ond game with
Oklahoma State
and hoped
Kansas could
change the out-
come in the
rematch.
Coach told
us to take the
feeling of los-
ing right now
and take it to
Nebraska, Ingle
said. We got to get a win out of
them because we know we can.
After playing five games in five
days, Kansas has had three days to
prepare for Nebraska. Kansas has
used this time to focus hard on the
rematch with Nebraska, Hile said.
We are going to really prepare
for them in practice, Hile said.
After the
Nebraska game,
Kansas will
return home
for a two-game
series against
Texas Tech
over the week-
end.
Kansas has
also added a
seventh recruit
to the 2010-
11 roster. Smith announced that
Kristin Martinez signed her letter
of intent to play at Kansas.
The left-handed pitcher had a
0.54 ERA in 2009 to help lead
OConnell College Preparatory to a
state championship. Martinez also
earned all-district honors at Texas
City, Texas, in 2007 and 2008.
We are extremely excited to
have Kristin and her family join
the Jayhawk softball family, Smith
said. She has the ability to step in
immediately and make an impact
for our program. She has great
movement on her pitches, and she
does a great job of controlling hit-
ters.
Edited by Becky Howlett
KANSAS VS.
NEbRASKA
When: 5 p.m. today
Where: Bowlin Stadium,
lincoln, neb.
Up next: Texas Tech vs.
kansas
When: 2 p.m. Saturday and
noon Sunday
Where: Arrocha Ballpark,
lawrence
Kansas looks for a rematch victory
Ofensively, we were in
a funk against them, and
were hoping to change
that this week.
megAn SmiTH
Softball coach
Were out for revenge.
We want to go out there
and play really hard.
megAn SmiTH
Softball coach
NfL
League suspends
Big Ben six games
MCClATCHY-TriBunE
Pittsburgh Steelers quarter-
back Ben Roethlisberger, who
was involved in an alleged sexual
assault in Georgia last month, but
who was not slapped with any
criminal charges, was punished
severely on Wednesday by NFL
commissioner Roger Goodell.
Saying that Roethlisberger
violated the NFLs personal con-
duct policy, Goodell suspended
the quarterback six games and
ordered him to undergo a com-
prehensive behavioral evalua-
tion by NFL-appointed experts.
Te suspension can be reduced
to four games based on a sub-
sequent evaluation, or it can be
lengthened if Roethlisberger
continues to engage in behavior
that violates the leagues conduct
policy.
Meanwhile, the Steelers ex-
plored the possibility of trading
Roethlisberger in advance of
Tursdays NFL
draf, which be-
gins at 6:30 p.m.
at Radio City
Music Hall in
New York. Only
the frst round
will be held
Tursday night;
the Steelers
would only deal
Roethl isberger
to a team with a
high frst-round pick, and it ap-
peared the Raiders, who have
the eighth overall choice, were at
least somewhat interested.
In a letter to Roethlisberger,
Goodell said he must submit
to any counseling or treatment
recommended by professional
evaluators to help him make
better decisions and avoid situa-
tions that can cause legal or other
problems. A professional behav-
ioral evaluation is mandatory
for anyone who has violated the
NFL Personal Conduct Policy.
Roethlisberger may not attend
any team ofseason activity until
he has completed the evaluation
and the evaluating professionals
confrm with the commissioner
that Roethlisberger may resume
football activities. If so cleared,
Roethlisberger will be able to
participate in training camp and
preseason games this summer.
In your six years in the NFL,
you have frst thrilled and now
disappointed a great many peo-
ple, Goodell wrote. I urge you
to take full advantage of this op-
portunity to get your life and ca-
reer back on track.
Roethlisberger was accused by
a 20-year-old college student of
sexual assault at a Milledgeville,
Ga., club on March 5. According
to a police report, Roethlisberger
assaulted the woman in a bath-
room. He was not brought up on
criminal charges, although the
district attorney said he consid-
ered the woman a victim.
Roethlisberger is the frst play-
er suspended by Goodell under
the conduct policy who hasnt
been arrested or charged with a
crime.
I recognize that the allega-
tions in Georgia were disputed
and that they did not result in
criminal charges being fled
against you, Goodell wrote. My
decision today is not based on a
fnding that you
violated Geor-
gia law, or on a
conclusion that
difers from that
of the local pros-
ecutor. Tat said,
you are held to
a higher stan-
dard as an NFL
player, and there
is nothing about
your conduct in
Milledgeville that can remotely
be described as admirable, re-
sponsible, or consistent with ei-
ther the values of the league or
the expectations of our fans.
Steelers president Art Rooney
II said he supported Goodells
decision.
We were prepared to impose
discipline if Goodell did not,
Rooney told reporters in a con-
ference call on Wednesday afer-
noon.
Roethlisbergers agent, Ryan
Tollner, said that at some point
the quarterback or his represen-
tatives will speak on the matter.
Goodell and Rooney informed
Roethlisberger of the decision
Wednesday morning. Te team
also conducted its own investiga-
tion into the matter and we felt
we had all the information we
needed to have this decision be
made, Rooney said.
You are held to a
higher standard as
an NFL player.
RogeR gooDell
nFl commissioner
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